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CHICAGO – This is a topic that no team in any sport wants to think about, but the struggles of Chicago’s National Football League franchise over the 2022 season have forced many to ask a question.
What is the Bears’ longest losing streak?
At the moment, the team has seven-straight defeats, including a 25-20 loss to the NFL-leading Eagles on Sunday at Soldier Field. It’s not the team record, but the Bears are getting quite close to it.
Eight Was Too Much
The Chicago Bears’ longest losing streak is eight games, and it has been done five times in franchise history.
The most recent came over the course of two seasons, with the 2014 team losing the final five games of the campaign to finish 5-11. That led to the dismissal of head coach Marc Trestman, but new head coach John Fox’s team lost their first three games of the 2015 season.
The last of those was a 26-0 drubbing at the hands of the reigning NFC champion Seahawks on September 27, 2015 with backup Jimmy Clausen in place of starter Jay Cutler. In Week 4, the Bears beat the Raiders at Soldier Field on a late Robbie Gould field goal to end the streak.
Two other eight-game losing streaks came over the course of two seasons:
- In 1996, the Bears lost their final game of the season and then opened with seven-straight defeats in 1997. They finally ended the losing streak with a 36-33 win over the Dolphins on the road on October 27 of that year. They would go on to finish 4-12.
- The same situation played out in 1968 when the Bears lost their season finale to the Packers and then the first seven games of the 1969 season. On November 9, they snapped the losing streak with a 38-7 win over the Steelers at Wrigley Field. That would be their only victory as they finished with a franchise-worst 1-13 record.
All The Pain In One Season
The other two times the Bears lost eight-straight games they did so over the course of a single season.
In 2002, while the team played their home contests at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, the Bears started 2-0 and then dropped their next eight games. What made it most painful is that six of the contests were decided by a possession, but it knocked them right out of playoff contention.
The Bears would snap the losing skid on November 24 of that year, beating the Lions 20-17 in overtime in Champaign when Detroit coach Marty Mornhingweg made the decision to not take the ball in the extra session after winning the coin toss.
Dick Jauron’s team would win one more game the rest of the year and finish 4-12.
In 1978, just a year removed from making the playoffs, the Bears started off 3-0 and then lost their next eight games. Similar to 2002, five of the Bears’ eight losses were decided by seven points or less, and that hurt since the team won four of their last five games to finish 7-9.
Hope for next year?
Naturally, an eight-game losing streak pretty much dooms a team to a playoff-less season, and the Bears didn’t make the postseason in any of the years they either lost all eight contests or were part of an eight-game losing streak.
The only time the team made the playoffs the next season was 1979 under head coach Neill Armstrong, who made his debut in that position with the team in 1978. That Bears team won their last three games and won the NFC Wild Card with a 10-6 record. | https://wgntv.com/sports/bears-report/whats-the-bears-longest-losing-streak/ | 2022-12-20 01:41:00 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/sports/bears-report/whats-the-bears-longest-losing-streak/ |
States in the Upper Colorado River Basin are not ready to commit to federal water conservation targets, but are seeking to revive a conservation program first launched in 2014.
In a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation, officials from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico say they are already dealing with water shortages due to ongoing dry conditions along the Colorado River, which serves as a drinking water source for 40 million people in the southwest. A reauthorization of the 2014 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) is one prong of the states’ newly rolled out Five-Point Plan.
Senators John Hickenlooper, of Colorado, and John Barrasso, of Wyoming, are expected to introduce the bill to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at a meeting Thursday.
“This is the first step in a collaborative plan to restore the Colorado River. We need more programs where water users are empowered to conserve water where and when it makes sense for them ,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. “If we just sit around suing each other over a hundred-year-old agreement, we’ll watch the river run dry.”
The Upper Basin letter argues Congress should reauthorize the SCPP. For four years the program paid farmers in Upper Basin states to restrict their use in order to create “system water,” or simply conserved water that would flow to Lake Powell. The program demonstrated that farmers would participate in programs where they’re paid to fallow their fields.
But the program left some thorny questions unanswered, about how to fund such a program on a broad scale, how to ensure the conserved water flowed to the struggling reservoir it was meant to boost, and how to avoid rural communities from being hurt economically when farmers were paid not to grow crops.
At a Wednesday board meeting, Colorado Water Conservation Board director Becky Mitchell said the Upper Basin’s planning efforts hinge on how Arizona, California and Nevada respond to the federal government’s recent charge of needing two to four million acre-feet of conservation in 2023 to keep Lakes Powell and Mead from declining to critically low levels.
Upper Basin leaders have chafed at the idea of committing to specific volumes of water to be conserved within their boundaries.
“There is recognition that while we must find basin-wide solutions, the options in the Upper Basin are limited,” Mitchell said at the meeting, noting that the Upper Basin states do not benefit from having a large reservoir like Lake Mead from which to draw on in dry times.
The letter also notes that the Upper Basin’s water uses are much smaller than those in the Lower Basin, making the pitch that any benefits from conserving in those states might not aid the system as a whole.
“The effectiveness will be limited, dependent on what comes out of the Lower Basin and their plan moving forward. So we’re looking forward to seeing that,” Mitchell said.
The Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs are at record lows. The deadline for states to commit to the federal government’s conservation target is in mid-August.
This story is part of ongoing coverage of the Colorado River, produced by KUNC and supported by the Walton Family Foundation.
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Company solidifies strategy and direction for AI initiatives, including oversight of Marvin, its open source library for building AI-powered software
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prefect Technologies, Inc, makers of the popular open-source Prefect orchestration platform, today announced the appointment of Adam Azzam, PhD as the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Product Lead. Azzam's appointment demonstrates Prefect's commitment to advancing the field of AI and empowering developers and engineers with user-friendly tools and frameworks. His expertise in working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and passion for making complex technologies more accessible align perfectly with Prefect's philosophy of democratizing access to powerful tools.
At Prefect, Azzam will assume leadership of Marvin, an open-source Python framework for building AI-powered software. In order for the Prefect team to facilitate their own work, they began experimenting with high-level APIs to create a better developer experience for working with LLMs. The result was Marvin, a framework that empowers engineers, developers, and analysts to leverage LLMs for developing and deploying software applications. The community response to Marvin has been overwhelmingly positive, with nearly 3000 developers using it to deploy LLMs to production within weeks of its release.
In his role, Azzam will work closely with developers, startup founders, and enterprises to double down on Marvin's growth and adoption as the go-to framework for building AI pipelines which can also benefit from Prefect's core orchestration products. Azzam will further collaborate with the Prefect product team to identify additional opportunities for leveraging AI within the Prefect roadmap to create personalized experiences for developers.
Jeremiah Lowin, CEO and Founder at Prefect said, "Adam brings a unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit, AI expertise, and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by developers. His vision aligns perfectly with ours, and together, we aim to empower developers to build software in a declarative fashion, utilizing the immense potential of LLMs. We believe that Adam's leadership will be instrumental in driving Prefect's growth and transforming the landscape."
"Prefect became the backend of choice for data engineers by focusing on developer experience. Marvin has the opportunity to be one of the most impactful developer tools in this generation of software - it lets you build with LLMs in ambient mode, and in doing so cuts the marginal effort of working with LLMs to zero," said Azzam. "Marvin, like Prefect, is rooted in a deep and unwavering empathy for developers and practitioners. Prefect's committed to helping a new generation of engineers productionalize LLMs, and there's no other team I'd bet on. Prefect's vision, track record, and team made it an absolute no-brainer to join and work on Marvin."
Azzam brings a decade of industry, startup, and academic experience to Prefect. Azzam earned his PhD in Mathematics from UCLA before joining Insight Data Science (YC S11) as Lead Data Scientist and later Head of Product. Adam co-founded Openrole AI and served as CTO, productionalizing language models to build an AI career co-pilot for professionals.
To learn more about Marvin and the latest at Prefect, join the company's 25,000+ member Slack community and follow on Twitter at @PrefectIO. You can also learn more about Prefect's culture and how to join the team here. You can also read more from both Adam Azzam and Jeremiah Lowin on their newly launched Substack called FactsMachine.
About Prefect
Prefect is an orchestration platform that enables data engineers to build, automatically run, and monitor complex pipelines at scale. Prefect is used by organizations of all sizes across the globe, and thousands of community members support its open-source code base. For more information on Prefect, visit https://www.prefect.io.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) ("Volaris" or "The Company"), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, today announces its financial results for the third quarter 2022[1].
Third Quarter 2022 Highlights[2]
(All figures are reported in U.S. dollars and compared to 3Q 2021 unless otherwise noted)
Volaris reported double-digit growth in revenue, maintained CASM ex-fuel at industry-leading levels, and finished the quarter with a healthy balance sheet. Volaris will continue to take advantage of its flexible network strategy and stimulate demand through its resilient ULCC model.
- Total operating revenue of $769 million, a 20% increase. Total revenue per available seat mile (TRASM) decreased 2.4% to $8.2 cents.
- Total operating expenses of $734 million, a 52% increase. Total operating expenses per available seat mile (CASM) increased 24% to $7.85 cents, while CASM ex-fuel decreased 0.5% to $4.07 cents. Average economic fuel cost increased 72.2% to $3.96 per gallon.
- Net income of $40 million. Earnings per share of $0.03 and earnings per ADS of $0.30.
- EBITDAR of $175 million, a 33% decrease. EBITDAR margin was 22.8%, a decrease of 18.1 percentage points.
- Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash position totaled $750 million, representing 28% of the last twelve months' total operating revenue.
- Net debt-to-LTM EBITDAR ratio of 3.4 times.
"We have consistently anticipated strong demand in our visiting friends-and-relatives and leisure markets - markets which show no signs of a slowdown. ASMs grew by 22% for the third quarter compared to 2021 and by 48% compared to 2019. Our strategically planned growth has been both consistent and profitable.
While typically we see load factor peak in July and reductions towards the end of Summer, in this year our load factors increased every month in the third quarter, from 84.7% in July, to 84.9% in August, and reached an all-time monthly record high of 87.4% in September. Forward bookings are solid, and we expect to maintain a strong load factor for the remainder of the year, while CASM ex-fuel for the third quarter was under control despite inflationary pressures" said Enrique Beltranena, Chief Executive Officer.
Third Quarter 2022 Financial and Operations Highlights[3]
(All figures are reported in U.S. dollars and compared to 3Q 2021 unless otherwise noted)
*Note: Figures are rounded for convenience purposes. Further detail found in financial & operating indicators.
(1) Excludes fuel expense, redelivery expense and sale and lease-back gains.
(2) Reconciliation of CASM to Adjusted CASM ex fuel:
Total operating revenue in the quarter was $769 million, a 20% increase, driven by higher capacity, strong load factors, and seasonality. Moreover, demand has remained strong throughout the quarter with healthy booking curves notwithstanding certain headwinds (high inflation, economic and political uncertainty) occurring in the markets where Volaris operates.
Volaris transported 8.1 million passengers in the quarter, an increase of 22.2%. Domestic and international passengers increased 22.7% and 20.2%, respectively; total capacity, in terms of available seat miles (ASMs), increased 22% to 9.4 billion. Load factor reached 85.6%, 0.2 percentage points higher than the same period in 2021.
TRASM decreased 2.4% to $8.2 cents in the quarter. Average base fare was $56, a decrease of 1.8%. Ancillary revenue per passenger was $39, a 2.5% decrease. Ancillary revenue represented 41% of total operating revenue, the same level as third quarter 2021. Total operating revenue per passenger decreased 2.1% to $95.
Total operating expenses in the quarter were $734 million, a 52% increase, driven by higher fuel costs and major maintenance. The average economic fuel cost increased 72.2% to $3.96 per gallon in the period. CASM totaled $7.85 cents, 24% higher when compared to same period of 2021. CASM ex-fuel decreased 0.5% to $4.07 cents due to Volaris' disciplined cost control and increased utilization per aircraft. Adjusted CASM ex-fuel decreased 4.5% to $3.78 cents.
Comprehensive financing result represented a loss of $44 million in the third quarter of 2022, compared to a loss of $48 million in the same period of 2021. This result was impacted by higher interest rates.
In the third quarter, the average exchange rate was Ps.20.24 per US dollar, a 1.1% and 1.0% depreciation compared to the third quarter 2021 and second quarter of 2022, respectively. At the end of the quarter, the exchange rate stood at Ps.20.31 per US dollar.
Income tax benefit was $49 million, compared to the $32 million expenses posted in the third quarter of 2021.
Net income in the quarter was $40 million, with earnings per share of $0.03 and earnings per ADS of $0.30. In the same period of 2021. In the same period of 2021. Net income was $76 million with earnings per share of $0.06 and earnings per ADS of $0.60.
EBITDAR was $175 million, a decrease of 33%, negatively impacted by higher fuel and landing, take-offs, and navigation expenses. EBITDAR margin was 22.8%, a decrease of 18.1 percentage points.
Balance Sheet, Liquidity and Capital Allocation
As of September 30th, 2022, Volaris required $9 million of cash for the third quarter, closing with $750 million in cash and cash equivalents, representing 28% of the last twelve months total operating revenue. Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $88 million, while cash outflows in investing and financing activities were $51 million and $46 million respectively. Positive net foreign exchange remained unchanged.
On September 30th, 2022, net debt was $2,151 million, which included $242 million of financial debt, $2,659 million of leasing liabilities, and less cash, cash equivalents and restricted position of $750 million. The net debt-to-LTM EBITDAR ratio was 3.4 times, compared to 2.9 times in the second quarter 2022.
Full Year 2022 Outlook
The Company expects to continue with its growth plans despite the global macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges faced throughout the year, while servicing the robust demand seen within its current network.
Volaris' full year 2022 guidance. Of note, the Company expects:
- ASM growth of 25% compared to 2021.
- Operating revenue in the range of $2.8 to $3.0 billion.
- CASM ex-fuel increase of approximately 1% compared to 2021.
- EBITDAR margin in the low twenties.
- And finally, CAPEX of $145 million.
This outlook assumes a full year average USD/MXN rate between Ps.20.25 to Ps.20.30 and an average economic fuel price between $3.85 to $3.90 per gallon; it also assumes no significant unexpected disruptions related to COVID-19, macroeconomic factors, or other negative impacts on its business. The Company's Full Year 2022 Outlook is based on a number of assumptions, including the foregoing, that are subject to change and may be outside the control of the Company. If actual results vary from these assumptions, the Company's expectations may change. There can be no assurances that Volaris will achieve these results.
Fleet
During the third quarter, the Company redelivered one A319ceo in September and incorporated one new A320neo to its fleet. As of September 30th, 2022, Volaris' fleet was composed of 113 aircraft (5 A319s, 87 A320s and 21 A321s), of which 51% are New Engine Option (NEO) models. Volaris' fleet had an average of 190 seats per aircraft and an average age of 5.5 years. The Company plans to end 2022 with approximately 116 aircraft.
Investors are urged to carefully read the Company's periodic reports filed with or provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission for additional information regarding the Company.
Investor Relations Contact:
Ricardo Martínez / ir@volaris.com
Media Contact:
Gabriela Fernández / gabriela.fernandez@volaris.com
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About Volaris:
*Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Volaris" or the "Company") (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), is an ultra-low-cost carrier, with point-to-point operations, serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America. Volaris offers low base fares to build its market, providing quality service and extensive customer choice. Since the beginning of operations in March 2006, Volaris has increased its routes from 5 to more than 196 and its fleet from 4 to 114 aircraft. Volaris offers more than 500 daily flight segments on routes that connect 43 cities in Mexico and 28 cities in the United States, Central and South America with the youngest fleet in Mexico. Volaris targets passengers who are visiting friends and relatives, cost-conscious business and leisure travelers in Mexico, the United States, Central and South America. Volaris has received the ESR Award for Social Corporate Responsibility for thirteen consecutive years. For more information, please visit: www.volaris.com.
Forward-looking Statements:
Statements in this release contain various forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's expectations, beliefs or projections concerning future events and financial trends affecting the financial condition of our business. When used in this release, the words "expects," "intends," "estimates," "predicts," "plans," "anticipates," "indicates," "believes," "forecast," "guidance," "potential," "outlook," "may," "continue," "will," "should," "seeks," "targets" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements that describe the Company's objectives, plans or goals, or actions the Company may take in the future, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's full year outlook and intentions and expectations regarding the delivery schedule of aircraft on order, amount of aircrafts at year end, amount of forward bookings during the holiday season, ability to maintain the load factor, announced new service routes and customer savings programs. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee or assurance of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to several factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations, including the competitive environment in the airline industry; the Company's ability to keep costs low; changes in fuel costs; the impact of worldwide economic conditions on customer travel behavior; the Company's ability to generate non-ticket revenue; and government regulation. Additional information concerning these, and other factors is contained in the Company's US Securities and Exchange Commission filings. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable law. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
Supplemental information on Non-IFRS measures
We evaluate our financial performance by using various financial measures that are not performance measures under International Financial Reporting Standards ("non-IFRS measures"). These non-IFRS measures include CASM, CASM ex-fuel, Adjusted CASM ex-fuel, EBITDAR and Net debt-to-LTM EBITDAR. We define CASM as total operating expenses by available seat mile. We define CASM ex-fuel as total operating expenses by available seat mile, excluding fuel expense. We define Adjusted CASM ex fuel as total operating expenses by available seat mile, excluding fuel expense, redelivery expense and sale and lease back gains. We define EBITDAR as earnings before interest, income tax, depreciation and amortization, depreciation of right of use assents and aircraft and engine variable lease expenses. We define Net debt-to-LTM EBITDAR as Net debt divided by LTM EBITDAR.
These non-IFRS measures are provided as supplemental information to the financial information presented in this release that is calculated and presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), because we believe that they, in conjunction with the IFRS financial information, provide useful information to management's, analysts' and investors' overall understanding of our operating performance.
Because non-IFRS measures are not calculated in accordance with IFRS, they should not be considered superior to and are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related IFRS measures presented in this release and may not be the same as or comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies due to possible differences in the method of calculation and in the items being adjusted.
We encourage investors to review our financial statements and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in their entirety for additional information regarding the Company and not to rely on any single financial measure.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
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Reconciliation of total ancillary revenue per passenger
The following table shows quarterly additional detail about the components of total ancillary revenue:
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Reconciliation of total ancillary revenue per passenger
The following table shows the nine months of the year additional detail about the components of total ancillary revenue:
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows – Cash Flow Data Summary
[1] The financial information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
[2] As of January 1, 2022, all figures are reported in U.S. dollars.
[3] As of January 1, 2022, all figures are reported in U.S. dollars.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state’s Republican majority had largely met with silence until now.
In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly looking into Paxton recommended impeaching the state’s top lawyer on 20 articles, including bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust. The House could vote on the recommendation as soon as Friday. If it impeaches Paxton, he would be forced to leave office immediately.
The move sets up what could be a remarkably sudden downfall for one of the GOP’s most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory. Only two officials in Texas’ nearly 200-year history have been impeached.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor. He was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, but has yet to stand trial.
When the five-member committee’s investigation came to light Tuesday, Paxton suggested it was a political attack by the House’s “liberal” Republican speaker, Dade Phelan. He called for Phelan’s resignation and accused him of being drunk during a marathon session last Friday. Phelan’s office brushed off the accusation as Paxton attempting to “save face.”
“It’s is a sad day for Texas as we witness the corrupt political establishment unite in this illegitimate attempt to overthrow the will of the people and disenfranchise the voters of our state,” Paxton said in a statement Thursday, calling the committee’s findings “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims.”
By moving against him, Paxton said, “The RINOs in the Texas Legislature are now on the same side as Joe Biden.”
Impeachment requires a majority vote of the state’s usually 150-member House chamber, which Republicans now control 85-64, since a GOP representative resigned ahead of an expected vote to expel him.
It’s unclear how many supporters Paxton may have in the House, where he served five terms before becoming a state senator. Since the prospect of impeachment suddenly emerged Wednesday, none of Texas’ other top Republicans have voiced support for Paxton.
The articles of impeachment issued by the investigative committee, which include three Republicans and two Democrats, stem largely from Paxton’s relationship with one of his wealthy donors. They deal heavily with Paxton’s alleged efforts to protect the donor from an FBI investigation and his attempts to thwart whistleblower complaints brought by his own staff.
The timing of a vote by the House is unclear. Rep. Andrew Murr, the Republican chair of the investigative committee, said he did not have a timeline and Phelan’s office declined to comment.
Unlike in Congress, impeachment in Texas requires immediate removal from office until a trial is held in the Senate. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott could appoint an interim replacement. Abbott’s office did not respond to requests for comment on the impeachment counts.
Final removal would require two-thirds support in the Senate, where Paxton’s wife’s, Angela, is a member. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican and leader of the Senate, did not respond to requests for comment.
Paxton, 60, faces ouster at the hands of GOP lawmakers just seven months after easily winning a third term over challengers — among them George P. Bush — who had urged voters to reject a compromised incumbent but discovered that many didn’t know about Paxton’s litany of alleged misdeeds or dismissed the accusations as political attacks.
The attorney general characterized his potential impeachment as “a critical moment for the rule of law and will of Texas voters.”
Even with Monday’s end of the regular session approaching, state law allows the House to keep working on impeachment proceedings. It also could call itself back into session later. The Senate has the same options.
In one sense, Paxton’s political peril arrived with dizzying speed: The House committee investigation came to light Tuesday, followed the next day by an extraordinary public airing of alleged criminal acts he committed as one of Texas’ most powerful figures.
But to Paxton’s detractors, who now include a widening share of his own party in the Texas Capitol, the rebuke was years in the making.
In 2014, he admitted to violating Texas securities law over not registering as an investment advisor while soliciting clients. A year later, Paxton was indicted on felony securities charges by a grand jury in his hometown near Dallas, where he was accused of defrauding investors in a tech startup. He has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts that carry a potential sentence of five to 99 years in prison.
He opened a legal defense fund and accepted $100,000 from an executive whose company was under investigation by Paxton’s office for Medicaid fraud. An additional $50,000 was donated by an Arizona retiree whose son Paxton later hired to a high-ranking job but was soon fired after trying to make a point by displaying child pornography in a meeting.
But has unleashed the most serious risk to Paxton is his relationship with another wealthy donor, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.
Several of Paxton’s top aides in 2020 told the FBI that they had became concerned the attorney general was misusing the powers of his office to help Paul over unproven claims that an elaborate conspiracy to steal $200 million of his properties was afoot. The FBI searched Paul’s home in 2019 but he has not been charged and his attorneys have denied wrongdoing. Paxton also told staff members that he had an affair with a woman who, it later emerged, worked for Paul.
The impeachment charges cover myriad accusations related to Paxton’s dealings with Paul. The allegations include attempts to interfere in foreclosure lawsuits and improperly issuing legal opinions to benefit Paul, and firing, harassing and interfering with staff who reported what was going on. The bribery charges stem from Paul allegedly employing the woman with whom Paxton had an affair in exchange for legal help and Paul allegedly paying for expensive renovations to Paxton’s Austin home.
Other charges date back to Paxton’s still-pending 2015 felony securities fraud indictment, including lying to state investigators.
The eight aides who reported Paxton to the FBI were all fired or quit, and four later sued under Texas’ whistleblower law, In February, Paxton agreed to settle the case for $3.3 million. But the Texas House must approve the payout and Phelan has said he doesn’t think taxpayers should foot the bill.
Shortly after the settlement was reached, the House investigation into Paxton began. The probe amounted to rare scrutiny of Paxton in the state Capitol, where many Republicans have long taken a muted posture about the accusations that have dogged him.
Only twice has the Texas House impeached a sitting official: Gov. James Ferguson in 1917 and state Judge O.P. Carrillo in 1975.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that impeachment requires a majority, not a two-thirds, vote of the Texas House.
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Growth rates slowing as online shopping matures
CLEVELAND, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- E-commerce sales for all channels in the US are forecast to advance 7.7% per annum in nominal terms through 2026, according to E-Commerce: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Retailers will benefit from the continued popularity of shopping from home, as well as increasing disposable personal income levels and consumer access to credit. Brick-and-mortar retailers will continue using e-commerce to augment sales and give consumers the option of picking up or returning items at stores, representing ongoing efforts to perfect their omnichannel strategies. Sales originating from mobile devices (sometimes called "m-commerce") are projected to climb at an above average pace due to increasing popularity and the convenience of shopping from a mobile phone. However, sales are expected to slow from historical rates as e-commerce advances along the adoption curve. Faster advances will be restrained by an elevated 2021 base year, caused by a surge in e-commerce spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. Older consumers, who may be less comfortable using internet shopping methods, and those without reliable internet access will remain a constraint on channel penetration.
These and other key insights are featured in E-Commerce: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US e-commerce retail sales in nominal US dollars for electronic shopping and mail-order houses. Sales are segmented by merchandise line in terms of:
- apparel and accessories
- electronics and appliances
- furniture and furnishings
- multimedia and software
- health, beauty, and drug
- recreation goods
- food and beverages
- office equipment and supplies
- other merchandise such as collectibles, hardware, and jewelry
- nonmerchandise receipts such as advertising, commissions, customer support, and shipping and handling
This report also shows e-commerce retail sales segmented by type of establishment as follows:
- e-shopping and mail-order houses
- motor vehicle dealers and parts stores
- clothing and accessory stores
- food and beverage stores
- general hardware stores
- recreation goods stores
- electronics and appliances stores
- other establishments such as furniture and home furnishings stores, health and personal care stores, and general merchandise stores
To illustrate historical trends, e-commerce retail sales, total retail sales, and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
For the purposes of this report, e-commerce refers to sales arranged over the internet, including mobile (m-commerce). Payment may or may not be made via the internet. This report excludes business-to-business (B2B) sales of new and used merchandise, as well as spending on multimedia streaming services. Electronic activities of the agriculture, construction, and mining sectors, as well as non-merchant wholesalers and parts of the service sector, are also excluded.
This report includes the results of a proprietary national online consumer survey of US adults (age 18+). The Freedonia Focus Reports National Online Consumer Survey has a sample size of approximately 1,799, screened for response quality, and representative of the US population on the demographic measures of age, gender, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence/absence of children in the household.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino wagering along with it.
Speaking Wednesday at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City, industry executives and legislators from gambling states offered various explanations for why internet gambling has yet to expand beyond a handful of eastern states.
Internet gambling is legal in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia; Nevada offers online poker but not casino games.
By contrast, 33 states plus Washington, D.C. offer legal sports betting.
“It’s a mystery to me why we have 30 or so states that have sports wagering, and only six that allow I-gaming,” said Lloyd Levenson, an attorney who represents many Atlantic City casino companies. “You have to scratch your head as to why.”
Shawn Fluharty, the minority whip of the Werst Virginia House of Delegates, said the disparity is surprising because internet gambling brings in much more money than sports betting does. He said in his state, it takes three months of sports betting revenue to match a single month of online casino revenue.
Some in the gambling industry, as well as in state houses around the country, continue to fear that authorizing internet gambling will cannibalize revenue that would otherwise go to brick-and-mortar casinos — even though the experience of states like New Jersey has shown that not to be the case.
Internet gambling brought in $1.6 billion in New Jersey in 2022, up more than 21% from a year earlier. Atlantic City’s nine casinos won nearly $2.8 billion from in-person gamblers, an increase of 9% from the previous year.
Indiana state Sen. Jon Ford said his state tried unsuccessfully to pass internet gambling this year, an effort that was at least partly undone by an analytical report from legislative researchers that worried that online gambling would eat into revenue from brick and mortar casinos to an unacceptable extent.
“I question the validity of that report,” he said, adding he plans to try again next year to get the bill passed.
Howard Glaser, global head of government affairs with Light & Wonder, the gambling equipment manufacturer, said efforts to expand internet gambling are “dead in every state this year.”
“Where we run into a problem is there is a realization that this is about revenue — who gets a piece of the pie?” he said.
Glaser said many casino companies are reluctant to give a perceived foothold to companies “that they view as an existential threat. There’s a fight for dominance within the casino industry about who gets growth.”
Fluharty said about 65% of the country is governed by Republican-controlled state legislatures, a group he said is less likely to favor gambling at all, let along expanding it.
But he and others said that with federal pandemic-related aid coming to a close, states will once again be looking for money to avoid raising taxes. That should give internet gambling another look in many places, they said.
Panelists agreed that New York and Indiana are among the states most likely to add internet gambling in the next two years. Fluharty also said states that recently adopted sports betting might also be likely to add internet gambling, including Ohio.
“There’s been a push in New York; this just wasn’t the year to get it done,” said Jordan Bender, a senior equity research analyst with JMP Securities. “That’s a market we estimate can get to $3 billion, That’s a massive, massive number.”
Duane Bouligny, a managing director with Wells Fargo Bank, said Texas remains a longshot possibility.
“There has been a shift in tone in the last two or three years, where there is a future for gaming in Texas,” he said, adding he does not expect it to happen anytime soon.
Other possibilities include Iowa or Illinois, they said.
Siobhan Lane, CEO of Gaming for Light & Wonder, said she is optimistic about the likely expansion of internet gambling.
“I-gaming is still in its infancy in the U.S.,” she said. “We know that will change. The revenues being generated in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan are just far too great for other states to ignore for long.”
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This story was first published on April 19, 2023. It was updated on April 20, 2023, to correct the title of Siobhan Lane of Light & Wonder. She is CEO of Gaming for the company, not CEO of the company.
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News Highlights:
- Qnovo, an award-winning battery intelligence software provider, announces a new collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors.
- NXP will offer Qnovo's new SpectralX© Battery Management Software in its e-mobility enablement solutions for electric vehicles, including two-wheeled and other EVs.
- SpectralX reduces charging times to ~20 minutes, improves range by up to 10 percent, extends battery life cycle to nearly 1M km and targets zero battery thermal events in electric vehicles.
- Today at 5pm Stuttgart | 9:30pm Mumbai | 11am Detroit, Qnovo and NXP will host a 30 minute web conference that media and analysts are encouraged to attend. Register online here.
MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qnovo, the market leader in e-mobility battery management software, today announced a collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI), a world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications. NXP will offer Qnovo's new innovation for electrified mobility, SpectralX©, in its e-mobility enablement solutions for electric vehicles (EV) in 2023. SpectralX is intelligent battery management system (BMS) software that uses predictive analytics to improve battery performance, range, and safety in several types of EVs with any type of lithium-ion battery.
Qnovo is working with NXP on a reference design to ensure the seamless integration of Qnovo's software with the NXP BMS and onboard charger hardware. A validated design means software, hardware and tools work together, reducing development costs for electric vehicles. In addition, it makes fast charging possible without compromising battery health. SpectralX also adds predictive capabilities to NXP's BMS and supports swappable batteries. SpectralX has a small memory footprint that leaves room for other features, while the NXP secure boot prevents code tampering and enables secure code delivery, the key to mass-market adoption.
"The growing demand for energy-efficient modes of transport is directly boosting the growth rate of the electric two- and three-wheeler market and battery software optimization offered by Qnovo will strengthen our system solutions," said Robert Li, NXP's Vice President and General Manager, Product Line Driver and Energy Systems. "Its edge software is particularly suited to emerging markets, where cloud access to manage batteries remotely is not guaranteed."
SpectralX is a software-only solution that works as an application layer in the operating system, residing on top of a manufacturer's existing BMS with an efficient footprint, deploying in a matter of weeks in a vehicle. With the addition of Qnovo's Battery Genome©, a data library of battery models for a broad range of cell chemistries and manufacturers, helps automate the cell selection process and save time in battery qualification.
"Our collaboration with NXP will help resolve some of the major barriers to the market adoption of electric vehicles, especially in emerging markets," said Nadim Maluf, CEO and Co-Founder of Qnovo. "This collaboration builds on our work with the world's top automotive OEMs, addressing range anxiety, safety and battery charging time concerns."
This collaboration with NXP comes on the heels of Qnovo's announcement at CES 2023 that Vanderhall Motor Works will be using SpectralX© in its EVs. Vanderhall aims to deploy the solution to multiple all-electric vehicles the company will be launching globally in 2023.
Qnovo is redefining the foundation of mobility and technology for a more resilient and mobile future—the lithium-ion battery. Since 2010, Qnovo has enabled the electrification revolution with its intelligent battery management software and predictive analytics that improves the performance of electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and consumer devices with enhanced health and safety. Qnovo is working with the world's top automotive OEMs, holds over 50 patents in the space, and the first generation of Qnovo technology is on more than 150 million smartphones worldwide. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California. Its investors include BorgWarner, OGCI Climate Investments, Constellation Technology Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and RockPort Capital. Visit www.qnovo.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care, declining to use the case to broadly limit the right to sue government workers.
The man's family went to court alleging that he was given drugs to keep him easier to manage in violation of his rights. The justices had been asked to use his case to limit the ability of people to use a federal law to sue for civil rights violations. That outcome could have left tens of millions of people participating in federal programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, without an avenue to go to court to enforce their rights.
The Supreme Court has previously said that a section of federal law — “Section 1983” — broadly gives people the right to sue state and local governments when their employees violate rights created by any federal statute.
The court by a 7-2 vote reiterated that Thursday, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing that Section 1983 “can presumptively be used to enforce unambiguously conferred federal individual rights." Both liberal and conservative justices joined her majority opinion while conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.
The court had been asked to say that when Congress creates a federal spending program — giving states money to provide services such as Medicare and Medicaid — they shouldn’t face lawsuits from individuals under Section 1983. The court rejected that invitation.
The specific case the justices heard involves the interaction of Section 1983 and the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, a 1987 law that outlines requirements for nursing homes that accept federal Medicare and Medicaid funds. The court was being asked to answer whether a person can use Section 1983 to go to court with claims their rights under the nursing home act are violated. The answer is yes, the court said.
The Biden administration had argued to the high court that Congress did not intend to allow Section 1983 lawsuits when it enacted the nursing home legislation.
The case in front of the court involved Gorgi Talevski, who was a resident of Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation, a government nursing home in Indiana. His family said the nursing home found it difficult to care for Talevski, and so gave him powerful drugs to restrain him, then involuntarily transferred him to another facility. The facility says Talevski repeatedly acted violently and in a sexually aggressive manner and that drugs were prescribed by doctors.
Talevski’s family sued under Section 1983, saying his rights had been violated. A trial court dismissed the case, but a federal court of appeals said it could proceed. Talevski died in 2021.
The opinion was one of four the court issued Thursday, including a 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in Alabama in a congressional redistricting case. That case had been closely watched for its potential to weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/supreme-court-rules-for-nursing-home-patients-family-declines-to-limit-civil-rights-lawsuits/SZJ4SZPRIZBSHPDGZSEF76NJCM/ | 2023-06-08 19:43:20 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/supreme-court-rules-for-nursing-home-patients-family-declines-to-limit-civil-rights-lawsuits/SZJ4SZPRIZBSHPDGZSEF76NJCM/ |
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belarussian pro-democracy campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person in the 121-year history of the Nobel Prizes to receive the award while in prison or detention.
Bialiatski, 60, who founded the non-governmental organization Human Rights Center Viasna, was detained following protests in 2020 against the re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He remains in jail without trial and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted.
Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen urged Belarus to release Bialiatski but acknowledged that chances of that happening in time for the Dec. 10 award ceremony were slim.
Here is a look at what happened to the other Nobel Peace Prize winners who were in captivity when they were awarded the prize.
CARL VON OSSIETZKY
The German journalist, a staunch opponent of militarism, was imprisoned for exposing secret plans for German rearmament in the 1920s. He was released after seven months but arrested again and sent to a concentration camp after the Nazis took power in 1933. Despite a campaign to set him free, the government refused to release Ossietzky, who was ill with tuberculosis.
His 1935 Nobel Peace Prize made Nazi leader Adolf Hitler so furious that he prohibited all Germans from receiving Nobel prizes.
According to biographical notes on the Nobel website, Ossietzky was barred from traveling to Norway to accept the award and was kept under surveillance at a civilian hospital until his death in 1938. He was the first Nobel peace laureate to die in captivity.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
The Myanmar opposition leader was under house arrest for participating in anti-government protests when she was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Her husband and sons accepted the award on her behalf.
The Nobel helped galvanize international support for Suu Kyi, but she remained in on-and-off house arrest until her release in 2010.
She eventually became Myanmar’s leader, but her peace prize glory faded and she faced criticism for ignoring and sometimes defending atrocities by the military, including a 2017 crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Suu Kyi was detained again when the military ousted her elected government in 2021 and remains imprisoned, despite calls for her release by the Norwegian Nobel Committee and others.
LIU XIAOBO
The decision to give imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 deeply angered Beijing, which reacted by suspending trade negotiations with Norway.
Liu was serving an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion by advocating sweeping political reforms and greater human rights in China. No friend or relative was able to accept the award on his behalf. His wife was placed under house arrest and dozens of his supporters were prevented from leaving the country.
Liu’s absence was famously marked by an empty chair at the award ceremony in Oslo. The award prompted world, leaders including President Barack Obama, to call for Liu’s release, but to no avail. He died from liver cancer in 2017. | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-bialiatski-joins-small-group-of-jailed-nobel-peace-laureates/ | 2022-10-08 12:21:36 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-bialiatski-joins-small-group-of-jailed-nobel-peace-laureates/ |
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green apologized to the team a day after fighting with teammate Jordan Poole during practice, general manager Bob Myers said.
Poole practiced Thursday while Green didn’t, and Myers said any potential discipline would be handled internally. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Green will be away from the team again Friday and expects him to return Saturday.
Myers said he doesn’t anticipate Green missing any games for Wednesday’s altercation.
“Everybody’s fine,” Myers said, saying the team is lucky nobody got hurt. “Look, it’s the NBA, professional sports, these things happen. Nobody likes it. We don’t condone it, but it happened.
“Draymond apologized to the team this morning, Jordan was there in the room, I was there in room with the team, the coaches, the players and we heard that.”
The Athletic first reported the scuffle, saying Green struck Poole. Myers said “space is good” regarding Green not practicing and going home after he addressed the team.
The fiery Green, a four-time NBA champion and four-time All-Star, has long been considered the emotional leader of the Warriors. He’s been willing to get into it with his teammates when he feels appropriate. There is a “tough love” element to every team, Myers said, noting “Draymond is absolutely a leader on this team.”
“It’s unfortunate, I’m not going to deny it,” Myers said. “It’ll take some time to move through, but we’ll move through it and move forward and I’m confident that we will. We’ve got a good team, we’ve got good leadership, we’ve got some guys that have been here a long time.
“This isn’t our first thing that’s happened, first sense of adversity, we’ve been through some of this before. Don’t like going through it, but it’s part of the NBA and it’s part of sports.”
Poole’s representatives are in discussions with Myers about a contract extension ahead of the Oct. 17 deadline, one day before the defending NBA champions open the season at home against the Lakers.
Both Poole and Andrew Wiggins insisted on media day their unsettled contract situations were not the top thing on their mind going into the preseason. Myers said he didn’t consider this dustup as something that was about “who’s getting paid and who isn’t, I don’t sense that.” Kerr praised Poole’s spirit throughout camp.
Golden State is back in the Bay Area this week and on the practice floor in San Francisco after a pair of preseason wins in Japan against the Wizards.
Myers doesn’t expect the incident to have a lingering effect on his team.
“First, like anything you want to make sure everybody’s OK, that’s the No. 1 thing,” Myers said. “After that, nobody likes these things, so how do you move forward? There’s a process to these things, there’s apologies, there’s time.”
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Reports that Instagram was down spiked Monday morning as users complained that their accounts had been suspended for no apparent reason.
Down Detector, a site that tracks user reports of site outages, showed a spike in reports about Instagram starting around 9 a.m. Eastern. By 9:45 a.m., the site showed more than 6,500 outage reports.
In a familiar pattern for social media platform issues, Instagram users turned to Twitter to ask if others were having the same problem. "#instagramdown" was quickly trending in the United States.
Users complained that they didn't know why the suspension happened. Screenshots showed a message on the Instagram app informing users that their account "doesn't follow our Community Guidelines" and that 30 days remained to contest the decision.
Meta, the company that owns Instagram and Facebook, did not immediately reply to an email requesting comment. Instagram's official Twitter account acknowledged the reports, saying the issue is under investigation.
"We're aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account," the company wrote. "We're looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience."
The Instagram issues began popping up several hours after Crowdtangle, an insights tool also owned by Meta, alerted many of its users that their access had been revoked for supposedly violating the terms of service. Crowdtangle explained an "automated message" had been sent out by mistake.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. ("17EdTech" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of 17EdTech investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded 17EdTech securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
YQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the Company's initial public offering; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in 17EdTech during the relevant time frame, you have until September 19, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it has reached a preliminary agreement to provide Sri Lanka with $2.9 billion over four years to help it recover from its worst economic crisis.
The arrangement will help restore financial and macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability as well as enable the country’s growth potential, an IMF team visiting Sri Lanka said in a statement.
The package is contingent on approval from the IMF management and executive board, as well as on receiving assurances from Sri Lanka’s creditors, which include China, India and Japan, that debt sustainability will be restored.
Speaking to reporters in Colombo, the IMF’s Peter Breuer said that since Sri Lanka’s debt is currently unsustainable, the lender will need to see an engagement between the country and its creditors before it can commit resources. “If creditors are not willing to provide these assurances, that will deepen the crisis in Sri Lanka and would undermine its repayment capacity,” he said.
He said a collaboration between the creditors and Sri Lanka will help the nation emerge from the crisis faster, and suggested holding a forum between the two sides on restructuring its debts.
Sri Lanka is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis with acute monthslong shortages of essentials such as fuel, medicine and cooking gas due to a severe shortage of foreign currency. Though cooking gas supplies were restored through World Bank support, shortages of fuel, critical medicines and some food items continue.
The island nation has suspended repayment of nearly $7 billion in foreign debt due this year. The country’s total foreign debt amounts to more than $51 billion, of which $28 billion has to be repaid by 2028.
Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to shrink by 8.7% in 2022 with inflation rising above 60%, the IMF said, adding that the impact is greatest on the poor and vulnerable.
The lender said its package will focus on stabilizing the economy, protecting the livelihoods of citizens and helping spur growth. Key elements include major tax and energy pricing reforms, raising social spending, replenishing foreign exchange reserves and introducing a stronger anti-corruption legal framework.
On Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said talks with the IMF had successfully reached final stages as he presented an interim budget aimed at obtaining a rescue package. Measures outlined included raising some taxes, slashing capital expenditures, taming inflation and bolstering relief programs.
Wickremesinghe delivered his first budget proposal after being elected by Parliament in July to fill the rest of the five-year term of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July and resigned after protesters who blame him and his family for the crisis stormed his official residence.
Wickremesinghe said the United Nations and other international organizations have launched a program to ensure food security. Schools have reopened and universities have resumed classes after long closures, he said. However, long fuel lines have reappeared after a quota system seemed to have brought them under control over the past weeks.
In his budget speech, Wickremesinghe said his administration’s fiscal program will strive to increase government revenue to around 15% of GDP by 2025, cut public sector debt, control inflation and increase the value added tax to 15% from the current 12%.
The new budget came amid a relative calm following months of public protests that ousted the once-powerful Rajapaksa political dynasty. Sri Lanka’s crisis was made worse by global factors such as the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but many have accused the Rajapaksas of severe economic mismanagement and corruption that pushed the country into bankruptcy.
Rajapaksa is now in Thailand. Leaders of his political party say he is expected to return from exile early in September and have asked Wickremesinghe to provide him with security and facilities to which a former president is legally entitled.
Since becoming president, Wickremesinghe has cracked down on protesters and dismantled their main camp outside the president’s office. The use of a harsh anti-terror law to detain a protest leader led to the United States and European Union raising human rights concerns.
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Lili Reinhart leads parallel lives in the trailer for Look Both Ways.
The Netflix film sees Lili's character Natalie take two very different life paths. There's the Natalie who accidentally gets pregnant after having sex with her friend (Danny Ramirez) and moves home to Austin, Tex. to raise her baby. It's not the life Natalie imagined for herself, but it's not bad either.
On the flip side, there's the Natalie who moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream career, having made it through a pregnancy scare. It's exciting and just what she wanted, but it also has its downsides.
"Everybody has that moment in their life," Natalie's boss, played by Nia Long, tells her in the trailer, "where they have to decide what's most important to them."
And though it's hard to accept, Natalie learns, "It's not just one moment that defines your life, it's all the moments."
Director Wanuri Kahiu wanted to highlight the different but equally satisfying paths women take in their lives. "On both sides, it is about women striving for excellence and that is what drew me to it," she told the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in August 2021. "Either through motherhood or artistry, it is about women striving for excellence. That is the most important thing and that is the big takeaway and why I wanted to be part of the project."
Wanuri noted that while filming the movie, she realized there isn't as much support for mothers in the workplace, saying, "The number of women who have been forced out of the industry because they are mothers and because they could not keep up the challenges of both work and being a mother is devastating."
So Wanuri hopes to uplift those who want to do it all with Look Both Ways, which she described as "an incredible story about women's resilience."
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Team JAKSTAT uses analytics and machine learning to allot government aid to Jakarta's small businesses
CARY, N.C., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a conundrum faced by governments worldwide amid COVID-19 economic turbulence: how to distribute relief funds for maximum impact. During the month-long 2022 SAS Hackathon, a team of Indonesian data scientists and technology enthusiasts developed a solution now being implemented in Jakarta. Team JAKSTAT's platform, powered by machine learning, optimizes relief distribution to the region's millions of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that drive Indonesia's economy.
"Optimizing the allocation of COVID relief is a challenge faced the world over," said Einar Halvorsen, Global Hackathon Lead at SAS. "JAKSTAT's hack isn't just an impressive work of innovation in and of itself; it sparks innovation amongst Jakarta's entrepreneurs and advances economic resiliency for the entire country. We're thrilled to recognize JAKSTAT as the overall winner of the SAS Hackathon."
SAS declared JAKSTAT's victory at the opening of AI and analytics conference SAS Explore 2022. The free, virtual event for data and analytics practitioners of all skill levels runs Sept. 27-29.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, entered an even graver recession than expected in 2020. From food merchants to motorcycle repair shops, 97 percent of Indonesia's workforce are employed at MSMEs, making COVID-19 aid to this sector crucial. Jakarta's government needed to prioritize strategic investment, giving the most relief to the MSMEs whose growth would enhance economic stability.
In 2022, team JAKSTAT entered the all-digital SAS Hackathon, where they and all competing teams received their own mentor, networking and collaborative opportunities, and a learning portal with numerous educational resources. The team, led by Muhammad Iqbal of SAS partner StarCore Analytics, used artificial intelligence (AI) and data modeling to empower Jakarta's government to make decisions on which types of businesses to send the most aid.
In COVID-19's wake, more than 287,000 MSMEs joined JakPreneur, a collaborative government platform dedicated to linking entrepreneurs and stakeholders and encouraging MSME resilience. JAKSTAT leveraged this data to begin their project.
JAKSTAT used SAS® Viya® to cover the end-to-end steps of the machine learning lifecycle. They began by collecting and validating data from JakPreneur, then integrated other data sources to provide a unified view of Jakarta's MSME landscape.
Next, the team applied AI to identify clusters of MSMEs, and used automated data streaming and scoring for real-time response. In collaboration with economists and the Provincial Government of Jakarta, JAKSTAT took their data-backed profiles of enterprises to answer real-world questions. By simply inputting an investment in rupiahs into one type of business, a user could see an output of expected GDP growth, all rendered in accessible graphics.
"The scope, timeliness and impact of this project demonstrates how, with the right skillset and the right tools, data can be transformed into real-world solutions and value," said Marinela Profi, data scientist and Global Product Marketing Manager for AIA and Analytics at SAS. "This is what the SAS Hackathon is all about: connecting practitioners with best-in-class analytics and AI tools. Team JAKSTAT anticipates this solution could be implemented in cities the world over, so we may be seeing reverberations of their ingenuity for years to come."
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed more accusations at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over Musk's efforts to rescind his offer to buy the social media platform.
Musk filed more paperwork in his bid to terminate the deal, this time based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter's former head of security.
Twitter fired back by saying Musk's attempt to back out is "invalid and wrongful."
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk said his legal team notified Twitter of "additional bases" for ending the deal on top of the ones given in the original termination notice issued in July.
Twitter has sued Musk, asking the Delaware Chancery Court to force him to go through with the $44 billion deal. A high-stakes trial is set to start the week of Oct. 17.
In a letter to Twitter Inc., which was included in the filing, Musk's advisors cited the whistleblower report by former executive Peiter Zatko - also known by his hacker handle "Mudge."
RELATED: Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud
Zatko, who served as Twitter's head of security until he was fired early this year, alleged in his complaint to U.S. officials that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation.
The Musk letter, addressed to Twitter's Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, said Zatko's allegations provide extra reasons to end the deal if the July termination notice "is determined to be invalid for any reason."
Billionaire Musk has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to acquire undercounted its fake and spam accounts, which means he doesn't have to go through with the deal.
In a separate SEC filing, Twitter responded to what it called Musk's latest "purported termination," saying it's "based solely on statements made by a third party that, as Twitter has previously stated, are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack important context."
Zatko received a subpoena Saturday from Musk's team compelling him to testify in what Zatko's lawyers emphasized would be an "involuntary" deposition ahead of the coming courtroom battle between Twitter and Musk.
"He did not make his whistleblower disclosures to the appropriate governmental bodies to benefit Musk or to harm Twitter, but rather to protect the American public and Twitter shareholders," Zatko's lawyers wrote in a prepared statement.
Twitter is likely to amend its lawsuit to include Zatko's allegations, so the court can decide on both the bot and cybersecurity issues. That could delay the trial because Musk will say he needs more time to prepare, said Brian Quinn, a law professor at Boston College.
The court will have to decide whether the bot or cybersecurity issues are a "material adverse effect" that will harm Twitter's business for years - a difficult legal bar to clear, Quinn said.
The bot issue, which Twitter disclosed in filings with the SEC, seems to be an issue that Twitter would win on, Quinn said. Cybersecurity problems raised by Zatko may not be such an easy victory, he said.
"This is more grist for the mill," Quinn said. "It's not as obvious for the most part that this is a winner for Twitter. But once you start to analyze these closely, it's still an uphill battle for Musk."
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- This first-of-its-kind far-UVC research collaboration will evaluate the efficacy of far-UVC pathogen deactivation while identifying and assessing any negative impact on surrounding air
- The research will be initiated by leading U.S.-based universities and certified laboratories over the next 3-6 months; results will be provided as they become available
MILWAUKEE and MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. and CYPRESS, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, PURO Lighting, LLC ("PURO"), a subsidiary of Applied UV, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: AUVI), a proven innovative UV technology solutions leader and Ushio America, Inc. ("Ushio") have announced a research collaboration to study the efficacy and safety of filtered far UV-C disinfection1 technology.
"The further validation of the safety and efficacy of filtered far UV-C technology presents tremendous opportunity for PURO to accelerate market adoption by sponsoring this critical research," said Brian Stern, president of PURO. "The research will help demonstrate the benefits and potential cost savings that continuous disinfection of air and surfaces can bring to workplace settings including hospitals, schools, government buildings, commercial offices, and other shared indoor spaces."
Far UV-C is a narrow band of UVC light centered at 222nm, which is proven to inactivate pathogens at levels that are safe for human exposure and can be used in spaces where people are present. While the efficacy of filtered far UV-C light disinfection is widely known, there is limited research on the ancillary effects that occur from the inactivation of pathogens using far UV-C light. The planned research will allow for a better understanding of the possible impact the elimination of pathogens has on the surrounding air.
"Better indoor air quality (IAQ) is increasingly important to our customers and our employees, and it's critical we evaluate all of the factors that go into the IAQ equation," said Tyler Smith, vice president, Healthy Buildings, Johnson Controls. "We are intrigued and excited by the early promise of filtered far UV-C as a supplement to our leading IAQ solution portfolio. By testing PURO and Ushio's market-leading filtered far UV-C technologies, we will be able to provide customers with additional, proven, safe and effective solutions to ensure that the air and surfaces in indoor spaces are healthier and more sustainable."
"Ushio is honored to partner with Johnson Controls and PURO as we embark to build on our existing research and findings to further prove the efficacy and safety of Care222 filtered far UV-C technology," said Shinji Kameda, COO, Ushio America, Inc. "We strongly believe the capability to provide continuous, far UV-C disinfection of air and surfaces in occupied spaces will become the industry standard. This research will help provide the confidence to customers that the technology is not only effective, but safe."
The research agreement, which includes technologies and products from PURO and Ushio, will focus on the testing of regulatory-approved filtered far UV-C lighting technologies. The research will be initiated by leading U.S.-based universities and certified laboratories over the next 3-6 months. Because of the importance of this research to public health and well-being, the results will be made publicly available and shared broadly to inform customer choices and public policy.
According to a recently released white paper from Johnson Controls, "Measuring the Return on Indoor Air Quality Investment," better indoor air quality can conservatively lead to a $750 to $800 return per employee per year through reducing absenteeism from health issues and the reduction of productivity due to poor air quality.
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About Applied UV Inc.
Applied UV, Inc. ("AUVI") develops and acquires proprietary infection prevention and control technology in the healthcare, commercial & public venue, food processing/storage, cannabis, and education, vertical markets. The Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries - SteriLumen, Inc. ("SteriLumen"), Munn Works, LLC ("Munn Works") and PURO Lighting Inc. (PURO UV). SteriLumen owns and markets a portfolio of products with advanced pathogen elimination technology, branded Airocide® by SteriLumen, Scientific Air™ by SteriLumen, Airoclean™ 420 by SteriLumen, and Lumicide™ by SteriLumen.
Leading organizations globally rely on AUVI's air purification systems to completely eliminate airborne and surface infections, mold, bacteria, allergens and other contaminants. Our customers include Kaiser Permanente, NY Health+Hospitals, Baptist Health South Florida, Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, JetBlue Park, France's Palace of Versailles, Invited Clubs, Whole Foods, Del Monte Foods, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and more.
NASA used Airocide's technology to sanitize the International Space Station.
Scientifically proven to reduce Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI), Scientific Air™ offers a proprietary 3-stage technology integrating HEPA filters, ultraviolet germicidal light chamber and active carbon substrate.
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Ushio America, Inc. is a vertically integrated solutions company for lighting systems and components utilizing xenon short arc, lasers, ultra-high-pressure UV, excimer, metal halide, LEDs (specialty sensing and architectural lighting), halogen, fluorescent, and miniature incandescent lamps serving semiconductor, printed circuit, video projection, cinema, medical, life sciences, UV curing, germicidal, horticulture, landscaping, graphic arts, flashlight, scientific, medical, infra-red heating, lamp and laser drivers, systems and services, and numerous other applications. Established in 1967 as a subsidiary of Ushio Inc., in Tokyo, Japan, Ushio America offers a full spectrum of over 2,500 products and services to its customers.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the harvest of the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided.
Whales can suffer injuries and fatalities when they become entangled in the gear that connects to lobster traps on the ocean floor. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to avoid.
The organization, based at Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, said in a report that the fishing industry is a danger to North Atlantic right whales because “current management measures do not go far enough to mitigate entanglement risks and promote recovery of the species.”
Thousands of businesses use Seafood Watch’s recommendations to inform seafood buying decisions, and many have pledged to avoid any items that appear on the red list. A spokesperson for Blue Apron, the New York meal kit retailer, said the company stopped offering a seasonal lobster box prior to the report, and all of the seafood it is currently using follows Seafood Watch’s guidelines. HelloFresh, the Germany-based meal kit company that is the largest such company operating in the U.S., also pledged shortly after the announcement to stop selling lobster.
“HelloFresh is committed to responsible sourcing and follows guidelines from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program,” said Saskia Leisewitz, a spokesperson for HelloFresh.
Seafood Watch assigns ratings of “best choice,” “good alternative” and “avoid” to more than 2,000 seafood items based on how sustainably they are managed. The organization’s recommendations have been influential in the past, such as when it red-listed the Louisiana shrimp fishery, prompting efforts to better protect sea turtles. The fishery was later removed from the red list.
The lobster fishing industry has come under scrutiny from Seafood Watch because of the threat of entanglement in fishing gear. The North Atlantic right whales number less than 340 and entanglement is one of the two biggest threats they face, along with collisions with ships, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other groups have said. The population of the giant animals, which were decimated during the commercial whaling era generations ago, has fallen in recent years.
Members of the lobster fishing industry, which is also coping with increased federal fishing restrictions to protect the whales, pushed back against the Seafood Watch rating. The lobster industry in Maine, where most of the U.S.’s lobster comes to land, has not had a documented interaction with a right whale in almost two decades, said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association.
“Lobster is one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world due to the effective stewardship practices handed down through generations of lobstermen. These include strict protections for both the lobster resource and right whales,” McCarron said.
American and Canadian lobster fishermen target the same species, the American lobster, which is popular as live seafood and in processed products such as lobster rolls and lobster ravioli. The vast majority of the world’s American lobster comes to the shore in New England and eastern Canada, and the crustaceans are both a key piece of the economy and a cultural marker in both places.
The U.S. lobster fishery is also one of the most lucrative in the country and was worth more than $900 million at the docks in 2021, when fishermen caught more than 130 million pounds (59 million kilograms) of the crustaceans.
Seafood Watch partners with numerous major seafood buyers on its recommendations. Some of the buyers, such as Compass Group and Cheesecake Factory, did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. A spokesperson for one, Mars Petcare, said the company doesn’t have lobster in its supply chain.
Environmental groups said Seafood Watch’s decision places a spotlight on the fishery and the need to do more to protect whales.
“Fishery managers must increase protections to save North Atlantic right whales so seafood retailers, consumers, and restaurants can put American lobster and crab back on the menu,” Oceana campaign director Gib Brogan said. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-retailers-pull-lobster-from-menus-after-red-list-warning/ | 2022-09-09 04:00:59 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-retailers-pull-lobster-from-menus-after-red-list-warning/ |
Sergio Alfaro is a 39-year-old veteran of the Iraq War. The former U.S. Army medic returned from Iraq with the realities of war burned into his mind.
Sergio's everyday life and relationships were impacted by the scars he could not erase.
In this piece, Alfaro talks about his journey from his darkest days to the moment of breakthrough when he realized — after years of therapy and help — that everything would be OK.
U.S. VETERAN SERGIO ALFARO: My name is Sergio Alfaro. I am 39 years old. I'm a veteran. I served as an Army medic in Ramadi, Iraq, from 2003 to 2004.
There are faces that I'll never forget. It's something I repeatedly see in my head, regardless of whatever it is I'm doing. It feels like there's always a face that sits there in my mind, in the background, kind of looking at me, watching me.
This face is of an Iraqi policeman.
He was somebody who was shot through the abdomen. He was just caught in a firefight. In the wrong place at the wrong time. It's just unfortunate that that 50-caliber bullet injured him.
This is no small bullet. He suffered an evisceration. Because of that, he died very painfully. He died shouting and screaming. And etched on his face was the absolute [worst] look of horror, terror, and pain that I've ever had to see anybody have to live with.
It's not anything I'm ever going to be able to escape from. And it's the thing that I have to work towards being able to accept every day.
I remember when I left Iraq, it was a sense of disbelief that, you know, this wasn't real.
When I returned home, I remembered this feeling of, "I got a second lease on life."
I have to admit, it took me a while to realize that there was something wrong with me. And I didn't want to see it at first.
I had nights where I would wake up screaming, you know, clutching at my bedsheets, or either drenched in sweat and thinking that we got hit by another mortar because I just heard the explosion and kind of straining my ears because of what I had practiced over and over and over and over again of, you know, "Am I OK? Is everyone else OK? Is anyone shouting 'medic'?"
And trying to strain into the darkness and see and hear if anybody was actually calling out for me and if they were in need of help.
And I'd had these moments, too, of disconnection — a disconnection of myself, where I would enter into this kind of zombie mode and I would be a raging storm on the inside, full of emotion, of either anxiety or fear or of anger.
I remember one day, I was just so out of it and I would see that dead Iraqi policeman's face on other people's faces. And I couldn't even look people in the face because I just would see his face on their faces. Or it got so bad I would see their face warp into that dead Iraqi policeman's face. I don't want to see anybody's face like that, in such pain and terror. I got scared.
It seemed never-ending, like it was just something flowing through me, filling up every nook and cranny of my being and wanting to sweep me away with it.
At that moment, I felt like I was crazy — that I was beyond hope, beyond saving.
And so when my wife told me, "Hey, I don't know how much longer I could do this." Well, I'll tell you what, my initial gut reaction was one of, "You're right." You know, this is the PTSD portion and cycling that I would get into. "See? Look what I do to her. Look at how much pain and suffering I bring into her life."
I think the hardest part for me was that I got used to sucking it up, trying to pull myself up by my bootstraps.
And I'll tell you what, I pulled myself up so hard by those bootstraps, I pulled those damn straps off. But, if I could try to help you save yourself from a mistake that I made over and over again, sometimes the harder thing is getting the help you need.
I couldn't do it on my own, I needed a lot of help. A lot of help. I think this is where Warrior Care Network, in conjunction with the Wounded Warrior Project, they helped me out so much. And I got help at Home Base and Road Home Program.
It was amazing. The therapist that they were able to pick out for us with the couples counselor that we were able to see, they helped us out so much. And that kind of started me on the journey of even more therapy in a different way.
That's where I was able to, I guess, really kind of make therapy my full-time job.
It's almost as if all these infected wounds inside of myself — the ones I couldn't necessarily open myself up and share and show to other people — they needed to be cleaned out. They required a lot of rigorous action on my part. A lot of pain and opening up and vulnerability and sharing those things.
There was a turning point when I was able to clearly recognize within myself that all of the work they had been doing was worth it. And it was one night when I was sitting down on the couch with my wife and our dog. They were asleep on top of me, and I was able to look at them and take them in for who they were and what was right in front of me. There was a sense of peace and contentment.
The anxiety didn't come in. The guilt didn't come in. That dead Iraqi policeman's face didn't even show up. And I was able to smile and be happy.
Before, it would trigger, 100% of the time: guilt. I can't help but think that I wasn't deserving of that love, that it was better meant for someone else.
But because of therapy, my acceptance of what it is that I live with, I'm able to take that in, to be able to drink from that cup and bask in that warmth.
That's what makes this worth it. That's what makes all the heartache and the time, the trouble worth it.
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Fort Worth police chase ends in deadly crash
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth police SUV collided with a vehicle during a police chase, killing an innocent driver. The police officer was also hurt.
The chase started around 6 p.m. Thursday after officers tried to pull over a stolen Dodge Challenger. The driver reportedly took off with a passenger inside.
At one point during the chase officers deployed stop sticks. A tire on the stolen car was deflated, but the driver kept going.
One of the police SUVs chasing the stolen car then collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Rosedale Street and Evans Avenue.
The innocent driver was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
The police SUV crashed with a second vehicle before coming to a stop.
The driver of the second vehicle was treated at the scene while the police officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The stolen car eventually stopped about a block away from the crash.
After a short foot chase, other officers caught up to the driver and the passenger and took them into custody.
It’s not yet clear what charges the suspects face.
Fort Worth police have not yet shared the names of anyone involved in the deadly car chase. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash | 2023-07-07 15:51:13 | 0 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-crash |
"It wasn't fazed by us and kept following us ... I kept thinking, 'If this bear attacks, how am I going to cover my children and protect my children?'" she told KUTV.
Peachey captured her family's reaction on video as the bear followed the couple and their three children -- ages 1 to 6 -- for approximately 20 minutes, sometimes trailing the group by only a few feet.
"Can we play dead now?" her oldest son calmly asks in the video.
"Walk faster please," Peachey responds.
She said the bear had blocked the path to the parking lot, so the family had to continue walking up the Whistler trail.
"[It was] a little nerve-racking when there's a bear following you, but it was kind of our only option."
SEE ALSO: Mom scoops up toddler as she chases black bear in backyard in Seattle suburb
Peachey, a former health care worker, is now an outdoor family lifestyle influencer, so she said she felt well equipped to handle this situation.
"I knew that we just had to stay calm, and I had to keep reminding my kids, 'Don't run, don't run. That will spook the bear and make it worse.'"
After about a half-mile, the bear trailed off, and Peachey said the animal never acted belligerently.
She said she later found out officials had closed off that hiking area several times because of this bear's increasing aggressive behavior.
Peachey added that she teaches her kids to respect the wild, and this won't change the way they experience the outdoors. To her, the risk is worth the reward.
"You're in their territory, and even if you do all the things you're supposed to do, they might not care. They still might want to keep coming the direction they're going or still come after you, so it's a really good reminder to be cautious when you're out there."
Experts say that anyone who encounters a bear in the wild should avoid screaming, running and making eye contact. Instead, stay calm, back away slowly, and make yourself look as big as possible. | https://abc7ny.com/bear-bears-brighton-peachey-black-follows-family/11966092/ | 2022-06-16 20:58:34 | 1 | https://abc7ny.com/bear-bears-brighton-peachey-black-follows-family/11966092/ |
WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 15, 2023
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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
913 AM EDT Sat Apr 15 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Northwest Suffolk, Northeast Suffolk, Southwest
Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk and Southern Nassau Counties.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The dense fog advisory may need to be
extended into this evening if visibilities do not improve early
this afternoon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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The Super-Limited Rum Features French Oak Apple Brandy Cask Finish, Immersive Augmented Reality Experience, and Partnership with Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
KEY WEST, Fla., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Papa's Pilar Rum, the ultra-premium rum brand inspired by Ernest Hemingway, announces its 2022 Legacy Edition release, the second in its series of limited-quantity special bottlings.
Now officially available for pre-order, the 2022 Legacy Edition showcases Papa's Pilar's dedication to innovation both in and out of the barrel, and celebrates the 70th anniversary of the publishing of Hemingway's acclaimed literary masterpiece, The Old Man and the Sea. The liquid inside the bottle consists of nine different rums from five sources - Barbados, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela, Florida - which is then expertly finished in hand-selected French Oak Apple Brandy barrels.
"I'm inspired by Papa Hemingway daily and the 2022 Legacy Edition was a way for me to tap into that inspiration even further while celebrating his life's work and highlighting innovative rum finishing techniques," said Master Distiller Ron Call. "I hand-selected some of the most unique barrels for finishing: French Oak Apple Brandy casks. These brandy casks produce apple-forward characteristics, which is rare in rum. You'll also find notes of vanilla with a touch of honeysuckle and a dark rich honey finish. The result is a rum unlike anything you've tasted."
According to literary lore, The Old Man and the Sea was finished while Hemingway was aboard his beloved boat, the Pilar. To bring the novel to life for the anniversary and to pay homage to Hemingway's "Never a Spectator" spirit in an interactive way, the brand created an immersive AR experience that tells the story of The Old Man and the Sea narrated by artist and conservationist Dr. Guy Harvey, and shows Harvey's first-ever sketches, which were inspired by the book.
For every bottle (SRP: $102.99) sold, Papa's Pilar will donate $20 to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, which supports reef conservation, restoration and education, a year-round effort for the rum brand. The bottle itself also serves as a keepsake, wrapped in genuine leather made to resemble the shape of the iconic WWII canteen bottle, and features a pocket on the back that includes a writer's notebook embossed with the "Never a Spectator" stamp, the motto of Papa's Pilar Rum. Attached to the side is a black and copper pen for rum and Hemingway enthusiasts to write about their own adventures, also made to match the copper details of the bottle.
Papa's Pilar 2022 Legacy Edition is now available for presale purchase at www.papaspilar.com/pages/legacy-edition-2022. The release will become available in select retailers starting Tuesday, November 1. An Anniversary Bundle, which includes a bottle of the 2022 Legacy Edition, a copy of The Old Man and the Sea, and a branded ice sphere mold (SRP: $132.99) will also be available as of October 8 in limited quantities. For more information, visit the website or follow Papa's Pilar on Instagram @papaspilar.
Papa's Pilar Rum is an ultra-premium rum brand whose blends are hand-selected and artfully blended by 7th generation Master Distiller Ron Call. All 3 of Papa's Pilar flagship rum offerings, the dark rum, blonde rum, and the sherry-finished rum, are molasses based and undergo a Solera blending process. The brand was created alongside the Hemingway family to celebrate his life as a captivating adventurer and his "Never a spectator" mindset. The Papa's Pilar Distillery is located in Key West, Florida where they offer tours, cocktail classes and rum tastings. The Hemingway family & Papa's Pilar Rum have collectively contributed millions of dollars to causes & communities that advance literacy, water conservation, reef restoration and other worthy initiatives that would make Papa proud.
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NAPA, Calif., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NBA superstar and cultural icon James Harden announces a Prosecco in collaboration with Accolade Wines and globally recognized wine brand J-Shed, as the hottest new offering in his signature wine collection J-HARDEN. The insanely vivid and impossible to ignore Prosecco features fresh hints of citrus, stone fruit and energetic bubbles. J-HARDEN's Extra Dry Prosecco DOC will be released starting this March, available at leading retailers across the U.S.
J-HARDEN now features three unique wines, including the new Italian Prosecco, California Cabernet Sauvignon and California Red Blend. The J-HARDEN label, which was unveiled August 2022, launched as an equity partnership centered around a mission to make quality wine more accessible to all consumers.
"This is an exciting time for wine and I love being a part of it. I've been eager to get my new Prosecco out there because I know people will love it," said Harden. "It's perfect to pop and party with for celebratory occasions – its energy and taste align perfectly with where we are trying to go with the J-HARDEN brand."
Harden's involvement with J-HARDEN spans all elements of the grape-to-glass process, as he offers inputs on the taste, look, and feel to ensure each bottle best represents his personality. The Prosecco follows the brand's tradition of bold, colorful bottle designs, curated to complement Harden's iconic fashion style.
"Like the J-HARDEN California Cabernet Sauvignon and Red Blend offerings, the Prosecco really distinguishes itself within the competitive landscape and disrupts the current Prosecco shelf lineup," said Enrique Morgan, managing director of the Americas at Accolade Wines. "Now more than ever, wine lovers are looking for brands that they can relate to and are culturally relevant. We are thrilled that our partnership with James celebrates a unique mission to make good wine accessible to everyone."
The suggested retail price is $16.99, and will be available at Vivino beginning March 15, and Total Wine & More beginning April 1. Full retailer availability can be found at j-hardenwines.com.
About Accolade Wines
Accolade Wines is a leading global wine company with famous wine brands loved around the world including Hardys, St Hallett, Grant Burge, Banrock Station, Croser, Houghton, House of Arras and many others.
Accolade is a fully integrated business, managing the entire supply chain from grape to glass. With more than 1,400 employees in over 40 continents around the world, Accolade delivers approximately 276 million liters of wine to 130 countries every year.
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Agency introduces compelling commerce as strategic vision and focuses on its people as cofounders of the agency's future
DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tracy-Locke, leading commerce and communications agency, is introducing a new brand identity centered around the belief that there is no commerce problem in the world creativity cannot solve. This comes on the heels of two gold and one silver Effie awards in the Omnichannel Shopper Solution and Multi-Retailer Shopper Solution categories, solidifying Tracy-Locke's track record of creative innovation that uniquely positions the agency to deliver compelling commerce to the marketplace.
As part of its people-first rebrand, the agency is reintroducing the hyphen to its name as a symbol of its people, who are all co-founders of the agency's future. The small-but-mighty hyphen represents the agency's integrated yet independent approach that fosters a creative work environment where everyone has a voice and seat at the table.
"Our people are the driving force that bring business and creative ideas together in ways that resonate for our clients and the consumers they're trying to attract," said Phil Camarota, Chief Creative Officer at Tracy-Locke. "They are dreamers, planners, artists and data gurus who keep our agency ahead of the commerce curve."
From the very beginning, Tracy-Locke's cofounders Shelley Tracy and Raymond Locke believed they were better together, joining forces to create The Original Commerce Agency – one that merged Tracy's background as a grocery merchant and Locke's expertise as a creative advertiser. This spirit of diverse and dynamic collaboration holds true today and drives what Tracy-Locke believes is the future of the industry – compelling commerce.
The idea of compelling commerce carries two meanings for Tracy-Locke: 1) Compelling the industry forward through innovation, and 2) Creating compelling work that drives people to buy into brands and buy products. This is seen through the end-to-end approach Tracy-Locke takes in supporting clients from innovation to implementation.
With a new portfolio of services, the agency is delivering more value to brands through culturally relevant campaigns that hook human interest and connect with diverse and niche audience segments. Inclusive commerce is one of the agency's latest strategic offerings, seen in the "Full of Detroit Soul" campaign for Pepsi that strengthened the brand's connection with the city through local artists and support of Black-owned businesses. The campaign received a gold Effie for Omnichannel Shopper Solution, a category in which Tracy-Locke also earned a silver Effie for their work on the Ziploc "Functional Fashion" program.
Creative excellence and forward thinking have been driving the agency's strategic growth since before the official rebrand, starting with the naming of Tina Manikas as President last June, followed by the agency's expanded executive leadership board.
"When we expanded our executive leadership board last year, our focus was on four key pillars: driving strategic innovation, compelling creative excellence, expanding client partnerships and unifying talent-building programs," said Michael Lovegrove, Chief Executive Officer. "As we rebrand, we're placing an even more intentional focus on these pillars as we take care of our people, our clients and shape the future of commerce marketing."
About Tracy-Locke:
Tracy-Locke is an award-winning global commerce and communications agency that is compelling the future of commerce by designing experiences that build brands and drive conversion through empathy, technology and an unmatched level of creativity. A pillar of the Omnicom Commerce Group, Tracy-Locke offers full-service capabilities ranging from innovation to implementation. Clients include PepsiCo, SC Johnson, Kellogg's, Diageo, Godiva, Pizza Hut, LEGO, and Samsung. For more information, visit www.tracylocke.com.
About Omnicom Commerce Group:
Omnicom Commerce Group (OCG) is a global community of four award-winning commerce agencies, working with brands and retailers to offer best in class consultancy, creativity and capability focused on driving increased conversion and transaction. OCG's priority is to address the need for innovative multi-channel commerce expertise in the rapidly evolving world of retail and shopping. OCG encompasses 1,800 people across 23 markets - for more information please visit www.omnicomcommercegroup.com. OCG is part of the DAS Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC)
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The disgraced R&B star R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Last year, Kelly was found guilty of charges including sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering, bribery and sex trafficking. The jury found the government proved Kelly was at the head of a criminal conspiracy to recruit and coerce girls, boys and women into sex.
During the weekslong trial, multiple victims established a pattern where they would see Kelly at a show or out in public, and an associate of Kelly would hand them a phone number to call. From there they would be ensnared in a system of sexual and psychological abuse. Kelly forced his victims to perform sexual acts for his gratification (which he often filmed). He set up strict rules dictating where his victims were allowed to go and who they were allowed to speak to. And he forced to them to write letters or video tape themselves claiming they were doing everything of their own free will.
Before the judge announced Kelly's sentence, seven women made their own statements to and about him and about the abuse they suffered. At no point did Kelly look at his accusers.
A woman identified in court as Angela said, "We will be able to live again."
She said, "I am a representation of every woman, boy, child, man that you have ever afflicted with your deplorable, inexplicable acts, and with that I leave you with yourself, Robert Sylvester Kelly."
Another woman, known in court as Jane Doe 2, described enduring depression and stress related to Kelly's abuse. She paused in her comments to demand his attention when Kelly whispered to his attorney. "I'm sorry," she said. "I don't want to interrupt his conversation."
A man identified as Charles, the father of another woman, said in a resigned tone, "So many people love you and they hate us." He noted that Kelly hadn't expressed remorse. Charles urged Kelly to confess and to ask for God's forgiveness.
The sentencing comes after decades of allegations against the multi-platinum singer. In 2008, he stood trial in his hometown of Chicago for child pornography. He was acquitted of all charges.
From there, Kelly continued to live his life of superstardom, performing across the world and selling out venues.
In 2019, the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly renewed interest in the sexual abuse allegations against Kelly and gave a sustained push to the activists who had been pushing for Kelly to be pulled off airwaves and stages.
Later this summer, Kelly is expected to face another federal trial in Illinois on charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An effort to ban most abortions in Iowa was blocked Monday by a state judge who upheld a court decision made three years ago.
Judge Celene Gogerty found there was no process for reversing a permanent injunction that blocked the abortion law in 2019.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she would appeal the decision to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Current state law bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but Reynolds asked the courts to reverse the 2019 decision that blocked a bill she had signed into law the previous year. That law prohibited abortions once cardiac activity can be detected — the “fetal heartbeat” concept — which usually happens around six weeks of pregnancy and is often before many women know they’re pregnant.
Reynolds argued that because of decisions earlier this year by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Iowa Supreme Court that found woman have no constitutional right to abortion, the Iowa judge should reverse the 2019 decision blocking the abortion law.
Lawyers for Iowa’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, countered that there is no precedent or legal support for reversing a decision finalized by a judge years earlier. They said Reynolds must go through the legislative process to pass a new law.
Reynolds did not appeal the decision when it was handed down in 2019.
At that time, Judge Michael Huppert’s decision was based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent, as well as an Iowa Supreme Court decision in 2018 that declared abortion a fundamental right under the Iowa Constitution.
Reynolds, who supports outlawing abortions, decided to turn to the courts to impose stricter abortion limits instead of calling a special session of the legislature to pass a new law.
In her decision Monday, Gogerty wrote that state law didn’t give her the power to dissolve the permanent injunction and let the new abortion law take effect. Even if she had that power, Gogerty wrote that the Iowa Supreme Court decision finding no constitutional right to abortion didn’t substantially change how the abortion law would have been judged under the Iowa Constitution.
In her statement, the governor expressed disappointment the law approved by the Legislature wasn’t allowed to take effect, but she noted an appeal to the state Supreme Court was always expected, regardless of the judge’s decision. The current court is far more conservative than in 2018 when it declared a right to abortion, with five of the court’s seven members named by Reynolds.
“The decision of the people’s representatives to protect life should be honored, and I believe the court will ultimately do so,” Reynolds said. “As long as I’m governor, I will continue to fight for the sanctity of life and for the unborn.”
Planned Parenthood North Central States didn’t immediately respond to a request for a comment about the ruling.
Although Iowa’s law blocked by the courts seeks to prevent abortions when a “fetal heartbeat” can be detected, this does not easily translate to medical science. That’s because the point where advanced technology can detect that first visual flutter, the embryo isn’t yet a fetus, and it doesn’t have a heart. An embryo is termed a fetus eight weeks after fertilization.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of ChannelAdvisor Corporation (NYSE: ECOM) to CommerceHub. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of ChannelAdvisor will receive $23.10 in cash for each share of ChannelAdvisor that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-ecom/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of TuSimple Holdings Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TSP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who: (a) purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with TuSimple's April 15, 2021 initial public offering; and/or (b) that purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple securities between April 15, 2021 and August 1, 2022, both dates inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) TuSimple's commitment to safety was significantly overstated and defendants concealed fundamental problems with the Company's technology; (ii) TuSimple was rushing the testing of its autonomous driving technology in order to deliver driverless trucks to the market ahead of its more safety-conscious competitors; (iii) there was a corporate culture within TuSimple that suppressed or ignored safety concerns in favor of unrealistically ambitious testing and delivery schedules; (iv) the aforementioned conduct made accidents involving the Company's autonomous driving technology more likely; (v) the aforementioned conduct invited enhanced regulatory scrutiny and investigatory action toward the Company; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tusimple-holdings-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=32117&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TSP during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is October 31, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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This is an opinion column.
No one wants to experience this hell, though too many do.
No one wants to be caught in a hail of gunfire, though too many are.
Far too many in cities across the state, across the nation, live with gunfire as a near constant, like cicadas on Southern summer nights.
Far too many of our neighbors know the drill: When guns erupt, drop, duck, run, or some combination of the three. Oh, and pray.
Pray you’re not shot. Pray no one near you is shot. Pray no one you love is shot. Or killed.
Though far too many are.
Last Sunday afternoon, Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson was driving along the Bessemer Superhighway between 18th and 19th Streets. She was delivering two fans to a resident whose air conditioner had stopped working, and picking up jewelry someone in Bessemer had made for her. Tyson was checking her GPS.
“I heard a gunshot,” she said. “I could see something—phush, phush, phush—passing the windshield of my car. I said, ‘Oh, shit,’ and bent down into the passenger seat. I went through the light and bullets was still coming. I hit the curb and bounced off it. I looked up and they were shooting at each other—[people in a] black car and white car, shooting at each other shooting back and forth.
“I whipped into Walgreens and the gunshots were still coming. I was trying to get out but when I looked up I saw two or three people on the ground. I didn’t know whether they’d got shot or what. There’s another car that was hit. Someone tried to help me get into Walgreens. People were laying on the floor. I’m talking thee-thirty, four o’clock in the broad open daylight.
“It makes no damn sense. I thought I was dead. That I’m not is only by the grace of God.”
According to the Bessemer police report, 12 9mm shell casings were found on the 1800 Block of 9th Avenue.
“Two vehicles shot at each other on 9th Avenue at 18-19th Streets,” says Lt. Christian Clemons of the Bessemer Police Department. “An innocent third party’s vehicle was struck by one of the bullets. No injuries to anyone. Neither of the cars involved stayed on scene.”
The car struck was not Tyson’s.
“Later, I had to pull my car over, I was shaking like a limb. I coulda got killed. I thought I was dead. That I’m not is only by the grace of God.”
Tyson is far from alone, her experience far from unique.
Gun violence this summer is rising faster than temperatures. Birmingham’s homicide soared 47 percent in July. There were 17 homicides in the month, including six over four days. In July 2021, there were eight gun deaths.
On Tuesday, Mayor Randall Woodfin used a portion of his time addressing the City Council to speak on the violence. He began by noting recent conversations he had with Cynthia Rothstein, who prosecuted the man who murdered the mayor’s brother 10 years ago, and with Birmingham homicide detectives “to talk about what resources they need to bring justice to family members who’ve had a loved one taken.”
Woodfin also acknowledged Councilor Latonya Tate, whose nephew, Avien Mitchell, was gunned down in March.
His conversation with Rothstein “triggered what [his] family is going through,” the mayor said. As are other families in Birmingham and beyond. Too many.
“Many, many families are dealing with grief, dealing with pain, dealing ith anger and sadness over the loss of a loved one,” he said. “I know there are a lot of different things in the streets, but no one deserves to be murdered.”
As he’s done before, Woodfin delineated the three areas of emphasis in the city’s effort to address gun violence: enforcement (including offer retention and technology), prevention (the city recently invested in a violence interrupter program), and re-entry (programs to reduce recidivism).
“That may not be enough, and the onus may not be on the ten of us,” he said. “It’s impossible for the ten of us to be in every home, in every private vehicle, to be in between every conflict in our community. What we can do is continue to use our platform to encourage people to make better choices.”
He noted the importance of continuing to lobby at the state level even though a law they passed last year “allow fools to walk and drive around with guns”
As he’s said before, Woodfin implored “law-abiding citizens” to lock their vehicles. “The number-one thing [thieves] are looking for and taking are legal guns.”
He lobbied gun manufacturers to produce more “smart” guns, which utilize technology (finger recognition or location-tracking) to ensure a weapon can only be fired by its owner (which may prevent accidental firing and suicides), or can’t be fired in a public space, such as a park or public building.
“This is where I want to think outside box: Technology has done the county and the world some good service,” he said. “We need technology to open our cell phones—our thumbprint or facial recognition. It’s time for gun manufacturers to get smart on gun technology.
“This is a crisis,” he continued. “We can’t be silent about it. We need the public’s help, higher government’s help, law-abiding citizens’ help, and gun manufacturers’ help to solve this issue.”
It makes no damn sense.
A veteran, Tyson said Sunday: “I’ve never seen bullets fly across my face like that. I drove home in a damn war zone.”
No one wants that hell, but far too many have experienced it. And likely will.
Said Lt. Clemons in Bessemer: “We would like anyone to come forward that may have important information as to the type of cars involved to include the tag numbers.”
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Roy S. Johnson is a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary and winner of 2021 Edward R. Morrow prize for podcasts: “Unjustifiable”, co-hosted with John Archibald. His column appears in The Birmingham News and AL.com, as well as the Huntsville Times, the Mobile Press-Register. Reach him at rjohnson@al.com, follow him at twitter.com/roysj, or on Instagram @roysj. | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/roy-s-johnson-jefferson-co-commissioner-caught-in-gun-crossfire-is-all-too-common-experience-for-all-too-many.html | 2022-08-03 14:29:44 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/roy-s-johnson-jefferson-co-commissioner-caught-in-gun-crossfire-is-all-too-common-experience-for-all-too-many.html |
Thick, black smoke continued to pour from a cargo ship in Port Newark on Friday, more than a day after two firefighters were killed fighting the intense blaze that tore through several decks of the vessel.
Explosions could be heard coming from the ship, as the vessel continued to rust and blacken from the flames.
Thermal images taken by an Elizabeth Police Department drone Thursday showed the fire continuing to burn inside the ship as smoke rose from the top level of the the Grande Costa D’avorio, berthed near Export and Marsh streets in Newark.
Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou, 45, and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr., 49, died after they were trapped aboard the 692-foot long ship Wednesday night.
The Newark Firefighters Union said they will hold a press conference Friday to discuss the lives and legacies Acabou and Brooks, who were veteran first responders.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark Fire Department and Gallagher Marine Systems, the operator of the cargo ship, were planning Friday to hold a news conference in Elizabeth Friday morning to provide updates on the firefighting efforts.
The ship was carrying 1,200 vehicles when it caught fire about 9:38 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters from Newark, Elizabeth and numerous other municipalities fought the fire. In addition to the two deaths, five other firefighters were injured but were expected to survive.
Video from the scene on Friday showed smoke and flames billowing from the top deck of the ship. ABC-7 reported the fire was being prolonged by gas and oil inside the cars on the ship that continue to fuel the fire.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said during a press conference Thursday that firefighters did not have adequate training or equipment to fight a fire aboard a towering ship.
Newark officials said the fire got out of hand because the initial efforts to contain it were begun with small diameter hoses that could not bring enough water to the decks where the fire was already raging.
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At least 21 killed as Somalia battles jihadis in remote area
By OMAR FARUK
Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A top army official says Somalia’s military repulsed an attack by jihadi fighters in a remote region of the country. General Mohamed Ahmed Taredisho said Somali forces killed at least 18 al-Shabab militants early Saturday. He says at least three civilians described as “traditional elders” were killed in the fighting near Masagaway town. The town is located in the central region of Galgadud and home to a military base. A resident told The Associated Press that Al-Shabab members overran the base, confiscated weapons and burned battle wagons during the attack. Al-Shabab has ties with al-Qaida. The group intensified attacks on military bases in recent months after losing control of rural territories to government forces. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/22/at-least-21-killed-as-somalia-battles-jihadis-in-remote-area/ | 2023-04-22 15:56:57 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/22/at-least-21-killed-as-somalia-battles-jihadis-in-remote-area/ |
Kapiolani Micky, a community health worker at the Salem-based nonprofit Micronesian Islander Community and mother of six children, broke down crying as she recalled going without food to ensure her husband and children had enough to eat.
Cayle Tern of the Portland-based Asian and Pacific American Network of Oregon remembered being hungry growing up “more times than I like to remember” and relying on food at school to ease his hunger pangs.
And Aldo Solano of the Oregon Food Bank said his family worked the fields to nourish others but didn’t have enough for themselves because they were excluded from federal food benefits.
Senate Bill 610 would create a state program for undocumented immigrants mirroring the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. More than 170,000 people in Oregon receive SNAP benefits, which average about $270 a month per household. To qualify, individuals can earn up to $2,265 a month and a family of three can make up to $3,838 a month.
Senate Bill 856 would provide food aid to low-income residents from Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. Under the Compact of Free Association, or COFA treaty, they can live, work and travel to the U.S. without a visa but are excluded from federal benefits. The treaty stems from the use of South Pacific countries for U.S. nuclear testing starting in the 1940s.
“This unique treaty is based on a couple of very important issues for our government,” Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena and a chief sponsor of SB 856, told the committee. “First is the nuclear legacy our government created for these island nations. Post World War II, we tested 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands: Four of their atolls continue to be radioactive and unfit for human habitation. Our country has a unique responsibility to these nations.”
According to Census data cited by the Legislature, Oregon is home to the third largest population of COFA citizens in the U.S. outside Hawaii – about 4,300 people. Senate Bill 610 would apply to about 62,000 people.
Both bills have wide support among immigrant groups, food organizations like the Oregon Food Bank and advocates for children and low-income residents. About 100 groups have signed onto the proposals.
SB 856 has bipartisan support. Besides Hansell, Democratic Sens. Mark Meek of Gladstone and Deb Patterson of Salem are chief sponsors and a bipartisan group of 19 other lawmakers have signed on, including the chair of the Human Services Committee, Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis. SB 610 only has Democratic support, with seven chief sponsors led by Sen. Wlnsvey Campos of Aloha, and 10 other Democrats backing the proposal.
“Food is a human right. Our freedom, our health, our ability to thrive all depend on access to food that is nutritious and culturally familiar,” Campos said. “Yet currently over 62,000 Oregonians are excluded from vital food assistance programs based on where they were born. This bill is one of our most significant opportunities this session to make concrete, immediate improvements to the lives of vulnerable Oregonians.”
A big consideration for lawmakers will be the price tag of the bills. The legislative fiscal office has not determined that, and backers don’t have an estimate either.
Neither bill has been scheduled for a vote, something that needs to happen by March 17 for them to continue in the legislative process.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed.
In the latest such incident, an Iraqi living in Sweden on Thursday stomped on and kicked Islam’s holy book in a two-man rally outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm. The protest was authorized by Swedish police, who kept a handful of agitated counterdemonstrators at a safe distance.
The same Iraqi man burned a Quran outside a Stockholm mosque last month in a similar protest that was approved by police. And at the start of the year, a far-right activist from Denmark carried out a similar stunt outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm.
Here’s a look at how Swedish authorities have been dealing with these acts.
There is no law in Sweden specifically prohibiting the burning or desecration of the Quran or other religious texts. Like many Western countries, Sweden doesn’t have any blasphemy laws.
It wasn’t always that way. As late as the 19th century, blasphemy was considered a serious crime in Sweden, punishable by death. But blasphemy laws were gradually relaxed as Sweden became increasingly secularized. The last such law was taken off the books in 1970.
Many Muslim countries have called on the Swedish government to stop protesters from burning the Quran. But in Sweden it is up to police, not the government, to decide whether to authorize demonstrations or public gatherings.
The freedom of speech is protected under the Swedish constitution. Police need to cite specific grounds to deny a permit for a demonstration or public gathering, such as risks to public safety.
Stockholm police did just that in February when they denied two applications for Quran-burning protests, citing assessments from the Swedish Security Service that such acts could increase the risk of terror attacks against Sweden. But a court later overturned those decisions, saying police need to cite more concrete threats to ban a public gathering.
Sweden’s hate speech law prohibits incitement against groups of people based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Some say burning the Quran constitutes incitement against Muslims and should therefore be considered as hate speech. Others say such acts are targeting the religion of Islam rather than practitioners of the faith, and that criticism of religion must be covered by freedom of speech, even when some consider it offensive.
Seeking guidance from the justice system, Swedish police have filed preliminary hate crime charges against the man who burned the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm in June and desecrated Islam’s holy book again on Thursday. It’s now up to prosecutors to decide whether to formally indict him.
Some Muslims in Sweden who were deeply hurt by recent Quran burnings questioned whether Swedish police would allow the desecration of holy books from other religions.
One Muslim man apparently decided to put that to the test and applied for permission to stage a protest last Saturday outside the Israeli Embassy in which he said he intended to burn the Torah and the Bible.
Though Israeli government officials and Jewish groups condemned the planned act and called on Swedish authorities to stop it, police approved the man’s request. However, once at the scene the man backed away from his plans, saying that as a Muslim he was against the burning of all religious books.
Blasphemy is criminalized in many countries. A Pew Research Center analysis found that 79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied had laws or policies on the books in 2019 that banned blasphemy, defined as “speech or actions considered to be contemptuous of God or of people or objects considered sacred.” In at least seven countries – Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – it carried a potential death sentence.
In the Middle East and North Africa, 18 of the 20 countries studied had laws criminalizing blasphemy, although not in most cases punishable by death.
In Iraq, publicly insulting a symbol or a person that is held sacred, revered, or respected by a religious sect is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison.
Likewise in religiously diverse Lebanon, where sectarian divisions helped fuel a brutal 15-year civil war from 1975 to 1990, any act “intended to or resulting in” provoking “sectarian strife” is a crime punishable by up to three years in prison.
In the United States, under the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment of the Constitution, it’s not illegal to burn copies of the Quran or other holy books.
For example, authorities were appalled by Florida pastor Terry Jones’ threat in 2010 to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, but were unable to take legal action. Jones didn’t go through with that plan, but he led a Quran-burning in Florida the next year.
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New Focus on Nourishing and Transforming the Lives of Kids who Face Adversity Announced as the Foundation Approaches $600 Million Giving Milestone
WESTPORT, Conn., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newman's Own Foundation, the private foundation founded by legendary actor Paul Newman and funded by the profits and royalties it receives from the sale of Newman's Own food and beverages, is announcing a new giving mission of nourishing and transforming the lives of kids who face adversity every day. Crossing the milestone of more than $600 million donated over 40 years, the Foundation will now help more kids and engage more innovative community leaders and organizations that bring joy to children facing serious illness and advance children's nutrition security across the U.S., including indigenous communities where funding has been historically low.
The updated giving strategy carries on both Paul Newman's legacy of "giving it all away" and his commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children whose enjoyment of childhood has been disrupted by circumstances beyond their control. "Let's Give it All Away" is what Paul Newman declared in 1982 when he decided to sell his homemade salad dressing, creating the world's first food company that gives 100% of the money it makes to good causes. In the last 40 years, nearly $600 million has been donated to more than 22,000 organizations that focus on kids who face adversity, equal access to human rights, food and nutrition security, animal welfare, independent media, military veterans, and more. Now, as the Foundation continues to embrace Paul Newman's ethos, funded by profits and royalties from the sale of Newman's Own food and beverage products, it will focus its efforts on bringing joy and nutrition security to kids who face adversity.
Today, more than 34 million children in the U.S. face at least one significant adverse childhood experience, including severe or chronic health conditions, extreme poverty, and nutrition insecurity, and the need has grown with the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the overall food insecurity rate for kids was the lowest it had been in more than 20 years, yet nearly 11 million children were still food insecure. Those numbers rose again by several million over the last two years, with about one in seven children now facing nutrition insecurity. Two out of five struggle with at least one severe chronic health condition. Newman's Own Foundation will continue to help these children through grants to leading organizations, including FoodCorps and the SeriousFun Children's Network.
"Paul Newman believed that it's really important to uplift those who need a little boost," explained Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, president and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation. "So, he pioneered the idea of a philanthropic endeavor that commits 100% of the money it makes to transform and nourish lives. Newman's Own doesn't support a cause to sell products; it sells products to support a cause, and its cause is helping kids who face adversity. We believe that if Paul were still with us today, he would embrace our focus on kids and be proud of the enduring relationships that we have built.
"In 1988, Paul Newman opened a free camp where children with serious illnesses could escape the fear and isolation of their medical conditions and experience the pure joy and adventure of being a kid," said Blake Maher, CEO of SeriousFun Children's Network. "Paul, and that first camp, inspired a global movement, and now there are 30 SeriousFun Children's Network camps and programs across the world that have a life-changing impact on children and their families. We are thankful to Newman's Own Foundation for continuing to honor Paul Newman's legacy through their ongoing donations and commitment to giving kids facing serious illnesses the opportunity to discover all that is possible in their lives."
"In this critical moment for our nation's kids, we have seen the vital role that schools play in maintaining and improving children's nutrition security," said Curt Ellis, co-founder and CEO of FoodCorps. "Paul Newman supported some of our earliest work advocating for a future in which every school is a healthy school, and every child is well-nourished and ready to learn. Now, with its renewed focus on children, Newman's Own Foundation is lending FoodCorps their trust and seal of approval in advancing the nutrition security movement in powerful and entrepreneurial ways. I also appreciate that they go beyond monetary donations to amplify FoodCorps' work on select Newman's Own food packs – we've had other donors learn about us that way!"
The Foundation does not maintain an endowment, raise funds, or accept donations. It is funded by profits and royalties from the sale of Newman's Own food and beverage products, including salad dressing, frozen pizza, pasta sauce, salsa, popcorn, and cookies. Beyond monetary donations, Newman's Own Foundation uses advocacy and amplification to support kids, because as Paul Newman believed, "When you see the right thing to do, you better do it." For more information on Newman's Own Foundation, visit NewmansOwn.org.
About Newman's Own, Inc., and Newman's Own Foundation
Legendary actor Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, he founded Newman's Own Foundation in 2005 to continue giving away 100% of profits from Newman's Own, Inc., food and beverages, something he had been doing since founding Newman's Own, Inc., in 1982. The private foundation is funded by the profits and royalties generated by the sale of Newman's Own food and beverage products. By the end of 2022, Newman's Own will have donated $600 million to good causes.
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Top manufacturer will display and demonstrate a range of innovative products at the leading event for plumbing system design professionals in Indianapolis Sept. 19-20
AMBLER, Pa., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradford White Water Heaters, an industry-leading manufacturer of water heaters, boilers and storage tanks, will showcase a selection of high-performing, innovative products at the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Convention & Expo in Indianapolis in September.
Company representatives will be available at Booth #601 during the Expo Sept. 19-20.
"As one of the preeminent events for our industry, ASPE provides an important opportunity for our experts to connect with our customers who rely on Bradford White products," said Carl Pinto, Jr., senior director of marketing communications for Bradford White. "We're dedicated to serving the needs of this industry, as demonstrated by our 30-year commitment to manufacturing products for professional installation only, and the equipment available at the expo is representative of the wide range of solutions we offer for contractors throughout the plumbing space."
The ASPE Convention & Expo (Sept. 16-21) is the premier event for plumbing system design professionals, introducing attendees to game-changing innovations, profitable solutions, and new ideas that help them maintain their competitive edge. The two-day ASPE Expo (Sept. 19-20) is a unique opportunity to discover new plumbing technologies and practical solutions to plumbing design challenges directly from product experts.
During the Expo, information and demonstrations will be available for the following trusted Bradford White products:
- ElectriFLEX Series™: Bradford White ElectriFLEX Series™ field convertible commercial electric water heaters deliver a fast, reliable solution for commercial customers. Voltage, phase, and kW are field convertible.
- H Series: The Bradford White Commercial Tankless Electric H Series Water Heater, Powered by Keltech®, delivers precise temperature control, commercial-grade performance and outstanding durability in a wall-mounted design.
- eF Series®: Bradford White Commercial eF Series® Ultra High Efficiency Gas Water Heater's ENERGY STAR®-certified design includes a highly efficient, modulating down-fired premix power burner (120T models only) for optimum combustion, powered anodes, and BMS integration via Modbus and BACnet® protocols for remote monitoring.
- MagnaTech® HTD: The Brute MagnaTech® HTD boiler's small footprint, slim vertical design and removable top section help it fit into tight service areas, and optional electrical packages allow for easy pairing with various field supply voltages.
For more information about Bradford White Water Heaters, visit https://www.bradfordwhite.com.
Bradford White Water Heaters is a full-line manufacturer of residential, commercial and industrial water heating, space heating, combination heating and storage products. The company maintains headquarters in Ambler, Pennsylvania, and has manufacturing facilities in Middleville, Michigan; Niles, Michigan; and Rochester, New Hampshire; and distribution and training centers in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit www.bradfordwhite.com.
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Hurricane Ian nears Florida coast, threatening floods, winds
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida residents rushed to board up their homes, stash precious belongings on upper floors and flee from oncoming Hurricane Ian, fearing the monstrous storm that knocked out power to all of Cuba and its 11 million people would slam into their state’s west coast with catastrophic winds and flooding on Wednesday.
“You can’t do anything about natural disasters,” said Vinod Nair, who drove inland from the Tampa area Tuesday with his wife, son, dog and two kittens seeking a hotel in the tourist district of Orlando. “We live in a high risk zone, so we thought it best to evacuate.”
Nair and his family were among at least 2.5 million Florida residents ordered to evacuate in anticipation of a powerful storm surge, high winds and flooding rains. Fueled by the warm Gulf of Mexico, Ian was gaining strength after plowing over western Cuba’s prized tobacco-growing region as a Category 3 storm on Tuesday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted Ian could become a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 130 mph (209 kph) before roaring ashore on Florida’s southwest coast on Wednesday afternoon.
Winds exceeding tropical-storm strength of 39 mph (63 kph) reached Florida by 3 a.m. and hurricane-force winds were expected in Florida well in advance of the eyewall moving inland, the Miami-based center said.
“It is a big storm, it is going to kick up a lot of water as it comes in,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in Sarasota, a coastal city of 57,000 in the storm’s projected path. He warned at a news conference: “This the kind of storm surge that is life threatening.”
Ian’s forward movement slowed over the Gulf, enabling the hurricane to grow wider and stronger. A hurricane warning covering roughly 220 miles (350 kilometers) of the state included Fort Myers as well as Tampa and St. Petersburg, which could get their first direct hit by a major hurricane since 1921.
The hurricane center the storm was moving closer to the west coast of Florida, moving north-northeast about 10 mph (17 kph) toward Naples. Sustained winds are about 120 mph (193 kph) with higher gusts.
Forecasters said the storm surge could reach 12 feet (3.6 meters) if it peaks at high tide. Rainfall near the area of landfall could top 18 inches (46 centimeters).
Gil Gonzalez wasn’t taking any chances. He boarded the windows of his Tampa home with plywood and laid down sandbags to guard against any flooding. He and his wife packed their car with bottled water, flashlights, battery packs for their cellphones and a camp stove before evacuating.
“All the prized possessions, we’ve put them upstairs in a friend’s house,” Gonzalez said.
Airports in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Key West closed. Disney World theme parks and Sea World in Orlando all closed ahead of the storm.
A couple from England on vacation in Tampa found themselves faced with riding out the storm at a shelter. Glyn and Christine Williams of London were told to leave their hotel near the beach when evacuations were ordered. Because the airport shut down, they could get no flight home.
“Unfortunately, all the hotels are full or closed, so it looks as though we’re going to be in one of the shelters,” Christine Williams said.
Her husband insisted all would be fine. “You know, you got to go with the flow,” Glyn Williams said. “So we’re quite happy doing what we’re doing.”
The precise location of landfall was still uncertain, but with Ian’s tropical storm-force winds extending 140 miles (225 kilometers) from its center, damage was expected across a wide area of Florida. Flash floods were possible across the whole state, and portions of its east coast faced a potential storm surge threat as Ian’s bands approach the Atlantic Ocean. Warnings also were issued for isolated tornadoes.
Florida Power and Light warned those in Ian’s path to brace for days without electricity. As a precaution, hundreds of residents were being evacuated from several nursing homes in the Tampa area, where hospitals also were moving some patients.
Parts of Georgia and South Carolina also could see flooding rains and some coastal surge into Saturday. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp preemptively declared an emergency, ordering 500 National Guard troops onto standby to respond as needed.
Before turning toward Florida, Ian struck Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province with sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph) and causing destruction in the island nation’s world-famous tobacco belt.
Local government station TelePinar reported heavy damage at the main hospital in Pinar del Rio city, tweeting photos of collapsed ceilings, widely flung debris and toppled trees. No deaths were reported. Some left the stricken area on foot, carrying their children, while buses tried to evacuated others through waterlogged streets. Others opted to stay at their damaged houses.
“It was horrible,” said Yusimi Palacios, a resident of Pinar del Rio inside her damaged house. “But here we are alive, and I only ask the Cuban revolution to help me with the roof and the mattress.”
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Associated Press contributors include Christina Mesquita in Havana, Cuba; Cody Jackson in Tampa, Florida; Freida Frisaro in Miami; Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Florida; Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida; Seth Borenstein in Washington and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York.
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SAN FRANCISCO, ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, and Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announce that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted and granted Priority Review designation[1] (in a CDE's public notice ended on July 18, 2022) to a New Drug Application (NDA) that will support the full approval of olverembatinib in patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-CP) who are resistant and/or intolerant of first- and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Following the conditional NDA approval in November 2021, the acceptance for the latest application marks another milestone and will potentially bring olverembatinib to benefit a broader population of patients with CML. Innovent and Ascentage are mutually committed to the commercialization of olverembatinib in the China market.
In November 2021, the NMPA granted a conditional approval to olverembatinib for the treatment of adult patients with TKI-resistant CML-CP or CML-AP harboring the T315I mutation as confirmed by a validated diagnostic test, thus filling an urgent treatment gap that has long hindered the clinical outcome in Chinese patients with TKI-resistant CML harboring the T315I mutation.
The acceptance and Priority Review designation for this application are based on the results from an open-label, randomized, controlled, confirmatory Phase II pivotal study (study code: HQP1351CC203) which previously served as the basis for a Breakthrough Therapy designation to olverembatinib by the CDE in March 2021. The study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of olverembatinib in patients with CML-CP who are resistant and/or intolerant to first- and second-generation TKIs, with the event-free survival (EFS) as its primary endpoint. A total of 144 patients were enrolled and randomized to either receive olverembatinib or the control group to receive the current best available treatment (BAT). Results show that olverembatinib significantly improved the EFS compared to the control group and has met the pre-specified superiority criteria. Detailed results from this study will be released at an upcoming academic conference.
CML is a hematologic malignancy of the white blood cells. The introduction of BCR-ABL TKIs has significantly improved the clinical practice and management of CML. However, acquired resistance to TKIs remains a major challenge in the treatment of CML. BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase mutations represent a key mechanism of acquired drug resistance and there is an urgent unmet medical need for a safe and effective treatment. Olverembatinib is a potentially global best-in-class drug that has been developed by Ascentage Pharma and supported by the National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing Program in China. As the first and only third-generation BCR-ABL inhibitor approved for the treatment of drug-resistant CML in China, olverembatinib is able to effectively target a spectrum of BCR-ABL mutants, including T315I.
The leading principal investigator of olverembatinib in China, Prof. Xiaojun Huang, MD, Director of the Institute of Hematology, Peking University, Director of the Hematology Department at Peking University People's Hospital, commented: "The approval for olverembatinib last year has brought a breakthrough therapy for patients with drug-resistant CML harboring the T315I mutation. Meanwhile, many patients who are resistant to first- and second-generation TKIs still lack effective treatment and drug resistance to TKIs and this remains a major clinical challenge in the treatment of CML. In recent years, results from multiple clinical studies have validated olverembatinib's therapeutic efficacy in CML patients. We hope that the second Priority Review designation granted to olverembatinib will allow more patients with CML to soon benefit from this novel drug."
Dr. Hui Zhou, Senior Vice President of Innovent, stated: "We are pleased about the acceptance and Priority Review designation for the application for olverembatinib, as it will potentially allow a broader population of patients with TKI-resistant CML to benefit from this novel therapeutic. Innovent has established a robust pipeline and franchise in hematology and we are fully committed to bringing forth more 'high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people' and serve the unmet medical needs from Chinese patients as early as possible."
Dr. Yifan Zhai, Chief Medical Officer of Ascentage Pharma, commented, "As an innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to addressing the unmet medical needs of patients in China and around the world, Ascentage Pharma is forging ahead with its clinical development programs to allow more patients to benefit from our innovative drugs. Having this application for olverembatinib accepted and granted the Priority Review designation by the CDE highlights the authority's commitment to filling the treatment gap in patients with drug-resistant CML and its strong recognition of olverembatinib's therapeutic efficacy. We will work closely with the CDE to bring this innovative therapeutic to more patients as soon as possible."
About Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a malignancy caused by the clonal proliferation of hematopoietic stem cell in the bone marrow. Also referred to as chronic myelocytic leukemia, CML is one of the most common subtypes of chronic leukemia, accounting for 15% of all leukemia cases in adults. According to epidemiology data, the onset of CML in Chinese patients happens at a younger age than that in the West; the median age of onset of CML in China is around 45 – 50 years old, while it is 67 years old in the west.
BCR-ABL TKIs have significantly improved the clinical management of CML. However, acquired resistance to TKIs remains a major challenge in the treatment of CML, while BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase mutations represent a key mechanism of acquired drug resistance.
About Olverembatinib
Developed by Ascentage Pharma with support from the National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing Program in China, the orally active, third-generation BCR-ABL inhibitor olverembatinib is the first China-approved third-generation BCR-ABL inhibitor targeting drug-resistant CML. Olverembatinib can effectively target a spectrum of BCR-ABL mutants, including the T315I mutation.
In November 2021, olverembatinib was approved by the NMPA of China for the treatment of adult patients with TKI-resistant CML-CP or CML-AP harboring the T315I mutation as confirmed by a validated diagnostic test. In March 2021, it was granted the Breakthrough Therapy designation by the CDE for the treatment of patients with CML-CP who are resistant and/or intolerant of first- and second-generation TKIs.
In overseas, olverembatinib was cleared by the US FDA in July 2019 to directly enter a Phase Ib study. Since 2018, the clinical results of olverembatinib have been selected for oral presentations at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meetings for four consecutive years, and was nominated for "Best of ASH" in 2019. To date, olverembatinib has been granted one Fast Track designation and three Orphan Drug designations from the US FDA for the treatment of CML, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML); and one Orphan Designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the European Union for the treatment of CML.
In July 2021, Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) and Innovent Biologics (1801.HK) reached the agreement regarding the joint development and commercialization of olverembatinib in China.
*Olverembatinib has not been approved for any indication in the U.S.
About Innovent
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune disease and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) , olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab), 3 assets under NMPA NDA review, 3 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
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TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
About Ascentage Pharma
Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) is a globally focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B, and age-related diseases. On October 28, 2019, Ascentage Pharma was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code 6855.HK.
Ascentage Pharma focuses on developing therapeutics that inhibit protein-protein interactions to restore apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The company has built a pipeline of eight clinical drug candidates, including novel, highly potent Bcl-2, and dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors, as well as candidates aimed at IAP and MDM2-p53 pathways, and next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Ascentage Pharma is also the only company in the world with active clinical programs targeting all three known classes of key apoptosis regulators. The company is conducting more than 50 Phase I/II clinical trials in the US, Australia, Europe, and China. Olverembatinib, the company's core drug candidate developed for the treatment of drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), was granted Priority Review status and a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and is already approved for the indication. In addition, olverembatinib was also granted an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and a Fast Track Designation (FTD) by the US FDA, and an Orphan Designation by the EU. To date, Ascentage Pharma has obtained a total of 15 ODDs, 2 FTDs, and 2 Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designations from the FDA and 1 ODD from the EU for four of the company's investigational drug candidates. Ascentage Pharma has been designated for multiple Major National R&D Projects, including 5 National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing projects, 1 New Drug Incubator status, 4 Innovative Drug Programs, and 1 Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
Leveraging its robust R&D capabilities, Ascentage Pharma has built a portfolio of global intellectual property rights and entered into global partnerships with numerous renowned biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and research institutes such as UNITY Biotechnology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Merck, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. The company has built a talented team with global experience in discovering, developing, launching, and commercializing innovative drugs and is setting up world-class commercial manufacturing and Sales & Marketing teams. One pivotal aim of Ascentage Pharma is to continuously strengthen its R&D capabilities and accelerate its clinical development programs, in order to fulfil its mission of addressing unmet clinical needs in China and around the world for the benefit of more patients.
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[1] Priority Review Designation accelerates the research and development of innovative drugs that have significant clinical advantages and fills urgent medical needs. According to the Provisions for Drug Registration (SAMR Order No. 27) and Working Procedures for Priority Review and Approval of Drug Marketing Authorization (Interim) (No. 82 of 2020) implemented on July 1, and July 7, 2020, respectively, the regulatory authority will prioritize the review process and evaluation resources for NDAs which helps accelerate the market access of these innovative drugs.
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Darktrace Federal Accelerating Cyber AI to Defend U.S Government National Security
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darktrace Federal, Inc. ("Darktrace Federal"), a division of Darktrace plc ("Darktrace"), a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that it has appointed Marcus Fowler, former U.S Marine and senior CIA officer, as its Chief Executive Officer.
Darktrace launched Darktrace Federal in March 2022 and since then has continued to advance its mission to serve the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community (IC), federal civilian agencies, and national critical infrastructure to strengthen their defenses with Self-Learning AI. Darktrace Federal will ensure mission resilience, augment and accelerate zero trust implementations, and proactively defend against zero-days, insider threats, and supply chain compromises. In addition to defending on-premise and cloud IT and OT environments, Darktrace's email security technology will be the basis for enabling federal entities to disrupt targeted, socially-engineered impersonation and account hijack attacks.
Since its establishment, Darktrace Federal has been focusing on the following key areas:
- Deploying products based on Darktrace's advanced Self-Learning AI technology on-premise and completing FedRAMP certification for email security and cloud deployments. For FedRAMP, Darktrace Federal is in the process of establishing Impact Level-5 and GCC High to protect federal civilian, DoD, and IC environments.
- Providing technical demonstrations of Darktrace's Self-Learning AI-based approach to cyber security to federal government critical infrastructure agencies.
- Utilizing the new DoD contract funding vehicle Darktrace has executed to enable rapid deployment with DoD and federal civilian agencies and partners.
Marcus Fowler, CEO at Darktrace Federal, commented: "At such a critical moment in our nation's history, when nation-state cyber-aggressors are actively conducting operations for dominance in cyberspace, we aim to empower the U.S. government to be steps ahead of attackers to neutralize stealthy and sophisticated threats at their earliest stages. I am honored to lead the Darktrace Federal team and bring Darktrace's proven AI technology to federal customers."
Patrick Gonzalez, former U.S Air Force and U.S. Space Force contracting officer, who is a member of the Darktrace Federal advisory board and brings with him a wealth of experience in government acquisition and contracts, commented: "Following a lengthy career in this space, I am thrilled to see such a high level of interest so soon after the launch of Darktrace Federal. I am proud that we are taking the necessary steps to do business with the federal government and will continue to work hard to meet demand and ensure Darktrace Federal is on appropriate contract vehicles."
For Darktrace Federal inquiries or contract vehicle references, please contact Sally Grant, VP of Darktrace Federal
Grant emphasizes, "we are standing by to support U.S. government cyber defenses. The speed and scale of modern cyber threats requires AI to augment human cyber defenders. We are here to support cyber analyst teams under attack from machine-driven cyber warfare."
Darktrace Federal, Inc. is the U.S. Federal Division of Darktrace plc (DARK.L). Darktrace plc is a global leader in cyber security AI, delivering world-class technology that protects over 6,800 customers worldwide from malicious threats. Darktrace Federal applies Darktrace's Self-Learning AI to enable unsupervised machine learning to defend and respond to nation-state attacks.
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WASHINGTON — Communications between a spacecraft heading to the moon and NASA were reestablished after the space agency lost contact with it earlier this week.
The satellite, which launched from New Zealand last week, is heading to test out a lopsided lunar orbit.
On Monday, it left Earth's orbit, but by Tuesday, NASA had lost contact with the spacecraft.
"Following successful deployment and [the] start of spacecraft commissioning on July 4, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft experienced communications issues while in contact with the Deep Space Network," NASA said. "The spacecraft team currently is working to understand the cause and re-establish contact. The team has good trajectory data for the spacecraft based on the first full and second partial ground station pass with the Deep Space Network."
On Wednesday, the space agency said contact was restored with Capstone.
NASA did not immediately release information about what caused the loss of communications, nor how they did re-establish them.
The mission of the trip is for the spacecraft to test an oval orbit around the moon because, eventually, the space agency wants to put a mini space station called Gateway.
Gateway would be a place for astronauts to stage before they descend to the moon's surface. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/nasa-restores-contact-with-spacecraft-headed-to-lunar-orbit | 2022-07-06 18:57:16 | 1 | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/nasa-restores-contact-with-spacecraft-headed-to-lunar-orbit |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home Las Vegas police searched this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to a man long known to detectives investigating the case, whose nephew had emerged as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it served a search warrant Monday in the nearby city of Henderson. But the department said it wouldn’t release any other details, including where officers were searching and whether they expect to make an arrest for the first time in the slaying of the rapper nearly 30 years ago.
Residents of the small Henderson neighborhood — nestled in the foothills of the city about 20 miles southeast of the Las Vegas Strip — identified the property where they said they saw officers detain two people while investigators searched the home Monday night.
“There were cruisers and SWAT vehicles. They had lights shining on the house,” said Don Sansouci, 61, who had just gone to bed with his wife when a swirl of blue and red police lights stirred them awake sometime after 9 p.m.
Public records, including voting records, link the property to the wife of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the uncle of Orlando Anderson, one of Shakur’s known rivals who authorities have long suspected in the rapper’s death.
Anderson denied any involvement in Shakur’s killing at the time, and died two years later in an unrelated gang shooting.
From the sidewalk Monday night in front of their home, Sansouci said they watched a man and a woman step outside of the house surrounded by police, place their hands behind their heads and slowly walk backwards toward the officers.
Sansouci said they don’t know the people who live in the home. He described the area as “a nice, quiet cul-de-sac neighborhood” but said most residents on the street keep to themselves.
It’s not immediately known if Davis has a lawyer who can comment on his behalf, and messages left for Davis and his wife, Paula Clemons, weren’t returned. Records show the two were married in Clark County, Nevada, in 2005.
News of the search breathed new life into Shakur’s long-unsolved killing, which has been surrounded by conspiracy theories. There have never been any arrests, yet attention on the case has endured for decades.
Shakur’s death came as his fourth solo album, “All Eyez on Me,” remained on the charts, with some 5 million copies sold. Nominated six times for a Grammy Award, Shakur is largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time.
On the night of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was riding in a black BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars. They were waiting at a red light a block from the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times.
The shooting unfolded shortly after a casino brawl earlier in the evening between Anderson, Shakur and their associates.
There were many witnesses, but the investigation quickly stalled, in part because those witnesses refused to cooperate, Las Vegas police said in the past.
That silence broke, to a point, in 2018, when Davis, saying he was ready to speak after a cancer diagnosis, admitted to being in the front seat of the Cadillac. In an interview for a BET show, he implicated his nephew in the shooting, saying Anderson was one of two people in the backseat.
Davis said the shots were fired from the back of the car, though he stopped short of naming which of the two pulled the trigger, saying he had to abide by the “code of the streets.”
It’s unclear if Davis has been living in the home police searched this week and whether he was present when officers descended on the property. Las Vegas court records show there has been an active warrant out for his arrest since July 2022, when he failed to appear in court on a drug charge.
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Associated Press writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas and researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/home-searched-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-is-tied-to-uncle-of-long-dead-suspect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-07-20 15:46:02 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/home-searched-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-is-tied-to-uncle-of-long-dead-suspect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Meals on Wheels Giving Tree to help local seniors in need
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - United Way of Idaho Falls and Bonneville County will be hosting a Meals on Wheels Senior Giving Tree in its lobby, located on the 2nd Floor of the US Bank building, (330 Shoup Ave. Ste 202, Idaho Falls ID 83402).
Wish lists were gathered from seniors on the local Meals on Wheels route.
With close to 50 tags on the tree, you are encouraged to come pick a tag and fill it to make the season brighter.
Some of the most asked for items are: puzzles, socks, slippers, gift sets (lotions, soaps, body washes), art supplies like markers and colored pencils, and pajamas men’s and women.
This giving tree will run through Dec. 16 2022. | https://localnews8.com/life/holidays/2022/12/02/meals-on-wheels-giving-tree-to-help-local-seniors-in-need/ | 2022-12-02 18:04:13 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/life/holidays/2022/12/02/meals-on-wheels-giving-tree-to-help-local-seniors-in-need/ |
As anticipated, SouthCoast Wind has announced it will seek to terminate the utility contracts it needs to finance the construction of a giant offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, citing significant increases in the cost of the project.
The move follows Avangrid’s decision last fall to do the same thing with contracts for a similar project, dubbed Commonwealth Wind, which was also proposed for waters south of the Vineyard. Industry insiders had expected SouthCoast Wind to follow, because its contracts are based on the same economics as Commonwealth Wind’s. But until now, despite conceding similar cost concerns, SouthCoast Wind’s leaders avoided definitively answering the question whether they would need to terminate their contracts too.
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Regulatory pressure in Rhode Island, however, apparently forced SouthCoast’s hand. That state’s Energy Facilities Siting Board was reviewing a proposed power line that SouthCoast (formerly known as Mayflower Wind) had planned through Portsmouth, R.I., for the project, with a hearing scheduled on June 12.
On Friday, SouthCoast informed the Rhode Island siting board that it has started discussions with Massachusetts officials and electric utilities about terminating the wind farm’s power purchase agreements. The SouthCoast project would generate 1,200 megawatts, or enough power for more than one million homes and businesses.
Commonwealth Wind and SouthCoast Wind backing out means the results of two of the three Massachusetts wind-energy auctions so far will be scrapped. Only the winner of the state’s first auction of wind-power contracts, Vineyard Wind, is moving forward. Construction recently began on that project, a joint venture owned by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, because its supplier agreements were largely in place before the huge spike in interest rates and other costs last year.
In May, the Healey administration launched the state’s fourth round of offshore wind bidding, inviting developers to submit bids to collectively provide up to 3,600 megawatts — or more than 25 percent of the state’s annual electricity demand. This would be by far the largest auction yet of offshore wind contracts for Massachusetts. Bids are due early next year. Avangrid plans to rebid its Commonwealth Wind project in this round, hoping for higher prices. Now it’s official that SouthCoast Wind — a joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds, which is itself a joint venture owned by Engie and EDP Renewables — will try to do so as well.
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In a statement, SouthCoast chief executive Francis Slingsby said the developer is grateful to the Healey administration for creating enough room for a rebid of its project in the latest auction. He said even after factoring in potential tax incentives, SouthCoast couldn’t make the numbers work, and “termination, and payment of a financial penalty for termination, has become the prudent commercial course ... due to material and unforeseen supply chain and financing cost increases affecting the whole offshore wind industry.”
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Noah Cates, Owen Tippett and Travis Konecny each had a goal and an assist, Felix Sandstrom made 28 saves and the surprising Philadelphia Flyers handed the St. Louis Blues their eighth straight regulation defeat, 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Wade Allison and Lukáš Sedlák also scored for rebuilding Philadelphia, which has won seven of 12 and garnered 16 points to start the season under first-year coach John Tortorella. The Flyers were last in the Metropolitan Division last season.
Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Blues, who set a club record for consecutive losses in regulation. St. Louis last won on Oct. 22 to improve to 3-0. The Blues are five defeats from matching the franchise’s all-time losing streak, a 13-game slide from March 16-April 8, 2006, that included three overtime losses.
Allison notched the first of Philadelphia’s three second-period tallies with 9:49 left in the period. Ivan Provorov set up the goal with a pass toward the crease, and the puck went off Allison and past Blues goalie Thomas Greiss. It was just the third time in 12 contests Philadelphia has gotten on the board first.
Konecny scored his team-leading fifth of the season with 3:23 to play in the period when he wheeled past defenseman Justin Faulk in the slot and fired a wrist shot past Greiss’ blocker side.
The Flyers just beat the buzzer for their final tally of one of their most impressive periods of the season with a 4-on-4 goal with three seconds left on a pretty passing play. Scott Laughton started it by keeping the puck in the zone, then sent a pass to the opposite circle to Travis Sanheim, who whipped the puck to the far side of the crease and Cates deflected it home for his second goal of the season.
Sandstrom was a late replacement for announced starter Carter Hart, who was ill.
O’Reilly got the Blues on the board 5:22 into the third with a wrister from the slot that got past Sandstrom low on the glove side after a nifty setup from Ivan Barbashev.
But Sedlák answered just 1:22 later with a backhander from close range that went off Greiss’ pads and in after Nick Seeler’s long shot from the point.
The Blues tried for an early spark with fisticuffs. Brayden Schenn dropped the gloves with Philadelphia’s Seeler just 3:39 into the contest in a one-sided duel won by Seeler. Just 51 seconds later, Blues’ Robert Bortuzzo fought Zack MacEwen following a faceoff. Neither player was able to gain their footing in a draw.
But the fights were not enough to spark the Blues. Philadelphia dominated the first period, outshooting the Blues 18-11, before the three-goal barrage in the second.
CHARITY CARNIVAL
The Flyers announced the return of their annual charity carnival on March 26 after it took a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Flyers: Earlier on Tuesday, Tortorella called Hart the “backbone” of the team. The 24-year-old netminder is 6-0-2 with a 1.97 goals-against average and 94.6 save percentage.
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Blues: Host San Jose on Thursday.
Flyers: At Columbus on Thursday. | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/cates-flyers-hand-blues-eighth-straight-regulation-defeat/article_230e1554-5fda-11ed-963b-4b2b5ce9428e.html | 2022-11-09 03:19:21 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/cates-flyers-hand-blues-eighth-straight-regulation-defeat/article_230e1554-5fda-11ed-963b-4b2b5ce9428e.html |
State and local governments, along with civil actors, are transforming U.S. energy-climate-society relations according to a new paper featured on the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment website
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite national climate and energy policy failure in the United States, the American people through their state and local governments and regional partnerships have been successful in their demands to pass impactful policies to lower national emissions, according to a new paper featured on the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment website.
"Communities are faster-acting and set higher targets than policymakers at the national level," said John Byrne, lead author. "Co-benefits such as jobs, local development, clean air and water are driving support for clean energy. The political and economic support is proving to be more resilient and enduring for electricity surplus to serve the aim of social justice and sustainability."
Read the paper, "American policy conflict in the hothouse: Exploring the politics of climate inaction and polycentric rebellion," by John Byrne, Job Taminiau, and Joseph Nyangon, which is published in the July issue of Energy Research & Social Science: Volume 89.
Byrne said the Foundation's team has measured the effect of state and local government laws through 2030 and has concluded that their actions alone have reduced the national carbon footprint by 77 percent by 2030 compared to their absence.
The national cycle of policy conflict in the U.S. so far has only delivered the cancellation of a reliable U.S. climate policy, leading hopeful national policymakers to plead for cooperation with policy deniers. Alternatively, a network of counterparties—which the paper's authors term "polycentric"—is finding success based on principles of social justice and moral responsibility to mobilize social change.
"We offer supporting empirical evidence of the power of this polycentric counterparty to transform U.S. energy-climate-society relations," said Byrne.
About the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment
The Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment is a non-profit, international organization based in New York established in 2011 to promote a better future based on energy, water and materials conservation, renewable energy use, environmental resilience, and sustainable livelihoods and environmental justice for all.
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House Votes To Declassify Info About Origins Of COVID-19
March 10, 2023 11:59AM CST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted unanimously to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19.
The 419-0 vote Friday was a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic.
It was final approval of the bill, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
Debate was brief and to the point: Americans have questions about how the deadly virus started and what can be done to prevent future outbreaks.
Congressman Michael Turner says the American public “deserves answers to every aspect” of the pandemic.
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. | https://www.kfornow.com/house-votes-to-declassify-info-about-origins-of-covid-19/ | 2023-03-10 21:48:15 | 0 | https://www.kfornow.com/house-votes-to-declassify-info-about-origins-of-covid-19/ |
NEW YORK – “Everything Everywhere All at Once" won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood's awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year.
Also taking an award for his work on the film was Ke Huy Quan, the “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” child star who made a lauded comeback in “Everything Everywhere All at Once" and won for best supporting actor.
“This time last year, all I was hoping for was a job,” said an emotional Quan who had nearly given up acting before landing his role in the film. “For the first time in a very long time, I was given a second chance.”
The Gotham Awards, held annually at Cipriani Wall Street, serve as a downtown celebration of independent film and an unofficial kickoff of the long marathon of ceremonies, cocktail parties and campaigning that lead up to the Academy Awards in March. Presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, the Gothams last year heaped awards on Maggie Gyllenhaal's “The Lost Daughter” while also, with an award for Troy Kotsur, starting “CODA” on its way to best picture.
But aside from any possible influence, the Gothams are also just a star-studded party that gets the industry back into the awards-season swing. Last year's ceremony was the first fully in-person award show for many after a largely virtual 2020-2021 pandemic-marred season. This year, the Gothams were held amid mounting concern over the tepid box-office results for many of the top awards contenders. Though moviegoing has recovered much of the ground it lost during the pandemic, adult audiences have inconsistently materialized in theaters this fall.
But in feting “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the metaverse-skipping action adventure directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheiner, the filmmaking duo known as “the Daniels," the Gothams selected an unlikely runaway success. Released in March, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” made more than $100 million worldwide against a $14 million budget, making it A24's highest grossing film. The warm affection for the absurdist film now has it poised to potentially play underdog at the Oscars. The film also recently led nominations to the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
“This movie has been celebrated by the Asian American community, by the immigrant community, by people with weird brains, people who are overwhelmed or sad,” said Scheiner accepting the award with his filmmaking partner. “This award is for you guys. Your stories matter. You matter.”
While the Gothams are known for exalting the hardscrabble pursuit of lower budget filmmaking, one of its many tribute awards went to another box-office force in Adam Sandler. The 56-year-old actor-comedian, who this year starred in the well-received Netflix basketball drama-comedy “Hustle,” provided the night's most raucous speech, after an introduction by “Uncut Gems” filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie.
Sandler, explaining that he had been too busy to prepare remarks, claimed his speech was written by his two daughters. His career, as he read, was launched with two guiding principles: “People in prison need movies, too," and: “TBS needs content.”
The Gotham award, Sandler read, “means a lot to him seeing as most of the awards on his trophy shelf are shaped like popcorn buckets, blimps or fake mini Oscars that say Father of the Year which he sadly purchased himself while wondering in a self-pitying fog through the head shops of Time’s Square.”
The Gothams give gender neutral acting awards, which meant that some awards favorites this year that wouldn't normally be head-to-head, like Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") and Cate Blanchett (“Tár"), were up against each other. Todd Fields’ “Tár,” starring Blanchett as a renowned conductor, came into the Gothams with a leading five nominations and went home with an award for Fields' screenplay.
But “Till” star Danielle Deadwyler ultimately prevailed in the crowded lead acting category. Deadwyler, who plays Mamie Till-Bradley in the piercing drama, wasn't able to attend the ceremony. “Till” director Chinonye Chukwu accepted on her behalf.
Deadwyler's win should add momentum to her Oscar chances, as should the award for Quan, who is best known as the child star of “The Goonies” and “Temple of Doom."
The breakthrough director award went to Charlotte Wells for “Aftersun,” the Scottish filmmaker's tender, devastating debut about a father (Paul Mescal) and daughter (Frankie Corio) on vacation. “Aftersun” also earned a shoutout from Daniel Kwan who said “Aftersun” should have won best feature, not “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Steven Spielberg had been scheduled to introduce a tribute award for Michelle Williams, star of Spielberg's “The Fabelmans." Filling in was Williams' co-star Paul Dano, who said Spielberg tested positive for COVID-19. Williams spent much of her speech reflecting on how instrumental “Dawson's Creek” co-star Mary Beth Peil was to her as a young actor. Williams was also visibly stunned by a standing ovation.
“What is happening?” said a wide-eyed Williams. “I shouldn’t even be out of the house. I just had a baby.”
Other winners included Audrey Diwan's “Happening" for best international feature. The French abortion drama, set in 1963 France, took on added relevance after the repeal in the United States of Roe v. Wade. “All That Breathes," Shaunak Sen's film about a New Dehli bird hospital, took best documentary.
Tribute honorees also included Focus Features' Peter Kujawski and Jason Cassidy, and a thunderous tribute to the late Sidney Poitier by Jonathan Majors, who announced a new initiative in Poitier's name to help young filmmakers. “Bravo, Mr. Poitier," Majors said. “We got your back.”
Gina Prince-Bythewood, “The Woman King” filmmaker, was also honored after being introduced by Katheryn Bigelow. Prince-Bythewood said the “Hurt Locker” filmmaker inspired her to believe she could be a director. “Kathryn was my possible,” said Prince-Bythewood.
"When you see the trailer to ‘The Woman King,’ do you see incredible women or do you see other? Do you see incredible women to be inspired by or do you see other?" said Prince-Bythewood. "I want you to see yourself in my characters the same way I see myself in yours."
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TAIPEI, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2023 GO SMART Award, organized by Global Organization of Smart Cities (GO SMART) – a Taipei City Government's initiative, is entering into its 5th year and now accepting applications from global participants till October 31st, 2022. GO SMART welcomes smart city operators and solutions providers to come and join the competition – to share, to present, to be recognized, and to celebrate successful smart city cases, free of any application fee. The assessment for selection consists of 4 criteria, they are Cross-domain, Impact, Functionality and Innovation. And the diversity of stakeholders within Inter-City PoC (proof of concept) and the essence of cross-domain make GO SMART Award stand out from other similar awards and shine globally.
Among global smart city appraisal organizations, the GO SMART Award has already received enthusiastic responses from many cities around the world. In the past four years, more than 170 outstanding projects have been submitted from more than 40 cities (e.g., Amsterdam, Da Nang, Gdynia, Prague, Taipei, etc.), and 25 countries (e.g.: the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Australia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Iran, and Vietnam). The winners of year 2022 (the fourth term) were "I3 Systems and the City of Los Angeles" from the US, "Qlue Smart City Project: Alam Sutera Intelligent Mobility System" from Indonesia and "Taipei Urban Intelligence Center" from Taiwan.
For the upcoming term of 2023, we have very renowned and highly competent judges in the panel – Ms. Arūnė Urtė Matelytė, Manager of GovTech Lab Lithuania; Dr. Bruno Lanvin, President of Smart City Observatory of IMD; Ms. Callysta Thony, VP of Spark Indonesia; Mr. Chris Cooke, Founder & CEO of SmartCitiesWorld and Mr. Frans-Anton Vermast, the Strategy Advisor of Amsterdam Smart City. The judge panel is particularly formed by a wide range of expertise covering smart government, smart cities, start-up & incubation, publication and education and with the respect to gender equity. They will evaluate the submissions for 2023 GO SMART Award with professional insights and provide valuable feedback to the 10-12 finalists during the pitch session, taking these projects to their next level.
The winners will be announced at the GO SMART website on February 10th, 2023, and the award ceremony will be held on March 29th, 2023, during Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE), which is an internationally renowned smart city event held annually in Taiwan. The winners will be promoted worldwide through GO SMART community and its global media campaign and will also be invited to demo at GO SMART pavilion in 2024 SCSE. To get an acknowledgment under the spotlight of world smart city arena, 2023 GO SMART Award awaits you. For more information please click the award webpage (https://www.citiesgosmart.org/award).
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanos Medical, Inc. (NYSE: AVNS) will webcast its conference call discussing financial results and business highlights for the third quarter 2022 on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m., ET. The company will issue a news release detailing its results before the market opens that same day.
The conference call will be hosted by Joe Woody, chief executive officer, and Michael Greiner, senior vice president and chief financial officer.
To join the live conference call, dial 877-240-5772 in the United States. A simultaneous webcast of the call and a related presentation will be accessible via the Investors section of the Avanos Medical website, https://avanos.investorroom.com/.
A replay of the conference call will be available Nov. 2 at noon ET by dialing 877-344-7529 in the United States and entering passcode 6350705. It will be available for one week. A replay of the webcast also will be accessible in the Investors section of the website, approximately one hour following the completion of the conference call.
About Avanos Medical, Inc.
Avanos Medical (NYSE: AVNS) is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Avanos is committed to addressing some of today's most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Avanos develops, manufactures and markets its recognized brands in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit www.avanos.com and follow Avanos Medical on Twitter (@AvanosMedical), LinkedIn and Facebook.
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72-year-old man becomes the first of 7 siblings to graduate college
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Gray News/TMX) – A 72-year-old man became the first of his seven siblings to earn an undergraduate degree when he graduated from Georgia Gwinnett College earlier this month.
Video shared by the college shows Sam Kaplan walk across the stage May 11 to receive his degree in Cinema and Media Arts.
His 99-year-old mother was in the crowd cheering him on.
“She’s very excited,” Kaplan said of his mother. “She’s excited, happy and proud.”
According to a news release, Kaplan was 68 when he heard a radio advertisement for Georgia Gwinnett College, offering a degree program that involved script writing.
“Five minutes later, I was registering for the fall semester,” Kaplan said.
After graduating high school in 1969, Kaplan said he never considered college. The father of five held a variety of jobs over the years, including running a cleaning service, a telemarketing company and even driving a taxi.
Being an older student came with challenges – Kaplan had to adjust to a classroom again, as he hadn’t set foot in one in more than 50 years. But he was determined to connect with his younger classmates and form friendships.
“When you ask a student about what they want and plan on doing and find out what they want to do with their lives; I think that’s uncommon with a lot of kids – they don’t get that with people,” Kaplan said. “I think I have a good relationship with them. I got hugs from a lot of them on the last day of classes.”
The college said Kaplan was also popular among faculty.
Kate Balsley, associate professor of film who taught Kaplan in multiple classes, said he would always participate in class and offer advice and assistance to his classmates.
“Sam was always willing to share photos and stories about his interesting life and his family,” Balsley said. “We’re so proud to see him graduate, but we will miss him.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich are all one step closer to basketball immortality.
The three international greats — Gasol, Nowitzki and Parker — were among the list of Class of 2023 finalists unveiled Friday by the Basketball Hall of Fame, putting them on the doorstep of enshrinement this summer. Also on that list: Popovich, the winningest coach in NBA history with the San Antonio Spurs, and Dwyane Wade, part of three championship teams with the Miami Heat.
“It’s really about the journey,” Gasol said. “These type of recognitions, which are an amazing honor, they come along when you do things very, very well for a long time and when you love what you do. I’m just privileged to have played the game for so long, at a high level, with amazing people who taught me so much.”
Also making the finalist cut were four selections from the Women’s Committee — 1990 national player of the year, Olympic champion and world champion Jennifer Azzi; six-time WNBA All-Star and WNBA championship-winning coach Becky Hammon; and longtime coaches Gary Blair and Marian Washington.
The other finalists from the North American Committee include Gene Bess, believed to be the all-time collegiate coaching wins leader with 1,300 to his credit; two-time Division III national champion David Hixon; and seven-time Big Ten coach of the year Gene Keady.
“I love the class. I think this is a loaded class,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jerry Colangelo said.
Colangelo said it’s unusual for finalists to get this far in their first year on the ballot. Wade, Popovich, Gasol, Parker, Nowitzki and more got this far in their first opportunity.
“The Class of 2023 will be remembered as one of the most distinguished classes the Hall of Fame will ever see, and we are extremely excited for this unparalleled collection of talent and achievement to be one step closer to Springfield,” Colangelo said.
Popovich has coached San Antonio to five NBA titles, four of them with Parker as the team’s point guard, and led the U.S. to the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The other two legs of the Spurs’ Big 3 from that championship era — Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili — are already Hall of Famers.
Nowitzki is sixth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and led Dallas to the 2011 NBA title as the top moment in his 21-year career, all of it spent with the Mavericks. Gasol won NBA titles and led Spain to a FIBA world championship, and Wade was a 13-time All-Star, Olympic champion and earned membership on the NBA’s 75th anniversary team.
Hall of Famers get an orange jacket to commemorate their enshrinement. Wade said he’s dreamed of wearing one, noting that he’s now “one step closer.”
“A young Dwyane Wade never would have thought this moment would be here,” Wade said. “Sometimes when you’re young and you have a dream, a lot of people don’t believe in your dream. It seems so far-fetched. But I’ve always been a dreamer.”
The Hall also announced Friday that longtime high school scout Tom Konchalski will receive the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor the Hall bestows short of enshrinement. CBS Sports will receive one of the Curt Gowdy media awards handed out this year, with ESPN’s Holly Rowe and Marc Spears also now Gowdy recipients.
The Hall class will be announced April 1 at the NCAA men’s Final Four in Houston. Enshrinement weekend is August 11 and 12 at Uncasville, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a delivery driver and I wanted to create a convenient way to knock on wood if needed while driving," said an inventor, from Gresham, Ore., "so I invented the KNOCK - ON - WOOD. My design would offer a unique vehicle accessory for generating positive thoughts or luck."
The patent-pending invention provides a novelty product for a vehicle's dashboard. In doing so, it allows the driver to knock on wood if good luck is needed. As a result, it could provide added entertainment and peace of mind. The invention features a distinct design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for vehicle owners, professional drivers and superstitious individuals. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Portland sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-PTA-113, 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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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jags were down 27-0 to the Chargers at one point in the second quarter but came all the way back to punch their ticket to the AFC Divisional playoff round!
Riley Patterson hit a 36-yard field goal in the final seconds to complete the Jags incredible comeback and send The Bank into a frenzy!
The Bank was at a fever pitch as the AFC South champion Jaguars hosted the Los Angeles Chargers in an AFC Wild Card playoff matchup Saturday night.
The fourth-seeded Jags came into Saturday night's game on a five-game win streak, while the fifth-seeded Chargers were coming off a road loss to the Denver Broncos.
The Jags received the opening kickoff. On the second play of the Jags opening drive, Trevor Lawrence was picked off on a tipped pass and the Chargers were set up in the red zone. Two plays later Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert handed off to Austin Ekeler who ran it in from 13 yards out for the touchdown to put the Chargers up 7-0 early. The Jags drove down into Chargers territory on their second drive but Trevor was picked off on fourth down and Los Angeles took over at their own 39-yard line still up 7-0. The Chargers drove it down inside the Jags 4-yard line but that’s as far as they got, as they had to settle for a 22-yard Cameron Dicker field goal to go up 10-0. After the Jags got the ball back, Asante Samuel Jr. got in front of Evan Engram and picked off Trevor Lawrence. A couple plays later Ekeler ran it in for a six-yard touchdown to put the Chargers up 17-0. LA led 17-0 at the end of the first quarter.
With a little over seven minutes left before halftime, Justin Herbert threw a touchdown pass to Gerald Everett to give the Chargers a commanding 24-0 lead. The Jags were set to get the ball back after stopping the Chargers on Los Angeles' next offensive possession, but the Chargers' punt went off the helmet of Chris Claybrooks and the Chargers recovered at the Jags' 5-yard line. The Jags defense held strong to force a 23-yard Cameron Dicker field goal to make it 27-0 Chargers with 4:25 to go before the half. With 24 seconds left in the first half, Trevor hit Evan Engram in the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown pass to get the Jags on the scoreboard. They were down 27-7 at that point. The Chargers too their 27-7 lead into the half.
After Los Angeles got the ball to start the second half they got to midfield but the Jags defense forced a Chargers punt to get the ball back. Trevor and the offense put together a nice drive after getting the ball back which ended in a six-yard Lawrence to Marvin Jones Jr. touchdown pass to make it 27-14 Chargers with 5:11 left in the third quarter. Los Angeles would answer back though as Cameron Dicker hit a 50-yard field goal to give the Chargers a 30-14 lead with 2:58 left in the third quarter. The Jags offense found a rhythm in the third quarter. On the Jags ensuing offensive drive, Trevor hit Zay Jones for a 39-yard touchdown to cut the Chargers lead to 30-20. Trevor tried to hit Zay in the end zone on the two-point attempt but his pass was broken up keeping the score 30-20 with under a minute left in the third quarter. After three quarters of football LA had a 30-20 lead.
Cameron Dicker missed a 40-yard field goal with 8:47 left in the fourth quarter to keep the Jags in it. The Big Cats defense came up big with another third down stop on that possession after a couple costly penalties on defense kept the Chargers offensive drive alive. Then, the Jags cut it to a two-point game after Christian Kirk made a great touchdown grab in tight coverage and Trevor stretched it over the goal line on the two-point attempt to make it 30-28 Chargers with 5:25 left in the game. The Jags defense forced a Chargers' three and out on the next possession to get the ball back down 30-28 with a little over three minutes left in the game. At the two-minute warning the Jags found themselves down 30-28 with a 2nd and 5 at the Chargers 45 yard line. It all came down to Riley Patterson's right leg and he was able to boot it through from 36 yards out to win it for the Jags!
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What’s the best way to crate train a dog with separation anxiety?
Crate training can be a useful tool for many dog owners. Some may want their dog in a crate when they’re sleeping or when they leave the home, while others may want to give the dog space all their own. Crate training is also helpful for dogs with separation anxiety since the crate can provide calm and protection. Dogs that do not like being alone may welcome the crate during moments of distress. Crate training takes time and patience. Relieving separation anxiety requires an owner’s full attention and dedication. Don’t miss our testing insights on the Furbo Dog Camera.
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What is separation anxiety?
Separation anxiety is the fear of being alone. Dogs that have been abandoned, have moved to a new space or have undergone a sudden shift in lifestyle may develop separation anxiety. In particular, dogs that develop a strong bond with their owners may become anxious when alone. Especially if the owner has been home frequently only to have a new schedule in which they are often away. Separation anxiety may develop at any age among any breed. It can also be exacerbated by a lack of mental and physical stimulation, leading to a bored dog that may start to lash out.
How to identify separation anxiety
Separation anxiety is easy to identify and can manifest in a variety of ways. Most commonly, your dog barks excessively while you’re gone. They may also develop destructive behavior such as chewing furniture, rummaging for food or ripping up anything left out. They may also mark or relieve themselves when left alone. Some behavior may be noticeable before you leave. Dogs can associate certain sounds and actions, such as the handling of keys or putting on a coat, as signs they are about to be left alone. As a result, they may begin to pace, pant, drool, shake or even try to sneak out the door with you.
Crate training advantages
When afraid or anxious, a trained dog may retreat to its crate. If it becomes a place of refuge, dogs can be more comfortable when alone. It gives them security and confidence and offers you peace of mind while away. Many owners prefer to crate train a rescue dog since past trauma may be unknown and it’s likely they are in need of stability.
How to crate train
Crate training can take weeks or months and requires strict discipline and patience by the owner. The first step is to choose the right crate. Your dog should be able to comfortably stand up and turn around within the crate. Wire crates are most popular as they are durable and easy to set up and take down. Some have two doors for easier access, while others feature a bottom platform that can pull out for easy cleaning.
Initially, the crate should be a place your dog can safely explore without owners nearby. Fill it with a comfortable bed or blankets, especially ones that have a familiar smell to them. You may put in calming toys or clothes that have your scent on it to make the dog feel safe.
Spending time in the crate should be relaxing. If your dog does not initially explore the crate, a favorite toy or tasty treat might entice them. Let them enter and exit as they wish and keep your distance if they seem hesitant. Early on, their time in the crate needs to be rewarding and stimulating. A challenging puzzle or a treat-dispensing toy is useful to get them to make positive associations.
As they grow more comfortable, you can experiment with closing the door but keeping it unlocked, allowing your dog to push it open and leave if they wish. Over time, begin to lock the door, keeping them in for a few minutes. Slowly increase the time they stay in there as they grow more comfortable, building up to longer periods away.
Crate safety
There are some precautions to take when crate training your dog.
- Dogs with severe separation anxiety may seek to break free, which can be dangerous.
- They should never wear a collar or apparel within the crate as it may get caught.
- They should have water if you’re going away for more than an hour. Some water bowls can affix to the side so they don’t step in it or knock it over.
- Avoid leaving your dog in a crate for more than six to eight hours. Especially younger dogs that may not have full bladder control.
- If your dog is anxious and prone to chewing while stressed, do not leave any toys within that they could destroy and ingest.
Additional solutions
Crate training is only one way to curb separation anxiety. Before leaving, your dog should enjoy both physical and mental exertion. Tiring them out with a walk and playtime, even something as simple as fetch, can help them settle and relax. Some dogs also benefit from having the sides and top of the crate covered to create a cozier, more protective space with less stimulation.
Some dogs may enjoy calming treats and supplements. Popular ingredients include hemp and chamomile to soothe the dog and help them sleep. Some dog owners may want to keep an eye on their dog while they’re away to better see how they are coping with being alone; a dog camera may be a worthy investment. Our tester found the Furbo Dog Camera‘s treat-tossing feature excellent for interacting with your pet while away. They also liked the recording feature, saying it made training out their puppy’s bad behaviors much easier. For serious anxiety, your vet may prescribe medication in conjunction with dedicated training.
Best treats for crate training for separation anxiety
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Delicious, high-value dog treats should only be for training. These nutritious chews feature salmon and potatoes. Use these only for crate training so your dog makes positive associations.
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Matthew McConaughey reacts to school shooting in hometown of Uvalde
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Actor Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday. He responded by calling on Americans to act now to control an “epidemic” of mass shootings.
“Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,” McConaughey posted on his social media accounts. “We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo.”
The actor doesn’t describe any specific laws or policies he wants adopted. He doesn’t mention gun control.
“As Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it’s time we re-evaluate,” he wrote. “We have to rearrange our values and find a common ground.”
“This is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we all know we can do better. We must do better. Action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in Uvalde and the others before them have endured.”
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A courtroom outburst by a man accused of telephoning threats to “shoot up” a Southern Nevada synagogue prompted a judge to increase his bail on Wednesday, despite the man’s father’s account that his son is a military veteran with “a mental issue” resulting from head injuries.
Michael Sanchez, 37, blurted out a complaint about “false information being presented on both sides about my issues” before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Amy Chelini told him she was increasing his bail amount from $20,000 to $100,000.
“Those are alleged threats,” Sanchez said of accounts of his actions, prompting prosecutor Max Anderson to note for the judge that Sanchez appeared to admit guilt.
Sanchez faces a felony charge of threatening an act of terrorism. He was not asked to enter a plea, pending a preliminary hearing of evidence scheduled Feb. 15.
Chelini also ruled that if Sanchez can post bail for release from jail, he must be on high-level electronic monitoring.
The judge told Sanchez her decisions were “based upon this conduct here today and how you’re acting now to this court, to your attorneys, in the courtroom and the violent nature of the tone of your voice.”
Sanchez was arrested Sunday, after police said he called the Chabad of Southern Nevada, told a rabbi that congregants were child molesters who deserved to die, and referred to a shooting in April 2019 at Chabad of Poway, California, that killed a 60-year-old woman and wounded three others, including a rabbi and an 8-year-old girl.
Police said that following his arrest, Sanchez “admitted he made the call and did threaten to shoot up the synagogue,” and said he believed Jews and police were “out to get him.” Police also noted that Sanchez showed signs of paranoia.
In court, Anderson said allegations that Sanchez also threatened another Las Vegas-area synagogue were being investigated. The prosecutor did not provide details.
Sanchez’s verbal protest came after his father, also named Michael Sanchez, told the judge his son “may be a little crazy, but he’s not dangerous.”
“He’s never carried out anything to anybody,” the elder Sanchez said. “He just talks.”
Outside court, father Michael Sanchez of Hemet, California, said his son took part in heavy fighting in Iraq during two combat tours as a U.S. Army artillery officer before he was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant.
“He’s a veteran and he’s got a mental issue,” the father said, attributing his son’s mood swings to a head injury received after returning to the U.S. and a diagnosed brain aneurysm. “They’ve held him at the Veterans Administration psych ward several times already,” he said.
Separately, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said he believed Sanchez would pose an ongoing threat to the community if he were released from jail.
“I recognize there may be indications of a mental illness,” Wolfson told The Associated Press. “But I can’t take the chance of this person acting out, regardless of whether he’s mentally ill or not.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/judge-hikes-bail-for-army-vet-accused-of-threat-to-synagogue/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-02-01 22:18:47 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/judge-hikes-bail-for-army-vet-accused-of-threat-to-synagogue/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee is set to unveil “surprising” details including evidence from Donald Trump’s Secret Service about the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in what is likely to be its last public hearing before the November midterm elections.
The hearing Thursday afternoon, the 10th public session by the panel, is expected delve into Trump's “state of mind" and the central role the defeated president played in the multipart effort to overturn the election, according to a committee aide who discussed the plans on condition of anonymity.
The committee is starting to sum up its findings: Trump, after losing the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory. The result was the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
“The mob was led by some extremist groups — they plotted in advance what they were going to do,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a committee member, told CNN. “And those individuals were known to people in the Trump orbit.”
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is poised to gavel in Thursday's session at an otherwise empty Capitol complex, with most lawmakers at home campaigning for reelection. Several people who were among the thousands around the Capitol on Jan. 6 are now running for congressional office, some with Trump’s backing.
The session will serve as a closing argument by the panel’s two Republican lawmakers, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who have essentially been shunned by Trump and their party and will not be returning in the new Congress. Cheney lost her primary election and Kinzinger decided not to run.
Another committee member, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., a retired Naval commander, is in a tough reelection bid against state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot.
Unlike past hearings, this one is not expected to feature live witnesses, though the panel is expected to share information from its recent interviews — including testimony from Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was in contact with the White House during the run-up to Jan. 6.
Fresh information about the movements of then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 and was rushed to safety, is also expected, according to a person familiar with the committee's planning who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and requested anonymity.
For weeks the panel has been in talks with the U.S. Secret Service after issuing a subpoena to produce missing text messages from that day. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described being told by a White House aide about Trump angrily lunging at the driver of his presidential SUV and demanding to be taken from his rally to the Capitol as the mob formed on Jan. 6.
Some in the Secret Service have disputed Cassidy’s account of the events, but it is unclear if the missing texts that the agency has said were deleted during a technology upgrade will ever be recovered. The hearing is expected to reveal fresh details from a massive trove of documents and other evidence provided by the Secret Service.
The committee plans to show new video footage it received from the Secret Service of the rally on the White House Ellipse. Trump spoke there before encouraging his armed supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.”
The hearing also will include new documentary footage captured from the day of the attack.
The Secret Service has turned over 1.5 million pages of documents and surveillance video to the committee, according to agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
Lofgren said that as she learned the information being presented Thursday she found it “pretty surprising.”
The committee, having conducted more than 1,500 interviews and obtained countless documents, has produced a sweeping probe of Trump’s activities from his defeat in the November election to the Capitol attack.
“He has used this big lie to destabilize our democracy,” said Lofgren, who was a young House staff member during the Richard Nixon impeachment inquiry in 1974. “When did that idea occur to him and what did he know while he was doing that?”
This week’s hearing is expected to be the final investigative presentation from lawmakers before the midterm elections. But staff members say the investigation continues.
The Jan. 6 committee has been meeting for more than a year, set up by the House after Republican senators blocked the formation of an outside panel similar to the 9/11 commission set up after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Even after the launch of its high-profile public hearings last summer, the Jan. 6 committee continued to gather evidence and interviews.
Under committee rules, the Jan. 6 panel is expected to produce a report of its findings, due after the election, likely in December. The committee will dissolve 30 days after publication of that report, and with the new Congress in January.
House Republicans are expected to drop the Jan. 6 probe and turn to other investigations if they win control after midterm elections, primarily focusing on Biden, his family and his administration.
At least five people died in the Jan. 6 attack and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot and killed by Capitol Police.
Police engaged in often bloody, hand-to-hand combat, as Trump’s supporters pushed past barricades, stormed the Capitol and roamed the halls, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety and temporarily disrupting the joint session of Congress certifying Biden’s election.
More than 850 people have been charged by the Justice Department in the Capitol attack, some receiving lengthy prison sentences for their roles. Several leaders and associates of the extremist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been charged with sedition.
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"When I Close My Eyes" Launches with Request for Listeners to Perform Random Acts of Kindness on June 10th
CINCINNATI, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sister Accord, the organization that is changing the way girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other, announced today two efforts in honor of the late Nella D. Jackson, the mother of The Sister Accord Founder and CEO, Sonia Jackson Myles. The first is the release of the single "When I Close My Eyes," and the second is an announcement of this year's winners of The Sister Accord Foundation's Nella D. Jackson Memorial Scholarship, which gives three deserving female students $5,000 each towards their college education.
"My mother, Nella D. Jackson, was an incredible person and an inspiration to so many," said Jackson Myles. "I have chosen June 10th, the day that she transitioned in 2019, to honor her with the release of "When I Close My Eyes," a tribute to her and the challenge of losing a loved one. When I originally wrote the lyrics for this song, it was to help me through my own grief, but it quickly became apparent that during these times with the millions of deaths due to Covid-19, violence, mental health issues, and other causes, this message of hope is for everyone. I've also chosen this time to celebrate three amazing young women who consistently uphold the three pillars of The Sister Accord. As my mother instilled in me, it is through education that we will truly change the world."
"When I Close My Eyes" was released globally today and is being heard in 100+ countries, on six continents. Listeners around the world will be asked to perform random acts of kindness in what Jackson Myles has titled "The Global Love Release." Lyrics for "When I Close My Eyes" were written by Jackson Myles and Grammy-nominated musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, Paul Randolph, and aim to inspire those suffering from the loss of loved ones to persevere through the stages of grief which can bring a multitude of feelings – from sadness to joy – as felt in this song. Listen to the song here.
Faith Daniels, Program Director, WROU Dayton, and Host of Community Focus, shared her love for the song, saying, "I wanted to extend the invitation to people who have lost loved ones from Covid-19, gun violence, domestic violence, abuse, or suicide. There are so many people that will find joy in this music, and today we will celebrate this beautiful song and random acts of kindness."
"The FM OMNI-CHANNEL is excited to add new house music, "When I Close My Eyes," to our playlist. For all new adds, we look for music with a 'heartbeat' – a combination of message, rhythm, and beat. When it's there, as it is with "When I Close My Eyes," you feel it. And, no pun intended, I expect House Heads all over the world to be pumping it," said Tracey V. Bell, President and CEO, The FM Omni-Channel.
Jackson Myles today also announced the 2022 recipients of The Sister Accord Foundation's annual Nella D. Jackson Memorial Scholarships which were made possible by the ongoing generosity and support of The 7 Principles Foundation as well as entrepreneur Daymond John and philanthropists Paul and Annette Venables. Winners are:
- Jayda Rogers, an alumna of The Ohio State University, where she studied Public Affairs, Public Management, Leadership and Public Policy. Jayda was the inaugural Founder and President of The Sister Accord student organization at The Ohio State University and will be furthering her education at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in the fall.
- Sameera Shields, a graduate of St. Timothy's School, where she was on the school's honor roll and participated in various musicals. Sameera will be attending Norfolk State University this fall, majoring in Drama and Theatre.
- Victoria Colon Lopez, a rising junior at Agnes Scott College with a double major in Psychology and Public Health. Victoria hopes to positively impact public health policy to establish equitable regulations that address the needs of marginalized communities.
These are just the latest initiatives from The Sister Accord, LLC, an organization dedicated to empowering girls and women with the mission of teaching one billion girls and women how to love themselves and each other. Now in its eighth year, The Sister Accord has never been stronger or its work more necessary. Since late 2019, between The Sister Accord and The Sister Accord Foundation (a 501c3 organization), over $190,000 in grants, scholarships, and financial support has been given to individuals to pay rent, mortgage, and other bills. The Sister Accord Foundation also celebrated its move to become an official global organization with the launch of a Sister Accord chapter in Harare, Zimbabwe in 2021. The Sister A.C.C.O.R.D. Leadership Development Program is used by school districts, and The Sister Accord's 'Sisterhood & Brotherhood in The Workplace' platform has made a significant, positive difference in corporate America and around the globe.
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FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC (Patriot), one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing insurance agencies, is excited to announce Gracie Gerlach has joined the firm as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. Patriot's significant growth and nationwide expansion are accelerating at a record pace, and Gerlach will be instrumental in building the partnership pipeline. She joins Patriot's M&A team led by Steve Carroll, Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions.
As VP of Mergers & Acquisitions, Gerlach will play a key role in advancing and sharing Patriot's vision, while establishing and fostering new agency partnerships.
"Gracie has a proven history of developing deep and meaningful relationships with keys players in the insurance distribution industry, and she is widely recognized for her strategic insights and advocacy," said Matt Gardner, Chairman and CEO of Patriot. "I look forward to Gracie making a significant impact at Patriot as we continue to attract and partner with only the very best agencies that align with our values and culture."
Prior to joining Patriot, Gerlach was Vice President of Business Development at The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) in Washington, D.C. While in this position, she worked with top domestic and global brokerages to promote and advance industry priorities through CouncilPAC and other initiatives. Before being promoted to that role, she was Associate General Counsel providing legal strategy to The Council's executive team on issues that impacted the functionality of The Council. She led the Council's Legal Counsel Working Group, which is comprised of over 200 legal and compliance executives from client firms. Gerlach was also the Director of CouncilPAC, overseeing fundraising, communications, programming, and disbursements for CouncilPAC.
Gerlach holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL, and earned her Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School in Columbus, OH. She is a Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor and resides in Columbus, OH.
Founded in 2019, Patriot is a growth-focused national insurance services firm that partners with employee benefits and property & casualty agencies across the United States. Patriot is ranked as the 35th largest broker in the U.S. by Business Insurance. With over 1,500 employees operating in 122 locations across 23 states, Patriot's collaborative model delivers resources and strategic support to its agencies, whose leaders continue to operate with a high degree of autonomy in their local markets. Patriot creates true alignment with its partner agencies, and its operating philosophy fosters enhanced career opportunities for its dedicated and professional team. Patriot is backed by GI Partners and Summit Partners. For more information, please visit www.patriotgis.com.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in NeoGenomics, Inc. ("NeoGenomics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NEO) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of NeoGenomics investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between February 27, 2020 and April 26, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NEO investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) defendants represented to investors that it had a "comprehensive menu" of cancer tests with "every kind of testing modality that you can use for cancer, including some of the fast-growing new ones, like next-generation sequencing," which positioned the Company as a "one-stop-shop" for pathologists and gave NeoGenomics "a competitive advantage" as a "go-to reference lab with a comprehensive menu for just about any kind of tests that you want to have done in cancer"; and (2) defendants represented that NeoGenomics could "leverage" the supposedly "fixed cost" structure of its business to improve profitability as revenue increased and touted the Company's "robust Compliance Program . . . to ensure compliance with the myriad of . . . laws, regulations and governmental guidance applicable to our business."
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in NeoGenomics during the relevant time frame, you have until February 6, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
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Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation seek nominations to recognize an outstanding achievement by a physician-scientist
CLEVELAND, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National and international nominations are being sought for the 2023 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, which honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity and the potential for clinical application.
The Harrington Prize, which carries a $20,000 honorarium, is a collaboration between Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation's oldest and most respected medical honor societies. Harrington Discovery Institute is a nonprofit institute dedicated to helping physician-scientists accelerate promising discoveries into medicines for unmet needs.
Both organizations recognize the challenges associated with translating academic discoveries into medicines, and they are eager to highlight those who have navigated the path successfully or whose work has led to novel treatments.
A committee composed of members of the Harrington Discovery Institute Scientific Advisory Board and the ASCI Council will review the nominations and select the awardee. In addition to the honorarium, the 2023 recipient will deliver the Harrington Prize Lecture at the 2023 Joint Meeting of the Association of American Physicians (AAP), the ASCI, and the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA); will lecture at the 2023 Harrington Discovery Institute Symposium; and will publish a personal essay in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
- Nominee must have an MD or MD/PhD (or equivalent).
- Deadline for nominations is September 12, 2022.
- Multiple nominations from an institution are welcomed.
- Teams are accepted for a nomination, but a primary nominee is required.
- Nomination guidelines can be found at HarringtonDiscovery.org/Prize.
- 2014: Harry Dietz, MD, Johns Hopkins University, for his contributions to the understanding of the biology and treatment of Marfan syndrome, a disorder leading to deadly aneurysms in children and adults.
- 2015: Douglas R. Lowy, MD, The National Cancer Institute, in recognition of his discoveries that led to the development of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
- 2016: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University, for his discovery of leptin, which controls feeding behavior and is used to treat related clinical disorders.
- 2017: Jointly awarded to Daniel J. Drucker, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada, Joel F. Habener, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Jens J. Holst, MD, DMSc, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, for their discovery of incretin hormones and for the translation of these findings into transformative therapies for major metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
- 2018: Helen H. Hobbs, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, for the discovery of the link between a gene mutation (PCSK9) and lower levels of LDL, which has improved the treatment of high cholesterol.
- 2019: Carl H. June, MD, University of Pennsylvania, for advancing the clinical application of CAR T therapy for cancer treatment, and for his sustained contributions to the field of cellular immunology.
- 2020: Stuart H. Orkin, MD, Harvard University, for breakthrough discoveries on red blood cells that offer new treatments for patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia, which are among the most common genetic disorders.
- 2021: Jointly awarded to Warren J. Leonard, MD, NHLBI and John J. O'Shea, MD, NIAMS, NIH, for their respective contributions to the field of immunology, from fundamental discovery to therapeutic impact.
- 2022: Jointly awarded to James E. Crowe, Jr., MD, Vanderbilt University, and Michel C. Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University, for their groundbreaking work in immunology, which has elucidated fundamental principles of the human immune response and enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19.
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Flo Rida to perform at Nebraska State Fair
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Rapper Flo Rida will perform Saturday, Sept. 3 at the Nebraska State Fair.
Lady A was previously scheduled to perform but cancelled their tour while a band member seeks treatment for alcohol addiction.
“We’re pleased Flo Rida was available and agreeable to join us at pretty much the last minute for this year’s state fair,” said Bill Ogg, State Fair Executive Director.
Tickets will be available at 12 p.m. at statefair.org and are $49 for general admission and $69 for the pit.
All tickets for the Lady A concert will be refunded. Ticket buyers who paid cash must bring their ticket to their purchase location for refund. Guests can expect to see the refund in their credit card statements in the next 3-6 days. No tickets from the Lady A concert will be valid for the new show.
Priscilla Block will be the opening act for the show on the Bristol Windows Stage at Anderson Field.
Flo Rida’s hits include “Low,” “Right Round,” “Club Can’t Handle Me,” “GDFR” and “Whistle.”
Other acts featured in the Nebraska Lottery Concert Series include Jeff Dunham, Brantley Gilbert, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and the “Happy Together” Tour.
For more information, visit statefair.org.
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CSCTE 2022 Scheduled to Open at the End of November
BEIJING, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Press Briefing of China Sports Culture Expo and China Sports Tourism Expo 2022 (hereinafter referred to as "CSCTE 2022") and Investment Promotion Conference was held in Guangzhou on August 3. It was officially announced that CSCTE 2022 is scheduled to be held on November 25-27 at Poly World Trade Center Expo in Guangzhou.
This press briefing was attended by Huang Jin, Deputy Director of Sports Culture Development Center of General Administration of Sport of China; Lin Yanfen, Deputy Director of Administration of Sport of Guangzhou Municipality; Zhu Dongfang, President of Asia Digital Group; Zhang Li, Executive Vice President of Asia Digital Group; representatives of sports administrations of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, representatives of relevant industry institutions, media as well as embassies and consulates in China, and heads of national individual sports associations.
2022 is a key year for the 14th Five-Year Plan. The Outline for Building a Leading Sports Nation is being implemented across the board, and the efforts to build a leading sports nation are underway. The dream of making China a country strong on sports is being integrated into the Chinese Dream. CSCTE 2022 is endowed with a new positioning and a lofty mission at such an important historical juncture.
Huang Jin, Deputy Director of Sports Culture Development Center of General Administration of Sport of China, thanked the representatives of the exhibitors who came from afar, and thanked Guangzhou Municipal People's Government for its support for CSCTE in the face of the epidemic. In his speech, he said that the hosts and organizers worked together to overcome the difficulties and prepare for CSCTE in the context of the ongoing epidemic, injecting vitality to the recovery of the sports industry. It is also an excellent interpretation of Beijing Winter Olympics spirit of "bearing in mind the big picture, being confident and open, rising to the challenges, pursuing excellence, and creating a better future together". The theme of this year's CSCTE is "One Community One Shared Future". It will promote sports culture and continue the spirit of sports. It will focus on public fitness programs and explore the frontier and hot topics related to public fitness programs and public health in China. It will follow the development of the ice and snow industry, and leverage the heritage of Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to bring vitality to the winter sports and cultural tourism market. It will also focus on the integrated development of culture and tourism, improve the quality of sports tourism products and facilitate product trading on the basis of sports tourism resources as well as cultural and creative products.
Zhang Li, Executive Vice President of Asia Digital Group, said that the global sports industry is developing healthily, and the value of the sports market will see breakthroughs in terms of content, channel and technology in the next 3 to 5 years. The global sports market shows three characteristics: the singularity of sports technologies, the "low threshold" and "community" nature of sports trends, and the trend of integration of the sports industry with other industries. It presents a new opportunity for pushing the envelope of the sports industry. The preparations for CSCTE 2022 are being made in an orderly manner in light of the global sports development trend and the characteristics of domestic development.
CSCTE 2022 becomes a national high-level sports culture, integrated sports-tourism development and display & trading platform with professional scope and industrial breadth. It is also a sports event that promotes the matchmaking of global production and demand resources and spurs industrial development. CSCTE 2022 will accelerate the integrated development of sports and culture & tourism, and give an impetus to the realization of the dream of building a leading sports nation and the dream of China's rejuvenation.
Introduction to CSCTE 2022:
China Sports Culture Expo, hosted by General Administration of Sport of China and Chinese Olympic Committee, is the only expo hosted by General Administration of Sport of China with the approval of State Council. China Sports Tourism Expo, hosted by All-China Sports Federation, Chinese Olympic Committee and China Tourism Association, is a high-level expo in the sports tourism industry. CSCTE 2022 is organized by Guangzhou Municipal Government, Sports Culture Development Center of General Administration of Sport of China, and Asia Digital Group Sports.
CSCTE 2022 is scheduled to be held on November 25-27, 2022 at Poly World Trade Center Expo in Guangzhou.
With the theme of "One Community One Shared Future", CSCTE 2022 aims to accelerate the building of a leading sports nation, meet the people's needs for good health, and promote the high-quality development of sports in the new era. Based on the national strategy and with a perspective of the international market, CSCTE 2022 works to promote sports consumption through the integration of sports culture and tourism; and facilitate the fostering of a new double development dynamic, with the domestic economy and international engagement providing mutual reinforcement and with the former as the mainstay, in a bid to establish itself as an international, professional, market-oriented, high-end display and trading platform for sports culture and integration of sports and tourism.
CSCTE 2022 will promote sports culture, keep the spirit of sports alive, and showcase the powerful inspiration of cohesion provided by sports for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It focuses on public fitness programs and explore the frontier and hot topics related to public fitness programs and public health in China; follows the development of the ice and snow industry, and leverage the heritage of Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to bring vitality to the winter sports and cultural tourism market; focuses on the integrated development of culture and tourism, improve the quality of sports tourism products and facilitate product trading on the basis of sports tourism resources as well as cultural and creative products.
CSCTE 2022 will sets up five exhibition areas: the theme exhibition area of sports culture and sports tourism that carries forward the sports spirit and strength; sports culture and sports tourism exhibition area that comprehensively showcases the achievements in sports culture and sports tourism development made by all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities; national and international group exhibition area that showcases the achievements in sports culture and sports industry made by national and regional exhibition groups, international sports organizations, international sports culture, sports tourism and sports event organizations; exhibition area of sports consumption and services such as sports consumption brands, sports event brands, sports and fitness venues as well as facilities & equipment, sports culture publicity, etc.; sports exhibition area that displays intelligent sports technology.
CSCTE 2022 will trace the development of sports undertakings. More than 10 parallel forums will be held, covering sports culture, sports business, sports cities, stadiums and facilities, youth sports, and ice and snow industry. Other supporting activities to be held include the presentation of plates to national sports tourism demonstration bases, the promotion of high-quality Chinese sports tourism projects, the promotion of excellent Chinese sports culture projects, etc.
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2022 SPORTSLINE SUMMER CAMP: Live Oak Eagles
WATSON, La. (WAFB) - Week three of Sportsline Summer Camp began with the Live Oak Eagles on Monday, June 27.
The boys in Watson came out the gates strong last season, winning their first four games. Then, they ended 2021 on a six-game losing streak.
That has led to some tweaking from head coach Blane Westmoreland. The Eagles are switching from a 3-4 to a 4-2-5 defense.
Senior Josiah Harrouch looks to snag some interceptions like he did in 7-on-7 against Denham Springs.
Harrouch is one of 12 seniors on this Live Oak team, which is a huge step down from last year’s 28 seniors.
The Eagles have mainly been a ground-and-pound team. Now, they plan on spreading the ball out more to their weapons on the outside.
That includes lanky senior wide receiver Bryson McKeithen, who almost reeled in a tight sideline catch in 7-on-7.
Westmoreland believes his guys are ahead of the curve in picking up the new concepts.
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In the 1980s, a rare and elusive amphibian called the spadefoot toad vanished from its habitat in Falmouth. For the last decade, conservationists have tried to bring it back. Now they believe they’ve reached a breakthrough in that quest.
The story begins each year in springtime, when Mass Audubon researchers don headlamps and scour the grounds at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary in Falmouth for up to three hours every night, through July. The spring peepers and gray tree frogs croak loudly through the woodlands, as night after night the researchers ask the same thing: will the spadefoot toad breed tonight?
“So this project is 11 years in the making here at Ashumet Holly. The toads have bred twice — ever,” said Mass Audubon wildlife biologist and project coordinator Jay Cordeiro.
His life’s work, getting these brown, billiard ball-sized toads in the mood, is essential now. The spadefoot population is in serious decline because their breeding habitat — vernal pools — are increasingly rare.
“A vernal pool is just a temporary wetland, sort of like a pond that doesn't last [because] it dries up,” he said. “And the reason that the spadefoots use it is because there are no fish in them. If you’re a toad and you're going to have your babies in a pool with no predators, then you have a competitive advantage.”
Vernal pools used to be abundant, but development and climate change have upended that. And even when there are vernal pools, other challenges persist. Namely, when the spadefoot population is low, it’s dangerous for males to make mating calls.
“It’s not in their best interest to make lots of noise if they think something down here’s gonna eat them,” Cordeiro said.
In other words, if it’s more likely they’ll attract a predator than a partner, the males stay quiet. But if they don’t call, they don’t mate, and the population collapses, as happened at Ashumet Holly.
Volunteers step up to give spadefoots ‘second chance’
To bring the toads back to Falmouth, Mass Audubon started by collecting tadpoles from another site. Then the organization enlisted local children, who helped release 40,000 young spadefoots into the wild.
“Every spadefoot toad tadpole that has been raised in captivity was raised by schoolchildren on Cape Cod,” Cordeiro said. “And these kids know how to do it. We have a 95% survival ratio in the classroom.”
Plus, volunteers helped to build seven artificial vernal pools at Ashumet Holly. The pools are designed in a way to slow evaporation, so they hold water just long enough for spadefoot tadpoles to develop into toadlets, but not so long that predators have time to colonize the pools.
“That's giving these animals a second chance, because otherwise, they may just hop around here for years and end up becoming a bunch of geriatric toads who never reproduce or have any babies and just talk about their single lives at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary,” said Cordeiro.
The work begins to work
It took 10 years for those efforts to make a difference, but finally, last summer, Cordeiro and Mass Audubon field technician Sarah Couto heard the males start to woo potential mates.
“Their mating call is … I can't really describe it. It's very silly sounding,” Couto said.
“I think it sounds like an upset stomach after too much Taco Bell,” Cordeiro offered.
Their indigestion-like croaks in 2021 represented a breakthrough moment for this decade-long project. But, the excitement was short-lived.
“Following the breeding event, Sarah [Couto] was here and noticed that the pool was drying and the tadpoles hadn't developed legs or pulled in their tails yet,” Cordeiro explained, “and they were never going to make it before the water disappeared.”
The team rescued tadpoles from the vernal pool – “as many as we could before it dried” – and tried to raise them in captivity.
“We were an utter failure,” Cordeiro said. None of the tadpoles survived. “I don't know what happened, why they all died — and they didn't all die at once.”
Then the fear struck: what if the spadefoots’ 2021 mating event was a fluke?
New signs of spadefoot romance
That worry was put to rest this summer when once again the males called out — and the females responded.
“So everywhere in this [vernal] pool where you see a flag is the location of a breeding egg mass that was found. One, two, three, four, five, six spots,” Cordeiro said, counting.
A few weeks later, in late June, Mass Audubon found an estimated 200-300 healthy, wild-born tadpoles. But for the second year in a row, their vernal pool home started drying up too quickly. A handful were rescued, raised in captivity, and released earlier this month. It’s likely those are the only tadpoles that survived this summer.
But Cordeiro sees this as major progress.
“Baby steps,” he said. “Baby steps. Prior to last year, no toad here had made a call in ten years. So I'm thrilled that we have had two breeding events regardless of the outcome.”
In fact, Cordeiro believes they’re just a few years away from establishing a self-sustaining colony of spadefoots at Ashumet Holly in Falmouth.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life,” the Biden administration says, if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. Yet the quest for that money is in limbo, the latest victim of election-year gridlock that’s stalled or killed a host of Democratic priorities.
President Joe Biden’s appeal for funds for vaccines, testing and treatments has hit opposition from Republicans, who’ve fused the fight with the precarious politics of immigration. Congress is in recess, and the next steps are uncertain, despite admonitions from White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha of damaging consequences from “every day we wait.”
Administration officials say they’re running low on money to stock up on, or even begin to order, the latest vaccines, tests and treatments. Also lacking are funds to reimburse doctors treating uninsured patients and to help poor countries control the pandemic.
House and Senate Democrats have been wrangling over how to resolve the stalemate and even over which chamber should vote first. It’s an open question whether they’ll ever get the GOP votes they’ll need to pull the legislation through the 50-50 Senate, and prospects in the narrowly divided House are unclear as well.
“There is still an urgency to pass a COVID relief package,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said last week. “It’s very, very much needed.”
Optimists hope the measure could start rolling once Congress returns next week. Pessimists say without quick resolution, Democrats may not have enough leverage to push the money to passage until early fall. That’s when they could stuff it into legislation that will probably be needed to finance government — a bill that would avert a federal shutdown, a pre-election distraction Republicans will be desperate to avoid.
The heap of sidelined Democratic initiatives has grown this year, a victim of GOP opposition and rebellions by centrists like Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Casualties include bills on voting rights, health care, environment, taxes, gun curbs, abortion rights, policing tactics and an investigation of the 2021 Capitol storming by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters.
While lawmakers have approved massive packages financing federal agencies through September and helping Ukraine counter Russia’s invasion, other priorities are dead or drifting, even as Democrats’ days running Congress are likely dwindling. Republicans are favored to win House control in November’s elections and could grab the Senate as well, and Democrats’ frustration is clear.
“So far it hasn’t moved,” Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said of Biden’s latest $22.5 billion request for COVID-19, which he initially sent Congress three months ago. “But then neither has sensible gun legislation, neither has voting rights.”
“The 50-50 Senate sucks,” she said.
The COVID money is needed quickly, officials say. Their warnings have come with over 1 million U.S. deaths from the disease and a fresh variant that daily is hospitalizing over 100,000 Americans and killing more than 300. Both numbers are rising.
Officials say that lacking fresh funds, the U.S. is falling behind other countries that are already lining up for supplies needed for fall and winter. That’s prompted Jha to plan for the chance that Congress provides no new money at all, threatening painful choices about what to do if there aren’t enough vaccines or therapeutics for all who need them.
“It would be terrible,” Jha told reporters recently. “I think we would see a lot of unnecessary loss of life if that were to happen.”
Congress has provided $370 billion for purchasing supplies, for research and other public health initiatives to combat the pandemic, according to administration tallies obtained by The Associated Press. Around $14 billion of it was unspent or not committed to contracts as of April 5, the documents show, serious money but an amount the administration says falls below the ultimate need.
Most Republicans are skeptical about added pandemic funding. “I have a hard time believing that there’s not enough money and not enough flexibility already” to use it, said Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.
Counterintuitively but unsurprisingly for the always perplexing Senate, one intractable puzzle stymying Democrats is immigration.
Senate Republicans are demanding a vote an amending the pandemic legislation with language retaining Trump-era curbs that, citing COVID-19, have made it easier to bar migrants from entering the U.S.
A federal judge has blocked Biden from ending those restrictions. Liberals want Congress to eliminate the clampdown, but moderate Democrats in both chambers facing tough reelections want to vote to retain it.
The result: Testy divisions between the Democrats’ two ideological factions, and knotty questions for party leaders about how to resolve them and push a pandemic package to passage.
Their task is compounded by disputes between House and Senate Democrats over why the COVID-19 battle remains unresolved.
Senate Democrats note a bipartisan $15.6 billion pandemic compromise was on the cusp of House passage in March until that chamber’s progressive Democrats rebelled against spending cuts to pay for it, derailing the money. “We’re waiting for the House to send us something,” Schumer said last week.
House Democrats say even if they do, the biggest hurdle will still be the Senate, where 10 GOP votes will be required to reach that chamber’s usual 60-vote threshold for passage. They note that an April deal between Schumer and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, for $10 billion in COVID-19 money collapsed after Republicans demanded the immigration vote.
“We want to get COVID-19 done, but the only impediment right now is the United States Senate,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters recently.
That’s left Republicans waiting for Democrats’ next move.
“I would imagine at this point way over half of our members will vote against this, no matter what. So the question is what do you do to get it acceptable to 10 or 12” Republican senators, said Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, a member of GOP leadership. “And I don’t know.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/block-of-covid-funds-risks-us-lives-white-house-says/2022/06/01/ac54bf84-e1bd-11ec-ae64-6b23e5155b62_story.html | 2022-06-01 16:06:06 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/block-of-covid-funds-risks-us-lives-white-house-says/2022/06/01/ac54bf84-e1bd-11ec-ae64-6b23e5155b62_story.html |
Bryan ISD calls for input on school boundaries
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Bryan ISD discussed it’s plans regarding school boundaries at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting in preparation for a new intermediate school.
Sadberry Intermediate School is slated to open in August of next year on the corner of Bonham drive and Wikes Road. The school district said rezoning the school within the district is an opportunity to “balance enrollment” and make sure students are attending the school closet to them.
More information is planned to be released later this month and early in November. Barbara Ybarra, BISD associate superintendent of teaching and learning said parents are an integral part of the process.
“We really need their feedback,” Ybarra. “We need all stakeholders to weigh in on where our school boundaries will be, so that we understand how we’re impacting the larger community. All of that process is done with the entire community and it’s very important that we all participate.”
Ybarra said the process should be finalized and communicated to parents before Valentines Day next year.
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Saskatoon 3 Regina 2
Moose Jaw 5 Prince Albert 3
Winnipeg 3 Brandon 2 (SO)
Swift Current 3 Medicine Hat 1
Lethbridge 6 Red Deer 4
Seattle 7 Portland 3
Prince George 7 Kamloops 2
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Tri-City 7 Spokane 4
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Calgary 3 Edmonton 2
Prince Albert 5 Regina 3
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Red Deer 5 Lethbridge 1
Prince George 3 Kamloops 2 (SO)
Medicine Hat 4 Swift Current 3
Everett 4 Victoria 3 (SO)
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Blackbaud offers partner solutions that complement and extend its capabilities to offer the ultimate choice, flexibility and impact for customers
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, announced expanded partnerships with Almabase, a specialist in software tools for educational institutions to build alumni-centric programs and SwipeTrack Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions for creating modernized patron experiences.
Blackbaud continuously seeks opportunities to add value to customers and their constituents by investing in both innovation and ecosystem enablement through partnerships. These first and third-party capabilities accelerate the measurable impact for customers.
"Our goal is to accelerate the impact of our customers first and foremost," said Liz Price, senior director of Global Partners at Blackbaud. "These partnerships are an integral part of doing that and underscore how we are committed to both innovation and extending our offerings to expand what is possible. This focus allows us to meet and stay ahead of what purpose-driven organizations need to accelerate their impact."
Almabase: Redefining Digital Engagement and Fundraising for Higher Education and K-12 Schools
In a digital-first world, educational institutions have been challenged to find creative and engaging ways to reach and nurture relationships with their alumni. Blackbaud and Almabase partnered to create a seamless and secure integration with Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® that enables advancement services professionals to move constituent, gift, and event data between systems without friction, so they have access to secure, up-to-date alumni information.
"With rising tuition costs, we want to help our school partners diversify their donor pipeline with new donors at the top of their funnel," said David Benjamin, chief commercial officer at Blackbaud. "With a focus on the school's alumni group, tools like Almabase can provide value to alumni so that they feel connected and engaged to the school's mission."
A digital-first engagement platform, coupled with a strong fundraising CRM, gives advancement professionals at higher education institutions and K-12 schools a 360-degree view of their actionable insights and data that they need to drive value-led alumni engagement and fundraising to help their institutions retain and grow relationships and funding.
"Our mission at Almabase is to make education affordable by helping every institution increase alumni participation," said Kalyan Varma, co-founder and CEO of Almabase. "The best schools understand that maintaining strong relationships with alumni is mission critical and are proactively engaging alumni, meeting them where they are. Our expanded partnership with Blackbaud and strong integration with Raiser's Edge NXT is a game-changer for any higher education institution or school that wants to drive up their fundraising outcomes through alumni."
Almabase is available in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia.
XTruLink by SwipeTrack: Modernizing the patron digital experience and back-office operations for Arts and Cultural organizations
Arts and cultural organizations care deeply about the experience of their guests, patrons, members and visitors. That experience became even more critical and complex due to the physical distancing imposed by the pandemic. In response, Blackbaud and SwipeTrack Solutions partnered to a create seamless and secure integration between Blackbaud Altru®, Blackbaud Merchant Services™ and SwipeTrack's XTruLink. This collaboration enables patron services teams to offer digital, self-serve membership options, kiosks and hand-held check-ins for a modern, efficient patron experience as well as providing access to more data than ever before, giving teams the ability to truly understand their patrons to grow membership and fundraising programs.
XTruLink provides a custom-designed portal for online ticket purchasing as well as integrated hardware that include self-service kiosks—available in counter options and a stand-alone version—along with hand-held scanners that allow staff to scan in ticket-ready guests for faster entry.
"The pandemic created an urgent need to redefine the digital guest experience. Arts and cultural organizations had to quickly adapt to the changing patron management landscape," said Kevin McDearis, chief technology officer at Blackbaud. "Blackbaud software is designed to work flexibly with partner applications, and SwipeTrack Solutions built XTruLink to be deeply integrated with Blackbaud Altru and Blackbaud Merchant Services to create a modern front-of-house guest experience while providing a user-friendly way to process and interpret the data efficiently for the back-office team."
These teams need technology to support their growing online ticket sales in addition to walk-up sales and member check-ins. Most organizations are getting back to pre-pandemic levels of visitors but are experiencing staff shortages. Technology is used to keep lines moving and provide guests and members with a fast and easy way to enter their locations.
"Our goal with XTruLink was to provide a modern, self-serve guest experience to meet the demands of the new pandemic world," said Fred Tawil, president and co-owner, SwipeTrack Solutions. "We wanted to remove as much friction from the ticketing, entry and online member access experience as possible. And with the integration with Blackbaud Altru and Blackbaud Merchant Services, we do just that."
Learn more about the Blackbaud Partner Network here.
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WATERTOWN, Wis. -- The National Transportation Safety Board and local emergency responders are investigating after a plane crashed Wednesday morning near a Watertown park, killing two people.
Officials said the crash happened around 9:05 a.m. near Brandt-Quirk Park in the 800 block of Carriage Hill Drive on the city's northwest side; the park has since been closed off to the public.
In a news release Wednesday afternoon, Watertown Police Chief Robert Kaminski said the crash was fatal but did not say how many people may have been aboard the plane at the time.
State Representative William Penterman, R-Columbus, whose district includes Watertown, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that two people were killed in the crash.
"My prayers are with the families of the two individuals killed in today's plane crash in Watertown," his post reads.
Captain Dave Brower with the Watertown Police Department confirmed to News 3 Now that medical examiners responded to the scene.
Local authorities told News 3 Now an extensive investigation was already underway by 11 a.m.; investigators with the Federal Aviation Agency were also expected to respond.
In a tweet late Wednesday morning, the NTSB confirmed its investigators have joined in on the investigation as well. According to the tweet, the plane was a Mooney M20R, which is a small, four-seat aircraft.
Watertown police said the plane had taken off from the city's airport several miles away.
A resident who lives near the train tracks by the park described a large boom that left his whole house shaking. He couldn’t see the crash from his home, but described seeing large plumes of black smoke.
According to police, the crash caused small fires in the area, which firefighters were able to quickly extinguish.
#BREAKING: Watertown Police Captain Dave Brower confirmed a plane crash happened in Watertown this morning.
Brandt/Quirk Park is entirely blocked off while police investigate.
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SEATTLE (AP) — A man who police say was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis after he shot and killed a pregnant restaurant owner in her car in downtown Seattle this week was charged Friday with first-degree murder in her death, and prosecutors said they are seeing whether they can also charge him for the death of the baby girl the woman was carrying.
Cordell M. Goosby, 30, was arrested Tuesday soon after witnesses said he ran up to a car occupied by Eina Kwon, 34, and her husband, Sung Kwon, 37, the owners of a sushi restaurant near the city’s famed Pike Place Market, and started firing a stolen gun into the vehicle without provocation.
Eina Kwon, who was eight months pregnant, was killed. Sung Kwon suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the fetus died soon after emergency delivery. The King County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday that state law allows murder charges to be brought if the victim was “born alive”; it is reviewing medical records to determine whether a murder charge is warranted for the baby’s death.
The prosecutor’s office sought that Goosby be held on $10 million bail. It was not immediately clear if Goosby had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Goosby is also charged with attempted murder in the attack on Sung Kwon.
“The defendant’s actions left a family and community shattered,” senior deputy prosecutor Aubony G. Burns wrote in charging papers. “Victim S. Kwon and his family lost not just a wife, a mother, and a daughter when the defendant killed E. Kwon, but they lost an innocent baby girl.”
The couple was stopped at an intersection on their way to work at their restaurant, Aburiya Bento House, when Goosby ran up to them and started shooting, authorities said. He emptied the 9 mm handgun into the car and took off, throwing the gun down. When officers found him nearby, he put his hands up and said, “I did it, I did it,” police said.
In an interview following his arrest, police reported, Goosby told detectives that he had a history of mental health care and that he was being harassed by strangers who were spreading rumors about his sexuality and saying that he had done something to his caseworker.
“He did appear to Detectives to be in some form of crisis whether genuine or knowingly performed,” police wrote in a probable cause statement.
Goosby had no criminal history in Washington state, police said, but according to charging papers, he said he was wanted out of Indiana for a 2020 domestic battery case and has felony convictions from Illinois for drug possession and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Prosecutors said they were trying to confirm that information before adding a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon.
The gun had been reported stolen to the Lakewood Police Department, south of Seattle, authorities said.
It was not clear how long Goosby had been living in Washington, but he had a driver’s license from Washington state. Police said his last known address was an apartment building near downtown Seattle.
His arraignment is set for next Thursday, when the court will formally inform his attorneys he has been charged. But as is routine, Goosby is not expected to appear in court, according to Casey McNerthney, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Goosby waived his appearance at an initial hearing earlier this week.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said Thursday that he had spoken with Sung Kwon.
“Eina was a leader in our community and business owner, running Aburiya Bento House with her family,” Harrell said. “What was supposed to be a joyful time for the Kwon family has turned into an unimaginable nightmare caused by senseless gun violence.”
The shooting has led to an outpouring of grief for the Kwons, who also have a toddler.
A crowdfunding campaign to support the family and bring relatives from Korea to the funeral has raised more than $160,000.
Mourners have placed flowers and other remembrances at their now-shuttered restaurant, including Eunji Seo, the consulate general for the Republic of Korea in Seattle.
The Kwons opened Aburiya, which serves traditional and fusion sushi, in 2018. The restaurant is popular with tourists and downtown workers seeking lunch deals.
Michael Bufano, part owner of Mack Gallery, an art gallery next to the restaurant, said Eina Kwon would greet him with a smile in the mornings and bring him lunch if he was too busy — “the kind of people everybody wants to have as part of your community and as friends.”
For random violence to strike two people who seemed to have everything going for them was tough to stomach — especially as the neighborhood seemed to feel safer recently, with the city taking steps to address mental health issues and drug addiction, he said.
“I think we’re on the right track and that’s why this hit so hard, I think,” Bufano said.
Eina Sung’s death marked the 29th homicide investigated by Seattle police so far this year, according to The Seattle Times. Seattle police investigated 55 killings last year, up from 41 the year before that.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ate lunch with hundreds of refugees, poor and homeless people on Sunday as he called for a renewed commitment to helping society’s weakest and denounced the “sirens of populism” that drown out their cries for help.
Francis celebrated the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor by inviting an estimated 1,300 poor people into the Vatican for a special Mass and luncheon. Children threw their arms around his neck as he sat at one of dozens of tables set up in the Vatican audience hall.
During the Mass that preceded it, Francis denounced the indifference that the world shows to migrants and the poor, as well as the “prophets of doom” who fuel fear and conspiracies about migrants for personal gain.
“Let us not be enchanted by the sirens of populism, which exploit people’s real needs by facile and hasty solutions,” Francis said.
This year’s commemoration takes place as Italy once again is at the heart of a European debate over migration, with the far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni going head-to-head with France over the fate of people rescued in the Mediterranean. Italy kept four rescue boats at sea for days until finally allowing three to disembark last week and forcing France to take in the fourth.
The standoff sparked a diplomatic row that resulted in France suspending its participation in a European migrant redistribution program and reinforcing its border crossings with Italy.
Francis lamented that the war in Ukraine is only adding to the plight of the poor, who are still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, as well as from natural disasters and climate change.
“Today also, much more than in the past, many of our brothers and sisters, sorely tested and disheartened, migrate in search of hope, and many people experience insecurity due to the lack of employment or unjust and undignified working conditions,” he said.
In addition to the luncheon, free medical checks that had been halted due to COVID-19 were restarted this week in St. Peter’s Square, providing checkups, vaccines, blood tests, electrocardiograms as well as tests for hepatitis C, tuberculosis and HIV. Area parishes were also distributing 5,000 boxes of food donated by a supermarket.
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SALINA, Kan. (KSNW) — Salina police are warning residents to secure their guns.
Over just a two-day period last week, guns were stolen from five different vehicles. In almost all those thefts, the vehicles were left unlocked, making them an easy target for thieves. Police warn that now those guns are more likely to be used in other crimes in the community.
Salina Police want to remind you to always secure your home and vehicle. Make sure all doors are locked, along with windows.
Police say even if you’re only going to be out of your car briefly, you still need to make sure any valuables go with you and that the car is secure. They recommend following a checklist:
- Remove your keys from the ignition, and don’t store them in your car.
- Lock all doors.
- Close all windows.
- Park in a well-lit area.
- Remove all valuables, including weapons, or lock valuables in the trunk of the car.
If you have information about recent vehicle burglaries and gun thefts, call Saline Co. CrimeStoppers at 785-825-TIPS. You can also make an on—line tip. You may receive a cash reward of up to $1,000. Tipsters may also contact the Salina Police Department at 785-826-7210.
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HighHello's subscription-based home delivery service is now live in Michigan
CHICAGO and GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeropay, the cannabis industry's leading digital payments provider, and HighHello, a new monthly subscription club that lets members discover cannabis in a unique way, announced a strategic partnership that enables customers to utilize Aeropay's compliant bank-to-bank transfers for HighHello's cannabis home delivery service. The partnership includes the integration of Aeropay's digital and cannabis-compliant payment solutions with HighHello's subscription-based home delivery service. To learn more about how to subscribe, visit gethighhello.com.
HighHello is a true cannabis subscription club that provides education, guidance, and top-quality products conveniently delivered to consumers' homes for a low monthly price. Sign-up is simple and includes providing delivery information along with a day of the week and a 3-hour delivery time window. HighHello's recurring monthly payments are facilitated with no additional fees via Aeropay's compliant digital solutions and secure bank-to-bank transfers. Subscribers pay $100 for HighHello membership and have the option to purchase an edibles-only subscription for $75 per month.
"With Aeropay we're giving our customers a safe and seamless way to checkout further enhancing the HighHello experience which is centered around discovery, fun and education," said Zalman Makher, Head of Operations and HighHello co-founder. "HighHello's curated monthly subscription box lets members try different curated products and discover what they like best. Together with Aeropay, we've made it simple for customers to enjoy the thrill of receiving a monthly home-delivered gift box filled with high-quality products."
"We're excited to partner with HighHello in offering fee-free monthly cannabis club home deliveries to consumers in Michigan," said Daniel Muller, CEO and Founder of Aeropay. "Michigan is the second largest cannabis market in the U.S., and it's exciting to offer customers in the state Aeropay's modern, compliant payments alongside a premier service."
Aeropay allows customers to pay with ACH online and in-store by providing simple integration with leading eCommerce platforms; state-compliant and secure payments; and modern API infrastructure. Bank-to-bank payment processing via Aeropay is fee-free for customers, simplifying the payment experience for merchants and customers. As consumers shift from shopping in the storefront to buying cannabis products online, Aeropay enables cannabis businesses to offer a compliant and cashless digital payment method for customers.
"We at Nature's Remedy Cannabis are so excited about our partnership with HighHello and Aeropay to be at the forefront of Cannabis Subscription Boxes with cutting-edge products and unmatched customer service," said Nature Remedy's Co-Founder and Head of Marketing Antonio Manju. "By partnering together we provide a seamless process for ordering, delivery and payments for your personalized Cannabis Subscription Box. Stay tuned for more soon!"
"Michigan is primed for a cannabis subscription club and 420 Shore is excited to be a part of it. HighHello's partnership with Aeropay streamlines the entire process of getting their curated box of cannabis into the hands of consumers," added Matteo Morara, Partner of 420 Shore.
About Aeropay
Aeropay is a financial technology company providing alternative payment processing solutions to state-legal cannabis businesses. With Aeropay, cannabis businesses can offer a compliant and contactless digital payment option to their customers. Aeropay has sought regulatory compliance in every state that it operates. For more information, visit www.aeropay.com or email hello@aeropay.com
About HighHello
HighHello is a true cannabis subscription club that provides education, guidance, and great quality products conveniently delivered to your home for a low monthly price. HighHello builds relationships and seeks to promote local cannabis brands, so members can discover and learn about the wide variety of products in the market - all at preferred pricing! For more information, visit gethighhello.com or email hello@gethighhello.com
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- New 10-year contract combines existing rotary and fixed wing services into fully integrated, innovative solution led by Bristow
- Bristow-led consortium to begin transitioning to new contract beginning September 30, 2024 through December 31, 2026, to ensure a continuation of critical lifesaving search and rescue aviation services across the whole of the U.K.
LONDON, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Helicopters Ltd (NYSE: VTOL) ("Bristow"), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has been awarded a £1.6 billion 10-year contract for the Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation ("UKSAR2G") program by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport.
Bristow will work in partnership with 2Excel Aviation, a leading specialist in fixed wing aerospace services, and Nova Systems, the consortium's innovation partner, to deliver the contract for the MCA on behalf of Her Majesty's Coastguard. The new contract will see the U.K. search and rescue region benefit from innovation and advances in technology to save more lives, even more quickly.
The contract combines the existing two separate aviation contracts for fixed wing aircraft and rotary aircraft and will include the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Since 2013 and 2019, respectively, Bristow and 2Excel have operated search and rescue services for the U.K. in the original SAR and Aerial Surveillance contracts. During that time, the companies have displayed exceptional quality, innovation, and skill in their work rescuing over 4,500 people over the past seven years.
"We are very pleased with the MCA's trust in Bristow to continue to provide safe and reliable search and rescue services with our crews to help save lives throughout the United Kingdom," said Bristow President and CEO Chris Bradshaw. "Through this new, innovative contract, Bristow and our partners will increase efficiencies and innovations as well as establish additional seasonal bases to further expand our service."
As part of the new contract, Bristow will continue to operate from their current 10 bases and will launch two new seasonal bases in Fort William and Carlisle, to serve areas around two of the busiest locations for summer tourism. The Fort William and Carlisle bases will operate 12 hours a day from April to September. All other helicopter bases will continue to be operational 24 hours a day.
The partners will operate:
- 18 helicopters, including nine existing Leonardo AW189s and three existing Sikorsky S-92s augmented by the introduction of six new Leonardo AW139 helicopters;
- Six King Air fixed-wing airplanes, including the B350, B350ER and the B200 at Doncaster, Prestwick and Newquay; and
- One mobile deployable Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS.
"Since inception 2Excel has built a reputation for being highly skilled at creating innovative solutions and quickly turning complex aviation concepts into leading edge capabilities. The UKSAR2G contract with the MCA exemplifies this fact," said Andy Offer, Co-founder and Director of 2Excel Aviation. "This contract builds on the existing capabilities we have delivered to the MCA over the past few years with our fixed-wing aircraft packed with state-of-the-art integrated sensors; delivering services to a myriad of government agencies including border security, fisheries patrol, as well as life-saving search and rescue for HM Coastguard – working collaboratively with our partner Bristow."
Through the new contract, Bristow and its partners 2Excel and Nova Systems will work to deliver greater innovation in the provision of search and rescue services across the U.K. region, providing even greater levels of support to those at risk.
"Nova Systems is thrilled to be teamed with Bristow and 2Excel for UKSAR2G in the role of Programme Innovation Partner. With our experience working at the leading edge of aerospace technology and mission system development, and with our unique mix of technical and operational domain expertise, we look forward to enhancing the U.K.'s SAR capability and delivering a world-class innovation programme to the Bristow team and the MCA," said Gareth Dyer, Managing Director, International for Nova Systems.
Bristow will provide a new state-of-the-art search and rescue helicopter simulation training facility at Solent Airport next to the Coastguard Training Facility, which will house a synthetic rescue hoist and helicopter suspended over a large training pool. Another innovation includes the use of sustainable aviation fuels, reducing the carbon footprint in the delivery of these services.
The companies will transition from the current contracts starting from September 30, 2024 through to December 31, 2026, to ensure a continuation of critical search and rescue aviation services across the whole of the U.K.
Bristow is currently in a pre-earnings quiet period and will provide further information following the release of its quarterly financial results in early August.
About Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions. Bristow primarily provides aviation services to a broad base of major integrated, national and independent offshore energy companies. Bristow provides commercial search and rescue (SAR) services in several countries and public sector SAR services in the United Kingdom (U.K.) on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Additionally, the Company offers ad hoc helicopter and fixed wing transportation services.
Bristow currently has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, Guyana, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the U.K. and the U.S. To learn more, visit our website at www.bristowgroup.com.
About 2Excel Aviation
2Excel is an innovative aerospace services business working across a range of industries including defence and security, engineering, events and disaster response. Activity is organised around two business lines: 2Excel Aviation, which comprises Capability Development, Special Missions and Charter; and 2Excel Engineering, which is a Maintenance and Repair Organisation (MRO) for Boeing and Airbus narrow-bodied aircraft.
Founded in 2005 by two Royal Air Force pilots, 2Excel has grown from five people and four aerobatic aircraft to over 400 people and a fleet of 30. In 2018, 2Excel Aviation became 51 per cent employee owned through the creation of an Employee Ownership Trust.
About Nova Systems
Nova Systems is a leading global engineering services and technology solutions company with more than 850 employees working from strategically located offices around the world including the United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. We are a trusted partner to solve complex challenges for clients across defence, parapublic, government, special missions and commercial aerospace. Our company brings two decades of aviation experience built on a foundation of operational and technical expertise to deliver bespoke, low-risk solutions.
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Altitude Marketing, an integrated marketing agency serving technology-focused B2B companies, the life sciences, and manufacturers for more than 19 years, recently promoted Jeff Kotran to VP of Brand Strategy.
EMMAUS, Pa., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In his new role, Kotran will be responsible for overseeing client brand strategies, including the creation, direction, and ongoing management of foundational elements such as brand positioning, messaging, and narrative identity. He will also continue to manage Altitude's content and market research teams. His new role represents an expansion and evolution of Altitude's brand strategy offering – one that will help B2B firms better translate their complexity into an identity that resonates.
Kotran has extensive experience with brand strategy and messaging – prior to joining Altitude, he served as Director of Client Strategy at a digital marketing agency and Director of Digital Marketing at a telecom services provider. He holds an MBA in marketing from Fairfield University and a bachelor's in communications and media studies from Penn State.
"When I was introduced to Jeff five years ago, I knew he was something special. We didn't have an open position at the time, but I hired him anyway!" said Andrew Stanten, CEO. He continued, "Today, Jeff is a true leader in the company and has been instrumental in our growth. He has the distinct ability to blend strategic thinking with compelling and creative content creation. His thoughtful, unflappable ease enables him to effectively provide guidance to our clients and to our team of high-performing content producers. This promotion is beyond well-earned!"
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BOSTON — Prosecutors in Massachusetts are basing their murder case against a man whose wife is presumed dead but whose body has not been found in large part on a series of gruesome internet searches he made around the time of her disappearance.
“It would be very challenging to try and base a criminal investigation on just what somebody searched for on the internet,” said Jennifer Lynch, the surveillance litigation director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that defends digital civil liberties.
Brian Walshe used Google to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, including “how long before a body starts to smell,” “hacksaw best tool to dismember,” and “10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to,” a prosecutor said when Walshe was arraigned Jan. 18 in connection with the presumed death of Ana Walshe.
Not guilty pleas were entered on Brian Walshe’s behalf.
Ana Walshe, a mother of three, was reportedly last seen leaving the family’s home in Cohasset, south of Boston, in the early morning hours of Jan. 1. She was her way to the airport for a flight to Washington, where she worked for a real estate company, authorities said. She was reported missing by her employer Jan. 4.
In the Walshe case, the defense will likely bring in its own expert to attack the reliability of the search evidence at trial, which could be years away, said Rachel Fiset, a Los Angeles-based defense attorney.
But the whole of the evidence may be too much to overcome.
“I am having a hard time, other than the fact that there is no body, seeing how Brian Walshe will defend this case,” unless he claims self-defense or insanity, Fiset said. “These searches are really bad, really damning.”
Lynch warned about intrusive searches of what is essentially free speech. Just because someone searches for something potentially illegal online, it is not evidence that they intend to commit a crime, she said.
“We all need to worry about the police having access to our search queries because they reveal so much private information about us,” Lynch said. “So many of our search queries are just idle curiosity.”
Google did not respond to an emailed request for comment. The tech giant publishes regular transparency reports in which it discloses the number of requests made by governments for user information and the number of accounts subject to those requests.
For the six-month period from July to December 2021, the most recent period for which the information is available, Google received nearly 47,000 requests for information in the U.S., and in 84% of those, some data was produced.
“Government agencies from around the world ask Google to disclose user information,” the company said on its website. “We carefully review each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws. If a request asks for too much information, we try to narrow it, and in some cases we object to producing any information at all.”
There is legal precedent in Massachusetts of securing a murder conviction even when the victim’s remains are never found, and the internet searches could help overcome the lack of a body, Northeastern University School of Law professor Daniel Medwed said.
A Quincy man was convicted in 2002 of killing his wife, whose body was never found after she was last seen leaving her construction job Sept. 27, 1998.
“It’s an obstacle, but it’s not insurmountable” Medwed said. “In any no-body case, there is going to be doubt, so all of the circumstantial evidence has to be air tight.”
In Brian Walshe’s case, there is evidence in his search history of marital discord — he also looked up divorce terms. Medwed said prosecutors have additional evidence of Brian Walshe’s trips to home improvement stores for cleaning supplies the day after Ana Walshe was last seen, as well as blood and DNA evidence that was found on some of Ana Walshe’s personal belongings recovered from a trash facility.
“You add all that together and you create narrative,” Medwed said.
Walshe’s attorney has not commented on the specifics of the evidence but has said that her client has cooperated with investigators.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-7-2
(four, seven, two)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-7-2
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazars, a leading audit, tax and advisory firm in the US, today announced that effective September 1, 2022 Toby Akrab, Florie Bourrel-Heleine, Alanna Dible, Shabbir Hassanali, Ryan Layman, Shaun Maloney and Matthew Mittman have been admitted as Partners.
"We're excited to announce that these phenomenal leaders have been named to our partnership," said Victor Wahba, Mazars in the US Chairman and CEO. "Each of these seven individuals have driven growth for our firm by delivering top quality services, demonstrating their unique expertise to our clients and exemplary leadership contributing to the growth of our people. This year's group of newly named Partners will continue to strengthen our capabilities in key industry sectors and service lines and provide exceptional services to guide the firm for years to come."
Toby Akrab has been at Mazars for nearly three years as a key member of the Mazars Quality & Risk Management Team and has over 16 years of experience providing audit and advisory services. Toby leads the design and implementation of the firm's system of quality management. As the Mazars North America regional quality leader, she actively participates in various networks and other technical groups as a key quality liaison across the US and globally.
Florie Bourrel-Heleine has been a part of the Mazars family for more than 15 years, first in Paris and then New York since 2015. She delivers accounting, audit, advisory and consulting services to clients in the insurance sector. Florie serves insurance, reinsurance, mutual companies, captives, managing general agents and third-party administrators, both in property and casualty and life & health industries, specializing in leading international and local audits as well as consulting engagements.
Alanna Dible has 13 years of experience providing audit and accounting services in the US and Europe. She serves middle market and publicly traded multinational companies, with a focus on the manufacturing and distribution, technology, retail and consumer products industries. Alanna leads attest engagements under US GAAP and IFRS, presenting findings to improve internal control efficiency and risk management.
Shabbir Hassanali has been with the firm for nearly five years and has over a decade of experience providing system and organization controls reporting, risk assurance, IT advisory, and compliance assessments such as HITRUST and SOX for organizations in various sectors. Shabbir maintains a strong external presence, recently demonstrated by receiving the 2021 AICPA Standing Ovation Award for his extensive involvement in and contribution to the information technology assurance field.
Ryan Layman has been at Mazars for nearly three years, with 14 years of experience providing audit and assurance services to a wide variety of industries including manufacturing and distribution, restaurants and retail, entertainment, energy, telecommunications and information technology. He has advised many high-growth businesses on complex financial reporting challenges and executing efficient and effective financial audits. Ryan has extensive experience helping clients navigate challenging technical accounting issues.
Shaun Maloney has been at Mazars in the US for over a year and has over 13 years of experience specializing in valuing businesses, intangible assets and other complex financial instruments. Throughout his career, Shaun has covered valuations for financial reporting, tax reporting, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder buyouts, corporate planning, and various civil and commercial litigation matters for public and private corporations. He is a past recipient of the AICPA's Standing Ovation Award.
Matthew Mittman has been at the firm for nearly four years and leads the firm's M&A Tax practice. He provides tax consulting and advisory services to clients in private equity, alternative investments, manufacturing and distribution, professional services and technology. During his 20-year career, Matthew has advised large and middle-market national and international private equity and alternative investment funds, and closely held businesses. He frequently works with other Mazars tax and advisory professionals, both in the US and internationally.
For more information on Mazars in the US, please visit https://www.mazars.us.
Beth More, Marketing Director, Mazars USA LLP, beth.more@mazarsusa.com
Mazars USA LLP is an independent member firm of Mazars Group, an international audit, tax and advisory organization with operations in over 90 countries. With roots going back to 1921 in the US, the firm has significant national presence in strategic geographies, providing seamless access to 28,000+ professionals around the world. Our industry specialists deliver tailored services to a wide range of clients across sectors, including individuals, high-growth emerging companies, privately-owned businesses and large enterprises.
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MONTEREY, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The countdown to Christmas has begun. Retro Stage has the perfect gift for everyone this holiday season: an exclusive Christmas-themed collection of nearly 350 items, ranging from an assortment of Christmas-themed clothing to shoes and accessories. This grand collection, which highlights a fusion of festive colors and classic silhouettes exclusive to Retro Stage, is meant to inspire customers with Christmas dress-up ideas while adding a touch of retro fun to this lively holiday.
"We are thrilled to present our Christmas collection as a special gift and would like to invite everyone to join us in celebrating the end of another wonderful year," said the Retro Stage team. "With a wide selection of stylish and timeless pieces, this collection is sure to bring joy and excitement to the festive season, and it is also an excellent choice to find the perfect gifts for yourself and your loved ones."
Retro Stage has been a go-to for high-quality and vintage-inspired styles since its inception. The brand's mission has always been to help customers find happiness, confidence, and individuality through retro styles. Thanks to an excellent design team, their products have quickly won the favor of consumers with their unique tailoring and classic aesthetics that are paired with vibrant, colorful patterns. Whether the goal is to embody a flapper adorned with tassels and feathers, a gorgeous New Look model, or an elegant pencil skirt-loving socialite, anyone can become one of these unforgettable protagonists with the help of Retro Stage. Besides taking inspiration from vintage design, they also hope to explore the vitality of these aesthetics by creating their own definition of modern artistic fashion that inspires women to pursue beauty through greater self-understanding. And the Christmas collection is a shining example of this commitment.
For Retro Stage, this has been a prosperous year full of accolades and growth. From the launch of new products to the expansion into new markets, from upgrading the shopping service to strengthening the after-sales service, the brand has achieved great success in all of its endeavors. To celebrate this success and to cater to holiday shoppers, they have decided to launch the Christmas collection early and kick off a sale featuring discounts of up to 50%. Whether shoppers are looking for unique, memorable gifts for loved ones or looking for something to wear while welcoming the New Year, the Christmas collection is here to meet their needs. Here, Retro Stage has also provided some exclusive ideas for Christmas dress-up looks in an effort to inspire customers and help them look their best at any holiday event.
When it comes to Christmas looks, there's nothing more classic than dressing up as Santa Claus. This look is not only festive but also incredibly simple. All it needs is a 1950s-style Red Plush Christmas Dress, which features soft and plush fabric interwoven with sparkling silver threads. And the fuzzy white trim around the collar, cuffs, and hem, paired with a waist-defining white belt, is the perfect finishing touch, adding just a hint of sophistication. For those who want to finish off their look in stylish luxury, a pair of Short Plush High Heel Shoes can act as the perfect complement.
Whether people are dressing up for a holiday party or a family photo shoot, they can never go wrong with a sparkly Christmas elf look. To achieve this look, start with a Green Christmas Furry Strap Dress. This fun dress features a dark green bodice with a white faux fur trim, a full skirt with a color gradient, and wintry snowflake patterns, making it perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. It can even be paired with a Red Antlers Wool Beret and White Furry Chunky Heel Short Boots to tie the wearer's whole lively and lovely Christmas elf look together, making them stand out from the rest of the elves.
For those who love the winter season, it's the perfect time to dress up as a magical ice queen. In fact, even just a Blue Snowflake Bow Swing Dress is enough to bring this look to fruition. It features a blue base fabric adorned with a snowflake print and a matching white bow sash. The blue color is both eye-catching and complementary to the beauty of fallen snow, making the wearer feel like the queen of a winter wonderland. The crisp white snowflake print is wonderfully festive and exudes elegance, and an added Blue Snowflake Fringe Scarf can help the wearer keep warm on a cold winter night.
These highlighted clothes and accessories are just the beginning of what the Christmas collection has to offer. Visit https://www.retro-stage.com/ for a wider selection of Christmas-themed items and outfit inspiration. In addition, customers can use the discount code XMAS50 at checkout to receive 50% off on three dresses and XMAS25 to receive 25% off on two dresses. This season, Retro Stage is here to spread joy, celebrate unity, and give everyone a stress-free holiday with unique and stylish gift options.
About Retro Stage
Retro Stage is a popular vintage fashion brand featuring classic clothing and accessories inspired by the 1920s, 1950s, and 1960s. As a vintage style pioneer, Retro Stage is more than a brand; it's also a way of life that helps every customer explore the history of fashion with chic and glamorous retro style. "Beauty never fades," the Retro Stage team said, "All we want to do is encourage women to seek out a better life for themselves and confidently embrace their natural beauty."
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Moose attacks hikers, dog in Colorado
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KUSA) - There have been three moose attacks in the last two weeks in Colorado.
The most recent one was on Wednesday when a moose charged at people multiple times on a boulder county trailhead.
Two people and their dog were injured.
“It’s just a sad story all around honestly,” Ari Oppenheim said.
On most camping trips he expects to get some use out of his bike, but Oppenheim has never once used his can of bear spray.
“It works better than nothing,” he said.
That is until Wednesday morning near a trailhead near Nederland, Colorado.
“I hear just a lady screaming for help,” he said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said two hikers ran into a moose and her calf.
Officials said the mother moose charged at a man and seriously injured him.
The same could have happened to Oppenheim who had also seen the calf and captured it on camera.
“I was just trying to get away from the baby moose to give it space to reunite with its mom, but clearly that didn’t happen,” he said.
Oppenheim said that when the moose got about 6 feet away from him, he took out his bear spray and discharged it, keeping it away.
“Pushed and prayed,” Oppenheim said.
Boulder County deputies were called to the area and tried to scare the moose away, but she kept coming back.
“The last volley was probably about 10 or 15 gunshots, so at that point, I figured something more than just warning shots were happening,” Oppenheim said.
The sheriff’s office said a deputy shot and killed the moose. Wildlife officers are still looking for the calf.
“At the end of the day, it’s a moose, but it is a sad story,” Oppenheim said.
Authorities will perform a necropsy on the moose.
Officials haven’t decided what they will do if they find the calf.
It is unlikely to survive without its mother.
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Nigerian president reveals Cabinet nominees 2 months after taking office
President Bola Tinubu has submitted 28 nominations to federal legislators
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded 28 ministerial nominees to federal legislators for confirmation as he seeks to finally set up his Cabinet to lead Africa's most populous country.
The long-awaited list featuring six women was presented to the Nigerian Senate by Tinubu’s chief of staff Femi Gbajabiamila, a day before the deadline and nearly two months after the Nigerian leader took office.
On the list with no assigned portfolios are four former governors and three presidential aides. It also features prominent professionals such as Muhammed Ali Pate, a former Nigerian health minister and former director at the World Bank who recently turned down an appointment to lead the global vaccine alliance Gavi.
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT REPLACES ALL SECURITY CHIEFS IN MAJOR SHAKEUP
Tinubu on May 29 took the reins of Africa’s largest economy, a nation of more than 210 million people, after promising to build on the achievements of his successor and end chronic bad governance that has stifled development.
In addition to his pledge to end the deadly violence in the hard-hit northern region, the 71-year-old also promised to revive the economy, which has been struggling with surging inflation, high debt and job losses since the pandemic. But he has had a rough start in office with continued extrajudicial killings and economic hardship worsened by some of his policies. These include putting an end to gas subsidies that have been in place for decades but without social welfare programs in place to cushion the effect.
The list of ministerial nominees included several party loyalists who helped mobilize support for Tinubu during his presidential campaign.
NIGERIA'S TINUBU SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AMID SOCIAL, POLITICAL TURMOIL
Idayat Hassan, who leads the West Africa-focused Center for Democracy and Development, said the Nigerian president should discontinue the long tradition of rewarding loyalists with ministerial positions. "He must ensure that their appointments are fit to what their expertise really is," Hassan said.
She also urged the president to focus on Nigeria’s most pressing challenges in the security and economic sectors. "There can’t be prosperity without peace and stability, so prioritizing security and the economy should go hand in hand," Hassan said.
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of National Effective Communications Month in June, USANA Health Sciences Chairman and CEO Kevin Guest shares his admiration for the power of effective communication in business and personal life.
"Communication is the cornerstone of success, both professionally and personally," said Guest. "It is the foundation of strong relationships and successful organizations, and it's important to celebrate this key skill during National Effective Communications Month."
In his bestselling book, All the Right Reasons, 12 Timeless Principles for Living a Life in Harmony, Guest emphasizes the importance of communicating in harmony with one's core values.
"Effective communications builds trust, which is one reason I've found that nothing is more important than relationships, than connecting with others, and understanding the other person's motivation," he said. "When relationships align with your own core values, you're poised to do great things together that benefit those around you."
To help individuals improve communication skills, Guest shares five actionable tips.
- Active Listening: Pay full attention to the speaker, avoid interrupting, and ask clarifying questions to ensure you understand their message.
- Empathy: Put yourself in the other person's shoes to understand their perspective and feelings.
- Clarity and Conciseness: Be clear and concise with simple language to avoid confusion and misinterpretation when delivering your messages.
- Nonverbal Communication: Pay attention to body language, facial expressions and tone of voice, all of which convey important information and emotions.
- Feedback and Follow-ups: Encourage feedback from others and follow up on conversations to ensure understanding and maintain open lines of communication.
"When done consistently, these five action items show respect, promote open dialogue and allow for greater understanding," he said. "Because we've learned effective communication is key to building strong relationships with our customers and distributors, we strive to ensure that every interaction, whether it's through our products, marketing materials or customer service, is clear, concise and informative.
"In professional situations, empathetic and clear communication promotes open dialogue and resolve conflicts, which maintains a positive work environment."
USANA Health Sciences, a global leader in health and wellness products, has long recognized the importance of effective communication in building a successful business. From its founding in 1992, USANA has focused on clear and concise communication to build trust with its customers and distributors in 24 countries, with plans to open operations in India this year.
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The Biden administration has blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska in order to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blocked construction for the Pebble Mine, citing its potential impact on Bristol Bay — a southwestern Alaska watershed that’s home to numerous animal species including the salmon.
The decision, announced on Tuesday, is not a surprise, as the administration had proposed to block the mine last year. But, Tuesday’s action officially prevents its construction.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan told reporters that the agency had determined that discharges that would come from the proposed mining would have “unacceptable adverse effects” on salmon fishery areas.
“As a source of food and jobs and a means of preserving sacred indigenous customs and practices, Bristol Bay supports the livelihoods of so many,” he added. “This final action demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to safeguarding our nation’s indispensable natural resources.”
Specifically, the EPA’s action prohibits the certain waters from being used as disposal sites for mine waste and prohibits future proposals to mine the Pebble deposit that would have similar environmental impacts.
The company behind the mine, the Pebble Limited Partnership, threatened a lawsuit over the EPA’s action.
“Unfortunately, the Biden EPA continues to ignore fair and due process in favor of politics. This preemptive action against Pebble is not supported legally, technically, or environmentally. As such, the next step will likely be to take legal action to fight this injustice,” said CEO John Shively in a written statement .
He added that the mine would bring “jobs, economic activity, revenue, and infrastructure” and argue that the minerals could be used to further the green energy transition.
The issue has pitted mining interests against fishing and environmental interests and sentiment surrounding it has not fallen neatly along ideological lines.
The Obama administration EPA also blocked the mine, but the Trump EPA reversed this move, and appeared to be on track to approve the mine.
The Trump administration later reversed course after prominent conservatives including Donald Trump Jr. came out against it. Fox host Tucker Carlson also aired a segment critical of the project.
It was ultimately blocked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Trump administration which denied a permit for the project, citing Clean Water Act concerns, in 2020. Pebble had appealed that decision.
The project was the source of additional controversy after activists published secretly recorded tapes of executives of companies behind the mining project in which they suggested that the mine could be open for a longer time than what they had proposed and bragged about closeness with government officials.
The Biden administration’s move was celebrated by some environmental and tribal organizations.
“Our ancestral responsibility to safeguard our watershed and fishery has united all of us in our work to defend the world’s last great wild salmon fishery. Today’s announcement is historic progress towards that goal,” Alannah Hurley, the executive director of United Tribes of Bristol Bay, which opposes the mine, told reporters. | https://www.wane.com/news/biden-administration-blocks-controversial-mine-to-protect-major-salmon-fishery/ | 2023-01-31 17:46:20 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/biden-administration-blocks-controversial-mine-to-protect-major-salmon-fishery/ |
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With her home gone and all her belongings trashed by Hurricane Ian, Alice Pujols wept as she picked through soggy clothes, toys and overturned furniture piled head-high outside a stranger’s house, looking to salvage something — anything — for her four children and herself.
“I’m trying to make it to the next day,” she said. “That’s all I can do. It’s really depressing. It really is.”
For those who lost everything to a natural disaster and even those spared, the anguish can be crushing to return home to find so much gone. Grief can run the gamut from frequent tears to utter despair. Two men in their 70s even took their own lives after viewing their losses, said the medical examiner in Lee County, where Ian first made landfall in southwestern Florida.
The emotional toll in the days, weeks and months after a hurricane, flood or wildfire can be crippling. More pressing needs for food, shelter and clothing often take priority to seeking counseling, which is in short supply even in good times.
“When someone’s in a state of trauma that so many are in, they don’t know where to begin,” said Beth Hatch, CEO of the Collier County, Florida, branch of the National Alliance of Mental Illness. “They need that hand-holding and they need to know that there’s so many people here to help them.”
Hurricane Ian hammered Florida with such ferocity that it wiped out whole neighborhoods, tossed boats onto highways, swept away beaches and swamped homes in roof-deep waters.
With sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph), it was one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit southwest Florida. It later cut a watery and wind-battered swath across the Florida peninsula before turning out to sea to regain strength and pummel South Carolina.
It killed more than 100 people, the majority of victims in Florida, making it the third-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century. Even a week after it passed through, officials warned that more victims could yet be found as they continued to inspect the damage. The storm knocked out power to 2.6 million and caused billions of dollars in damage.
Research has shown that between a third and half of those who survive a disaster develop some type of mental distress, said Jennifer Horney, an epidemiology professor at the University of Delaware who studies natural disaster impacts on public health.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety rise along with substance abuse. Those with existing mental disorders are at greater risk of having those conditions exacerbated by the trauma.
A variety of help is available as additional resources are sent to the area.
The state of Florida was setting up support centers and the federal government has a 24-hour disaster distress helpline to provide counseling and crisis support. Hatch’s organization was going to some homes in hard-hit areas to check on clients with mental illness.
The vast majority of people, though, were still assessing damage, trying to retrieve and dry out possessions worth keeping and drag what couldn’t be saved to growing trash heaps by the side of the road.
On Pine Island, just off the Florida mainland where Ian first struck, an emotional Alan Bickford said he was trying to take a longer view because what lay before him was bleak: the floors of his home were coated in stinky muck and his yard was littered with framed photos, furniture and other items he’d hauled outside.
“It’s like a death of a loved one. The pain just comes and goes,” he said. “There’s times when there are these little glimmers or slivers of hope. And then everything falls apart.”
Riding out a deadly storm amid screaming winds, pounding waves and rising waters, or escaping as danger closes in is terrifying and traumatic. Living out of a duffel bag or suitcase in an evacuation center is disruptive, stressful and depressing. Returning to a flood-ravaged home that needs to be gutted to prevent mold from taking hold or, worse, reduced to splinters and scrap metal and scattered like confetti is heartbreaking.
Mao Lin walked an hour Thursday to reach the plot of land where she had lived on Fort Myers Beach, which looked like a blast zone. She was distressed to find it gone.
“The whole street — nothing’s left,” she said. “We don’t have a home. We don’t have a car. We don’t have anything. We have nothing left.”
In recent days, the number of calls have doubled at Hatch’s organization as people recognize they cannot rebuild their lives — and overcome trauma — alone.
“The needs are going to change over time,” Hatch said. “Some people have lost everything, maybe the walls of their home may be still standing, but they’re uninhabitable.”
Cleaning up the mess of a damaged home or finding a new one in the wake of a catastrophe gives way to the longer term challenges of navigating the maze of bureaucracy for financial assistance, securing permits for rebuilding or fighting insurance companies over reimbursements.
Horney studied suicide rates in counties that experienced a disaster between 2003-2015. She and her colleagues found suicides increased 23% when comparing the three-year period preceding a disaster to the three years after an event, according to the study published in The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.
She said the Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 suicides of men in their 70s was not typical so soon after a catastrophic event.
“It’s not usually an immediate, post-disaster thing,” Horney said. “It’s really these longer-term mental health problems that have either been exacerbated by or caused by the disaster that then over time tend to lead to more severe outcomes like suicide.”
In the aftermath of a disaster, communities pull together to recover and rebuild. Rescuers, relief workers and nonprofit organizations provide food, funding and other help, including counseling. But attention eventually fades and the money dries up. Emergency funds for mental health sometimes expire in as soon as two months and last no longer than a year.
With disasters becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change, there could be a cumulative effect on mental health, Horney said. She said her study calls for more funding to fix the damage that is felt but can’t be seen.
Most of the emotional impacts of a disaster are short-lived but they could be worsened if followed by another cataclysmic event.
“If it was usual that symptoms would resolve in six months to a year, but then there’s another hurricane or another wildfire, then you’re in this cycle of intensifying mental health impacts,” Horney said. “The research is definitely clear that the more disasters you’re exposed to, the stronger the impacts on mental health.”
Joe Kuczko hunkered down with his parents as their Pine Island mobile home was battered by the storm. Kuczko got a gash in his foot that he stitched himself after a piece of the roof blew off.
Pieces of mangled metal lay on the ground Thursday along with containers full of possessions and clothes hung to dry as Kuczko, shirtless and with a sunburn on his back, strung up a tarp to keep the rain out of what remained of the home.
“I lost the first 30 years of my life,” he said. “Every time I hear the wind blow and a piece of aluminum shift, it’s like PTSD.”
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Melley reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press journalist Robert Bumsted contributed to this story from Pine Island, Florida.
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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available for those in distress by dialing 988 or 1-800-273-8255.
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It’s time to start handing out some awards.
The 2022-23 season was one to remember and some of the players listed below put together tremendous runs from the start of the campaign to its end.
It’s time to start handing out some awards.
The 2022-23 season was one to remember and some of the players listed below put together tremendous runs from the start of the campaign to its end.
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BEIJING – For decades, Ho Pin made accurate predictions about China’s next leadership line-up — no small feat, given the black-box nature of Beijing politics.
But now, days before the opening on Sunday of China’s most important political meeting in a decade, the New York-based journalist said there’s little point, given the power amassed by leader Xi Jinping.
“It’s not about who’s going to be in the Standing Committee any longer,” he said, referring to the handful of people who will be named to lead the ruling Communist Party for the next five years. “No matter who they are, they all have one thing in common: They all have to listen to Xi.”
It’s a sharp contrast from an earlier era, when jostling factions leaked salacious details to the foreign press, and a reflection of a consolidation of power that has swept away competitors and stifled internal dissent.
Ten years ago, scandal after scandal rocked Beijing’s political establishment in the run-up to a prior Communist Party congress, the one that brought Xi to power.
Most damaging was the murder of a British businessman by the wife of Bo Xilai, a brash and rising political star. Bo was expelled from the party and sentenced to life in prison for bribery and corruption — eliminating a chief rival to Xi.
The run up to this party congress, by comparison, is hushed. Gone, Ho said, are the factions, pluralism and open political differences that once existed within China’s one-party system.
“Chinese politics is entering a completely new stage,” he said.
Even in the days of Chairman Mao Zedong, who founded communist China in 1949, there were competing factions. During his reign, many politicians were purged, then rehabilitated, then purged again, as Mao encouraged factional struggle to enhance his own power.
After his death, leader Deng Xiaoping loosened controls dramatically, sparking an economic boom and some liberalization. He also instituted term and age limits for party leaders, meant to prevent the rise of another strongman like Mao.
But Xi has swept those rules aside. The party has loosened age restrictions, stopped naming obvious successors to the Standing Committee, and scrapped term limits for China’s presidency — paving the way for Xi to retain power for a third five-year term, and possibly indefinitely.
That has made it more difficult to guess new appointments, Ho said. The previously formulaic rules of succession helped Ho forecast China’s leadership line-up four times since 2002 by analyzing officials based on their age, education, work experience and relationship with other leaders.
Now, he said, China’s new leaders are much more likely to be handpicked by Xi based on their competency and loyalty, unconstrained by past precedent and with little of the factional wheeling-and-dealing that used to take place.
Former Hong Kong journalist Willy Lam and other analysts such as Derek Scissors at the American Enterprise Institute, though, say Xi could still be forced to compromise and keep or promote people with different views on China’s governance.
Reliable information on who might be appointed has become extremely hard to come by under the state’s tightening grip, said Alfred Wu, a Singapore-based professor who rubbed shoulders with China’s leader decades ago as a journalist, when Xi was governor of Fujian province.
“It’s very hard to have substantive conversations,” he said of his former contacts. “They know it’s not good to talk about politics.”
Ho got his start at a state-run broadcaster in the 1980s. When pro-democracy protests came to Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, Ho was there, writing for a Hong Kong paper, with access to high level officials. He left days before soldiers opened fire on protesters, convinced that bloodshed was inevitable.
After slipping across the border to Macao, Ho moved to Canada, then to the United States, settling down in Great Neck, a suburb of New York with a sizeable Chinese population.
After a stint working for a Taiwanese paper, he started a Chinese-language media group, Mingjing — which means “The Mirror" — and now runs news websites, magazines and bookstores in Taiwan and the U.S.
He mingles with sources and emigres in Chinese restaurants and at his office in Great Neck, which has shelves stacked with books and a picture of him with Tibet’s leader in exile, the Dalai Lama. At times, he offers scathing criticism of the Communist Party, and says he has no plans to go back.
Despite that, Ho refers to China as his motherland, not America. His publications and YouTube channel are in Mandarin for a Chinese audience. In contrast to many dissident Chinese overseas, Ho often takes a dim view of American politics, and blasts failures and flaws in the U.S. system just as he criticizes the Chinese government.
But the one thing Ho does appreciate about the U.S. is the freedom to speak openly. “There’s no police knocking at your door here,” he said.
Many of Ho’s competitors in Chinese-language media overseas peddle conspiracy theories, driven by sheer opposition to Beijing. One, a journalist linked to the Falun Gong sect, spread rumors of a coup in China last month that turned out to be false.
Ho's media group, in contrast, is generally grounded in fact, though it is heavy on Chinese political gossip. Ho’s made a prediction for who will make up China’s next generation of leaders, but instead of making it public, he’s set up a game that allows his audience to make predictions themselves — a way of keeping them engaged.
Ho is scathing about Xi’s crackdown on press freedoms, and said that Beijing's stiff propaganda and assertive diplomacy have ruined China’s global reputation.
But contrary to many Western observers, Ho suggested Xi still has a chance to be a great leader. If he plays his cards right, he said, Xi’s iron rule could ultimately steer China away from collapse and avert the fate of the Soviet Union.
“It is very different from the China I imagined 30 years ago,” he said, “but it isn’t a simple reversion back to the Cultural Revolution, nor a move towards Western democracy.”
Though some businesspeople and intellectuals dislike Xi, Ho said, he still enjoys widespread support. Many people have benefited from his programs to expand the social safety net, and agree with his nationalistic stance pitting China against the West.
Many Chinese have gone abroad, only to find that the West isn’t all that great, he said. America’s aging subways and struggling railways stand in stark contrast to China’s gleaming new infrastructure. Chinese contrast the chaos of elections in the West, Ho said, with the stability under Xi’s rule.
“The younger generation in China has a strong sense of national pride,” Ho said. “That’s a very strong foundation for Xi Jinping.”
The biggest danger, Ho said, is that Xi rules for life, surrounded by “yes men.” If the question of succession is not resolved, Ho said, China could fall into chaos, as it did in the final years of Mao's rule. It’s a question of how Xi’s power is handed over, and who inherits it.
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Lawmakers join Urkaine’s fmr. President to rally Americans to support the Ukraine war
They gathered outside the U.S. Capitol as part of the Ukraine Action Summit.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Outside the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers stood side-by-side with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko as they warned Americans that Russian President Vladimir Putin is power hungry. They believe a Ukrainian victory over Russia in the war is the best weapon against a possible large-scale global conflict.
“The man has this great desire to put together the Soviet Union again, to have his power and have his place written in history. That’s what he wants,” said Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.).
The rally came the same week the American Coalition for Ukraine lobbied lawmakers for more support on Capitol Hill. The Ukraine Action Summit drew 320 advocates from across the country. They want lawmakers to pass a bill to recognize Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as genocide.
Lawmakers told the advocates that they need to lobby the American people too.
“Do not assume that the American people understand what is really at stake with the Russian tyranny. They have never had to fight it,” said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio).
Former Ukrainian President Yushchenko said, “it’s a very simple story. Putin wants to get us all killed and we want to live.” He added Putin a facist.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) promised the crowd that lawmakers won’t waiver on their support of Ukraine.
“He [Putin] has brought Republicans and Democrats together. And the consequence of that is the American people are united,” said Wilson.
The United States has spent more than $35 billion dollars to support Ukraine, since the Russian invasion in 2022. According to a tally by the Council on Foreign Relations, total American support has topped $75 billion.
This month, discovery of highly classified military documents uploaded to social media by a U.S. airman prompted questions about America’s support for Ukraine.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, June 3, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
245 AM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by heavy rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Hockley and Terry Counties.
* WHEN...Until 400 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is
imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 243 AM CDT, Doppler radar and West Texas Mesonets
continued to indicate moderate to heavy rain due to slow-
moving thunderstorms. Minor flooding is likely in the
advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen,
mainly in Hockley County.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in
eastern Hockley County, with lesser amounts elsewhere.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Levelland, Brownfield, Sundown, Anton, Locketville, Tokio,
Whitharral, Meadow, Smyer, Ropesville, Wellman and Opdyke
West.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 107-88 on Sunday night in Game 2 to even the NBA Finals.
Poole finished with 17 points for the Warriors, who outscored Boston 35-14 in the third quarter to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 23-point edge. And when the Warriors then scored the first six points of the fourth, the Celtics waved the surrender flag and emptied their bench.
Golden State also got 12 from Kevon Looney on 6-for-6 shooting, and 11 apiece from Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson.
Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half for Boston. Jaylen Brown added 17 for the Celtics, but fought through a 5-for-17 shooting night, and Derrick White scored 12.
Just like in Game 1, a huge run decided everything. The Celtics went on a 48-18 run in the second half to decide the opener; the Warriors didn’t wait that long in Game 2, going on a 43-14 burst from late in the first half until early in the fourth quarter to turn a tie game into an absolute runaway.
Game 3 is Wednesday in Boston.
Curry had 14 of his points in the third, making three of his five 3-pointers in the quarter. Boston was 4 for 15 in the quarter, got outscored 21-6 on 3s and let the Warriors turn five turnovers into 11 points.
Poole provided the exclamation point as the third quarter closed, taking a pass in the final seconds, dribbling over the midcourt stripe, creating a bit of space for himself and letting fly.
Swish.
Curry greeted him with a smile and a hug, the fans at Chase Center leaped to their feet — if they weren’t on them already — and the outcome was pretty much decided right there.
And for the first time, the crowd in the Warriors’ new building finally saw the Celtics lose. Boston entered the night 4-0 in the Warriors’ 3-year-old home, the only team to have won its first four games in the arena.
The Celtics were bidding to join only two other teams — the 1993 Chicago Bulls and 1995 Houston Rockets — on the list of clubs that swept two road games to open the finals. Those Bulls and Rockets went on to win the championship, and 31 of the previous 36 teams to open with 2-0 leads ended up celebrating a title.
All is not lost for Boston, of course. The Celtics need to only win their remaining home games to win the title, though that won’t be an easy task against a Warriors team that has won at least one road game in an NBA-record 26 consecutive playoff series.
TIP-INS
Celtics: The Celtics fell to 8-3 on the road in these playoffs. They remain tied for the second-most road wins in a single postseason; the record is nine, set by Houston in 1995. … Robert Williams III, who has dealt with knee issues throughout the playoffs, took a tough fall in the third quarter after getting crashed into by Marcus Smart. He was subbed out 21 seconds later and didn’t return, though in fairness that was also during the Warriors’ burst that turned the game into a rout. … Tatum and Brown had 40 of Boston’s first 54 points.
Warriors: Andre Iguodala (right knee inflammation) was out for Game 2, after logging 12 minutes in Game 1. But the knee swelled up Saturday and he sat for the 13th time in the Warriors’ last 14 games. … Gary Payton II played for the first time since fracturing his elbow in the Memphis series.
BIG QUARTERS
The Warriors’ 35-14 advantage in the third quarter was the 91st different quarter in these playoffs where one team had a double-digit margin over the other. That’s the most in a single playoff year ever, topping the 90 such quarters in the 2017 playoffs.
STATEMENT GAME
Players and coaches from both teams wore orange T-shirts before the game bearing the words “End Gun Violence” on the front, a topic that Warriors coach Steve Kerr — whose father was killed in an act of gun violence 38 years ago — has spoken out on often. “It comes down to convincing politicians that things like background checks are really crucial, and things that don’t impact people’s Second Amendment rights,” Kerr said.
SPECTACULAR ANNIVERSARY
Sunday marked the 31st anniversary of the first NBA Finals game win for Michael Jordan, when he and the Chicago Bulls rolled past the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 in 1991. Jordan made 13 consecutive shots in that game, the last of those the iconic change-hands-in-mid-air layup in the fourth quarter. “A spectacular move by Michael Jordan,” NBC announcer Marv Albert said as it happened.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A bus crash near the border of Uganda and Kenya killed at least 20 people and injured 49 others, police said Sunday.
The bus was coming from the Ugandan town of Mbale and it crashed on Saturday night after crossing into Kenya on the way to the capital, Nairobi, said Rodgers Taitika, the Elgon regional police spokesman in Uganda.
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MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Bank First Corporation (BFC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $10.7 million.
The bank, based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, said it had earnings of $1.09 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.50 per share.
The company posted revenue of $46.8 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $38.1 million, missing Street forecasts.
Bank First Corporation shares have dropped 27% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $67.83, a decline of 5.5% in the last 12 months.
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- Winlevi® is a first-in-class topical drug for the treatment of acne approved by U.S. FDA in August 2020.
- It will reinforce our Proprietary Brand segment's dermatological franchise.
SINGAPORE, Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyphens Pharma International Limited ("Hyphens Pharma", or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), Singapore's leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Hyphens Pharma Pte. Ltd., has entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Cassiopea S.p.A., a subsidiary of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. (SIX: COPN, XETRA: C43) ("Cosmo") for the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Winlevi® (clascoterone) cream 1% and all future product extension and/or improvement in the treatment of acne in 10 countries across Southeast Asia.
Winlevi® (www.winlevi.com) is a U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA") approved novel drug with a unique mechanism of action for the topical treatment of acne in patients aged 12 years and older. It is the first-in-class topical androgen receptor inhibitor that tackles the androgen hormone component of acne and is the first new type of acne medication approved by the FDA since 1982. As the only topical cream to treat hormonal acne directly in the skin, it offers a non-antibiotic approach for acne-sufferers everywhere. Winlevi® inhibits sebum production and inflammation by targeting the androgen receptors in the sebaceous gland cells. Oral treatments are typically prescribed to address hormonal acne, but usually only prescribed to females. With Winlevi®, males suffering from acne, as well as females who don't want to take oral medications, can now benefit from this first-in-class treatment, making Winlevi® a game-changer in the fight against acne.
Launched in the U.S. in November 2021, Winlevi® is already the most prescribed branded topical acne drug in the U.S. based on IQVIA data. Over 12,000 U.S. physicians have prescribed Winlevi® to date. According to the prescriptions generated, Winlevi® has been one of the most successful U.S. launches in the topical acne space in the last 15 years.
In a study involving 3,888 Singapore Chinese subjects, the estimated prevalence of acne vulgaris is 53.8%[1]. Acne can have profound social and psychological effects on adolescents or young adults when it affects their self-esteem[2]. As the first novel acne drug in decades, Winlevi® has huge potential to revolutionize the acne treatment space. Winlevi® will be Hyphens Pharma's first innovative therapeutics, deepening its dermatology pipeline.
Today, Hyphens Pharma has a proprietary range of dermatological products for acne, atopic dermatitis, hyperpigmentation, and hair loss. These are available through doctors including dermatologists, paediatricians, and general practitioners as well as major retail pharmacies.
Diana Harbort, President of Cosmo's Dermatology Division, said: "We are very pleased to partner with Hyphens Pharma. Their strong expertise in Southeast Asia gives us great confidence in their ability to gain regulatory approval and commercialise Winlevi® in the region. The success of Winlevi® in the U.S. has given us the opportunity to select the best partners in each region and to eventually make the product available to more patients around the globe."
Lim See Wah, Executive Chairman and CEO of Hyphens Pharma, said: "Acne is a medical condition that affects millions in the ASEAN region. Yet, the medical management of acne remained largely similar due to the absence of new drugs. Winlevi® is the first new class of topical drug for the treatment of acne that is approved by U.S. FDA in nearly 40 years. We are thus very proud to be able to bring Winlevi® to doctors and patients in the entire ASEAN region. We would like to thank Cosmo for this partnership and their confidence in Hyphens Pharma. This deal also affirms Hyphens Pharma's strength as ASEAN's leading specialty pharmaceutical company with a strong focus on skin health. We will continue to innovate, as well as to bring to market relevant innovations from the world to our region, so as to continue serving our doctors and patients."
About Hyphens Pharma International Limited (http://www.hyphensgroup.com)
Hyphens Pharma International Limited and its subsidiaries (the "Group") is Singapore's leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, leveraging on its diverse footprint in ASEAN countries. The Group has a direct presence in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and is supplemented by a marketing and distribution network covering 10 other markets – Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., Myanmar, Oman, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
Singapore is the Group's regional headquarters, where its strategic planning, finance, regulatory affairs, research and development, legal, business development and logistics operations are based. The Group's core business comprises the following segments: Specialty Pharma Principals, Proprietary Brands, and Medical Hypermart & Digital. Besides marketing and selling a range of specialty pharmaceutical products in selected ASEAN countries through exclusive distributorship or licensing and supply agreements with brand principals mainly from Europe and the United States, the Group also develops, markets and sells its own proprietary range of dermatological products and health supplement products. In addition, the Group operates a medical hypermart for healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions and retail pharmacies, to supply pharmaceutical products and medical supplies and an online pharmacy for doctors to prescribe and have medications delivered to their patients' homes.
About Cosmo N.V. (https://www.cosmopharma.com)
Cosmo is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising products to treat selected gastrointestinal disorders, to improve endoscopy quality measures through aiding the detection of colonic lesions and to treat selected dermatological conditions. Cosmo develops and manufactures products which are distributed globally by selected partners including Lialda®/Mezavant®/Mesavancol®, Uceris®/Cortiment®, Aemcolo®/ Relafalk® and Winlevi®. Cosmo has also developed medical devices for endoscopy and has a partnership with Medtronic for the global distribution of GI Genius™ which uses artificial intelligence to help detect potential signs of colon cancer. The company also has a rich development pipeline.
This media release has been reviewed by the Company's sponsor, SAC Capital Private Limited (the "Sponsor"). It has not been examined or approved by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST") and the SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this media release, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this media release.
The contact person for the Sponsor is Ms Lee Khai Yinn (Tel: (65) 6232 3210) at 1 Robinson Road, #21-00 AIA Tower, Singapore 048542.
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BRENDA JOYCE DISHMAN MCCOY, 74, of Ceredo, W.Va., passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2023. A graveside service will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2023 by Pastor Rodney Dishman at the Maple Hill Cemetery. Brenda was born July 28, 1948 in Kenova, W.Va., a daughter of the late Paul and Eula Mae Brown Dishman. She was a graduate of Ceredo-Kenova High School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Pamela Sue Hensley, and a brother, Larry Paul Dishman. She is survived by three brothers and sisters-in-law: Rodney Dale and Mary Dishman, Mark A. and Joyce Dishman and Timothy D, and Carmen Dishman; and several nieces and nephews. There will be no public visitation. Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova is assisting the family. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rollinsfh.com.
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In addition to growing adoption of smart home technologies, home robot technology has experienced important advances
BOULDER, Colo., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores the market landscape and potential for home robots.
Despite optimistic product launches from prestigious high-tech companies and start-ups, the market for robots in the home has had limited success to date. However, there is reason for hope—according to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, with the success of at least one home robot application and the growth of others, confidence is high for more applications in the future. The in-home navigation technology developed for robotic vacuums—the primary success story for home robotics—has enabled other applications, including social robots and home healthcare robots, which serve certain niche markets with highly customized human-like interactions, and robots designed to enhance the smart home's capabilities.
"Home robots have the potential to make life more convenient and fulfilling in the early 21st century, removing drudgery and increasing free time, as household appliances did for families in the 20th century," says William Hughes, principal research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "The transition to using more robots in the home will likely be slower than many might wish but it is unstoppable."
The technology embedded in robotic vacuums enables other home robot categories. In addition to home maintenance, some robots are useful for consumers who need help carrying items, for food preparation, and for home healthcare. A new and interesting category is robots designed to enhance smart home functionality by bringing a voice-activated speaker closer to the user, offering a moveable security camera, and providing social engagement options, according to the report.
The report, Expanding the Market for Home Robots Beyond Smart Vacuums, explores the status of the myriad applications for robots in the home, examines the implications for the adoption of home robot applications, and looks at factors that will likely affect smart home adoption. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday.
Neither team could do much offensively. Iowa finished with 166 yards of offense, while South Dakota State had 120. The two teams combined for more punts (21) than first downs (16).
“Obviously a very unusual scoring line,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. “You’ve got 3 (in the first quarter), 2 (in the third quarter), 2 in the fourth. I’ve never been around a game like that. But we’ll take it today.”
Iowa ranked seventh nationally with four defensive touchdowns last season, so the Hawkeyes are used to getting points from that side of the ball. And they needed them on a day when the offense struggled.
“The standard’s been set,” said linebacker Jack Campbell, who recorded one of the safeties and finished with 12 tackles.
The first safety came after Iowa’s Tory Taylor had his punt downed at the South Dakota State 1-yard line in the third quarter. One play later, Campbell grabbed running back Isaiah Davis after he took the handoff and brought him down one yard short of getting out of the end zone.
The second safety came in the fourth, when Iowa’s Joe Evans sacked quarterback Mark Gronowski in the end zone on a second-and-11 play.
“We’re trying to score as much as we can on the defensive side, however we can do it” said Iowa safety Quinn Schulte.
The Hawkeyes kept South Dakota State pinned in its own territory for most of the game. Ten of Taylor’s punts were downed inside the Jackrabbits’ 20-yard line, including one at the 2 and the one at the 1.
“Tory did a great job,” Ferentz said. “I don’t think if I’ve ever seen a punter so involved in a game either.”
Taylor averaged 47.9 yards per punt.
“Field position was really tough for us,” South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier said. “It’s tough to go out there and mentally think we’ve got to go 98 yards against this defense.”
Iowa took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on Aaron Blom’s 46-yard field goal. The only points for South Dakota State came on Hunter Dustman’s 44-yard field goal with 20 seconds left before halftime.
Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras completed 11 of 25 passes for 109 yards. Leshon Williams had 72 rushing yards.
Gronowski was 10 of 26 passing for 87 yards. Davis had 18 carries for 50 yards.
INJURY REPORT
Iowa was without three offensive starters — wide receivers Keagan Johnson and Nico Ragaini, and running back Gavin Williams. All three missed time in preseason camp because of undisclosed injuries. Starting linebacker Jestin Jacobs left the game in the second quarter with an injury and did not return.
South Dakota State tight end Tucker Kraft, a second-team Associated Press FCS All-American last season, was injured after catching a pass in the first quarter and did not return.
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa had one of the worst offenses in the nation last year despite a 10-win season, finishing 99th in scoring offense and 121st in total offense. Petras’ struggles led to plenty of boos from the sellout crowd at Kinnick Stadium, and with in-state rival Iowa State coming in next Saturday, there will be plenty of questions for Ferentz to answer. “I’ve still got a lot of confidence in him,” Ferentz said. “I think the noise on the outside is probably a lot louder than it is on the inside.”
South Dakota State, which fell to 2-10 all time against FBS teams, struggled to move the ball against Iowa’s defense, which was one of the best in the nation last season.
UP NEXT
South Dakota State: Hosts UC Davis next Saturday.
Iowa: Hosts Iowa State next Saturday.
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