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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid to overturn the Maine standard.
Maine created one of the toughest rules in the nation for internet service providers in 2020 when it began enforcing an “opt-in” web privacy standard. The law stops the service providers from using, disclosing, selling or providing access to customers' personal information without permission.
Industry associations swiftly sued with a claim that the new law violated their First Amendment rights. A federal judge rejected that challenge, but legal wrangling continued.
The groups, which include the country's biggest telecommunications providers, filed to dismiss the lawsuit on Sept. 2, said Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey. Frey said the state's privacy law held up despite the efforts of an “army of industry lawyers organized against us,” and now other states can follow Maine's lead.
“Maine’s Legislature wisely sought to protect Maine residents by restricting the disclosure and use of their most private and personal information," Frey said.
The Maine Legislature passed the bill, proposed by former Democratic state Sen. Shenna Bellows, who is now Maine's secretary of state, in 2019. Internet service providers then sued in February 2020, and attorneys for Maine have been in court defending the law since. The proposal stemmed from a Maine effort to bring back rules implemented during President Barack Obama's tenure that were repealed by Congress during President Donald Trump's term.
Industry plaintiffs agreed to reimburse Maine for more than $55,000 in costs incurred defending the law, Frey said.
Supporters of Maine's law include the ACLU of Maine, which filed court papers in the case in favor of keeping the law on the books. The ACLU said in court papers that the law was “narrowly drawn to directly advance Maine’s substantial interests in protecting consumers’ privacy, freedom of expression, and security.”
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has also defended the law as “common sense.”
Maine is also the home of another privacy law that regulates the use of facial recognition technology. That law, which came on the books last year, has also been cited as the strictest of its kind in the U.S. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Internet-service-providers-drop-challenge-of-17422233.php | 2022-09-06 17:00:04 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Internet-service-providers-drop-challenge-of-17422233.php |
3 kids die in NY house fire; 3 others, grandma hospitalized
BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNN) - Three children were killed and four other people, three of them children, were hospitalized following a two-alarm fire in New York.
Flames spread through a single family home Saturday morning in Buffalo, New York. Three girls, ranging in age from 7 to 10, died in the fire.
Three other children, including an infant, survived. Two of them are in critical condition at the hospital.
The children’s 63-year-old grandmother was also hurt in the fire. She is in critical condition at the hospital.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire, but early reports indicate it started on the first floor in a dining area.
The deaths come as Buffalo recovers from a major blizzard. The winter storm dumped four feet of snow on the city and left dozens of people dead.
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STAMFORD, CT, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emeren Group Ltd ("Emeren" or the "Company") (www.emeren.com) (NYSE: SOL), a leading global solar project developer, owner, and operator, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell a portfolio of 6 rooftop distributed generation (DG) projects located in Henan province, totaling 29 MW, to CNNP Rich Energy Co., Ltd., a prominent leader in the China renewable energy sector.
Yumin Liu, CEO of Emeren Group, commented, "The sale of this solar asset is part of our new strategy in China's thriving solar market, focusing on five coastal provinces with favorable power prices and a robust economy. In addition, this sale will significantly strength our balance sheet."
About Emeren Group Ltd
Emeren Group Ltd (NYSE: SOL) is a leading global solar project developer, owner, and operator with a pipeline of projects and IPP assets totaling over 3 GW, as well as a storage pipeline of over 6 GWh across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Company focuses on solar power project development, construction management and project financing services with local professional teams across multiple countries. For more information, go to www.emeren.com.
About CNNP Rich Energy Co., Ltd.
CNNP Rich Energy Co., Ltd. operates as a development, construction, and operation platform of its parent company China National Nuclear Power Company, focusing on the R&D of non-nuclear clean energy such as wind power, solar power, biomass power, tidal power, and thermal power.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for IS, HLBZ, LQDA, VEEE, and AQST.
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HOD HASHARON, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) (TASE: ALLT), a leading global provider of innovative network intelligence and security solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide, today announced its unaudited second quarter 2022 financial results.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- Second quarter revenues were $32.8 million compared with $35.3 million in the second quarter of last year;
- Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis was 70%;
- GAAP operating loss was $6.5 million and non-GAAP operating loss was $4.2 million;
- GAAP net loss was $6.2 million and non-GAAP net loss was $4.2 million.
Financial Outlook
For 2022, management adjusts its previously announced guidance as follows:
- Revenues to be between $125 - 130 million; (the third quarter of 2022 is expected to be approximately $25 million);
- Additional recurring security deals to be executed, providing incremental MAR** of more than $180 million for the full year 2022;
- December 2022 total ARR* including SECaas ARR* and Support & Maintenance ARR* to be between $50-52 million, representing approximately 15% year-over-year growth versus 2021 at the midpoint;
- December 2022 SECaas ARR* to be approximately $9 million;
- Recurring security revenue to be approximately $7 million.
Management Comment
Erez Antebi, President & CEO of Allot, commented, "Several sizeable CAPEX deals that we expected to conclude and be able to at least partially deliver in the second and third quarters, are now not expected to close before the fourth quarter. As a result, we are modifying our revenue forecast for the remainder of this year."
Continued Mr. Antebi, "Looking at the DPI market in general, we continue to see many opportunities and an overall solid DPI market. In the SECaas business, we closed several new deals this quarter and 2 additional operators launched the security service."
"We are fully aware of the challenges we face. We have set a goal to be profitable in 2024 by growing our SECaas revenues and closely controlling our expenses. We have full faith in our company, our team, our products and in our ability to meet these goals, " concluded Antebi.
Q2 2022 Financial Results Summary
Total revenues for the second quarter of 2022 were $32.8 million, a decrease of 7% compared to $35.3 million in the second quarter of 2021.
Gross profit on a GAAP basis for the second quarter of 2022 was $22.5 million (gross margin of 68.7%), an 8% decline compared with $24.5 million (gross margin of 69.3%) in the second quarter of 2021.
Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis for the second quarter of 2022 was $23.0 million (gross margin of 70.2%), a 7% decline compared with $24.8 million (gross margin of 70.2%) in the second quarter of 2021.
Net loss on a GAAP basis for the second quarter of 2022 was $6.2 million, or $0.17 per basic share, compared with a net loss of $4.0 million, or $0.11 per basic share, in the second quarter of 2021.
Net loss on a non-GAAP for the second quarter of 2022 was $4.2 million, or $0.11 per basic share compared with a non-GAAP net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.04 per basic share, in the second quarter of 2021.
Cash and investments as of June 30,2022 totaled $108.0 million, compared to $85.7 million as of December 31, 2021.
Conference Call & Webcast:
The Allot management team will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2022 earnings results today, August 16, 2022 at 8:30 am ET, 3:30 pm Israel time. To access the conference call, please dial one of the following numbers:
US: 1-888-642-5032, UK: 0-800-917-5108, Israel: +972-3-918-0609
A live webcast and, following the end of the call, an archive of the conference call, will be accessible on the Allot website at: http://investors.allot.com/index.cfm
About Allot
Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT, TASE: ALLT) is a provider of leading innovative network intelligence and security solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide, enhancing value to their customers. Our solutions are deployed globally for network and application analytics, traffic control and shaping, network-based security services, and more. Allot's multi-service platforms are deployed by over 500 mobile, fixed and cloud service providers and over 1,000 enterprises. Our industry leading network-based security as a service solution is already used by over 20 million subscribers in Europe. Allot. See. Control. Secure.
For more information, visit www.allot.com
Performance Metrics
* Total ARR - Support & Maintenance ARR (measures the current annual run rate of support & maintenance revenues, which is calculated based on these expected revenues in the fourth quarter and multiplied by 4) and SECaaS ARR (measures the current annual run rate of the SECaaS revenues, which is calculated based on these expected revenues in the current month of December and multiplied by 12).
** MAR (maximum annual revenue potential of concluded transactions) was estimated by Allot upon transaction signature and constitutes an approximation of the theoretical annual revenues Allot would receive if 100% of the applicable customer segments only subscribers, as estimated by Allot, signed up for the service.
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation:
The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP revenues is related to the acquisitions made by the Company and represents revenues adjusted for the impact of the fair value adjustment to acquired deferred revenue related to purchase accounting. Non-GAAP net income is defined as GAAP net income after including deferred revenues related to the fair value adjustment resulting from purchase accounting and excluding stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, deferred tax asset adjustment and changes in taxes related items.
These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, comparable GAAP measures. The non-GAAP results and a full reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP results is provided in the accompanying Table 2. The Company provides these non-GAAP financial measures because it believes they present a better measure of the Company's core business and management uses the non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate the Company's ongoing performance. Accordingly, the Company believes they are useful to investors in enhancing an understanding of the Company's operating performance.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of Company management. Such statements involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements set forth in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to compete successfully with other companies offering competing technologies; the loss of one or more significant customers; consolidation of, and strategic alliances by, our competitors, government regulation; the timing of completion of key project milestones which impact the timing of our revenue recognition; lower demand for key value-added services; our ability to keep pace with advances in technology and to add new features and value-added services; managing lengthy sales cycles; operational risks associated with large projects; our dependence on fourth party channel partners for a material portion of our revenues; court approval of the Company's proposed share buy-back program; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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BELDEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life.
Bandit, a 20-pound (9.1-kilogram) cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt in the Tupelo suburb of Belden. When at least two people tried to break into their shared home last week, the cat did everything she could to alert Everitt of the danger, he told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
“You hear of guard dogs,” said Everitt, 68. “This is a guard cat.”
The attempted robbery occurred sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on July 25, Everitt said. He was first awoken by Bandit's meows in the kitchen. Then, she raced into the bedroom, jumped onto the bed and began pulling the comforter off of him and clawing at his arms. Everitt knew something was wrong.
“She had never done that before,” Everitt said. “I went, ‘What in the world is wrong with you?’”
Everitt got up to investigate and saw two young men outside his back door. One had a handgun, and the other was using a crowbar to try and pry the door open, he said.
Everitt said by the time he retrieved a handgun and returned to the kitchen, the would-be intruders had already fled. Everitt told the newspaper that he did not call the police.
He said the situation could have been different without Bandit.
“It did not turn into a confrontational situation, thank goodness,” Everitt said. “But I think it’s only because of the cat.”
Everitt adopted Bandit from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society four years ago. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Guard-cat-credited-with-preventing-would-be-17346681.php | 2022-08-02 23:18:54 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Guard-cat-credited-with-preventing-would-be-17346681.php |
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota farmer who had been detained in Ukraine since November 2021 on accusations he planned to kill his business partner is back home, the state’s two U.S. senators announced Friday.
Kurt Groszhans, from Ashley, North Dakota, has ancestors from Ukraine and went there to farm in 2017. The relationship with his partner, law professor Roman Leshchenko, crumbled after Groszhans alleged that Leshchenko embezzled money from him.
Groszhans and his assistant were arrested on charges of plotting to assassinate Leshchenko, who was then Ukraine’s agriculture minister. Groszhans said in a statement Friday that the Ukrainian officials made up the charges in an “effort to shut me up” after he discovered corruption “at the highest levels” of the government.
“I am grateful to be home after this horrible ordeal,” Groszhans said in a statement. “My family and supporters worked tirelessly over a long period of time to make this happen and it was nice to be able to celebrate my birthday on North Dakota soil.
“The fact they refused to classify me as a wrongful detainee was an unfortunate and politically cowardly act that cost me almost a year of my life,” he said.
Groszhans is among a handful of Americans jailed in Ukraine or Russia whose departures have been complicated by the war.
A statement Friday from Groszhans’ family said the charges would have been dismissed in a U.S. court for lack of evidence. “Kurt was eventually able to legally depart Ukraine when his bail restrictions allowed,” the statement said.
Republican U.S. Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven said they are grateful for Groszhans’ safe return home but did not offer further information.
“Out of respect for the family’s wishes, we aren’t able to provide additional details at this time,” said Kami Capener, Hoeven’s spokeswoman.
Cramer did not immediately return an email message seeking further comment. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-senators-say-north-dakota-farmer-detained-in-ukraine-is-home/ | 2022-10-22 02:26:08 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-senators-say-north-dakota-farmer-detained-in-ukraine-is-home/ |
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature.
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The state's “right-to-work” law had allowed those in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues and fees. Its repeal is seen as a major victory for organized labor with union membership reaching an all-time low last year.
"Today, we are coming together to restore workers’ rights, protect Michiganders on the job, and grow Michigan’s middle class,” Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement Friday after signing the legislation.
The second-term governor also signed legislation restoring a prevailing wage law that had been repealed by Republicans in 2018. It requires contractors hired for state projects to pay union-level wages.
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Repealing the “right-to-work” law, enacted in 2012, had long been listed as a top priority for Democrats, who took control of the full state government this year for the first time in 40 years.
Supporters of the repeal poured into the state Capitol in Lansing earlier this month as the House and Senate took up the legislation before approving it along party lines after limited deliberations.
“It’s a new day here in Lansing,” Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said prior to the vote. ”It’s time to once again make Michigan known as a place where workers want to come."
Democrats had argued that the law allowed for “free riders” that received union representation without having to pay fees or dues. Without it, unions can now require all workers in a unionized workplace to pay fees for the cost of representation in bargaining.
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Michigan had the nation’s seventh-highest percentage of unionized workers when the “right-to-work” law was enacted in 2012, but that dropped to 11th in 2022. Over the past decade, union membership in Michigan has fallen by 2.6 percentage points as overall U.S. union membership has been falling steadily for decades, reaching an all-time low last year of 10.1%.
Michigan becomes the first state in 58 years to repeal a “right-to-work” law, with Indiana repealing its in 1965 before Republicans there restored it in 2012. In 2017, Missouri's Republican Legislature approved a “right-to-work” law, but it was blocked from going into effect before voter's overwhelmingly rejected it the next year.
In total, 26 states now have “right-to-work” laws in place. There were massive protests in Indiana and Wisconsin in recent years after those legislatures voted to curb union rights.
In Michigan, thousands of union supporters descended on Michigan’s Capitol to protest in 2012 when the Republican controlled Statehouse pushed the “right-to-work” legislation through without hearings.
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Neighbored by state's with “right-to-work” laws, Republicans say the repeal will lead to Michigan becoming less attractive to businesses and will lead to forced union membership.
“These wide swings in public policy, this whiplash effect that we’re possibly seeing here in Michigan isn’t helpful for a stable economic climate or for growing jobs in Michigan,” Wendy Block of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said during committee hearing earlier this month.
The legislation Whitmer signed also includes $1 million in appropriations, which Republicans say is to ensure they are “referendum-proof.” The Michigan Constitution states that bills with appropriations attached to them are not subject to a public referendum in which voters could reject the law.
Whitmer promised in her 2019 State of the State speech to “veto bills designed to cut out the public’s right of referendum.”
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until November 22, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Yatsen Holding Limited (NYSE: YSG), if they purchased the Company's American Depository Shares ("ADS") between November 19, 2020 and March 10, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or pursuant to the Company's November 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
What You May Do
If you purchased ADS of Yatsen as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-ysg/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by November 22, 2022.
About the Lawsuit
Yatsen and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
On March 10, 2022, the Company released its fourth quarter and full year financial results for the period ended December 31, 2021, disclosing declines in both total net revenues for the fourth quarter of 22.1% and in gross sales for the fourth quarter of 17.2% due to "soft consumer demand and intense competition in the color cosmetics segment," including issues with its Perfect Diary brand as well as its Little Ondine brand.
On this news, the price of Yatsen's ADS plummeted, falling 39.5% to close at just over $0.75 per share on March 10, 2022.
The case is Maeshiro v Yatsen Holding Limited, et al., No. 22-cv-08165.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Contact:
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
Lewis Kahn, Managing Partner
lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com
1-877-515-1850
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 4" game were:
8-7-9-5
(eight, seven, nine, five)
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 4" game were:
8-7-9-5
(eight, seven, nine, five)
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DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded a man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida convenience store in an apparently random attack, sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Broward County Sheriff’s deputies said Darren Rosenthal, 29, shot a man sitting inside a car outside the Dania Beach 7-Eleven at about 11 p.m. Thursday. He then went inside the suburban Fort Lauderdale store and killed the boy. He then killed himself.
The names of the boy and the wounded man were not released. The man was taken to the hospital, but his condition was also not released.
“Detectives do not believe there is any connection between the gunman and the victims; this does appear to be a random act,” sheriff’s spokesman Carey Codd said at a Friday news conference. “There does not appear to be a connection between the two victims.”
Store worker Maximo Limas said Rosenthal gave no warning before he started shooting.
The wounded man “was chilling in his car, minding his business. Pow, shot him in the neck,” Limas told Miami’s WFOR-TV. The boy, he said, was also an innocent victim.
“The kid just wanted to buy ice cream. That’s all he was doing,” Limas said.
Miami-Dade County court records show Rosenthal had several misdemeanor drug- and alcohol-related arrests about eight years ago.
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- On December 30, 2022, the Ministry of Health of Colombia reaffirmed the inclusion of plant-based medical cannabis products, i.e., Khiron products, in the mandatory insurance coverage system
- Starting January 1st, 2023, every insurance provider in Colombia, is mandated to cover the costs of medical cannabis prescriptions for patients
- Khiron will immediately start filling backlogged orders of insurance-covered prescriptions in Colombia
- New Contract Awarded: Additionally, in December 2022, Zerenia™ Colombia entered into a contract with the largest Government-owned insurance company in the city of Bogota with over one million people under coverage, to provide healthcare services with medical cannabis for its patient population
TORONTO, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Khiron Life Sciences Corp. ("Khiron" or the "Company") (TSXV: KHRN) (OTCQX: KHRNF) (Frankfurt: A2JMZC), announces that the new Colombian Government has included plant-based medical cannabis products (i.e., Khiron products) in the list of mandatory insurance-covered medications starting January 1st, 2023, as well as the signing of a first-of-its-kind medical cannabis contract with one of Colombia´s largest insurance companies based in the city of Bogota.
Resolution 2808 of 2022 was signed by the Ministry of Health on December 30, 2022. This revision was necessary to remove unintended ambiguities that had arisen whether plant-based magistral preparations from medical cannabis (i.e., Khiron products) were also included in the insurance coverage. This is now once and for all clearly confirmed. The new government is fully committed with the use of medical cannabis as a covered treatment under the Colombian health system.
The Government used this iteration to also validate medical conditions where they find moderate to strong evidence that cannabis is an effective treatment. These medical conditions evaluated by the IETS (Technical Institute of the health Sector) include chronic and neuropathic pain, oncology pain, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and fibromyalgia, which represent the primary conditions treated with Khiron products.
During the first half of 2022, insurance-covered prescriptions represented more than 90% of the Company´s cannabis sales in Colombia. With a patient base of more than 25,000 patients, Khiron will immediately resume filling insurance-covered prescriptions through its Zerenia clinic network.
In addition, Zerenia™ Colombia (Khiron´s wholly owned medical cannabis clinic network), has entered into a contract to provide "Integrative Health Services and Pharmacotherapeutic Treatment with Medical Cannabis" with the largest Government-owned insurance company in the city of Bogota, with more than 1.2 million insured individuals. This is the first time an insurance company in Latin America is contracting medical cannabis specific services and products. This represents an opportunity for Khiron and Zerenia to expand its client and patient base within Colombia, while continuing to differentiate itself with its unparalleled expertise in medical cannabis and proprietary scientific evidence.
Alvaro Torres, CEO of Khiron, comments: "Today is a great day for patients in Colombia and Khiron. We welcome the decision from the new Colombian government to categorically mandate insurance coverage for our medical cannabis products. With this decision, Khiron will immediately tackle the backlog of covered medical cannabis products to our patients. In parallel, we have also secured a first-of-its-kind contractual relationship with one of Colombia´s largest government-owned insurance companies for medical cannabis specific healthcare services and dispensation. These two achievements, will allow us to revert to predictable recurring revenues, shorter collection periods and improved cashflow."
About Khiron Life Sciences Corp.
Khiron is a leading global medical cannabis company with core operations in Latin America and Europe. Leveraging wholly owned medical health clinics and proprietary telemedicine platforms, Khiron combines a patient-oriented approach, physician education programs, scientific expertise, product innovation, and focus on creating access to drive prescriptions and brand loyalty with patients worldwide. The Company has a sales presence in Colombia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Peru, and Brazil. The Company is led by its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alvaro Torres, together with an experienced and diverse executive team and board of directors.
Visit Khiron online at https://investors.khiron.ca.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All information contained herein that is not historical in nature constitutes forward-looking information. Forward-looking information contained in this news release may include statements pertaining to the expected synergies and benefits to the Company from the acquisition of the Target as well as statements as to business strategy. Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release reflect management's current beliefs and is based on information currently available and on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the expected benefits to be realized by Khiron's business as a result of the acquisition of the Target, and assumptions regarding market opportunities in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates and where it seeks to operate.
Although management believes that its expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, forward-looking information is always subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of management, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the following: general economic conditions, adverse conditions in capital markets, political uncertainties, counterparty risk, failing to obtain required regulatory requirements and approvals, failure to maintain required permits and licences, business integration risks, as well as those other risk factors discussed in Khiron's most recent annual information form which is available on Khiron's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
As a result of the foregoing and other risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained in this press release. Readers are further cautioned that the foregoing risks and uncertainties is not exhaustive, and there may be other risks and uncertainties, presently unknown to management of the Company, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements contained in this press release. The forward-looking information contained in this press release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Khiron disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information disclosed herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden is sending federal aid to western New York to help state and local authorities clean up from the massive storm that dumped as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow in western and northern New York, the White House announced Monday.
The emergency declaration authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief in 11 counties hit by the the lake-effect snowstorm Friday and Saturday.
The National Weather Service recorded 77 inches (196 centimeters) by Saturday in Orchard Park, home to the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, and 72 inches (183 centimeters) in Natural Bridge, a hamlet near Watertown off the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
The storm forced the Bills to move Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns to Detroit. The Bills won 31-23.
More snow fell overnight Sunday in some areas, but it stopped by daybreak Monday. “We are finally dry,” weather service meteorologist Liz Jurkowski said.
A driving ban had been lifted for most areas affected by the storm by Monday morning, but schools remained closed in Buffalo and nearby towns.
The snowstorm was at least the worst in New York state since November 2014, when some communities south of Buffalo were hit with 7 feet (2.13 meters) of snow over the course of three days.
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GOP leader’s mocking remarks are part of an ugly pattern
Re “GOP leader mocks speaking abilities of Fetterman, Biden” (Political Notebook, Oct. 28): Every 40 seconds, someone in America suffers a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (that represents nearly 800,000 people a year); about 3 million struggle with a persistent stammering condition, as reported by the Stuttering Foundation. Based on these statistics, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel’s cruel disparagement of President Biden and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman was literally impolitic: The number of those Americans who vote as independents may be unknown, but it is doubtful such remarks can have tilted them in the GOP’s favor.
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I myself have cerebral palsy, worked in Washington for more than a decade, and left the GOP after Donald Trump’s mocking of journalist Serge Kovaleski’s disability, an insult that the party defended or downplayed. Apparently the Republicans have learned little about basic respect for disabled people and many others in the ensuing six years.
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Is anyone else incredulous that John Fetterman’s ability to carry out his would-be mandate as a US senator from Pennsylvania is being questioned because of a stroke, which, as documented by his doctors and other neurologists, does not appear to affect his cognition?
Think about the number of people now in Congress whose ability to perform the duties of their office could be called severely compromised and who have not had a stroke? Need I name names?
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Direxion Shares ETF Trust ("Direxion" or the "Trust") (NYSE: DUST) (NYSE: JDST) (NYSE: JNUG) (NYSE: NUGT) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that actively managed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs" or "Funds") from December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/jnug.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The Complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, Defendants misled investors and/or failed to disclose that it: (1) employed devices, schemes and artifices to deceive the investing public, including Plaintiff and other Class members; (2) made untrue statements of material facts or omitted to state material facts in order to make the purchasers believe the statement; or (3) artificially controlled, traded and maintained the market price of the Funds; and (4) caused Plaintiff and other members of the Class to purchase or otherwise acquire Funds at artificially inflated or deflated prices and suffered loss and damages; (5) such fraud and deceit caused loss and damage to plaintiff and other class members.
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint you can visit the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/jnug or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Law Clerk and Client Relations Manager, Yael Nathanson of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 212-697-6484. If you suffered a loss in Direxion you have until August 15, 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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If the Federal Reserves moves too aggressively to combat inflation, there are fears it could trigger a recession. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 12, 2022.)
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(NEXSTAR) — The application for federal student loan forgiveness has officially opened, President Joe Biden announced Monday following a beta test that launched Friday.
Roughly 8 million borrowers have already completed the debt forgiveness process by completing the beta application, Biden said. His administration launched it Friday afternoon, with a note that the Department of Education was “accepting applications to help us refine our processes ahead of the official form launch.”
If you are among those 8 million borrowers that completed the application over the weekend, you don’t need to do anything else. Your information will be processed, and, if necessary, officials will reach out to you for additional information.
If you haven’t yet applied, have no fear – the application is simple, fast, and identical to the preview the White House provided last week. You don’t need a Federal Student Aid login or any documentation to apply.
Here is a step-by-step process to filling out the federal student loan forgiveness application:
- First, go to www.studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application
- Fill in your first name, last name, and if applicable, a former last name
- Then you’ll need to put in your Social Security number
- Re-type your Social Security number
- Enter your date of birth
- Enter your phone number
- Type in your email address
- Re-enter your email address
- Review the agreement (This acknowledges that you are the person completing the form requesting debt relief, that you qualify, and that you will submit additional information if necessary.)
- Then you will need to input your first and last name again
- Next, check the box noting that “under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that all of the information provided on this form is correct.” Penalties for providing false information are listed and include “fines, imprisonment, or both.”
- Finally, hit “submit”
After your application has been submitted, it will be reviewed to determine if you qualify for debt relief, and the Education Department will “work with your loan servicer(s) to process your relief.”
The application, found here, is available in both English and Spanish and on mobile and desktop devices.
An estimated 1 million to 5 million people will be required to provide that extra documentation, the Education Department said in a recent submission to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.
It’s unclear how long it will take for the Education Department to process the applications, but officials previously estimated a timeline of four to six weeks. Applications submitted by mid-November should be processed by January 1, which is when payments are set to resume. You’ll have until the end of 2023 to apply for federal debt relief, pending the legal challenges the Biden administration is facing over the program.
Six Republican-led states are suing to block the plan, saying it oversteps Biden’s authority and will lead to financial losses for student loan servicers, which are hired to manage federal student loans and earn revenue on the interest.
A federal judge in St. Louis is now weighing the states’ request for an injunction to halt the plan. In court documents, the Education Department has vowed not to finalize any of the debt cancellation before Oct. 23.
Biden promised to pursue widespread student debt forgiveness as a presidential candidate, but the issue went through more than a year of internal deliberation amid questions about its legality. His plan sparked intense debate ahead of the midterm elections, with Republicans and some Democrats saying it’s an unfair handout for college graduates.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stroock is pleased to announce that the firm's Small Business Legal Relief Alliance won in the "Community Theme" at the 2022 Managing Partners' Forum Awards, which spotlight excellence in management of professional services firms. The "Community Theme" recognizes efforts that enable a firm's community to flourish.
Stroock launched the SBLRA in 2020 to provide front-line, substantive legal counsel to the New York-based small businesses and non-profits most directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A multi-organization alliance, the SBLRA draws on the knowledge of lawyers and financial professionals across more than 30 law firms, public interest legal service organizations, and one large financial services firm. It provides expert consultations and other supports to distressed entities and individuals on an emergency basis regarding issues including, among others, commercial lease disputes, bankruptcy, taxes, employment, contracts, and intellectual property rights.
"This recognition is a testament to Stroock's focus on providing legal assistance to underserved and under-resourced communities. Public service has long been a hallmark of our firm's commitment to community engagement, and we are proud to have provided quality representation for enterprises in these challenging times," said Alan Klinger, Stroock's Co-Managing Partner.
"The peak of a national crisis is the most difficult time to lead and mobilize teams effectively," said Kerry Cooperman, Director of Stroock's pro bono program, the Public Service Project. "But such moments are also when vulnerable organizations and individuals most urgently need help. Our ability to work rapidly and decisively is key to our service of the underserved, especially in times of crisis, and it is an honor to be recognized for these efforts."
Stroock's longtime commitment to serving the public interest began with the civic reform efforts led by the firm's founders more than a century ago. In 2001, Stroock launched the PSP — one of the first such practices to be led by a full-time pro bono partner — to offer a multidisciplinary approach to delivering comprehensive legal services focused on disaster recovery, innovative collaborations, and underserved and under-resourced communities.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, and Deloitte, will present a Liquidity and Capital Risk Webinar for financial professionals, from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
A panel of experts, including Maryland Smith Professor of the Practice and Executive-in-Residence Clifford Rossi, will discuss the global economy in its recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic while financial markets face major challenges from several sources: the worst inflationary period in 40 years, rapidly rising oil and commodity prices and interest rates, and war in Europe.
Against this backdrop, the liquidity and capital positions of financial institutions appear strong. But what are the warning signs of deterioration in firm liquidity and capital if market conditions worsen that risk managers should be monitoring over the next year or so?
The panel of experts will discuss these issues and provide insights into improving the monitoring, measurement, and management of liquidity and capital risk as it relates to the performance of a firm and-or counterparties.
Rossi, who before joining academia, spent 25-plus years in the financial sector, as both a C-level risk executive at several top financial institutions and a federal-banking regulator. He will be joined on the panel by James Depfer, senior manager in the Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP practice, and Greg Young, director of Ginnie Mae's Counterparty Risk Analysis Division.
For registration and more information, go to https://go.umd.edu/cTc.
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master's, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.
Contact: Greg Muraski at gmuraski@umd.edu.
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Federal prosecutors tacked on a 13th criminal charge against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the FTX co-founder of bribing "one or more" Chinese government officials with $40 million.
The new indictment was unsealed by the Southern District Court of New York on Tuesday.
Bankman-Fried, who is out on a $250 million bond, has already pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts of fraud and conspiracy, and has not yet been arraigned on five others.
A bail hearing was scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m. ET.
A spokesman for Bankman-Fried declined to comment.
In the indictment, prosecutors allege that Bankman-Fried sought to pay off Chinese officials in an effort to unfreeze accounts belonging to his hedge fund, Alameda Research. The accounts, which the Chinese governemnt had frozen in a crackdown on cryptocurrencies, held more than $1 billion of digital assets, prosecutors say.
The accounts were released after the payment was transferred in from Alameda's main trading account to a private cryptocurrency wallet, according to the indictment.
The charges against Bankman-Fried stem from what prosecutors have characterized as one of the biggest financial frauds in US history. They say that Bankman-Fried orchestrated a massive fraud, stealing deposits from his cryptocurrency exchange FTX, to finance risky bets at his hedge fund, funnel contributions to American politicians and underwrite a luxury lifestyle for himself and his employees in the Bahamas.
FTX had been one of the buzziest and biggest platforms for trading digital assets before it collapsed into bankruptcy in November.
The 31-year-old Bankman-Fried has previously acknowledged mishandling his business but has denied committing fraud.
Three of Bankman-Fried's former business partners — Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh — have pleaded guilty to numerous charges and are cooperating with investigators.
If convicted on all counts, he could face more than 155 years in prison. A trial has been scheduled for October.
Bankman-Fried is under house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California, where his movements are heavily restricted.
Bail terms changed
Also on Tuesday, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan approved a modification to Bankman-Fried's bail terms that aims to restrict his access to the internet following concerns about his use of a virtual private network.
Under the new conditions, Bankman-Fried will be permitted to use a VPN only for the purpose of accessing a database to help prepare his defense, via a laptop provided by his lawyers.
Bankman-Fried may use the special laptop only when accompanied by an attorney or paralegal from his defense team's firm. That person will "remain with Mr. Bankman-Fried while he uses the laptop, and take back the laptop and remove it from the residence when he is finished," Kaplan wrote.
— CNN's Kara Scannell contributed reporting.
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Arrests made in thefts of Yogi Berra’s World Series rings, Warhol and Pollock art
(AP) - Federal authorities announced charges against a ring of nine people for thefts of millions of dollars worth of paintings, sports memorabilia and other valuables including an Andy Warhol silkscreen, a Jackson Pollock painting and nine World Series rings belonging to the late Yankees catcher Yogi Berra.
The thefts took place over more than two decades at 20 museums, institutions and stores across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and North Dakota, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Thursday.
Investigators believe some of the sports memorabilia and other items had been melted down, including nine of Berra’s 10 World Series rings, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said at a news conference.
It was unclear which items will be returned to their owners or to the museums, but authorities said some of those valuables had been recovered.
Eight of the nine people named as part of the theft ring Thursday have turned themselves in, Karam said. At least five had already entered into preliminary plea agreements on charges of theft of major artwork and conspiracy to dispose of major objects of cultural heritage, according to court records. The suspects are in their late 40s to early 50s and are Pennsylvania residents.
Phone messages were left Thursday for attorneys listed in court documents as representing those eight suspects. Two of those attorneys said they could not comment at this stage of the case.
Karam said the ninth suspect, 53-year-old Nicholas Dombek, is considered a fugitive.
The indictments allege the thieves transported the memorabilia and valuables and would melt the silver and gold items down into transportable discs that were sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars — but for much less than many of the items were worth.
The indictments also note that a handful of the suspects were involved in each break-in, casing security at targeted museums, planning and then one or two people executing the actual thefts. The suspects would then sell and trade items with the larger group, according to court records.
Court documents also allege that Dombeck destroyed a painting by Jasper Cropsey, burning it to avoid the stolen artwork titled “Upper Hudson” from being used as evidence against him.
Some of the thefts happened nearly 20 years ago, including the 2005 theft from the Everhart Museum in Scranton, where the thieves shattered a glass door in the back of the building. They stole a 1949 oil-on-canvas painting by Jackson Pollock, “Springs Winter,” then worth an estimated $11.6 million and a silkscreen by Andy Warhol titled “Le Grande Passion,” then worth an estimated $15,000, but listed in the indictment as having a value of about $100,000.
Karam provided few details of how investigators from the FBI to local police departments cracked the case, saying only that evidence uncovered recently unraveled the ring’s activities.
“About three years ago, a forensic link at one of the theft sites discovered by a local police agency led us to forensic evidence that linked several of these thefts,” he said.
Details of the stolen items included:
— A baseball jersey from New York Giants pitcher and Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, as well as two contracts he had signed that were on display at Keystone College.
— Nine World Series rings, seven other rings and two MVP plaques belonging to Yogi Berra, including the rings believed to be melted down and destroyed.
— A Hickok Belt — solid gold and encrusted in jewels — and MVP plaque from the Roger Maris Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. Maris won two MVP awards, including when he passed Babe Ruth’s single-season record with 61 home runs in 1961 for the Yankees.
— A Hickok Belt and U.S. Amateur Trophy awarded to Ben Hogan, from the USGA Golf Museum and Library. Hogan, a nine-time major champion, is one of the greatest and most influential golfers in the sport’s history.
— Twelve trophies awarded to golfing great Art Wall Jr. that had been on display at the Country Club of Scranton, Pennsylvania, believed to have been melted down and destroyed.
— $300,000 worth of trophies from the National Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York.
— An 1836 Colt Paterson revolver and two other guns from the Space Farms Zoo and Museum in Wantage, New Jersey.
Other thefts prosecutors connect to the charges released Thursday occurred at the Boxing Hall of Fame, the Sterling Hills Mining Museum, Ringwood Manor and other facilities. Other stolen items included gold nuggets, gems, paintings, firearms, historical objects and sports prizes.
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Associated Press Assistant Sports Editor Jake Seiner contributed to this report.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina and the United Kingdom have entered into an agreement designed to build cooperation on goals to reduce carbon emissions and to expand economic ties.
State Commerce Secretary Machelle Sanders met on Wednesday in London with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt for a signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding, according to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office.
“We will deepen economic and cultural ties with the United Kingdom to create new opportunities for trade and economic development as we transition to a clean energy economy,” Cooper said in a news release.
The agreement states North Carolina and Britain are cooperating to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2050 by working to speed the implementation of clean energy technology. They also want to increase economic opportunities, particularly in underinvested areas and for businesses owned by women and minorities. Environmental justice also is addressed.
The two governments may initiate partnerships among private-sector companies and universities, exchange best-practice information and participate in formal trips.
Mordaunt was quoted in Cooper’s release as saying the memorandum is part of Britain’s effort to remove trade barriers with individual states. Similar agreements with Oklahoma and South Carolina are expected in the coming months, Mordaunt said. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/UK-North-Carolina-sign-memo-boosting-17317459.php | 2022-07-20 18:53:49 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/UK-North-Carolina-sign-memo-boosting-17317459.php |
Amber Alert issued for 2 missing girls in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued for two endangered girls missing in North Carolina.
The Durham Police Department is searching for 7-year-old Makayla Grace Gnije Hatch and 8-year-old Kaylee Amira Grace Hatch. The two girls were last seen July 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Durham Police Department 919-560-4440.
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Medical Groups Replace Outdated Consensus Statement that Overly Restricts Access to Modern-Day Weight-Loss Surgery
NEWBERRY, Fla., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the world's leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of 30, a measure of body fat based on a person's height and weight and one of several important screening criteria for surgery.
The ASMBS/IFSO Guidelines on Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery – 2022, published online today in the journals, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD) and Obesity Surgery, are meant to replace a consensus statement developed by National Institutes of Health (NIH) more than 30 years ago that set standards most insurers and doctors still rely upon to make decisions about who should get weight-loss surgery, what kind they should get, and when they should get it.
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is the largest group of bariatric surgeons and integrated health professionals in the United States and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) represents 72 national associations and societies throughout the world.
"The 1991 NIH Consensus Statement on Bariatric Surgery served a valuable purpose for a time, but after more than three decades and hundreds of high-quality studies, including randomized clinical trials, it no longer reflects best practices and lacks relevance to today's modern-day procedures and population of patients," said Teresa LaMasters, MD, President, ASMBS. "It's time for a change in thinking and in practice for the sake of patients. It is long overdue."
In the 1991 consensus statement, bariatric surgery was confined to patients with a BMI of at least 40 or a BMI of 35 or more and at least one obesity-related condition such as hypertension or heart disease. There were no references to metabolic surgery for diabetes or references to the emerging laparoscopic techniques and procedures that would become mainstay and make weight-loss surgery as safe or safer than common operations including gallbladder surgery, appendectomy, and knee replacement. The statement also recommended against surgery in children and adolescents even with BMIs over 40 because it had not been sufficiently studied.
New Patient Selection Standards -- Times Have Changed
The ASMBS/IFSO Guidelines now recommend metabolic and bariatric surgery for individuals with a BMI of 35 or more "regardless of presence, absence, or severity of obesity-related conditions" and that it be considered for people with a BMI 30-34.9 and metabolic disease and in "appropriately selected children and adolescents."
But even without metabolic disease, the guidelines say weight-loss surgery should be considered starting at BMI 30 for people who do not achieve substantial or durable weight loss or obesity disease-related improvement using nonsurgical methods. It was also recommended that obesity definitions using standard BMI thresholds be adjusted by population and that Asian individuals consider weight-loss surgery beginning at BMI 27.5.
Higher Levels of Safety and Effectiveness for Modern-Day Weight-Loss Surgery
The new guidelines further state "metabolic and bariatric surgery is currently the most effective evidence-based treatment for obesity across all BMI classes" and that "studies with long-term follow up, published in the decades following the 1991 NIH Consensus Statement, have consistently demonstrated that metabolic and bariatric surgery produces superior weight loss outcomes compared with non-operative treatments."
It is also noted that multiple studies have shown significant improvement of metabolic disease and a decrease in overall mortality after surgery and that "older surgical operations have been replaced with safer and more effective operations." Two laparoscopic procedures, sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB), now account for about 90% of all operations performed worldwide.
Roughly 1 to 2% of the world's eligible patient population get weight-loss surgery in any given year. Experts say the overly restrictive consensus statement from 1991 has contributed to the limited use of such a proven safe and effective treatment. Globally, more than 650 million adults had obesity in 2016, which is about 13% of the world's adult population. CDC reports over 42% of Americans have obesity, the highest rate ever in the U.S.
"The ASMBS/IFSO Guidelines provide an important reset when it comes to the treatment of obesity," said Scott Shikora, MD, President, IFSO. "Insurers, policy makers, healthcare providers, and patients should pay close attention and work to remove the barriers and outdated thinking that prevent access to one of the safest, effective and most studied operations in medicine."
The ASMBS/IFSO Guidelines are just the latest in a series of new recommendations from medical groups calling for expanded use of metabolic surgery. In 2016, 45 professional societies, including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), issued a joint statement that metabolic surgery should be considered for patients with type 2 diabetes and a BMI 30.0–34.9 if hyperglycemia is inadequately controlled despite optimal treatment with either oral or injectable medications. This recommendation is also included in the ADA's "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2022."
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Mary Trump said she's never read a romance novel before, much less written one.
"I am coming at this without any preexisting notions of what the conventions are," Trump told NPR in an interview on video chat.
The psychologist and political commentator is best known as an outspoken critic of her uncle, former President Donald Trump, and not so much as an author of love stories. But that might change now that she's coming out with The Italian Lesson, her first romance novel.
Trump said her lack of knowledge of the romance genre drives her two main collaborators on the project — E. Jean Carroll and Jennifer Taub — up the wall.
"Sometimes, she'll take my advice," said legal scholar and non-fiction book author Taub, who was on the video call with Trump, and serves as the project's editor. "Sometimes she'll ignore it."
With nearly three decades of experience dispensing relationship advice in her regular Ask E. Jean advice column for Elle Magazine, Carroll said she is well qualified to help the rookie romance author get hip to the rules of the genre. "If Mary ever goes off the rails, I call her horrified and say, 'A heroine can't act like that!' " said Carroll, who also joined the the video call.
The three women have all been under the spotlight in recent years for their strong words and actions, especially concerning Donald Trump.
Carroll, of course, is known for having recently won a civil lawsuit against the former President for sexual abuse and defamation. And both Mary Trump's family memoir Too Much and Never Enough, and Taub's book about white collar crime Big Dirty Money, are hyper-critical of Donald Trump.
Mary Trump said her decision to pen a romance grew out of a conversation among friends she met through an online knitting group she joined in 2021.
That group happens to include Carroll and Taub.
"Somebody out of nowhere said, 'Why don't we write a script for a Hallmark movie?' " said Trump. "I thought: Why not? That'll be fun."
Trump said nothing came of that initial idea. But during a bout of writer's block she experienced about five months ago, the idea morphed into a novel.
So far, Trump said she has only written a few chapters. She plans to self-publish new installments of the book twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays over the coming year for subscribers on the Substack content sharing platform. (Readers can get the first three weeks of content for free, but they'll have to pay $60 a year or $6 a month to access the rest.)
Despite Trump's lack of knowledge of the genre, her book's premise follows familiar romance patterns.
"An American woman goes to a hill town in Tuscany, opens a café, meets this hunk," Trump said.
She added that she, Carroll and Taub were relieved to have a project about pure escapism.
"This is a politics free zone," Trump said.
Author and romance critic Sarah Wendell is the co-founder of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (also known as TrashyBooks.com), one of the longest-running online romance communities.
She says this isn't the first time that someone with a famous name has written romance: "Is the fact that they're famous a selling point? Well, it gets attention and that is the whole point of marketing a book."
Everything about this concept is political, from the names on the cover to the fact that it's a romance, because romance is political: Who gets to have a happy ending? Whose marriage is legally recognized? Who can be themselves safely?
But the romance maven questions the notion that this book could ever be non-political: "Everything about this concept is political, from the names on the cover to the fact that it's a romance, because romance is political: Who gets to have a happy ending? Whose marriage is legally recognized? Who can be themselves safely?"
Despite her reservations, Wendell said she admires the author and her collaborators for their innovative spirit. Substack is becoming a common enough place to find romance-oriented newsletters and reviews. But Wendell said not too many authors are publishing entire books there yet.
"As a newish platform for building a direct audience, that's a brilliant choice for romance authors and for readers," Wendell said.
Trump said she has received pushback against her foray into romance from members of her own circle; they worry it might undermine her reputation as a serious political commentator. But she brushes it off, adding that romance isn't fluff, and that it can be transformational.
"If the thing that's going to bring me down is writing a romance novel, so be it," Trump said.
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- Utility tops peers in the South Large segment for first time
- Company committed to its think-customer approach
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas earned the No. 1 spot in customer satisfaction with residential natural gas service in the South among large utilities, according to the J.D. Power 2022 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.
This is the first time Piedmont Natural Gas has received the No.1 ranking, topping six other utilities in the South Large segment.
"Earning top honors in customer satisfaction demonstrates our strategy to put customers first," said Sasha Weintraub, senior vice president and president of Piedmont Natural Gas. "Our think-customer approach is simple – listen to what our customers say and act on it. We work daily to deliver what matters most to them – safe, reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy. We are grateful these efforts have been noticed, and I'm proud of the entire Piedmont Natural Gas team for this recognition."
Piedmont's efforts to understand and address the needs of customers earned top rankings in the following study factors: billing and payment, corporate citizenship, communications, customer care and safety and reliability.
J.D. Power represents the voice of customers. This year's study results are based on responses from over 57,000 online interviews conducted from January 2022 through October 2022 with residential customers of the 84 largest natural gas utility brands, representing nearly 64.6 million households across the United States. J.D. Power began measuring the customer satisfaction of natural gas utilities in 2002.
Piedmont Natural Gas
Piedmont Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, distributes natural gas to more than 1.1 million residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Piedmont has been named by Cogent Reports as one of the most trusted utility brands in the U.S. More information: piedmontng.com. Follow Piedmont Natural Gas: Twitter, Facebook.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "World's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
Media Contact: Meghan Miles
Piedmont Natural Gas
704.995.9386
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SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. — The Solano County Fair is coming up and offering presale tickets to all the happenings in its four days of fun for its 74th annual event.
The fair has new and old ways to keep everyone entertained with livestock shows, exhibits, a Mexican-style rodeo, a carnival, a concert and a fireworks show throughout the weekend.
Gather your friends and family at the Solano County Fairgrounds to celebrate the best of Solano County.
What to do at the Fair
Fair activities include:
- Livestock Auction
- Out at the Fair Photos
- Lucha Xtreme
- Mexican-style rodeo and concert
- Four day carnival
- Fireworks show
Tickets are discounted during the presale admissions period which ends June 14 at 5 p.m. Purchase tickets HERE.
Fair schedule
Thursday, June 15: Family Ag Day (Free admission for all)
- Come celebrate the 74th annual event to learn more about agriculture and celebrate the farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers who contribute to Solano County’s daily lives.
- The event is being held 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Solano County Fairgrounds at 900 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA 94589
Friday, June 16
- Fair, carnival activities from noon to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 17
- Noon - 10:00 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m. — Junior Livestock Auction
- 5:00 p.m. — Out At The Fair Group Photo
- 6:00 p.m. — Lucha Xtreme
- 9:00 p.m. (Approximately) — Firework show
Sunday, June 18
- Noon to 10:00 p.m. — Fair, carnival activities
- 2:00 p.m. — Jaripeo — Mexican-style rodeo & concert (Additional Admission Required)
Ticket pricing
Tickets range from $5 to $30 and discounts are available to those who buy during the presale period.
- Adult: $8.00
- Youth: $5.00
- Senior: $5.00
- Carnival advance: $30.00
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Parent Company, Radio Systems Corporation®, acquires Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties, all are authorized independent dealerships, in an expansion effort to support more pet owners.
LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invisible Fence® Brand, a pioneer in the pet containment industry, announce they are expanding their service area in Florida, effective August 11th, 2022.
Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties have been authorized, full-service dealerships of genuine Invisible Fence products and services since 1986 with collectively more than 15,000 satisfied human customers, as well as the endorsement of neighborhood veterinarians.
Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties will be rolling into Invisible Fence of Central Florida and will continue to serve and be committed to improving the way The Villages, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, Clermont, Sebring pet owners live with their four-legged family members.
"Our mission is to keep dogs and cats safe at home, and the Central Florida team is passionate about working hard to ensure pet safety. We're excited to join forces with them and change the way people live with their pets." Said Ed Hoyt, Senior Director of Invisible Fence.
Acquiring Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Volusia and Flagler Counties is Radio System Corporation's 28th acquisition in 22 months. The company recently acquired Invisible Fence of Middle Tennessee and Invisible Fence of Maryland now having a footprint that covers over 240 communities across the U.S. and Canada.
"We're eager to expand our direct services in Central Florida. We'll be able to extend our customer service hours and offer new and innovative solutions while providing the same high-level attention to the customers of The Villages, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Lakeland, Clermont, Sebring have come to expect." Said Hoyt.
Invisible Fence offers the premier dog fence on the market including professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training, and exclusive Boundary Plus® Technology. Highly recommended by veterinarians, dog trainers, animal behaviorists, and other pet experts, Invisible Fence offers pet fences that can be customized for clients' unique needs.
Invisible Fence of Central Florida will continue to champion pet welfare in the local community through local animal shelter donations, adoption events, and the Project Breathe™ Program.
For additional information or questions, customers can call 1-800-578-3647 or visit InvisibleFence.com, and follow Invisible Fence of Central Florida on Facebook.
Invisible Fence pioneered the pet containment industry in 1973, making it their mission to provide safe boundaries inside and outside of the home. The Radio Systems Corporation® owned company predominantly sells pet containment, avoidance and access solutions across the U.S. and Canada. In addition to offering award-winning products like Boundary Plus® Technology, Authorized Dealers provide professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training and integrated solutions that have protected more than three million pets to date. Invisible Fence also founded the Project Breathe™ Program in 2006, donating more than 32,000 pet oxygen masks to fire departments and first responders. For more information on Invisible Fence or to find a local dealer, visit InvisibleFence.com or follow the company on Facebook.
Contact: Rana Heidari
Email: rheidari@invisiblefence.net
Phone: (615) 339-8455
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German Special Forces arrest 25 people for a plot to overthrow the government By Steve Inskeep, Esme Nicholson Published December 7, 2022 at 7:30 AM PST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:51 German Special Forces arrested 25 people for a domestic terrorism plot to overthrow the government there. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.kvpr.org/2022-12-07/german-special-forces-arrest-25-people-for-a-plot-to-overthrow-the-government | 2022-12-07 16:51:40 | 1 | https://www.kvpr.org/2022-12-07/german-special-forces-arrest-25-people-for-a-plot-to-overthrow-the-government |
-- Sales to Israel via Pure Sunfarms Further Expand Village Farms' International Cannabis Presence --
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced further progress on its international cannabis strategy, and commented that the lack of cannabis legislative action by the United States Senate (in direct contrast to the 39 States / the District of Columbia with legally sanctioned medical-use and/or adult-use THC, as well as the vast majority of United States' citizens) while disappointing, does not impact Village Farms' plans to leverage its considerable success in Canada into other cannabis markets with greater regulatory support. Recently, the Company's Canadian Cannabis business, through its subsidiary, Pure Sunfarms, commenced shipping cannabis products for the Israeli medical market under an exclusive three-year supply agreement with Israel-based Dr. Samuelov Importing and Marketing Ltd., doing business as Better Pharma.
Founded in the early 1990s, Better Pharma is a highly respected importer of pharmaceuticals and related products for the Israeli market with longstanding relationships with Israel's retail pharmacies and an extensive sales force and distribution capabilities, covering over 95% of Israeli independent pharmacies, as well as retail drug stores.
"Commencing shipments to Israel is another milestone in our global cannabis strategy, building on our successes in Canada and Australia," said Michael DeGiglio, Chief Executive Officer, Village Farms. "We are proud and privileged to partner exclusively with Better Pharma for the significant medical cannabis opportunity in Israel and are confident that Pure Sunfarms unique "Everyday Premium" positioning, which has proven so successful in Canada and Australia, will be differentiated in the Israeli market, and well-received by patients."
"Our agreement with Better Pharma marks the first time Pure Sunfarms branded flower, inclusive of Canada's top-selling Pink Kush, makes its way to consumers internationally," said Mandesh Dosanjh, President and CEO, Pure Sunfarms. "We're confident that Better Pharma, an organization that shares our belief in a brand-led consumer approach, will help patients in Israel come to know and appreciate Pure Sunfarms high-quality, BC grown strains as much as Canadians have."
"We are proud and honoured to exclusively partner with Pure Sunfarms, Canada's No.1 flower brand and market leader, for medical cannabis products," said Ran Samuelov, Chief Executive Officer, Better Pharma. "We are confident we will be able to leverage our knowledge and expertise in international brand management for Pure Sunfarms to become one of the leading medical cannabis brands in Israel. We are looking forward to delivering Pure Sunfarms unique and differentiated "Everyday Premium" brand proposition to Israeli medical patients and pharmacists."
Sales of Pure Sunfarms product to patients in Israel are expected to commence later this month. Initial strains offered will include Pink Kush, Jet Fuel Gelato, and Sakura Punch (sold as Black Cherry Punch in Canada).
Village Farms continues to execute on its global cannabis strategy, which includes accelerated sales to the Australian medical market and plans to launch in the German medical market.
Dr. Samuelov Importing & Marketing Ltd, doing business as Better Pharma, was founded in the early 1990's. The company imports, markets and distributes international brands to the Israeli pharmaceutical market.
Better Pharma stands for the company's quest and vision of providing better, highest quality, and safer product alternatives to the Israeli consumers.
Better Pharma is the exclusive Israeli distributor of Weleda, the world's leading manufacturer of natural-organic cosmetics, Dr. Wolff group, known for the brands Alpecin, Plantur, and Vagisan, and Dr. Reckeweg homeopathic products from Bensheim, Germany.
In 2014, the company established the pharma unit specializing in herbal medicinal products and is the Israeli exclusive distributor of the world's leading manufacturers in the industry: Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG and Bionorica SE.
In 2020, the company established the Cannabinoids unit, specializing in importing and distribution and marketing of medical grade cannabis product to the Israeli medical market.
Village Farms leverages decades of experience as a large-scale, Controlled Environment Agriculture-based, vertically integrated supplier for high-value, high-growth plant-based Consumer Packaged Goods opportunities, with a strong foundation as a leading fresh produce supplier to grocery and large-format retailers throughout the US and Canada, and new high-growth opportunities in the cannabis and CBD categories in North America and selected markets internationally.
In Canada, the Company's wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Pure Sunfarms, is one of the single largest cannabis operations in the world, the lowest-cost greenhouse producer and one of Canada's best-selling brands. The Company also owns 70% of Québec-based, Rose LifeScience, a leading third-party cannabis products commercialization expert in the Province of Québec.
In the US, wholly-owned Balanced Health Botanicals is one of the leading CBD brands and e-commerce platforms in the country. Subject to compliance with all applicable US federal and state laws and stock exchange rules, Village Farms plans to enter the US high-THC cannabis market via multiple strategies, leveraging one of the largest greenhouse operations in the country (more than 5.5 million square feet in West Texas), as well as the operational and product expertise gained through Pure Sunfarms' cannabis success in Canada.
Internationally, Village Farms is targeting selected, nascent, legal cannabis and CBD opportunities with significant medium- and long-term potential, with an initial focus on the Asia-Pacific region, Israel and Europe.
As used in this Press Release, the terms "Village Farms", "Village Farms International", the "Company", "we", "us", "our" and similar references refer to Village Farms International, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries, and the term "Common Shares" refers to our common shares, no par value. Our financial information is presented in U.S. dollars and all references in this Press Release to "$" means U.S. dollars and all references to "C$" means Canadian dollars.
This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. This Press Release also contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. We refer to such forward-looking statements and forward-looking information collectively as "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's future outlook or financial position and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the financial position, business strategy, budgets, expansion plans, litigation, projected production, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes, plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for the Company, the greenhouse vegetable or produce industry or the cannabis industry are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as "can", "outlook", "may", "might", "will", "could", "should", "would", "occur", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "try", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue", "likely", "schedule", "objectives", or the negative or grammatical variation thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this Press Release are subject to risks that may include, but are not limited to: our limited operating history in the cannabis and cannabinoids industry, including that of Pure Sunfarms, Inc. ("Pure Sunfarms"), Rose LifeScience Inc. ("Rose" or "Rose LifeScience") and Balanced Health Botanicals, LLC ("Balanced Health"); the legal status of the cannabis business of Pure Sunfarms and Rose and the hemp business of Balanced Health; risks relating to the integration of Balanced Health and Rose into our consolidated business; risks relating to obtaining additional financing, including our dependence upon credit facilities; potential difficulties in achieving and/or maintaining profitability; variability of product pricing; risks inherent in the cannabis, hemp, CBD, cannabinoids, and agricultural businesses; market position; ability to leverage current business relationships for future business involving hemp and cannabinoids; the ability of Pure Sunfarms and Rose to cultivate and distribute cannabis in Canada; existing and new governmental regulations, including risks related to regulatory compliance and regarding obtaining and maintaining licenses; legal and operational risks relating to expected conversion of our greenhouses to cannabis production in Canada and in the United States; risks related to rules and regulations at the US federal (Food and Drug Administration and United States Department of Agriculture), state and municipal rules and regulations with respect to produce and hemp, cannabidiol-based products commercialization; retail consolidation, technological advances and other forms of competition; transportation disruptions; product liability and other potential litigation; retention of key executives; labor issues; uninsured and underinsured losses; vulnerability to rising energy costs; inflationary effects on costs of cultivation and transportation; recessionary effects on demand of our products; environmental, health and safety risks, foreign exchange exposure, risks associated with cross-border trade; difficulties in managing our growth; restrictive covenants under our credit facilities; natural catastrophes; the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and tax risks.
The Company has based these forward-looking statements on factors and assumptions about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this Press Release are based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on information currently available to management, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's or the industry's actual results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the factors contained in the Company's filings with securities regulators, including this Press Release. In particular, we caution you that our forward-looking statements are subject to the ongoing and developing circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and future financial results.
When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as guarantees of future results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities. The forward-looking statements made in this Press Release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this Press Release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The sale of Mackinaw Brewing Company in downtown Traverse City closed on Friday, according to Realtor Jack Lane.
The business and building at 161 E. Front St. was purchased for $3.2 million by 161 E. Front Street TC LLC. The group includes North Peak Brewing Company co-owner Jon Carlson, according to Lane.
An email and a phone message to Carlson were not returned on Friday.
Mackinaw Brewing Company launched in 1997. Rod and Lisa Langbo bought the business in 2002.
The Langbos listed the business and building for sale in April 2022. Mackinaw Brewing had its last business day on Dec. 30, according to Facebook posts.
“That was the original brew pub in Traverse City,” Lane said. “(The Langbos) would like to convey to Traverse City thanks for all the support through the years.”
The property is a 122-year-old, three-story, 12,480-square-foot structure, Lane told the Record-Eagle for an April 13, 2022 article. The original list price was $4.95 million.
The Langbos were looking to step away from running the business, Rod Langbo said in April.
“We’re ready to retire,” Rod Langbo said in April. “... we’ve been at Mackinaw for 22 years. We want to travel.”
“They’re great operators,” Lane said of the Langbos. “They’d love to sit back and coast into retirement.”
Lane said it was nice to see Mackinaw Brewing sold to a local buyer. Lane was also involved in the sale of two other long-time Front Street businesses in Bardon’s Wonder Freeze and Lil Bo.
“In the last couple of years I’ve had the pleasure of selling Bardon’s, Mackinaw Brewing and Lil Bo,” Lane said Friday. “It’s nice to see that in all three of those deals, local buyers bought the places.”
Langbo said he and his wife have witnessed many changes in downtown Traverse City and it was great to be a part of all of it.
“I think it’s gone both ways,” he said for the April 2022 article. “There used to be a lot more activity in February and now there’s very little. The summers are filled with so many festivals, it’s wonderful to do business downtown. I love it.”
Lane previously told the Record-Eagle there was a store on the site in the 1850s that functioned as a livery in the late 1800s. The current structure, the Beadle Building, was built in 1900 from Greilickville brick.
“It’s just one of the most iconic buildings downtown,” Lane said.
It was home to Cunningham Drugs until sometime in the 1970s. It was a Big Boy restaurant until 1997.
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We have every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide a roadmap to justice
The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol referred former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges related to an insurrection that he inspired because he couldn't publicly accept that he'd lost an election.
In the face of it all, that former president already announced he is running again to win back the job.
That's the state of American politics, with a divided populace and millions purposely not paying attention to the evidence presented by the committee, just two weeks ahead of the two-year anniversary of the riot.
The Jan. 6 committee is out of time. Republicans are set to take control of the House, and the committee is expected to dissolve. So the legal ball will now be in the Justice Department's court, while the political one rests with the voters.
"Accountability that can only be found in the criminal justice system," committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. said. "We have every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide a roadmap to justice and that the agencies and institutions responsible for ensuring justice under the law will use the information we've provided to aid in their work."
Here are five takeaways of what we learned from the committee's last hearing on Monday:
1. Trump — and others — will be referred to the Justice Department for criminal charges.
The big news out of the final hearing was that after a lengthy investigation, the members of the committee were convinced there was enough evidence to charge former President Trump on four things:
Now, that doesn't mean Trump will be charged. The committee has no power over what the Justice Department does. The Justice Department has its own investigation of Trump that's been ongoing and currently run by special counsel Jack Smith.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith once Trump announced he was running for president again as a way to show independence from the investigation.
"Ours is not a system of justice, where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass," said committee member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., announcing the referrals.
2. Members of Congress were referred to the House ethics committee.
The committee also announced that four members of Congress, who never complied with subpoenas, were referred to the House ethics committee.
They are Republican congressmen:
All are close allies of Trump, and their resistance in the face of the rules has been emblematic of the antagonistic style of U.S. politics that was growing even before Trump came on the scene.
Whether anything happens to them, though, is unclear since Republicans will control the iteration of the ethics committee in the next Congress and McCarthy is in line to be the next speaker.
3. There's lots of evidence Trump knew the truth, but just didn't want to be seen as a loser.
All of what occurred Jan. 6 likely happened simply because Trump didn't have an exit ramp, a way to save face after his 2020 election loss.
That's been evident to those of us who've covered Trump for a while, but it was affirmed by Hope Hicks, a former communications adviser in the Trump White House, someone who was very close to Trump.
Hicks, whom we heard from for the first time Monday in the course of these hearings, said in taped testimony that she told Trump she was becoming concerned that these false claims of fraud were damaging his legacy.
This was Trump's response:
"He said something along the lines of, 'You know nobody will care about my legacy if I lose,' " Hicks said, " 'So that won't matter, the only thing that matters is winning.' "
There is plenty of evidence Trump — and his team — knew he lost, that the allegations of fraud were baseless and that he knew what he was doing, according to testimony from multiple former Trump administration officials.
"He was—he had—usually he had pretty clear eyes," said Bill Stepien, the Trump 2020 campaign manager, according to written testimony released in a report by the committee. "Like, he understood, you know — you know, we told him where we thought the race was, and I think he was pretty realistic with our viewpoint, in agreement with our viewpoint of kind of the forecast and the uphill climb we thought he had."
Stepien added: "We'd have to, you know, relay the news that, yeah, that tip that someone told you about those votes or that fraud or, you know, nothing came of it. That would be our job as, you know, the truth telling squad and, you know, not — not a fun job to be, you know, much — it's an easier job to be telling the president about, you know, wild allegations. It's a harder job to be telling him on the back end that, yeah, that wasn't true."
One of Trump's campaign lawyers, Alex Cannon, in a mid-to-late November phone call with former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, said, per the report, that he found nothing "sufficient to change the results in any of the key States."
Meadows responded saying, "So there is no there, there?"
Even Trump counsel Rudy Giuliani admitted during his deposition to the committee: "I do not think the machines stole the election."
A federal judge noted that Trump was told by email "that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and in public." And he "signed a verification swearing under oath that the incorporated, inaccurate numbers 'are true and correct' or 'believed to be true and correct' to the best of his knowledge and belief."
These aren't people who are aligned with Democrats or were "Never Trump" or "Trump Haters," as the former president likes to say. In fact, the opposite is true in most of the testimony that's been aired by the committee.
It's up to rank-and-file Trump voters whether they can bring themselves to acknowledge the realities without lapsing into baseless conspiracies.
4. Whether the findings will matter politically is unclear.
It's no secret that the country is divided politically and partisanship, particularly among Republicans, has become entrenched. So despite the primary evidence — with testimony from Republicans who were aligned with Trump — people have been watching selectively.
The committee in its report recognized this:
"Although the Committee's hearings were viewed live by tens of millions of Americans and widely publicized in nearly every major news source, the Committee also recognizes that other news outlets and commentators have actively discouraged viewers from watching, and that millions of other Americans have not yet seen the actual evidence addressed by this Report."
So the committee said it's releasing video summaries with each relevant piece of evidence. And it's likely why the beginning of the hearing included so many clips of previously seen testimony from past hearings, almost like the recap of a prior season of a series on Netflix.
There is evidence to suggest those who watched were moved. Before the hearings, just 48% of independents in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll said they thought Trump was to blame a "great deal" or "good amount" for what happened that day. After several hearings, the July survey found that the percentage blaming Trump spiked to 57%.
Republicans were only up marginally — and still fewer than 1-in-5 said Trump was responsible for what happened.
Eighty percent of Democrats and 55% of independents said they were paying "a lot" or "some" attention to the hearings. But 56% of Republicans said they were not.
It's not hard to draw a straight line between the numbers of those paying attention and the movement — or lack thereof — in the survey.
5. The ball is in DOJ's — and the public's — court.
Progressives have been irritated with Attorney General Merrick Garland's methodical (read: slow) pace of pursuing charges against Trump. But it's going to be up to the special counsel whether to bring charges or what they are.
They do not have to act on what the Jan. 6 committee recommends, though investigators are paying close attention to the details of its findings. But don't expect to hear much about the special counsel's progress, as the DOJ tends to stay pretty quiet, if not wholly silent, on the details of ongoing investigations until they present them in court.
Politically, it's going to be up to voters to choose. Trump will likely retain support with his base. As we noted, Republicans have been the least likely to be paying close attention to these hearings. In a multi-candidate primary, Trump remains the front-runner for the GOP nomination.
But he's in legal trouble in multiple states, not just federally, and many of his preferred candidates — and election deniers — lost in swing states. So whether it's because of the chaos that often surrounds him, the threat he presents to U.S. democracy and faith in its elections, or simply because his brand is not a winner in competitive states where Republicans likely need to win to take over the White House and Congress, Trump is at his most vulnerable point since winning the presidency six years ago.
And the members of this committee — some of whom won't be returning to Congress because of the wrath, or potential wrath, of Trump's base — certainly hope voters respond.
"The future of our democracy rests in your hands," Thompson said. "It's up to the people to decide who is deserving of the public trust."
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Biden vetoes bill cancelling his $400 billion student loan handout, vows he's 'not going to back down'
Two Democrats from each chamber of Congress joined Republican in voting for the bill
President Biden on Wednesday vetoed the bill that would have scrapped his $400 billion student loan handout and vowed he wasn't "going to back down" when it came to forgiving the college debt of millions across the country.
"Folks, Republican in Congress led an effort to pass a bill blocking my administration's plan to provide up to $10,000 in student debt relief and up to $20,000 for borrowers that received a Pell Grant. Nearly 90% of those relief dollars go to people making less than $75,000 a year," Biden said in a video posted on Twitter.
"I'm not going to back down on my efforts to help tens of millions of working and middle class families. That's why I'm going to veto this bill," he said.
AOC SAYS SUPREME COURT ‘CORRUPTION’ WILL KILL BIDEN STUDENT LOAN HANDOUT
Amid his railing against Republicans, Biden made no mention of the two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., who joined all Republicans in voting to advance the bill last week. Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema also voted in favor with the final tally coming to 52-46.
Biden also made no mention of Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., who joined Republicans in voting for the bill in the House of Representatives. The final House vote tally was 218-203.
The president went on to say that some of the members who voted for the bill had "personally received loans to keep their small business afloat during the pandemic," and supported "huge tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy."
"But when it comes to hardworking Americans trying to get ahead, dealing with student debt relief, that's where they drew the line. I think it's wrong," he said.
"Let me make something really clear, I'm never going to apologize for helping working and middle class Americans as they recover from this pandemic. Never," he added before signing his veto of the bill.
Biden's veto of the bill marks his fifth veto since taking office.
Under the program announced last year, Biden said he would cancel up to $10,000 in student loans for people making less than $125,000, and up to $20,000 for students who received Pell Grants. That program was expected to cost the government more than $400 billion in lost debt repayment, but the program was put on hold after a court blocked it.
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The resolution approved by the House and Senate was written under the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress reject an executive branch policy as long as both the House and Senate pass a resolution disapproving of that policy.
Given the mostly partisan nature of the votes in the House and Senate, it's unlikely Congress will be able to find the two-thirds majority needed in each chamber to override Biden's veto.
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WESTWOOD, Mass., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Services, an independent wealth management firm focused on providing personalized financial advice and experienced investment management to affluent families is excited to announce the opening of a new office in Rockland, MA.
With existing offices in Westwood, MA and Woburn, MA, the Rockland office is the firm's third location in and around the Greater Boston area.
"Over the past few years Heritage Financial has experienced record growth in number of clients, assets under management, and employees. This expansion of our footprint is a logical next step for the future growth of the firm," said Chuck Bean, CEO. "We've been looking to expand our physical presence to neighborhoods south of the city of Boston for some time now and are thrilled the time has finally come. We look forward to servicing our clients and meeting with prospective clients in and around the south shore of Boston from our new office space."
Heritage Financial Services is an independent wealth management firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Heritage works closely with affluent families by coordinating and managing all aspects of their wealth, retirement, and financial security. Driven by core values of teamwork, integrity, and excellence, the team builds lifelong relationships with clients and their other trusted advisors to help simplify, organize, and instill confidence in their often-complex financial lives.
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Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as “the grave dancer” for his ability to revive moribund properties died on Thursday. He was 81.
Zell died at home due to complications from a recent illness, according to Equity Group Investments, a company he founded in 1968.
Bearded and blunt-spoken, Zell reveled in bucking traditional wisdom. He had a golden touch with real estate, and got his start managing apartment buildings as a college student. By the time he reached his 70s, he had amassed a fortune estimated at $3.8 billion.
Zell sold Equity Office, the office-tower company he spent three decades building, to Blackstone Group for $39 billion in 2007. It was the largest private equity transaction in history, and Zell personally netted $1 billion.
A month later, he made another deal that ultimately tarnished his image: the acquisition of the ailing Tribune Co. for $13 billion. The media giant filed for bankruptcy the following year.
Real estate was his trademark, but as he noted in an interview shortly before making the ill-fated Tribune deal, it represented only about 25% of his holdings.
“I’m a professional opportunist,” Zell told The Associated Press at the time. “I’m pretty sure that no matter what topic you pick, we’re involved in some way or another.”
Zell was born in Highland Park, Ill., on Sept. 28, 1941, four months after his immigrant parents arrived in the United States. They fled Poland before the Nazi invasion.
His father was a wholesale jeweler who dabbled successfully in real estate investment and the stock market. The young Zell took pictures at his 8th-grade prom and sold them, and later took to buying Playboy magazines in downtown Chicago and reselling them to his classmates in Hebrew school in the suburbs for a 200% markup.
His first successes in real estate came while he was a student at the University of Michigan. After managing the building where he lived in exchange for free rent, he moved on to managing other properties, ultimately incorporating an apartment-management business and then selling it.
After working briefly at a Chicago law firm, he teamed with his Ann Arbor fraternity brother Robert Lurie and they began acquiring distressed properties from developers who were bogged down by high interest rates. That practice continued through the recession of the mid-1970s, with great success.
He later co-founded the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in 1999 with Lurie’s widow, Ann.
Zell’s reputation grew, and in 1976 the contrarian investor talked about his penchant for spotting and pursuing opportunities in an article that he entitled “The Grave Dancer.” The nickname stuck.
After the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, Zell went on a buying spree of real estate properties. He also encouraged institutional investors to pool their money for commercial real estate in the early ’90s when it was on the outs.
Zell loved risk, both in his business dealings and his personal life. He once acknowledged riding his motorcycle as fast as 145 mph on a trip across the South American pampas.
His love of motorcycles caused him to form a group called Zell’s Angels, consisting mostly of business tycoon friends who would go on rides with him around the world. He was an avid skier, racquetball player, paintball enthusiast and sports fan over the years, with stakes in the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox.
Zell was fiercely protective of his personal life. Reports said he was married at least three times and had three children. He maintained homes in Chicago and Southern California.
“Sam Zell was a self-made, visionary entrepreneur. He launched and grew hundreds of companies during his 60-plus-year career and created countless jobs. Although his investments spanned industries across the globe, he was most widely recognized for his critical role in creating the modern real estate investment trust, which today is a more than $4 trillion industry,” Equity Group Investments said in a written statement on Thursday.
Zell is survived by his wife, Helen; his sister Julie Baskes and her husband, Roger Baskes; his sister Leah Zell; his three children, Kellie Zell and son-in-law Scott Peppet, Matthew Zell, and JoAnn Zell; and his nine grandchildren. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-sam-zell-billionaire-real-estate-investor-dies/ | 2023-05-18 22:12:46 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-sam-zell-billionaire-real-estate-investor-dies/ |
CHICAGO — A strong cold front will push through the Chicago area Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
Behind the front, temperatures will tumble as strengthening westerly winds usher much colder air into the region.
Highs in the 60s will likely occur in the early overnight hours followed by temperatures falling throughout Sunday.
By late afternoon we’ll likely see temperatures in the lower 40s and even some upper 30s.
A freeze watch for McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Kendall and parts of Cook and Will counties is in effect from 10 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday.
The frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
By Monday morning many locations west and north of the Chicago metro are expected to see temperatures near freezing.
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A new book by former Trump aide Peter Navarro claims that the former president was supportive of an attempt to remove his son-in-law Jared Kushner from having control over his 2020 campaign and replace him with Stephen Bannon.
Navarro in the book, obtained by The Guardian, describes the plan as a “coup d’état,” but the change never occurred because Kushner refused.
“And that was that. And the rest is a catastrophic strategic failure history,” Navarro wrote, according to The Guardian.
Navarro, a critic of Kushner, will later this month release the book, titled “Taking Back Trump’s America: Why We Lost the White House and How We’ll Win It Back.”
Trump, while supportive of the move, feared “family troubles if [he] himself had to deliver the bad news to … the father of his grandchildren,” so he did not bring up the subject with Kushner.
Instead, the president asked Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, a prominent GOP donor, to tell Kushner.
Kushner at first skipped a call from Marcus and then later told him, “things were fine with the campaign, there was no way he was stepping down and, in effect, Bernie Marcus and his big moneybags could go pound sand,” according to Navarro’s account.
The Hill has reached out to a Trump spokesperson for comment.
Navarro has lashed out at Kushner in the past. After Kushner revealed in his book that he was treated for thyroid cancer while serving in the White House, Navarro said during a Newsmax interview that the revelation “came out of nowhere” and accused Kushner of trying to get “sympathy to try to sell his book.”
Navarro has also come under scrutiny in recent months over his defiance of subpoenas issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
A federal grand jury indicted Navarro this summer on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. In court following his arrest, Navarro lashed out at Congress and federal law enforcement.
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Our brand's signature simple ingredients meet our new innovations, including three granola flavors and the first release from RXBAR's Craft Batch flavor innovation line
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- No B.S. is getting a new look thanks to the first-ever line of RXBAR® Granola (and we're making this press release "No B.S." to prove it to you).
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Irving senses Mavs’ urgency in new star pairing with Doncic
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving senses the stress of trying to figure things out with Luka Doncic and the rest of his new Dallas teammates as the Mavericks jostle for playoff positioning in the tightly packed Western Conference.
The superstars are 1-4 together since the blockbuster trade that brought Irving over from Brooklyn, giving Dallas two All-Star starters for the first time in franchise history.
One or both has had the ball in his hands with a chance to tie or win in the final seconds of each of those four losses.
Since they didn’t come through, they’re now at risk of a 1-6 start together.
Philadelphia and Joel Embiid, neck-and-neck with Doncic in the scoring race, visit Thursday night followed by Phoenix and newly acquired star Kevin Durant on Sunday.
“Right now, it’s just high-intense environment. I can feel it,” Irving said after missing a last-second 3-pointer in Tuesday’s 124-122 loss to Indiana. “Everybody wants to win. That’s a great thing. Everybody cares. But now we’ve just got to figure out what our temperament is, what our emotion is.”
That, along with offensive tendencies and defensive coverages, among plenty of other things. Without much time to do it.
The loss to the Pacers, which came two days after Dallas blew a 27-point lead in a 111-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, dropped the Mavs out of the top six in the West with 19 games remaining.
The good news for Dallas: A modest winning streak could restore hope for home-court advantage in the first round, which the Mavs (32-31) had last year in reaching the West finals.
The bad news: A not-very-long losing streak could lead to Dallas missing the playoffs altogether. That would be a catastrophic outcome considering what the club gave up to get Irving with no guarantee that he will re-sign as an unrestricted free agent this summer.
“I really want to win here, really put a lot of pressure on myself,” Irving said. “At times, I think I need to scale it back a little bit. Usually these learning curves and learning moments happen in preseason, but it’s happening now. It puts a glaring eye on what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong.”
Since the Mavs led 48-21 in the second quarter against the Lakers, Irving is 1 of 13 from 3-point range. Doncic had 14 points in the first quarter against the Lakers, but just 12 after that.
In their first game together, Doncic missed a potential tying 3 with 14 seconds left in overtime of a 133-128 loss at Sacramento. The next game, they exchanged three passes and didn’t get off a shot in the final seconds of a 124-121 loss at home to Minnesota.
A mixup on Irving’s inbound pass to Doncic with 15 seconds left against the Lakers took away a chance to tie. Then Irving missed a contested 3 with Doncic watching from a corner against the Pacers, who had won just four of their previous 21 games.
“It was a good shot, I think,” Doncic said. “He can make a lot of those shots. We trust him.”
Trust will be another topic as Dallas tries to ensure at least a chance to match last season’s playoff run, which ended with a five-game loss to the eventual champion Golden State.
The Mavs say they couldn’t pass up a chance to put a superstar alongside Doncic, even a disgruntled one on an expiring contract. A 2-5 start since Irving joined Dallas is making the clock tick a little faster.
“I know there’s 15 other guys that are relying on me to do things that they’ve either seen me do or they’re expecting me to do as one of the best players in the league,” said Irving, an eight-time All-Star who won a title alongside LeBron James in Cleveland in 2016. “Sitting alongside Luka, I just have to show up to the party.”
And it’s starting to get a little late.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, February 9, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1131 AM CST Wed Feb 8 2023
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Angelina River Near Lufkin affecting Angelina, Nacogdoches and
Cherokee Counties.
For the Angelina River...including Alto, Lufkin...Minor flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 1145 AM CST.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Angelina River Near Lufkin.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 165.0 feet, Expect flooding to continue for several
days with the majority of the gravel access roadway flooded.
Boaters and four wheel-operators should use caution traversing
both upstream and downstream on the Angelina River as currents can
become swift and turbulent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 11:00 AM CST Wednesday the stage was 164.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 11:00 AM CST Wednesday was 164.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 164.4
feet tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 161.0 feet.
- Flood History...No available flood history.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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SEATTLE, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ScanlanKemperBard (SKB), along with its capital partner, RGA ReCap Incorporated (ReCap Real Estate Investments) on behalf of RGA, announced it has successfully closed a $36.46 million refinancing of its Original Rainier Brewery project at 5900 Airport Way, Seattle, Washington.
"Ownership is pleased to be partnering with the UBS team on the debt for Original Rainier Brewery. This new loan provides the time and financial terms we were seeking to assist in completing the renovation and lease up of the project. Great work by everyone getting this deal over the finish line" – SKB Executive Vice President, James Paul.
Situated on the east end of Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, the 191,409 square foot urban-industrial project consists of four buildings that cater to a unique variety of tenant sizes and uses that is unmatched within the market.
Tom Wilson and Zach Kersten, with the JLL Debt Advisory team helped secure the refinancing loan.
About ScanlanKemperBard
SKB is an established real estate developer and operator based in Portland, Oregon. Since its inception in 1993, SKB has originated total portfolio activity of $5.1 billion, comprised of 32.4 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space and 2,154 residential units. With longstanding relationships in each of its markets, SKB has the ability to source, structure and execute value creation across a wide spectrum of real estate opportunities. Visit SKB online at www.skbcos.com to learn more.
About ReCap Real Estate Investments
ReCap Real Estate Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RGA, is a commercial mortgage lender and real estate equity investor with the strength of a global reinsurer and the spirit of an entrepreneur. ReCap originates and manages a diverse portfolio of loans, with strong relative value and an emphasis on transactions between $3 million and $30 million. In addition, ReCap directly deploys capital across a diverse network of real estate equity investments with 46 active investments and nearly $800 million in active investments to date. Visit ReCap Real Estate Investments online at rgare.com/recap to learn more.
Media contact: Todd Gooding, 503-552-3562
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Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel collapsed on the soccer pitch Saturday night and was later pronounced dead at a hospital in West Flanders.
Espeel, 25, who plays for Winkel Sport B, collapsed moments after saving a penalty shot for his team. Winkel Sport B led 2-1 against Westrozebeke when their opponents were awarded a penalty in the second half of the match.
According to The Brussels Times, Espeel saved the spot kick but dropped to the ground afterward. Medics attempted to revive him on the field with a defibrillator, but he was pronounced dead shortly after he was taken to the hospital.
The match was being played at the Winkel Sport B’s home ground in Sint-Eloois-Winkel in the West Flanders Province.
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"Winkel Sport is in very deep mourning by the sudden death of Arne Espeel," the club said in a statement.
"We wish the family and friends of Arne our heartfelt condolences in this heavy loss. Football is an afterthought."
No cause of death has been determined, according to Reuters, which reported that Espeel’s autopsy was scheduled for Monday, Feb. 13. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/25-year-old-belgian-goalkeeper-dies-making-penalty-save-no-cause-of-death-determined-yet/4103675/ | 2023-02-14 18:02:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/25-year-old-belgian-goalkeeper-dies-making-penalty-save-no-cause-of-death-determined-yet/4103675/ |
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For Black Friday Vivaia is offering two distinct promotions: One gives you up to 50% off select shoes and accessories, while the other gives you a discount the more you spend with the code BFCM2022 through Nov. 30. With the latter deal, you can save up to 30% when you buy three products (not including accessories or clearance items).
Both my flats and my sneakers by Vivaia are quite comfortable and flexible, and they complement my style very well. I haven't bought any new shoes in a while, but with this Black Friday offer, I can't pass it up. Plus, if you care about wearing apparel that's eco-friendly, this brand uses plastic bottles to develop its shoes.
Most of the shoes in the up to 50% off sale will be flats, but there will be a few pairs of boots and heels as well. The Rachel Chelsea boot boasts a sturdy square toe and a moderate 30-millimeter heel. These shoes can be purchased for as little as $109. Do you long to put your feet in plush flats in a variety of styles? These faux mink knit flats with a square toe are a steal for $69. They look great with sweaters and knits. And buy these pointed-toe ballet flats for the same price for a conventional pair you can wear anywhere.
The sale for up to 30% off has comparable shoes. These $69 wedges have the traditional Aria design with a pointed toe and a wedge heel to amp up your look. While these water-resistant ballet flats with a pointed toe can be yours for the low price of $69 or $79 depending on the style.
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The fastest-growing youth baseball and softball event platform has joined forces with the leading custom team apparel software and fulfillment service for its nationally recognized brands.
WARWICK, R.I., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Athletx Sports Group announced a strategic partnership with SquadLocker, the leading custom team apparel software, and fulfillment service today.
Founded in 2012, Athletx Sports Group brings together multiple brands under one banner providing resources to enhance the youth baseball and softball world. These brands deliver hundreds of events and showcase thousands of teams and players throughout the country, opportunities for visibility, and player recruitment.
This new partnership with SquadLocker brings custom online team apparel to all of the Athletic Sports Group brands. Athletic Sports Group players, coaches, and fans will be able to take advantage of SquadLocker's groundbreaking e-commerce software and single-unit fulfillment services allowing for quick turnaround of customized apparel with the convenience of ship-to-home individual delivery.
In addition to supporting the hundreds of events annually, the partnership with SquadLocker will provide the community of baseball and softball organizations access to their own customized digital storefronts that never close. Players, parents, and fans can directly purchase team apparel and spirit wear in one place. George Overholser, SquadLocker CEO said on the partnership,
"We are thrilled to bring unique shopping experiences to life for this extraordinary baseball and softball community. Combining our software acumen with textiles expertise to mass-customize decorated sports apparel, this partnership with Athletx Sports Group brings team gear technology and fulfillment to the next level for the thousands of players, parents, and fans across the country."
"Establishing a partnership with SquadLocker is a no-brainer for Athletx Sports Group. Our focus is to provide first-class experiences at our events and partnering with a company that shares the same values and excitement for creating these experiences, specifically on the apparel side, is exciting. SquadLocker offers access to thousands of different products and has established a user-friendly interface that is revolutionizing the way athletes and fans access their apparel and equipment needs. We are looking forward to growing and marketing our brands through products and consumer services that SquadLocker offers," said Christine Herring, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at Athletx Sports Group.
"The partnership between SquadLocker and Athletx hits home for me personally as a former minor league baseball athlete," said Tip Fairchild, Vice President of Business Development at SquadLocker. "I am proud to serve the community I know and love with top-tier custom apparel technology. Today is a home run."
Athletx Sports Group spirit wear stores are ready to shop for Gameday USA Baseball, Gameday USA Softball, Baseball Youth, Softball Youth, Youth Baseball Nationals, Youth Softball Nationals, New Year's Baseball Fest, New Year's Softball Fest, Beach Battles, Mid-America Baseball, Net Elite Baseball, Pastime Tournaments, Softball World Series, Travelball Select, Versus, and Youth World Series (D2/D3).
About Athletx Sports Group
Athletx brings together multiple nationally recognized brands under one family, including Pastime Tournaments, Youth Baseball & Softball Nationals, Youth World Series, Game Day USA, Baseball Youth/Softball Youth, Mid-America Baseball, VERSUS, New Year's BaseballFest, TravelBall Select and Net Elite. Recent and rapid growth has propelled Athletx to being ranked #1214 on the Inc. 5000 list, which recognizes the fastest-growing private companies nationally, and #3 in the Business First Fast 50, which recognizes the fastest-growing private companies in the Louisville area. Athletx Sports Group and its brands collectively represent nearly 600 team-based and individual-player events across the nation, featuring over 15,000 teams, 194,000 players, 38,000 coaches, and 371,000 spectators. These events have featured athletes and teams from all 50 U.S. states and internationally, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Bahamas, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In addition to producing first-class events, Athletx boasts a strong media presence with over 720,000 social media followers across its brands' various Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok platforms. Athletx maintains offices in Louisville, KY (corporate headquarters), Chicago, IL (Naperville), and Indianapolis, IN (Carmel). For more information, visit athletx.com.
Christine Herring
cherring@athletx.com
502-436-7684
About SquadLocker
SquadLocker is the leading custom apparel manufacturer and e-commerce solution for sports organizations, schools, and businesses. Through innovative online tools, SquadLocker makes it easy to create, manage, and distribute custom apparel. The SquadLocker platform integrates with sports and scholastic management software to empower teams, leagues, and organizations far and wide. SquadLocker combines software acumen and textile expertise to mass-customize decorated custom apparel and free up time for organizers, coaches, teachers, and youth leaders.
In addition to working with 70+ top brands including Under Armour®, Adidas®, and Nike®, SquadLocker manufactures a proprietary sublimated uniform line (SquadGEAR™) that facilitates immediate production and shipping achieving a top-speed turnaround. To learn more, visit SquadLocker.com.
Lara Michaud
media@squadlocker.com
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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Wednesday said he is giving “very serious consideration” to running for president in 2024 and added that he does not expect former President Trump to become the Republican nominee.
Hogan said in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” that he was willing to “stand up” and say when he disagreed with actions Trump took as president. He said he agrees with many of Trump’s policies but does not believe the former president would be the GOP’s strongest nominee to win the general election in 2024.
Hogan said the Republican Party needs a candidate who can appeal to a “broader audience of people” and win swing voters after the party suffered defeats in the 2018 midterms, the 2020 presidential race and the 2022 midterms.
Many in the Republican Party blamed Trump for the party’s performance in the November 2022 midterms, in which many of the candidates he endorsed during the primaries went on to lose in key races for the House and Senate and in gubernatorial contests.
“We have been really successful 30 miles outside of Washington, where everything appears to be broken and nothing but divisiveness and dysfunction,” Hogan said, referring to his time as the two-term governor of a solidly Democratic state.
Hogan has previously said he might jump into the race for the Republican nomination.
He said Trump still has a “solid group” of people who support him, but an increasing number are no longer backing him.
Recent polling has shown Trump with large leads over other possible Republican challengers in a hypothetical primary match-up, but he has not received a clear majority of respondents’ support.
Hogan said serving as a governor is a “training ground” for becoming president. Experience as an executive is different than being a representative or senator, he said.
“You’re out there making arguments and you’re involved in issues, but you don’t have the executive experience of running something,” he said. “So I think there are going to be a number of governors, and I think governors are a good place for us to look for leadership at the national level.”
Hogan’s comments come as former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley reportedly plans to announce on Feb. 15 that she is running for the Republican nomination. Trump is the only Republican to officially jump into the race so far. | https://www.yourbasin.com/hill-politics/hogan-giving-very-serious-consideration-to-white-house-bid-says-trump-wont-be-gop-nominee/ | 2023-02-01 19:10:39 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/hill-politics/hogan-giving-very-serious-consideration-to-white-house-bid-says-trump-wont-be-gop-nominee/ |
The Biden administration is facing another lawsuit over extending the pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments.
The pause is set to end later this year, but the plaintiffs want the moratorium to end immediately.
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The newest legal challenge was filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free market think tank, earlier this week. In a similar lawsuit, private lender SoFi sued the Biden administration last month, also seeking to end the pause on payments.
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The moratorium has been extended eight times under both the Trump and Biden administrations since March 2020, when it was put in place to help people struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance lawsuit argues that the Department of Education has unlawfully extended the pause, relying on an "ever-shifting foundation of purported legal justifications."
The lawsuit alleges that the pause harms nonprofit employers, like the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, that normally use a federal debt relief program for nonprofit workers to help recruit employees. The pause, they argue, reduces the incentive the federal program, known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, provides borrowers to work for a nonprofit.
Thanks to the pause, most federal student loan borrowers have not been required to make payments for more than three years. Interest has also been frozen during that time.
The Department of Education has maintained that the pause, as well as a proposed one-time debt cancellation plan, are legal.
"This lawsuit is an attempt by partisan special interest groups to put millions of borrowers at serious risk of financial harm," the agency said in a statement sent to CNN. "The Department will continue to fight to deliver relief to borrowers, provide a smooth path to repayment, and protect borrowers from industry and special interests."
The latest extension of the pause was put in place by President Joe Biden in November once his separate student loan forgiveness program was also challenged in court.
The administration has now tied the payment restart date to the litigation over the forgiveness program, which was heard by the US Supreme Court at the end of February.
Federal student loan payments are set to resume 60 days after the Supreme Court issues its ruling, or in late August -- whichever comes first. The justices are expected to rule in late June or early July, but a decision could come earlier.
If allowed to move forward, Biden's student loan forgiveness program would cancel up to $20,000 for qualifying low- and middle-income borrowers.
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Founder and former CEO, Byron Whetstone, to remain on the company's board of directors to help drive the strategic vision of the business.
LENEXA, Kan., July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American Direct Procurement, LLC ("American Direct"), a national distributor of doors and related hardware as well as a leading access control and commercial integration business, today announced that Lance Simpson has joined American Direct as President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective immediately, he has assumed day-to-day leadership and succeeds American Direct's founder, Byron Whetstone, who will continue to serve on the company's board of directors and remain involved in shaping the strategic vision of the business.
Mr. Simpson is a proven executive with an excellent track record across multiple companies in the industrial distribution sector. Prior to joining American Direct, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Cook & Boardman, where he helped triple revenue over four years through both organic initiatives and acquisitions. Over his 30+ year career, Mr. Simpson has held various leadership positions at several businesses with over $1 billion in revenue, including Crescent Electric Supply, HD Supply Waterworks, and Hughes Supply.
"I'm incredibly honored to have the opportunity to lead American Direct through its next phase of growth and success," said Simpson. "I have known Byron and the company for a very long time and believe American Direct is uniquely positioned in the industry given its established focus on addressing the convergence of hardware and technology". Simpson continued, "I couldn't be more excited to help unlock the full potential for the company going forward".
The transition comes after Byron Whetstone, the company's founder and long-time CEO, spent the past several years searching for the right successor to lead American Direct while he steps back from the day-to-day operations of the business. "As I reflect on what we've built at American Direct since the early-1990s, I am excited to welcome Lance into our American Direct family", said Whetstone. "He is a proven executive, a top leader in our industry, and is the perfect fit for our business as we continue to execute on an exciting growth opportunity."
In October 2021, American Direct partnered with Aves Capital Management, a Chicago-based private investment firm, to support its acquisition of Avalon Communication Services and to help accelerate Whetstone's vision of creating a leading total security solutions business. "Lance has distinguished himself as a dynamic leader with an impressive track record that will be invaluable as we continue scaling American Direct," said Zachary Nemes, board member at American Direct and Managing Director at Aves Capital Management. "We are excited to partner with Lance during the next chapter at American Direct and look forward to the support and strategic guidance that Byron will continue to provide."
About American Direct Procurement
American Direct is a Lenexa, KS-based national distributor of doors and related hardware and electronic access control products for a range of construction clients. The Company also provides design, innovation, and installation services to general contractors and other end-users, offering fully integrated safety and security solutions at the door opening. Founded in 1991, American Direct provides nationwide distribution and installation services, with additional facilities in Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Denver, CO; Greenville, NC; Houston, TX; Lancaster, PA; Phoenix, AZ; and Portland, OR. American Direct owns and operates the AccessNsite access control technology platform, and operates under multiple commercial integration banners in various local markets, including Avalon, CH Edwards and Security Control Systems. For more information, visit: http://www.americandirectco.com/.
About Aves Capital Management
Aves is a Chicago-based alternative investment firm focused on special situation-oriented private equity and opportunistic credit investing. Aves specializes in providing privately negotiated financing solutions to high quality businesses that are navigating strategic or operational change, operating in out-of-favor industries, facing event-driven complexities and managing business plans built around non-traditional assets. Aves often takes a contrarian approach when investing and strives to provide businesses with solutions designed to address complicated liquidity or growth capital needs. For more information, visit: http://www.avescap.com/.
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Public School Lunches to cost parents money for first time since 2019-20 school year
WILLISTON, N.D. (KUMV) - The start of the school year is right around the corner, and with it comes some changes.
As life returns to normalcy following the COVID-19 pandemic, so does the public school lunch program. Starting this year, it will once again be the parents’ responsibility to cover paying for their child’s meals. Parents Your News Leader spoke to said the added cost of inflation has some of them worried.
One parent, who has three children attending the Williston Basin School District and asked to remain anonymous, said: “So many of us are having a hard time keeping groceries in the fridge and making ends meet. I am not sure where we will find the money to fund lunch accounts.”
The people in charge of preparing the meals are also worried about the change.
“I’m concerned moving back into this school year and having to charge for meals for families that may not qualify, but now they are going to have to pay for their meals, and will they be able to afford it? It is a big concern for me,” said Lynelle Johnson, food services director for Williston Basin School District #7.
For the past two years, the USDA provided waivers to public school districts, allowing them to cover all their meals for free. That benefit was not renewed for the 2022-23 school year.
In April, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and other democrats introduced legislation that would have extended the waivers, but there has not been any movement on the proposal.
“The Senator’s Support Kids Not Red Tape Act would provide a longer-term solution that would keep kids fed year-round at no cost to parents. He’ll keep pushing that through the Senate,” a Tester spokesperson said in a statement.
For now, Johnson recommends applying for free/reduced meals even if you’re not sure if you’ll qualify. Depending on the district, students may be denied or given a smaller meal if they develop a negative balance.
For more specific information on your district’s meal policy, contact the district office.
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Approval based on superior survival outcomes of Libtayo plus chemotherapy, compared to chemotherapy alone, in a patient population with a wide range of disease characteristics
Second advanced NSCLC indication expands patient population eligible for a Libtayo-based regimen to include combination treatment with chemotherapy irrespective of PD-L1 expression levels
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR, ALK or ROS1 aberrations. Patients must either have metastatic or locally advanced tumors that are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation. Patients may be treated with this combination irrespective of PD-L1 expression or histology.
"This second FDA approval for cemiplimab-rwlc in advanced non-small cell lung cancer greatly broadens the scope in which a cemiplimab-rwlc-based regimen can be prescribed to encompass a wide range of patients, either as single agent in those with PD-L1 ≥50% or now in combination with chemotherapy irrespective of PD-L1 expression or tumor histology," said David R. Gandara, M.D., Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. "The approval is based on a Phase 3 trial designed to closely resemble a patient population with varied disease presentations that physicians manage in everyday clinical practice. Even with these diverse disease presentations, cemiplimab-rwlc combined with chemotherapy demonstrated a marked increase in overall survival, at a median of 22 months versus 13 months with chemotherapy alone. Clearly, this is an advance which is clinically meaningful for our patients with advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer."
The FDA approval is based on data from the global Phase 3 trial, EMPOWER-Lung 3, that investigated Libtayo in combination with a physician's choice of platinum-doublet chemotherapy (Libtayo combination), compared to platinum-doublet chemotherapy alone. The trial enrolled 466 patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC, irrespective of PD-L1 expression or tumor histology, and with no ALK, EGFR or ROS1 aberrations. Among those enrolled, 43% had tumors with squamous histology, 67% had tumors with <50% PD-L1 expression, 15% had inoperable locally advanced disease not eligible for definitive chemoradiation, and 7% had pretreated and clinically stable brain metastases.
"Libtayo is now approved for extending the survival of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer as both a monotherapy in high PD-L1 expressors and in combination with chemotherapy irrespective of PD-L1 expression levels, achieving a high bar that has only been met by one other PD-1 targeting agent," said Israel Lowy, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Translational and Clinical Sciences, Oncology at Regeneron. "With this FDA approval, Libtayo can expand its role as a key treatment option for advanced non-small lung cancer, in addition to serving as a standard-of-care for two advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. We are committed to investigating Libtayo through ongoing trials as a monotherapy and as a backbone of combination treatments in multiple cancers. We thank the many investigators, patients and their families who have participated in our pivotal trials."
Efficacy in EMPOWER-Lung 3 was assessed in 466 patients who were randomized 2:1 to receive either Libtayo 350 mg (n=312) or placebo (n=154) intravenously every 3 weeks, plus histology-specific platinum-doublet chemotherapy. The trial was stopped early based on a recommendation by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee after the Libtayo combination demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival (OS), the primary endpoint. Efficacy results comparing the Libtayo combination to chemotherapy alone showed a:
- 22-month median OS versus 13 months, representing a 29% relative reduction in the risk of death (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.53 to 0.93; p=0.014). The 12-month probability of survival was 66% for the Libtayo combination versus 56% for chemotherapy, per Kaplan-Meier estimates.
- 8-month median PFS versus 5 months, representing a 44% reduction in the risk of disease progression (HR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.44 to 0.70; p<0.0001). The 12-month probability of PFS for the Libtayo combination was 38% versus 16% for chemotherapy.
- 43% overall response rate versus 23%.
- 16-month median DOR (range: 2 to 19+) versus 7 months (range: 2 to 19+).
Safety was assessed in 312 patients in the Libtayo combination group (median duration of exposure: 38 weeks) and 153 patients in the chemotherapy group (median duration of exposure: 21 weeks). The most common adverse reactions occurring in >15% of patients were alopecia (37% Libtayo combination, 43% placebo), musculoskeletal pain (30% Libtayo combination, 36% placebo), nausea (25% Libtayo combination, 16% placebo), fatigue (23% Libtayo combination, 18% placebo), peripheral neuropathy (23% Libtayo combination, 19% placebo) and decreased appetite (17% Libtayo combination, 12% placebo). Serious adverse reactions occurred in 25% of patients, with treatment discontinuations due to adverse reactions in 5% and fatal adverse reactions in 6%. No new Libtayo safety signals were observed.
"The approval of Libtayo in the combination setting builds on the monotherapy indication in advanced non-small cell lung cancer and furthers our excitement for what's to come as we continue our potentially transformative oncology research," said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer at Regeneron. "Libtayo is the backbone of our oncology strategy, designed to synergistically combine multiple modalities to provide more options for more patients. We look forward to delivering on the promise of our research in other meaningful combinations that leverage Libtayo and our homegrown pipeline of investigational bispecific antibodies."
"We welcome this latest approval for Libtayo as a first-line combination treatment for appropriate patients with advanced lung cancer," said Andrea Ferris, President and CEO at the LUNGevity Foundation. "Lung cancer remains one of the most common cancers worldwide, and every new treatment option is an important step forward against this deadly cancer."
About Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In recent years, more than 236,000 and 2.2 million annual new cases have been diagnosed in the U.S. and globally, respectively. Approximately 84% of all lung cancers are NSCLC, with 75% of these cases diagnosed in advanced stages. Additionally, 70% of all NSCLC cases will have <50% PD-L1 expression, making it the most common treatment setting.
About Libtayo
Libtayo is a fully human monoclonal antibody targeting the immune checkpoint receptor PD-1 on T-cells and was invented using Regeneron's proprietary VelocImmune® technology. By binding to PD-1, Libtayo has been shown to block cancer cells from using the PD-1 pathway to suppress T-cell activation. In the U.S. and other countries Libtayo is indicated in certain patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC), advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) and advanced NSCLC, as well as in advanced cervical cancer in Canada and Brazil. As of July 1, 2022, Libayo is developed and marketed globally by Regeneron.
In the U.S., the generic name for Libtayo in its approved indications is cemiplimab-rwlc, with rwlc as the suffix designated in accordance with Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products Guidance for Industry issued by the FDA. Outside of the U.S., the generic name of Libtayo in its approved indication is cemiplimab.
The extensive clinical program for Libtayo is focused on difficult-to-treat cancers. Libtayo is currently being investigated in trials as a monotherapy, as well as in combination with either conventional or novel therapeutic approaches for other solid tumors and blood cancers. These potential uses are investigational, and their safety and efficacy have not been evaluated by any regulatory authority.
U.S. FDA-approved Indications
Libtayo is a prescription medicine used to treat:
- People with a type of skin cancer called advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) that has spread or cannot be cured by surgery or radiation.
- People with a type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma (BCC):
- Adults with a type of lung cancer called NSCLC:
It is not known if Libtayo is safe and effective in children.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR U.S. PATIENTS
What is the most important information I should know about Libtayo
LIBTAYO is a medicine that may treat certain cancers by working with your immune system. LIBTAYO can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in any area of your body and can affect the way they work. These problems can sometimes become severe or life-threatening and can lead to death. You can have more than one of these problems at the same time. These problems may happen anytime during treatment or even after your treatment has ended.
Call or see your healthcare provider right away if you develop any new or worsening signs or symptoms, including:
- Lung problems: cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Intestinal problems: diarrhea (loose stools) or more frequent bowel movements than usual, stools that are black, tarry, sticky or have blood or mucus, or severe stomach-area (abdomen) pain or tenderness
- Liver problems: yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes, severe nausea or vomiting, pain on the right side of your stomach area (abdomen), dark urine (tea colored), or bleeding or bruising more easily than normal
- Hormone gland problems: headache that will not go away or unusual headaches, eye sensitivity to light, eye problems, rapid heartbeat, increased sweating, extreme tiredness, weight gain or weight loss, feeling more hungry or thirsty than usual, urinating more often than usual, hair loss, feeling cold, constipation, your voice gets deeper, dizziness or fainting, or changes in mood or behavior, such as decreased sex drive, irritability, or forgetfulness
- Kidney problems: decrease in your amount of urine, blood in your urine, swelling of your ankles, or loss of appetite
- Skin problems: rash, itching, skin blistering or peeling, painful sores or ulcers in mouth or nose, throat, or genital area, fever or flu-like symptoms, or swollen lymph nodes
- Problems can also happen in other organs and tissues. These are not all of the signs and symptoms of immune system problems that can happen with LIBTAYO. Call or see your healthcare provider right away for any new or worsening signs or symptoms, which may include: chest pain, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath or swelling of ankles, confusion, sleepiness, memory problems, changes in mood or behavior, stiff neck, balance problems, tingling or numbness of the arms or legs, double vision, blurry vision, sensitivity to light, eye pain, changes in eyesight, persistent or severe muscle pain or weakness, muscle cramps, low red blood cells, or bruising
- Infusion reactions that can sometimes be severe. Signs and symptoms of infusion reactions may include: nausea, chills or shaking, itching or rash, flushing, shortness of breath or wheezing, dizziness, feel like passing out, fever, back or neck pain, or facial swelling
- Rejection of a transplanted organ. Your healthcare provider should tell you what signs and symptoms you should report and monitor you, depending on the type of organ transplant that you have had
- Complications, including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), in people who have received a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic). These complications can be serious and can lead to death. These complications may happen if you underwent transplantation either before or after being treated with LIBTAYO. Your healthcare provider will monitor you for these complications
Getting medical treatment right away may help keep these problems from becoming more serious. Your healthcare provider will check you for these problems during your treatment with LIBTAYO. Your healthcare provider may treat you with corticosteroid or hormone replacement medicines. Your healthcare provider may also need to delay or completely stop treatment with LIBTAYO if you have severe side effects.
Before you receive Libtayo, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:
- have immune system problems such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or lupus
- have received an organ transplant
- have received or plan to receive a stem cell transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic)
- have received radiation treatment to your chest area
- have a condition that affects your nervous system, such as myasthenia gravis or Guillain-Barré syndrome
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. LIBTAYO can harm your unborn baby
Females who are able to become pregnant:
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if LIBTAYO passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment and for at least 4 months after the last dose of LIBTAYO
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
The most common side effects of LIBTAYO when used alone include muscle or bone pain, tiredness, rash, and diarrhea. The most common side effects of LIBTAYO when used in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy include hair loss, muscle or bone pain, nausea, tiredness, numbness, pain, tingling, or burning in your hands or feet, decreased appetite. These are not all the possible side effects of LIBTAYO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals at 1-877-542-8296.
Please see full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide.
About Regeneron's VelocImmune Technology
Regeneron's VelocImmune technology utilizes a proprietary genetically engineered mouse platform endowed with a genetically humanized immune system to produce optimized fully human antibodies. When Regeneron's co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer George D. Yancopoulos was a graduate student with his mentor Frederick W. Alt in 1985, they were the first to envision making such a genetically humanized mouse, and Regeneron has spent decades inventing and developing VelocImmune and related VelociSuite® technologies. Dr. Yancopoulos and his team have used VelocImmune technology to create approximately one in five of all original, FDA-approved or authorized fully human monoclonal antibodies. This includes REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab), Dupixent® (dupilumab), Libtayo, Praluent® (alirocumab), Kevzara® (sarilumab), Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) and Inmazeb™ (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn).
About Regeneron
Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite technologies, such as VelocImmune, which uses unique genetically humanized mice to produce optimized fully human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For more information, please visit www.Regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
Regeneron Forward-Looking Statements and Use of Digital Media
This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties relating to future events and the future performance of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Regeneron" or the "Company"), and actual events or results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements concern, and these risks and uncertainties include, among others, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic) on Regeneron's business and its employees, collaborators, and suppliers and other third parties on which Regeneron relies, Regeneron's and its collaborators' ability to continue to conduct research and clinical programs, Regeneron's ability to manage its supply chain, net product sales of products marketed or otherwise commercialized by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Products"), and the global economy; the nature, timing, and possible success and therapeutic applications of Regeneron's Products and product candidates being developed by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Product Candidates") and research and clinical programs now underway or planned, including without Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer; uncertainty of the utilization, market acceptance, and commercial success of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates and the impact of studies (whether conducted by Regeneron or others and whether mandated or voluntary), including the studies discussed or referenced in this press release, on any of the foregoing; the likelihood, timing, and scope of possible regulatory approval and commercial launch of Regeneron's Product Candidates and new indications for Regeneron's Products, such as Libtayo (as a monotherapy or in combination with conventional or novel therapeutic approaches, as applicable) for other solid tumors and blood cancers as well as Regeneron's investigational bispecific antibodies referenced in this press release; safety issues resulting from the administration of Regeneron's Products (such as Libtayo) and Regeneron's Product Candidates in patients, including serious complications or side effects in connection with the use of Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates in clinical trials; determinations by regulatory and administrative governmental authorities which may delay or restrict Regeneron's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight impacting Regeneron's Products, research and clinical programs, and business, including those relating to patient privacy; the availability and extent of reimbursement of Regeneron's Products (such as Libtayo) from third-party payers, including private payer healthcare and insurance programs, health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit management companies, and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid; coverage and reimbursement determinations by such payers and new policies and procedures adopted by such payers; competing drugs and product candidates that may be superior to, or more cost effective than, Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; the extent to which the results from the research and development programs conducted by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (including those discussed or referenced in this press release) may be replicated in other studies and/or lead to advancement of product candidates to clinical trials or therapeutic applications; the ability of Regeneron to manufacture and manage supply chains for multiple products and product candidates; the ability of Regeneron's collaborators, licensees, suppliers, or other third parties (as applicable) to perform manufacturing, filling, finishing, packaging, labeling, distribution, and other steps related to Regeneron's Products and Regeneron's Product Candidates; unanticipated expenses; the costs of developing, producing, and selling products; the ability of Regeneron to meet any of its financial projections or guidance and changes to the assumptions underlying those projections or guidance; the potential for any license or collaboration agreement, including Regeneron's agreements with Sanofi and Bayer (or their respective affiliated companies, as applicable), to be cancelled or terminated; and risks associated with intellectual property of other parties and pending or future litigation relating thereto (including without limitation the patent litigation and other related proceedings relating to EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection, Praluent® (alirocumab)), and REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab) other litigation and other proceedings and government investigations relating to the Company and/or its operations, the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings and investigations, and the impact any of the foregoing may have on Regeneron's business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Regeneron's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022. Any forward-looking statements are made based on management's current beliefs and judgment, and the reader is cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements made by Regeneron. Regeneron does not undertake any obligation to update (publicly or otherwise) any forward-looking statement, including without limitation any financial projection or guidance, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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VIDEO: Residents say porch pirates disguised as Amazon drivers stole their credit card deliveries
PHOENIX (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Residents in the Phoenix area say men dressed as Amazon drivers were seen stealing their new credit cards that were being delivered.
Arizona’s Family reports it has confirmed two such cases with strangely similar circumstances.
Two FedEx drivers dropped off new credit cards at two different residential homes. In both situations, the men appeared to be dressed as Amazon employees with a package in hand, but instead of dropping it off, they reportedly took the packaged credit cards.
“He came over, acted like he was delivering it but put our package from FedEx underneath his and walked away,” said Shelly Dinsmore.
The New River resident said she couldn’t believe what her Ring doorbell video was showing her and was even more surprised to find out the same thing happened to a woman in Phoenix.
Additionally, they both were receiving Capital One credit cards after their old ones were hit with fraud.
The women said the new cards were also already linked to their Amazon accounts.
“I don’t know if it was Amazon or our credit card, but it synced right away with our Amazon account,” Dinsmore said. “I don’t know if someone is in cahoots or something.”
Adam Coughran, a security consultant with more than 20 years of law enforcement experience, said he thinks thieves are trailing FedEx trucks, using someone on the inside at Capital One or Amazon to get personal information, or they are hacking email addresses to find out about those cards being delivered.
“They’re monitoring your email, so when you get the notice, your card is going to arrive. Well, now they know your card with the email and the parcel on its way,” Coughran said.
Dinsmore and the other woman in Phoenix said they have reported what happened to the police. They turned off the new cards before any charges got on them but hope the men get caught.
“We work hard for what we have; we don’t think it’s right for them to come to steal everything,” Dinsmore said.
An Amazon spokesperson said on Friday that the company is looking into the stolen packages and doing a review to find out if those in question are employed by Amazon or a third-party contractor.
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By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian baby girl whose mother gave birth to her while trapped under the rubble of their home during this week’s devastating earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for “a sign from God.” With her parents and all her siblings killed, her great-uncle will take her in.
Aya is one of untold numbers of orphans left by Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake, which killed more than 19,000 people in northern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The pre-dawn quake brought down thousands of apartment buildings on residents as they were roused from sleep, so entire families often perished.
In most cases, relatives take in orphaned children, doctors and experts say. But those surviving relatives are also dealing with the wreckage of their own lives and families. In the continued chaos days after the quake, with the dead and a dwindling number of survivors still being found, doctors say it’s impossible to say how many children lost their parents.
At one hospital in northwest Syria, a red-haired 7-year-old girl, Jana al-Abdo, asked repeatedly where her parents were after she was brought in, said Dr. Khalil Alsfouk, who was treating her. “We later found out she was the only one who survived among her entire family,” he said Thursday.
In the case of the newborn Aya, her father’s uncle, Salah al-Badran, will take her in once she is released from the hospital.
But his own house was also destroyed in the northwest Syrian town of Jenderis. He and his family managed to escape the one-story building, but now he and his household of 11 people are living in a tent, he told The Associated Press.
“After the earthquake, there’s no one able to live in his house or building. Only 10% of the buildings here are safe to live in and the rest are unlivable,” he said, communicating via voice messages.
Rescue workers in Jenderis discovered Aya on Monday afternoon, more than 10 hours after the quake hit, as they were digging through the wreckage of the five-story apartment building where her parents lived. Buried under the concrete, the baby still was connected by her umbilical cord to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was dead. along with her husband and four other children. The baby was rushed to a hospital in the nearby town of Afrin.
Abu Hadiya probably gave birth to the girl and then died a few hours before they were discovered, said Dr. Hani Maarouf at Cihan Hospital in Afrin.
“We named her Aya, so we could stop calling her a new-born baby,” said Maarouf. Her condition is improving by the day and there was no damage to her spine, as initially feared, he said.
The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, said it has been monitoring children whose parents are missing or killed, providing food, clothes and medicine and coordinating with hospitals to track down extended family members who might be able to care for them.
In Turkey, the Ministry of Family and Social Services appealed to potential foster families to submit applications. It said children whose families or relatives could not be found were currently being taken care of in state institutions. Staff were assessing their needs and placing them with registered foster families, the ministry said.
Near the opposition-held Syrian town of Azaz, a non-governmental organization has set up a makeshift orphanage that is now housing about 40 children.
But in many cases, the extended family steps in. Syrians have experience in facing the tragedy of parentless children: Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Syria’s long civil war, which began in 2011, creating unknown numbers of orphans.
Jana, the 7-year-old, was found by rescue workers on Tuesday after 30 hours under the rubble of her family’s home in Harem, a Syrian town near the Turkish border, Alsfouk said. Her mother, father and three siblings were killed.
She was brought to a hospital in the nearby town of Bab al-Hawa, which was already overwhelmed.
“In our children’s section, we have 24 beds and five incubators, but we have been receiving dozens of children. We barely had capacity. And we were the only hospital with a section for pediatric surgery in the area,” Alsfouk said.
Seen by an AP journalist Wednesday, Jana cried out in pain and confusion in her bed, waving the IV tubes in her arms. Her face was covered with cuts.
Later, an aunt came, and Jana was released to her, Alsfouk said.
Alsfouk’s own home had been destroyed, and his family had moved in with friends. For days he has been treating the rush of injured children, some of whom didn’t survive.
“The whole experience was awful. It’s hard to hold back your grief after trying to save a child but not being able to,” he said, “because you have to then move on to dozens of other children who needed help.”
For now, things are too confusing to determine the number of orphans, said Dr. Muheeb Qaddour, deputy chief of the health department in Syria’s Idlib province, which is the center of the country’s last opposition-held enclave in the northwest and which was hard hit by the quake.
“But now people are beginning to realize there are many children now without families. There is a great embrace of them by society. Distant relatives take them in before they would go to an orphanage,” he sad. “Regrettably it is only after the dust of the earthquake settles that things become clear.”
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Associated Press reporters Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Ghaith Alsayed in Afrin, Syria, and Omar Albam in Bab al-Hawa, Syria, contributed to this report.
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Which measuring spoon is best?
Having the right tools makes a big difference in cooking, especially when it comes to adding the correct amount of seasoning, spices or liquid ingredients in recipes. Measuring spoons are essential kitchen accessories.
Measuring spoons measure anywhere between 1/8 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon for dry and liquid ingredients. Some sets have nesting designs for space-savvy storage in drawers. Other sets are magnetic, so they’re less likely to be lost, such as the Spring Chef Magnetic Measuring Spoon Set.
What to know before you buy a measuring spoon
What do you use measuring spoons for?
Measuring spoons are used to measure dry ingredients such as spices, seasonings and pantry staples like flour and cornstarch. They also measure liquid ingredients such as vanilla extract, oil or honey. Many meal preppers use measuring spoons to portion out the exact amount of certain ingredients, whether it’s protein powder, chia seeds or peanut butter. To get more information about some of the best measuring cup sets that include measuring spoons, check out the BestReviews buying guide.
Ease of storage
Many home cooks agree that ease of storage plays a role in their choice for measuring spoons. Some spoon sets are attached at the handle by rings you can hang inside cupboards or on the wall. Other sets are magnetic, which means it’s easy to keep track of them. Magnetic spoon sets also tend to have small footprints and fit neatly inside drawers. Several measuring spoon sets, including those with rings or magnetized, also have nesting designs for bulk-free storage.
How to clean a measuring spoon
Most measuring spoons made of plastic, silicone or stainless steel are dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. However, some manufacturers stipulate that their measuring spoons should be placed only in the top rack of dishwashers. Novelty measuring spoons made of ceramic, including those with intricate hand-painted designs, should be hand-washed with gentle, non-abrasive dish soap.
What to look for in a quality measuring spoon
Popular materials for measuring spoons
Measuring spoons are usually made of plastic, silicone, stainless steel or ceramic. Here’s how they compare:
- Plastic measuring spoons are typically the most affordable options. They’re lightweight and easy to clean, but some lower-quality plastic sets may be prone to staining or warping.
- Silicone measuring spoons are popular for their modern aesthetic. Several of these sets are made with high-quality, food-grade silicone that is BPA-free. They may get permanently stained from color-rich spices.
- Stainless steel sets remain customer favorites for their durable construction and easy cleaning. They withstand years of heavy use but may develop water stains if they’re not dried as soon as they’re washed.
- Ceramic measuring spoons sets have elegant designs that are display-worthy. They often come in unique shapes, but some home cooks are split on whether they’re as accurate as more practical measuring spoons.
Measurement markings
Measuring spoons are marked with measurement markings. These usually are printed in a contrasting color to the spoon so they’re more visible. Most U.S. measuring spoon sets include only imperial measurements of teaspoons and tablespoons; however, some sets also include metric measurements featuring milliliters.
Deluxe measuring spoon sets
Deluxe sets include both measuring spoons and cups. They’re a popular option for home cooks that prefer matching accessories. Many deluxe sets have space-savvy nesting designs, which makes drawer storage infinitely easier. However, a lower-quality measuring spoon and cup sets are flimsy and may not withstand years of use.
How much you can expect to spend on a measuring spoon
Plastic measuring spoon sets cost $3-$9 whereas most stainless steel and silicone sets run closer to $10-$15. Professional-grade measuring spoons with fine construction may run between $18-$35.
Measuring spoon FAQ
Does spoon shape matter in measuring spoon sets?
A. Yes. The most common spoon shapes are round or oval. Round spoons are considered ideal for holding liquids, whereas oval spoons are contoured to fit narrow spice jars. Many experienced home cooks recommend dual-tipped measuring spoon sets, which are more versatile because the spoons come in both shapes.
What is a leveler and do you need one for your measuring spoon?
A. A leveler is a rigid tool that scrapes off excess ingredients from measuring spoons. They come in handy for precise measurements, particularly with recipes where a little over or under can result in a major change in the final product. However, if you don’t have one, the straight edge of a regular knife functions just as well as a leveler.
What’s the best measuring spoon to buy?
Top measuring spoon
Spring Chef Magnetic Measuring Spoons
What you need to know: This stainless steel set features slender spoons that fit inside even the narrowest spice jars.
What you’ll love: The dual-sided spoons have contoured ends that hold dry or liquid ingredients. The set has clear markings listing teaspoons, tablespoons and milliliters. A leveler is included for precise measuring.
What you should consider: While the set sticks together, some people felt the magnetism is weaker than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top measuring spoon for the money
Farberware Color Measuring Spoons
What you need to know: This affordable set from a trusted kitchen brand remains a customer favorite.
What you’ll love: The set measures between 1/4 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon. The spoons have a nesting design and are held together with a flexible plastic ring. They’re made with high-density plastic that is durable, easy to clean and dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: The rounded spoons are too wide to fit inside many spice jars.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Joseph Joseph Nest Measuring Cups and Spoons
What you need to know: This deluxe cups and spoons set includes all the measuring tools every home cook needs.
What you’ll love: The eight-piece set has snapping handles for secure storage. Their rainbow color scheme gives the set contemporary curb appeal. The spoons and cups feature metric and imperial measurements, which are marked at the handles.
What you should consider: Some buyers felt the measurement markings are hard to see.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Program has granted more than $4.5 million in scholarship funds
CINCINNATI, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Foundation ("Foundation") today announced the Kroger Scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year, awarding $300,000 to 120 students. All scholars are the children of Kroger associates and receive $2,500 toward any accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational program. Launched in 2008, the Kroger Scholars Program has awarded more than $4.5 million in scholarship funds.
"I feel as though I have grown up at Kroger," said Averie Rutter, a Kroger Scholar pursing a degree in animal science at Findlay University. "My parents have worked there for the last 30 years. This will help me not only further my education, but it will also help me pursue my passion."
The 2022-2023 Kroger Scholars will be represented at more than 80 institutions across the nation. Students were selected based on a broad range of criteria, including volunteering, civic service, extra-curricular activities, academic performance and work experience.
"We are proud to recognize this year's Kroger Scholars for their commitment to academic excellence and service to their schools and communities," said, Patty Leesemann, Head of Philanthropy at Kroger. "We hope these funds make it a little easier for our associates and their children as they transition studies beyond high school, ultimately building a brighter future for us all."
A company-wide program presented by The Kroger Co. Foundation, Kroger Scholars is open to children (biological, adopted and stepchildren) of associates in the Kroger Family of Stores who have two years of service and have worked at least 1,000 hours per year. To learn more about The Kroger Co. Foundation, visit here.
Kroger also offers a tuition reimbursement program for its associates, contributing up to $21,000 for both part-time and full-time associates. Kroger encourages lifelong learning for all, enabling everything from GEDs to Ph.D. degrees. Learn more about pursuing a career at Kroger here.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lizzo wowed in a bright orange Dolce & Gabbana robe adorned with flowers and a huge hood as the wild and wacky Grammys red carpet did not disappoint Sunday. Tattered streetwear, T-shirts and denim mixed with blinged-out couture, wild patterns and plenty of skin.
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Lizzo walked gingerly as she navigated a heavy, long train that left her with little peripheral vision. After awhile, she dropped her robe to her shoulders to reveal a busty sequin gown underneath in a softer orange.
“Lizzo is a floral garden fantasy in her ruffle orange 3D robe and matching corset dress underneath,” said Holly Katz, a stylist and host of the Fashion Crimes podcast. “And we love to hear her roar!”
The marathon carpet kicked off with some notable looks. Doja Cat, always pushing her fashion envelope, showed up in a Latex, one-shoulder and skintight black gown with long matching gloves from Atelier Versace. Bebe Rexha sizzled in hot pink with twists from head to toe and a va-va-voom halter bodice.
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There were golden crowns (Matt B), glittery mouth bling (Alligator Jesus) and epic tattoos (Alisha Gaddis). And just about every hue on the color wheel was represented.
Slouchy and roomy spoke to many of the men, as did an embroidered denim shorts ensemble for Benny Blanco.
“Who can’t stop talking about Doja Cat donning 30,000 red Swarovski crystals for Paris Fashion Week? Well, she certainly doesn’t disappoint at the Grammys as she totally channeled the queen of darkness," Katz said. “The Mia Farrow 60′s haircut was a perfect match for this look.”
Viola Davis, meanwhile, completed her EGOT by winning a Grammy at the Grammys pre-telecast ceremony in a Naeem Kahn red, silver and blue tiered sequin short-sleeved gown.
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Shania Twain isn’t up for a Grammy. She’s not presenting. That, she says, freed her to have fun with fashion. Twain’s hair was red and her Harris Reed wide-belled pantsuit was adorned with huge black polka dots against white. She topped it off with a high, matching wide-brim hat.
“Here I am with all my new fun things to wear,” she says. Reed is a young British American designer she wanted to support. Her goal: “I just wanted to add some pop and cheer.”
Laverne Cox WAS “Wakanda Forever” in her custom strapless leather Kim Kassas embellished warrior figure dress and African-inspired jewelry, Katz said. “Paying homage to the African culture through fashion is always in style.”
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Russian analyst who played a major role in the creation of a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump fabricated one of his own sources and concealed the identity of another when interviewed by the FBI, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The allegations were aired in opening statements in the jury trial of Igor Danchenko, who is indicted on five counts of making false statements to the FBI, in U.S. District Court in Alexandria.
The FBI interviewed Danchenko on multiple occasions in 2017 as it tried to corroborate allegations in what became known as the “Steele dossier.”
That dossier by British spy Christopher Steele — commissioned by Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign — included allegations of contact between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials, as well as allegations that the Russians may have held compromising information over Trump in the form of videos showing him engaged in salacious sexual activity in a Moscow hotel.
Specifically, prosecutors say, Danchenko lied when he said he obtained some information in an anonymous phone call from a man he believed to be Sergei Millian, a former head of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Prosecutor Michael Keilty told jurors that Danchenko never spoke with Millian and that phone records show he never received an anonymous phone call at the time Danchenko claimed it occurred.
Prosecutors also say Danchenko lied when he said he never “talked” with a man named Charles Dolan about the allegations contained in the dossier. But prosecutors say there is evidence that Dolan and Danchenko “spoke with Mr. Dolan over email” about very specific items that showed up in the dossier.
The FBI needed to know that Dolan was an important source for Danchenko, Keilty said, because Dolan is a Democratic operative who has worked on the presidential campaign of every Democratic candidate since Jimmy Carter, and thus would have had motivation to fabricate or embellish allegations against Trump.
“Those lies mattered,” Keilty said.
But Danchenko's attorney, Danny Onorato, told jurors that his client was completely truthful with the FBI.
He pointed out that Danchenko never said he was certain that Millian was the source of the anonymous call but that he had good reason to believe it. The government's case requires jurors to become “mind readers” to assess Danchenko's subjective belief about the source of the phone call, Onorato said.
And while phone records may not show a call, Onorato said, the government has no idea whether a call could have been placed with a mobile app rather than a traditional telephone provider. Indeed, Onorato said, it makes more sense that such a call would have occurred using an Internet app because so many of them conceal the source of the call, and the caller wanted to be anonymous.
As for the allegations about his discussions with Dolan, Onorato said, Danchenko answered the question truthfully because the two did not “talk” — but rather had a written exchange. If the FBI wanted to know about email exchanges, it should have asked a different question, Onorato said.
“The law doesn't let you rewrite the dictionary,” Onorato said.
Danchenko is the third person to be prosecuted by special counsel John Durham, who was appointed to investigate the origins of “Crossfire Hurricane” — the designation given to the FBI’s 2016 probe into former president Trump’s Russia connections. It is also the first of Durham’s cases that delves deeply into the origins of the dossier, which Trump derided as fake news and a political witch hunt. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Trial-begins-for-analyst-who-was-source-for-Trump-17502153.php | 2022-10-11 19:39:54 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Trial-begins-for-analyst-who-was-source-for-Trump-17502153.php |
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An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-in-critial-condition-after-shooting-on-conway-road-in-orlando | 2023-02-06 15:21:29 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-in-critial-condition-after-shooting-on-conway-road-in-orlando |
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MOSCOW -- The Kremlin warned Thursday that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfare.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. A person familiar with the matter said the U.S. government proposed trading convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner.
Asked about the U.S. offer, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied that prisoner swaps were typically negotiated discreetly behind the scenes.
"We know that such issues are discussed without any such release of information," Peskov told reporters during a conference call. "Normally, the public learns about it when the agreements are already implemented."
He emphasized that "no agreements have been finalized" and refused to provide further details.
In a separate statement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russian and U.S. officials have conducted negotiations about possible prisoner exchanges and "there has been no concrete result yet."
"We proceed from the assumption that interests of both parties should be taken into account during the negotiations," Zakharova said.
Blinken's comments marked the first time the U.S. government publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure Griner's release. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and player for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury was arrested at a Moscow airport in mid-February when inspectors found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
In a sharp reversal of previous policy, Blinken said he expects to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the proposed prisoner deal and other matters. It would be their first phone call since before Russia sent its troops into Ukraine.
Russia has for years expressed interest in the release of Bout, a Russian arms dealer once labeled the "Merchant of Death." He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2012 on charges that he schemed to illegally sell millions of dollars in weapons.
Griner's trial on drug charges started in a court outside Moscow this month, and she testified Wednesday that she didn't know how the cartridges ended up in her bag but that she had a doctor's recommendation to use cannabis to treat career-related pain.
The 31-year-old has pleaded guilty but said she had no criminal intent in bringing the cartridges to Russia and packed in haste for her return to play in a Russian basketball league during the WNBA's offseason. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of transporting drugs.
On Wednesday, Griner testified that a language interpreter translated only a fraction of what was being said while she was detained at Moscow's airport and that officials told her to sign documents, but "no one explained any of it to me."
Griner also said that besides the poor translation, she received no explanation of her rights or access to a lawyer during the initial hours of her detention. She said she used a translation app on her phone to communicate with a customs officer.
Her arrest came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington ahead of Russia sending troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Griner's five months of detention have raised strong criticism among teammates and supporters in the United States.
The Biden administration has faced political pressure to free Griner and other Americans whom the U.S. has declared to be "wrongfully detained" - a designation sharply rejected by Russian officials.
Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges in 2020. He and his family have vigorously asserted his innocence. The U.S. government has denounced the charges as false.
Washington has long resisted prisoner swaps out of concern that they could encourage additional hostage-taking and promote false equivalency between a wrongfully detained American and a foreign national regarded as justly convicted.
In April, however, the government struck a deal to trade U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed for jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko.
Matthew Lee and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report. | https://abc30.com/britney-griner-kremlin-free-wnba-player/12078655/ | 2022-07-28 14:02:39 | 1 | https://abc30.com/britney-griner-kremlin-free-wnba-player/12078655/ |
(KRQE/NEXSTAR) — It may seem like the most natural thing to do, even a great use of rain water: collecting it. But did you know it could be illegal to do it in your state?
While collecting rainwater is not federally illegal, many states have restrictions in place, and water laws are primarily handled on the state level. Alternatively, some states even offer incentives for those who collect rainwater.
Where are there rainwater collection restrictions?
States that have some level of rainwater collection restrictions include: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Kansas and North Dakota may require a permit to harvest rainwater. In all states not listed above, it is legal to collect rainwater.
The World Water Reserve published a full state-by-state guide to explain which states are and aren’t allowed to harvest rainwater. The U.S. Department of Energy also has an interactive Rainwater Harvesting Regulations map to help residents figure out if it’s OK to fill up a barrel or a bucket.
Why do some states restrict water collection?
Since water availability varies greatly throughout the U.S., each state needs to adjust its water use practices based on its climate. According to WWR, most states follow the reasonable use doctrine to determine restricts; the doctrine states that “anyone who has a right to the water can reasonably use it for their own benefit as long as it doesn’t restrict the rights of others to use it as well.”
The main reason some states restrict collection is that too much rainwater harvesting can disrupt the cycle of rainfall seeping back into the earth. It is recommended to check your state’s laws regarding water use for further details.
Incentives
In the state of New Mexico, it is perfectly legal and even encouraged to collect rainwater. In Albuquerque, the water authority even offers rebates based on the amount of rain that can be stored in each rain barrel. Amounts range between $25 for 50-149 gallons to $150 for 1,500+ gallons.
A different New Mexico city, Santa Fe, also offers rebates for rainwater collection in both small and large quantities. Rebates range from $12 for 50-99 gallons to $50 for 200-499 gallons.
There may be restrictions regarding incentives in these and any areas that have such offers in place.
Why collect rainwater?
As explained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are many practical uses for rainwater, including watering plants that aren’t intended to be food.
While rainwater can potentially be used for bathing and even drinking, the CDC warns that you should never assume rainwater is safe to consume since it can naturally contain germs and other contaminants.
In general, it’s recommended you don’t use consume it if you have another option.
Nevertheless, the CDC explains there are options to help make rainwater safer, including filtration systems, chemical disinfection and boiling.
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Another risk to be aware of when collecting or storing any rainwater is that the container could become a mosquito breeding site. As explained by North Carolina State University, adult female mosquitoes can lay eggs in even small amounts of standing water. Eggs only need about 24-48 hours to hatch.
Steps to prevent this include placing a screen over the water inlet and emptying containers at least every 10 days, the CDC says. NC State University also recommends that those who use rainwater harvesting systems (RWH) systems make sure entry points are tightly fitted and/or sealed and even have extra design implements that prevent overflow. | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/is-it-legal-to-collect-rainwater-in-your-state/ | 2023-05-14 03:42:59 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/is-it-legal-to-collect-rainwater-in-your-state/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a former advice columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s are fighting his efforts to toss out a lawsuit by reminding a judge of his own ruling in a similar lawsuit against Prince Andrew.
The former president’s lawyers are trying to toss out E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit on the grounds that a temporary New York state law letting adult sex abuse victims sue decades later is invalid. In a submission in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Lawyers for Carroll wrote that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan should reject Trump's request.
When the law took effect in November, Carroll's attorneys immediately sued. They made the rape claim after an earlier lawsuit Carroll brought against Trump, which asserted a defamation claim. While president, Trump had said the sexual assault never happened and that "she's not my type." Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, made the rape claim for the first time publicly in a 2019 book.
In both lawsuits, Carroll asserted that a friendly chance encounter between herself and Trump at an upscale Manhattan department store turned violent when Trump cornered her in a dressing room in 1995 or 1996 and raped her.
Kaplan rejected a legal argument that is similar to the one made by Trump's lawyers last January when Prince Andrew's lawyers argued against the constitutionality of a temporary state law letting victims of child sexual abuse make claims years after the statute of limitations would otherwise have prevented the claims.
At the time, Kaplan said the argument that the temporary law was improper had “for good reason" been rejected by every New York state and federal court to have considered it.
Kaplan wrote that the “claim-revival window was a reasonable measure to address an injustice."
Weeks later, Prince Andrew settled the lawsuit, agreeing to donate to the charity of the woman who claimed he had sexually abused her when she was 17 and to declare he never meant to malign her character.
Two weeks ago in seeking dismissal of Carroll's lawsuit, Trump's lawyers wrote that the state's Adult Survivors Act, “well-intentioned as it may be, is a fundamentally flawed law that is unable to withstand constitutional scrutiny."
They said that the law is unlike its predecessor, the Child Victims Act, because it was not narrowly tailored and it “arbitrarily revives long-expired claims without any viable justification under the law."
The lawyers said the law violates the New York State Constitution, was an invasion of due process and a “clear abuse of legislative power."
They also wrote that the state, in enacting the Adult Survivors Act, had provided no reason “why Plaintiff's own neglect or refusal to bring an action within the applicable time period should be construed as an injustice against her." The statute of limitations, they said, expired after five years. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/prince-andrew-case-cited-by-woman-who-accused-trump-of-rape/IPNOQBFTYNBSPKXZF4PJI42MJU/ | 2023-01-05 01:43:35 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/prince-andrew-case-cited-by-woman-who-accused-trump-of-rape/IPNOQBFTYNBSPKXZF4PJI42MJU/ |
MELBOURNE, Florida — Nate Tardy of Bangor has been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Florida Institute of Technology.
To be included, a student must complete 12 or more graded credits in a semester with a semester grade point average of at least 3.4 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/02/10/bdn-maine/tardy-named-to-florida-tech-deans-list/ | 2023-02-11 00:43:26 | 0 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/02/10/bdn-maine/tardy-named-to-florida-tech-deans-list/ |
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Chris Sale was on the active roster of the Red Sox for six days last season. He fractured a rib in March, his left pinky finger in July, and then his right wrist in August.
The first injury came when he was pitching to college players, the second when he was hit by a line drive, and the third when he tumbled off a bicycle.
Sale’s career became a series of misadventures worthy of a Three Stooges clip. Only nobody was laughing.
“I’m a baseball player. I’ve done this my whole life and that got taken away for quite a while,” Sale said. “It was frustrating. There are tougher times to be had, but I went through a tough time.”
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So to whatever degree two scoreless innings of a spring training game can bring joy to an accomplished player, Sale found that against the Detroit Tigers on Monday.
He allowed two singles and struck out two without a walk while throwing 24 of 31 pitches for strikes.
“To me, it felt like he needed to see that,” catcher Jorge Alfaro said. “He did a really good job. All his pitches were working. He’s a fun guy to call the game.”
Along the way, Sale had a pitch clock violation and forgot to cover first base on the back end of what should have been double play.
He pitched so well he was able to laugh about that one mistake.
“I just had a brain fart,” Sale said. “I heard about it and I should, because that can’t happen.”
With his family watching from the stands, Sale walked off the field with a wide smile and was greeted by a dozen or so coaches and teammates waiting for him at the dugout rail.
“Today was a good day,” he said. “Felt good. Any time you can throw out a couple of zeroes, it’s a good thing. Nice to get that first one out of the way.”
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Sale even savored that little twinge of anxiety that accompanies taking the mound.
“There’s always nerves walking out there, man. Even when I’m facing my own teammates,” he said. “You have that underlying buzz of just competing. Any time you’re lacing them up to go out and pitch you have pride; you have a goal. You don’t want to suck.”
The usual questions received positive answers. He had command of his pitches and his velocity was better than expected, touching 96 miles per hour. Sale also worked at his usual quick pace.
“Excellent,” manager Alex Cora said.
When the conversation turned to what the day meant beyond how he pitched, Sale became animated.
“There’s a lot of work that went into this, not only for myself but everybody here,” he said. “I’m just very thankful for those people. The training staff, the guys in the weight room, my teammates, my friends, my family, everybody.
“I wouldn’t be here without all of them, there’s no question. Appreciation is not even enough for how I feel.”
Sale, who turns 34 on opening day, March 30, doesn’t have many baseball boxes left to check. He’s a seven-time All-Star and a World Series champion who has twice led the American League in strikeouts.
But what he can do for the first time is return to a high level over a full season after a series of injuries over the last three years.
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Monday represented one of many steps toward that goal.
“I got it back and I appreciate it more,” Sale said. “I’m trying to have more fun with it. I’m trying to be more open-minded. I’m trying to kind of soak some things in and really appreciate it.”
Sale described the feeling as “a certain lightness” after being burdened by so many setbacks and endless hours of treatment.
“When you get knocked down like that, it’s tough,” he said. “You’ve got to collect yourself to get back up.
“That’s why I have so much appreciation for everyone around here. That’s why I have so much love for my family, my friends, my teammates, everybody here. I wouldn’t be here [otherwise]. I couldn’t have done this on my own.”
Sale is scheduled for three innings Saturday against the Twins. The calendar from there has him lined up for Game 2 of the regular season, against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park.
For now there’s a workout Tuesday and a bullpen Wednesday. Back to work.
“I just show up like everyone else shows up, sharpen my axe the same way, work hard, go out there, and compete,” he said. “That’s where I want to be.”
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987, "Yum China" or the "Company") today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (5:30 a.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on Wednesday, February 8, 2023).
Yum China's management will hold an earnings conference call at 7:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 (8:00 a.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on Wednesday, February 8, 2023).
A live webcast of the call may be accessed at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/opfvhik8.
To join by phone, please register in advance of the conference through the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, a passcode and a unique access PIN.
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A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the call ends until Wednesday, February 15, 2023 and may be accessed by phone at the following numbers:
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Additionally, earnings release, accompanying slides and an archived webcast of this conference call will be available at the Company's Investor Relations website http://ir.yumchina.com.
About Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Yum China Holdings, Inc. is a licensee of Yum! Brands in mainland China. It has exclusive rights in mainland China to KFC, China's leading quick-service restaurant brand, Pizza Hut, the leading casual dining restaurant brand in China, and Taco Bell, a California-based restaurant chain serving innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China also owns the Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang and COFFii & JOY concepts outright. In addition, Yum China has partnered with Lavazza to explore and develop the Lavazza coffee shop concept in China. The Company had 12,409 restaurants in over 1,700 cities at the end of September 2022.
In 2021, Yum China was selected as a member of both Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI): World Index and Emerging Market Index. In 2022, Yum China ranked 359th on the Fortune 500 list. The Company was also named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and was certified as a Top Employer 2022 in China by the Top Employers Institute, both for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released information pertaining to a crash in Williston resulting in both minor and serious injuries.
The crash occurred on June 21st at approximately 9:22 p.m. Three individuals were involved in the accident across two vehicles, a 2006 Dodge Durango and a 2020 GMC Sierra. The two cars crashed into each other at an angle at the intersection of Highway 2 and 34th Street West.
The driver of the Durango, a 20-year-old male, sustained nonlife-threatening injuries, and his passenger, a 19-year-old female, sustained minor injuries.
The driver of the Sierra, a 43-year-old male, is reported to have suffered serious injuries. The crash report from the Highway Patrol indicates that his seatbelt was not in use.
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The crescent moon sets behind a farmhouse Monday, April 24, 2023, near Eudora, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP
Farmland in the Tulare Lake Basin is submerged in water in Corcoran, Calif., Thursday, April 20, 2023, after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped record-setting rain and snowfall. Residents in rural communities in the heart of the state are facing the prospect of being marooned by rising rivers or flooded out. Jae C. Hong/AP
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter crew carries a bundle of Christmas trees to be dropped into the marsh, as barrier protection to the shoreline, in the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Gerald Herbert/AP
A steel worker manufactures 155 mm M795 artillery projectiles at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2023. One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can't get enough of — and that the U.S. can't produce fast enough. Matt Rourke/AP
Theon Davis, 21, right, who fights at the 176-pound weight class, warms up with Arustus Muhammad as he prepares for his bout on a night of quarter-final boxing matches at the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Ill. Davis, ranked No. 3 at 176 pounds by USA Boxing, is one of 470 fighters who entered the 100th edition of the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament, a storied event that counts Joe Louis, Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali - when he was Cassius Clay - as past champions. Erin Hooley/AP
Philadelphia Phillies' Brandon Marsh, right, reacts past Seattle Mariners first baseman Ty France after sliding back and beating a pickoff attempt during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum/AP
Former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Charles Krupa/AP
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, smiles as he meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden met with the three Tennessee state lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. Andrew Harnik/AP
A tractor sits in flood waters on the Hansen Ranches property after a series of storms Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Corcoran, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. An intense solar storm has the aurora borealis gracing the skies farther south than usual. Ted S. Warren/AP
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of rapper Theophilus London filed a missing persons report with Los Angeles police this week and are asking for the public’s help, saying he hasn’t been seen in months.
London’s family and friends believe someone last spoke to the musician in July in Los Angeles, according to the family’s statement released Wednesday from Secretly, a music label group that has worked with London.
London’s relatives have been trying to determine his whereabouts over the last few weeks and filed a police report earlier this week, the statement said.
Officer Annie Moran, an LAPD spokesperson, confirmed Wednesday that a report for London had been taken. London was not yet listed on the LAPD’s online missing persons database by Wednesday afternoon.
“Theo, your Dad loves you, son,” his father, Lary Moses London, said in the statement. “We miss you. And all your friends and relatives are searching for you. Wherever you are send us some signal. No matter what we will come get you son.”
London posted prolifically on Instagram, but his last posts also came in July.
London, 35, was born in Trinidad and Tobago and later raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York. He was nominated for a 2016 Grammy for best rap performance for a featured spot alongside Paul McCartney on Kanye West’s “All Day.”
London has frequently collaborated with the artist now known as Ye, who produced and guested on 2014’s “Vibes.” London would often post updates on Ye’s “Donda” and “Donda 2” on Instagram, even saying that he was “promoted to tackle media duties” on Ye’s behalf for the month of February.
London himself has released three studio albums — 2011’s “Timez Are Weird These Days,” “Vibes” and 2020’s “Bebey.” He recently was a featured artist on Young Franco’s “Get Your Money,” released this past September — after his family says he was last heard from.
While “Vibes” was a Warner Records release, “Bebey” was released on London’s own label, My Bebey Records.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Stars vs. Kraken NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 1 on May 2, 2023
Bookmakers have set player props for Jason Robertson and others when the Dallas Stars host the Seattle Kraken at American Airlines Center on Tuesday at 9:30 PM ET.
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- When: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Jason Robertson Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +165, Under Odds: -204)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +100, Under Odds: -130)
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -130, Under Odds: +100)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +160, Under Odds: -196)
Jamie Benn has 78 points (one per game), scoring 33 goals and adding 45 assists.
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -145, Under Odds: +115)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +165, Under Odds: -204)
Joe Pavelski has 28 goals and 49 assists for Dallas.
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Drake dodges phone thrown at him during concert
Drake joins Adele, Bebe Rexha and other celebrities who have had fans throw objects at them onstage
Drake is the latest celebrity victim to be pelted with a flying object while performing for adoring fans.
On Wednesday night, the rapper took the stage in Chicago for the opening night of his "It's All a Blur" tour.
During his rendition of Ginuwine's "So Anxious," a fan threw their phone at the musician, hitting him on the arm.
Drake looked down at his arm after he was hit and continued on with his performance, without saying anything to the crowd.
KELSEA BALLERINI, HARRY STYLES, BEBE REXHA ARE LATEST STARS TO BE HIT ONSTAGE BY FAN-THROWN OBJECTS
The "God's Plan" rapper joins a slew of other stars, including Bebe Rexha and Kelsea Ballerini, who have had objects thrown at them, interrupting their performances.
Adele had a very stern statement for fans when she took the stage at Caesars Palace.
"Have you noticed how people are like forgetting f---ing show etiquette at the moment because [they're] throwing s--- on stage? Have you seen them," Adele told her audience at her Weekends with Adele residency in a fan-recorded video.
"I f---ing dare you. Dare you throw something at me and I'll f---ing kill you," she cautioned the crowd while toting a T-shirt gun in her arms and firing it off into the audience with gusto.
"Stop throwing things at the artist, when you can shoot things to people," Adele said, starting to laugh.
"It's a total reverse, I've gotta go back over and give my T-shirt gun back," she noted of the irony of the situation.
"I've been seeing these people," she continued, as she walked across the stage. "These people have lost it. Can you imagine?"
Singer Bebe Rexha was not able to brush off a cellphone being thrown at her as quickly as Drake was. Last month, Rexha was hit in the face with a cellphone, resulting in the arrest of a man and the singer getting stitches in New York City.
The "I'm Good (Blue)" singer gave fans a glimpse of her injuries, sharing pictures to Instagram.
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"I'm good," she cheekily commented, despite having a bruised left eye.
Last week, Ballerini was the victim of a similar incident. The country star was singing her song "If You Go Down" when she was hit in the eye by a bracelet.
Turning her head and eventually her entire body away from the audience, Ballerini was quickly attended to by one of her band members. After several moments, Ballerini eventually walked off-stage.
Upon returning, she implored fans to please say something if they do not feel safe among the crowd.
"If you ever don't feel safe, please let someone around you know. There's security everywhere tonight. If anyone's pushing too much or you just have that gut feeling or anything — always flag it. Don't throw things, you know?" she added. "I always want shows of mine — every show for every artist — but I'm in control of this one, I just want it to be a safe place for everyone. We have little kids here. Will you help me do that tonight, please?" she asked her audience.
She later took to her Instagram story to elaborate on what happened, writing, "I'm fine. Someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye, and it more so just scared me than hurt me. We all have triggers and layers of fears way deeper than what is shown, and that's why I walked offstage to calm down and make sure myself, band and crew, and the crowd all felt safe to continue. That's all I ever want, is for shows to feel like a safe place for us all."
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She also clapped back at trolls in her comments section, saying, "Stiches is the bar. No stitches. No post," referencing the incident with Rexha.
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Ballerini wrote along with a screenshot of the comments, "also just gonna leave this right here. a sad, scary world we live in."
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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Eight Croatians facing charges of child trafficking have been granted bail of about $1,000 each by a court in Ndola in central Zambia.
The charges allege that on December 7 last year the four couples acted together with a Zambian immigration official to try to traffic four children from the neighboring country of Congo, who are aged between one and three years old.
The immigration official is also facing trafficking charges and had already been released on bail.
The Croatians and the Zambian have all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The eight Croatians — four married couples — are eligible for bail and pose no flight risk as Zambian officials hold their passports, Magistrate Jennifer Bwalya said in the court Tuesday.
The child trafficking case is scheduled to begin on March 1, said the magistrate.
The eight Croatians were first arrested and charged with child trafficking in January. The charges against them were dropped on Feb. 6 and they were ordered to leave Zambia within 48 hours. But when they were about to board a plane to leave the country, they were rearrested on fresh charges. They were were held in custody since they were rearrested on Feb. 7.
The Croatians facing charges include Zoran Subosic, 52, a guitarist in a well-known band Hladno Pivo, or Cold Beer, Immovic Subosic, 41, an administrator, Damir Magic, 44, an electrical technician, Nadic Magic, 45, a technician, Ladislav Persic, 42, a medical doctor, Aleksandra Persic, 43, a hair salon attendant, Noah Kraljevic, 40, a program director, and Uvona Kraljevic, 36, a dog handler. Zambian immigration official Gloria Sakulenga, 36, is also facing the charges. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/ap-zambia-grants-bail-to-8-croatians-on-trafficking-charges/ | 2023-02-15 14:20:26 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/ap-zambia-grants-bail-to-8-croatians-on-trafficking-charges/ |
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arising from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.
The plea came during a history-making arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom, with Trump becoming the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal prosecution.
The two officials who confirmed the plea spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because prosecutors had not yet released the indictment publicly.
The arraignment, though procedural in nature, amounts to a remarkable reckoning for Trump after years of investigations into his personal, business and political dealings. The case is unfolding against the backdrop not only of his third campaign for the White House but also against other investigations in Washington and Atlanta that might yet produce even more charges.
A silent and stone-faced Trump, his lips pursed in apparent anger, entered the courtroom shortly before 2:30 p.m. He left court about an hour later, also without commenting.
Before the arraignment, he narrated his feelings in real time, describing the experience as “SURREAL” as he traveled from Trump Tower to lower Manhattan to face a judge.
It represents the new split-screen reality for Trump as he submits to the dour demands of the American criminal justice system while projecting an aura of defiance and victimhood at celebratory campaign events.
Wearing his signature dark suit and red tie, Trump turned and waved to crowds outside the building before heading inside to be fingerprinted and processed. He arrived at court in an eight-car motorcade from Trump Tower, communicating in real time his anger at the process.
“Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse,” the voluble ex-president posted on his Truth Social platform. “Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Can’t believe this is happening in America. MAGA!”
Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges. The nation’s 45th commander in chief was escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
“He is strong and ready to go,” Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina told The Associated Press. Earlier, Tacopina said in a TV interview that the former president wouldn’t plead guilty to lesser charges, even if it might resolve the case. He also said he didn’t think the case would make it to a jury.
New York police said they were ready for large protests by Trump supporters, who share the Republican former president’s belief that the New York grand jury indictment and three additional pending investigations are politically motivated and intended to weaken his bid to retake the White House in 2024. Journalists often outnumbered protesters, though.
Trump, a former reality TV star, has been hyping that narrative to his political advantage, saying he raised more than $8 million in the days since the indictment on claims of a “witch hunt.” His campaign released a fundraising request titled “My last email before arrest” and he has repeatedly assailed the Manhattan district attorney, egged on supporters to protest and claimed without evidence that the judge presiding over the case “hates me” — something his own lawyer has said is not true.
Trump is scheduled to return to his Palm Beach, Florida, home, Mar-a-Lago, on Tuesday evening to give remarks. At least 500 prominent supporters have been invited, with some of the most pro-Trump congressional Republicans expected to attend.
A conviction would not prevent Trump from running for or winning the presidency in 2024.
The indictment contains multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press last week.
The investigation is scrutinizing six-figure payments made to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. Both say they had sexual encounters with the married Trump years before he got into politics. Trump denies having sexual liaisons with either woman and has denied any wrongdoing involving payments.
The arraignment unfolded against the backdrop of heavy security in New York, coming more than two years after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to halt the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s win.
Trump was defiant ahead of his arraignment. He used his social media network to complain that he was going to court in a heavily Democratic area, declaring, “KANGAROO COURT” and “THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!” He and his campaign have repeatedly assailed Bragg and even trained scrutiny on members of Bragg’s family.
Despite that, the scenes around Trump Tower and the courthouse where Trump will stand before a judge did not feature major unrest. Police tried to keep apart protesters supporting the former president and those opposing him by confining them to separate sides of a park near the courthouse using metal barricades.
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Trump’s staunchest supporters in Congress, staged a brief rally at the park, but the scene was so chaotic that it was hard to hear her over the crush of reporters and protesters.
“We’re the party of peace,” Greene said, thanking those Trump supporters present. “Democrats are communists.”
Embattled Republican New York Rep. George Santos also showed up in solidarity with Trump, saying, “I want to support the president.”
“I think this is unprecedented and it’s a bad day for democracy,” Santos said, suggesting that future prosecutors could target Biden and other presidents with other cases, which “cheapens the judicial system.”
New York’s ability to carry out safe and drama-free courthouse proceedings in a case involving a polarizing ex-president could be an important test case as prosecutors in Atlanta and Washington conduct their own investigations of Trump that could also result in charges. Those investigations concern efforts to undo the 2020 election results as well as the possible mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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Tucker and Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press journalists Jill Colvin, Bobby Caina Calvan, Larry Neumeister, Karen Matthews, Larry Fleisher, Deepti Hajela, Julie Walker, Ted Shaffrey, David R. Martin, Joe Frederick and Robert Bumsted in New York and Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo in Washington contributed to this report.
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Adnan Syed, recently exonerated after spending over two decades behind bars, is now working as a program associate for Georgetown University's Prisons and Justice Initiative, the school announced.
The initiative "addresses the root causes and consequences of mass incarceration and offers educational programs and training for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens," the school said. In the job, Syed will support\ the programming for the initiative and began working in the role on December 12, the school added.
Syed was part of Georgetown's inaugural Bachelor's Degree Program at a Maryland prison that began last year, according to the school. He hopes to continue the program and then attend law school.
"To go from prison to being a Georgetown student and then to actually be on campus on a pathway to work for Georgetown at the Prisons and Justice Initiative, it's a full circle moment," he said. "PJI changed my life. It changed my family's life. Hopefully I can have the same kind of impact on others."
The director of the PJI program said Syed has a lot to offer the program's team and students.
"Adnan's commitment to the program and to his education was clear from the moment he stepped into the classroom," said Marc Howard. "We were thrilled to see him exonerated and then be able to welcome him to the Prisons and Justice Initiative. He is one of the most resilient and inspiring people I've ever met, and he has so much to offer our team and the other students in PJI programs."
Syed spent 23 years behind bars for the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and whose murder case was featured in the landmark podcast "Serial."
In September, Baltimore prosecutors dropped all charges against Syed after advanced DNA testing of Lee's shoes and clothing ruled him out.
However, Hae Min Lee's brother has requested a redo of the hearing that vacated Syed's conviction. The brother argues the court failed to give him adequate notice about the hearing, withheld evidence from the family and did not give him a proper chance to be heard at the proceedings.
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NPHM's unique Artist as Instigator Residency leverages art and culture to spur creative public policy interventions related to housing, equity and justice
CHICAGO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When infused with social meaning, art can change hearts, sway minds and catalyze solutions. That's the thinking behind Chicago-based National Public Housing Museum's Artist as Instigator Residency, which is accepting applications through June 20, 2022. As the country's first cultural institution dedicated to interpreting the public housing experience in America, the museum's yearlong residency is designed to draw attention to housing equity and related issues.
NPHM's Artist as Instigator Residency provides support for mid-career and established artists, activists and cultural workers to incubate ideas and produce new work in collaboration with the museum. The selected artist receives a $10,000 honorarium and a $10,000 budget for project expenses. NPHM also provides accessible outdoor exhibition space, programming and administrative support, partner opportunities and national publicity. Additionally, NPHM offers the exterior walls of its future site, 1306 W Taylor St., as an accessible outdoor exhibition space.
"At NPHM, we strive to make public policy more truly public. By documenting and contextualizing stories of public housing and highlighting the diversity of the people who lived there, we aim to ultimately impact policy to ensure that all people have a place to call home," NPMH Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee, Ph.D., said. "There's no better way of doing that than by using compelling art to highlight issues many people may not otherwise encounter, broadening their knowledge and hopefully changing their outlooks.
"By using art and culture to rally people around significant issues, we hope to help them unleash their radical imaginations in pursuit of social justice not only in housing but also other aspects of society that relate to equity and justice. Often, art imitates life. But sometimes, life imitates art. Our past Artist as Instigators have done both in their work, and we've found this residency has been a pathway to positive change."
Translating Pressing Social Issues into Urgent, Effective Art
The NPHM has selected and supported experienced artists who connect arts, culture and public policy with three previous Artists as Instigators. They include Tonika Lewis Johnson (2021), Jen Delos Reyes (2020) and William Estrada (2019), all of whom have created compelling artworks that raise awareness about pressing social issues and have the potential to impact public policy—and in some cases, already have.
Estrada, NPHM's first Artist as Instigator, created imagery and posters used by housing advocacy groups when they pushed to pass the Just Housing Amendment to the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance. The amendment prohibits landlords from discriminating against individuals with a history of criminal convictions. Bolstered by Estrada's art, the campaign was successful, and the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed the Just Housing Amendment in April 2019.
The museum's second Artist as Instigator, Jen Delos Reyes, used her artwork to spur civic participation in the 2020 presidential election. Her project involved creating 40-foot-tall banners with stirring snippets from poems—such as, "We are the ones we have been waiting for," by June Jordan—and installing those banners on the exteriors of NPHM's future site. Reyes then mailed more than 2,000 people a poster with the poem snippets and a letter imploring them to vote.
Lewis Johnson, the current NPMH Artist as Instigator, has received extensive local and national media attention with her interactive exhibition, "Inequity for Sale." The project tells the oft-ignored story of land sale contracts, a predatory Chicago real estate practice in the 1950s and '60s that imposed excessive monthly payments on Black homebuyers who were barred from obtaining traditional mortgages because of racist policies. Land sale contracts prevented Black buyers from building equity, and many buyers ultimately lost their properties. Ultimately, due to Land Sale Contracts, an estimated $3.2 billion to $4.0 billion was expropriated from Chicago's Black community during the period between 1950 and 1970, according to a 2018 Duke University study.
"So many residency programs invite artists to make new work, but very few encourage artists to strive for social impact and furnish them with the resources to do so," Tiff Beatty, NPHM's program director of arts, culture and public policy, said. "NPHM's Artist as Instigator Residency supports artists as they explore and expand their artistic practice, while also supplying them with the assets and community relationships that the museum can provide. That's what makes this program so unique.
"Often, at the outset, our Artist as Instigator isn't entirely sure how their project will take shape; we work as a team to help them refine and realize their vision. It's a true partnership. Deep collaboration and support are part of the DNA of this residency," Beatty added.
Amplifying Artists' Work to Generate More Opportunities
NPHM harnesses its resources to highlight Artists as Instigators' work frequently and meaningfully. "We help artists leverage the residency to win additional support," Lee said. In doing so, NPMH also expands the reach and impact of these inspirational projects. For example, Lewis Johnson, NPHM's most recent Artist as Instigator, received a $100,000 grant from Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to expand her powerful "Inequity For Sale" exhibition.
"If you are interested in expanding your work to impact public policy issues, then the museum is here to help you link your arts and cultural practice with public policy transformation," Beatty said. Artists are encouraged to apply via written or video submission for this year's NPHM Artist as Instigator Residency program by midnight June 20, 2022, even if they don't yet have a specific idea for a project to pursue during the residency. The residency will run from July of this year to June 2023.
About the National Public Housing Museum: The NPHM is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. Its mission is to preserve, promote and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home. Using art, oral histories and material culture, the Museum will archive and share public housing stories of hope and personal achievement, as well as stories of struggle, resistance and resilience. These stories create opportunities for visitors to understand and engage in innovative public policy reform to reimagine the future of our communities, our society and the places we call home. Its physical structure is currently in development and will be an adaptive reuse of the last remaining building of the former Jane Addams Homes on Chicago's Near West Side. When completed, visitors will interface with compelling, historically significant exhibits and engage with the provocative ideas of internationally renowned contemporary artists.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Then there were five. Apparently.
According to national reports, the Indianapolis Colts have informed Cincinnati offensive coordinator Brian Callahan (per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer) and New York Giants’ defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale (BallySports’ Michael Silver) they are no longer under consideration for the team’s vacant head coaching position.
The Colts have been extremely tight-lipped throughout the search process that began Jan. 9 and should conclude early next week.
That would leave five candidates who were put through an exhaustive second interview that lasted approximately 10 hours and involved face-to-face interaction with owner Jim Irsay. Previously, Denver defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero accepted a similar position with the Carolina Panthers.
The remaining five:
- Philadelphia offensive coordinator Shane Steichen.
- Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator Raheem Morris.
- Detroit defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.
- Green Bay special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia.
- Jeff Saturday, who was named interim coach after the team fired Frank Reich Nov. 7.
It’s possible the Colts have someone else in mind. Kansas City offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was involved in the first round of interviews.
General manager Chris Ballard has delivered on his promise to conduct a thorough and wide-ranging search for a new head coach. He also said last month the process could last until mid-February.
And here we are.
From a logistics standpoint, the Colts are prohibited from naming their new coach until after the Super Bowl if that individual is involved in Sunday’s game. Steichen and the Eagles face Bieniemy and the Chiefs at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
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LAND O'LAKES, Fla., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, recently opened Angeline, a new community of active adult homes designed exclusively for residents 55 and better. Situated in Pasco County's 6,200 acre premiere masterplanned community of Angeline, Lennar's new community will offer an extensive array of luxurious private amenities. Prospective home shoppers are invited to tour Lennar's eight model homes and experience the unparalleled lifestyle that Angeline has to offer. For more information and to schedule a tour, click here.
"Angeline will be a destination city centered around health and wellness and we are proud to introduce this new, residential community designed specifically for Active Adults," said Steve Smith, Tampa Division President for Lennar. "From the thoughtful design details within our homes to the depth of our amenities, no detail has been overlooked when it comes to providing residents with a beautiful and comfortable lifestyle."
Home shoppers at Angeline can select from 12 signature Lennar floorplans in three distinctive collections: Villas, the Estates, and the Executives. Home designs include single-family and villas and range from 1,683-2,775 square feet, with two to three bedrooms and two to three baths. Pricing starts in the low $300,000s for the Villas, high 300,000s for the Estates and mid $400,000s for the Executives.
All homes will offer Lennar's signature Everything's Included® program that outfits every new home with popular features and upgrades at no extra cost. The homes also include connected home components including Ring® pro video doorbell and alarm security kit, Honeywell Home® smart thermostat, Legrand® media panel, Schlage Encode Smart lock®, Flo by Moen® smart water shutoff and eero® pro 6 mesh wifi system.
Within Angeline, there will be a vast assortment of amenities including the MetroLagoon ®. Lennar residents will also have access to a multi-million-dollar amenity center with resort-style recreational opportunities including a swimming pool, fitness center, tennis, pickleball and bocce ball courts.
Anchored by the new state-of-the-art H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, the 6,200-acre Angeline will be home to more than 30,000 residents with access to a community farm, 3,600 acres of green space, an extensive trail network, office and retail, onsite school and the fastest internet service in the nation. Moffit's 750-acre life sciences research park – larger than downtown Tampa – will be one of the leading facilities of its type in the world. To learn more about Lennar's new communities in Angeline, please visit the Welcome Home Center at 11342 Flora Crew Ct, Land O' Lakes, FL 34638 or click here.
Lennar is now selling at three Active Adult communities across the Tampa market. In addition to Angeline, the homebuilder is selling at Mirada in San Antonio, FL and Southshore Bay in Wimauma, FL.
For a limited-time only, prospective home shoppers can take advantage of special pricing and incentives during Lennar's 10-day National New Homes Sales Event which ends this coming Sunday, July 24. Lennar Mortgage is currently offering a fixed rate of 4.99% (4.99% APR) when a customer signs a purchase agreement on a select move-in ready home in the greater Tampa Bay area between 07/14/2022 - 07/24/2022 and close by 10/31/22. Requires financing through Lennar Mortgage, LLC.*
Interested homebuyers are encouraged to move fast while these homes with incredible savings last! To discover incredible savings on new homes near you, visit www.lennar.com today.
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of Lennar's homes and, through LMF Commercial, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. Lennar's Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. LENX drives Lennar's technology, innovation and strategic investments. For more information about Lennar, please visit lennar.com.
*Offer available on select move-in ready homes in the greater Tampa area if the purchase agreement is fully executed between 07/14/2022 and 07/24/2022 and closes and fully funds on or before 10/31/22. Offer may not be combined with any other existing promotions. Sample APR is based on interest rates and terms available as of 07/14/22 and on a purchase price of $415,490 with 20% down factoring in prepaid interest and closing costs. Rates may change or not be available or funds may be exhausted at the time of loan commitment, lock-in or closing. Buyer is subject to qualifications for specific loan terms, occupancy, down payment, credit and underwriting requirements, and/or investor program guidelines. Not an offer to enter into an interest rate or discount point agreement and any such agreement may only be made in writing signed by both the borrower and the lender. Offer requires financing through seller's affiliate Lennar Mortgage, but use of Lennar Mortgage is not required to purchase a home ( See Affiliated Business Arrangement Disclosure ). Lennar Mortgage, LLC – NMLS # 1058, Mortgage Lender/Servicer License #MLD549. Seller's Broker: Lennar Realty, Inc. Construction License(s): CGC1518166. Date 07/22
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Babysitter accused in toddler’s drug overdose death, authorities say
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A Missouri woman is facing charges after a toddler she was babysitting died. Fentanyl was one of the drugs later found in the little girl’s system.
Mary Curtis, 37, is charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Police say she was a caretaker for 17-month-old Brailey Stevenson on March 20 when the toddler went to sleep on the floor. Curtis later took Brailey to another caretaker, who called police out of concern for the toddler.
Police say Brailey was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
A toxicology report showed Brailey had fentanyl and xylazine in her system. She appeared normal when she was placed with Curtis and appeared to be unconscious when Curtis brought her to the other caretaker, authorities told KMOV.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says they’ve seen a sharp increase in xylazine in the St. Louis area. The drug is a sedative used by veterinarians for horse and cattle. Mixed with fentanyl, it is especially deadly.
“Unfortunately, for a young child, it’s going to be very deadly. Their makeup is not like an adult, and they haven’t fully developed. Unfortunately, it’s going to be much worse [and] hard to save a child who’s ingested xylazine mixed with fentanyl,” said Michael Davis, a special agent in charge at the DEA.
Authorities say Curtis was out on bond on another child endangerment charge related to the March 2022 death of her own 17-day-old baby. The infant died of a methadone overdose, according to charging documents.
Curtis is also accused in two other child overdose deaths, neither of which resulted in charges. She has been investigated by the Missouri Department of Social Service’s Children’s Division several times.
She was charged in St. Louis County in July 2022 with endangering the welfare of a child, interference with custody and possession of a controlled substance. A probable cause statement says a social worker with the Missouri Department of Family Services took Curtis’ child to her home for a visitation.
Police allege that Curtis put her child in a car and drove away. The state had custody of the child at the time. Curtis was arrested after the incident.
Prosecutors in St. Louis County also accused Curtis of resisting arrest for a felony after police claimed she evaded a traffic stop, crashed a vehicle and fled officers in September 2022.
Curtis is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond. Court records show her bond was revoked March 31 for the July 2022 child endangerment case.
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(WFLA/NEXSTAR) — McDonald’s is launching two new desserts, but most Americans won’t get a chance to try one of them unless they get on a plane.
Starting on April 12, participating restaurants nationwide will serve the new Strawberry Shortcake McFlurry.
“McDonald’s is dropping a delicious new flavor just in time for spring,” McDonald’s USA said in a statement to Nexstar’s WFLA.
The Strawberry Shortcake McFlurry is made with vanilla ice cream, strawberry-flavored clusters, and shortbread cookies. The McFlurry will only be available as supplies last.
The other new dessert is a Guava & Crème Pie that is only available in Hawaii.
The treat is filled with guava and a vanilla crème in the middle of a pastry that has a sugar-crisped crust. It went on sale Tuesday, March 28.
All 73 McDonald’s in Hawaii will carry this warm treat, and it will only be available for six weeks or until supplies last.
There are a couple of other Hawaii-only items that stay on the menu year-round:
- Fried Haupia and/or Taro Pies – this is a pastry with a pudding-like filling inside the pie crust.
- Breakfast platter – this consists of Spam, Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice. This menu item also comes with soy sauce.
- Kona coffee and Hawaiian Islands Passion Fruit Na Pali iced tea.
At some locations in Hawaii, you can also find cut pineapple and the McTeri Deluxe, which is a teriyaki burger.
The Hawaii-only items on the menu are mixed in with the regular list, which means people have to carefully read their options or ask if a specific location has an item. | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/mcdonalds-debuts-two-new-desserts-but-most-americans-will-never-taste-one-of-them/ | 2023-03-29 16:19:16 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/mcdonalds-debuts-two-new-desserts-but-most-americans-will-never-taste-one-of-them/ |
Which pet camera is best?
Pets of all kinds are more than just an animal. Unfortunately, our pet family members can’t call us on the phone or video chat with us if we are far away. Pet cameras can be the best method to watch over pets or just check on them while away from home.
If you need a solid pet camera that lets users watch out for any kind of animal, the top choice is the Petcube Cam. It allows for continuous indoor surveillance and gives users the ability to consult professional vets conveniently in the companion app on a mobile device.
What to know before you buy a pet camera
Do you have children and pets?
If you do not have kids, a pet camera may be all you are looking to find. However, cameras designed to watch over children could help with pets, too.
What kind of pet do you have?
Depending on the animal, different features may be crucial or unnecessary. Motion detection, for example, is a valuable camera feature that will only be helpful for physically active and mobile pets. If your pet is not very active or cannot move fast enough to activate a motion sensor, that sort of feature will not be very helpful. Consider what you need a pet camera to do before you buy.
Do you have smart home devices?
Some pet cameras integrate with existing smart home technology. This can allow you to connect the camera to other devices in your home, issue voice commands and more. If you own smart home devices, check that a pet camera is compatible with the smart assistant software you already use.
What to look for in a quality pet camera
Audio
The best options have good audio in addition to the video footage. Two-way audio features also allow for communication with a pet even while users are away from home. If you have pets that get nervous or have trouble when you are away, a pet camera with audio communication abilities can help you stay in contact and calm them down.
Video
Beyond decent video resolution, a pet camera needs to capture clear footage at any time. If it is dark in the room or night falls and you want to check in on your pet, a camera with night vision is the best solution. Not all indoor security cameras have the same capabilities, so check that a pet camera will still be able to see your pet in the dark.
Connectivity
A good pet camera easily connects to the internet and stays connected. It is also vital that companion applications and software are easy to use. Check out the features of a mobile app before you buy a pet camera. Some cameras have simple security feeds accessible through an app, but some pet cameras have applications with more extensive features.
How much you can expect to spend on a pet camera
For a simple camera with the features needed to keep an eye on your pets, you can find a pet cam or security camera for $20-$50. More advanced cameras with additional features and smart compatibility can sometimes cost more, depending on the size and quality.
Pet camera FAQ
Can other cameras serve as a pet cam?
A. Yes. You do not necessarily need a dedicated pet cam. If you want to use indoor smart cameras or security cameras, that will work well for monitoring pets. Baby monitors and nanny cameras can also help watch pets. While cameras specifically designed to use with animals are good options, they are not the only options out there for pet lovers.
Do you need two-way communication features?
A. You do not necessarily need two-way audio unless you know that talking to your pets would be helpful. Not all pets will respond to audible commands or just talking, so consider your pets. Setting up your webcam or a cheap camera feed may be all you need to watch your pets. If your animals are soothed or relaxed by hearing your voice, though, two-way audio can be an invaluable feature.
What’s the best pet camera to buy?
Top pet camera
What you need to know: This camera is excellent for around-the-clock home surveillance and watching high-quality footage of your pets while away from home.
What you’ll love: The video feed is full HD resolution and features the ability to zoom. It has night vision and automatically alerts to sound and motion. The camera has two-way audio that lets users talk to their pets through the camera. It can connect with Alexa smart devices to add voice control compatibility. Using the companion app, you can chat with professional vets easily if you think that your pet may need to visit a clinic.
What you should consider: The camera will only work with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi signals and does not support 5GHz, which made some users have difficulty with setup.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top pet camera for the money
What you need to know: This affordable camera detects sound and motion for internal home security or watching pets.
What you’ll love: It has night-vision capabilities, two-way audio and automatically detects anything going on to alert you while away from home. You can view the live-streamed video via the companion app in full HD resolution. It automatically stores up to a year worth of security footage on a cloud server and can record to a micro SD card.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the instructions and could not get the device to connect to Wi-Fi.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This treat tossing Wi-Fi pet camera has smart device functionality and lets pet lovers interact with their furry friends while away from home.
What you’ll love: It has a Wi-Fi camera that features night vision and two-way audio so users can talk to their pets day or night while away from home to calm them down. The built-in treat dispenser allows users to toss a treat out for pets via the companion app. It is compatible with Alexa devices for adding voice controls. It allows for 160-degree-wide video monitoring that you can access via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity.
What you should consider: You could use it for animals other than dogs, but it is not designed for that, so users have had trouble getting it to respond and record anything other than dog activity or barking. It is pretty expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console.
The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and that it also illegally held onto the data. Those actions violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the FTC stated.
In a blog post, Microsoft corporate vice president for Xbox Dave McCarthy outlined additional steps the company is now taking to improve its age verification systems and to ensure that parents are involved in the creation of child accounts for the service. These mostly concern efforts to improve age verification technology and to educate children and parents about privacy issues.
McCarthy also said the company had identified and fixed a technical glitch that failed to delete child accounts in cases where the account creation process never finished. Microsoft policy was to hold that data no longer than 14 days in order to allow players to pick up account creation where they left off if they were interrupted.
The settlement must be approved by a federal court before it can go into effect, the FTC said. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/microsoft-will-pay-20m-to-settle-u-s-charges-of-illegally-collecting-childrens-data/ | 2023-06-06 18:49:16 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/microsoft-will-pay-20m-to-settle-u-s-charges-of-illegally-collecting-childrens-data/ |
Now available at retailers nationally and online, just in time for Father's Day and summer grilling
PETALUMA, Calif. , May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Raeburn Winery, producer of premium and luxury Sonoma County wines, announces the release of its inaugural Cabernet Sauvignon. Founded in 2014, Raeburn Winery is a Certified California Sustainable Winery, an exclusive certification awarded by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance and held by only 4 percent of California wineries. The 2021 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon joins Raeburn Winery's ultra-premium Sonoma County Chardonnay, best-selling Russian River Pinot Noir and Provençal-style Rosé.
"Our Cabernet Sauvignon nose opens with ripe blackberry fruit and a touch of bramble. Flavors of juicy blackberry and black cherry are complemented with a full mouthfeel, lush tannins and a long, persistent finish," says Raeburn winemaker, Steven Urberg. "2021 was an excellent harvest with ideal growing conditions. We are very pleased with the superb concentration of character in this wine."
In May 2023, the vintage red was awarded 92 Points by The Tasting Panel and noted as "rich and inviting, with a curvaceous body." This notable review is on brand for Raeburn as the Cabernet Sauvignon joins Raeburn's array of award-winning wine offerings. Each of Raeburn's handcrafted wines have received a number of marked accolades and a minimum of 90 points each from both Wine Enthusiast and The Tasting Panel.
"At Purple Brands, we pride ourselves on building great brands focused on consumer tastes and trends," say CEO, Aaron Webb. "The national launch of Raeburn Winery's Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon is a testament to the team's commitment to innovation and quality winemaking. It's an exciting time here at Purple."
Just in time for Father's Day and summer barbeques, this wine pairs exceptionally well with grilled dishes. Raeburn Winery is excited to share a recipe created to pair with the expressive Cabernet Sauvignon. Together with Carnelian Cooks, Raeburn developed a delicious Cherry BBQ Sauce Ribs recipe that pairs perfectly with the wine's plum, dark cherry and vanilla flavors. Full recipe below.
With a suggested retail price of $24.99, Raeburn Winery's Cabernet Sauvignon is now available at national retailers, including Kroger, Albertson's, Safeway, Lucky's and Save Mart. The wine is also available online at https://shop.raeburnwinery.com/. For more information about Raeburn Winery and its inaugural Cabernet Sauvignon, please visit https://raeburnwinery.com/.
Cherry BBQ Sauce Ribs
Ingredients:
2 racks of baby back ribs
1 sweet onion, roughly chopped
3 cloves of garlic, smashed
2 T extra virgin olive oil
½ t salt
½ t pepper
2 C fresh cherries, halved and pitted
1 C cherry juice
2 T apple cider vinegar
½ C ketchup
⅔ C brown sugar
⅓ C balsamic vinegar
2 T Worcestershire sauce
2 T brown mustard
Method:
In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add in onions, garlic, salt, and pepper. Sauté ingredients until golden brown; ~ 7 minutes.
Next add cherries, cherry juice, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and brown mustard. Bring the saucepan to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for ~ 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool before adding to a blender or food processor.
Blend ingredients until smooth. Pour the sauce back into a pan on stove top and simmer for an additional 10 minutes. Set aside and let cool. While the sauce is simmering, start to prep your ribs by removing the membrane on the underside of the ribs.
Once your sauce has cooled, place the ribs in a shallow dish and gently coat the entire rack with half of your marinade. You can marinate your ribs for up to 24 hours.
When you are ready to cook, oil the grates of the grill and heat to medium heat (roughly 300 degrees). Season the ribs with salt and pepper. Grill each side for 20-30 minutes. Coat each side of the rack with additional sauce once during the cooking process.
Remove the ribs from the grill and let rest for 10 - 15 minutes. Cut the ribs into individual bones and add your remaining marinade. Serve with your favorite sides and enjoy!
About Raeburn Winery:
Raeburn Winery crafts complex, elegant wines inspired by founder Derek Benham's mother, Phyllis, and independently minded spirits like her. Founded in 2014 and named an Impact Newsletter "Hot Prospect" winery for four years in a row (2018-2021) Raeburn Winery's wines honor their origins in Sonoma County and strive to protect the environment Phyllis loves so much. At Raeburn's Certified California Sustainable Winery facility – an exclusive certification held by only 4 percent of California wineries — the winemaking team crafts Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Rosé and have recently launched an inaugural Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon. Nationally distributed Raeburn wines deliver delicious varietal character and express the spirit of Sonoma and the Russian River Valley's most sought-after vineyards. The wines have garnered more than thirty 90+ point ratings in the last three vintages alone. The name Raeburn is Old English for "the river where one drinks" – a nod to free-thinking adventurers, like Phyllis, who dare to venture off the beaten track and flourish there.
About Purple Brands:
Founded by Derek Benham in 2001, Purple Brands is a brand-led business with an acclaimed portfolio of wines and emerging spirits brands. The company's winery operations in the Russian River Valley, Sonoma County and Napa Valley are all Certified Sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, an exclusive certification held by only 4 percent of California wineries. Raeburn Winery includes a top-5 ultra-premium Chardonnay, a top 10 best-selling luxury Pinot Noir a Provençal style Rosé and, in late 2022, a new 2021 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon; the winery has earned four consecutive Impact Newsletter "Hot Prospect" awards, 2019-2022. Joining Raeburn are Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon specialist Scattered Peaks, Avalon Winery, Four Vines, and a portfolio of exclusive brands. Purple Brands' spirits portfolio was launched in 2015. Redwood Empire Whiskey, inspired by Northern California's giant redwoods, is defining what it means to be a California Whiskey. The fast-growing distillery has amassed the largest inventory of aging whiskey in the state, including a bourbon, rye, blended whiskey, and two bottled-in-bond expressions. https://purplebrands.com/
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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A 40-year-old woman is being accused of fraud and identity theft after police say she took advantage of an elderly woman in the hospital.
Officials with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department said a 78-year-old female victim contacted them on April 7 to report that someone obtained five credit cards belonging to her and had spent approximately $2,000 in unauthorized transactions.
The month prior, the victim was notified that she would have to stay at the hospital for one month after a medical procedure. The victim asked Sarah Freitas, a woman who she hired to pick her fruit from trees, if she would help her obtain items from her home and drive her to the hospital. Deputies said Freitas agreed and the victim gave Freitas the keys to her residence and her vehicle, and she was taken to the hospital.
On April 18, the victim was released from the hospital and had arranged for Freitas to pick her up with her vehicle, but Freitas never showed up, MCSO said.
When the victim arrived at her residence, MCSO said she noticed there were personal items that did not belong to her. The victim also noticed jewelry, kitchen items and personal documents were missing. The victim later provided utility bills which showed usage approximately two times greater than the average, MCSO said. The victim’s credit cards were in a wallet, which was in the living room.
Detectives obtained video surveillance showing who appeared to be Freitas using the victim’s credit cards to make personal purchases. Detectives used law enforcement databases to confirm her identity and then did a photo lineup where the victim identified Freitas.
Detectives arrested Freitas, and during questioning, Freitas admitted she had taken some items out of the residence, sold a few pieces of jewelry and used the victim's credit cards.
Freitas is facing the following charges:
- 10 counts of fraudulent use of credit card
- burglary
- 4 counts of taking the identity of another
- 4 counts of theft from a vulnerable adult.
MCSO said if you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, contact 602-876-TIPS (8477).
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Arkansas State Police are investigating after a Gould woman was found dead in her home and three others were found injured following an early Sunday shooting.
A resident of the home, Tony Lewis, 55, has been charged with capital murder and was in custody at the Lincoln County jail in Star City as of Monday afternoon, according to a news release.
Police said they responded to a “domestic disturbance” call shortly after 8 a.m. at 103 Pope St.
Willie Sanders, 82, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release. Two others were wounded and taken to a Little Rock hospital, where one person was last reported to be in stable condition. The other was in surgery late Sunday, police said.
Lewis was also reportedly wounded and taken into custody by Gould police. Lewis was treated and released by doctors at a Pine Bluff Hospital.
Local authorities have requested that the Arkansas State Police investigate the shooting. The release state that state police special agents have recovered numerous firearms from the residence.
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DENVER (AP) — University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets’ star Michael Porter Jr., smelled of alcohol and and had slurred speech when he was arrested following a fatal crash in Denver, police said in a court document released Monday.
Porter ran a red light going about 50 mph (80 kmph) eastbound and hit a vehicle going northbound at an intersection, killing the driver, early Sunday morning near the University of Denver, the probable cause statement said. The passenger was also injured, it said.
When interviewed by police, Porter “displayed bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred and mumbling speech, and the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath” and had a “BudLight” paper wristband on his left wrist, the statement said.
Porter was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and was released from jail Sunday afternoon after his brother paid a $2,000 bond, according to court records. Michael Porter Jr. missed Sunday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Denver for “personal reasons.”
Court records did not indicate if Porter had an attorney yet.
In a statement, the University of Denver expressed its condolences.
“This is a tragic and heartbreaking situation, and our deepest sympathies are with those involved in the accident, their families, and friends. All the resources of our campus and broader community, including counseling services, are available to any DU community member in need of assistance 24/7,” it said.
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BETHESDA, Md., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") (NYSE: DRH) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.515625 per share on its 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on June 30, 2022 to shareholders of record as of June 17, 2022.
About the Company
DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that is an owner of a leading portfolio of geographically diversified hotels concentrated in leisure destinations and top gateway markets. The Company currently owns 34 premium quality hotels with over 9,500 rooms. The Company has strategically positioned its hotels to be operated both under leading global brand families as well as unique boutique hotels in the lifestyle segment. For further information on the Company and its portfolio, please visit DiamondRock Hospitality Company's website at www.drhc.com.
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ArcBest LTL carrier offering hiring bonuses for multiple positions
FORT SMITH, Ark., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leader in supply chain logistics, announced today that its less-than-truckload carrier, ABF Freight®, will host a two-day hiring event in Dayton on November 29 and 30, seeking full-time road drivers and dock workers, part-time dock workers and participants for the company's Road Driver Development Program. The company is offering signing bonuses of $10,000 to full-time road drivers, $5,000 to full-time dock workers and Road Driver Development Program participants, and $250 to part-time dock workers, available on the first day of employment.
"This is a great time to join the ABF team in Dayton or one of our 240 service centers throughout North America," said Seth Runser, ABF Freight president. "Our people are at the heart of our success, and our values-driven culture has created an environment where people can grow and thrive. Working at ABF means you are part of a hard-working team that keeps supply chains moving. And here in Dayton, as well as throughout our company, you can anticipate high levels of job satisfaction."
On November 29 and 30, ABF will host interested candidates from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at its service center, located at 8051 Center Point 70 Boulevard, Dayton, OH, 45424. No appointment is necessary. Driver candidates should be at least 21 years old.
At the event, candidates can expect:
- Assistance with job applications
- Interviews with ABF recruiters
- Potential job offers made that day
- On-site DOT physicals and drug screens
This hiring event can also launch exciting new careers for those looking for a job change. ABF's Driver Development Program allows opportunities for those without a CDL-A who are interested in a fulfilling driving career. Participants will attend a six-week paid training program at ABF's expense to help them earn a CDL-A and begin a driving career. The program provides more than 150 hours of behind-the-wheel experience, and through both classroom and hands-on instruction, participants will learn everything they need to know to become a qualified ABF driver.
"Our Driver Development Program is designed especially for those who want to join our industry and provides them the training to acquire lucrative driver positions at our company," Runser said. "We've seen many participants improve their job satisfaction and earning potential while becoming ABF drivers through this program."
ABF Freight is one of the nation's largest and most trusted less-than-truckload carriers, operating in both short- and long-haul markets across North America. ABF employs more than 10,000 people across 240 locations, and over 35 percent of ABF drivers have been employed with the company for more than 10 years.
Full-time ABF drivers and dock workers receive Teamster Union Scale wages, 100 percent company-paid health insurance for employees and their families, personal days, sick leave and paid holidays, and they are covered by a pension plan at no expense to the employee.
For additional information about this hiring event, visit https://joinabf.com/hiring-event, or to view current job openings across the country visit jobs.abf.com.
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving. Founded in 1923 and now with over 15,000 employees across more than 250 campuses and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, fueled by the simple notion of finding a way to get the job done. Through innovative thinking, agility and trust, ArcBest leverages its full suite of shipping and logistics solutions to meet customers' critical needs, each and every day. For more information, visit arcb.com.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 29, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas...
Western Cameron County in Deep South Texas...
South central Willacy County in Deep South Texas...
* Until 145 AM CDT.
* At 107 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rangerville,
moving southeast at 40 mph.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Harlingen, San Benito, Mercedes, La Feria, Progreso, Santa Rosa,
Rancho Viejo, Rio Hondo, Palm Valley and Los Indios.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. This storm is producing widespread
wind damage across WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a
sturdy structure and stay away from windows!
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SALT LAKE CITY, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Catalyst, Inc. ("Health Catalyst," Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced a comprehensive, multi-year partnership with Sea Mar Community Health Centers ("Sea Mar"), a national leader in health and social services delivering high quality, integrated care for underserved communities.
Sea Mar is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington state. Sea Mar's services include a network of more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.
To gain greater visibility into patient data, increased insight into its patient population, and improved reporting capabilities, Sea Mar will implement Health Catalyst's data platform, Health Catalyst Pop Analyzer™, Health Catalyst Pop Insights™, and Self-Service Analytics. Leveraging Health Catalyst's software and Professional Services, Sea Mar will be empowered to make proactive, data-driven decisions.
Commenting on the partnership, Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst, shared, "Sea Mar's mission to provide exceptional service to every person, every time, is deeply aligned to our mission to enable data-informed healthcare transformation for every patient on the planet, and we are honored to power their efforts to provide world-class healthcare to the communities they serve."
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst is a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations committed to being the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement. Its customers leverage the cloud-based data platform—powered by data from more than 100 million patient records and encompassing trillions of facts—as well as its analytics software and professional services expertise to make data-informed decisions and realize measurable clinical, financial, and operational improvements. Health Catalyst envisions a future in which all healthcare decisions are data informed.
About Sea Mar
Sea Mar Community Health Centers, founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington state. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services.
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CALDWELL, Idaho — Editor's note: The video above this article was published May 3, 2023.
Last year, the College of Idaho football team took a share of the Frontier Conference title, the fourth season in a row they have done so. However, Carroll College won the regular season tiebreaker and took the automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs.
The celebration was short-lived for the Yotes. In fact, the team saw it as falling short. College of Idaho has been motivated since last fall to take the next step in 2023.
"We're dying of hunger. I mean, the last couple years we had a share of the Frontier Conference title and it feels like we lose every year," fourth-year junior wide receiver Brock Richardson said in May. "So, we're really trying to get in there and take it for our own."
Up until the Nov. 12, 2022 loss to the Fighting Saints, College of Idaho was 8-1, with its lone defeat coming in a five-point loss at Montana Western. The Yotes finished last fall with a stale taste – as hinted by Richardson – losing to Carroll 21-6 at home in the season finale.
Following a pair of live scrimmages and camp this spring, Yotes head coach Mike Moroski told KTVB his team is "determined" to stand alone atop the conference this round.
"It's impossible to not address. They have the exact right way, from a coach's perspective, the way you want them to feel," Moroski said. "I think the guys are very excited, very determined, and we look forward to hopefully getting another opportunity in similar circumstances."
With the return of most of their starters on offense, the unit is primed to have more success come September than a year ago, but the defense is a little less experienced.
Moroski said despite the youth on defense, C of I was locked in throughout spring camp and at least 25 players could find roles in regular-season action. The players fighting for starting jobs have bought into the idea of '100 little things,' getting better each day.
"They almost make it hard and annoying to line up one-on-one, like press now, because they're really learning, they're getting better everyday," Richarson said last month. "It's really exciting to get those guys going and I hope that they have phenomenal fall."
The Yotes kick off the 2023 season at Simplot Stadium against Lincoln University out of California on Saturday, Aug. 26. College of Idaho will square off against Carroll College on the road on Saturday, Oct. 21.
The full 2023 College of Idaho football schedule is included below, with home games listed in bold:
- Saturday, Aug. 26 (1 p.m.): vs. Lincoln University
- Saturday, Sept. 2 (1 p.m.): vs. Southern Oregon
- Saturday, Sept. 9 (1 p.m.): vs. Montana Western
- Saturday, Sept. 23 (2 p.m.): at Montana Tech
- Saturday, Sept. 30 (1 p.m.): vs. Rocky Mountain
- Saturday, Oct. 7 (TBA): at Arizona Christian
- Saturday, Oct. 14 (1 p.m.): vs. Montana State Northern
- Saturday, Oct. 21 (TBA): at Carroll College
- Saturday, Oct. 28 (1 p.m.) vs. Eastern Oregon
- Saturday, Nov. 11 (2 p.m.): at Southern Oregon
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By MARK LONG
AP Pro Football Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw two touchdown passes to Christian Kirk, and Jacksonville dominated short-handed Indianapolis 24-0 on Sunday for its eighth consecutive home victory in the series.
The Jaguars sacked Matt Ryan five times, intercepted three of his passes, held reigning NFL rushing champion Jonathan Taylor to 54 yards and notched their eighth shutout in franchise history. The past three have come against Indianapolis (0-1-1), which hasn’t won in Jacksonville since 2014.
This one was never in doubt and helped Doug Pederson record his first victory with the Jags.
Jacksonville (1-1) scored touchdowns on two of its first three possessions and cruised past the team picked as a contender in the AFC South.
Lawrence completed 25 of 30 passes for 235 yards, with TD passes of 5 and 10 yards to Kirk. Kirk finished with six catches for 78 yards.
James Robinson ran 23 times for 60 yards, including a 37-yard TD scamper in the first half that showed he’s fully back from a torn Achilles tendon sustained last December.
Jacksonville’s defense was the bigger story. Rookie linebacker Devin Lloyd and safeties Andre Cisco and Rayshawn Jenkins picked off Ryan. Josh Allen had two of the unit’s five sacks. He also forced a fumble. It was one of the more impressive shutouts in franchise history.
It also might come with an asterisk. The Colts played without three key starters: All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard and receivers Michael Pittman and rookie Alec Pierce. Without Pittman, Ryan had little experience and even less speed on the field. Ashton Dulin led the way with five receptions for 79 yards.
Ryan had been 4-0 against Jacksonville. But he will surely feel his first loss against the team. Ryan was knocked around early and often — his jersey was covered in dirt and grass stains — and was slow to get up after several hits.
The Colts had two fourth-quarter drives in the red zone, but Ryan was under duress on both incompletions to the end zone.
Indy’s bigger issue was getting Taylor loose. After running for 161 yards last week in a tie at Houston, Taylor had just 4 yards on five carries at halftime. He broke free for a 21-yard gain in the second half, but it was too little too late.
Colts coach Frank Reich fell to 0-5 against Jacksonville, a dubious skid that surely won’t sit well with team owner Jim Irsay. Reich and his team blew a chance to make the playoffs last season by losing the finale in Jacksonville. They spent the past eight months waiting for this rematch — and then were essentially no-shows.
KEY INJURIES
Colts FS Julian Blackmon left the game in the first half with a shoulder injury but later returned. … Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell missed a play in the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT
Colts: Host Kansas City in their home opener next Sunday, beginning a daunting, three-game stretch that also includes Tennessee and Denver.
Jaguars: Travel cross-country to face the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday. Jacksonville has lost 15 of 18 games in the Pacific time zone.
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Man arrested in Paris for online solicitation of minors
Published: May. 26, 2023 at 12:52 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
PARIS, Texas (KXII) - A man was arrested in Paris on warrants out of Louisiana Thursday.
Paris Police said Danny Crossland was arrested on warrants for computer aided solicitation of a minor and indecent behavior with juveniles.
According to a press release, the Paris Police Department and Texas Rangers located Crossland near the intersection of Stillhouse Road and Stone Avenue.
Both charges against Crossland are felonies.
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CAHPS® Dental Plan Survey uncovers unique insights about patient care
OAK BROOK, Ill., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental announced key findings from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Dental Plan Survey, which provides feedback from Delta Dental patients about their oral health care experiences.
Delta Dental is the only carrier utilizing the survey nationwide to continuously enhance patient experiences with its outstanding network of dentists. This trusted anonymous survey tool is used in the health care industry to evaluate a patient's experience throughout their dental care journey and includes questions related to care from dentists and staff, access to dental care, and dental plan information and services.
Recent CAHPS Dental Plan Survey findings
More than 20,000 Delta Dental adult patients responded to the survey during the past year. Key results include:
- Patients rate their experiences with Delta Dental dentists an average 9.5 out of 10
- Patients gave an average 9.4 out of 10 overall dental care rating
- 96% of patients said their dentist and dental staff treated them with courtesy and respect
- 88% of patients reported feeling comfortable during dental treatment
"The CAHPS Dental Plan Survey is an important tool for Delta Dental to advance our commitment to patient-centered care and provide excellent experiences for our members," said Joseph Dill, DDS, MBA, Chief Dental Officer, Delta Dental Plans Association. "Patients who feel respected and understood by their dentists are more likely to follow home care recommendations and return for regular preventive care. This helps ensure a lifetime of good oral and overall health."
Aggregate results from the survey will be shared with Delta Dental network dentists through customized Patient Feedback Reports. These insights will help dental providers consistently deliver exceptional levels of care.
"Delta Dental is the first and only dental carrier to deploy the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey with commercial groups on a national scale," added Dill. "By collaborating with dentists, we're able to recognize strengths and pinpoint specific areas for improvement in the patient experience. This is critical because studies show that positive patient experiences are associated with better health outcomes."
Survey history
Developed by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the CAHPS survey tool has been widely used by numerous health care organizations in addition to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In 2006, the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey was developed to assist the U.S. military with assessing its TRICARE dental services program. The Yale School of Public Health and RAND Corporation collaborated to ensure the validity of the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey — refining questions and improving administration methods to provide a consistent measure of the patient experience.
"CAHPS" is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
About Delta Dental Plans Association
Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, Delta Dental Plans Association is the not-for-profit national association of the 39 independent Delta Dental companies. Through these companies, Delta Dental is the nation's largest dental benefits provider, covering more than 89 million Americans and offering the country's largest dental network with approximately 152,000 participating dentists. Over the last decade, Delta Dental companies and their foundations invested over $1.9 billion to improve the oral and overall health of our communities.
Visit deltadental.com for information on individual dental insurance plans and group dental insurance plans.
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Novel L2 protocol, Milkomeda, receives a grant to develop the Milkomeda A1 Rollup, bringing EVM capabilities to Algorand and enhancing blockchain interoperability.
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milkomeda receives SupaGrant from the Algorand Foundation to develop its A1 Rollup for the Algorand ecosystem. This novel protocol introduces a user-friendly, EVM compatibility solution to the Algorand ecosystem and opens it up to the hundreds of thousands of developers writing in Solidity—the world's most popular smart contracting language.
"Through the SupaGrant the Algorand Foundation has provided key support for enabling Milkomeda A1 to get off the ground and become a reality," says Rob Kornacki, Milkomeda Foundation Director. "We are excited to be the first project bringing rollups and the EVM to the Algorand ecosystem, and look forward to sharing many of the engineering insights we've acquired with the developer community to help spur further growth. We are looking forward to being a key part of the ecosystem as a whole with a core focus on bringing new capabilities and experiences to all Algorand users."
The Milkomeda A1 Rollup is an EVM-based, layer 2 technology that functions through a novel data availability protocol and was developed specifically to bring EVM capabilities to the Algorand blockchain. The A1 Rollup is live on the Algorand public testnet and the mainnet launch is expected in October. Bringing EVM capabilities and the developers writing in Solidity to Algorand improves blockchain interoperability and increases the quantity and variety of dApps available to the users of Algorand. It also boosts the adoption of Algorand, by both users and developers, by increasing the overall versatility and accessibility of the Algorand blockchain.
This allows developers to use their existing skill set to immediately begin writing smart contracts and dApps for the Algorand ecosystem, enabling them to leverage the high throughput, instant finality, and low-cost benefits of the carbon-neutral Algorand blockchain.
The SupaGrant program has been implemented by the Algorand Foundation to award grants to experienced R&D teams for the building of secure and high-quality solutions for the Algorand ecosystem. The grant awarded to Milkomeda was designated for teams who "will explore and accelerate the technical work needed to deliver EVM compatibility on Algorand", and represents a joint effort by the Algorand Foundation and Milkomeda to increase the interoperability of the Algorand blockchain and the number of dApps and developers working on it.
"I'm thrilled to see the launch of Milkomeda on Algorand," says John Woods, Algorand Foundation CTO. "Now every single project that's running on Ethereum can come and deploy on Algorand with zero friction. When projects realize how great the UX is on Algorand (fast, cheap and robust!) they'll see it provides a best-in-class experience for their users!"
Milkomeda is backed by investors such as Archetype, Arrington Capital, SOSV, Circle Ventures, Borderless Capital and Coinbase Ventures. To learn more, visit milkomeda.com.
Milkomeda is a blockchain interoperability protocol, delivering EVM capabilities to non-EVM blockchains using novel layer 2 solutions. Currently, Milkomeda has deployed EVM-solutions to both the Cardano and Algorand blockchains, enhancing blockchain interoperability and increasing developer availability in the blockchain space.
Algorand is a secure, scalable, and decentralized blockchain designed to solve the problems of the blockchain trilemma and to allow global and financial institutions to take advantage of blockchain technology. Operating using a Pure-Proof-of-Stake (PPoS) consensus mechanism, which all users of the network have the ability to participate in, Algorand finalizes transactions in under 4 seconds and has a transaction throughput of up to 6000 TPS. Algorand is a carbon-negative network that has experienced zero down-time since its launch and is designed to scale to accommodate applications that have billions of users, all while offering a secure and stable network.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A teen in Mississippi shot and killed another teen who approached his home with a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle while wearing a ski mask, authorities said.
The teen killed was one of thee people who approached a home in Jackson on Saturday with the water guns that looked like real weapons and masks, Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn told media outlets.
A 17-year-old shot a 15-year-old in the chest with his real gun and the teen died, Hearn said.
All the teens were friends, police said.
Police are currently calling the case a justified homicide, but the investigation continues and they are questioning all the teens to determine exactly what happened and whether the real gun was leally owned, Hearn said. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Police-Ski-mask-and-toy-gun-pranks-leads-to-17190799.php | 2022-05-22 20:51:02 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Police-Ski-mask-and-toy-gun-pranks-leads-to-17190799.php |
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Monday he will co-sponsor a measure to block President Biden from sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, joining a small group of Democrats on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
“I will be the Republican co-sponsor on the NDAA amendment introduced by [Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.)] to stop the transfer of cluster bombs. These cluster bombs will not end the war in Ukraine and will not build a more stable country,” Gaetz wrote in a tweet, which included a video clip from his podcast. “Children will be left without limbs and without parents because of this decision if we do not work together in a bipartisan fashion to stop it.”
“Cluster bombs are features of the world’s bloodiest and most inhumane wars, and some of the longest. It’s hardly the cornerstone of a path to peace,” he said in the video.
Biden’s announcement that he would send Ukraine cluster munitions has been among the most controversial decisions he’s made yet. Cluster munitions are banned in several countries because of the risk they pose to civilians. Biden has defended the decision, saying he believes Ukraine needs them, but he acknowledged the difficulty in reaching his conclusion.
Members of Biden’s own party have been split on the decision, and Jacobs’s amendment to the NDAA is one of the latest efforts to push back against the decision. Gaetz’s move to co-sponsor the amendment could give additional weight to it, although it’s unlikely that the amendment will result in any change in policy.
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), indicated his support for Biden’s move in an interview over the weekend and said the cluster munitions could possibly be a “game changer” in the war.
“They want these as self-defense to use against Russians in their own country of Ukraine. I don’t see anything wrong with that because, quite honestly … as you look at the counteroffensive, it’s been slowed tremendously because this administration has been so slow to get the weapons in,” McCaul said Sunday.
The Gaetz-backed amendment is only one of hundreds of amendments to the NDAA, which is expected to be taken up and debated on the floor of the House this month. | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/gaetz-co-sponsoring-measure-to-prevent-biden-from-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine/ | 2023-07-10 23:22:07 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/gaetz-co-sponsoring-measure-to-prevent-biden-from-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine/ |
FELDHEIM, Germany (AP) — Europeans are opening their energy bills with trepidation these days, bracing for hefty price hikes as utility companies pass on the surging cost of natural gas, oil and electricity tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many are trying to conserve by turning down the heat and shutting off lights this winter.
Not so the people of Feldheim, population 130.
Located about an hour and a half south of Berlin, this modest but well-kept village has been energy self-sufficient for more than a decade.
A bold experiment launched in the mid-1990s saw Feldheim erect a handful of wind turbines to provide electricity to the village. Then it built a local grid, solar panels, battery storage and more turbines. A biogas plant put up to keep piglets warm was expanded, providing extra income to the farmers’ cooperative, which pumps hot water through a village-wide central heating system. A hydrogen production facility is also under construction.
Now, 55 wind turbines can be seen but not heard on the sloping farmlands around Feldheim and residents enjoy some of the cheapest electricity and natural gas rates in Germany.
“They can all sleep well at night,” says Kathleen Thompson, who works for a local educational organization, the New Energies Forum. “They’ve got no concerns because the prices are not going to change, not in the immediate future anyway.”
Feldheim’s hands-on approach to producing its own eco-friendly energy draws thousands of visitors from around the world each year and contrasts with the way Germany as a whole still relies on fossil fuel imports for much of its needs.
That became painfully apparent when Russia invaded Ukraine, upending the reliance Germany and other European countries had on Moscow’s coal, oil and natural gas.
Despite Germany pumping billions into the growth of renewable energy to reduce climate-changing emissions, fossil fuels and nuclear were responsible for more than half of the country’s gross power production in the first six months of the year.
A lack of sufficient transmission capacity means wind parks in the north regularly have to be shut down while fossil fuel plants are fired up to provide electricity to factories in the south.
Letting locals participate in — and benefit from — the project was key to Feldheim’s success, said Michael Knape, mayor of Treuenbrietzen, a municipality to which Feldheim belongs.
While wind parks elsewhere in Germany often face opposition, including some economically depressed neighboring villages, Feldheim’s close-knit community approved so many turbines that it actually exports about 250 times as much electricity as it consumes.
“Citizens need to feel that it’s their transition and not one imposed from above,” Knape said.
But he also credits authorities at the time with not interfering in what he describes as an “experiment” that could have failed. It fell into a legal gray area that officials elsewhere might have clamped down on.
“In Germany, you sometimes get the impression that if someone makes a mistake then it’s a huge problem,” Knape said. “But it’s only in that way that we make progress.”
Feldheim’s grassroots approach to generating clean energy contrasts starkly with the prevailing practice in Germany, where large energy companies tend to build and control vast power projects. Small-scale efforts, meanwhile, often face high regulatory hurdles.
Still, Knape is hopeful that Germany’s energy transition can catch up with Feldheim.
“I’m firmly convinced that given the current pressure in Europe … it’s become clear to everyone that we need to approach this differently than before,” he said.
While Feldheim’s approach can’t be copied everywhere, such projects can be a big part of the solution, Knape said. “Many little Feldheims could supply at least parts of Berlin.”
Siegfried Kappert, 83, is similarly optimistic. Born and bred in Feldheim, he enthusiastically paid the 3,000-euro (dollar) fee to connect his home to the electricity and heating grids when they were built.
That investment has paid off manifold since, with lower energy prices for him and the village, which has no unemployment and was recently able to afford new pavements, streetlights and a cultural venue in a converted barn topped with solar panels.
Kappert laments that longtime former Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed Germany to become dependent on Russian energy and feels her conservative Union bloc, now in opposition, should stop sniping at the new government.
“They should work together, that would be the right way,” he said.
Kappert, who as a child saw the Red Army roll in at the end of World War II, then grew up under communism in East Germany and saw his world turned upside down again with reunification, said Feldheim’s success is a source of satisfaction.
“We looked for a path and found one,” he said. “I can say, quite honestly, that we’re proud of this.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics.
The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil among key officials at Twitter since Musk took over last year.
Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, confirmed her resignation in a pair of tweets late Friday. She did not say in the message why she was leaving, but her departure came shortly after Musk criticized Twitter’s handling of tweets about a conservative media company’s documentary that questions transgender medical treatment for children and teens.
Musk was responding to complaints by Jeremy Boreing, co-CEO of the media company, the Daily Wire. Boreing said in tweets and retweets of conservative commentators Thursday that Twitter was suppressing the movie by flagging posts about it as hate speech and keeping the movie off lists of trending topics.
Boreing tweeted that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere “What is a Woman?” for free on the platform “because of two instances of ‘misgendering.’” Twitter rules prohibit intentionally referring to transgender individuals with the wrong gender or name.
“This was a mistake by many people at Twitter. It is definitely allowed,” Musk tweeted back. “Whether or not you agree with using someone’s preferred pronouns, not doing so is at most rude and certainly breaks no laws.”
Irwin tweeted Friday that “one or two people noticed” she left the company the day before, and she noted speculation about whether she was fired or quit. She teased that she would post 24 tweets to explain her departure.
Then she posted that she was just kidding about the long narrative.
“In all seriousness, I did resign but this has been a once in a lifetime experience and I’m so thankful to have worked with this amazing team of passionate, creative and hardworking people. Will be cheering you all and Twitter as you go!”
Next to Musk, Irwin had been the most prominent voice of the company’s ever-changing content policies in recent months.
Twitter has struggled to bring back advertisers turned off by Musk’s drastic changes and loosening of rules against hate speech since he bought Twitter for $44 billion in October. Twitter also has an incoming CEO, Linda Yaccarino, known for decades of media and advertising industry experience, but she hasn’t started yet.
Irwin and Twitter didn’t respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment.
Twitter has been in turmoil including mass layoffs and voluntary departures since the billionaire Tesla owner bought the San Francisco company and took it private. The company’s head of trust and safety left shortly after the takeover, and turnover in the top ranks has continued. Last month, Twitter fired two more top managers. | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/twitter-executive-responsible-for-content-safety-resigns-after-elon-musk-criticism/ | 2023-06-03 18:50:59 | 1 | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/twitter-executive-responsible-for-content-safety-resigns-after-elon-musk-criticism/ |
Sen. Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that Republicans claim is significant in their investigation of Hunter Biden as they delve into the financial affairs of the president and his son, and revive previously debunked claims of wrongdoing.
Grassley of Iowa has been working alongside House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., as Republicans deepen their probe of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, ahead of the 2024 election. Comer had issued a subpoena for the document from the FBI.
While lawmakers on the Oversight Committee have already been able to partly review the information, this is the first time the full document — which contains raw, unverified information — is being made public. Called an FD-1023 form, it involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Top Republicans have acknowledged they cannot confirm whether the information is true.
“The American people can now read this document for themselves,” Grassley said.
The document contains information that had widely aired during Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, which involved Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens ahead of the 2020 election. It was also the subject of a subsequent Department of Justice review that Trump’s Attorney General William Barr launched in 2020 and closed later that year.
White House spokesman Ian Sams said Thursday, “It is remarkable that congressional Republicans, in their eagerness to go after President Biden regardless of the truth, continue to push claims that have been debunked for years.”
“These claims have reportedly been scrutinized by the Trump Justice Department, a Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney, and a full impeachment trial of the former President that centered on these very issues, and over and over again, they have been found to lack credibility,” he said. “It’s clear that congressional Republicans are dead-set on playing shameless, dishonest politics and refuse to let truth get in the way.”
In the four-page document, the confidential informant claims to have been involved in various meetings some years earlier, in 2015 or 2016, with officials from the Burisma energy company looking to do business in the United States. The informant claims being told by Burisma officials about their relationship and dealings with Hunter Biden.
One company official said they kept Hunter Biden on the Burisma board because they believed through “his dad” it could protect them from all kinds of problems, the informant claimed.
In another instance, a top company official suggested payment of $5 million to each of the Bidens as the company sought to have Ukraine’s prosecutor general at the time, Viktor Shokin, removed from office, according to the document.
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, said after lawmakers reviewed a redacted document in June, “Congress thoroughly reviewed and debunked” similar allegations that Giuliani had made.
“As the FBI explained, the allegations were also thoroughly investigated by Donald Trump’s own Justice Department,” Raskin wrote. That assessment was closed in August 2020 after eight months of investigative efforts, he said, and “found insufficient evidence” to warrant further investigation.
But Comer said Thursday: “The American people must be able to read this record for themselves. I thank Senator Grassley for providing much needed transparency.”
Grassley said while the FBI had released a redacted version to lawmakers, he was able to provide a fuller document because whistleblowers made it available to him.
Comer’s panel held a hearing this week with two Internal Review Service whistleblowers who have claimed Justice Department interference as they tried to probe Hunter Biden’s financial affairs. They said they were unaware of the document.
The Justice Department has denied the whistleblower claims. Department policy has long told prosecutors to take care when bringing charges with political overtones so close to an election.
A recovering addict, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor charges over his finances after years of failing to pay taxes. Republicans have denounced the agreement with federal prosecutors as a “sweetheart deal.”
The top prosecutor in the case, U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, has said he is willing to testify before the House panel once he is legally able to share information with Congress without violating the longstanding department policy of discussing an ongoing investigation.
Testimony from Justice Department officials could come after Hunter Biden appears for his plea hearing next week.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kswo.com/2023/07/20/sen-grassley-releases-full-fbi-memo-with-unverified-claims-about-hunter-bidens-work-ukraine/ | 2023-07-20 22:59:55 | 1 | https://www.kswo.com/2023/07/20/sen-grassley-releases-full-fbi-memo-with-unverified-claims-about-hunter-bidens-work-ukraine/ |
Former President Donald Trump’s indictment is throwing a wrench into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign-in-waiting.
After spending weeks under fire from Trump and his allies, DeSantis rushed to the former president’s defense on Thursday, calling his indictment in an alleged hush-money scheme “un-American” and insisting that he would not assist in any efforts to extradite Trump to New York.
The response was lauded by Trump’s allies, yet it underscores the precarious position DeSantis finds himself in as he looks to challenge Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nod while remaining in the good graces of a conservative Republican voter base that remains deeply loyal to the former president.
“This is freezing the race right now. It’s all we’re talking about,” said Matt Terrill, a Republican strategist and former aide to ex-Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus. “This just highlights what we’ve seen for years and that is Donald Trump is the dominating force in the Republican Party. You’re seeing GOP base voters who ultimately decide the nomination — they’re in lockstep right now with the former president.”
DeSantis hasn’t announced a White House campaign yet, though he’s expected to in the coming months, most likely in the late spring once the Florida state legislature wraps up its annual session.
Still, Trump’s indictment in New York has created a political minefield for DeSantis to navigate as he prepares to launch his campaign. He’s already been under attack from Trump and his allies for weeks, and there are signs that he’s slipping in the polls. With Trump once again dominating the news cycle, some Republicans say it could prove difficult for DeSantis to remain in the spotlight as he has for the past several months.
“Trump found a way to make people stop talking about DeSantis,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor.
But others said that Trump’s indictment could offer DeSantis a unique opportunity. Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist who worked as a senior adviser for Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential run, said that DeSantis should use the indictment as a way to sharpen the contrast between himself and Trump.
“You have to make the case that you’re the better candidate,” Madden said. “If your opponent is under indictment and you can’t use that to your advantage, then I don’t know what that says about your candidacy. They have to take him on at some point. Why not do it on their terms?”
One DeSantis ally said that the Florida governor can do two things at once: condemn the charges against Trump, while still casting himself as a low-drama alternative to the former president.
“He’s been smart about making the case that he’s Trump without the baggage,” the ally said.
Trump’s indictment was historic, making him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges, yet it wasn’t entirely unexpected.
After news broke last month that law enforcement officials in New York had offered Trump the chance to testify before the grand jury hearing evidence in the hush money case, DeSantis condemned the “Soros-backed prosecutors” behind the investigation, but also went to pains to rehash the allegations against Trump, noting that the former president had been accused of paying a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign to cover up an alleged affair.
Martin Sweet, a professor of political science at Purdue University, said he was “surprised” by the line DeSantis used against Trump earlier this month.
“There isn’t a ton of payoff in terms of rehashing all the unseemly things Trump has done,” Sweet said. “It doesn’t move the needle but can result in some increased media exposure.”
Sweet said the more promising strategy for DeSantis may be to simply raise questions about Trump’s electoral viability. Since winning the White House in 2016, Trump has presided over his party through three lackluster election cycles: The 2018 midterms saw the GOP lose control of the House, Trump lost his own reelection bid in 2020 and 2022 ended with a failed Republican effort to recapture the Senate.
That same year, DeSantis won his own reelection bid by a staggering 19-point margin, the largest in a Florida gubernatorial race in four decades.
“I expect DeSantis to go after Trump’s consistent electoral losses more than anything,” Sweet said. “That is the cleavage point that exposes whether Trump’s followers care at all about ideas that require a winner, or simply want to fawn after yesterday’s news.”
Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist and former congressional candidate, said that DeSantis’s refusal to assist in any extradition proceedings was a tacit acknowledgement of just how politically precarious the Trump indictment is for him.
DeSantis had previously said that he had no plans to get involved in the case, irritating Trump’s allies, who had urged him to try to stop or delay any potential extradition. He does not have the power to prevent an extradition and Trump’s attorneys have indicated that he will turn himself in.
“The fact that DeSantis said Florida won’t participate in extradition speaks volumes politically,” O’Connell said.
Trump remains the ostensible frontrunner in the 2024 Republican primary. And despite signs earlier this year that his support was slipping, recent polls show him widening his lead over DeSantis. One Fox News survey released on Wednesday found Trump surging to 54 percent support in a hypothetical primary matchup, while DeSantis sank to just 24 percent.
That poll came on the heels of a Monmouth University poll that also showed DeSantis continuing a downward slide in the race, sinking to 27 percent after polling at 33 percent in February. Trump held 41 percent support in the latest poll.
And while multiple Republicans say that the indictment may end up benefiting Trump in the short term, he could eventually find himself vulnerable to attacks from within his own party.
One Republican strategist predicted that DeSantis will “play nice” when it comes to Trump for a few months before he jumps into the race.
“But then I think you’ll see the gloves come off,” the strategist said. “He’s going to portray Trump as the circus ringmaster and that he’s the one who can carry the torch and not bring the circus along with him.”
“You can count on it,” the strategist added. “But now isn’t the right time for that.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/us-political-news/hill-politics/desantis-faces-political-peril-with-trump-indictment/ | 2023-04-02 16:02:39 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/us-political-news/hill-politics/desantis-faces-political-peril-with-trump-indictment/ |
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