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TOKYO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd. (NMP), a leading radiopharmaceutical company in Japan, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently accepted NMP's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a first-in-human phase I clinical study of "NMK89 (development code)," which is an imaging agent currently developed for cancer diagnostic use in cancer theranostics (a fusion of therapeutics and diagnostics) (*1). The clinical study can now be started.
NMK89 is an RI (*2)-labeled humanized anti-MUC5AC (*3) antibody to which zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide, is labeled and has been investigated in non-clinical studies conducted by NMP and Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. as an imaging agent for the diagnosis of MUC5AC-expressing cancer. It has been reported that MUC5AC is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, gastric cancer, and lung cancer, among others. Non-clinical studies have confirmed that NMK89 accumulates in tumors transplanted with cell lines expressing MUC5AC.
NMP is developing NMK89 in one of the research projects (*4) adopted by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) to enable early commercialization of theranostics for use in nuclear medicine.
NMP is conducting the phase I study of NMK89 in the U.S. NMP will promptly begin clinical studies of therapeutic drugs by leveraging the data on NMK89, obtained from the phase I study, to swiftly materialize it as long-awaited theranostics.
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(*1) It is a therapeutic concept in which RI-imaging diagnostics is used in advance to determine whether the drug reaches the target protein in the patient and to provide treatment with the radionuclide modified for therapeutic use. This enables therapies that are more closely aligned with a diagnosis and is expected to contribute to personalized medicine and the effective utilization of medical costs.
(*2) Radioisotopes - Radiation they emit is used for cancer treatment and diagnosis.
(*3) Mucin subtype 5AC - A type of mucin which is the main component of mucus secreted by animal epithelial cells. It is generally expressed in normal tissues of the stomach and trachea but is also reported to be highly expressed in pancreatic cancer and several other cancers.
(*4) The research project known as "Development of Antibody Labeling Therapies (with Alpha-Particle) and Companion Diagnostics, in Parallel with Maintenance of Drug Research Facilities to Embody the Concept of Theranostics" was adopted by AMED's "Cyclic Innovation for Clinical Empowerment (CiCLE)" - FY2017 (2nd Conference).
About Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
Nihon Medi-Physics is engaging in ensuring stable supply and research and development of new products as a leading manufacturer of radiopharmaceuticals in Japan. Based on the technological proficiency and trust built over the years, the company is also working on research and development of "theranostics (a combination of therapeutics and diagnostics)," which is a novel medical technology to provide optimal medical service to each patient, as well as on the dissemination of nuclear medicine in Asian countries by licensing its products. The company will continue contributing to society by creating values as a life science company.
Official website: https://www.nmp.co.jp/eng/index.html
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attempts to speak in Parliament were disrupted for a second day Friday as opposition lawmakers confronted him over allegations he tried to cover up the theft of cash from his game farm.
Lawmakers from the populist Economic Freedom Fighters, the second biggest opposition party in Parliament, were removed by security guards as they shouted that Ramaphosa should not be allowed to address the house.
They accused Ramaphosa of laundering money at his game farm and trying to hide it by not reporting the theft of a large amount of cash to the police.
The party is also demanding that Ramaphosa step down as president pending the investigations into the theft.
“The president of the republic, there are serious allegations against him, so he can’t come to the house to address us. He must step aside and allow the law to take its course,” protested EFF lawmaker Omphile Maotwe, interrupting Ramaphosa's attempts to speak.
Parliamentary proceedings descended into chaos for the second day running prompting the Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, to order the removal of several lawmakers.
Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing, saying his farm got the money from selling animals and that he had reported the theft to his presidential protection unit.
Ramaphosa on Friday told lawmakers that the robbery was under investigation and that “the law must be able to take its course”.
“I have listened very carefully to the views of members of this house who have raised thoughts, suggestions and proposals on this matter," said Ramaphosa. “Some of the views have been to counsel me, and yet others have been laced with insults. I will not respond to insults, but will say that the counsel and suggestions that have been made raise points that I will consider.”
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Business Activity Index at 56.1%; New Orders Index at 55.6%; Employment Index at 47.4%; Supplier Deliveries Index at 61.9%
TEMPE, Ariz., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic activity in the services sector grew in June for the 25th month in a row — with the Services PMI® registering 55.3 percent — say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®.
The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P., CFPM, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Services Business Survey Committee: "In June, the Services PMI® registered 55.3 percent, 0.6 percentage point lower than May's reading of 55.9 percent. This is the lowest reading since May 2020 (45.2 percent). The Business Activity Index registered 56.1 percent, an increase of 1.6 percentage points compared to the reading of 54.5 percent in May. The New Orders Index figure of 55.6 percent is 2 percentage points lower than the May reading of 57.6 percent.
"The Supplier Deliveries Index registered 61.9 percent, 0.6 percentage point higher than the 61.3 percent reported in May. (Supplier Deliveries is the only ISM® Report On Business® index that is inversed; a reading of above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries, which is typical as the economy improves and customer demand increases.)
"The Prices Index dropped for the second consecutive month in June, decreasing 2 percentage points to 80.1 percent. Services businesses continue to struggle to replenish inventories, as the Inventories Index contracted for the first time since January 2022; the reading of 47.5 percent is down 3.5 percentage points from May's figure of 51 percent. The Inventory Sentiment Index (46.2 percent, up 1.7 percentage points from May's reading of 44.5 percent) contracted in June for the fourth consecutive month, indicating that inventories are in 'too low' territory and insufficient for current business requirements."
Nieves continues, "According to the Services PMI®, all 18 industries reported growth. The composite index indicated growth for the 25th consecutive month after a two-month contraction in April and May 2020. Growth continues — albeit slower — for the services sector, which has expanded for all but two of the last 149 months. The slight slowdown in services sector growth was due to a decline in new orders and employment. The Employment Index (47.4 percent) contracted, and the Backlog of Orders Index grew 8.5 percentage points, to 60.5 percent. Logistical challenges, a restricted labor pool, material shortages, inflation, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine continue to negatively impact the services sector."
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
The 18 services industries reporting growth in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Construction; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Utilities; Public Administration; Wholesale Trade; Health Care & Social Assistance; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Transportation & Warehousing; Accommodation & Food Services; Retail Trade; Finance & Insurance; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Information; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; and Educational Services. No industry reported a decrease in the month of June.
WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING
- "Supply chain and supplier reliability continues to improve for most of our key food and packaging needs. Equipment still (experiencing) typical long delays. Staffing employment challenges have resurfaced, and costs have dramatically increased on core needs, led by soybean oil products. Rise in diesel fuel affecting almost everything." [Accommodation & Food Services]
- "(Interest) rate increases have slowed sales but have not helped with supply challenges yet." [Construction]
- "While activity dropped 2 percent from the previous month, activity volume was 47 percent higher compared to May 2021." [Educational Services]
- "It seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon (of) raising prices under the guise of inflation, cost of energy and shortages. Cost on even software renewals have gone up between 5 and 10 percent. This is getting out of control, and we need to be diligent in researching the cause of rising prices on every transaction." [Public Administration]
- "The shutdowns in China due to the zero-COVID policy have adversely impacted our supply chain." [Health Care & Social Assistance]
- "Demand has softened across consumer product lines, channels and brands over the last year, to levels below those forecast earlier this year. Adjusting all outlooks down for the rest of year. The (Shanghai) omicron slowdown had an impact, but activity is slowly coming back." [Information]
- "Energy services sector demand and activity remains strong." [Mining]
- "Consumers are shifting purchases away from our discretionary products to essentials. Inflation is definitely taking a bite from our sales, and mall traffic is far below the norm, potentially due to inflation, a need for more disposable income on essentials and less willingness to drive to malls. E-commerce sales will be going up again." [Retail Trade]
- "Despite higher inflation and energy costs, demand and business activity continue to be at record highs, with little sign of a slowdown." [Utilities]
- "Business continues to stay steady amid rising interest rates, a lack of labor, inflation, transportation problems and high gas/diesel prices. Outlook is measured due to economic headwinds." [Wholesale Trade]
Services ISM® Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for the Business Activity, New Orders, Employment and Prices indexes. Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories indexes.
*Number of months moving in current direction.
COMMODITIES REPORTED UP/DOWN IN PRICE, AND IN SHORT SUPPLY
Commodities Up in Price
Aluminum Products (7); Chemicals (3); Chicken (10); Construction Materials (2); Diesel Fuel (19); Electrical Components (17); Electronic Components (7); Food and Beverages (3); Food Products (4); Fuel (18); Fuel Related Products (4); Gasoline (19); Hotel Rates (2); Janitorial Supplies; Lab Supplies; Labor (19); Labor — Temporary (5); Logistics Services; Paint; Plastic Products (11); Resin (2); Steel Products (18); Transformers; Travel (2); and Wire Cable.
Commodities Down in Price
Cleaning Supplies; Lumber; Oriented Strand Board (OSB); and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Products.
Commodities in Short Supply
Appliances (4); Baby Formula (2); Contrast Media (2); Diesel Fuel (2); Electrical Components (3); Electronic Components (7); Garage Doors; Lab Supplies; Labor (11); Microchips (2); Needles and Syringes (6); Paper Products (4); Sugar; and Transformers (2).
Note: The number of consecutive months the commodity is listed is indicated after each item. *Indicates both up and down in price.
JUNE 2022 SERVICES INDEX SUMMARIES
Services PMI®
In June, the Services PMI® registered 55.3 percent, a 0.6-percentage point decrease compared to the May reading of 55.9 percent. The 12-month average is 60.8 percent, reflecting consistently strong growth in the services sector, which has expanded for 25 consecutive months. The June reading, however, set a 12-month low for a second consecutive month and is the lowest since May 2020, when the index registered 45.2 percent. A reading above 50 percent indicates the services sector economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates the services sector is generally contracting.
A Services PMI® above 50.1 percent, over time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy. Therefore, the June Services PMI® indicates the overall economy has followed the same path as the services sector: expansion for 25 straight months following two months of contraction and a preceding period of 122 months of growth. Nieves says, "The past relationship between the Services PMI® and the overall economy indicates that the Services PMI® for June (55.3 percent) corresponds to a 1.9-percent increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) on an annualized basis."
SERVICES PMI® HISTORY
Business Activity
ISM®'s Business Activity Index registered 56.1 percent in June, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the reading of 54.5 percent in May, indicating growth for the 25th consecutive month. Comments from respondents include: "Higher customer demand and more capacity online" and "Business is higher but slower than expected due to summer holidays; customers and employees are on vacation."
The 15 industries reporting an increase in business activity for the month of June — listed in order — are: Management of Companies & Support Services; Construction; Other Services; Accommodation & Food Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Utilities; Finance & Insurance; Wholesale Trade; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Information; Transportation & Warehousing; and Public Administration. No industry reported a decrease in business activity for the month of June.
New Orders
ISM®'s New Orders Index registered 55.6 percent, down 2 percentage points from the May reading of 57.6 percent. New orders grew for the 25th consecutive month after two months of contraction and a preceding period of 128 months of expansion. Comments from respondents include: "More demand for financing to beat (interest) rate increases" and "New customers added, which has led to greater sales orders and business activity."
Thirteen industries reported growth of new orders in June, in the following order: Accommodation & Food Services; Mining; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Transportation & Warehousing; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Utilities; Health Care & Social Assistance; Wholesale Trade; Finance & Insurance; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; and Public Administration. The two industries reporting a decrease in new orders in June are: Construction; and Educational Services.
Employment
Employment activity in the services sector contracted in June for the third time in the last five months. ISM®'s Employment Index registered 47.4 percent, down 2.8 percentage points from the reading of 50.2 percent registered in May. Comments from respondents include: "Unable to fill positions with qualified applicants" and "Extremely hard to find truck drivers." Also: "Demand for talent is higher, but availability of candidates to fill open roles continues to keep employment levels from increasing."
The seven industries reporting an increase in employment in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Construction; Wholesale Trade; Other Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Public Administration; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The five industries reporting a decrease in employment in June are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Accommodation & Food Services; Finance & Insurance; and Educational Services. Six industries reported no change in June.
Supplier Deliveries
The Supplier Deliveries Index registered 61.9 percent, up 0.6 percentage point from the 61.3 percent registered in May. A reading above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries, while a reading below 50 percent indicates faster deliveries. Comments from respondents include: "Fill rates are down significantly; receiving activity levels still up due to multiple shipments to fulfill requirements" and "Port backups and container shortages continue."
The 16 industries reporting slower deliveries in June — listed in order — are: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Retail Trade; Public Administration; Utilities; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Health Care & Social Assistance; Construction; Transportation & Warehousing; Information; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Finance & Insurance; Educational Services; and Wholesale Trade. No industry reported faster deliveries in June.
Inventories
The Inventories Index contracted in June after four consecutive months of growth and a preceding eight months of contraction. The reading of 47.5 percent was a 3.5-percentage point decrease from the 51 percent reported in May. Of the total respondents in June, 43 percent indicated they do not have inventories or do not measure them. Comments from respondents include: "Some items have too much stock, and others are in short supply" and "Longer supplier lead times and poor delivery performance causing us to use up existing inventory."
The eight industries reporting an increase in inventories in June — listed in order — are: Mining; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Accommodation & Food Services; Construction; Finance & Insurance; Other Services; Wholesale Trade; and Utilities. The seven industries reporting a decrease in inventories in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Information; Educational Services; Public Administration; Health Care & Social Assistance; and Professional, Scientific & Technical Services.
Prices
Prices paid by services organizations for materials and services increased in June for the 61st consecutive month, with the index registering 80.1 percent, 2 percentage points lower than the 82.1 percent that was recorded in May.
All 18 services industries reported an increase in prices paid during the month of June, in the following order: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Transportation & Warehousing; Public Administration; Retail Trade; Accommodation & Food Services; Educational Services; Wholesale Trade; Information; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Finance & Insurance; Construction; Utilities; Health Care & Social Assistance; Management of Companies & Support Services; Other Services; and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting.
NOTE: Commodities reported as up in price and down in price are listed in the commodities section of this report.
Backlog of Orders
The ISM® Services Backlog of Orders Index grew in June for the 18th consecutive month. The index registered 60.5 percent, an 8.5-percentage point increase compared to the May reading of 52 percent. Of the total respondents in June, 44 percent indicated they do not measure backlog of orders. Respondent comments include: "Supply chain issues, transit issues and scarcity of supplies" and "Continuing challenges with shipment delays and (maintaining) in-stock rate; demand increased quite a bit as well."
The 10 industries reporting an increase in order backlogs in June — listed in order — are: Management of Companies & Support Services; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Utilities; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Information; Educational Services; Public Administration; Construction; Finance & Insurance; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The four industries reporting a decrease in order backlogs in June are: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Retail Trade; Mining; and Wholesale Trade.
New Export Orders
Orders and requests for services and other non-manufacturing activities to be provided outside of the U.S. by domestically based companies grew in June for the fifth consecutive month. The New Export Orders Index registered 57.5 percent, a 3.4-percentage point decrease from the 60.9 percent reported in May. Of the total respondents in June, 79 percent indicated they do not perform, or do not separately measure, orders for work outside of the U.S.
The six industries reporting an increase in new export orders in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Mining; Utilities; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; and Wholesale Trade. The four industries reporting a decrease in new export orders in June are: Construction; Educational Services; Information; and Transportation & Warehousing. Eight industries indicated no change in new export orders in June.
Imports
The Imports Index contracted in June after two consecutive months of growth, registering 46.3 percent, down 6.5 percentage points from May's reading of 52.8 percent. Seventy-four percent of respondents reported that they do not use, or do not track the use of, imported materials.
The four industries reporting an increase in imports for the month of June are: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Management of Companies & Support Services; Utilities; and Professional, Scientific & Technical Services. The five industries that reported a decrease in imports in June are: Retail Trade; Other Services; Information; Transportation & Warehousing; and Health Care & Social Assistance. Nine industries reported no change in imports in June.
Inventory Sentiment
The ISM® Services Inventory Sentiment Index contracted in June for the fourth month in a row, registering 46.2 percent, a 1.7-percentage point increase from May's figure of 44.5 percent. This reading indicates that respondents feel their inventories are too low when correlated to business activity levels.
The three industries reporting sentiment that their inventories were too high in June are: Mining; Wholesale Trade; and Health Care & Social Assistance. The six industries reporting a feeling that their inventories were too low in June — listed in order — are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Accommodation & Food Services; Management of Companies & Support Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Information; and Utilities. Nine industries reported no change in June.
About This Report
DO NOT CONFUSE THIS NATIONAL REPORT with the various regional purchasing reports released across the country. The national report's information reflects the entire U.S., while the regional reports contain primarily regional data from their local vicinities. Also, the information in the regional reports is not used in calculating the results of the national report. The information compiled in this report is for the month of June 2022.
The data presented herein is obtained from a survey of supply executives in the services sector based on information they have collected within their respective organizations. ISM® makes no representation, other than that stated within this release, regarding the individual company data collection procedures. The data should be compared to all other economic data sources when used in decision-making.
Data and Method of Presentation
The Services ISM® Report On Business® (formerly the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®) is based on data compiled from purchasing and supply executives nationwide. Membership of the Services Business Survey Committee (formerly Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee) is diversified by NAICS, based on each industry's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). The Services Business Survey Committee responses are divided into the following NAICS code categories: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Mining; Utilities; Construction; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation & Warehousing; Information; Finance & Insurance; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management of Companies & Support Services; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Accommodation & Food Services; Public Administration; and Other Services (services such as Equipment & Machinery Repairing; Promoting or Administering Religious Activities; Grantmaking; Advocacy; and Providing Dry-Cleaning & Laundry Services, Personal Care Services, Death Care Services, Pet Care Services, Photofinishing Services, Temporary Parking Services, and Dating Services). The data are weighted based on each industry's contribution to GDP. According to the BEA estimates for 2020 GDP (released December 22, 2021), the six largest services sectors are: Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Government; Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Information; and Finance & Insurance. Beginning in February 2020 with January 2020 data, computation of the indexes is accomplished utilizing unrounded numbers.
Survey responses reflect the change, if any, in the current month compared to the previous month. For each of the indicators measured (Business Activity, New Orders, Backlog of Orders, New Export Orders, Inventory Change, Inventory Sentiment, Imports, Prices, Employment and Supplier Deliveries), this report shows the percentage reporting each response and the diffusion index. Responses represent raw data and are never changed. Data is seasonally adjusted for Business Activity, New Orders, Prices and Employment. All seasonal adjustment factors are subject annually to relatively minor changes when conditions warrant them. The remaining indexes have not indicated significant seasonality.
The Services PMI® is a composite index based on the diffusion indexes for four of the indicators with equal weights: Business Activity (seasonally adjusted), New Orders (seasonally adjusted), Employment (seasonally adjusted) and Supplier Deliveries. Diffusion indexes have the properties of leading indicators and are convenient summary measures showing the prevailing direction of change and the scope of change. An index reading above 50 percent indicates that the services economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally declining. Supplier Deliveries is an exception. A Supplier Deliveries Index above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries and below 50 percent indicates faster deliveries.
A Services PMI® above 50.1 percent, over time, indicates that the overall economy, or gross domestic product (GDP), is generally expanding; below 50.1 percent, it is generally declining. The distance from 50 percent or 50.1 percent is indicative of the strength of the expansion or decline.
The Services ISM® Report On Business® survey is sent out to Services Business Survey Committee respondents the first part of each month. Respondents are asked to ONLY report on U.S. operations for the current month. ISM® receives survey responses throughout most of any given month, with the majority of respondents generally waiting until late in the month to submit responses to give the most accurate picture of current business activity. ISM® then compiles the report for release on the third business day of the following month.
The industries reporting growth, as indicated in the Services ISM® Report On Business® monthly report, are listed in the order of most growth to least growth. For the industries reporting contraction or decreases, those are listed in the order of the highest level of contraction/decrease to the least level of contraction/decrease.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department announced the launch of two new bureaus Wednesday in light of the new fiscal year. The Climate Change and Cannabis and Hemp bureaus were announced, as well as funding for a number of high-priority programs related to water infrastructure improvements, uranium mine site clean-ups, per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances exposure prevention protecting the public from air pollution, and more.
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According to an NMED press release, the Climate Change Bureau will be the first in state history and will lead the department’s climate change initiatives, including legislative, regulatory, and compliance initiatives. The bureau will work across state governments to coordinate policies and actions to meet the state’s climate goals.
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After eight years in leadership roles at Vaniam Group, Herzog's appointment demonstrates agency's continued focus on client service, operational excellence, and healthy growth
CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaniam Group has named Jennifer Buffington Herzog, MPH, to be the organization's President. Having served in increasingly senior leadership roles within the company since 2014, Ms. Herzog will continue to oversee many of the company's client-facing departments, while also driving greater alignment across business development, client service, and operational excellence. She will report directly to Deanna B. van Gestel, Vaniam Group's founder and CEO, and she will partner with the Executive Committee to develop and implement Vaniam Group's strategic vision.
"Jen is the perfect fit to lead Vaniam Group into the future," said Ms. van Gestel. "Having envisioned and built several of our core offerings, she knows precisely how to enable our clients' success while also profitably scaling our own middle market business. With deep connections across both the pharmaceutical industry and clinical practice, she champions meaningful collaboration between the scientific, medical, and biopharmaceutical communities. Furthermore, Jen possesses the expertise and disposition necessary to lead and motivate our employees around our shared vision for success. I am excited for the future: for Vaniam Group, for our employees, and for our clients."
Ms. Herzog stated: "I am honored to be appointed President of Vaniam Group, a company that has well earned its reputation as the premier independent communications agency in the oncology and hematology community. Over the past eight years, I have seen this company blossom from a boutique firm to an elite global healthcare communications agency with hundreds of employees focused on the people we serve and connect – our biopharma clients, healthcare practitioners, and ultimately, the thousands of individuals who are diagnosed with cancer every single day. I am inspired by our dedicated staff, and I am eager to work with them in my new role to build on this success. As we look ahead to 2023 and beyond, we are well positioned to innovate, understand the rapidly evolving treatment landscape, communicate complex scientific data with clarity, and grow our business in sustainable and healthy ways."
Ms. Herzog has more than 20 years of experience across oncology healthcare marketing, medical communications, and account management. She has successfully led multiple teams in all phases of the pharmaceutical lifecycle, spanning early development, launch, label expansion, and established product. She has been a cornerstone leader at Vaniam Group since 2014, with roles including Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President.
Vaniam Group is a people-first, purpose-driven, independent network of healthcare and scientific communications agencies committed to helping biopharmaceutical companies realize the full potential of their compounds in the oncology and hematology marketplace. Founded in 2007 as a virtual-by-design organization, Vaniam Group harnesses the talents and expertise of team members around the world. For more information, visit www.VaniamGroup.com
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Corinna Jenkins Tucker, University of New Hampshire and Tanya Rouleau Whitworth, University of New Hampshire
(THE CONVERSATION) Nearly 80% of U.S. children grow up with a sibling. For many, brothers and sisters are life companions, close confidants and sharers of memories. But siblings also are natural competitors for parents’ attention. When brothers and sisters view parents’ love and attention as limited – or lopsided in favor of their sibling – rivalry may ensue.
Rivalry can motivate children to develop unique talents, abilities – such as in academics, sports or music – and other characteristics to gain their parents’ attention. Sometimes, however, rivalry can lead to jealousy and bickering – and too much of it can lead to aggression, bullying and even abuse and violence.
We areresearchers who focus on sibling dynamics, parenting and mental health. Conflict among siblings is widely viewed as normal but, in the past decade, a new body of research consistently shows that sibling aggression and abuse are far from harmless – and can have lifelong repercussions.
Overlooking aggression
Aggressive behavior is characterized by an intent to cause harm, including physical pain and humiliation. Many behaviors between siblings fit this definition.
In 2013, using data from over 1,700 U.S. children, we found one-third of children under age 18 experienced physical, property or psychological sibling victimization in the previous year. In fact, sibling aggression is the most common form of family violence, with more children victimized by a sibling than by a caregiver. It’s a form of family violence not talked about, despite its ubiquity.
Great efforts have been aimed at reducing peer aggression, better known as peer bullying. The negative consequences of peer bullying are widely recognized. But a 2015 survey of 4,000 American children showed more are victimized over the course of a year by a sibling (21.8%) than by a peer (15.6%).
When peer bullying occurs, parents want it stopped – and experts encourage parents to talk with their children about what happened. Corrective action can include helping the bully develop understanding and empathy.
Yet, when the very same aggressive behaviors are displayed by siblings, they are typically dismissed by parents and even by the victimized siblings themselves. In fact, victim blaming often occurs, in which the victimized sibling is faulted for angering the abusing sibling or being overly sensitive.
Confusion about the difference between rivalry and sibling aggression prevents people from recognizing it. Aggressive behaviors, such as pushing, hitting or breaking cherished personal items, go beyond mild conflicts or fleeting bickering. But parents often rationalize aggressive sibling behavior – it’s just rivalry, it’s normal, no one got hurt. Sometimes adults even think it’s good for kids’ development to deal with aggressive behavior – that it makes them tougher.
For some, sibling aggression can be chronic and cross over to sibling abuse, which can leave physical or psychological injuries. Abuse involves objects, weapons, multiple tormentors or sexual assaults. About 4% of U.S. children report that during incidents in which their sibling beat, kicked or punched them, they sustained an injury or a weapon was used. A widely held view is aggression between siblings cannot be abuse. But for a surprising number of children, it is. This false belief has led to many suffering in silence.
Long term effects
Sibling aggression is linked to worse mental and physical health across the life span of the perpetrators and victims. Both experience higher rates of depression, substance use, delinquencyandsleeplessness. Additionally, data shows just one incident of victimization at the hands of a sibling is linked to worse mental health in childhood and adolescence.
Experiences of sibling aggression also influence other relationships. Parent-child relationships can suffer. Some victims may become estranged from their sibling and parents. Additionally, sibling aggression and victimization behavior is often reflected in peeranddating relationships.
Origins of sibling aggression and abuse
The cause of sibling aggression can be rooted in family dynamics. Parents may model negative behaviors that are then repeated by children.
Our research found parental conflicts, violence and harsh parenting are all associated withsibling victimization. In another study, we showed family adversity – such as job loss, illness and death – was also associated with sibling aggression and abuse.
Certain personality traits, such as low empathyand anger, are also associated with being aggressive toward a sibling.
Prevention and intervention
Parents often want simply to stop the behavior and move on – or ignore it. However, this is a missed opportunity for teaching important social skills. To help children have positive relationships in their lives, parents should teach how to navigate conflicts in a healthy way.
When aggressive behavior occurs, parents should immediately interrupt it. Without taking sides, parents can help their children from a young age learn skills that lessen aggression, such as listening, seeing another person’s perspective, managing anger, negotiating and problem-solving. These important skills reduce destructive conflict and are associated with better mental health. They also potentially stave off aggression in other kinds of relationships.
In cases of sibling abuse, teaching siblings conflict resolution skills is not appropriate. Engaging in mediation may further victimize the targeted child when there is a power imbalance and potential or actual serious harm present. Being victimized and abused is not a form of rivalry; it requires the family to seek help from a mental or physical health professional.
Research shows it’s time to change the commonplace idea that aggressive sibling dynamics are harmless. Caregivers should take these behaviors as seriously as they do peer bullying or other forms of family violence. Addressing sibling aggression and abuse can improve children’s mental and physical well-being – as well as the quality of their relationships, both inside and outside the family.
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TAMPA, Fla. — A water main break in Tampa shut down all eastbound lanes on East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Friday afternoon.
The Tampa Water Department said they're currently working to repair it, but in the meantime, all eastbound lanes on the road between North 22nd Street and North 24th Street will remain closed.
Officials added the northbound lane on North 22nd Street between East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East 31st Avenue is also closed during the repair.
The repair is expected to be complete by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11.
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The Purple Book Community Releases "State of Application Security Operations" survey which reveals troubling priorities for development organizations
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purple Book Community, a community of top security leaders along with ArmorCode, the leader in AppSecOps, today announced the release of the "State of Application Security Operations 2022". The survey of over 500 application security and development professionals, revealed that many businesses are prioritizing delivery speed over security.
More than 63% of respondents agree with the statement, "Shipping applications fast takes priority over shipping secure," and over 42% admit to having "unmanaged risk in their portfolio." However, 71% say they have sufficient application security data to understand the security risk to the business but 60% respond that their organizations lack the visibility to properly vett applications before they launch.
"The survey findings illustrate that businesses are underwater when it comes to application security," said Nikhil Gupta, CEO and founder of ArmorCode. "It's not a lack of awareness that their applications are launching in an insecure state, it's their inability to keep up with the speed that applications must be launched and updated to stay competitive as a business. Businesses are willing to sacrifice security so that they can maintain the necessary agility to stay competitive."
In efforts to keep pace with developer teams, the survey highlighted a few ways organizations are attempting to better secure applications before they launch. Respondents ranked "Automation of critical AppSec workflows" as their number one priority for the next twelve months, and efforts are being made to tighten the relationship with DevOps and AppSec teams and hire more talent. Other findings included:
- Respondents ranked "AppSec tools embedded into the DevOps pipeline" as the #1 AppSec initiative
- "Collaboration between Security and Development teams" is both a top 3 challenge and focus for respondents over the next 12 months
- "Hiring qualified application security engineers" was ranked as the #1 challenge for building a successful AppSec program
Stop by the ArmorCode booth, (Early Stage Expo, booth #6) at RSA 2022 to learn more about the state of Application Security Operations, or download the full report here.
About Purple Book Community
The Purple Book Community is a group of trusted security leaders who have come together with a mission to democratize software security. Leaders share their AppSec learnings, best practices, case studies, and secure software development life cycle practices. To learn more, please visit www.thepurplebook.club and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About ArmorCode
ArmorCode is the industry's leading AppSecOps platform. ArmorCode customers reduce application exposure and risk, while scaling AppSec effectiveness and impact by 10x or more across the organization. ArmorCode customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability, and Compliance Management and DevSecOps automation. ArmorCode AppSecOps platform ensures customers ship secure software and ship it fast.. To learn more, please visit www.armorcode.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaSource Power Services ("NovaSource" or the "Company"), a global leader in solar operations and maintenance ("O&M") services and a portfolio company of Clairvest Group Inc. ("Clairvest", TSX: CVG) and OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of OMERS, announced its global operations expansion into Australia with the acquisition of the Australian O&M assets of First Solar, Inc., which closed on September 30, 2022.
The acquisition is part of a global expansion strategy helmed by NovaSource's CEO, Troy Lauterbach. When Lauterbach assumed the helm of NovaSource as its CEO, he announced the goal of becoming both a national and global leader in renewable O&M services. As part of that mission, Lauterbach named Timo Moeller President for International Operations. According to Lauterbach, "Timo and I have a long career together, and I know he is the right person to lead our global expansion."
The expansion into Australia adds approximately 500MW of solar energy production, located across the Australian continent, to NovaSource's global fleet. The acquisition signals NovaSource's continued focus on expanding its platform and driving continued market growth in a strong, renewable energy-focused market.
"We are thrilled to expand NovaSource's global fleet into Australia's growing solar market. Our team is energized to present our current and future stakeholders through APAC a higher standard of technical services," said Moeller. "The Company's global framework, deep knowledge and industry expertise will enable our Australian operations to deliver experienced leadership and long-term value to our customers."
Currently, NovaSource operates and maintains over 20GW of solar power plants across 11 countries and is a leading operator of battery storage systems.
About NovaSource Power Services
NovaSource Power Services, a portfolio company of Clairvest Group Inc. ("Clairvest", TSX: CVG), is a global O&M services provider for renewable energy assets. NovaSource seeks to maintain a world-class culture of safety and integrity, while developing lasting partnerships with our customers and team members. As an independent, O&M-focused company, NovaSource is poised to offer even greater value in the design, maintenance, and management of our customers' projects. More information is available at www.novasourcepower.com.
About Clairvest
Clairvest's mission is to partner with entrepreneurs to help them build strategically significant businesses. Founded in 1987 by a group of successful Canadian entrepreneurs, Clairvest is a top performing private equity management firm with over CAD $3.2 billion of capital under management. Clairvest invests its own capital and that of third parties through the Clairvest Equity Partners limited partnerships in owner-led businesses. Under the current management team, Clairvest has initiated investments in 59 different platform companies and generated top quartile performance over an extended period.
About OMERS Private Equity
OMERS Private Equity manages investments globally on behalf of OMERS, one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, with C$121 billion in net assets as of December 31, 2021, including approximately C$19.6 billion in net private equity investment asset exposure. With teams in New York, London, Toronto and Singapore, OMERS Private Equity invests across Industrials, Healthcare, Business Services and Technology, deploying an evergreen capital base to partner with strong management teams and transform good companies into industry leaders around the globe. www.omersprivateequity.com
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Thornley, Senior Director of Customer Success, won a Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service and was named in Utah Business' 2023 40 Under 40 list
SALT LAKE CITY, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Impartner, the world's most complete, most highly rated, and most award-winning provider of channel management technologies, including its flagship Partner Relationship Management (PRM) and Partner Marketing Automation solutions, announced that Brenna Thornley, Senior Director of Customer Success, has been named a Silver winner in the 17th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service in the Woman of the Year in Customer Service category and as a Utah Business 40 Under 40 honoree.
Thornley was recognized for her success at Impartner for transforming every customer-facing organization by prioritizing customer experience and satisfaction—shifting company culture completely. She has revamped two departments, improving customer ratings astronomically in each case.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top honors for customer service, contact center, business development and sales professionals. The Stevie Awards organizes eight of the world's leading business awards programs, also including the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®. More than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 49 nations and territories, were considered in this year's competition.
The Utah Business 40 Under 40 honors Utah's most established professionals who are changing Utah's business landscape in significant ways. All honorees are under 40 years of age.
"Brenna possesses a rare skillset—she understands the indirect channel sales industry, how to deliver SaaS software, how to perform analytics around that delivery, and she can educate on best practices," said Brad Pace, chief operating officer at Impartner. "She's extremely data-driven in her analysis, and as a result, she focuses on the most important thing because it will drive the biggest change for Impartner customers."
Stevie winners were revealed during an awards banquet on Friday, March 3, in Las Vegas.
Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Stevie winners in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Sales.
The complete list of Utah Business 40 Under 40 honorees is available at: https://www.utahbusiness.com/utah-business-2023-40-under-40/
To learn more about how Impartner helps corporations from the smallest to the largest enterprises like Honeywell, Qualtrics and Vertiv grow their channel revenue by an average of 32.3% in the first year of use alone, click here.
About Impartner
Impartner is the fastest-growing, most award-winning provider of channel management technologies, including its flagship Partner Relationship Management (PRM) and Partner Marketing Automation solutions, which help companies worldwide manage their partner relationships, drive demand through partners and accelerate revenue and profitability through indirect sales channels. For more information on Impartner, which is based in Utah's tech hotbed, the Silicon Slopes, visit impartner.com.
Impartner Contact:
Chelsea Rider
Impartner
chelsea.rider@impartner.com
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SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford and Ty France hit back-to-back home runs in a three-run fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 3-2 Tuesday night to send the Athletics to their sixth straight loss and 14th in 16 games.
Oakland dropped to 10-40, which projects to a 32-130 record. That would be the most losses for any team in a season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders went 20-134.
The A’s matched the 1932 Boston Red Sox and 1897 St. Louis Browns for the fourth-worst 50-game start in big league history at 10-40, ahead of only the 1897 Louisville Colonels at 7-43, and the 1899 Spiders and 1904 Washington Senators at 9-41.
A controversial fan interference call hurt the Mariners in the eighth. After France was hit on the left wrist by a Trevor May fastball and replaced by pinch-runner Sam Haggerty, Julio Rodríguez hit a foul fly down the line.
Ramón Laureano settled under the ball and was about to catch it, but a fan raised an arm out of the stands and over the field. Though the fan didn’t touch the ball, first base umpire Carlos Torres decided the fan interfered with Laureano’s view and called Rodríguez out, a decision upheld in a video review.
“It’s a strange call, you don’t see it called too often on the field,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Sometimes it doesn’t get called and the other team takes it to review and then it goes from there, but it certainly was worth a challenge. We don’t want to take the bat away from Julio in that spot.”
France laid on the ground for several minutes after getting hit by May’s errant fastball earlier in the inning, and left the game after walking to first base. Initial x-rays said that France’s wrist was not fractured, but Servais said that he would likely miss at least the next couple of games as the team waits for swelling to go down.
Later in the inning, May also hit Seattle third baseman Eugenio Suarez in the back with a pitch.
“It’s a scary thing,” May said. “You don’t want to throw it by anyone’s face or anything. I don’t know (France) or Suarez personally, but I’ve played against them quite a bit. I know they’re good dudes … You don’t want anyone to have to miss any time because you’re not very sharp.”
Laureano and Carlos Pérez hit RBI singles in the first off Marco Gonzales (4-1). who allowed five hits in six innings with four strikeouts.
“I thought we had a good gameplan,” Gonzales said. “Just some weak contact, some kind of fluky stuff happening in the first, and after that I settled in. I felt like we just attacked guys and I had confidence in my stuff and got ahead. I thought we saw the results from that.”
Tom Murphy doubled off Luis Medina (0-3) with two outs in the fifth, and Crawford tied the score one batter later with his second homer of the season. France then drove a slider 420 feet into the left-field bullpen for his third home run.
Jesús Aguilar, Gonzales’ last batter, grounded into a double play that ended the sixth, starting a streak of 11 straight Oakland outs to end the game.
“(Gonzales) made an adjustment after that first inning and we weren’t able to make the adjustment back,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “He’s a veteran pitcher and he’s out there for a reason.”
Trevor Gott, Justin Topa and Paul Sewald pitched one perfect inning each, completing a five-hitter. Sewald is now a perfect 10-for-10 in save chances this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: Oakland reinstated May (anxiety) from the 15-day IL, and optioned LHP Kyle Muller to Triple-A Las Vegas. Muller, the A’s opening night starter, was 1-4 with an 8.04 ERA in 10 starts.
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Athletics LHP Ken Waldichuk (1-3, 6.85) will start Wednesday. He has walked five or more in each of his past three outings. Mariners rookie RHP Bryce Miller (2-1, 1.42) debuted May 2 and has 22 strikeouts and two walks in his first four starts.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is pleased to announce the sale of Whitewater Brands, a portfolio company of Rock Gate Partners and Peninsula Capital Partners, to Lincolnshire Management. BGL's Industrials Group served as the exclusive financial advisor to Whitewater Brands in the process. This transaction furthers BGL's market position in automotive aftermarket M&A, industrial distribution investment banking, and eCommerce investment banking, providing advisory services to company founders, executives, and institutional owners across a range of industrial sub-sectors.
Whitewater Brands is a leading omni-channel marketer and supplier of high-margin, productivity-enhancing consumables and light equipment to the automotive collision repair, mechanical repair, and dealership industries. The company goes to market through multiple brands, including Collision Services, I/D/E/A, Auto Body Toolmart, and Sid Savage across an integrated eCommerce and catalog/call center platform. Whitewater Brands enjoys superior brand recognition and strong market share among both independent and muti-shop operators in the highly fragmented automotive repair and dealership markets. Whitewater capably serves over 135,000 customers and offers more than over 69,000 SKUs.
Lincolnshire Management, headquartered in New York with a satellite office in Chicago, is a private equity firm focused on investing in and acquiring growing middle market companies across an array of industries.
This acquisition provides Whitewater Brands with a new private equity owner that is enthusiastic about continuing to grow the business in partnership with management.
BGL's Industrials Group has extensive global transaction experience and domain knowledge across a broad range of end markets. Our emphasis is on providing investment banking advisory services to middle-market companies that offer unique value propositions to their customers and exclusive product and service offerings. On every engagement, we develop and execute highly customized strategies tailored to the goals and objectives of our clients. A leader in key industry sectors, our Industrials Group brings decades of experience, long-standing industry relationships, and strategic opportunities to our clients.
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is a leading independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused on the global middle market. The firm advises private and public corporations and private equity groups on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructurings, business valuations and opinions, and other strategic matters. BGL has investment banking offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and New York, and real estate offices in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Antonio. The firm is also a founding member of Global M&A Partners, enabling BGL to service clients in more than 30 countries around the world. Securities transactions are conducted through Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company Securities, LLC, an affiliate of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company LLC and a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC. For more information, please visit www.bglco.com.
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NEW YORK ( (AP) — Khalid Moore had 24 points in Fordham's 71-60 win over Stonehill on Tuesday night.
Moore was 9 of 13 shooting, including 2 for 3 from distance, and went 4 for 5 from the line for the Rams (5-1). Darius Quisenberry added 14 points while going 3 of 10 from the floor, including 3 for 8 from distance, and 5 for 6 from the line, and he also had six assists. Kyle Rose was 3 of 11 shooting (3 for 10 from distance) to finish with 10 points, while adding six rebounds.
The Skyhawks (2-5) were led in scoring by Andrew Sims, who finished with 16 points, seven assists and three steals. Max Zegarowski added 13 points for Stonehill. Shamir Johnson also had eight points.
Fordham outscored Stonehill in the second half by two points, with Moore scoring a team-high nine points after the break.
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FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Fauquier County that happened over the weekend.
On May 7, at 8:27 a.m., police responded to the 7200 block of Route 50, John S. Mosby Highway, for the report of a motor vehicle accident.
A 2015 Chevrolet Trax was heading east on Route 50 when it crossed a double-solid yellow centerline and collided head-on with a westbound 2012 Ford Escape, according to police.
The driver of the Chevrolet was identified as 29-year-old Jensen B. Hoover, of Winchester. She suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Winchester Medical Center for treatment. Hoover later died as a result of her injuries. She was wearing a seatbelt.
The driver of the Ford was a 34-year-old woman who also suffered life-threatening conditions as a result of the crash and was taken to INOVA Fairfax Hospital for treatment. She was wearing a seatbelt and her condition is unknown at this time.
Three passengers in the Ford, a 5-year-old female, an 11-year-old male and a 12-year-old male all suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash and were also taken to the hospital. All three were wearing seatbelts and their condition is currently unknown.
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PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer was taken to the hospital Friday morning following an incident near 9th and Atlanta avenues.
The agency has not yet provided specific details about the incident but indicated that traffic in that area will be restricted for some time. Citizens are also encouraged to avoid this area.
The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association said the injured officer was shot.
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NICE, France (AP) — A maritime rescue ship docked Friday in a southern French port carrying 230 migrants whose fates have sparked a diplomatic row between France and Italy — a dispute that’s threatening EU efforts to share around asylum-seekers.
The French welcome for the Ocean Viking, though reluctant, unleashed fury from far-right rivals of the French government. Migrant advocates expressed relief, but lamented that it took weeks to find a harbor for the ship as Italy refused to let it dock, and vowed Friday to send their vessels back out to the Mediterranean to save others in distress.
The Ocean Viking disembarked its passengers at the Toulon port. people from Eritrea, Egypt, Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other nations, including 44 unaccompanied minors and children as young as 3.
Two dozen needed medical care and one was hospitalized, the Var regional administration said Friday. All underwent security checks and most were sent to temporary lodging in the Mediterranean resort of Giens. The unaccompanied minors were taken to a separate, undisclosed location, it said.
All those taken to the processing center wanted to seek asylum, and immigration officials will start the interview process Saturday, the statement said.
Some who disembarked Friday had been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea as long as three weeks ago.
The ship became the cause of a rift between France and Italy after Rome eventually granted three other private rescue ships permission to dock in Italy but refused the Ocean Viking. Premier Giorgia Meloni then praised France for taking the migrants in, although the French government had not said so publicly.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the passengers would ultimately be divided among France and 11 other European Union countries.
As apparent retaliation for Italy’s behavior, Darmanin announced France’s withdrawal from a “solidarity” mechanism approved in June to reduce the pressure on front-line countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain by taking in asylum-seekers. French officials also announced new border checks with Italy.
While politicians battled over the 230 people aboard the Ocean Viking, they are a fraction of those fleeing global crises this year. From January to August this year, France received 82,535 asylum requests, more than any EU country but Germany. Italy came in fifth, with 43,750 asylum applications.
France’s reaction appeared to have taken Italy by surprise. Italy’s Meloni on Friday lashed back at what she said was France’s “aggressive,” “incomprehensible and unjustified” measures.
The premier said she had a voter mandate to change the way Europe deals with mass migration and that Italy would no longer accept being the main disembarkation point for asylum-seekers crossing the Mediterranean.
“That’s not written in any agreement,” she said, noting that Italy has taken in nearly 90,000 migrants so far this year. The EU redistribution accord called for 8,000 of them to be resettled in 13 member countries; to date 117 have been relocated, 38 of them to France.
“Something in this mechanism isn’t working,” Meloni said.
Advocacy groups agree that France has been slow in processing asylum-seekers as part of the sharing agreement.
SOS Mediterranee said Friday it plans to send the Ocean Viking back to sea “despite the obstacles.” Doctors Without Borders, whose Geo Barents ship was also caught in the recent migration drama, said the same: “These operations are and will be the response to irresponsible European and national policies of refusing to help those at sea.”
Italian news reports said French President Emmanuel Macron and Meloni had agreed at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt that France would take in the Ocean Viking, but that the Italian government had undermined the verbal accord by prematurely claiming victory in the standoff.
France’s actions empowered Meloni’s center-left opponents, who said the outcome isolated Italy from its European partners.
“Shows of strength over migrants not only don’t pay off but provoke international isolation and a loss of credibility,” tweeted lawmaker Piero Fassino of the Democratic Party. “Getting into fights with partners like France is wrong, especially when you need allies.”
In France, far-right politicians unleashed a barrage of criticism against Macron.
“Enough is enough,” Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right National Rally. “Immigration to France is not an unconditional right.”
The far-right uproar in both countries over Mediterranean Sea migrants stands in sharp contrast to Europe’s welcome of millions of Ukrainians who fled after the Russian invasion.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The theater community is banding together for a special podcast to combat censorship that features performances from plays and musicals under threat and appearances by Bryan Cranston, Raúl Esparza, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Richard Kind.
The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund’s “Banned Together: An Anti-Censorship Podcast” has readings, scenes and snippets from works including Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” and Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” It is available to download now through Sept. 24 in conjunction with Banned Books Week.
“Boldly putting this art out there is really important,” said Tony-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lisa Kron, who is twice represented on the podcast. Her song with Jeanine Tesori “Changing My Major” from “Fun Home” is heard, and Kron also performs a scene from “The Vagina Monologues.”
Other plays featured include Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “An Octoroon,” Paula Vogel’s “Indecent,” Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind,” Moisés Kaufman’s “The Laramie Project,” Nilo Cruz’s “Anna in the Tropics” and “My Name is Rachel Corrie” by Rachel Corrie.
Highlights include Cranston playing lawyer Roy Cohn and Kind playing his doctor in a scene from “Angels in America,” Keenan-Bolger doing a monologue from “My Name is Rachel Corrie” and Esparza reading a devastating section from “The Laramie Project.” The Stonewall Chorale performs “Seasons of Love” from “Rent.”
The podcast makes clear that producers and schools sometimes face local pressure to avoid or scrap plans for plays and musicals that explore race and sexuality.
“Every time there have been steps forward in terms of widening civil rights, enfranchisement, the American promise that involves a multiracial, multi-gendered, full enfranchisement and much fuller democracy — every single time that’s happened, there has been a violent backlash. And that’s happening right now,” Kron said.
Kron also fears that theater creators will start to pull their punches in anticipation of what could happen. “One of the insidious ways this kind of censorship moves is in self-censorship,” she said.
The podcast is hosted by Dramatists Legal Defense Fund board members Lydia Diamond and Cheryl Davis. Greg Jarrett serves as music director.
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The CPSC announces today the following recalls are posted in cooperation with the firms listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov.
ECR International Recalls Gas-Fired Hot Water Residential Boilers Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard
https://cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/ECR-International-Recalls-Gas-Fired-Hot-Water-Residential-Boilers-Due-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-Hazard
Electrolux Group Recalls Frigidaire Gas Laundry Centers Due to Fire Hazard
https://cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Electrolux-Group-Recalls-Frigidaire-Gas-Laundry-Centers-Due-to-Fire-Hazard
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- Low-code solutions accelerate digitalization and integration of front- and back-end processes, and enhance customer experiences
- Mendix and Capgemini will jointly build and deliver low-code insurance solutions
BOSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in modern enterprise application development, today announced that it has expanded its go-to-market relationship with Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering solutions, to build and deliver joint industry solutions based on the Mendix low-code platform. Mendix and Capgemini have been working together on multiple insurance-related engagements since 2011 in France, Netherlands, UK, and the Americas.
"As a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology, Capgemini has extensive insurance domain capabilities and resources." said Jethro Borsje, chief ecosystems solutions officer at Mendix. "The company understands the strategic impact of low-code and how insurance organizations can best use it to optimize operations and customer experience. Together, we will jointly build and deliver solutions that make the insurance industry more efficient."
The whipsaw effects of the pandemic forced insurance companies to become more digital and agile. However, significant challenges remain, such as providing better customer experiences and automating processes.
Insurance companies still work with disparate systems that are not integrated, nor customer friendly. Some carriers have been able to engage customers and derive insights from multiple data sources. Using customizable templates and solutions, they can digitize processes much more quickly.
"At Capgemini, we aim to build agile, scalable, and secure solutions for our clients with the most impactful partners" said Kiran Boosam, Head of Insurance Innovation at Capgemini. "The Mendix platform is widely recognized as a low-code market leader, and together we have delivered several customized solutions for clients. Thus, it seems appropriate to combine our synergies, standardize our approach, and accelerate the implementation roadmap."
Mendix and Capgemini will develop two low code solutions that streamline and digitize critical insurance processes – Direct to Consumer and Underwriter Workbench
As we become a more agile and web-based society, many insurance carriers are changing the way they engage their customer by offering online interfaces. The D2C solution is a chassis that enables Insurance carriers to deliver "quick to customer" insurance solutions with a positive customer experience. Personalized screens offer the flexibility to customize the interface by market opportunity, so you can use the same chassis and apply it to pet insurance, warrantee, D&O, etc. Also, a responsive omni-channel approach allows you to re-enter the quote process through emailed link, enabling a positive customer experience as they access the tool through multiple devices.
Underwriters expect their employers to offer digital tools that make their job easier, such as gathering insights from many different data sources to make an underwriting decision. Toward that end, Mendix and Capgemini are building connectors that link disparate data sources that enable underwriters to have the data available from one control panel. The Mendix platform also enables insurance organizations to go to market with robust, high-quality applications and experiences up to 10 times faster than with traditional coding.
Specifically, Mendix and Capgemini are cooperatively building an "Underwriting Workbench" that connects front-end experiences with backend systems such as Guidewire, so underwriters can better manage tasks, workflows, assignments, and reassignments. It also has the capability to enable a 360-degree view of the customer as well as role-based views for underwriters, brokers, and different lines of business.
"The benefit of these solutions and working with Capgemini is that insurance companies will be able to quickly offer unique insurance products, as well as improve the underwriting process," said Ron Wellman, head of Industry Clouds at Mendix. "This is critical in order to achieve greater levels of efficiency and improve customer satisfaction."
For more information, visit Capgemini | Mendix.
Mendix and Capgemini will demonstrate the power of the Mendix low-code platform and Underwriting Workbench in booth #126 at the upcoming Digin digital insurance conference June 8 – 10 in New Orleans. Discover how easy it is to customize the Underwriting Workbench and how low-code can facilitate successful digital transformation.
In a digital-first world, customers want their every need anticipated, employees want better tools to do their jobs, and enterprises know that sweeping digital transformation is the key to survival and success. Mendix, a Siemens business, is quickly becoming the engine of the enterprise digital landscape. Its industry-leading low-code platform and comprehensive ecosystem integrates the most advanced technology to support solutions that boost engagement, streamline operations, and relieve IT logjams. Built on the pillars of abstraction, automation, cloud, and collaboration, Mendix dramatically increases developer productivity and empowers a legion of not-so-technical, 'citizen' developers to create apps guided by their particular domain expertise, facilitated by Mendix engineered-in collaborative capabilities and intuitive visual interface. Recognized as a leader and visionary by leading industry analysts, the platform is cloud-native, open, extensible, agile, and proven. From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to intelligent automation and native mobile, Mendix is the backbone of digital-first enterprises. The Mendix enterprise low-code platform has been adopted by more than 4,000 leading companies in 46 countries.
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You'll need reservations to visit these US national parks in 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns resulted in millions of stir-crazy Americans getting out of their houses the first chance they got and actually spending quality time outdoors, including at national parks.
But the sudden influx of visitors at the nation's most historic natural sites caused a huge strain on the entire National Park infrastructure. The requirement of reservations soon became the new norm in order to handle the record-breaking traffic.
RELATED: Here's when you can visit U.S. national parks for free in 2023
Some parks have decided to drop their reservation requirements, but some have decided to the new system maybe should have been in place a long time ago.
YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA - JULY 11: Late afternoon view of the Yosemite National Park and Merced River in Yosemite, Calif., on Monday, July 11, 2022. The sky begins to clear after dense smoke from the Washburn Fire covered the valley earlier Monday. (Pho
Of the 63 major National Parks in the U.S., nine are requiring some type of reservation on top of entrance fees in 2023.
1. Acadia National Park, Maine
2. Arches National Park, Utah
3. Glacier National Park, Montana
4. Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
5. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
6. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
7. Yosemite National Park, California
8. Zion National Park, Utah
9. Muir Woods National Monument, California
Visits to national parks across the U.S. have been trending up in recent years. Utah’s Zion National Park set new visitor records in 2021 as tourism bounced back from the shutdowns imposed during the early days of the pandemic.
A record number of visitors flocked to Yellowstone National Park last year despite fewer hotel rooms and campsites being available because of the coronavirus pandemic and construction projects.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Many hospitals in the Pacific Northwest are once again at or above capacity. As of Monday, nearly every hospital bed in the Portland metro area was spoken for.
Health care officials said rising COVID-19 cases are once again a factor, but this summer there are many other challenges, including staffing.
“We know that many levels of staff have made decisions as a result of the COVID pandemic to cut back hours, to change professions, to sometimes leave health care entirely,” said Dr. Renee Edwards, chief medical officer at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). “Our hospital is completely full.”
Like so many hospitals and health care providers, OHSU is actively recruiting for nurses and other positions. At the same time, they’re competing against the growing national demand for traveling nurses and contracted labor.
It’s a challenge that’s not just impacting hospitals but long-term care facilities too. And therein lies another challenge; some patients are using hospital beds they no longer need while waiting for a transfer to long-term care facilities.
“When we can’t move our patients from the hospital environments of care into those post-acute environments where patients need ongoing care, then it does create a backlog in the system,” said Edwards.
On Monday, there were 58 non-intensive care unit hospital beds available in the Portland metro area, or 3% of capacity. There were 20 ICU beds available, or 6%, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
Dwindling hospital capacity is not just Oregon’s problem. Multiple Washington hospitals noted that they too are over capacity and understaffed. That includes Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
“We have not been under this level of stress at any point during the pandemic,” said Sommer Kleweno Walley with Harborview Medical Center. “This is unprecedented at this point.”
“Unfortunately, we have returned to the same level and in some cases worse level of both challenge and strain in our hospitals that we experienced during those periods of those specific surges related to those variants,” added Dr. Steve Mitchell with the Washington Medical Coordination Center.
It all comes as doctors contend with the BA.5 and BA.4 variants, which account for most new cases and are believed to resist both antibodies and vaccine protections.
“When both states are at capacity, it creates an extreme situation for the Pacific Northwest,” said Edwards.
Edwards pointed out that emergency rooms are also extremely busy, especially during the summer months. It’s why hospitals across the region are asking people to avoid using them except for true emergencies. Instead, they encourage visits to urgent care providers or primary care physicians whenever possible.
Hospital officials also advise people to stay on top of preventive health care, get regular check-ups and don’t ignore health concerns.
“Many patients who delayed seeing a doctor during COVID now need more intense care as part of their hospitalization,” said Edwards. | https://kobi5.com/news/many-pacific-northwest-hospitals-at-capacity-as-they-struggle-with-staffing-192020/ | 2022-07-19 19:20:18 | 0 | https://kobi5.com/news/many-pacific-northwest-hospitals-at-capacity-as-they-struggle-with-staffing-192020/ |
- Treatment with linsitinib in a clinically relevant mouse model demonstrated a significant reduction in autoimmune response and classical Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) symptoms, independent of TED severity -
- Ongoing global Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial evaluating linsitinib for treatment of active, moderate to severe TED -
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sling Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on late-stage development of an oral small molecule for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED), today announced the presentation of data demonstrating that linsitinib, a small molecule insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-1R) inhibitor, prevented TED progression in a mouse model of TED, regardless of when treatment was administered. The data are featured in an oral presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting & Expo (ENDO) being held June 15-18, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.
"We are delighted to present our newest dataset that reinforces the therapeutic hypothesis for linsitinib to be an oral drug for therapeutic intervention at all stages of TED," said Ryan Zeidan, Chief Executive Officer of Sling Therapeutics. "Importantly, our data demonstrate linsitinib blocks the development of localized pathology in mice with early and late-stage TED, demonstrating potential as an effective TED treatment. We anticipate these preclinical results will translate into humans and are currently evaluating linsitinib in our global Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial that is enrolling in the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the UK."
The study investigated the effect of linsitinib in mice immunized with a plasmid encoding the A-subunit of thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR). An autoimmune response against TSHR induces Graves' Disease and TED. Linsitinib reduced the autoimmune response and limited the severity in early and late stages of TED.
"We previously presented data that demonstrated the potential for linsitinib to reduce T-cell and macrophage infiltration into the orbital muscle and adipose tissue by up to 80 percent. At ENDO 2023, we are presenting additional data from our evaluation of this potential oral treatment option for TED, demonstrating a reduction in disease severity at all stages of disease," said Jeff Kent, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Sling Therapeutics. "We anticipate a similar response to treatment that is independent of when linsitinib is administered. This opens the door for an oral therapeutic that can appeal to a broad range of patients who are suffering through TED at the early and late phases."
For more information about the Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial, visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05276063.
About Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
TED is a debilitating autoimmune disease that affects about 20,000 people in the U.S. per year and has a similar prevalence in Europe. TED is characterized by excess fibrous tissue growth behind the eyes, and this inflammation can push the eyes forward or cause the eyes and eyelids to become red and swollen. As the disease progresses it can lead to pain, eye bulging, and double vision. TED predominantly affects women, and most frequently affects people with hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease.
About Sling Therapeutics
Sling Therapeutics, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on late-stage development of an oral small molecule for the treatment of TED. The company is advancing the evaluation of its lead product candidate, linsitinib, in a Phase 2b clinical trial based on extensive preclinical and clinical data. Linsitinib offers the potential of a convenient oral small molecule that could significantly reduce the treatment burden for people living with TED. For more information visit https://slingtx.com/.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
39. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 56.
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Including Baker, Mountain Pass,
and Mitchell Caverns
1011 AM PST Tue Jan 24 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 55. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 36. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 53 to 56. North winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 36. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 54. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 39.
Highs around 60.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 60. Lows
around 39.
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Including Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley,
Twentynine Palms, and Vidal Junction
1011 AM PST Tue Jan 24 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 62 in Twentynine Palms...54 to
57 around Yucca Valley...around 58 near Joshua Tree. North winds
10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40 in Twentynine Palms...
34 to 37 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. North winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs around 60 in Twentynine Palms...
50 to 53 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. North winds
15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 39.
Highs 61 to 64 in Twentynine Palms...56 to 59 around Yucca Valley
and near Joshua Tree.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 63 in
Twentynine Palms...around 58 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua
Tree. Lows around 41 in Twentynine Palms and around Yucca
Valley...around 37 near Joshua Tree.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 61 in Twentynine Palms...
around 55 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BeyondView, a data-driven, digital twin technology firm providing photorealistic, interactive, and digital commercial real estate solutions, launched a new augmented reality (AR) feature for its enterprise, digital twin software. The AR feature will be introduced across a sampling of BeyondView's portfolio of leading real estate clients including Healthpeak Properties, Silverstein Properties, Daiwa House USA, Physicians Realty Trust, Lillibridge, Farley White Interests and WeWork.
Scott Brinker, President and CEO of Healthpeak Properties said, "The integration of BeyondView's technology solutions across our portfolio of properties has kept Healthpeak on the forefront of innovation. We are having great success using BeyondView's solutions and their new AR feature is proving its ability to remove the guess work of imagining a space's unmet potential, while still providing prospective tenants with a more traditional touring process."
The new AR feature blends the physical-world with the digital-universe, providing real-life context to BeyondView's stunning digital twins. By scanning QR codes that are strategically placed throughout a physical space, users will plunge into BeyondView's platform which aligns the real-life space's unmet potential to the coordinating digital twin. From initial engagement with prospective tenants to agreement closings, this new feature will help property owners, brokers, and prospective tenants expedite deal flow.
Kul Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of BeyondView said, "It is a privilege to work with such innovative customers, like Healthpeak, that really understand the benefits of using BeyondView's AI powered solutions. BeyondView's Digital Twins are unlike other market offerings and we are continuously advancing our platform. We are thrilled to launch this newest feature that meshes our digital twin software with real world functionality allowing users to physically experience a space all the while using BeyondView's technology to see what the final product will look like before it undergoes expensive and time-consuming alterations."
BeyondView's digital twins utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to create a digital representation of a space at a fraction of current time and costs. The result is a building-specific database that is highly customizable to advance stakeholder decision-making. By integrating easily accessible and contextualized data, stunning visuals, and a user-friendly communication platform, BeyondView presents a one-of-a-kind customer experience.
BeyondView's innovative digital twin technology provides prospective tenants with the opportunity to virtually tour newly developed and reimagined properties tailored to meet their specific needs while simultaneously managing the building-specific database. Working from already prepared materials such as blueprints, CAD drawings, or even photographs, BeyondView not only prepares digitally white boxed visualizations but can be used to completely redesign properties.
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A radio controlled jet rally was held on the west end of Billings over the weekend and people from all over the state and some parts of Wyoming traveled to participate in it.
The rally was organized by a nonprofit group called the Billings Flying Mustangs, which hopes to increase participation in radio controlled flying.
Many of the pilots that participated in the event this weekend have been flying these radio controlled jets for a longtime. One of those is John Cooley, who's been doing it for 45 years. He said he enjoys the camaraderie of the community more than anything else.
"I think my favorite part is the people," Cooley said on Sunday afternoon in between flights. "A lot of these people I have known for 30 years or longer. We do as much visiting as we do flying. They're just great people."
Cooley lives in Powell, Wyoming where he and his son own and operate a body shop for radio controlled jets. Cooley said working with his son and attending these types of events with him really add to the experience.
"We fly pretty much everyday in front of the body shop for five or ten minutes, you know?" Cooley said. "It's a lot of fun and we really have a good time doing what we do."
This weekend's event was non-competitive, where pilots could come and fly whatever routines and planes they preferred. Art Mulkey, a longtime member of the Billings Flying Mustangs, said it was organized to increase the excitement around their sport.
"It was about public involvement and it's about the camaraderie from the people in the sport," Mulkey said. "It's a way to make people aware of other things going on in town and it's trying to keep our sport alive."
Mulkey is a Billings resident and said that he's traveled to many different radio controlled jet rallies, but having one in his hometown is extra special.
"It's more than cool," Mulkey said. "It's a special treat that we are able to do this."
Mulkey said the majority of pilots were from Montana, however some traveled all the way from Kalispell. Others made the trek from Wyoming to Montana from cities like Powell or Casper.
In total, Mulkey said the event had nearly 30 registered pilots and that every day brought in more than 100 spectators. Mulkey said he hopes the event generates excitement in younger generations.
"If we don't have some young folks coming in, it's not going to stick around for very long," Mulkey said. "I don't care if you're 10-years-old or 80-years-old, you can still come out here and learn how to fly."
And while it was Cooley's turn to travel for the event this weekend, he knows that many of his friends will soon be making the trip to Wyoming for another event. Cooley said the pilots are always doing what they can to support one another.
"These events are what make everything work for us," Cooley said. "There's just a lot of support here. Honestly, you'll find your friends for life doing this." | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/billings-nonprofit-hosts-first-ever-radio-controlled-jet-rally | 2023-05-22 18:28:09 | 0 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/billings-nonprofit-hosts-first-ever-radio-controlled-jet-rally |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ah, the bacon, egg and cheese. The classic bodega breakfast sandwich is a staple in many a New Yorker's diet. It's easy to make, easy to eat on the go and cheap — although not as cheap as it used to be.
To keep up with today's levels of inflation due to the pandemic and Russia's war with Ukraine, bodega owners are faced with no choice but to raise the prices of their famously low-priced breakfast sandwiches.
“Bacon, egg and cheese -- you can’t take that sandwich away,” said Francisco Marte, who owns a bodega in the Bronx. “That’s the favorite sandwich of New Yorkers.”
Marte has had to increase prices on everything from sugar to potato chips -- and the cost of his bacon, egg and cheese sandwich is up from $2.50 to $4.50.
At the wholesale level, inflation climbed 11.3% in June compared with a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Producer prices have surged nearly 18% for goods and nearly 8% for services compared with June 2021.
“These things happen. And normally, in normal times, the supply chain is able to absorb some of that shock,” said Katie Denis, a spokesperson with the Consumer Brands Association, a trade group representing food, personal care and cleaning companies. “Right now, there’s just no slack.”
Frances Rice, who stopped by Marte’s bodega for a bacon, egg and cheese, says she's trying to work out how to cope with less slack in her budget as prices rise. She says there’s always a silver lining.
“It means that I buy a good breakfast and stretch it to lunch and don’t eat again until I get home, which means I lose weight,” she said. “Got to look at the brighter side of things, because you know what? Either way, if you got to move, you’ve got to pay. If you’re hungry, you have to eat.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Inflation-hits-NYC-s-bodega-favorite-Bacon-egg-17331429.php | 2022-07-27 05:33:29 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Inflation-hits-NYC-s-bodega-favorite-Bacon-egg-17331429.php |
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A 2-year-old boy died Sunday night after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in the backyard of a home in Union County, officials said.
Emergency workers were called about 6 p.m. to the home of the child’s grandmother on McKinley Street in Linden, according to city Mayor Derek Armstead.
Paramedics attempted to revive the toddler before transporting him to Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, where he was pronounced dead, Armstead told NJ Advance Media on Monday.
The boy was apparently visiting his grandmother at the time, Armstead said. He didn’t know the child’s primary residence. A Linden police spokesman on Monday did not immediately return a call seeking more details about the boy’s death.
“I just know that it’s a tragic event and our heart goes out to the family,” Armstead said. “At this point, all we can do is give the family all our prayers and let them know that if we can help them, we’ll go forward with it.”
Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook. | https://www.nj.com/union/2022/08/2-year-old-boy-drowns-in-backyard-swimming-pool-authorities-say.html | 2022-08-01 11:48:02 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/union/2022/08/2-year-old-boy-drowns-in-backyard-swimming-pool-authorities-say.html |
ROCHESTER, Minn. – One of the former RCTC football players accused of assaulting an opposing coach is pleading not guilty.
Shan Stephen Fiorenza, 21 of Memphis, Tennessee, has pleaded not guilty to third-degree assault and two counts of fifth-degree assault.
Rochester police say that after a game between Rochester Community and Technical College and Minnesota West Community and Technical College on October 24, 2021, there was a fight between the teams.
Investigators say a Minnesota West coach grabbed Fiorenza to try and break up the fight and Fiorenza punched the Minnesota West Coach five times. Another RCTC football player, Akim Abdul Richmond, then allegedly joined Fiorenza in throwing the coach to the ground and hitting him.
According to court documents, the coach told police he lost consciousness and was later diagnosed with a concussion.
Fiorenza is scheduled to stand trial beginning April 12, 2023. Richmond, 22 of Hawkins, Texas, has still not entered a plea to fifth-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault.
Fiorenza is also accused of pointing a gun at a crowd of people on June 24 in Rochester. Police say there was a large fight just after midnight in the 200 block of S. Broadway Avenue and Fiorenza pulled out a handgun and pointed it at others, then tried to run away but was tripped up by a civilian and taken into custody.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — New details are emerging about a grand jury report focused on school safety in Florida and what it's revealed about the School District of Palm Beach County.
The report led to state education leaders visiting Palm Beach County Superintendent Mike Burke on Sept. 2.
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The grand jury was convened after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 to take a closer look at school safety statewide.
The report primarily focused on Broward County and led to the suspension of four school board members there.
But it also mentioned a few other large school districts — including Palm Beach County — for a variety of reasons.
Among the more than 120 pages of a grand jury report examining school safety, about five pages focused on the School District of Palm Beach County and how district leaders handled training for school safety officers who would work at charter schools.
In 2019, the school district hired a private security firm called Invictus to do the training.
But a state panel determined the company's training did not meet the guidelines required by law. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office agreed and ended up doing the training itself.
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In the newly released report, the grand jury slammed what it called a waste of taxpayer money through a "failed program that did not produce any qualified SSOs," and said "it is clear to this grand jury that there was a critical lack of communication and cooperation between SDPBC and PBSO regarding the implementation of SSOs on charter school campuses."
"SDPBC's decision to bring on a private vendor and the subsequent fallout resulted in a great deal of confusion, unnecessary expense and, eventually, litigation," the report added.
The report led the Florida Department of Education's Office of Safe Schools to send a letter to Palm Beach County school district leaders on Aug. 29, requesting an in-person meeting to investigate "major concerns."
READ: Florida Department of Education's letter to Palm Beach County
Burke, who took over as superintendent of the tenth-largest school district in America last year, responded with a letter of his own on Aug. 30, acknowledging the request for a meeting.
"We are sure that you will find that you will find that the School District of Palm Beach County takes the safety of our students, employees, and community seriously and that we actively take steps to enhance and secure our campuses, as well as collaborate with local law enforcement for District-wide protection," Burke wrote.
READ: Superintendent's letter to Florida Department of Education
That meeting happened in Palm Beach County on Sept. 2.
Burke then sent a follow-up letter to the state the same day, recapping the safety initiatives in the district and acknowledging that "this work is never finished as we strive to continuously enhance safety measures and further harden our campuses."
READ: Superintendent's follow-up letter to Florida Department of Education
The grand jury report recommended the removal of four Broward County School Board members, saying they mismanaged a multi-million-dollar bond designed for school safety and other initiatives.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed through on that recommendation, suspending those board members last month.
There was no such recommendation from the grand jury when it came to the School District of Palm Beach County or Palm Beach County School Board.
To read the full grand jury report, click here. | https://www.wptv.com/news/education/school-district-of-palm-beach-county-faces-scrutiny-in-grand-jury-report-on-school-safety | 2022-09-07 20:45:31 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/education/school-district-of-palm-beach-county-faces-scrutiny-in-grand-jury-report-on-school-safety |
For months now, the alarm bells have been sounding in Piscataway about a coming disaster, and not just in the high-profile behemoth that is Rutgers football.
Coaches in basketball, in wrestling, in corners of the athletic department that fans might not expect, have been telling anyone who would listen that they needed more money to compete in the changing landscape in college athletics. The message about their three fundraising priorities for now and the foreseeable future was simple:
1. NIL.
2. NIL.
3. NIL.
The reason became clear on Friday morning, with the news that felt both shocking and not the least bit surprising. Cam Spencer was leaving the Rutgers basketball program, a gut punch that comes just days after head coach Steve Pikiell had thought he had avoided the kind of roster-crippling defection that has become common in his sport.
Spencer was hardly considered a flight risk. Not only was he the team’s leading scorer, but was the kind of Rutgers athlete who, just a couple weeks ago, was cheering on his fellow Scarlet Knights at the Big Ten golf championships in nearby Galloway. He had playing time, a coaching staff he liked and a guaranteed slot in dozens of primetime TV games.
What more could he want?
(Insert an appropriate Scrooge McDuck gif here.)
Multiple sources confirmed on Friday that Spencer made a business decision. When the transfer portal closed for the sport last week, the senior shooting guard — who, because he received his degree this spring, was free to go anywhere and play right away — became a hot commodity. He apparently received a name, image and likeness offer that he could not refuse, from a yet-to-be-revealed suitor that was desperate for talent. Georgetown is believed to be that program.
“Tampering, lying (and) cheating one helluva combo!!” former Rutgers star Ron Harper Jr. tweeted, echoing the ire of many in Piscataway that another team’s coaches had broken rules to pry Spencer off the roster. Even if that happened, the NCAA’s weak-sauce rules are about as enforceable as a local jaywalking ordinance.
The questions remain exactly the same as they were when NIL rules went into effect last July: How far is Rutgers willing to go to compete in this new world order? And who is willing to write the checks that will make that possible?
Rutgers announced earlier this month that it would create a general manager position to “promote all-encompassing NIL endeavors” through a partnership with the outside firm Altius — a departure from the institutional hesitancy/shoulder shrugging that hampered efforts to keep up at the movement’s onset. Having someone proactively addressing this inside the athletic department should help, but it still feels like Rutgers is limbering up at the starting line when some of its competitors are on their third time around the track.
It won’t matter without the external funding. The Knights of the Raritan, the most prominent collective associated with Rutgers, launched a million-dollar fundraising campaign with the endorsement of coaches like Greg Schiano and Steve Pikiell, and as a result, every football and basketball player in Piscataway receives some NIL money.
The small deals, of course, aren’t the game changers. The real drama in college basketball is not the bracketology projections that fans obsess over in March but the rumor mill that consumes players when the transfer portal is open April and May. The surprise shouldn’t be that Spencer is leaving, but that no other key contributor already had.
Stalwarts who stayed for four years — or, like Geo Baker and Caleb McConnell, for five — are going to be a thing of the past with what amounts to unregulated free agency.
Look: Rutgers isn’t alone in this mess. Hunter Dickinson, who averaged 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds for Michigan last season, said it “took courage” to transfer to Kansas this offseason. He might be right given the misguided blowback he faced in Ann Arbor as fans everywhere seem incapable of grasping the idea that some players don’t care as much about their alma mater as they do.
“The people hating on me would leave their job right now for a $10,000 increase,” Dickinson said on a podcast shortly after his decision became public. “I got, at Michigan, less than six figures. I got less than six figures at Michigan for the year.”
Spencer wasn’t getting that kind of money in Piscataway. He is 6-foot-4 guard who, at 23, likely recognizes that earning potential in professional basketball — well, the old version of that — was limited. Rutgers fans shouldn’t blame him for make the best decision for his future, and bellyaching about tampering is just wasting oxygen.
Rutgers coaches have known a day like this was coming for a long time, and surely they also know that another similar day is coming soon. Will it be football this time? Wrestling? Women’s basketball? In the NIL era, the only certainty is that the entrance to any college locker room is a revolving door.
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Inflation is crippling rural America and driving some people to consider moving closer to cities in an effort to ease the financial stress, according to the latest analysis from one expert.
Iowa State University professor Dave Peters has been studying the effect of inflation on people in rural communities as part of the school's Small Town Project. He found that this year alone, expenses for rural Americans had increased by 9.2%, but their earnings only increased by 2.6%.
And Peters has pinpointed where it's hurting most.
"Mainly, fuel prices, particularly among the farmer and agricultural community," he said. "They really are worried about the price of gas and diesel."
Inflation soared to a 40-year high in June, and is affecting all American households. But Peters said travel was one of the main reasons it was hitting harder in rural areas.
"Rural people have to drive long distances for work, for school, for health care, just to get the daily necessities of life like groceries ... there is no public transportation," he said.
His analysis found it costs rural households $2,500 more a year to pay for gasoline than it did two years ago. At the same time, prices are also rising for health insurance, veterinarian care, and fuel to heat homes.
"Most rural homes have to buy tanks of liquefied petroleum or liquefied propane, or they have to get fuel oil," Peters said. "And those have really risen in costs as well; that's, I think, something like $1,000 more."
In response to the June inflation figures, President Joe Biden said tackling the issue was his top priority.
He said the administration would continue to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserves in an effort to bring down gas prices, and that he would "continue to give the Federal Reserve the room it needs to help it combat inflation."
"Inflation is our most pressing economic challenge ... we need to make more progress, more quickly, in getting price increases under control," he said in a statement.
The Fed is now attempting the delicate task of lowering inflation without driving the economy into recession, and is expected to raise interest rates for the fourth time in five months when it meets later this week.
"The Fed slows the economy down by raising interest rates, which cuts spending," Princeton economist Alan Blinder told NPR. "If you do too much of that, you're going to get a recession."
Peters warned that if prices stayed too high for too long, it could start a dangerous cycle for some rural Americans.
It begins with people dipping into their savings, which Peters said was already happening. Next, they will be forced to use their discretionary money on essential goods; and after that they will go into debt on credit cards.
But what really worries Peters is the idea that some in rural America will then start taking out home equity lines of credit because the value of their homes has increased, especially in the Midwest region. But he warned this strategy could backfire.
"That's particularly dangerous if home prices fall back down and then they're left with a mortgage that the value of their home doesn't cover," he said.
This combination of factors was driving some people in rural areas to consider moving closer to cities, Peters said. But it's complicated.
"There are people that I've talked to in Iowa and in Nebraska ... that are really trying to do that financial calculation," he said. "They would love to work and get city wages, but they can't commute. It's too expensive with the gas prices. And really, the thing that's holding them back is the cost of homes."
"Some people are contemplating moving closer to a city, moving to the suburbs, or moving to a small community 45 minutes from a city. So yeah, it will probably, if it continues, accelerate rural depopulation in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains."
The audio interview for this story was conducted by Steve Inskeep, produced by Ziad Buchh and edited by Raquel Maria Dillon and Amra Pasic.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning to be in effect for Tom Green County.
The storm is moving northeast at 30 mph over US Highway 67 near the Irion County Tom Green County line. This severe thunderstorm will be near Knickerbocker around 1:40 PM, Tankersley around 1:45 PM, Twin Buttes Reservoir around 1:55 PM, Lake Nasworthy around 2:05 PM, San Angelo State Park around 2:10 PM and Goodfellow Air Force Base around 2:15 PM.
For your protection, it is recommended to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of the building. Large hail and continuous cloud-to-ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Lightning is one of nature’s leading killers. The NWS informed the community that if you can hear thunder; you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Hail is expected to reach a quarter size capable of causing damage to vehicles.
National Weather Service Live Radar | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/severe-thunderstorm-warning-in-effect-for-tom-green-county/ | 2023-03-27 21:34:49 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/severe-thunderstorm-warning-in-effect-for-tom-green-county/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
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PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron sought to defend his unpopular pension plan Saturday in an effort to show he hears concerns of farmers and other ordinary citizens at France’s biggest farm fair.
The pension changes meant to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, amid other measures, were among recurrent topics during the visit at the Paris Agricultural Fair, where Macron was scheduled to spend all day.
“I came here to support our farmers who are working hard, who have small pensions that we have substantially improved,” Macron said.
A few activists briefly shouted “no to the pension plan” after he had just inaugurated the event early Saturday, brandishing cardboard posters written “64 years, it’s dead” and “metro, work, tomb.”
Macron has vowed to go ahead with the reform despite a series of strikes and protests in the country.
“That reform is important because it will enable us to save” state pensions that all workers receive, “a French treasure,” Macron insisted. The system is projected to dive into deficit in the coming decade.
“We cannot decrease workers’ purchasing power, we cannot decrease our retirees’ pensions, therefore there is only one solution: working more,” Macron argued.
Christian Asna, a cattle raiser in southwestern France, urged Macron to deliver on his promise to raise farmers’ minimum pension as part of the changes, now being discussed at parliament.
Macron “promised to remove the farming special pension scheme” so that farmers can benefit from the more generous mainstream workers’ scheme, Asna explained. “Now, farmers retire with less than 700 euros ($740) per month, and he promised us minimum 1,200 euros ($1,268) per month,” he added.
To a woman criticizing the government’s pension plan as contrary to social progress, Macron answered: “Social progress is not letting farmers retire with (almost) no pension.”
Later Saturday, a man could be heard shouting “we want a wealth tax to pay for pensions” instead of raising the retirement age. Macron appeared to disregard the call.
Macron met for hours with beef, pork, milk producers, vintners and others in efforts to show he is paying attention to their daily concerns. He faced a few heated discussions and punctual boos — yet he was mostly welcomed with respect, sometimes applause and thank-you’s.
The Paris Agricultural Fair, one of the world’s largest farm fairs, is a popular event drawing crowds every year.
Amid other areas of concern, several farmers raised their fears that a potential European trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur would bring unfair competition to their own products.
Macron insisted that he would keep opposing such a deal as long as South American producers don’t respect the same environment and health standards as Europeans.
Macron also promised a plan to be better prepared for drought and to use water with caution, as some regions of France are already facing restrictions following several weeks with no significant rainfall. Last summer, France suffered its most severe drought ever recorded.
In reply to an activist who abruptly asked him what he’s doing about the climate, Macron answered: “I’m trying to move forward, to make useful things.” | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-macron-defends-contested-pension-plan-at-french-farm-fair/ | 2023-02-26 05:24:13 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-macron-defends-contested-pension-plan-at-french-farm-fair/ |
Young brings over 20 years of operational excellence to the firm, with roles held at companies
large and small, including General Mills
VAIL, Colo., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Manna Tree, a Colorado-based investment firm committed to improving human health through nutrition, today announced that Steve Young has joined the firm as Managing Director. A respected leader in the global food and beverage industry, Young brings with him over 25 years of food and beverage experience, working with both large companies as well as small emerging brands focused on health and wellness.
"Steve and I first worked together when we were both on the board of Vital Farms and helped bring that company public. He has a wide range of consumer food and beverage expertise, particularly in the natural and organic segment which is Manna Tree's sweet spot," said Brent Drever, President and Co-Founder of Manna Tree. "Steve has operational experience navigating the many supply chain challenges and pandemic related issues that the industry has faced in the last few years. What he has to offer will be invaluable to our portfolio companies and their founders."
Most recently, Young was the Chief Executive Officer of Bellisio Foods, the third largest manufacturer of frozen meals in North America. Bellisio was acquired in 2018 by CP Foods, a global food leader based in Bangkok, Thailand, operating under his leadership as the company's North American business hub.
"Manna Tree's investment thesis lines up incredibly well with my background and experience, a reason why I was drawn to the opportunity to join Brent and the firm's management team," said Steve Young, Managing Director of Manna Tree. "I'm really excited to be joining the investment team and look forward to working with our portfolio companies to help them scale and provide impact."
Before joining Bellisio, Young served as the EVP, Managing Director for Sunrise Strategic Partners, a $200+ million venture fund that provided growth capital and operating expertise to emerging brands in the consumer products space. Young worked with founders and management teams across ten portfolio companies to scale their businesses, including the IPO of Vital Farms. In doing so, he helped to advance their missions across essential opportunities like organic acreage conversion, non-GMO, and eggs from grass-fed/pasture-raised chicken.
Previously, Young had a successful general management career at General Mills, leading businesses across all segments including cereal, snacks, yogurt and baking. He also served as leader of General Mills' broader $800+ million portfolio of natural/organic brands, including the Annie's acquisition, a pioneering organic food company that General Mills acquired in 2014.
About Manna Tree
Manna Tree (www.mannatreepartners.com) is a Vail, Colorado-based investment firm committed to improving human health. The firm invests in and actively partners with growth-stage companies. Manna Tree believes the future of health, well-being and longevity is attainable through innovation in food. Manna Tree has made 12 investments to date: Health-Ade, The New Primal, Urban Remedy, Evolve Biosystems, Gotham Greens, Verde Farms, Nutriati, Vital Farms, Cheetah, Good Culture, True Food Kitchen and MycoTechnology.
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Members of the House of Representatives and their staffers were informed Wednesday their personal data may have been compromised due to a "significant data breach" by DC Health Link, a health insurance marketplace.
In a letter to House staff obtained by NPR, Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer for the House, said the size and scope of the breach is currently unknown, but the FBI said "that account information and PII (Personal Identifiable Information) of hundreds of Member and House staff were stolen."
"It is important to note that at this time, it does not appear that Members or the House of Representatives were the specific target of the attack," Szpindor said in the letter.
She advised those affected to freeze their family's credit through all major credit bureaus.
The Senate Sergeant at Arms was also informed by law enforcement of the DC Health Link data breach, although it appears to be more limited for those who work in the Senate.
In a memo sent to all Senate email account holders that was obtained by NPR, users were told that the breach did not include personally identifiable information beyond names, email, date of enrollment and family relationship to those affected.
In a statement, DC Health Link said it has "initiated a comprehensive investigation" and is working with forensic investigators and law enforcement.
"Concurrently, we are taking action to ensure the security and privacy of our users' personal information. We are in the process of notifying impacted customers and will provide identity and credit monitoring services," the statement read. "In addition, and out of an abundance of caution, we will also provide credit monitoring services for all of our customers."
At his weekly press conference Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are "going to continue to work on this issue in a bipartisan way, get to the bottom of what happened, figure out the implications of what has occurred."
"It will have an adverse impact on hundreds, if not thousands, of staff members, their families, and/or the people of the District of Columbia, and that is highly problematic," Jeffries said.
NPR's Claudia Grisales and Kaitlyn Radde contributed to this report.
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These bears mean business.
Two brown bears were caught in a live camera feed earlier this month battling for salmon at a national park in Alaska.
According to East Idaho News, the two big bears can be seen swatting at one other and then facing off on the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Reserve.
856 vs. Walker: Brooks Falls heated up last night as two dominant forces went head to head. No serious injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/5c2OOsUOcw
— explore.org (@exploreorg) July 2, 2023
The video was shared on Twitter on July 2 by Explore.org, a website known for its live nature cams. The video clip lasted only 43 seconds, but the intensity between the two bears was powerful.
“Brooks Falls heated up last night as two dominant forces went head to head,” the Twitter post noted. “No serious injuries reported.”
The two bears were identified as Bear 856 and Walker, according to Explore.org. The group said the video was filmed after Bear 856 chased Walker down the river, East Idaho News reported.
In a follow-up video, Explore.org wrote that “the view is a little more mellow this morning.” Bears are shown cooling off in the river near Brooks Falls while keeping a respectful distance from each other.
“Brooks Falls is one of the best places in the world to watch brown bears because it is one of the first streams in the region where energetic and pre-spawned salmon are available to bears,” the National Park Service wrote on its website. | https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/watch-brown-bears-battle-salmon-national-park-alaska/TT5KNYE3PBHTXECGNGZL4CMVQ4/ | 2023-07-12 23:51:50 | 0 | https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/watch-brown-bears-battle-salmon-national-park-alaska/TT5KNYE3PBHTXECGNGZL4CMVQ4/ |
BARTLESVILLE, Okla., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Voice of the Martyrs will re-release Heroic Faith in 2024.
For 20 years now Heroic Faith has strengthened readers' faith through powerful stories of believers who exhibited courage and devotion in the face of harsh persecution.
Compelling stories of persecuted Christians from around the world inspire readers to live for Christ and expose the intense sacrifice it takes to be a Biblical disciple in places like North Korea, India, Iran, Laos, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Central African Republic.
Heroic Faith takes those martyrs' life principles and challenges readers to live them out in their own heroic faith. Each chapter highlights one of the principles, such as self-sacrifice and courage, through testimonies of our persecuted sisters and brothers.
For example, one chapter features a North Korean believer named Sang-chul who followed in his martyred mentor's footsteps by continuing to share the gospel with North Koreans despite the danger.
The authoritarian North Korean government constrains Christianity by restricting access to Bibles, sending known Christians to concentration camps, and relying on citizens to report all "unpatriotic" activity. Christianity is officially an enemy of the state there. Yet, Sang-chul risked his life and freedom to share God's Word faithfully.
Another chapter of Heroic Faith recounts the sacrifices of Werner, Rodé and Jean-Pierre Groenewald. Werner and his wife, Hannelie, left their comfortable life in South Africa when God called them to Afghanistan after 9/11. Along with their two children, they loved and served the Afghan people. In 2014, Werner, Jean-Pierre and Rodé Groenewald were killed when Taliban fighters attacked their home. Hannelie only survived because she was attending a meeting.
Sang-chul and Hannelie's stories call readers to obedience, a deeper commitment to Christ, and increased boldness in their public witness for Christ.
With each chapter, questions for reflection and discussion are included, along with specific, Scripture-directed ways to pray for persecuted Christians.
Experience these stories of heroic faith with your family, friends, group, class and church with the upcoming rerelease of this popular book.
About The Voice of the Martyrs
Founded in 1967 by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, The Voice of the Martyrs is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization serving persecuted Christians in the world's most difficult and dangerous places to follow Christ. For more information, visit VOM.org.
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COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — Students spread out in their rural Kansas classroom, answering questions with a partner about invaders atop elephants attempting to sack Rome more than 2,000 years ago.
“Do you want to read?” one of the third graders, Parker, asked his partner after the lesson on the Punic Wars. “Because I’m not really good.”
Bekah Noel told her students to jot down answers for their partners if they needed extra help writing or spelling. Halfway through the school year, with some of her students reading nearly 200 words per minute and others struggling to sound out around 10, she has had to make a lot of tweaks like this.
Exiting from the pandemic, the assumption might be that Noel’s students should be among the least scathed. The tiny, 900-student school system in Columbus pivoted to remote learning briefly in March 2020 before going back in person that fall, initially without masks. While some U.S. students spent a year or more learning online, pandemic school in rural Kansas was as normal as it got.
But the upheaval still took a toll. Students and teachers got sick, social distancing made it hard to teach kids in small groups, and the pace of teaching ground to a crawl. Three years later, Noel has more third graders than ever who are reading below grade level. That’s the true elephant in the room.
“I have kids,” Noel said midway through the year, “that legitimately cannot read.”
Noel is used to adapting to students’ needs, and she has been pulling out all the strategies in her toolkit. She pairs strong and struggling students, reads questions aloud and jots down dictated answers for students to rewrite in their own handwriting.
As the pandemic was raging, the district also adopted a new strategy: a reading curriculum that is heavy on phonics — a stressful gamble that the science-backed curriculum might help kids catch up.
There are signs the changes are helping, particularly for older students. Educators from other schools have been coming to observe the changes. But this is third grade, the last year students are typically taught to read.
And time is running out.
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During a group session in October, third grader Emmett Mayfield and a classmate dismantled the word “athletic” with paraprofessional Jessica Seitz. Columbus used federal pandemic relief money to double the number of paraprofessionals assigned to help its small groups of struggling students.
“How many syllables do we have?” she asked. Emmett answered: “Three.”
It was part of a lesson on closed syllables, a term that refers to a vowel being followed by a consonant. This matters because it creates a short vowel sound, meaning the letter “A” in the word is pronounced as “ah.” If it was a long vowel, it would sound more like the name of the letter.
“Make a fist,” Seitz instructed. “We are closing that door. The consonant is stopping that vowel from saying its name.”
This type of lesson is a common one now that the district emphasizes the so-called science of reading that is gaining momentum nationwide. Schools piloted two new reading curriculums for a few weeks in November and December of 2020, as COVID-19 case levels soared.
Spared initially, small towns in rural Kansas were so overwhelmed that hospitals had to fly patients hundreds of miles away for treatment. Parker’s mom, Chelsea Brinson, a medical assistant, was testing droves of COVID samples at a clinic. “Everybody was stressed out,” said Brinson, who now works as a nurse’s assistant in the district.
Students started masking. But that meant mask breaks were added to the already disrupted schedule.
Reading specialist Kelly Walters asked the overwhelmed teachers whether they wanted to put the reading pilot on hold.
“One hundred percent of our staff said, ‘No, we want to move forward,’” recalled Walters, who struggled so much to learn to read herself that she suspects an undiagnosed case of dyslexia was to blame.
The program they picked weaves phonics and other reading changes throughout the curriculum. No longer are those elements mostly isolated to worksheets. Staff praised it, which was encouraging to Walters, who tested the materials on her youngest child, just 3 at the time, while stuck at home early in the pandemic.
“As a mom, who was a struggling reader, to give that gift —” she said, and then stopped and corrected herself. “I shouldn’t have said it was a gift, because it’s not a gift. It’s a right.”
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In late November, Noel taught a science lesson on the skeletal system. Like the rest of the curriculum, it also incorporated reading instruction, with “structure” among the vocabulary words she highlighted.
“Have you ever seen a house being built before?” Noel asked. The students blurted out examples before she continued: “And they’ll have the wood up first, and it will be like beams.”
She then asked whether the word “structure” was a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. Why, she then asked, was it one of the vocabulary words in a lesson on the skeletal system?
Parker shared his answer: “Because our spine holds up the rest of our body.” Noel rewarded him with a fist bump.
Parker started the year reading at the level of a first grader. He was, Noel, said, “embarrassed.” Midway through the year he seemed stuck, learning new skills and then seeming to forget it all. Staff were worried. He was flagged for a special education assessment.
When the pandemic first closed schools in 2020, Parker was a kindergartener. His mom recalled “freaking out,” trying to figure out what to do with him. To get him to do schoolwork, his grandmother or someone else had to sit beside him at all times. Otherwise, Parker said, he would “squirrel off.”
Columbus and many other rural school systems reopened that fall. With strong opposition to masks locally, the district instead added “sneeze guards” to desks. But in-person school was far from normal. The pandemic had hobbled one of teachers’ most effective tools: small groups.
Typically, they would pull kids from different classes to create groups targeting specific skills, Noel said. But with COVID, they were trying to keep each of the classes separated to limit the spread of disease. And then there was COVID itself. Between illnesses and quarantines, students and staff were missing two weeks or more of school multiple times throughout the year.
“It was taking us two days to do something that would have taken us one,” Noel said.
Noel was infected twice, forced to miss school again just this past fall because of a COVID-sickened child. Parker caught COVID in first grade, missing two weeks of school.
Across the country, federal data show, the disruptions wrought by the pandemic were accompanied by widespread learning setbacks, even in states that saw students return quickly to in-person learning. Among those showing the largest learning losses are this year’s crop of third graders, who were in kindergarten when the pandemic hit, a foundational year for learning to read.
Now Noel’s students and other third graders are under pressure to master reading ahead of later grades, where literacy is key to learning everything else.
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By late January, it was time to show off at “Books and Breakfast,” with parents, grandparents, preschool-age siblings and friends visiting Highland School to see what the children were learning. The students sprawled around the school building, eating doughnuts and reading books to their special guests.
As Emmett read aloud from “Grumpy Monkey,” he got some help with the word “discovery” and plowed ahead, reading clearly how the bananas were “too sweet.”
“I used to didn’t like to read,” said Emmett, who started the year reading more like an early second grader, “but I just started reading.”
At home, though, he is still resisting reading, said his mother, Jessica Mayfield, a 39-year-old hospital lab technician. She blames it in part on those “awful” days of virtual learning. There were meltdowns, and she fretted even then that he would fall behind, with those early years of school so “crucial.”
Mayfield, herself an avid reader, doesn’t know what more the district could have done. “I think,” she said, “it’s just to be expected.”
Assessments showed 13 of Noel’s 24 students are reading below grade level. Many of them are kids who moved to the district in the middle of this school year. Nine have been getting the most intensive so-called tier-three level of support. Some of her students scored so highly they were evaluated for the gifted program. In a rarity, none fell in the middle tier group of kids needing just a little extra help.
It’s a trend seen elsewhere around the country as the pandemic widened the gap between higher- and lower-performing students.
Noel is working harder than ever to keep her advanced students from getting bored, assigning them special projects. Grace Epler, an advanced reader who is prone to finishing assignments early, sometimes spends her free time making up math problems, helping her classmates or playing educational games on her iPad.
State tests are looming, and it weighs heavily on Grace.
“They compare this school to all the other elementary schools in Kansas, and it scares me,” she said at lunchtime, her wrist in a pink splint after a swing mishap. “I might get, like, five wrong.”
This even though she reads nearly anything put in front of her. She is particularly partial to a book the kids wrote and illustrated themselves that documented what they will miss most about their soon-to-close school, a building filled with quirks like a toilet in an old shower stall.
Many kids in Noel’s class are progressing, but not as much as she would like.
“Those highs grew even more,” Noel said. “And the lows, they grew, but they’re still quite a bit lower.”
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One day in April, Emmett and Parker were taking a turn in the small group getting extra reading help. After talk of the basketball and softball seasons, the small group took turns reading a book called “A Prince Among Donkeys,” with lots of words and spelling patterns they’ve seen before.
Parker rested his hand on his forehead, reading: “To Adam’s surprise, Emma smelled.” Then, a quick correction: “smelled” to “smiled.”
Imperfect though it was, something had happened over these months of phonics drills and small-group work. When the special education testing came back, not only did it show he didn’t qualify, but he also made so much progress he was close to reading at the level of a beginning third grader.
“I actually do like reading now,” Parker explained. He described evenings spent on the couch with his mother, practicing. He and Emmett are now obsessed with the same book series about a superhero cat. “It’s just fun to do.”
When Parker finished his turn reading, he had the choice of picking who would go next. But he didn’t choose Emmett or any of the other kids.
“Can I pick myself?” he asked. And he kept reading.
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More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
(AP) - More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork.
Though the eligibility review is required by the federal government, President’s Joe Biden’s administration isn’t too pleased at how efficiently some other states are accomplishing the task.
“Pushing through things and rushing it will lead to eligible people — kids and families — losing coverage for some period of time,” Daniel Tsai, a top federal Medicaid official recently told reporters.
Already, about 1.5 million people have been removed from Medicaid in more than two dozen states that started the process in April or May, according to publicly available reports and data obtained by The Associated Press.
Florida has dropped several hundred thousand people, by far the most among states. The drop rate also has been particularly high in other states. For people whose cases were decided in May, around half or more got dropped in Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia.
By its own count, Arkansas has dropped more than 140,000 people from Medicaid.
The eligibility redeterminations have created headaches for Jennifer Mojica, 28, who was told in April that she no longer qualified for Medicaid because Arkansas had incorrectly determined her income was above the limit.
She got that resolved, but was then told her 5-year-old son was being dropped from Medicaid because she had requested his cancellation — something that never happened, she said. Her son’s coverage has been restored, but now Mojica says she’s been told her husband no longer qualifies. The uncertainty has been frustrating, she said.
“It was like fixing one thing and then another problem came up, and they fixed it and then something else came up,” Mojica said.
Arkansas officials said they have tried to renew coverage automatically for as many people as possible and placed a special emphasis on reaching families with children. But a 2021 state law requires the post-pandemic eligibility redeterminations to be completed in six months, and the state will continue “to swiftly disenroll individuals who are no longer eligible,” the Department of Human Services said in statement.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has dismissed criticism of the state’s process.
“Those who do not qualify for Medicaid are taking resources from those who need them,” Sanders said on Twitter last month. “But the pandemic is over — and we are leading the way back to normalcy.”
More than 93 million people nationwide were enrolled in Medicaid as of the most recent available data in February — up nearly one-third from the pre-pandemic total in January 2020. The rolls swelled because federal law prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid during the health emergency in exchange for providing states with increased funding.
Now that eligibility reviews have resumed, states have begun plowing through a backlog of cases to determine whether people’s income or life circumstances have changed. States have a year to complete the process. But tracking down responses from everyone has proved difficult, because some people have moved, changed contact information or disregarded mailings about the renewal process.
Before dropping people from Medicaid, the Florida Department of Children and Families said it makes between five and 13 contact attempts, including texts, emails and phone calls. Yet the department said 152,600 people have been non-responsive.
Their coverage could be restored retroactively, if people submit information showing their eligibility up to 90 days after their deadline.
Unlike some states, Idaho continued to evaluate people’s Medicaid eligibility during the pandemic even though it didn’t remove anyone. When the enrollment freeze ended in April, Idaho started processing those cases — dropping nearly 67,000 of the 92,000 people whose cases have been decided so far.
“I think there’s still a lot of confusion among families on what’s happening,” said Hillarie Hagen, a health policy associate at the nonprofit Idaho Voices for Children.
She added, “We’re likely to see people showing up at a doctor’s office in the coming months not knowing they’ve lost Medicaid.”
Advocates fear that many households losing coverage may include children who are actually still eligible, because Medicaid covers children at higher income levels than their parents or guardians. A report last year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services forecast that children would be disproportionately impacted, with more than half of those disenrolled still actually eligible.
That’s difficult to confirm, however, because the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services doesn’t require states to report a demographic breakdown of those dropped. In fact, CMS has yet to release any state-by-state data. The AP obtained data directly from states and from other groups that have been collecting it.
Medicaid recipients in numerous states have described the eligibility redetermination process as frustrating.
Julie Talamo, of Port Richey, Florida, said she called state officials every day for weeks, spending hours on hold, when she was trying to ensure her 19-year-old special-needs son, Thomas, was going to stay on Medicaid.
She knew her own coverage would end but was shocked to hear Thomas’ coverage would be whittled down to a different program that could force her family to pay $2,000 per month. Eventually, an activist put Talamo in contact with a senior state healthcare official who confirmed her son would stay on Medicaid.
“This system was designed to fail people,” Talamo said of the haphazard process.
Some states haven’t been able to complete all the eligibility determinations that are due each month. Pennsylvania reported more than 100,000 incomplete cases in both April and May. Tens of thousands of cases also remained incomplete in April or May in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico and Ohio.
“If states are already behind in processing renewals, that’s going to snowball over time,” said Tricia Brooks, a research professor at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. “Once they get piles of stuff that haven’t been processed, I don’t see how they catch up easily.”
Among those still hanging in the balance is Gary Rush, 67, who said he was notified in April that he would lose Medicaid coverage. The Pittsburgh resident said he was told that his retirement accounts make him ineligible, even though he said he doesn’t draw from them. Rush appealed with the help of an advocacy group and, at a hearing this past week, was told he has until July to get rid of about $60,000 in savings.
Still, Rush said he doesn’t know what he will do if he loses coverage for his diabetes medication, which costs about $700 a month. Rush said he gets $1,100 a month from Social Security.
In Indiana, Samantha Richards, 35, said she has been on Medicaid her whole life and currently works two part-time jobs as a custodian. Richards recalled receiving a letter earlier this year indicating that the pandemic-era Medicaid protection was ending. She said a local advocacy group helped her navigate the renewal process. But she remains uneasy.
“Medicaid can be a little unpredictable,” Richards said. “There is still that concern that just out of nowhere, I will either get a letter saying that we have to reapply because we missed some paperwork, or I missed a deadline, or I’m going to show up at the doctor’s office or the pharmacy and they’re going to say, ‘Your insurance didn’t go through.’”
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HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scully Royalty Ltd. (the "Company") (NYSE: SRL). The Company is pleased to announce that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of C$0.21 (US$ 0.16) per common share pursuant to its cash dividend policy, which was implemented in connection with the Company's focus on enhancing shareholder value and maximizing earnings and dividends to its shareholders based upon its iron ore royalty.
The Company is pleased to announce the following details with respect to the fourth cash dividend of 2022:
- The dividend of C$0.21 (US$0.16) per common share will be paid in US Dollars on December 6, 2022 to shareholders of record on November 22, 2022. The ex-dividend date will be November 21, 2022.
The declaration, timing and payment of future dividends will depend on, among other things, royalty payments received, the Company's financial and operating results.
Scully Royalty Ltd. management welcomes any questions you may have and looks forward to discussing this announcement with stakeholders. Further:
- stakeholders are encouraged to read our entire annual report, which includes our audited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis, for the year ended December 31, 2021, for a greater understanding of our business and operations; and
- direct any questions regarding the information in this news release to our North American toll-free line at 1 (844) 331 3343 or email info@scullyroyalty.com to book a conference call with our senior management.
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Which Marvel wallet is best?
Marvel superheroes are just about everywhere, as characters like Spider-Man and The Avengers have grown further in popularity thanks to dozens of hit films and TV shows. Fans can now extend their own superhero spirit into their daily lives by carrying a Marvel wallet.
No matter who your favorite superhero is or how much you carry in your purse or pocket, there’s a Marvel wallet that can save the day. The Buckle-Down Marvel Comics Hinge Wallet is a truly super choice with everything a fan needs.
What to know before you buy a Marvel wallet
Wallet vs. cardholder
This is the most basic detail when looking for a Marvel wallet. Not everything advertised as a Marvel wallet is actually a wallet. Some are cardholders, which are much smaller items made to hold a small number of credit or ID cards, with no additional pockets or protection. Always look at the pictures to ensure you’re buying a full-size wallet and not a cardholder.
Beware of rushed products
Marvel is incredibly popular, and Disney, which owns Marvel, is a merchandising machine. That means there are a lot of Marvel wallets out there and some are better quality than others. Even some officially licensed products don’t look quite as awesome as fans would expect. Check out photos and product descriptions to judge for yourself, and avoid any wallet where the design is blurry, doesn’t resemble the character or just doesn’t look the way you want it to.
Unisex wallets
A number of Marvel wallets are listed as either men’s or women’s wallets on some retail websites. That’s a misnomer, because both men and women (and boys and girls, for that matter) can use and enjoy every Marvel wallet that’s available. Don’t skip over a great wallet because of the product headline.
What to look for in a quality Marvel wallet
Plenty of pockets
If a wallet doesn’t have enough spaces to hold all your credit cards or other necessary items, there’s no point in carrying it. The best way to find a great Marvel wallet is to use your current wallet as a guide. Count the number of cards you carry and note anything else you need space for. Then look at product images to see if the wallet you’re considering has the right number of pockets to hold all your stuff.
Solid construction
Wallets need to keep your valuables safe. A top-notch Marvel wallet won’t come apart after a few weeks of use or be so flimsy that something important falls out. If a wallet appears to be cheaply made, chances are that it is. Better wallets are made out of a reliable fabric such as polyurethane. It’s even better if a wallet comes with something that secures the whole item together, such as an external zipper or clasp.
Superb style
It’s easy to slap a Marvel logo or a superhero design on a wallet. The most outstanding Marvel wallets are the ones that truly embody a favorite character or the Marvel brand. They have a clearly recognizable design and maybe some additional details that show the manufacturer has put extra effort into making them stand out. Plus, the more a design stands out, the easier it is to keep from losing your new Marvel wallet.
How much you can expect to spend on a Marvel wallet
Marvel wallets range from $20-$40, depending on the material and the number of features the wallet has.
Marvel wallet FAQ
Are there Marvel wallets for smartphones?
A. Not yet. While some wallets have been made that allow folks to carry their phone and their valuables together, there aren’t any Marvel wallets in that particular style today. It’s entirely possible that something along those lines will be released in the future, since Marvel is so popular and so many people carry smartphones.
Do Marvel wallets have matching purses or bags?
A. Some of them do. For fans who like their personal effects to match, certain companies like Loungefly release their Marvel wallets at the same time as mini backpacks or bags that have the same design. The caveat is that the backpack or bag is sold separately, so fans will have to spend a little more money.
What’s the best Marvel wallet to buy?
Top Marvel wallet
Buckle Down Marvel Comics Hinge Wallet
What you need to know: This stylish Marvel wallet features most of the major Marvel characters in a classic comic book cover design, while also having more than enough space for multiple cards.
What you’ll love: The design beautifully replicates covers of Golden Age comics featuring Captain America, Iron Man and others. The wallet has room to hold seven cards and a separate zippered pouch for cash or other small items. The metal construction makes it more durable than other choices.
What you should consider: The rectangular shape and larger size makes this wallet difficult to carry in smaller pockets or handbags.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Marvel wallet for the money
Buckle Down Marvel Retro PU Bifold Wallet
What you need to know: This throwback Marvel wallet is both stylish and compact, letting people show off their fandom without taking up much space.
What you’ll love: The bifold style makes this wallet perfect for tucking into a pocket or other small space. The design includes some different characters like Ant-Man, Black Panther and the X-Men. The wallet is half the price of some other choices.
What you should consider: The Marvel logo is the only pop of color in the whole design, so the lack of color otherwise might be a turn-off to some fans.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Loungefly Marvel Loki Cosplay Zip-Around Wallet
What you need to know: Marvel fans who want to be more stylish and less obvious with their fandom will love this high-class wallet modeled after the Loki character.
What you’ll love: The beautiful design will draw attention from both fellow fans and those who’ve never read a comic book. The wallet comes with four card slots, pockets and a clear ID holder. It zips around the outside to ensure nothing falls out.
What you should consider: This is a more expensive choice. The more subtle design isn’t for everyone.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MEXICO CITY (NEXSTAR/WAVY) — Authorities have determined that three Americans who were staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City last month died of gas inhalation.
Police said Tuesday post-mortem examinations suggested Courtez Hall, Jordan Marshall, and Kandace Florence, who were found unresponsive on Oct. 30 in the Airbnb they were renting, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to The Associated Press.
Carbon monoxide is commonly found in the fumes from stoves, lanterns, fireplaces, gas ranges, furnaces, grills, or engines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains. Authorities haven’t said what contributed to the tourists’ exposure.
Security guards at the apartment building they were staying in did call police after noticing “an intense smell of gas in an apartment,” the AP reports.
The families of Marshall and Florence told Nexstar’s WAVY earlier this week that the friends had been visiting Mexico City to attend the celebrations surrounding “Dia de Muertos,” or Day of the Dead.
Florence’s boyfriend had been on the phone with her on the night of Oct. 30 when Florence started getting sick, the family said. She told him something wasn’t right. The two eventually were disconnected, and he couldn’t get Florence back on the line. He then called the Airbnb host to do a welfare check, and authorities found Florence, Marshall, and Hall dead.
The victims’ families recounted the difficulties they faced in getting information and their loved ones’ belongings from Mexican authorities.
Marshall’s mother, Jennifer, said they spent hours in a Mexico City police station waiting for a translator to show up. The U.S. embassy was also closed when they arrived, and they were unable to get into the Airbnb to collect her son’s things.
Marshall’s funeral is set for Friday, according to his family.
According to the AP, tourists dying of gas inhalation has been a persistent problem in Mexico. A gas tank explosion in March killed two restaurant employees and injured 18 people at a beachside restaurant on Mexic’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen.
Three Americans found dead at a Sandals Resort in the Bahamas in May also died of carbon monoxide poisoning, autopsy and toxicology reports showed. Though authorities haven’t said what exactly caused the exposure, investigators looked into a possible air conditioning or water heater leak. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/3-americans-died-of-gas-inhalation-at-mexico-city-airbnb-authorities/ | 2022-11-10 13:10:10 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/3-americans-died-of-gas-inhalation-at-mexico-city-airbnb-authorities/ |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday that they will ban the use of TikTok on system devices.
System spokesman Mark Pitsch told The Associated Press about the move in email statements.
Nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company. Earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers banned the use of TikTok on Wisconsin state phones and other devices, citing potential risks to privacy, safety and security.
The order didn’t apply to the UW System, which employs 40,000 faculty and staff, because it isn’t an executive branch agency. UW-Madison, the system’s flagship school, has multiple TikTok accounts, including one for the women’s volleyball team. Universities often use TikTok accounts as a recruiting tool to connect with high school students.
A number of other universities across the country have banned TikTok in recent weeks, including Auburn, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa and Texas.
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020. It has been targeted by critics who say the Chinese government could access user data, such as browsing history and location. U.S. armed forces also have prohibited the app on military devices.
TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens and has become the second-most popular domain in the world. But there has long been bipartisan concern in Washington that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to seize American user data or try to push pro-China narratives or misinformation.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes stepped out of the tunnel in a stadium packed full of buzzing fans, with the lights from cellphone flashlights bouncing along the stands and North Carolina State’s marching band playing to their pregame walk to an outdoor rink.
“Not having experienced one of those,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said, “I don’t know how it could be much better, to be honest with you.”
The Hurricanes did their part on the ice, too.
Martin Necas had a goal and two assists to help the Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Saturday night in their first NHL Stadium Series outdoor game.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Paul Stastny and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Carolina, which completed a three-game season sweep of their Metropolitan Division foe.
The game was held at Carter-Finley Stadium, home to North Carolina State’s college football team and across the street from Carolina’s home ice at PNC Arena. Delayed two years because of COVID-19 attendance restrictions, the game drew a buzzing sellout crowd of 56,961 fans on a night that felt more like spectacle than a regular-season game.
“That was cool,” Stastny said. “I’m not a big college (football) guy but I always kind of watch those Saturday night games under the lights, when they come down from the tunnel, and that’s what it kind of felt like.”
“There’s no question,” Carolina captain Jordan Staal said, “those are pinch-yourself moments.”
Tom Wilson scored in the third period for the Capitals, who suffered their fourth straight loss. The past three have come without captain and leading goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin, who is away after the death of his father.
“We’ve got to get our confidence back,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to get our swagger back a little bit.”
Carolina finished with a 10th win in 11 games. And this one had the added significance that came with the long-awaited outdoor game — the latest chance for the league to hold one of its marquee events in a so-called “nontraditional” market within its southern footprint.
Temperatures hit the 70s for multiple days earlier in the week, while rain arrived to delay Friday’s practices, but conditions were optimal Saturday: clear and chilly all day, with temperatures dipping into the low 40s by the puck drop and high 30s by the final horn.
The Hurricanes gave their festive crowd plenty of reasons to stay rowdy, starting with Kotkaniemi’s finish in close barely two minutes into the game. Then Carolina scored three goals in a 5 1/2-minute span of the second period to blow this one open.
“We found ourselves chasing them and chasing the game,” Washington coach Peter Laviolette said.
The highlight was Necas hammering a one-timer on the power play from the left side past Darcy Kuemper. The flurry also included Hurricane goaltender Frederik Andersen tallying an assist.
On a night when he finished with 24 saves, Andersen earned a point when he lofted a long pass to Teravainen to ignite a 2-on-1 chance, with Teravainen passing to Necas, who drew Kuemper to his side and sent it back to Teravainen for the easy putaway and a 4-0 lead.
SWEET THREADS
The teams followed outdoor-game tradition by arriving in coordinated and themed attire, from a comfortable afternoon on the links to a throwback to glory days on the high school gridiron.
The Hurricanes walked from PNC Arena in old-timey plaid golf knickers, matching hats and a black top over a white collared shirt with red tie. Defensemen Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin were among those to complete the look by carrying a golf club.
The Capitals exited a school bus sporting blue jeans, a white T-shirt, custom lettermen-styled jackets, knitted caps and toting footballs.
GOLF SURGE
Fittingly, Carolina’s postgame “Storm Surge” on-ice celebration for the fans followed the golf theme.
After leading fans in coordinated claps, the players dropped their gloves to the ice used their hockey sticks to swing at them as though they were teeing off.
NODS TO THE PACK
NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer had said the night would also honor host N.C. State. And there were plenty such touches.
The Wolfpack marching band sat behind one goal at ice level. Mascots Mr. and Ms. Wuf sported Hurricanes gear. And there was the familiar football gameday sight of the motorized cart featuring a large white N.C. State football helmet on a wolf head parked near the Capitals tunnel.
Former Wolfpack basketball greats David Thompson and Dereck Whittenburg — who led N.C. State to NCAA championships in 1974 and 1983, respectively — introduced the Hurricanes as they emerged from the tunnel.
And finally, there was Ripken the Bat Dog — official tee retriever for N.C. State football and bat retriever for the nearby minor-league Durham Bulls baseball team — performing a ceremonial puck drop between Staal and Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.
Hurricanes: Host St. Louis on Tuesday night.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen lost his bid for a perfect game against the Baltimore Orioles when Jorge Mateo hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning Sunday.
Mateo, who went 5 for 5 on Friday night, grounded the first pitch down the left-field line.
Rasmussen received a pair of standing ovations from the announced crowd of 18,093; one after Mateo’s hit and another when he was pulled with one out and the Rays up 4-1. He waved as he made his way off the field.
Rasmussen struck out Rougned Odor on a 2-2 pitch to end an eight-pitch at-bat for the second out in the eighth.
Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman flew out to the warning track in center in the first. Former Ray Brett Phillips had a hard drive buzz Rasmussen with two outs in the sixth, but shortstop Taylor Walls fielded the ball and threw to first for the out.
Rasmussen was coming off three no-hit innings in his previous start Aug, 7 at Detroit, an abbreviated outing to manage his workload for the season. His longest career start had been seven innings, coming June 4 against the Chicago White Sox.
There hasn’t been a perfect game in the majors since Seattle’s Felix Hernandez accomplished the feat at home against the Rays on Aug. 15, 2012.
Oakland’s Dallas Braden on May 9, 2010, and Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox on July 23, 2009, also had perfect games against the Rays.
Tampa Bay has never thrown a perfect game. Matt Garza has only Rays no-hitter, coming on July 26, 2010, at Tropicana Field against Detroit.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s first space tourist wants to go back — only this time, he’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship.
For Dennis Tito, 82, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip to the International Space Station, now that he’s retired with time on his hands. He isn’t interested in hopping on a 10-minute flight to the edge of space or repeating what he did 21 years ago. “Been there, done that.”
His weeklong moonshot — its date to be determined and years in the future — will bring him within 125 miles (200 kilometers) of the lunar far side. He’ll have company: his wife, Akiko, and 10 others willing to shell out big bucks for the ride.
Tito won’t say how much he’s paying; his Russian station flight cost $20 million.
The couple recognize there’s a lot of testing and development still ahead for Starship, a shiny, bullet-shaped behemoth that’s yet to even attempt to reach space.
“We have to keep healthy for as many years as it’s going to take for SpaceX to complete this vehicle,” Tito said in an interview this week with The Associated Press. “I might be sitting in a rocking chair, not doing any good exercise, if it wasn’t for this mission.”
Tito is actually the second billionaire to make a Starship reservation for a flight around the moon. Japanese fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa announced in 2018 he was buying an entire flight so he could take eight or so others with him, preferably artists. The two men both flew to the space station, from Kazakhstan atop Russian rockets, 20 years apart.
Tito kicked off space tourism in 2001, becoming the first person to pay his own way to space and antagonizing NASA in the process. The U.S. space agency didn’t want a sightseer hanging around while the station was being built. But the Russian Space Agency needed the cash and, with the help of U.S.-based Space Adventures, launched a string of wealthy clients to the station through the 2000s and, just a year ago, Maezawa.
Well-heeled customers are sampling briefer tastes of space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic expects to take paying passengers next year.
Starship has yet to launch atop a Super Heavy booster from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. At 394 feet (120 meters) and 17 million pounds (7.7 million kilograms) of liftoff thrust, it’s the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. NASA already has contracted for a Starship to land its astronauts on the moon in 2025 or so, in the first lunar touchdown since Apollo.
Tito said the couple’s contract with SpaceX, signed in August 2021 and announced Wednesday, includes an option for a flight within five years from now. Tito would be 87 by then and he wanted an out in case his health falters.
“But if I stayed in good health, I’d wait 10 years,” he said.
Tito’s wife, 57, said she needed no persuading. The Los Angeles residents are both pilots and understand the risks. They share Musk’s vision of a spacefaring future and believe a married couple flying together to the moon will inspire others to do the same.
Tito, who sold his investment company Wilshire Associates almost two years ago, said he doesn’t feel guilty splurging on spaceflight versus spending the money here on Earth.
“We’re retired and now it’s time to reap the rewards of all the hard work,” he said.
Tito expects he’ll also shatter preconceived notions about age, much as John Glenn’s space shuttle flight did in 1998. The first American to orbit the Earth still holds the record as the oldest person in orbit.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
The regulation creates a new class of hearing aids that don’t require a medical exam, a prescription and other specialty evaluations, the Food and Drug Administration said. That’s expected to increase competition and eventually lower costs. The devices will be sold online or over-the-counter at pharmacies and other retail stores.
The devices are intended for adults with mild to moderate hearing problems. The FDA estimates that nearly 30 million adults could potentially benefit from a hearing aid, though only about one-fifth of people with hearing problems currently use one.
“Today’s action by the FDA represents a significant milestone in making hearing aids more cost-effective and accessible,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, told reporters Tuesday.
The FDA first proposed the rule last year and it will take effect in mid-October. The move follows years of pressure from medical experts and consumer advocates to make the devices cheaper and easier to get.
Cost is a big obstacle now. Americans can pay more than $5,000 for a hearing aid, between the device and fitting services. Insurance coverage is limited and Medicare doesn’t pay for hearing aids, only diagnostic tests.
“The requirement to see a specialist was not only a burden and an annoyance for many consumers but it actually created a competitive barrier to entry,” said Brian Deese, a White House economics adviser.
Deese cited government estimates that Americans could eventually save as much as $2,800 per pair. But FDA officials cautioned against predicting the size of savings or how quickly they might arrive, noting much will depend on when manufacturers launch products and how they price them.
FDA officials said they expect to see increased competition from new manufacturers as well as new products from existing hearing aid makers.
Medical exams and fittings now account for about two-thirds of hearing aids’ cost, according to Kate Carr, president of the Hearing Industries Association, which represents manufacturers. Five companies make most of the devices sold in the U.S., she noted, though about 80 companies are registered with FDA to market the products.
“Given that this has been discussed for five years now, I suspect businesses have had the opportunity to think about their plans and prepare for this,” Carr said.
The new over-the-counter status won’t apply to devices for more severe hearing loss, which will remain prescription only.
Glenda Greer, of Loudon, Tennessee, said she struggled to hear conversations at work and in crowded restaurants for seven years before recently getting fitted for her first hearing aid.
“It just made things so much easier because I didn’t have to focus on peoples’ faces and trying to read lips,” said Greer, a recently retired nurse.
Consumer electronic companies for years have produced lower-cost “personal sound amplification” devices, but they do not undergo FDA review and U.S. regulations bar them from being marketed as hearing aids.
The FDA said it changed several parts of its initial proposal in response to public comments, including clarifying how the rule will impact state regulations.
Tuesday’s announcement follows prodding from medical committees and Congress, which in 2017 instructed the agency to lay out a plan for over-the-counter hearing devices.
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A woman died after she drove a pickup truck into the ocean off Hull’s Pemberton Point Sunday afternoon, according to police.
Massachusetts State Police divers recovered her body hours after Hull Police and Fire responded to the scene at 180 Main St.
State troopers assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the fatal incident.
Hull Police, Fire and the Harbormaster at around 2:50 p.m. responded to Pemberton Point after they received multiple reports of a pickup truck and its operator driving onto the beach and into the water.
First responders at about 6 p.m. found the truck and its driver in the water. The driver was pronounced dead.
There appears to be no foul play, according to police.
The person’s identification is pending, per notification of next of kin.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank sees an increased likelihood of a recession in the 19 countries that use the euro currency, warning that soaring energy prices and high inflation fed by Russia's war in Ukraine have raised risks for bank losses and turmoil on financial markets.
“People and firms are already feeling the impact of rising inflation and the slowdown in economic activity,” ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said.
As the bank released its twice-yearly assessment of eurozone financial stability on Wednesday, de Guindos said that "risks to financial stability have increased, while a technical recession in the euro area has become more likely.”
A chart published with the report indicated an 80% chance of recession in the eurozone and United Kingdom in the year ahead and a 60% probability in the U.S.
Many economists and the European Union's executive Commission have already predicted a technical recession for the last three months of year and the first part of next year as sky-high utility prices and food costs rob consumers of purchasing power.
A technical recession is two or more consecutive quarters of declining economic output. Economists on the eurozone’s business cycle dating committee, however, use a broader range of information to determine recessions, such as unemployment figures and the depth of the downturn. The eurozone economy eked out 0.2% growth in the July-September period.
Economists’ expectations are that growth should resume next spring as inflation falls from peak levels and as wintertime pressure on natural gas supplies eases.
High inflation is spreading its effects through the economy, raising the likelihood that banks will see more losses from loans and that companies won't be repaid, the ECB said in the report.
Meanwhile, uncertainty about how high and how long inflation will go “has heightened the risk of disorderly asset price adjustments in financial markets.” Beyond that, pressure has grown on people, companies and governments that are more in debt than others.
Inflation, which came in at an annual rate of 10.7% in the eurozone in October, has been fed by Russia cutting off most natural gas to Europe amid the war in Ukraine. That sent natural gas prices sharply higher and raised the price of electricity and industrial processes that use lots of heat or natural gas.
Politicians call the cutoff an attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to undermine European governments' support for Ukraine. Russian gas exporter Gazprom has cited technical difficulties and a refusal by some importers to pay in rubles.
Before the war, Europe and in particular its largest economy, Germany, depended on Russia as a major supplier of both oil and natural gas. Oil prices also have risen on global markets as some Western customers boycott Russian oil and a Dec. 5 date looms for Europe to bar shipments of Russian crude by sea.
Overall, the ECB said the eurozone banking system was well-positioned to cope with the additional risks. The bank warned indebted governments to be prudent about avoiding a pile-up of more debt through spending on energy relief for consumers and to ensure such programs were targeted at the people most in need. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/European-Central-Bank-Recession-has-become-more-17589144.php | 2022-11-16 15:40:00 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/European-Central-Bank-Recession-has-become-more-17589144.php |
Marketing authorisation in the European Economic Area anticipated in H1 2023
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM / Nasdaq: PHAR) announces today that its Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for leniolisib has been validated for scientific evaluation under an accelerated assessment by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The application, submitted earlier in October 2022, is for the investigational drug, leniolisib, an oral, selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor, as a treatment for activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS), a rare primary immunodeficiency, in adolescents and adults 12 years or older.
In August 2022, Pharming announced the leniolisib MAA was granted accelerated assessment by EMA's CHMP. The accelerated assessment reduces the review timeframe from 210 days to 150 days. Upon request, EMA will grant an accelerated assessment of an MAA if they decide the product is of major interest for public health, and in particular, from the viewpoint of therapeutic innovation. Marketing authorisation for leniolisib in the European Economic Area is anticipated in H1 2023.
The MAA is supported by positive data from a Phase II/III study of leniolisib, announced on February 2, 2022, which met its co-primary endpoints of reduction in lymph node size and increase in percentage of naïve B cells in patients with APDS. Furthermore, safety data from the study showed that leniolisib was well tolerated by participants. Also submitted as part of the MAA were data from a long-term, open-label extension clinical trial in patients with APDS treated with leniolisib.
Anurag Relan, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of Pharming, commented:
"EMA's validation for review of our MAA under an accelerated assessment pathway highlights Pharming's ongoing commitment to advance leniolisib as a targeted treatment for adults and adolescents 12 years of age or older with APDS. We anticipate that leniolisib will fill an unmet need for patients with APDS, who currently rely on supportive therapies to treat their primary symptoms. This review constitutes a key milestone in Pharming's effort to give healthcare providers and their patients global access to leniolisib. We look forward to collaborating with EMA as needed throughout the regulatory process."
About Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase δ Syndrome (APDS)
APDS is a rare primary immunodeficiency that affects approximately 1 to 2 people per million. APDS is caused by variants in either of two genes, PIK3CD or PIK3R1, that regulate maturation of white blood cells. Variants of these genes lead to hyperactivity of the PI3Kδ (phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta) pathway.1,2 Balanced signaling in the PI3Kδ pathway is essential for physiological immune function. When this pathway is hyperactive, immune cells fail to mature and function properly, leading to immunodeficiency and dysregulation.1,3 APDS is characterized by severe, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, lymphoproliferation, autoimmunity, and enteropathy.4,5 Because these symptoms can be associated with a variety of conditions, including other primary immunodeficiencies, people with APDS are frequently misdiagnosed and suffer a median 7-year diagnostic delay.6 As APDS is a progressive disease, this delay may lead to an accumulation of damage over time, including permanent lung damage and lymphoma.4-7 The only way to definitively diagnose this condition is through genetic testing.
About Leniolisib
Leniolisib is a small-molecule inhibitor of the delta isoform of the 110 kDa catalytic subunit of class IA PI3K. PI3Kδ is expressed predominately in hematopoietic cells and is essential to normal immune system function through conversion of phosphatidylinositol-4-5-trisphosphate (PIP2) to phosphatidylinositol-3-4-5-trisphosphate (PIP3). Leniolisib inhibits the production of PIP3 and PIP3 serves as an important cellular messenger activating AKT (via PDK1) and regulates a multitude of cell functions such as proliferation, differentiation, cytokine production, cell survival, angiogenesis, and metabolism. Unlike PI3Kα and PI3Kβ, which are ubiquitously expressed, PI3Kẟ and PI3Kγ are expressed primarily in cells of hematopoietic origin. The central role of PI3Kẟ in regulating numerous cellular functions of the adaptive immune system (B-cells and, to a lesser extent, T cells) as well as the innate immune system (neutrophils, mast cells, and macrophages) strongly indicates that PI3Kẟ is a valid and potentially effective therapeutic target for immune diseases such as APDS. To date, leniolisib has been well tolerated during both the Phase 1 first-in-human trial in healthy subjects and the Phase II/III registration-enabling study in patients with APDS.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com.
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Born April 10, 1927, in Swoyersville, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Klobusovsky Tomascik Besermin. Raised in Swoyersville, she graduated from the former Swoyersville High School.
She was predeceased in death by her husband, George T. Gibblets, in 1992; half-brothers, Joseph Tomascik, Francis Tomascik and Steven Tomascik; and brothers, John Besermin, George Besermin, and Edward Besermin. She was the only sister and the last surviving sibling in her family.
She is survived by daughters, Gloria Lawler (husband, William is deceased), West Wyoming; Judith Hans (husband, Donald), Pottstown; and Nancy Kutzer (husband, James), Cranford, N.J.; son, George Gibblets (wife, Elizabeth); six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
Vernie was a devout Catholic and loved the comfort of being home, where she was an avid reader and lover of game shows as well as spending time with friends and neighbors, especially her best friend, Polly. She loved the holidays and family celebrations where she shared Slovak foods and traditions and will always be remembered most for her keen sense of humor and quick wit.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Anthony of Padua Church. St. Barbara Parish, 224 Memorial St., Exeter.
Interment will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Schooley St., Exeter.
Contributions in Veronica’s memory can be sent to St. Barbara Parish Social Concerns, 605 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, PA 18643.
Arrangements are in the care of Gubbiotti Funeral Home, LLC, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. | https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/obituaries/veronica-besermin-gibblets/article_bf14df86-739e-58b9-87b0-de3b5351a9b0.html | 2023-05-07 02:17:57 | 1 | https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/obituaries/veronica-besermin-gibblets/article_bf14df86-739e-58b9-87b0-de3b5351a9b0.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk detective series and for her own murderous past that inspired the movie “Heavenly Creatures,” has died at age 84.
Perry died Monday in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke and several heart attacks, according to her literary agent in North America, Donald Maass.
Perry published more than 100 books, often set in Victorian England, with notable works including the novels “Death of a Stranger,” “Buckingham Palace Gardens” and one scheduled for September, “The Traitor Among Us.” She sold millions of copies and received some of the top honors for crime writing, among them an Edgar Award for the short story “Heroes” and an Agatha Award for lifetime achievement.
But another story, one of lasting notoriety, came from her own life.
Born Juliet Hulme, she was a London native whose diagnosis for tuberculosis led her family to seek a warmer climate, eventually settling in New Zealand. In school, she formed an intense friendship with classmate Pauline Parker. But in her mid-teens, in 1954, her parents were divorcing and she was told she would be moving to South Africa.
The two girls were devastated: In their despair, they plotted against Parker’s mother, Honore Parker, who had refused to let Pauline join Juliet in South Africa. The girls conspired to go on a picnic with Honore, reached an isolated place in a Christchurch park and murdered her, beating her repeatedly with a rock.
Because they were minors, the girls were spared the death penalty and instead each served five years in prison. Perry would later explain she felt obligated to help her friend, whom she feared might take her own life.
“She threatened to kill herself if I didn’t help,” Perry told The Guardian in 2003. “She was vomiting after every meal and losing weight all the time. I am sure now she was bulimic. I really believed she would take her life and I couldn’t face it.”
Director Peter Jackson, a New Zealand native, would draw upon the murder for “Heavenly Creatures,” a 1994 release that starred Kate Winslet as Juliet and Melanie Lynskey as Pauline.
Perry would later call prison “the best thing that ever happened” to her, a time for her to confront and acknowledge her actions. She renamed herself Anne Perry, moved to Scotland, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and worked various jobs, including retail sales and as a flight attendant, before fulfilling a longtime dream and becoming a published writer.
Her first novel, “The Cater Street Hangman,” came out in 1979 and unveiled the husband-and-wife detective team of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
Years later, Perry began her Monk books with “The Face of a Stranger,” featuring the memory-impaired sleuth William Monk.
“I began the Monk series in order to explore a different, darker character, and to raise questions about responsibility, particularly that of a person for acts he cannot remember,” she wrote on her website. “How much of a person’s identity is bound up in memory? All our reactions, decisions, etc. spring from what we know, have experienced. We are in so many ways the sum of all we have been!”
Survivors include a brother, Jonathan Hulme. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/anne-perry-crime-writer-with-a-murderous-past-dead-at-84/ | 2023-04-14 18:27:42 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/anne-perry-crime-writer-with-a-murderous-past-dead-at-84/ |
Deceased suspect leads officers on chase before Tampa crash, shootout: Video
TAMPA, Fla. - Investigators released video that shows the chase between Tampa police and an armed suspect before a crash and shootout on North Florida Avenue.
The Tampa Police Department said the suspect, later identified as Michael Bresnahan, was killed during the shootout with police that happened early Monday evening. Prior to the chase and shootout, officers said he stabbed the mother of his children 13 times.
After the stabbing, police said they spotted the suspect's vehicle near Dale Mabry Highway and Spruce Street in Tampa. That's when Bresnahan pointed an AK-47 at officers and drove off, leading them on chase.
Body camera and aviation video shows the suspect failing to stop, driving erratically on multiple busy roads in Tampa, crashing through fences, avoiding stop sticks and ultimately, crashing into another car on Florida Avenue.
Immediately after the crash, Tampa police said shots were fired from Bresnahan's car. In response, 18 TPD officers who responded to the scene fired their weapons, according to officials.
Investigators said the officers believed Bresnahan posed a threat to the community and other police officers.
After the shootout, authorities said it appears the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but final autopsy results are pending.
All of the Tampa police officers involved in the shooting are on paid administrative leave as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement continues to investigate.
The woman stabbed 13 times by the suspect remains in the hospital Tuesday evening in stable condition, TPD said. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/deceased-suspect-leads-officers-on-chase-before-tampa-crash-shootout-video | 2023-07-19 04:08:54 | 1 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/deceased-suspect-leads-officers-on-chase-before-tampa-crash-shootout-video |
Police stopped one man on Barnaby Street SE, noticed an “L shaped object” in his satchel and found a loaded .22-caliber pistol in the bag.
In yet another case, officers spotted a man who had been smoking marijuana toss a black bag to the floor as he hopped into a parked car on South Capitol Street SW. Inside, they discovered a .380-caliber gun.
All three men were arrested on gun charges, and their weapons were seized by D.C. police officers, who detailed the circumstances in charging documents. The cases had been making their way through the court system until October, when all three cases were dropped.
The officers who made the seizures were assigned to the police department’s 7th District, where internal affairs investigators are probing whether those on a violent crime squad lied on internal reports. The investigation has focused on police interactions in which the officers stopped people and seized their guns, but did not make arrests. Because of questions about the officers’ credibility, prosecutors began reviewing previous cases in which suspects had been charged — to see if the police accounts of events could withstand scrutiny.
In October, the month after the internal probe became public, prosecutors dismissed 65 gun possession cases from 2021 and 2022 involving officers in the 7th District, which includes communities in Southeast Washington such as Anacostia and Washington Highlands, according to D.C. Superior Court records reviewed by The Washington Post. Prosecutors dropped another 25 drug cases involving 7th District officers, The Post found.
The dismissals have left some city leaders fearful that the suspects who were released could possibly commit other crimes.
In 32 of the dismissed gun cases, those charged had been convicted of crimes previously, including murder, armed robbery, assault and drug possession, according to The Post’s review of court records. In the weeks following the gun case dismissals, seven people were rearrested for other crimes, including carrying a pistol without a license, driving under the influence and receiving stolen property. One man was charged with threatening to kidnap a person and attempted second-degree cruelty to children, though that case was later dropped.
“This means there are more criminals on the street,” said D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). “These officers jeopardized their credibility. These officers are at fault for these individuals being back on the street.”
But defense attorneys and activists said the dismissed cases illustrate another problem: that officers were too often stopping people with flimsy probable cause.
In the same month that prosecutors dismissed 65 gun cases initiated by 7th District officers, they dismissed 25 involving officers in other districts — suggesting they did not feel police had enough evidence to support criminal charges.
In most of the files The Post reviewed, prosecutors did not disclose the specific reasons for the dismissals, and they moved to throw out the charges in a way they could be refiled. In six cases, defense attorneys said prosecutors outlined to them that the charges were being dismissed because at least one of the officers involved was currently part of the internal investigation.
The U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. had previously confirmed that prosecutors dismissed “dozens” of gun and drug possession cases involving officers in the 7th District precinct because of the investigation, but declined to provide a specific figure or details of the cases.
Patricia Hartman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, declined to comment on the reasons for dismissing the 65 gun cases, but said in a statement: “Where we believe that we have sufficient admissible evidence to prove an illegal gun possession case at trial beyond a reasonable doubt, we will bring charges and try that case. It is important to note that even where probable cause previously has been established, the government must assess whether it has sufficient evidence — including the availability of witnesses essential to present that evidence — to meet its burden of proof at trial.”
D.C. police said that the internal investigation of the officers remains ongoing and that prosecutors are conducting their own investigation to determine whether any charges should be filed against the officers.
“It is widely acknowledged that illegal firearms are contributing to violence in Washington, D.C., and our officers have the difficult task of removing them safely while protecting the constitutional rights of the community,” Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said in a statement. “This comes with the expectation that our members are performing these duties within department policy. When their practices aren’t holding violent offenders accountable or are inconsistent with agency standards, we have the responsibility to intervene.”
‘The antipathy to accountability’
D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III revealed the internal affairs investigation publicly on the last day of September, announcing that seven police officers from the 7th District’s crime suppression team had been placed on administrative leave or desk duty. The circumstances were unusual.
By Contee’s account, senior officials had discovered incidents in which officers stopped people and took guns from them — but then let them go without making an arrest. Contee said officials were trying to determine — among other things — if the officers were truthful in police reports they submitted about weapon seizures, as video from the officers’ body cameras did not match what was described in the reports. The precise discrepancies were not clear.
The seven officers, part of the roughly 20-person crime suppression team, concentrated on patrolling neighborhoods in the 7th District. Police officials replaced a majority of that team with officers from other departments across the city, Sternbeck said at the time.
Prosecutors soon began dropping cases, raising concerns among some residents and local political leaders.
“With the violence going up, people are getting desperate and police are overlooking people’s rights to get the streets safe. And that’s not right,” said Amanda Beale, an elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from Southeast Washington. “We want the guns off the streets. But we don’t want people discriminated against. We want the police to do things the right way.”
It is not uncommon for the U.S. attorney’s office to drop cases in which police seize guns. Defense attorneys have in the past accused officers of filing weak cases, and prosecutors often push police to gather more evidence. In the wake of Contee’s announcement of the investigation, the D.C. Police Union defended the officers — saying they were simply doing what they thought they were supposed to do, getting guns off the street while continuing to investigate.
“This is exactly what [Contee] and MPD supervisors told the officers to do — get the guns off the street and obtain direct evidence linking the gun to the person,” Gregg Pemberton, chairman of the D.C. Police Union, said previously.
That the investigation has dragged on for more than five months has frustrated some city leaders, who say they would like clarity and accountability sooner rather than later.
“It’s not in the public interest for disciplinary investigations to go on so long,” Mendelson said. “It’s about accountability. The public has come to appreciate more than ever, after witnessing the murder of George Floyd, how critical accountability is. Delaying the investigation of these officers is the antipathy to accountability.”
‘L-shaped’ bulges
In court documents, officers in the 7th District often described similar circumstances in the cases that were dismissed. They noticed a person who was drinking alcohol openly, smoking marijuana, or had double parked in their vehicle.
In at least a dozen cases, officers claimed to have noticed “L-shaped” bulges in people’s jackets, satchels and the groin areas of their pants — which officers wrote “was not consistent with the human anatomy.” In one case, officers noted a man “broke eye contact” with the officer and instead looked down at his cellphone.
Searches of the individuals turned up firearms, and police and prosecutors pursued criminal charges.
Defense attorneys say the descriptions hark back to a time in Washington, New York and other cities when police would randomly stop people — predominantly Black men — in neighborhoods and conduct searches of their bodies and/or vehicles.
Sellano L. Simmons, an attorney for two defendants whose cases were dismissed after they were initiated by 7th District officers, said that some defendants instinctively lift up their shirts to show their waistbands due to having been constantly questioned by police in the past. Simmons said he sees no differences between this and the previous stop-and-frisk policies used by some major departments.
“When the officers approach, some of these individuals lift up their shirts without being prompted, and that’s horrible,” Simmons said. “That’s not a society which we want to be a part of. When you begin to normalize the action of ‘Let me check your waistband for any guns,’ it’s the same as stop and frisk.”
In a recent interview, Contee said D.C. police are more focused on longer-term investigations. Officers in the District, he said, are no longer jumping out of vehicles and indiscriminately searching people without probable cause — a practice some people refer to as “jump-outs”
“I was D.C. born and raised, and in my childhood, jump-outs were simply when the police jumped from a car and chased you for no reason whatsoever. They wanted to see the first person who runs, and that’s who they would nab,” he said, adding: “Jump-outs is not something we do.”
Civil liberties experts say that if a police officer has probable cause, they have the legal authority to conduct a search. But those arrested can later challenge officers’ authority to have done so. And if a case relies on the word of an officer who is under internal investigation, or if an officer has to narrate what their body camera shows, defense attorneys might use that to attack their credibility.
“We hear from community members frequently, from them or people they know, with stories about being stopped by police when they aren’t doing anything wrong,” said Michael Perloff, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington. “Officers walking down the street come across people engaging in innocent conduct, and then stopping and frisking them. That conduct is very close to the line and very much over the line to what is constitutionally allowed.”
Defense attorneys said, too, that officers in the 7th District are not the only ones to face allegations that they are acting without probable cause. Attorney Carrie Weletz said police charging documents are often full of “absurdities such as someone’s pocket appeared heavy. Or they allegedly saw, in the dark of night, a protruding pocket.
“It’s citywide. They are, and were, stopping people for baseless reasons. And some of these people should have never been stopped,” Weletz said.
“I understand that there needs to be gun control and guns are an issue in the District of Columbia. But the police department can’t stop people because they are in a certain neighborhood or in an area that is full of crime and violence,” she added. “There are normal everyday folks who are trying to live their lives every day and go to work.”
Peter Hermann contributed to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/13/dc-police-gun-cases-dropped/ | 2023-03-13 10:46:00 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/13/dc-police-gun-cases-dropped/ |
Pregnancy is often talked about as though it's a light switch. You're a regular person walking around and then a switch flips — presto, you're pregnant.
The reality is more nuanced.
"Sex ed really oversimplified it: 'The egg has been fertilized and it has implanted,'" says Carmel Shachar, who runs the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. "What people don't realize is that there's a whole, very complex journey before that, that honestly usually is invisible."
Lots of steps need to happen, she says, from the time an egg and sperm meet to the moment a person tests positive on a pregnancy test.
The more scientists learn, the more they realize that the start of pregnancy isn't a moment, but a process that often ends before it really begins. As many as 1 in 3 fertilized eggs either won't implant or will end in miscarriage. In fact, most pregnancy loss happens before the fertilized egg implants.
Defining exactly when a pregnancy begins is a hot topic in some state legislatures and U.S. courts at the moment. While federal law has long said pregnancy starts after a fertilized egg has implanted in the uterus, state law in Kentucky, for example, calls someone "pregnant" as soon as a sperm meets the egg.
With so much riding on biology that's often misunderstood, let's break down what is known: Here's how the run-up to a pregnancy begins in that very first week of action, from the minute a single egg, the size of a grain of table salt, bursts forth from an ovary.
DAY 0
Ovulation
Starting at puberty, a process called ovulation begins. That's when — roughly once a month — a single mature egg breaks through its surrounding capsule, or follicle, and is released from one of the ovaries.
If you were born with ovaries, you were born with all the eggs you'll ever have — roughly 1 million to 2 million. Each month, about 1,000 eggs are activated but never develop further, while one (or sometimes a couple) fully matures. This happens until menopause, usually several decades later, when there aren't many eggs left.
After it's released from the follicle, the egg is scooped up and enveloped by the nearby, fingerlike projections (also known as fimbriae) at the end of one of the two slender uterine tubes (sometimes called fallopian tubes) that lead to the uterus.
The egg is protected by two layers. The inner one is called the zona pellucida, a jelly cushion of protein. The outer layer is called the corona radiata — a sunlike array of helper cells that have been nurturing the egg inside the ovary. These protective layers become even more important later.
Anatomy of the human egg
(Assisted reproductive technologies have greatly expanded how ovulation and fertilization can happen so that many more people can have babies. What we're describing here is what happens when that assistance isn't needed.)
The uterine tube acts as a kind of pulsing walkway; it's lined with cilia (small hairlike structures) that beat rhythmically, moving the egg along. Once the egg leaves the ovary, there's only a short window — less than 24 hours — for fertilization to happen.
Meanwhile, a lot has been happening in the uterus. For weeks, rising levels of the hormone estrogen have prompted a thickening of the endometrium — that's the cushiony lining of the uterus. The endometrium is one of the fastest-growing tissues in the body — in a monthlong menstrual cycle, it can grow to eight times its initial thickness.
The 28-day cycle of the endometrium
If sexual intercourse happens the same day as ovulation (or even several days beforehand), that's when sperm may enter the picture.
Every ejaculation contains tens of millions of sperm, and sperm can survive up to five days or so inside the uterus or uterine tubes.
Anatomy of a sperm
Now, despite what you may have heard, sperm cells are not a mighty infantry on a self-propelled mission to get to the passive egg.
Those little tails do give sperm some mobility by moving in a corkscrew motion, but sperm don't have enough energy or directional ability to get to an egg on their own.
In fact, most sperm don't get very far. Crossing the uterus to get to the egg in whichever uterine tube it is in means navigating an immense distance with lots of crevices to get lost in and immune cells to evade.
Scientists think waves of fluid inside the uterus, body heat, chemical signals, beating cilia and muscular contractions of the uterus (possibly from sex) play a role in how quickly sperm get to one of the uterine tubes. Some can get there within an hour of intercourse!
Only a small percentage of the sperm make it that far.
DAY 1
Fertilization
Once inside the uterine tube, the sperm become hyperactivated (for reasons researchers still don't understand) and begin to move more vigorously.
When they reach the egg, the sperm still aren't done. There are those two layers that encapsulate the egg — the corona radiata and the jellylike zona pellucida — to get through before fertilization can happen.
Enzymes released by the sperm help break down these layers. When the first sperm gets through the corona radiata, through the zona pellucida and, finally, through the membrane of the egg itself, the egg releases enzymes that quickly harden the zona. No other sperm can get in at this point. The first sperm that reaches the egg and attaches to its outer membrane releases its genetic material into the egg.
This is the moment of fertilization, otherwise known as conception. It has been less than a day since the egg was released from the ovary, and there are still many uncertainties to overcome before this fertilized egg becomes an embryo.
The egg and sperm each have 23 chromosomes (most other cells in the body have 46 — in 23 pairs). Through the process of fertilization, the 23 chromosomes from the egg and the 23 from the sperm join together and mix a bit to create a new, unique genetic blueprint.
The egg, now fertilized and containing its new set of 23 pairs of chromosomes, is called a zygote. The genes that will influence hundreds of characteristics — ranging from biological sex to hair color and eye color — are determined instantly.
DAY 2
Division
Very quickly, the one-celled zygote starts to divide and travel again through the uterine tube. One cell becomes two, then four, then eight, then 16. The cells of the corona radiata that had been surrounding the egg start to fall off, disperse and eventually disappear.
DAYS 3 and 4
Travel time
The eight-to-32-cell stage looks kind of like a berry, so the bundle is called a morula, which is Latin for mulberry.
Even as the morula continues to divide into dozens of cells and then hundreds, its outer case, the now-hardened zona, keeps it from expanding in size — so it's still only about as big as a grain of salt. That's crucial to keep the little ball of cells from getting stuck as it moves through the slender uterine tube.
DAY 5
Entering the uterus
Four days after fertilization, the fertilized egg has become a blastocyst — a bundle of cells with certain structures. Some will become the placenta, and others the embryo.
The blastocyst has now traveled all the way down the uterine tube. Around this time, the bundle of cells breaks out of its zona covering so it's able to implant in the lining of the uterus — the endometrium.
Now inside the uterus, a week or so after ovulation, the blastocyst has about four days to implant in the soft-tissue lining of the uterus.
DAY 6
Implantation begins
Voilà — this is implantation, considered the start of pregnancy under U.S. federal law.
At this point — about a week after ovulation — the person who has had all these changes happening inside their body still has no idea it has been going on. It will take an additional week after implantation (at the earliest) before there's enough of a hormone called hCG in their urine to turn a home pregnancy test positive. That's right around the time some people with very regular cycles might notice that their period is late.
For all the fascinating things scientists know about how all this happens, there's still so much that's not yet well understood. Early pregnancy remains something of a black box. At the moment, there's limited technology to be able to observe — let alone intervene — in very early pregnancy, which is why so many of the details are still unknown. "It's happening inside a person, and it's very difficult to study without disturbing the pregnancy," notes Shachar, the Harvard bioethicist.
That's a challenge for laws that try to regulate pregnancy, Shachar says. "The take-away is that a lot of legislation in this area doesn't reflect scientific knowledge, especially because laws don't work well with scientific uncertainty."
As science and politics continue to clash over when life begins, understanding the process of early pregnancy as fully as possible is more important than ever.
Thanks to the many scientists who offered guidance and advice for this story, including Ripla Arora of Michigan State University, David Miller of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Joanne Muter of the University of Warwick, among others.
Illustrations by LA Johnson; edited by Meredith Rizzo and Deborah Franklin; visual design by LA Johnson, Meredith Rizzo, Alyson Hurt; researched and fact-checked by Will Chase; copyedited by Preeti Aroon.
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Marshmello and CRUX partner to release digital air fryer kits with patent-pending TURBOCRISP™ technology for 50% faster cooking* and unparalleled crisp
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CRUX®, part of the Made By Gather™ portfolio of kitchenware brands founded by Shae Hong, announced the launch of its kitchen electrics collection with GRAMMY-nominated, chart-topping artist, Marshmello. Available exclusively at Best Buy, this design-driven range showcases digital air fryer kits engineered with first-to-market TurboCrisp™ technology that cooks food 50% faster than a conventional oven and delivers crunch while maintaining moisture. CRUX x Marshmello wants the home chef to know that #YOUCANAIRFRYTHAT—sparking both savory and sweet creativity in the kitchen. The affordably-priced line ranges from $19.99 - $129.99 and is available exclusively on www.bestbuy.com/cruxmarshmello and on the floor at select Best Buy stores nationwide.
Snack-worthy digital presets like fries, cupcakes, wings, plus a personalized Marshmello button deliver full crisp with zero effort—cooked, puffed, crispy, gooey perfection—all day or late night. Four distinctive colors make up the collection: Marshmello, Night, and limited-edition Lavender and Stuffed Olive. BPA-free silicone accessories meant for savory and sweet recipes are included for both the 8QT and 3QT air fryer kits.
Marshmello, a culinary enthusiast, relaunched his cooking show, "Cooking With Marshmello," earlier this month. The first season, which aired on YouTube, reached a global audience of 250+ million fans and featured special guests and friends of Marshmello including Zac Efron, Anne-Marie and Shay Mitchell among others. The new season, which launched in September, will once again bring Marshmello, special guests, and fans together through delicious recipes and food. Watch it here.
An artist known for his hit songs and enigmatic yet charismatic persona, Marshmello believes that meaningful connections can be found in the kitchen and fostered through our collective love of food and flavor. Marshmello worked with Shae Hong and CRUX engineers for 18 months to develop one of the fastest air fryers on the market.
The CRUX x Marshmello Collection includes:
- 8QT Airfryer Kit: MSRP $129.99 – available in Marshmello, Night, *Lavender, and *Stuffed Olive. Includes silicone baking tray.
- 3QT Airfryer Kit: MSRP $79.99 – available in Marshmello, Night, *Lavender, and *Stuffed Olive. Includes 4 silicone baking cups.
- S'mores Kit: MSRP $49.99
- Baking Kit: 4 piece, MSRP $19.99
- Snack Pan Kit: 2 piece, MSRP $19.99
- Shish Kebab Kit: 6 piece, MSRP $19.99
"I love connecting with friends and fans through food. #YOUCANAIRFRYTHAT challenges us to remix the ordinary and means you can crisp and cook anything, both savory and sweet," says Marshmello.
"Kitchens have always been the center of the home and are increasingly becoming an extension of an individual's personal style," says CRUX founder and CEO, Shae Hong. "We worked closely with Marshmello to develop first-to-market TurboCrisp™ technology that really brings air frying to the next level."
To shop the exclusive CRUX x Marshmello collaboration and to learn more, please visit: www.bestbuy.com/cruxmarshmello
GRAMMY-nominated Marshmello's star continues to rise as the famously masked artist breaks boundaries across the industry. With chart-topping singles and collaborations with the likes of Juice WRLD, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Bastille, Kane Brown, Selena Gomez, Jonas Brothers, and more, Marshmello has clocked a staggering 13 billion streams across Spotify alone. With over 45 million monthly listeners on the platform, he's one of the top 30 most streamed artists in the world on Spotify and the third-most- subscribed artist on YouTube. Featured on the cover of the Forbes magazine "30 Under 30" issue, Marshmello has proved to not only be an innovative producer, but a forward-thinking businessman. With his own brand of chocolate-filled marshmallows ("Stuffed Puffs"), he's also launched a children's entertainment channel, Mellodees. Marshmello also recently became the first artist ever to partner with Coca-Cola to co-create their own limited edition flavor. Marshmello collaborated with the Jonas Brothers on their early summer smash "Leave Before You Love Me," which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was also nominated for the best dance / electronic album at the 2022 Grammy's. Most recently, Marshmello teamed up with Khalid to release "Numb." The new single has continued to climb the charts since its release this summer, recently entering the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for "Song Of The Summer'' at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
Inspired by New York City's revered style and resilience, the CRUX® line was created in NYC in 2016 to engage a new generation of youthful cooking enthusiasts who were at the forefront of groundbreaking in-home culinary experiences. Since its inception, CRUX kitchenware has revolutionized this category and is touted as one of the first brands to match the appliance to the generation and not the other way around. Best known for reimagining kitchenware without sacrificing premium design, functionality and accessibility, CRUX products are distinguished as a trailblazing category-buster at the intersection of culture and innovation. CRUX is a Made by Gather™ brand.
Founded in 2003 by then-22 year old entrepreneur Shae Hong, Made by Gather creates and incubates a portfolio of kitchenware brands for the design-savvy modern consumer. Made by Gather brands can be found online and in store at major retailers nationwide.
Follow CRUX on Tik Tok @crux.kitchen and Instagram at @crux.kitchen.
For more information please contact:
Karen Sayah
karen@madebygather.com
* 50% faster than a conventional oven
* Limited edition colorway
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EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Cameron Tyson scored 27 points as Seattle University beat UT Rio Grande Valley 66-64 on Thursday night.
Tyson grabbed six rebounds for the Redhawks (11-4, 2-0 Western Athletic Conference). Alex Schumacher scored 16 points — making 4 of 4 free throws and a layup in the final 1:17.
The Vaqueros (8-7, 0-3) were led by Justin Johnson with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Dima Zdor added 13 points. Daylen Williams scored 12 and grabbed 15 rebounds.
NEXT UP
Both teams play on Saturday. Seattle U visits UT Arlington while UT Rio Grande Valley hosts Utah Valley.
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TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
TXZ211-200900-
Austin-
Including the cities of Sealy and Bellville
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ237-200900-
Inland Brazoria-
Including the cities of Pearland, Alvin, and Angleton
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ196-200900-
Brazos-
Including the cities of College Station and Bryan
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ195-200900-
Burleson-
Including the cities of Caldwell and Somerville
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Much warmer with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ214-200900-
Chambers-
Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell,
and Old River-Winfree
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the lower
40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the lower
60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
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TXZ210-200900-
Colorado-
Including the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and Weimar
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs around 70. Lows in the mid 40s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
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TXZ227-200900-
Fort Bend-
Including the cities of Missouri City, Mission Bend, Sugar Land,
Rosenberg, First Colony, and Pecan Grove
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ238-200900-
Inland Galveston-
Including the cities of League City and Friendswood
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 80. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ198-200900-
Grimes-
Including the city of Navasota
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ213-200900-
Inland Harris-
Including the city of Houston
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the mid
40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ163-200900-
Houston-
Including the city of Crockett
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ235-200900-
Inland Jackson-
Including the cities of Edna and Ganado
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 70s. Lows in the mid
40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ200-200900-
Northern Liberty-
Including the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds around 5 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ176-200900-
Madison-
Including the city of Madisonville
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows around 40.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around
60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs around 80.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ236-200900-
Inland Matagorda-
Including the city of Bay City
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ199-200900-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Conroe and The Woodlands
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows around 40.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ179-200900-
Polk-
Including the cities of Livingston and Corrigan
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
upper 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ178-200900-
San Jacinto-
Including the cities of Shepherd and Coldspring
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows around 40.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ164-200900-
Trinity-
Including the cities of Trinity and Groveton
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
upper 30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ177-200900-
Walker-
Including the city of Huntsville
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ212-200900-
Waller-
Including the cities of Hempstead, Prairie View, Brookshire,
and Waller
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ197-200900-
Washington-
Including the city of Brenham
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ226-200900-
Wharton-
Including the cities of El Campo and Wharton
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the mid
40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ300-200900-
Southern Liberty-
Including the city of Devers
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
30s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 80. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows around 60.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ313-200900-
Coastal Harris-
Including the cities of Pasadena and Baytown
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ338-200900-
Coastal Galveston-
Including the cities of Texas City, Dickinson, and La Marque
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
40s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ337-200900-
Coastal Brazoria-
Including the cities of Lake Jackson, Freeport, and Clute
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the
lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ336-200900-
Coastal Matagorda-
Including the city of Palacios
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the mid
40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ335-200900-
Coastal Jackson-
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 70s. Lows in the mid
40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows around 60. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ436-200900-
Matagorda Islands-
157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the mid
50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear and not as cool. Near steady temperature
in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Near steady temperature
in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Breezy with
highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Near steady
temperature in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
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.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
40s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs around
80. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
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157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper
50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear and not as cool. Near steady temperature
in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Near steady temperature
in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Breezy with lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. A chance
of showers in the morning. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
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157 AM CDT Wed Oct 19 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs around
80. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Breezy with lows in the mid
60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 70s.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MidFirst Bank, the largest privately owned bank in the nation, is proud to announce that its Pink Visa® Debit Card program has raised $2 million for the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center. Since its introduction in 2008, this cause-related card has been consistently requested by both new and existing customers, making the funds raised to-date a true community-wide effort. As recognition for this threshold, the University of Oklahoma recently presented MidFirst Bank with a miniature replica of the University's iconic Seed Sower statue.
"Established revenue sources like the funds provided by MidFirst Bank through this program create a long-term impact," said Robert Mannel, M.D., Director of the Stephenson Cancer Center. "Tragically, one in three Oklahoma women will develop cancer, and we strive every day to change the cancer landscape for women everywhere with the research we are conducting at the center."
"The work conducted at the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is a point of pride in Oklahoma," said MidFirst Bank Chairman and CEO Jeff Records. "Their efforts are creating a positive outcome on a public health issue that is a priority to our customers, and this $2 million achievement is thanks to them. We appreciate their support in making a difference in the communities we serve."
The OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is a national leader in academic research and clinical trial accruals for women's cancer programs. As Oklahoma's only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center, it is one of the nation's elite centers, representing the top two percent of cancer centers in the country.
Customers who open a MidFirst checking account with direct deposit and use the Pink Visa® Debit Card, automatically generate a $50 donation from MidFirst Bank to the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center. In addition, each Pink Visa® Debit Card transaction generates a five-cent donation to the Cancer Center when the card is used six times or more per month. To learn more, visit midfirst.com/pink.
With $33 billion in assets, Oklahoma City-based MidFirst Bank is the largest privately owned bank in the nation. MidFirst Bank has banking centers in Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado and Texas and provides commercial lending, wealth management, private banking and mortgage servicing nationally. MidFirst Bank serves Southern California through 1st Century Bank, as division of MidFirst Bank.
MidFirst Bank demonstrates a steadfast commitment to the greater community through philanthropy, volunteerism and many corporate partnerships and sponsorships. From healthcare, to education, to a wide range of civic-oriented and charitable organizations, the bank supports people, organizations and businesses in the markets it serves.
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is Oklahoma's only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center. It was named Oklahoma's top facility for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020-21 rankings. Stephenson Cancer Center is one of the nation's elite centers, representing the top 2% of cancer centers in the country. It is the largest and most comprehensive oncology practice in the state, delivering patient-centered, multidisciplinary care for every type of cancer. As one of the nation's leading research organizations, Stephenson Cancer Center uses the latest innovations to fight and eliminate cancer, and is currently ranked No. 1 among all cancer centers in the nation for the number of patients participating in clinical trials sponsored by the NCI's National Clinical Trials Network. For more information, visit stephensoncancercenter.org.
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Leading institutional digital asset technology provider continues expansion, adds three new team members
NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, today announced three key hires – Frank van Zegveld as Head of Sales EMEA, Matt Houston as Client Success Director and Hillary Conley as Business Development Director. These appointments continue the global expansion of the Talos team on the heels of the company's $105 million Series B funding round earlier this year, valuing Talos at $1.25 billion.
Frank van Zegveld brings over 20 years' experience across TradFi trading, investing and technology, previously running sales and business development globally at Solid Trading and Lucera Financial Infrastructures. In his new role with Talos, van Zegveld will be responsible for building upon and growing the company's strong presence and customer base in the EMEA to drive future revenue growth. He will officially join Talos in October 2022 and will be based in Amsterdam.
Matt Houston comes to Talos with over 20 years of Capital Markets experience. Based in London, Houston spent over 11 years working for Bloomberg enterprise trading solutions. Houston also previously worked for the Australian Securities Exchange and London Stock Exchange in account and business development roles. As Client Success Director for Talos, Houston will be responsible for our growing client base in EMEA as the Talos product suite expands opening up new opportunities.
Hillary Conley joins Talos as Business Development Director based in the company's New York office. Conley will be responsible for executing Talos' go-to-market strategy, building partnerships and driving future revenue growth. Before joining Talos, Conley spent five years in the crypto markets at Gemini as Business Development Director and four years at Bloomberg working in various business development roles. She has a degree in Finance from the University of Georgia.
"We're excited to welcome these three talented individuals to the Talos team as we continue to expand our sales and business development presence worldwide," said Talos Founder & CEO Anton Katz. "The extensive leadership and industry expertise of these new hires will enable us to build long-lasting relationships as we continue to build out our global presence in EMEA and beyond. We're excited to welcome Frank, Hillary and Matt to the team!"
Talos powers digital asset trading strategies globally. Engineered by a team with unmatched experience in building institutional trading systems, the Talos platform is trusted by the largest and most sophisticated market participants and their end clients for its performance, reliability, and security. Its growing network of services – trading platform, marketplace, data and analytics, and portfolio and settlement tools, all offered directly or through service providers on a white-label basis – enable clients of all types to transact end-to-end without concern for unnecessary intermediary risk or potential conflicts of interest. Talos has offices in New York, Europe and Singapore. For additional information visit www.talos.com.
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(The Hill) – Will Smith is offering his first on-camera apology for slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, saying he’s “deeply remorseful” about the “mistake” he made.
The 53-year-old actor appeared in a video posted on his Instagram account on Friday, in which he addressed questions about the March altercation directly to the camera.
“Chris, I apologize to you,” Smith said. “My behavior was unacceptable. And I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”
Smith’s on-camera apology came almost exactly four months after the jaw-dropping on-stage moment. While presenting an award at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, Rock joked that Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, should appear in “G.I. Jane 2,” in an apparent reference to the main character’s bald head in the original 1997 film starring Demi Moore.
Pinkett Smith has previously revealed in 2018 that she had been diagnosed with alopecia areata, a disease that causes hair loss.
After Rock’s comments at the 2022 Oscars ceremony, Smith approached Rock on the awards show’s stage and slapped him, before returning to his seat and hurling expletives at the comedian.
Not long after, Smith won an Oscar in the Best Actor category for his role in “King Richard” and made no mention of the earlier incident with Rock.
In his Friday video, Smith responded to a question about why he didn’t apologize to Rock in his acceptance speech.
“I was fogged out by that point. It’s all fuzzy,” Smith said. “I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out.”
Saying he also wanted to apologize to Rock’s family, including the comic’s mother and brother, Smith told his 64 million Instagram followers, “I spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuances and the complexities of what happened in that moment. And I’m not going to try to unpack all of that right now.
“But I can say to all of you: There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment. There’s no part of me that thinks that’s the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults.”
While Smith delivered a public apology in the form of a statement to Rock a day after the Academy Awards — calling his behavior “unacceptable and inexcusable” — Friday’s video marked the first time he spoke publicly about the slap. In the wake of the altercation, the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences banned Smith from attending any of its events for 10 years.
Smith said his wife, an actor and co-host of Facebook Watch’s “Red Table Talk,” was not to blame for his actions against Rock.
“I made a choice on my own,” Smith said. “Jada had nothing to do with it.”
As to what he would say to fans who viewed him as a role model and were let down, Smith said, “Disappointing people is my central trauma.”
“It hurts me psychologically and emotionally to know I didn’t live up to people’s image and impression of me. And the work I’m trying to do is, I am deeply remorseful and I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself.”
“I’m human. And I made a mistake,” Smith continued.
“I’m trying not to think of myself as a piece of s—. So I would say to those people: I know it was confusing. I know it was shocking. But I promise you, I am deeply devoted and committed to putting light, and love and joy into the world.”
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PRINCETON, N.J., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuous pursuit to create an optimal experience for test takers, ETS announced today a series of exciting TOEFL iBT® enhancements.
Over the next few months, test takers can expect:
- A shortened TOEFL iBT test for administrations beginning July 26, 2023. The test will now take less than two hours to complete — previously three hours — as a result of:
- A simplified registration process beginning July 2023. Test takers can create an account and register for an available TOEFL iBT test date quicker and easier than ever before. In addition, more localized benefits, such as additional local payment options, will be available in select markets and expanded over time.
- Increased score transparency beginning July 26, 2023. Test takers will see their official score release date upon completion of the test, in addition to receiving real-time notification of changes to their score status.
"ETS is driving the future of assessment through product innovations across education and learning, and TOEFL is core to that effort," said Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS. "TOEFL has been an industry standard for nearly six decades, and these enhancements further underscore its position. Most importantly, these enhancements were developed through the lens of our customers and stakeholders — because they are our highest priority to serve."
Test takers who have already registered for a TOEFL iBT test have the option to reschedule their test date for free if they'd like to experience these new enhancements, or move up their test date before they take effect. Free reschedules can be made until April 30, 2023, via their TOEFL account. In addition, updated versions of the TOEFL iBT Free Practice Test and TOEFL iBT Practice Sets are now available on the TOEFL website. Additional free and paid test prep options will be updated to reflect these changes in the next few weeks.
For score users, the TOEFL iBT score scale remains the same, so their requirements can stay the same, too. The TOEFL test remains the most trusted, valid, reliable and secure option for score users around the world. And now, with these additional enhancements, score users can be assured that test takers' experience is now more delightful — saving them time, while reducing test day anxiety.
To learn more about the TOEFL iBT enhancements, visit www.ets.org/toefl/ibt-enhancements. To create an account, register for a test, access test prep resources and more, visit www.ets.org/toefl.
About the TOEFL iBT test
The TOEFL iBT test, created by ETS, is the most respected, accepted and preferred test of academic English-language proficiency, used for study, work and immigration. More than 11,500 institutions in more than 160 countries worldwide use TOEFL iBT scores to make high-stakes decisions. The test boasts 100% acceptance in popular English-speaking destinations including the United States, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The test is backed by decades of research and has helped millions of learners on their study abroad journeys. It's a crucial part of the TOEFL Family of Assessments, which houses a TOEFL test for each stage of English-language proficiency, starting with learners 8+. For more information, visit www.ets.org/toefl.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
02-03-06-11-12-19-23-26-35-48-51-52-61-62-64-72-76-77-78-79, BE: 51
(two, three, six, eleven, twelve, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-six, thirty-five, forty-eight, fifty-one, fifty-two, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-four, seventy-two, seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine; BE: fifty-one) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17438931.php | 2022-09-13 18:27:03 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17438931.php |
Why Planned Parenthood is bolstering its news division
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
Kate Smith was a reporter for CBS News for several years, and her main beat was reproductive rights.
Now she works for an organization that was one of her main sources. Last year, Smith left CBS to work as the senior director of news content for Planned Parenthood.
On “Reliable Sources” Sunday, Smith said there were several reasons why she decided on the career move. But the most relevant reason, she said, was because her editor was no longer interested in covering abortion policies and reproductive health as a dedicated beat— a topic she had spend much of her career becoming an expert in.
“I was thinking the next steps of my career having that off the table,” Smith said. “I was more willing to consider other options.”
Working for Planned Parenthood, part of Smith’s job is deciding how to frame coverage of reproductive health issues. For example, topics such abortion are often covered through a political lens — sometimes overlooking the practical implications for individuals.
Smith noted how stories about the Texas abortion law, for example, will almost always have a quote from Sen. Ted Cruz and refer to the size and scope of similar restrictions that have been passed in other states. But many readers just want to know whether or not they can still make an appointment at their local Planned Parenthood.
“In that article, I promise you, [the reader’s] not going to be able to figure out whether or not her appointment is on,” Smith said.
As a reporter for CBS, Smith said she was flooded with phone calls and messages from people concerned about the status of their appointments after an article published.
“Because of the way that we cover abortion in the media with this national frame, often as a political story, we’re leaving patients out of the equation,” Smith said.
Smith wants readers to come to Planned Parenthood to hear from experts and understand what their rights are in real time.
“[Think about] cancer treatments,” Smith said. “You’d rather go to Sloan Kettering’s content than a New York Times article.”
Smith’s move to Planned Parenthood didn’t come without controversy. Two years ago, the conservative news outlet National Review called Smith Planned Parenthood’s ambassador to CBS.
“They said you’re posing as a reporter and constructed articles that more closely resemble press releases than news,” CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said. “So that was the charge when you were at CBS and now you’re at Planned Parenthood.”
Smith emphasized the journalistic standards and legal reviews her stories were subject to at CBS, and said her reporting today still goes through a rigorous review.
“I stand by every article I write,” Smith said. “I would say that making that accusation, you’re playing into the Right. Anyone who doesn’t fall by their rules, who isn’t anti-abortion, is against them.”
Covering abortion from a neutral point of view and including perspectives from both sides of the debate automatically makes anti-abortion advocates defensive, Smith said.
“They view doctors as for abortion, and they view them as biased, even though these are doctors we’re talking about,” Smith said. “So I really reject all of that criticism.”
What a post Roe world could look like
In 2019, Smith traveled to El Salvador, where abortion has been banned since 1998. In 2020, CBS reported that more than 140 women accused of having an abortion have been jailed, even though many of them may have suffered a miscarriage.
“When we went to El Salvador, what we saw is all of those things that these doctors and politicians had warned us about were happening in real time on the ground,” Smith said.
Smith met with one doctor who said he had patients die because they weren’t allowed to undergo an abortion, and another who was providing them illegally who said there has been no drop off in demand.
But what kept Smith up at night was speaking to an imprisoned woman who hadn’t seen her family in years. The woman said she had a miscarriage.
“They wake up and they are shackled to the hospital bed and there was a police officer in there investigating them,” Smith said. “Doctors told me when they are looking at a patient, there is no way for them to tell the difference between an induced abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage.”
Smith said the consequences of what a post Roe world will look like aren’t merely hypothetical.
“All of these things that we say might happen if abortion gets banned, if abortion becomes illegal, they do happen,” Smith said. “We have actual facts that can inform what happens.”
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Serial entrepreneur's latest innovation poised to lead the way in nasal hygiene
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gail Lebovic, MA, MD, FACS, CEO and founder of Silicon Valley Innovations, Inc., is a Finalist in the Consumer Products category for small businesses in the 19th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business. She is being recognized for her latest innovation, NasoClenz ™ an antiseptic cleansing kit designed to thoroughly cleanse and moisturize the nose.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world's premier business awards.
"I'm humbled and honored to be recognized by the Stevie Awards for our team's work in bringing this innovative product to market," said Dr. Lebovic. "By encouraging better nasal hygiene – a critically overlooked aspect of our personal health – we believe our technology will change the world forever."
A world-renowned oncoplastic surgeon, Dr. Lebovic is one of Silicon Valley's most successful female entrepreneurs, having founded or co-founded multiple medical technology companies whose innovations have gone on to become standard of care and are currently marketed by leading healthcare companies.
With NasoClenz, Dr. Lebovic is on a mission to help educate people about the importance of "keeping their noses clean." The kit includes anatomically designed, soft nasal applicators used in conjunction with a specially formulated proprietary antiseptic gel. The cleansing kits provide a simple, comfortable and convenient way to clean and moisturize the nose.
"Our respiratory systems are increasingly exposed to harmful materials in the air including smog, smoke from wildfires, allergens and of course germs. The nose plays a central role in our health and, in my opinion, has been underestimated in its importance as a direct gateway into our bodies," said Dr. Lebovic, who envisions a world where everyone incorporates nasal hygiene into their daily personal hygiene routine — just like brushing their teeth or washing their hands.
Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, an internationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon and premier med-tech inventor/entrepreneur, shares Dr. Lebovic's passion for nasal hygiene, calling the NasoClenz device a "game-changer."
"It's a no-brainer that we should be cleaning our noses," says Fogarty, who feels NasoClenz is a big step forward in making it easier for people to incorporate nasal hygiene as a normal part of their daily cleansing habits.
Dr. Fogarty joined SVI's Medical Advisory Board in February 2022, having previously partnered with Dr. Lebovic on a variety of products that have transformed the standard of care and improved lives, particularly in the field of women's health.
"With any start-up it's not just the product, it's the people behind the product that gives me confidence in the company – and Dr. Lebovic and her team have a track record that is second to none in the industry," Dr. Fogarty said. "Their inventions have always been breakthrough technologies and being a finalist for such a prestigious award is just the latest recognition of what she has accomplished in various areas of healthcare."
More than 1,500 entries were submitted this year for consideration in more than 100 categories, including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Company of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced during a gala event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday, November 11. Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend. The event will be broadcast on Livestream.
Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.
About Silicon Valley Innovations, Inc.
Silicon Valley Innovations is a company founded with clinical principles in mind to help solve everyday problems with creative technology – ultimately, to help people lead healthier, happier lives. By combining exceptional engineering talent with world-class clinical experience, SVI is committed to creating unique medical devices that solve significant health problems. Learn more at svi-inc.com.
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.
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Dowling & Dennis PR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Donna A. James, managing director and founder of Lardon & Associates, LLC, has been elected to the American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) Board of Directors.
"Donna is a recognized authority in corporate governance, business strategy and human resources, as well as a respected Ohio business leader," said Nicholas K. Akins, AEP chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Her vast experience in the public and private sector will be incredibly valuable as we work to enhance service for our customers, transform our workforce and drive growth. We look forward to her insights as we build a cleaner, brighter energy future for the communities we serve."
James, 64, has been managing director and founder of Lardon & Associates, LLC since 2006. She previously worked for more than 25 years at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. where she held various positions of increasing responsibility, including executive vice president and chief administrative officer and president of Nationwide Strategic Investments. James received her bachelor's degree in accounting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
She is the chair of the board of Victoria's Secret & Co. and a member of the boards of Boston Scientific Corp. and The Hartford Financial Services Group. She also is a board trustee for OhioHealth and co-executive for the African American Leadership Academy.
David Anderson resigned from the Board of Directors after reaching the retirement age for outside Directors. He served on AEP's Board for 11 years.
"David's leadership and expertise have been invaluable to us for more than a decade," Akins said. "We thank him for his considerable contributions, and we wish him all the best."
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner, brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP's approximately 16,700 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles of distribution lines to safely deliver reliable and affordable power to 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 31,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 7,100 megawatts of renewable energy. The company's plans include growing its renewable generation portfolio to approximately 50% of total capacity by 2030. AEP is on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels by 2030 and has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion. AEP's family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) _ Potlatch Corp. (PCH) on Monday reported fourth-quarter profit of $3.8 million.
On a per-share basis, the Spokane, Washington-based company said it had profit of 5 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 12 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 19 cents per share.
The timberland owner and wood products company posted revenue of $253.1 million in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $234.4 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $333.9 million, or $4.58 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.33 billion.
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Four people including a child are dead after a suspect shot three victims inside a home and then was killed by police after opening fire on officers responding to a domestic violence report early Sunday, police in Florida said.
Officers heard gunshots inside the home before the suspect exited and shot at the officers around 2:25 a.m., the Orlando Police Department said in a statement.
Inside the home, police found three gunshot victims, including a child who was transported by officers to a hospital. The three victims died of their injuries, Orlando police said.
The suspect also died after being transported to a hospital, police said.
The two officers involved in the shooting were not injured and have been placed on administrative leave, police said.
The identifies of the suspect, the victims and the officers were not immediately released. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/police-kill-suspect-3-victims-die-in-florida-17886939.php | 2023-04-09 10:20:46 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/police-kill-suspect-3-victims-die-in-florida-17886939.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
2-7-1-0, FIREBALL: 6
(two, seven, one, zero; FIREBALL: six)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
2-7-1-0, FIREBALL: 6
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father of Kristin Smart, the California Central Coast college student who vanished from campus 26 years ago, says a murder conviction hasn’t ended the “agonizingly long journey” to find the truth about his daughter.
“Without Kristin, there’s no joy or happiness in this verdict,” Smart’s father, Stan Smart, said at a news conference after a jury on Tuesday found Paul Flores — the last man seen with Smart — guilty of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors contended that Flores killed Smart, then 19, while trying to rape her in his dormitory room at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where they were first-year students. His attorney argued that prosecutors used an outlandish conspiracy theory and “junk science” to accuse him and his father, who was charged with concealing Smart’s body to hide the crime.
Flores, who is 45, could face 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 9. His attorney, Robert Sanger, declined to comment on the verdict Tuesday.
A day earlier, a separate jury acquitted Ruben Flores, 81, who was accused by prosecutors of burying Smart’s body under the deck of his house in the nearby community of Arroyo Grande for years but later digging up and moving it.
Her body has never been found.
Both verdicts were announced Tuesday.
“After 26 years, with today’s split verdict, we learned that our quest for justice for Kristin will continue,” Smart’s father said. “This has been an agonizingly long journey, with more downs than ups.”
However, he also thanked both juries for their diligence and said his faith in the justice system “has been renewed.”
“Know that your spirit lives on in each and every one of us, everyday,” he said of his daughter. “Not a single day goes by that you aren’t missed, remembered, loved and celebrated.”
Smart disappeared from campus over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. The father and son weren’t arrested until 2021. Their attorneys had suggested that someone else killed her or even that she may still be alive, although Smart was legally declared dead in 2002.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson told reporters that the search for Smart’s remains will continue.
“This case will not be over until Kristin is returned home, and we have committed to that from the beginning,” he said. “We don’t take a breath. We do not put this aside.”
Paul Flores was seen with Smart on May 25, 1996. The defense said Flores was seen helping Smart walk to her dorm after she became drunk at an off-campus party. Prosecutors suggested she may have been drugged and that Flores took her to his own room where he killed her during an attempted rape.
Paul Flores had long been considered a suspect in the killing. He had a black eye when investigators interviewed him. He told them he got it playing basketball with friends, who denied his account, according to court records. He later changed his story to say he bumped his head while working on his car.
During Paul Flores’ trial, the prosecution also told jurors that four cadaver dogs had alerted to the “smell of death on his mattress” but Sanger called it “junk science” and noted there wasn’t any forensic evidence of Smart having been in the room.
“This case was not prosecuted for all these years because there’s no evidence,” Sanger said during closing arguments. “It’s sad Kristin Smart disappeared, and she may have gone out on her own, but who knows?”
Investigators conducted dozens of fruitless searches for Smart’s body over two decades. In the past two years they turned their attention to Ruben Flores’ home.
Behind latticework beneath the deck of his large house on a dead end street, archaeologists working for police in March 2021 found a soil disturbance about the size of a casket and the presence of human blood, prosecutors said. The blood was too degraded to extract a DNA sample.
After Tuesday’s verdict, Ruben Flores maintained that both he and his son are innocent and said he feels badly that Smart’s family will never have a resolution. He said the case was about feelings, not facts.
“We don’t know what happened to their daughter,” he told reporters.
“They’ve had searches and everything,” he said. “They come to my house and say she was buried here, and that’s a surprise to me.”
“He should have never been charged,” said his attorney, Harold Mesick. “It would be nice if the community would actually honor the presumption of innocence. There is so much animosity toward this man and his family.”
The trial was held in Salinas, 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of San Luis Obispo. A judge agreed to move it after the defense argued that it was unlikely the Floreses could receive a fair trial with so much notoriety in the city of about 47,000 people. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-father-says-no-joy-in-kristin-smart-murder-conviction/ | 2022-10-20 02:36:28 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-father-says-no-joy-in-kristin-smart-murder-conviction/ |
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Gloucester County man has been sentenced for a number of convictions related to drug trafficking, shooting assault, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
Nathan DeAlbert Mattocks, 39, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday, April 11, in federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The jury found Mattocks guilty of a number of charges, including:
- Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute
- Possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute
- Possessing, brandishing and discharging a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
- Two counts of tampering with a witness by physical force or threat
- Two counts of retaliating against a witness
- Obstruction of justice
Mattocks — a previously convicted felon — was arrested by deputies with the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office in August 2020. According to court documents, deputies received a call from a victim who claimed the driver of a gray Honda Civic — later identified as Mattocks — was following him and shooting at him.
Upon pulling the vehicle over and arresting Mattocks, deputies found “Roxacet 30” pills containing fentanyl and a Taurus Model PT111 Pro 9mm semi-automatic pistol in the crime scene area — a witness testified that Mattocks had thrown the pills and firearm out of the vehicle prior to being pulled over.
Mattocks became aware of potential witnesses in his case and, prior to his trial, asked a “known violent gang member” who was also incarcerated with him to find others who could either kill or assault the witnesses or make sure they would not appear in court. Mattocks offered to pay the gang member or give him a large quantity of drugs in exchange and gave him a note with details of the potential witnesses.
An investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement led to the discovery of Mattocks’ history of dealing heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and other substances in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia. | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/man-charged-with-drug-trafficking-shooting-assault-attempts-to-silence-witnesses-in-virginia-court/ | 2023-04-17 19:13:03 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/man-charged-with-drug-trafficking-shooting-assault-attempts-to-silence-witnesses-in-virginia-court/ |
Several knives confiscated from mom, son before flight, TSA says
Published: Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:40 AM MST|Updated: 37 minutes ago
(CNN) - On Monday, authorities at Boston Logan International Airport confiscated multiple knives from a mother and son traveling to Salt Lake City, the Transportation Security Administration said.
The pair turned the knives over to Massachusetts State Police and were allowed to continue their trip. No charges were filed.
Passengers can pack knives in checked luggage, but the only knives permitted in carry-on bags are plastic or round-bladed butter knives.
Monday’s incident comes on the heels of another incident in May at Logan International.
A traveler tried to bring a ninja knife set through security in a carry-on.
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In a sign of the severity of Hurricane Ian, Waffle House told NBC News on Wednesday it had closed 21 Florida locations that are in the path of the Category 4 storm.
Waffle House has gained a reputation over the years for staying open in all but the most extreme circumstances, offering food and beverages to emergency crews and individuals riding out natural disasters.
Waffle House spokesperson Njeri Boss said in an email that most of the affected locations were in the projected path of the hurricane, with a few others in low-lying flood zones.
In previous years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has used an unofficial “Waffle House Index” in part to help assess damage in disaster areas.
“If a Waffle House can serve a full menu, they’ve likely got power (or are running on a generator),” FEMA wrote on its blog in 2017. “A limited menu means an area may not have running water or electricity, but there’s gas for the stove to make bacon, eggs, and coffee: exactly what hungry, weary people need.”
Hurricane Ian Coverage:
A FEMA representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ian was set to make landfall Wednesday afternoon near Cape Coral, Florida, bringing 155 mph winds and up to 16 feet of storm surge to some coastal areas.
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They’ve withstood defending state champions, top-ranked teams and traditional powers.
And the Standish-Sterling softball team is starting to believe it just might be the one team left standing when all is said and done.
“The way they fought today, I’ve got to say we’re as good as anybody in the state,” SSC coach Rich Sullivan said. “I kind of felt that the whole way, but I didn’t want to say it. They’re tough, tough girls and they just keep fighting.”
With yet another gritty, gutsy and go-time performance, the No. 10-ranked Panthers fended off No. 5-ranked Gladstone 3-1 in a nine-inning battle in the Division 3 state quarterfinal Tuesday at Gaylord.
The win propels Standish-Sterling (36-7) to the final four, where it meets Ravenna in the 3 p.m. Friday semifinal at Michigan State University. The state title game is 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Fresh off an upset of No. 1-ranked Evart in the regional round, Standish-Sterling didn’t bat an eye against historic powerhouse Gladstone, owner of three state championships.
The game stretched into extra innings knotted at 1-1 before the Panthers tipped the scales. Keeley Peace and Macey Fegan had base hits to put two on with two outs for Devri Jennings. The senior pitcher helped her own cause in a big, big way, lacing a two-run single for the 3-1 lead.
“Devri had not been swinging a good bat lately but, boy, we needed her to get a big hit and she did,” Sullivan said. “She lined it down the right field line about a foot fair and brought two runs in.”
Jennings finished the task in the bottom of the ninth, retiring Gladstone 1-2-3 to send Standish-Sterling back to the final four for the third time in four seasons.
The Panthers struck first in the third inning on a double by Peace, a single by Lexi Mielke and an RBI grounder by Fegan. But Gladstone countered in the bottom of the inning to make it 1-1.
Jennings kept it right there, firing a five-hit, 12-strikeout masterpiece in the pitching circle. Gladstone came to bat with a chance to walk it off in the seventh and eighth, but each time Jennings was up to the challenge.
“When you get into extra innings and you don’t have that hammer, it’s nerve-racking sitting on that bucket,” Sullivan said. “But we got a couple big strikeouts and a couple big plays when we needed them.”
Peace delivered three hits, as the freshman leadoff hitter continued to shine for the Panthers. Fegan knocked two doubles among three hits while Mielke added two hits.
“It’s such a historic season, I didn’t want to see it end too soon,” Sullivan said. “Now here we are, going back to Michigan State.”
The softball team won’t be traveling alone as the Standish-Sterling baseball team is also final four-bound, making for a momentous weekend for the northeast Michigan community.
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Key considerations missing from this debate
In response to the Oct. 6 opinion piece “How can denying rights of the unborn be a vote-getter?” I will attempt to un-confound readers who hold the misogynistic belief about women that fetuses are aborted in the casual way that the writers would have us believe.
Nature saturates all female animals with hormones that eventually drive the mother to care for their young — even among women who elect to terminate. Accepting the sad reality that the majority of abortions occur among poor women who are already mothers points to the inequality of medical resources and stable family lives that trap poor women to even have to consider making a heart-breaking decision.
The writers’ daughter landed in a soft place with two loving parents having the necessary resources. This is a very unusual piece of luck, when it comes to considering abortion.
Politicians mucking into complicated medical decisions will always shortchange the patients. Fifteen states already want no rape or incest exceptions in their new laws. The radicals on both sides of the issue could agree to a policy based on ethics rather than religious dogma. Take heed of the pediatric neurologists who worry about how we will care, long-term, for the results of politicians’ shortcomings.
Susan Bender
Traverse City | https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-bender/article_bcb5a16c-4a5f-11ed-a683-33e5bb121b03.html | 2022-10-14 19:32:01 | 0 | https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-bender/article_bcb5a16c-4a5f-11ed-a683-33e5bb121b03.html |
Market leaders in Managed Services and Secure Access Service Edge bring businesses a customizable cloud security solution for SD-WAN
GERMANTOWN, Md., July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), and Netskope, a leader in Security Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced they have partnered to bring Hughes customers a new SASE solution that combines Hughes managed services expertise with Netskope's leading Security Service Edge (SSE) capabilities. Hughes Managed SASE is designed for small and mid-sized enterprises headquartered in the U.S., Canada and Mexico that want the security posture of a large enterprise at a price point that fits their budget. The solution bundles Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) with all the elements of a comprehensive, cloud-delivered security posture, along with an option to integrate with existing SD-WAN deployments using Netskope SSE, providing the necessary security and network performance that today's complex environment demands.
"Many organizations today struggle with managing the large number of tools necessary to safeguard sensitive data. A solution like Hughes Managed SASE helps address that challenge, binding together the capabilities that protect data and applications regardless of where they are being used, along with the scalability, intelligent routing, and cost optimization of SD-WAN," said Craig Robinson, Research Vice President, Security Services, IDC. "A managed SASE offering brings additional peace of mind with a managed or co-management option for those organizations that want to utilize these options."
"Hughes Managed SASE makes it turn-key to manage company data securely, wherever it's transmitted across a growing perimeter of endpoints that employees need to access in the office, on the road and remotely," said Dan Rasmussen, senior vice president, enterprise division, Hughes. "Our cloud-first security solution meets companies where they are today with a full SASE implementation or as an add-on to an existing SD-WAN deployment with a clear path to a full-SASE solution at their own pace."
"This new partnership between Hughes and Netskope brings together industry-leading pedigrees to deliver a fully managed, full-stack SASE platform," said Dave Rogers, SVP Global Alliances and Channel Sales, Netskope. "As organizations navigate the challenges associated with a work-from-anywhere environment, they are turning to SASE solutions to secure data and people anywhere. Our partnership is focused on helping to accelerate digital transformation and safely enable innovations such as generative AI, all while preserving network performance and business productivity."
Part of the suite of HughesON™ managed services, Hughes Managed SASE leverages cloud-native delivery with scalability, flexibility, and adaptability to meet changing business needs. The solution includes every feature of the full SASE framework, such as Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateways, Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) plus options such as Managed Detection and Response (MDR). Hughes SASE customers also benefit from 24/7 security operations center (SOC) protection along with incident response and alert prioritization for early threat detection and mitigation.
A global leader in managed SD-WAN, Hughes has been recognized as a Leader in the Frost Radar™: North American Managed SD-WAN Services Market report four consecutive times. Netskope was named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge for the second year in a row and is the only SSE Leader to also rank among the highest three scoring vendors for all Use Cases in the companion Critical Capabilities for SSE report.
To learn more about Hughes Managed SASE, visit the website.
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About Hughes
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, provides broadband equipment and services; managed services featuring smart, software-defined networking; and end-to-end network operation for millions of consumers, businesses, governments and communities worldwide. The Hughes flagship internet service, HughesNet®, connects millions of people across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System powers internet access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes supplies more than half the global satellite terminal market to leading satellite operators, in-flight service providers, mobile network operators and military customers. A managed network services provider, Hughes supports approximately half a million enterprise sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of wired and wireless solutions. To learn more, visit www.hughes.com or follow HughesConnects on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Netskope
Netskope, a global SASE leader, is redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply zero trust principles to protect data. Fast and easy to use, the Netskope platform provides optimized access and real-time security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. Netskope helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get unrivaled visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity. Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope and its powerful NewEdge network to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, organizational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements. Learn how Netskope helps customers be ready for anything on their SASE journey, visit netskope.com.
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We’re only a couple of months into 2023, but for me the new year officially starts March 1st because that’s when we have to re-up our hunting and fishing licenses, and it doesn’t hurt to pick up a fresh copy of one of these.
There is a lot of info in the new regulations, so I decided to go to the source to see if there are any big changes we need to know about and I spoke with Greg Lemon at the Communication and Education Division over at Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.
Lemon had some good news for all of you who don’t like change.
“This is what we call an off-cycle year," said Lemon. "So every other year we do season settings where we review all the regulations with the public, so the public can weigh in on all our regulations, and then we go through a pretty lengthy process of getting feedback from the public on what we’d like to see changed and working with our staff on developing changes, and bringing those changes to back to the public and ultimately to the commission. So this is one of those years where you wouldn’t expect to see very many changes.”
Well, that’s good. But you can’t just dust off your 2022 regulations and call it good this year. Because Greg told me there is one small change to pay attention to.
“There is a bit of a change in our regulations that hunters will notice on our license there will be a quota range, and in the past there has just been a number for those licenses," Lemon told MTN. "And that range is what is approved by the commission. So the commission approves the range, but the biologist, based on their date come back and will actually set a number for the year based on that range. So now hunters will see that quota range, and that quota range will just represent that range that the department can set the final number for issuing licenses.”
Outside of that – Greg told me that if anyone has any questions to give the hotline a call at 406-444-2950 and someone should be able to walk you through the license process.
And also – don’t forget the MYFWP mobil app as another resource in keeping your tags organized. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/new-hunting-and-fishing-license-year-starts-march-1st | 2023-03-01 16:07:58 | 0 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/new-hunting-and-fishing-license-year-starts-march-1st |
Four consecutive years on the list mark the leading legal consulting and technology firm's remarkable growth
CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HBR Consulting LLC (HBR), a trusted advisor to law firms and law departments, has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America, joining an elite group of organizations that made the prestigious list for four consecutive years. Based on three-year revenue growth, the list of the nation's most successful private companies has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success.
Earlier this year, HBR was included in Crain's Chicago Business' "Fast 50," the publication's list of the fastest-growing companies in the region, whether publicly traded or privately held. This is HBR's second year to be recognized on that list, which is based on five-year revenue growth.
"We are delighted to again be recognized on Inc. 5000's annual list," said Nick Quil, HBR's CEO. "This latest recognition is a testament to our team's hard work and our clients' trust and confidence. The pandemic accelerated an evolution in how our clients work and deliver legal services, and we are honored that they have allowed us to help them navigate those ongoing changes."
The repeat recognition of HBR reflects its trajectory of success since its founding in 2011. The firm's growth has been a combination of organic growth and several strategic acquisitions: for example, in 2021, HBR combined with Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service, and help desk support to law firms and legal departments. The combined organization brings together more than 700 experts, making HBR the largest and most comprehensive strategy, operations, and technology consulting firm in the legal industry. In the past five years, the firm has nearly tripled the number of employees, while increasing its revenue by 352%. HBR now works with 94 of the Am Law 100 law firms and 70 of the Fortune 100 corporations' law departments.
"We are proud and humbled by this recognition," said Chris Petrini-Poli, HBR's executive chairman. "What is particularly exciting to me is that our growth has been across all areas of our business. Our success has been and will continue to be driven by our clients, whose partnership is at the core of where we are today. Our clients push us to create and seek to acquire new businesses that help meet their and the market's evolving needs, and by responding to them we have grown remarkably."
2022 marks HBR's most significant investments in the business to date across talent, systems, and technology to meet client and market demands. These investments, in turn, have supported the firm's growth. HBR has deepened its leadership bench strength in business and technology and continues to hire at all levels. HBR has invested in the integration of its IT managed services business and Keno Kozie, building on the strengths of the two organizations by investing not only in talent, but also in new and ongoing partnerships with best-in-class technology providers to provide HBR's clients with a continuously updated and monitored, safe and secure IT environment while allowing HBR's team to operate as efficiently as possible. HBR's Advisory business has seen significant growth in its teams that focus on legal organizations' strategy and operations and on data and innovation, both in the number of experts supporting those areas and the engagements they have taken on. At the same time, the business has increased the breadth of its software solutions and managed services supporting law firm procurement and library functions, as well as technology applications.
For the full Inc. 5000 list, please click here. To learn more about HBR Consulting, visit www.hbrconsulting.com.
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AUSTIN, Minn., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, today announced its quarterly dividend on the common stock, authorized by the Board of Directors at 27.5 cents ($0.275) a share on May 22, 2023, will be paid August 15, 2023, to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 17, 2023.
The August 15 payment will be the 380th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. Since becoming a public company in 1928, Hormel Foods Corporation has paid a regular quarterly dividend without interruption.
ABOUT HORMEL FOODS — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters®, SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®, WHOLLY®, Hormel® Black Label®, Columbus®, Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the "Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three years, is one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list by 3BL Media 13 times, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com.
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A unique blend of modern lifestyle and luxurious comfort, this three-row SUV makes every ride a fun-packed journey with versatile seating options, V2L capability, advanced technologies, and more.
SEOUL, South Korea, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- From the very first sketch to the moment the first model rolls off the production line, the new Kia EV9 electric SUV has been created to deliver new standards of space, practicality, flexibility, comfort, and technology to meet the needs of millennial families.
Kia's engineers and designers are passionate in their belief that the interior of a vehicle must be so much more than simply fit for purpose to transport occupants safely and efficiently from A to B. The cabin of a vehicle is, after all, where the driver and passengers spend their time and engage most closely with a vehicle.
That's why Kia's design philosophy Opposites United is dedicated to the creation of exceptional interiors to transcend conventional thinking and inspire customers. That means providing premium comfort, wellbeing, and technology for all occupants, not just the driver, to elevate the in-vehicle user experience to new levels. And nowhere is this approach more elegantly and effectively expressed than inside the brand's new flagship EV9 electric SUV.
The EV9's unique mix of advanced assets and exceptional dimensions has created a vehicle with a truly family-friendly character that empowers the large SUV to transform every journey, whether it's a short drive to the shops or a week-long vacation road trip, into an enjoyable and engaging experience.
Space innovation takes travelling to a new dimension
The EV9's generous dimensions, remarkable spaciousness, sophisticated design, and high-quality trim enhance the sense of wellbeing of all occupants.
'Luxe living room on wheels' concept delivers quantum leap in seating configurations
Equipped with premium quality lounge-style seats, the EV9 opens up new levels of comfort, versatility and flexibility.
Work and play wherever the road takes you
With its exceptional spaciousness and stowage capacity, the EV9 is designed to enable families to take lots of equipment with them wherever they travel. It also enables them to power whatever gear they bring.
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The EV9 provides an ultra-modern, zero-emission, yet thoroughly enjoyable driving experience by placing emphasis on comfort, wellbeing, and experience of occupants in all three rows.
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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins were already on pace for the best record in NHL history when they added toughness and depth for what they hope will be a long playoff run.
Now general manager Don Sweeney has helped secure the team’s future, too.
The Bruins signed All-Star forward David Pastrnak to an eight-year contract extension on Thursday that will pay him $90 million — the sixth-richest deal in NHL history. The deal locks up one of the league’s MVP candidates through the 2030-31 season for $11.25 million a season.
Pastrnak, 26, is second in the league this season with 42 goals, adding 38 assists while leading Boston to the best record in the NHL. He has spent all of his nine NHL seasons with the Bruins, totaling 282 goals and 302 assists in his career.
He had been eligible to become a free agent after this season.
The Bruins also added forward Tyler Bertuzzi on Thursday in a deal that will send a top-10 protected first-round pick in 2024 and a fourth-rounder in 2025 to Detroit. (The Red Wings are retaining half of Bertuzzi’s salary for the rest of the season.) Last week, Sweeney acquired defenseman Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway from Washington.
Bertuzzi, 28, helps fill a gap left by Taylor Hall’s injury. The 2010 No. 1 overall draft pick, who has 16 goals and 20 assists this season, was placed on long-term injured reserve on Thursday, a move that costs the team one of its top forwards but saves $6 million against the salary cap.
Bertuzzi has 14 points in 29 games this season with the Red Wings. He has 88 goals and 114 assists in 305 regular-season games. He has yet to reach the playoffs in the NHL. Forward Nick Foligno was placed on injured reserve. He has 10 goals and 16 assists this season.
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WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) announced today public sanctions against 17 current or former CFP® professionals or candidates for CFP® certification, effective immediately or on the date noted in each case. Public sanctions taken by CFP Board, in order of increasing severity, include Public Censures, Suspensions, Temporary Bars, Permanent Bars and Revocations of the right to use the CFP® marks.
CFP Board's Enforcement Process
As part of their certification, CFP® professionals make a commitment to CFP Board to abide by CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct (Code and Standards) or its predecessor, the Standards of Professional Conduct (Standards), which included the Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Rules of Conduct and Financial Planning Practice Standards. Individuals on the pathway to CFP® certification make a commitment to abide by CFP Board's Pathway to CFP® Certification Agreement (Pathway Agreement).
CFP Board's Procedural Rules set forth the process for investigating matters and imposing sanctions where violations have been found.
CFP Board enforces its ethical standards by investigating alleged violations and, where there is probable cause to believe there are grounds for sanction, presents a Complaint containing the alleged violations to CFP Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (Commission). The Commission meets at least six times a year to review any matter in which CFP Board has alleged that a CFP® professional has violated CFP Board's Code and Standards or its predecessor Standards, or an individual pursuing initial CFP® certification has violated the Pathway Agreement. The Commission functions in accordance with the Procedural Rules and reviews all matters on a case-by-case basis, considering the details specific to an individual case. If the Commission determines there are grounds for sanction, then it may impose a sanction. Commission orders may be appealed by a Respondent or CFP Board pursuant to the Procedural Rules.
In certain circumstances, such as when a CFP® professional is in default due to failure to acknowledge receipt of a Notice of Investigation or file an Answer, CFP Board staff must deliver an Administrative Order of Suspension, Temporary Bar, Revocation or Permanent Bar. Administrative Orders are subject to appeal.
More information on CFP Board's enforcement process can be found at CFP.net/enforcement. In addition, at CFP.net/verify, CFP Board provides the public with:
- An Individual's CFP Board disciplinary history and CFP® certification status.
- Links to other sources of information about CFP® professionals that may be more recent or that may contain information that has not led to CFP Board discipline and does not appear on CFP Board's website. This information may include customer disputes, disciplinary actions taken by a regulator or employer, certain criminal matters and certain financial matters (such as bankruptcy proceedings and unpaid judgments or liens).
- Links to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA's) BrokerCheck and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) Investment Adviser Public Disclosure databases for individuals who are subject to FINRA or SEC oversight.
The Public Sanctions on 17 Individuals
A short summary of each sanction can be found below.
PUBLIC CENSURE
FLORIDA
Jennifer Todd Nash, CFP® (Tallahassee, Florida): In April 2022, the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (Commission) and Ms. Nash entered into a Consent Order in which Ms. Nash agreed that CFP Board would issue a Public Censure. In the Consent Order, Ms. Nash consented to findings that she failed to timely pay taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for eight years between 2010 and 2018, resulting in the IRS filing six federal tax liens totaling approximately $573,000. The Commission determined that Ms. Nash's conduct violated Rule 6.5 of the Rules of Conduct, which provides that a certificant shall not engage in conduct that reflects adversely on her integrity or fitness as a certificant, upon the CFP® marks or upon the profession. Because Ms. Nash had not yet established an installment agreement with the IRS, Ms. Nash agreed to perform additional remedial work in addition to the Public Censure. Ms. Nash is required to certify to CFP Board every six months for three years her progress towards resolution of the tax liens. Any failure to comply with the certification requirement shall be considered a default, as defined by Article 11.4 of the Procedural Rules, with Ms. Nash subject to an Administrative Order of Suspension for one year and one day. Accordingly, the Commission issued to Ms. Nash a Public Censure.
ILLINOIS
Robert Lyman, CFP® (Barrington, Illinois): In April 2022, the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (Commission) and Mr. Lyman entered into a Consent Order in which Mr. Lyman agreed that CFP Board would issue a Public Censure. In the Consent Order, Mr. Lyman consented to findings that he failed to manage his personal finances, in violation of Rule 6.5 of the Rules of Conduct, when he failed to pay his federal taxes for tax years 2011 through 2018, resulting in a debt of $246,393 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As a result of this tax debt, the IRS filed several liens against Mr. Lyman. Mr. Lyman entered into an installment agreement with the IRS in June 2020 and is current with that agreement. Mr. Lyman agreed to perform additional remedial work in addition to the Public Censure. Mr. Lyman is required to certify to CFP Board every year for three years his progress towards resolution of the tax liens. Any failure to comply with the certification requirement shall be considered a default, as defined by Article 11.4 of the Procedural Rules, with Mr. Lyman subject to an Administrative Order of Suspension for one year and one day. The Commission issued to Mr. Lyman a Public Censure.
TEMPORARY BAR
ARIZONA
Brent W. Barnes (Chandler, Arizona): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order temporarily barring Mr. Barnes from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Barnes' failure to acknowledge receipt of CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate a 2018 consent order with the California Department of Business Oversight in which Mr. Barnes agreed to cease and desist from making unsuitable recommendations and taking performance fees. Mr. Barnes' conduct may have violated Rule 4.3 of the Rules of Conduct, which requires a CFP® professional to comply with the laws, rules and regulations governing professional services. Mr. Barnes has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Temporary Bar. Mr. Barnes' administrative temporary bar was effective as of June 13, 2022.
KANSAS
Gregory Hanshew (Emporia, Kansas): In March 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order temporarily barring Mr. Hanshew from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Hanshew's failure to acknowledge receipt of CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate two civil judgment liens filed against Mr. Hanshew, a 2016 employment separation under allegations of misconduct and a 2019 arrest for obstructing a peace officer. Mr. Hanshew's conduct may have violated Rules 5.1 and 6.5 of the Rules of Conduct. Under Article 4.1.a. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Hanshew has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Temporary Bar. Mr. Hanshew's administrative temporary bar was effective as of April 25, 2022.
PENNSYLVANIA
David Paul Carson (Lancaster, Pennsylvania): In April 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order temporarily barring Mr. Carson from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Carson's relinquishment of his certification and his failure to acknowledge receipt of CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate a $65,023 federal tax lien filed against Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson's conduct may have violated Standard E.2 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which provides that a CFP® professional may not engage in conduct that reflects adversely on the CFP® professional, the CFP® marks or the profession. Under Article 4.1.a. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Carson has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Temporary Bar. Mr. Carson's administrative temporary bar was effective as of May 10, 2022.
TEXAS
Gregory P. Morgan (Coppell, Texas): In April 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order temporarily barring Mr. Morgan from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Morgan's failure to acknowledge receipt of CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr. Morgan's termination by his firm in April 2021. Mr. Morgan's conduct may have violated Standard A.2 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. Under Article 4.1.a. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Morgan has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Temporary Bar. Mr. Morgan's administrative temporary bar was effective as of May 3, 2022.
SUSPENSION
ARIZONA
Robert F. Keats (Phoenix, Arizona): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order suspending Mr. Keats' right to use the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Keats' failure to acknowledge receipt of CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding a civil suit filed against Mr. Keats by a customer on November 9, 2021. Mr. Keats' conduct may have violated Standard E.2 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which provides that a CFP® professional may not engage in conduct that reflects adversely on his or her integrity or fitness as a certificant, on the CFP® marks or on the profession. Under Article 4.1.a. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Keats has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Suspension. Mr. Keats' administrative suspension was effective as of June 14, 2022.
MICHIGAN
Anthony Agbay (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan): In March 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order suspending Mr. Agbay's right to use the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Agbay's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Agbay refused to respond to CFP Board's requests for information and a Notice of Failure to Cooperate. CFP Board sought to investigate a 2016 federal tax lien filed against Mr. Agbay. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Mr. Agbay failed to satisfy his Duty of Cooperation, thereby violating Standard E.5 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. Mr. Agbay failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Agbay has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Suspension. Mr. Agbay's administrative suspension was effective as of April 22, 2022.
NEW YORK
Allan Katz (Staten Island, New York): In May 2022, the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (Commission) issued an order in which Mr. Katz received a three-month suspension of his right to use the CFP® certification marks. The Commission issued its order after determining that: (1) Mr. Katz violated Rule 4.3 of CFP Board's Rules of Conduct, which provides that a CFP® professional shall be in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements governing professional services provided to the client, when he entered into a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) consenting to findings that he violated FINRA Rule 2010 when he reused a customer's signature page 11 times — with the customer's permission — to expedite transaction processing; (2) Mr. Katz violated Rule 5.1 of the Rules of Conduct, which provides that a certificant who is an employee/agent shall perform professional services with dedication to the lawful objectives of the employer/principal and in accordance with CFP Board's Code of Ethics because his reuse of original signatures violated his firm's policies and procedures; and (3) Mr. Katz violated Standard E.3.c. of CFP Board's Code and Standards, which states that a CFP® professional must provide written notice to CFP Board within thirty (30) calendar days after the CFP® professional, or an entity over which the CFP® professional was a Control Person, has had conduct mentioned adversely in a Finding in a Regulatory Action involving failure to comply with the laws, rules or regulations governing Professional Services. Accordingly, the Commission issued to Mr. Katz a suspension for three months. Mr. Katz's suspension is effective from June 6, 2022, through September 6, 2022.
PENNSYLVANIA
Kenneth S. Raymond (McMurray, Pennsylvania): In April 2022, the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (Commission) and Mr. Raymond entered into a Consent Order in which Mr. Raymond agreed that CFP Board would issue a three-month suspension of his right to use the CFP® certification marks. In the Consent Order, Mr. Raymond consented to findings that he violated Rule 6.5 of the Rules of Conduct when he was charged with Driving under the Influence in 2010 and convicted of another instance of the same charge in 2016. Mr. Raymond also violated Rule 6.2 of the Rules of Conduct when he failed to report these events to CFP Board and made false and misleading statements regarding his conviction in the Ethics Declaration he completed as part of his Renewal Application in 2017. The Commission issued to Mr. Raymond a suspension for three months. Mr. Raymond's suspension is effective from April 26, 2022, through July 26, 2022.
TENNESSEE
Richard L. Carman (Memphis, Tennessee): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order suspending Mr. Carman's right to use the CFP® certification marks for one year and one day. This sanction followed Mr. Carman's failure to respond to CFP Board's Notice of Investigation, as required by Article 1.1 of the Procedural Rules. CFP Board sought to investigate: (i) three federal tax liens filed against Mr. Carman, totaling approximately $920,0000; (ii) his July 2021 termination from a firm for exercising improper time and price discretion in client accounts without written authorization; and (iii) his April 2022 termination from another firm for violating its policy related to the disclosure of tax liens. Under Article 4.1.a. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Carman has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Suspension. Mr. Carman's administrative suspension was effective as of June 14, 2022.
PERMANENT BAR
COLORADO
Brandon Self (Colorado Springs, Colorado): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently barring Mr. Self from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Self's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Self engaged in Exam Misconduct by participating in a GroupMe chat group titled "March 2021 CFP® Exam" wherein, on five separate occasions, Mr. Self solicited assistance from chat group participants who had already taken the March 2021 CFP® Exam by requesting information about examination questions they observed on the March 2021 CFP® Exam. CFP Board also alleged Mr. Self knowingly gained an advantage over other March 2021 CFP® Exam-takers when he studied topics based on the information he received from those individuals who had taken the March 2021 CFP® Exam. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Mr. Self's conduct violated the Pathway to CFP® Certification Agreement, which provides that Exam Misconduct includes attempting to give or receive assistance, or otherwise communicating about the Exam, during the Exam administration. Mr. Self failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Self has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Permanent Bar. Mr. Self's administrative permanent bar was effective as of June 2, 2022.
PENNSYLVANIA
J.C. Morrow (Washington, Pennsylvania): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently barring Mr. Morrow from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Morrow's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Morrow failed to pay his federal tax obligations for 2015, 2016 and 2017, which resulted in two federal tax liens and a total outstanding debt to the Internal Revenue Service of approximately $202,000. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Mr. Morrow's conduct violated Standard E.2 of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which provides that a CFP® professional may not engage in conduct that reflects adversely on his or her integrity or fitness as a certificant, on the CFP® marks or on the profession. Mr. Morrow failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Morrow has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Permanent Bar. Mr. Morrow's administrative permanent bar was effective as of June 14, 2022.
RHODE ISLAND
Robert J. Sclama (North Providence, Rhode Island): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently barring Mr. Sclama from applying for or obtaining the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Sclama's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Sclama violated the Terms and Conditions of Certification and License by refusing to respond to CFP Board's requests for information and a Notice of Failure to Cooperate. CFP Board sought to investigate a pending civil litigation matter against Mr. Sclama, in which two of his clients allege fraud, negligence, breach of contract and professional malpractice. Mr. Sclama failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Sclama has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Permanent Bar. Mr. Sclama's administrative permanent bar was effective as of June 13, 2022.
REVOCATION
FLORIDA
Iva Hauck Girtman (Bushnell, Florida): In September 2020, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently revoking Ms. Girtman's right to use the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Ms. Girtman's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Ms. Girtman was charged with grand theft larceny in March 2015 after she admitted that over a five-year period, she stole approximately $19,500 in reward points from her employer's company credit card. Ms. Girtman was terminated for her actions. The Complaint also alleged that Ms. Girtman entered into a pre-trial intervention program whereby she paid restitution to her former employer and paid for an independent audit of her former employer's accounts to prove that no additional funds had been tampered with. The Complaint alleged that the independent audit found no other irregularities. Ms. Girtman's petition for expungement of the felony charge was granted. The Complaint further alleged that Ms. Girtman failed to report her charge to CFP Board. Finally, the Complaint alleged that Ms. Girtman's conduct violated Rules 5.1 and 6.5 of the Rules of Conduct. Ms. Girtman failed to provide an Answer to the Complaint within 30 calendar days as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. In accordance with Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Ms. Girtman has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Revocation. Ms. Girtman's administrative revocation was effective as of September 29, 2020.
Edward L. Stahley, Jr. (Rockledge, Florida): In May 2022, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently revoking Mr. Stahley's right to use the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Stahley's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board alleged that Mr. Stahley violated Standard E.2.a. of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which provides that a CFP® professional may not engage in conduct that reflects adversely on his or her integrity or fitness as a certificant, on the CFP® marks or on the profession, when he was convicted of his third DUI in October 2021. Mr. Stahley failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 30 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 3.2 of the Procedural Rules. Under Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, Mr. Stahley has been deemed in default, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Revocation. Mr. Stahley's administrative revocation was effective as of June 13, 2022.
VIRGINIA
Brian Bogart (McLean, Virginia): In September 2020, CFP Board issued an administrative order permanently revoking Mr. Bogart's right to use the CFP® certification marks. This sanction followed Mr. Bogart's failure to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within the required time frame. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Mr. Bogart was permitted to resign during the firm's investigation into Mr. Bogart's participation in an unapproved private fund and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Cautionary Action Letter that addressed deficiencies in Mr. Bogart's conduct relating to a private fund offering. Mr. Bogart also failed to make any conflict of interest disclosures to multiple clients and a prospective client when he sought to obtain their investment in the private fund, of which Mr. Bogart was a partial owner in the newly created entity. CFP Board's Complaint alleged that Mr. Bogart's conduct violated Rules 1.4, 2.2, 2.2(B), 4.3 and 5.1 of the Rules of Conduct. Mr. Bogart failed to file an Answer to CFP Board's Complaint within 20 calendar days of the date of service, as required by Article 7.3 of the Disciplinary Rules. In accordance with Article 4.1.b. of the Procedural Rules, the allegations set forth in the Complaint were deemed admitted, and CFP Board issued an Administrative Order of Revocation. Mr. Bogart's administrative revocation was effective as of October 20, 2020.
ABOUT CFP BOARD
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) is the professional body for personal financial planners in the United States. CFP Board sets standards for financial planning and administers the prestigious CFP® certification – one of the most respected certifications in financial services – so that the public has access to and benefits from competent and ethical financial planning. CFP Board, along with its Center for Financial Planning, is committed to increasing the public's awareness of CFP® certification and access to a diverse, ethical and competent financial planning workforce. Widely recognized by firms and consumer groups as the standard for financial planning, the CFP® certification is held by more than 93,000 people in the United States.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 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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Police: Teen who died in police shootout saw father shoot, kill mother in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Southern California teenager killed this week alongside her father in a shootout with law enforcement was with him a day earlier when he fatally shot her mother, police said Thursday.
Savannah Graziano, 15, was in the back of her father’s pickup truck when he gunned down her mother, Tracy Martinez, on Monday, according to Fontana police. Witnesses and two videos — one from a bystander and another from a doorbell — show she stayed still as her mother screamed.
“She’s just sitting in the backseat,” Sgt. Christian Surgent said in a phone interview Thursday.
Authorities had previously said the teen was somewhere else during her mother’s killing and was later abducted by her father, Anthony Graziano. But the two videos obtained Wednesday showed her inside the truck between 30 and 60 seconds before the gunfire began, police said.
Witnesses did not report seeing Savannah get out of the vehicle, Surgent said, as Martinez tried to escape and Graziano — her estranged husband — jumped out wielding a handgun.
Graziano, 45, shot Martinez multiple times and also turned and fired on a nearby car. No one else was hurt.
Martinez was able to identify her killer as Graziano before she died, Surgent said, but never mentioned her daughter being there. Neither video showed the shooting.
Savannah and her father were both killed a day later after a long chase along an desert interstate east of Los Angeles in Hesperia — about 35 miles (56.33 kilometers) north of the homicide scene. Rifle shots were fired at the pursuing officers from Graziano’s pickup truck, which became disabled after driving off the highway. The shooter put several rounds through a patrol car’s windshield and later disabled a second pursuing vehicle, authorities said.
Graziano died in the truck while Savannah, wearing tactical gear and a helmet, was fatally shot as she ran toward deputies amid a hail of gunfire. Authorities are investigating whether she was shot by deputies, her father, or both.
The California Department of Justice is reviewing the teen’s death under a state law requiring the agency to investigate police shootings involving the death of unarmed civilians. Meanwhile, detectives in Fontana still have not determined a motive for the slaying.
Investigators later searched the family’s Fontana home — which Graziano and his daughter moved out of weeks prior — and Graziano’s storage unit. Inside the storage pod they found numerous AR-15-style rifles, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, smoke grenades and other tactical gear, Surgent said.
The firearms were legally owned by Graziano, who was not or probation or parole. Savannah’s younger brother told investigators that the siblings grew up around guns.
Authorities have said they have police video showing the freeway shootout but have not made that public, nor did they release the two videos showing Savannah in the pickup truck just before her mother was killed.
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Leading crypto asset manager will leverage Eze Investment Suite for operations
WINDSOR, Conn., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced that Bitwise Asset Management, the world's largest crypto index fund manager1, has selected SS&C's Eze Investment Suite to support its trading operations. Bitwise will streamline front-to-back operations for managing $1.3 billion* in assets across 15 strategies, including crypto ETFs and NFT funds.
"As one of the fastest growing crypto asset managers, we were looking for a platform that could consolidate our operations and support our growth," said Jennifer Thornton, Senior Index Fund Portfolio Manager at Bitwise. "SS&C Eze is a leader in front-to-back operations technology for ETFs and digital assets, and its flexible platform will help us configure multiple workflows to accommodate our strategies. Multiple counterparties are involved in the ETF and crypto trade lifecycle, and Eze Investment Suite's open architecture allows us to aggregate and deliver mission-critical data easily. We were also impressed by SS&C's extensive support, which is crucial for crypto trading."
Eze Investment Suite will support trading, portfolio management, compliance and operations for Bitwise's strategies. In addition to simplifying data flows and maintaining Bitwise's Investment Book of Record, Eze Investment Suite provides connectivity to multiple OTC trading desks to support execution. Portfolio modeling, reconciliation and compliance tools will help Bitwise's growing index business.
"We are excited to support Bitwise in their continued expansion," said Michael Hutner, General Manager, SS&C Eze. "As a proven leader in front-to-back investment management technology, SS&C Eze is committed to continuously investing in better tools to accommodate new asset classes, strategies and environments. We look forward to working with all our clients to help them better navigate the exciting digital asset space as it evolves."
Learn more about SS&C's digital assets offering here.
Based in San Francisco, Bitwise is one of the largest and fastest-growing crypto asset managers. As of year-end 2021, Bitwise managed $1.3 billion across an expanding suite of investment solutions. The firm is known for managing the world's largest crypto index fund (OTCQX: BITW) and pioneering products spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and crypto-focused equity indexes. Bitwise focuses on partnering with financial advisors and investment professionals to provide quality education and research. The team at Bitwise combines expertise in technology with decades of experience in traditional asset management and indexing, coming from firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, Meta, and Google, as well as the U.S. Attorney's Office. Bitwise is backed by leading institutional investors and asset management executives, and has been profiled in Institutional Investor, CNBC, Barron's, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal.
SS&C is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices around the world. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale and technology.
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Boy swept away, Montecito evacuated in California storms
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescuers ended the search for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in central coastal California while the entire community of Montecito was ordered evacuated Monday as residents grappled with flooding and mudslides as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state.
Tens of thousands of people remained without power, and some schools closed for the day. The number of deaths related to the storms climbed from 12 to 14 on Monday, state officials said.
The search for the boy, who has not been declared dead, was called off around 3 p.m. because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers, said spokesperson Tony Cipolla of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.
The boy’s mother was driving a white truck when it became stranded in floodwaters just before 8 a.m. near Paso Robles, according to Tom Swanson, assistant chief of the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.
Bystanders were able to pull the mother out of the truck, but the boy was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, Swanson said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time. A firefighter discovered one of the boy’s shoes, but crews still had not found the child more than five hours later.
Meanwhile, south of Paso Robles, the entire community of Montecito and surrounding canyons scarred by recent wildfires were under an evacuation order that came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave.
The National Weather Service reported that at least 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain fell over 12 hours, with several more inches predicted before the latest storm system moves through an area where roads wind along wooded hillsides studded with large houses. Upscale Montecito is squeezed between mountains and the Pacific and is home to celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Rob Lowe and Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Jamie McLeod’s property was under the Montecito evacuation order, but she said there is no way for her to get out with an overflowing creek on one side and a mudslide on the other.
“As of two hours ago, I am trapped,” she said Monday afternoon. “I can’t get off the mountain.”
The 60-year-old owner of the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary said one of her employees came to make a weekly food delivery and is stuck too.
McLeod said she feels fortunate because her home sits on high ground and the power is still on. But she said she tires of the frequent evacuation orders since the massive wildfire followed by the deadly landslide five years ago.
“It is not easy to relocate,” said McLeod. “I totally love it — except in catastrophe.”
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the decision to evacuate nearly 10,000 people was “based on the continuing high rate of rainfall with no indication that that is going to change before nightfall.” Creeks were overflowing, and many roads were flooded, he said.
Northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.
Up the coast, evacuation orders were issued in coastal, woodsy Santa Cruz County for about 32,000 residents living near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, the deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.
A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up.
Despite the deadly nature of storms, residents of tiny, flooded Felton remained calm and upbeat.
Christine Patracuola, the owner of Rocky’s Cafe for 25 years, handed out free coffee to customers whose homes lacked power Monday. Her staff couldn’t come in because of closed roads, including a bridge over the San Lorenzo.
“A little coffee can’t hurt anybody,” she said. “You can’t really change Mother Nature; you just have to roll with the punches and hope you don’t get swept up into it.”
Nicole Martin, third-generation owner of the Fern River Resort in Felton, said Monday that her clients sipped coffee, sat on cabin porches amid towering redwood trees, and were “enjoying the show” as picnic tables and other debris floated down the swollen San Lorenzo.
The river is usually about 60 feet (18 meters) below the cabins, Martin said, but it crept up to 12 feet (4 meters) from the cabins. Still, Martin said she wasn’t worried — her family has owned the property for about 60 years, and her grandfather checked out conditions Monday and shrugged it off.
In Northern California, several districts closed schools while the California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.
More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph (97 kph) knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific that can drop staggering amounts of rain and snow. The precipitation expected over the next couple of days comes after storms last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets, and battered the coastline.
President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sunday that 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous and urged people to stay home. On Monday, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported two more deaths by falling tree, one of a homeless person in Sacramento and the other of a person inside a home.
The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.
In the Los Angeles area, there was potential for as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain in foothill areas late Monday and Tuesday. High surf was also expected on west-facing beaches.
Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, got nearly 10 feet (3 meters) of snow, the National Weather Service said.
The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s drought, but they have helped.
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.
“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.
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Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles, Janie Har and Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco, Amy Taxin in Orange County, Nic Coury in Aptos, Martha Mendoza in Santa Cruz and Haven Daley in Felton contributed to this report.(AP) -
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Striking New York City nurses reach deal with hospitals
NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends the walkout, the nurses’ union announced Thursday.
The nurses, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, walked out early Monday after negotiations with management ran aground at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan, and Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx. Each has over 1,000 beds and 3,500 or more union nurses.
The union has stressed staffing levels as a key concern, saying that nurses who labored through the grueling peak of the coronavirus pandemic are stretched far too thin because too many jobs are open. Nurses say they have had to work overtime, handle twice as many patients as they should, and skip meals and even bathroom breaks.
“Through our unity and by putting it all on the line, we won enforceable safe staffing ratios at both Montefiore and Mount Sinai where nurses went on strike for patient care,” NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said in a statement. “Today, we can return to work with our heads held high, knowing that our victory means safer care for our patients and more sustainable jobs for our profession.”
The privately owned, nonprofit hospitals say they have been grappling with a widespread nursing shortage that was exacerbated by the pandemic.
“Our bargaining team has been working around the clock with NYSNA’s leadership to come to an agreement,” Montefiore said in a statement. “From the outset, we came to the table committed to bargaining in good faith and addressing the issues that were priorities for our nursing staff.”
The hospital said it focused on ensuring the nurses had “the best possible working environment, with significant wage and benefit enhancements” through the deal with the union.
“We know this strike impacted everyone — not just our nurses — and we were committed to coming to a resolution as soon as possible to minimize disruption to patient care,” the hospital said.
Several other private hospitals around the city reached deals with the union as the strike deadline loomed. The agreements included raises totaling 19% over three years.
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Alabama police ask partygoers for images from birthday melee
DADEVILLE, Ala (AP) — Two days after gunfire erupted at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama — killing four people, including two high school seniors — state police are asking people to come forward if they have video or photographs from the party.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said it has worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish a digital tip line for videos and photos. As of Tuesday afternoon, officials had released little information about the investigation.
“Special Agents are still in the process of gathering and examining information,” the agency said in its last public statement, which was issued Monday. “Investigators are still processing all of the evidence, in conjunction with completing interviews, in an effort to solidify a motive and potential suspects.”
In addition to the four young people killed, another 32 were injured, some critically.
The melee rocked the sleepy town of about 3,200 people. Families were planning funerals instead of graduation celebrations for the two high school seniors.
The four people killed were: Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell, 18, a senior at Dadeville High School senior and a star wide receiver with plans to play college football in the fall; fellow Dadeville High senior Shaunkivia Nicole “KeKe” Smith, 17, an athlete-turned-team manager; 2022 Opelika High School graduate Marsiah Emmanuel “Siah” Collins, 19, an aspiring singer who planned to start college this fall; and 2018 Dadeville High graduate Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23, another former athlete at the school.
Holston had gone to the party to check on a younger family member who feared trouble, Holston’s mother Janett Heard told AL.com. Relatives told the news outlet that the shooting began shortly after Holston arrived, and that he pulled his younger relative to safety.
Lawmakers held a moment of silence Tuesday on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives to remember those killed.
“It is a sad day for the state when something so senseless happens. Our hearts go out to the families and friends who lost loved ones in this attack and ask you to continue to pray for healing and recovery for the community,” state Rep. Ed Oliver of Dadeville said.
Members of the Legislative Black Caucus said it is time for the state to address gun violence. In 2020, Alabama had the fifth highest rate of gun deaths in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Caucus members, who hold a minority of seats in the GOP-controlled Alabama Legislature, spoke at a funeral home owned by Smith’s grandfather.
“I am tired of hearing the wails and the cries of parents and families that have lost their loved ones, and elected officials have not acted,” state Democratic Sen. Merika Coleman said.
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‘He looks like a great driver already’: 11-year-old pulls up to store in pink toy Hummer
VISALIA, Calif. (KMPH) – An 11-year-old is drawing attention with his visit to a California store to buy snacks. The boy notably arrived in a pink battery-powered toy Hummer.
Eric Sapien said he was pumping gas at a Visalia gas station Monday morning when he saw the boy pull up. He said he just had to record the sight.
“I see this kid in a pink car and he’s owning it and he doesn’t care who is around, and so I thought that was pretty neat,” Sapien said.
Sapien said he noticed something especially interesting as the boy was leaving in his mini vehicle.
“He opened the door and put his bag down, sat down. As he’s backing out, he’s looking over his shoulder,” Sapien said. “But to me he looked like 10, 11, 12, I don’t know, but he looks like a great driver already.”
Other customers said they had seen the boy before. One customer said he had seen the video and thought it was funny.
KMPH drove around to see if they could spot the boy in his car, eventually finding the pink vehicle parked in a driveway.
Aimee Lejeune, the mother of the notorious 11-year-old, said her son, Jason Perez, snuck out to go to the store.
“Mom, I’m sorry,” Jason told his mother, who responded by laughing and hugging him.
His mother said she was surprised by the video, and at Jason’s sneaking out that morning to buy Mentos, chicken, soda and other snacks.
“I had no idea,” she said. “Jason has special needs. He likes to go out and do his own thing once in a while. He’s a really sweet, loving boy.”
Lejeune seemed impressed by her son’s driving skills, and was relieved that he was OK.
Now, Jason is the talk of the town.
“Give him a fist bump. Tell him I owe him Mountain Dew,” Sapien said. “I think he’d be a cool kid to hang out with, and introduce him to my kids.”
Jason, who was 11 at the time the video was shot, turns 12 years old on Sunday.
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HOLLY, MICH. (WJRT) -Even in retirement Don Pluta just keeps adding to his legacy.
The former Holly wrestling coach was named to Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame today.
Don started coaching the Bronchos in 19-77 during his 42 year coaching career...
He won six league titles,10 district championships, three regional titles and coached nine individual state champions.
Don said all of his success came from of the dream of him wanting to coach at his alma mater.
"It's very humbling," said Pluta. "I think everybody that made it possible. You know my assistant coaches, parents and kids. It's defiantly a Holly wrestling honor and not just a Don Pluta honor." | https://www.abc12.com/sports/legendary-holly-wrestling-coach-to-be-inducted-into-mhsca-hall-of-fame/article_c6cefb56-fe62-11ec-9006-a7434e6f57c0.html | 2022-07-08 03:07:19 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/sports/legendary-holly-wrestling-coach-to-be-inducted-into-mhsca-hall-of-fame/article_c6cefb56-fe62-11ec-9006-a7434e6f57c0.html |
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Worms get the munchies too when they are given weed, study finds
(Gray News) - Marijuana is known for giving people munchies and it appears it also has the same effect on worms.
According to a new study shared online by the journal Current Biology, nematode worms reacted to cannabis the same way most humans do.
“Cannabinoids make nematodes hungrier for their favored foods and less hungry for their non-favored foods,” said Shawn Lockery, of the University of Oregon. “Thus, the effects of cannabinoids in nematodes parallels the effects of marijuana on human appetites.”
The team said the tiny nematode worms are smaller than a human eyelash and they decided to soak the worms in cannabinoids, the active substances found in weed, for “a Friday afternoon experiment.”
According to Lockery, they were inspired in 2015 for the experiment when cannabis became legal in Oregon.
“At the time, our laboratory at the university was deeply involved in assessing nematode food preferences,” Lockery said. “And the paper is the result of many years of follow-up research.”
The team shared that their research ultimately revealed that the worms, like humans, engage in hedonic feeding, an occurrence more commonly known as the munchies.
“Nematodes diverged from the lineage leading to mammals more than 500 million years ago,” Lockery said. “It is truly remarkable that the effects of cannabinoids on appetite are preserved through this length of evolutionary time.”
The findings in worms are not only entertaining, according to Lockery. But they also have significant practical implications.
“Cannabinoid signaling is present in the majority of tissues in our body,” he said. “Therefore, it could be involved in the cause and treatment of a wide range of diseases.”
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A conversational AI created by Google is writing fiction using input from published authors, the tech giant said this week. Thirteen writers used Google's LaMDA, or Language Model for Dialogue Applications, to build Wordcraft, a model writing editor they tested by writing sample short stories.
Google introduced LaMDA last year, saying it's designed to be "a dialog engine able to engage users in conversation." The Wordcraft project explores fictional text produced by the engine. Unlike existing text tools such as Grammarly, Wordcraft is intended to help write fiction, not improve emails.
Stephen King needn't be shaking in his boots just yet. Here's a sample from Nebula-nominated fantasy writer Eugenia Triantafyllou's submission, Worm-Mothers: "All the birds in the sky were prey to the Worm-Mothers -- they hungered and delighted in the birds they swallowed whole like grapes. Because the Worm-Mothers had no teeth to speak of, no eyes either. Their face was only a wide gummy mouth and a short black horn at the top of their egg-shaped heads."
You can read all the stories from the Wordcraft Writers' Workshop here.
At a Google AI event in New York, Google Research senior researcher Douglas Eck said he believed Wordcraft would "transform how people express themselves creatively," Indian Express reported Wednesday, with Google confirming his comments.
Eck said that crafting prose is "not easy" and that LaMDA's solo efforts are not quite Pulitzer-worthy. "It's the writers who are doing the work," he said.
Google will continue to work to move the needle on what artificial intelligence can do in the arts, Eck said, adding that he viewed AI "as a spice -- an addition to what you're trying to do."
According to Google, LaMDA doesn't truly understand language, meaning or context, but after trawling through reams of data on the internet it can "produce deceptively humanlike speech" and predict the next most likely word in a sentence, The Washington Post reported in July.
That month, Google fired engineer Blake Lemoine, who claimed LaMDA was sentient. Google had suspended Lemoine in June for violating a confidentiality policy after he gave several media interviews regarding LaMDA. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/googles-prototype-ai-tool-can-write-a-short-story-but-is-it-any-good/ | 2022-11-02 22:50:13 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/googles-prototype-ai-tool-can-write-a-short-story-but-is-it-any-good/ |
Soda City Live: Richland School District One to Host Job Fair
Published: May. 25, 2023 at 3:24 PM EDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - It takes a village to raise a child- and part of that village includes the schools our children attend.
Richland One is gearing up to host their Summer Job Fair- in hopes to continue to strengthen the village that educates them.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are casting votes in a governor’s race Tuesday that for the first time in a decade does not include the name “Cuomo” at the top of the ticket.
Instead, the most prominent name for Democrats is Kathy Hochul, who was propelled into the governor’s office last year when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid sexual harassment allegations.
Hochul is hoping to become the first woman to win election to the New York governor’s office this fall, but first she needs to overcome challenges Tuesday from New York City’s elected public advocate, Jumaane Williams, and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a moderate from Long Island.
If she wins, Hochul will enter the general election campaign with a big advantage, running as the incumbent with a heavy fundraising advantage in a state that has more than twice as many registered Democrats than Republicans and has not had a GOP governor in 16 years.
Hochul's prospects are expected to be even stronger after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the Roe v. Wade decision establishing abortion rights. She has made bolstering abortion rights a key plank of her campaign, while three of the four candidates on the Republican side are anti-abortion.
The GOP candidates include U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, and Andrew Giuliani, the son of New York's former mayor.
Tuesday’s election in New York will cover statewide offices and state Assembly races, but primary elections for U.S. House seats and the state Senate will be held Aug. 23. Those elections were delayed because of a redistricting lawsuit that led a court to throw out new political maps.
Since taking office in August, Hochul has sought to step out from Cuomo's shadow, promising a clean break from his administration. She has said she was not close to the former governor, who has denied wrongdoing, and was not around to witness any alleged misbehavior.
Still, Cuomo’s presence loomed over her campaign early on when he began making public appearances this past spring, criticizing Hochul and Democrats in Albany over their approach to crime and suggesting he might run for his old job. Despite suggesting he might run as an independent, the former governor ultimately did not file to run.
Suozzi, a centrist who has not shied away from embracing Cuomo, was the only Democrat on the debate stage to say he would accept the former governor’s endorsement and said he was still “very popular” despite his “baggage.” He also has echoed Cuomo’s comments calling for Hochul to toughen the state’s bail laws.
Hochul has focused her campaign on steps she took to bolster abortion rights and moves to toughen the state’s gun laws after a racist mass shooting in Buffalo.
Suozzi and Williams have criticized her for her endorsement a decade ago from the National Rifle Association and over her plan to spend more than $1.1 billion in state and county funds on building and maintaining a new stadium for her hometown Buffalo Bills.
She also faced questions about her choice for lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, who was arrested on federal corruption charges in April related to his campaign funds.
Benjamin pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. Hochul pointed to the short time frame she had to pick a No. 2 and said she had been assured that any questions previously raised about Benjamin’s campaign fundraising had been resolved.
Suozzi opted to run against Hochul instead of running what was expected to be a tough reelection race for his House seat this year. He made one unsuccessful run for governor before in 2006, but lost the Democratic nomination to Eliot Spitzer.
Williams, the most unabashedly progressive in the race, is often seen wearing a “Stay Woke” button on his lapel. He has been arrested several times for civil disobedience at demonstrations against immigration enforcement and police misconduct.
He serves as a public ombudsman in his role as public advocate and in 2018 put up a surprisingly strong challenge against Hochul in the lieutenant governor’s race, which he lost by 7 percentage points.
If elected, he would be the second Black man to serve as governor after Gov. David Paterson took over in 2007.
The frontrunner in the Republican contest is Zeldin, who has the endorsement of the state’s Republican Party and Conservative Party.
Zeldin, an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who has represented eastern Long Island in Congress since 2015, is a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and was among the Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
His most high-profile challenger is Andrew Giuliani, the 36-year-old son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who frequently campaigned for his son.
Though Rudy Giuliani was once hailed as a national hero for leading the city through 9/11, he’s become a deeply divisive figure in New York for his work to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The younger Giuliani often repeated his father’s baseless claims that Trump won the 2020 election. Giuliani has never run for public office but worked as an aide in Trump’s White House and then as a commentator on the conservative network Newsmax.
He first gained public attention as a child when he stood next to his father at the elder Giuliani’s 1994 mayoral inauguration, mimicking his gestures and repeating some of his words. His antics as a 7-year-old were parodied by Chris Farley on “Saturday Night Live.”
The other Republican candidates include former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a conservative former radio show host and radio executive, and businessman Harry Wilson, who served as a U.S. Treasury Department advisor under former President Barack Obama. Wilson is the most moderate of the GOP field and was the only candidate of the four Republicans who said he supports abortion rights. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/NY-Gov-Kathy-Hochul-who-replaced-Cuomo-faces-17270420.php | 2022-06-28 07:02:23 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/NY-Gov-Kathy-Hochul-who-replaced-Cuomo-faces-17270420.php |
Retired nurse saves baby who stopped breathing on flight to Orlando
The retired nurse who saved a 3-month-old infant during a flight Thursday night from Pittsburgh to Orlando International sat down with WESH and told her amazing story.
Tamara Panzino was already in vacation mode 35 minutes into her Spirit Airlines flight.
“I was reading my book, not paying attention and had my earbuds in. And I heard a flight attendant say, ‘we have an infant not breathing,’” Panzino said.
Soon after, an announcement came over the speaker, “Is there a doctor onboard?”
Panzino said she got up and ran to the back of the plane.
“I had no idea whether the baby was choking, if the airway was clear,” Panzino said. “I did not know what I was dealing with. Saw an infant. The head was back. Blue lips and her skin turning blue. Clearly in distress. Not breathing. And my heart just dropped.”
Even though Panzino is a retired nurse, her years of experience kicked in. A round of questions revealed that the infant was just lying still when she stopped breathing.
“Gave daddy the baby. He held it while I did a sternal rub, kind of an aggressive shake of the chest. Get the baby to react by pinching it. Trying to make it cry or take a deep breath,” Panzino said.
They moved to the front of the plane.
“The baby’s color started looking better. I was so glad and kept shaking it aggressively,” Panzino said.
Panzino did not have to perform CPR and called the response a team effort.
“Spirit had everything we needed right onboard, and before we knew, within a few minutes, the baby was home free. The baby was going to be good. The color came back. I heard breathing sounds. I heard (a) heartbeat. Oh, my gosh, total relief.”
Panzino pushes back on being called a hero.
“It’s not a hero thing. It’s a community coming together and everyone volunteering to help with what their knowledge can do. I’m glad I was there,” Panzino said.
After a day to decompress, Panzino is ready for her and her husband’s Caribbean cruise out of Port Canaveral this weekend. | https://www.wesh.com/article/nurse-saves-baby-flight-orlando/41138727 | 2022-09-09 21:32:50 | 0 | https://www.wesh.com/article/nurse-saves-baby-flight-orlando/41138727 |
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