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Rob Refsnyder is down and out. And there’s no telling when he will bounce back.
CBS Sports (via WEEI) reports the Boston Red Sox placed the outfielder on the injured list Tuesday with a sprained right knee.
Rob Refsnyder is down and out. And there’s no telling when he will bounce back.
CBS Sports (via WEEI) reports the Boston Red Sox placed the outfielder on the injured list Tuesday with a sprained right knee.
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A proposal to expand access to abortions narrowly passed Thursday night in the Maine House, clearing the first hurdle after lawmakers kicked off an emotional floor debate.
The 74-72 vote was closer than expected after at least one Democratic co-sponsor had a change of heart, joining lawmakers opposed to the proposal that would give the state one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country.
The bill moves next to the Maine Senate for consideration.
The bill introduced by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills with the backing of legislative leaders would allow abortions any time before birth if deemed necessary by a medical provider. Current state law bans abortions after a fetus becomes viable outside the womb, at roughly 24 weeks, unless a mother’s life is at risk.
House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham expressed frustration after the vote.
“The stench in this building is overwhelming,” the Republican from Winter Harbor said.
Passage is considered a foregone conclusion in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The bill had 76 sponsor and co-sponsors in the House. The vote was cast following the late arrival of a Democratic lawmaker.
One of the co-sponsors, Rep. Walter Wiseman, D-Harrison, said he decided the current state law is “doing its job.”
“Let’s stop now before we get in too deep,” he said.
The bill is one of several abortion-related bills before lawmakers this session. The debate began days before the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that women had a constitutional right to an abortion, returning authority to the states.
Rep. Erin Sheehan, D-Biddeford, said the issue is best left to those who have become pregnant and their medical providers.
“Medical professionals are best positioned to make the decisions to help Mainers make the decisions that will serve them and maintain the ethical guardrails needed in the later stages of pregnancy,” Sheehan said.
But Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, said the proposal was extreme and out of touch with Mainers who support the current law. “We all know that this bill goes too far,” she said.
Rep. Colleen Madigan, D-Waterville, who supports the bill, was one of the lawmakers to put the bill in personal terms, noting that her mother didn’t have a choice when she gave birth to a baby with a fatal anomaly and watched her newborn son die over the course of a day.
Madigan said lawmakers have no business stepping into such tragedies. “If you’ve never had to be in those circumstances, be grateful,” she said.
The debate was respectful, but tense at times.
Rep. Adam Lee, D-Auburn, said many Democrats were demonized by abortion opponents for supporting the bill. But he said the decision was difficult for lawmakers on both sides of the issue.
“We need to realize that we aren’t bad people. Neither side. This is a tough decision for all of us,” Lee said.
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Sharp reported from Portland, Maine.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened the use of nuclear weapons, claiming Russia is being blackmailed with nuclear threats. Now, leaders around the globe are condemning Putin’s comments as both escalatory and false.
In a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, President Biden responded to Putin’s latest nuclear threats with strong words for Russia –condemning their ongoing war on Ukraine.
“The United States is ready to pursue critical arm control measures, a nuclear war can’t be won and must never be fought,” President Biden said. “A permanent member of the UN Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map.”
President Biden urged for a resolution to the war as Putin announced he will require an additional 300,000 reservists to sustain the war.
“This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state,” Biden said.
Leaders from around the world echoed President Biden’s sentiment that Russia’s invasion threatens not just Ukraine but the entire world.
Latvian President Egils Levits said “Russia continues to spread false narratives about the cause of the global crisis in food, fuel, and finance. These lies must be overturned. Russia alone is responsible for the crisis.”
The European Union foreign ministers are meeting Thursday in New York ahead of Thursday’s EU Security Council meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with Russia. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/biden-condemns-putins-nuclear-weapons-threat-war-on-ukraine/ | 2022-09-21 23:26:56 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/biden-condemns-putins-nuclear-weapons-threat-war-on-ukraine/ |
TOKYO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony AI, a leader in human-centric artificial intelligence (AI) established with the mission to unleash human imagination and creativity with AI, today announced that Peter Wurman, Director, Sony AI America, will deliver a keynote presentation at the 31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the leading conference in the field of AI, taking place July 23-29, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
Wurman's keynote, "Training the World's Best Gran Turismo Racer", will take place on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. CET. In his presentation, Wurman will share details on Sony AI's breakthrough game AI research Gran Turismo SophyTM (GT Sophy) and how the company trained agents for Gran TurismoTM to compete with the world's best e-sports drivers.
"I am honored to be among the distinguished group of individuals presenting at IJCAI this year, and for the opportunity to share our work on GT Sophy with the larger AI community," said Wurman. "Our work in this area demonstrates the power of AI to deliver new gaming and entertainment experiences for both creators and players. It is our hope that GT Sophy will help inspire players to reach new levels in their technique and creativity."
A Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Wurman specializes in AI, robotics, complex systems, and electronic auctions. His additional honors include National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee (2022), and the IEEE/IFR Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (2008). Wurman has also been granted more than 60 patents and has published more than 50 technical papers. View his full profile here.
Mastering the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran TurismoTM (GT) Sport by GT Sophy was heralded as a new breakthrough in AI. It was published in the February 10th, 2022 issue of Nature in an article titled, Outracing Champion Gran Turismo Drivers with Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Details on the Gran Turismo Sophy project, technology and the Race Together 2021 challenge races can be found at the Gran Turismo Sophy site.
About IJCAI
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit corporation founded in California, in 1969 for scientific and educational purposes, including dissemination of information on Artificial Intelligence at conferences in which cutting-edge scientific results are presented and through dissemination of materials presented at these meetings in form of Proceedings, books, video recordings, and other educational materials. IJCAI consists of two divisions: the Conference Division and the AI Journal Division. IJCAI conferences present premier international gatherings of AI researchers and practitioners and they have been held biennially in odd-numbered years since 1969.
About Sony AI
Sony AI Inc. was founded on April 1, 2020, with the mission to "unleash human imagination and creativity with AI." Sony AI combines Sony Group's imaging and sensing technology, robotics technology, and entertainment assets such as movies, music, and games to transform with cutting edge artificial intelligence R&D to accelerate all of Sony's business areas and create new business opportunities. To achieve this, Sony AI has launched three flagship projects aimed at the evolution and application of AI technology in the areas of "Gaming," "Imaging & Sensing," and "Gastronomy." Sony AI will promote various exploratory research related to these flagship projects and other important themes, including AI ethics, in the physical and virtual worlds. For more information visit https://ai.sony.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Jazz singer Sandy Lomax, known locally as “the queen of scat,” is set to perform weekly as a featured artist at Legends, a new music venue in Peru, Indiana.
Peru is the hometown of Cole Porter, a legendary composer and songwriter for Broadway and film whose career spanned the late 1920s through late 1950s. Beginning in October, Lomax will perform ‘The Cole Porter Songbook” every Tuesday night.
Lomax gave Indy Now viewers a preview Wednesday with a live performance of “Autumn Leaves,” then sat down with Producer and Music Director Bill Myers and Indy Now Co-Hosts Jillian Deam and Ryan Ahlwardt to talk about her connection to Porter’s music and why these performances are meaningful.
Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to call Legends and make reservations for Tuesday nights. Keep up with Lomax and her local performance schedule on Facebook at @sandy.lomax. | https://fox59.com/indy-now/peru-indiana-cole-porter/ | 2022-09-29 03:24:24 | 0 | https://fox59.com/indy-now/peru-indiana-cole-porter/ |
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MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah (AP) — Federal officials signed an agreement with leaders of the Navajo Nation on Friday that provides funding for clean drinking water infrastructure for reservation residents and resolves questions about longstanding Navajo claims to water rights in the drought-stricken U.S. West.
The signing formalizes the Utah Navajo Water Rights Settlement, which became law in 2020 as part of President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill. As part of the agreement, the federal government will pay the Navajo Nation $210 million for drinking water infrastructure in San Juan County — the part of the 27,00-square-mile (71,000-square kilometer) reservation that lies in Utah.
Many Navajo homes lack running water. Residents often fill containers at public taps or rely on water deliveries from volunteer organizations.
“As we seek to strengthen Indigenous communities and support tribal self-governance, today’s action and all of these investments will help provide the Navajo Nation with autonomy and flexibility to design and build appropriate water projects that will address current and future water needs," U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said at a signing ceremony on the Navajo Nation.
Utah, which was also party to the agreement, will pay the Navajo $8 million as part of the settlement.
“We had two real problems in our state. One was the Navajo Nation had claims to the Colorado (River) that would impair Utah’s water rights,” U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney told The Salt Lake Tribune. “The other concern we had was about half the Navajo Nation residents (in Utah) didn’t have running water."
The settlement also quantifies the Navajo Nation's water rights, quelling Utah's anxieties about its long-standing claims to a share of water, including from the Colorado River.
A 1908 court decision said tribes had rights to as much water as was needed to establish permanent homelands. Though they possess senior rights, the Navajo were left out when seven western states divided up shares as part of the Colorado River Compact a century ago.
The subsequent uncertainty and potential legal battles have emerged as an urgent issue as the region reckons with a hotter, drier future with less Colorado River water to be shared.
The settlement recognizes the Navajo's right to 81,500 acre-feet of Utah water and allows them to draw the water from aquifers, rivers or Lake Powell, if they choose. The agreement also allows the Navajo to lease unused water to entities off the reservation and guarantees they won't lose water rights not put to use.
It's one of 16 tribal water rights settlements that the Biden administration is devoting $1.7 billion to fund from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill.
“The hard work, however, must continue until all homes across the Navajo Nation have clean water running in faucets for all Navajo families," Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez told the newspaper. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Navajo-sign-water-rights-settlement-with-Utah-and-17204342.php | 2022-05-27 23:24:43 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Navajo-sign-water-rights-settlement-with-Utah-and-17204342.php |
The deal covers an expanded deployment of Digimarc Platform capabilities
BEAVERTON, Ore., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) announced today that the company has entered into an additional multi-year agreement with Walmart to help further optimize store operations. The new agreement guarantees a minimum payment of $2.7 million in year one, more than doubling to $5.8 million in year two, and covers an expanded deployment of Digimarc Platform capabilities beyond the scope of the existing agreement between the two companies. As discussed in our Q3 earnings call, the remaining contract value of $7.3 million has now been booked in the current quarter as expected.
"Walmart is a forward-thinking technology leader with an unwavering focus on customer experience. We are thrilled to expand our partnership with them and look forward to sharing more details about this expansion in the coming months," says Riley McCormack, Digimarc CEO.
To learn more about the Digimarc Platform and product digitization suite, visit digimarc.com.
Digimarc is a global leader in product digitization, delivering business value across industries through unique identities and cloud-based solutions. A trusted partner in deterring digital counterfeiting of global currency for more than 20 years, Digimarc reveals a product's journey to provide intelligence and promote a prosperous, safer, and more sustainable world. With Digimarc, you can finally see everything. And when you see everything, you can achieve anything. For more information, visit us at digimarc.com.
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Cloud ERP Leader Unveils 2023 R1 Product Functionality for Growing Businesses Across Industries, Shares Experimental Features
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Acumatica today shared some of the enhanced features and capabilities that will be part of the upcoming 2023 R1 release of its cloud ERP solution and demonstrated how these updates will address the real-world needs of small and mid-sized businesses.
The product upgrades featured in the Day 2 keynote presentation at Acumatica Summit 2023 represent significant advancements in usability, intelligence and industry functionality designed to help companies grow in today's challenging economic environment. 2023 R1 will be in beta on Feb. 2, with general availability planned for April.
"We rely on processes and channels to hear from and listen to our customers – to understand what they are looking for and how they would like Acumatica to respond to their needs," said Ali Jani, chief product officer at Acumatica. "We aggregate customer feedback to make informed and insightful decisions on identifying new capabilities in the product. This is what we mean by customer-driven innovation, and it's the approach we took to develop our latest update, Acumatica 2023 R1."
The Day 2 keynote presentation featured how 2023 R1 application-wide improvements and features will enrich the functionality of Acumatica's Industry Editions for businesses in critical areas, such as manufacturing, construction, retail-commerce and distribution. Additional details of the R1 upgrades and how the new release is delivering exceptional usability and empowering organizations to evolve, and grow are outlined here: https://www.acumatica.com/cloud-erp-software/acumatica-release-news/
The R1 release will also include the introduction of experimental and controlled release features enabling customers to test new capabilities and provide feedback. Features such as special orders for distribution and field service, Microsoft Teams integration and enhanced SendGrid templates will be available for users who sign up. Also included, based on customer feedback, is a native payment integration capability – providing credit card and ACH processing with better reconciliation, mobile portal payments, click-to-pay and gift cards – all due to be released broadly later this year.
SoftwareReviews, a division of Info-Tech Research Group, recently recognized Acumatica's commitment to product innovation and customer success in its 2022 ERP Emotional Footprint for the Midmarket report. As one of only four Champions, Acumatica placed at the top of the Midmarket Enterprise Resource Planning Emotional Footprint Diamond. The recognition stands on the shoulders of hundreds of users evaluating 23 mid-market ERP applications, including Acumatica.
About Acumatica
Acumatica Cloud ERP provides the best business management solution for transforming your company to thrive in the new digital economy. Built on a future-proof platform with open architecture for rapid integrations, scalability, and ease of use, Acumatica delivers unparalleled value to small and midmarket organizations. Connected Business. Delivered. For more information, visit https://www.acumatica.com.
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Telescope Partners champions investment in industry-leading QR code customer engagement platform to accelerate growth and business adoption
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beaconstac, the leading QR code customer engagement platform, today announced $25 million in Series A funding led by Telescope Partners, with participation from existing investor, Accel. The funding underscores the strong market demand from businesses for Beaconstac's SaaS platform resulting in profitable revenue growth of 200% over the course of 2022.
Over the past 12 months, Beaconstac has helped businesses of all sizes create and track 1.8 million QR codes that were scanned over 150 million times by consumers. These numbers will continue to accelerate as the number of unique US smartphone users scanning a QR code is poised to reach 99.5 million by 2025.
This new funding will enable Beaconstac to further develop its market-leading platform, build a world class team, and ultimately enable new and existing customers to adopt QR codes as a means to create personal connections with a wide audience at scale, and bridge physical world customer experiences to digital.
"In a world where touchpoints between brand and consumer have grown exponentially, there is a pressing need for frictionless technology that meets consumers on and offline and QR codes are rising to the challenge," said Sharat Potharaju, CEO of Beaconstac. "This funding validates our leadership position in the market and gives us the resources to build additional products on our platform as well as continue helping businesses embrace QR codes for customer engagement."
Today, Beaconstac is trusted by large enterprises such as, Revlon, Nestle, FedEx, and Marriott, and is the leading QR code platform on G2 reaching 20,000 customers in September 2022.
"It's clear QR codes are becoming an integral part of how businesses communicate with their customers," said Mickey Arabelovic, Founder at Telescope Partners. "The flexibility and insights Beaconstac delivers for businesses sets it apart from competitors. We believe the company has the vision and ability to become the largest player in the market."
"While Beaconstac's revenue growth has been impressive, what makes them unique in my mind is how rapidly they've been able to scale to the mid-market and enterprise segments with a product-led growth model," said Shekhar Kirani, Partner at Accel.
Beaconstac currently employs 75 employees across offices in New York and Bangalore, India with plans to increase its workforce by roughly 200% in 2023. For more information about Beaconstac, its QR code customer engagement platform and job opportunities, visit beaconstac.com.
Beaconstac's vision is to enable digital connections with every physical object and place on the planet. Our platform makes physical products and places talk directly to consumers through digital content and actions by leveraging smartphone technologies like QR codes.
Over 25,000 businesses and brands in 100+ countries use our Phygital Customer Engagement platform to build direct relationships, grow lifetime revenue, and acquire first-party data in industries ranging from consumer goods, hospitality, retail, and real estate, reaching over 5 million monthly active users.
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DENVER, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Animal Foundation is seeking 100 new Loyal Friends monthly donors to unlock a $10,000 match and support critical animal health research. Current Loyal Friends also can participate in the match by increasing their ongoing monthly donation.
"Steady monthly support is an important financial pillar for any nonprofit organization," said Dan Stencel, Morris Animal Foundation Vice President of Development. "And during this year's campaign, each donor's contribution will be multiplied via the match program, making it possible for us to help more animals in more places live their best lives."
Loyal Friends who already donate to the Foundation are passionate about animal health and support long-term investment in scientific discovery that improves animal lives everywhere. Monthly donors receive special benefits, including:
- Special email communications detailing the work they are making possible.
- An easy, secure and budget-friendly way to contribute. Monthly gifts multiply over the course of the year to make a bigger impact for animals.
- Joining a community of researchers, veterinarians and animal lovers all committed to making a difference.
- Fewer mail pieces – putting donations straight to work to help animals everywhere.
As urgent animal health threats continue to emerge around the world, the sustained giving provided by the Loyal Friends program can make a long-lasting impact on improving animal health globally.
Founded in 1948, Morris Animal Foundation is one of the largest nonprofit animal health research organizations in the world, funding more than $149 million in nearly 3,000 critical studies across a broad range of species. Learn more at morrisanimalfoundation.org.
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PATNA, India (AP) — An Indian state government on Monday ordered a probe into the collapse of a portion of an under-construction bridge over the Ganges River over the weekend, the second time the structure has crashed in a year.
No casualties were reported with no movement of people or vehicles on the bridge when nearly 250 meters (820 feet) of the concrete surface connecting pillars crashed into the river on Sunday.
Videos of the collapse spread on social media.
“Those found guilty will not be spared,” Bihar state’s top elected official, Nitish Kumar, said in a statement. A portion of the bridge on the other side collapsed in April last year.
India’s infrastructure has long been marred by safety concerns, sometimes leading to major disasters on highways and bridges. Builders often use poor quality construction materials to cut costs.
The bridge collapse was criticized by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the opposition party in the state. The state government is headed by Kumar’s regional party, the Janata Dal-United (People’s Party).
BJP spokesman Shehzad Poonwalla described it as “the bridge of corruption.”
The construction of the 3.6-kilometer (1.9-mile) long bridge started in 2014, but it suffered delays and was scheduled to be inaugurated later this year connecting the town of Bhagalpur with Khagaria, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of Patna, the state capital.
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-- ASC10 is an oral double prodrug that is rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the active metabolite ASC10-A, which is the same active metabolite of molnupiravir
-- Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. Compared with molnupiravir, ASC10 has a new and differentiated chemical structure
-- FDA recommended that Ascletis directly conduct the first clinical study of ASC10 in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients rather than in healthy subjects
HANGZHOU and SHAOXING, China, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ASC10, an oral drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19, to conduct the Phase Ib clinical trial in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients. Ascletis will immediately initiate the clinical trial in patients to collect ASC10's clinical safety, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy data.
ASC10 is an orally bioavailable double prodrug which has a new and differentiated chemical structure from the single prodrug molnupiravir. After oral administration, both ASC10 and molnupiravir are rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the same active metabolite ASC10-A, also known as β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC). ASC10 was discovered and developed in-house. Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. ASC10 oral tablet formulation for the clinical study was developed with in-house proprietary technology of Ascletis.
By applying a double prodrug strategy, ASC10's permeability in Caco-2 cells (human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells) and active metabolite exposure in monkeys reached 3.2-fold and 2.1-fold of molnupiravir's, respectively. In the SARS-CoV-2 infected mouse models, ASC10 at 240 mg/kg twice daily led to a 4.0 log reduction in viral titer in lungs, equivalent to molnupiravir at 500 mg/kg twice daily[1]. Preclinical studies demonstrated that ASC10-A has potent cellular antiviral activity against Omicron variant (EC50 = 0.3 µM), Delta variant (EC50 = 0.5 µM) and wildtype virus (EC50 = 0.7 µM). It also suggested that there were no drug-drug interactions between ASC10 and other common medicines.
FDA recommended that Ascletis directly conduct the first clinical study of ASC10 in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients rather than in healthy subjects. This study is a randomized, placebo controlled Phase Ib clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy in multiple ascending doses of ASC10 tablets (200 mg, 400 mg or 800 mg twice daily) in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients for 5.5-day treatment with 28-day monitoring. Previously, molnupiravir was granted Emergency Use Authorization by FDA for 800 mg twice daily.
Currently, Ascletis is actively communicating with regulatory authorities to explore the possibility of further accelerating the clinical development of ASC10.
"The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause huge social and economic implications globally with over 572 million cases been confirmed including more than 6 million deaths[2]. As a leading biotech with in-depth insights into viral diseases, Ascletis is committed to leveraging its proprietary pipeline including ASC10 (RdRp inhibitor) and ASC11 (3CLpro inhibitor) to fight against the pandemic. This IND approval of ASC10 from FDA marks a great recognition to our in-house R&D capabilities and enables us to expedite the clinical progress of ASC10. With other efforts made on capacity expansion and process optimization, we have further improved the accessibility and affordability of ASC10." said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
[1] Wahl, et al., Nature. 2021 March; 591(7850): 451–457.
[2] WHO, WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard, https://covid19.who.int/
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (CHB functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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FBI says $10 billion lost to online fraud in 2022 as crypto investment scams surged
More than $10 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2022, the highest annual loss in the last five years, according to a new report from the bureau.
The more than $3 billion jump in reports of online fraud from 2021 to 2022 was driven by a near-tripling in reports of cryptocurrency investment fraud, the FBI said in its annual Internet Crime Report.
The report tallies a wide variety of fraud complaints — from marketing scams to ransomware — and is a metric for U.S. policymakers in measuring how much hacking and other schemes are costing the American economy.
While people in their 30s filed the most fraud complaints last year, the burden of many digital scams fell on the elderly. People over 60 accounted for $724 million, or more than two-thirds of the reported losses from "call center fraud," according to the FBI. Such fraud occurs when scammers call someone impersonating tech support or government agencies.
Ransomware, which locks computers until hackers are paid off, accounted for about $34 million in adjusted losses reported to the FBI last year. The relatively modest figure compared to other forms of fraud could be due to the fact that many victim organizations still do not report ransomware attacks to the FBI.
A popular type of ransomware called Hive was used in 87 attacks last year, according to the FBI. The bureau seized Hive operatives' computer infrastructure earlier this year, but not before hackers affiliated with the ransomware extorted more than $100 million from hospitals, schools and other victims around the world.
While ransomware tends to get the headlines, a different hacking scheme known as business email compromise (BEC) leads to far more money stolen from victims in aggregate. A BEC scheme typically involves someone tricking a victim into wiring them money, often by impersonating a customer or a relative.
One of the more high-profile examples of BEC fraud last year cost the city of Lexington, Kentucky, about $4 million in federal funding for housing assistance.
BEC scams accounted for about $2.7 billion in adjusted losses in 2022, compared to about $2.4 billion in 2021, according to FBI data. | https://www.koat.com/article/fbi-says-10-billion-lost-to-online-fraud-in-2022/43301286 | 2023-03-14 16:14:20 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/fbi-says-10-billion-lost-to-online-fraud-in-2022/43301286 |
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An" or the "Group", HKEx:2318; SSE:601318) announced that Ping An was named a "Most Honored Company" in Institutional Investor's 2023 Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team survey among 1,600 companies. This is the 10th consecutive year Ping An received this award.
In addition, Ping An's Board of Directors was named "Best Company Board" and Xie Yonglin, President and Co-CEO, and Jessica Tan, Co-CEO, were named "Best CEO". Ping An also received awards in other categories, including "Best environmental, social and governance (ESG)", "Best IR Program", "Best IR Team" and "Best IR Professional", reflecting Ping An's outstanding performance in corporate governance, strategy execution by the management team, ESG strategy and implementation, and investor relations, are well recognized by the capital market.
Institutional Investor magazine is one of the most influential financial magazines in the world, and its annual "Best Executive Team" survey is regarded as one of the most authoritative lists by the capital market. Only certified financial industry professionals have the right to vote. Its ranking results have also become a global investment benchmark, recognized by buy-side investors and sell-side institutions. A total of 6,474 investment institutions, portfolio managers and analysts voted on 1,608 companies and 2,504 individuals across 18 industries. They considered a number of core metrics, including financial disclosure, CEO, ESG, investor services and communication.
Ping An's Board of Directors provides guidance to ensure the Group's strategy is forward-looking and accurate. It adopts global best practices in governance to pursue long-term and sustainable development, seize future growth opportunities and create sustainable value for shareholders, investors and other stakeholders. Focusing on its core financial businesses, Ping An will continue to enhance the technology-driven "integrated finance + healthcare" strategy, providing customers with a "worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving" service experience. With its sound foundation of corporate governance, Ping An has maintained a steady growth pace. In the first quarter of 2023, Ping An delivered an 18.8% annualized operating return on equity (ROE). Operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company reached RMB41.385 billion and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company increased 48.9% year-on-year to RMB38.352 billion. As of the end of March 2023, more than 64% of Ping An's nearly 229 million retail customers have used services provided by its healthcare ecosystem.
Ping An values shareholder returns and is committed to protecting the interests of investors and continuing to improve cash dividends. In 2022, the annual dividend per share increased 1.7% year-on-year to RMB2.42. Ping An has grown its full-year cash dividend amount at a 9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past five years.
Ping An is taking an active role to address the challenges and opportunities brought by climate change, by leveraging green finance to support China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals. As of the end of March 2023, Ping An's green investment and financing scale totaled approximately RMB308.45 billion and green banking business was approximately RMB174.11 billion. In the first quarter of 2023, green insurance premium income was approximately RMB6.57 billion. Ping An also fulfils its social responsibilities to the community. As of the end of 2022, Ping An had invested a total of RMB77.153 billion in poverty alleviation and rural industrial development.
About Ping An Group
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An" or the "Group") strives to become a world-leading integrated finance and healthcare services provider. With nearly 229 million retail customers, Ping An is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. Under the technology-driven "integrated finance + healthcare" strategy, Ping An provides professional "financial advisory, family doctor, and elderlycare concierge" services. Ping An advances intelligent digital transformation and employs technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of its financial businesses and enhance risk management. The Group is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of the end of 2022, Ping An had RMB11,137,168 million in total assets. The Group ranked 16th in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2023 and ranked 25th in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2022.
For more information, please visit www.group.pingan.com and follow us on LinkedIn - PING AN.
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Amazon Prime Day is upon us. The two-day sales event spans from Tuesday through Wednesday and is one of the biggest sales events of the year. Amazon has already begun slashing prices on a number of items ranging from televisions and robot vacuums to Apple products and mattresses. We'll feature some of these below for you to browse and see if there's something you've been looking for that's been discounted heavily. We're tracking the best deals available throughout the event on this page so be sure to bookmark this page and refresh to find out the latest information on shock deals revealed by the retail giant. An Amazon Prime membership is required to participate in Prime Day sales.Can't participate in Amazon Prime? Here are the retailers holding sales on Prime DayBest Apple product deals for Prime DayThe Apple AirPods Pro, which is the latest earbud Apple product, is listed at 32% off its original price on the online retail site.Can't see the deals? Click here for the best viewing experience.Best kitchen appliance deals for Prime DayKitchen appliances are some of the most popular items sold on Prime Day, due in large part to the incredible deals on items such as blenders and slow cookers. Best television deals for Prime DayThere are many 4K televisions on sale right now, some close to 50% off. Best mattress deals for Prime DayThere are select Casper mattresses that have deals up to $445 off. Best luggage deals for Prime DayMany Americans are traveling more and more this summer. If you're looking to upgrade your carry-on luggage, Prime Day might be the time to do so. Best vacuum deals for Prime Day Robot vacuums were among the best-selling items in the United States on Prime Day in 2021. Looking for other deals?Best fitness deals for Prime DayBest smart-home device sales for Prime DayBest selling TikTok products for sale on Prime DayThe best toys to snag on Prime Day
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35-year higher education veteran to serve as 29th president
PHILADELPHIA , March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Saint Joseph's University's Board of Trustees elected Cheryl A. McConnell, PhD, its 29th – and first female– president in the University's 172-year history, effective immediately. Dr. McConnell is a 35-year veteran of Jesuit higher education, having most recently served as Saint Joseph's interim president since last June, and as provost and chief academic officer for three years prior.
"Dr. McConnell is the right person to lead Saint Joseph's at this time of exceptional change," says James M. Norris '85, chair of the University's Board of Trustees and also chair of the search committee. "Cheryl has strong business acumen, deep higher education experience, a career marked by dedicated commitment to our Jesuit mission and exceptional leadership skills. She was the unanimous choice of the committee, even among an impressive and diverse pool of external candidates."
McConnell joined Saint Joseph's in 2019, immediately accelerating academic and student life goals and initiatives as part of the University's strategic plan. Among her most notable achievements was the creation of several undergraduate and graduate programs in response to market demand, societal need and the University's mission, along with an increased and more effective focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Early in her tenure she launched an annual, University-wide Day of Dialogue featuring lectures, workshops and events. She played an essential and central role in the University's COVID-19 response, making Saint Joseph's a leader in on-ground, in-person operations through the pandemic.
Most recently, she led the historic acquisition of the University of the Sciences. After assuming the interim presidency last summer, she finalized another merger with the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences expected to close next January. She also implemented a leadership council to ensure accountability, timely progress and implementation of strategic priorities and has overseen the start of several campus construction projects.
Before her arrival at Saint Joseph's, McConnell held several leadership positions at Rockhurst University, a Jesuit institution in Kansas City, Missouri. She served as dean of both the College of Business, Influence, and Information Analysis and the Helzberg School of Management, as well as associate provost for academic affairs and full professor of accounting. While there she developed a strong track record of interdisciplinary collaboration, program innovation and growth, faculty development, budget management and strategic partnerships.
"Cheryl's advocacy for and partnership with faculty have been hallmarks of her career," adds Norris. "She understands academia from many perspectives, has tremendous strategic insight and is someone who brings people together and inspires thoughtful action."
McConnell is a first-generation college graduate, having earned her Bachelor of Business Administration and her Master of Professional Accountancy degrees from Wichita State University. She went on to earn a PhD in higher education administration from fellow Jesuit institution Saint Louis University. A sought-after speaker on women in leadership, she is also a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner. Her decades-long commitment to Jesuit education has been strengthened through leadership experiences including the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities' Ignatian Colleagues Program and Leadership Institute, as well as the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola.
"I look forward to working with President McConnell as she leads our Catholic, Jesuit University into its next chapters of teaching excellence, scholarship and service to the Philadelphia community, our nation and larger world," adds Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J., provincial of the Society of Jesus' USA East Province.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats for defending the city’s 2020 vote-counting against former President Donald Trump’s lies will be nominated for the top election administration post in Pennsylvania by the incoming Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro.
Al Schmidt’s coming nomination to be secretary of state, announced Thursday by Shapiro, sets him up to oversee what is expected to be a hard-fought 2024 election in the critical presidential battleground. Schmidt is Shapiro’s first Cabinet selection to be revealed ahead of his Jan. 17 inauguration.
Protecting elections and voting rights was central to Shapiro’s campaign, as he emphasized his intention to nominate a “pro-Democracy” secretary of state and his role, as attorney general, in fighting efforts in court by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
“Al Schmidt has a proven track record of defending our democracy, protecting voting rights and standing up to extremism — even in the face of grave threats,” Shapiro said in a statement.
Schmidt, 51, is a Republican, fitting in with Shapiro’s theme of fashioning a bipartisan administration in politically divided Pennsylvania.
Schmidt is president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a good-government group in Philadelphia. Before he joined the group a year ago, Schmidt spent a decade as a Republican elected to the three-member board that oversees elections in Philadelphia.
On Friday, the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Schmidt will be among 12 people to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House. This is the first time Biden has given the medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian award.
“During the 2020 election, he kept the vote tally going in the face of pressure and efforts to overturn the election,” the White House said.
Holding the post of secretary of state is subject to confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.
The $165,000-salary job involves overseeing how the state’s 67 counties run their elections, giving them guidance and assistance on how to manage it — a task that has grown in complexity with the advent of the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting law and conspiracy theorists inspired by Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The department also administers a long list of professional licensing commissions that report to the department.
In 2020, Schmidt became the face of Philadelphia’s protracted vote count when Trump and his campaign repeatedly claimed that “bad things happen in Philadelphia” and spread lies to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election in the heavily Democratic city.
With help from Philadelphia, Trump lost Pennsylvania to Biden.
Few, if any, Republicans came to Schmidt’s defense during a time when he has said he received Trump-inspired death threats against him and his family that he has called “domestic terrorism.” Rather, the state Republican Party and most state GOP lawmakers sought to stop Pennsylvania’s electoral votes from being awarded to Biden.
No lawsuit, prosecutor or election worker has produced evidence of widespread fraud in Philadelphia’s 2020 election.
In the wake of the election, Schmidt testified in front of a U.S. Senate committee and the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He has since become a prominent critic of what he has called the “vicious cycle” of conspiracy theorists and politicians who spread lies about elections.
The falsehoods prompt deceived constituents to demand that politicians do something — usually resulting in a push to restrict voting rights and violent threats to election workers, Schmidt has said.
Schmidt said in an interview that he has several aims for improving elections in Pennsylvania.
One revolves around “bigger, broader things,” like making it as easy as possible for people to register and vote, and ensuring that those votes are counted — a nod to technicalities that have resulted in thousands of mail-in ballots from legal, eligible voters getting thrown out.
“I think that’s sort of a North Star in a lot of this and guides you when determining how to improve the electoral process for voters,” Schmidt said.
More specifically, he said the law must be changed to allow counties to process mail-in ballots before an election day to produce results sooner and avoid a protracted post-election vote count that was exploited in 2020 by Trump and allies to spread misinformation about fraud.
Pennsylvania is one of very few states that provide so little time to process such ballots — but Republican lawmakers have refused to allow it without concessions from Democrats on things like a stricter voter identification law.
It puts Pennsylvania at a “unique disadvantage” when other states produce mail-in ballot results on election night, Schmidt said.
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Bryan Schwartz Law Negotiates Historic $37.5M Settlement with the Department of State to Redress those Denied Employment
OAKLAND, Calif., March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a settlement was approved in the historic Meyer, et al. v. Blinken (Department of State) case. This landmark settlement overhauls a medical clearance system in place for decades which led to unlawful disability discrimination in the US Foreign Service.
The case commenced in 2006 and continued through contentious litigation until the settlement was signed in December 2022. Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved the class settlement.
Lead Class Counsel Bryan Schwartz of Bryan Schwartz law said it plainly. "In the past, people with disabilities were stereotyped as unable to serve their country in the Foreign Service. They were considered too risky to send abroad. They were, in fact, able and willing to serve with distinction. Through this important case, we have given them that opportunity."
The class included all qualified applicants to the Foreign Service beginning on October 7, 2006, who were denied employment, or whose employment was delayed pending application for and receipt of a waiver, because the State Department deemed them not "Worldwide Available" due to their disability.
The class settlement delivers a sweeping policy change netting over 100 immediate job opportunities to class members. It also means a $37.5M payment to the class in this case – which amounts to over $150K/gross per class member, over $100K net, on average. Nearly two thirds of the class actively worked with Class Counsel and will receive an average net distribution of over $150K, each.
The class was first certified in 2010, and survived two appeals by the Agency in 2014 and 2015. After a multitude of motions and appeals, and over a year of steady negotiations, in December 2022, Class Counsel and Class Agents, Doering Meyer and Ryan Gibson, finally reached a settlement with the State Department.
Among the class members, there are powerful and moving stories filled with individuals committed to public service, who wanted to serve their nation.
Through working with Counsel, the named Class Agent Ms. Meyer was able to get a rare waiver. She has had a 15-year Foreign Service career. Ms. Meyer was denied hire outright at first because of her disability, Multiple Sclerosis, despite her own doctors' reports that she could serve. She is now currently serving ably in N'djamena, Chad, at the southern edge of the Sahara in north-central Africa – one of the toughest posts in the world.
Another class agent, Dr. Gibson stepped forward, bravely telling the story of his mental health condition. He suffered from PTSD after serving in our country's military. The State Department's stereotypes about mental health conditions kept him from his dream career in the Foreign Service. He also had a long and successful career with the federal government, but his dreams that were shattered - of being a diplomat, in the Foreign Service - were never repaired, until now.
Until today, individuals with disabilities had to meet the worldwide availability (WWA) requirement to prove they could serve in all poorly resourced locations. Now, for future applicants of all abilities, this will be met by showing only that a Foreign Service employee can go to the best-resourced posts, with or without reasonable accommodations, and in consultation with the individuals and their own doctors.
Schwartz added, "The effect is no less than opening the career Foreign Service – the face of America abroad - to people with disabilities. We are immensely proud to have reached this day."
Bryan Schwartz Law was assisted by the Washington, DC, co-counsel of Gilbert Employment Law. Additional documents and exhibits concerning the approved settlement agreement are at https://www.bryanschwartzlaw.com/meyersettlement.
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Atmospheric patterns are quite active this week. In fact, I’ve updated our forecast yet again, after this morning’s show; as the patterns continue to shift. The overall big setup and broad patterns still apply, but precipitation chances look higher heading into the midweek hours.
Today, the most common complaints in the weather department over the past seven days have been about the persistent cloud cover and excessive rainfall. The great news is, Monday will be dry for most of the day; however, overcast skies and heavy cloud cover isn’t going away for a while. Clouds will stick around all day Monday, even with the absence of rainfall. Drizzle may continue off and on throughout the day (miniscule in central LA.) due to isentropic lifting. To put it in simple terms, moist air that is being forced to rise is cooling and quickly condensing into clouds; which in turn is where that drizzle is coming from. Overnight and into Monday morning, the cold front which is out to our east had its forward progression stalled, this meant that the cold air behind it was also stalled. Southern Arkansas and North/Central Louisiana will see Monday’s daytime high temperatures earlier than usual, maybe even between 5-10 AM. The reason for that is once the cold front and low pressure move more towards the southeast, the colder air to our northwest will be drawn down into the ArkLaMiss.
Tonight, models are trending towards rain, storms, and possibly a wintry mix cutting off our dry Monday before we can completely make it to the finish line. During the evening showers begin approaching from the southwest, possibly dropping a heavy shower or two in south Arkansas over areas like El Dorado. Overnight lows will be back in the 30s.
This Week, the potential exists that areas in southern Arkansas and a few in northern Louisiana could see freezing rain, sleet, and just maybe a small amount of icing Monday night and Tuesday. For this reason, the National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for areas in southwest Arkansas. Their primary hazard focus with this advisory is the potential for likely freezing rain or sleet accumulation between 0.25 in to 0.50 in. However, should the freezing line relating to the current winter storm warning (for areas of northeast Texas) shift eastward; areas of the ArkLaMiss could be included in a larger winter event.
As always: A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Project hopes to solve flooding issues in Lake Worth Beach
City officials are taking action to help alleviate flooding in parts of Lake Worth Beach.
This is along N F Street and Lucerne Avenue, an area known for flooding.
"We've had water that's been standing up to about 12 inches-18 inches in the street," said Roger Bennett who has lived along N F Street for three years.
Bennett said time is of the essence as September is known to be the peak of hurricane season.
"If we have another big category 3 or 4 and heavy rains with 10-20 inches, there's going to be severe flooding," said Bennett.
Neighbors said when there's a storm the roads can be described as a river.
They said water flows down 2nd Avenue, down N F Street and collects along Lucerne Avenue.
"I used to love rain and now every time it rains, I'm like 'oh my god are we going to be okay?,'" said Matt Vought who has lived in Arts Lofts for three and a half years.
The underground exfiltration system will be located along N F Street, closest to Lucerne Avenue.
The project includes the installation of drainage structures and an exfiltration trench that will provide additional drainage capacity for the drainage basin.
Johnson-Davis is the contractor that will be constructing the project.
The project is expected to begin in October and be completed in November.
Johnson-Davis will provide notice to surrounding residents when construction will begin and when the roadway portions will be shut down and any detour and parking adjustments.
The exfiltration trench is said to be 10 feet wide and 6 feet deep.
"I can't say that's not gonna help but I don't know if it will solve the problem," said Matt Vought who lives in the Arts Lofts that have flooded during storms.
While he's thankful for the effort, he said their building foundation was poured too low and their engineers said the issue is a bottleneck along the drainage route.
"The engineering has been done. We have a good start and we've provided that evidence to the city and we don't understand why that's not into more serious consideration."
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
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817 PM CDT Wed May 3 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HUTCHINSON...SOUTHWESTERN HANSFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...
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At 816 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Sunray, or 20 miles northeast of Dumas, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
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Sunray, Morse and Pringle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
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...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Reeves
and northwestern Ward Counties through 900 PM CDT...
At 819 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pecos, moving east at 15 mph.
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HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
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Pecos, Barstow, Toyah Lake and Pecos Municipal Airport.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 39 and 60.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
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MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
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following counties, Dallam, Hartley, Moore and Sherman.
* WHEN...Until 1230 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
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- At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
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Dalhart, Cactus and Conlen.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
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...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
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Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
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LONDON (AP) — Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked her Treasury chief and reversed course on a major part of her tax-cutting economic plan Friday as she struggled to hang on to her job after weeks of turmoil on financial markets. But the market response was muted and the political reaction to what many saw as panicked moves left Truss’ credibility in tatters after only six weeks in office.
At a hastily arranged news conference, Truss said she was acting to “reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline” by ditching her pledge to scrap a planned increase in corporation tax. Earlier, she fired her close friend Kwasi Kwarteng as head of the Treasury and replaced him with Jeremy Hunt, a long-time lawmaker who has served three previous stints as a Cabinet minister.
Truss is trying to restore confidence and rebuild her credibility with international investors and members of her own party after the “mini-budget” she and Kwarteng unveiled three weeks ago sparked political and economic turmoil.
The government’s Sept. 23 announcement that it planned to cut taxes by 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) without detailing how it would pay for them or offering independent analysis about the impact on public finances raised concerns that government borrowing could rise to unsustainable levels.
That sent the pound plunging to a record low against the dollar and forced the Bank of England to step in to prevent a wider economic crisis.
Truss has now canceled about 20 billion pounds of the originally planned tax cuts.
But her brief, downbeat news conference is unlikely to have reassured Truss’ Conservative Party that she is in control.
“I think she’s just confirmed that she’s not the right person for the job,” said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. “I don’t think it communicated the kind of confidence the country needs right now.”
Despite backtracking on a major part of her program, Truss clung to the idea that her policies were what the country needs to spur economic growth. She also avoided repeated questions about why she should remain in office when she and Kwarteng were equally responsible for the government’s economic plan and the fallout it triggered.
“I am absolutely determined to see through what I have promised,” Truss said.
The initial response from investors suggested Truss’ moves may not be enough to calm financial markets.
Yields on 10-year government bonds rose immediately after her news conference, indicating investors are still concerned about government debt. The pound fell 1.2% against the U.S. dollar.
The next big test for Truss will come Monday when trading resumes on financial markets. The Bank of England on Friday ended its emergency intervention to stabilize long-term bond prices and protect pensions funds.
“Whether or not she remains prime minister, her whole agenda now, her ability to pursue her political project, if you like, is really out of her hands,” said Jill Rutter, a senior fellow at the Institute for Government, a London-based think tank.
“Her fate is now in the hands of the markets.”
Truss is also facing pressure from across the political spectrum.
The opposition Liberal Democrats called for an emergency weekend session of the House of Commons for Hunt to provide more detail on the government’s economic plan. Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon called for an early general election. And the BBC reported that a group of senior Conservative lawmakers are planning to call for Truss’ resignation next week.
Truss’ future is in doubt less than six weeks after she took office promising to re-energize the British economy and put the nation on a path to “long-term success.”
A small-state, low-tax Conservative who patterns herself after 1980s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Truss argued that cutting taxes, reducing red tape and courting investment would spur economic growth and generate more revenue to pay for public services.
But the Sept. 23 tax cut plan only provided half of the equation. Without an independent analysis of her full economic program, the added growth it will produce and the additional tax revenue likely to be created, she was asking investors and voters to trust that the sums would in the end add up.
Truss said Friday that Hunt would unveil the full economic plan on Oct. 31, along with analysis from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
James Athey, investment director at the fund manager abrdn, described Truss’ move as a “U-turn on its decision not to U-turn on its profligate tax-cutting policies.″ And, Britain still faces myriad problems, he said.
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“We may well be through the worst of the volatility, but I fear that the U.K. is nowhere near out of the woods.”
Conservative lawmakers are agonizing over whether to try to oust their second leader this year. Truss was elected last month to replace Boris Johnson, who was forced out in July.
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Another large downtown development project announced for Kannapolis
Insite Properties projects $500 million in private investment around north downtown and NC Research Campus
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) - From the City of Kannapolis: During the last decade, the Kannapolis City Council has been bold and visionary as it worked to position our City as a destination for economic prosperity. Investments have been made including the purchase of downtown, completion of the Atrium Health Ballpark, West Avenue Streetscape, a public parking deck, two new fire stations, utility extensions to support major new industrial development, a new greenway and more.
This goal of creating a healthy and vibrant economy has come to fruition and has resulted in generating thousands of jobs and opportunities for dozens of small businesses, and industries of all sizes. Companies like Amazon, Gordon Food, Linder, Zipline, Prime Beverage, and others are now part of our community.
The Kannapolis City Council is once again taking proactive transformative steps for the future of Kannapolis by supporting a projected $500 million investment by Insite Properties and its partners, for properties located downtown and surrounding the NC Research Campus.
The City will work closely with Insite Properties to ensure the properties are developed in conjunction with the vision of a healthy economic downtown. Castle and Cooke, the company that owns numerous real estate assets in Kannapolis, including the properties of the former Cannon Mills (some of which have been transformed over the past decade into the NC Research Campus) decided to sell all their North and South Carolina properties last year in order to support the continued growth and development of the downtown and the campus.
Many of the properties located in Kannapolis are key to the successful economic health of the City, and it is extremely important that the land’s future uses are developed in a strategic and thoughtful manner. Insite Properties, an experienced regional development firm located in Charlotte, is in the process of purchasing the properties and will facilitate a projected investment estimated to be at least $500 million in new development in the northern area of downtown Kannapolis.
The City, Castle and Cooke, and Insite are working together to ensure the future development of the land will be as transformative and successful as the original NC Research Campus investments and the Downtown Revitalization efforts. “It is extremely important for us to be a partner in this process. The City has a vested interest in facilitating the plans for these very valuable properties. Insite’s planned development will be complementary and supportive of our downtown revitalization project and it is our desire that the future uses of the land enhance the businesses and uses that have established a presence in our downtown and at the NC Research Campus,” said Kannapolis Mayor Darrell Hinnant.
“This is a momentous time in preparing for the continued successes our City has experienced in recent years. As the door closes on the role Castle and Cooke has played in Kannapolis, another door of opportunity is opening. We are looking forward to working with Insite as we have with other partners who are investing in our City to unlock the potential of these properties. This is a once in a lifetime legacy project for Kannapolis,” Kannapolis City Manager Mike Legg commented.
“Castle and Cooke is proud to have established the NC Research Campus in Kannapolis and enabled the life-changing research conducted by eight of North Carolina’s finest institutions of higher education that are resident on the campus. It has truly been a privilege and honor for our company to be part of this community. As our direct involvement with the City of Kannapolis draws to a close, we are pleased to pass the torch to Insite with full confidence that they will be good stewards of the continued growth and development of the campus and the City,” said Mark Spitzer, President of Castle and Cooke North Carolina and Mission Support Executive for the NC Research Campus.
The growing research and commercial enterprise at the North Carolina Research Campus will be uninterrupted by the sale and transition to the new ownership. The important work of the campus partners continues and is thriving. Scientists at the universities on the campus have received over $44 million in new awards during this recently finished fiscal year and the N.C. Food Innovation Lab has signed three of its largest contracts to date in the last two months.
Castle and Cooke will retain ownership of the two university buildings and one of the Rowan Cabarrus Community College buildings on the campus until 2028 and 2030 respectively, after which the buildings will become State-owned. Insite and Castle and Cooke have agreed to the purchase and sale of the properties in two phases with the initial acquisition anticipated to be completed by the end of September 2022.
Approximately 236 acres in and around Downtown Kannapolis will be part of the transaction. Included are most of the vacant properties surrounding the current North Carolina Research Campus buildings. Insite’s preliminary plans for the properties include constructing:
• Approximately 800,000 square feet of new office, research, and medical space.
• Approximately 47,000 square feet of new commercial/retail space.
• Approximately 1,200 residential dwelling units of different types.
• Accelerated buildout and lease-up of existing space in the Core Laboratory Building and Medical Office Building for higher education, research, medical and office purposes.
“We are excited to join the City of Kannapolis community. Our firm has seen the successful progress the City has made in charting a prosperous future and we look forward to being a partner in the next chapter of the City’s economic development journey. The potential to be a part of this transformative process in one of the state’s top cities is a key reason we want to be in Kannapolis,” stated Jay Blanton, Founder and Managing Principal of Insite Properties. “As we orchestrate the development of all the adjacent campus land, I would expect that the value of investment by us and others in building structures, parks, streets, and other improvements will be in excess of $500 million over the next 10 years; and that could be wildly underestimated.”
Insite and the City will work together to ensure new development will meet or exceed acceptable architectural and design standards and will complement the current buildings on the campus. To ensure the properties are developed in a manner consistent with the City’s vision, the City has agreed to assist in the sale of the property between Castle and Cooke and Insite through a loan commitment and the phased allocation of wastewater treatment capacity sufficient to support the development of the properties.
In exchange for these City commitments, Insite will donate to the City several properties including the campus parking deck, land on Main Street across from Vida, 88 acres on Glenn Avenue, the parking lot on Main Street across from Veterans Park, and the Central Energy Plant. Insite will also construct a pedestrian corridor from the Village Park tunnel to the planned development behind City Hall. Insite will also provide a long-term agreement with the City for public use of the parking lot at the intersection of Laureate Way and Biotechnology Lane.
“We welcome Insite and their current and future development partners as we all begin the collaborative strategic planning process for the use of these properties. It is vital for our continued economic health and prosperity that we succeed in working together,” Mayor Hinnant continued.
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(NewsNation) — It’s been 13 years since 7-year-old Kyron Horman vanished, shortly after showing off his science project at his school in northwest Portland, Oregon.
His case captured the attention of people around the globe, resulting in a documentary and even a book by a New York Times best-selling author. But Kyron remains missing and his mother is still hoping to bring him home.
On June 4, 2010, Kyron left for school with his stepmother, Terri Horman, looking forward to showing off his second-grade science project on tree frogs.
The pair took Kyron’s father, Kaine Horman’s, truck to Skyline School that day. Terri didn’t normally drive the car but said she’d need it to bring Kyron’s science project back home.
Terri snapped a picture of Kyron with his project, which she posted to Facebook that afternoon. But she said when she went to pick Kyron up from the bus at 2:30 p.m., he wasn’t there.
The family called the school and the police. Later the FBI set up staging and search locations both at the school and at Kaine and Terri’s house. For the first nine days, police called the search a missing persons case but on day 10, they changed the scope to a criminal investigation.
Investigators know some of what happened on the day Kyron disappeared. Terri drove him to school with his 18-month-old step-sister in the car. According to Terri, Kyron showed her his project and then went back to his classroom.
But Kyron’s mother, Desiree Young, said witnesses saw Terri and Kyron leaving the school together that morning.
“They were seen out in front of the school by one of Kyron’s friends, his grandma and sister, as well as his bus driver,” Young said. “They were walking out to the main road, which was where the truck was parked.”
Kyron’s teacher had been told he had a doctor’s appointment that day, so nobody questioned his absence when he was missing from class.
Terri said she drove around town that day, stopping at two grocery stores to get medicine for her infant daughter, who wasn’t feeling well. She said after that she spent time driving around to settle her down.
Police investigating the case found Terri’s phone pinged around Highway 30, an area known in Oregon as a road less traveled.
Rebecca Morris — who wrote the book Boy Missing: The Search for Kyron Horman about Kyron’s case — noted there was a significant amount of time between when Kyron reportedly went missing and when his disappearance was reported to the police.
“He was missing for six hours before they knew he was missing. Six hours is a long time when a 7-year-old child is missing,” Morris said.
After 13 years, no suspects or persons of interest in the case have been named or charged. But there have been many twists and turns in the investigation from the beginning.
While investigating Kyron’s disappearance, police discovered Terri allegedly tried to hire a landscaper to kill her husband, Kyron’s father, several months before Kyron vanished.
When police told Kaine about the story, he left his home with their infant daughter and filed for divorce.
Later, Terri told People Magazine and ABC News she was always an outsider in the case even though she was caring for Kyron daily.
“When the police started questioning us, they took into account more what Kaine and Desiree were saying as opposed to what I was saying, and I spent my days with him,” Terri said.
When Terri spoke privately with police, they told her she failed two polygraph tests. Although a judge and a lawyer for Terri have called her a suspect in court papers, she has never officially been named a suspect or person of interest by police.
“I was willing to talk about anything. I want him home,” Terri said.
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office did not agree to an interview with NewsNation, but ahead of the 13-year anniversary of Kyron’s disappearance, they issued a statement.
“Kyron’s disappearance continues to have a profound impact on our community. The case remains open and active. Investigators are using advances in software, digital forensics, and geospatial technology to support and advance their work,” the statement read.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also released a new photo last year, showing what Kyron might look like today.
Meanwhile, Kyron’s mother is still searching for answers, especially from Terri, who was the last person to see Kyron before he disappeared.
Young filed a civil suit against Terri 10 years ago, accusing her of kidnapping Kyron. Young dropped the lawsuit, but she has been fundraising in hopes of getting a task force and private investigator in place to file a new case again.
“If we’re not going to get it ready for court, we’re just sitting here waiting for a magic moment that may or may not be in our future,” Young said.
In an interview with NewsNation, Young recounted a moment she had just days after Kyron vanished. She said she felt both the presence of God and her son in a quiet moment outdoors when she felt the wind kick up and the warmth of Kyron’s touch on her hand.
“He told me ‘Mama, I’m okay. There is a God and I’m with him and I’m happy and okay. And you need to be okay, too.’ And I said I can’t be okay, because I need answers,” Young said. “I don’t want you to be with God, I want you to be with me.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/search-continues-for-kyron-horman-oregon-boy-whose-2010-disappearance-made-global-headlines/ | 2023-07-06 20:34:04 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/search-continues-for-kyron-horman-oregon-boy-whose-2010-disappearance-made-global-headlines/ |
Russia’s claimed observers in Ukraine ‘referendums’ violate numerous international principles — experts
By Mick Krever, Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, John Allen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN
The foreigners that Russian state media routinely cite as being international observers to the so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine are violating numerous international principles of election observation and are engaging in nothing more than “political activism,” experts in the field told CNN.
“What they do is not election observation at all,” Anton Shekhovtsov, who writes reports on fake election observation for the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), a German and European Union-backed NGO, said Tuesday. “It’s a political activity that is only masquerading as election observation.”
The Russian state news agency TASS has over the past week regularly quoted the observations of people it calls international observers as proof that the so-called referendums being held in the occupied portions of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are free and fair.
“Being here, I can see with my own eyes that people are voting voluntarily,” a German energy executive, Stefan Schnaller, was quoted by TASS as saying in a piece published Saturday. Schnaller was speaking about people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.
The EPDE, which promotes best practice for the conduct of elections and election monitoring, says that an election monitor should never extrapolate from individual experience to the fairness of a whole election.
“Observers cannot properly assess elections when they are not members of a long-term observation mission and when they make public statements based only on their own limited observation,” the EPDE said.
Schaller was fired “with immediate effect” on Monday — two days after the TASS piece was published — by his employer, the German energy company Energie Waldeck-Frankenberg (EWF). In a statement, EWF said that Schnaller’s behavior “clearly violates the world view, the moral values and the philosophy of the company.”
How to monitor an election
In 2005, the United Nations endorsed a set of principles for international election observation.
Among them was that an international election observer mission must respect the “sovereignty of the country holding elections,” and that the host country — in this case, Ukraine — should issue an invitation for international observers. Neither of those principles has been met in this case.
“Any referenda or election on the territory of Ukraine can only be announced and conducted by that country’s authorities in compliance with national legislation and international standards in order to have any legal force,” said Katya Andrusz, a spokesperson for the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), of which Russia is a member.
Andrusz said in a statement to CNN that there was “no legal basis for these referenda.”
The UN also made clear that “international election observation missions should not accept funding or infrastructural support from the government whose elections are being observed.”
That principle, too, is routinely violated, experts said.
Wyatt Reed, an American who works for the Russian state news agency Sputnik, is cited by TASS as being an observer at a polling station in Sevastapol, Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. And he, too, is quoted for his anecdotal experience that “everything I have seen so far has been very transparent, very open.”
Shekhovtsov, of the EPDE, told CNN that it’s a “well-established business” for Russia to bring together a hodgepodge of so-called experts to lend fake legitimacy to its votes.
“They do this all the time,” he said. “They sent similar observers to the so-called referendum in Crimea in March 2014.”
“Usually they send people who are somehow connected or linked to various Russian actors. People from the Russian networks of influence in the West. Sometimes that people will actually be residing in Russia, so they would not be living in their home countries. Sometimes these are politicians, predominantly coming from the fringes, so it’s the far right and the far left. They would sometimes use journalists, various activists.”
At least one of the so-called monitors cited by TASS is on a list of known “fake” and “biased” observers maintained by the EPDE.
The EPDE says that Janlisbert Velasco, who had previously “observed” Russian parliamentary elections in annexed Crimea, met its criteria for being a “fake” observer. TASS cited Velasco as an observer from Venezuela who said that people in occupied Donetsk did not mind that their ballots were not secret.
Another example is Gianfranco Vestuto, who is cited by TASS as an “Italian observer.” Speaking on Saturday, he seemed to jump the gun on the referendum’s outcome. Though the vote ends Tuesday, Vestuto called the process in the Donbas a “voluntary and free reunification with Russia.” Vestuto is a little known, pro-Putin Italian politician who founded a branch of the far-right Lega party.
“They are not election observers,” Shekhovtsov said. “It’s just political activism. It’s a political activity. It has nothing to do with election observation.”
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Localish is delighted to share that 13 incredible youth leaders have been named Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award Honorees, celebrating young individuals who have gone above and beyond for their communities in sports-related causes. Below are the achievements of Viva Kreis, Sandhya Mahesh, and Rishan Patel, three of this year's honorees (left to right):
- Viva Kreis is a three-sport high school varsity athlete and a published writer, best known for her children's book called "She Did That!?" about inspiring female athletes such as Billie Jean King. Viva created the 'Sock It to Homelessness' initiative, which donated more than 5,000 pair of socks for homeless veterans in Pennsylvania. Having experienced considerable inequalities in sports, Viva strongly believes in the power of representation and hopes that the Award will enable her to further her education to become a journalist and broadcaster for women's sports.
- Sandhya Mahesh is a coach at SkateTherapy, a program encouraging children with disabilities to skate as a form of physical therapy. Her goals are to create better representation and a more inclusive environment for people with disabilities, and to provide skate opportunities for the underserved populous. Sandhya hopes the Award will help unlock the potential of disabled athletes and inspire the world to think differently about the power of disabled people.
- Rishan Patel is one of three National Honorees and is the founder and CEO of the sports equity nonprofit, Alley-Oop Kids and its legacy project Lending Lockers, which installs free-of-charge equipment lockers at under-resourced schools. Lending Lockers have been installed at over 100 locations worldwide, from Menlo to Mumbai, serving over 70,000 underserved youths. Rishan hopes that the Award will become a catalyst for youth activists to continue fighting for sports equity and lead change in their respective communities.
The Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award celebrates the sports icon's commitment to leadership and service, honoring high school and college-aged students who use sports to improve their communities. Every recipient gets a college scholarship or can direct a grant to their chosen charity. Tune in to the ESPYS on ABC, July 12. | https://abc11.com/billie-jean-king-espn-espy-social-causes/13485349/ | 2023-07-10 16:38:11 | 1 | https://abc11.com/billie-jean-king-espn-espy-social-causes/13485349/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With Formula’s One popularity and viewership booming in the United States, ESPN and the global motorsports series announced a new broadcast deal Saturday through 2025.
ESPN has broadcast F1 in the U.S. since 2018 and the new deal will keep commercial-free, live telecasts for all races on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, all owned by the Walt Disney Co. ESPN Deportes will continue as the Spanish-language home of F1 in the U.S.
The deal comes ahead of Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix, which will air on ABC. Terms were not disclosed.
“To continue to build and grow and push behind the tremendous momentum that exits with Formula One in the United States for another few seasons is really exciting for us,” ESPN President Burke Magnus said. “We’re not going to let up. We’re just going to continue to push hard because it’s spectacular content and spectacular competition.”
Under the new deal, at least 16 races will be on ABC or ESPN and all race weekends will include live coverage of practice and qualifying.
Magnus said ESPN has been pleased with its partnership with Sky Sports, which allows ESPN to use the Britain-based broadcaster’s race and practice productions.
“The next step for us is to build around their great production of the races,” Magnus said. “Having a more consistent presence on site, having more highlights on Sports Center, having more editorial coverage.
“The Sky production of the race is world class, I’m not sure we can replicate that ourselves without a lot of time, effort and expense.”
The network said the new deal also expands its direct-to-consumer rights, with details for more content on digital platforms to be announced later.
ESPN has been the U.S. rights holder in a boom time for F1, and the series will expand its calendar to a record 24 races in 2023. That includes three in the U.S. in Austin, Miami and Las Vegas. Only the Texas race was on the calendar when ESPN took over broadcast rights four years ago.
Last season had an average of 949,000 viewers, the network said. That has increased to more than 1.2 million tuning in on average over the first 18 races this season.
“They (ESPN) were really the first to believe on us here in America,” said Stefano Domenicali, president and chief executive officer of F1. “Now it seems easy because we seen the booming of the market. But we will not take it for granted. What ESPN did for the American fans is really special and is a reason why we are renewing this collaboration for the next three years.”
The inaugural Miami Grand Prix on ABC generated an average viewership of 2.6 million, the largest U.S. audience on record for a live F1 race.
Domenicali said the continued growth of the U.S. audience remains critical for F1.
“They (ESPN) know how to connect with the American audience,” Domenicali said. “They know what the American audience wants to hear.”
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DETROIT (AP) — Matt Manning threw six scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fifth to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Wednesday and split a two-game series.
Manning (1-1) allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a career-high eight in his first win since last Sept. 15 against Milwaukee.
Victor Reyes and Willi Castro each drove in two runs while Kody Clemens and Harold Castro each drove in one with two out in the bottom of the fifth. All six runs were charged to Logan Webb (11-7), who was pulled after Harold Castro's single made it 4-0. Willi Castro greeted reliever Thomas Szapucki with a two-run double.
Reyes' hit was the 300th of his career and extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Tommy La Stella drove in Mike Yastrzemski for the Giants’ lone run in the seventh inning.
GREEN LIGHT
Yastrzemski swiped second base in the fifth inning, the Giants’ 28th straight successful steal.
ROSTER MOVES
The Giants placed infielder Brandon Belt (right knee) on the 10-day injured list and recalled outfielder Bryce Johnson from Triple-A Sacramento.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: SS Javier Báez was a late scratch with back spasms. Clemens batted third in Báez’s spot in the lineup but played second base. Willi Castro, originally in the lineup at second, moved to shortstop. ... RHP Michael Pineda (right tricep tightness) had a good rehab start Tuesday, allowing one run on three hits while striking out six in four innings. Manager A.J. Hinch said Pineda will make a final rehab start on Sunday. ... RHP Jackson Jobe, the Tigers’ first-round pick, third overall, in the 2021 draft, was scratched from his start with High-A West Michigan because he woke up with a sore back. He is expected to start over the weekend.
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Alex Wood (8-10, 4.54 ERA) will start Friday in opener of a three-game series. at Minnesota.
Tigers: Begin a three-game series at Texas on Friday night with LHP Tyler Alexander (3-7, 4.03) starting.
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FORT MYERS (AP) — For Sara Lee Brinks, Ian was the first hurricane she’s ever experienced.
Originally from Michigan, the owner of Pine Island’s Frozen Flip Flop said that at first, she wasn’t worried about Ian, but it proved to be unlike anything she’s ever been through.
After checking in on her shop, Brinks is now working towards getting herself, and her community, back to normal.
Like Brinks, several Pine Island residents, businesses and officials are on a mission back to normalcy, aiming to rebuild better a little more than a month after the storm.
Pine Island suffered immense damage from the Category 4 storm, ripping up trees, telephone poles and roofs, as well as demolishing homes and businesses.
From Bokeelia to St. James City, inhabitants of the 17-mile-long unincorporated island have worked tirelessly in the weeks since Sept. 28 to clear debris from their properties and begin restoration efforts. The island has restored power and water.
While Ian’s 155 mph winds and nearly 12-foot storm surge tore through and left physical scars on the area, there was no damage to the island’s sense of community and spirit. From delivering meals to first responders to planning events to raise funds for those in need, Pine Islanders have stepped up to help one another on the road to recovery.
Progress after one month-plus
For Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Board member Cynthia Welch, the recovery process has been “ongoing but incredible to watch.”
“Just from the initial clearing of our roads before we even have had a bridge, our islanders were doing all that so that by the time we did get our road back, (Lee County Electric Cooperative) and their cohorts that they brought out could actually get out here and get started,” Welch said. “That was a huge step in the right direction right from the get-go. A lot of people kind of forget that … our roads were clear before we ever had any help from anybody outside.”
After Ian’s hit, Welch describes the devastation as mind-blowing, saying it was hard to look at initially. However, she applauds the strength of the community for banding together.
Now just over a month later, it is their strength that has allowed Pine Island to recover as quickly as it has.
“Most of our businesses are back open in some level or another and are functioning,” Welch said, with more than half of their over 200 members back and running. “People are going about their daily lives and cleaning up and picking up and getting their roofs fixed and their siding and all the other stuff. It’s incredible in just a month to see the difference.”
Through all of the tragedy and destruction, Welch said there has been no shortage of neighbors helping neighbors and terrific people coming out to support the community.
“From the linemen that come from God knows where to the volunteers who that have come out to help, the people who have donated stuff to help those who have lost everything … the hot meals were a godsend for everybody when you’re trying to do everything else,” Welch said. “All that stuff just restores your faith that good people are out there and then when push comes to shove, people band together to help each other out.”
Businesses reopen, give back after Ian
Brink had just opened her frozen yogurt shop, located along the middle of Stringfellow Road, in July of this year.
She said she joined the Pine Island community permanently in 2020, opening her shop two years later after polling locals to see what they wanted.
“During high season, we can’t get off island, that road is just all jammed up. The only two answers I got was coffee and ice cream,” Brink said. “In thinking that type 2 diabetes is rampant around here, I thought that frozen yogurt is lower in fat and sugar, so I thought frozen yogurt would be a good idea.”
When she learned about Ian’s impending path towards Southwest Florida, she said she honestly wasn’t nervous at all. She did pack a bag to head back to her native Michigan, yet decided to stay after hearing reassurance from neighbors and customers.
“When (neighbors) invited me down there (to shelter), it felt very safe until the surge and then we made a run for it to the neighboring stilt house in the surge,” Brinks said. “And then I got sick because of the floodwaters. I remember shivering it was so cold that night. When we came back through the floodwaters to the original house we all got sick.”
Coming out the next day and seeing the damage to her newly found community was “heartbreaking.” Fortunately, her yogurt shop received little to no damage.
Over three weeks, she only reopened for one day, giving out ice cream to first responders and residents. Now, she’s fully back open again.
Just a few yards away, fellow newcomer to Pine Island’s restaurant scene, Fine Swine owner Brian Crowley, wasn’t as lucky with hurricane damage.
His restaurant, opened this past January, experienced some roof and floor damage, as well as some of their ventilation system being blown off the roof. His food truck was also moved ten feet away from where it’s normally parked on their lot.
Yet, Crowley said he feels fortunate compared to his neighbors.
“I was kind of happy that it was in the condition it was in because we came by boat first, because there was no road, the first thing we saw were the houses and our community down in St. James City … it was just mangled,” Crowley said. “So many people lost so much. There’s people that lost literally everything. Those are the people that we’re trying to help out.”
Working out of the food truck after it was repositioned, Crowley was back to serving meals to the community on Nov. 2.
“We’ve had a really, really good response … people just come in and talk to each other and hang out. We got beer on the patio, So you can hang out on the patio,” Crowley said. “We can’t open inside yet but you can at least get a cold beer and hang out and talk to your neighbors.”
The Fine Swine even held a hurricane benefit concert to rebuild Pine Island in the parking lot of his restaurant Oct. 16. He estimates he has served over 1,200 meals to residents and first responders.
Damage in St. James City
Beyond the heart of Pine Island, other parts of the island were completely decimated by Ian.
On the southern tip, the famous fishing town of St. James City is normally home to several eclectic restaurants, shops, and art galleries.
As of now, a tragic mix of debris and dirt lines Stringfellow Road and the town’s surrounding streets, as if a bomb went off within the middle of the city.
The Low Key Tiki was one of the storms victims. Beloved by not just the Pine Island community but by those all over the world, the restaurant has captured the hearts of patrons for decades.
Following Ian, the restaurant suffered damage from three feet of flooding, losing all of the equipment in their main kitchen.
Despite the damage, owner Johnnie Smith said he and his staff reopened soon after and were serving meals to residents since “day one” after the storm hit.
The Low Key Tiki is currently in the process of being rethatched, expecting to close starting Nov. 8 for the repairs.
“Stronger than the surge”
The road to recovery is a long one for Pine Island, yet is being made faster by the dedication of locals.
For residents who have experienced the unimageable over the past month, Brinks said they’ve appreciated the hint of normalcy.
“Everybody is so supportive. People come in here and when they walk in, they say, ‘Oh my gosh, we needed this, it feels like nothing ever happened,’” Brinks said. “Or they’ll come in and cry. All they need are hugs or they’ll come in and just sit and vent. And then they will thank me for letting them vent because they just have to get it out.”
Brinks and Crowley are continuing to provide aid and join in on events to help recovery efforts. Brinks said she is preparing her shop to start serving hot breakfast for residents, while Crowley plans to serve meals at a Pine Island benefit in the works for Nov. 19.
As for the chamber, Wells said their next steps are collecting responses from their correspondence to all their members, noting when businesses expect to be open. While some businesses are already reopen, they expect others, specifically in St. James City and Matlacha, to take awhile before opening their doors.
From there, they will plan to do local ad campaign in the coming months to encourage locals to do day trips to the island. As of now, they aren’t exactly recommending traveling.
“We’re not discouraging anyone from coming out right now, but neither are we really encouraging everybody because we’ve still got a lot of work to do,” Welch said.
Welch does encourage the slogan of “Stronger than the Surge,” promoting the positive spirit of the islanders.
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HOUSTON (AP)Veteran outfielder Michael Brantley signed a one-year, $12 million deal to remain with the Houston Astros after missing more than half of last season with a shoulder injury.
The 2023 season will be Brantley’s fifth with the Astros. Last season he hit .288 with 14 doubles, five homers and 26 RBIs in 64 games before going on the injured list with a right shoulder injury that eventually required surgery.
Brantley said Wednesday that he is progressing well since the August surgery but that he won’t start hitting until mid-January.
”We have been working hard all offseason to get back,” he said. ”But overall, I’m doing fine. I’m really happy where I am physically.”
Brantley can earn up to $4 million in bonuses for plate appearances. He’ll get $500,000 each for 400 and 425 plate appearances and an additional $750,000 each for 450, 475, 500 and 525.
In four seasons in Houston, he was named to two All-Star Games and hit .306 in 379 games. Brantley missed the postseason last season but has hit .327 in 47 career playoff games with them.
He is excited to return to the team as Houston tries to build on last season’s World Series championship.
”I just look forward to being out there with my teammates contributing and just enjoying the atmosphere that my teammates bring each and every day,” he said. ”They get the best out of me and I try to get the best out of them.”
Brantley spent his first 10 major league seasons with Cleveland, where he was named to three All-Star Games and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2014.
Brantley has been Houston’s primary left fielder since signing with the team in 2019. While he was out last season, Yordan Alvarez played more left field instead of primarily serving as the team’s designated hitter. Manager Dusty Baker has said he’d like to continue to see Alvarez play defense this season, which would leave Brantley and Alvarez splitting time in left field.
Brantley said he’s spoken to Baker since agreeing to this deal but that they hadn’t discussed specifics of his role on the team in the coming season. But he added that he’d be open to playing designated hitter more if that’s what Baker wanted.
”Of course,” he said. ”I’m a team player. Team comes first always so I just look forward to contributing in a positive way.”
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Police: Chick-fil-A employee shot by driver over milkshake dispute
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) - A disagreement over a milkshake escalated into a shooting at a Philadelphia Chick-fil-A restaurant on Monday.
The incident ended with a 17-year-old employee getting hit in the leg and a suspect landing in custody.
Philadelphia police said a disgruntled customer driving for DoorDash lost his cool and fired a gun at the restaurant.
“We are not going to tolerate kids doing the right thing with individuals firing a gun over something minor,” said Philadelphia Police Department Capt. John Walker.
A bullet from the gun hit a team member with the fast-food restaurant in the leg.
According to police, the argument started when only one milkshake was included in the driver’s order, who was demanding a second.
Authorities said the driver pulled out a gun and placed it on his lap.
A manager then brought employees back into the store before the shooting happened, with the driver taking off.
But eventually, police said they tracked the driver to an address where positive identification was made.
Authorities said they asked the district attorney’s office to seek a high bail to keep the man behind bars.
The injured employee is expected to survive the shooting, according to police.
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Newborn abandoned in the cold outside of Massachusetts home, police say
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WBZ) - Police in Massachusetts are looking for a mom who allegedly left her newborn outside in the cold for two days.
Juliannys Aviles came home and unexpectedly found a helpless baby boy on her doorstep, tucked in a car seat, cold and crying.
“It was a blessing that he was still alive. It was a blessing. It was meant for me to find him,” she said.
The newborn was left outside in the frigid cold for two days.
Police said they believe that the baby was abandoned from Friday night until Sunday evening when the family got back from their weekend getaway in Boston.
“His face was so swollen. His feet were red and super swollen. His whole body was cracked. His hands were cracked. He needed the medical attention,” Aviles said.
Her husband ran to get help from their neighbor, Marilyn Whyte.
“I looked at the baby’s eyes. All you could see was they were swollen from crying so much. It was just so devastating. It just broke my heart into pieces,” she said.
The baby boy was taken to Baystate Medical Center, where he is still recovering.
As police look for his mother, advocates say under the state’s Safe Haven Act, desperate parents can leave their newborns at a fire station or at the hospital without facing criminal prosecution.
“You don’t have to give any information. It might make them more comfortable to bring the baby and not be scared,” advocate Serenity Jackson said.
Those who helped save the baby’s life want answers.
“I just don’t understand what type of mother would do such a thing. That’s what breaks my heart,” Whyte said.
The Aviles family said they hope to foster the baby they helped.
“We saved his life. He was meant for us. He was meant to be with us,” Aviles said.
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Epson FC2012AN and FC3215AN Families Provide Developers with Broader Market Opportunities with Trusted Technology in Smaller Form Factor
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson today introduced the FC2012AN and FC3215AN –two new families of quartz crystal units that deliver very low equivalent series resistance (ESR) and extremely tight frequency tolerance in an ultra-compact form factor. Equipped with a newly redesigned crystal element based on Epson's in-house design and decades of production technology expertise, these crystals are ideal for a variety of markets and applications such as IoT, wearables, medical, industrial, security surveillance and consumer electronics.
The new Epson FC2012AN and FC3215AN quartz crystal units are very robust, offering a very low ESR of 35kΩ (typ) and support a wide operating temperature range from -40 to 105 degrees Celsius which is
critical for portable electronics in extremely space constrained applications. In addition, these crystals deliver a fixed frequency tolerance of ±20ppm. The FC2012AN is 2.0 x 1.2mm in size, and the FC3215AN is 3.2 x 1.5mm.
"Developers of cutting-edge technology always look to integrate higher efficiency and energy-saving designs into their products," said Chris McCormick, director of product management, Timing Devices, Epson America, Inc. "Epson's new FC2012AN and FC3215AN flagship crystal families deliver in both areas, enabling customers to make smaller products that use less energy."
Epson is a leading supplier of kHz-band crystal units and also offers a lineup of oscillators with built-in oscillator circuit ICs and real-time clock modules with built-in real-time clock ICs. The FC2012AN and FC3215AN are available now through Epson America's channel partners. Visit https://epson.com/microdevices-partners for more information.
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
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LHSAA football scores, live updates for Week 7 of the Louisiana high school season
It's Week 7 of the LHSAA football season.
Teams are inching closer to the Louisiana high school playoffs.
Here is a look at some of the top games in the state.
John Curtis at Acadiana
Talk about a juggernaut battle. Acadiana welcomes Class 5A perennial power John Curtis campus for what should be an electric matchup between to state championship-caliber teams. John Curtis’ lone loss is to another 5A power in Zachary. The Rams have rebounded from their season-opening loss to Lafayette Christian and are playing as well as anyone in the state. Bring your own mouthpieces for this one.
West Monroe at West Ouachita
West Monroe (4-1) started district play strong last week with a 54-0 shutout over Pineville. The Rebels woke up defensively with Grant Edmondson racking up two Interceptions. Last season the Rebels shut out West Ouachita 25-0. The Chiefs (4-2) are coming off a 69-7 loss to Ouachita Parish.
Byrd at Parkway
The Jackets provide the next big test for the Panthers, who are seeking an undefeated season. If Byrd cuts down on mistakes, this one could be close.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Energy Transfer LP ("Energy Transfer" or the "Company") (NYSE: ET) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Energy Transfer investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired common shares of Energy Transfer stock between April 13, 2017 and December 20, 2021, both dates inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
ET investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (a) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (b) Energy Transfer, through its subsidiary Rover Pipeline, LLC, hired a third-party contractor to conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities for the Rover Pipeline Project, whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River when a large inadvertent release took place on April 13, 2017; (c) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") was actively investigating the Energy Transfer's wrongdoing related to the April 13 release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC's findings on this matter.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Energy Transfer during the relevant time frame, you have until August 2, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Bidens and Eva Longoria screen ‘Flamin’ Hot’ movie about the origins of the spicy Cheetos snack
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and director Eva Longoria welcomed hundreds to the White House lawn Thursday to screen the new movie, “Flamin’ Hot,” a feel-good story about how a Mexican American janitor working at Frito-Lay sold his superiors on his idea to spice up the crunchy snack’s cheesy coating.
They held out the tale of one-time janitor Richard Montañez, which is based on his memoir, as an inspirational account of how one man reached for a dream and overcame the odds — gliding past indications that Montañez’ account is dubious.
Biden told the crowd: “When I think about tonight’s movie, I think about courage. So many of you, your ancestors left behind all that they knew to start a new life in the United States.”
Longoria said Montañez’ story inspired her because she has been told “no” during her career, that ideas don’t come from people like her, that she couldn’t do certain jobs because she is a woman. She said she and her team worked hard “to produce this authentic film steeped in inclusion.”
First lady Jill Biden said Montañez helped change the way companies think about Latino customers, adding: “This film isn’t just about Richard. It’s about everyone who has been overlooked or underestimated.”
But The Los Angeles Times has published allegations that Montañez fabricated his role in the snack’s creation. And Frito-Lay says he “was not involved.”
A White House official defended the decision to screen the film, saying it is not a documentary and was shown to give Americans from different backgrounds a chance to see themselves reflected in film and celebrated by the president, as was done with other movie screenings this year. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal White House deliberations.
In the film, actor Jesse Garcia stars as Montañez, a one-time Frito-Lay floor-sweeper in southern California who persuaded his bosses to make a snack that celebrates the flavors of Mexico.
The Bidens and Longoria stressed what they said was the movie’s broader message of inclusion.
“Richard Montañez disrupted the food industry in the ‘90s by channeling his Mexican American heritage to help turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a multibillion-dollar brand today and a cultural phenomenon,” Longoria said. “We are telling a story that celebrates the American entrepreneurial dream without sidestepping the fact that the dream isn’t available in the same way for everyone.”
Biden said it was the first White House screening of a film focused on Hispanic characters.
The film marks Longoria’s debut as a film director. The former “Desperate Housewives” actor is also very active Democratic politics. She spoke at the party’s past three national political conventions and has helped raise money for Biden, former President Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates.
Biden, a Democrat, announced in April that he is running for reelection in 2024 and Hispanic Americans are a core part of the Democratic Party base.
Hundreds of people, including cast members, Latino community leaders, members of Congress, state legislators and others gathered on the lawn on blankets, wooden benches or folding chairs while munching on tortilla chips and salsa or Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and sipping cool drinks. A mariachi band on the Blue Room balcony warmed up the crowd.
Biden has screened other films this year, each time eschewing the small, 42-seat White House movie theater for the much larger East Room or the sprawling lawn.
For Black History Month in February, the president hosted a screening of “Till,” a drama about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was brutally killed after a white woman said the Black 14-year-old had made improper advances toward her.
Biden marked Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month last month with a screening of the streaming series “American Born Chinese.”
“Flamin’ Hot” was released June 9 for streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, signaling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down.
Kishida made the comment at a “green transformation” conference on bolstering the country’s efforts to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. Japan has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Anti-nuclear sentiment and safety concerns rose sharply in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, but the government has been pushing for a return to nuclear energy amid worries of power shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global push to reduce greenhouse gases.
The government, however, previously insisted it was not considering building new plants or replacing aged reactors, apparently to avoid stoking criticism from a wary public. Kishida’s comment on Wednesday represents a sharp change from that stance.
He said the panel presented proposals for the development and construction of “new innovative reactors designed with new safety mechanisms.” He called on the government to speed up its examination of “every possible measure” and reach a decision by the end of the year.
“In order to overcome our imminent crisis of a power supply crunch, we must take our utmost steps to mobilize all possible policies in the coming years and prepare for any emergency,” Kishida said.
“It is extremely important to secure all options to redesign a stable energy supply for our country,” Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters. “From that perspective, we will also consider all options regarding nuclear power.”
Most of Japan’s nuclear power plants were taken off line following the Fukushima accident for safety checks under tightened standards.
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami destroyed key cooling functions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011, causing three reactors to melt and contaminating the region with massive radiation that still keeps some areas uninhabitable.
Japanese utilities have since set more than 20 reactors for decommissioning, largely because of the high cost of safety measures. Of the 33 workable reactors, 25 have been screened for safety checks by the Nuclear Safety Authority. Seventeen have been approved so far, but only 10 have restarted after gaining consent from local communities, including three currently off line for regular safety inspections.
The government has already announced plans to speed up restarts and have up to nine reactors restarted by winter to cope with the energy crunch. It aims to restart seven other reactors after next summer and to further prolong the operational life of aging reactors to beyond 60 years from the initial 40 years.
Some energy experts say so-called next-generation reactors, such as small modular reactors, could be costly and add a financial burden to plant operators.
Toyoshi Fuketa, commissioner of Japan’s nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear Safety Authority, told reporters on Wednesday that his agency’s safety standards are not affected by the government’s nuclear energy policy. Japan does not yet have safety standards for next-generation reactors and it would take more than a year to set such guidelines, while the safety of aging reactors needs to be carefully examined individually, he said.
Critics say the true cost of nuclear energy would be much higher if the expense of radioactive waste management and final storage facilities are included, and that there are long-term environmental hazards of another Fukushima-like accident. They also say Russia’s attacks on a nuclear plant in Ukraine show they are a potential security risk and need to be better protected.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, has come under fire over lax safeguards at another plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, where it is seeking to restart two reactors. The reactors are among the seven that the government wants to quickly restart.
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On November 1, Miamians are Encouraged to Participate in a Guided Meditation to Promote a Peaceful and Just City
MIAMI, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a fraught world of political divide and midterm election stress, while a community reels from the effects of Hurricane Ian, the world's leading pioneer of integrative medicine and well-being, Dr. Deepak Chopra will join Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for a community meditation to promote peace and wellness among Miami residents. The guided meditation will commence November 1 from noon-1pm at Regatta Park (3500 Pan American Drive.)
With hopes to help encourage and facilitate a more peaceful and joyful world, Dr. Chopra will be presented with the keys to the city by Mayor Suarez – a special honor that will signify the city's acknowledgement to the importance of mental health initiatives.
"Miami is honored and privileged to host Dr. Deepak Chopra for a city-wide meditation," said Francis X. Suarez, Mayor of Miami. "As the healthiest and happiest city in America, we know that a joyful life starts with our mental well-being. I encourage all our residents to join us and take full advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from the pioneer of mental wellness himself."
"It's an honor for me to serve the vision of Mayor Suarez for peace, justice, sustainability, health, prosperity and joy," said Dr. Deepak Chopra.
This is not the first time mayors and cities have encouraged city-wide mental health engagement. In September, Dr. Deepak Chopra joined Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse for a special ceremony and guided meditation as part of the mayor's mental wellness series. The City of New York has also engaged Dr. Chopra to a community meditation event to promote mental wellbeing for a more peaceful and just world.
About Chopra Foundation
The Chopra Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization (#36-4793898) dedicated to improving health and well-being, cultivating spiritual knowledge, expanding consciousness, and promoting world peace to all members of the human family.
The mission of the Chopra Foundation is to advance the cause of mind/body spiritual healing, education, and research through fundraising for selected projects.
For more information please visit www.choprafoundation.org
About Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra MD, FACP, FRCP founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is also an Honorary Fellow in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 92nd book, Abundance (Harmony Books) provides an enlightening guide to success, fulfillment, wholeness, and plenty, offering practical advice on how to cultivate a sense of abundance in times of fear and insecurity. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century." www.deepakchopra.com
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Man booked for 1994 cold case murder of mom, son in Renton
RENTON, Wash. - A man accused of murdering a mother and her son in Renton in 1994 has been booked into the King County Jail in connection to their deaths.
On Oct. 28, 1994, 23-year-old Stacy Ann Falcon-Dewey and her 3-year-old son, Jacob, were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head. Their bodies were left on a dead-end road in Renton.
Falcon-Dewey, a single mother, was killed just five days after her 23rd birthday.
According to The Seattle Times, during Falcon-Dewey’s autopsy, oral swabs and fingernail clippings captured DNA from an unknown man. That evidence was preserved and was positively matched to a man in 2002 when advances in DNA science were discovered.
Falcon-Dewey's mother, 74-year-old Vianne Falcon, told FOX 13 in 2022 that she was unaware that there was even a DNA match.
"What a shock this is for me and my family. Finally, after 28 years since the murders and still wonder[ing] why there has been no charges since the DNA match was made in 2003. I am ecstatic that my daughter and grandson are finally going to get the justice that they so deserve. Now I will finally have some good news to take to her at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. That will be a time for celebration for sure," Falcon told FOX 13 News via email in 2022.
Falcon died before she got to see justice for her daughter and grandson.
Court documents say that DNA was linked to 51-year-old Jerome Jones.
Jones was in prison in California for killing a man in 1995, but the state recently vacated his conviction.
He was free to go in California, but King County Prosecutors had a warrant in their system for his arrest in connection to the two murders. He was extradited back to Washington to face charges.
Jones is scheduled to be arraigned on May 9 for two counts of aggravated murder. | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/man-booked-for-1994-cold-case-murder-of-mom-son-in-renton | 2023-05-04 05:52:32 | 1 | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/man-booked-for-1994-cold-case-murder-of-mom-son-in-renton |
Trump lawyers detail document hunt in contempt ruling fight
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team wants to void a contempt ruling and $10,000-per-day fine against the former president over a subpoena for documents related to a New York civil investigation into his business dealings, saying they’ve conducted a detailed search for the relevant files.
A new, 66-page court filing dated Friday describes Trump’s lawyers’ efforts to produce documents sought by New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office, which is probing whether Trump may have misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for over a decade.
Trump has called the investigation a political witch hunt and recently called James, who is Black, “racist” and said the courts were “biased, unyielding, and totally unfair.”
Last week, a New York appellate judge rejected his bid to suspend the fine while Trump appeals the decision.
In the recent court filing, Trump attorney Alina Habba said the responses to the subpoena were complete and correct and that no relevant documents or information were withheld.
Habba conducted searches of Trump’s offices and private quarters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, according to the filing, but didn’t find any relevant documents that hadn’t already been produced. The filing also detailed searches of other locations including file cabinets and storage areas at the Trump Organization’s offices in New York.
In a separate sworn affidavit included with the filing, Trump stated there aren’t any relevant documents that haven’t already been produced.
He added that he owns two cellphones: an iPhone for personal use that he submitted in March to be searched as part of the subpoena, then submitted again in May; plus a second phone he was recently given that’s only used to post on Truth Social, the social media network he started after his ban from Twitter, Facebook and other platforms.
In a previous court ruling, Habba called the contempt ruling and fine “unconscionable and indefensible.”
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FREDERICK COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) said deputies were working with school officials after someone used Snapchat to send messages that suggested somebody may be going to a middle school “to do harm to others.”
The sheriff’s office became aware of the potential threat against Admiral Byrd Middle School in Winchester Monday night.
FCSO said the initial messages were shared a number of times with other students. Some of those students showed their parents who, in turn, contacted people with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) and the sheriff’s office.
Investigators determined the threats contained in the messages weren’t credible, but extra resources were at the middle school Tuesday morning as a precaution.
Anyone with information about the threats, or the person or people responsible, can call the sheriff’s office or school officials. | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/deputies-investigate-snapchat-threats-against-virginia-middle-school/ | 2022-09-06 18:41:20 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/deputies-investigate-snapchat-threats-against-virginia-middle-school/ |
WASHINGTON — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1 billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a new federal program.
The Biden administration is making the grants available as part of a wider effort to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles and reduce air pollution near schools and communities.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan are set to announce the grant awards Wednesday in Seattle. The new, mostly electric school buses will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and better protect children’s health, the White House said.
As many as 25 million children ride familiar yellow school buses each school day and will have a “healthier future” with a cleaner fleet, Regan said. "This is just the beginning of our work to ... reduce climate pollution and ensure the clean, breathable air that all our children deserve,” he said.
Only about 1% of the nation’s 480,000 school buses were electric as of last year, but the push to abandon traditional diesel buses has gained momentum in recent years. Money for the new purchases is available under the federal Clean School Bus Program, which includes $5 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed last year.
The clean bus program “is accelerating our nation’s transition to electric and low-emission school buses while ensuring a brighter, healthier future for our children,” Regan said in a statement.
The EPA initially made $500 million available for clean buses in May but increased that to $965 million last month, responding to what officials called overwhelming demand for electric buses across the country. An additional $1 billion is set to be awarded in the budget year that began Oct. 1.
The EPA said it received about 2,000 applications requesting nearly $4 billion for more than 12,000 buses, mostly electric. A total of 389 applications worth $913 million were accepted to support purchase of 2,463 buses, 95% of which will be electric, the EPA said. The remaining buses will run on compressed natural gas or propane.
School districts identified as priority areas serving low-income, rural or tribal students make up 99% of the projects that were selected, the White House said. More applications are under review, and the EPA plans to select more winners to reach the full $965 million in coming weeks.
Districts set to receive money range from Wrangell, Alaska, to Anniston, Alabama; and Teton County, Wyoming, to Wirt County, West Virginia. Besides Washington, major cities that won grants for clean school buses include New York, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Seattle.
Harris and Regan are expected to announce the awards at an event in Seattle with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Gov. Jay Inslee. Murray is running for reelection against Republican Tiffany Smiley. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/electric-school-buses/507-e5012de9-5f95-46d2-b614-83c9ee4be4cf | 2022-10-26 13:09:11 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/electric-school-buses/507-e5012de9-5f95-46d2-b614-83c9ee4be4cf |
First-in-human clinical study of PH-762 for the treatment of advanced melanoma open for enrollment
Expect to finalize IND-enabling studies for PH-894 in the second half of 2022
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of therapeutics based on its proprietary self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a business update.
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"We are pleased enrollment is open for our first-in-human clinical trial for PH-762 at the Gustave Roussy Institute, one of the largest cancer centers in Europe. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and checkpoint anti-tumor activity of PH-762 in a neoadjuvant setting in subjects with advanced melanoma. The clinical study will feature a dose escalation of PH-762 with top-line data from the first group of patients expected in the first quarter of 2023," said Dr. Geert Cauwenbergh, Principal Executive Officer of Phio. "In addition, the new preclinical data we recently presented at the AACR Annual Meeting shows the potential of PH-894 to be used in treating patients who do not respond to anti-PD-1 therapy, or patients who progress after initially responding to treatment with checkpoint inhibitors. The reaction of the investment community when this data was presented, reinforces the relevance of a compound like PH-894, an INTASYL compound specifically targeting BRD4, in patients who may not respond or relapse after PD-1 therapy. We expect to finalize IND-enabling studies for PH-894 in the second half of 2022," concluded Dr. Cauwenbergh.
Quarter in Review and Recent Corporate Updates
- Enrollment open for the Company's Phase 1b clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and anti-tumor activity of PH-762 in a neoadjuvant setting in subjects with advanced melanoma.
- Presented new in vivo data at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022 that provide a strong rationale for the clinical use of PH-894, a BRD4-targeting, self-delivering RNAi, as a monotherapy, as well as in combination with systemic PD-1 therapy.
- Continue to develop PH-3861, a dual-targeting INTASYL towards PD-1 and BRD4. Last year this program reported data that show PH-3861 elicited complete cure of tumors in an in vivo hepatoma model and outperformed the efficacy of the small molecule and antibody control treatments toward the same targets. In addition, local INTASYL therapy was shown to induce a systemic anti-tumor response with clearance of untreated distal tumors.
Upcoming Pipeline Milestones
- Expect to finalize IND-enabling studies for PH-894 in the second half of 2022.
- On track to report top-line data from the first group of patients with advanced melanoma in the clinical trial for PH-762 in the first quarter of 2023.
- Additional data publications on the Company's pipeline programs.
Financial Results
Cash Position
At March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of $20.5 million as compared with $24.1 million at December 31, 2021. The Company expects its current cash will be sufficient to fund currently planned operations to the second quarter of 2023.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were approximately $1.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared with approximately $2.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to the preclinical studies and manufacturing costs to support the Company's clinical trial with PH-762, which were completed in the prior year period, offset by increases in CRO costs in preparation for the start of the Company's clinical trial with PH-762 and personnel-related expenses due to an increase in headcount as compared to the prior year period.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were approximately $1.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared with approximately $1.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in legal and patent fees offset by an increase in stock-based compensation expense.
Net Loss
Net loss was $2.6 million, or $0.19 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared with $3.4 million, or $0.32 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The decrease in net loss was primarily attributable to the decrease in research and development expenses as described above.
About Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO) is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform. The Company's efforts are focused on silencing tumor-induced suppression of the immune system through its proprietary INTASYL platform with utility in immune cells and the tumor microenvironment. Our goal is to develop powerful INTASYL therapeutic compounds that can weaponize immune effector cells to overcome tumor immune escape, thereby providing patients a powerful new treatment option that goes beyond current treatment modalities. For additional information, visit the Company's website, www.phiopharma.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "intends," "believes," "anticipates," "indicates," "plans," "expects," "suggests," "may," "would," "should," "potential," "designed to," "will," "ongoing," "estimate," "forecast," "target," "predict," "could" and similar references, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. These statements are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of important factors, including, but not limited to, the impact to our business and operations by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the development of our product candidates, results from our preclinical and clinical activities, our ability to execute on business strategies, our ability to develop our product candidates with collaboration partners, and the success of any such collaborations, the timeline and duration for advancing our product candidates into clinical development, the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, the success of our efforts to commercialize our product candidates if approved, our ability to manufacture and supply our product candidates for clinical activities, and for commercial use if approved, the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our technology platform, our ability to obtain future financing, market and other conditions and those identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the caption "Risk Factors" and in other filings the Company periodically makes with the SEC. Readers are urged to review these risk factors and to not act in reliance on any forward-looking statements, as actual results may differ from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements. Phio does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views, events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance.
Jose Gonzalez was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the March 2017 murder of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year Fire Department veteran and mother of five, in the Bronx.
Prosecutors said the fatal encounter started when Gonzalez grabbed the back of Arroyo's ambulance and rode on it, then jumped off and stole a man's backpack.
The robbery victim flagged down the ambulance and Arroyo got out and spoke briefly to Gonzalez, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said.
Gonzalez then jumped into the driver's seat of the ambulance, backed up over Arroyo and drove forward, dragging her across an intersection, Clark said. Arroyo was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The case against Gonzalez was delayed by psychiatric evaluations to determine his fitness to stand trial. He was convicted on March 8 after a month-long trial.
Clark said in a statement that the sentencing “closes a long and difficult chapter for the victim’s family and her FDNY colleagues, who have waited for justice for six years.”
The Daily News reported that Arroyo's mother, Leida Rosado, said in court before the sentencing, "At night, before I close my eyes, Yadi is the last thought on my mind. Taken from me in the most savage way.”
Gonzalez told the courtroom, “I apologize to the victim’s family. I never knew what was going on.”
Gonzalez's attorney had sought a sentence of 20 years to life. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/man-sentenced-to-life-in-death-of-nyc-ambulance-17920559.php | 2023-04-26 20:21:29 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/man-sentenced-to-life-in-death-of-nyc-ambulance-17920559.php |
APPLE VALLEY, Minn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since opening its doors in 1978, the Minnesota Zoo has been a champion of tiger conservation – supporting efforts in the wild and playing a prominent role in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Amur tiger Species Survival Plan (SSP).
It's with much excitement the Zoo announces this legacy continues. On Mother's Day, May 8, 2022, four Amur tiger cubs were born at the Minnesota Zoo under the watchful eye of the Zoo's Animal Care and Health teams. Sadly, one cub did not survive, which is not uncommon in litters this size; however, the other three cubs quickly and successfully bonded with their mother, Sundari, or Dari for short.
"These cubs represent a major, positive step forward in our efforts to support the global population of Amur tigers," said Minnesota Zoo Director John Frawley. "Having three thriving cubs, and a mother who is successfully raising them, is a true testament to the care and dedication provided by our incredible team of zookeepers and veterinary staff."
Over the past month, the cubs – two males and one female – have been closely monitored as they continue to reach a number of positive milestones. They remain in a behind-the-scenes habitat with Dari – who has shown her patient maternal instinct while caring for them.
"Dari has proven to be an incredible mother to these cubs," said Dr. Taylor Yaw, Chief Animal Care, Health, and Conservation Officer. "She has been attentive, nursing around the clock, and keeping the cubs groomed and by her side. The deep bond and trust that our keepers have formed with Dari over the years has allowed us to monitor the cubs and safely separate her from the cubs in order to perform routine health checks."
The three cubs are an exciting addition to our Zoo community and an important birth for the conservation of the species. One of the most endangered animals in the world, only about 500 Amur tigers remain in the wild. Coordinated breeding and conservation efforts between accredited institutions is critical for the survival of the global species.
As with any newborns, these first months will prove critical for the cubs and their development. We remain cautiously optimistic and anticipate the cubs will be introduced to their public habitat in mid to late-July.
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DULUTH — An ongoing nationwide pilot shortage is continuing to delay the potential flight between Duluth and Denver.
The long-awaited daily flight to Denver International Airport would give passengers from Duluth International Airport access to a major hub to the West Coast and Intermountain West, but there just aren’t enough pilots to support new routes with regional airlines struggling to staff existing service, Tom Werner, executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority, said in an interview with the News Tribune.
Still, Werner is hopeful that the $750,000 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2021 will attract an airline to establish the route. The airport has an eight-year window to use the grant.
The federal grant, coupled with additional funds from area businesses, the city of Duluth and St. Louis County, is meant to “mitigate startup risk for the airline and do some initial marketing,” Werner said.
But for an airline to move in, the route needs to be profitable, and Werner believes it would be. Denver is already a “top-five origin destination” based on daily passengers flying between Duluth and Denver, he said.
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“It’s possible that there could be some movement later in 2023, but as I look at the industry now and (from) what our airline partners are telling us about what they have for labor pool and their ability to grow — their growth projections — I continue to say probably what I said two years ago, which is: Within the next couple of years, we’re hopeful that we’re going to get this off the ground,” Werner said.
There was already a pilot shortage prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the airline industry forecast it would worsen with a wave of pilots approaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.
But when COVID-19 hit in early 2020 and people stopped flying, it accelerated those retirements and interrupted the training of would-be pilots.
Looking ahead, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there will be more than 18,000 openings for airline and commercial pilots each year for the next decade.
“Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire,” the bureau said.
Major carriers have been filling openings by hiring pilots from regional airlines, like the ones that serve Duluth.
While the flights are branded United Airlines and Delta Airlines, those major carriers contract many of their regional flights out to smaller carriers like Air Wisconsin Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and Endeavor Air.
Werner said monthly passenger numbers are recovering from the pandemic, but there have been fewer flights per day in and out of Duluth as airlines are combating the pilot shortage by flying larger planes with more seats.
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Other regional airports have been hit much harder.
“We are on the precipice of a wholesale collapse of small community air service,” Fay Malarkey Black, CEO of the Regional Airline Association, said in November. “It has already begun, with 60 U.S. airports losing more than half their air service since 2019. Every policymaker in the Administration and Congress must set aside politics and address this crisis today.”
Duluth is faring better than its peers, having lost 10.25% of its air service since 2019, while Fargo has lost almost 18% and Rochester has lost almost 55% over the last three years, according to Rally For Air Service, a coalition of airports, airlines chambers of commerce and other groups.
“Many of our peer communities that we compete with for air service are not doing that well,” Werner said. “So while we’re not going to rest on our laurels, we’re blessed to have what we have and are looking to grow from here.”
Duluth receives service from United Airlines with three daily nonstop flights to Chicago and from Delta Airlines with three daily nonstop flights to Minneapolis. Sun Country also provides twice-weekly nonstop flights to Phoenix, Arizona, and Fort Myers, Florida. The Fort Myers flight, however, is on hiatus through the end of the month due to soft bookings in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
Strong passenger numbers on those flights are key to attracting new flights and airlines, like the potential fight to Denver, Werner said.
There just need to be more pilots.
“If COVID had not happened and disrupted the talent pool for the airlines the way it did, Denver would be going daily today,” Werner said. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/pilot-shortage-still-drags-down-potential-duluth-denver-flight | 2023-01-09 18:33:26 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/pilot-shortage-still-drags-down-potential-duluth-denver-flight |
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KAY Jewelers is lighting up the holidays as a proud sponsor of NBC's "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," special bringing together America's #1 jewelry retailer with one of the country's most iconic holiday traditions for the 90th year.
This year, KAY is modernizing this festive holiday tradition with a play on its own signature jingle, "Every Kiss Begins with Kay" with the launch of #KayKissCam, a TikTok campaign that encourages users to share their holiday kisses for a chance to be featured on NBC during the "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special. E! News' "The Rundown" host, Erin Lim Rhodes kicked off the #KayKissCam TikTok challenge by sharing an adorable kiss with her furry friend and urging followers to upload their own kiss videos. Other TikTokers such as Jake & Sean, Josh & Katie, The Scott Family, and The Cole Life also participated in the challenge in addition to exchanging sparkling diamond Love Entwined necklaces and Bulova Octava watches from KAY. Select kisses from a New York City-based kiss cam will also be featured during the two-hour telecast, airing on NBC, Wednesday, November 30 at 8 pm ET/PT.
A new partnership with GRAMMY Award-nominated, multi-platinum country music star Jimmie Allen, who will wear KAY jewelry during his live performance "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," completes this year's sponsorship. Allen is also participating in the #KayKissCam campaign on TikTok to encourage his own followers to get in the holiday spirit and share a kiss with someone they love.
"I love wearing bold jewelry – it brings light and energy to my style on and off stage," said Allen. "I'm thrilled to partner with KAY Jewelers ahead of my performances during 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center. It's a great opportunity to kick off the holiday season and celebrate a beloved holiday tradition."
"We cherish our long-standing partnership celebrating 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center,' as it brings the magic of the holiday season to life for our customers, who tend to be sentimentalists and find ways to celebrate the significant moments in life," says Jamie Singleton, KAY Jewelers President. "This year, we are happy to add new TikTok activities and partnerships to engage new generations in the tradition in an even more meaningful way as we showcase kisses across the country and join together to inspire love."
To participate, use the hashtag #KayKissCam on TikTok, and tune-in tomorrow Wednesday, November 30th on NBC to watch the ceremony live at 8 pm ET/PT.
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Len Dawson, MVP of Chiefs’ first Super Bowl win, in hospice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City.
KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda.
The MVP of the Chiefs’ 23-7 Super Bowl victory over Minnesota in January 1970, Dawson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012.
From Alliance, Ohio, Dawson starred at Purdue and was selected fifth overall by Pittsburgh in the 1957 NFL draft. After seeing limited time in the NFL in three seasons with the Steelers and two with Cleveland, he joined the Dallas Texans in the American Football League in 1962, reuniting with former Purdue assistant coach Hank Stram.
Dawson moved with the team to Kansas City the following season and remained the Chiefs’ starting quarterback until retiring in 1975.
In addition to his work at KMBC where he was the station’s first sports anchor, Dawson was a game analyst for NBC and the Chiefs’ radio network and hosted HBO’s “Inside the NFL” show.
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SHANGHAI, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, is pleased to announce that the lithium battery energy storage system developed by Powin LLC ("Powin") has successfully obtained the UL 9540A certification issued by Intertek, which enables the product to enter the international market.
Intertek has certified Powin's Stack750™ lithium battery energy storage products, including modules and systems and covering a variety of cell configurations. Stack750™ is Powin's first modular product under the Centipede™ Hardware Platform. The 1500Vdc energy solution operates for over two hours and comes in outdoor rated, preassembled, and pre-tested modular stacks with increased energy density, thermal performance, faster install times, reduction in CAPEX, and serviceability. It is available with a 20-year performance warranty. The UL9540A certification issued by Intertek certifies that the product has passed the large-scale thermal runaway spread testing of the battery energy storage system and has met the world's highest quality standards in terms of fire protection and safety.
Steve Li, Sales Director of Intertek Electrical Northeast China, said: "The certification awarded by Intertek to Powin's Stack750™ lithium battery energy storage system demonstrates the productive cooperation between the two parties. Intertek's energy storage expert team conducted a comprehensive technical assessment and rigorous testing of the product. The successful test demonstrates the high reliability of Powin's Stack750™ lithium battery energy storage system and the certification issued by Intertek provides the end-to-end risk-based Quality Assurance for the product as it successfully enters the global market."
The Intertek Energy Storage Systems and Inverters Laboratory has complete professional testing equipment and experienced testing engineers. The laboratory is accredited by the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS), the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL), Australia SAA, India MNRE, Brazil INMETRO, Mexican NOM and Taiwan BSMI. It serves the entire Asia-Pacific region, providing global market access testing and certification services for batteries, converters/inverters and energy storage systems. Intertek Shanghai Laboratory has testing and certification capabilities for standards from consumer to industrial batteries and energy storage systems, including IEC62619, IEC63056, IEC62477-1, IEC62040-1, UL1973, UL2580, UL2271, UL2743, UL 9540, UL 9540A and UL1741, and can provide CB and ETL certifications for customers in the energy storage industry.
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Pringles is on a mission to rename a spider.
Published: Jul. 7, 2022 at 12:42 PM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
(CNN) - The potato chip company is asking people to sign a petition to rename this kidney garden spider to the Pringles spider, saying it looks like its mascot Mister P.
They pointed to its round white body and its distinctive markings above the massive mustache as the reason.
Pringles is hoping the spider community will recognize the spider as their own.
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Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D) met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) Wednesday to urge the House Republican leader to negotiate with President Biden on legislation to raise the debt limit, a sign the senior West Virginia senator could play a pivotal role in bipartisan talks.
Manchin’s meeting with McCarthy comes at a time when other Democrats, including Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (Pa.), the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, say that Democrats should not negotiate over the debt limit.
A source familiar with the meeting said Manchin encouraged McCarthy to negotiate with Biden to find a path forward that would avoid harming the American people.
The source described the interaction as “a good meeting” and said “no commitments” were made.
Manchin on Sunday called on the White House to negotiate with House Republicans over raising the debt limit, arguing it would be a “mistake” to expect Congress to authorize new federal borrowing authority without bipartisan talks.
“We have to negotiate. This is the democracy that we have. We have a two-party system, if you will, and we should be able to talk and find out what our differences are,” Manchin said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Manchin said he “respectfully” disagreed with Durbin and other Democrats who are urging their party leaders not to negotiate with Republicans on raising the debt limit, arguing that Congress has already approved the spending that would be covered by new borrowing authority.
“If you’ve been here more than 15 minutes, you know what’s going to happen. We’ll be lurching from one deadline to the next,” Durbin told reporters Monday, predicting a prolonged standoff over the debt limit will roil financial markets. “It will devastate the credibility of our economy, something that’s unacceptable.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said House Republicans have “immediately resorted to brinksmanship and hostage taking” and declared they should put their proposed spending cuts up for a vote on the House floor before asking Democrats to make concessions.
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GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre eggs in a walrus skin boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait when they saw a crippled airplane flying low.
“Something was wrong,” Boolowon, now 87, recalled of that day in 1955. “They came in and one engine was smoking.”
Long before drones or weather balloons became military targets, a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune maritime patrol aircraft had been attacked at about 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) by two Soviet MiG-15 fighters roaring out of nearby Siberia. The plane’s right engine was destroyed and the pilot was making a controlled crash landing.
Its 11 crewmen had injuries in varying degrees of severity, caused either by the bullets sprayed by the two jet fighters, shrapnel or the fireball that erupted when the Neptune landed wheels up on the tundra of St. Lawrence Island and fuel tanks stored in the plane’s belly exploded.
“And as the plane decelerated, the fireball didn’t. And it rolled forward. It burned everybody,” the navigator on the flight, David Assard, told the Anchorage Daily News in 2015. Several of the men had severe burns.
The men took refuge in a ditch on St. Lawrence Island — just 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Siberia and 715 miles (1,151 kilometers) west of Anchorage — to avoid the exploding ammunition and waited, but for what they weren’t sure. When the armed Siberian Yupik Eskimo egg hunters showed up, the Navy men didn’t know if they were about to be captured or rescued.
“Well, they were glad to see us and that we were Americans,” Boolowon told The Associated Press.
They were not only friendly faces but members of the First Scouts unit of the Alaska National Guard who lived on the island and whose job it was to monitor the Soviet Union given their proximity. The 16 guardsmen and an unknown Air Force member helped the crew get medical attention and alerted military authorities the men were safe.
On Tuesday, the guardsmen were honored with Alaska Heroism Medals, giving the Alaska Native men the recognition that wasn’t available 67 years ago. Boolowon, then a corporal, is the sole survivor, and family members of the other 15 received the medals on their behalf.
Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, not only approved the medals for the men, he personally handed them out at the ceremony held with a driving snow outside. Residents filled the gym at John Apangalook School in Gambell, home to the King Polar Bears — or Qughsatkut in Siberian Yupik— sports teams. Family members receiving medals sat in honored seats on the gym floor, and Saxe posed for photos with each after presenting the medals and a certificate. A community luncheon followed.
“I’m glad we’re going to get recognized a little bit for saving the crewmembers,” Boolowon said.
Shortly after the June 22, 1955, rescue, two of the guardsmen, MSgt. Willis Walunga and SSgt. Clifford Iknokinok, received honorific letters and certificates from the Navy and National Guard. They were taken to Washington, D.C., and presented “Wings of Gold” with the Honorary Naval Aviator Program designation. They were only the second and third persons so honored after the program started in 1949.
The other 14 only received letters. “I don’t know why they didn’t include us,” Boolowon said of the Navy designation.
There were no other medals available to the men for their deeds because it wasn’t a combat mission, and the rescue was considered a peacetime affair.
“The families felt like that the members should have received a better award than a letter of appreciation,” said Verdie Bowen, the director of the state Office of Veterans Affairs. “The best one that we could find that fit this feat of valor was the state of Alaska’s Heroism Award,” he said. It honors Alaska National Guard members who distinguish themselves by heroism, meritorious achievement or going beyond the call of duty.
Boolowon was with Iknokinok, Walunga and others in the first boat to arrive at the crash site, where they found the men.
He said they weren’t scared it was a Soviet aircraft because they were familiar with the U.S. plane from its frequent maritime patrols out of Naval Air Station Kodiak. On this mission, the plane was looking for icebergs and navigational aids in the Bering Strait. The wreckage of the plane still sits 8 miles (12.9 kilometers) from the village.
Boolowon and two other men from the first boat went to Gambell to get medical supplies, stretchers and more help. Another boat arrived, and the guardsmen eventually took the men to the village for treatment by a local nurse at a clinic and a church until a transport plane arrived about 12 hours later to take them to Anchorage. Seven of the injured were later flown to California to recuperate.
The June 22, 1955, attack was labeled a possible “mistake” by embarrassed Soviet leaders and came at a problematic time for the Soviet Union. A summit to de-escalate Cold War tensions was planned the following month in Geneva with President Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and the prime ministers of Great Britain and France.
After learning the plane was shot down, Eisenhower directed Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov during the 10th anniversary meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco.
Molotov was unaware of the incident but promised an investigation. The Kremlin wired Molotov his instructions, which included presenting Dulles “with a conciliatory note that admitted the incident could have been ‘due to a mistake,’” David Winkler, the historian at the Naval Historical Foundation, wrote in his 2017 book ”Incidents at Sea: American Confrontation and Cooperation with Russia and China, 1945-2016.”
It was the first time the Soviets both ever expressed regret and paid reparations, Winkler told the AP last summer, and the summit went on as planned. The Soviets agreed to compensate the U.S. for the plane, sending just over $35,000 (about $400,000 today) in reparations. The money was split among the crewmen.
In the early 1990s, Assard travelled to Gambell to thank them and presented the village with a bronze plaque.
“We were very fortunate in landing on an American island and being found by American Eskimos,” Assard, the flight navigator who is now deceased, told the Anchorage newspaper in 2015. “They couldn’t have been more gracious.”
The other 13 guardsmen posthumously awarded medals were Pfcs. Holden Apatiki, Lane Iyakitan, Woodrow Malewotkuk, Roger Slwooko, Vernon Slwooko and Donald Ungott; Sfc. Herbert Apassingok; Sgt. Ralph Apatiki Sr.; Cpls. Victor Campbell, Ned Koozaata and Joseph Slwooko, and Pvts. Luke Kulukhon and Leroy Kulukhon.
JoAnn Kulukhon accepted medals on behalf of her two uncles and plans to prominently display them in her home. “I’m so proud of them,” she said. “I know they’re happy.”
As for receiving his own medal, Boolowon said the recognition is simply for work well done.
“I’m glad we did our duty as a guardsman,” he said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered for a final farewell to fallen Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz.
Officer Shahnavaz was 24 years old when he was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sunday, July 31 in Elwood.
Nearly a week later, people from across Indiana attended his funeral in Fishers at ITOWN Church. It was an emotional service filled with family, friends, and fellow service members who spoke about the man Officer Shahnavaz was.
“Noah never had the chance to become a homeowner, a husband, a father, a grandfather, or an uncle,” officer Shahnavaz’s mother, Laurie Shahnavaz said. “He should’ve had these opportunities and this grieves us deeply. The world has lost out on who he was and what he would’ve become had he been given the chance.”
Officer Shahnavaz served in the military for five years before becoming an Elwood Police Officer. He had only been on the force for 11 months before he was shot and killed. However, his fellow servicemembers who affectionally called him “Shahny” said service to others was a calling for him.
Friends, fellow military members, and officers described Officer Shahnavaz as a genuine, loyal, and compassionate man. They said he would talk about his job as if there was nothing greater in the world and that he truly loved being a police officer. He was said to always be in service to his country, in service to his community, and most of all in service to his family at all times.
“In Philippians, Paul tells us we shouldn’t worry about anything, instead pray about everything,” the Pastor of ITOWN Church, Dave Sumrall said.
Among the prayer and somber moments during the memorial, one of the most memorable speakers with Noah’s younger sister, Sarah Shahnavaz. She said her older brother always brought laughter to the family.
“Noah was always the funny one in our family. Everyone would always laugh at his jokes, and I was extremely jealous of that, so any time I made him laugh I was extremely proud of myself,” Sarah said.
“He enjoyed sitting by the fire outside, laughing with his family. He enjoyed hiking and gaming with his buddies and playing with our pets. These memories we have of Noah will always have us remembering that iconic distinctive laugh,” officer Shahnavaz’s mom, Laurie said.
Many people who were at the funeral simply wanted to pay respect to a young man who had a bright future ahead of him. People traveled from all over the state and country to honor officer Shahnavaz.
Officer Shahnavaz’s grandmother – referred to affectionately as Grand Barb – spoke at the funeral. She recited a poem about Noah that was written 24 years prior, at the time of his birth.
“N is for noble, character strong. O is for open, helping others belong. A is for admired, respected, and true. H is for happiness, our wish for you,” Barbara ‘Grand Barb’ Batson said.
Batson asked people at the funeral and watching from afar, to do one thing for the family. “I have one more thing to ask of you. Remember Noah. Remember Noah. Will you say that with me? Remember Noah. Thank you,” Batson said.
A large procession followed the funeral through Fishers and to the Elwood Police Department for officer Shahnavaz’s end of watch final radio call. The procession continued on Saturday to the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis where officer Shahnavaz was laid to rest.
On Saturday evening, the Elwood Police Department posted a message to the community on Facebook.
“To the citizens of the City of Elwood:
Our EPD family sees you, we appreciate you, we respect you & we love you. You not only brought each of us to tears today with your outpouring support, but more importantly you brought great honor to Noah, & you showed our hero’s family again just how deeply our city loves Noah. We can ensure you that we are still here to serve you & to answer God’s call to service. Each of you made us so proud of our small city today & we are honored to put on the EPD uniform every day!”
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And WE said, “Here WE are, Send us!” Isaiah 6:8
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One of the first big decisions Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis made during his re-election campaign was something of an about-face.
The mayor, who had rarely, if ever, vocalized concern about the rapid pace at which new apartments and condominiums were being approved throughout the city, called for a pause on new large-scale development.
More specifically, he said the City Council would not vote on any new tax deals, or payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreements, during the pause, and that his administration would simultaneously conduct a study to determine the impact of planned developments “as well as a study of developable land in the community, rental occupancy rates, demand for new housing and other factors.”
That pause remains in effect and will likely last several more months since the study is not yet underway, City Council President Gary La Pelusa Sr. said.
But development projects are progressing through the city’s Planning Board, and what will happen with those remains a gray area, La Pelusa said.
Does the pause apply to any project that has not yet begun construction? Or are there other considerations? The city needs to work to define what projects the pause will apply to, La Pelusa admitted.
“If we’re saying we’re not giving them the right to start building yet, that’s where we have to be more diligent as the city,” he said.
The city’s Law Department did not respond to questions about the status of the redevelopment pause.
An 18-story expansion of the Avenue E Silk Lofts housing development was on the Planning Board agenda right when Davis called for the pause. The project would be amongst the tallest buildings ever approved in the city, and he specifically asked the City Council to vote down a PILOT agreement for the 286-unit project.
The City Council tabled the vote for four consecutive months and the item has not reappeared on the agenda since.
But after several Planning Board meetings in which the project was carried, it was finally reviewed and approved last week.
The next traditional step would be for the City Council to sign off on it, which La Pelusa said he expects to happen. Whether it will be allowed to proceed from there, despite the pause, is part of the gray area, he said.
“I don’t know what the definition is of things that have already been started,” the council president said. “To me, they didn’t have approvals from the Planning Board yet (when the pause began) so I would think this would be one of the things that would have to wait for the study.”
The City Council voted at its July 20 meeting to authorize the study of the state of Bayonne’s redevelopment. It will specifically evaluate how many residential units have been constructed in multi-family homes since 2015, how many of those are occupied and how many additional units are planned for the next two years. The study will also discern the tax revenue generated from those developments since 2015.
A handful of people will be involved in getting the data together, the resolution said, including Bayonne’s tax collector, tax assessor, redevelopment counsel, financial analyst and real estate valuation expert.
The resolution passed unanimously. | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/08/18-story-project-inches-closer-to-approval-but-theres-no-end-in-sight-to-bayonne-development-pause.html | 2022-08-23 18:02:01 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/08/18-story-project-inches-closer-to-approval-but-theres-no-end-in-sight-to-bayonne-development-pause.html |
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LAURA INGRAHAM: Democrats won't do any 'soul-searching'
Ingraham highlights Dems dipping back into claims of Russian involvement
Laura Ingraham discussed the Democrats' continued denial of the problems they have created for Americans and how the Dems are "already questioning" an impending Republican takeover on "The Ingraham Angle."
LAURA INGRAHAM: IT'S THE DEMOCRATS' CANDIDATES THAT STINK, NOT OURS
LAURA INGRAHAM: With Republicans about to take control of both the House and the Senate. Most Democrats aren't interested in serious soul-searching about how it all unraveled. For a bunch So worried about election denial, they seem to be preemptively questioning the legitimacy of the impending Republican takeover.
Of course, the regime media, as always, picks up the Democrat button and runs with it. And The New York Times, it's Russian bots and trolls and interference. Oh, my. Well, think about this. The same group that has been droning on for years about how a vote for them is a vote to protect democracy. Well, we now see what they really meant by that. Democracy only works when they win. Now, we should always assume that our adversaries are mucking around in our system. In fact, a Russian businessman, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, today admitted to using social media to influence our elections. And it only stands to reason that China is meddling as well. But it's too sophisticated to get caught, let's face it. But what Biden and his band of reality deniers ignore is this. Neither Russia nor China or any other foreign countries created the pain that American families are feeling right now from inflation.
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GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — Two more people are now facing charges in connection to the 2014 murder of Dee Ann Keene in Greenbrier County.
According to the indictment, Mitch Leo McCoy, 43, and Cynthia Terry-Justice, 51, were both charged with concealment of a dead body and accessory after the fact of murder in connection to the murder of Dee Ann Keene, for which Ronald McMillion was indicted for in February 2023.
The indictment stated around February 28, 2014, McCoy and Terry-Justice allegedly helped Ronald McMillion get rid of Dee Ann Keene’s body, while allegedly knowing he had “unlawfully” killed her, in order to help McMillion escape any consequences.
Mitch McCoy, Cynthia Terry-Justice, and Ronald McMillion are all currently being held in Southern Regional Jail. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/2-more-people-charged-in-connection-to-2014-murder-of-missing-west-virginia-woman/ | 2023-06-16 21:59:42 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/2-more-people-charged-in-connection-to-2014-murder-of-missing-west-virginia-woman/ |
CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group and real estate owner Third Millennium Group have launched a holistic auditing program that measures four aspects of building performance: indoor air quality, building automation systems and telecommunications infrastructure, sustainability, and execution (workflows and use of data).
Syska's auditing team comprises experts in building automation systems, sustainability, and facilities management. The team conducted inaugural audits at two Third Millennium commercial properties in Chicago -- 540 West Madison and 300 South Riverside. Third Millennium, which shared the resulting "scorecards" with tenants, plans to repeat the process with Syska every year.
"Third Millennium understands that in today's competitive leasing environment, tenants care about multiple components of building performance; not just energy efficiency or technology," says Syska associate partner Tom Grimard. "A LEED, WiredScore, or WELL certification on its own is no longer sufficient to sway leasing decisions."
Celeste Villanueva, general manager at Third Millennium, reports that the firm is now applying lessons learned from the original audits. Although both properties earned excellent scores (one A and three A-minuses for 540 West; two As and two A-minuses for 300 South), Third Millennium is taking steps to improve the metrics. For instance, operations staff at both buildings are tracking kilowatt hours and water usage more closely and reviewing recycling initiatives with tenants.
"Now we have a scorecard to show tenants and investors, and a spreadsheet that guides our progress," she says. "Although we aced the test, we want to continue the momentum."
According to Christian Nazon, Syska senior associate, the auditing program represents a new model for engineers. As he notes, "Building operations today is a holistic enterprise. Energy tracking, for example, integrates with IoT applications. It's important to measure not only the quality of systems and infrastructure, but also the quality and depth of integrations."
Syska Hennessy Group is global engineering firm that specializes in MEP, information and communication technology (ICT), vertical transportation, and commissioning. With more than 500 professionals across 18 offices, the company provides a full range of engineering services for projects of every size and budget. Since 1928, Syska has been designing smarter, safer, and more efficient buildings by integrating essential systems that respond and adapt to a changing world.
Third Millennium Properties is a private firm dedicated to investing alongside corporations and private funds in the purchase, management, and growth of real estate portfolios and corporate buy-outs. The firm acquires best-in-class/best-in-submarket properties with unique opportunities for creating added value using the Third Millennium's time-tested asset repositioning strategy.
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BOYS
MIDLAND HIGH 6
ODESSA HIGH 1
The Midland High boys soccer team continued to play at a high level as it rolled to a victory over Odessa High in District 2-6A action on Friday night at Odessa’s Ratliff Stadium.
Diego Ruiz led MHS (11-0 overall, 3-0-0-0, 9 points in district) with two goals and two assists. Santiago Salcedo also scored two goals, while Levi Crowder and Jordan Garcia added a goal apiece. Crowder also picked up an assist, as well as Alexander Marquez and Zak Leyva.
Odessa High fell to 3-8-2 overall and 0-1-0-2, 2 points in district.
The Bulldogs next face crosstown rival Legacy, a 1-0 winner over San Angelo Central, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Astound Broadband Stadium.
GIRLS
MIDLAND HIGH 3
ODESSA HIGH 0
The Midland High girls soccer team got a good bounce-back win on Friday after it shut out Odessa High in a District 2-6A match at Odessa’s Ratliff Stadium.
MHS (8-6-3, 1-1-1-0, 5 points in district) were coming off a 10-0 loss to powerhouse Wolfforth Frenship on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs got goals by Larissa Marquez, Hannah Johnson and Melanie Sanchez, while the Lady Bulldogs’ defense came away with a clean sheet.
Odessa High fell to 5-6-3, 1-1-0-1, 4 points.
MHS next faces crosstown rival Legacy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Astound Broadband Stadium.
Boys District 2-6A soccer standings
(overall standings in parentheses)
Note: 3 points for win, 2 points for shootout win, 1 point for shootout loss
W L SOW SOL Pts
Midland (11-0) 3 0 0 0 9
Permian (11-3-1) 1 0 1 0 5
Legacy (4-5-1) 1 1 0 1 4
Central (7-3-5) 0 2 1 0 2
Frenship (6-3-1) 0 1 1 0 2
Odessa (3-8-2) 0 1 0 2 2
Friday’s scores
Legacy 1, San Angelo Central 0; Midland High 6, Odessa High 1; Odessa Permian at Wolfforth Frenship, late
Tuesday’s matches
Midland High vs. Legacy, Astound Broadband Stadium; Odessa Permian at San Angelo Central; Wolfforth Frenship at Odessa High
Girls District 2-6A soccer standings
(overall standings in parentheses)
Note: 3 points for win, 2 points for shootout win, 1 point for shootout loss
W L SOW SOL Pts
Frenship (13-1-1) 3 0 0 0 9
Central (10-2-1) 0 0 2 1 5
Midland (8-6-3) 1 1 1 0 5
Odessa (5-6-3) 1 1 0 1 4
Permian (4-8-2) 1 2 0 0 3
Legacy (4-9-0) 0 2 0 1 1
Friday’s scores
San Angelo Central 1, Legacy 1 (Central wins 3-0 on PKs); Midland High 3, Odessa High 0; Wolfforth Frenship 2, Odessa Permian 0
Tuesday’s matches
Midland High vs. Legacy, Astound Broadband Stadium; Odessa Permian at San Angelo Central; Wolfforth Frenship at Odessa High | https://www.mrt.com/sports/highschool/article/hs-soccer-mhs-teams-get-wins-odessa-17778124.php | 2023-02-11 06:07:58 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/highschool/article/hs-soccer-mhs-teams-get-wins-odessa-17778124.php |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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* Flash Flood Warning for...
San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 615 PM PDT.
* At 303 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain south of Yucca Valley. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly and may impact Highway 62 between Yucca
Valley and Joshua Tree.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre.
Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake did not say exactly what drove the shooter to open fire Monday morning at The Covenant School before being killed by police. But he provided chilling examples of the shooter’s elaborate planning for the targeted attack, the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.
“We have a manifesto, we have some writings that we’re going over that pertain to this date, the actual incident,” he told reporters. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.”
He said in an interview with NBC News that investigators believe the shooter had “some resentment for having to go to that school.”
The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. Amid the chaos a familiar ritual played out: Panicked parents rushed to the school to see if their children were safe and tearfully hugged their kids, and a stunned community held vigils for the victims.
Rachel Dibble, who was at a nearby church where children were taken to be reunited with their parents, described the scene as everyone being in “complete shock.”
“People were involuntarily trembling,” she said. “The children … started their morning in their cute little uniforms, they probably had some Froot Loops and now their whole lives changed today.”
Police gave unclear information on the gender of the shooter. For hours, police identified the shooter as a 28-year-old woman and eventually identified the person as Audrey Elizabeth Hale. Then at a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said that Hale was transgender. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified.
Authorities said Hale was armed with two “assault-style” weapons as well as a handgun. At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area, according to the chief. Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence.
The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and adults Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.
The website of The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001, lists a Katherine Koonce as the head of the school. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016. Peak was a substitute teacher and Hill was a custodian, according to investigators.
Founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church, The Covenant School is located in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville that is home to the famed Bluebird Café – a spot typically beloved by musicians and songwriters.
The school has about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, as well as roughly 50 staff members.
“Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.”
Before Monday’s violence in Nashville, there had been seven mass killings at K-12 schools since 2006 in which four or more people were killed within a 24-hour period, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. In all of them, the shooters were males.
The database does not include school shootings in which fewer than four people were killed, which have become far more common in recent years. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other.
Monday’s tragedy unfolded over roughly 14 minutes. Police received the initial call about an active shooter at 10:13 a.m.
Officers began clearing the first story of the school when they heard gunshots coming from the second level, Aaron said. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition.
Two officers from a five-member team opened fire in response, killing the suspect at 10:27 a.m., Aaron said.
Late Monday night, police released approximately two minutes of edited surveillance video showing the shooter’s car driving up to the school from multiple angles, including one in which children can be seen playing on swings in the background. Next an interior view shows glass doors to the school being shot out and the shooter ducking through one of the shattered doors.
More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. In the final part of the footage, the shooter can be seen walking down another long corridor with the gun drawn. The shooter is not seen interacting with anyone else on the video, which has no sound.
Aaron said there were no police officers present or assigned to the school at the time of the shooting because it is a church-run school.
President Joe Biden, speaking at the White House on Monday, called the shooting a “family’s worst nightmare” and implored Congress again to pass a ban on certain semi-automatic weapons.
A reeling city mourned during multiple vigils Monday evening. At Belmont United Methodist Church, teary sniffling filled the background as vigil attendees sang, knelt in prayer and lit candles. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings.
“We need to step back. We need to breathe. We need to grieve,” said Paul Purdue, the church’s senior pastor. “We need to remember. We need to make space for others who are grieving. We need to hear the cries of our neighbors.”
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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Kristin Hall in Nashville; Denise Lavoie in Richmond, Virginia; John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia; Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles; Beatrice Dupuy and Larry Fenn in New York; and Lisa Baumann in Bellingham, Washington; as well as AP researchers Randy Herschaft and Rhonda Shafner in New York. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/nashville-shooter-was-ex-student-with-detailed-plan-to-kill/ | 2023-03-28 06:51:03 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/nashville-shooter-was-ex-student-with-detailed-plan-to-kill/ |
For Uganda's LGBTQ community, the threat of harsh anti-gay legislation is forcing many into hiding and has left some facing unbearable choices about their future there.
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For Uganda's LGBTQ community, the threat of harsh anti-gay legislation is forcing many into hiding and has left some facing unbearable choices about their future there.
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Khloe Kardashian opened up about two of her famous exes -- Tristan Thompson and Lamar Odom -- and in the end, she's still showing her support despite their textured history.
The 37-year-old reality TV star hopped on Amanda Hirsch's Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast and the duo had a frank conversation about how she navigated the cheating scandal with Thompson and Odom's recent romantic overtures. In the middle of their conversation, Hirsch first brought up Thompson, and Kardashian explained that, despite the confirmed cheating accusations, there's a side to Thompson fans don't get to witness.
"It's sad because there's so many good sides to him as well but no one gets to see those 'cause they're all overshadowed by the personal stuff that's going on between him and I," she said. "I also just think that, you know, people do make mistakes and he's still a good person. He's not a good partner with me. I want everyone to still have, like, a fair shot at just being happy and having a good life. He's always going to be in my life because of [4-year-old daughter] True [Thompson]. And he's a great dad. And that's really all I need to focus on, is just his relationship with True."
Thompson is the father of Kardashian's daughter, and in the years that they were together, he was caught in several cheating scandals. Most recently, a paternity test proved Thompson had fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. He later admitted to being the father and publicly apologized to Kardashian.
Back in April, Kardashian told USA Today about being numb to the pain Thompson's caused her over the years.
"When you're hurt so many times -- your reactions, your responses to the same thing happening over and over again -- there is a numbing sensation to it," she said.
As for her ex-husband, Odom, Kardashian was reminded about Odom bringing her up quite often while he was a contestant on this past season of Celebrity Big Brother.
"I want everyone to be successful and do what they want to do," said Kardashian after being asked how she felt about Odom bringing her up so often on the CBS show. "Like, I'm happy for Lamar. He looks like he's in a really good place. I mean, the last time I've seen him in person he was just recovering from his overdose. And so he wasn't so -- I don't know if the word is advanced -- but like he wasn't so far along on his recovery. And so, to see him be so great, like I'm happy for him and I'm rooting for him."
Odom told ET back in February that he's no longer in contact with Kardashian.
"It would be a blessing just to be in her presence, but I understand that s**t happened and people move on in their lives," Odom told ET. "If I could be her friend that would just be a blessing."
Odom and Kardashian tied the knot in September 2009 after only one month of dating. She first filed for divorce in 2013, but she put the divorce on hold after he was hospitalized for a drug overdose in October 2015. After helping him recover and get sober, she reinstituted her divorce filing and their marriage was terminated in December 2016.
As for why he spoke about his ex so much on Celebrity Big Brother, Odom explained, "I just try to be as honest and transparent about our relationship as possible."
"Maybe it might help somebody else who has a position of power because of who they're married to, what they retained on their own, maybe help make their own right decision," he said. "You never know reasoning, just trying to find out why I'm still here in a lot of cases."
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night — nor even threats of Russian missiles shall keep the garbage haulers of Kharkiv from their appointed rounds. We hit the streets with one crew.
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As the official life insurance provider of the NFL Alumni Association, Quility supports more than 17,000 alumni through customized financial solutions and membership savings benefits.
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quility, an award-winning insurtech company, announced its partnership with the National Football League Alumni Association (NFLA), one of the oldest, most well-known, and well-respected retired player organization in professional sports. During this partnership, Quility will be the official life insurance provider of the NFLA.
Through this partnership, Quility will support more than 17,000 former NFL players and members of the association with life insurance offerings and financial solutions. Quility will also offer a membership benefits savings program to association members and supporters of the NFL Alumni. MyQuility is a centralized digital membership platform with access to significant savings from more than 300K retailers and 1 million travel destinations.
"We are fired up to partner with the NFL Alumni Association as their official life insurance provider," said Quility Co-Founder Brandon Ellison. "Quility's financial products are designed to provide the best-in-class experience for our clients, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to give the best to the members of this elite organization."
During Quility's national conference in August 2022, NFL Alumni Dan Marino and Terrell Davis joined Quility founders Brandon Ellison and Casey Watkins onstage to announce the partnership.
"Partnering with Quility provides us with a unique opportunity to offer essential life insurance solutions to our members," said Najee Goode, Director of Digital Technology and Strategic Marketing for the NFL Alumni Association. "We are so excited to not only provide these benefits to our NFL alumni, but also to help more families secure essential financial protection through life insurance."
As the official life insurance provider for the NFLA, Quility will be featured as a partner of the NFL Alumni in a number of television and radio commercials throughout the regular and post season. The partnership will launch this fall with various events and activations through 2025.
Quility uses innovative and proprietary technology to modernize the process of qualifying for and purchasing life insurance. The Quility digital platform offers clients the option to apply for life insurance online through a 10-minute application or with the support of a licensed insurance agent. To learn more, visit quility.com.
Founded in 1967, the NFL Alumni Association was formed to serve its retired player members and their families. The association's primary purpose is to engage former players through a fraternal structure supporting their ability to live better in retirement. Part of that mission is to build career opportunities, social engagements and social responsibility. Historically, the Chapter leaders' philanthropic and charitable efforts allow the association to donate an average of 1.5 million dollars to children's charities within the local chapter areas.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday, pronouncing the police response an “abject failure.”
Police officers with rifles instead stood and waited for over an hour while the gunman carried out the May 24 attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified at a state Senate hearing on the police handling of the tragedy. Delays in the law enforcement response have become the focus of federal, state and local investigations.
“Obviously, not enough training was done in this situation, plain and simple. Because terrible decisions were made by the on-site commander,” McCraw said of Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief.
Eight minutes after the shooter entered the building, an officer reported that police had a “hooligan” crowbar that they could use to break down the classroom door, McCraw said. Nineteen minutes after the gunman entered, the first ballistic shield was brought into the building by police, the witness testified.
McCraw told the Senate committee that Arredondo decided to put the lives of officers ahead of the lives of children.
The public safety chief began outlining for the committee a series of missed opportunities, communication breakdowns and other mistakes:
— Arredondo did not have a radio with him.
— Police and sheriff’s radios did not work within the school; only the radios of Border Patrol agents on the scene worked inside the school, and even they did not work perfectly.
— Some diagrams of the school that police were using to coordinate their response were wrong.
— The classroom door could not be locked from the inside.
State police initially said the gunman entered the school through an exterior door that had been propped open by a teacher, but McGraw said that the teacher had closed the door and it could only be locked from the outside.
“There’s no way for her to know the door is locked” McGraw said. “He walked straight through.”
Questions about the law enforcement response began days after the massacre. McCraw said three days after the shooting that Arredondo made “the wrong decision” when he chose not to storm the classroom for more than 70 minutes, even as trapped fourth graders inside two classrooms were desperately calling 911 for help and anguished parents outside the school urged officers to go inside.
Arredondo later said he didn’t consider himself the person in charge and assumed someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response. Arredondo has declined repeated requests for comment to The Associated Press.
The 18-year-old gunman used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle.
In the days and weeks after the shooting, authorities gave conflicting and incorrect accounts in the days after what happened, sometimes withdrawing statements hours after making them.
“Everything I’ve testified today is corroborated,” McCraw assured lawmakers.
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Bleiberg and Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle contributed to this report from Dallas.
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Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee still remembers the first cell he cultured: It was an immune cell from a mouse, and he had grown it in a petri dish. As he examined it through a microscope, the cell moved, and Mukherjee was fascinated.
"I could sense the pulse of life moving through it," he says. "You suddenly realize that you're looking at the basic, fundamental unit of life and that this blob that you're seeing under the microscope — this glimmering, refulgent blob of a cell — is the basic unit that connects us and plants and bacteria and archaea and all these other genera and taxa across the entire animal and plant kingdoms."
As an oncologist, cell biologist and hematologist, Mukherjee treats cancer patients and conducts research in cellular engineering. In his new book, The Song of the Cell, he writes about the emerging field of cell therapy and about how cellular science could one day lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia.
Mukherjee has a particular interest in T cells — a type of white blood cell and part of the immune system activated to fight disease. He's been treating patients in India who have certain types of cancer with genetically engineered T-cell variants, and the results have been striking: "One day the cancer's there. The next day the cancer is virtually gone, eaten up by these T cells," he says.
Genetically engineered T cells, known as CAR [chimeric antigen receptor ] T cells, have become a staple in the treatment of certain kinds of leukemias, lymphomas and blood cancers. But, Mukherjee says, the cells have not yet proven effective in combatting the solid tumors, like those associated with lung and prostate cancer. His hope is that further research might change that.
"It's hard for me to convey the excitement that's sweeping through the whole field of cell biology ... the kind of headiness, giddiness, the madness, the psychic power that grips you once you get into the field," Mukherjee says.
Interview highlights
On using CAR-T cell therapy to treat Emily, a child with leukemia
[The treatment is] we extract the T cells from the from a patient's body. And then we use a gene therapy to basically weaponize them, to activate them and weaponize them against the cancer. We grow the T-cells in flasks in a very, very sterile chamber. And then ultimately when the cells have grown and activated, we re-infuse them into the patient's body. So it's sort of gene therapy plus cell therapy — given back to a patient.
In Emily's case, she was about 7, I think, when she was first treated. She had a complete response. She also had a very terrifying course. When the T cells get activated, they release an incredibly inflammatory cascade, sort of like, as I say in the book, it's sort of like soldiers on a rampage. And you can get so much of a rampage of T cells killing cancer that body goes berserk, it can't handle this kind of attack. Now, Emily, fortunately, was treated with a medicine to dampen down that attack so that she ultimately survived. She was the first child treated with this therapy to survive and serves an icon for this kind of therapy. ... She still is alive today and applying to colleges, I hear.
On how the engineered cells target the cancer cells
One angle is to basically find something on the surface of a cell, a flag, as it were, that will tell the immune system that it's not part of the normal repertoire of cells. So, for instance, if I was to graft a piece of skin from one human being to another, that piece of skin would be rejected. And that's because the skin cells have flags on their surface, specific molecules on their surface, which are recognized by T cells. And T cells go in and say, "Wait a second, you don't belong to this person" — and they will reject them. And that's why the skin graft is rejected. So one mechanism by which you can specifically direct the immune system against any cell type is to find such a flag that's in [the targeted] cell ... and essentially engineer, using a variety of genetically engineering methods, engineer a T cell or make antibodies against that flag, that molecule, that protein that's on the cell surface ... and drive the immune system to reject that cell type.
On how his experience with depression helped him empathize with his seriously ill patients
I could sense the sense of doom and also the sense of uncertainty. Uncertainty itself causes anxiety, which is actually one of the most prominent symptoms of depression. Often people will come and tell you, "I'm extraordinarily anxious," but in fact, what's going on with them is that there's an underlying depressive component to this. The anxiety is a manifestation of that. It's the manifestation of a mood disorder, rather than some kind of particular panic that's going on through their brain. And I think illness causes one of the most profound forms of anxiety that we know. And so I very much encourage, particularly cancer patients, to seek out psychiatric help, talk therapy, medicines, if needed. And any kind of therapy that will help them because my own experience with my mood and my mood disorder allowed me to really understand what patients go through.
On the anti-science sentiment during the pandemic in the U.S.
[During the] very uncertain time that we had around the pandemic, things seemed to change and there was this big anti-science sentiment that kept saying, "Scientists are egghead idiots because they keep changing their minds." But we keep changing our minds because we retain the luxury or the prerogative to change our minds when facts change. And in the pandemic, facts kept changing. ...
There's a difference between uncertainty and authority. Uncertainty is not knowing something. ... False authority is claiming something, even when you don't know it. And I think that those are two different things. And part of the anti-science sentiment that swept through the United States during the pandemic was because of the confusion between uncertainty and false authority or authority. There were many uncertainties and they kept changing. And that's part of the reason that the CDC changed, the FDA changed. We had to adapt to multiple changes multiple times. I'm not saying they were always right. They could evolve. They were sometimes wrong. They were sometimes right. But what I am saying is that the ... scientific process had to be maintained and was maintained throughout the pandemic.
Sam Briger and Thea Chaloner produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Deborah Franklin adapted it for the web.
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NEW YORK — Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.
The disease’s spread is slowing but the virus is so widespread that elimination is unlikely, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. That conclusion was in a recent CDC report, and echoed Friday by Marc Lipsitch, director of science in the agency's disease-forecasting center.
Lipsitch hesitated to say monkeypox is permanently here to stay, but he said it stands to be a continuing threat for the next few years.
“It's in many geographic locations within the country" as well as in other countries, Lipsitch told The Associated Press. “There's no clear path in our mind to complete elimination domestically.”
The virus has mainly spread among gay and bisexual men, though health officials continue to stress that anyone can be infected. It's important that people at risk take steps to prevent spread and that vaccination efforts continue, Lipsitch said.
The CDC report contained some good news: The U.S. outbreak seems to have peaked in early August. The average number of daily cases being reported — fewer than 150 — is about a third what it was reported in the middle of the summer, and officials expect the decline will continue for at least the next several weeks.
Lipsitch attributed the good news to increasing vaccinations, cautious behavior by people at risk and infection-derived immunity in the highest risk populations.
Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, agreed that it's unlikely that spread of monkeypox will stop in the U.S. anytime soon, but he said it's still possible in the long term.
If domestic transmission were stopped, infections may still continue if people catch the virus while traveling internationally, he said. But the declining cases makes it seem like “we’ve turned a real corner.”
“The efforts underway are succeeding, and should be continued, if not intensified," he said.
With case numbers going down, this is a good time for local health departments to take a new stab at doing intensive contact tracing to try to stop chains of transmission, he said.
Monkeypox is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals, but it wasn’t considered a disease that spreads easily among people until May, when infections emerged in Europe and the U.S.
There have been more than 67,000 cases reported in countries that have not historically seen monkeypox. The U.S. has the most infections of any country — more than 25,600. One U.S. death has been attributed to monkeypox.
More than 97% of U.S. cases are men. The vast majority have been men who reported recent sexual contact with other men.
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WAYLAND, Mich. — Two Wayland parents had a terrifying evening on Tuesday after their five-year-old daughter went missing after her first day of school at Baker Elementary.
Austin Wooten and Xondria Edinger's daughter, Braelynn, has a specific bus schedule.
"Half the week, she rides the bus. The other half the week, she doesn't ride the bus," says Wooten.
Tuesday was a day she needed to take the bus to her dad's house. The two parents made sure school officials knew Braelynn had to be on the bus, telling someone when they dropped her off in the morning.
"We figured nothing of it, you know, sent her on her way for the first day of school," says Wooten.
The trip from the school to Wooten's home is barely a three minute drive.
Wooten waited outside as the bus pulled down the street.
"Everyone got off the bus, but there was no, you know, little girl," says Edinger.
"My heart just sank," says Wooten.
The bus driver told Wooten his daughter had been put on a different bus. He figured maybe she was brought to Edinger's house instead, but after driving there, they still couldn't find her.
"I just started thinking the worst," he says. "I started shaking. I just went into an instant panic."
Wayland Union School District's office originally told Wooten that Braelynn had gotten off the bus and went home with an adult, leading the parents to fear she was with a stranger.
"When neither one of us parents had her, and she wasn't there, that's not okay," says Wooten.
Along with help from school officials and police, the parents began to search the area.
"We did a whole perimeter of that and knocked on everyone's doors," says Edinger. "Like, I was asking, 'have you seen a little girl anywhere?'"
Soon after, they got a call.
Braelynn was found still on the bus, she had fallen asleep in the seat directly behind the driver. The parents wish that more had been done by the driver to look for her.
"You know, just five seconds," says Wooten. "You know, one seat."
The parents say they'll be picking their daughter up from school themselves for the foreseeable future.
"I don't feel comfortable putting her back on the bus," says Wooten.
When asked about the incident, Wayland Union School's superintendent Tim Reeves said, in part, the "safety of all Wayland Union students is a priority to us."
Braelynn's parents say while they are upset the school district allowed this to happen, they appreciate the district's speedy effort to help find their daughter.
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LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Orion Space Solutions (Orion) is collaborating with Microsoft to greatly enhance the space architecture of the U.S. Department of Defense with a pioneering development - the NEXUS Electromagnetic Data Mesh Network for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) [aka NEXUS Space Network]. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in advancing data interoperability and synchronized decision advantage integration between Joint Forces, as well as allies and partner nations.
The NEXUS Space Network, the world's first cross-domain cognitive electromagnetic data mesh, revolutionizes the way ground and on-orbit data is harnessed, enabling unparalleled access to vital information for the U.S. Department of Defense and coalition forces. By seamlessly integrating Orion and Microsoft's secure, enterprise-grade NEXUS Electromagnetic Data-as-a-Service (EDaaS) capabilities, this strategic collaboration empowers the CJADC2 initiative, delivering a unified cross-domain identity across the Microsoft Azure Government and Azure Commercial environments.
"Through our collective efforts, Microsoft and Orion are poised to reshape the landscape of space domain intelligence, equipping DoD service members with the tools they need to carry out their missions safely, effectively, and efficiently," states Chad Fish, Chief Operating Officer of Orion. "This strategic collaboration combines our deep understanding of space missions and classical and quantum mechanical data expertise, supporting the DoD to integrate data capabilities, space assets, and reference architectures for a totally combined coalition force."
Dr. Samih Fadli, Chief Information Officer of Orion, emphasizes the significance of an identity-based hybrid quantum-classical approach in the CJADC2 architecture, uniting the Joint Force and allies to synchronize space domain operations and plans on a global scale. "Our cutting-edge EDaaS mesh network will deliver combined interoperability to the U.S. Government and its allies, laying a robust foundation for imminent on-orbit space quantum collaboration" states Dr. Fadli.
Wes Anderson, Vice President for Defense, Microsoft Federal, on the collaboration. "Working with Orion to support NEXUS on Azure will help accelerate national security missions and enable the U.S. Department of Defense to advance data superiority and interoperability to achieve their goal of transforming space operations. Together with Orion, we are redefining possibilities and driving innovation in the space domain."
The strategic relationship between Orion Space Solutions and Microsoft will help advance innovation and unlock future possibilities. Together, we envision a future where space exploration and data interoperability transcend boundaries, empowering us to push the boundaries of knowledge and forge new horizons.
About Orion Space Solutions: Orion Space Solutions is a leading developer of space mission and space technology solutions. On behalf of and working with our customers, Orion's takes on the seemingly impossible space mission challenges, successfully tackling the hardest requirements in aerospace to make a real difference for our customers and our world.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Last week’s rain drew most folks indoors, but it brought back Florida’s most annoying amphibian, the Bufo Toad.
“Year after year, the same problem,” said Joanne Ullery.
Jim and Joanne Ullery moved from upstate New York to Fort Myers several years ago and never thought the kibble they left out for their cat each night would draw in dozens of cane toads.
“I don’t like touching them at all,” said Ullery.
We found someone who doesn’t mind. Scott Flavelle with Scott’s Animal Services sort of catches them regularly for a living.
“I catch them and I kill them the proper way. Some people will do it painfully, but there are ways around that,” said Flavelle.
Flavelle says he has caught 22,000 of these toads in the past two years.
“There are many symbolic differences between these toads and your standard Native Southern toad,” said Flavelle.
Number one being that a cane toad is substantially larger than the native southern toad.
“You can also tell by the edge of the top of the toad’s head. Cane toads have a very recognizable shield to the top portion of the head,” said Flavelle.
Win Everham with FGCU says the toads are not native to Florida and were brought to the Sunshine State to help protect sugar canes from pests.
“They were intentionally brought into this landscape to help control the organisms that attack the cane but like so many things that we brought, there’s been unintended consequences,” Everham said,
“These are invasive and excrete a highly toxic material so yes you can kill them,” said Everham.
Experts suggest rubbing lidocaine on the toads’ stomachs.
“I don’t think many people want to shove the toad in their freezer,” said Everham.
These toads can also kill your pet if they come in close contact with them.
“From the moment they are larvae to their death, they can kill your dog if your pet licks it or tries to eat it,” said Flavelle.
Flavelle says that you can catch these toads by wearing gloves and putting them in a bucket.
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Celebrities coming back to White House after Trump drought
WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities are back at the White House following a pop-culture backlash during the Trump years, when just about anyone considered high-wattage refused to show up.
Rocker Elton John is bringing his farewell tour to the South Lawn on Friday, the White House announced Tuesday, one week after singer James Taylor and hosts Jonathan and Drew Scott, of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” helped celebrate a new health care and climate change law.
John is among a slew of entertainers who refused to perform for then-President Donald Trump.
Taylor sang and strummed his guitar to open last week’s event while the Scotts were among hundreds of people in the audience. They also joined second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, to film a snazzy video promoting the law’s climate change provisions.
Since taking office during a pandemic, which put a pause on too much togetherness, the 79-year-old Biden has also opened the White House to teen singer Olivia Rodrigo, to talk about young people and COVID-19 vaccinations, and the South Korean boy band BTS, to discuss Asian inclusion and representation.
Last year, the Democratic president resumed the tradition of hosting an in-person White House reception for the artists receiving honors from the Kennedy Center.
Actor Jennifer Garner accompanied first lady Jill Biden to West Virginia last year to visit a school-based COVID-19 vaccination site in Charleston. Garner also hosted a PBS “In Performance” special celebrating the holidays at the White House.
John’s concert is called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Irishman Seamus Heaney that Biden often quotes. The performance is part of a collaboration with A+E Networks and the History Channel that “will celebrate the unifying and healing power of music, commend the life and work of Sir Elton John and honor the everyday history-makers in the audience,” the White House said. Guests will include teachers, medical professionals, students, LGBTQ+ advocates and others.
John also has a gig scheduled for Saturday night at Nationals Park in Washington as part of a tour wrapping up his 50-plus-year career. He opened the final leg of his North American farewell series in Philadelphia in July.
The 75-year-old British singer is among celebrities who avoided the Trump White House, starting with the Republican’s 2017 inauguration. John had declined an invitation to play at Trump’s inaugural festivities, saying he didn’t think it was appropriate for someone with British heritage to play at the swearing-in of an American president.
Trump had included high praise for John in a few of his books and played John’s songs at his presidential campaign rallies, including “Rocket Man” and “Tiny Dancer.” Trump had also nicknamed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “rocket man” because of Kim’s habit of test-firing missiles.
Country music singers Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood were among the more notable entertainers who performed to help usher Trump into office. Bigger names from other genres refused or weren’t considered.
Hollywood has always leaned heavily Democratic.
For the inauguration of Democrat Biden, singers Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks were among those who performed.
Aretha Franklin and Beyonce were among celebrities who turned out in a huge show of force for Democrat Barack Obama, from fundraising to his two inaugurations to performances inside the White House or on the grounds.
They disappeared under Trump, but are returning for Biden.
Biden relied on celebrities during his 2020 presidential campaign, when in-person schmoozing was largely suspended because of the coronavirus. A parade of movie and TV stars, pop icons and sports standouts stepped up to help Biden raise money and energize supporters.
Sir Elton — he was knighted in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II — has sold over 300 million records worldwide, played over 4,000 shows in 80 countries and recorded one of the best-selling singles of all-time, his 1997 reworking of “Candle In The Wind” to eulogize Princess Diana, which sold 33 million copies.
He has scored over 70 top 40 hits, including nine No. 1s, and released seven No. 1 albums in the 3 1/2-year period from 1972 to 1975, a pace second only to that of the Beatles. John has five Grammy awards, a Tony award for “Aida,” and Academy Awards for songs from “The Lion King” and “Rocketman.”
He has played at the White House in the past.
John and Stevie Wonder performed together at a 1998 state dinner hosted by Democratic President Bill Clinton honoring British Prime Minister Tony Blair. They performed under a tent on the West Colonnade roof.
John was critical of Republican President George W. Bush, telling a British magazine in November 2004 that Bush and his administration “are the worst thing that has ever happened to America.”
But he was more diplomatic at a reception at the White House in December 2004 for a group of Kennedy Center honorees that included himself.
The rock legend said receiving the honor “is about the icing on the cake. … It’s incredible for someone who’s British to be given such an accolade from America, which has given me so much already in my career.”
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Associated Press writer Chris Megerian in Washington and AP News Researcher Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed to this report.
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It’s already been a busy year for voting rights at the federal and state level.
States passed a near-record number of new restrictive voting laws this year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy institute.
The center categorizes legislation as restrictive if it contains one or more provisions that would make it harder for eligible Americans to register, stay on voter rolls, or cast a ballot compared to an existing law.
The report found 11 states enacted 13 restrictive voting laws this year as of the end of May. Seven of these involved limiting mail voting, and six involved stricter photo ID requirements.
The 11 states are Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, and Florida.
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The high court ruled Alabama will be required to redraw Congressional districts, supporting greater representation of Black voters. This upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act.
There are currently 31 other active federal cases that are similar to the Alabama case and involve redistricting, according to the Democracy Docket, a progressive platform for voting rights that tracks election litigation.
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Venus had never lost in the opening round at the U.S. Open until 2020, then was absent last year.
Asked what keeps her motivated these days, she answered: “Three letters: W-I-N. That’s it. Very simple.”
At night, Emma Raducanu became only the third defending U.S. Open champion to lose in the first round, eliminated by Alizé Cornet 6-3, 6-3. And yet another past champ bowed out in straight sets when Naomi Osaka, who won two of her four Grand Slam titles in New York, was eliminated by Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that ended after midnight.
Osaka, a former No. 1, also lost in the first round of the French Open this year and has slid to 44th in the rankings. She had been 3-0 head-to-head against Collins, but this fun-to-watch, hard-hitting matchup went the other way.
“When you lose to somebody three times,” said the 19th-seeded Collins, who has struggled with injuries this season, “you have nothing to lose, so I tried to go for it and hope for the best.”
Raducanu, who was 18 and ranked 150th when she won the title as a qualifier a year ago, was bothered by hand blisters — she took a medical timeout for treatment after the first set — and was outplayed by Cornet, a 32-year-old from France who also upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.
“Obviously really disappointing. Really sad to leave here. It’s probably my favorite tournament. But also, I mean, in a way, (I'm) happy, because it’s a clean slate,” Raducanu said. “I’m going to drop down the rankings. (Will) climb my way back up.”
Also playing under the lights was 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal, who returned to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2019 and beat 21-year-old Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Nadal did not show any serious lingering issues with the torn abdominal muscle that forced him out of Wimbledon in July.
Venus was off the tour in singles entirely from August 2021 until less than a month ago and is now 0-4 since her return. Her ranking — which 20 years ago was No. 1 — is 1,504th this week.
“It was definitely the longest time I have been away from tennis and been without a racket in my hand. So it was a completely new experience for me, getting a racket back in my hand and trying to acclimate as quick as possible to be ready for the U.S. Open, which was not easy,” she said. “Definitely playing lots of great points, but in the end, it’s just rust. There is nothing you can do about that except for, you know, not be rusty at some point.”
It was Serena who announced to the world on Aug. 9 that she was getting ready to step away from her playing career, leaving unclear exactly when the end would be, although she hinted it could come at the U.S. Open. So her first-round match Monday fell into the category of a must-see happening, drawing a record crowd of more than 29,000 to the tournament grounds, including more than 23,000 in Ashe — and the atmosphere was uproarious and electric from start to finish of her 6-3, 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinic.
Now Serena, who won six of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles in New York, will move on to a matchup against No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit in Ashe on Wednesday night.
And then she and Venus will join forces in doubles on Thursday, teaming up for the first time anywhere since 2018 this week.
When a reporter wanted to know whether retirement has been on Venus' mind, she replied: “Right now, I’m just focused on the doubles.”
So how did that reunion of a pairing that has earned 14 Grand Slam titles in that event come about?
“It was Serena’s idea. She’s the boss, so I do whatever she tells me to do,” Venus said. “We have had some great wins. It would be nice to add some more.”
Van Uytvanck now meets Clara Burel, who eliminated Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-4.
In other action on a humid and windy Day 2 at the hard-court tournament, women's winners included 2017 champion Sloane Stephens, No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 8 Jessica Pegula, No. 9 Garbiñe Muguruza, No. 13 Belinda Bencic — whose opponent, Andrea Petkovic, said she is retiring from pro tennis — and No. 22 Karolina Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up in New York.
Men who advanced included 2014 champion Marin Cilic, No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, No. 7 Cam Norrie, No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 9 Andrey Rublev, No. 11 Jannik Sinner, No. 15 Marin Cilic, No. 17 Grigor Dimitrov and No. 28 Holger Rune, who meets John Isner next.
Neither Williams attended the other’s first-round singles match; Venus said she watched Serena on TV but was not there in person because of her own early start the next day.
Their mother, Oracene, and sister, Isha, were in the guest box each time. On Tuesday, they saw Venus struggle from the outset, particularly with her used-to-be-feared serve and groundstrokes that were not calibrated correctly. So many into the net. So many landing long.
After some of her 25 unforced errors, Venus would wince or fiddle with her racket strings or tug on the brim of her visor.
Ten of those miscues came on backhands, far outnumbering her two winners on that side.
There were a half-dozen double-faults, just three aces. She faced 12 break points and dropped four of her 10 service games.
Just 20 minutes in, there was a 4-0 lead for Van Uytvanck, a 28-year-old from Belgium who is ranked 43rd and came into the day with a 1-8 career mark at the U.S. Open.
Venus did make a bit of a stand, breaking to open the second set and holding for 2-0. But that would be her only break of the match and soon enough, Van Uytvanck was putting away a volley winner to close out the win.
A night earlier, Serena was feted during a post-match ceremony that included a video tribute from Oprah Winfrey and a lengthy on-court interview. After this match, Venus simply slung her red equipment bag over her left shoulder, carried her racket in her right hand, and quickly walked off toward the locker room.
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Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts after missing a shot during a match against Danielle Collins, of the United States, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts after missing a shot during a match against Danielle Collins, of the United States, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Emma Raducanu, of Britain, returns a shot to Alize Cornet, of France, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Emma Raducanu, of Britain, returns a shot to Alize Cornet, of France, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts after defeating Rinky Hijikata, of Australia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts after defeating Rinky Hijikata, of Australia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Alize Cornet, of France, reacts during a match with Emma Raducanu, of Britain, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Alize Cornet, of France, reacts during a match with Emma Raducanu, of Britain, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, waves to fans as she walks off the court after losing to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, waves to fans as she walks off the court after losing to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, waves to the crowd after defeating Venus Williams, of the United States, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, waves to the crowd after defeating Venus Williams, of the United States, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts after defeating Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts after defeating Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Jessica Pegula, of the United States, reacts after a shot against Viktorija Golubic, of Switzerland, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Jessica Pegula, of the United States, reacts after a shot against Viktorija Golubic, of Switzerland, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns a shot to Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns a shot to Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, returns a shot to Iga Swiatek, of Poland, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, returns a shot to Iga Swiatek, of Poland, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Catherine Harrison, of the United States, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Catherine Harrison, of the United States, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Carlos Alcaraz, of APTOPSpain, serves to Sebastian Baez, of Argentina, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Carlos Alcaraz, of APTOPSpain, serves to Sebastian Baez, of Argentina, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Andrey Rublev, of Russia, throws down his racket during a match against Laslo Djere, of Serbia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Andrey Rublev, of Russia, throws down his racket during a match against Laslo Djere, of Serbia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after defeating Daniel Altmaier, of Germany, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after defeating Daniel Altmaier, of Germany, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Paula Badosa, of Spain, reacts after beating Lesia Tsurenko, of Ukraine, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Paula Badosa, of Spain, reacts after beating Lesia Tsurenko, of Ukraine, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, chases down a shot from Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Venus Williams, of the United States, chases down a shot from Alison Van Uytvanck, of Belgium, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Emma Raducanu, of Britain, reacts scoring a point on Alize Cornet, of France, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Emma Raducanu, of Britain, reacts scoring a point on Alize Cornet, of France, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Rafael Nadal, right, of Spain, shakes hands with Rinky Hijikata, of Australia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Rafael Nadal, right, of Spain, shakes hands with Rinky Hijikata, of Australia, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Danielle Collins, of the United States, reacts during a match against to Naomi Osaka, of Japan, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Danielle Collins, of the United States, reacts during a match against to Naomi Osaka, of Japan, at the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined for the fourth week in a row, a sign of relative stability that could potentially open the door for some prospective homebuyers to get back in the market.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate fell to 6.09% from 6.13% last week. That's the lowest level since September. The average rate a year ago was 3.55%.
The average long-term rate reached a two-decade high of 7.08% in late October and early November as the Federal Reserve continued to raise its key lending rate in a bid to cool the economy and tame inflation.
At its first meeting of 2023 Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate 0.25 percentage points, its eighth increase in less than a year. That pushed the central bank’s key rate to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%, its highest level in 15 years.
While acknowledging that some measures of inflation have eased, Fed Chair Jerome Powell appeared to suggest Wednesday that he foresees two additional quarter-point rate hikes this year.
Though those rate hikes do impact borrowing rates across the board for businesses and families, rates on 30-year mortgages usually track the moves in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing loans. Investors’ expectations for future inflation, global demand for U.S. Treasurys and what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates can also influence the cost of borrowing for a home.
The big rise in mortgage rates during the past year has throttled the housing market, with sales of existing homes falling for 11 straight months to the lowest level in more than a decade. Higher rates can add hundreds of a dollars a month in costs for homebuyers, on top of already high home prices.
The National Association of Realtors reported earlier this month that existing U.S. home sales totaled 5.03 million last year, a 17.8% decline from 2021. That is the weakest year for home sales since 2014 and the biggest annual decline since 2008, during the housing crisis of the late 2000s.
Though home prices have retreated as demand has declined, they are still more than 10% higher than a year ago.
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Erica Herman, Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend, has dropped her $30 million lawsuit against his estate, according to court documents.
“The Plaintiff, Erica Herman, by and through her undersigned counsel, hereby dismisses without prejudice her Complaint, filed on October 26, 2022, pending resolution of the appeal in Herman v. Woods and determination of whether her claims are subject to arbitration,” the dismissal filing said, according to the New York Post.
Herman filed the suit in Florida last year against the trust that owns Woods mansion. She claimed she was owed $30 million following her eviction from the home and challenged the authenticity of a non-disclosure and acknowledgement agreement citing a federal law that prevents the enforcement of NDAs in instances of sexual assault and harassment.
A Florida judge rejected Herman’s attempt to dismiss the NDA in May, saying Herman did not “provide factual specificity for any claim relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment.” Herman’s attorneys say they plan to appeal the ruling, while Woods has denied the accusations of sexual harassment.
Dismissal of the $30 million lawsuit was filed on June 29, pending Herman’s appeal of the judge’s decision on the NDA.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson will start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday against the Detroit Lions after Mike White was not cleared by doctors to play.
White is dealing with a rib injury that twice knocked him out of the Jets' 20-12 loss at Buffalo last Sunday. He finished the game, but was examined at a hospital afterward.
White was cleared to practice and said throughout the week he had no doubt he would start Sunday, but coach Robert Saleh said Friday that team doctors wouldn't clear him for contact.
“Mike White is an absolute warrior and has been doing everything he could this week to find another opinion to get him onto the football field, to find somebody who would clear him for contact,” Saleh said.
Saleh added that White “exhausted every measure he possibly can” because he wanted to play.
“It's one of those things where we've got to do what's best for the player," Saleh said. "And we've got to protect the player from the player,” Saleh said.
Saleh said the Jets will re-evaluate White's injury Monday, but acknowledged it will be a short turnaround with New York hosting Jacksonville next Thursday night. Saleh declined to detail the exact nature of White's injury. The quarterback said throughout the week that he was sore.
“If you talk to him ... he feels fine,” Saleh said. “He can throw a ball fine, he is not in pain. It's a contact issue. If it was 7 on 7, he'd be out there playing, but it's not.”
Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick last year, was benched last month to focus on improving his mental approach and mechanics. The Jets elevated him earlier this week from No. 3 behind White and Joe Flacco to No. 2.
Instead, Wilson will now be the starter with the Jets (7-6) trying to keep pace in the AFC playoff hunt.
“This is going to be a great opportunity for Zach,” Saleh said. "When he was elevated to the No. 2 quarterback, it was with the understanding there's a strong possibility he was going to play and to prepare accordingly. He's gotten the vast majority of the first-team reps. He'll get all the reps today, he'll get all the reps tomorrow.
“So, we feel very comfortable about Zach's preparation as the first-string quarterback and that he has gotten his normal workload as a starting quarterback would normally get.”
Wilson missed the first three games of this season while recovering from a knee injury, with Flacco starting in his place. Wilson started the next seven and the Jets went 5-2 in those games, but his play was mostly shaky. He had four touchdown passes and five interceptions and had a 55.6 completion percentage as New York’s offense struggled to produce points.
After Wilson went just 9 of 22 for 77 yards in a 10-3 loss at New England in Week 11, the Jets elevated White to starter.
Meanwhile, Wilson was inactive the last three games, and not even dressed in uniform on the sideline. Saleh said the Jets thought there was a chance White wouldn't be able to play this week, so they made the move to elevate Wilson on the depth chart.
Wilson rubbed some within the organization the wrong way after the loss to the Patriots when he said he didn't feel as though he let the defense down despite his poor play. Wilson apologized to his teammates a few days later, but there was a perception that perhaps he had lost the support of the locker room to some degree.
“I think our guys trust him,” Saleh said. "I feel like he's had a really good week of practice. I feel like he's been very good over the last three weeks in being deliberate and attacking the moments that we've asked him to attack and all the different things with regards to footwork and fundamentals.
“I don't know that there's a trust issue. He's got to go out there and do the best he possibly can.”
NOTES: WR Corey Davis was also ruled out for the game while remaining in concussion protocol. ... Saleh said the Jets are “hopeful” DT Quinnen Williams (calf) will play. “He is still going to be 50/50," the coach said, "but D-linemen don't need to practice to be ready for game day.” ... CB Brandin Echols will sit out the game with a quadriceps injury.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil project in Alaska, he will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.
The announcement, expected as soon as Sunday evening, would bar drilling in nearly 3 million acres of the Arctic Ocean — closing off the rest of its federal waters from oil exploration — and limit drilling in more than 13 million acres in a vast swath of land known as the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska.
The official requested anonymity to discuss the conservation effort before it is officially unveiled.
The moves come as regulators prepare to announce a final decision on t he $8 billion Willow project, a controversial oil drilling plan pushed by ConocoPhillips in the petroleum reserve. Climate activists have rallied against project, calling it a “carbon bomb” that would be a betrayal of Biden’s campaign pledges to curb new oil and gas drilling.
Meanwhile, Alaska lawmakers, unions and indigenous communities have pressured Biden to approve the project, saying it would bring much-needed jobs and billions of dollars in taxes and mitigation funds to the vast, snow- and ice-covered region nearly 600 miles (965 kilometers) from Anchorage. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, called Willow “one of the biggest, most important resource development projects in our state’s history.”
Biden’s decision on Willow will be one of his most consequential climate decisions and comes as he gears up for a likely reelection bid in 2024. A decision to approve Willow risks alienating young voters who have urged stronger climate action by the White House and flooded social media with demands to stop the Willow project. Approval also could spark protests similar to those against the failed Keystone XL oil pipeline during the Obama administration.
Rejection of the project would meet strong resistance from Alaska’s bipartisan congressional delegation, which met with top officials at the White House in recent days to lobby for the project. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who provided key support to confirm Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, said it was no secret she has cooperated with the White House on a range of issues.
“Cooperation goes both ways,″ she told reporters.
Haaland, who fought the Willow project as a member of Congress, has the final decision on whether to approve it, although top White House climate officials are likely to be involved, with input from Biden himself. The White House said no final decision on Willow has been reached.
Under the conservation plan set to be announced, Biden would bar drilling in nearly 3 million acres of the Arctic Ocean, and impose new protections in the petroleum reserve. The proposed Willow project is within the reserve, a century-old designation the size of Indiana. About half of the reserve is off limits to oil and gas leasing under an Obama-era rule reinstated by the Biden administration last year.
Areas to be protected include the Teshekpuk Lake, Utukok Uplands, Colville River, Kasegaluk Lagoon and Peard Bay Special Areas, the official said.
Abigail Dillen, president of the environmental group Earthjustice, welcomed the new conservation plan, but said if the Biden administration believes it has authority to limit oil development in the petroleum reserve, officials should extend those protections to the Willow site.
“They have the authority to block Willow,” she said in an interview Sunday.
Athan Manuel, director of the Sierra Club’s lands protection program, said the benefits of the new protections would be more than undone by damage from Willow, which would be the biggest new oil field in decades in Alaska, producing up to 180,000 barrels per day, according to ConocoPhillips.
“No proposal poses a bigger threat to lands, wildlife, communities and our climate than ConocoPhillips’ Willow project,” Manuel said in a statement. “Oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters must end — full stop. The eyes of the world are watching to see whether this administration will live up to its climate promises.”
In 2015, President Barack Obama halted exploration in coastal areas of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, and he later withdrew most other potential Arctic Ocean lease areas — about 98 percent of the Arctic outer continental shelf. The bans were intended to protect polar bears, walruses, ice seals and Alaska Native villages that depend on the animals.
President Donald Trump reversed Obama’s decision, but a federal judge restored the Obama-era restrictions in 2019, ruling that Trump exceeded his authority.
The Biden administration received one bid in December for the right to drill offshore for oil and gas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maddy Siegrist scored 39 points, including 19 in the third quarter, and No. 14 Villanova defeated St. John's 73-57 on Wednesday night, the Wildcats' 14th win in their past 15 games.
Siegrist, the national scoring leader (29.1 ppg) and Ann Meyer and Naismith Trophy national player of the week after scoring 50 points in a win over Seton Hall last Saturday, made 15 of 26 shots, 3 of 7 3-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws. She also had 11 rebounds. Her 19-point third quarter helped Villanova turn a five-point halftime lead into a 55-40 lead entering the fourth.
Villanova's only loss this calendar year was a 63-58 setback at No. 6 UConn on Jan. 29. Villanova hosts UConn (23-4, 15-1) in the rematch on Saturday.
With Siegrist leading the way, Villanova dominated St. John's inside, outscoring the Red Storm 42-26 in the paint and 10-3 in second-chance points. St. John's led 9-8 with 37 seconds left in the first quarter, but Villanova scored the last four points of the period and did not trail again.
Mimi Reid, a 5.1 points per game scorer this season, led St. John's with a career-high 23 points.
Lucy Olsen had 14 points and seven assists for Villanova and Christina Dalce had 11 rebounds.
Villanova swept the season series with St. John's. In the game at Villanova, the Wildcats trailed 59-43 with 5:28 remaining before rallying for a 64-61 victory.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Capt. Ibrahim Traore officially became Burkina Faso’s transitional president Friday, two weeks after he seized power in the country’s second coup this year, but he will be ineligible to run for the office when elections are held.
A national assembly that included army officers, civil society organizations, and traditional and religious leaders approved a new charter for the West African country Friday.
It states that the head of the MPSR, the ruling military junta, is the president and supreme chief of the armed forces. But the charter also stipulates that the president is not eligible to run in elections at the end of the transition period.
Burkina Faso’s latest coup, announced Sept. 30 on state television, has raised fears that the country’s political chaos could result in more violence from the region’s Islamic extremists. Thousands of people already have been killed by jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group and some 2 million people displaced.
Traore has promised to stick to the agreement that his ousted predecessor already had reached with the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS. Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who left Burkina Faso for Togo after the coup, had agreed to hold a new vote by July 2024.
On Friday, thousands of people crowded outside where the assembly was taking place to show their support for Traore, a 34-year-old army captain who was relatively unknown before coming to power.
Many waved Russian flags, saying they wanted Traore to work more with Russia rather than France, the former colonial power that has been helping fight jihadis in the region since 2013.
“We want Russia to come because it’s been more than 100 years that we were colonized. France has been on the frontline of the security situation and we notice that it’s a failure,” said Mahamadi Sawadogo from Friendship Between Burkina Faso and Russia, a civil society group.
Despite the support, however, some locals say there will be little grace period for Traore, who must succeed where his predecessors failed.
“All the Burkinabe people are expecting results,” said Rasmane Zinba, a coordinator with Balai Citoyen a civil society group. “If Traore doesn’t do that, he may be ousted like Damiba.” | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Burkina-Faso-s-junta-leader-is-named-transitional-17510482.php | 2022-10-15 00:15:12 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Burkina-Faso-s-junta-leader-is-named-transitional-17510482.php |
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With three-year revenue growth of 273% percent, UNFOLD ranks among America's fastest-growing private companies
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed UNFOLD, a Conspiracy Theory partner, is No. 2171 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
Since its founding in 2012, UNFOLD has grown to more than 150 people, with full-service capabilities in media, digital advertising, social media, website development and production services. UNFOLD is a member of the Conspiracy Theory network of best-in-class specialist agencies that work together to grow brands and drive business.
"We launched UNFOLD 10 years ago and the world has changed dramatically in that time," said UNFOLD co-founder and CCO Brick Rucker. "Today, we are in the privileged position where our services are more in demand than ever. We've turbocharged our capabilities to meet these needs so we can continue to thrive for the next decade."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
UNFOLD is a best-in-class digital creative agency for top brands and the largest entertainment companies in the world. Since its founding in 2012, the agency has grown to over 150 people with full-service capabilities in media, digital advertising, social media, website development and production services. For more information visit unfoldagency.com.
Conspiracy Theory, founded in 2021, is a solutions-oriented network of agencies and businesses that work together toward similar goals. Combined, Conspiracy Theory shops will bring together a robust suite of specialty services offered by best-in-class talent across disciplines. The group's motto: "Amazing alone. Powerful together." For more information visit conspiracytheory.co.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Police investigate reported road-rage shooting on Southfield Freeway
Michigan State Police are investigating a reported road-rage incident Saturday night on the Southfield Freeway in which a driver was shot in the arm.
The incident happened at 10:55 p.m. in the southbound lanes between Plymouth and Joy, MSP tweeted. A preliminary investigation revealed that two male drivers exchanged words and got into a "road rage incident."
The suspect, driving a green car, pulled alongside the victim's car and produced a firearm, police said. He fired at the victim, hitting him once in the right bicep, police said. The victim's vehicle carried one female passenger who was not injured.
The victim exited the freeway at Warren and called the police while the suspect's vehicle exited at Joy Road. Emergency medical services took the victim to Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn.
Police found multiple 9mm bullet casings on the freeway after the road was closed. Police also seized two firearms from the victim, who has a concealed pistol license.
The shooting was the latest in incidents on Metro Detroit freeways this month. On Thursday, a box truck was shot at on Interstate 94 and the driver of a Chrysler 200 was shot at on Interstate 96 on Sept. 1.
MSP asks anyone with information about the latest shooting to call Crime Stoppers at 1-(800) SPEAK-UP.
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Most Americans don't know their life expectancy; that's a problem in retirement planning
A new study found that most Americans do not know how long they expect to live, alarming researchers who say the lack of "longevity literacy" could mean many who believe they are prepared for retirement may run out of funds in their golden years.
The TIAA Institute and George Washington University's Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center's 2022 Personal Finance Index asked for the first time in the survey's history whether respondents knew the life expectancy of Americans who are currently 60 years old, as a multiple choice question. The correct answer is age 82 for men and 85 for women.
Only 37% answered correctly. More than half – 53% – either said they did not know the answer or underestimated how long they were projected to live by six years.
Those results point to a problem when it comes to retirement planning, according to researchers, who note that a person cannot accurately plan how much they need to save if they are not even aware of how long their savings will likely need to last.
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"The people who overestimate and the people who get it right behave quite similarly in terms of saving for retirement," GFLEC academic director Annamaria Lusardi told FOX Business, noting that the data shows that having "longevity literacy" increased the likelihood that respondents were on track with their retirement savings.
FILE - A woman sits in a wheelchair at a retirement and nursing home. (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Those who accurately answered the life expectancy question were more likely to save for retirement while working, and were also much more likely – 40% versus 25% – to respond that they were confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
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Another notable finding in the study was that there was a gender gap both in knowing life expectancy and in financial literacy.
Women were more likely to have longevity accuracy (43%) than men (32%), but men's financial literacy was stronger.
Surya Kollari, head of the TIAA Institute, says this finding could change how the industry has been approaching retirement planning conversations and indicates the importance of financial advisers meeting with both spouses in a household to address longevity considerations as part of their discussions – along with caregiving needs, long term care, and health care costs.
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"We know that women live longer and our research has indicated that they lag men in financial literacy," he explains. "A focus by industry on providing advice and guidance would be timely and valuable." | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/most-americans-dont-know-their-life-expectancy-thats-a-problem-in-retirement-planning | 2023-01-20 19:27:56 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/most-americans-dont-know-their-life-expectancy-thats-a-problem-in-retirement-planning |
NEW YORK (NEXSTAR/WETM) – Millions of taxpayers who used the popular Intuit filing software TurboTax in recent years will receive money from a 50-state, $141 million settlement accusing the company of charging people for services that should have been free.
“Intuit cheated millions of low-income Americans out of free tax filing services they were entitled to,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Thursday. “For years, Intuit misled the most vulnerable among us to make a profit. Today, every state in the nation is holding Intuit accountable for scamming millions of taxpayers, and we’re putting millions of dollars back into the pockets of impacted Americans.”
The investigation into Intuit’s business practices stemmed from two versions of TurboTax: one created through participation in the IRS Free File Program – designed for military members and those making less than $34,000 – and a second, “TurboTax Free Edition,” which the company heavily marketed in ads that repeated the word “free” dozens of times.
In 2021, Intuit said in a blog post that it was withdrawing from the Free File Program citing “limitations” that kept it from providing more benefits.
The second version, however, was only free for taxpayers with “simple returns,” as defined by Intuit. Investigators from James’ office and those of multiple states found that while the TurboTax Free Edition was only free for roughly 30% of the population, while the IRS-partnered version was free for about 70% of taxpayers.
Who is eligible to receive money, and how much?
Anyone who paid TurboTax for their federal tax returns for the 2016, 2017, or 2018 tax years but was eligible for the IRS Free File Program could see a check in their mailbox.
After getting an email from settlement fund administrator Rust Consulting, they will get a check automatically without having to file a claim.
According to the agreement, Intuit will provide restitution for almost 4.4 million people. The direct payments will be roughly $30 for each year that the taxpayer should not have had to pay for TurboTax, according to the New York AG’s Office.
People who are part of the case will be contacted by email about their individual checks and may see the money starting next week. | https://www.wane.com/news/top-picks/if-you-use-turbotax-you-may-be-owed-money-how-settlement-payments-will-work/ | 2023-05-04 22:03:43 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/top-picks/if-you-use-turbotax-you-may-be-owed-money-how-settlement-payments-will-work/ |
- Evolution in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) therapy gives men more treatment options
- Treatment is one avenue for men with localized prostate cancer
- New therapy is targeted and offers fewer side effects than traditional treatment
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoag is giving men with localized prostate cancer an additional treatment option in the battle against disease with the introduction of Focal One, a noninvasive robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technology.
An advanced technology that precisely targets cancerous prostate tissue, HIFU allows urologic surgeons to ablate, or destroy, just the diseased portion of the prostate. The result is a cancer treatment without many of the side effects that come with treating the entire prostate, including urinary and erectile side effects.
"Hoag is a leader in introducing evidence-based technology that advances care and improves patients' quality of life," said Jeffrey C. Bassett, M.D, M.P.H., Benjamin & Carmela Du Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology. "There is now ample evidence to support that this technology allows us to ablate a smaller portion of the prostate, which lessens the damage to surrounding healthy tissue."
Surgeons compare the procedure to a lumpectomy versus a mastectomy in breast cancer.
"Analogous to a woman choosing a lumpectomy for her breast cancer, not all men with localized prostate cancer want or need the entirety of their prostate treated," said Hoag urologic oncologist Daniel Su, M.D.
Those most likely to benefit from this new treatment are men with smaller volume low or intermediate risk disease, including some men on active surveillance, according to Dr. Bassett. Hoag was an early adopter of active surveillance for men with non-lethal prostate cancer. In safely monitoring men with slow-growing cancers, the potential side effects of treatment are mitigated, helping to maintain a better quality of life.
As successful as active surveillance is, some men aren't comfortable with the approach either at the time of diagnosis or in the long term.
"HIFU gives men a treatment option with a low risk of urinary and sexual dysfunction when contending with a slow-growing and non-lethal cancer," said Dr. Su.
Funded through philanthropy, Focal One HIFU combines real-time ultrasound image guidance with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and biopsy data presented in 3D. Using a transrectal probe, the surgeon navigates to the tumor, directs high intensity ultrasound energy at the target area and ablates only the cancerous portion of the prostate. No incisions are made.
The introduction of this technology represents the latest in Hoag's commitment to image-guided technology that enables physicians to provide precise, targeted treatment.
Hoag's multidisciplinary team works with men to help tailor the most appropriate treatment approach to them. Hoag was the first hospital in Orange County to offer prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radiotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer, as part of Hoag's Molecular Imaging & Therapy program. The hospital was also the first in Southern California to perform minimally invasive prostate removal through a single incision. In fact, Hoag surgeons have performed the highest volume of single port robotic prostatectomies in the western half of the United States.
And now, Hoag is proud to offer a new treatment option for men with localized prostate cancer.
"Thanks to the generosity and support from our philanthropic community, we are building on our commitment to the highest level of prostate cancer care," Dr. Bassett said.
For more information about Focal One HIFU, visit hoag.org/hifu or contact the Institute at 949-7-CANCER.
ABOUT HOAG
Hoag is a nonprofit, regional health care delivery system in Orange County, California. Delivering world-class, comprehensive, personalized care, Hoag consists of 1,800 top physicians, 15 urgent care facilities, 10 health & wellness centers, and two award-winning hospitals. Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes seven institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neurosciences, spine, women's health, and orthopedics through Hoag's affiliate, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and four ambulatory surgical centers. Hoag is the highest ranked hospital in Orange County by U.S. News & World Report and the only OC hospital ranked in the Top 10 in California, as well as a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). For more information, visit hoag.org.
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Melinda Dillon, an actress who won acclaim for playing women in crisis or at a crossroads in roles such as the mousy Honey in Broadway’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, a mother seeking her alien-abducted son in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and the doting matriarch in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” died Jan. 9. She was 83.
Ms. Dillon’s death was announced by her family, without giving a cause or where she died.
Over more than five decades, Ms. Dillon built a career in supporting roles onstage, cinema and television. She often played women locked in personal struggles in films including the psychological drama “The Prince of Tides” (1991) and “Absence of Malice” (1981) as a Catholic woman who kills herself after her abortion is revealed by a journalist (Sally Field).
Ms. Dillon’s own life also had periods of disquiet. She said the intensity of performing in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” left her emotionally drained and in need of a break nine months after its debut in 1962. She left the show to undergo mental health care.
“I was in ‘Virginia Woolf’ and I just went crazy; it was really that simple,” she said in a 1976 interview with the New York Times.
Ms. Dillon was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance, but she did not return to the role and was not cast in Mike Nichols’s 1966 film version. Sandy Dennis, playing the role of the innocent and troubled Honey, won an Academy Award.
Looking back, Ms. Dillon said she had reached “the American Dream” as a young performer raised in Arkansas and studying in New York with celebrated acting coach Lee Strasberg.
“I guess I just wasn’t prepared for it all to happen so quickly in New York,” she said. “I’m not sophisticated; I hadn’t had any kind of cultural education, at all, so when it came to meeting people, and presenting any kind of ideas I might have to offer, I would be terrified.”
She became, however, a sought-after performer who was defined by two roles as mothers in very different settings: manic in “Close Encounters” in a quest that leads to Wyoming’s monolithic Devil’s Tower, and stoic in “A Christmas Story” about a boy’s dream of getting a BB gun as a present.
“They got him,” Ms. Dillion’s character quivers in “Close Encounters” after her son is snatched by aliens through the doggy-door in their kitchen.
The scene became part of sci-fi movie fandom — never showing the aliens at the house but announcing their presence with pulsing lights and a mayhem of flying kitchenware and rattling appliances. Ms. Dillion said her shrieks were not acting.
“I was petrified,” she said, describing holding the young actor (Cary Guffey) playing her son. “I started screaming. I was so scared that the baby was going to get hit with this stuff.”
In the movie, she and another person who had a brush with the aliens (Richard Dreyfuss) become increasingly obsessed with images that they would later learn is Devil’s Tower, where they find the alien fleet. (Another famous scene is Dreyfuss’s character piling mashed potatoes into a glob resembling Devil’s Tower.)
Ms. Dillon received one of eight Oscar nominations for “Close Encounters,” whose cast included French director François Truffaut as a UFO expert. The film won an Academy Award for cinematography.
In “A Christmas Story” (1983), Ms. Dillon played a dutiful housewife aghast that her son Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) is desperate for a Red Ryder BB gun. She trots out mom-speak chestnuts — “you can take someone’s eye out” — and churns out meatloaves for the family dinners.
Author and essayist Dina Gachman saw more than just a suburban mom. “One look at her disheveled hair and shabby robe and exasperated stare and I thought: This woman is a damn hero,” she wrote in the New York Times in 2020.
Gachman urged viewers of the Christmas watch-list staple to give more due to Ms. Dillon’s role. “I’ll be rooting for the mom, and imagining a deleted scene where she kicks up her feet, has that Tom Collins and gets a quiet moment all to herself,” she wrote.
Ms. Dillon also shared her own secret about the drama. Once again, she had an unscripted scream.
In a scene at a Chinese restaurant, she was not told the Peking duck would come with its head. She let out a squeal when the server brought down a cleaver on the duck’s neck.
A break at Second City
Melinda Ruth Dillon was born on Oct. 13, 1939, in Hope, Ark., and moved frequently with Army postings for her father, including time at a U.S. base in what was then West Germany.
She studied acting at DePaul University in Chicago and worked in the coat check room at the improv-comedy club, The Second City. A break came when a performer fell ill and Ms. Dillon took her place in a skit.
In films, she dabbled in lighter roles in “Slap Shot,” a 1977 hockey comedy starring Paul Newman, and alongside John Lithgow in “Harry and the Hendersons” (1987) as a family with a Sasquatch in tow. Ms. Dillon did double duty in the Woody Guthrie biopic “Bound for Glory” (1976), playing both Guthrie’s wife, Mary, and a folk singer, Memphis Sue.
Ms. Dillon returned to Broadway in 1967 with the hit “You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running.” In television, she appeared in shows including “The Jeffersons” and “Picket Fences.”
Her marriage to the actor Richard Libertini ended in divorce. She is survived by a son.
Ms. Dillon said the kitchen bedlam scene in “Close Encounters” was a one-take wonder. Filming was set for a day that was sweltering and humid. “We were all just soaked,” she said.
So Spielberg said there would be no rehearsals.
“And he says, ‘Action,’” Ms. Dillon recalled. “And the kitchen flew apart. The whole kitchen blew up.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/04/melinda-dillon-actress-dies/ | 2023-02-04 22:59:43 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/04/melinda-dillon-actress-dies/ |
Acquisition of sand preparation expert complements global offering
TAASTRUP, Denmark, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norican Group, home to DISA, ItalPresseGauss, StrikoWestofen and Wheelabrator, has acquired US-based Simpson Technologies, experts in equipment for the mixing, cooling, handling, reclamation and analysis of sand.
The 110-year-old family business is based in Aurora, Illinois, with subsidiaries in Germany and India. It has a significant footprint in both foundry and chemical process industries.
Joining Denmark-headquartered Norican will expand Simpson's global reach, offer a one-stop shop for joint foundry customers and give chemical process industry customers access to Norican's leading digital technologies.
For Norican, the acquisition is a natural extension of its complete foundry offering, strengthening its capabilities in sand preparation, reclamation and laboratory testing.
The Simpson brand will sit alongside the other four Norican technology brands – DISA, ItalPresseGauss, StrikoWestofen and Wheelabrator, covering molding, diecasting, light metal melting/dosing and shot blasting – as well as digital brand Monitizer.
The acquisition completed at the beginning of October for an undisclosed sum. The existing Simpson team remains in place. Simpson's Bruce W. Dienst will take over the leadership of all Norican activities in the North American region as well as continuing as President & CEO of Simpson Technologies.
Anders Wilhjelm, CEO of Norican Group, comments: "I'm delighted to welcome Simpson Technologies into the Norican family. It's a great match for both sides. We were particularly impressed with Simpson's outstanding sand reclamation and energy-efficient continuous sand mixing equipment, which perfectly complements our suite of sustainable foundry technologies. It's reflective of an ethos that values resources and works hard to reduce our industries' impact on the planet."
Bruce W. Dienst, President & CEO of Simpson Technologies, adds: "We are very excited and honored to join the Norican family whose values, strategic vision and technologies fully align with and complement ours. In fact, we've already worked with and respected many of our new colleagues for decades. In North America, we will further integrate Simpson with our sister brands of DISA, Wheelabrator and Monitizer to provide a complete solution that produces castings of the highest quality. With Norican, Simpson will extend our innovative technologies to a global customer base with unequalled local support and technical assistance."
Simpson Technologies' processes will be integrated with Norican's systems over the coming months. Both businesses will continue to exceed customers' expectations during this seamless transition period and beyond.
For more on Simpson and Norican, visit www.simpsongroup.com and www.noricangroup.com.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89.
Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.
She was 15-year-old Marlene Bauer when she joined 12 other women — including her older sister, Alice Bauer — in signing incorporation papers in 1950 for the fledgling LPGA Tour.
Upon her death, the LPGA is among the premier women’s sports associations in the world, with players this year competing for $100 million in prize money.
“Marlene will be missed dearly, but I can guarantee she’ll never be forgotten,” LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said. “She was an impressive athlete, a fiery competitor and at a young age showed women and girls that they could achieve greatness in all areas of life. We’re incredibly grateful for her contributions to the LPGA, women’s golf and women’s sports at large.”
Her family said she died in a memory care facility and had been coping with physical problems during the last year because of a fall, The Desert Sun reported.
Among the founders she joined were Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Louise Suggs and Patty Berg. While Hagge-Vossler already is in golf’s Hall of Fame, the remaining founders were elected in March for the 2024 induction class.
They played golf, and mostly they promoted their league. Hagge-Vossler was a star on and off the course, known as one of the “glamor girls” in the early days of the LPGA.
A year before the LPGA began, she won the U.S. Girls’ Junior at age 15 and in 1949 was the youngest to be voted female athlete of the year by The Associated Press.
She won her first LPGA Tour event in the 1952 Sarasota Open. Her last win was in 1972 at the Burdine’s Invitational in Miami.
Born in South Dakota, her family moved to California in her childhood.
She won the Long Beach City Boys Junior when she was 10. At age 13, she won the Los Angeles Women’s City Championship, the Palm Springs Women’s Championship and the Northern California Open. She was the youngest player to make the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open and finished eighth.
“When I won the LA City Women’s championship in 1947 when I was 13, on the back of the scorecard it said, ‘No children under 14 are permitted on the course,’” she told he Los Angeles Times in 1987.
She married Bob Hagge in 1955, shortly after he was divorced from her sister Alice. They divorced in 1964 and she married former PGA Tour pro Ernie Vossler in 1995. Her husband died in 2013.
“Marlene had a very special place in the tour. She was not only a fine player, but she was beautiful, charismatic and popular,” former LPGA Commissioner Charlie Mechem told The Desert Sun. “The tour and golf as a whole will miss her.”
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PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott and the Phillies play coy when asked exactly what they’ve learned through the years that turns Miami’s Sandy Alcantara from ace to — especially in his latest start — awful against the NL champs.
“I think it’s just staying focused and trying to get the right pitch against him,” Stott said.
Whatever the methodology, the Phillies are to blame for one of the worst outings of Alcantara’s 133 career starts.
Alec Bohm homered and tied a career high with six RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies tagged the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner for nine runs in a 15-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
Brandon Marsh and Jake Cave added solo homers, and the Phillies pounded out 20 hits.
Alcantara (1-1) had pitched a 1-hour, 57-minute shutout in his last start against Minnesota, then struggled to get anyone out in Philadelphia.
Alcantara scuffled with a 1-3 record, 3.16 ERA last season against the Phillies, and it seems as if the NL champs have figured something out against the Marlins’ ace.
“Maybe we just see him better than other teams,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.
The Phillies have won eight of their last 10 games against the Marlins when Alcantara starts. Alcantara has lost seven times to the Phillies since the start of the 2021 season.
“Something happened quick out there,” Alcantara said. “They know I throw a lot of strikes. Maybe they said this guy throws too many strikes, let’s swing the bat. They make a lot of hard contact, soft contact. It’s part of the game.”
The Phillies pounded him for five runs in the third inning and four more in the fifth -- whopping totals considering Alcantara did not allow more than six runs in a game in 32 starts last season.
Cave, claimed off waivers in December, rocked a solo homer off the second-deck facade in right to lead off the fourth for a 1-0 lead. Alcantara retired the next two batters.
Then the bats got hot. The Phillies have been searching for power with injured sluggers Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and Darick Hall sidelined for parts or all of this season. Without them, the Phillies hit just seven homers in the first nine games.
Against Alcantara, they didn’t really need the 400-footers.
Stott singled, stole second and scored on Trea Turner’s single. Turner stole second, Kyle Schwarber walked and Nick Castellanos banged an RBI double to left for a 3-0 lead. Alec Bohm added a two-RBI single for a 5-0 lead and Brandon Marsh doubled, making it six straight Phillies to reach base with two outs against Alcantara.
Small ball style.
Castellanos and Bohm added run-scoring singles in the fifth and they each scored on Marsh’s double off reliever Devin Smeltzer. That closed the book on Alcantara. His nine runs allowed in four-plus innings were the most in a start by a reigning Cy Young Award winner since Detroit’s Max Scherzer gave up 10 against Kansas City in 2014. Perhaps Alcantara can take solace in the face that Scherzer won 18 games that season.
Matt Strahm (1-0) struck out six in five scoreless innings for the win.
Bohm added a three-run shot in the sixth, Marsh went deep in the eighth and the Phillies cruised to their third win in four games.
TAKE A LICKING
Smeltzer took one for the team. He allowed six runs and five hits in four innings meaning, yes, the Marlins only used two pitchers in a game in which they allowed 15 runs.
LEADING OFF
Hitting .429 to start the season, Thomson shifted second baseman Stott to the leadoff spot. Turner was bumped to second and Schwarber hit third. Stott singled in the third and extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
Thomson didn’t say if the move was permanent.
“I’ve always thought he kind of fits the mold of a leadoff guy,” Thomson said. “He sees a lot of pitches. He knows the strike zone. He sees the field, he can hit, gets on base.”
OUTTA HERE
Sentinel Sports Final
Castellanos was tossed in the seventh by plate umpire John Libka over a disagreement on a called third strike. Castellanos thought the pitch was inside and pointed his bat at the dirt, prompting the ejection.
WELCOME BACK
The Phillies presented an NL championship ring to former second baseman Jean Segura. Segura, who batted seventh and played third base for the Marlins, spent four years with the Phillies and won Game 1 of the NL wild-card series with a two-run, single in the ninth inning against St. Louis.
Segura had played 1,328 career games before making his postseason debut.
“Jean was the guy that wanted to play every day,” Thomson said. “He played hard. He cared a great deal about winning. That’s all he wanted to do was win and he finally got a taste of it last year.”
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The Marlins send LHP Jesus Luzardo (1-0, 0.71 ERA) to the mound against Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (0-1, 7.45 ERA). | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/fl-sp-marlins-phillies-mon-20230411-wapivmq53jclvfdaeoxd7cb2di-story.html | 2023-04-11 06:25:52 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/fl-sp-marlins-phillies-mon-20230411-wapivmq53jclvfdaeoxd7cb2di-story.html |
Police: Woman opened fire in Dallas airport; officer shot her
DALLAS (AP) — A 37-year-old woman fired several gunshots, apparently at the ceiling, inside of Dallas’ Love Field Airport on Monday before an officer shot and wounded her, authorities said.
The woman was dropped off at the airport, walked inside and then entered a bathroom, Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia told reporters. She emerged wearing a hooded sweatshirt or some other clothing that she hadn’t arrived in, pulled a gun and fired several shots, apparently at the ceiling, he said.
An officer who was nearby shot the woman in her “lower extremities,” wounding her and enabling her to be taken into custody, Garcia said. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Garcia didn’t release the woman’s name or speculate as to what her motive might have been.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
DALLAS (AP) — Police responded Monday morning to reports of shots fired at Dallas Love Field airport, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Police were investigating the reports at Love Field, but no other details were immediately released, Dallas police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said.
Love Field serves as a hub for Southwest Airlines.
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DALLAS, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NexPoint Advisors, L.P., investment adviser to the NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust ("NXDT" and together with affiliated entities "NexPoint"), today announced the extension of the offering period for its previously announced offer to purchase Shares of Beneficial Interest (the "Shares") of United Development Funding IV ("UDFI" or the "Company") at a price of $1.10 per Share upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Assignment Form for the offer (which together constitute the "Offer" and the "Tender Offer Documents"). The Offer is now scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, at the end of the day on July 22, 2022, unless the Offer is extended or earlier terminated. The Tender Offer Documents are available at www.UDFITenderOffer.com, or from the information agent for the Offer, as discussed below.
As previously announced on December 14, 2020, the Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions: (i) there shall not have been threatened, instituted, or pending any action or proceeding before any court or any governmental or administrative agency (a) challenging the acquisition of shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise relating in any manner to the Offer, or (b) in the sole judgment of NexPoint, otherwise materially adversely affecting the Company; (ii) NexPoint shall have received all required governmental approvals, if any, for the Offer; (iii) NexPoint shall have had the opportunity to conduct sufficient due diligence to determine whether the offered price per share is reasonable given the current financial condition and results of operations of UDFI; (iv) the Board of Trustees of UDFI shall have waived in writing the ownership limitations set forth in Article VII of the Declaration of Trust of UDFI as such limitations would otherwise apply to the Offer; and (v) NexPoint shall have received satisfactory evidence that UDFI has continued to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under federal tax laws and thereby to avoid any entity-level federal income or excise tax.
NXDT is in the process of converting from an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 into a real estate investment trust ("REIT"). In connection with that conversion, NXDT dropped down certain of its investments to a single-member, wholly owned limited liability company subsidiary, NexPoint Real Estate Opportunities ("NREO"), which is reflected as a portfolio company of NXDT. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., external adviser to NXDT and NREO, continues to have investment and voting power over the UDF IV Common Shares. Accordingly, NexPoint continues to beneficially own the UDF IV Common Shares it had previously reported to the SEC on its last Schedule 13D.
On January 8, 2021, UDFI announced that it had reduced the percentage of outstanding Shares that a shareholder may own from 9.8% to 5.0%. The Company took such action in an effort to frustrate the Offer. It also announced it amended the Company's bylaws to require that certain legal actions could be brought on behalf of or against UDFI only in certain courts in Maryland. NexPoint is reviewing these actions and their legality under applicable law.
Shareholders should read the Offer to Purchase and the related materials carefully because they contain important information. Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the Offer to Purchase and the Assignment Form from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the Offer (the "Information Agent"), by calling toll-free at (800) 331-7543. THE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON JULY 22, 2022, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
The NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NYSE: NXDT), formerly the NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund (NYSE:NHF), is a closed-end fund managed by NexPoint Advisors, L.P. that is in the process of converting to a diversified REIT. The name change became effective on November 8, 2021. On August 28, 2020, shareholders approved the conversion proposal and amended NXDT's fundamental investment policies and restrictions to permit NXDT to pursue its new business. NXDT has completed the repositioning of its investment portfolio sufficient to achieve REIT tax status and is operating during its 2021 taxable year so that it may qualify for taxation as a REIT.NXDT has also realigned its portfolio so that it is no longer an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). On March 31, 2021, NXDT filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for an order under the 1940 Act declaring that NXDT no longer operates as an investment company (the "Deregistration Order"). During the SEC's review process, NXDT will continue to be structured as a closed-end investment fund.
For more information visit www.nexpoint.com/nexpoint-strategic-opportunities-fund
NexPoint Advisors, L.P. is an SEC-registered adviser on the NexPoint alternative investment platform. It serves as the adviser to a suite of funds and investment vehicles, including a closed-end fund, interval fund, business development company, and various real estate vehicles. For more information visit www.nexpoint.com
This document is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any common stock of UDFI or any other securities. The offer to purchase common stock of UDFI will only be made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Assignment Form and related documents. THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE ASSIGNMENT FORM AND CERTAIN OTHER TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS) WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. STOCKHOLDERS OF UDFI ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SUCH STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR SHARES. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of these statements (when available) by directing such requests to the Information Agent, by calling toll-free at (800) 331-7543.
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