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White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four, Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.
Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge the white woman who fired through her front her door and killed a Black neighbor in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.
Woods said that this was not a stand your ground case but “simply a killing.”
When interviewed, Lorincz claimed that she acted in self-defense and that Owens had been trying to break down her door prior to her discharging her firearm. Lorincz also claimed that Owens had come after her in the past and had previously attacked her. Through their investigation – including obtaining the statements of eyewitnesses – detectives were able to establish that Lorincz’s actions were not justifiable under Florida law, a statement from the sheriff’s office said.
About three dozen mostly Black protesters gathered outside the Marion County Judicial Center to demand that the shooter be arrested in the country’s latest flashpoint over race and gun violence. The chief prosecutor, State Attorney William Gladson, met with the protesters and urged patience while the investigation continues.
“If we are going to make a case we need as much time and as much evidence as possible,” Gladson said. “I don’t want to compromise any criminal investigation and I’m not going to do that.”
Owens, 35, was killed in the Friday night shooting, Woods said. The women lived in the rolling hills south of Ocala, a north Florida city that is the heart of the state’s horse country.
Woods had said Monday that detectives were working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges. The sheriff pointed out that because of the stand your ground law he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
On Tuesday, a stuffed teddy bear and bouquets marked the area near where Owens was shot. Nearby, children were riding bikes and scooters, and playing basketball. Protesters chanted “No justice, no peace” and “A.J. A.J. A.J” using Owens’ nickname. They carried signs saying: “Say her name Ajike Owens” and “It’s about us.”
Outside, the Rev. Bernard Tuggerson said the Black community in Ocala has suffered injustices for years. “Marion County is suffering and needs to be healed completely,” he said. “If we don’t turn from our wicked ways of the world, it’s going to be an ongoing problem. We want answers.”
The sheriff said Owens was shot moments after going to Lorincz’s apartment, who had yelled at Owens’ children as they played in a nearby lot. He also said Lorincz had thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children.
Deputies responding to a trespassing call at the apartment Friday night found Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. She later died at a hospital.
Before the confrontation, Lorincz had been yelling racial slurs at the children, according to a statement from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Owens’ family. He also represented Trayvon Martin’s family in 2012, when the Black teenager was killed in a case that drew worldwide attention to the state’s stand your ground law.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting.
Lauren Smith, 40, lives across the street from where the shooting happened. She was on her porch that day and saw one of Owens’ young sons pacing, and yelling, “They shot my mama, they shot my mama.”
She ran toward the house, and started chest compressions until a rescue crew arrived. She said there wasn’t an altercation and that Owens didn’t have a weapon.
“She was angry all the time that the children were playing out there,” Smith said. “She would say nasty things to them. Just nasty.” Smith, who is white, described the neighborhood is family friendly.
The sheriff said that since January 2021, deputies responded at least a half-dozen calls in connection with what police described as feuding between Owens and Lorincz.
“There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth,” the sheriff said Lorincz told investigators. “Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.”
“I’m absolutely heartbroken,” Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told The Associated Press. She described the fatal shooting as “so senseless.”
“We’ve seen this again and again across this country,” she said, adding that “it’s really because of lax gun laws and a culture of shoot first.”
Ferrell-Zabala said stand your ground cases, which she refers to as “shoot first laws,” are deemed justifiable five times more frequently when a white shooter kills a Black victim.
In 2017, Florida lawmakers updated the state’s self-defense statute to shift the burden of proof from a person claiming self-defense to prosecutors. That means authorities have to rule out self-defense before bringing charges. Before the change in law, prosecutors could charge someone with a shooting, and then defense attorneys would have to present an affirmative defense for why their client shouldn’t be convicted.
In fact, stand your ground and “castle doctrine” cases — which allow residents to defend themselves either by law or court precedent when threatened — have sparked outrage amid a spate of shootings across the country.
In April, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, a white man, shot and injured 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang his doorbell in Kansas City after mistakenly showing up at the wrong house to pick up his younger siblings. Lester faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action; at trial, he may argue that he thought someone was trying to break into his house, as he told police.
Missouri and Florida are among about 30 states that have stand your ground laws.
The most well-known examples of the stand your ground argument came up in the trial of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman, who had a white father and Hispanic mother, told police that Martin attacked him, forcing him to use his gun in self-defense. He was allowed to go free, but was arrested about six weeks later after Martin’s parents questioned his version of events and then-Gov. Rick Scott appointed a special prosecutor.
Before trial, Zimmerman’s attorneys chose not to pursue a stand your ground claim, which could have resulted in the dismissal of murder changes as well as immunity from prosecution. But during the trial, the law was essentially used as part of his self-defense argument. Jurors found him not guilty.
At a vigil Monday, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, said that she was seeking justice for her daughter and her grandchildren.
“My daughter, my grandchildren’s mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her,” Dias said. “She had no weapon. She posed no imminent threat to anyone.”
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Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale contributed to this report.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will visit the U.K. next month for the first time since they returned for Queen Elizabeth II 's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A spokesperson for the couple said Monday that they will “visit with several charities close to their hearts" in the U.K. and Germany.
Harry and Meghan will travel to the northern English city of Manchester on Sept. 5 for the One Young World summit, a youth leadership event with hundreds of international participants from across the world. Meghan is expected to give the keynote address at the opening ceremony.
They will then head to Duesseldorf, Germany, for an event on Sept. 6 counting down to next year's Invictus Games, the annual sporting event that Harry founded in 2014 for wounded and sick servicemen and women. The couple then return to London for an awards ceremony for the charity WellChild.
Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties and moved to the U.S. in early 2020. They returned to Britain in June for a long weekend of festivities celebrating the queen's 70 years on the throne, though they kept out of the limelight and weren't included in the small group of working royals who posed for photos with the queen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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This story corrects that the queen has served 70 years on the throne, not 75.
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STATEWIDE — It’s primary election night in the Hoosier State. Dr. Laura Wilson, political science professor at the University of Indianapolis talks with 93 WIBC about this election cycle and why your local races may be more important than you think.
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Illustration by Patrick Hruby / Los Angeles Times; animation by Li Anne Liew / For The Times
67 of the best places to shop for creative gifts in L.A.
This is part of the L.A. Times 2022 Gift Guide. See the full guide here.
Purchasing a gift for someone from an independent store is always a safe bet in a creative community like Los Angeles. Your giftee will get something unique and you’ll support local shops still struggling during the pandemic.
If you’re looking for a holiday gift that you can buy right now because you don’t want to worry if it will arrive on time amid continuous supply chain issues, check out these great stores right down the street from you. As with our list of independent stores in Joshua Tree and Ojai, this is not meant to be a definitive list, but a way to spotlight small businesses in Los Angeles.
Gifts from L.A.'s finest makers include woodworking classes, custom street planters, hand-block-printed shirts and embroidered pet portraits.
Acorn Eagle Rock
Alchemy Works
Belljar
Broome Street General Store
Clover
Coop
D.L. Rhein
Dekor
Dotter Store
Dreams
Earthing Earth
Espionage
Esqueleto
Folia Collective
General Store
Gibson
Gold Bug Pasadena
Greenwood Shop
Haley Solar
Heath Ceramics
Homage Pasadena
Household by Nickey Kehoe
Kneeland Co. Rarities
Late Sunday Afternoon
Lawson-Fenning
Leanna Lin's Wonderland
Lost & Found
Luca
Made by DWC Cafe and Gift Shop
All profits from the Made store and cafe, which sells organic coffee, smoothies, salads and pastries from Homeboy Industries, help fund the center’s career training and mentorship programs. Note: The gift shop is not open on weekends.
Marz
Maude Woods
Maum General Store
Mercadito Monarca Pasadena
Midland Shop
Motti Casa
Walk into the sunny space on Ventura Boulevard and Natali’s love of international products becomes apparent: Bright blue tablecloths from Africa share display space with handcrafted resin serving boards by San Francisco artist Tina Frey. Rattan mirrors are hung salon-style next to a collection of Egyptian cotton throws. French fare — teacups and tea towels — blend seamlessly with modern furnishings by Danish design brand Menu.
While jazz plays softly on a turntable in the background, Natali shares some of her favorite items: I Profumi di Firenze perfumes, soy blend candles from Maison Louis Marie and Rosemunde tank tops. “I want to mix it up,” Natali says. “I want everyone to come in here and not feel intimidated by beautiful things.”
Mush
Native Sol
OK
Otherwild
Pergolina Shop
Phoebe Peacock
Pippi + Lola
Poketo
Potted
Prelude & Dawn
Prism Boutique
Pygmy Hippo Shoppe
Restrained Whimsy
Retreat
Rolling Greens
Shout and About
Soap Plant/Wacko
Spitfire Girl
Stay Home Friend
Suay Sew Shop
Tansy
Tesoro
The Give Store
The Great Commune Shop Experiment
The Hangout
The Sill
Tortoise General Store
Treehaus
Their lifestyle boutique covers a wide range of goods, including clothing and jewelry, toys, books and games for kids, L.A.-centric tea towels, unique cards and small-batch leather goods.
Twig and Willow
Village Heights
Wildflora
Yolk
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ATLANTA (AP) — Fans of the slain rapper Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos who was shot and killed a week ago, will gather Friday to celebrate the 28-year-old’s life and musical contributions.
Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was killed Nov. 1 in a shooting outside a Houston bowling alley. A woman and another man were also wounded during the shooting. No arrests have been made.
A celebration will be held at noon Friday in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, according to a news release from Quality Control Music and Motown Records. Free tickets will be available to Georgia residents through Ticketmaster.
“Takeoff was one of the most influential names in modern music whose creativity left a profound impact on music and culture as we know it today,” read the release. Instead of flowers or gifts, the family is asking that people make donations to The Rocket Foundation, which aims to support programs using community-based solutions to stop gun violence, according to its website. The website says the foundation was established in honor of Takeoff.
The 28-year-old Takeoff formed one-third of the Grammy Award-nominated trio Migos along with his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset from suburban Atlanta. Migos broke out nearly a decade ago with the 2013 hit “Versace,” which hit even greater heights in popularity though a Drake remix.
Takeoff was the youngest of the Migos trio and often considered to be its most laidback member. Despite being more reserved, he did a lot of his talking through his rhymes. He had hoped to gain more respect for his lyrical ability through “Only Built for Infinity Links,” an album he released with Quavo just last month. | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-slain-rapper-takeoff-to-be-remembered-at-atlanta-celebration/ | 2022-11-09 01:27:18 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-slain-rapper-takeoff-to-be-remembered-at-atlanta-celebration/ |
PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a storage accessory for face masks to keep them safe and accessible," said an inventor, from Spring, Texas, "so I invented the MASK CASE. My design would eliminate the need to put your mask in a pocket or on an unsanitary surface."
The patent-pending invention provides a safe and convenient way to store masks when not in use. In doing so, it ensures that a mask is readily available when needed. As a result, it helps to prevent lost or forgotten masks and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HOF-188, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Trevor Larnach Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - April 1
Published: Apr. 1, 2023 at 9:25 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Saturday, Trevor Larnach (on the back of going 2-for-4 with an RBI) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 4:10 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he strung together two hits (going 2-for-4 with an RBI) against the Royals.
Trevor Larnach Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, April 1, 2023
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -154)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +150)
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Trevor Larnach At The Plate (2022)
- Larnach hit .231 with 13 doubles, five home runs and 19 walks.
- In 25 of 51 games last year (49.0%) Larnach got at least one hit, and in 10 of those contests (19.6%) he picked up two or more.
- He hit a home run in 9.8% of his games in 2022 (five of 51), including 2.8% of his trips to the dish.
- Larnach drove in a run in 14 games last season out of 51 (27.5%), including multiple RBIs in 7.8% of those games (four times).
- He scored a run in 19 of 51 games last year (37.3%), including three multi-run games (5.9%).
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Trevor Larnach Home/Away Batting Splits (2022)
Royals Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff last season ranked 25th in MLB.
- The Royals' 4.72 team ERA ranked 27th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Royals allowed 173 total home runs last season (1.1 per game) to rank 17th in baseball.
- Lyles starts for the first time this season for the Royals.
- In his last appearance on Friday, Sept. 30, the 32-year-old righty, started and went seven innings against the New York Yankees.
- He ranked 40th in ERA (4.42), 43rd in WHIP (1.385), and 38th in K/9 (7.2) among qualified pitchers in the majors last year.
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GENEVA (AP) — A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond billed as a rarity sold at a Geneva auction for 28.4 million Swiss francs ($28.8 million), including fees and taxes, on the lower end of the expected range.
The “Fortune Pink” fancy vivid pink stone, said to be the largest of its kind and shape to go on the block, headlined Christie’s latest Geneva sale of jewelry. It had been expected to fetch between $25 million and $35 million.
The auction house said an unidentified Asian buyer snapped up the diamond.
Max Fawcett, head of Christie’s jewelry department in Geneva, said the stone with a strong, saturated pink color was mined in Brazil more than 15 years ago. He declined to identify its owner, but described the diamond as “a true miracle of nature.”
Christie’s says the first pink diamonds ever recorded were found in India’s Golconda mines in the 16th century, before others turned up over the centuries in places like Africa, Australia, Brazil and Russia.
The pink stone’s auction followed a showroom tour in New York, Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan before its arrival in Geneva.
Managing director Tobias Kormind of 77 Diamonds, an online diamond jeweler, called the sale price disappointing.
“The extraordinary Fortune Pink diamond sold in Geneva, with its auspicious 18.18 carat weight, which signifies prosperity in Asia, sadly didn’t bring the luck or uplift in fortunes many had hoped for,” he said.
He suggested the result could be reflection of a “shaky global economy” and other financial factors, which have been “giving rise to worries creeping in, even among the top echelon of wealthy buyers.”
The auction comes six months after Christie’s sold “The Rock” — a 228-carat egg-sized white diamond billed as the largest of its kind to go up for auction — for more than $21.75 million, including fees. That was also at the low end of the expected range.
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CLEVELAND, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The sizable stock of substandard housing units in the Asia/Pacific and Africa/Mideast regions – which together account for over 75% of the world's population – presents a significant growth opportunity for the foamed plastic insulation industry, according to a new Freedonia Group analysis.
Governments in a number of developing countries in these areas – particularly India – are working to improve housing quality, including through the adoption of minimum insulation requirements. Additionally, foamed plastic insulation sales in these countries will be driven by:
- improving income levels and standards of living in developing countries
- rural-to-urban migration, leading to increased construction in urban areas, where buildings generally use more insulation than those in rural areas
- rapidly expanding nonresidential building construction markets
Demand for foamed plastic insulation in India is expected to rise at the fastest rate of increase of any major country through 2025, finds the Freedonia Group analysis. Market expansion will be bolstered by:
- rising standards of living and improving construction practices
- the strongest anticipated growth in both residential and nonresidential building construction activity of any major country through 2025
- robust gains in the production of appliances, transportation, and industrial and plant equipment
In particular, rigid PUR and PIR are projected to post robust demand increases through 2025, bolstered by strong gains in appliance production.
Global Foamed Plastic Insulation, now available from the Freedonia Group, provides historical data (2010, 2015, and 2020) and forecasts for 2025 and 2030 for foamed plastic insulation demand by product (in dollars and metric tons) and market (metric tons and square meters R-1). Demand in value terms is shown at the manufacturers' level and excludes distributor and retailer markups.
Products:
- expanded polystyrene (EPS), including graphite polystyrene
- polyurethane (PUR) and polyisocyanurate (PIR), including rigid board and spray polyurethane foam (SPF) types
- extruded polystyrene (XPS)
- small volume products (including, elastomeric, phenolic, polyolefin, melamine)
Markets:
- residential buildings
- nonresidential buildings
- industrial and plant equipment (e.g., machinery boilers, pipes, tanks)
- appliances (e.g., refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers)
- HVAC/air distribution equipment
- transportation equipment (e.g., motor vehicles, aerospace equipment, ships and boats, railroad equipment
- other insulation markets (including insulated coolers and thermoses, insulated packaging, furniture, bedding, nonbuilding/infrastructure construction, and heavy machinery)
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What's happening
Acura unveiled the Precision EV concept on Thursday during Monterey Car Week, previewing the design language for its future electric vehicles.
Why it matters
Acura's first EV will be an SUV sized similarly to the Precision EV concept, based on the Honda Prologue and co-developed with General Motors.
What's next
The Precision EV will go on to influence the styling of Acura's future electric cars. Acura will begin launching EVs on its own dedicated platform in 2026.
In January 2016, Acura debuted the Precision concept, a sleek sedan that set the tone for the automaker's current crop of designs. But as Acura looks to the future -- specifically, its all-electric future -- it wants to once again rethink its design language. Making its debut at Monterey Car Week on Thursday, the Precision EV concept does just that.
While the original Precision concept was a pretty radical step forward, the Precision EV concept is more evolutionary than revolutionary. A lot of the characteristics -- the "chicane" lighting signatures, the long hood -- are reminiscent of current styling elements. But things like the floating roofline and "particle glitch" lower lighting are new, as is the prominent fascia, said to be inspired by luxury power boats.
That front end fully lights up, too. As you approach the Precision EV, the Acura logo illuminates, then the geometric blue segments flow out toward the headlights. It's a pretty cool song and dance, especially when the "particle glitch" corners do their fancy little flicker.
The Precision EV concept isn't super big -- it pretty much splits the difference between the RDX and MDX crossovers. The huge, 23-inch wheels are pushed out to all four corners, and the orange brake calipers look great against the matte blue paint.
While the concept car itself doesn't have a full interior, Acura says its cabin previews the company's new "dual-experience" philosophy. The two themes are called "instinctive drive" and "spiritual lounge." The former brings forward digital gauge screens and a yoke-style steering wheel. The latter puts the yoke, pedals and gauges away, and adjusts the lighting so you can relax. That's right, Acura is showing its version of an interior that would support an autonomous driving mode.
Everything inside the cabin is made from sustainable, recyclable materials, and the new widescreen multimedia system sits in a curved display with haptic touch response. We don't imagine many of the interior elements will actually make it to production, but fingers crossed for a new infotainment interface. Acura's current True Touchpad still isn't our cup of tea.
Speaking of production, while the Precision EV concept itself doesn't directly preview a roadgoing car, it gives us a pretty good glimpse of Acura's first electric vehicle, set to debut in 2024. We know Acura's first EV will be an SUV based on the Honda Prologue, co-developed with General Motors. Following that, Acura will build electric vehicles on its own architecture, and aspects of the Precision EV concept will influence those cars. | https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/acura-precision-ev-concept-monterey-debut/ | 2022-08-18 14:50:17 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/acura-precision-ev-concept-monterey-debut/ |
Tucson folks should be prepared for high temperatures. Temperatures are projected to be a quite steamy high of 98. Today has the makings of a perfect day to hit the pool or find a nice air-conditioned room. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 65 degrees. The area will see gentle winds today, with forecast showing winds from the South, clocking in at 9 mph. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Keep an eye on tucson.com for forecast information and severe weather updates.
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Law enforcement officials are searching for two men connected to a series of stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left 10 people dead and 18 injured, authorities said.
The stabbings took place Sunday morning across 13 locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Rhonda Blackmore told reporters.
The number of people with reported injuries rose to 18 on Monday, police said in an update. The day prior, 15 people were sent to hospitals and additional people could have transported themselves to hospitals, Blackmore said.
"It is horrific what has occurred in our province today," she added. Police first received a call of a stabbing at the James Smith Cree Nation at 5:40 a.m. Police received more calls reporting more stabbings in the following minutes.
Police identified the suspects as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30.
Warrants have been issued for the arrests of both men, said the Saskatchewan RCMP.
Myles Sanderson has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of breaking and entering a residence. Damien Sanderson is charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of breaking and entering a residence.
They are believed to be traveling in a black Nissan Rogue SUV, license plate no. 119 MPI, but could have switched vehicles. The last sighting of the vehicle was in Regina, the provincial capital, at 11:45 a.m.
"They are considered armed and dangerous," Blackmore said. She urged them to turn themselves in.
Police believe some of the victims were targeted by the suspects, and that others were attacked at random.
On Sunday evening, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attacks "horrific and heartbreaking. I'm thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured," he said on Twitter. He said federal authorities were monitoring the situation.
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Would you eat gene-edited pork sausage? Researchers at Washington State University have been given FDA approval for gene-edited pigs to enter the food chain for human consumption.
"I could tell no difference in what I would have expected in consuming the sausage off of an animal that is not genome edited," said Jon Oatley, a professor at the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University.
So how exactly does this work? Scientists used a gene-editing tool called CRISPR.
"We can pinpoint a spot in DNA that we want to make a modification with a tool like CRISPR and then try to shape a trait or engineer a trait or enhance the trait," he said.
Oatley said this is more precise than selective breeding and allows them to drive a certain characteristic like disease resistance or efficiency in growth and production.
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"We've found no complications in the process," he said. "We're not negatively impacting the welfare or the health of the animal or their impact on the environment."
The FDA authorization is limited to a particular group of five gene-edited pigs, but part of the project was to figure out how to get desirable traits in a fast way to improve food production.
This technology, according to Oatley, can improve meat quality and the health and resilience of livestock.
Oatley said the goal is to help with food insecurity for future populations.
"Getting biotechnologies like genome editing into production systems, food animal production systems, to feed the world, to feed the future," he said.
The world population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, according to a United Nations report.
Food demand could increase by 59% to 98% between 2005 and 2050, according to a study done in 2013.
"We can't just do that by producing more animals, the climate and the planet just won’t handle that, so we have to make animals more efficient," Oatley said.
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PARADISE, Nev. (AP)Rudi Williams had 23 points in BYU’s 73-63 victory against Loyola Marymount on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament.
Williams shot 5 for 12 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line for the Cougars (19-14). Spencer Johnson scored 14 points, shooting 4 for 7 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the foul line. Jaxson Robinson recorded 13 points and was 5-of-10 shooting, including 1 for 4 from distance, and went 2 for 4 from the free-throw line.
The Lions (19-12) were led by Cameron Shelton, who recorded 27 points, six assists and two steals. Kwane Marble II added 11 points for Loyola Marymount. In addition, Keli Leaupepe finished with 10 points.
BYU took the lead with 2:55 left in the first half and never looked back. Williams led his team in scoring with 10 points in the first half to help put them ahead 38-27 at the break. BYU used a 9-1 run in the second half to build an 11-point lead at 56-45 with 8:19 left in the half before finishing off the win.
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FAA gives OK for SpaceX’s Starship test flight from Texas
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued the long-awaited license on Friday. SpaceX announced that Starship — the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket — could soar as soon as Monday.
No people or satellites will be aboard the 394-foot (120-meter) rocket. SpaceX will attempt to send the spacecraft atop the colossal booster around the world, from the southern tip of Texas all the way to Hawaii. The first stage will be discarded in the Gulf of Mexico and the spacecraft into the Pacific. No landings will be attempted for this debut.
It will be the first launch attempt of a full-size Starship, made of shiny stainless steel and powered by methane-fueled engines.
The FAA said SpaceX had met all requirements, including safety and environmental. The license is valid for five years.
“We carefully analyzed the public safety risks during every stage of the mission and required SpaceX to mitigate those risks,” the FAA added.
Elon Musk envisions using Starships to send people to the moon and Mars. NASA has already signed up for a Starship to put astronauts on the lunar surface as early as 2025.
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The dreaded garlic clove may bring woe to Dracula as part of vampiric legend, but when it comes to making life easier in the kitchen, it turns out these two are totally simpatico.
Transylvania’s most famous resident can take his revenge on those vexing herbs through the Ototo Gracula Garlic Crusher. This twist-top garlic peeler and press sells for $24.95 on Amazon right now, a 17% discount off its regular price of $29.95. (There’s also a 10% coupon currently available.)
This garlic crusher is a versatile little item. With a few twists, Gracula can smash up other small items, like ginger pieces, nuts and chili peppers. It can also separate the garlic clove’s outer peel from its edible innards.
Bonus points for this handheld kitchen tool’s being BPA-free and dishwasher safe for extra easy cleanup. Plus, just look at it! Adorable!
We’re not the only ones to think so. Ototo’s Gracula garlic crusher has a stellar 4.6 out of 5 stars among more than 4,200 ratings.
“I love garlic — I’m definitely not a vampire! But I hate garlic presses. Whenever I use one the garlic seems to get stuck, they’re hard to clean, I just gave up using them,” wrote Amazon reviewer Aaron P. “I don’t mind chopping garlic occasionally, but it’s a bit of a pain. I saw this and thought, it’s worth a try and if nothing else at least it’s cute. But it works wonderfully! It crushes the garlic into a nice mince and is super easy to clean.”
Another option that does leave you sans an adorable kitchen gadget but with a little more time on your hands is buying pre-minced or crushed garlic. Just skip the garlic crusher step altogether! Dracula would probably approve of that no-garlic-contact move.
Ototo has plenty of other cute kitchen tools as well. For example, this fun “Agatha” purple witch spoon holder and steam releaser will have you flying through your kitchen tasks for $18.95 (also a 17% discount).
To continue that spooky vibe, the brand has a $23.96 Vino bat-shaped wine corkscrew and beer bottle opener that’ll get some laughs when you use it. Wings go up when you start to remove a cork. Wings go down when you pop it out or use the bottle opener bat face. There’s also a festive parrot version called Pinot.
And there are plenty of non-batty/witchy/vampire-y tools in Ototo’s store, from the Nessie ladle spoon to the Barry the Bear box cheese grater.
You might want to bookmark their page for the upcoming holiday shopping season. This collection of useful kitchen gadgets and accessories, all with playful and clever designs, should delight all those who are young (and young at heart) on your Christmas list.
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A Gun Buy Back Operation will be held in Houston on Saturday, July, 30, at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church with all firearms being "retrieved with a no-question-asked policy by law enforcement," according to a recent City of Houston press release.
Depending on the type of weapon, citizens turning in firearms will receive a Visa gift card worth up to $200 during the Gun Buy Back Operation on July 30. The event is open to all citizens with no identification required.
“The City is investing $1 million for this program, and we are partnering with Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis to have the greatest impact and to get unwanted and dangerous guns off the streets,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in a press release.
“This is one tool we are using to combat violent crime; there are too many guns on the streets. I encourage citizens to turn in their unwanted guns, which could help save a life and prevent crime. Only together will we be able to combat our current crime challenges and make our streets safer," Turned added.
Texas gun buy back program
The Houston Police Department will require all citizens to stay in their vehicle upon arrival, and all firearms must be stored inside the trunk of the vehicle, according to the press release, adding that gift cards will not be issued to people who do not follow event directions.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
WHERE: Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, 3826 Wheeler Avenue 77004
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, July 30
GIFT CARD BUY BACK INFORMATION:
$50 Non-functioning firearm
$100 Rifle or Shotgun
$150 Handgun
$200 Fully Automatic rifle
For additional information, contact the Office of Policing Reform & Accountability at (832) 393-6772 or COH_Policing_Reform@houstontx.gov.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
The release also outlines a number of frequently asked questions. These questions and corresponding answers are listed below.
Q: What is categorized as a functioning or non-functioning firearm, rifle, shotgun, handgun and a fully automatic rifle?
An unserviceable firearm is a firearm that is incapable of discharging a shot by the action of an explosive and is incapable of being readily restored to a firing condition.
A rifle is a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel.
A shotgun is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small pellet-like spherical sub-projectiles called shot, or sometimes a single solid projectile called a slug.
A fully automatic firearm an auto-loading firearm that continuously chambers and fires rounds when the trigger mechanism is actuated.
Q: Does the firearm need to be functioning in order to participate?
No.
Q: May I turn in more than one firearm?
Yes, you may turn in multiple firearms.
Q: May I have someone else drop off my firearm(s)?
Yes, however the gift card(s) will be handed over to the person turning in the firearm.
Q: What is the expiration date on the allocated Visa gift cards?
Each gift card will be active for 12 months.
Q: Will I need to show my ID?
No. Identifications and Government IDs are not required to participate.
Q: Do I need to be a Houston resident to participate?
No. No ID is required, so residency will not be checked.
Q: Does my immigration status affect my ability to participate?
No.
Q: What happens to the firearms after they are collected?
All firearms will be checked to see if they are stolen or used in any crimes. They will then be destroyed.
Q: Will I be able to participate by turning in my ammunition?
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US announces seizure of superyacht owned by Russian oligarch
WASHINGTON (AP) — A superyacht that American authorities say is owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.
A judge in Fiji earlier in the week permitted U.S. authorities to seize the yacht Amadea — worth $325 million — but also put his order temporarily on hold while defense lawyers mounted a challenge.
The Justice Department said authorities in Fiji, acting at the request of the United States, have now served a search warrant freezing the yacht, which had earlier been prevented from leaving the South Pacific nation.
American officials say the 348-foot vessel belongs to Suleiman Kerimov, an economist and former Russian politician who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018 and has faced further censure from Canada, Europe, Britain and other nations after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Kerimov made a fortune investing in Russian gold producer Polyus, with Forbes magazine putting his net worth at $14.5 billion.
Defense lawyers had claimed the yacht actually belonged to another Russian oligarch.
In an application in support of the search warrant, an FBI agent wrote that there was probable cause to believe that Kerimov had owned the Amadea since 2021. The vessel, which is flagged in the Cayman Islands, had turned off its automated information system on Feb. 24, which is the day Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
The Justice Department said the seizure was coordinated by its KleptoCapture task force, which was created in March to seize assets belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarchs. In April, the Justice Department seized a 254-foot yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the latest seizure “should make clear that there is no hiding place for the assets of individuals who violate U.S. laws. And there is no hiding place for the assets of criminals who enable the Russian regime.”
The Justice Department said the yacht is now in Lautoka, Fiji.
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Oct. 12 Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Oct. 15 Calgary, 10 p.m.
Oct. 18 Buffalo, 9 p.m.
Oct. 20 Carolina, 9 p.m.
Oct. 22 St. Louis, 4 p.m.
Oct. 24 Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
Oct. 26 at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Oct. 27 at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 29 at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Nov. 1 Nashville, 9 p.m.
Nov. 3 New Jersey, 9 p.m.
Nov. 5 Dallas, 4 p.m.
Nov. 7 at Washington, 8 p.m.
Nov. 8 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Florida, 4 p.m.
Nov. 16 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Nov. 19 Vegas, 10 p.m.
Nov. 21 at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Nov. 23 at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m.
Nov. 28 Florida, 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 30 at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dec. 3 Montreal, 7 p.m.
Dec. 5 Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 7 Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Dec. 9 Minnesota, 9 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dec. 13 at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Dec. 15 St. Louis, 9 p.m.
Dec. 17 Anaheim, 4 p.m.
Dec. 19 at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Dec. 21 at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Dec. 23 Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Dec. 27 at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Dec. 31 Winnipeg, 10 p.m.
Jan. 3 Seattle, 9 p.m.
Jan. 5 N.Y. Islanders, 9 p.m.
Jan. 7 Colorado, 10 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Jan. 11 at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Jan. 13 at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Jan. 17 Seattle, 9 p.m.
Jan. 19 Tampa Bay, 9 p.m.
Jan. 21 at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Jan. 25 Columbus, 9:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 Chicago, 10 p.m.
Feb. 7 at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11 at Ottawa, 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 12 at Montreal, 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 Detroit, 9:30 p.m.
Feb. 17 N.Y. Rangers, 9 p.m.
Feb. 19 at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Feb. 21 Philadelphia, 9 p.m.
Feb. 23 at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Feb. 25 at Columbus, 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 27 Boston, 8:30 p.m.
March 1 Toronto, 8 p.m.
March 3 Winnipeg, 9 p.m.
March 4 at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
March 6 at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
March 9 at Boston, 7 p.m.
March 11 at Toronto, 7 p.m.
March 14 Ottawa, 9 p.m.
March 16 Dallas, 9 p.m.
March 18 at Seattle, 4 p.m.
March 20 San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
March 22 Arizona, 10:30 p.m.
March 25 Vegas, 10 p.m.
March 27 at Arizona, 10 p.m.
March 28 at Vegas, 10 p.m.
March 30 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
April 1 Anaheim, 10 p.m.
April 4 at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
April 5 at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
April 8 at San Jose, 4 p.m.
April 11 at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
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Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco detailed what he called a "demonic" and "horrific" murder of a delivery driver in Holiday, Florida, last week.
Nocco said the case began on April 19 when the victim, Randall Cooke, was set to start making deliveries for Uber Eats. Cooke dropped his wife off that day before starting his deliveries.
According to Nocco, Cooke and his wife were texting back and forth until about 7 p.m., when he stopped responding. Cooke's wife reached out to law enforcement to report him missing and the investigation started.
"She did everything she could, and evil just came," Nocco said.
Uber provided the Pasco County Sheriff's Department with the last known coordinates for Cooke. That information took deputies to a road in Holiday.
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Detectives went to the house and looked around but didn't find anything suspicious or any evidence of things going on, and no one answered the door.
Deputies returned to the home on April 21, and a roommate of Oscar Solis, 30, answered the door. The roommate gave deputies a video of the victim walking to the door to deliver food at 6:55 p.m. on April 19, at which point the video cuts out.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said it appeared that Solis pulled Cooke into the home and attempted to rob him. According to Nocco, Solis was then seen on video on April 20 taking trash bags out of the house. Detectives got permission to search the trash bags and found body parts inside.
They also found a substantial amount of evidence at the scene; authorities didn't elaborate and said the scene is still being processed.
"This was a horrific crime of passion," Nocco said. "This was demonic. What he did was demonic."
Nocco described the victim as "a guy like everybody else trying to make a living for his family."
"This person killed him for no reason," Nocco added.
Nocco said Solis was affiliated with MS-13 gang in Indiana, where he was also on parole. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Solis had been released from an Indiana prison in January following a four-year sentence for assault and burglary.
Solis is charged with felony murder, failing to register as a convicted felon and violation of parole.
This article was written by Scripps News Tampa Bay.
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The Israeli military killed a senior leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza on Friday, the sixth senior figure to be killed in the small, blockaded enclave in less than a week.
Iyad al-Hasani, a high-ranking commander of the second-largest militant group in Gaza after Hamas, was killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, a spokesperson for the group told AFP news agency.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces later confirmed in a tweet that al-Hasani had been killed.
Islamic Jihad is deemed a terrorist group not only by Israel, but also the US, EU and several other countries.
Israeli said it was "striking Islamic Jihad targets" in Gaza after a wave of rockets were fired towards cities in Israel, including Jerusalem.
Islamic Jihad said the rockets were a "response to the assassinations and the continued aggression against the Palestinian people."
Israel, Gaza militants continue to trade heavy fire
Two others were killed in further strikes during the week.
Israel said the militant group had been planning attacks. Since the first strikes, Islamic Jihad has fired close to 1,000 rockets into Israel.
Gaza's health ministry said that at least 33 Palestinians, including both militants and civilians, have been killed this week. One Israeli was also killed by a rocket from Gaza in the city of Rehovot, close to Tel Aviv, on Thursday night.
Egypt pushes for truce
Friday's rockets and air strikes came amid international calls for de-escalation and an attempt to negotiate a cease-fire led by neighboring Egypt.
The 12-hour lull prior to the rocket fire from Islamic Jihad had given some hope that a truce could be brokered.
Palestinian officials said that Egypt was continuing with its efforts despite the renewed outbreak of violence.
Islamic Jihad wants a cessation of Israeli strikes against its leaders, but Israel has rejected this as a term for the truce.
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SAGINAW, MI — Rather than take his chances with a jury deciding if he murdered a teen in cold blood or shot him in self-defense during a dice game, a Saginaw man opted to accept a plea deal in the middle of his trial.
Malik D. Hart’s trial was to resume the morning of Friday, Jan. 27, with defense attorneys Matthew M. Evans and Ayiteh Sowah presenting their case to the jury. Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa J. Hoover rested her case the prior afternoon.
Before the defense began, the 24-year-old Hart elected to accept a plea offer extended by the prosecution the previous evening. Hart pleaded no contest to manslaughter and felony firearm, the former being a 15-year felony and a conviction of the latter mandating a two-year prison term consecutive to any related stint.
The charges stem from the February 2020 homicide of 16-year-old De’Tavion L. Favorite.
In exchange for Hart’s pleas, Hoover dismissed charges of open murder, carrying a concealed weapon, and a second count of felony firearm. Open murder contains both first- and second-degree murder. Had Hart been convicted of first-degree murder, he would face a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Evans said his client was pleading no contest rather than guilty, and thereby not admitting to any crimes, for reasons of civil liability. Hart only spoke to answer Saginaw County Chief Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson’s yes-or-no questions.
Jackson relied on testimony and exhibits presented throughout the trial to enter convictions on the record.
Hart’s sentencing date is pending, though as of Friday, Hart has accrued 1,070 days in jail credit.
During the trial, Hoover argued Hart and Favorite separately visited a friend’s house at 1503 Annelsey St. to shoot dice, only for things to go awry and end with Hart repeatedly shooting Favorite. Emergency responders pronounced Favorite, a father of one, deceased at the scene. He suffered gunshot wounds to his back, neck, and buttocks.
Geanine Atkins, the home’s owner, testified Thursday that she had been barbecuing while Hart, Favorite, and others shot dice. She said she heard a scuffle, apparently coming from Hart and Favorite getting into a fight.
The two stopped fighting when Atkins entered the room and apologized to her, she said. Not long after, the two began fighting for a second time, she said.
Atkins told both men to leave. As Favorite headed toward her door, he struck Hart hard enough to knock him to the floor, Atkins said.
“Next thing I know, (Hart) bounced up like a basketball and opened fire,” Atkins testified, adding she didn’t see where Hart conjured the gun from.
Favorite fell to the floor, bleeding from multiple wounds. As the others in the house scattered, Hart collected his coat and other belongings and walked away, the witness testified.
Defense attorney Evans maintained his client acted in self-defense, alleging Favorite had a gun of his own with which he used to rob Hart of $200 in dice winnings.
Though police did not recover a firearm on Favorite, Evans implied during his opening statement and through his questioning of Atkins that a friend of Favorite’s may have taken it before officers arrived.
In video of a police interview shortly after the shooting, Atkins told detectives, “If they don’t find no gun on De’Tavion, it’s because (his friend) took it.”
Michigan State Police Trooper David Murchie testified he interviewed Hart the day after the shooting at the Saginaw Police Department. Though Hart initially claimed he wasn’t present for the shooting, he later told Murchie that Favorite, whom he knew only by the nickname Crash Out, robbed him at gunpoint of about $200.
After Favorite put away his gun and the cash, Hart drew his own pistol and shot him, Murchie testified Hart told him. Hart went on to tell Murchie he tossed his gun in a field on 12th Street near Perkins Street.
Murchie and his partner then took Hart to that location, where they found a 9mm revolver. Four of the gun’s five bullets had been fired, Murchie said.
Favorite’s brother, De’Quavious Southward, was shot and killed on Dec. 23, 2012, also at the age of 16. No one was ever charged in connection with Southward’s slaying.
Favorite attended Success Academy in Saginaw and was a sports fan, particularly of basketball, according to his obituary. He was father to a 1-year-old son as well.
“De’Tavion loved spending time with his family and friends,” his obituary states. “He loved music, laughing, telling jokes, spending time with his son and bothering his siblings 24/7! His smile was bright as the sun and he had the ability to light up any room with his presence. He will truly be missed by those who cared, loved and spent quality time with him.”
Favorite’s homicide was one of 26 that occurred in Saginaw in 2020, a marked increase from nine in 2019. Of those 26 killings, 24 resulted from gunfire.
Both 2021 and 2022 saw 19 people killed in Saginaw.
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Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time in years to fight surging inflation, stoking fear of a global recession.
Uncertainty about how far the Federal Reserve and other central banks would go in the fight against inflation sparked a return of volatility. Large swings in stocks were common on Wall Street as the Fed raised its key interest rate seven times and signaled more hikes to come in 2023.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China's strict COVID-19 policies also contributed to inflation and roiled the global economy as well as markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index had its worst start to a year since 1970. By June, t he index fell into a bear market, a drop of more than 20% from the record high set in early January. The energy sector was the lone winner, benefitting from a spike in oil and gas prices. Technology stocks tumbled after leading the market during the pandemic.
Borrowing money got more expensive. The 10-year Treasury yield, which influences rates on mortgages and other loans, soared, reaching 4.22% in October after starting the year at 1.51%.
Still, climbing yields in the U.S. and abroad sent prices for older bonds already in investors’ portfolios sharply lower. The rout in bonds was particularly painful for fixed-income investors.
Cryptocurrency investors weren’t spared either. Bitcoin shed more than half its value and a number of high-flying companies wound up in bankruptcy court.
— Alex Veiga
Here’s a look back on the key events in markets for 2022:
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INFLATION AND THE FED
Inflation was the dominant global economic theme this year. Gasoline prices in the U.S. reached $5 a gallon. Companies either raised prices, or kept prices steady but put less in each package. Europe feared running short of natural gas and prices there rose more than in the U.S.
Central banks' response to inflation overshadowed financial markets in 2022 and could very well do so again next year. As the year began, officials at the Federal Reserve had accepted that inflation was not a temporary phenomenon. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine only made things worse by sending energy and food prices soaring.
Still, it wasn’t until March, when the U.S. government said inflation had approached 8%, that the Fed acted — too little, too late for some pundits and economists. As the year went on the Fed got more aggressive, eventually raising rates seven times by a total of 4.25 percentage points.
Inflation in the U.S. appears to have peaked at 9.1% in June. By year-end, there were hopeful signs as prices for goods fell and rents started declining. But tough inflation talk from the Fed at its last meeting of the year took the steam out of what had been a fourth-quarter rally for stocks.
— Chris Rugaber
For full coverage of the global economy, go to https://apnews.com/hub/economy
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THE BEAR ROARS
Wall Street’s brutal year left few stocks unscathed, and the vast majority fell into a bear market under the weight of fast-rising interest rates.
After peaking on the very first trading day of 2022, it took about six months for the S&P 500 to drop more than 20%. The biggest losers were the stocks that had performed the best in the rally that followed the coronavirus crash.
Back then, high-growth tech stocks roared the highest thanks to the juice provided by super-low interest rates. But in the cold light of 2022, those stocks suddenly looked the most expensive and the most vulnerable as the Fed hiked interest rates to their highest level in 15 years.
The pain did not discriminate much, though. Seven out of 10 stocks in the S&P 500 fell in 2022, as of Dec. 21. Many analysts expect more pain in early 2023 before things get better.
— Stan Choe
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BOND MARKET BLUES
It was one of the worst years in history for bond investors.
Decades-high inflation meant the fixed payments coming from bonds in the future won’t buy as many groceries, gallons of gasoline or whatever else is rising in price.
The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates also hammered bond prices. Because newly issued bonds were paying more in interest, the older bonds sitting in many investors’ portfolios were suddenly much less attractive because of their lower yields.
The largest bond fund by assets, one from Vanguard that tracks the broad market, had lost 12.5% in 2022, as of Dec. 20. That’s by far its worst year since its inception in 1987.
Historically bonds have held up better than stocks during downturns, offering some cushion for investors, but both tumbled in 2022.
— Stan Choe
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HOUSING MARKET SLUMPS
As 2022 began, the nation’s housing market was still running red hot.
House hunters competed for the fewest homes for sale in more than two decades, fueling bidding wars that pushed prices sharply higher. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage was slightly above 3%, near historic lows.
Then mortgage rates started to climb, spurred by expectations of higher interest rates as the Federal Reserve began raising its short-term lending rate in a bid to tame inflation. By October, the average rate on a 30-year home loan soared above 7%, a 20-year high.
Higher mortgage rates combined with still-rising home prices make it difficult for many would-be buyers to afford a home. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes saw their biggest sales slump in more than a decade.
— Alex Veiga
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IS TESLA ON AUTOPILOT?
You can't blame Tesla shareholders for feeling jilted.
CEO Elon Musk took over Twitter and appears consumed with turning around the social media company. With Musk's focus diverted, Tesla shares lost more than half their value, their biggest-ever annual. And Tesla's dominance of the market for electric vehicles is waning.
Most of Musk’s wealth is tied up in Tesla stock, which started falling in April when he disclosed a stake in Twitter. The collapse in the stock price has bumped Musk into second place on Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest people, behind cosmetic magnate Bernard Arnault.
After buying Twitter in October, Musk has cut half its staff and picked fights with public officials and others.
— Tom Krisher
For full coverage of Elon Musk, Twitter and Tesla, go to https://apnews.com/hub/twitter-inc
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CONSUMERS FEEL THE PINCH
The highest inflation in four decades is hitting consumers right in their wallets.
Households — especially at the lower end of the income spectrum — are likely depleting savings built up during the pandemic, with more pain to come should the economy tip into a recession. Credit card debt ballooned and rents rose in 2022, although there are signs housing costs will be coming down. While President Biden promised student borrowers relief of up to $20,000 this year, that debt cancellation policy is tied up in the courts.
Wages went up, although not at the same pace as inflation. Aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve have pushed up the cost of borrowing money. But while the average rate on a credit card rose to 16.3% in August from 14.5% at the start of the year, according to the government, the average rate for a savings account is still just 0.2%; it's 0.9% for a one-year CD.
— Cora Lewis
For full coverage personal finance got to https://apnews.com/hub/financial-wellness and https://apnews.com/hub/personal-finance
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UKRAINE WAR IMPACT
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February sent prices soaring for the commodities the world runs on: oil, natural gas, and wheat.
European prices for natural gas rose to 17 times their prewar levels after Russia choked off most supplies over the war. The result was an energy crisis that pushed inflation to record levels and left governments and utilities scrambling to find alternative supplies of gas ahead of winter heating season.
Global oil prices spiked as Western buyers shunned Moscow’s crude, sending Brent to over $120 per barrel in May. Europe banned most Russian oil imports in December and the Group of Seven democracies imposed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian exports.
Meanwhile record wheat prices spurred disastrous food inflation in poor countries.
By year end, lower prices for oil, natural gas and electricity had provided a bit of relief for drivers and homeowners.
To see full coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war, go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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CHINA DITCHES ZERO COVID
China’s economic growth and stock market slid in 2022 under pressure from pandemic controls and corporate debt, prompting the ruling Communist Party to ease off anti-disease restrictions and try to revive a struggling real estate industry.
The world’s second-largest economy shrank by 2.6% in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other industrial centers shut down for up to two months to fight outbreaks.
Forecasters say annual growth might fall below 3%, among the lowest in decades. To cut the economic drag, the ruling party ended testing for millions of people and stopped requiring supermarkets and other businesses to track the health of employees and customers. Beijing also tried to revive real estate, China’s biggest economic driver, by lending more to apartment buyers while trying to prevent a renewed rise in borrowing by developers.
— Joe McDonald
To see full coverage of developments in China, go to https://apnews.com/hub/china
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CRYPTO'S WILD RIDE
The year began with bitcoin above $45,000 and the crypto industry making further inroads among politicians and mainstream financial institutions. As 2022 ends, bitcoin is below $17,000, the industry’s “savior” is under house arrest and Washington is fighting over how to regulate crypto.
With the steady, steep decline of crypto prices in the background, the dominoes began to fall with the collapse in May of Terra, a so-called stablecoin. Investors lost tens of billions of dollars and a number of crypto companies faced financial ruin. In stepped Sam Bankman-Fried, the young founder of crypto exchange FTX, who bailed out crypto lender BlockFi and crypto firm Voyager, earning him comparisons to the original J.P. Morgan.
Those plaudits evaporated when FTX unraveled in November. Questions about its financial strength prompted customers to request large withdrawals. Overwhelmed and, it turns out, underfunded, FTX filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 11. Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and extradited to the U.S. to face criminal and civil charges related to the collapse of FTX.
— Ken Sweet
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THE STREAMING WARS
Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and other big entertainment companies tumbled in 2022 as streaming services struggled amid increased competition and rising inflation stifled advertising spending.
Streaming services had to contend with a return to normal for many people who had been stuck at home because of lockdowns or other restrictions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sheer number of streaming options also left companies in a fierce fight for viewers' attention.
Streaming giant Netflix lost about half of its value after a steep drop in viewers in the year's first half. Disney felt the pinch from lower advertising revenue, but the diversified entertainment giant’s stock held up better than most competitors.
Warner Bros. Discovery also struggled with advertising revenue, and it axed several films including “Batgirl” as it shifted strategy and looked to trim costs.
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TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with its participation in the 3rd Annual Mizuho Healthcare REIT Conference, Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) has issued the following business update which can be found at:
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Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. The Company invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers, and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people's wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower, a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing, post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties. More information is available at www.welltower.com.
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Anthony Mazziotto is excited to come home.
The Hammonton resident and professional motorcycle racer will compete this weekend in the MotoAmerica SuperBikes at New Jersey at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville. The event started Friday and concludes Sunday.
Mazziotto competes in the Twins Cup, one of the seven classes in the event. Mazziotto's 14-lap Twins Cup race is set for 5 p.m. Saturday. The 22-year-old will have a lot of family and friends to cheer him on.
"The home race is always nice," Mazziotto said. "It's not that far, so I get to go back-and-forth from my house every night and get a shower and sleep in my own bed."
This is the 10th stop on the MotoAmerica SuperBikes tour and the last before the championship Sept. 23-25 at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. The other six classes in the event are Medallia Superbike, Supersport, STG Junior Cup, Yuasa Stock 1000, Mission King of the Baggers and Royal Enfield Women’s Build Train Race.
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"This is a home round every year," said Mazziotto, who has been racing with MotoAmerica since 2015 and has competed at the Millville track many times. "It's around the same time every year, so it's always nice to get back home and race the track here. I have grown up racing."
After nine races, Mazziotto is in second place in his class with 172 points. Blake Davis is in first with 173. Both have two first-place finishes. Davis finished second twice. Mazziotto placed second once and third in two races.
"It is definitely a big one. A little nerve-wracking, for sure," said Mazziotto, who graduated from Hammonton High School in 2018. "We only have a few races left this year, and the points are really close. I was hoping to come into this round with a little bit bigger of a points lead. It just looks like I'll have to get down and dirty and do some work to get it done."
At some stops in the series this season, there have been two races in the Twins Cup. But this weekend there is only one, so Mazziotto has to be ready.
A practice session and the first qualifying round were set for Friday, with another qualifying round scheduled for Saturday morning. MotoAmerica's Facebook and MotoAmerica TV will carry the race.
If he can win the next two races, he could win the title, Mazziotto said. Mazziotto will also race in the Stock 1000 class Sunday, his first time racing in the class. He hopes to move up from Twins Cup (660cc motorcycles) to the Stock (1000cc) next year.
"I'm looking to get a solid result in Twins and, obviously, what everyone is looking for, to win the race here, especially at my home track in front of all my friends and family," Mazziotto said.
Mazziotto started racing street bikes in 2012. He always had an interest in riding dirt bikes, too. He rode with a lot of his friends and went to races at the NJMP when it opened in 2008.
Mazziotto worked as a barber in the Malaga section of Franklin Township, Gloucester County. He also worked in other barber shops and still cuts his friends' hair out of his home.
"It's been awhile since I had a win here in Millville, so it would be nice to pull out a win," Mazziotto said. "I think this weekend will be a good weekend for us."
Some other names to watch are Kayla Yaakov and Brandon Paasch. Yaakov is a 15-year-old who made history earlier this summer as the first female rider in MotoAmerica history to win a race. She also won another race in the series. Paasch, of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, is one of the leaders in the Stock 1000 class.
Carnival games, kid zones, stunt shows, bike shows, camping spots for the three days and more will also be available. After the final race, fans 16 and older will have the opportunity to put their bikes on the track for the Boss Audio Systems Fan Lap.
"It'll be nice to see some new faces or get some people who are maybe not that into this kind of stuff out to the track," Mazziotto said. "It'll be nice to see new faces watching the races and bring some popularity to the sport so that way it can continue to grow. It'll be great to fill these stands out here." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hammontons-anthony-mazziotto-set-to-race-saturday-sunday-at-njmp/article_15f55bee-2f8c-11ed-984d-cf66f1a7f824.html | 2022-09-09 20:45:11 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hammontons-anthony-mazziotto-set-to-race-saturday-sunday-at-njmp/article_15f55bee-2f8c-11ed-984d-cf66f1a7f824.html |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have arrested a person accused of having a link to two French citizens being held on espionage charges, state television reported Thursday.
The report said the suspect was a Marxist who visited two French spies before the May 1 International Workers' Day, as part of a plot to "create unrest among workers.”
It did not disclose the suspect's gender, but said the person was arrested by intelligence services while trying to leave the country through West Azerbaijan Province. TV also said the accused was tasked with rallying workers and teachers for street protests.
In May, Iran confirmed it has detained two French citizens, Cecile Kohler, 37, and Chuck Paris, 69, saying they met with protesting teachers, took part in an anti-government rally, and were organizing a protest to create unrest in Iran.
France identified the two as a teachers’ union official and her partner who were on vacation in Iran.
Teachers have held several strikes and protests in cities across Iran in recent weeks, walking out of their classrooms to press for better pay and working conditions. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Iran-arrests-suspect-allegedly-plotting-with-17245380.php | 2022-06-16 08:47:54 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Iran-arrests-suspect-allegedly-plotting-with-17245380.php |
NAIROBI, Kenya — Flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray region, the U.N. agency said Monday, after Ethiopian forces and rival Tigray ones recently chose renewed fighting over peace.
Journalists, human rights researchers and other independent watchdogs have been long barred from the Tigray region, complicating efforts to verify combatants’ claims.
Ethiopia’s military has used drone strikes on many occasions in the conflict that began in late 2020, according to witnesses and health workers.
Humanitarian groups have struggled to deliver aid for an estimated 13 million people inside Tigray and in neighboring Amhara and Afar regions amid the fighting. The Tigray region has been without basic services like power and communications for well over a year.
The WFP said two trucks had been traveling together from the Tigray city of Shire to the Zana district to help newly displaced people. The driver of the damaged truck had minor injuries, the agency said.
The WFP called on all combatants to “commit to safeguarding humanitarian workers, premises and assets.” A lull in fighting beginning in March enabled the WFP and its partners to reach almost 5 million people in the Tigray area, but fighting resumed in recent weeks.
The conflict has seen abuses by all sides. Last week, U.N.-backed investigators said they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and the military of neighboring Eritrea, which also is targeting Tigrayans.
The Commission of Inquiry on Ethiopia said Ethiopian forces had resorted to the “starvation of civilians” as a tool of war.
Also last week, U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths pointed to a survey in Tigray in June that found 89% had insecure access to food, “more than half of them severely so.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ethiopia-un-truck-hit-by-debris-from-apparent-drone-strike/2022/09/26/452118c8-3db4-11ed-8c6e-9386bd7cd826_story.html | 2022-09-26 16:35:23 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ethiopia-un-truck-hit-by-debris-from-apparent-drone-strike/2022/09/26/452118c8-3db4-11ed-8c6e-9386bd7cd826_story.html |
BREA, Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckman Coulter, global leader in advanced diagnostics, today announced that it will partner with Massachusetts General Hospital to validate the use of the novel Monocyte Distribution Width (MDW) hematology biomarker in rapid identification of children presenting with early signs of severe illness from infection.
This pivotal, multi-center trial will receive funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MDW is currently the only FDA-cleared blood biomarker to aid in detecting adult sepsis in the Emergency Department (ED). This current partnership aims to expand the utility of MDW as a screening tool to measure the severity of infection in children 15 years old and younger presenting with high fevers.
Approximately 25 million children under 15 visit the emergency room every year, and about one in five presents with a fever.1 The most common cause of fever in these children is infections that can be safely treated at home; however, one out of every four pediatric hospital admissions are due to complications from infection.2 No objective biomarker yet exists that accurately identifies children at risk of hospitalization from an excessive immune response early in the infectious course when intervention is critical, making clinical decisions in the ED on how to treat pediatric infections difficult.
"A sick, febrile child can be challenging to examine, and current blood tests have limited ability to predict who will progress to acute illness," states Lael Yonker, M.D., a pediatric pulmonologist at Mass General for Children, and co-investigator on this clinical trial. "Objective tests that are readily available are needed to make sure children get the medical attention they need in a timely manner."
The utility of MDW as a biomarker in pediatric infection was first recognized by Mass General during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when more than 400 children a month were developing a life-threatening complication from COVID-19, now termed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
As published in June 2022 in BMC Infectious Diseases3, the team found that MDW can improve the identification of children at high risk of MIS-C complication, a task that has proven challenging to clinicians.4 Now, this team will join Beckman Coulter and BARDA to potentially expand the use of MDW in the early recognition of severe infections in children presenting to EDs.
Notably, this tool is based on routinely ordered blood tests and can be reported as an additional parameter on Complete Blood Count (CBC) results. This approach may allow ED physicians to make rapid, accurate and safe decisions about which children with infections can go home and which children with infections need to be admitted to the hospital for further treatment without subjecting patients to additional and costly testing.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with pediatricians at Mass General to investigate the utility of MDW in identifying children at risk of adverse outcomes due to infection," said Julie Sawyer Montgomery, president, Beckman Coulter. "Along with the award from BARDA, Beckman Coulter is committing additional funds to this partnership. We are invested in establishing the performance of MDW in the pediatric population and in continuing our commitment to clinical evidence for use of MDW, and other novel hematological biomarkers."
MDW is a regulatory-cleared parameter for adult patients presenting to the ED and is available as a standard component of a CBC performed on Beckman Coulter's DxH 900 and 690T hematology analyzers. The MDW parameter measures the dispersion of monocyte volume in the blood, which is altered during infection due to monocyte activation and subsequent changes in monocyte morphology. Increases in MDW indicate increases in the variability of monocyte morphology, which can indicate a progression from localized to systemic infection.
MDW provides physicians with an early indication of sepsis risk, which is especially important when a patient's symptoms are mild and alternative diagnoses are being considered. MDW is only available on Beckman Coulter platforms.
This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, under contract number 75A50122C00036.
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A global leader in advanced diagnostics, Beckman Coulter has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory's role in improving patient health for more than 80 years. Our mission is to Relentlessly Reimagine Healthcare, One Diagnosis at a Time – and we do this by applying the power of science, technology and the passion and creativity of our teams. Our diagnostic solutions are used in complex clinical testing, and are found in hospitals, reference laboratories and physician office settings around the globe. We exist to deliver smarter, faster diagnostic solutions that move the needle forward from what's now to what's next. We do this by accelerating care with an extensive clinical menu, scalable lab automation technologies, insightful clinical informatics, and optimize lab performance services. Beckman Coulter is part of the Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) family of global science and technology companies. Headquartered in Brea, Calif., it has more than 11,000 global team members.
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- Goto T, Tsugawa Y, Mansbach JM, Camargo CA Jr, Hasegawa K. Trends in Infectious Disease Hospitalizations in US Children, 2000 to 2012. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016;35(6):e158-e163. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001134
- Yonker LM, Badaki-Makun O, Arya P, Boribong BP, Moraru G, Fenner B, Rincon J, Hopke A, Rogers B, Hinson J, Fasano A, Lee L, Kehoe SM, Larson SD, Chavez H, Levin S, Moldawer LL, Irimia D. Monocyte anisocytosis increases during multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with cardiovascular complications. BMC Infect Dis. 2022;22(1):563. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07526-9.
- Rosu CA, Martens AM, Sumner J, Farkas EJ, Arya P, Arauz AB, Madhavan VL, Chavez H, Larson SD, Badaki-Makun O, Irimia D, Yonker LM. Heterogeneity in the evaluation of suspected MIS-C: a cross-sectional vignette-based survey. BMC Pediatr. 2022;22(1):392. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03446-4.
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When explaining that both Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his son and team COO (among other titles) Stephen Jones were canceling their weekly interviews with 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, it was speculated by the hosts that the Joneses were spending their time dealing with the fact that the majority of the coaches’ contracts have expired.
As we understand it, only four coaches remain under contract: head coach Mike McCarthy, offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, and defensive passing game coordinator/secondary coach Joe Whitt Jr.
And so the Cowboys need to decide whether to keep the rest of the staff and, if not, who to replace them with. They also have to sweat out the possibility of losing Moore (not likely) and Quinn (more likely) to head-coaching jobs.
Meanwhile, although Jerry Jones has said that the ending to the season does not impact his views regarding coach Mike McCarthy, it would be foolish to think that the Cowboys haven’t at least considered the possibility of trying to hire Sean Payton to replace McCarthy.
As explained in Playmakers , Jones tried to hire Payton four years ago, and almost succeeded. This is probably the last chance for the Cowboys to upgrade to Payton, given that he possibly will take the head-coaching job with another team in the coming days. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/most-cowboys-coaching-contracts-have-expired | 2023-06-30 12:52:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/most-cowboys-coaching-contracts-have-expired |
Latest WTTC report shows global cities' sector recovery is well underway
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched its Cities Economic Impact Report (EIR) at the 22nd Global Summit in Riyadh today. Sponsored by Visa, the report shows cities remain the powerhouses of global tourism and will drive the recovery of the sector and economies around the world.
The Cities EIR analyzes 82 international city destinations and shows that prior to the pandemic, major cities were popular travel destinations, accounting for almost half of all international visits, both as standalone destinations and as gateways to other tourism hotspots within countries.
COVID-19 had a devastating impact on Travel & Tourism and in particular major cities around the world as countries closed their borders in response to the pandemic.
Throughout the pandemic, and as borders began to reopen, leisure travelers swapped major metropolises for less-populated destinations such as coastal and rural hotspots, leaving economies of international cities to battle through an incredibly tough three years.
Thousands of hotels, restaurants, and attractions in cities around the world were forced to close, with hard-working people losing their jobs as businesses struggled to stay open during these challenging times.
The Cities EIR shows how both leisure and business travelers are flocking back to cities, as their draw as iconic destinations are once again becoming the beating hearts of international tourism destinations, and business centers for overseas visitors.
According to the report, ten of the 82 cities analyzed are projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels in terms of direct Travel & Tourism GDP contribution to the city economies this year.
Qatar's capital Doha is forecast to see the largest increase from 2019 to 2022, in terms of international traveler spending as well as in direct Travel & Tourism's contribution to the city's GDP, with an expected increase of 21%.
In Europe, Warsaw is expected to witness a significant 14% increase in 2022 versus 2019 in Travel & Tourism's contribution to the city's GDP.
In the U.S., Orlando is projected to see a 10% increase in direct Travel & Tourism contribution to the city's GDP over that same period.
Over the next decade, Travel & Tourism is on track to become a key driver of economic growth once again, with faster GDP growth than other sectors, generating 126 million new jobs around the world.
By 2032, the Travel & Tourism sector will directly generate up to 8% of all jobs in the 82 cities analyzed in the Cities Report, up from 6.6% in 2019 and a low of 5.1% in 2020.
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: "Our report clearly shows that for millions of tourists around the world, major cities remain iconic global destinations. There's still a strong appetite to experience the history, culture, and energy that cities offer travelers.
"Before the pandemic, cities were powerhouses for international tourists, serving as standalone destinations and as gateways to other tourist destinations within countries. This year cities are recovering around the world, and we forecast that cities will continue to grow and thrive over the next decade.
Jeni Mundy, Head of Global Merchant Sales and Acquiring, Visa, said: "Even after the colossal challenges the pandemic brought to the travel industry, the economic benefit of tourism to cities remains strong. Consumers' willingness to adopt digital-first travel experiences will help pave the way for even more innovations in the future.
"At Visa, we remain focused on how payments technology can make a traveler's journey more seamless - something anyone who's had a travel hiccup can appreciate.
About the World Travel & Tourism Council
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) represents the global travel & tourism private sector. Members include 200 CEOs, Chairs and Presidents of the world's leading travel & tourism companies from all geographies covering all industries. For more than 30 years, WTTC has been committed to raising the awareness of governments and the public of the economic and social significance of the travel & tourism sector.
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The new fund, led by founding general partners Shawn Broderick and Nick Plante, will continue to invest in startups exploring new frontiers in decentralization and blockchain technology
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The global, multi-stage venture capital firm SOSV today announced the spin-out of dlab, its startup program focused on decentralization and blockchain technologies, as a standalone fund, effective January 1, 2023. The news marks the first time SOSV has spun out an SOSV startup program as an independent fund.
The new fund will be led by founding general partners Shawn Broderick and Nick Plante, formerly general partner and partner at SOSV, respectively. SOSV will be the anchor limited partner in the fund.
"Shawn and Nick have done a great job in backing pioneering blockchain companies that will really matter and side-stepping the nonsense," said Sean O'Sullivan, SOSV Managing General Partner. "Blockchain, DeFi, and distributed apps have a wealth of applications where they provide fundamental value and will succeed. I'm proud of the dlab companies that will remain in the SOSV portfolio, and I look forward to dlab earning great returns for all its limited partners."
The SOSV investments in dlab companies made to date will remain part of SOSV's portfolio, and Broderick will continue to look after his legacy SOSV investments as an SOSV venture partner.
In 2018, Broderick and Plante started working with founders innovating in Web3, decentralization, and the blockchain to find the earliest-stage startups building the infrastructure necessary to realize the vast ambitions of the Web3 universe. In 2019, SOSV launched the dlab startup development program, which offers capital and mentorship to carefully selected founders.
Despite the swings endemic to the crypto side of blockchain, dlab's Web3 thesis has proven strong. Over the past four years, SOSV has invested in 23 dlab startups, including:
- API3, building first-party oracles to bring data on-chain via trustless apps
- Contango, creating a decentralized exchange for expirables without order books or liquidity pools
- Composable Finance, engineering trustless cross-chain interoperability
As dlab took shape, SOSV deepened its commitment to deep tech startups focused on human and planetary health. While there are applications for blockchain technology in climate and health, SOSV and dlab decided that the best path for dlab's continued success and growth was to become a standalone fund.
"After more than four years proving out dlab as part of SOSV, Nick and I are ecstatic to take things to the next level as an independent fund," said dlab founding partner Shawn Broderick. "The promise of decentralization made possible via blockchain technologies represents a generational opportunity to create a more transparent, open, and participatory world."
dlab was created by SOSV in 2018 to provide capital and resources to pre-seed and seed-stage Web3 projects creating more open, transparent, and participatory systems using blockchains and other decentralization technologies. dlab investments are protocol-agnostic and global in scope.
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SOSV is a global venture capital firm that offers multi-stage investment, starting with pre-seed startup development programs designed for founders with breakthrough technologies that address human and planetary health. With $1.5 billion in AUM, SOSV operates early-stage startup development programs including HAX (hard tech), IndieBio (human and planetary health), and Orbit Startups (emerging markets). The SOSV ecosystem spans the globe, with 1000+ startups operating in 60 countries and programs based in New York City, Newark, San Francisco, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Taipei, and Tokyo.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JD-QD-QH-3D-4S
(JD, QD, QH, 3D, 4S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JD-QD-QH-3D-4S
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of RealNetworks, Inc. ("RealNetworks" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RNWK), in connection with the proposed merger of the Company with Greater Heights LLC, an affiliate of the Company's founder, Chairman and CEO, Robert D. Glaser. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $0.73 in cash for each share of RealNetworks common stock owned. Mr. Glaser, together with his affiliates, currently owns approximately 39% of the outstanding shares of RealNetworks.
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BOSTON (AP) — Gerrit Cole shut down eight of the nine hitters in the Red Sox lineup — good enough to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over Boston on Thursday night.
And then there was Rafael Devers.
The Red Sox third baseman made a final push to be added to the AL All-Star roster by homering twice off the Yankees ace, delivering two of Boston's five hits and all five of the RBIs. In his career, he has a .304 average with six home runs in 23 at-bats against Cole.
“I’m open for suggestions,” the Yankees right-hander said to reporters afterward. "It’s pretty wild. He’s just been able to hit every(thing), there hasn't been a miss-hit. Like, roll over one time. Like, line out one time.
“You're supposed to fail seven out of 10 times in this gig. I don’t know what the deal is,” he said. “We’ll just have to just keep at it, man.”
Josh Donaldson homered for the second straight game, hitting a grand slam in the third, and Aaron Hicks homered on the very next pitch to stake Cole to a 5-0 lead. Hicks also tripled in the fifth and scored to make it 6-2 before Devers’ second homer brought Boston within one run and sparked the heartiest “Yankees suck!” chant of the night.
“It’s great pitcher against a great hitter,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “And he’s had some success, obviously.”
Entering the game tied for second in the AL East — but 14 games behind the first-place Yankees — the Red Sox fell behind 5-0 in the third before Devers' two-run shot in the bottom half. The Yankees led 6-2 in the fifth with Devers due up again — time for a meeting on the mound.
“We said ‘Homer doesn’t beat us right here. So, you know, let’s just go make our pitches,'" Cole said. “And, you know, we made our pitches and gave up a homer, but they didn't beat us.”
In all, Cole was charged with five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven. Three relievers shut the Red Sox down from there, with Clay Holmes pitching the ninth for his 16th save.
Red Sox starter Josh Winckowski (3-3) gave up six runs on six hits and five walks in five innings.
The Yankees loaded the bases in the third inning of a scoreless game when No. 9 hitter Joey Gallo led off with a walk, Gleyber Torres singled and stole second and then, with two outs, the Red Sox pitched around Giancarlo Stanton to face Donaldson with the bases loaded.
He lined a 429-foot homer to center for his sixth career grand slam, then Hicks sent the next pitch 385 feet to right.
In the fifth, Hicks lined one over Jackie Bradley Jr.’s head and off the wall, away from the Red Sox right fielder. He scored to make it 6-2 when first baseman Franchy Cordero misplayed an infield popup into a double (that was changed to an error and back to a double).
VOTE RAFFY
Devers now has 12 career multihomer games.
He is campaigning to be the first Red Sox third baseman to make back-to-back All-Star Games since Wade Boggs played in seven straight from 1986-92. In voting that ends Friday at 2 p.m., Devers led Cleveland’s José Ramírez 59% to 41%.
HALF-STAFF
The U.S. flag in center field and behind home plate flew at half staff in memory of the victims of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, that killed seven and wounded dozens of others.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: OF Aaron Judge got a day off for lower body tightness.
Red Sox: Placed RHP Tyler Danish on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. To fill his spot on the roster, the club selected RHP Michael Feliz from Triple-A Worcester.
UP NEXT:
Yankees left-hander Jordan Montgomery (7-3) will pitch the second game of the four-game series, perhaps against Boston righty Connor Seabold (0-1).
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KARIYA, Japan, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, today announced global financial results for its fiscal year, ending March 31, 2023:
- Consolidated revenue totaled 6,401.3 billion yen (US$47.9 billion), a 16.1 percent increase from the previous year.
- Consolidated operating profit totaled 426.1 billion yen (US$3.2 billion), a 24.9 percent increase from the previous year.
- Consolidated profit attributable to owners of the parent company totaled 314.6 billion yen (US$2.4 billion), a 19.2 percent increase from the previous year.
"Revenue and operating profit increased compared to the previous year, reaching their highest-ever levels, due to sales recovery and expansion, foreign exchange gains and profit improvements," said Yasushi Matsui, CFO, senior executive officer and member of the Board of Directors of DENSO CORPORATION. "In the next fiscal year, we forecast 6,300.0 billion yen (US$47.2 billion) in revenue and 510.0 billion yen (US$3.8 billion) in operating income. Revenue will be based on strong sales expansions in focus areas. On the other hand, we also forecast the potential risk of a vehicle production cut of around 10 percent, given uncertainties in the external environment. Operating income will be based on the extent of growth, as well as disciplined control of fixed costs and further strengthening of our ability to respond to fluctuations. The annual dividend for the concluded fiscal year is 185 yen, a 5 yen increase from the previous announcement, and the forecast for the next fiscal year is 190 yen, a 5 yen increase from the previous year. We will continue to improve DOE levels over the long term and in a stable manner."
In Japan, revenue increased to 3,705.8 billion yen (US$27.8 billion), up 5.4% from the previous year, and operating profit was 215.6 billion yen (US$1,614.4 million), a 14.1% rise from the previous year.
In North America, revenue increased to 1,504.1 billion yen (US$11.3 billion), up 29.6% from the previous year, and operating profit was 17.9 billion yen (US$134.2 million), a 320.5% rise from the previous year.
In Europe, revenue increased to 685.6 billion yen (US$5.1 billion), up 22.1% from the previous year, and operating profit was 17.5 billion yen (US$130.8 million) (operating loss from the previous year was -3.4 billion yen).
In Asia, revenue increased to 1,931.7 billion yen (US$14.5 billion), up 17.9% from the previous year and operating profit increased to 158.3 billion yen (US$1,185.4 million), a 10.0% increase from the previous year.
In other areas, revenue increased to 101.2 billion yen (US$0.8 billion), up 32.2% from the previous year, and operating profit increased to 19.3 billion yen (US$144.2 million), up 24.4% from the previous year.
Forecast for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024
(Notes)
The above forecasts are created based on information obtained by the date of this announcement and the actual results may differ due to various causes in the future. U.S. dollar amounts have been translated, for convenience only, at the rate of 133.53 yen = US$1, the approximate exchange rate prevailing in the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March. 31, 2023. Billion is used in the American sense of one thousand million.
Foreign exchange rates of the Forecast for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024, as a precondition are US$= 125.0 yen, Euro= 135.0 yen, CNY=18.4 yen.
About DENSO CORPORATION
DENSO is a $47.9 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its around 200 facilities to produce electrification, powertrain, thermal, mobility electronics, advanced devices to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's around 165,000 employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent around 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global
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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions made it official, placing starting safety and team captain Tracy Walker on injured reserve with a season-ending Achilles injury.
Walker suffered the injury during the team’s 28-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The safety was only three games into his three-year extension. Walker welcomed his second child in the week leading into the game, missing practice time and traveling to Minneapolis separate from the team. He’s been one of the most productive members of Detroit’s defense through some dark seasons, not to mention one of its most important leaders.
Walker led the team with 108 total tackles last season. He was second on the team with 20 tackles at the time of his injury, adding one sack and two tackles for loss across three games. The 27-year-old is also one of the longest-tenured and experienced players on the young roster. Walker has 62 games and 37 starts under his belt since landing with the Lions via the third round in 2018.
“Yeah, look, losing Tracy hurts. That’s a significant loss and -- because multiple reasons, I mean Tracy’s been -- since I walked in the door last year, he’s been all in,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. “And he’s one of our team captains this year. Nobody’s put in more work than he has since the spring. And he’s one of the smartest players we have on defense, that’s huge and he’s productive. And so, you’re losing a big cog in the piece that helps you over there.
“It hurts. I mean, there again, he’s one of the smartest players we have in the backend. So, that hurts. I mean, that’s like -- there again, he’s a productive player and he’s really the quarterback of our secondary. So, that hurts a little bit.”
JuJu Hughes got the first crack at replacing Walker next to DeShon Elliott in lost week’s loss. Hughes was involved in the late miscommunication that led to the go-ahead touchdown pass for the Vikings. The Lions also have Ifeatu Melifonwu and third-round rookie Kerby Joseph. But neither have any experience at the position, not to mention defensive snaps this season. Melifonwu is reportedly close to returning from injury. And the Lions have said they plan to take it slow with the “project” that is Joseph.
Related: The latest on how the Detroit Lions will try to proceed without Tracy Walker
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The Lions signed linebacker Anthony Pittman from the practice squad to fill Walker’s roster spot. Pittman has been elevated from the practice squad for all three games. He’s logged four defensive snaps while sitting third on the team with 66 reps on special teams.
Pittman, a Detroit native and former Wayne State standout, has been with the Lions since going undrafted in 2019. The Lions added receiver Josh Johnson to their practice squad. Johnson spent most of the offseason program with the team.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Element8, a leading next-generation internet service provider (ISP), backed by a $200 million strategic investment from Digital Alpha, has announced its strategic investment into Wisper ISP, led by industry visionary Nathan Stooke. This transformative partnership marks a significant milestone for the telecommunications industry and strengthens Element8's commitment to expanding high-speed broadband access across the United States.
The partnership with Wisper ISP represents a leap forward in Element8's national expansion strategy. By joining forces with Wisper ISP, Element8 will leverage its expertise, infrastructure, and operational excellence to deliver unparalleled connectivity solutions to the heartland. This strategic move enables Element8's mission of bridging the digital divide and empowering regions with next-generation broadband technology.
"We are extremely excited about the future of Wisper and the opportunities it presents for both companies," said Kevin Grace, CEO and President of Element8. "Nathan Stooke and his team at Wisper ISP have established an impressive reputation for providing reliable internet services to rural communities along with thought leadership and service, industry-wide. Together, we will amplify our impact, bringing fast and reliable broadband to even more households, businesses, and educational institutions."
Wisper ISP has been an effective steward of the $220 million Connect America Funds II (CAF) award by continuing to build on its network of more than 500 towers and providing next-generation connectivity to rural communities. This investment and the future work together represents an ideal way for private investment to complement public funding to reach as many unserved and underserved customers as possible.
Nathan Stooke, Founder and CEO of Wisper ISP, expressed his enthusiasm for the investment, stating, "Over the last 20 years, the Wisper team and I have worked to build Wisper into the company that it is today, and this new partnership is an exciting next chapter that will be positive for customers, employees, and the wireless industry as a whole."
"Partnering with a company that has a shared vision and aligned values on how to treat our employees and customers, while we solve the digital divide will be an energizing opportunity. We are combining both our federal and state funds with private investment to maximize both in pursuit of connecting the communities that so badly need it," he continued.
While technology agnostic, with this strategic partnership and investment, Element8 is poised to scale within the broadband industry with Tarana's ngFWA platform. The company's advanced next-generation fixed wireless access network, powered by a Cisco core and access network, will help residents and businesses to thrive in the digital age, fostering economic growth, enabling remote work and education, and enhancing the overall quality of life.
"This investment demonstrates Element8 and Digital Alpha's partnership approach in the industry as we focus on funding digital infrastructure deployments that are enabling digital transformation across local communities," said Rick Shrotri, Founder and Managing Partner at Digital Alpha Advisors. "We are excited to bring together a tested technology solution to build a national, next generation network," he continued.
In addition to the $1.5 billion assets under management, Digital Alpha brings strategic partnerships with Silicon Valley industry leaders focused on next-generation networks, cloud, IoT, and smart city platforms to bring complete solutions to meet every stakeholder's needs in this new era of connectivity.
"Cisco recognizes the transformative power of high-speed broadband connectivity for rural communities. We are thrilled to see private investors complement public funding, making for more efficient and impactful investment to help bridge the digital divide in the United States," said Brian Rueger, Senior Director, Service Provider Sales at Cisco. "We look forward to continuing our work with Element8 to change the economics of the internet with a converged network architecture approach to help meet our shared goals for a more inclusive future for all."
Wisper was represented by Jeff Santoro and Chris Mullaly, investment bankers at Four Points Capital Partners, a FINRA member broker-dealer.
For more information about Element8 and its mission to revolutionize broadband connectivity, please visit www.e8internet.com.
About Element8
Element8 (E8) is a telecommunications company founded on a promise: to be a team that offers high-quality telecom services and makes a major difference in our communities. The company specializes in providing high-speed broadband network connections to tertiary and rural markets through a variety of cutting-edge technologies. The company is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serves clients globally. Element8 is known as Oxygen (Atomic Element 8) on the periodic table. For more information, please visit www.e8internet.com.
About Wisper ISP
Wisper ISP is a rural internet service provider headquartered in Mascoutah, Illinois. The company provides services across underserved communities in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. www.wisperisp.com/about/.
About Digital Alpha Advisors
Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC is an investment firm focused on digital infrastructure required by the rapidly expanding digital economy, with total assets under management of over $1.5 billion. The firm has a strategic collaboration agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. and has partnered with other leading Silicon Valley firms. Digital Alpha believes it is the first firm focused on making private equity investments in the significant growth opportunities required to underpin the Digital Economy, including next generation communications networks, IoT platforms for urban infrastructure, and cloud-based data management platforms. Digital Alpha was founded in 2017 by Rick Shrotri, former Head of the Global Infrastructure Funds (GIF) team at Cisco, and closed its latest Fund – Digital Alpha Fund II, LP – in early 2021. For more information, please visit www.digitalalpha.net.
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SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced that its chief executive officer, Brian Lian, Ph.D., will deliver a corporate presentation as part of the H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference. The conference will take place May 23-25, 2022.
Details for this presentation are as follows:
- H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference
Details: Viking management will deliver a corporate presentation and participate in 1-on-1 meetings
Conference Dates: May 23-25, 2022
Presentation Timing: Available online at 7:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Format: Hybrid conference (in person and virtual); webcast available
A live webcast of the H.C. Wainwright presentation may be accessed via a link on the Viking Therapeutics website in the Investors & Media section under Webcasts. Additionally, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Viking website following the conference.
About Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Viking Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel first-in-class or best-in-class therapies for the treatment of metabolic and endocrine disorders. Viking's research and development activities leverage its expertise in metabolism to develop innovative therapeutics designed to improve patients' lives. The company's clinical programs include VK2809, a novel, orally available, small molecule selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for the treatment of lipid and metabolic disorders, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2b study for the treatment of biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis. In a Phase 2a trial for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and elevated LDL-C, patients who received VK2809 demonstrated statistically significant reductions in LDL-C and liver fat content compared with patients who received placebo. The company's second clinical candidate is VK0214, a novel, orally available, small molecule selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for the potential treatment of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). VK0214 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1b clinical trial in patients with the adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) form of X-ALD. The company's third clinical candidate is VK2735, a novel dual agonist of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptors for the potential treatment of various metabolic disorders. VK2735 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The company holds exclusive worldwide rights to a portfolio of five therapeutic programs, including VK2809 and VK0214, which are based on small molecules licensed from Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
For more information about Viking Therapeutics, please visit www.vikingtherapeutics.com. Follow Viking on Twitter @Viking_VKTX.
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RPS discusses school start time changes
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – On Tuesday, Rochester Public Schools (RPS) superintendent Kent Pekel discussed school start time changes with the school board.
The current school time for elementary school students is 9:35 a.m. to 4 p.m. The recommended change would be 8 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
The current school time for middle school is 8:20 a.m. to 3 p.m. The change would be 9:15 a.m. to 3:52 p.m.
The current school time for high school is 8:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The change would be 9:15 a.m. to 4:12 p.m.
The district said feedback from parents and school staff contributed to the time switch recommendation.
“Middle school and high school students have really benefited from the later start time. However, elementary school students have lost some prime learning time where they are most alert and most engaged,” said Kent Pekel, RPS superintendent.
Pekel said it would be harder to have all schools on the same start time schedule.
“The money in transportation is all in putting the bus on the street.,” Pekel said. If we ran one route. What’s called one-tier. We would have to have twice as many buses, and twice as high a cost to get every kid to every one of our schools at the same time.”
The district is also concerned about how much the change could cost and has to consult with the bus company.
Pekel said RPS could get an estimate by the middle of the month.
“This is particularly complex. Because we’re doing all of this at exactly the moment that we are completely redrawing the map of Rochester Public Schools because we’re changing school boundaries. And we’re opening schools and closing one school,” Pekel said.
The school board could discuss the start time changes in May.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:
Turning Point Therapeutics Inc., up $40.43 to $74.59.
Bristol Myers Squibb is buying the biopharmaceutical company for about $4.1 billion.
Calavo Growers Inc., up $4.65 to $37.84.
The avocado grower’s fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue beat analysts’ forecasts.
Okta, Inc., up $4.70 to $98.38.
The cloud identity management company raised its earnings forecast for the year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc., up 81 cents to $12.79.
The clothing retailer announced an accelerated stock buyback program.
Chegg Inc., up 72 cents to $21.14.
The provider of online textbook rental services announced a $1 billion increase in its securities buyback program.
Zumiez Inc., down $3.01 to $31.16.
The clothing retailer gave investors a weak financial forecast.
Tesla Inc., down $71.45 to $703.55.
The electric vehicle maker’s CEO, Elon Musk, has reportedly expressed worries about the economy and the possible need to cut staff.
Kohl’s Corp., up 30 cents to $41.48.
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Stocks gave up an early gain and stumbled Tuesday on Wall Street’s first trading day of 2023 after closing out its worst year since 2008.
The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 1:56 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 145 points, or 0.4%, to 33,001 and the Nasdaq fell 1%.
Long-term bond yields fell significantly. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 3.79% from 3.88% late Friday. Stock and bond markets were closed Monday for the observed New Year’s Day holiday.
Markets in Europe and Asia gained ground.
U.S. oil prices fell 3.1% and weighed down energy stocks. Hess fell 5.2%.
Tesla plunged 14% after the electric vehicle maker’s 2022 sales disappointed investors.
Gold producer Newmont rose 4.3% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 as prices for the precious metal rose.
Investors are opening a new year with the same concerns that dominated markets in 2022. Inflation is easing, but remains stubbornly hot. That has prompted the Federal Reserve to remain aggressive.
The central bank, along with others worldwide, has been raising interest rates to slow economic growth. That has left Wall Street bracing for the recession and higher unemployment that could result from those policies.
The Fed will release minutes from its December policy meeting on Wednesday, potentially giving investors more insight into its decision-making process and thoughts heading into 2023. The central bank’s next policy decision on interest rates is set for Feb. 1.
The Fed’s key lending rate stands at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% after rocketing from a range of 0% to 0.25% at the beginning of 2022. The U.S. central bank forecasts that it will reach a range of 5% to 5.25% by the end of 2023 and it currently doesn’t call for a rate cut before 2024.
Investors are looking ahead this week to several updates on the employment market, which has been a strong area of the broader economy. That has helped buffer the economy from a recession, analysts have said, but it also makes the Fed’s fight against inflation more difficult and raises that risk that it could go too far and bring on a recession.
The government will release a report Wednesday on job openings for November, followed by a weekly report on unemployment on Thursday. The broader and closely-watched monthly report on employment, for December, will be released on Friday.
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The House and Senate might not be able to agree to terms to fund the federal government by the Sept. 30 deadline, and that's OK to an influential bloc of hard-line House conservatives who are playing an outsize role in both the spending process and the fate of Kevin McCarthy's speakership.
"We should not fear a government shutdown," Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., declared at an event outside the Capitol this week. "Most of the American people won't even miss it if the government is shut down temporarily."
Good is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, and he never voted to elect McCarthy speaker in any of the 15 rounds of voting it took for the California Republican to secure the gavel in January. Good is one of about two dozen lawmakers on the right who intend to use their influence to pressure the speaker to hold the line on spending this fall.
"Our speaker has an opportunity to be a transformational historical speaker that stared down Democrats, that stared down the free spenders, that stared down the president and said, 'No, we're going to do what the American people elected us to do,'" Good said.
The American people also elected divided government, and with Democrats in control of the Senate and the White House, there is no precedent or political reality that would suggest Good's gamble of forcing the Senate and White House to accept the House Republicans' spending bills is possible. It's not even clear yet whether the House can pass their own bills.
As a result, Capitol Hill is bracing for another epic spending clash this fall, but more pragmatic Republicans remain optimistic that another shutdown is avoidable. "It's not an option," Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, told NPR. "All that does is take leverage away from Republicans."
Congress can always pass a stopgap funding measure to keep government running until an eventual agreement is reached, but that would almost certainly require McCarthy to enlist the help of Democrats — who largely oppose the GOP-drafted bills — since leading members of the Freedom Caucus, including Good, Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, have already said they would not support such a stopgap measure.
The art of rewriting the deal
Under pressure from the Freedom Caucus, McCarthy backed away from the deal he cut in late May with President Biden to avoid a debt default and set spending targets for the next two years. Biden signed it into law on June 3.
Central to the deal was a two-year agreement on top-line spending for the 12 annual appropriations bills that would keep nondefense spending flat for fiscal year 2024 and provide only a 1% increase for fiscal year 2025. The impact: a modest $1.5 trillion cut to the federal deficit over the next decade.
Under pressure from conservatives who opposed the deal, McCarthy within days said he would encourage the Appropriations Committee to draft bills below the agreed-upon limits. House Democrats fumed. "If it wasn't so dangerous, it would be laughable," Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar told reporters in June, saying then that it increased the likelihood of a shutdown: "I think it very well could."
Conservatives are pushing the House to roll back spending to fiscal year 2022 levels, at a minimum, for everything but the military. If enacted, that plan would require steep across-the-board cuts to essentially all other domestic spending. The House Appropriations Committee, led by Texas GOP Rep. Kay Granger, has been leading bills through contentious committee markups in recent weeks on largely party-line votes. Just one of the 12 spending bills has passed the full House before the August recess, and it was along party lines. The White House has already issued a veto threat on it.
A culture war inside a spending fight
The appropriations dispute is complicated by the fact that for many Republicans both in and out of the House Freedom Caucus, the annual must-pass spending bills are about much more this year than saving taxpayers' money.
Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who is running for Senate, chairs a new "Anti-Woke" Caucus made up of about two dozen Republicans who have lobbied appropriators to include additional policy riders to eliminate, prohibit or defund social programs or priorities that they say promote a "far-left ideology" on race and gender with the federal government.
The group sent letters back in April to leaders of all 12 subcommittee chairs outlining programs they opposed. For example, they called for eliminating $3 million for the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the spending bill that funds Congress. The committee eliminated the funding in late June.
The culture war divisions have also sparked contentious moments in committee. Last week during a markup of the spending bill for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, Republicans successfully stripped funding for three LGBTQ+ centers located in three separate Democrats' districts.
The move prompted the top Democrat on the panel, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, to say Republicans "crossed a red line" by targeting member-requested projects that were otherwise approved and eligible under new guidelines for members to seek earmarks. Another Democratic member of the committee, Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, who is gay, accused the majority of anti-gay bigotry. "If you were to take away earmarks because they went to the NAACP or the Urban League, you would rightfully be called racist bigots, but when you do it to the LGBT community, it's another frickin' day in Congress," he said.
Republicans are also trying to tighten abortion restrictions with new policy language in bills including the House-passed spending bill for military construction and veterans that would block a Biden-era rule aimed at expanding abortion access and allows abortion counseling for those seeking care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. The GOP provision was cited by the Biden administration in its veto threat.
Senate takes a different approach
In sharp contrast, the Senate has been moving through its versions of the annual spending bills with the top Democrat and Republican on the committee working in lockstep.
"We are determined to continue working together in a bipartisan manner to craft serious funding bills that can be signed into law," Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in a joint statement last month. "Keeping the Senate appropriations process moving full steam ahead and in a bipartisan way is critical."
The first two women to jointly lead the panel have made good on that pledge, moving through committee all 12 of their bills before the August break with near unanimous support at the levels agreed to in the McCarthy-Biden budget deal and with none of the culture war-driven riders added by the House.
In a move likely to further stoke House GOP anger, Murray and Collins last week announced a bipartisan agreement to add on an additional $13 billion in spending — $8 billion for defense and $5.7 billion for non-defense priorities — to be spread across four spending bills.
In addition to White House opposition, any new policies to restrict abortion access will be particularly hard to negotiate with Murray, who has made protecting abortion rights a central pillar of her political campaigns and policy advocacy in Congress.
For now, House GOP leaders insist this is all part of a healthy legislative process, with the goal of having House and Senate appropriators negotiate in conference committees each of the 12 bills individually for final approval before the end of the year.
McCarthy earlier this week reiterated his pledge to return the House to regular order and oppose any "omnibus" spending bills that bundle legislation together and are jammed through Congress, a common practice in recent years. "I said no longer will we have these omnibuses where people write bills in the back of the room and no one gets to see it," he told reporters. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said the House and Senate could start negotiating the terms of their bills over the August recess.
The fate of a speakership
Spending disputes, government shutdowns and fights over policy riders on cultural issues are nothing new.
"It certainly has been this bad before," said Charles Kieffer, who retired earlier this year after four decades working on budget and spending policy, most recently as the top Democratic staffer on the Senate Appropriations Committee for more than two decades. "I think what's different about this year is that it's so clear that Speaker McCarthy doesn't know what his portfolio is from his Caucus about what he can do."
In other words: No one really knows what McCarthy will agree to since he walked about from the deal, or what he can bring to the House floor that can become law that doesn't risk costing him the speaker's gavel, especially if it has to pass on the strength of Democratic votes — exactly as the budget deal he cut with Biden did.
The same hard-line conservatives who made McCarthy fight for the gavel back in January have not ruled out invoking House Rules that make it easier to oust the speaker in the middle of a Congress if things don't go their way this fall. His critics are speaking in ominous tones about the negotiations. "We're sounding the warning call," said Biggs. "We're reminding our leadership: you need the votes. And we're begging our leadership: Listen to us."
What's also missing this year, Kieffer said, is a quiet understanding among top appropriators and party leaders that despite public fighting, there is always a path to deal if people work in good faith. "This year we don't know that there's a path," he said. "Anybody who tells you they know how this appropriations process plays out shouldn't be trusted. There's just too many variables."
Claudia Grisales and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report. contributed to this story
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DES MOINES – In 2021 the Urbandale Police Department joined the ’30 by 30′ initiative aiming to have 30% of the officers at the department be women by 2030. Just two years later they are already close to that goal.
“Urbandale is currently sitting at 25%” Officer Holly Pickett, the Urbandale Police Department’s Public Information Officer said, “We started at 15 so just above the national average of just 12%. We have done primarily the best job of retention.”.
Officer Pickett said that while recruiting officers is important, retaining female officers is where the department makes most of its gains and that comes down to a police departments culture.
“If you don’t have good culture within your agency then people don’t stay just like in the corporate world if people are unhappy they can find jobs elsewhere in todays society. every law enforcement in this metro area as well as every agency probably in America right now is looking for help and good help is going to find good law enforcement.” Officer Pickett said.
Officer Pickett said that there are many benefits to a more diverse police department. Currently 37% of the departments officers are minorities, which includes female officers.
“It is very important for the community to know that when they call they can relate to someone that they can have a conversation and that person maybe will understand their culture they’ll understand that they might have problems that arise because of cultural differences that they’ll be able to really relate to them and then maybe their outcome will be better because of that,” Officer Pickett said.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Rambus Inc. (RMBS) on Monday reported profit of $15.9 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the San Jose, California-based company said it had profit of 14 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, were 47 cents per share.
The memory chip designer posted revenue of $122.4 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $155.3 million.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $14.3 million, or 13 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $571.7 million.
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Drug could help thousands with advanced breast cancer, researchers say
For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein.
It’s not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of patients with advanced breast cancer.
Until now, breast cancers have been categorized as either HER2-positive — the cancer cells have more of the protein than normal — or HER2-negative. Doctors reporting the advance Sunday said it will make "HER2-low" a new category for guiding breast cancer treatment.
About half of patients with late-stage breast cancer formerly categorized as HER2-negative may actually be HER2-low and eligible for the drug.
The drug is Enhertu, an antibody-chemotherapy combo given by IV. It finds and blocks the HER2 protein on cancer cells, while also unloading a powerful cancer-killing chemical inside those cells. It belongs to a relatively new class of drugs called antibody-drug conjugates.
The drug was already approved for HER2-positive breast cancer, and in April the Food and Drug Administration granted it breakthrough status for this new group of patients.
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In the new study, the drug lengthened the time patients lived without their cancer progressing and improved survival compared with patients given standard chemotherapy.
The study compared Enhertu to standard chemo in about 500 patients with HER2-low breast cancer that had spread or could not be treated with surgery. The drug stopped the progress of cancer for about 10 months compared with about 5 1/2 months in the group getting regular care. The drug improved survival by about six months (from 17.5 months to 23.9 months).
"It’s a practice-changing study," said Dr. Sylvia Adams, who directs breast cancer care at NYU Langone Health and enrolled several patients in the study. "It addresses a major unmet need for patients who have metastatic breast cancer."
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Now, it will be important to define the HER2 gray area to make sure the right patients receive the treatment and then to monitor them closely, experts said.
The drug, which costs about $14,000 a month, can have severe complications. Three patients in the study died of a lung disease that’s a known hazard of the drug. Doctors need to make sure patients report breathing problems right away so the drug can be stopped and patients treated with steroids.
The findings were featured Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago and published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Funding for the study came from Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo and U.K.-based AstraZeneca, which jointly developed the drug.
Patients take the drug until they can no longer tolerate it.
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"A lot of people, including a lot of patients, will not have heard of HER2-low breast cancer before," said the study's lead author, Dr. Shanu Modi of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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(The Conversation) – Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every year. When I asked one producer recently to name something his industry thinks about that consumers don’t, he replied, “Beaks and butts.” This was his shorthand for animal parts that consumers – especially in wealthy nations – don’t choose to eat.
On Thanksgiving, turkeys will adorn close to 90 percent of U.S. dinner tables. But one part of the bird never makes it to the groaning board, or even to the giblet bag: the tail. The fate of this fatty chunk of meat shows us the bizarre inner workings of our global food system, where eating more of one food produces less-desirable cuts and parts. This then creates demand elsewhere – so successfully in some instances that the foreign part becomes, over time, a national delicacy.
Spare parts
Industrial-scale livestock production evolved after World War II, supported by scientific advances such as antibiotics, growth hormones and, in the case of the turkey, artificial insemination. (The bigger the tom, the harder it is for him to do what he’s supposed to do: procreate.)
U.S. commercial turkey production increased from 16 million pounds in January 1960 to 500 million pounds in January 2017.
That includes a quarter-billion turkey tails, also known as the parson’s nose, pope’s nose or sultan’s nose. The tail is actually a gland that attaches the turkey’s feathers to its body. It is filled with oil that the bird uses to preen itself, so about 75 percent of its calories come from fat.
It’s not clear why turkeys arrive at U.S. stores tailless. Industry insiders have suggested to me that it may simply have been an economic decision. Turkey consumption was a novelty for most consumers before World War II, so few developed a taste for the tail, although the curious can find recipes online. Turkeys have become larger, averaging around 30 pounds today compared to 13 pounds in the 1930s. We’ve also been breeding for breast size, due to the American love affair with white meat: One prized early big-breasted variety was called Bronze Mae West. Yet the tail remains.
Savored in Samoa
Rather than letting turkey tails go to waste, the poultry industry saw a business opportunity. The target: Pacific Island communities, where animal protein was scarce. In the 1950s U.S. poultry firms began dumping turkey tails, along with chicken backs, into markets in Samoa. (Not to be outdone, New Zealand and Australia exported “mutton flaps,” also known as sheep bellies, to the Pacific Islands.) With this strategy, the turkey industry turned waste into gold.
By 2007 the average Samoan was consuming more than 44 pounds of turkey tails every year – a food that had been unknown there less than a century earlier. That’s nearly triple Americans’ annual per capita turkey consumption.
When I interviewed Samoans for my book “No One Eats Alone: Food as a Social Enterprise,” it was immediately clear that some considered this once-foreign food part of their island’s national cuisine. When I asked them to list popular “Samoan foods,” multiple people mentioned turkey tails – frequently washed down with a cold Budweiser.
How did imported turkey tails become a favorite among Samoa’s working class? Here lies a lesson for health educators: The tastes of iconic foods cannot be separated from the environments in which they are eaten. The more convivial the atmosphere, the more likely people will be to have positive associations with the food.
Food companies have known this for generations. It’s why Coca-Cola has been ubiquitous in baseball parks for more than a century, and why many McDonald’s have PlayPlaces. It also explains our attachment to turkey and other classics at Thanksgiving. The holidays can be stressful, but they also are a lot of fun.
As Julia, a 20-something Samoan, explained to me, “You have to understand that we eat turkey tails at home with family. It’s a social food, not something you’ll eat when you’re alone.”
Turkey tails also come up in discussions of the health epidemic gripping these islands. American Samoa has an obesity rate of 75 percent. Samoan officials grew so concerned that they banned turkey tail imports in 2007.
But asking Samoans to abandon this cherished food overlooked its deep social attachments. Moreover, under World Trade Organization rules, countries and territories generally cannot unilaterally ban the import of commodities unless there are proven public health reasons for doing so. Samoa was forced to lift its ban in 2013 as a condition of joining the WTO, notwithstanding its health worries.Author Michael Carolan cooks turkey tails for the first time.
Embracing the whole animal
If Americans were more interested in eating turkey tails, some of our supply might stay at home. Can we bring back so called nose-to-tail animal consumption? This trend has gaining some ground in the United States, but mainly in a narrow foodie niche.
Beyond Americans’ general squeamishness toward offal and tails, we have a knowledge problem. Who even knows how to carve a turkey anymore? Challenging diners to select, prepare and eat whole animals is a pretty big ask.
Google’s digitization of old cookbooks shows us that it wasn’t always so. “The American Home Cook Book,” published in 1864, instructs readers when choosing lamb to “observe the neck vein in the fore quarter, which should be of an azure-blue to denote quality and sweetness.” Or when selecting venison, “pass a knife along the bones of the haunches of the shoulders; if it smell [sic] sweet, the meat is new and good; if tainted, the fleshy parts of the side will look discolored, and the darker in proportion to its staleness.” Clearly, our ancestors knew food very differently than we do today.
It is not that we don’t know how to judge quality anymore. But the yardstick we use is calibrated – intentionally, as I’ve learned – against a different standard. The modern industrial food system has trained consumers to prioritize quantity and convenience, and to judge freshness based on sell-by-date stickers. Food that is processed and sold in convenient portions takes a lot of the thinking process out of eating.
If this picture is bothersome, think about taking steps to recalibrate that yardstick. Maybe add a few heirloom ingredients to beloved holiday dishes and talk about what makes them special, perhaps while showing the kids how to judge a fruit or vegetable’s ripeness. Or even roast some turkey tails.
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After guiding the Philadelphia Phillies to their first playoff series victory since 2010, manager Rob Thomson had the interim removed from his title Monday.
The Phillies announced they have signed Thomson to a two-year contract to remain as their manager through 2024, rewarding him for a turnaround that earned Philadelphia a wild-card berth.
The 59-year-old Thomson took over on June 3 when Joe Girardi was fired with the Phillies mired at 22-29.
Philadelphia went 65-46 the rest of the regular season, finishing third in the NL East behind Atlanta and the New York Mets but still good enough for the Phillies to land their first postseason berth since 2011.
In the wild-card round, Philadelphia swept the NL Central champion Cardinals in two games in St. Louis. The Phillies advanced to face the Braves in the Division Series, which begins Tuesday at Truist Park.
Thomson is the first Canadian-born manager to lead a team in the postseason.
“I could not be prouder of the group of players, coaches and staff that have made this all possible,” Thomson said in a statement. “This is a great group, one that has shown resiliency and overcome adversity all season to get us where we are today. I am honored and humbled to continue as manager of this club.”
Thomson had been the Phillies’ bench coach since 2018 before he was promoted to interim manager.
He became only the fourth manager in major league history to take over a team at least seven games under .500 and lead it to the postseason. He joined Dick Howser (1981 with the Royals), Cito Gaston (1989 with the Blue Jays) and Jim Tracy (2009 with the Rockies).
“As time progressed, it became apparent that Rob was the right person to lead this team and our club’s on-field performance over the course of the season certainly reinforced that,” president of baseball operations David Dombrowski said. “His calm demeanor and ability to communicate with players and staff has greatly benefitted the Phillies and we are excited to formally name him our manager going forward.”
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The city of Santa Fe will move forward with a pilot program for the homeless that calls for installation of 25 small shelters known as “pallet homes” on private property.
The City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution to implement the program, receiving praise from advocates and service providers who attended the meeting in support of the measure.
“This is a public health, social justice, safety and well-being issue for all of us — housed, unhoused and, for more and more, precariously housed here in Santa Fe,” said Dr. Laura Brown, an addiction specialist who has worked with several local organizations that serve homeless people. “Housing is health care and a human right.”
Brown said she would be grateful to see a pallet home community developed in her neighborhood.
The resolution directs city staff to engage in contracts with landowners and service providers to set up the shelter communities, which must include “24/7 security, hygiene facilities, and electrical services.”
The city has allocated $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds for the program. Each pallet shelter costs $14,000, including installation.
Depending on the proposals the city receives, the 25 shelters could be spread across multiple properties or installed at one location, Community Health and Safety Department Director Kyra Ochoa said.
“It’s a pilot to see if it will work because of the extreme stress our community, as a whole, is under because we don’t have a solution yet for folks who won’t stay in the shelters, or can’t stay in the shelters,” Ochoa told councilors Wednesday. “The stress on our public safety systems, on our business owners, is extreme, so that is the rationale for looking into this model, which other communities have tried and found to be successful.”
A 2022 survey of department leaders found the city spends about $14 million each year on homelessness, costs that include cleaning encampments, repairing infrastructure and responding to public safety problems.
City staff did not consider installing the shelters on city-owned properties, Ochoa said, because of community opposition to a similar project proposed last year on the midtown campus.
Councilor Chris Rivera abstained from the vote, saying he had “many concerns” about the plan.
The resolution calls for shelter operators to develop “good neighbor agreements” with nearby residents and businesses. Rivera asked city staff what would happen if residents objected to such programs near their homes.
“After negotiations, ideally there is some consensus reached,” Ochoa said. “If not, it really is up to the provider to decide whether they want to proceed and how to proceed.”
Caseworkers and outreach staff from nonprofit organizations such as The Life Link and the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place, and the federally funded Healthcare for the Homeless thanked councilors for moving the program forward.
Marisol Atkins, a Santa Fe housing consultant, said her organization, Luz del Sol, along with Colorado-based Project Moxie, helped educate the community about pallet shelters and other “safe outdoor space” initiatives during events in the city last year.
“There’s not one type of homelessness — there’s multiple types of homelessness,” Atkins said. “So we need multiple solutions.”
Atkins said often community meetings are dominated with the voices of people who “don’t support solutions” to homelessness.
“So we said, ‘OK, let’s see if we can garner support from people who do support solutions,’ ” she said. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/city-council-approves-pilot-project-of-25-pallet-homes-for-homeless/article_d0d385c4-e44c-11ed-877a-fbf5470844d1.html | 2023-04-27 09:02:47 | 0 | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/city-council-approves-pilot-project-of-25-pallet-homes-for-homeless/article_d0d385c4-e44c-11ed-877a-fbf5470844d1.html |
NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U).
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GYEONGJU, South Korea, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage(the GNRICH) announced a report on last 28th that provides evidence why there are more than 10 legs attached on Byeoru, excavated in Gyeongju Wolseong.
Byeoru, a tool for writing a letter by dipping it in ink, was a precious tool which only higher classes were able to use, who were literate.
In general, the number of excavated Byeoru is very small, usually found within 10 pieces in domestic heritage sites. However, they were extensively excavated in Gyeongju Wolseong, where royal palaces of Silla were located.
About 140 pieces of Byeoru were discovered at the building site inside Wolseong and hundreds of pieces of Byeoru were also excavated in Haeja, a pond surrounding the palace.
Since it was necessary to write documents on paper at major national facilities, the building site where a lot of Byeoru were excavated is presumed to be a major government office during that period.
Interestingly enough, Byeoru of Silla has legs in showy patterns. Byeoru which has several legs is called "Dagakyeon," mainly three to as many as ten.
Special Byeoru with a lot of legs where animal patterns are engraved on are extensively excavated at the center of the capital of Silla. Hence, it can be presumed that "Dagakyeon" with a lot of legs where animal patterns are engraved on, was a high-quality product used at royal palace of Silla.
Then where did Byeoru of Silla originate from?
Judging from the production technology and similarity of form, it can be said that Byeoru of Silla is deeply related to that of Chinese during the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, or that of Baekje.
Initially, Byeoru of Silla was made similar to that of ancient China or Baekje during the Sabi period, but after the appearance of Byeoru with patterns of animal faces, it became the representative Byeoru form of Silla.
The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage created representative characters called "Gguri" and "Duduri," modernly reinterpreting the shape of pig and goblin expressed in the legs of Byeoru.
Since 2019, "Gguri" and "Duduri" have been promoting Gyeongju Wolseong, holding the millennial history of Silla.
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22% of adults were treated for mental illness in 2021, CDC says
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:08 AM EDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
(CNN) - COVID-19 posed both a physical and mental threat to Americans.
According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22% of adults in the U.S. received psychiatric treatment in 2021, a 3% increase from 2019.
Some health officials say the COVID-19 experience led more people to take better care of themselves on various levels.
The report also showed women were more likely than men to seek help.
The findings were based on data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services launched a National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, called 988, for those in severe distress.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta blew two tires Tuesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
Nobody on board was hurt, although two runways at the busy airport were closed for several hours.
Authorities say Delta Flight 515 landed safely shortly after 1 p.m.
In a statement, Delta said the plane "came to rest on the taxiway after a possible issue with some of its tires."
Photos on Twitter showed two shredded tires.
Passengers were bused to the terminal.
Two runways were closed for several hours until the plane was removed from the runway.
There's no immediate word on what caused the tires to blow. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/delta-flight-from-atlanta-blows-tires-at-los-angeles-landing | 2022-07-20 21:42:59 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/delta-flight-from-atlanta-blows-tires-at-los-angeles-landing |
Amazon delivery driver helps family escape burning home
SYOSSET, N.Y. (WCBS) – An Amazon delivery driver in New York rushed into a burning home to save a family Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters arrived at the home just four minutes after the 911 call and found a family outside, thanks to the help of Kevin Rivera.
“I just saw the fire getting bigger and bigger. That’s when I rushed in,” Rivera said. “Everyone is calling me a hero.”
The Amazon driver said he was finishing his route when he saw the flames near the front of the home.
He said he saw several people inside through an open front door, including a woman and a baby who were apparently unaware of the fire.
“I just rushed in. I didn’t want anyone to die in that house,” Rivera said.
Rivera said he told the six or seven people inside about the flames, but a language barrier made it difficult for them to understand at first.
He urged them to leave through the back door, away from the flames.
Eventually, they did and then saw the house in flames.
“They just started crying,” Rivera said. “They just got emotional.”
A neighbor captured video of the fire and said it could have been a lot worse. When she heard about Rivera’s actions, she posted his story on social media to praise the driver.
“I thought it was great,” Amanda Johnson said.
Now, the neighborhood that normally thanks him for his deliveries is thanking him for much more.
“To be honest, I just feel great that I did something,” Rivera said.
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The two people killed at the Embassy Suites near the Portland International Airport Wednesday have been identified.
On Thursday, a release from the Port of Portland Police Department named 24-year-old Teonjenique Elizabeth Lashay Hudson Howard — also known as TiTi — along with 19-year-old Adrian Daeshawn Granville as the victims of the deadly shooting.
No other questions have been answered by authorities and no information about any potential suspect has been released. The investigation is ongoing.
Portland Police Bureau officers and Port of Portland officers responded to the scene on the corner of Northeast Airport Way and Northeast 82nd Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. on Wednesday. Loved ones of the victims gathered in the hotel parking lot for several hours afterward.
KOIN 6 News spoke to Gailen David who traveled to Portland for work and was staying at the hotel.
“I was sleeping great and then all of a sudden I heard the gunshots and they just kept going,” said David.
Gailen said after the gunfire stopped he heard screaming.
“It was blood-curdling, I heard these female screams like someone had just witnessed murder,” said Gailen.
This is a developing story. | https://www.koin.com/news/portland/victims-identified-after-deadly-embassy-suites-shooting-near-pdx/ | 2023-03-17 04:08:38 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/portland/victims-identified-after-deadly-embassy-suites-shooting-near-pdx/ |
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Kiersey Clemons
In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.
If you were to ask 10-year-old Kiersey Clemons what she thought about her parents’ strategy of using Sundays to “get ready for Monday” — a.k.a. do chores — she would’ve confidently called it a “scam.”
But now that the actor, who plays Iris West in Warner Bros.’ new film “The Flash,” is older, owns a home and has an unpredictable work schedule, she understands her parents’ credo.
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“Rightfully so, parents have to come up with reasons to reserve time for themselves,” says Clemons, who’s set to star in “Susie Searches” (out July 28) and “The Young Wife” with Sheryl Lee Ralph, which premiered at Sundance in March but doesn’t have a set release date.
“Even as a person who’s not a parent myself, I take any opportunity I can get to prepare for something — a week or a few days — that I know is going to ask a lot of myself,” she says.
Still, Clemons’ ideal Sundays look a lot like they did during her childhood: a sleepover with her three sisters, enjoying her mom’s homemade cooking and hunting for gems at her favorite Salvation Army thrift store in Los Angeles. Here’s how the L.A. native would spend the perfect Sunday.
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity.
10:30 a.m.: Enjoy a cup of coffee outside
I am probably waking up around 10:30 a.m., and I’m definitely taking it easy and I’m taking it slow. I will probably have my first cup of coffee with my dog outside, which I actually do every day. Which is a really nice routine for me. It forces me to get out of bed and immediately take in what’s outside.
11 a.m.: Chocolate pancakes at Maxine’s
Then I will probably go to a diner and I’ll have two more cups of coffee, chocolate pancakes and bacon. I have a few diners in L.A. that I really love. One that is in my top three is Maxine’s [formerly known as Maxwell’s] in Culver City. I used to live over there for so long in my early 20s, and maybe that’s part of why I love it so much. The food is really good, but also it feels like a spot where my mom and I had really insightful conversations. And we spill all the tea and we’re both big coffee drinkers. My mom is very cozy. She likes a diner that makes her feel like she’s not in L.A. She’s from the South, and so it makes her feel like she’s at a small-town diner. The service is really personable, and it at least feels like they care about you. [Laughs.] They always make sure your cup has coffee in it. There’s a bar area where all the regulars sit. That’s always the best, diner regulars.
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12:30 p.m.: Thrift shopping in Redondo Beach
At this point, we’re probably going thrifting. I grew up in thrift stores. My mom loves a Goodwill. I think she is definitely a bargain hunter. My mom grew up very poor, and her clothes were hand-me-downs or her stepmom made them. She always somehow found a way to make sure that I had what I really wanted, to feel like I was in on it. I will never forget when everyone was wearing ripped jeans from Abercrombie, like they were falling apart. And she would find the Abercrombie jeans at thrift stores or she would buy them on eBay. And I would come home from school, and she would’ve done all the rips and tears on them and did the splattered bleach on them. I’d be like, “Mom, oh my gosh!”
I went to high school in Redondo Beach, and there’s a Salvation Army on Artesia Boulevard, and so that was the one I would walk to after school. That’s where my mom would go to get my jeans. She had a lot of furniture from there, but also they just always had all the good stuff. All of the good clothes. All the older rich Manhattan Beach grandmothers’ stuff would end up there, and we got it. I actually will drive to that one specifically to see what they got ’cause they always got something.
2:30 p.m.: Chinese food at the mall
We’ll go to the mall, which again is so cozy and nostalgic. We’ll just walk around the mall and talk. We won’t even do anything. [Laughs.] Sometimes, we’ll go all the way to Del Amo Fashion Center just to go to Din Tai Fung. My mom always orders green beans. Then she soaks it in chile oil and soy sauce, and it’s so good. I get the shrimp and pork spicy wontons. Oh. My. God. Then I’ll hold onto the juices that it’s in, and I’ll dip everything in it.
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5 p.m.: Dinner and Lifetime
Now, I’ve probably requested for my mom to make me food. It’s all food. We are so food. I normally request that she makes me fried chicken or chicken and dumplings. Whichever one she has the energy for.
We’re definitely making some type of drink, probably like a bloody mary. My mom loves bloody marys, and she’ll make me some type of drink with mezcal. Then my sisters and I would probably watch some random Lifetime movie or we’ll binge-watch something together. One of them just moved to New York, but she’s coming back. She says it’s partially because of family. I think it’s mostly because of family. We are all very close, and it’s super obvious when one of us is missing. But whenever we’re all in town and able to be together, we’re together on the weekends. And normally everyone will sleep over at my house. So on a Sunday, I’m probably yelling at everybody because I’m so fed up. You have all your little quirks and you’re like, “Whose hair is all over the bathroom? Why can’t anybody pick up their towels? Whose socks are these?” [Laughs.] I’m the oldest sibling, so I’m the most dramatic.
8 p.m.: Walk the dogs and gossip
We’ll probably walk the dogs. If everybody’s dogs are over, it’s four dogs. With our little drinks, we’ll go on a walk around the neighborhood and we’ll just gossip. If someone ever is like, “Don’t tell anyone this thing,” I’m like, “All five of us know.” [Laughs.] If somebody’s got something weird going on, it’s TMI — everybody knows everything.
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11 p.m.: Cozy up on the couch
I’ll fall asleep at my mom’s house, then I’ll drive home at like 11 p.m. But before I leave, we will have already planned the next weekend. It’ll be like, “Next weekend at your house?”
11:30 p.m.: Drive home, then fall asleep on the couch, again
I always say I’m going to wind down and then I fall asleep on the couch. And I’m one of those people that if I fall asleep on the couch and you try to wake me up and tell me to go to my bed, I’m going to fight you. Because, like, this is so funny ... I don’t want a television in my bedroom, and then I just end up falling asleep on the couch watching TV anyway.
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Minnesota settles case against e-cigarette maker Juul
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria — the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial — just ahead of closing arguments.
The terms will be kept confidential until formal papers are publicly filed with the court in 30 days, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement.
“After three weeks of trial highlighting and bringing into the public record the actions that JUUL and Altria took that contributed to the youth vaping epidemic, we reached a settlement in the best interest of Minnesotans,” Ellison said.
Juul said it would work with the state to finalize the details over the coming weeks.
“We have now settled with 48 states and territories, providing over $1 billion to participating states to further combat underage use and develop cessation programs,” the company said in a statement. “This is in addition to our global resolution of the U.S. private litigation that covers more than 5,000 cases brought by approximately 10,000 plaintiffs.”
Attorneys for the state argued at the start of the trial that Juul unlawfully targeted young people with vaping products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine. Juul attorneys countered that its purpose was to convert adult smokers of combustible cigarettes to a less-dangerous product — not to lure kids. Ellison said ahead of the trial that he was seeking more than $100 million in damages.
Juul has faced thousands of lawsuits nationwide but most have settled, including dozens with other states and U.S. territories. The largest settlement came last week when it was announced that Juul Labs will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia to settle lawsuits related to how it marketed addictive nicotine products.
Minnesota, which also won a landmark $7.1 billion settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998, was the first state to take Juul to trial. It filed its lawsuit in 2019 and added tobacco industry giant Altria, which formerly owned a minority stake in Juul, as a co-defendant in 2020. Altria completed its divestiture last month and says it effectively lost its $12.8 billion investment.
During opening statements in March, Ellison accused Juul of using “slick products, clever ads and attractive flavors” to hook children on nicotine.
“They baited, deceived, and addicted a whole new generation of kids after Minnesotans slashed youth smoking rates down to the lowest level in a generation,” Ellison said last month. “Now, big tobacco is back with a new name but the same game.”
David Bernick, an attorney for Juul, countered during opening statements that Juul’s purpose was always to convert adult smokers to a less-dangerous product that would still provide a satisfying nicotine experience. He said Juul did nothing to intentionally drive youth demand, suggesting the growth in youth vaping was a secondhand result of increased adult demand.
William Geraghty, an attorney for Altria, denied Ellison’s assertions that Altria invested heavily in Juul because it ultimately wanted to hook kids on its cigarettes, which include Marlboro.
Washington D.C.-based Juul Labs launched in 2015 on the popularity of flavors like mango, mint, fruit medley and creme brulee. Teenagers fueled its rise, and some became addicted to Juul’s high-nicotine pods. Amid a backlash, the company dropped all U.S. advertising and discontinued most of its flavors in 2019, losing popularity with teens. Juul’s share of the now multibillion-dollar market has fallen to about 33% from a high of 75% in 2018.
In September, Juul agreed to pay nearly $440 million over six to 10 years to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products to young people. The settlement amounted to about 25% of Juul’s U.S. sales of $1.9 billion in 2021.
Three months later, the company said it had secured an equity investment to settle thousands of lawsuits brought by individuals and families of Juul users, school districts, city governments and Native American tribes.
The vaping company, which has laid off hundreds of employees, recently agreed to pay West Virginia $7.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act by marketing to underage users. And last month, the company paid Chicago $23.8 million to settle a lawsuit.
Last week’s settlement was the largest — settling lawsuits in New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for Juul said that with this latest settlement, the company was “nearing total resolution of the company’s historical legal challenges and securing certainty for our future.”
Juul is currently appealing the Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of its application to keep selling its vaping products as a smoking alternative for adults.
“As we reach total resolution of the company’s past, we are focused on our path forward to maximize the value and impact of our product technology and scientific foundation,” Juul said in its statement Monday. “Our technology already has transitioned over two million adult smokers from combustible cigarettes.”
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Angelina Jolie and the United Nations’ refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades.
In a joint statement issued Friday, the actress and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.”
“I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people,” Jolie was quoted as saying in the joint statement, adding that she felt it was time “to work differently” by directly engaging with refugees and local organizations.
Jolie first started working with the U.N. refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012. The release described her as “carrying out more than 60 field missions to bear witness to stories of suffering as well as hope and resilience,” most recently traveling to Burkina Faso.
“After a long and successful time with UNHCR, I appreciate her desire to shift her engagement and support her decision,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was quoted as saying. “I know the refugee cause will remain close to her heart, and I am certain she will bring the same passion and attention to a wider humanitarian portfolio.”
In an opinion piece published in The Guardian last month, Jolie alluded to frustration with the lack of global progress in ending sexual violence in conflict.
“We meet and discuss these horrors and agree that they should never be allowed to happen again. We promise to draw — and to hold — that line. But when it comes to hard choices about how to implement these promises, we run into the same problems time and again,” she wrote, specifically calling out U.N. Security Council members for “abusing their veto power.”
Jolie began visiting refugee camps in 2001, and was appointed as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador that same year. At the time, the then-high commissioner said he hoped the then-26-year-old actress could direct young people’s attention to the plight of refugees.
In response to a request for additional comment, the agency declined to offer further details, including whether they would appoint another special envoy to replace Jolie. | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/ap-angelina-jolie-leaves-role-as-un-refugee-agency-envoy/ | 2022-12-16 19:47:17 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/ap-angelina-jolie-leaves-role-as-un-refugee-agency-envoy/ |
Pocatello community participates in annual spring cleanup
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - Residents of Pocatello and Chubbuck came out to Caldwell Park on Saturday to take part in the annual Community-Wide Spring Cleanup.
The annual cleanup is spearheaded by the Community Beautification Council, which is a committee of the Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce.
"When we have this cleanup up every year in May, I'm just always so encouraged by the sense of volunteerism and a sense of community that people in Pocatello and Chubbuck have," said event organizer Mark Dahlquist.
Additional sponsors of the cleanup included Lookout Credit Union, Johnson Family McDonald’s, Ed’s Painting Contractors, Inc., Citizens Community Bank, NeighborWorks Pocatello, Ireland Bank, and Intermountain Gas.
All cleanup participants also received a free pancake and sausage breakfast cooked up by the Chamber Chiefs. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/08/pocatello-community-participates-in-annual-spring-cleanup/ | 2022-05-08 17:45:25 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/08/pocatello-community-participates-in-annual-spring-cleanup/ |
Healthcare Staffing Platform Announces Recipients of New Award Program
MCLEAN, Va., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ShiftMed, LLC, one of the largest workforce management platforms in healthcare with over 100,000 credentialed professionals, proudly announces the winners of its inaugural Nurse's Choice Awards, a program where nurses nominate and recognize valued healthcare facilities across the U.S. Considering everything from coworker support to staff perks, ShiftMed's Nurse's Choice Awards give nurses the opportunity to recognize and celebrate healthcare facilities that provide an unmatched work environment. Voting was open from May 9th to May 23rd, with thousands of nurses across the country contributing to the results.
ShiftMed's Nurse's Choice Awards recognize healthcare facilities in three categories:
- Overall Best Facility: The best of the best. From great staff to availability and on-site perks, nurses voted for the facility where they are always excited to claim a shift.
- Best Facility Perks: Nurses voted for their favorite facility based on their accessible location, great parking, public transit proximity, facility snacks and beverages, and other enviable benefits that make their shifts enjoyable.
- Most Welcoming: Facilities in this category welcome nurses with open arms. They appreciate all newcomers and go above and beyond to ensure ShiftMed staff become well-adjusted.
"Healthcare facilities are often ranked based on things like patient safety, clinical excellence, and other measures of output. While these indicators are important, we rarely get to hear about the environment of a healthcare facility from the workers' perspectives," said Todd Walrath, CEO of ShiftMed. "With our Nurse's Choice Awards, we're amplifying the voices of nurses and gathering valuable insights into what matters most to them – insights which can be leveraged by healthcare facilities to bolster retention efforts as we return to a new normal following the COVID-19 pandemic."
Winning top honors across multiple categories was Embrace Health At Southminster, located in Charlotte, NC. In addition to the nurses' nominations, ShiftMed recognizes facilities based on the robust data collected across the company's technology platform. Additional categories of recognition include Lowest Cancelation Rate, Most Guaranteed Shifts and Most Popular. The facilities that ranked top three in the respective categories are:
- Overall Best Facility
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Lowest Cancelation Rates
- Pine Arbor, Silsbee TX
- The Laurels Of Walden Park, Columbus OH
- Bristol Park Life, Conroe TX
- Most Guaranteed Shifts®
- Care Pavilion, Philadelphia PA
- Parkhouse Rehab & Nursing, Royersford, PA
- Nursing & rehabilitation Of New Port Richey, New Port Richey, FL
- Best Perks
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Most Popular
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- South Suburban Rehab Center, Homewood IL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
- Most Welcoming
- Embrace Health At Southminster, Charlotte NC
- Rio Pinar Health Care, Orlando FL
- Colonial Lakes Health Care, Orlando FL
The full list of this year's honorees can be found here.
For more information about ShiftMed, visit www.shiftmed.com.
ShiftMed is a next-generation workforce management platform that connects hospitals, assisted living providers, in-home care providers, and skilled nursing facilities, to the highest quantity and quality of licensed nurses (CNAs, LPNs and RNs). As the No. 1 nursing jobs mobile app on the App Store with over 150,000 yearly downloads, ShiftMed serves more than 1,000 enterprise healthcare partners across the country by offering software tools and direct access to labor for shift scheduling. The ShiftMed on-demand platform dramatically streamlines the delivery of care services and enables healthcare providers access to compliant, credentialed workers to fulfill their staffing needs faster than any other solution. For more information, visit http://www.ShiftMed.com.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
01-21-26-32-41
(one, twenty-one, twenty-six, thirty-two, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $595,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
01-21-26-32-41
(one, twenty-one, twenty-six, thirty-two, forty-one)
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A proposed six-week abortion ban received overwhelming approval from a Florida House committee Thursday as even Democrats acknowledged there's nothing they can do to stop it from eventually becoming law.
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The proposal is moving along while a 15-week abortion ban signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year i s still being challenged. The new proposal would only go into effect if the current law is upheld and would would make it a crime to provide an abortion past six weeks’ gestational age.
“It’s a bill that recognizes the importance and value of the life of innocent, unborn human beings,” said Republican Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka said of her proposal. “The bill that’s before you is not solely a reflection of my personal beliefs, but a result of listening in an attempt to build consensus around a policy that supports life."
The measure could give DeSantis, who is widely expect to run for president, additional fodder to woo conservative voters. The governor has indicated he will back the proposed ban.
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There would be an exception to save the life of the woman and exceptions in the case of pregnancy caused by rape or incest until 15 weeks of pregnancy. In those cases, the woman would have to provide documentation such as a medical record, restraining order or police report.
Opponents said that by the time a woman finds out she's pregnant, it's either too late to get an abortion or there's too little time to arrange one, especially for victims of rape and incest. They said trying to obtain an abortion will be even more difficult for women in rural areas with limited health care.
“This bill is too restrictive. The amount of paperwork that a woman has to go through to show that they are raped is retraumatizing,” said Democratic Rep. Robin Bartleman, adding most rapes aren't reported.
But she also recognized that Republicans will get what they want.
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"You are going to have the votes, you have a supermajority. There will essentially be an outright abortion ban in the state of Florida,” she said. “I can do math.”
The House bill has one more committee stop before being heard by the full chamber. A similar Senate bill has been assigned to two committees and will be heard for the first time next week. The House and Senate leaders have expressed support for the legislation. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/abortion-ban-after-6-weeks-moves-forward-in-17843740.php | 2023-03-16 20:01:56 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/abortion-ban-after-6-weeks-moves-forward-in-17843740.php |
Updated July 15, 2022 at 4:59 PM ET
An Indiana doctor who recently provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has sent a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. That comes after Rokita suggested without providing evidence that the doctor may have failed to report the abortion as required under state law.
Documents released to NPR and other media outlets by the Indiana Department of Health on Thursday confirm that Dr. Caitlin Bernard had indeed reported the abortion in a document filed with the state on July 2.
The report indicated that Bernard had provided a medication abortion to the girl on June 30.
A letter sent to Rokita on Friday by Bernard's attorney, Kathleen DeLaney, reads in part: "Please cease and desist from making false and misleading statements about alleged misconduct by Dr. Bernard in her profession, which constitute defamation per se."
A spokesperson for Rokita's office, Kelly Stevenson, emailed NPR this response regarding the letter: "Like any correspondence, it will be reviewed if and when it arrives. Regardless, no false or misleading statements have been made."
The girl's story became the focus of widespread attention and political debate after Bernard discussed it with The Indianapolis Star in a story about patients crossing state lines to obtain abortions in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's June 24 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Bernard said the girl had traveled from Ohio, where a trigger ban prohibiting most abortions had just taken effect.
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PANAMA CITY, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or the "Bank"; NYSE: BLX) announced today the successful closing of a US$89 million 3-year Senior Unsecured Amortizing Facility (the "Facility") for Banco Guayaquil S.A. ("Banco Guayaquil" or the "Company"). Bladex acted as Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and shall act as the Administrative Agent for the Facility.
Banco Guayaquil is one of the largest banks in Ecuador, with more than 3 million clients and is the second biggest private bank. It has a balanced portfolio composition between: commercial loans to the productive sector 48% and the consumer sector 41%, mortgages 5% and microcredits 6%.
During 2021, Ecuador had a GDP growth of 4.2% per year, exceeding the initial growth projections of 3.5%, this increase was mainly due to: the recovery of the labor market, an increase in credit supply, and an increase in remittances. For 2022, GDP growth of 2.8% is expected, higher than the 2.5% previously expected, this growth would be driven by the recovery of investment and the dynamism of households, according to the Central Bank of Ecuador.
The deal constitutes the first international syndicated facility for Banco Guayaquil led by Bladex. The use of the facility will be used for portfolio growth and trade operations. The syndicated loan has the participation of 7 financial institutions from North America, Central, and South America, some of which represent new banking relationships for Banco Guayaquil.
Julio Mackliff, Executive Vice President of Banco Guayaquil, stated: "These new funds will propel development and innovation in our business clients. We highlight the strategic alliance provided by Bladex and investors, which, thanks to our good reputation and risk rating, as well as our financial indicators, trust our management and promote economic growth in the region".
Patricio Mainardi, Bladex´s Senior Vice President and Country Head of Ecuador, stated: "Bladex is very pleased to have successfully executed the first syndicated loan for Banco Guayaquil and to continuously support Banco Guayaquil's growth plans while securing long-term financing. This transaction marks the strong relationship, established in 2002 and is a landmark transaction for Ecuador. The Facility is a clear demonstration of Bladex's structuring and distribution capabilities, which is qualified to raise funds and access a wide network of financial institutions. Banco Guayaquil's Syndicated Facility adds to our credentials more than 70 transactions arranged in Latin America".
Bladex, a multinational bank originally established by the central banks of Latin-American and Caribbean countries, initiated operations in 1979 to promote foreign trade finance and economic integration in the region. The Bank, headquartered in Panama, also counts with offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States of America, supporting the regional expansion and servicing its customer base, which includes financial institutions and corporations.
Bladex is listed on the NYSE in the United States of America (NYSE: BLX), since 1992, and its shareholders include: central banks and state-owned banks and entities representing 23 Latin American countries; commercial banks and financial institutions; and institutional and retail investors through its public listing.
For further information, please contact:
Felipe Suarez – SVP, Head of Loan Structuring & Syndications
E-mail address: fsuarez@bladex.com
Head Office Address: Torre V, Business Park, Ave. La Rotonda, Urb. Costa del Este,
Panama, Republic of Panama
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GREENWOOD, Indiana — It started with what the Haughn family thought was a cold. Fast forward two days later, and doctors at an urgent care center diagnosed Leilani with RSV and pneumonia.
“It’s been worse than anything that we’ve dealt with,” Sasha Haughn, Leilani’s mom, said.
Doctors are warning respiratory season for kids is here and taking hold. Haughn echoes that statement.
“I never thought that we would be dealing with RSV in mid-September on an 80-degree day,” Haughn said. She continued, “It’s been a ride but I think we’re past the scary part.”
The mom of three said her daughter is doing better following several rounds of steroids and antibiotics. Still, she took to Facebook to share her story as a warning to other parents — the respiratory season is here, and it is wreaking havoc.
“I think that’s why we waited to take her because it’s not wintertime. It’s not your typical flu season,” Haughn said.
From RSV to rhinovirus to enterovirus and everything in between — Riley Hospital for Children’s Dr. John Christenson shares that current bed availability is tight.
“There’s a lot of resilient people and they persevere and provide good care, but the reality is, definitely there’s a lot on the system,” Christenson said.
The infectious diseases doctor urges parents to answer these questions to determine if a child needs more medical attention.
- Is there breathing difficulty?
- Can a fever be controlled by medicine?
- Are they refusing to eat?
“Right now, we’re double last week of our isolation of rhinovirus and enterovirus,” Christenson said.
Christenson predicts RSV will peak in about a month, which is earlier than normal. As for influenza, he believes that will take hold early in the new year.
His best advice to parents -- keep kids home if they are sick.
“Imagine now covid along with RSV, influenza and all these other viruses circulating at the same time, it’s going to put quite a strain on healthcare systems,” Dr. Christenson said.
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Train conductor killed in crash with dump truck
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) – A train conductor was killed in a crash with a dump truck in Ohio early Tuesday morning.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Louis Shuster, 46. Shuster was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shuster was a train conductor with Norfolk-Southern. The company released a statement saying Shuster was on the train moving through a crossing at the Cleveland Cliffs facility around 1:19 a.m. when the train was struck by the dump truck.
Cleveland police said the dump truck driver stopped at a stop sign at the railroad tracks and then proceeded forward, striking the front left side of the first train car. Shuster was positioned on the outside of the train car and was struck.
Shuster was president of BLET Division 607 in Cleveland. He was the father of a 16-year-old son and a caregiver for his older parents. Shuster was also an Army veteran.
“Lou was a passionate and dedicated union brother,” said Pat Redmond, local chairman of BLET Division 607. “He was always there for his co-workers. He was very active in helping veterans who worked on the railroad and veterans all across our community.”
The National Transportation Safety Board is also sending investigators to the scene.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg commented on the crash in a tweet Tuesday, writing, “Our thoughts are with the family facing this preventable tragedy. Now more than ever, it is time for stronger freight railroad accountability and safety.”
Buttigieg recently visited East Palestine, Ohio, after a Norfolk-Southern train derailed on Feb. 3 while carrying hazardous chemicals.
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The 2023 BMW M4 CSL (Competition, Sport, Lightweight) is a sport coupe in search of a racetrack, but an hour on this mountain road outside of Palm Springs is my only option. The M4 CSL goes beyond the capability of the already bonkers M4 Competition with 240 pounds of weight savings, more power, and a spate of parts that seem more at home on a race car than a street machine.
The carbon-fiber front seats are foremost on my mind among those parts because the driver seat has just two adjustments, forward and back. It determines my seating position more than I do—how upright I sit and how snugly I’m cocooned. Its tall side bolsters make climbing into and out of the car a pain. Once in, the bolsters hug my hips but don’t pinch them, and the seat does a good job of putting me in a command position to control the car. The front seats save 53 pounds and removing the rear seats and seat belts cuts another 46 pounds. If the seats didn’t make getting in and out such a pain, I’d almost endorse them.
The CSL has plenty of other traits to heartily endorse. The staggered Michelin Pilot Cup 2R tires stand out among them. These sticky 275/40R19 front and 285/35R20 rear tires were developed specifically for the CSL, and they were made to cut lap times. Thankfully, it’s late in the day and previous drivers have warmed them up enough to help glue the car to the pavement.
That’s good because the CSL also has the steering, handling, power, and braking to cut lap times. The ultra-responsive steering reveals itself with the first turn. It has a decently quick 15:1 ratio, but the car responds so willingly to my inputs through the chunky, synthetic suede-wrapped steering wheel that the ratio feels much faster.
While the steering weights up at speed, it’s not enough. It’s easy to place the car from turn to turn, but the somewhat light feel and quick-twitch nature of the tuning require a series of small inputs in longer, sustained corners.
Numerous weight savings measures and a chassis that’s enhanced from the already stiff M4 contribute to the lightning quick responses. BMW enhances the chassis with a 0.3-inch lower ride height that lowers the center of gravity. A new front strut brace and stiffer engine and transmission mounts tie the front end together even tighter, and four stiff rear ball joints replace rubber mounts for a more direct connection. The CSL also has specific tuning for the camber, dampers, and anti-roll bars.
A lot of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CRFP) inside and out cut weight, too. The trunk, hood, and interior center console take out 24 pounds. CRFP is also used for the unique front splitter, rear diffuser, and mirror caps, as well as the roof, which is also CRFP on the M4 Competition. All told, the M4 CSL weighs in a very reasonable 3,640 pounds.
The M4 CSL attacks the corners of this desert mountain with a flat attitude, and welcomes quick changes of direction when the corners string together. As for how it handles at limits of grip, well, that I can’t say, and thus my frustration. Between the close guardrails on this two-lane mountain road and my sense of self-preservation, I’m not going to dare to push too hard or attempt to slide the car through corners and risk my health or the health of the car. The upgrades obviously work, though, because the M4 CSL is the fastest BMW ever to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 7:20.2. Max cornering is best left to a track, and I hope to someday experience this car there.
I can say, however, that the standard carbon-ceramic brakes, which save another 31.5 pounds, have a sturdy, natural pedal feel, and are more than a match for this road. With 15.7-inch front rotors clamped by 6-piston calipers and 15.0-inch rear rotors with single-piston calipers, they could handle track time, too.
The full hog version of BMW’s S58 twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-6 lurks under the sculpted and striped hood. It spins up 543 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque, an additional 40 horses versus the M4 Competition thanks mostly to 30.5 psi of boost instead of 24.7 psi and updated ECU tuning. Unlike the M4 Competition that offers rear- or all-wheel drive, the M4 CSL sends all that power exclusively to the rear tires.
In the few moments I get between slow-moving Camrys, the engine shows its colors. The inline-6 revs quickly and catapults the car forward with as much speed as I dare. The 0-60 mph sprint takes just 3.6 seconds, according to BMW, and the top speed is 191 mph. Power is readily available down low, and max torque comes on at 2,750 rpm and stays on boil until 5,950 rpm, 400 rpm longer than the M4 Competition. Max horsepower arrives higher at the same 6,250 rpm as the Competition. Again, I’d really like to experience it unfettered on a racetrack.
The engine feeds its power to the rear wheels through a fast-acting 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The two steering wheel M buttons are programmable and this one has the powertrain set to its most urgent Sport+ setting. As I approach corners and hit the brakes, the transmission actively seeks the lowest possible gear for the best power when exiting each turn. I can also take over shifting duties by tapping the carbon-fiber steering wheel paddles, but the transmission is finding the low gear and blipping the throttle between shifts, so that’s not necessary.
Sport+ gives the powertrain a high-strung character during this run, but the Comfort and Sport settings tone things down to make a comfortable return trip in Palm Springs traffic.
Part of the CSL’s diet includes less and lighter sound deadener that team up to let in more engine sound and cut another 33 pounds. BMW also uses two electronically controlled exhaust flaps and a titanium rear exhaust silencer to create a unique, more present sound and save another nine pounds. The inline-6 barks during hard acceleration and burbles on overrun to let you know it means business. It also drones too much for daily driving, though mostly only when getting deeper into the throttle.
The M4 CSL has some features I don’t bother to mess with given the limitations of the road. It has 10 traction control settings compared to five for the M3 and M4 Competition and maybe two or three for the typical sporty car. Setting one allows the most slip and setting five the least. Settings 6-10, however, are aimed at ideal lap times based on the track surface, with six and seven for a dry track, and eight to 10 for cold tires or a wet or slippery track. I’m not spinning the tires here or stepping out the rear end, so there’s no need to play with the settings.
If I really wanted to play, BMW has a Drift mode and a Drift Analyzer that can measure a drift’s angle, its length in yards, and its understeer percentage. Again, that’s best left to a track.
BMW charges a pretty penny for its most capable sport coupe. It starts at $140,895, a whopping $53,700 more than the M4 Competition, and is limited to just 1,000 examples worldwide. It’s an exclusive car, for sure—one with exclusive performance.
BMW paid for airfare and lodging for Motor Authority to bring you this firsthand report.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The title "Angler of the Year" signifies consistency, mental toughness, versatility and a little luck, making it one of the most difficult — and most coveted — honors in fishing. Drew Gregory, Brandon Palaniuk and Keith Poche find themselves in prestigious company as the 2023 Bassmaster Angler of the Year on each of their respective tournament trails.
Every venue on the 2022 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX slate was a lake that Gregory had either never fished before or had only fished once prior to this season, but with meticulous study and preparation, the Kent, Ohio, native found waters that suited his strengths. Gregory's remarkable run to win the inaugural Old Town Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year title included three wins and a Top 10 finish.
"I grew up with Bassmaster, and when they announced they were going to have an AOY, it is one of the things I put highest on my priority list this year. It is very humbling and overwhelming," Gregory said. "I am old enough now to know that the ones who have been pioneering the sport for the last 15 years; and now in the high-end tournament scene, we are the Bill Dances, Jimmy Houstons, Roland Martins and Rick Clunns of (kayak fishing). There is a legacy that gets tied into this.
"I am just proud to help take this sport to a cool level and help share it with the mainstream population so they can fall in love with bass fishing out of these plastic boats too. It has done a lot of good for my life, my family and my health just being in touch with God and nature. I want to give back the best I can through this AOY and be the best representative for Bassmaster I can."
While Gregory is charting new territory on the Bassmaster Kayak Series, the 2023 Elite Series season saw the legendary status of "The Prodigy" continue to grow.
Palaniuk doesn't think of himself as a legend. In his mind, he is still the 8-year-old from Rathdrum, Idaho, who discovered a dream of reaching the biggest stage in bass fishing. But by winning the 2022 Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year race, Palaniuk became just the 12th angler to win multiple AOY trophies, with his first title coming back in 2017.
"The Prodigy" is surely living up to his nickname, adding a second AOY win to a list of already-impressive career highlights that includes 2010 B.A.S.S. Nation champion and six-time B.A.S.S. winner.
"It is amazing. It hasn't sunk in all the way yet," Palaniuk said of his second AOY title. "The feeling of winning and that accomplishment, that moment and feeling when (emcee Dave) Mercer announces it on stage, that is what makes all the hard work, the early mornings, the late nights and the hard times OK. It makes it worth it. For me, it is another piece of the puzzle of this crazy life we live, and I'm glad the pieces fell the way I wanted them to.
"I feel like every year I know myself better and I feel like I fish better," he added. "I feel like (I'm) hitting my stride."
Poche of Pike Road, Ala., has had a ton of fun fishing his style in 2022, and it has paid off in a big way in the St. Croix Bassmaster Opens presented by Mossy Oak Fishing. In addition to requalifying for the Bassmaster Elite Series and winning the second Central Open at Red River to secure a berth in the 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic, Poche locked up the Bassmaster Opens Angler of the Year title in the overall standings with a 15th-place finish in the last tournament of the season.
"It has been fun. I am fishing like I want to fish and doing it my style in my little boat, off-the-grid style," Poche said. "No matter who you are, whether you fish or do something else in life, if you are having fun and are happy, you will be successful at it. It took me 41 years to figure that out, but heck I'm doing it now and having fun."
Poche's attention will turn towards the 2023 Elite Series where he has a couple of events circled on the schedule, particularly the Bassmaster Elite at Lay Lake which is an hour from his home.
The 2023 Elite Series season kicks off on Florida's Lake Okeechobee Feb. 16. For a complete tournament schedule, visit Bassmaster.com.
About B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S., which encompasses the Bassmaster tournament leagues, events and media platforms, is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and keeper of the culture of the sport, providing cutting edge content on bass fishing whenever, wherever and however bass fishing fans want to use it. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., the 515,000-member organization's fully integrated media platforms include the industry's leading magazines (Bassmaster and B.A.S.S. Times), website (Bassmaster.com), TV show, radio show, social media programs and events. For more than 50 years, B.A.S.S. has been dedicated to access, conservation and youth fishing.
The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, St. Croix Bassmaster Opens Series presented by Mossy Oak Fishing, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Strike King Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Team Championship, Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX, Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic.
Media Contact: Emily Harley, B.A.S.S. Communications Manager, 205-313-0945, eharley@bassmaster.com
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A five-year-long lawsuit resolved last week when an Alabama jury found that an Auburn professor was unfairly targeted after he complained about the high concentration of athletes in the school’s public administration program.
An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. The jury did not agree with similar complaints against other university officials named as defendants.
The verdict may resolve Stern’s long-running issues with Auburn, which date back to 2008, when he began complaining about alleged donor meddling in the economics department.
Then, in 2014, Stern told officials he believed Auburn athletes were clustered in the school’s public administration major. Stern said he then began to face pressure from officials in his department, who he said were trying to protect the public administration program.
In 2015, The Wall Street Journal published an article that said that in 2013 about half of students majoring in public administration at Auburn played sports, including nearly all the top players on the football team, and quoted an email where an official wrote that “If the public administration program is eliminated, the [graduation success rate] numbers for our student-athletes will likely decline.”
Stern was removed as chair of the economic department in 2018, and filed a federal lawsuit claiming Auburn denied his First Amendment rights and unfairly retaliated against him.
Jurors awarded him monetary damages intended to make up for lost wages and benefits and compensate for a violation of his rights.
Stern is still a professor at Auburn. He told Inside Higher Education Monday that he looks “forward to working with Auburn University, charting a new and positive path toward achieving our educational mission.”
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled with Kroger for $68 million over its role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers into the U.S. state that has lost more lives to opioid overdoses per capita than any other.
That brings West Virginia's total opioid litigation dollars up to more than $1 billion, more than any other state per capita, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said at a press conference at the state Capitol in Charleston.
“Let this be a warning to others: We fight hard for those affected the most by the opioid epidemic and will stop at nothing in getting justice for them,” he said.
Kroger was the last remaining defendant in a lawsuit involving Walgreens, Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid. The state had been scheduled to go to trial with the pharmacy chain in June.
The settlement with Kroger resolves the lawsuit that alleged the pharmacy chain failed to maintain effective controls as an opioid distributer in the state, contributing to oversupply that helped fuel a crisis that has claimed the lives of thousands of residents.
The money won't bring back the lives that have been lost from “the opioid menace," Morissey said. “Our hope is that the money would provide significant help to those affected the most by this crisis in the state."
Over the past four years, drug manufacturers, distribution companies, pharmacies and other companies with roles in the opioid business have reached settlements totaling more than $50 billion with governments.
While the biggest amounts are in nationwide settlements, West Virginia – perhaps the state hardest hit by the prescription drug overdose crisis – has been aggressive in bringing its own lawsuits and reaching more than a dozen settlements.
Last year, Kroger settled an opioid claim brought by New Mexico for $58.5 million.
The nation’s overdose crisis has come in waves, first with powerful prescription opioids, then heroin and now fentanyl and other illicit lab-produced drugs.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that overdoses have been killing more than 100,000 people a year in the country. That’s a record level of deaths, with most connected to opioids.
Kroger has agreed to pay $34 million upfront per the settlement agreement, then $12 million on June 30, 2024, another $12 million on June 30, 2025, and then lower additional payments over the next seven years to reach the $68 million total.
Morrisey said the deal won't prevent West Virginia from also receiving dollars from any future national settlement with the chain.
Walgreens settled in January for $83 million. Walmart and CVS settled with the state last September: Walmart agreed to a settlement of $65,070,000; CVS for $82.5 million.
Last August, Rite Aid settled for up to $30 million to resolve similar litigation. The lawsuits allege the pharmacies’ contribution to the oversupply of prescription opioids in the state have caused “significant losses through their past and ongoing medical treatment costs, including for minors born addicted to opioids, rehabilitation costs, naloxone costs, medical examiner expenses, self-funded state insurance costs and other forms of losses to address opioid-related afflictions and loss of lives.” The money from opioid settlements will be distributed throughout the state to programs and projects helping to abate the drug crisis through the West Virginia First Foundation, a private nonprofit group.
The group will receive 72.5% of each settlement or judgment, 24.5% of settlement and judgment dollars will be allocated to local governments and 3% will be held in escrow by the state. In March, Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill recognizing the Foundation and authorizing the governor to make appointments to its board of directors with consent of the state Senate. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/west-virginia-settles-with-kroger-opioid-money-18078863.php | 2023-05-04 16:28:57 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/west-virginia-settles-with-kroger-opioid-money-18078863.php |
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 13th inning, Lars Nootbaar added a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals twice used five-man infields to stop the Cincinnati Reds and pull out a 5-3 win on Wednesday night.
In his final game in Cincinnati, Pujols shook off going hitless in five at-bats to deliver against Chase Anderson (0-2), driving in automatic runner Paul Goldschmidt with one out. Nootbaar went deep two batters later.
The NL Central-leading Cardinals first used an extra infielder in the 11th with Colin Moran on third and nobody out. Moran held up on Jose Barrero’s groundout and Jake Fraley grounded to shortstop Tommy Edman, who threw Moran out at the plate — a call that survived a replay review.
The Cardinals went to five infielders again with one out in the 12th and Edman threw out Austin Romine trying to score on Alejo Lopez’s grounder, helping Andre Pallante (6-4) get the win. Pallante worked the final three innings, allowing Fraley's RBI single in the 13th.
Pujols remains at 694 home runs, two behind Alex Rodriguez for fourth all-time.
The Reds honored Pujols and Yadier Molina during a pregame ceremony. Both Cardinals greats plan to retire after the season.
The Reds grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third on back-to-back RBI singles by Jonathan India and Nick Senzel.
Nolan Arenado tied the game with a two-run homer off the left field foul pole in the fourth.
Reds left-hander Mike Minor was denied in his bid to win a third straight start for the first time since 2019 for Texas. Minor lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and two runs with two walks and one strikeout. He also hit a batter.
Jose Quintana also went 4 2/3 innings. The Reds reached him for seven hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.
Buck Farmer, Cincinnati’s third of five relievers, came in with one out in the seventh to strike out Corey Dickerson and get Goldschmidt to ground out with runners on second and third.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: Minor hit Edman on his left elbow pad with two outs in the third inning.
Reds: First baseman Donovan Solano and second baseman Alejo Lopez survived a collision that sent both tumbling to the ground while Lopez was making a lunging catch of Arenado’s popup to end the first inning.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: LHP Jordan Montgomery (7-3, 3.28 ERA), Friday’s scheduled starter against the Cubs, pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout in his last start against Chicago on Aug. 22 at Wrigley Field.
Reds: RHP Luis Cessa (3-2, 5.36) is scheduled to make his fourth start since being moved from the bullpen when Cincinnati opens a series against Colorado on Friday.
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76 Devcorp begins a robust community engagement process to help ensure proposed arena development is a win for fans, Center City and Philadelphia at large
PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Josh Harris and David Blitzer, Managing Partners of the Philadelphia 76ers, announced today the creation of a new development company, 76 Devcorp, responsible for developing the future home of the Philadelphia 76ers. Led by Philadelphia business leader David Adelman, in partnership with Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment (HBSE), the Development Corporation is pursuing a privately-funded, purpose-built sports and entertainment arena, 76 Place, that will be located on a portion of the current site of Fashion District Philadelphia and serve as an anchor to Center City.
"The Philadelphia 76ers are a storied Philadelphia institution with a proven track record of investing in their community. That's why we're committed to building a world-class home in the heart of the City and creating a privately-funded arena that strengthens ties within the local community through investments that prioritize equity, inclusivity and accessibility," said Josh Harris, 76ers Managing Partner. "David Adelman shares our vision for ensuring that the new arena is an anchoring force in the local community, creating well-paying jobs and economic opportunities for those who need them most."
Adelman, the CEO of Campus Apartments, Co-Founder of FS Investments and Founder of Darco Capital, was appointed Chairman of the new development company with a mandate to locate, design and develop a destination that serves as a world-class arena facility, but also a lever for the City of Philadelphia's economic growth by promoting transformative community development, local job creation and equitable wealth-building opportunities. He was selected to lead the development project for his globally acclaimed accomplishments in real estate development in Philadelphia and nationwide, as well as his dedication to local philanthropy and investments in Philadelphia startups.
"The Philadelphia 76ers' extensive evaluation of potential sites for an arena over the past two years culminates today with plans to pursue the Fashion District Philadelphia site as the proposed new home of the team," said Adelman. "The chosen location is a key step in the process of developing a destination that provides Center City and surrounding communities with an economic engine generating activity through 76ers and youth games, concerts, events and more."
76 Devcorp carefully evaluated numerous potential sites before determining Fashion District Philadelphia as its preferred location. The site was selected primarily due to it being the most transit-rich location in all of Philadelphia, the ability to redevelop an existing commercial space, and the opportunity to play a role in the continued revitalization of Center City.
The Development Corporation will partner closely with Macerich (NYSE:MAC), the managing partner of the owning entities and operator of Fashion District Philadelphia, to realize the full potential of the site. "At Macerich, we are constantly enhancing our properties to bring greater value to our shareholders, retailers and communities," said Tom O'Hern, CEO of Macerich. "The decision to repurpose part of Fashion District Philadelphia to include the new 76ers arena is a natural evolution of the site and a unique and once in a lifetime opportunity for our company. We are committed to working collaboratively with 76 Devcorp to bring to life the vision of this iconic development that will ensure Philadelphia's vibrancy for generations to come."
A robust community engagement process is planned to ensure community interests help drive the plans for the proposed development and that it fits within the context of surrounding communities, while also being responsive to the needs of adjacent neighborhoods. In the spirit of this project being mutually beneficial for the Sixers and the broader Philadelphia community, 76 Devcorp anticipates partnering with surrounding community development groups to create a Community Benefits Agreement that ensures the forthcoming arena has a positive impact from the start of construction to opening and beyond.
"Our pledge is to advance equitable, community-driven revitalization through this project and to ensure the arena is a win for fans, Philadelphia and the surrounding communities," said David Gould, 76ers Chief Diversity and Impact Officer. "We look forward to listening to and working with the local community, including local organizations, businesses and residents, especially in Chinatown and Washington Square West, to develop a Community Benefits Agreement that results in long-term positive impact."
Led by HBSE's $20 million commitment to address disparities created by systemic racism, the Development Corporation is committed to investing in under-resourced communities to advance equitable, community-driven revitalization. A major tenet of the project will be equitable development, bringing community members to the table via new jobs and co-development roles. 76 Devcorp will collaborate with Mosaic Development Partners, a Black-owned, Philadelphia-based real estate development company with experience in affordable housing and inclusive communities. In January, Josh Harris invested $10 million into Mosaic Development Partners to support their innovative work to expand equitable development across Philadelphia communities.
The new, privately-funded arena is anticipated to cost approximately $1.3 billion. The arena will provide $1.9 billion in overall economic output during construction and $400 million annually upon opening to support Philadelphia's long-term economic growth and sustainability.
"We're excited for the opportunity to build the future home of the 76ers in Center City," said David Blitzer, 76ers Co-Managing Partner. "I look forward to working with David Adelman and his team to develop and build an impactful arena for our fans, our players and the City of Philadelphia."
The development will be completed in time for the 2031-2032 NBA season. Ground-breaking for the proposed project is not expected for several years. The general public and fans can stay up to date on the progress of the development project by visiting 76Place.com.
"Quite simply put, there is no better place to build an arena in Philadelphia than in Center City, with its robust public transit infrastructure and existing dynamic businesses eager to serve fans and visitors alike. 76 Devcorp is inspired by many successful sports and entertainment arenas built in dense urban centers that promote integration with the surrounding communities. We're dedicated to making sure this development is a win for our fans and Philadelphia at large," said Adelman.
Macerich is a fully integrated, self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). As a leading owner, operator and developer of high-quality retail real estate in densely populated and attractive U.S. markets, Macerich's portfolio is concentrated in California, the Pacific Northwest, Phoenix/Scottsdale, and the Metro New York to Washington, D.C. corridor.
Developing and managing properties that serve as community cornerstones, Macerich currently owns 48 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 44 regional town centers. Macerich is firmly dedicated to advancing environmental goals, social good and sound corporate governance. A recognized leader in sustainability, Macerich has achieved a #1 GRESB ranking for the North American retail sector for seven straight years (2015-2021). For more information, please visit www.Macerich.com.
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A Tesla driver has been arrested and charged with intentionally driving off a cliff in Northern California in an attempt to kill his family, law enforcement officials said.
At about 10:50 a.m. local time Monday, officials received a report of a vehicle over the cliff side on Highway 1 about 20 miles south of downtown San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol said in a press release Tuesday. Inside the white Tesla, about 250 to 300 feet down a cliff next to the Pacific Ocean, were two children, a 4-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, and two adults, both 41, who all survived.
Multiple agencies including the California Highway Patrol, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded.
Firefighters repelled down the cliff and rescued the children first, while a helicopter rescue technician was lowered to the scene and helped rescue the adults. A Stanford Life Flight helicopter transported the two adults to a local hospital, the Highway Patrol said.
"We come out here unfortunately all too often for things like this," Coastside Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Brian Pottenger told local TV station KTVU. "And this was nothing short of a miracle today that they survived."
Officials allege the incident was intentional, placing driver Dharmesh Patel of Pasadena, Calif., under arrest for attempted murder and child abuse.
"CHP investigators worked throughout the night interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence from the scene," the Highway Patrol said. "Based on the evidence collected, investigators developed probable cause to believe this incident was an intentional act."
Patel will be transported to San Mateo County Jail after he is released from the hospital.
It is unclear what driving mode the Tesla was in at the time of the crash, but officials say the driving mode "does not appear to be a contributing factor" in the incident.
"This remains an ongoing investigation and no further information is being released at this time," the Highway Patrol said.
In 2018, a couple drove themselves and their six adopted children off a cliff north of San Francisco after fleeing their home following a visit from social services authorities. The children were being deprived of food by their parents, according to a complaint filed by their neighbors.
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PITTSBURGH — Editor's note: The above video is from March 20.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have promoted Denzel Martin to outside linebackers coach and hired Baltimore Ravens assistant Jason Brooks as a defensive quality control coach.
The team made the announcement on Monday. The moves are the latest in a series of changes to the defensive coaching staff during the offseason.
Brian Flores, a senior defensive assistant in 2022, left to become the defensive coordinator in Minnesota in February. Aaron Curry was hired as the inside linebackers coach also in February, replacing Jerry Olsavsky.
Martin joined the Steelers as a scouting assistant in 2016 before becoming a coaching assistant in 2018. He has spent the past four years as assistant outside linebackers coach.
Brooks spent two different stints with Baltimore. He served as an offensive quality coach and offensive assistant from 2009-12. He returned to Baltimore in 2021. He worked as an assistant defensive line/quality control coach in 2021 before serving as a football analyst last season. | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/steelers-denzel-martin-linebackers-coach-jason-brooks-defense/521-13e25ce5-e618-4ab2-a5ac-38c9c495e619 | 2023-03-21 11:23:09 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/steelers-denzel-martin-linebackers-coach-jason-brooks-defense/521-13e25ce5-e618-4ab2-a5ac-38c9c495e619 |
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. and MERCER ISLAND, Wash., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CarepathRx Health System Solutions (CHSS), a CarepathRx company and portfolio company of Nautic Partners (Nautic), and Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), announced a new strategic partnership and investment by Evernorth in CHSS. The strategic partnership brings together Evernorth's diverse specialty and care expertise with CHSS' robust pharmacy and infusion management capabilities, technology solutions, and health system relationships to improve, expand, and accelerate pharmacy care delivery for the growing number of patients with chronic and complex care needs.
The CHSS and Evernorth partnership will deliver integrated specialty pharmacy care to CHSS' growing base of 600-plus hospitals, health systems, and physicians – helping diversify the services they offer to best support patients. This includes enhanced coordinated infusion services, virtual care capabilities, value-based care arrangements, and site of care flexibility. Evernorth's expansive suite of services, including Accredo's specialty care and pharmacy expertise and CuraScript SD's specialty medication distribution across 12,000 physicians, is highly complementary to CHSS' capabilities that help health systems expand in-house specialty pharmacies, infusion and polypharmacy services.
"Forging deeper relationships with physicians and other specialty and infusion pharmacies – a critical point of care for people with chronic and complex needs – is a key priority as we work to increase access to care and improve affordability," said Eric Palmer, President and CEO, Evernorth. "Specialty care continues to be a focal point for hospital, health system, and physician partners, and our collaboration with CHSS is an important step in delivering on our commitment to bring them even more patient care services to improve overall outcomes."
Together, over time, CHSS' and Evernorth's expertise will help enable simpler, faster connections to care for patients managing chronic and complex specialty conditions. As many of these patients need specialty or acute drug therapies, the partnership will focus on continuity of care for specialty drugs, management of infusion services across sites of care – from ambulatory to physician office to home settings – and value-based site-of-care strategies. The intent is to drive optimal patient treatment plans and deepen physician engagement, resulting in better patient experiences, more care extensions, and greater affordability.
"At CarepathRx, we believe health systems, hospitals, and physicians play the most important roles in providing the best care to patients with chronic and complex diseases," said John Figueroa, Chairman and CEO, CarepathRx. "Through specialty and infusion pharmacy partnerships, CHSS has created a model for health systems to extend their reach to alternate sites of care and into the home. This partnership with Evernorth is truly unique and will accelerate CHSS' mission by creating payer-physician connections and leveraging Evernorth's specialty and care services."
Evernorth's significant minority investment in CHSS is expected to close in late Q2 or early Q3 of 2023. After close, the CHSS management team will continue to lead the business and, together with Nautic, will retain majority ownership.
Centerview Partners acted as lead financial advisor and Cantor Fitzgerald is also acting as financial advisor to CarepathRx and Nautic. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor to CarepathRx and Nautic.
Greenhill & Co. acted as financial advisor to Evernorth. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Quarles & Brady LLP acted as legal advisors to Evernorth.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services creates pharmacy, care, and benefits solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Evernorth capabilities are powered by our businesses, including Express Scripts, Express Scripts Pharmacy, Accredo, eviCore, and MDLIVE, along with holistic Evernorth platforms and solutions that move people and organizations forward. All Evernorth solutions are serviced and provided by or through operating affiliates of Evernorth Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), or third-party partners. Learn more at evernorth.com.
About CarepathRx
CarepathRx is transforming pharmacy care delivery for health systems and hospitals, delivering improved patient outcomes that drive clinical, quality, and financial results. Through the industry's most comprehensive, end-to-end hospital pharmacy care delivery model, CarepathRx is turning hospital pharmacy into an active care management strategy and revenue generator while providing support across the patient's complete healthcare journey. The company takes an enterprise approach, providing a powerful combination of technology, market-leading clinical pharmacy services, and wrap-around services that optimize pharmacy performance across the enterprise for fully integrated pharmacy operations, expanded healthcare services, improved ambulatory access, minimized clinical variation, and new health system revenue streams. Today, CarepathRx serves more than 25 health systems and 600 hospitals, with more than 1,500 employees nationwide. For more information about CarepathRx, visit www.carepathrxllc.com.
About Nautic Partners
Nautic Partners is a Providence, Rhode Island-based middle-market private equity firm that focuses our expertise and market knowledge on three sectors: Healthcare, Industrials and Services. Nautic has completed 155 platform transactions throughout our 37-year history. In pursing our thematic and proactive investment strategy, we seek to partner with executives and management teams in an effort to accelerate the growth trajectory of our portfolio companies via acquisitions, targeted operating initiatives, and increased management team depth. For more information, please visit www.nautic.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade.
Amazon’s limit, which temporarily caps purchase of the contraceptives at three units per week, went into effect on Monday, a spokesperson for the e-commerce giant confirmed to The Associated Press. The company did not share further details on what emergency contraceptive products were limited for purchase, but a listing showed the cap applied to Plan B, the popular “morning after” pill.
A similar policy went into effect Monday at the drugstore chain Rite Aid, which has limited the purchase of Plan B pills to three units per customer due to increased demand, a company spokesperson said. The limit applies to both in-store and online purchases.
Emergency contraception is different from abortion pills used to end a pregnancy. Plan B, which can be obtained without a prescription, contains a concentrated dose of the same drug found in many regular birth control pills. If a woman takes Plan B within 72 hours of unprotected sex, she can lower the risk of pregnancy significantly.
Emergency contraception has been attacked by some abortion foes who believe life begins when an egg is fertilized. The federally approved label says it may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. But researchers with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have said its unlikely to have that effect.
A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing Plan B due to confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing it. St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said Wednesday, however, that it would resume offering the medication.
Retailers limiting purchases is standard practice that helps retailers prevent stockpiling and reselling at higher prices.
“Retailers are being cautious. They are trying to manage it,” said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail. “But I don’t think there are chronic shortages.”
Walmart, Amazon’s top competitor, has capped online purchases of Plan B to 10 units, though it’s unclear when the purchase limit began. The retailer doesn’t have in-store limits at this time, but managers may make changes to help ensure availability based on the demand.
“Many of our products have online purchase limits in place,” a Walmart spokesperson said. “During times of fluctuating demand, these limits may change.”
Meanwhile, CVS Health said it removed its own caps on emergency contraceptives after it installed a temporary limit following Friday’s high court ruling. The company said it had been seeking to preserve access to the products following a “sharp increase” in sales, which have since returned to normal levels.
“We continue to have ample supply of emergency contraceptives to meet customer needs,” CVS Health spokesman Matthew Blanchette said.
The pharmacy chain Walgreens is still able to meet demand for in-store purchases and curbside pickup of over-the-counter emergency contraception pills. But spokeswoman Emily Mekstan said the company is restocking its ship-to-home business, which saw a jump in demand. CVS Health and Walgreens are the two biggest U.S. drugstore chains. They run around 19,000 locations combined.
Spokespeople for Target and Kroger said they didn’t have anything to share on potential limits on contraceptive purchases.
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Foot pain relief
Our feet can take a lot of punishment throughout our day-to-day lives. For some people, jobs that require a lot of standing and physical activity can lead to overuse injuries. For others, physical activity and sports can lead to chronic foot pain.
Side-of-foot pain can be particularly difficult to treat because its causes are wide-ranging and sometimes hard to target. But there are a few solutions you can try at home using some clever products to relieve the pain and treat the root cause, too.
What causes side-of-foot pain?
Side-of-foot pain is also known as lateral foot pain. This type of pain is usually a symptom of an injury elsewhere in the feet, ankles or legs.
Sprained ankle
“Sprained ankle” is a generic term for lots of different injuries that can occur around the ankle. These injuries are typically caused by tripping or rolling over on the ankle. Some ankle injuries, such as a torn ligament in the ankle, can lead to side-of-foot pain. Another common occurrence is Cuboid Syndrome, which is when a small bone at the side of the foot moves out of place.
Overuse injuries
Sometimes, lateral foot pain is not caused by a one-off injury to the foot or ankle. Instead, it can be due to overuse of the feet, ankles or legs. People who take part in sports or activities with highly repetitive movements can often experience this type of foot pain. Peroneal tendinitis is one example. The peroneal tendon runs down the side of the ankle and the outside of the foot. Repetitive strain injuries to this tendon are a common cause of side-of-foot pain.
Stress fractures
Highly physical sports or activities that require lots of running and jumping can cause small fractures along the bones on the inside of your foot. Known as stress fractures, these hairline breaks are often the culprit behind lateral foot pain. The metatarsal bone near the outside of the foot commonly experiences stress factors leading to side-of-foot pain.
Low foot arches
Low foot arches (also known as collapsed arches or fallen arches) can have a severe impact on the alignment of your foot and ankle. The collapsed arch forces the sole of your foot downward, putting pressure on the rest of the foot and the ankle. Over time, this can lead to all kinds of foot and ankle pain, including the sides of the feet.
How to treat pain on the side of the foot
Rest and strength building
There are four core steps to treating an injury. The steps are known as rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE). These steps help to lower inflammation around an injury and reduce symptoms such as side-of-foot pain, which may have occurred as a result. Ice packs or cold therapy packs around the site of the injury at regular intervals, along with plenty of rest, can usually be enough to relieve lateral foot pain.
Physiotherapy
Along with the RICE protocol, strength-building exercises and physical therapy after an ankle or foot injury can relieve foot pain and treat the root cause. These exercises are used to rebuild the strength of muscles, tendons and ligaments to prevent an injury from reoccurring.
Surgery
In extreme cases, where a torn tendon or ligament might be causing your side of foot pain, you may ultimately require surgery to fix the issue. This is not often the case, but more severe injuries may require it.
What to buy for treating lateral foot pain
Dropsky Arch Support Brace for Flat Feet
These lightweight braces can easily be worn inside socks and shoes to reduce side-of-foot pain by supporting proper alignment and weight distribution. The gel pads also encourage blood flow throughout the foot to reduce swelling.
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Wonderwin Medial & Lateral Heel Wedge Silicone Insoles
If your side of foot pain is caused by ankle inversion, sprained ankle or stress fractures, these gel wedges can be inserted inside the shoe to support the heel. You can wear them laterally or horizontally on the foot, depending on what suits your condition best.
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Bodyprox Cold & Hot Therapy Wrap
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As Duke Energy continues to make significant progress in delivering the affordable, reliable and clean energy its customers and communities count on, the company was recently named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America for the 17th consecutive year.
"As we lead the largest clean energy transition in the U.S., our stakeholders care about the impact we are making on topics like diversity and inclusion, climate change and economic development," said Katherine Neebe, Duke Energy's chief sustainability and philanthropy officer. "This recognition helps validate that our strategy delivers business results and societal outcomes."
Duke Energy believes in a responsible pace of change, one that balances the technologies of today with the innovations of tomorrow to drive out carbon emissions while preserving affordability and reliability for its customers and communities:
- The company is leading the industry by addressing 95% of its total Scope 1, 2 and 3 calculated greenhouse gas emissions.
- For Scope 1 emissions, the company is on track to exceed its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation by at least 50% and achieve its goals of an 80% reduction by 2040 against a 2005 baseline on its way to achieving net-zero carbon by 2050.
- Earlier this year, the company established a goal of 50% reduction by 2035 and net-zero by 2050 for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions, against a 2021 baseline for its electric generation and natural gas business unit.
- Nearly 85% of the company's 10-year, $145 billion capital plan is directed toward the clean energy transformation and will fund generation fleet transition and grid modernization.
- The company's overall carbon dioxide output is down 44% since 2005. The company has already retired 56 coal units since 2010, representing roughly 7,500 MW and, pending regulatory approval, committed to retire its entire coal fleet by 2035.
- The company is taking significant steps around customer affordability, including making investments to lower future fuel volatility and costs and leveraging clean energy tax credits.
- Duke Energy established a dedicated agency team of customer advocates to partner with nonprofit and government organizations, which has helped customers access more than $200 million in financial support over the last two years.
- The company published just transition principles focused on four key areas: employees, customers, communities and economic development.
It's critical the company transitions for tomorrow in a way that also benefits society today. That includes committing more than $8.6 million to social justice and racial equity organizations since 2020.
Since 1999, the DJSI has evaluated the sustainability of leading companies worldwide. In selecting the top performers in each business sector, the DJSI reviews companies on several general and industry-specific topics related to economic, environmental and social dimensions.
Included in the topics DJSI assesses are corporate governance, innovation management, environmental policy, climate strategy, human capital development and corporate citizenship. The index is compiled annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Since 2007, Duke Energy has published an annual Sustainability Report. The 2021 ESG Report is available online.
About Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "America's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem, recently partnered with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), to share its insights and experiences in preventing cybercrime using blockchain forensics with the various law enforcement agencies.
The seminar was designed by Binance and conducted by the company's Asia Pacific Head of Intelligence and Investigations, Jarek Jacubcek. During the 2 days-long seminar, Jacubcek covered the technical aspects of interactions with and between exchanges, cryptocurrency tracing, common cybercrime activities, investigative techniques, prosecution of financial crimes, and forensics report development using open-source intelligence tools.
Jarek Jacubcek, a former member of the Garda, the Irish National Police, and Europol's Cybercrime Centre, joined the Binance team in May and is tasked to take down malicious activities in the crypto ecosystem with the help of law enforcement agencies across the region.
The seminar was also graced by the presence of CICC Usec. Alexander K. Ramos, CICC Deputy Director Mary Rose Magsaysay, and PCol. Armel Gongona, Deputy Director of Administration of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group.
"We are here to increase the technical capacity of our law enforcement and to help the judicial system appreciate cryptocurrency and how it is used as digital evidence in the judicial system. We are doing this because we need the public reassured that our law enforcement system is catching up to high tech criminals. We welcome cryptocurrency transactions so that the public may be able to use it for their economic activities'' says Mary Rose Magsaysay, Deputy Executive Director, CICC.
Binance on Cybersecurity
Binance has a strict KYC policy that imposes a zero-tolerance approach to double registrations, anonymous identities, and obscure sources of money. Binance's KYC processes are compliant with AML/CFT rules in over 200 jurisdictions.
Binance does not allow users to trade on its platform without passing KYC checks that include country of residence and personal identification information. Jacubcek notes "Our primary objective over the past 18 months has been to assemble a globally recognized security and compliance team, consisting of more than 500 people from across the globe."
At the same time, Jacubcek notes that while exchanges like Binance do its share of ensuring that their platform is secure, users also need to take responsibility and cyber hygiene seriously.
''Cryptocurrency give users power. All of a sudden, people have ownership of the funds. They can send funds from one person to another. But with the power comes responsibility. So, people should be very careful about their sensitive data and their cryptocurrencies when they're making these transactions. With more education, consumers will appreciate the importance of personal data hygiene and better cybersecurity practices," says Jacubcek.
Aside from the recent training session held in Quezon City, Binance also delivered workshops for law enforcement agencies and banking professionals in Germany (BKA, LKA, prosecutors), Canada (mixed Law Enforcement audience), Italy (Guardia di Finanza), Paraguay (prosecutors) and Brazil (Brazilian Federal Police and Prosecutors) to help facilitate investigations of cybercrimes around the world.
To protect their users, Binance has one of the world's largest insurance funds called SAFU (secure asset fund for users) with holdings of $1 billion[1] held transparently in two separate wallets that are auditable by the public at any time. The funds can be used to payout to users should their accounts be subject to hacks.
[1] Based on January 2022 cryptocurrency prices
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“When will help arrive?”: Snowed-in Southern California residents plead for help
Posted/updated on: March 6, 2023 at 5:06 pm(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) -- With nine feet of snow piled up outside her home in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, Christine Foster said Monday that she and her 76-year-old father remain trapped in their three-story cabin where their supply of food is running low.
For 14 days, Foster said she, her dad and her dog, "Riley" have been hunkered down, close to their fireplace. She told ABC News that the main entrance to her unit is blocked by snow that has turned to ice.
"You can't even shovel the stuff. It's just rock hard ice. Shovel's just easily break," Foster said in a telephone interview from her home in Lake Arrowhead, which she said is only about an hour drive from downtown Los Angeles.
On Feb. 23, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the San Bernardino Mountains, the first in more than three decades. The weather service initially forecast a snowfall of about five feet at elevations as low as 5,000 feet.
Foster said her cabin sits at the 5,200-foot level, where more than 100 inches of snow has fallen in just the last week.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared states of emergency in 13 counties across the state, including San Bernardino.
"We're just not use to this kind of snowstorm," Foster said. "It's historic up here. We've never had this much snow in such a short time."
She said that while the street in front of her cabin was plowed, the plowing created a 12-foot snow berm that his blocking her driveway, where her car is covered in snow.
Before the blizzard hit, Foster said she stocked up on groceries and bottled water. But on Monday, she said her supply was dwindling as she took inventory of her refrigerator and cupboards. She said she had three boxes of protein bars, two swordfish steaks, four lean pork chops, three frozen Lean Cuisine dinners and is down to tap water.
Adding to her anxiety, are chronic migraines she's been suffering from since her medication ran out several days ago.
"None of us know when help is going to come to our front doors. That's what's scary," Foster said.
She said her father, a cancer survivor, suffers from a heart arrhythmia. She said her 75-year-old neighbor is a diabetic and another neighbor has leukemia.
"I mean, how many people are going to be found dead in their cabins because help didn't get to them," Foster said.
Many residents in surrounding communities said they are enduring similar circumstances. They said they are in "survival mode."
Some local residents were so desperate for help that a helicopter from ABC Los Angeles station KABC captured video footage on Friday of a large "Help us!!" sign written in the snow near Lake Gregory in the community of Crestline.
Officials said 80% of county roads were passable as of Monday. But residents complained that many roads had just one lane plowed.
Many residents said they managed to dig out and drive down the mountain for supplies only to be prevented from driving back up the mountain by the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said it is limiting access to highways to only emergency crews and food trucks delivering needed supplies.
"It sucks it really sucks. I just want to get to my house. It's awful," Eddie Loya of Crestline told KABC. "I have been here three years and I have never seen anything like this."
Drew Adzovich of the community of Running Springs said he has been shoveling out for 11 days now and remains stuck at home.
"I've been putting myself out, putting in like three to four hours a day," Adzovich told KABC. "That's not the best thing I would say."
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POTOMAC, Md., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curbio, Inc., the leading fix now, pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents and their listing clients, today announced that it has been named to Mogul's 2022 list of Top 100 Companies with Inclusive Benefits.
Mogul's list recognizes companies with employment benefits that support all employees, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or marital status. Nominees for this list were evaluated and selected based upon overall diversity hiring and advancement practices, inclusive company benefits, progressive workplace resources, and other publicly available pieces of information.
Curbio offers a generous benefits package to all employees beginning on day one of their employment with the company. Highlights of this package include:
- Medical, dental and vision plans subsidized at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents
- Mental health resources including free access to Headspace, and teletherapy and psychiatric care via Talkspace
- Unlimited Vacation and 12 observed holidays, including a company-wide break between Christmas and New Years
- Gender-neutral parental leave for 12 weeks
- Remote-first, flexible office policy
- Financial benefits including Roth and traditional 401(k) matching, and stock options
"Curbio cares deeply about being an employee-first company. We believe that in order to foster a supportive work environment where staff can reach their fullest potential, we need to ensure that they feel supported outside of work as well. We are incredibly proud of the benefits that we offer our employees, and are honored to be recognized by Mogul as a top company with inclusive benefits," said Rick Rudman, CEO of Curbio.
Curbio is growing rapidly and is hiring for positions across many departments including Operations, Sales and Technology. To learn more about working for Curbio, view open positions, and apply, visit www.Curbio.com/careers.
Curbio is on a mission to help real estate agents fix and update homes before they go on the market, so they sell quickly and for the best price, with zero payment due until closing. Founded in 2017, Curbio has quickly become the largest national home improvement company dedicated to pre-listing repairs, updates, and renovations. Curbio has modernized home improvement with an easy-to-use app that accelerates project timelines by 50%, while removing the delays, uncertainties and other frustrations that have plagued home improvement for decades. Their rapid time to listing, coupled with a turn-key approach and project ROI expertise, has made Curbio the most trusted fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement partner to thousands of realtors and brokerages nationwide, including eXp realty, RE/MAX, HomeServices of America, Long & Foster, @properties and many more.
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Shasta County Public Health warns residents about scam phone calls: News roundup
Shasta County is warning residents to be aware of recent scams and fraudulent activities by individuals posing as public health officials.
The Health and Human Services Agency has received tips from the public of scam phone calls and Facebook posts.
"The phone scammers say they are calling from Shasta County Public Health and request information on vaccination status. The Facebook scammer claimed to be an agent of Shasta County Public Health and requested money so that it can receive a large grant," a county news release said.
Public Health officials will contact people who have been exposed to certain infectious diseases and may request health information related to them, but they will never solicit money from the public or ask for personal information, such as Social Security number or bank account information, the news release said.
For more information on how to avoid scams, go to the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advice website at consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-scam.
Visit Report Fraud site at reportfraud.ftc.gov to report a scam.
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Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to combine April 14 to create CPKC, the first and only single-line railway connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada
CALGARY, AB, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) ("CP") said today that, on April 14, 2023, it will exercise the authority granted by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board's ("STB") March 15 final decision and combine with Kansas City Southern ("KCS") to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the first and only single-line railway connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada. CP today also announced the executive leadership team that will lead CPKC.
"Our new combined railroad will create a truly unique single-line network connecting three nations and instantly injecting new competition into the North American rail industry when our supply chains have never needed it more," said Keith Creel, CP President and CEO. "The public, environmental, competitive and safety benefits of this historic combination, clearly recognized by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, are extraordinary for our employees, communities, rail customers and the North American economy.
"Under the leadership of the exceptional group of railroaders we announce today, CPKC will bring new options to rail customers while increasing safety, improving service and spurring new investment in our railroad network," Mr. Creel added. "Together, all these benefits will create jobs and drive economic growth in North America.
"We acknowledge the thorough and thoughtful consideration put into the STB's final decision, including the conditions it imposes in order to assure that the transaction's public benefits are realized and any potential harms are avoided. We intend to participate cooperatively and proactively to assist the STB during its oversight process and will honor the conditions the STB has imposed," Mr. Creel said.
As previously announced, Mr. Creel will become President and CEO of CPKC. The following are the anticipated future senior leaders of CPKC, subject to formal appointment by the board of directors, with the executives listed below reporting to the president and CEO:
- Nadeem Velani, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
- John Brooks, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer
- Mark Redd, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer
- John Orr, Executive Vice-President and Chief Transformation Officer
- James Clements, Executive Vice-President Strategic Planning & Technology
- Jeff Ellis, Executive Vice-President Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
- Warren Erdman, Executive Advisor Strategic Projects
- Laird Pitz, Senior Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer
- Mike Foran, Senior Vice-President Network & Capacity Management
- Chad Rolstad, Vice-President of Human Resources and Chief Culture Officer
- Oscar Augusto Del Cueto Cuevas, KCSM President, General Manager and Executive Representative
Pat Ottensmeyer, KCS President and CEO, has agreed to continue to be an advisor to Mr. Creel through the remainder of 2023 to ensure continuity on key initiatives predominantly involving the combined company and Mexico.
"Our senior leadership team is eager to come together to write the next chapter of railroad history in North America," said Mr. Creel. "This experienced team will guide our work on a seamless integration for our customers, our employees and the North American supply chain."
CP completed its US$31 billion acquisition of KCS on Dec. 14, 2021. Immediately upon the closing of that acquisition, shares of KCS were placed into a voting trust which has ensured that KCS operates independently of CP during the regulatory review process. Until CP exercises control pursuant to the STB decision of March 15 and the Voting Trust is dissolved, CP and KCS will continue to operate independently.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alta., Canada, CPKC will be the first railway connecting North America. While remaining the smallest of six U.S. Class 1 railroads by revenue, the combined company will have a much larger and more competitive network, operating approximately 20,000 miles of rail, employing close to 20,000 people. Full integration of CP and KCS is expected to happen over the next three years, unlocking the benefits of the combination.
CPKC will bring a new standard of safety to the North American rail landscape. CP has been the safest railroad in North America for 17 straight years as measured by the Federal Railroad Administration train accident frequency ratio. In 2022, CP had an all-time best frequency of 0.93, a rate nearly half what the company produced a decade ago and 69 percent lower than the Class 1 average.
CP's culture of safety, supported by its history of sustained investments in core infrastructure and technology, aligns with KCS's likeminded culture, allowing the combined system to operate at the apex of rail safety. CPKC will implement the combination with safety at the forefront of everything it does. In its decision approving the combination, the STB said CPKC "should ultimately enhance safety and benefit the environment."
The STB decision also highlighted a number of other anticipated benefits:
- "The Board expects that this new single-line service will foster the growth of rail traffic, shifting approximately 64,000 truckloads annually from North America's roads to rail, and will support investment in infrastructure, service quality, and safety."
- "Indeed, approval of this transaction may even enhance safety for the nation as a whole" and that "thus, any rail traffic diverted to CPKC from other railroads will likely mean traffic moving to a railroad with a better safety record."
- "The transaction is also expected to drive employment growth across the CPKC system, adding over 800 new union-represented operating positions in the United States."
- "The transaction will make possible improved single-line service for many shippers and will result in merger synergies that are likely to allow CPKC to be a vigorous competitor to other Class 1s by providing improved service at lower cost."
CPKC plans capital investments in new infrastructure of more than US$275 million over the next three years to improve rail safety and capacity of the core north-south CPKC main line between Louisiana and the Upper Midwest.
Anticipated environmental benefits of CPKC include the avoidance of more than 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to the anticipated improved operational efficiency of CPKC versus current operations and another 300,000 tons of GHG emissions with the diversion of 64,000 trucks to rail for a total reduction of 1.9 million tons of GHG emissions over the next five years. By diverting 64,000 long-haul truck shipments to rail annually with new CPKC intermodal services, reducing total truck vehicle miles traveled by almost 2 billion miles over the next two decades, saving US$750 million in highway maintenance costs.
CPKC will also support the expansion of Amtrak and other passenger services on the CPKC network.
Forward looking information
This news release contains certain forward looking statements and forward looking information (collectively, "FLI") to provide CP shareholders and potential investors with information about CP, KCS and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, which FLI may not be appropriate for other purposes. FLI is typically identified by words such as "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "plan", "intend", "will", "target", "believe", "likely" and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be FLI.
Although we believe that FLI is reasonable based on the information available today and processes used to prepare it, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and you are cautioned against placing undue reliance on FLI. By its nature, FLI involves a variety of assumptions, which are based upon factors that may be difficult to predict and that may involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by FLI, including, but not limited to, the following: the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of the CP-KCS transaction and the timing thereof; the success of integration plans; the focus of management time and attention on CP-KCS integration; changes in business strategy and strategic opportunities; estimated future dividends; financial strength and flexibility; debt and equity market conditions, including the ability to access capital markets on favourable terms or at all; cost of debt and equity capital; the ability of management of CP, its subsidiaries and affiliates to execute key priorities, including those in connection with the CP-KCS transaction; general Canadian, U.S., Mexican and global social, economic, political, credit and business conditions; risks associated with agricultural production such as weather conditions and insect populations; the availability and price of energy commodities; the effects of competition and pricing pressures, including competition from other rail carriers, trucking companies and maritime shippers in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; North American and global economic growth; industry capacity; shifts in market demand; changes in commodity prices and commodity demand; uncertainty surrounding timing and volumes of commodities being shipped; inflation; geopolitical instability; changes in laws, regulations and government policies, including regulation of rates; changes in taxes and tax rates; potential increases in maintenance and operating costs; changes in fuel prices; disruption in fuel supplies; uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation; compliance with environmental regulations; labour disputes; changes in labour costs and labour difficulties; risks and liabilities arising from derailments; transportation of dangerous goods; timing of completion of capital and maintenance projects; sufficiency of budgeted capital expenditures in carrying out business plans; services and infrastructure; the satisfaction by third parties of their obligations; currency and interest rate fluctuations; exchange rates; effects of changes in market conditions and discount rates on the financial position of pension plans and investments; trade restrictions or other changes to international trade arrangements; the effects of current and future multinational trade agreements on the level of trade among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; climate change and the market and regulatory responses to climate change; ability to achieve commitments and aspirations relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other climate-related objectives; anticipated in-service dates; success of hedging activities; operational performance and reliability; customer and other stakeholder approvals and support; regulatory and legislative decisions and actions; the adverse impact of any termination or revocation by the Mexican government of Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.'s Concession; public opinion; various events that could disrupt operations, including severe weather events, such as droughts, floods, avalanches and earthquakes, and cybersecurity attacks, as well as security threats and governmental response to them, and technological changes; acts of terrorism, war or other acts of violence or crime or risk of such activities; insurance coverage limitations; material adverse changes in economic and industry conditions, including the availability of short and long-term financing; and the pandemic created by the outbreak of COVID-19 and its variants, and resulting effects on economic conditions, the demand environment for logistics requirements and energy prices, restrictions imposed by public health authorities or governments, fiscal and monetary policy responses by governments and financial institutions, and disruptions to global supply chains.
We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and is made as of the date hereof. Additional information about these and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties can be found in reports and filings by CP with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators, including any prospectus, material change report, management information circular or registration statement that have been or will be filed in connection with the transaction. Reference should be made to "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Forward Looking Statements" in CP's annual and interim reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these factors, as well as other factors, the impact of any one assumption, risk or uncertainty on FLI cannot be determined with certainty.
Except to the extent required by law, we assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any FLI, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All FLI in this news release is expressly qualified in its entirety by these cautionary statements.
About Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) is a transcontinental railway in Canada and the United States with direct links to major ports on the west and east coasts. CP provides North American customers a competitive rail service with access to key markets in every corner of the globe. CP is growing with its customers, offering a suite of freight transportation services, logistics solutions and supply chain expertise. Visit www.cpr.ca to see the rail advantages of CP. CP-IR
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Pittsburghers prove it's never too cold for ice cream
A line wrapped around the outside of Page's Dairy Mart on Pittsburgh's South Side Thursday afternoon, as the ice cream shop opened its doors for the first time this season.
Page's has been in business since Harry Truman was president. Today it's run by Margie Prusia and her husband. This season marks 72 years of serving ice cream and other goods on the city's South Side.
"As we get to know people and they get to know us, they feel like they're part of our family," said Prusia. "I think that's what makes it special."
Customers began lining up outside of the store around 10:30 a.m. despite it only being a chilly 36 degrees in Pittsburgh Thursday. Kristen Jake and her co-workers at UPMC were second in line. They make it a yearly tradition to come on each opening day.
"It's an early morning lunch break," said Jake. "We come each year, and we call it team bonding."
"I'm getting an arctic swirl," said Jake's coworker, Trudy Baumgarten.
"It's just fun, you know. Come to Page's Day 1, and you know spring is right around the corner, and your good to go man," said Baumgarten with a smile on her face and her artic swirl in hand. "Page's is open, so that means it's spring in Pittsburgh." | https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburghers-prove-its-never-too-cold-for-ice-cream/43262376 | 2023-03-09 20:14:03 | 0 | https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburghers-prove-its-never-too-cold-for-ice-cream/43262376 |
() Rapper Cancels Tour Because of An infection Brought about By Vaping
(Black PR Wire) After taking house a string of awards at this yr’s Billboard Music Awards, platinum-selling rapper and singer Doja Cat has canceled her much-anticipated summer season tour to sort out well being points in her throat.
The 26-year-old “Kiss Me Extra” artist introduced on Twitter that she needed to bear surgical procedure to take away an abscess in her tonsil earlier than revealing the tour cancellation information to her followers in a sequence of tweets.
“Hello guys. I needed you to listen to it from me first. Sadly, I’ve to have surgical procedure on my tonsils asap. The surgical procedure is routine however the restoration goes to take some time as a result of swelling. Which means I’ve to cancel my pageant run this summer season in addition to The Weeknd tour,” the singer wrote in a press release. “I really feel horrible about this however can’t watch for this to heal and get again to creating music and create an expertise for y’all.”
Tonsil cysts, like those Doja has, are lumps on one or each of the tonsils. The tonsils are two plenty of soppy tissue in the back of the throat. When cysts kind there, they could not trigger signs or be noticeable. An individual could solely really feel the presence of bigger cysts. These cysts are normally not a trigger for concern.
An individual won’t know that they’ve a tonsil cyst till a healthcare skilled finds it whereas analyzing the world for different causes.
Tonsil cysts don’t normally trigger signs and develop slowly.
Nevertheless, a lump on the tonsils may end up from extra severe points. Anybody with a progress on their tonsils ought to see their main care doctor. A bigger cyst could really feel like a international object at the back of the throat and trigger problem swallowing.
Different signs could embody:
- ache
- an earache
- a dry cough
Is It Tonsil most cancers?
This can be a sort of oropharyngeal most cancers, which is most cancers that begins within the mouth or throat. Cells develop too shortly and kind a number of tumors.
In keeping with the American Society of Medical Oncology, greater than 54,000 adults within the nation obtain a analysis of oral or oropharyngeal most cancers annually.
Signs
An individual with tonsil most cancers could have:
- a sore within the mouth that doesn’t heal
- pink or white patches on the affected tonsil
- mouth ache or bleeding
- an earache
- unhealthy breath
- adjustments in speech
- unexplained weight reduction
- fatigue
- a brand new mass or lump on the neck
Main as much as the announcement, the “Say So” singer informed her over 23 Million followers that she forgot that she was taking antibiotics to help a tonsil an infection whereas at this yr’s Billboard Music Awards, the place she drank wine and vaped “all day lengthy.”
The Grammy-award-winning artist went on to share that whereas she is hooked on vaping, she believes with the suitable self-discipline, she might minimize her use of it someday within the close to future.
“I’m addicted however I’m not weak,” she wrote. “I used to be actually gazing my vape at this time that usually I’d hit a thousand instances a day and hit it two instances as a substitute. I’ma attempt to go chilly turkey for now however hopefully, my mind doesn’t want it in any respect by then.”
Vaping Facet Results
Vaping is much less dangerous than smoking, nevertheless it’s nonetheless not secure. E-cigarettes warmth nicotine (extracted from tobacco), flavorings and different chemical substances to create an aerosol that you just inhale. The aerosol from e-cigarettes can comprise dangerous chemical substances, together with nicotine; ultrafine particles that may be inhaled deep into the lungs; flavoring such diacetyl, a chemical linked to a severe lung illness; unstable natural compounds akin to benzene, which is present in automotive exhaust; and heavy metals, akin to nickel, tin, and lead.
An FDA evaluation of e-cigarettes from two main manufacturers discovered that the samples contained carcinogens and different hazardous chemical substances, together with diethylene glycol, which is present in antifreeze. These chemical substances are risks for each adolescents and adults.
A report from Greek researchers discovered that utilizing e-cigarettes induced respiration difficulties in each people who smoke and non-smokers of all ages.
As of September 2019, 530 circumstances of lung harm and 7 deaths as a result of vaping have been reported within the U.S. Signs of vaping-related lung harm embody:
- Speedy onset of coughing
- Respiratory difficulties
- Weight reduction
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea
Physicians have attributed these signs to a buildup of oil and/or white blood cells within the lungs. THC and CBD, one other lively ingredient in hashish, are heated up as oil in vape pens earlier than being transformed to vapor to smoke.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Wednesday after solid earnings pushed retailers higher on Wall Street ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.
New Zealand's share benchmark fell 0.9% after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its benchmark rate by three-quarters of a point to 4.25%, striving to rein in inflation that is now at 7.2%.
It’s the first time the bank has raised rates by more than a half-point since introducing the Official Cash Rate in 1999. The new rate is the highest in New Zealand since early 2009.
Markets were closed in Japan for a holiday.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index surged 0.9% to 17,600.93 and the Kospi in Seoul rose 0.5% to 2,417.97. In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.7% to 7,231.80.
The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.2% to 3,082.95. Shares rose in Southeast Asia.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.4% to 4,003.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.2% to 34,098.10. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite added 1.4% to 11,174.41.
Smaller company stocks also got a boost. The Russell 2000 rose 1.2%, to 1,860.44.
All the company sectors in the benchmark S&P 500 index rose, with technology stocks driving much of the rally. Chipmaker Nvidia rose 4.7%.
Best Buy soared 12.8% after the Minneapolis-based consumer electronics chain did better than analysts expected and said a decline in sales for the year will not be as bad as it had projected earlier.
Energy stocks notched the biggest gain as the price of U.S. crude oil rose 1.5%. Chevron rose 2.6%.
Long-term Treasury yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 3.76% from 3.84% late Monday.
The Federal Reserve will release minutes Wednesday from its latest policy meeting, potentially giving investors more insight into its decision-making process. Wall Street has been hoping that the central bank might ease up on its aggressive rate increases. Its benchmark rate currently stands at 3.75% to 4%, up from close to zero in March.
“Ahead of the release of Fed minutes, much focus has been placed on a slowing down on the pace of rate hikes," Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. “Nonetheless, even if a Fed rate hike step down might be imminent, the picture on risk/growth outlook is far from certain."
Investors have very little other news to review this week, but several retailers and technology companies are closing out the latest round of corporate earnings with their financial results.
Dell Technologies rose 6.8% after the computer maker reported strong third-quarter profit and revenue. Zoom Video slumped 3.9% after giving investors a weak profit and revenue forecast.
Several retailers made particularly strong gains following solid financial results. Abercrombie & Fitch surged 21.4% and American Eagle jumped 18.2%.
The Fed has warned that it may have to ultimately raise rates to previously unanticipated levels to cool the hottest inflation in decades. That raises the risk it could go too far in slowing economic growth and bring on a recession.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is forecasting modest economic growth globally this year and more tepid growth in 2023. Russia's war in Ukraine continues threatening energy supplies and key food commodities including wheat. A resurgence of COVID-19 cases in China continues threatening the world's second-largest economy and global supply chains.
“In 2023, we expect less pain but also no gain,” stated a report from Goldman Sachs looking ahead to the new year.
The investment bank expects inflation and high interest rates to essentially flatten out corporate earnings and hold the broader stock market at its current levels, with the S&P 500 ending 2023 where it currently sits at around 4,000 points.
In other trading Wednesday, U.S. benchmark crude gained 11 cents to $81.06 per gallon in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It added 91 cents to $80.95 per gallon on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the standard for pricing international oil for trading, was unchanged at $87.70 per gallon.
The dollar rose to 141.38 Japanese yen from 141.24 yen. The euro was trading at $1.0326, up from $1.0302.
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1. 49ers (13-4; last edition No. 1): Nearly 30 years later, Super Bowl win No. 6 could be coming.
2. Bills (13-3; No. 2): Nearly 30 years later, Super Bowl appearance No. 5 -- and win No. 1 -- could be coming.
3. Chiefs (14-3; No. 3): Neutral site or not for the AFC title game, that week off comes in handy.
4. Eagles (14-3; No. 4): Lately, they’re not looking like the team they’ve been.
5. Bengals (12-4; No. 5): They’re good enough to win it all -- and feisty enough to do it, too.
6. Vikings (13-4; No. 7): They’ll beat the Giants by 2-4 points, or lose by 20-40.
7. Lions (9-8; No. 12): One of the rare NFL teams other than the Super Bowl champ who is truly happy after their final game of the year.
8. Jaguars (9-8; No. 10): They’ve come a long, long way from Urban Meyer.
9. Cowboys (12-5; No. 6): They’re definitely not going into the playoffs on a high note.
10. Chargers (10-7; No. 9): Other coaches eyeing possible jobs are quietly plotting ways to stab Brandon Staley in the back. On Sunday, he handed them a knife.
11. Steelers (9-8; No. 15): Every AFC playoff team should be thrilled they didn’t make it.
12. Giants (9-7-1; No. 13): No matter what happens in the playoffs, it was a great year.
13. Ravens (10-6; No. 8): Even with Tyler Huntley, they’ll have a rough time against the Bengals.
14. Buccaneers (8-9; No. 22): Tom Brady’s 47 career playoff games will come in handy, starting on Monday.
15. Seahawks (9-8; No. 18): Division rivals are always dangerous opponents. Could the Seahawks have something special in store for San Fran?
16. Dolphins (9-8; No. 11): Will anyone be rooting for Miami this weekend?
17. Packers (8-9; No. 16): They’re great when the pressure is off. When it’s on, they can’t deliver.
18. Patriots (8-9; No. 17): They played as well as anyone could have in Buffalo on Sunday.
19. Browns (7-10; No. 21): Things could get interesting with Deshaun Watson for a full season.
20. Commanders (8-8-1; No. 14): Why not give Sam Howell a full season to show what he can do?
21. Titans (7-10; No. 19): From 7-3 to 7-10, and plenty of changes coming.
22. Panthers (7-10; No. 23): Steve Wilks did enough to earn that job.
23. Saints (7-10; No. 24): Get a quarterback, and things could get interesting.
24. Jets (7-10; No. 20): Maybe they should sign Geno Smith in free agency.
25. Falcons (7-10; No. 27): Folks may start inching toward the hot seat next year.
26. Raiders (6-11; No. 25): Why didn’t they pivot to Jarrett Stidham earlier?
27. Rams (5-12; No. 26): The Rams sold their soul for a silver trophy, and the devil showed up sooner than expected to collect.
28. Broncos (5-12; No. 32): They finished on a high note. After way too many low notes.
29. Cardinals (4-13; No. 28): Will they pay for a high-end head coach?
30. Bears (3-14; No. 29): They would have been winless without Justin Fields.
31. Texans (3-12-1; No. 30): The Texans are the gang that couldn’t tank straight.
32. Colts (4-12-1; No. 31): The best part of giving Jeff Saturday the interim coaching job is that it gave Jim Irsay enough evidence to conclude he shouldn’t give Saturday the permanent coaching job. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/pfts-final-2022-nfl-power-rankings | 2023-06-30 09:37:04 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/pfts-final-2022-nfl-power-rankings |
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Midway through an aside about her grandparents’ traveling vaudeville days, Bryce Dallas Howard‘s eyes light up. A scoop of gelato has arrived during a break in a jet-setting press tour: “Sustenance!” she exclaims. Alas, it is more than she bargained for. Now an array of way too much ice cream sits before her, destined for a melty fate.
Her brow furrows slightly as she goes into problem-solving mode.
“Does anyone want any of this?” she asks, looking around the room. She frets for a second at the waste of perfectly good gelato, then snaps back to the topic at hand, one of the reasons she’s been trekking all over the world of late: her big-screen return as Claire Dearing, co-protagonist of the last three “Jurassic World” blockbusters, in the finale installment “Jurassic World Dominion.”
Co-written (with Emily Carmichael) and directed by “Jurassic World” helmer Colin Trevorrow, “Dominion” finds Isla Nublar destroyed and dinosaurs tentatively coexisting with humans when a cataclysmic event endangers all life on Earth.
Finding new dimensions in her once high-strung former theme park exec, Howard brings Claire full circle as she wrestles with her responsibility to the world, to dino-kind and to the ones she loves most: her raptor trainer beau Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and cloned youngster Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon), whom the pair are raising as their own after the events of 2018’s “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.”
The film gave Howard a chance to ditch Claire’s high heels for good and ramp up her action heroine muscles, driven by a maternal instinct to protect Maisie from a shady biotech company. For Howard, who once dreamed of becoming a pro athlete, leaning into the action was a new thrill. “It was great to get to have this experience for Claire where she’s fierce and she’s a mama bear,” says Howard.
It also found her sharing the screen with Laura Dern, who reprises her “Jurassic Park” role as paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler alongside fellow original trilogy stars Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum. Both hailing from showbiz families, Dern and Howard first met nearly a decade prior as directors while editing their respective shorts for the 2013 Lifetime anthology film “Call Me Crazy.”
At the Toronto Film Festival, Bryce Dallas Howard talks about her documentary, “Dads,” for which she interviewed Ron Howard, Will Smith and Jimmy Kimmel.
Reunited on the set of “Dominion,” which was shot in 2020 in Canada, the UK and Malta in the early days of the pandemic, Howard was “the most meticulous team player you could ask for,” said Dern.
“She was such an advocate for me, and as a fellow actress that’s a beautiful thing to see. She’s always going the extra mile, making sure the crew is safe,” said Dern, who was touched when Howard would show up on her days off to offer support and feedback as she filmed scenes. “That is, sadly, radically singular. But man, it’s who I’d want to be the leader of the group if I was on a movie.”
Even on 2015’s “Jurassic World,” Howard would join director Trevorrow at the monitors — something she’s loved to do for decades, having grown up in and around the sets of her father, director Ron Howard.
“She’s a director at heart,” said Trevorrow. “She has an eye for any given moment, not just on an emotional level but from a place of craft. She’ll often frame it as if she’s asking a question and is curious, but I’ll always be like, ‘Come on, you know you actually have an opinion. What do you think we should do?’”
That’s why, in 2017, he encouraged her to double down on her burgeoning directing career. “He was quite firm with me and said, ‘Bryce, there are a lot of female actors. There are not nearly enough female directors working,’” Howard remembers. After filming the second “Jurassic World,” she made her feature directing debut with the 2019 Apple+ documentary “Dads,” then helmed critically lauded episodes of Disney’s “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett.”
Now, after spending time away from family to close out the “Jurassic World” series and filming a role in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Apple spy pic “Argylle,” Howard is shifting her attention to producing and directing projects with her own company, Nine Muses Entertainment. As she keeps building her multihyphenate career on both sides of the camera, Howard, 41, gives herself the same advice she tells the film students she teaches at her alma mater, NYU. “Now,” she says, “it is time to own it.”
When you originated the character of Claire Dearing in the first “Jurassic World,” did you have an idea of where you hoped she would end up, two films later?
Something that Colin and I relate over is hair. He’s like, “Once I understand the hairstyle, then I understand the character.” We landed on that haircut for the first movie and I had this image in my head which never came to fruition, of Claire having an undercut. [Laughs] I think that was more about me just wanting it. My daughter is now 10 and she’s had an undercut like three times. So who knows if I was projecting to Claire my own hopes and dreams?
But what you wanted for her was change.
I wanted radical change and a shedding of what existed prior, so that she really feels like she’s living in a new paradigm in terms of her perspective.
You wanted Claire to undergo ... a hair-adigm shift?
Yes! Wow. [Laughs] I just needed to do it internally. But what is interesting about the hair journey for Claire in “‘Jurassic World: Dominion” — and we had no idea that we did this, we figured this out in the last two weeks of shooting — is that we copied Laura [Dern]'s hair journey. We have a side-by-side comparison. So even though there wasn’t as radical an external hair journey, it’s one that’s full of intentional and nonintentional layers. It’s Dr. Sattler’s influence all over the place.
This installment sees Claire become more active in the action, and she goes through a lot of it on her own. Why was it important to you that she be challenged in this way?
I’m a very physical person. [After high school] I needed to decide between, did I want to pursue acting and theater or did I want to continue with my basketball career? Because basketball was really important to me. I went to public school for 10th, 11th and 12th grade, and you had to choose between the two extracurricular activities. It was such a big deal. I went and toured UConn, because that’s where I would have wanted to go as as a player. I was tormented by that decision.
So in a sliding doors situation, had you not become a professional actor we might have seen Bryce Dallas Howard playing in the WNBA?
Those would have been my aspirations! But I really, really doubt that that ever would have happened in terms of talent. I was just really passionate. It’s also something that my dad and I really bonded over. He is super into basketball and the whole family is quite athletic. Getting to do movies early gave me a chance to do something physical. It was always something that I leaned into.
As “Dominion” brings the “Jurassic” franchise full circle, there’s a nice moment between you and Laura Dern when the two female leads of this universe unite.
And pass the Bechdel Test!
What did sharing that onscreen moment with Laura mean to you?
Getting to watch Laura Dern work, and find the honesty and the essence of what was most important to be communicated between these two characters — in terms of regret, in terms of trauma, in terms of second chances — was something I treasure. Because she was so in it with her sleeves rolled up, and it wasn’t pretentious. And when an actor is like that, especially when it’s an actor like Laura Dern who had just won an Oscar before working [on “Jurassic World: Dominion”], it gives you permission to be that way as well.
There is a moment where we have an axe and she has a line where she’s like, “Oh, that felt good.” All of that existed because Laura, Colin and Emily [Carmichael] made space for that. Laura just kept nurturing it.
On set you would show up even on your days off to watch filming. Why was it important to you to do that?
When I became a parent I realized that you want to learn what your kid cares most about, a little superficially, so you can take it away in a pinch. [Laughs] “If you don’t do X, Y or Z, then we’re going to take away your device.” My parents figured out by the time I was 7 that the thing I cared about the most was being on set. I remember one time during “Far and Away” when it happened and I wasn’t allowed to go to set for three days. I cried so much, I was so devastated. I remember saying to my parents, “You’re ruining my life! How can you do this?”
I think as a byproduct of my dad having been a child actor, he felt like if a kid is on set and if they can behave themselves, they can have little jobs; they can be on set and that’s OK. When I started acting professionally and did “The Village” ... when they would wrap me I would beg to stay. Sometimes if they were like, “No, we’re doing something with an actor that needs to be private,” I would go to the hair and makeup trailer and start prepping the wigs because I knew all those little jobs. Because [as a child] I would spend time in every department. I didn’t want to go because I equated leaving set with being punished.
The internet cannot believe that Laura Dern, who played a leading paleobotanist in ‘Jurassic Park,’ was only 23 when she did the classic film.
At what point in your life, both watching and participating in storytelling, did you say to yourself, “I am an actor, and also a director?”
I remember watching my mom [Cheryl Howard Crew] in her career. She’s the most educated person in our family and she focused on being a parent and really devoted herself to that. When I was in high school she went back to writing and wrote a novel. She’s real wild and real bright and I remember she was filling out her passport form, and you need to write your occupation. She wrote “mother and wife,” and I remember being very triggered by that.
She was someone who was that, most certainly. But she was and is such an interesting person, with so many layers, and is so accomplished. She’s done so much. Has an accounting degree. Does all of my parents’ financials. Soloed an airplane when she was 16 years old. Managed a gun range when she was 18 years old. Got her master’s in screenwriting from AFI. She just lives a very full life. And I remember thinking, “You’re not just that.”
She could have written “Renaissance woman” on her passport!
Exactly. I think seeing a person who is many things, even though the world may not define them as such, has given me permission to explore many things. Now, being someone who’s a spouse and a parent, I have a slightly different perspective of it, because, oh my gosh, that’s the hardest thing that I do and the most important. But my mom encouraged me to be very front-footed with my career. I only really recently started identifying more as a multihyphenate, more as a director, and I think it was when I was started teaching at NYU. Because I realized if I didn’t own it, my students wouldn’t. And we’re only that if we declare it ourselves.
You’ve directed short films and television. Is directing a narrative feature something that is a priority to you in the near future?
It’s really, really, really important to me because there’s more to learn. I’m attached to “Flight of the Navigator,” but there’s not a script yet.
There’s also what many people on the internet want, which is for you to direct a “Star Wars” movie...
I honestly have no idea! The support is incredibly moving. I was on a work session with Jon Favreau when this was announced — I’m like, “Oh, I could say yes, I did another episode!” I’ll get choked up, he’s just the most wonderful man. He was like, “Bryce, we were at Celebration and people were so supportive.” He got choked up talking about how people were so embracing of me. Papa Jon! I feel so lucky the way folks have been, because I love getting to do this. | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-06-10/bryce-dallas-howard-jurassic-world-dominion-star-wars | 2022-06-10 19:58:40 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-06-10/bryce-dallas-howard-jurassic-world-dominion-star-wars |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anti-trans legislation is roiling the nation. Bills prohibiting drag performances are cropping up in statehouses. Violence and vitriol are turning children’s drag story hour events into headline-news protests.
San Francisco is fighting back Thursday by naming the nation’s first drag laureate, an ambassador-style position designed to represent the city’s famous LGBTQ+ community at a time when rights are under attack.
In a city known for its support of LGBTQ+ rights, San Francisco Mayor London Breed says it was a natural step to create a position that not only embraces drag culture but puts government resources toward it. D'Arcy Drollinger, a well-known drag performer and nightclub owner, will receive a $55,000 stipend in her 18-month role as the city's inaugural drag laureate.
“My goals are to make San Francisco sparkle. I think drag performers bring a lot of sparkle and humor and glamor and silliness to the world. I think that is part of why drag is so successful," Drollinger said, adding that she expects to be in drag for the entirety of her role. “I’m going to be in drag pretty much 24/7 for the next 18 months.”
She noted San Francisco's drag community is already politically engaged and active.
“There’s a lot of power for the drag community in San Francisco,” she said. “I feel very honored to be able to take that one more step.”
West Hollywood is on the verge of appointing its own drag laureate later this month, though at a much lower salary and with limited engagements. In New York, where the Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, a 2021 effort to create such a position has languished in a committee, reflecting the challenges of creating such jobs even in liberal cities.
In San Francisco, Drollinger will inaugurate the role three weeks before Pride Month begins. Her duties will span from producing and participating in drag events to serving as a spokesperson for San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community to helping officials to ensuring the city’s drag history is “shared, honored and preserved.” The job posting sought someone who will "embody San Francisco’s historic, diverse and inclusive drag culture, elevating the entire community on the national and international stage."
The city's mayor called Drollinger a “bright star in San Francisco″ for her advocacy and elevation of the city’s drag community.
“Whether it’s through a tragedy or to celebrate an occasion, she really has been a leader in this community and supporter of so many others,” Breed told The Associated Press.
Drollinger said she felt both nervous and honored when she was told the job was hers, given the recent violence targeting drag performers, even in the Bay Area.
“I know that there are a lot of anti-drag folks out there, and they are very loud, right? But I also don’t want to live my life under the shadow of fear. I don’t want to have intimidation stop me from growing," she said. "So, yes, I am a little nervous. But I got a lot of fabulous people and fabulousness behind me.”
Members of the Proud Boys sparked a hate crimes investigation when they protested and shouted slurs outside a Bay Area library hosting Drag Story Hour, where drag queens read to kids, last June. In Oregon last year, demonstrators — some of them armed — threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag event.
In November, a shooter at a Colorado Springs nightclub turned a drag queen’s birthday party into a massacre, killing five people and injuring 17 more. The suspect was charged with hate crimes and murder.
The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking 474 anti-LGBTQ+ pieces of legislation in the U.S., including Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law that essentially bans drag from public property or in the presence of minors. A federal judge temporarily blocked the measure hours before it was set to go into effect in late March.
Jonathan Hamilt, executive director of Drag Story Hour, a global nonprofit event network that began in San Francisco in 2015, said he hopes other cities across the country will enact their own drag laureate programs.
“It’s just having that visibility and having that personal human connection — having that social story of someone from your community that looks like you or someone that you see or interact with on a regular basis,” Hamilt said.
New York City Councilmember Kristin Richardson Johnson plans to keep pushing for a drag laureate in her city if the position doesn't win support this year. Jack McClatchy, the elected official’s legislative and budget director, couldn't give a specific reason for why the effort has stalled, only noting that it's one of more than 1,000 bills before the council.
West Hollywood, which was founded in part by LGBTQ+ activists in 1984, is expected to name its drag laurate in the coming weeks after a 2021 attempt failed over a pay dispute. Officials originally advertised the position with a $5,000 stipend, nearly double what the city’s poet laureate gets. Pushback prompted the council to raise it to $15,000 annually for the two-year term that begins July 16 — International Drag Day.
Drollinger owns the Oasis nightclub, which hosted “ Meals on Heels ” after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, where drag performers brought food, cocktails and socially distant lip-synching performances to home-bound customers.
“I hope that the drag laureate position telegraphs to the rest of the country that drag is not something to be scared of,” Drollinger said. “Drag is something to celebrate.”
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Colorado K9 officer who died saving lives honored in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - El Paso County, Colorado Sheriff Joseph Roybal said when negotiations failed to stop a suspect disturbing the peace with a firearm, his deputies needed to take action.
“Fearing that there would be lives at risk, our K9 handler deployed partner K9 Jinx, who subdued the suspect, saving lives, ultimately by sacrificing his own that night,” Roybal said.
Jinx was honored along with other K9 officers killed in the line of duty at a ceremony in Washington D.C. Thursday as part of police week.
Roybal says people love dogs for many reasons, but that night, Jinx showed the best qualities of man’s best friend.
“Their love. The undenying love and devotion to their human partners is unmistakable, and that was a perfect demonstration of that that fateful evening.”
Roybal honored police dogs making that same sacrifice across the country during the K9 ceremony for National Police week by ringing a bell when their name was called.
“It was absolutely an honor. As I was standing there it was very surreal. As the wind would have it, when the roses were being placed, I could smell the roses as I rang the bell.”
Roybal said it’s important to remember the roll all K9 officers play in keeping the public safe.
“Hope, love, and commitment. The undoubted sacrifice and commitment that our K9 partners have for their human partners, that they lay down their lives to save those of their human partners.”
National Police Week runs through Tuesday.
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HONG KONG, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, SSE: 600938) announces today that it has completed the acquisition of another 5% participation interest in the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights (TOR) Surplus Volume related to Búzios oilfield.
Búzios oilfield is located in Santos Basin, southeast offshore of Brazil, with an average water depth of approximately 2,200 meters. It is the world's largest deep-water pre-salt producing oil field. The project is developed by the traditional deep-water pre-salt development mode, FPSO+Subsea. At present, the daily production has reached 600,000 barrels.
CNOOC Petroleum Brazil Ltda (CPBL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, signed an Assignment Agreement with Petrobras to acquire another 5% interest in Búzios TOR Surplus Volume in the first half of 2022. The transaction has been completed. The total consideration is R$10.3 billion, equivalent to US$1.9 billion.
Mr. Xia Qinglong, President of the Company, said "Acquiring additional interests in Búzios oilfield further expands the Company's presence in Brazil's deep-water pre-salt region, where bountiful oil and gas resources reside. The transaction promotes the international development of the Company and fortifies the resource base for the Company's high-quality development. The Company will adhere to the concept of win-win cooperation and work closely with the host government and project partners to promote the sustainable development of Brazil's oil and gas industry, economy and society."
Notes to Editors:
More information about the Company is available at http://www.cnoocltd.com.
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This press release includes forward looking information, including statements regarding the likely future developments in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, such as expected future events, business prospects or financial results. The words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective", "ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by the Company as of this date in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that the Company currently believes are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will meet the current expectations and predictions of the Company is uncertain. Actual results, performance and financial condition may differ materially from the Company's expectations, including but not limited to those associated with fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices, macro-political and economic factors, changes in the tax and fiscal regimes of the host countries in which we operate, the highly competitive nature of the oil and natural gas industry, environmental responsibility and compliance requirements, the Company's price forecast, the exploration and development activities, mergers, acquisitions and divestments activities, HSSE and insurance policies and changes in anti-corruption, anti-fraud, anti-money laundering and corporate governance laws.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. The Company cannot assure that the results or developments anticipated will be realised or, even if substantially realised, that they will have the expected effect on the Company, its business or operations.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams’ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday’s schedule and set up a fourth-round showdown.
“Of course I watched Serena. I’m like everyone else,” said Pegula, a 28-year-old American who is seeded No. 8 at Flushing Meadows and beat qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-0. “You feel kind of sad that’s how it ends. But, I don’t know, like I got a little, like, sentimental, too, watching her, how emotional she was getting.”
Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion from the Czech Republic, credited Williams’ last stand — the owner of 23 Grand Slam titles fended off five match points before bowing out in three sets against Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday night in what is expected to be her final contest — with offering inspiration.
“It was very special. She didn’t want to leave the court, for sure. That was the same case with me today, actually. I didn’t want to go out of this tournament, so I was just there hanging (in), somehow,” said Kvitova, who erased deficit after deficit, including a pair of match points, to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (12-10).
“That’s what Serena showed last night,” said Kvitova, who dropped her racket and covered her face with her ends when what she called a “nightmare” of a tiebreaker was over. “It was nice to see her yesterday, fighting until the end.”
Yes, Williams is gone, leaving the year’s last major tournament — and, in some ways, the sport as a whole — without its biggest star and storyline. Still, the show must go on.
So there was Kvitova, undaunted as ever, despite dropping the first set, despite trailing 5-2 in the third, despite being a point from defeat twice at 6-5.
Here’s how close this one was: Kvitova won 109 total points, Muguruza 108.
“Left everything on the court today,” said No. 9 Muguruza, a two-time Slam winner whose departure means the bracket is without six of the top 10 women entering the fourth round.
No. 1 Iga Swiatek advanced by beating Lauren Davis 6-3, 6-4, and No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Clara Burel 6-0, 6-2.
During the night session in Ashe, 22-time major champ Rafael Nadal improved his career mark against Richard Gasquet to 18-0 with a 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 victory. Nadal won the opening nine games and was on his way to improving to 22-0 in Grand Slam matches in 2022.
Nadal did not have stitches or a bandage on his nose, two days after accidentally cutting it with his racket during his previous victory.
“A little bit bgger than usual, but it’s OK,” he said with a smile. “The nose is still there.”
Nadal’s win was followed by Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins’ 6-4, 7-6 (11-9) win over Alizé Cornet.
On Monday, Nadal will take on No. 22 Frances Tiafoe, the first American man since Mardy Fish in 2010-12 to get to the U.S. Open’s fourth round in three consecutive years. Tiafoe eliminated No. 14 Diego Schwartzman 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4.
It was going to be tough for any of the day’s matches to live up to the sort of attention Williams drew, or the atmosphere she helped create, during her three-match run in Ashe.
“I just can’t believe the ‘era of Serena’ on the tennis court is over,” Pegula said. “I mean, it’s just hard to picture tennis without her.”
In other action Saturday, two-time Australian Open champion Viktoria Azarenka was a 6-3, 6-0 winner against Petra Martic; two-time major runner-up Karolina Pliskova beat Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, a 19-year-old Spaniard, defeated unseeded Jenson Brooksby, a 21-year-old Californian, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; No. 7 Cam Norrie beat No. 28 Holger Rune 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 in the men’s draw; No. 9 Andrey Rublev got past No. 19 Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7); No. 11 Jannik Sinner beat Brandon Nakashima 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1; and 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic beat No. 20 Dan Evans 7-6 (11), 6-7 (3); 6-2, 7-5. Upcoming matchups include Azarenka vs. Bencic; Alcaraz vs. Cilic, and Norrie vs. Rublev.
As for Kvitova-Muguruza, Rublev-Shapovalov required the new final-set tiebreaker format to determine the winner. The four Grand Slam tournaments agreed to adopt a uniform system this year, with the third sets of women’s matches and fifth sets of men’s decided by a first-to-10, win-by-two formula; the U.S. Open used to have the more traditional first-to-seven setup.
Pegula’s domination of her last set made that sort of thing entirely unnecessary. She had wasted a chance to close out the victory a half-hour earlier when she wasn’t able to convert her match point, but quickly regrouped.
Pegula started her Grand Slam career by going 3-8. She’s gone 22-7 since, including runs to quarterfinals at the Australian Open each of the past two years and the French Open this year.
The 28-year-old American, whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, came into Saturday with an 0-2 record in third-round matches at Flushing Meadows, including a loss to Kvitova in 2020.
Pegula gets another shot at her Monday.
“Petra is so hard to play. I feel like when she’s on, she blows you off the court. And then sometimes she can be off. .. She’s a fighter. When it clicks, it’s really difficult,” Pegula said, then was sure to add: “I think I’m a much better player now than I was when I played her last time.”
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NEW YORK — UPS has reached a tentative contract with its 340,000-person union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide.
The agreement was announced Tuesday, the first day that UPS and the Teamsters had returned to the table after contentious negotiations broke down earlier this month.
Negotiators had already reached tentative agreements on several issues but continued to clash over pay for part-time workers, who make up more than half of the UPS employees represented by the union.
The Teamsters hailed the agreement as "historic."
Under the tentative agreement, which still needs union members' approval, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more over the duration of the five-year contract. The agreement also includes a provision to increase starting pay for part-time workers — whom the union says are the most at risk of exploitation — from $16.20 per hour to $21 per hour. The average pay for part-timers had been $20.
Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said in a statement that UPS put $30 billion more on the table due to the negotiations, saying the deal "sets a new standard in the labor movement."
The two sides had already tentatively agreed to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a full holiday and to end forced overtime on drivers' days off. Tentative agreements on safety issues had also been reached, including equipping more trucks with air conditioning.
UPS had also agreed to eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, and convert them into regular full-time drivers. Under the agreement, the company will create 7,500 full-time jobs and fill 22,500 open positions, allowing more part-timers to transition to full-time.
"Together we reached a win-win-win agreement on the issues that are important to Teamsters leadership, our employees and to UPS and our customers," Carol Tomé, UPS CEO, said in a written statement.
Voting on the new contract begins Aug. 3 and concludes Aug. 22.
Industry groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, labor leaders and the White House applauded the deal.
"This agreement is a testament to the power of employers and employees coming together to work out their differences at the bargaining table in a manner that helps businesses succeed while helping workers secure pay and benefits they can raise a family on and retire with dignity and respect," President Joe Biden said in a statement.
Union members, angered by a contract they say union leadership forced on them five years ago, argued that they have shouldered the more than 140% profit growth at UPS as the pandemic increased delivery demand. Unionized workers said they wanted to right what they saw as a bad contract.
Union leadership was upended last year with the election of O'Brien, a vocal critic of union president James Hoffa — son of the famed Teamsters firebrand — who signed off on that contract.
The 24 million packages UPS ships daily amounts to about a quarter of all U.S. parcel volume, according to the global shipping and logistics firm Pitney Bowes. According to UPS, that's equivalent to about 6% of the nation's gross domestic product.
During the last breakdown in labor talks a quarter of a century ago, 185,000 UPS workers walked out for 15 days, crippling the company. A walkout this time would have had much further-reaching implications, with millions of Americans now accustomed to online shopping and speedy delivery.
The consulting firm Anderson Economic Group estimated a 10-day UPS strike could have cost the U.S. economy more than $7 billion and triggered "significant and lasting harm" to business and workers.
Logistics experts warned that the other U.S. shipping companies combined do not have the capacity to handle all the packages that would come their way during any UPS work stoppage, and that prices on shipping and goods would inevitably increase. Meanwhile, customers who shop online could have faced higher shipping fees and longer waits.
In recent weeks, large and small businesses worked to create contingency plans in the event of a strike.
Joseph Debicella, a small business owner who runs an online site that sells bridesmaids' gifts, said his company ships roughly 50% of its orders through UPS. He hasn't used FedEx before, but created an account with the company two weeks ago as chatter over a strike picked up. He was also hearing about the negotiations from his UPS driver, who told him his deliveries were getting lighter as the July 31 deadline for a new contract neared.
Macy's CEO Jeff Gennette told The Associated Press that the department store chain was considering its options and that its supply chain team was mapping out what a strike would look like and how it would affect shipping.
If ratified, the deal could prevent major disruption just as retailers are in the throes of the back-to-school shopping season — the second largest sales period behind the winter holidays.
The Retail Industry Leaders Association, a national retail trade group that counts retailers including Best Buy, CVS Health and Kohl's as members, called the tentative pact "an enormous relief to retailers, who have been navigating the possibility of a strike and the associated uncertainty for weeks."
"We're grateful that this challenge, which would have had a price tag in the billions of dollars and a long runway for recovery, was avoided," the group said in a statement.
Labor experts see the showdown as a demonstration of labor power at a time of low U.S. union membership. Unions have grown more active this summer thanks to several organized labor pushes at major companies.
Hollywood actors and screenwriters are picketing over pay issues. United Auto Workers are considering a potential strike.
"This is how it's done!" Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson said in a statement after UPS the deal was announced. "And this labor solidarity summer just got stronger."
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (WDAF) — The defending National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball champions are changing things up for the upcoming season.
The University of Kansas (KU) men’s basketball team tweeted a sneak peek of the team’s new uniforms Thursday afternoon. The program promised to reveal the uniforms on Twitter after receiving 2,023 likes.
The Twitter account reached its goal in a little more than 30 minutes and immediately shared pictures of the new threads.
The biggest change is the large stripe all the way down the side of the uniform.
The basketball season officially kicks off with Late Night in the Phog Friday, Oct. 14. Shaquille O’Neal will perform as DJ Diesel.
The night will also include the unveiling of the Jayhawks men’s basketball team’s 2022 National Championship banner, and returning players will receive their 2022 NCAA championship rings. | https://www.ksn.com/sports/jayhawks/ku-mens-basketball-reveals-new-uniforms-on-twitter/ | 2022-09-30 01:13:05 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/sports/jayhawks/ku-mens-basketball-reveals-new-uniforms-on-twitter/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — A man was killed and two others were injured, including rap star Ludacris’ manager, in a parking lot shooting in an upscale neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta on Sunday night.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the men were all taken to hospitals, where one was pronounced dead. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified the man as Artez Benton, 23, of Scottdale.
Monday afternoon, Atlanta police confirmed one of the two injured men was Chaka Zulu, the longtime manager of rapper and actor Ludacris. The conditions of Zulu and the other man were not released.
Atlanta police investigated the shooting in the 2200 block of Peachtree Road in Buckhead into the early Monday morning hours. Several restaurants and shops share the parking lot.
Police Lt. Germain Dearlove told local news media that the shooting was the “result of a dispute in the parking lot.” He did not say if the three victims had visited any of the businesses before the shooting at around 11:35 p.m.
Earlier Sunday, another shooting at an Atlanta sandwich shop left one employee dead and another injured after an argument over mayonnaise, police said.
The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a Subway restaurant attached to a gas station in downtown Atlanta. Police said the man argued with the two female workers before shooting them.
“This was a very tragic situation that did not have to occur,” Atlanta police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. told reporters Monday.
The woman who died was 26 years old. The other woman, 24, remained in critical condition Monday, Hampton said.
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — One person died in a shooting at a northwest Ohio mall over the weekend, and one person was in custody, authorities said.
Sgt. Joe Albert of the Columbus police department said offices were called to the Mall at Tuttle Crossing at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday due to a report of gunfire.
Upon arrival, officers found a male victim inside a shoe store who had been shot at least once. That person was pronounced dead just after 3 p.m. Sunday. The victim wasn't immediately identified, Albert said.
One person, believed to be the suspect, was taken into custody.
Albert said the shooting “appears to be an isolated incident inside of one store.” He said the motive wasn’t immediately apparent.
The mall was cleared and was to remain closed for the day, he said. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/1-dead-in-shooting-at-Ohio-mall-1-person-in-17236797.php | 2022-06-12 22:38:31 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/1-dead-in-shooting-at-Ohio-mall-1-person-in-17236797.php |
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