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NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster’s corporate parent has officially ended the agreement for Penguin Random House to purchase the publisher, a proposed sale a federal judge already had blocked last month.
Paramount Global also announced Monday that it still plans to sell Simon & Schuster, a nearly century-old company where authors include Stephen King, Colleen Hoover and Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster has had a strong 2022 so far, thanks in part to bestsellers by Hoover and King, who had opposed the merger and even testified on behalf of the government during last summer’s antitrust trial.
“Simon & Schuster remains a non-core asset to Paramount, as was determined in early 2020 when Paramount conducted a strategic review of its assets,” Paramount announced. “Simon & Schuster is a highly valuable business with a recent record of strong performance, however it is not video-based and therefore does not fit strategically within Paramount’s broader portfolio.”
Penguin Random House owes a $200 million termination fee to Paramount, according to the agreement’s original terms. Penguin Random House, the country’s largest publisher, is owned by the German conglomerate Bertelsmann.
Other members of book publishing’s so-called “Big Five” — which include Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishing, Hachette Book Group and Macmillan — may now try for Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins was among the losing bidders to Penguin Random House, which offered $2.2 billion. During the trial, Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch also expressed interest in Simon & Schuster.
The CEO of the Authors Guild, which represents thousands of published writers, issued a statement saying the guild would oppose any mergers among the Big Five.
“If either HarperCollins or Hachette were allowed to buy S&S, while the resulting company would not be as big as PRH and S&S combined, it would result in only four major publishers that regularly pay the kind of advances authors need to sustain a living (more or less) writing,” the Guild’s Mary Rasenberger wrote.
Penguin Random House had planned to appeal the decision, and issued a statement Monday saying it remained convinced it would have been “the best home for Simon & Schuster’s employees and authors.”
“However, we have to accept Paramount’s decision not to move forward,” the publisher’s statement reads.
The proposed merger of the two publishing giants, which would have resulted in by far the biggest book publishing house in U.S. history, was first announced late in 2020. But the Justice Department sued last year, contending that the new combination would stifle competition for best-selling books and lead to lower advances for authors. U.S. District Judge Florence Y. Pan seemed to favor the government’s arguments during the 3-week trial and issued a decision in late October agreeing that the merger would damage book publishing.
Her ruling was a break from decades of precedent, when numerous publishing mergers were allowed with little objection, and fit a larger pattern of the Biden administration’s efforts to more forcefully apply antitrust law.
On Monday, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp issued a company memo expressing optimism about the publisher’s future.
“We will be celebrating our 100th anniversary in April of 2024, regardless of who our owner is — and we will have much to celebrate,” he wrote. | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-proposed-merger-of-two-publishing-giants-is-officially-over/ | 2022-11-22 11:27:56 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-proposed-merger-of-two-publishing-giants-is-officially-over/ |
By COLLEEN BARRY
AP Business Writer
MILAN (AP) — Putting olive oil in coffee is hardly a tradition in Italy, but that didn’t stop Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz from launching a series of beverages that do just that in Milan, the city that inspired his coffee house empire.
The coffee-olive oil concoction — echoing a keto-inspired trend of adding butter to coffee, only with a sugary twist — has provoked both amusement and curiosity among Italians.
Gambero Rosso, an Italian food and wine magazine, called the mixing of olive oil with coffee “a curious combination” but said it was reserving judgment, having not yet sampled the drinks.
It did praise featuring the staple of Italian kitchens as a main ingredient, not just a condiment. The magazine also noted the health benefits of consuming extra virgin olive oil, which some Italians do habitually straight from the bottle.
“Did we need coffee with extra virgin olive oil and syrups? Maybe yes, maybe no,” wrote the magazine’s Michela Becchi. But the chance to promote Italian excellence is a valuable one, she added.
Italy’s olive oil producers’ association, ASSITOL, welcomed “the daring innovation,” saying the line of drinks could ”relaunch the image of olive oil, especially among young people.” The association has been promoting adding olive oil to cocktails.
Martina Lunardi, a student of cultural mediation, was sticking to her standard cappuccino on a recent Starbucks visit but said she wasn’t offended by the olive oil combos and might even try one someday.
“Anyway, I know where to get a regular cup of coffee,” Lunardi said.
Schultz came up with the notion of adding olive oil to coffee after visiting an olive oil producer in Sicily and teased the idea as a game-changer in his last earnings call. He worked with an in-house coffee drink developer to come up with recipes, the international coffee chain said.
Schultz presided over the launch of “Oleato” — meaning “oiled” in Italian — last week on the eve of Milan Fashion Week, with a Lizzo performance for an invitation-only crowd at the company’s Milan Roastery. The beverages will be rolled out in Southern California this spring and in Japan, the Middle East and Britain later this year.
The La Stampa newspaper in Turin taste-tested four of the beverages, giving them marks of 6.5 to 7.5 on a scale of 10. It noted that the only warm beverage on the menu, a version of caffe latte, “has a strong taste that leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth. Grade: 7.”
“The (positive) sensation is that Oleato could be something to drink all year, but most of all that it could be truly tasty in the summer,″ La Stampa said because most are served with ice.
Tourists who throng the Milan Roastery are enticed to give the drinks a try by placards around the store and a special menu insert advertising the five-drink assortment, which ranges from 5.50 euros to 14 euros ($5.85 to $14.85) for a martini version with vodka.
“It’s good,” said Benedicte Hagen, a Norwegian who recently moved to Milan to pursue a modeling career. “I’m not a big coffee fan, that’s why I like to try drinks like this.”
She was sipping the Oleato Golden Foam Cold Brew, which includes vanilla bean syrup, and said she couldn’t really taste the oil. Still, she acknowledged asking the barista to add a shot of chocolate to make the drink even sweeter and would have added caramel if it had been available.
“It’s not so random,’’ Hagen decided.
Kaya Cupial’s Oleato Iced Cortado, meanwhile, was in a pretty V-shaped glass and garnished with an orange peel. It’s made with oat milk infused with olive oil, demerara syrup and a dash of orange bitters.
“It’s like normal coffee, but with orange. It’s not strong,’’ noted the 26-year-old from Warsaw, Poland, who was traveling with a group of friends. They also ordered the Golden Foam Cold Brew along with a pair of ordinary cappuccinos.
It is not the first time Italy has inspired Schultz. He acknowledges his debt to the Milan coffee bar, which he discovered during a trip to Italy in 1983, as his inspiration for building the now-global coffee chain.
Schultz waited until 2018 to bring Starbucks to Italy, aware that he was treading sacred coffee ground. Italians typically take their coffee standing at a bar, chatting with friends or the barista for a few minutes, before continuing their day. It is not something to be nursed.
Since then, Starbucks has opened some 20 stores in northern and central Italy. The Milan Roastery is often packed, while other locations in the city have shifted in the wake of the pandemic. | https://wtmj.com/national/2023/03/01/olive-oil-in-coffee-new-starbucks-line-a-curiosity-in-italy/ | 2023-03-02 23:09:15 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/national/2023/03/01/olive-oil-in-coffee-new-starbucks-line-a-curiosity-in-italy/ |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster — at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state.
Trump will be at the Statehouse in Columbia on Jan. 28 and will unveil his South Carolina leadership team, according to a person familiar with the plans. That person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.
Trump's campaign had previously confirmed the South Carolina event but hadn't provided details.
The event will also include members of South Carolina’s congressional delegation, as well as state lawmakers, according to the person.
U.S. Rep. Russell Fry, who with Trump's support ousted U.S. Rep. Tom Rice in a primary last year, told the AP on Tuesday that he would be at the rollout.
Some operatives and elected officials in South Carolina have been receiving calls from Graham asking for their support for Trump's reelection bid. At least two of the people asked had turned down the request, according to the person, who spoke with the pair.
Since announcing his latest presidential run in November, Trump has limited his public campaign appearances to events at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida before an invited crowd or in a virtual setting.
Trump’s visit to South Carolina comes as two of the state’s top Republicans mull 2024 bids of their own.
Nikki Haley, a former governor and onetime U.N. ambassador, said she would take the holiday season to consider a White House campaign.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has been making visits in other early voting states and launched a political action committee that could become a presidential campaign vehicle. A Scott spokesperson did not immediately comment Tuesday when asked if the senator would attend Trump's event.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, May 9, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
616 PM MST Sun May 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...Southwest corner of Imperial County.
* WHEN...Until 5 AM PDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger
vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light,
unsecured objects may become airborne. Minor tree damage
possible.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between
30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and
58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert
areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under
a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra
caution.
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TONIGHT...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...
* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility as low as one
quarter mile to one mile in blowing dust. For the Wind Advisory,
west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* WHERE...Salton Sea, Chuckwalla Mountains, Southeastern
Imperial County, Western Imperial County and Imperial Valley.
* WHEN...Until midnight tonight.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced
visibility. Difficult driving conditions, especially for
larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light,
unsecured objects may become airborne.
Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility. If you encounter
blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it
approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your
vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep your
foot off the brake pedal.
Remember, pull aside, stay alive.
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST /MIDNIGHT
PDT/ TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Visibility between one quarter mile and one mile in
blowing dust.
* WHERE...In Arizona, Parker Valley and Central La Paz County. In
California, Palo Verde Valley and Chuckwalla Valley. Including Interstate
10 and Highway 95.
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Damon Albarn has never needed to return to Blur. He's in an unusual position in that Gorillaz, the feature-heavy, rap-adjacent project that has been his primary concern for over 20 years, is actually significantly more popular than the Britpop band that made him internationally famous in the 1990s. So unlike the many veteran stars who get their bands back together largely out of pragmatism in a market that can be indifferent to mid-career artists, Albarn could easily opt out of nostalgia-driven reunion shows and stick to teaming up with an endless revolving door of A-listers. (Cracker Island, this year's Gorillaz offering, features top-shelf collaborators Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, Tame Impala and Beck.) That he continues to reconnect with his Blur bandmates Graham Coxon, Dave Rowntree and Alex James speaks to something besides commercial necessity: loyalty perhaps, but also an acknowledgment that he has a special chemistry with this group that goes back to its earliest days.
The Ballad of Darren, the band's ninth album overall and third since Albarn began Gorillaz, is its most concise and low-key body of work. The 10 songs, all written and recorded in a brief window earlier this year in anticipation of a string of major European arena and festival gigs this summer, are mostly stately mid-tempo ballads that shy away from either the grandeur of orchestral pop hit "The Universal" or the more abject vein of "No Distance Left to Run." The tone is consistently bittersweet and resigned, with Albarn singing about moving on from a broken relationship with the weathered perspective of someone who's done this all before.
Put another way, it's very adult, mature work — and not in the way those words can sometimes be used as a pejorative, to dismiss music that doesn't address emotions with the vividness of youthful first exposure. Songs like "The Ballad" and "The Narcissist" express angst and regret, but also a version of hope — that wounds will heal, that things will eventually work — that only comes from accrued experience with the cycles of life. Given that Albarn's lyrics have tended to skew cynical, pessimistic, or in the case of 1995's The Great Escape, outright misanthropic, it's a significant shift. With the exception of the 1999 heartbreak suite 13, with which it shares a kind of rhyming resonance, this album's sentiments stand apart from most of Blur's catalog.
Albarn has explained that the songs that became The Ballad of Darren weren't originally envisioned as a Blur album. It's a fact that only works to the record's advantage, in that none of what's here is straining to deliver on expectations of what "Blur" is supposed to be — whether that's the arch and almost cartoonishly British aesthetics of Parklife or the more arty and abrasive tones of its 1997 self-titled album. Darren's songs fall into a space between those extremes, a position you can triangulate by listening closely to Coxon, whose playing holds the refined and clean guitar style of band's prime Britpop era in equal stead with the looser, more expressive mode of his late '90s sound. James and Rowntree's elegant grooves, particularly on "Russian Strings" and "Avalon," keep the songs from sounding anything like Gorillaz, nudging the material closer to the feel of Burt Bacharach or later Roxy Music.
And throughout The Ballad of Darren, heard especially powerfully on the single "St. Charles Square" and "Goodbye Albert," are echoes of David Bowie. Coxon evokes Robert Fripp's frazzled tone from 1980's "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" on the former, but the bulk of the influence actually seems to come from Bowie's 21st century work, particularly the comeback salvos Heathen and The Next Day. You can hear it most clearly in Albarn's voice, which he pitches down to a handsome yet manic baritone. But it's also there in the song structures, arrangements, and focus on an emotional reality of aging: easing into some degree of self-acceptance, while still very much trying to get your act together.
Like Bowie, the members of Blur don't seem interested in recapturing old glories, especially since they already have more than enough old favorites to fill out a setlist. The Ballad of Darren is a work unapologetic about its own middle-aged point of view, and is made with the understanding that for an artist to age gracefully, they need to offer listeners a perspective that could never have come from their younger selves.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The family of the two victims killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Richmond addressed the media Wednesday.
The aunt of 18-year-old Shawn Jackson spoke in the parking lot of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Richmond, thanking the city’s police department, first responders and people who have shared prayers and donations.
Jackson and his stepfather, 36-year-old Lorenzo Smith, were both killed in a mass shooting outside the city’s Altria Theater not long after Jackson walked the stage at the theater during Huguenot High School’s graduation.
“Something that was so special and supposed to be a happy moment for all of us ended as a tragedy,” Jackson’s aunt and Smith’s sister-in-law said Wednesday evening.
The shooting left several others hurt, including five who were also shot. A suspect was arraigned Wednesday morning on two counts of second-degree murder.
Stay with 8News for updates. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/watch-live-family-of-richmond-mass-shooting-victims-to-speak/ | 2023-06-07 23:49:21 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/watch-live-family-of-richmond-mass-shooting-victims-to-speak/ |
Playwright Lynn Nottage is a poet of the downtrodden. Whether her focus is prostitutes in a war zone, blue-collar workers vulnerable to corporate greed, a modest seamstress with dreams of love and independence, or even an elephant exploited by poachers, Nottage’s work — winner of two Pulitzer Prizes — is fascinated by the resilience of stubborn and often righteous dignity in the face of oppressive forces.
In her latest play, “Clyde’s,” now receiving a vibrant production under the direction of Melissa Maxwell at New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse, Nottage revisits these themes with a view to one of society’s most overlooked and disrespected populations: the formerly incarcerated. But “Clyde’s” also shows Nottage turning deftly to a less familiar mode for her: comedy. “Clyde’s” in fact finds what is often an elusive sweet spot cohabitated by funny and poignant. Nottage shows us four characters vying to get their lives in some semblance of order, and invites us to laugh along with them in their moments of joy as we also offer them our empathy in moments of struggle. | https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/02/clydes-exudes-resilience-comedy-and-power-on-new-brunswick-stage-review.html | 2023-02-07 19:19:03 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/02/clydes-exudes-resilience-comedy-and-power-on-new-brunswick-stage-review.html |
NEW YORK, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM) resulting from allegations that Outset Medical may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On July 7, 2023, Outset Medical disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that "[o]n July 6, 2023, Outset Medical, Inc. (the 'Company') received a Warning Letter, dated July 5, 2023 (the 'Warning Letter'), from the United States Food and Drug Administration (the 'FDA')." The filing stated that, as previously disclosed in the Company's annual report, "the FDA issued an FDA Form-483 identifying four inspectional observations resulting from an FDA inspection that concluded on February 10, 2023" and that "[t]he Warning Letter raises two additional observations. The first observation asserts that certain materials reviewed by the FDA and found on the Company's website promote continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), a modality outside of the current indications for the Tablo® Hemodialysis System. The Company believes this concern has been effectively addressed through labeling and promotional changes already underway. The second observation asserts that the TabloCart with Prefiltration (the 'TabloCart'), requires prior 510(k) clearance for marketing authorization. . . . The Company intends to work collaboratively with the FDA to resolve this observation, including potentially submitting a 510(k) on TabloCart."
On this news, Outset Medical's stock price fell $1.20 per share, or 5.87%, to close at $19.26 per share on July 10, 2023.
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Mariners vs. White Sox Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 16
Friday's game that pits the Seattle Mariners (33-34) versus the Chicago White Sox (30-40) at T-Mobile Park has a good chance to be a close matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 7-6 in favor of the Mariners. First pitch is at 10:10 PM ET on June 16.
The probable starters are Bryan Woo (0-1) for the Mariners and Michael Kopech (3-5) for the White Sox.
Mariners vs. White Sox Game Info & Odds
- When: Friday, June 16, 2023 at 10:10 PM ET
- Where: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington
- How to Watch on TV: Apple TV+
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Mariners vs. White Sox Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Mariners 7, White Sox 6.
Total Prediction for Mariners vs. White Sox
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Mariners Performance Insights
- In three games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Mariners have a record of 1-2.
- Seattle and its opponents have combined to hit the over seven times in its last 10 games with a total.
- In their last two games with a spread, the Mariners failed to cover each time.
- This season, the Mariners have won 24 out of the 44 games, or 54.5%, in which they've been favored.
- Seattle is 20-16 this season when entering a game favored by -135 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 57.4% chance of a victory for the Mariners.
- Seattle ranks 20th in the majors with 297 total runs scored this season.
- The Mariners' 3.99 team ERA ranks 10th across all league pitching staffs.
White Sox Performance Insights
- The White Sox have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 3-3 in those contests.
- When it comes to the over/under, Chicago and its foes are 3-6-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The White Sox have covered the runline in the one of their previous 10 games that had a set runline.
- The White Sox have been chosen as underdogs in 39 games this year and have walked away with the win 12 times (30.8%) in those games.
- This year, Chicago has won eight of 27 games when listed as at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the White Sox have a 47.6% chance of pulling out a win.
- Averaging 4.2 runs per game (292 total), Chicago is the 22nd-highest scoring team in baseball.
- The White Sox have pitched to a 4.57 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered seaplanes like one that went down in Washington’s Puget Sound in September be inspected for a flaw that likely caused the deadly crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive requires that operators of all the DHC-3 Otter seaplanes in the United States — 63 of about 160 operating worldwide — examine the stabilizer to confirm the condition of an actuator piece, The Seattle Times reported. That piece was missing from the Friday Harbor Seaplanes aircraft that crashed Sept. 4 into the waters near Whidbey Island, killing 10 people, newspaper reported.
Operators must confirm that the stabilizer actuator lock ring is correctly installed and report back to the FAA by Dec. 19, according to the directive. The order does not ground the aircraft.
Kenmore Air, the largest Otter operator on Puget Sound, has said its aircraft have passed inspection.
On Oct. 24, the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, urged operators to ground all those particular planes until the part is inspected, noting it would be up to the FAA to issue a grounding order. Last week, the NTSB officially called for the FAA to require inspection of the planes.
“We’re concerned that another plane could crash as a result of something similar,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at the time.
In an investigative update, the NTSB identified a lock missing from the actuator of the horizontal tail — also known as a stabilizer — which controls the pitch of the plane.
After crews recovered about 85% of the plane wreckage in September, investigators found the upper portion of the actuator was attached to the horizontal stabilizer, while the lower part was “attached to its mount in the fuselage” but disconnected.
While the NTSB has not officially said the actuator separation caused the crash, Homendy said the failure of the actuator could have caused the plane to plummet. Additional crashes could happen if the lock pin is missing or improperly installed.
An FAA spokesperson told The Seattle Times on Wednesday that the directive was issued after the manufacturer, Viking Air Limited, issued a service bulletin.
A problem with pitch control would be consistent with the “nose dive” reported by people who saw the plane hit Puget Sound.
Witnesses helped officials identify the crash site, search for survivors and locate the remains of one passenger.
It took the NTSB and U.S. Navy crews more than a week and several types of sonar to find what remained of the plane because of the depth and current of the channel where the aircraft hit. Remains of seven of the 10 people aboard have been located. | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/ap-faa-mandates-seaplane-inspections-after-puget-sound-crash/ | 2022-11-03 17:51:24 | 0 | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/ap-faa-mandates-seaplane-inspections-after-puget-sound-crash/ |
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World Congress --Today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco and T-Mobile announced plans to offer businesses Cisco Meraki's first-ever 5G cellular gateways for fixed wireless access (FWA), the MG51 and MG51E.
Considering the often lengthy and uncertain installation timelines, gated and restrictive bandwidth plans and inconsistent nationwide availability — wired broadband is hardly the ideal solution for all businesses. Now, Cisco and T-Mobile are smashing all these pain points. Thanks to this solution, businesses of all sizes will be able to create enriching and differentiated experiences for their customers using simplified, scalable, and reliable network managed services powered by T-Mobile's 5G network and the cloud-first Cisco Meraki platform.
Connecting Businesses with Cisco Meraki Networking on T-Mobile 5G and Managed Services
The Cisco Meraki MG51 and MG51E cellular gateways introduce a new, 5G-powered, cloud-first way of doing wide area networking (WAN). With the full-stack Cisco Meraki secure software-defined branch (SD-branch) platform, T-Mobile for Business customers will be able to take advantage of the cloud-native Cisco Meraki platform on America's largest, fastest and most reliable 5G network. The T-Mobile managed service will offer a range of advanced capabilities based on the Cisco Meraki platform, including:
- Same-day connectivity: Quickly connect branches; true zero-touch provisioning with no trained on-site support needed.
- Resilient WAN: Always-on, Cisco Meraki cloud-managed 5G FWA running on T-Mobile's network offers reliable WAN services for business-critical operations, alongside improved experiences for customers and employees.
- Robust performance: Up to 2 Gbps down / 300 Mbps up.
- Lower latency: Enabling a variety of new use cases at the network's edge with lower latency than 4G.
- Security and performance: Leading network security and SD-Branch capabilities on the Cisco Meraki platform including Cisco Meraki Auto VPN, firewall, traffic shaping, threat protection, content filtering, and native security protocols such as WPA2-Enterprise.
"We have crossed many 5G milestones and world-firsts with Cisco and today is no exception as T-Mobile is the first to offer this cutting-edge Cisco Meraki technology," said Mishka Dehghan, SVP, Strategy, Product, and Solutions Engineering, T-Mobile Business Group. "This marks another significant achievement in how T-Mobile delivers to businesses the fastest and simplest way to scale 5G business internet anywhere."
"The future of connectivity is wireless, and Cisco and T-Mobile are helping customers across all industries realize how 5G wireless technology can transform their business," said Masum Mir, Senior Vice President, Provider Mobility, Cisco Networking. "Together, we are leading the new era of 5G, helping businesses from small to large with simple, secure and reliable connectivity solutions that help them go fast and grow fast."
Additional Resources:
- Simplify and Scale Anywhere Connectivity: Introducing the Meraki MG51 and MG51E for 5G Fixed Wireless Access
- Cisco Meraki MG51
- Cisco Meraki MG51E
- Learn more about T-Mobile Business Internet Services
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Man with over 100 grandchildren turns 108 on the 4th of July
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR/Gray News) - An Illinois man with over 100 grandchildren is celebrating a huge milestone in his life.
At 108 years old, Izer Tilson describes his life like a story book. He raised 15 children who went on to give him more than 100 grandkids that he has had the privilege to watch grow up over the years.
“I’m just happy to be 108. Nine girls and six boys, not bad,” Tilson said.
Tilson told WIFR that he wants to “live until 128.”
Tilson gave a nod to God, saying in addition to his health, the Bible is the reason for reaching that incredible milestone. He said he feels as strong as he did in the peak of his youth in his 20s.
The milestone is so incredible that the City of Rockford wished Tilson a happy birthday by naming July 4 “Izer Tilson Day.”
Leaders say Tilson was born in Forest City, Arkansas, and worked as a farmer, a handyman and a businessman. He was also nicknamed “Rag Man” because of his fascination with colorful rags.
His daughter Gerline Tilson-Norris, who is one-half of his only set of twins, said her father’s greatest blessings are his faith, family and friends.
“No sugar, no diabetes. I think we should have the scientists, medical scientists out here at least doing some study ... this is rare,” Tilson-Norris said. “To see someone, not suffering or in a whole lot of pain or anything, just take it as it comes.”
Tilson’s wife died in 2000 because of heart failure. She was in her 80s at the time of her death. Family members described her as a church volunteer and a missionary with strong patience and a caring heart. Staying home to raise her children, she made sure they were loved no matter what.
Tilson recalls them being high school sweethearts, and said she was a “careful, happy wife.”
Tilson-Norris says that her father chooses to live at home for his “final lap” surrounded by family and friends. He said he always wants to be in the presence of his stuffed animals and WWE tapes that are played on repeat.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nationals right-hander Joe Ross will have season-ending Tommy John surgery, clouding his future with Washington in his final year under contract.
Washington manager Dave Martinez said Tuesday that Ross had opted for the surgery. The 29-year-old starter has been out since spring training with right elbow issues, and he exited a minor league rehab start last week with renewed soreness.
“He got different opinions, and they all came back to say that he needed surgery,” Martinez said before a game against the New York Mets.
Ross was a member of the Nationals' 2019 championship team and appeared in two games during the World Series against Houston. Acquired as a minor leaguer in 2014 along with shortstop Trea Turner from San Diego, Ross is set to become a free agent for the first time this offseason.
Martinez had rosier news on injured starter Stephen Strasburg, who will make his first minor league rehab start with Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Strasburg has been out since last June following surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.
The 33-year-old right-hander could return to the majors in the next couple of weeks, depending on how he feels at Triple-A.
“I can see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Martinez said.
Star slugger Nelson Cruz was out of the Nationals' lineup with a left ankle contusion, but Martinez said he was available to pinch hit.
Washington also called up right-hander Jordan Weems and left-hander Francisco Perez from Triple-A, optioned righty Andres Machado to Rochester and designated right-hander Austin Voth for assignment.
Minor league left-hander Evan Lee was in the Nationals' clubhouse and could make a spot start Wednesday against the Mets. It would be the 24-year-old's big league debut.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The superintendent of Louisiana State Police acknowledges he was pulled over for speeding in an unmarked work vehicle but did not receive a ticket from one of his own officers.
Col. Lamar Davis told WAFB-TV in an interview Friday that he accepts responsibility but does not remember how fast he was driving. A state trooper pulled Davis over June 28 on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge along Interstate 10 west of Baton Rouge.
“I was simply wrong in that situation,” Davis said. “There is no excuse for it, other than I need to slow my butt down.”
The head of Louisiana State Police public affairs, Capt. Nick Manale, said the trooper “utilized his discretion and did not issue a citation.” Manale said the trooper did not make notes about how fast Davis was driving in the area where the speed limit was 60 mph (96 kph).
WAFB obtained a copy of the trooper’s body camera footage through a public records request. On Thursday, Louisiana State Police released the trooper’s body camera footage and a snippet of video from the trooper’s dashboard camera.
The body camera footage cuts off as soon as the trooper exits his vehicle and recognizes he has pulled over is his boss.
“Well, I’ll be,” the trooper said just before the video stopped.
The dash cam footage, which does not have audio, shows the trooper and Davis talking for a few seconds between their two vehicles before the two shake hands. Within 30 seconds of first exiting his vehicle, Davis stepped back inside his vehicle and prepared to drive off.
During the interview Friday, Davis told WAFB that the trooper’s actions fell within Louisiana State Police policy.
“I know everybody wants to see everything that we do. But, we’re not putting body cameras on doctors or lawyers or anybody else that is interacting with the public,” Davis said. “I ask that people trust that we are doing the right thing for the right reasons.”
Davis became superintendent of the Louisiana State Police on Oct. 30, 2020.
The U.S. Justice Department announced last month that it was opening a civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.
The federal “pattern-or-practice” probe followed an Associated Press investigation that found Greene’s arrest was among at least a dozen cases over the past decade in which state police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct.
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San Angelo mourns loss of elementary teacher Sierra Anderson after battle with breast cancer
San Angelo is mourning the loss of a 1st grade teacher at Austin Elementary, Sierra Anderson, who died after a battle with breast cancer.
"Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family, friends, students and school staff most affected by the tragedy. We are not only a school, but a community and collectively feel the loss," an SAISD Facebook post stated.
Anderson, 28, began her battle with stage 4 breast cancer in October 2021 and was recently staying at a hospital in Houston, where she passed away on Jan. 28.
The community has been coming together for memorials, fundraisers, prayers and more.
"We want thank all who have donated thus far, but are saddened that our daughter lost the battle to cancer," according to a GoFundMe by Anderson's parents. "She is now free of the pain that she was suffering from. We are asking that the donations continue while we are needing help getting the funds for her funeral. Thank you in advance for your prayers and your generous support."
The fundraiser had $7,610 raised of its $20,000 goal as of Tuesday, Feb. 7 and can be found online at https://www.gofundme.com.
Shay Williams has also organized a fundraiser on behalf of Anderson on GoFundMe with $16,848 raised of its $10,000 goal.
There will be a memorial for Anderson at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at Celebration Church, 2639 Sunset Drive.
"Join us as we have a local memorial and celebrate the life of our church family member and friend Sierra Anderson," according to a church flyer.
There will be a prayer vigil held for Anderson at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 at the House of Faith, 321 Montecito Drive.
A funeral service was held Saturday, Feb. 4 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Pastor Robert M. Castle and under the direction of Wells Funeral Home in Wichita Falls, according to her obituary.
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Multiple clinical data readouts expected in second half of 2022
LOS GATOS, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies for treating life-threatening infections, today reported financial and corporate results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter Highlights
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 3 study evaluating AR-301 for the treatment of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). Aridis remains on track to report top-line data from this study in 2H 2022.
- Continued enrollment in the Company's Phase 2a study of AR-501 targeting cystic fibrosis (CF), conducted in collaboration with funding support from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Top-line data readout from this CF study is expected in 2H 2022.
- Initiated the Company's Phase 3 trial of AR-320 for the prevention of VAP following regulatory feedback on the clinical development plans from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). The study is conducted in collaboration with funding support from the European Commission's Innovative Medicines Initiative.
- Announced that the COVID-19 mAb cocktail AR-701 effectively eradicated virus from the lungs of SARS-CoV-2 infected macaque monkeys (non-human primates) and protected the lungs from the disease. The mAb cocktail was effective when administered by inhalation either prophylactically or therapeutically.
"The company is on track to report top-line data from the AR-301 Phase 3 study in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and the AR-501 Phase 2a study in cystic fibrosis during the second half of 2022," commented Vu Truong, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. "We believe these data readouts will be significant and transformative milestones for the Company. In addition, we completed the manufacturing of the clinical trial supplies and launched the global Phase 3 trial of AR-320."
Clinical Program Update
AR-301 (tosatoxumab): AR-301 is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study as an adjunctive treatment to standard of care antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) VAP patients. The ongoing AR-301 Phase 3 study remains blinded. The independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee, which has access to unblinded data, continues to monitor study subjects and has not expressed any safety concerns. The trial represents the first ever Phase 3 superiority clinical study evaluating immunotherapy with a fully human mAb to treat acute pneumonia in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Details of the study can be viewed at www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03816956. The Company continues to anticipate reporting top-line data in the late second half of 2022.
AR-501 (gallium citrate): The Phase 2a study is actively enrolling patients with the goal of delivering top-line data readout in second half of 2022. AR-501 is being developed in collaboration with and with funding support from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2a trial investigating the safety and pharmacokinetics of multiple ascending doses of inhaled AR-501 in CF patients with chronic bacterial lung infections. The FDA reviewed the Phase 1 study results and agreed that the study could proceed at all dose levels to the Phase 2a portion of the Phase 1 / 2a trial in adult subjects with CF. Based on available blinded safety data of the on-going Phase 2a study, FDA also recently agreed with the Company's proposal to include an additional higher dose cohort. We expect to complete enrollment and announce study results in the second half of 2022. Details of the Phase 1 / 2a clinical trial can be viewed at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier NCT03669614.
AR-320 (suvratoxumab): AR-320 is a fully human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting S. aureus alpha toxin being developed as a preemptive treatment of mechanically ventilated ICU patients who are colonized with S. aureus but do not yet have VAP. AR-320 is active against infections caused by both methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin sensitive S. aureus (MSSA). A multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study (n=196 patients) showed that mechanically ventilated ICU patients colonized with S. aureus who were treated with suvratoxumab demonstrated a relative risk reduction in onset of pneumonia by 32% in the overall intent-to-treat study population, and by a statistically significant 47% relative risk reduction in the under 65-year-old population, which is the target population in the planned Phase 3 study. This risk reduction in the target population was also associated with a substantial reduction in the duration of care needed in the ICU and the hospital.
The Company completed successful discussions with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) via their Scientific Advisory meeting and with the FDA via an End-of-Phase 2 meeting, including obtaining agreement on the planned Phase 3 study serving as a single pivotal trial. The regulatory feedback from these agencies is incorporated in the Company's clinical study design. The Company launched the Phase 3 study (also referred to as 'SAATELLITE-2 Study') of AR-320 in collaboration with the public-private COMBACTE-Net consortium of HAP/VAP experts, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative program of the European Commission in the amount of up to 25 million Euros. Details of the Phase 3 SAATELLITE-2 clinical trial can be viewed at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov using identifier: NCT05331885.
AR-701: AR-701 is a cocktail of two fully human IgG1 mAbs discovered from screening the antibody secreting B-cells of convalescent SARS-CoV-2 infected (COVID-19) patients. Each mAb of the AR-701 cocktail neutralizes coronaviruses (CoV) using a distinct mechanism of action, namely inhibition of viral fusion and entry into human cells (AR-703) or blockage of virus binding to the human 'ACE2' receptor (AR-720). All authentic live SARS-CoV-2 Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Omicron subvariants BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV tested were neutralized by AR-701 in vitro. Multiple animal challenge models widely used to evaluate COVID-19 treatments support the broad efficacy of AR-701 against the original Wuhan wildtype strain, the Delta variants, the Omicron variants, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS). Each of the mAbs in the AR-701 cocktail was effective in vitro against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5 subvariants. Each of the mAbs conferred strong protection against Omicron BA.1 infected animals when given either parenterally or by intranasal administration. AR-701 was also shown to be effective in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infected macaque monkeys (non-human primates) when administered by inhalation, either prophylactically or therapeutically.
The AR-701 mAbs are engineered to be half-life extended and potentially active for 6-12 months in the blood. AR-701 is being developed both as a self-administered inhaled formulation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who are not yet hospitalized and as a long-acting intramuscular prophylactic to prevent COVID-19 infections. The potency of AR-701 and its direct delivery to the lungs by inhaled administration may facilitate broader treatment coverage and dose sparing not achievable by parenteral administration.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals recently received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate the prevention of influenza and SARS-CoV2 viral transmission using inhaled delivery of monoclonal antibodies.
Second Quarter Financial Results:·
- Cash: Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of June 30, 2022 were approximately $8.0 million.
- Revenues: Grant and licensing revenue increased to approximately $0.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 primarily due to the recognition of revenue from grants from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Gates Foundation, as well as from Kermode Biotechnologies, Inc., an ʎPEX™ technology licensee. A total of $33,000 in grant and licensing revenue was reported for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
- Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses increased by approximately $1.8 million from approximately $4.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $6.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in spending on clinical trial activities for AR-301, AR-501 and AR-320 offset by a decrease in spending on research and development activities for our COVID-19 programs, and a decrease in license and permit fees.
- General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses decreased slightly by approximately $13,000 to approximately $1.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 from approximately $1.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to reduction in stock compensation expense and state taxes, offset by an increase in personnel related costs and liability insurance.
- Interest Income (Expense) net: Net interest income was approximately $8,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to approximately zero interest income for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The interest income was primarily due to interest earned on our cash-on-hand during the second quarter of 2022.
- Other Income: Other income increased to $23,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, from approximately $22,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The income was primarily due to a sublease agreement we entered into with a tenant in March 2021 to sublet a small portion of our Los Gatos facility.
- Gain on Extinguishment of Paycheck Protection Program Loan: There was no extinguishment of debt for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Gain on extinguishment of the Paycheck Protection Program loan was approximately $722,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
- Change in Fair Value of Note Payable: The fair value of note payable increased by $273,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 compared to zero for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due to an updated fair valuation calculation for our outstanding debt.
- Common Stock: During the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2022, the Company had not sold any shares of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. The ATM Sales Agreement facility currently cannot be used without the Company updating certain required conditions. The Company presently has no plans to update such required conditions.
- Net Loss: The net loss available to common stockholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $8.0 million, a $0.45 net loss per share, compared to a net loss available to common stockholders of approximately $5.5 million, a $0.49 net loss per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The weighted average common shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share available to common stockholders was approximately 17.7 million and approximately 11.2 million for the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
About Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops anti-infectives to be used as first-line treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and viral pandemics. The Company is utilizing its proprietary ʎPEX™ and MabIgX® technology platforms to rapidly identify rare, potent antibody-producing B-cells from patients who have successfully overcome an infection, and to rapidly manufacture mAbs for therapeutic treatment of critical infections. These mAbs are already of human origin and functionally optimized by the natural human immune system for high potency. Hence, they are already fit-for-purpose and do not require further engineering optimization to achieve full functionality.
The Company has generated multiple clinical stage mAbs targeting bacteria that cause life-threatening infections such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), in addition to preclinical stage antibacterial and antiviral mAbs. The use of mAbs as anti-infective treatments represents an innovative therapeutic approach that harnesses the human immune system to fight infections and is designed to overcome the deficiencies associated with the current standard of care, which is broad spectrum antibiotics. Such deficiencies include, but are not limited to, increasing drug resistance, short duration of efficacy, disruption of the normal flora of the human microbiome and lack of differentiation among current treatments. The mAb portfolio is complemented by a non-antibiotic novel mechanism small molecule anti-infective candidate being developed to treat lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The Company's pipeline is highlighted below:
Aridis' Pipeline
AR-301 (VAP). AR-301 is a fully human IgG1 mAb currently in Phase 3 clinical development targeting gram-positive S. aureus alpha-toxin in VAP patients.
AR-501 (cystic fibrosis). AR-501 is an inhaled formulation of gallium citrate with broad-spectrum anti-infective activity being developed to treat chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. This program is currently in a Phase 2a clinical study in CF patients.
AR-320 (VAP). AR-320 is a fully human mAb targeting S. aureus alpha-toxin for prevention of VAP. Statistically significant Phase 2 data in the target population of those ≤ 65 years of age was published in the September 2021 Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The Company has completed discussions with the EMA and FDA on study design and recently launched the Phase 3 study.
AR-701 (COVID-19). AR-701 is a cocktail of fully human mAbs discovered from convalescent COVID-19 patients that target multiple sites on the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
AR-101 (HAP). AR-101 is a fully human IgM mAb in Phase 2 clinical development targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa liposaccharides serotype O11, which accounts for approximately 22% of all P. aeruginosa hospital acquired pneumonia cases worldwide. This program is licensed to the Serum Institute of India and Shenzhen Arimab.
AR-201 (RSV infection). AR-201 is a fully human IgG1 mAb directed against the F-protein of diverse clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This program is licensed exclusively to the Serum Institute of India.
AR-401 (blood stream infections). AR-401 is a fully human mAb preclinical program aimed at treating infections caused by gram-negative Acinetobacter baumannii.
For additional information on Aridis Pharmaceuticals, please visit https://aridispharma.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated" and "intend" or other similar terms or expressions that concern Aridis' expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on Aridis' current expectations and actual results could differ materially. There are a number of factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the need for additional financing, the timing of regulatory submissions, Aridis' ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of its existing product candidates and any other product candidates it may develop, approvals for clinical trials may be delayed or withheld by regulatory agencies, risks relating to the timing and costs of clinical trials, risks associated with obtaining funding from third parties, management and employee operations and execution risks, loss of key personnel, competition, risks related to market acceptance of products, intellectual property risks, risks related to business interruptions, including the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, which could seriously harm our financial condition and increase our costs and expenses, risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, Aridis' ability to attract collaborators and partners and risks associated with Aridis' reliance on third party organizations. While the list of factors presented here is considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, market conditions and the factors described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Aridis' 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and Aridis' other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and Aridis does not undertake any obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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Woman driving stolen tortilla truck arrested following chase with State Patrol
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person following a pursuit with a stolen box truck Wednesday morning.
At approximately 8:20 a.m., NSP was notified that a box truck had fled an attempted traffic stop with the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office in Kearney. About five minutes later, a trooper located the truck as it was traveling eastbound on I-80. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver again refused to stop. The trooper initiated a pursuit.
The truck drove recklessly, weaving between lanes and leaving the roadway at times. During the pursuit, NSP dispatch learned that the truck had been reported stolen out of Grand Island on Tuesday. Near mile marker 305 of I-80, the truck entered the median and rolled onto its side. Troopers were then able to take the driver into custody.
The driver, Tanika Beacham, 24, of Lincoln, was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island for medical clearance. She has since been lodged in Hall County Corrections for flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, possession of stolen property, driving under suspension, and an outstanding warrant from Lancaster County.
The entire pursuit lasted approximately 20 minutes, with speeds of about 70 miles per hour.
Grand Island Police took a report of a stolen vehicle from La Mexicana Tortilla Factory, located at 383 N. Pine St., around 3 a.m. Wednesday.
The owner of La Mexicana reported a 26-foot yellow Penske truck was stolen from outside of their business. Two pallets of tortillas valued at $3,000 were also inside of the truck and were later recovered following Beacham’s arrest.
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The annual Feeding the Soul of the City fundraising dinner for Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at the Scottish Rite Ballroom, 332 Centennial Mall South.
Matt Talbot will also recognize volunteers who go above and beyond through Compassion in Action awards.
Event sponsorship options are still available. Your sponsorship allows Matt Talbot to continue feeding the souls of hundreds of individuals and families challenged with homelessness and poverty who pass through Matt Talbot’s open doors every day.
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You’ve undoubtedly heard it a million times but it remains true: Regular exercise is essential to good health. Physical activity is beneficial for managing your weight, strengthening bones and muscles, reducing your risk of many diseases and making it easier to perform daily activities. Exercising can also improve your brain health and ease symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Of course, certain types of exercise offer different benefits. For instance, if your fitness goal is to gain muscle and build strength throughout your body, a push-pull workout might be ideal for you.
What Is a Push-Pull Workout?
Push and pull exercises are opposite yet have similar objectives, as pushing engages different muscles than pulling. Therefore, a combination of push and pull movements allows you to train specific muscle groups equally. Pushing movements work the muscles in your chest, shoulders and triceps. Pulling exercises, meanwhile, condition your back, biceps and forearms.
“Pushing and pulling movements are fundamental movements, which is why they’re so important,” certified personal trainer Francine Delgado-Lugo, a weightlifting coach and co-founder of Form Fitness in Brooklyn, told Self. “When you’re pulling a door open or pushing it shut, reaching to place something on a shelf or grabbing something down from a shelf, standing up from the floor or bending down — all of these movements require pushing and pulling.”
With pulling exercises, such as bicep curls or pull-ups, the muscles contract when you pull the weight toward you. Conversely, pushing exercises like push-ups, squats and shoulder presses lengthen muscles when you move the weight away from your body.
Push-Pull Workout Benefits
Incorporating push and pull exercises into your workouts provides balanced strength training. It is also functional and can support your daily life, as many movements you make throughout an average day involve pushing or pulling.
“Examples of everyday pushing movements include pushing your torso to get out of bed, pushing a shopping cart and pushing a suitcase into overhead storage on a plane, while pulling movements include pulling open a door, starting a gas-powered lawn mower and pulling the leash of an excited dog on a walk,” Chris Gagliardi, an American Council on Exercise-certified personal trainer, told Well and Good.
Dividing pushing and pulling exercises allows muscles to rest and recover. With push-pull workouts, you exercise opposite muscle groups each time. You can measure your progress based on the number of reps you complete or the weights you use.
Push-pull workouts simplify your exercise routines, as you know what you should be working on daily. It can also help you reach fitness goals more quickly.
“Usually the general goal of fitness is to lose weight and gain muscle,” Patrick Frost, Nike master trainer and creator of FrostFitForm, told Aaptiv. “This particular split allows for both. Being able to train bigger muscle groups and train compound exercises more often offers the most bang for your buck.”
How to Begin a Push-Pull Workout Routine
If you want to start strength training with push and pull exercises, determine how many days a week you will exercise. You won’t need much equipment except some dumbbells and a place to work out safely.
For those who work out once or twice a week, incorporating pushing and pulling exercises each time will ensure you engage all of the muscle groups. However, if you’re planning to exercise several days a week, consider splitting push days and pull days to allow for recovery.
Choose a few exercises and stick with them. This will allow you to work on your form and measure your improvement over time.
Push exercises include:
- Push-ups
- Shoulder presses
- Bench presses
- Tricep dips
Pull exercises include:
- Bicep curls
- Row variations
- Pull-ups
- Deadlifts
After warming up, perform three or four sets of eight to 12 reps for each exercise, according to Healthline. Be sure to rest for a few minutes between sets.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising-- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Torrid Holdings ("Torrid" or the "Company") (NYSE: CURV) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, or otherwise acquired Torrid securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted in July 2021 (the "IPO"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/curv.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The Complaint alleges that Torrid's IPO's offering documents failed to disclose the following material facts: (1) in the first half of 2021, Torrid had experienced a temporary surge in demand as a result of changed consumer behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and government stimulus and that such ephemeral demand trends had dissipated and were not internally projected to continue following the IPO; (2) Torrid was suffering from severe supply chain disruptions caused by the emergence of the Delta variant of COVID-19, which had first emerged in May 2021; (3) Torrid was running materially below historical inventory levels as a result of supply chain disruptions; (4) as a result, Torrid did not have sufficient inventory to meet expected consumer demand for its fiscal third quarter of 2021; (5) as a result, late inventory arrival had materially impaired the Company from effectively matching consumer buying trends, creating an undisclosed risk of increased markdowns and promotional activities necessary to sell undesirable inventory; (6) Torrid's CFO planned to retire shortly after the IPO; and (7) as a result of the above, the Registration Statement's representations regarding Torrid's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the IPO, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the numbers it's reporting are meaningless.
Without basic data like the number of deaths, infections and severe cases, governments elsewhere have instituted virus testing requirements for travelers from China. Beijing has said the measures aren't science-based and threatened countermeasures.
Of greatest concern is whether new variants will emerge from the mass infection unfolding in China and spread to other countries. The delta and omicron variants developed in places that also had large outbreaks, which can be a breeding ground for new variants.
Here's a look at what's going on with China's COVID-19 data:
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WHAT IS CHINA SHARING AND NOT SHARING?
Chinese health authorities publish a daily count of new cases, severe cases and deaths, but those numbers include only officially confirmed cases and use a very narrow definition of COVID-related deaths.
China is most certainly doing their own sampling studies but just not sharing them, said Ray Yip, who founded the U.S. Centers for Disease Control office in China.
The nationwide tally for Thursday was 9,548 new cases and five deaths, but some local governments are releasing much higher estimates just for their jurisdictions. Zhejiang, a province on the east coast, said Tuesday it was seeing about 1 million new cases a day.
If a variant emerges in an outbreak, it's found through genetic sequencing of the virus.
Since the pandemic started, China has shared 4,144 sequences with GISAID, a global platform for coronavirus data. That's only 0.04% of its reported number of cases — a rate more than 100 times less than the United States and nearly four times less than neighboring Mongolia.
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WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHAT CAN BE FIGURED OUT?
So far, no new variants have shown up in the sequences shared by China. The versions fueling infections in China “closely resemble” those that have been seen in other parts of the world since July, GISAID said. Dr. Gagandeep Kang, who studies viruses at the Christian Medical College of Vellore in India, agreed, saying there wasn’t anything particularly worrisome in the data so far.
That hasn't stopped at least 10 countries — including the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, the U.K., France, Spain and Italy — from announcing virus testing requirements for passengers from China. The European Union strongly encouraged all its member states to do so this week.
Health officials have defended the testing as a surveillance measure that helps fill an information gap from China. This means countries can get a read on any changes in the virus through testing, even if they don’t have complete data from China.
“We don’t need China to study that, all we have to do is to test all the people coming out of China,” said Yip, the former public health official.
Canada and Belgium said they will look for viral particles in wastewater on planes arriving from China.
“It is like an early warning system for authorities to anticipate whether there’s a surge of infections coming in,” said Dr. Khoo Yoong Khean, a scientific officer at the Duke-NUS Centre of Outbreak in Singapore.
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IS CHINA SHARING ENOUGH INFORMATION?
Chinese officials have repeatedly said they are sharing information, pointing to the sequences given to GISAID and meetings with the WHO.
But WHO officials have repeatedly asked for more — not just on genetic sequencing but also on hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern this week about the risk to life in China.
“Data remains essential for WHO to carry out regular, rapid and robust risk assessments of the global situation,” the head of the U.N. health agency said.
The Chinese government often holds information from its own public, particularly anything that reflects negatively on the ruling Communist Party. State media have shied away from the dire reports of a spike in cremations and people racing from hospital to hospital to try to get treatment as the health system reaches capacity. Government officials have accused foreign media of hyping the situation.
Khean, noting that South Africa’s early warning about omicron led to bans on travelers from the country, said there is a need to foster an environment where countries can share data without fear of repercussions.
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As Rep. Liz Cheney braces for a possible loss to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in the race for Wyoming's Congressional seat, the story seems to be that Cheney faced the consequences of leading public Jan. 6 hearings on former President Donald Trump, which is a story that her team was optimistically brushing to the side.
A Cheney ally said, "This race is the first battle in a much larger and longer war that Liz is going to win because the future of the country depends on it,” Axios reported.
The election was seen as possibly a dramatic wrench Cheney's larger plan, after she was widely praised for her defiant spirit to do what she has considered an honorable task, attempting to hold former President Trump responsible for his actions on the day of the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol involving his supporters. Some Republicans have supported her, but many in the GOP have not broken away from their party's support for Trump to join in a bipartisan effort to closely examine the timeline of events in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
As the New York Times reported, surveys have shown that even though Cheney has been able to fundraise far beyond Hageman and has spent much more on her campaign than her opponent, she is still well behind in the race.
Cheney told CBS News earlier on Tuesday, “Today, no matter what the outcome is, [it] is certainly the beginning of a battle that is going to continue.”
Cheney said after casting her vote, “We’re facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. And those of us across the board — Republicans, Democrats and Independents who believe deeply in freedom and who care about the Constitution and the future of the country — have an obligation to put that above party.”
Hageman's campaign adviser Tim Murtaugh said they felt good about the election, "which is the culmination of nearly a year and almost 40,000 miles traveled within Wyoming," Axios reported.
The polls, which were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. MT, 9 p.m. ET, had more than just Wyoming on edge in the hours leading up to the final results. Cheney would await her fate from Jackson, a town on Wyoming's western side that holds popular ski resorts. Hageman and her team would watch from the state capital of Cheyenne in the southeast corner near Colorado's border.
Murtaugh pushed back on Cheney's message and her team's optimism about their path criticizing their focus on Jan. 6.
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Trump raid deeply troubling for those who care about civil liberties: Harmeet Dhillon
The Trump raid search warrant released Friday has been criticized for being overbroad and a potential 'fishing expedition.'
Harmeet Dhillon, co-chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association, dissected Friday's unsealed search warrant in conjunction with an FBI raid on former President Trump's estate on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
HARMEET DHILLON: What we know that has been confirmed by the search warrant being revealed is that it was extremely broad, like Shannon just pointed out. And what we don't know and what everybody wants to know is what was the justification presented to a federal judge to take this extraordinary step on the part of the United States Department of Justice?
FBI SEIZED CLASSIFIED RECORDS FROM MAR-A-LAGO DURING SEARCH OF TRUMP RESIDENCE
And so, generally speaking, that search warrant affidavit or affidavits are not unsealed until there is an indictment. And even then, if they're national security implications, they could be restricted to the target of that subpoena and the or the search warrant, rather, and his attorneys.
And so it's going to be awhile probably before we see that. And I suspect that the Department of Justice is not keen to reveal exactly why they took this step.
But what we can also say is that a federal magistrate judge does have the ability and in fact, I think the duty to cut back on a subpoena that seems over broad for the circumstances. Now, in reality, they often just rubber stamp them.
JESSE WATTERS ON MAR-A-LAGO RAID: THE DEMOCRATS RE-ELECTED DONALD TRUMP
That's a real problem in our judicial system. And I think that's what happened here. And I really my mind is blown that this can be a justified search of a former president. And so this is deeply troubling for anybody who cares about civil liberties in our country.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is cooling, and parts of the economy appear to be weakening. But Chair Jerome Powell is likely Wednesday to underscore that the Federal Reserve’s primary focus remains the need to fight surging prices with still-higher interest rates.
With financial markets anticipating that the Fed will stop raising rates soon and possibly even cut them later this year, analysts say Powell will need to push back against such optimism. If financial markets expect lower rates than what the Fed plans to deliver, the central bank’s already treacherous task can become even harder.
Powell’s tough message will likely emerge at a news conference after the Fed’s 19-member policy committee announces its latest action. The policymakers are set to raise their benchmark rate by a quarter-point to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%, its highest level in about 15 years. The move could further increase borrowing rates for consumers as well as companies, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans.
In some ways, the Fed’s challenge is trickier than it was last year, when inflation accelerated much faster than officials had expected. After being caught off guard — Powell had initially characterized high inflation as only a temporary phenomenon — officials developed a clear view of what was needed: An aggressive series of rate hikes to slow borrowing and spending, cool growth and curb high inflation.
Now, though, inflation has weakened since the fall. As a result, the risks that the Fed’s rate hikes could send the economy into a painful recession, with waves of job losses, are rising. Consumer prices, by the Fed’s preferred measure, have risen at just a 2.9% annual rate in the past three months. Yet Fed officials have said they would need to see further evidence that inflation was declining closer to its 2% target before they would consider suspending their rate hikes.
The latest sign that inflation is cooling came Tuesday in a report that showed wage growth slowed in the final three months of last year for a third straight quarter. That report could reassure Fed officials that rising paychecks are now less likely to fuel inflation.
Over the past year, with businesses offering healthy raises to try to attract and keep enough workers, Powell has expressed concern that hefty pay growth in the labor-intensive service sector would keep inflation too high. Businesses typically pass their increased labor costs on to their customers by charging higher prices, thereby perpetuating inflation pressures.
Some economists think the Fed doesn’t need to push rates much higher — and that doing so would heighten the risk of a deep recession. Economists at Morgan Stanley suggest that as inflation continues to ease in the coming months, Wednesday’s rate hike will end up being the last one this year.
The Fed could signal that a pause in rate hikes is on the horizon by changing some language in the statement it issues after each policy meeting.
Since March, the statement has said that “ongoing increases in the (interest rate) target range will be appropriate.” Some economists expect officials to slightly alter that part of the statement to make it a less specific commitment and give the Fed more flexibility.
Still, Powell isn’t likely to signal that a pause in rate increases will occur anytime soon, out of concern that such a message could touch off rallies in stocks and bonds. Those trends could boost the economy — and inflation — by giving consumers more money to spend and encouraging people and businesses to borrow more. That’s just the opposite of what the Fed wants.
“He’s got to put a hawkish tint to everything he says,” said Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at Dreyfus and Mellon and a former top Fed staffer. (In Fed parlance, “hawks” typically favor higher rates to control inflation, while “doves” often lean toward lower rates to support employment.)
“Everybody is basically saying, ‘Hey, Chair Powell, let’s do your victory lap,’ ”Reinhart said. “And he’s like, ‘We’re only where we are because of our vigilance, and we can’t let it down now.’ ”
Financial markets have strengthened in anticipation of lower rates ahead. In December, Fed officials had forecast that they would raise their key rate above 5%. Investors, though, expect them to stop at a range of 4.75% to 5% and to end up cutting rates before the year is out. That’s true even though Powell has gone out of his way to stress that the Fed doesn’t expect to cut rates this year.
The divide between the Fed and financial markets is important because rate hikes need to work through markets to affect the economy. The Fed directly controls its key short-term rate. But it has only indirect control over the borrowing rates that people and businesses actually pay — for mortgages, corporate bonds, auto loans and many others.
The consequences can be seen in housing. The average fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage soared after the Fed first began hiking rates. Eventually, it topped 7%, more than twice where it had stood before the hiking began.
Yet since the fall, the average mortgage rate has eased to 6.13%, the lowest level since September. And while home sales fell further in December, a measure of signed contracts to buy homes actually rose. That suggested that lower rates might be luring some home buyers back to the market.
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Reds third. Matt Reynolds singles to left center field. Jonathan India homers to left field. Matt Reynolds scores. Brandon Drury grounds out to shortstop, Taylor Walls to Isaac Paredes. Tommy Pham triples to right field. Tyler Naquin reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield, advances to 2nd. Tommy Pham scores. Throwing error by Rene Pinto. Tyler Stephenson homers to center field. Tyler Naquin scores. Donovan Solano singles to center field. Mike Moustakas homers to right field. Donovan Solano scores. Albert Almora Jr. strikes out swinging. Matt Reynolds strikes out swinging.
7 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Reds 7, Rays 0.
Rays fourth. Randy Arozarena homers to center field. Isaac Paredes singles to left field. Josh Lowe singles to left field. Isaac Paredes to second. Yu Chang strikes out swinging. Rene Pinto strikes out swinging. Brett Phillips hit by pitch. Josh Lowe to second. Isaac Paredes to third. Yandy Diaz singles to right field. Brett Phillips to third. Josh Lowe scores. Isaac Paredes scores. Harold Ramirez walks. Yandy Diaz to second. Taylor Walls called out on strikes.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Reds 7, Rays 3.
Reds fourth. Jonathan India flies out to deep left field to Randy Arozarena. Brandon Drury doubles. Tommy Pham singles to right field. Brandon Drury to third. Tyler Naquin doubles to deep right center field. Tommy Pham scores. Brandon Drury scores. Tyler Stephenson strikes out swinging. Donovan Solano singles to left field, advances to 2nd. Tyler Naquin scores. Mike Moustakas grounds out to shallow right field, Yu Chang to Isaac Paredes.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 10, Rays 3.
Rays eighth. Josh Lowe homers to center field. Yu Chang strikes out swinging. Rene Pinto homers to right field. Brett Phillips strikes out swinging. Jonathan Aranda grounds out to shortstop, Matt Reynolds to Mike Moustakas.
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NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — WW International, Inc. (WW) on Monday reported a loss of $32.5 million in its fourth quarter.
The New York-based company said it had a loss of 46 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 6 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 4 cents per share.
The weight-loss program operator posted revenue of $223.9 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $251.4 million, or $3.58 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.04 billion.
For the current quarter ending in March, WW International said it expects revenue in the range of $235 million.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans for months have railed against the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, holding hearings, visiting border communities and promising to advance legislation to clamp down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
But so far, they have failed to unify behind a plan, delaying efforts to pass legislation.
Now they are hoping to change that. Republicans on Wednesday are jumpstarting work on an immigration and border enforcement package that would remake immigration law to make it more difficult to apply for asylum and easier for the federal government to stop migrants from entering the U.S.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican who is chair of the Judiciary Committee drafting the legislation, said he expected Wednesday’s markup of the bill to go “well.”
The undertaking comes as Washington is putting renewed focus on border security, and the plight of thousands of migrants who show up seeking entry into the U.S., with a looming May deadline that is expected to end a federal COVID-era asylum policy. The hearing also comes as Republicans, more than 100 days into their new House majority, are under political pressure to deliver on a key campaign promise to secure the border.
The Republican legislative package, which may not draw much bipartisan support from Democrats, aims to revive a number of policies either enacted or proposed under then-President Donald Trump that tightened up asylum rules.
It would give the Homeland Security secretary the power to stop migrants from entering the United States if the secretary determines the U.S. has lost “operational control” of the border.
And it would make it more difficult for asylum-seekers to prove in initial interviews that they are fleeing political, religious or racial persecution, impose a $50 fee on adults who apply for asylum and require migrants to make the asylum claim at an official port of entry.
The bill would also enact a Trump-era policy that the Biden administration is pursuing, the so-called “safe third country” requirement, which generally denies asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through.
Conservative hardliners who say migrants are taking advantage of the asylum process are backing the bill.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a conservative member of the Freedom Caucus who has pushed aggressive border measures, said the legislation “reflects in a package form basically where we’ve all wanted to head, which is to actually enforce the law.”
“Stop releasing people into the United States who don’t have a legitimate claim to asylum that you need to adjudicate,” he said.
But Roy and Jordan will have to contend with a group of fellow Republicans who have condemned attempts at aggressively limiting asylum claims as cruel and out-of-touch with Latino communities.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, a fellow Texas Republican who represents a long portion of the U.S-Mexico border from El Paso to San Antonio, has emerged as Roy's foil in the GOP's border debate. He insists that measures to toughen border enforcement also be coupled with increasing legal immigration, such as work visas.
Moderate House Republicans, like Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, are pushing for “a balanced approach” that would also open up legal immigration. “People want to come here. They work hard. I think they eventually become great citizens,” Bacon said, adding “but what’s going on at the border is a catastrophe.”
The GOP has made inroads with Latino communities in recent years, and while Republican voters from those communities support tougher border enforcement, Latino Republicans also want to see an increase in legal immigration. The Congressional Hispanic Conference, a group of 18 House Republicans, held a bilingual news conference in front of the Capitol on Tuesday to demand a seat at the negotiating table.
“This is what the face of the border crisis looks like,” Gonzales told reporters. “Take a good hard look, because we’re not going to be quiet about it. We’re not going to let others just dictate what happens.”
Afterward, Gonzales suggested the bill being considered by the Judiciary Committee is just one option, and “has a long way to go before it hits primetime.” The Homeland Security Committee, where he holds a seat, is working on its own legislation to increase border enforcement, he said.
The Congressional Hispanic Conference highlighted three policies it wants: designating cartels as terrorist organizations, increasing criminal penalties for people who smuggle fentanyl and increasing salaries for Customs and Border Protection agents.
Democrats are skeptical of Republican efforts to toughen border enforcement. Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, a California Democrat who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said the GOP is focused on “politicization of the border instead of actually trying to find a solution.”
And even if Republicans manage to pass a bill through the House, hardline border enforcement and severe restraints on asylum are unlikely to advance in the Democratic-held Senate, where negotiators prefer to pair border policies with an increase in legal immigration or a path to citizenship for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
“There is not consensus in either party,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, a senior advisor for immigration at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “There is certainly not consensus across the aisle.”
The debate in Congress will likely play out just as an influx of migrants is expected at the southern border. Title 42, a Trump-era rule adopted by the Biden administration, is set to expire on May 11. It suspended the rights for many to seek asylum during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent U.S. immigration policy has been cobbled together through executive actions and legal rulings, Brown said, without any significant action by Congress in decades to address a new reality at the southern border: people, including many children, arriving from a host of countries to claim asylum.
“It’s going to get bad and I don’t think the (Biden) administration is prepared,” she said, adding, “We are at an inflection point. We will see again whether people will get serious about legislating and come to the table, or will they pound the table."
Gonzales acknowledged the political difficulties around immigration but pointed to the impact in his home district along the border. He hosted Arizona's Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent, for a border visit last month, and said he has been holding calls with Democrats and Republicans in hopes of crafting a bipartisan proposal.
“Congress hasn’t done anything in decades, the White House has punted time and time again, and it is no doubt a difficult problem set,” he said. “But I think it’s a problem worth fighting for.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/house-republicans-ready-border-enforcement-push-17905354.php | 2023-04-19 05:17:54 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/house-republicans-ready-border-enforcement-push-17905354.php |
Mom and baby hit by teen driver flee LA, Gascon's policies: 'Good citizens are being punished'
Mom blames Los Angeles County DA Gascon's soft-on-crime policies for hit-and-run that caused her to leave the city
The California mother who was hit by a car while walking her baby in a stroller last summer said she has left Los Angeles because the policies of liberal Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon made her fear for her family's safety.
"The state of L.A. is very sad at the moment," the mother, who has asked to be identified only as Rachel, told "America Reports" on Fox News on Wednesday.
Rachel fought for the toughest charges possible against her attacker, who was a juvenile out on probation at the time of the incident. He was ultimately charged with two counts of assault with intention to harm and one felony of hit-and-run but received a sentence of just five to seven months in juvenile probation camp — described as stricter than summer camp and less severe than military school.
LOS ANGELES HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER WHO MOWED DOWN MOM AND BABY WILL NOT GET EARLY RELEASE
Rachel told "America Reports" that while she was expecting a light sentence with Gascon overseeing the case, the limited jail time left her in "disbelief."
"Gascon thinks 5 to 7 months in a summer camp is fair punishment," she said. "We were coached when this happened that we shouldn’t expect anything to happen to this kid, so I guess 5 to 7 months. We are some of the lucky ones, because he is being held accountable to some extent for his actions … there's no rehabilitation taking place."
Rachel previously told Fox News Digital that the light sentences sought by Gascon for violent criminals has created "a terrifying and dangerous climate for the good citizens of Los Angeles." With crime and homelessness running rampant in the city, Rachel told host Sandra Smith that she and her family joined the droves of other fed-up Californians who've left Los Angeles.
"The entire system is pretty corrupt from George Gascon to the city councilmembers," Rachel said. "There’s this push to help everybody that’s doing wrong, but all of the good citizens are being punished simply by just living there. You know, it’s terrifying to walk your kid down the street. You go to parks, there is homeless poop. I'm waiting to find a needle half the time and walking past homeless encampments."
"You think somebody is going to freak out and attack us when we're walking down the streets. You don’t feel safe," she continued, adding, "This push to defund the police is ridiculous."
Rachel was walking her 8-month-old son in a stroller when the young driver plowed the wrong way down a residential backstreet, speeding and under the influence before veering into her and her baby on Aug. 6, 2021, as captured by surveillance footage. Rachel suffered severe cuts on her arms, hands and shoulder and slipped three discs in her back as a result of the hit, which sent her rolling over the hood of the car. Neither suffered serious injuries, but photos showed a tire-tread-shaped bruise on the back of the child's scalp.
The driver tried to flee the scene before a good Samaritan in a pickup truck rammed him off the road. The defendant didn’t have a driver’s license at the time of the crime and was already on probation for a prior offense, felony poisoning after allegedly spiking a high school girl's drink.
Rachel, who has become the face of the campaign to recall Gascon, said she hopes the effort moves forward to prevent her experience from happening to others.
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"I think the city deserves to feel safe," she said, "and it’s never going to happen as long as he’s in office."
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CHENGDU, China, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Keymed Biosciences Inc. (Stock Code: 02162 HK) is pleased to announce that the latest data from the Phase Ia dose-escalation trial of CMG901 (Claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate), a novel drug candidate, for advanced solid tumors will be presented as a poster at the 2023 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023 ASCO GI).
Poster Title：A Phase 1a dose-escalation, multicenter trial of anti-claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate CMG901 in patients with resistant/ refractory solid tumors
Abstract #:352
Poster Bd #:E13
Abstract Presenter:Rui-hua Xu, Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
This Phase Ia trial (NCT04805307) was designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of CMG901 in patients with advanced solid tumors. During the dose-escalation phase, Claudin 18.2 expression was retrospectively tested by the central lab.
As of August 4, 2022, totally 27 patients (13 gastric/gastroesophageal junction (gastric/GEJ) cancer and 14 pancreatic cancer patients) were enrolled in the Phase Ia clinical study of CMG901. The results showed that CMG901 was well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile. Drug-related grade ≥3 adverse events (AEs) occurred in 3/27 (11.1%) patients. No drug-related grade ≥4 AEs were reported. Patients received CMG901 at dose levels up to 3.4 mg/kg, and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was not reached. One patient in the 2.2 mg/kg cohort developed a dose-limiting toxicity.
Preliminary efficacy results demonstrated that in the 8 Claudin 18.2-positive gastric/GEJ cancer patients receiving CMG901, objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were 75.0% and 100%, respectively, with ORR of 100% in the 2.6, 3.0, and 3.4 mg/kg cohorts. Median progression free survival (mPFS) and median overall survival (mOS) were not reached yet.
# Proportion with complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)
* Proportion with CR+PR+stable disease
& mPFS and mOS were not reached.
CMG901 showed a favorable safety and tolerability profile in this trial. CMG901 at doses of ≥1.8 mg/kg yielded encouraging anti-tumor activity in patients with Claudin 18.2-positive gastric/GEJ cancer.
ABOUT KYM901
KYM901 is a first-in-human Phase I trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of CMG901 in patients with advanced solid tumors who had failed to respond to standard of care or had no available standard of care regimen. KYM901 comprises modified dose escalation part (Phase Ia) and dose-expansion part (Phase Ib). Patients enrolled in Phase Ia are not required to be positive for Claudin 18.2 expression, whereas Claudin 18.2 positivity tested by the central lab was required for patient entry into the Phase Ib trial.
ABOUT CMG901
CMG901, a novel recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody drug conjugate targeting Claudin 18.2, has been approved for clinical trials in both China and the United States. CMG901 consists of an anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, a protease-degradable linker, and a cytotoxic small molecule monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE). Enrollment of patients with solid tumors in Phase I dose-escalation trial of CMG901 was completed in the first half of 2022. Furthermore, Phase I dose-expansion trial of CMG901 in patients with solid tumors in China is simultaneously initiated since the second quarter of 2022.
About Keymed Biosciences
Keymed Biosciences Inc. (Stock Code: 02162 HK) focuses on the urgent unmet clinical needs, and is committed to providing high-quality, affordable, innovative therapies for patients in China and overseas. Keymed was founded by medical and scientific experts from world-renowned universities who have strong experience in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements to commercialization at home and abroad. The core leadership team includes the inventors of the first PD-1 antibody drugs that were pioneered and approved in the United States and China. The Company was listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 8, 2021.
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AS A GIFT FOR FANS, FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS STARTING JULY 29TH, AEROSMITH WILL PREMIERE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM A DIFFERENT DECADE EVERY WEEK ON AEROSMITH'S OFFICIAL SITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL
THE SERIES KICKS OFF WITH A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE FROM 1977, LIVE FROM THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TX, 1977
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LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In continued celebration of their 50th anniversary, today, the four-time GRAMMY® Award winning and Diamond-certified rock legends Aerosmith, (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer), announce the launch of 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, the band's new "official bootleg" streaming concert series featuring five deep, archival, and unreleased multi-camera live shows from Aerosmith's vast personal vaults. With the entire production of all five concert films supervised by Aerosmith, the series kicks off with a live stream of Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, a combination of classic live performances from a two-night stand in Houston in 1977 that captures the band in all its raw and powerful rock n' roll splendor. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will premiere on Aerosmith's official YouTube channel on July 29th at 12pm PT/3pm ET and will be available, in its entirety as a gift for fans, for one week only and can be viewed HERE. Highlight clips from Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will also be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on July 30th and will include "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin" and "Sweet Emotion."
Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 is taken directly from the original in-house 2" master analog video cartridge for the best possible quality and features footage filmed over the course of two summer nights at The Summit in Houston, Texas on June 24 & 25, 1977. The original live feed edit, only intended for the in-house screens, was carefully cleaned, digitized, and remastered in HD, bringing the 45-year-old footage to life. This hour long, highly charged performance shows why Aerosmith became one of the hottest bands of the 70s and continues to this day. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 kicks into full gear as the band burst onto The Summit stage, delivering powerful and raw renditions of "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin," "Lord Of The Thighs," "Lick And A Promise," and "Sweet Emotion," featuring Tom Hamilton's signature bass line as he lays down that familiar groove as Joe Perry's iconic talk box intro eases the audience in. Other highlights include "Draw The Line," "Walk This Way," a blistering version of "Toys In The Attic," and their 1973 Top 10 power ballad "Dream On."
For 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, producer Steve Berkowitz, along with long-time Aerosmith employees Tommy Higgins & John Bionelli, combed through the band's vast Vindaloo Vaults, unearthing a treasure trove of filmed concerts recorded in the original formats of the day, covering the band's history throughout the decades. With the help of Director and Producer Jennifer LeBeau (Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon), this footage was carefully transferred and converted to digital to help preserve these historic recorded documents. Produced by Steve Berkowitz and Dennis Wolfe, the video and audio restoration was skillfully conducted by Vanderquest UK and Formosa Sound, giving these performances the highest possible visual and sonic quality.
For five consecutive weeks, starting on July 29th with Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, Aerosmith's official website and YouTube channel will premiere a different concert every week from each decade. With each show, the band's official online store will also feature a new collection of exclusive merchandise capsules celebrating each decade. First collection is now available, HERE.
As part of the continued celebration around their 50th anniversary, Aerosmith will return to Las Vegas to bring their critically acclaimed residency, AEROSMITH: DEUCES ARE WILD to the Dolby Live at Park MGM. Kicking off September 14th — with shows running through December 11th — the residency is the first live concert experience presented in Dolby Atmos® at Dolby Live. Dolby Live is one of the world's most technologically advanced performance venues for enjoying live music in Dolby Atmos. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com/aerosmith.
In addition to their upcoming dates in Las Vegas, Aerosmith is set to perform at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, Maine on September 4th before they head to Boston for a show at the historic Fenway Park on September 8th. For ticket information, please visit Aerosmith.com.
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Filmed in Landover, Maryland on December 17, 1989, Aerosmith closes out the 80s in top form with this dynamic performance at Capital Centre. Live From The Capital Centre features classic tracks such as "Walk This Way" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)," and "Permanent Vacation."
Highlight clips from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 6th will be: "Walk This Way," "Permanent Vacation" and "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)."
Throughout the 90s, Aerosmith continued to be an unstoppable force in rock, delivering a high energy set at Coca-Cola Star Amphitheater on July 2, 1993, with all the same swagger and attitude they had from day one. The tightly knit band belts out now classics such as "Eat The Rich," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge'" and "Cryin'." Older favorites include "Last Child." "Walk This Way" and "Back In The Saddle."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 13th will be: "Cryin'," "Janie's Got A Gun" and "Livin' On The Edge."
"Mama Kin" kicks things into high gear as Aerosmith storm through Michigan on September 7, 2003, at Comerica Park during their Rocksimus Maximus Tour. Included are classics such as "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Walk This Way," as well as "Jaded," "Love In An Elevator," and the GRAMMY® Award winning single "Pink." Aerosmith brings the incredible night to a close in a cloud of confetti and a frenetic version of "Toys In The Attic."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 20th will be: "Toy's In The Attic," "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Love In An Elevator."
Captured at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on October 27, 2016, this show was enhanced with the discovery of the original multi-tracks that were added and mixed by Aerosmith's long-time Soundboard Engineer John Ship. The band wastes no time getting into their groove as Steven Tyler swaggers through classics such as "Draw The Line" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Crazy" and their hit ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing." Teasing the crowd with a "You See Me Crying" and "Home Tonight" medley, Tyler breaks into a powerfully moving rendition of "Dream On," before bringing the show to an explosive end with "Sweet Emotion."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 27th will be: "Crazy," "Dream On" and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."
In addition, Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear (UMe) is now available globally on CD and vinyl LP and can now be streamed, HERE. This rare recording from 1971 was recently discovered in Aerosmith's Vindaloo Vaults and was originally only available as a limited-edition cassette and vinyl release for Record Store Day in 2021. The heavily sought-after RSD release quickly sold out and debuted on the Billboard 200, hitting No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 13 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and No. 19 on the Top Album Sales chart. In addition, the band's official online store now features a new 1971 collection of exclusive merchandise, available HERE.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Aerosmith have sold more than 150 million albums around the world, produced genre-defining music videos such as "Amazing," "Crazy," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge," and "Love In An Elevator," and launched extravagant record-shattering global tours, most recently with their smash hit Las Vegas residency. The band has broken numerous boundaries, including becoming the first rock band with a massive commercially successful hip-hop collaboration with Run DMC on "Walk This Way" and the first hard rock band to appear during a Super Bowl Halftime Show with their 2001 performance, and in 1999, Aerosmith became the first band to have their own themed attraction at Disney World in Florida and later Paris with the launch of the Rock 'N' Roller coaster starring Aerosmith.
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Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies
BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known for his hairy, huminoid creatures, has died. He was 87.
Koren died of lung cancer on Friday in Brookfield, Vermont, according to his wife, Curtis Koren.
He created more than 1,000 cartoons of the long-snouted creatures for The New Yorker, including covers, since the 1960s. He also wrote and illustrated books and served as Vermont’s second cartoonist laureate for three years. Koren said he never ran out of material, often writing down what he heard people say as fodder for his art.
“What captures my attention is all the human theater around me. I can never quite believe my luck in stumbling upon riveting mini-dramas taking place within earshot (and eyeshot), a comedy of manners that seems inexhaustible,” he wrote about his exhibition at Columbia University in 2010.
Koren, who was born in New York City, moved full time to Vermont more than 30 years ago to the tiny village of Brookfield, where he served as a volunteer firefighter.
His most recent book, “Koren In the Wild,” published in 2018, features cartoons spanning about 40 years, poking fun at country and city dwellers.
“I love how he skates right on the edge. He shows us how ridiculous and how precious we can all be without at all offending anybody,” Karen Mittelman, then executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, said at the time.
Koren told The Associated Press that he was fond of a quotation by Lily Tomlin that basically says no matter how cynical you get, it’s impossible to keep up.
“And I can’t keep up,” he said in 2018. “There’s always something where your jaw drops.”
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HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trusted Dispatch receives a $1,000,000 USD Partner Preferred investment led by Golden Section to drive expansion and growth. Trusted Dispatch is a leader in heavy equipment shipping and logistics software for truckers and shippers in North America.
"Dusty LaValley and his team are experts in the shipping of heavy machinery. They know the problems truckers and heavy machinery distributors face, and they have solutions that provide tangible value. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with such an effective team," says Dougal Cameron, General Partner at Golden Section.
"A few years ago, we recognized that the trucking industry was operating in an inefficient way, and we wanted to improve that. We built Trusted Dispatch to solve these problems, and today, our platform automates the complex logistical matching and delivery connections needed by heavy equipment shippers and truckers daily" stated Dusty LaValley, Trusted Dispatch Founder and CEO. "Our customer base is growing fast, with thousands of commercial users all over North America using the platform each month. With Golden Section's enterprise software expertise and track record of success, we're confident that they are the right partner for this next step in our journey."
"We are most excited about the sales efficiency of this company - we believe Dusty can immediately convert our investment into recurring revenue. We are expecting aggressive growth over the next 18 months." says Adam Day, General Partner at Golden Section.
Trusted Dispatch connects empty trucks with profitable loads every day through its software platform. The platform allows shippers to generate a competitive quote for their load, match the load to truckers needing a backhaul, then confirms and settles invoices electronically. For more information, please visit www.trusteddispatch.com.
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When people have been asked about their biggest concern in politics, crime hasn't popped as the "top" priority in the past year. Shortly before the 2022 midterm elections, it was inflation for Republicans and abortion rights for Democrats that consistently ranked as the top issues.
But that doesn't mean crime isn't seen as important and motivating in politics.
It's partially why, in the year before a presidential election, the Biden White House is positioning the president to the middle on this issue and a host of other issues, including immigration and the priorities reflected in his budget proposal. The budget includes popular poll-tested items, like raising taxes on the wealthy to preserve Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and capping costs for prescription drugs.
On Thursday, the president's support helped the Senate block a Washington, D.C., crime bill that Republicans billed as too soft on crime, because, for example, it would lower the maximum prison sentences for carjackings. That's at a time when motor vehicle thefts in the district are up 109% from the previous year.
The move split Democratic senators, but most — 33 — voted with Republicans to block the bill, including the most vulnerable Democrats up for reelection in 2024.
"If we were to somehow send a message that, alright, we're going to lower the penalty on carjacking? That doesn't pass the smell test," Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told NPR. (Warner is not up for reelection until 2026.)
Democrats did better than expected last year, largely because of extreme, Trump-aligned candidates, who didn't fare well in swing states or competitive House districts. But Republicans still took control of the chamber, albeit with only a four-seat majority.
"I think there might be a Democratic House if folks had handled the crime issue differently," Warner said.
Republicans spent millions of dollars and ran thousands of ads on crime during the midterms trying to target suburban voters
Some 15% of all ads in 2022 mentioned crime, up from just 5% in 2020, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
Nearly 1-in-5 ads funded by the National Republican Congressional Committee or the Congressional Leadership Fund focused on crime. (The NRCC is the committee that helps get Republicans elected to the House, and the Congressional Leadership Fund is the outside political action committee tied to House leadership.)
Republicans use crime as a way to hammer Democratic governance in big cities, particularly as homicides, auto thefts and other crimes — while nowhere near mid-1990s levels — have increased in many places.
While just 9% overall said crime should be a top priority of the new Congress in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll in December, the number was slightly higher with independents — 13%.
Asked a different way, the Pew Research Center also found that just before the midterms, 6 in 10 voters overall said violent crime was "very important" to their vote. There was a big partisan split with almost three-quarters of Republicans saying it was very important, but slightly less than half of Democrats saying the same.
Almost 7 in 10 independent registered voters who lean Republican said crime was "very important," according to the survey. Independents who leaned Democratic were about the same as Democrats overall in how they feel about crime.
Politics is arguably more divided by place than race
Rural voters overwhelmingly vote Republican and urban voters are largely very Democratic. That has meant that Democrats run most big cities across the country.
Dramatic smash-and-grabs have grabbed media attention, and carjackings and homicides have become more prevalent, sometimes where those crimes typically don't take place. That can disrupt politics, particularly at the local level.
Crime is typically a baseline factor in mayoral races. In other words, when a city feels safe, other things become more important as voting issues, but when people don't feel safe, it can be a dominant issue on voters' minds.
Look at the Chicago mayor's race earlier this month. Mayor Lori Lightfoot became the first mayor ousted after one term there in 40 years — and crime was the major issue in the campaign.
In New York, Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, won election in 2021, and with robberies on the rise, has suggested not allowing people to wear masks in stores.
"We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops, do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask," Adam said in a radio interview this week.
This is in a city that was very open to COVID restrictions. But New York saw nearly 4,000 more robberies in 2022 than 2021. It was the most in at least a decade.
"When you see these mask-wearing people, oftentimes it's not about being fearful of the pandemic," Adams said, "it's fearful of the police catching them for their deeds."
The White House knows this is going to be something Republicans push again in 2024, and it wants to limit the president's exposure
Former President Trump, who is running again and is at least a co-frontrunner for the nomination, decried "American carnage" in his 2017 inaugural address, and he's made clear he'll use crime again in hyperbolic ways as a way to attack Biden and Democrats.
"We need an all-out effort to defeat violent crime in America, and strongly defeat it, and be tough and be nasty and be mean if we have to," he said during a speech last year. "Our country is now a cesspool of crime. We have blood, death and suffering on a scale once unthinkable because of the Democrat Party's effort to destroy and dismantle law enforcement all throughout America."
Biden is certainly not part of a "defund the police" movement. In fact, at every turn, Biden has preached the opposite and tried to distance his party from the rhetoric. And this week, he tried to flip the script on Republicans.
"MAGA Republicans are calling for defunding the police department and defunding the FBI now," Biden said at an event before a union in Philadelphia. "That's a good one. I like that."
Democrats base that attack on the fact that Republicans stood against a $1.9 billion bill to increase funding for the Capitol Police and National Guard in light of the Jan. 6 attack.
After the FBI search of Trump's home in Florida, at which they found boxes of classified documents, right-wing Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted: "Defund the FBI."
"My budget invests in public safety," Biden said in Philadelphia. "It includes funding for more training, more support for law enforcement at a time they are expected to play many roles."
Biden has pressed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to release a budget, something McCarthy has yet to do.
"Show me your budget," Biden said. "I'll tell you what you value."
In 2020, Biden was able to win over — or win back — many middle-of-the-road voters
He won independents in that election, but he's been struggling with the group. His approval rating with them was only 36% in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Biden clearly has work to do with persuadable voters on crime as well. An October NPR poll found Republicans had a 16-point advantage on which party people think would do a better job handling crime.
Compare that to before the 2020 election when an NPR poll found that Biden had a 4-point edge over Trump on handling the issue. That included a 13-point advantage with independents.
So perception has changed, and Biden is clearly positioning himself to get back in their good graces.
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LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain's royal family plan to attend a Friday church service honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, although the queen herself is skipping the event at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London due to difficulty getting around at age 96.
The service of thanksgiving is taking place on the second of four days of festivities celebrating the queen’s Platinum Jubilee. On Thursday, thousands of royal supporters cheered wildly as the queen joined other senior royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch 70 British military aircraft fly past.
The queen decided not to attend Friday’s church service after experiencing “some discomfort” during Thursday’s events. She will watch the event unfold on television as Prince Charles stands in for her.
The congregation at St. Paul's is expected to include members of the royal family, senior politicians, diplomats and more than 400 essential workers, charity volunteers and members of the armed forces who have been invited in recognition of their service to the community.
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is set to deliver a sermon. Cottrell stepped in after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby tested positive for COVID-19. The service will begin and end with the tolling of Great Paul, the largest church bell in Britain.
Friday’s televised church service is expected to bring the first public appearance by Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, during their visit to Britain for the jubilee.
The couple, who gave up royal duties and moved to California two years ago, kept a low profile Thursday, appearing only in photographs shot through the windows of the building from which members of the royal family watched the Queen’s Birthday Parade.
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New blood donations rules allow more gay men to give in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex, under a federal policy finalized Thursday by health regulators.
The Food and Drug Administration guidelines ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV. The agency announced plans for the change in January and said this week the new approach can now be implemented by blood banks.
The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.
Instead, all potential donors — regardless of sexual orientation, sex or gender — will be screened with a new questionnaire that evaluates their individual risks for HIV based on sexual behavior, recent partners and other factors. Potential donors who report having anal sex with new partners in the last three months will be barred from giving until a later date.
The FDA said the new policy reflects the latest scientific evidence and is in line with rules in the U.K. and Canada.
It’s the latest move by the FDA to broaden donor eligibility, with the potential to boost donations.
“The implementation of these recommendations will represent a significant milestone for the agency and the LGBTQI+ community,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s center for biological therapies, said in a statement.
Gay rights groups have long opposed blanket restrictions on who can give blood, saying they discriminate. Medical societies including the American Medical Association have also said such exclusions are unnecessary given advances in blood testing.
Anyone who has ever tested positive for HIV will continue to be ineligible to donate blood. Those taking pills to prevent HIV through sexual contact will also still be barred, until three months after their last dose. The FDA noted that the medications, known as PrEP, can delay the detection of the virus in screening tests.
The FDA sets requirements and procedures for U.S. blood banks. All potential donors answer questions about their sexual history, injectable drug use and any recent tattoos or piercings, among other factors that can contribute to the spread of blood-borne infections. Donated blood is then tested for HIV, hepatitis C, syphilis and other infectious diseases.
In 2015, the FDA dropped the lifetime ban on donations from men who have sex with men and replaced it with a one-year abstinence requirement. Then in 2020, the agency shortened the abstinence period to three months, after donations plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Regulators said there has been no negative impact on the blood supply as a result of those changes.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1030 AM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island
and Bolivar Peninsula.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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Multiple victims hit in 2 early morning shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, news report says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Missouri were investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning, although the number of dead or wounded was not immediately known, a news report said.
The Kansas City Police Department responded to shootings on Prospect Avenue around 3 a.m. and again around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, KSHB-TV reported.
One of the shootings involved multiple fatalities, the station reported.
The number of victims from each shooting was not immediately available, but police told KSHB that some victims with gunshot wounds transported themselves to a hospital.
There was no immediate information about any arrests being made, KSHB reported.
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FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness
(AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it.
The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.
“The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury,” the agency said in a statement.
Several hundred people have also posted on a food safety website complaining of nausea, diarrhea and vomiting after eating Lucky Charms.
General Mills Inc., the Minneapolis-based company that makes Lucky Charms, Cheerios and other cereals, said it’s aware of those reports and takes them seriously. But the company said its own investigation has not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to Lucky Charms.
General Mills said it encourages consumers to share their concerns directly with the company.
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Two people in the hospital following North Versailles crash
Crash happened on Tuesday night
Two people in the hospital following North Versailles crash
Crash happened on Tuesday night
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Two people were taken to the hospital following a crash in North Versailles on Tuesday night.The crash happened a little before 9 p.m. near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Naysmith Road.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 observed a motorcycle being towed away from the scene.The conditions of the two people hurt have not been released.
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Two people were taken to the hospital following a crash in North Versailles on Tuesday night.
The crash happened a little before 9 p.m. near the intersection of 5th Avenue and Naysmith Road.
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Petoskey High School sweeps Char-Em February Quiz Bowl tournament
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PETOSKEY — Both Petoskey’s A and B teams won their respective divisions to make it a clean sweep in the Char-Em Quiz Bowl on Feb. 3 at North Central Michigan College.
Petoskey A team tied with Petoskey Concord Academy for first place in the morning rounds but emerged victorious in the afternoon playoffs, beating St. Michael High School in the semi-finals, then edging Charlevoix in the finals. In the B division, the Petoskey B team finished the day undefeated followed by Charlevoix C in second and Boyne City B in third. Also competing in both divisions were the A and B teams of East Jordan. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/education/2023/02/11/petoskey-high-school-sweeps-char-em-february-quiz-bowl-tournament/69886035007/ | 2023-02-11 11:27:34 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/education/2023/02/11/petoskey-high-school-sweeps-char-em-february-quiz-bowl-tournament/69886035007/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards are back Sunday with some of the biggest names in music vying for the network’s fabled Moon Person statue.
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow and Kendrick Lamar are tied for leading nominees with seven apiece. Harlow and Lil Nas X’s collaboration “Industry Baby” propelled their nominations, landing them in competition for artist of the year along with Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo.
Closely behind are Harry Styles and Doja Cat, who received six nominations apiece, while Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Tayler Swift and The Weeknd each have five.
Harlow is pulling double duty, joining LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj as the show’s emcees. The VMAs are being being held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and will air beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Minaj will perform hits from throughout her career and accept the show’s video vanguard award, which MTV has said she’s receiving for her artistry, barrier-breaking hip-hop and status as a global superstar. The honor is named after Michael Jackson.
Eminem, Snoop Dogg, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bad Bunny are also set to perform
Madonna, who is the most awarded artist in MTV history with 20 wins, becomes the only artist to receive a nomination in each of the VMAs five decades. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album “Madame X.”
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Hy-Vee donates 14 pallets of food & $34,249 to Channel One food bank
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Tuesday Rochester Hy-vee store managers dropped off 14 pallets of food, water and other household items as a donation to Channel One’s food bank.
Along with the food donation, they are also donating $34,249. It’s part of the store’s Hy-Vee Scan Out Hunger Campaign. Last fall, customers could round up their totals to donate the extra funds to help fight food insecurity.
Channel One says it’s seeing twice the number of people visiting the food shelf before the pandemic, so donations like this are invaluable to the organization.
This means so much to us right now, especially with the inflation that’s going off, people who are still feeling lingering effects from the pandemic in job loss and income loss. All these things are so helpful to us. Donations like this and partnerships like Hy-vee are so important to us. We couldn’t be more grateful,” Channel One director of development & communications Jessica Sund said.
All of the donated food and water will stock Channel One’s food banks in the area, including its Olmsted County food shelf. The food shelf serves about 4,500 households every month.
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UPDATE: Missing Zumbrota teen still has not returned home, police say
Published: Jun. 6, 2023 at 5:37 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ZUMBROTA, Minn. (KTTC) – Zumbrota Police have updated information on a missing teen.
Police said in a Facebook post that Kyel White, 14, still has not returned home.
The department also said that White has been in contact with several of his friends through social media leading them to believe that he is safe at this time.
White left his home on foot around 5:30 p.m. June 1.
White is about six feet tall and 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
If you see or know the where abouts of White, you’re asked to contact Goodhue County Dispatch at 651-385-3155 and ask to speak with a ZPD officer.
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The new 15% Vitamin C + PHA Serum is a clinically proven formula that gently exfoliates for brighter, more radiant skin in just 1 week.
SKILLMAN, N.J., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEOSTRATA, the dermatologist born brand backed by 40 years of breakthrough innovation, launched their 15% Vitamin C + PHA Serum, which targets uneven skin tone and dark spots. Unlike most Vitamin C serums, this multi-action formula blends clinically proven antioxidants plus exfoliating Polyhydroxy Acid to help diminish visible skin discoloration and protect against external environmental aggressors.
- 15% Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid) penetrates the skin's surface brightening the appearance of skin discolorations to reveal an even, radiant complexion.
- 2% Gluconolactone (PHA) gently exfoliates the skin's surface, allowing the Pure Vitamin C to absorb into fresh, renewed surface layers of skin.
- 1% Feverfew Extract enhances skin's naturally occurring antioxidants to support protection against drying environmental aggressors that could worsen uneven tone.
- Green Tea Extract boosts Vitamin C antioxidant capacity.
This unique, lightweight, easy-to-absorb powerhouse serum was tested in a clinical study on all skin tones.
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"This new serum's formula is special. It takes a holistic approach to skin brightening by combining multi-mechanistic benefits including antioxidant protection and surface exfoliation," says Ritamarie Guerrero, Manager of NEOSTRATA Research and Development.
The 15% Vitamin C + PHA Serum can be incorporated into a daytime regimen by applying to a clean, dry face and neck once daily, followed by a moisturizer.
As the next step of the journey to further educate consumers on the new 15% Vitamin C + PHA Serum and the wide product range of solutions for unique skin discoloration, the brand is excited to announce the debut of the NEOSTRATA Metaverse experience, offering an immersive and interactive way to get to know the brand. The multidimensional, guided experience educates consumers about how environmental factors, like sun and pollution and lifestyle choices impact their skin. They will learn about ingredients and how to build a custom product regimen based on their unique skin concerns. Consumers will also be able to complete challenges to earn badges and rewards, learn about skincare and NEOSTRATA products and even shop virtually with friends.
"Tapping into this gamified Web 3.0 format promises to be both educational and fun for those new to NEOSTRATA, new to the Metaverse and the brand's biggest fans," according to Lisa Brewer, Head of NEOSTRATA Consumer Growth and Ecommerce.
The Metaverse experience is available now on NEOSTRATA.com. https://metaverse.neostrata.com/virtual-experience/
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For over 40 years, NEOSTRATA has been empowering people to change the story of their skin. NEOSTRATA is a dermatologist born brand, offering groundbreaking skin inclusive solutions, embracing different types of skin discoloration for a renewed, healthier-looking, face-forward future. NEOSTRATA products are precisely formulated with clinically proven ingredients to visibly correct and gradually reveal fresh layers of skin in 3 days.
The name NEOSTRATA translates to "new layers." Two words that perfectly describe their skincare philosophy that visible results come from renewing layers of the skin.
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Shawn Mendes is pressing pause on his world tour. On Friday, the 23-year-old singer took to Instagram to reveal that he's postponing upcoming show dates to focus on his mental health.
"This breaks my heart to have to say this, but unfortunately I’m going to have to postpone the next three weeks of shows through Uncasville, CT until further notice. I’ve been touring since I was 15 and to be honest it’s always been difficult to be on the road away from friends and family," he wrote in an Instagram post. "After a few years off the road, I felt like I was ready to dive back in, but that decision was premature and unfortunately the toll of the road and the pressure has caught up to me and Ive hit a breaking point. After speaking with my team and health professionals, I need to take some time to heal and take care of myself and my mental health, first and foremost. As soon as there are more updates I promise I will let you know love you guys."
The 23-year-old singer kicked off his Wonder world tour in Portland, Oregon on June 27 with shows in the United States and Canada scheduled through October. The tour also includes a European leg which was scheduled to begin in May 2023.
"Portland i was smiling so much i thought my cheeks were gunna pop," he wrote on Instagram. "Thank you for having us."
The news comes after Mendes posted a lengthy Twitter message in April, in which he admitted that he's "afraid that if people know and see the truth they might think less of me."
"The truth, in current form is a 23 year old who constantly feels like he’s either flying or drowning. Maybe that’s just what it is to be in your 20’s idk, or maybe that’s just me," he wrote. "The truth is I really do wanna show up in the world as my 100% true honest unique self and not care what anyone thinks, sometimes I do."
"Sometimes I really don’t care what people think and I feel free. Most of the time it’s a struggle tho. That's the truth," he continued. "The truth is even with so much success I still find it hard to feel like I’m not failing. Hyper focused on what I don’t have, forgetting to see all that I do. The truth is I’m overwhelmed and overstimulated. Lol."
At the time, he concluded his message by assuring his fans that he was "OK."
“The truth is ALSO that I'm OK," he wrote. "I’m just tryna tell and be the truth. I like to think that maybe me saying this might resonate with some people."
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency in a move that could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol industry.
The EPA framed its decision as a way to reduce gasoline prices at a time of market supply uncertainty because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The agency said its action also encourages U.S. energy independence and supports American agriculture and manufacturing.
“Allowing E15 sales during the summer driving season will not only help increase fuel supply, but support American farmers, strengthen U.S. energy security, and provide relief to drivers across the country,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol and the higher 15% blend hasn’t been allowed in the summer because of concerns it could worsen smog during hot weather.
The EPA said its analysis shows allowing sales of the higher blend shouldn’t have a significant impact on air quality.
The agency estimated that E15 blends cost about 25 cents less per gallon at the pump than E10 blends.
The U.S. Department of Energy has found that vehicles will travel 3% to 4% fewer miles on E10 and 4% to 5% less on E15 than on 100% gasoline.
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers industry group questioned the move, pointing to data from the Energy Information Administration, a part of the Energy Department.
“The U.S. market is well supplied with gasoline, which EIA data make clear,” Chet Thompson, the organization’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “Therefore, we’re anxious to see how EPA is going to justify this decision in light of the statutory limitations and the agency’s own understanding of emergency criteria, which require a finding of inadequate domestic supply in a specific geographic area.”
Ethanol policy is especially important in the Midwest, where most of the roughly 200 renewable fuel plants are located. In 2022, those refineries produced over 15.4 billion gallons of ethanol, and the industry used about 45% of the nation’s corn crop, roughly one-third of which was grown in Iowa and Illinois.
The industry has pushed for years to allow year-round sales of E15. In March, the EPA proposed to permanently allow the higher blends in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024.
“EPA’s action allowing summertime E15 will help extend gasoline supplies, prevent fuel shortages, protect air quality and reduce carbon emissions,” said Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/epa-allows-gasoline-with-higher-ethanol-blend-during-summer/ | 2023-04-29 14:14:33 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/epa-allows-gasoline-with-higher-ethanol-blend-during-summer/ |
When you browse the web, an increasing number of sites and apps are asking for a piece of basic information that you probably hand over without hesitation: your email address.
It may seem harmless, but when you enter your email, you’re sharing a lot more than just that. I’m hoping this column, which includes some workarounds, persuades you to think twice before handing over your email address.
First, it helps to know why companies want email addresses. To advertisers, web publishers and app makers, your email is important not just for contacting you. It acts as a digital breadcrumb for companies to link your activity across sites and apps to serve you relevant ads.
If this all sounds familiar, that’s because it is.
For decades, the digital advertising industry relied on invisible trackers planted inside websites and apps to follow our activities and then serve us targeted ads. There have been sweeping changes to this system in the past few years, including Apple’s release of a software feature in 2021 allowing iPhone users to block apps from tracking them and Google’s decision to prevent websites from using cookies, which follow people’s activities across sites, in its Chrome browser by 2024.
Advertisers, web publishers and app makers now try to track people through other means — and one simple method is by asking for an email address.
Imagine if an employee of a brick-and-mortar store asked for your name before you entered. An email address can be even more revealing, though, because it can be linked to other data, including where you went to school, the make and model of the car you drive, and your ethnicity.
“I can take your email address and find data you may not have even realized you’ve given to a brand,” said Michael Priem, CEO of Modern Impact, an advertising firm in Minneapolis. “The amount of data that is out there on us as consumers is literally shocking.”
Advertising tech is continuing to evolve, so it helps to understand what exactly you’re sharing when you enter in an email address. From there, you can decide what to do.
Your Email Address Has Become a Potent Piece of Data
For many years, the digital ad industry has compiled a profile on you based on the sites you visit on the web. Information about you used to be collected in covert ways, including the aforementioned cookies and invisible trackers planted inside apps. Now that more companies are blocking the use of those methods, new ad targeting techniques have emerged.
One technology that is gaining traction is an advertising framework called Unified ID 2.0, or UID 2.0, which was developed by the Trade Desk, an ad-technology company in Ventura, California.
Say, for example, you are shopping on a sneaker website using UID 2.0 when a prompt pops up and asks you to share your email address and agree to receive relevant advertising. Once you enter your email, UID 2.0 transforms it into a token composed of a string of digits and characters. That token travels with your email address when you use it to log in to a sports streaming app on your TV that uses UID 2.0. Advertisers can link the two accounts together based on the token, and they can target you with sneaker ads on the sports streaming app because they know you visited the sneaker website.
Since your email address is not revealed to the advertiser, UID 2.0 may be seen as a step up for consumers from traditional cookie-based tracking, which gives advertisers access to your detailed browsing history and personal information.
“Websites and apps are increasingly asking for email authentication in part because there needs to be a better way for publishers to monetize their content that’s more privacy-centric than cookies,” Ian Colley, the chief marketing officer of the Trade Desk, said in an email. “The internet is not free, after all.”
However, in an analysis, Mozilla, the nonprofit that makes the Firefox web browser, called UID 2.0 a “regression in privacy” because it enabled the type of tracking behavior that modern web browsers were designed to prevent.
There are simpler ways for websites and apps to track your web activity through your email address. An email could contain your first and last name, and assuming you’ve used it for some time, data brokers have already compiled a comprehensive profile on your interests based on your browsing activity. A website or an app can upload your email address into an ad broker’s database to match your identity with a profile containing enough insights to serve you targeted ads.
The bottom line is that if you’re wondering why you are continuing to see relevant ads despite the rise of privacy tools that combat digital tracking, it’s largely because you are still sharing your email address.
So What to Do?
There are various options for limiting the ability of advertising companies to target you based on your email address:
— Create a bunch of email addresses. Each time a site or an app asks for your email, you could create a unique address to log in to it, such as, for example, netflixbrianchen@gmail.com for movie-related apps and services. That would make it hard for ad tech companies to compile a profile based on your email handle. And if you receive spam mail to a specific account, that will tell you which company is sharing your data with marketers. This is an extreme approach, because it’s time-consuming to manage so many email addresses and their passwords.
— Use email-masking tools. Apple and Mozilla offer tools that automatically create email aliases for logging in to an app or a site; emails sent to the aliases are forwarded to your real email address. Apple’s Hide My Email tool, which is part of its iCloud+ subscription service that costs 99 cents a month, will create aliases, but using it will make it more difficult to log in to the accounts from a non-Apple device. Mozilla’s Firefox Relay will generate five email aliases at no cost; beyond that, the program charges 99 cents a month for additional aliases.
— When possible, opt out. For sites using the UID 2.0 framework for ad targeting, you can opt out by entering your email address at https://transparentadvertising.org. (Not all sites that collect your email address are using UID 2.0, however.)
You could also do nothing. If you enjoy receiving relevant advertising and have no privacy concerns, you can accept that sharing some information about yourself is part of the transaction for receiving content on the internet.
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Research led by Duke University School of Medicine found that Non-Hispanic Black patients were less likely to receive guideline-appropriate treatment for ovarian cancer compared to Non-Hispanic White patients
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New research in the November 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined whether people with ovarian cancer were being treated based on very specific recommendations regarding comprehensive staging surgery and the recommended minimum cycles of systemic therapy from evidence-based, expert consensus NCCN Guidelines. The findings showed clear disparities based on patients' race, ability to pay, and the availability of specialists/cancer centers in their area—significantly impacting treatment course, which can affect survival. Out of 6,632 patients studied, 23.8% of non-Hispanic White patients received fully guideline-concordant surgery and chemotherapy compared to only 14.2% of non-Hispanic Black patients. Racial disparities remained after adjusting for the assessed healthcare access issues, including the ability to pay for care and having access to local specialists.
"While the ability to pay and the number of hospitals and specialists in the area impacts a patient's cancer care, these do not completely explain racial disparities in ovarian cancer treatment. More work needs to be done to determine what other factors are contributing to these inequities," said lead author Mary Katherine Montes de Oca, MD, Duke University School of Medicine.
"The reasons are complex and multifaceted," agreed senior author Tomi F. Akinyemiju, PhD, with the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University School of Medicine. "For many reasons, including the legacy of structural racism, Black patients have poorer access to healthcare. This is related to employment patterns, which predict quality insurance coverage and residential patterns, and in turn, the availability and quality of healthcare resources in predominantly Black neighborhoods. As our study shows, these are significant contributors to receiving guideline-concordant care. There is also an aspect of the quality of interactions between patients and providers, which is an area of ongoing research by our group─these additional dimensions of accommodation and acceptability need to be further addressed."
Dr. Akinyemiju continued: "As a society, we need to have tough conversations about access to quality care, and collectively come up with solutions so that having a cancer diagnosis does not become a death sentence for the most vulnerable members of our society."
The researchers used a SEER-Medicare linked dataset to examine the treatment received by patients who had at least 12 months of continuous enrollment in Medicare fee-for-service before and after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The findings also reference previous studies that illustrate worse outcomes, including increased mortality, for ovarian cancer patients who did not receive guideline-concordant treatment—based on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Ovarian Cancer recommendations for surgery and chemotherapy cycles. According to their cited research, guideline-adherent treatment has been associated with substantially improved outcomes in both Black and White patients, but some racial disparities in survival still remain, possibly due to later diagnosis or higher comorbidity burden.
"We know that the best outcomes for ovarian cancer are achieved when affected patients are treated according to NCCN Guidelines," commented Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA, Professor, Chairman, and Clinical Service Chief, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, who was not involved in this research. "This study demonstrated, similar to many other studies, that non-Hispanic Black ovarian cancer patients were less likely than non-Hispanic White ovarian cancer patients to receive NCCN Guidelines-based care. This study specifically pointed out that non-Hispanic Black patients were less likely to undergo guideline-based surgery or initiate/complete chemotherapy and that this was predominantly related to lower affordability and availability of quality ovarian cancer services."
Dr. Alvarez—who serves as Vice-Chair for the NCCN Guidelines® Panel for Ovarian Cancer—continued: "Improving the affordability and availability of such services should help improve adherence to guidelines and improve ovarian cancer outcomes in non-Hispanic Black patients. Interestingly, this study suggests that outcomes for this population would still fall short of those achieved for non-Hispanic White patients, even if affordability and availability issues were overcome."
To read the entire study, visit JNCCN.org. Complimentary access to "Healthcare Access Dimensions and Guideline-Concordant Ovarian Cancer Treatment: SEER-Medicare Analysis of the ORCHiD Study" is available until February 10, 2023.
About JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
More than 25,000 oncologists and other cancer care professionals across the United States read JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal provides the latest information about innovation in translational medicine, and scientific studies related to oncology health services research, including quality care and value, bioethics, comparative and cost effectiveness, public policy, and interventional research on supportive care and survivorship. JNCCN features updates on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), review articles elaborating on guidelines recommendations, health services research, and case reports highlighting molecular insights in patient care. JNCCN is published by Harborside. Visit JNCCN.org. To inquire if you are eligible for a FREE subscription to JNCCN, visit NCCN.org/jnccn/subscribe. Follow JNCCN on Twitter @JNCCN.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information and follow NCCN on Facebook @NCCNorg, Instagram @NCCNorg, and Twitter @NCCN.
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MUSKEGON, MI - Amanda’s Frosted Dreams has grown into a neighborhood staple in the Muskegon area to grab decadent sweet treats.
The Muskegon bakery offers classic and unique cupcakes and cakes, plus other items.
For owner Amanda Price, the baking of cakes started out as a hobby and has since developed into a popular business.
Price officially acquired the licensing for the business, 1375 Creek Dr. in Muskegon, in 2019.
Since then, Price has been offering pickup and delivery for her various baked goods, including cupcakes, cheesecakes, cake cups, custom cakes and more.
“Baking has always been something I did as a stress relief and a hobby,” Price said. “It became something I did as gifts. That was my gift to you; whatever birthday cake you want and however elaborate you wanted it.”
Price said she didn’t start growing her baking skills and ideas until after she was laid off from her job in 2016. As the years went on and Price started gaining more positive feedback, she took the next step and began profiting off what was once just a hobby.
Now, with the support of her family, Price has grown a fan base for her unique creations.
Customers from the Muskegon area and its surrounding communities have flocked to Amanda’s Frosted Dreams to pick up best sellers like butter pecan cupcakes and strawberry crunch cake cups.
Other flavors available include German chocolate, cookies and cream, red velvet, hazelnut turtle, Neapolitan, lemon cake, chocolate-covered strawberry and more.
All cupcakes can be ordered as a half dozen for $10, a dozen for $15 and 24 for $25. Customers also have the option to choose between homemade whip cream frosting or buttercream frosting.
“I play with all of the flavors,” Price said. “When there’s not a particular flavor that I like, that’s always the interesting challenge for me. I’m not a key lime person, but I made a key lime cake for someone.”
Price touts the business as a unique place to relish in nostalgia or try something new with a little twist.
“Usually, that’s the part that I like about Amanda’s Frosted Dreams or the dream part,” she said. “I like it being different, as in we can do custom cakes, but I like the nostalgia of the flavors that you don’t get on the shelf anymore.”
To place an order for pickup at Amanda’s Frosted Dreams, call (231) 736-0806 or visit their Facebook page or website.
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year, with a particular focus on the business dealings of presidential son Hunter Biden, illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and the originations of COVID-19.
Republicans won't have enough votes to advance key legislative priorities if there is no Democratic buy-in, but their oversight of government agencies could put Democrats on the defensive and dampen support for the Biden administration going into the 2024 presidential elections.
Some of the lawmakers expected to lead those investigations once House Republicans select their new committee chairs:
JUDICIARY'S BIG ROLE
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is expected to serve as the next chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan helped form and then lead the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and voted on Jan. 6, 2021, to object to counting Pennsylvania's electoral vote. President Donald Trump thought so highly of Jordan that he presented the congressman with the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Judiciary Committee handles oversight of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security and issues such as crime, immigration and protection of civil liberties. It's typically one of the most partisan committees on Capitol Hill, yet Jordan's combative style stands out even there. The committee would be the place where any effort would begin to impeach a member of the Biden administration, as some Republicans have been proposing for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Jordan's inquiries to the administration in recent months make clear the committee will investigate the FBI's execution of a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. He has also advocated for a wide-ranging look at the Biden administration's immigration policies and the origins of COVID-19.
“All those things need to be investigated just so you have the truth," Jordan told conservative activists last summer at a conference. “Plus that will frame up the 2024 race when I hope and I think President Trump is going to run again and we need to make sure that he wins."
OVERSIGHT'S LONG LIST
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., is expected to serve as the next chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and has made clear that investigating President Joe Biden's son Hunter will be one of his top priorities. The Republicans say their investigation of Hunter Biden's business dealings is to “determine whether these activities compromise U.S. national security and President Biden’s ability to lead with impartiality."
Comer has also been laying the groundwork for investigating the situation on the U.S-Mexico border. He sent a letter to Mayorkas seeking an array of documents and communications pertaining to the administration’s border policy. “We cannot endure another year of the Biden Administration’s failed border policies,” the letter said.
But that's just a slice the committee's focus.
“We’re going to investigate between 40 and 50 different things," Comer said Sunday on NBC's “Meet The Press." “We have the capacity. We’ll have 25 members on the committee, and we’re going to have a staff close to 70. So we have the ability to investigate a lot of things."
The federal government's spending in response to COVID-19 will also be scrutinized.
“We believe that there have been hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars wasted over the past three years, so that spans two administrations, in the name of COVID.
“We want to have hearings on that. We want to try to determine what happened with the fraudulent unemployment insurance funds, the fraudulent PPP loan funds, some of this money that’s being spent for state and local governments in the COVID stimulus money," Comer said.
AFGHANISTAN IN FOCUS
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, is expected to serve as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which will be investigating the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. McCaul reiterated a request in mid-October for various documents and directed the State Department to preserve all records related to the chaotic withdrawal, which included the loss of 13 U.S. service members killed during a suicide bombing attack.
“The way it was done was such a disaster and such a disgrace to our veterans that served in Afghanistan. They deserve answers to the many questions we have," McCaul said on ABC's “This Week." He added: "Why wasn’t there a plan to evacuate? How did it go so wrong?"
SPOTLIGHT ON ENERGY AND TAXES
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is expected to serve as the next chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in Congress, from health care to environmental protection to national energy policy. Republicans on the committee have already spent months investigating the origins of COVID-19 and are expected to continue that work in the next Congress.
Reps. Jason Smith, R-Mo., Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., have expressed interest in serving as the next chairman of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, which has already been seeking documents related to the spending in the nearly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Democrats passed early last year. The committee also has oversight over the IRS, a frequent target of GOP scrutiny and scorn.
OTHER KEY SPOTS
Likely leaders of other prominent committees:
- Agriculture Committee: Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.
- Appropriations Committee: Kay Granger, R-Texas.
- Armed Services Committee: Mike Rogers, R-Ala.
- Budget Committee: Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., Buddy Carter, R-Ga., and Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, have all expressed interest in the chairmanship.
- Financial Services Committee: Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.
- Homeland Security Committee: Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Clay Higgins, R-La., have all expressed interest in the chairmanship.
- Intelligence Committee: Michael Turner, R-Ohio
- Natural Resources Committee: Bruce Westerman, R-Ark.
- Science, Space and Technology Committee: Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Sam Graves, R-Mo.
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will return to the Fast and Furious franchise playing his character Luke Hobbs, the actor tweeted Thursday.
Johnson announced in 2021 that he would not be returning to the franchise but had a mid-credits cameo as Hobbs in the latest movie, “Fast X.” It turns out that won’t be the last we see of Hobbs.
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— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) June 1, 2023
“The next Fast and Furious film you’ll see the legendary lawman in will be the Hobbs movie that will serve as a fresh, new chapter and set up ‘Fast X: Part: II,'” Johnson tweeted. This 11th movie was originally thought to wrap up the main storyline, but Vin Diesel, who plays lead character Dominic Toretto, recently hinted that an additional movie may be in the works, giving the story a trilogy ending.
Johnson joined the “Fast and Furious” cast for 2011’s “Fast Five” and appeared in the next three movies, as well as the spinoff “Hobbs and Shaw,” which focused on his character and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw. Spinoffs like this, and the Hobbs movie mentioned by Johnson, leave room for the franchise to continue even if the main story ends.
After filming of the eighth movie, “The Fate of the Furious,” wrapped, Johnson made some negative comments about his co-stars, and he did not return for “F9,” reiterating in 2022 that he was done with the franchise despite Diesel’s overtures. Things seem to have changed.
“Last summer Vin and I put all the past behind us,” Johnson tweeted. “We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve—and always take care of the franchise, characters, and fans we love.”
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Session will be Webcast
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Douglas Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), will participate in the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on September 12, 2022 in New York, NY. Mr. Peterson is scheduled to speak from 8:15 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The "fireside chat" will be webcast and may include forward-looking information.
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We are widely sought after by many of the world's leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world's leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The last time Kansas needed to overcome a 15-point halftime deficit was on the biggest stage in college basketball.
The Jayhawks certainly weren’t going to be intimidated by one in Allen Fieldhouse.
With another raucous home crowd behind it, the nation’s No. 4 team quickly wiped out the big lead Oklahoma State had painstakingly built. And when KJ Adams scored the go-ahead basket with 4.8 seconds left, the Jayhawks twice stopped the Cowboys at the other end to squeak out a 69-67 victory Saturday in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
“There aren’t any 15-point plays,” said Jalen Wilson, who was instrumental in helping the Jayhawks rally from the same hole to beat North Carolina for the national title, “so the main thing was to win every 4 minutes and that’s what we did.”
Wilson finished with 20 points and Adams had 14 to lead the Jayhawks (12-0), who trailed 45-30 at the break before a 22-5 run wiped out the deficit and propelled them to their 32nd consecutive conference-opening win.
“It could have went to 20 real quick or we could get it down to 10,” Wilson said. “We all came together, shook off the first half, understood we’re at home. Fifteen points can seem like a lot but it’s not.”
The Cowboys (8-5) didn’t give up after the comeback, finding themselves with the lead again in the closing minutes.
Kansas took it back on Kevin McCullar Jr.’s 3-pointer with 45 seconds left, and Wilson added two free throws moments later to stretch the lead to 67-64. But the Cowboys’ Bryce Thompson, who began his career at Kansas and matched a career high with 23 points, drilled his own 3-pointer with 14.8 seconds left to tie the game at 67.
The Jayhawks raced up court, got the ball to Adams and he made a nifty lay-in to regain the lead.
“We always run plays where I screen and roll out real fast,” Adams said. “It was just like that.”
Oklahoma State lost the ball at the other end trying to score in transition, and with 1.1 seconds on the clock, the Cowboys got the inbounds pass to Thompson, whose shot was swatted from behind. A final inbounds pass was batted away.
Thompson hit seven 3-pointers but dealt with second-half foul trouble for the Cowboys, who have lost four straight and nine of their last 10 to the Jayhawks. John-Michael Wright also had four 3s and finished with 19 points.
“We gave ourselves a chance right up there to the end,” Cowboys coach Mike Boynton said, “but there’s no moral victories.”
The last instruction Oklahoma State got before tipoff came on a whiteboard held by a staff member: “Alert The Lob Backdoor.” The Cowboys shut that down and just about everything else.
McCullar had three turnovers in the first 5 minutes and four in the half. Adams also had four in the half. And one of the two 3-pointers that Gradey Dick hit was a desperation bank high off the glass.
Oklahoma State capitalized at the other end, taking advantage of wide open skip passes for their own easy 3s. Thompson hit four of them in the first 15 minutes, and two more attempts were halfway down before bouncing out. Wright’s fall-away 3 with 1:56 left forced Kansas to call timeout, and his buzzer-beater gave Oklahoma State a 45-30 halftime lead.
The Cowboys were 9 of 18 from the arc in the first half. Kansas had 11 turnovers.
Then came the comeback.
It began when DaJuan Harris Jr. drilled a 3 in front of the Kansas bench. It continued with 11 straight points after Thompson hit another 3 of his own. And by the time Wilson hit a 3-pointer with 10:54 to go, the Jayhawks had ridden a 22-5 surge to not only wipe out their halftime deficit but take their first lead since the opening minutes.
Kansas wasn’t able to draw away, though. And that set up a frantic final 10 minutes.
“It’s the exact same thing as the national championship,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “You turn it up, tie it earlier than you ever expect and then it becomes a basketball game.”
BIG PICTURE
Oklahoma State. The pressure of Allen Fieldhouse was evident in the second half. The Cowboys’ first three possessions ended with a missed shot, another miss as the shot clock sounded and a shot-clock violation. By the time they finally got their legs under them, Kansas had wiped out their advantage and made for a tense finish.
Kansas: Even during the Jayhawks’ 22-5 second-half run, when they went scoreless on three straight possessions, their defense kept Oklahoma State from regaining momentum. It helped that they only turned it over once after the break.
UP NEXT
Oklahoma State: Plays No. 24 West Virginia on Monday night.
Kansas: Heads to Texas Tech on Tuesday night.
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FN Media Group Presents Microsmallcap.com Market Commentary
NEW YORK , Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the crypto winter shows signs of slowing, companies are rushing to become compliant after a string of bankruptcies within the space. Regulatory compliance is critical to improving crypto's reputation among investors. It is also essential for mitigating liquidity risks, an issue that caused crypto giants Voyager Digital and Celsius to file for bankruptcy. Last week, Payments giant PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) joined Coinbase Global's (NASDAQ:COIN) Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) network. The TRUST network, which was launched in February by 18 virtual asset providers, was created to "protect the security and privacy" of customers, while complying with the bank industry's Travel Rule. In the past, companies like Block Inc. (NYSE:SQ) (formerly Square Inc.) have rejected proposed FinCEN regulations, while companies like WonderFi Technologies Inc (TSX:WNDR) (OTCQB:WONDF) and CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) are focused on exceeding regulatory requirements.
WonderFi Technologies Inc (TSX:WNDR) (OTCQB:WONDF) is a technology company providing greater access to digital assets through centralized and decentralized platforms.
WonderFi has continued to make strategic acquisitions that have positioned the company as one of the largest combined digital currency companies in Canada. On July 4, the company closed the acquisition of Coinberry, one of Canada's leading crypto trading platforms with over $1 billion traded to date.
The acquisition of Coinberry makes WonderFi Technologies the first company in Canada, and one of the first globally, to own and operate more than one licensed,crypto asset trading platforms that is regulated by applicable securities commissions.
Coinberry brings with it over 225,000 users and $99.5 million of client assets under custody, giving WonderFi over half a billion dollars in approximate total client assets under custody as of the acquisition.
"This acquisition further solidifies WonderFi as a leader amongst crypto companies in Canada, and along with our acquisition of Bitbuy, establishes a great foundation for our expansion into global markets" said WonderFi CEO Ben Samaroo. "Further, as we've seen over the past few weeks, the crypto market downturn has had a massive impact on the viability of unregulated crypto trading platforms and WonderFi's value proposition as one of the few regulated crypto businesses makes us well positioned to continue our growth."
Earlier this month, WonderFi reported its Q3 2022 financial results, reporting revenues of $2.9 million, compared to $nil in the prior-year quarter. The increased revenue is due to the acquisition of Bitbuy, which was completed in July 2022. WonderFi also reported $356 million in total assets as of June 30, 2022, including $15 million in cash, $5.6 million in crypto assets and inventory and $187 million of Assets Under Custody for customers.
The company's operating expenses were $13.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $705,000 in Q3 2021.
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Financial Companies Launch New Products
Payments giant PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) joined the Coinbase compliance initiative, the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST). This market-driven solution, which was introduced in February, enables crypto exchanges to deliver the data that is legally needed by the Travel Rule in a secure manner. In order to avoid any problems with US authorities, TRUST offers its members a variety of tools and features like evidence of ownership and thorough adherence to the Travel Rule. More recently, PayPal partnered with the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) and Vanguard Charitable, to launch Grant Payments, a new product that allows sponsors of the Donor-Advised Fund (DAF), community foundations and other funders to make grants to charities quickly and electronically through PayPal. Grant payments will allow charities to receive grants soon after the grantor approves the funds. Funders and charities will have access to full details of available grants, including donor information where provided, via a PayPal dashboard. Eligible and participating charities have been vetted against PayPal's strict compliance standards.
In a shareholder letter released on August 9, Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) said that the decline in crypto asset prices had a significant impact on its Q2 2022 financial results, which were in line with the outlook provided in May. Net revenue was $803 million, down 31% compared to Q1, due to lower transaction volume. Total operating expenses were $1.9 billion, up 8% compared to Q1. Net loss was $1.1 billion and was heavily impacted by non-cash items impairment charges. In the absence of non-cash impairment charges, the net loss would have been $647 million. Adjusted EBITDA was negative $151 million. Total trading volume fell to $217 billion, down 30% from the first quarter. On the other hand, the total spot crypto trading volume decreased by 3% sequentially, leading to a lower trading market share by volume.
On April 28, Block Inc. (NYSE:SQ) announced the launch of Square Loans in Canada, giving small businesses quick and easy access to funds and eliminating another major hassle associated with running a business. Using transaction data, Square Loans proactively delivers personalized offers to eligible sellers, providing them with a simple, paperless application process and delivering funds the next business day. Businesses have a clear, up-front loan fee, which is automatically repaid as a set percentage of daily card sales with Square – so sellers repay more when sales are strong and less during slower times. Loan fees never increase for the seller, so it's always clear how much they owe. In July, Block provided the Scotiabank Saddledome and McMahon Stadium with a full Point of Sale (POS) makeover. New in-stadium technology includes more than 350 Square Register and Square Terminal units to power sales and manage operations, which are integrated with Square for Restaurants and Square for Retail software.
On August 18, CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced plans to launch options on Ether futures on September 12, pending regulatory review. These new contracts offer a futures contract on one Ether, valued at 50 Ether per contract, and based on the CME CF Ether-Dollar benchmark rate, which serves as the daily benchmark rate for the US dollar price of Ether. These new contracts will also expand CME Group's existing suite of cryptocurrency options contracts, which includes Bitcoin options, as well as micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether options.
WonderFi Technologies has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market® (NASDAQ). At the same time, the company has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States.
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Collaboration will enable members to leverage the Tapestri® single-cell technology to streamline cell therapy development and manufacturing processes
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, has joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT), leveraging its Tapestri® Platform to improve analytical assays and cell manufacturing processes. CMaT is a consortium of universities, companies, and clinical collaborators brought together to develop transformative tools and technologies for the consistent, scalable, and low-cost production of high-quality living therapeutic cells.
Launched in 2017, CMaT aims to revolutionize the treatment of cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and other disorders by enabling broad use of potentially curative therapies that utilize living cells.
Consortium researchers will utilize Tapestri®'s single-cell multi-omics capabilities to streamline and improve analytical assays that are crucial for assessing quality during various stages of the cell therapy development process. Tapestri® can measure gene editing patterns at a high resolution, capturing the co-occurrence of on- and off-target edits, and the zygosity of edits, in individual cells that conventional bulk analyses cannot. This deeper characterization, which may have implications for safety and efficacy, can be completed within days and process thousands of cells at a time. Because Tapestri® enables measurement of genotypic and immunophenotypic attributes at single-cell resolution, it will be particularly useful for early cell therapy development to validate cell engineering techniques.
Tapestri® will also be leveraged for improving and standardizing cell manufacturing processes, consolidating workflows measuring attributes like transduction efficiency and vector copy number that conventionally require weeks of clonal outgrowth and multiple assays to complete.
Mission Bio's mult-iomic capabilities are especially valuable for assessing gene editing or gene transfer strategies in target cell populations or types.
"In light of clinical holds, safety concerns, need for better understanding of product quality, and improving workflow bottlenecks that can delay approval and delivery of novel cell therapies to patients, we are pleased to partner with Mission Bio. Together, we aim to improve the development of safe, efficacious, and rapid delivery of critical therapies through better drug product molecular characterization on the Tapestri® Platform," said Krishnendu Roy, director of CMaT and Regents Professor and Robert A. Milton endowed in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
"We're proud to join this collaborative effort across various sectors to advance the field of cell therapy from within the community," said Anjali Pradhan, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Mission Bio. "It's imperative we face these challenges in manufacturing scalability and reproducibility as a united front, so that we can deliver these potentially life-saving therapies to patients safely and more rapidly."
CMaT includes major university partners – Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus – as well as affiliate partners such as the University of Pennsylvania, Emory University, University of Oregon, and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Additional international academic partners from Canada, Ireland, and Japan, as well as industry and the U.S. national laboratories, are critical collaborators.
To learn more about Mission Bio and the Tapestri® Platform, please visit missionbio.com.
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Mission Bio is a life sciences company that accelerates discoveries and cures for a wide range of diseases by equipping researchers with the tools they need to better measure, characterize and predict our resistance and response to new therapies. Mission Bio's multi-omics approach improves time-to-market for new therapeutics, including innovative cell and gene therapies that provide new pathways to health. Founded in 2014, Mission Bio has secured investment from Novo Growth, Cota Capital, Agilent Technologies, Mayfield Fund, and others.
The company's Tapestri® Platform gives researchers around the globe the power to interrogate genotype and immunophenotype together in individual cells, providing a comprehensive understanding of activity from a single sample. Tapestri® is the only commercialized multi-omics platform capable of analyzing DNA and protein simultaneously at single-cell resolution. Tapestri® is being utilized by customers at leading research centers, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies worldwide. A Tapestri® assay recently entered GMP qualification and validation, indicating that single-cell analysis is on its way to routine use in clinical trials to support the next wave of life-saving CGT treatments.
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West Nile Virus detected in Carter County
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - The Carter County Health Department says at least one mosquito caught in their surveillance trap last Tuesday tested positive for West Nile Virus.
“Every week they pull samples, collect mosquito samples for one day and then send those in to be tested,” Chris Munn, Oklahoma State Department of Health Regional Administrative Director said.
Mosquitoes are lured into the trap with fermenting hay and then get sucked into the mesh basket.
Munn said so far they haven’t seen human cases of West Nile Virus, but the disease is common.
“Most of the people who get West Nile, they’re not even gonna know they have it,” Munn said. “They won’t show symptoms.”
Those who do see symptoms may have muscle weakness, a fever, and dizziness, which could take a few weeks to get over.
Rarely, the disease can cause neurological problems for people over 50, with diabetes, or high blood pressure.
The best defense against the virus is not getting bitten.
David Brittain with Allstate Pest Control said keeping mosquitoes away starts with property maintenance.
“Keep the yard mowed, and keep it just as dry as you possibly can, and it will cut back on a lot of issues.”
Brittain said most mosquito problem areas involve tall grass or standing water, which can hide in pet bowls and bird baths, pools that aren’t maintained, and even flower beds that hold water.
Insect repellants with DEET will keep mosquitoes away.
“DEET is kind of a repulsive smell to them,” Brittain said. They’ll stay clear of that, but if they get you, it also kills them as well.
Munn said to call a doctor if you think you may have caught WSV and are concerned about your symptoms.
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Many of us are gravitating toward non-toxic, eco-friendly cleaning products to help keep our hands and homes germ-free. Castile soap is different from other soaps and detergents, and there’s a reason why this multipurpose cleaner has earned a place in houses nationwide.
A great way to get started with green cleaning is by grabbing a bottle of Castile soap because it covers 18 different household uses, according to Dr. Bronner’s website.
What is Castile soap made from?
Originally made from olive oil in the Castile region of Spain, Castile soap has been used for hundreds of years. It’s gone through some formula changes over the years, expanding to include a variety of vegetable oils. Today, many Castile soaps are created with coconut oil, which is now more economical than olive oil and more widely available.
While the term “soap” is often applied to cleansing bars or liquids, many are made primarily from synthetic surfactants that aren’t biodegradable. Castile soap is to consider it to be “true soap,” a product of reacting natural oils and fats with a base like sodium or potassium hydroxide. It’s naturally derived and easily biodegradable.
You can purchase Castile soap in a couple of ways, in a bar or liquid in a bottle, the latter being its most popular form. Dr. Bronner’s, one of the most popular brands of Castile soap, is made primarily of coconut, palm kernel, olive, hemp seed and jojoba oils, but oftentimes you’ll find other oils used in Castile soaps, such as avocado, almond and walnut.
What Is Castile Soap Used For?
Castile soap can be used for a mind-boggling amount of things around the house. It’s great to have in the shower to cleanse your hair and body. It can be used as an all-purpose cleaner around the house, from your kitchen countertops to tile floors to bathing your dog to washing fresh produce.
If you have a fruit fly infestation, you can use a small dish filled with apple cider vinegar and Castile soap solution. Got ants? A concoction of Castile soap and water can tackle that, too. You can even wash clothing with it, using it as a laundry detergent.
Outside, it can be used in the garden to get rid of tiny, soft-bodied mites or aphids. (Just be sure to research if it’s compatible with the plant you’d like to use it on as some plants are more sensitive than others.) However, it needs to be diluted before use since it’s very potent.
Another bonus: Castile soap is vegan-friendly due it to being made purely of vegetable oils rather than animal fats. And since each bottle is highly concentrated, you use less and reduce waste.
Dr. Bronner’s lavender liquid Castile soap is a popular scented option, though Dr. Bronner’s offers peppermint, almond and other options. Another popular brand is Quinn’s Castile soap, which can also be found on Amazon.
What is Castile soap not good for?
When used properly, Castile soap can help with the dirtiest of jobs, but there are a few things to keep in mind. It might leave a residue on shiny surfaces. It’s also not recommended for color-treated hair.
While it lasts a long time, it will eventually expire, so if you have a bottle stashed under your cabinet, keep an eye on its expiration date.
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COLUMBUS, Miss., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BankFirst Capital Corporation (OTCQX: BFCC) ("BankFirst" or the "Company"), parent of BankFirst Financial Services (the "Bank"), today announced the opening of a new loan production office located at 2100 Southbridge Office Building, Suite 450, Birmingham, Alabama, 35209 (the "LPO").
In making the announcement, BankFirst's President and Chief Executive Officer, Moak Griffin, said, "We are very excited to expand our footprint into the Birmingham market and the opening of our new LPO further underscores our commitment to our customers and communities in the State of Alabama." Stephen Walker, will oversee the operations of the LPO. Mr. Walker has over 9 years of banking experience in the Birmingham market, primarily focusing on commercial real estate, and over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry.
With the opening of the new LPO, the Bank now has 41 offices serving Mississippi and Alabama, and have assets in excess of $2.0 billion.
About BankFirst Financial Services
BankFirst Capital Corporation (OTCQX: BFCC) is a registered bank holding company based in Columbus, Mississippi with approximately $2.0 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2022. BankFirst Financial Services, the Company's wholly-owned banking subsidiary, was founded in 1888 and is locally owned, controlled, and operated. The Company is headquartered in Columbus, Mississippi, and the Bank operates additional branch offices in Columbus, Flowood, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Louin, Macon, Madison, Newton, Starkville, and West Point, Mississippi; and Addison, Aliceville, Arley, Bear Creek, Carrollton, Curry, Double Springs, Fayette, Gordo, Haleyville, Lynn, Northport, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Bank also operates four loan production offices in Biloxi, Brookhaven, and Oxford, Mississippi and Birmingham, Alabama. BankFirst offers a wide variety of services for businesses and consumers. The Bank also offers internet banking, no-fee ATM access, checking, CD, and money market accounts, merchant services, mortgage loans, remote deposit capture, and more. For more information, visit www.bankfirstfs.com.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler took the lead into the weekend in the WM Phoenix Open, with local favorite Jon Rahm right behind at TPC Scottsdale.
The second-ranked Scheffler played 25 holes Friday, completing a 3-under 68 in the first round and shooting a bogey-free 64 in the second to get to 10 under. He had a two-stroke lead over Rahm and Adam Hadwin when play was suspended because of darkness.
Rahm, the former Arizona State star ranked No. 3, also returned early to finish the first round. He shot 68-66 to possibly set up a Super Bowl weekend showdown with Scheffler for the No. 1 ranking.
“That would be a lot of fun,” Scheffler said. “It looks like right now we’re 1 and 2, but we’ll see how things shake out. A lot of guys still have a lot of golf out there to play. Should be a fun weekend.”
Hadwin had eight holes left when play was suspended. None of the afternoon starters were able to finish the round.
Last year, Scheffler beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff for his first PGA Tour title. Scheffler added victories in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, WGC-Match Play and Masters and was the PGA Tour’s player of the year.
The Texan has hit 20 of 28 fairways and 27 of 36 greens in regulation.
“Around this place when you’re hitting fairways and you’re hitting it well the golf course can kind of open up for you,” Scheffler said. “But the opposite can happen in a hurry because there’s trouble lurking on basically every hole.”
After a frost delay and gusting wind Thursday, the players faced a lighter breeze that shifted frequently.
“The wind was really moving around,” Scheffler said. “It could be difficult to judge at times. But it was nice and warm, so it was good.”
Rahm opened the year with consecutive victories in the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. He had his best finish at TPC Scottsdale in 2015, when he tied for fifth as an amateur.
Rahm played a four-hole stretch in 4 under on his first nine in the second round. He birdied the par-5 13th, holed out of a greenside bunker for eagle on the par-5 15th and made a 7-footer for birdie on the par-3 16th.
“I hit a lot of great tee shots today,” Rahm said. “A lot of good iron shots that … didn’t end up in great spots.”
His mother and 87-year-old grandmother, visiting from Spain, watched him on No. 16.
“Unexpected. Very unexpected,” Rahm said. “I’m glad I didn’t know until I hit the shot, honestly, because otherwise I think I would have tried too hard for my grandma to hit a good shot.”
While Scheffler and Rahm topped the leaderboard, top-ranked Rory McIlroy had to rally after an opening 73 in the toughest conditions Thursday. He had four birdies in a five-hole stretch and was 3 under overall when play was suspended.
McIlroy is trying to make it three wins in a row on the PGA Tour after taking the Tour Championship in August and The CJ Cup in October. He also won two weeks ago in Dubai on the European tour in his first start of the year.
Wyndham Clark was 7 under after rounds of 68 and 67. Sungjae Im also was 7 under with six holes left.
Jason Day was 6 under, finishing off a 65 to take the first-round lead and adding a 71.
“I’m glad I’m in the house,” Day said. “I’m just going to go rest up.”
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., experienced more complications than were publicly disclosed from a recent case of shingles that left her absent from Washington for nearly three months.
Feinstein, 89, had also suffered from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which occurred when shingles spread to her head and neck, and a case of encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain, a person familiar with her situation confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.
Her previously undisclosed complications were first reported by The New York Times.
Feinstein, when she made brief appearances in the Capitol this week, appeared to have facial paralysis on the left side of her face, a side effect of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
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It could be a hearing for the history books: Billionaire Howard Schultz, the resolutely anti-union architect of Starbucks, gets questioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the outspoken champion of the union movement in Congress.
Schultz was once a prominent Democrat hailed as a progressive corporate pioneer of better pay and benefits for service industry workers. Today, he's testifying on allegations that Starbucks has been breaking labor laws as it fights its employees' nationwide unionization push.
"Over the past 18 months Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union-busting campaign in the modern history of our country," said Sanders in his opening statement. "The fundamental issue we are facing today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity."
Schultz, fresh off his third stint as Starbucks CEO, is expected to deny any wrongdoing. But Sanders, a fixture at union rallies and town halls, will likely cite dozens of complaints against Starbucks filed both by workers and by federal labor officials since the first U.S. cafe unionized in late 2021.
The hearing at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee is chaired by Sanders, an independent from Vermont, and is being streamed online. As it began, a long queue of managers and corporate employees crowded inside, wearing matching t-shirts — as did dozens of Starbucks Workers United members. After Schultz's testimony, lawmakers will also hear from a current and a former Starbucks baristas.
Hundreds of unionized stores, but still no contract
Workers at nearly 300 coffee shops have now voted to join Starbucks Workers United, about 3% of the chain's U.S. locations. The company has shuttered some unionized stores and fired some workers involved in organizing, citing misconduct.
Federal administrative law judges have found Starbucks violated labor laws in at least eight cases, which the company is appealing. Some ruled to reinstate fired workers and issue them back-pay. One said Starbucks engaged in "egregious and widespread misconduct demonstrating a general disregard for the employees."
Starbucks and the union have also failed to negotiate any collective-bargaining contract for any of the unionized stores. Both sides accuse each other of undermining the process.
"You know the number one thing that I want to hear from Mr. Schultz? Is that he's going to obey the law — not a very radical proposition," Sen. Sanders told NPR on Tuesday. "And I hope that by the end of the hearing, what Mr. Schultz will say is that he is prepared to sit down with the union and negotiate a contract."
Three-time CEO faced threat of subpoena
Schultz, in prepared remarks for his first appearance in front of Congress, maintains that Starbucks complies with labor laws. He touts Starbucks as a worker-focused and generous employer, with pay averaging $17.50 an hour and benefits that include college tuition and company stock.
"We are a different kind of public company that balances profitability with social conscience. Aspiring to achieve that vision has been my life's work," Schultz wrote, reiterating his view in favor of "a direct relationship" with workers — without a union in the middle.
Schultz last week stepped down from his third term as Starbucks CEO since the 1980s, staying on as a member of the board and a major shareholder. He had agreed to testify in the Senate after the committee prepared to subpoena him. Sanders rejected Starbucks' offers of other representatives instead.
Schultz first led the coffee chain to huge expansion between 1986 and 2000, returning to the chief executive job from 2008 to 2017 and again last April. In 2019, Schultz grabbed headlines as he explored a presidential run against Donald Trump as an independent.
Last week at the Starbucks shareholder meeting, the new CEO Laxman Narasimhan did not signal any change in the company's stance on unions.
NPR's Greta Pittenger, Andrea Hsu and Mary Yang contributed to this report.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC ("Greystar"), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of real estate, including rental housing, logistics, and life sciences has announced the final close of Greystar Credit Partners III, LP ("GCP III").
The $600 million commercial real estate debt fund will focus on the acquisition of securitized subordinated debt as well as private label securitizations, junior notes, and mezzanine debt collateralized by the continuum of for-rent residential assets. GCP III is the successor to GCP II, a $600 million fund created in 2020 that completed its investment activities concurrent with the formation of GCP III.
"GCP III is the continuation of an effort initiated in 2018 to scale into credit strategies that leverage the firms nearly 30 years of multifamily operating expertise to make thoughtful, data-driven and timely principal investment decisions," said Brett Lashley, Managing Director and leader of Credit at Greystar. "Greystar's credit business has raised over $2 billion of unlevered capital and continues to expand the focus of the business with additional CRE debt-oriented strategies. While we'll always be patient stewards of the capital entrusted to us, we look forward to deploying this capital in an environment with potentially improving risk/return metrics."
"The closing of GCP III is a testament to the continued growth of our credit platform," said Kevin Kaberna, Executive Director and leader of Greystar's Investment Management platform in North America. "By leveraging our vertically-integrated platform and unique understanding of the nuances of multifamily investment and development, we are well-positioned to continue to tap into strategic investment opportunities across the US."
Lashley along with Senior Director, Patrick Reilly will continue to oversee Greystar Credit Partners' investment management activities.
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, and development services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $250 billion of real estate in 227 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages nearly 794,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $62 billion of assets under management, including over $26 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.
The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the contentious “Hand of God” goal in soccer’s 1986 World Cup.
It easily surpassed the $7.25 million for a century-old Honus Wagner baseball card recently sold in a private sale.
And just last month, the heavyweight boxing belt reclaimed by Muhammad Ali during 1974′s “Rumble in the Jungle” sold for nearly $6.2 million.
All are part of a booming market for sports collectibles.
Prices have risen not just for the rarest items, but also for pieces that might have been collecting dust in garages and attics. Many of those items make it onto consumer auction sites like eBay, while others are put up for bidding by auction houses.
Because of its near-perfect condition and its legendary subject, the Mantle card was destined to be a top seller, said Chris Ivy, the director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, which ran the bidding.
Some saw collectibles as a hedge against inflation over the past couple years, he said, while others rekindled childhood passions.
Ivy said savvy investors saw inflation coming down the road — as it has. As a result, sports memorabilia became an alternative to traditional Wall Street investments or real estate — particularly among members of Generation X and older millennials.
“There’s only so much Netflix and ‘Tiger King’ people could watch (during the pandemic). So, you know, they were getting back into hobbies, and clearly sports collecting was a part of that,” said Ivy, who noted an uptick in calls among potential sellers.
Add to that interest from wealthy overseas collectors and you have a confluence of factors that made sports collectibles especially attractive, Ivy said.
“We’ve kind of started seeing some growth and some rise in the prices that led to some media coverage. And I think it all it all just kind of built upon itself,” he said. “I would say the beginning of the pandemic really added gasoline to that fire.”
Before the pandemic, the sports memorabilia market was estimated at more than $5.4 billion, according to a 2018 Forbes interview with David Yoken, the founder of Collectable.com.
By 2021, that market had grown to $26 billion, according to the research firm Market Decipher, which predicts the market will grow astronomically to $227 billion within a decade — partly fueled by the rise of so-called NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, which are digital collectibles with unique data-encrypted fingerprints.
Sports cards have been especially in demand, as people spent more time at home and an opportunity arose to rummage through potential treasure troves of childhood memories, including old comic books and small stacks of bubble gum cards featuring marquee sports stars.
That lure of making money on something that might be sitting in one’s childhood basement has been irresistible, according to Stephen Fishler, founder of ComicConnect, who has watched the growing rise — and profitability — of collectibles being traded across auction houses.
“In a nutshell, the world of modern sports cards has been going bonkers,” he said.
The Mantle baseball card dates from 1952 and is widely regarded as one of just a handful of the baseball legend in near-perfect condition.
The auction netted a handsome profit for Anthony Giordano, a New Jersey waste management entrepreneur who bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991.
The switch-hitting Mantle was a Triple Crown winner in 1956, a three-time American League MVP and a seven-time World Series champion. The Hall of Famer died in 1995.
“Some people might say it’s just a baseball card. Who cares? It’s just a Picasso. It’s just a Rembrandt to other people. It’s a thing of art for some people,” said John Holden, a professor in sports management law at Oklahoma State and amateur sports card collector.
Like pieces of art that have no intrinsic value, he said, when it comes to sports cards, the worth is in the eye of the beholder — or the pocketbook of the potential bidder.
“The value,” Holden said, “is whatever the market’s willing to support.”
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PHOENIX (AP) — Justin Ishbia came home from college one day to find his younger brother Mat shooting hoops over an 8-foot obstacle as he practiced for his upcoming high school basketball season.
The older brother asked why the 5-foot-10 Mat was doing that — after all, no one in high school was 8 feet tall.
“I’m going to be in the NBA one day,” Mat responded.
Turns out that was true. It just took a couple billion bucks to make it happen.
Mat Ishbia was introduced Wednesday as the new majority owner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, after the NBA’s board of governors on Monday night approved his plan to purchase the controlling stake of those franchises from the embattled Robert Sarver.
The crowd for Ishbia’s high-energy speech included several former Suns players — particularly from the glory days in the 1990s — including Kevin Johnson, Tom Chambers and Dan Majerle. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego was also in attendance.
“Basketball is my life — a huge part of my life — always has been,” Ishbia said. “So when I realized I wasn’t good enough to be in the NBA, how can I one day maybe own a team?
“I didn’t know how realistic that was, but when you set big goals, you start walking toward them.”
The 43-year-old Ishbia’s first order of business is cleaning up an organization that was rocked after the NBA suspended Sarver in September for one year, plus fined him $10 million, after an investigation found he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.”
The punishment came nearly a year after the NBA asked a law firm to investigate allegations that Sarver had a history of racist, misogynistic and hostile incidents over his nearly two-decade tenure overseeing the franchise.
Shortly afterward, Sarver announced he would be looking to sell the Suns and the Mercury. He bought the Suns in 2004 for $401 million, which at the time was an NBA record.
Ishbia agreed on Dec. 20 to the deal, one that put the total value of the Suns and Mercury at $4 billion.
“I want to think big,” Ishbia said. “I want to think how to make this one of the elite franchises in the NBA and the WNBA. I want everyone to look at the Mercury and the Suns as the best. What does that mean? Best in class for fan experience, community engagement, culture and winning. How do we make it the best?”
No other sale in NBA history has been completed with a $4 billion valuation of the franchise involved. Joe Tsai bought the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center for $3.3 billion in 2019, and Tilman Fertitta purchased the Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion in 2017.
Now that it appears the franchise’s ownership issues are settled, the Suns have a lot of momentum.
They’ve got a good young nucleus of Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson that made the NBA Finals less than two years ago before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in six games. They’ve also got the reigning NBA Coach of the Year in Monty Williams and sold out 54 straight home dates at the recently renovated Footprint Center.
Ishbia also takes over as the NBA trade deadline approaches later this week.
Sarver’s tenure as owner of the NBA’s Suns and WNBA’s Mercury officially ended Tuesday, when Ishbia — the chairman, president and chief executive of United Wholesale Mortgage, plus a walk-on member of Michigan State’s NCAA championship team in 2000 — took over. He will be governor, while his brother, Justin, will be alternate governor.
Justin Ishbia will be the team’s second-largest shareholder, behind his brother. They acquired more than 50% of the franchise, which includes all of what was Sarver’s stake as well as some holdings of minority partners.
Mat Ishbia also dealt with his first minor basketball ownership crisis on Wednesday. There was a report on Tuesday night linking Ishbia to his friend and former NBA star Isiah Thomas, who lost a sexual harrassment lawsuit when he was employed by the New York Knicks.
Ishbia said he had no current plans to hire anyone — including Thomas — but didn’t rule anything out in the future.
“I’m going to spend a lot of time listening and learning, then make the adjustments to make this not only one of the best organizations in the NBA but also one of the best places to work,” Mat Ishbia told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Forbes recently listed Mat Ishbia’s net worth as just over $5 billion. Ishbia’s company went public in January 2021 and is a rival to Quicken Loans — the company that has Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert as its founder and chairman.
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AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this story.
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WARSAW, Poland, May 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PKO Bank Polski, the largest universal bank in the Central and Eastern Europe, is accelerating its expansion in virtual worlds. Already on 30 May, in its Virtual PKO Rotunda on the Decentraland platform, it will also hold one of the world's first virtual job fairs in the Metaverse space.
The bank has announced that it is preparing to create attractive spaces on gaming platforms such as Fortnite and Roblox and it wants to develop its activity on the Metaverse class platforms - Decentraland and The Sandbox. It is also planning to build more VR models of its branches.
"Our previous experience with being in the Metaverse world has been very positive. The Virtual PKO Rotunda embedded on the Decentraland platform still acts as a digital laboratory, but we are reaching the point where it is too small for us. We have taken a decision to increase our presence in the Metaverse and accelerate the process of building know-how," said Katarzyna Dziwulska, Managing Director of the Strategy and Digital Transformation Division at PKO Bank Polski, as quoted in the release
According to PKO Bank Polski, it is looking for companies with the right technological experience to collaborate on the creation and maintenance of virtual spaces and gameplay design on the Metaverse-class gaming platforms.
"We have decided, as a next step, to work more closely with external companies that will support us in our design work. This model will allow us to develop simultaneously on various gaming platforms such as Fortnite or Roblox as well as metaverse platforms such as The Sandbox, where we want to create attractive and engaging virtual spaces for users. We invite all interested companies to contact us via metaverse.pkobp.pl," said Marek Myszka, Director of the Innovation Bureau at PKO Bank Polski
PKO Bank Polski has also announced that it is organising a virtual job fair in the Metaverse on 30 May, which is the first event of its kind in Poland and one of the first in the world. The fair is dedicated to people just entering the job market as well as more experienced professionals, mainly from the broad IT area.
Among other things, participants of the event will be able to find out how the bank operates and to apply for a selected position. The most active users will have the chance to arrange an individual interview with bank recruiters.
Katarzyna Motelska, Director of Employee Experience Formation at PKO Bank Polski, quoted in the press release, said that the bank is constantly looking for new forms of contact with candidates. "This time, we are reaching out to the possibilities of the Metaverse world. Specially for this occasion, our Virtual PKO Rotunda on the Decentraland platform will be transformed into an attractive event space, where we will organise a Virtual Job Fair #PKOBankTalentow," she emphasised.
PKO Bank Polski is the leader in mobile banking in Poland. It serves nearly 12 million customers and its IKO mobile application has already been activated 7.4 million times. The bank was ranked first in the latest Finnoscore ranking that assesses the digital maturity of 230 banks from Europe and North America. Since 2022, it has been present on the Decentraland platform, where it was the first in Poland to launch its banking outpost.
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FMC Corporation delivers solid third quarter 2022 results reflecting continued growth momentum, maintains full-year profit outlook
Published: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
Results driven by robust start to the Latin American season and strong pricing actions across all regions
Third Quarter 2022 Highlights
Revenue of $1.38 billion, an increase of 15 percent versus Q3 2021 and up 19 percent organically1
Consolidated GAAP net income of $118 million, down 27 percent versus Q3 2021
Adjusted EBITDA of $261 million, down 11 percent versus Q3 2021
Consolidated GAAP earnings of $0.95 per diluted share, down 23 percent versus Q3 2021
Adjusted earnings per diluted share of $1.23, down 14 percent versus Q3 2021
Full-Year Outlook2
Raises revenue outlook to a range of $5.6 to $5.8 billion, reflecting 13 percent growth at the midpoint versus 2021
Narrows adjusted EBITDA outlook to a range of $1.37 to $1.43 billion, reflecting 7 percent growth at the midpoint versus 2021
Narrows adjusted earnings per diluted share outlook to a range of $7.10 to $7.60, reflecting 7 percent growth at the midpoint versus 2021, excluding any impact from potential 2022 share repurchases
Reduces free cash flow outlook to a range of $440 to $560 million, reflecting the increased revenue outlook and inflationary impacts on working capital
Expects up to $200 million in share repurchases, including $100 million completed in October
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today reported third quarter 2022 revenue of $1.38 billion, an increase of 15 percent versus third quarter 2021, driven by strong volume and pricing. Excluding the impact of foreign currencies, organic revenue grew 19 percent year-over-year. On a GAAP basis, the company reported earnings of $0.95 per diluted share in the third quarter, down 23 percent versus third quarter 2021. Adjusted earnings were $1.23 per diluted share, a decrease of 14 percent versus third quarter 2021, and $0.13 above the midpoint of the guidance.
"FMC's strong growth continued in the third quarter driven by a robust start to the Latin American season and continued pricing actions across all regions. In addition, we are starting to see the benefits of our expanded market access in several key geographies. EBITDA results were down versus the prior year as expected with peak cost headwinds in the quarter," said Mark Douglas, FMC president and chief executive officer.
FMC revenue growth in the third quarter was driven by a 12 percent contribution from volume and a 7 percent contribution from price, offset partially by a 4 percent currency headwind.
Sales in North America grew 21 percent versus the third quarter of 2021. In the US, demand in the Midwest on corn and other crops offset weakness on the West Coast due to challenging weather conditions. Latin America sales grew 35 percent year over year driven by strong herbicide and insecticide demand. In Brazil, FMC is reaping the benefits of investing in expanding market access for its products, especially on soybean and corn acres. In Asia, revenue was down 6 percent (up 2 percent organically) versus prior year period. Erratic weather in several countries including India and Pakistan, as well as currency headwinds, offset the continued progress made with new product launches in Asia. In EMEA, sales were down 12 percent (up 1 percent organically) year over year; regional performance was driven by strength in diamides, especially in Germany, and herbicides for cereals. The global biologicals portfolio grew 9 percent in the quarter, continuing the rapid development of this platform.
Third quarter adjusted EBITDA was $261 million, a decrease of 11 percent from the prior-year period. Pricing gains across all regions, as well as volume gains, primarily in Latin America, were more than offset by cost and currency headwinds in the quarter.
Full Year 2022 Outlook2
The company raised its forecast for full-year 2022 revenue to be in the range of $5.6 billion to $5.8 billion, representing an increase of 13 percent at the midpoint versus 2021 driven by volume and price growth in all regions partially offset by foreign currency impacts. Full-year adjusted EBITDA range has been narrowed and is now expected to be $1.37 billion to $1.43 billion, representing 7 percent year-over-year growth at the midpoint. The range for 2022 adjusted earnings per share is also narrowed and is now expected to be $7.10 to $7.60 per diluted share, representing an increase of 7 percent year-over-year at the midpoint. Interest expense is now expected to be $148 million to $154 million. Adjusted earnings per share excludes any impact from potential 2022 share repurchases and assumes weighted average diluted shares outstanding (WADSO) of approximately 127 million. Full-year free cash flow is lowered to a range of $440 million to $560 million, reflecting the increased revenue outlook and inflationary impacts on working capital. The company expects to repurchase up to $200 million of FMC shares in 2022, which includes $100 million already repurchased in October.
Fourth Quarter Outlook2
Fourth quarter revenue is now expected to be in the range of $1.42 billion to $1.62 billion, an 8 percent increase at the midpoint compared to fourth quarter 2021. Adjusted EBITDA is now forecasted to be in the range of $395 million to $455 million, representing a 15 percent increase at the midpoint versus fourth quarter 2021. FMC now expects adjusted earnings per diluted share to be in the range of $2.05 to $2.55 in the fourth quarter, which represents growth of 9 percent at the midpoint versus fourth quarter 2021.
"FMC's performance in the third quarter has set us up well for a strong finish to the second half of the year. We continue to expand our market access and are on track to deliver record results for the year, overcoming significant headwinds from both cost inflation and currency volatility," said Douglas.
Supplemental Information
The company will post supplemental information on the web at https://investors.fmc.com, including its webcast slides for tomorrow's earnings call, definitions of non-GAAP terms and reconciliations of non-GAAP figures to the nearest available GAAP term.
About FMC
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn® and Twitter®.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
133 PM PST Wed Jan 11 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING ABOVE 4500 FEET...
* WHAT...Wet snow above 4500 feet. Additional snow accumulations
of up to 10 inches. Additional snow accumulations of up to 4
inches at Scott Mountain Summit. Winds gusting as high as 45
mph.
* WHERE...Northern Trinity County.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM PST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible over
Scott Mtn Summit. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
The latest road conditions for the state of California can be
obtained by calling 1-800-GAS-ROAD.
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FDA Warns Puff Bar and Issues Denial to Hyde, Two of the Most Popular Brands with Youth
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released federal data from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) on e-cigarette use among U.S. youth. The findings, published in Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, show that youth use of e-cigarettes remains high, with 2.5 million (9.4%) of the nation's middle and high school students reporting current e-cigarette use.
"The FDA remains deeply concerned about e-cigarette use among our nation's youth. It's clear that we still have a serious public health problem that threatens the years of progress we have made combatting youth tobacco product use," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "We cannot and will not let our guard down on this issue. The FDA remains steadfast in its commitment to using the full range of our authorities to address youth e-cigarette use head-on."
The study, which was conducted January-May 2022 using an online survey, shows that overall about 1 in 10 U.S. middle (3.3%) and high (14.1%) school students reported current (in the past 30 days) e-cigarette use. Among these youth e-cigarette users, nearly 85% reported using flavored e-cigarettes, and more than 1 in 4 (27.6%) reported daily use of an e-cigarette. Due to changes in methodology, including differences in survey administration and data collection procedures in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to compare estimates from 2022 with those from prior NYTS waves is limited; differences between estimates might be due to changes in methodology, actual behavior, or both.
Among current youth e-cigarette users, the most commonly used device type was disposables. The top three brands that current youth e-cigarette users reported "usually" using were Puff Bar (14.5%), Vuse (12.5%), and Hyde (5.5%). While Puff Bar and Vuse were pre-specified response options on the survey, Hyde was not. Students wrote in Hyde as their preferred brand, and because of this, the reported percentage of use is likely an underestimate.
Steps to Address Brands Popular among Youth
The FDA also announced additional steps it has taken today to address brands popular among youth.
First, the agency issued a warning letter to EVO Brands LLC and PVG2, LLC, doing business as Puff Bar, for receiving and delivering e-cigarettes in the U.S. without a marketing authorization order. The FDA has requested a response from the companies within 15 working days of receiving the letter detailing how they intend to address the agency's concerns, including the dates on which they discontinued the sale and/or distribution of these tobacco products, and plans for maintaining compliance with the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act. Failure to promptly address any violations puts the manufacturer at risk of regulatory action such as a civil money penalty, product seizure, and/or injunction. In addition, products that appear to be misbranded or adulterated that are offered for import into the U.S. are at risk of being detained or refused admission. The Puff products subject to this warning letter are non-tobacco nicotine (NTN) products. In response to the increase of NTN in popular tobacco products, Congress passed a federal law which went into effect on April 14, 2022, clarifying the FDA's authority to regulate tobacco products containing nicotine from any source, including NTN or synthetic nicotine.
Second, after reviewing premarket tobacco applications for 32 Hyde e-cigarettes, the FDA issued marketing denial orders (MDO) for these applications submitted by Magellan Technology Inc. In conducting its scientific review, the FDA determined that the applications lacked sufficient evidence demonstrating that these flavored e-cigarettes would provide a benefit to adult users that would be adequate to outweigh the risks to youth. Therefore, the FDA has determined that permitting the marketing of these products would not be appropriate for the protection of the public health. The company must stop selling and distributing these products, and those currently on the market must be removed or risk enforcement action. No Hyde products have received marketing authorization orders from the FDA.
All e-cigarettes on the market without the statutorily required premarket authorization are marketed unlawfully and risk FDA enforcement action, including Puff Bar and Hyde. It is illegal for a retailer or distributor to sell or distribute e-cigarettes that the FDA has not authorized, and those who engage in such conduct are at risk of FDA enforcement, such as a seizure, injunction, or civil money penalty. All authorized e-cigarettes are posted on the FDA's Tobacco Product Marketing Orders page. The FDA encourages the public to submit potential violations to us through our online form.
"Congress gave the FDA authority to hold manufacturers and retailers who violate the law accountable," said Brian King, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products. "FDA is actively working to identify violations and to swiftly seek corrective actions, particularly for products popular among youth. We will use all compliance and enforcement tools available to us, as appropriate, to protect our nation's youth."
The steps FDA has taken today are a continuation of the FDA's efforts to address e-cigarettes that appeal to youth. Firms submitting premarket tobacco applications must provide evidence that an e-cigarette will meet the public health standard, taking into account, among other things, the degree to which it promotes youth use of the product. Earlier this year, the FDA also issued marketing denial orders to multiple flavored Vuse e-cigarettes. The FDA regularly monitors compliance with these orders.
Use of tobacco products in any form – including e-cigarettes – is unsafe, especially among youth. Keeping tobacco products out of the hands of youth remains a top priority for the FDA, and the steps the FDA has taken today mark important progress toward achieving that goal.
Additional Resources:
- Tobacco Products Marketing Orders
- Premarket Tobacco Product Applications
- Results from the Annual National Youth Tobacco Survey
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti.
These eastern musk turtles, known for spending much of their lives in swamps and ponds and emitting a foul smell when threatened, were confiscated recently in a wildlife bust. And, though the reptiles are common, their illegal sale on the internet greatly concerns Perrotti, who directs conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence.
“We are seeing an uptick in turtle poaching,” he said. “It’s getting ruthless where we are seeing thousands of turtles leaving the United States on an annual basis. … Turtle populations cannot take that kind of a hit with that much removal coming out of the wild.”
Wildlife trade experts believe that poaching — driven by growing demand for pets in the U.S., Asia and Europe — is contributing to the global decline of rare freshwater turtle and tortoise species. One study found over half of the 360 living turtle and tortoise species are at risk of extinction.
Such concerns have prompted a dozen proposals to increase protection for freshwater turtles at the 184-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting in Panama Nov. 14 through Nov. 25.
Precise figures on the turtle trade, especially illegal trade, can be hard to find. Based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data, Tara Easter, a University of Michigan doctoral candidate who studies the trade, estimated the commercial export trade for mud turtles in the United States increased from 1,844 in 1999 to nearly 40,000 in 2017 and musk turtles from 8,254 in 1999 to more than 281,000 in 2016.
In their CITES proposal to ban or limit the commercial trade in more than 20 mud turtles species, the United States and several Latin American countries cited data from Mexico that found nearly 20,000 were confiscated, mostly at the Mexico City airport, from 2010 to 2022.
Among the world’s most trafficked animals, freshwater turtles are targeted by criminal networks that connect with buyers on the internet then transport the reptiles to black markets in Hong Kong and other Asian cities. From there, they are sold as pets, to collectors and for commercial breeding, food and traditional medicine. In many countries, trade is poorly regulated or not regulated at all.
The lucrative business — some turtle species coveted for their colorful shells or strange appearance can fetch thousand of dollars in Asia — adds to threats turtles already face. Those include climate change, habitat destruction, road mortality and predators eating their eggs.
Poachers are particularly problematic, experts say, because they target rare species and adult breeding females. Many turtle species, which can live for several decades, don’t reach reproductive maturity for a decade or more.
“The loss of large numbers of adults, especially females, can send turtles into a spiraling decline from which they cannot recover,” said Dave Collins, director of North American turtle conservation for the Turtle Survival Alliance. “Turtles have extremely low reproduction levels, producing a few eggs every year.”
Since 2018, the Collaborative to Combat the Illegal Trade in Turtles — an organization of mostly state, federal and tribal biologists who combat poaching of North American turtles — has documented at least 30 major smuggling cases in 15 states. Some involved a few dozen turtles, others several thousand.
Easter at the University of Michigan identified 59 U.S. cases over the past 20 years involving about 30,000 illegally traded turtles.
Earlier this year, a federal judge in North Carolina sentenced a man to 18 months in prison and fined him $25,000 for trafficking turtles in violation of the Lacey Act. The law bans trafficking in fish, wildlife or plants that are illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
The man trafficked 722 eastern box turtles — the North Carolina state reptile — as well as 122 spotted turtles and three wood turtles through a middleman for markets in Asia. The man received more than $120,000 for the turtles, which have a value of $1.5 million in Asia.
In 2021, a Chinese national was sentenced to 38 months in prison and fined $10,000 for money laundering after previously pleading guilty to financing a nationwide smuggling ring that sent 1,500 turtles worth more than $2.2 million from the U.S. to China.
The man used PayPal to purchase the turtles from American buyers advertising them on social media and reptile websites and sold them to Hong Kong reptile markets.
In 2020, a New Jersey man was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $350,000 in restitution and fines for smuggling 1,000 three-toed and western box turtles from Oklahoma to New Jersey in candy wrappers and socks.
The illegal trade has prompted governments to propose listing for the first time 42 turtles species under CITES — including North American musk turtles. Though some species like the eastern musk turtle are common, a listing means traders will need a permit to sell them internationally. Commercial sale of other species such as alligator snapping turtles, found in U.S. Gulf states and reaching up to 200 pounds, would be limited.
Proposals would also tighten regulations on 13 others already listed for protection.
“We think that’s really, really important just because of the trends that we’ve seen over the past couple of decades in international reptile and particularly turtle trade,” said U.S. Department of the Interior’s Matthew Strickler, who will head the American delegation at CITES.
“There’s significant demand from Southeast Asia for food and the pet trade, but also from Europe, for pets as well,” he said. “We’ve seen this pattern of turtles being depleted in one place, and then poachers and traffickers and traders moving to another place. Southeast Asia was depleted. They moved to Africa. Now, we see them moving to the Americas.”
The tiny musk turtles were spotted for sale online by a Rhode Island Environmental Police intern. They were only $20 each. The turtles, which grow to five inches (13 centimeters) and live for decades, are brown or black with a white or yellow line along their heads.
Police busted the seller in September after arranging an undercover buy at his house. The seller paid a $1,600 fine for possessing a reptile without a permit. The hope is that the turtles, now quarantined at the Providence zoo, are injury- and disease-free and can be released back to the wild.
“Obviously when we are talking about native species being removed even for pets, it has a big impact,” said Harold Guise, an environmental police detective who handled the case. “The commercialization of wildlife has an impact on wildlife that we can’t even measure until it has already happened. We need to get ahead of these things.”
For Perrotti the conservation director, it was a reminder that illegal trade once focused in Asia is increasingly happening in his backyard.
“I couldn’t believe there was a market for it and that someone was either mass producing these or mass collecting these to make a few bucks,” he said. “A $20 turtle. That’s ridiculous. … Wildlife is not a commodity for somebody to profit on.”
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Flexible staffing platform offers average hourly wages 65% above the state's minimum
PHOENIX, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qwick, the leading on-demand labor marketplace for hospitality Businesses and Professionals is now available in Cleveland. The company, which recently ranked #32 on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, is now serving 23 U.S. cities with its expansion into Ohio.
Through Qwick, food and beverage pros can now match with local shifts at restaurants, event venues, caterers, stadiums and more in real time. Qwick uses an unparalleled algorithm, proprietary technology, and personnel dedicated to on-demand staffing specific to the local hospitality industry. The platform is designed to ensure businesses secure quality and reliable talent, and professionals find convenient shifts matched to their experience.
"Qwick is providing professionals in Cleveland's notable hospitality industry with the freedom to work when and where they want, while helping local businesses bolster their staffing needs to keep providing exceptional service," said Jamie Baxter, Co-Founder and CEO of Qwick. "We have already signed up nearly 4,500 pros here and we're ready to transform the future of work in Cleveland."
Cleveland hospitality professionals can now take control of their schedules and income by signing up with Qwick in four easy steps before they start filling shifts of their choice. Qwick empowers pros to work how and when they want while providing an average wage that's 65% above the state's current minimum. Picking up shifts with Qwick is simple and flexible, and professionals get paid in as little as 30 minutes after clocking out. Hospitality professionals can get started by visiting qwick.com/professionals.
Food, beverage, catering and event businesses in Cleveland can now staff shifts with dependable Qwick Professionals who are certified, vetted and backed up by a five-star rating system to ensure continued quality and reliability. Posting a shift on the Qwick platform takes seconds and, with a 97% average shift-fill rate, business partners can confidently rely on Qwick to provide quality talent at a moment's notice. Businesses can start filling shifts by visiting qwick.com/business.
Qwick is the leading staffing-as-a-service platform that connects service industry Professionals directly with food and beverage shifts in real-time, provides them with the freedom and flexibility to work on their own schedules, and enables them to get paid in as little as 30 minutes after their shift. With a 97 percent average shift fill rate and immediate access to a pre-vetted and certified sharing workforce, thousands of Business Partners across the U.S. rely on Qwick to end understaffing. Qwick is a growth stage company on a mission to change the way people work and has earned multiple recognitions nationally, including being a "Great Place to Work" in the U.S and one of the fastest-growing companies featured by Inc. Magazine. Learn more at qwick.com.
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COVINGTON, Ky., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of biologic therapy to treat solid tumor cancers and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), announced today that the Company will be represented at the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2023 taking place on June 28 – July 1, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain.
Presentation Details:
Title: BXQ-350: A Phase 1b/2 placebo-controlled, double-blind study on the efficacy and safety of BXQ-350 in combination with mFOLFOX7 and bevacizumab in newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Abstract Number: P-73
Presenter: Dr. Reema Patel
Date: Friday, June 30, 2023
About BXQ-350
Bexion's lead drug candidate is BXQ-350, a first-in-class biologic containing the multifunctional, sphingolipid activator protein, Saposin C, and a phospholipid. BXQ-350 has pre-clinical antitumor effects in vitro and in vivo, particularly in colorectal, brain and other solid tumors. Two Phase 1 clinical trials, one in adults and one in pediatric DIPG patients, demonstrated a strong safety profile for BXQ-350 with evidence of single agent activity across multiple solid tumors. Additionally, other clinical and non-clinical data suggest BXQ-350 has activity in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
About Bexion Pharmaceuticals
Bexion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is developing a new generation of biologic therapy to treat solid tumor cancers and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) with potential portfolio expansion opportunities in other cancers and broader neuropathic pain indications. Bexion currently has three clinical trials open for enrollment.
About ESMO GI
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer represents the year's leading gathering of international oncology professionals who are dedicated to improving the lives of patients impacted by diseases of the GI tract. As the largest global gathering in the field, the Congress brings together leading gastroenterology, oncology, pathology, and hepatology experts, clinicians, and surgeons, as well as clinical researchers from across the globe to share pioneering research, approaches, and best practices in treating patients with cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. For 25 years, the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer has been the foundation for sharing the most advanced research and innovations impacting the field of GI oncology.
Investor Contact:
William Windham
Solebury Strategic Communications
646-378-2946
wwindham@soleburystrat.com
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Joyce LaViscount
Bexion Pharmaceuticals
859-446-7386
jlaviscount@bexionpharma.com
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CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — A reserve offensive lineman for the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles will make his initial court appearance in Ohio on rape and kidnapping charges next month after waiving his arraignment in the case.
Josh Sills, an undrafted free agent who appeared in just one game this season, was scheduled to appear in Guernsey County Common Pleas Court on Feb. 16. He instead chose to waive his appearance, and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. Sills remains free on a $25,000 cash bond he posted and he’s is due to appear at a pretrial hearing March 9.
The rookie, who played at West Virginia and Oklahoma State, was indicted Jan. 31 by a Guernsey County grand jury. His attorney, Michael Connick, has said the allegations are false and that Sills will be aggressively defended.
Sills was listed as a backup guard and played just four snaps on special teams against the Cardinals on Oct. 9 — the one game he played. He was on the inactive list for most of the year and was placed on the commissioner’s exempt list after he was indicted, meaning he couldn’t practice, play or travel with the Eagles as they prepared for their Super Bowl matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The indictment accuses Sills, who is from Sarahsville, Ohio, of engaging in sexual activity that was not consensual and holding a woman against her will on Dec. 5, 2019. A statement issued by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the incident was immediately reported, and that the county sheriff’s office conducted a detailed investigation. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/sports/ap-eagles-reserve-lineman-waives-arraignment-in-rape-case/ | 2023-02-23 06:29:34 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/sports/ap-eagles-reserve-lineman-waives-arraignment-in-rape-case/ |
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) _ Armstrong World Industries Inc. (AWI) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $44.4 million.
The Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of 94 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.02 per share.
The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.13 per share.
The ceiling and wall systems manufacturer posted revenue of $282.6 million in the period, which also did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $287.7 million.
Armstrong World Industries expects full-year earnings in the range of $5 to $5.20 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.22 billion to $1.25 billion.
Armstrong World Industries shares have decreased 20% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased roughly 7% in the last 12 months.
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Police narrow search for infant lost in flash flood, after 2-year-old sister’s body found
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Search teams in Pennsylvania were focusing on one underwater area Sunday as they try to find a 9-month-old boy swept away in a flash flood, hours after authorities confirmed that the body of his 2-year-old sister was recovered from the Delaware River.
Upper Makefield Township police said in a Facebook post Sunday that although 2-year-old Matilda Sheils had been “brought home to her loving family” after her body was recovered Friday, officials are “devastated that we have not yet been able to reunite Conrad with his sister and family.”
Hundreds of people including search and rescue teams, marine units and police and fire personnel have scoured the area with the aid of “K-9s, sonar, drones, boats, divers, heavy equipment, GPS mapping and air units,” police said, adding that they were now at the point that “our search will be dependent upon the conditions of the river.”
Authorities have centered their efforts on an area near where the creek that flooded enters the Delaware River, and plan to use divers there when possible and also put K-9 units on islands in the river as water levels recede. Agencies to the south will also be checking their sections along the river, police said.
“We have no words to describe how we are feeling except truly heartbroken. But, the pain we feel is nowhere near what these families have been through,” the police statement said, vowing to the missing boy “we will never stop until we can bring you home.”
The girl’s body was found early Friday evening in the river near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment plant about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from where she was carried away, authorities said Friday night. The Philadelphia medical examiner on Saturday completed an investigation and “ruled that Matilda Sheils’ cause of death was drowning and the manner is accidental,” a spokesperson for the office said.
The family from Charleston, South Carolina, was visiting relatives and friends in the area and were on their way to a barbecue on the evening of July 15 when their vehicle was hit by a “wall of water” from Houghs Creek, according to Upper Makefield Fire Chief Tim Brewer.
The children’s father, Jim Sheils, grabbed the the couple’s 4-year-old son, while their mother, 32-year-old Katie Seley, and a grandmother grabbed the other children, Brewer said. Sheils and the older boy made it to safety, but Seley and the grandmother were swept away along with the younger children. The grandmother survived but the mother perished.
Four other people drowned in the suburb about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County Coroner’s office: Enzo Depiero, 78, and Linda Depiero, 74, of Newtown; Yuko Love, 64, of Newtown; and Susan Barnhart, 53, of Titusville, New Jersey.
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(The Hill) – The Grammys will soon add an award recognizing the “Best Song for Social Change,” to honor winners for their efforts to encourage “peacebuilding and empathy.”
The Best Song for Social Change will be a special merit award determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee, the Recording Academy announced Thursday.
“Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding,” the group said.
The addition of the award was one of several developments the Recording Academy unveiled on Thursday, including new Grammy awards for Songwriter of the Year, Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Americana Performance, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album, and Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. There’s also a new award for Best Americana Performance, which aims to recognize “artistic excellence in an Americana performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group.”
The new trophies will be handed out as part of the 65th annual Grammy Awards scheduled to be held next year.
The changes, the Recording Academy said, were made as part of its “annual process of accepting proposals from the music creators and professionals that make up its membership body, and as part of the organization’s commitment to evolve with the ever-changing musical landscape.”
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Each week of the NFL season, The Baltimore Sun will rank all 32 NFL teams. The rankings will take into account not just weekly performance, injuries and roster depth, but how well each team measures up as Super Bowl contenders.
Here are the rankings heading into Week 4:
Super Bowl contenders
1. Buffalo Bills (2-1, No. 1 last week)
2. Kansas City Chiefs (2-1, No. 2)
3. Miami Dolphins (3-0, No. 4)
4. Philadelphia Eagles (3-0, No. 5)
5. Baltimore Ravens (2-1, No. 9)
6. Green Bay Packers (2-1, No. 7)
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1, No. 3)
8. Los Angeles Rams (2-1, No. 8)
If there’s one lesson to be learned from a weekend of surprising results, it’s that there isn’t a clear Super Bowl favorite.
Let’s start with the Dolphins’ 21-19 win over the Bills, which ended Buffalo’s seven-game winning streak against its AFC East rival. It wasn’t an impressive performance by Miami, which was outgained 497-212, only ran 39 plays on offense and allowed Bills quarterback Josh Allen to complete a career-high 42 passes for 400 yards. According to the Miami Herald, the Dolphins became just the ninth team since 1940 to win a regular-season game running 39 or fewer plays.
While Miami deserves credit for making the most of its limited opportunities, Buffalo squandered several chances to score, with three trips inside the red zone in the second half resulting in just three points. That overshadowed an otherwise outstanding day for the offense, which went a combined 13-for-21 on third and fourth down, had a team-record 11 players catch passes and averaged 5 yards per carry.
While teams that start 3-0 can expect to make the playoffs 76% of the time and win the division 51% of the time, according to the NFL, Miami looked far from unbeatable Sunday. Now the Dolphins have to worry about the health of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who is dealing with what coach Mike McDaniel said are back and ankle injuries heading into a short week of practice before Thursday night’s game against the Bengals.
Elsewhere in the AFC, the Ravens bounced back from a shocking fourth-quarter collapse against Miami to beat the Patriots, 37-26, and reestablish themselves as serious contenders. While there are still concerns about Baltimore’s defense after it allowed 7.1 yards per play and 321 passing yards Sunday, timely turnovers helped right the ship in the second half when the game appeared to be slipping away. Even more notable is the continued excellence of quarterback Lamar Jackson, who became the first player in NFL history to record back-to-back games with at least three touchdown passes and 100 rushing yards, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Ravens might not be the complete team they were during their dominant 2019 season, but Jackson looks more in command of the offense than ever before and might have his most talented group of playmakers now that running back J.K. Dobbins is back and wide receivers Rashod Bateman and Devin Duvernay have emerged. That’s a scary thought for the rest of the AFC, which looks more wide-open than originally thought.
That brings us to Kansas City, which suffered a head-scratching 20-17 loss to the Colts as quarterback Patrick Mahomes looked out of sorts against a Gus Bradley-led defense he usually dominates. Mahomes was seen arguing with offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy on the sideline during the game, a sign of his frustration with a unit that punted on three of its first four drives and went 3-for-10 on third down. The Chiefs were also extremely unlucky, as rookie Skyy Moore muffed a punt that led directly to a Colts touchdown, backup kicker Matt Ammendola missed a 34-yard field-goal and extra-point attempt, and defensive tackle Chris Jones received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that gave Indianapolis a first down on its game-winning touchdown drive instead of what would have been a fourth-and-14. The loss is certainly disappointing, but not a sign of a downward spiral.
In the NFC, the hierarchy remains just as unclear. The Eagles look like the best of the bunch, having outscored the Lions and Commanders, 48-15, over the past two weeks behind the dazzling play of quarterback Jalen Hurts, who is completing 67.3% of his passes and ranks sixth in Total QBR, ESPN’s all-encompassing quarterback metric. The defense has been just as scary, sacking Carson Wentz nine times in Sunday’s 24-8 win and forcing five turnovers in three games.
Defense is also what’s carrying the Packers and Buccaneers, not their future Hall of Fame quarterbacks. In Sunday’s 14-12 win, Green Bay sacked Tom Brady three times, forced two fumbles and held Tampa Bay to just 2-for-11 on third down. Aaron Rodgers did enough to keep the Packers’ offense afloat with touchdown passes to Allen Lazard and rookie Romeo Doubs, but Green Bay needs more consistency from its running back duo of Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon, who combined for less than 3 yards per carry Sunday after averaging nearly 6 the week before against the Bears.
The Bucs should be concerned about Brady, who looks out of sync with his receivers, but coach Todd Bowles has to be happy with how his defense is playing. Tampa Bay entered Week 3 at No. 1 in Football Outsiders’ DVOA efficiency rankings and should keep the top spot after holding Green Bay scoreless in the second half. The secondary is among the league’s best with cornerback Jamel Dean playing at an All-Pro level, and linebacker Lavonte David is still a force at age 32. If wide receivers Chris Godwin and Julio Jones can return soon to join Mike Evans after his one-game suspension, the Bucs’ offense should get back to being one of the league’s best.
The wild cards
9. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-1, No. 24)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (1-2, No. 20)
11. Denver Broncos (2-1, No. 13)
12. Minnesota Vikings (2-1, No. 11)
13. Cleveland Browns (2-1, No. 16)
14. Los Angeles Chargers (1-2, No. 6)
15. Dallas Cowboys (2-1, No. 17)
16. San Francisco 49ers (1-2, No. 10)
17. Arizona Cardinals (1-2, No. 14)
18. Tennessee Titans (1-2, No. 27)
19. Indianapolis Colts (1-1-1, No. 30)
20. Detroit Lions (1-2, No. 15)
With the Jaguars off to a winning start, Doug Pederson has built an early case to be Coach of the Year. Jacksonville’s free-agent spending spree was criticized for its big commitment to players of seemingly little consequence, but wide receivers Christian Kirk and Zay Jones, linebacker Foyesade Oluokun and cornerback Darious Williams have been an important part of the Jaguars’ 2-1 start. Leading the way is second-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who is living up to his billing as one of the top prospects of the last decade. He ranks fifth in expected points added per play — a measure of relative efficiency that accounts for situational factors — behind Mahomes, Tagovailoa, Allen and Jackson, according to RBSDM.com, making Jacksonville a serious threat to not only go from worst to first in the AFC South, but win a playoff game.
Speaking of outstanding quarterbacks, don’t forget about Joe Burrow. The Bengals star got back on track in a 27-12 win over the Jets, throwing for 275 yards and three touchdowns. Losses to the Steelers and Cowboys raised alarm bells, but the defending AFC champions have an opportunity to prove they’re still the class of the conference in games against the Dolphins and Ravens. The Bengals need more from running back Joe Mixon and the offensive line, but the defense has been excellent against the pass, allowing a 56.2% completion rate and 72.1 passer rating, both top-five marks in the league.
There isn’t much to learn from the Broncos’ 11-10 win over the 49ers on Sunday night other than the fact that Denver and San Francisco might have two of the best defenses in the league. The Broncos sealed the victory by forcing quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to step out of the end zone for a safety and recording three turnovers, including an interception and a fumble in the final two minutes. The Niners, meanwhile, held Russell Wilson in check for most of the night until he led a 12-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. Both teams might have to win ugly to stay in the playoff race.
Crabs in a bucket
21. New York Giants (2-1, No. 22)
22. New Orleans Saints (1-2, No. 12)
23. Las Vegas Raiders (0-3, No. 21)
24. Washington Commanders (1-2, No. 23)
25. Atlanta Falcons (1-2, No. 29)
26. Chicago Bears (2-1, No. 28)
27. New England Patriots (1-2, No. 18)
28. Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2, No. 19)
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29. New York Jets (1-2, No. 25)
30. Carolina Panthers (1-2, No. 31)
31. Seattle Seahawks (1-2, No. 26)
32. Houston Texans (0-2-1, No. 32)
There isn’t much separating these teams, who are liable to beat each other any given week.
The most confusing 0-3 team thus far has to be the Raiders, who made a big splash this offseason by acquiring star wide receiver Davante Adams from the Packers and hiring longtime Patriots offensive assistant Josh McDaniels as coach. Those additions were expected to elevate quarterback Derek Carr and the offense, but through three games, the results have been disappointing. In Sunday’s 24-22 loss to the Titans, Adams had just five catches on 10 targets for 36 yards and a touchdown. While it seems too early to write the Raiders off, history suggests it might not be. Since 2000, the 2018 Texans are the only team to start 0-3 and make the playoffs.
McDaniels’ old team might be just as disappointing. Getting beat by the Ravens and Dolphins is understandable given how well those teams have played, but the Patriots lost by a combined 24 points. The defense has ranked no worse than seventh in points allowed in the previous six seasons under coach Bill Belichick, but it sits 22nd this year (23.7 per game). The offense has also struggled behind second-year quarterback Mac Jones, who has thrown five interceptions and could be out for several weeks with a high ankle sprain. After being a perennial Super Bowl contender for nearly two decades, New England is in danger of missing the postseason for the second time in three years. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-nfl-power-rankings-week-4-20220927-247fkx26rffqbedtoa7sd5gxge-story.html | 2022-09-27 11:07:45 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/bs-sp-nfl-power-rankings-week-4-20220927-247fkx26rffqbedtoa7sd5gxge-story.html |
Fourteen innovators in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia to receive seed funding from a pool of over $1M, mentorship and more to advance health equity solutions
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After an extensive search for the top changemakers in six key U.S. cities, Johnson & Johnson today announced the 14 awardees of its Health Equity Innovation Challenge. The awardees, who possess lived experience and a deep understanding of the communities they serve, were selected for their work in generating solutions to help close racial health and mortality gaps in six cities where Black and Brown individuals experience significant health inequities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and Philadelphia.
The Health Equity Innovation Challenge was created by Johnson & Johnson as a part of the company's "Our Race to Health Equity," a bold, aspirational commitment to help eradicate the public health threats of racial and social injustices by eliminating health inequities for people of color. The Challenge aims to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and socioeconomic impact by supporting innovative solutions from local entrepreneurs, start-ups, innovators, and community-based organizations that have the potential to advance health equity.
Selected from a pool of more than 180 applicants by an independent judging committee, each awardee is receiving seed funding from a pool of more than $1 million from Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., mentorship from renowned entrepreneurs and public health experts, and access to the Johnson & Johnson - JLABS ecosystem, which includes networking opportunities and more, to advance their innovations. One such awardee, Resilience Force, is focused on reducing recidivism and improving health outcomes by providing continuity of care and other reintegration resources for formerly incarcerated individuals.
"Locked away and mostly forgotten, incarcerated individuals suffer poorer health outcomes and lasting emotional and psychological trauma," said Anjali Niyogi, founder and director of Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Clinic. "The Challenge funds will enable us to equip the justice-involved population with tools for success by increasing access to reentry peer support groups, holistic medical services, and educational materials about community-based health systems."
Finalists of the Health Equity Innovation Challenge were selected by Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and an independent panel of judges, including Uché Blackstock, M.D., Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity; Helene Gayle, M.D., President and CEO of Chicago Community Trust; Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., University Professor at the University of Connecticut and CEO of the Connecticut Convergence Institute; Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University; Eddie Martinez, Executive Director of the Latino Equality Alliance; Herman Moore, Owner, CEO and Chairman of Team 84 and former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver; and Kiera Smalls, Co-Founder of Strides and Executive Director of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition.
"Innovation plays a key role in addressing health inequities, but that innovation doesn't always come from a big company like Johnson & Johnson. The individuals that are living, breathing, and experiencing these inequities know what they are and why they are happening, and they have great ideas for how to solve them," noted Seema Kumar, Global Head, Office of Innovation, Global Health and Scientific Engagement at Johnson & Johnson. "We are incredibly grateful to all of the innovators and the impact they're making for under-resourced communities across the country – from stimulating diversity in science and healthcare, to reducing barriers to better health outcomes and affordable care – and so much more."
Additional information on the 2021 Challenge awardees and their community-based innovations can be found below. For more information on the Johnson & Johnson Health Equity Innovation Challenge and the 2021 awardees' stories, please visit www.jnj.com/health-equity-innovation-challenge.
Chicago, IL Awardees
- A program from the Allergy & Asthma Network, Not One More Life – Trusted Messengers Program, sends physicians, nurses and educators to places of worship to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, asthma, and COPD in Black and Latinx communities. To date, the pilot has successfully screened over 1,000 patients, and Challenge funds will be used to expand programming through live events and educational materials.
- CommunityHealth has piloted hybrid in-person and telehealth-powered microsite clinics in under-resourced neighborhoods to provide free, convenient, comprehensive healthcare to people who otherwise would not have access to quality care. Challenge funds will support the opening of an additional microsite clinic in Chicago's Little Village, a predominantly Latinx neighborhood with a high population of uninsured individuals.
Detroit, MI Awardees
- The Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA) is combating racial disparities in infant and maternal mortality and, in turn, working to improve birth and maternal health outcomes for Black families with its innovative digital tool, the BMBFA B'Right Hub. Challenge funds will allow BMBFA to expand the reach and scope of its interactive app and web-based tool with a focus on five overarching categories: breastfeeding, prenatal care, postpartum care, immunizations and well-baby visits.
- Sixty-three million people in the U.S. live in dental deserts. KARE Mobile has piloted one-chair, mobile dentistry vans that expand access to quality oral care for under- and uninsured communities while simultaneously empowering young dentists to pursue cost-effective practice ownership through a franchise business model. Funds will be used to expand these services to Detroit, MI in collaboration with community partners.
Los Angeles, CA Awardees
- Using a deep understanding of lived Latinx experiences and the importance of weaving culture into mental health interventions, Conscious Cultura is developing a digital platform that provides youth, educators and communities with evidence-based programs that advance well-being and equity. Challenge funds will be used to deliver the Conscious Cultura program in-person to youth and educators within the Los Angeles Unified School District as research and development to design technology and create content that meets the needs of the local schools and communities.
- In Los Angeles, Black and Latinx children are more likely to miss a day of school than their White peers due to asthma. SmartAirLA is combatting asthma-related hospitalizations, illness and air pollution exposure to improve quality of life for communities of color. Challenge funds will support expansion of their digital FightAsthma Tracker at community asthma education programs, and safety-net health clinics and hospitals.
- By building the capacity of barbershops to function as trustworthy point-of-care venues, TRAP Medicine is providing free, quality onsite healthcare services and education to address health disparities, mental health inequities and other preventable conditions among Black men. Challenge funds will be used to pilot a standalone Barbershop Wellness Hub, where men ages 18-35 can access a range of medical, mental health, and wraparound services. During this period TRAP Medicine will also work to identify pathways to scale this model to other areas throughout the state and country.
New Orleans, LA Awardees
- To address the 15- to 25-year life expectancy gap between White and Black New Orleanians, Ashé Cultural Art Center's I Deserve It! is training artists and culture bearers to serve as community health workers that deliver health messaging, resources and education to residents of neighborhoods with poor health outcomes. Challenge funds will be used to train and hire additional artists and creatives to serve as community health workers.
- Led by formerly incarcerated individuals who intimately understand the challenges of transitioning back into society, the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Clinic and Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support Group (FIPS) aim to reduce recidivism and improve health outcomes by providing continuity of care, free health services, and reintegration resources for the formerly incarcerated. Challenge funding will be used to support staff salaries and implement pre-release health systems education.
- Resilience Force is a job development and crisis response organization that retrains under- or unemployed New Orleanians from the hospitality industry as community health workers in jobs that support immediate and long-term community recovery. Challenge funds will allow for additional training, health and employment benefits, technology support and the deployment of more community health workers.
New York City, NY Awardee
- The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health launched Beyond the Stigma, a youth-based, peer-to-peer training model to deliver a culturally tailored curriculum that breaks societal and cultural stigmas around mental health and wellness. Challenge funds will support expansion of the organization's curriculum models to address new and additional topics with youth, such as racial trauma, suicide, masculinity, identity and more.
Philadelphia, PA Awardees
- eCLOSE Institute is inspiring diversity in science through STEM education and job training for students from under-resourced schools. Their classroom-based programming brings teachers, scientists and students together to investigate solutions that address the health issues prevalent in their own communities. Challenge funds will allow them to expand research experiences for students at 10 new schools.
- Philadelphia's pregnancy-related death and infant mortality rates exceed the national average, but Maternity Care Coalition is addressing these inequities, improving birth outcomes, and increasing access to culturally connected and competent perinatal healthcare for Black and Brown families. Since its creation, the Perinatal Community Health Worker Program has trained a diverse network of over 200 perinatal community health workers, and funding will help create an additional training cohort to support even more local families of color.
- Technology start-up Viora Health is creating a personalized engagement solution to address social and behavioral determinants for conditions like pre-diabetes, diabetes and obesity, which significantly impact communities of color. Challenge funds will extend solutions to additional conditions, including hypertension, to help combat the barriers that prevent the proper management of health conditions.
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NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness.
Svensson had a 15-under 129 total at Keene Trace, where a mid-day thunderstorm followed dense morning fog. Play was delayed a total of 5 hours, 20 minutes, with half the field unable to finish the round.
The rain softened the greens even more than the first round, where two-thirds of the field shot par or better. It also made the 7,328-yard layout play longer, though Svensson continued to set the pace with seven birdies that offset bogeys on the par-4 third and par-3 16th. He shot a 10-under 62 on Thursday.
“The greens were still rolling nice, but they were just wet so you had to hit a lot of soft shots into the green and a lot of chippy iron shots or wedges,” said the Canadian, who napped for an hour in his car during one delay.
Trey Mullinax made a 20-footer for birdie on the par-4 13th to reach 13 under and finish his day.
Mark Hubbard (67), Robin Roussel (68) and Brandon Hagy (62) were in at 12 under, while Tom Lewis (four holes left) also was 12 under with Jonathan Byrd (five holes left), Matti Schmid (eight holes left) and Max McGreevy (nine holes left).
Hagy started at No. 10 and eagled the par-4 18th hole with a 148-yard shot from the left rough with a 50-degree gap wedge.
“I was on the side slope over there in the rough and it was a left pin, so not a lot of stuff going for me there,” Hagy said. “But I caught a decent lie and when I hit it my caddie thought it was a little too much and I was like, ‘No, I think it’s pretty good.’ It just landed, took one hop and went right in the hole, so that was pretty cool.”
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Dr. Deborah Birx was a central figure in then President Donald Trump administration’s fight against COVID-19.
The head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Birx was the White House’s face of the government’s pandemic response. Having an inside seat with Trump and the administration, Birx is releasing a book detailing what it was like in the White House during the early days of the pandemic.
The book, titled “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, COVID-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late,” comes out Tuesday.
On Monday, Birx went on Good Morning America to preview the book.
She said that she had a pact with three other doctors on the task force — Drs. Anthony Fauci, Robert Redfield and Stephen Hahn — that if one of them was fired, they would all step down. She said the doctors on the task force were under “enormous pressure.”
Birx discussed the infamous instance when President Donald Trump openly discussed using disinfectants to treat COVID-19. Birx said the Task Force’s intention was to see if sunlight could be used as a disinfectant for playground equipment.
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City of Newberry temporarily suspends utility disconnections
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NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - The City of Newberry won’t unplug utility customers who can’t pay for now.
City officials are temporarily suspending electric and water disconnections for accounts with balances less than $500.
They say high temperatures and rising prices for natural gas are driving up costs.
The city is offering this option starting August 1st and will continue through September 30th.
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BERLIN — Union Berlin has signed American forward Jordan Pefok to spearhead its fourth season in the Bundesliga and second in European soccer.
“Jordan is a striker who will suit us well with the way he plays soccer and who can play in different systems. We’re looking forward to him, his goal threat, and the fact that he has chosen Union,” club managing director Oliver Ruhnert said.
Pefok made his debut for the United States last year and has one goal in nine international appearances. He played for France Under-21s but opted to represent the U.S. in March last year.
Pefok, whose parents are from Cameroon, was born in Washington D.C. but moved with his family to France. He joined Stade de Reims at age seven and made his debut for the team in 2015.
Pefok helped Reims to promotion in 2018 before joining Stade Rennes. He was loaned in 2020 to Young Boys, where he impressed to make the loan move permanent. He scored 27 goals in 45 games across all competitions last season, including Champions League and qualifying for that competition.
Pefok memorably scored a stoppage-time winner in Young Boys’ 2-1 victory over Manchester United in their Champions League group-stage opening game last September.
“After two successful years in Bern, where I had the perfect environment to develop as a young player, I now have the next step in my career ahead of me,” Pefok was quoted as saying. “I want to prove myself in the Bundesliga and I’m convinced that I’ve found the right club in Union.”
Pefok said Union’s disciplined counterattacking style “suits me very well and I’m happy to go hunting for goals for the ‘Eisernen’ (the iron ones) in the unbelievable atmosphere” of the club’s Stadion an der Alten Försterei.
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Employees cite culture, leadership, flexible work environment as key advantages
HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company (Penn Mutual), a Fortune 1000 company, is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® on its first submission for consideration. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Penn Mutual. This year, 93% of Penn Mutual employees said it's a great place to work – 36 points higher than the average U.S.-based company.
Employees shared insight that Penn Mutual's healthy culture demonstrates a strong commitment to its values of care, respect and belonging. They commented that recent decisions to transition indefinitely to a flexible work approach are empowering people to do their best work, while enabling greater productivity and wellbeing. And employees cited that throughout this transition, leadership remains supportive, accessible and provides recognition for great work.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
"This certification is meaningful recognition for our longstanding focus on our people and culture," said Dave O'Malley, president and chief executive officer. "Our employee engagement continues to be strong because our people are focused on serving the long-term best interests of our policyholders. Our dedication to our financial professionals and their clients is the foundation of our success."
"Penn Mutual's strategic decision to support flexibility in where people work was informed by our people's input, coupled with the outstanding results we achieved working remotely over these last few years," said Liz Heitner, chief human resources officer. "We've empowered our people to work from where they work best. Our culture of care, respect and belonging continues to thrive and serves as a key advantage in recruiting and retaining top talent across the country."
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. "It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that Penn Mutual is one of the best companies to work for in the country."
According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace and employees are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work.
For more than 175 years, Penn Mutual has been helping people get stronger. Our expertly crafted life insurance is vital to long-term financial health and strengthens people's ability to enjoy every day. Working with our trusted network of financial professionals, we take the long view, building customized solutions for individuals, their families, and their businesses. Penn Mutual supports its financial professionals with retirement and investment services through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Visit Penn Mutual at www.pennmutual.com.
Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive "employer-of-choice" recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
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In 2016, while en route to the White House, Donald Trump declared, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” It’s now clear that Trump’s close understudy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, can claim the same miraculous immunity.
He has rewarded cronies (and his own brother) with peerages while presiding over the highest inflation since the 1980s and the steepest fall in living standards since records began. More revealingly, when caught violating his own Covid lockdown rules, he has repeatedly lied in parliament.
The much-awaited report by senior civil servant Sue Gray merely confirms what has been widely known for months: Johnson has, as Peter Hennessy, a leading historian of modern Britain, told the Financial Times last week, ignited a “bonfire of the decencies.”
Yet Johnson perseveres, even attracting a myth that he is a great survivor, a “greased piglet,” in former Prime Minister David Cameron’s description, able to slip out of every cage he lands in.
On closer examination, Johnson’s survival skills amount to little more than shamelessness. He owes his resilience in disgrace to Britain’s debased political culture and institutions such as the British parliament, the media, the London police and the Conservative party.
The Tories could once claim to be protectors of distinguished conventions. In recent weeks, however, one Conservative member of parliament was forced to resign after watching pornography in parliament, another after being convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. A third, a close ally of Johnson, had to go after he was found lobbying ministers on behalf of companies that were paying him.
Many Tories, who can remove the prime minister from office, were personally chosen by Johnson and elevated to parliament by his mendacious campaign for Brexit. They have nowhere to go now.
With no coherent economic and social policy to offer, they can only imitate the Trumpian wing of the Republican Party by cranking up an industry of outrage against “woke” culture. Among those Tories who see themselves fighting an existential battle, Johnson remains their sole leader and likely savior.
There are no good reasons for London’s Metropolitan Police to defer to Johnson. Yet the police first failed to probe the many illegal gatherings at Johnson’s official residence during the pandemic and then seem to have examined them very selectively. A photo released on Monday revealed Johnson raising a toast at a boozy party that the police did not investigate.
Britain’s overwhelmingly right-wing media is of course programmed to downplay Johnson’s follies and to cheerlead his government’s intemperate attacks on lawyers, the civil service and the BBC. The Daily Mail’s headline last week on the investigation into Johnson’s parties was typical: a “farcical waste of time.”
Even those who strongly criticize Johnson but praise his leadership on Ukraine (in a remote war that Johnson has opportunistically deployed for his personal survival) also help whitewash his reputation. In a much-discussed tweet, a UK-based German journalist identified a serious flaw in much British journalism today: “Everyone in Britain still acts as if this was a normal government. Instead it is a project of deliberate destruction, of laws, of institutions, of anything that stands in the way of a PM who just doesn’t want to be held to account.”
What can then put out the bonfire of the decencies — a bonfire that could, as the triumphs of Trumpism in the United States show, turn into a raging wildfire?
Some hints came last week from Australia. Its outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison was another Trumpian culture warrior abetted by a Fox-ified media. Serially incompetent, he presided over a botched response to Covid and various climate emergencies in his country. Yet he prolonged his lease on power by borrowing generously from Trump’s playbook while a hard-right media ecosystem dominated by Rupert Murdoch stoked various moral panics about immigrants, refugees and Muslims.
In the end, however, even those who had voted for Morrison’s Liberal party tired of its relentless manufacturing of fear and outrage. There are signs of a similar exhaustion in Britain with the politics of social division.
In recent local elections in the United Kingdom, the main opposition parties Labour and the Liberal Democrats did better in areas that had traditionally voted Tory. Murdoch’s generously funded new television channel — quasi-Fox and a supposed rival to the BBC — has flopped spectacularly despite, or perhaps because of, its high anti-woke content.
Certainly, attacks on transgender Britons will increasingly seem the indulgence of a pampered minority as millions of people struggle to meet their basic food and energy needs. The parliament, the police and the media have failed to hold Johnson to account. His real nemesis may come in the form of British voters finally fed up with him and the rot he embodies.
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The White House has announced an official plan to address the "emerging threat" of fentanyl combined with xylazine, a drug combination proven lethal in an increasing number of Americans.
Though the opioid fentanyl has already been an action item for the White House, its association with the non-opioid drug xylazine created a worsening issue to tackle.
Xylazine was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1972 for use in animals as a sedative and analgesic, but it's not approved for use in humans. Its use, however, rose in all four U.S. census regions between 2020 and 2021, according to the DEA.
A report released last month shows the monthly percentage of illegally manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased 276%, from 2.9% to 10.9%, between January 2019 and June 2022.
With the increased use came increased overdose deaths, with a 1,127% jump in the South and more than 100% in all other regions. And besides death, xylazine's combination with fentanyl has been associated with severe morbidity, including deep flesh wounds and even limb amputation.
The combination was formally designated as an emerging threat in April — an action that prompts multiple federal follow-ups, including the response plan released Tuesday. Its goal is to reduce xylazine-positive drug poisoning deaths by 15% in at least 3 of 4 U.S. census regions by 2025.
"There is an urgent need to determine the source of xylazine and how to reduce the illicit supply; to develop evidence-based testing and overdose response protocols; and to determine how to treat those who have become dependent on the dangerous fentanyl and xylazine combination," said Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy or ONDCP.
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The ONDCP's response plan lists multiple actions the federal government will take to address the drug combination including testing methods, data system management and prevention efforts.
Though xylazine testing is already being done, it's uneven across the U.S. The plan says forensic testing will now become standardized and scaled up, with hopes of better understanding xylazine's prevalence alone or in combination with other drugs. New tests will also be developed and deployed for clinical settings, and tests will be further deployed within communities, with special focus on those who indicate they could have used xylazine before.
There will also be enhanced epidemiological data processes to track the spread and impact of xylazine-fentanyl, including by using wastewater testing and by assessing where social disparities are present, which could lead to xylazine use, the report says.
Because xylazine isn't an opioid, it isn't affected by reversal agent naloxone, which does affect fentanyl. That's partly why a treatment framework will now be a focus, including withdrawal treatment and overdose strategies with which first responders, service providers and the public will be equipped.
Besides those three efforts, the plan details how the xylazine supply chain and research into the drug will occur, with interception and monitoring plans in the near future.
"While this plan outlines action steps the federal government will pursue to address this threat, we need a whole-of-society effort to save lives," the plan stated. "Partnering with the community, especially community-based programs with experience working with individuals actively using fentanyl adulterated with xylazine, will be critical for maximum impact."
The ONDCP's next step to tackle the emerging threat is to issue implementation guidance to agencies within 120 days of the April designation. The agencies then have to provide a specific report as to how they will implement the guidance within 60 days, and finally, the ONDCP has to publish a national implementation report on the response plan.
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VALCOURT, QC, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BRP Inc. (TSX:DOO) (NASDAQ:DOOO) announces that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all the assets related to the powersports business of Kongsberg Inc. in Shawinigan, Quebec (henceforth referred to as "KA Shawinigan"), a subsidiary of Kongsberg Automotive ASA.
KA Shawinigan is a leading player in the development and manufacturing of electronic and mechatronic products and a long-standing supplier of BRP. This acquisition is in line with BRP's product strategy, particularly as it relates to its electrification plan. It is expected to allow the Company to gain further expertise in mechatronics and bolster its innovation capabilities.
BRP is pleased to welcome over 300 highly trained and skilled employees, specialized in developing and manufacturing key components for many of its product lines.
Certain information included in this release, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the anticipated benefits associated with the completion of this acquisition, the Company's business and strategic plans, and other statements that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian and United States securities laws. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of terminology such as "may", "will", "would", "should", "could", "expects", "forecasts", "plans", "intends", "trends", "indications", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "outlook", "predicts", "projects", "likely" or "potential" or the negative or other variations of these words or other comparable words or phrases. Forward looking statements, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on several assumptions, both general and specific. BRP cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that current economic conditions render such assumptions, although reasonable at the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results or performance of BRP to be materially different from the outlook or any future results or performance implied by such statements. Further details and descriptions of these and other factors are disclosed in BRP's annual information form dated March 24, 2022.
We are a global leader in the world of powersports products, propulsion systems and boats built on 80 years of ingenuity and intensive consumer focus. Our portfolio of industry-leading and distinctive products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and pontoons, Can-Am on and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft and Quintrex boats, Manitou pontoons and Rotax marine propulsion systems as well as Rotax engines for karts and recreational aircraft. We complete our lines of products with a dedicated parts, accessories and apparel portfolio to fully enhance the riding experience. With annual sales of CA$7.6 billion from over 120 countries, our global workforce includes close to 20,000 driven, resourceful people.
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The city of Cambridge is temporarily switching the source of its drinking water after finding elevated levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in its water supply, the city said in a statement.
The PFAS levels in the water are above what state standards allow, Friday’s statement said.
The city across the Charles River from Boston and home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will get water for its nearly 120,000 residents from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s system starting Tuesday until November, when it is expected to install a new filter at its water treatment facility.
“Replacing the filter media will ensure that our PFAS levels will be reliably and consistently below the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regulatory standard in the short and long term,” water department Director Sam Corda said.
PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to cancer and other health problems in humans. They are called “forever chemicals” because they don’t degrade in the environment and remain in the bloodstream. They were used for years in firefighting foams, nonstick frying pans, water-repellent fabrics, stain-resistant rugs and other products.
Cambridge, the state’s fourth-largest city, gets its water from the Stony Brook Watershed in the Charles River Basin. MWRA water is from the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to designate two PFAS chemicals found in Cambridge’s water as hazardous substances.
Massachusetts in May sued more than a dozen companies involved in the manufacture or marketing of forever chemicals, alleging they knowingly polluted the environment and endangered public health. The chemicals have polluted more than 126 public drinking water systems in 86 Massachusetts communities, the suit said.
City Councilor Quinton Zondervan wants the city to switch to MWRA water permanently because of Cambridge’s elevated PFAS levels.
“We just don’t know what is, or is not, a safe level. And that’s a huge problem,” he told The Boston Globe.
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Annika Sorenstam’s first time inside the ropes at a professional men’s tournament was on the European tour at the Scandinavian Enterprise Open. She was a caddie.
“I was on the national team, and my sister (Charlotta) and I went to caddie, and there was another girl there,” Sorenstam said. “At that time, people didn’t have regular caddies. You showed up early and waited in the parking lot. Of course, we were the last ones picked.”
She recalls caddying for Peter Teravainen, and while he missed the cut, Sorenstam felt rich by the end of the week.
“He played balata golf balls. They were expensive, and he changed them out on every hole, which I couldn’t believe,” she said. “And he gave them to me, and so my pockets were filled with balatas balls.”
Teravainen years later had another caddie, golf author Michael Bamberger, who wrote about the experience in the highly entertaining book, “To The Linksland.”
But there was another name from the past.
At the end of the week, the other girl in the parking lot had such a good time as a caddie that she asked Sorenstam if she had any interest in joining her at the next stop, the PLM Open, in the south of Sweden.
“I said: ‘That’s not what I want to do. I have to go practice,’” Sorenstam said.
And so she continued to hone her game, which eventually took her to the University of Arizona, a pair of U.S. Women’s Open titles, eventually 72 wins on the LPGA Tour and 10 majors, becoming a household name by competing on the PGA Tour at Colonial.
That other girl was Fanny Sunesson. She caddied that week for Jaime Gonzalez, which led to Jose Rivero, Howard Clark and eventually to Nick Faldo and two of his Masters titles.
Sunesson remembers the day well at the Scandinavian Open. She had played a few junior events with Sorenstam and realized she was going to follow Swedish greats like Liselotte Neumann and Helen Alfredsson.
“I stood there in line and asked every player if they wanted a caddie,” Sunesson said. “They said they had one or didn’t need one, and then they picked the guy behind me.”
No matter. She loved the work. And like Sorenstam, she was thrilled to get the balata golf balls from Gonzalez (“It was like Christmas had come early,” she said). She stuck with it and became one of the most recognizable caddies in golf.
They worked that day at Ullna Golf and Country Club, about 15 miles north of Stockholm. Ullna next year hosts the Scandinavian Mixed, and Sorenstam will be there. The teenager who once showed up as a caddie is now the tournament host.
AUDIENCE WITH THE KING
Mark O’Meara keeps every Masters invitation and dinner menu from the Masters Club gathering on Tuesday night. But he’s not big on getting players to sign memorabilia, with one exception. He never had an autograph from Arnold Palmer.
This was in 2016, which turned out to be the last Masters for Palmer. He died some five months later.
O’Meara went to his locker to fetch a Masters flag and went looking for the King.
“He’s sitting with Tiger at the little table and I said, ‘Hey, AP, would you sign this flag? It will only be mine. I won’t sell it. I’d really appreciate it,’” O’Meara said. “He looks right at me and goes, ‘You think I’m going somewhere?’”
O’Meara said Palmer took the flag and delivered one of golf’s most famous (and legible) signatures. O’Meara thanked him and got up to leave.
“He grabs me by the arm and says, ‘I’m not gone with you yet,’” O’Meara said.
He said he was startled briefly, but only until Palmer starting asking questions about O’Meara and his wife and family.
“Typical Arnold Palmer,” O’Meara said. “We miss him dearly.”
ONE YEAR LATER
The final Official World Golf Ranking of the year was published Monday. Rory McIlroy ends the year at No. 1 for the third time. Four players among the top 50 — Ryan Fox, Sepp Straka, Sahith Theegala and Kurt Kitayama — started the year outside the top 50.
Also worth noting is the effect on Saudi-funded LIV Golf.
Eight players who were in the top 25 a year ago are now with LIV Golf — Dustin Johnson (3), Bryson DeChambeau (5), Louis Oosthuizen (10), Brooks Koepka (16), Abraham Ancer (17), Jason Kokrak (20), Cameron Smith (21) and Patrick Reed (25).
LIV did not receive ranking points since it began in June, and there is no indication when the OWGR will offer them. Now only two LIV golfers — Smith at No. 3 and Joaquin Niemann at No. 22 are among the top 25.
In some cases, injuries or mediocre play contributed to the slide before LIV came along, such as DeChambeau or Matthew Wolff.
The biggest fall belonged to Phil Mickelson, who sat out four months and had only one top-10 finish — his win at the 2021 PGA Championship — in the last two years. Mickelson ended last year at No. 33. He ends this year at No. 213.
It’s the first time Mickelson has been out of the top 200 in the world ranking since late July 1992 — a year before Jordan Spieth was born. Mickelson was runner-up to Brad Faxon in the New England Classic and moved to No. 175.
DIVOTS
The European tour has a new agreement with Sky Italia that will bring tour-sanctioned events (including majors) and the Ryder Cup to Sky Sport Golf for 2023. The dedicated channel launches the second week in January with the Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi. … The Japan Golf Tour is adding two tournaments to its schedule next year, one of them the Hana Bank Invitational that will be co-sanctioned with the Korea PGA and played June 15-18, the same week as the U.S. Open. … Antoine Rozner of France and Richard Mansell of England have been added to the rosters for the Hero Cup on Jan. 13-15, which pits a Continental Europe team against Britain and Ireland in Ryder Cup-styled matches. Rozner recently won the Mauritius Open.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Justin Rose finished the year outside the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time since 2009.
FINAL WORD
“I really assume it will be an atmosphere. It’s got to be an atmosphere. There’s a few hard-nosed guys who might want to say something.” — Three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo on a Masters Club dinner this year at Augusta National that will have six players who have defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf.
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TROY, Mich., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Algo, a leading supply chain intelligence SaaS solutions provider, announced today that Yasmeen Ahmad and Andy Tay have joined their Global Advisory Board. Ahmad and Tay join a group of six other industry executives that have been identified to support Algo's continued growth through strategic guidance, thought leadership, and industry domain knowledge.
The Chair of Algo's Advisory Board, David Warrick, who spent over 23 years at Microsoft, said "I am excited to welcome Yasmeen and Andy to our incredible group." David also explained, "the 8 members of our Advisory Board will help guide the future of Algo and its strategy for exponential growth in transforming the supply chain industry."
"Algo is such a vibrant and rapidly advancing team of experts," said Yasmeen Ahmad. "Becoming a participant in its vision and strategy instantly resonated with me. I look forward to lending my voice to support Algo's continued growth."
"The experiential and material value that Algo consistently delivers is undeniable," said Andy Tay. "Joining Algo's Advisory Board is a wonderful opportunity for me to engage with fresh, agile thinking in the supply chain space and actively contribute to its evolution."
"I am honored to welcome Yasmeen and Andy to our great team at Algo," said Amjad Hussain, Founder and CEO of Algo. "The eight members of our Global Advisory Board are a huge asset to Algo and our growth."
The Algo Global Advisory Board will support Algo through providing strategic guidance and vision for product management, brand awareness, sales, marketing, and other strategic company objectives.
Algo uses technology to transform information into opportunity, breathing new life into our understanding of supply and demand, and giving retailers, distributors, and manufacturers a chance to achieve more for their organizations.Our professional services assist our clients in accelerating and maximizing the effectiveness of each phase of their digital transformation journey, from infrastructure and data management to business process optimization and automation.
Combining AI and machine learning with deep domain expertise, Algo's omnichannel SaaS platform helps suppliers and retailers plan, simulate, and execute more efficient supply chains through smart automation, actionable analytics, and digital twin technology.
For more on Algo, please visit www.algo.com.
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Maine is #1 in the Country for Office Romances With New Hampshire in the Top 5
Boom Chicka Bow Wow!
From the printer to pillow talk, here we go. Let's chat romance in the workplace. Have you been there, done that? Now let me clarify: this doesn't necessarily mean cheating on your significant other. The following statistics represent all of it because who knows? Maybe you'll meet the love of your life in the next cubicle over.
Moneypenny has revealed that 50% of us have either had an affair with someone we work with, or seriously considered it. One-third of us across the country have had serious crushes on a colleague, with 10% of us having one on our boss.
This is getting steamy, isn't it?
To be honest, none of this surprises me, and I'm sure it doesn't surprise you, either. With the amount of time that we spend with our "work wives and work husbands" each week, it's only natural for some romantic relationships, connections, and crushes to develop between colleagues.
Moneypenny decided to take a deep dive into just how common romantic relationships in the workplace are in each state, and Maine hit that #1 spot. According to the study, 75% you in Maine have considered or had something romantic going on with a colleague.
Meanwhile, New Hampshire hook-ups and beyond put the Granite State at #4 in the country, with 67% of you thinking about having a romantic interlude or dating a co-worker.
Now, are these kinds of relationships acceptable, especially if they don't involve cheating? Nearly 65% of us say it's totally fine to get romantically involved with someone you work with.
Meanwhile, Moneypenny's research shows that 65% of men think workplace relationships are completely acceptable, while it's a bit less with women at 60%.
One more thing: according to Moneypenny, only 7% of workplace relationships end in marriage.
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SALEM, N.H., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) announced today that David Dunbar, President & CEO, will be presenting at Baird's 2022 Global Industrial Conference in Chicago on Thursday, November 10, 2022.
Interested parties may access the Company's presentation on the Investor Relations section of Standex's website under the subheading, Events and Presentations, located on the Company's website standex.com.
Standex International Corporation is a global multi-industry manufacturer in five broad business segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions with operations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, India and China. For additional information, visit the Company's website standex.com.
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Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for most of the five bank employees killed this week in Louisville, Kentucky, as the city continues to grieve the victims of one of the latest U.S. mass shootings.
As obituaries were posted online, more details surfaced about the lives of the employees killed Monday at Old National Bank. They have been identified as senior vice presidents Tommy Elliott, 63, and Joshua Barrick, 40; executive administrative officer Deana Eckert, 57; loan analyst Juliana Farmer, 45; and commercial real estate market executive Jim Tutt Jr., 64.
According to Elliott’s obituary, a funeral service is set for 3 p.m. Friday at Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, followed by a private burial. The same day, Eckert’s visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. followed by a funeral service at Northside Christian Church in New Albany, Indiana, just over the Kentucky border from Louisville, according to her obituary.
Barrett's visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Ratterman Funeral Home, and a funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, both in Louisville, according to his obituary.
Tutt's obituary says a visitation will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday followed by a funeral service at Southeast Christian Church Chapel in the Woods in Louisville.
Funeral arrangements for Farmer were pending.
Tutt and Elliott each had careers in the banking industry spanning four decades. Tutt was an enthusiastic winemaker, sailor and Kentucky Wildcats fan. He led annual humanitarian and church missions for over a decade to the Dominican Republic, according to his obituary.
Elliott was prominent in Democratic politics and was a close friend of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. His obituary says Elliott was a past chairman of Baptist Health Louisville and served on numerous boards, among them Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Little Sisters of the Poor, Kentucky Educational Television and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville.
Eckert, a mother of two, would annually put together a large food spread in the bank's conference room for the celebration of Thunder Over Louisville, the fireworks kickoff event before the Kentucky Derby, said Kevin Luoma, a former bank co-worker.
Barrick coached basketball at his church's grade school, and his other passions included “Sunday breakfast with his kids, any day on the golf course, and Xavier basketball,” his obituary said.
Farmer had just moved to Louisville from Henderson, Kentucky. She had four grandchildren and posted Sunday on Facebook that another one was on the way.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Four more luxury vehicles have been seized in the investigation into Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality who was detained in Romania last week on charges of human trafficking and rape, an official said Friday.
Prosecutors investigating the case seized the additional four vehicles on Thursday on top of 11 others seized in raids last week, Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanian anti-organized crime agency DIICOT, told The Associated Press.
At least seven of the seized vehicles — some of which local media report are limited editions worth up to $300,000 — are registered to Tate and his brother Tristan Tate who was detained last week in the same case, she said. Some of the other vehicles either aren’t registered or don’t have documentation.
Bolla also said that more than 10 properties or land owned by companies registered to the Tate brothers have been seized in the investigation so far.
“If we prove they gained money through human trafficking,” Bolla said, “they will be taken by the state and (will) cover the expenses of the investigation and damages to the victims.”
Tate, a British citizen and former professional kickboxer who has amassed 4.4 million followers on Twitter, was detained last week along with his brother Tristan in Ilfov, an area north of Romania’s capital, Bucharest. Two other Romanian suspects are also in custody.
DIICOT said in a statement last week that it has identified six victims who were subjected to “acts of physical violence and mental coercion” and were sexually exploited by group members.
The agency said two British citizens in the case lured victims using pretenses of love, and later intimidation, constant surveillance, and other control tactics into performing pornographic acts intended to reap “important financial benefits.”
All four suspects are expected to appear in a Bucharest court next week to have their appeals heard contesting a judge’s decision last week to extend their arrest warrants from 24 hours to 30 days, Bolla said.
The Tate brothers will also appear in court next week to appeal the seizure of some of their belongings.
In a statement posted on Andrew Tate's website — which sells a program called “The War Room” for more than $5,000, intended “for men who understand something is missing” — says his detention is an “unfounded, politically-driven attack.”
Since his arrest last week, a series of posts have appeared on Tate’s Twitter account. One of them, posted Thursday, reads: “Your enemies perpetuate “justice” and “civility” in a society designed to enslave you. You feel sad inside FOR A REASON. You can feel something isn’t right. You must escape the Matrix.”
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital city, where intermittent periods without running water have become a fact of life for residents, a new disruption to the long-troubled water system persists just days before lawmakers are set to arrive for the state’s 2023 legislative session.
Amid frigid weather that upended infrastructure across the Deep South, pipes in Jackson broke and the city’s water distribution system failed to produce adequate pressure. Crews have spent days working to identify leaks, but pressure still hasn’t been fully restored and a boil water notice remained in place Friday.
City leaders said the water system remains vulnerable to weather-related disruptions, and Jackson-area legislators face the prospect of returning home from the Capitol building each evening without access to water in their homes.
Democratic state Rep. Ronnie Crudup Jr., who has represented south Jackson since 2019, was preparing for the Legislature’s upcoming return to session on January 3. Then, on Dec. 24 — just three months after a breakdown in Jackson’s water system left many in the city of about 150,000 without water to drink, cook, bathe and flush toilets — it happened again.
On Christmas Eve, after the last of Crudup’s running water went down the drain, his spirits sunk along with it.
“I’m normally very optimistic in pretty much all situations, but this latest water situation is getting the best of me,” Crudup wrote in a Dec. 26 social media post. “Y’all pray for me and my Jackson neighbors. I know if I’m struggling, others are also.”
Local officials are contending with an “old, crumbling system that continues to offer challenge after challenge,” said Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. The city’s latest water woes follow a 2021 winter storm that left people without running water for days after pipes froze. The water system partially collapsed again in late August after flooding overwhelmed one of the city’s water treatment plants.
In early September, Crudup could have often been seen handing out cases of bottled water as the late summer sun baked the parking lot of the New Horizon Church, which his father, Rev. Ronnie Crudup Sr., founded in 1987. His t-shirt of choice during those long afternoons was emblazoned with the motto he applied to the task at hand: “Embrace the grind.”
On September 15, water pressure was restored to most of the city and the citywide boil water notice was temporarily lifted, only for issues to resume three months later. Crudup began to feel the burden of successive periods in which a basic necessity became a scarce resource for his family and his constituents.
“As a man, how am I to take care of my family in the midst of this? As a political leader, how do I serve my constituents? All of my feelings were internalized and I didn’t have any method of getting all that out,” Crudup told The Associated Press.
After Crudup’s brother saw his Dec. 26 social media post, he picked up the phone with a set of questions.
“Why are you frustrated? Why are you feeling this way?” Crudup recounts his brother asking. “By him asking the right questions, I was able to talk myself through it.”
Crudup said he wants Jackson’s residents, some of whom spent the Christmas holiday looking for a place to shower, to avoid what he called “internalizing the burden.” At New Horizon Church, Crudup works closely with his father, and together they’ve talked through the strain of seeing their neighbors at the mercy of an unreliable water system.
“You’ve got a lot of children who aren’t brushing their teeth and all these other things. Particularly dealing with a lot of the least of these who don’t have the kind of resources he or I, or other people have, it weighs on him,” Crudup Sr. said. “And we do talk about that.”
The $600 million in federal money that Jackson is set to receive for its water system has the potential to “revitalize a whole lot of the economic circumstances,” that have hindered necessary structural repairs, Crudup Sr. said.
Ted Henifin, the manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to help fix the long-troubled water system, said he intends to make substantial progress over a one-year period on a list of projects that will protect the city from future disruptions.
As the wait for a reliable system continues, Crudup Jr. said he will encourage Jackson residents to talk through their frustrations with one another.
“People are really stepping in to help their neighbors, not only physically but mentally,” he said. “We know there will be better days ahead, it’s just about making it through this last point.”
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KSNF/KODE — Whether it’s your neighbor, a relative, or a coworker, there’s a good chance you know someone who lives alone. In fact, more than 36 million Americans, or 29% of all U.S. households, are one-person households, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
And the trend of living solo shows no signs of slowing down as major life milestones such as marriage are being put on hold. In 2022, the average age to marry was 30 for men and 28 for women. But which cities are home to the most people who live alone, and where has living alone seen the biggest increase?
In order to find America’s “loneliest” cities, the Chamber of Commerce analyzed Census Bureau data across more than 170 cities with a population of at least 150,000.
Washington D.C. ranks number one, but the number two spot in the nation goes to St. Louis. Among all homes in St. Louis, nearly half (47.5%) or 66,357 are occupied by one person.
Here are additional highlights for St. Louis:
- Lonely Women: In St. Louis, 25.7% of one-person householders are women, which makes the city the 4th loneliest in the nation for women. Richmond, Virginia ranks No. 1.
- Lonely Men: Meanwhile, 21.8% of one-person householders are men, which makes the city the 4th loneliest city for men.
- St. Louis is Getting Lonelier: The city appears to be getting lonelier. On average, the number of people living alone in St. Louis has increased 1.98% year-over-year since 2016.
- Pandemic Loneliness: Despite the average annual increase in people living alone, the number of one-person households in St. Louis actually decreased during the pandemic by 4.83% from 69,727 in 2019 to 66,357 in 2021. However, the city still ranks 2nd for the highest overall percentage of people living alone next to Washington, D.C.
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Springfield, Missouri also made the “top 30” list, coming in at number 23. Here are additional highlights for Springfield:
- Percent Living Alone (Women): 19.5%
- Percent Living Alone (Men): 20.1%
- One-Person Households: 31,323
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INTERVIEW: Oshkosh Defense gets patents for electric JLTV
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Oshkosh Corporation continues to set the pace in electric vehicle manufacturing.
Last week, Oshkosh Defense was awarded 5 more patents for components in the e-Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, an electric version of the JLTV that helped the company’s fortunes soar over a decade ago.
Oshkosh now has over 115 patents and applications pending for the EJLTV, the JLTV and related technologies -- which apply to more than just military vehicles.
Action 2 News at 4:30 anchor Chris Roth talks with John Pfeifer, president/CEO of Oshkosh Corporation, the parent company of Oshkosh Defense. He talks about the importance of these patents in the industry, how electric power fits into the future of fleet manufacturing, and how pivotal these patents might be to win a $7 billion-plus contract in 2023 to continue producing these types of vehicles for the U.S. military.
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Republicans and Democrats alike in California are sounding the alarm over a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to slash his budget commitment for foster care services by two-thirds.
The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program assigns thousands of volunteers to act as liaisons for individual foster kids within California’s child welfare system. Newsom previously committed $60 million in new funding for the program over a three-year period.
Newsom’s $297 billion state budget proposal, however, slashed that commitment to $20 million as his state faces a $22.5-billion projected budget deficit.
A spokesperson for the California Department of Finance told Fox News Digital that the cut is necessary for closing the shortfall.
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"When the Governor submitted his budget to the Legislature in January, the state had to close a budget shortfall projected at $22.5 billion," H.D. Palmer, the deputy director for external affairs, said in a statement.
"This required the administration to propose a range of measures to pull back on spending that had previously been enacted," the statement read. "Pulling back future funding for the CASA program is a proposal, like many others, that would not have been put forward were it not for the necessity of closing the shortfall."
Sharon Lawrence, chief executive for the California CASA Association, told The Los Angeles Times that CASA programs had already made plans for the original $60 million.
State assemblymembers on the budget committee met in February, when Republican Tom Lackey and Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer united in opposing the cut, The Times reported.
The California CASA Association thanked both leaders on Twitter over the weekend.
Kamilah Priforce, a councilmember for the City of Emeryville, said Saturday that the issue hit close to home.
"This is unfortunate," he tweeted. "If a program like this existed when my brother aged out of the foster care system, he would still be alive. #FosterCare #GroupHome #Orphans."
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Atlanta finally passed the New York Mets — then the Braves ran into their mirror image from the American League.
That would be the Seattle Mariners, who took two of three from the Braves and are now 50-22 in their last 72 games. Atlanta has played at an even better clip, going 64-26 since the start of June. That helped the Braves erase a 10 1/2-game deficit in the NL East, even though the first-place Mets never played all that badly.
Atlanta moved a half-game ahead of New York when it won the opener of its series in Seattle on Friday night, but now the Braves trail by 1 1/2 games after a wild finish Sunday. Atlanta scored five runs in the top of the ninth to take a one-run lead, only for Julio Rodriguez and Eugenio Suarez to hit solo homers in the bottom half for an 8-7 Seattle victory.
The Mariners are closing in on their first postseason appearance since 2001. The Braves are trying to defend the World Series title they won last year. The race atop the NL East is starting to resemble another famous one involving Atlanta — from the NL West in 1993.
That year, San Francisco was 10 games ahead of the Braves in late July, then went 38-27 the rest of the way. It somehow wasn’t enough. Atlanta closed on a 49-16 tear to win the division, 104 victories to 103.
That was the final postseason before wild cards, so the Giants were left out of the playoffs entirely. The Mets and Braves don’t have to worry about that this year, barring a massive collapse. But the winner in this NL East chase — in which both teams are on pace for at least 100 wins — would probably end up with a bye into the Division Series. That’s no small thing.
THAT TIME OF YEAR
The Los Angeles Dodgers, who are an incredible 59-20 in their last 79 games, have already clinched a postseason berth. Their magic number to wrap up the NL West is down to three.
The next-lowest magic number to win a division belongs to Houston at 12 in the AL West. But as well as Seattle is playing, that could still take a little while.
TRIVIA TIME
In 1993, Atlanta and San Francisco had a combined four 20-game winners. Who were they?
LINE OF THE WEEK
There’s a bit more separation in the American League wild card race now. Toronto saw to that by taking three of four at Baltimore. The Blue Jays now lead the Orioles by 5 1/2 games for the third wild card.
Toronto started that series with a doubleheader sweep Monday, and Bo Bichette homered three times in the second game. He had six hits and seven RBIs in the doubleheader.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
The St. Louis Cardinals scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Washington 6-5 on Wednesday night. The winning hit came with two out when Tommy Edman’s drive to left field bounced off outfielder Alex Call’s glove, allowing both runners on base to score.
It was the first time this season a team won after trailing by four or more runs entering the ninth. While the Nationals were batting in the top of the ninth, the St. Louis win probability dipped to 1.1%, according to Baseball Savant.
Honorable Mention: The Cardinals weren’t done with big comebacks. On Sunday, they scored four in the ninth to erase a two-run deficit and went on to beat Pittsburgh 4-3. Albert Pujols put St. Louis ahead to stay with a two-run homer — the 697th of his career, moving him past Alex Rodriguez and into sole possession of fourth place on the career list.
On Tuesday night, Colorado came back from a 6-1 deficit and beat Milwaukee 10-7 in 10 innings.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Tom Glavine (22-6) and Greg Maddux (20-10) for the Braves, and John Burkett (22-7) and Bill Swift (21-8) for the Giants.
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va — The Beatles sang "All You Need Is Love" and that's exactly what a woman in Virginia is trying to spread.
"I love you. You're probably thinking, you don't know me. But if people can hate for no reason, I can love," Tina Wells, the woman behind the sign, said.
The inspiration behind the sign that Wells put up came naturally.
"Because there is so much darkness in the world nowadays and if you listen to all the negative, you'll get brought down. My husband went back there and found a sheet of plywood because nobody wants to buy plywood right now. And I thought, 'okay, what do I want to do with this?' And I thought, 'let me go ahead and do, maybe like a hippy vibe, tie-dye kinda thing,'" Wells said.
It wasn't long before the sign was up and drivers were taking notice.
"I think it's a beautiful sign and I would have to agree with it," one resident said.
"It's nice to know that you are loved and that people actually do care about you and it's important to know that you are important in this world," another resident said.
While not all drivers take the time to stop and read the sign, Wells has faith that the sign's message is making a difference.
"I appreciate you very much. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you for spreading love, something that we all need to do. I spread peace as well, so I love it. Thank you very much," another driver said.
When Wells is in her front yard, drivers aren't afraid to respond to the sign.
"I've had several people just yell out the window, I love you! And I'll yell back, I love you too!" Wells said.
This isn't the first sign that Wells has put up. In 2021, she had a pallet with the phrase: "Love your neighbor. Even if they don't think like you, look like you, vote like you."
"So I'm hoping that maybe if you got this positive thing in your head, maybe it will resonate someday when somebody says something mean or is ugly to you," Wells said.
With two signs now in the books, Wells said it's time to come up with a third phrase to add to a piece of plywood.
This story was first reported by Wayne Covil at WTVR in Richmond, Virginia. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/woman-shares-messages-of-love-with-drivers-passersby | 2022-05-12 16:31:16 | 0 | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/woman-shares-messages-of-love-with-drivers-passersby |
- Quarterly revenues of 10.98 trillion won, operating profit of 1.66 trillion won, net profit of 1.1 trillion won
- Sales and profits reduced QoQ due to decreasing demand and price of memory chips
- Will reduce investment in 2023 by more than 50% YoY, while reducing production volume focusing on less profitable products
- While focusing on server DRAMs, SK hynix is prepared to mass-produce the latest products and increase profitability
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) reported today revenues of 10.98 trillion won, operating profit of 1.66 trillion won (with OP margin of 15%), and net income of 1.1 trillion (with net income margin 10%) in the third quarter of 2022. Sales and operating profits decreased 20.5%, 60.5% respectively QoQ.
* SK hynix reported 13.81 trillion won in revenues, 4.19 trillion won in operating profit, and net income 2.88 trillion won in the second quarter of 2022
SK hynix analyzed that revenues fell QoQ as both sales volume and price decreased due to sluggish demand for DRAM and NAND products amid worsening macroeconomic environment worldwide. In addition, SK hynix explained that despite the company improved cost competitiveness by increasing the sales proportion and yield of the latest 1anm DRAM and 176-layer 4D NAND, operating profit also decreased due to greater price drop than cost reduction.
SK hynix diagnosed that the semiconductor memory industry is facing an unprecedented deterioration in market conditions as uncertainties in the business environment continued. The deterioration occurred as the shipments of PCs and smartphone manufacturers, which are major buyers of memory chips, have decreased.
However, SK hynix anticipated that the demand for memory chips in datacenter servers, while decreasing in the short term, will continue to grow in the mid- to long-term perspective, as hyperscale data centers are continuing their investment to meet the increasing scale of industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data and metaverse. SK hynix emphasized that as it is leading the latest DRAM technologies such as high bandwidth products including high bandwidth memory 3 (HBM3) and DDR5/LPDDR5, the company will solidify its position in terms of long-term growth.
In addition, SK hynix stressed that it will expand mass production of industry's first 238-layer 4D NAND next year, which was developed in the third quarter of this year, and by doing so secure cost competitiveness and increase profitability continuously.
Meanwhile, SK hynix predicted that supply will continue to exceed demand for the time being. Given such consideration, the company has decided to reduce its investment next year by more than 50% YoY. The current year's investment is expected to be at the upper range of 10-20 trillion won.
SK hynix also revealed that it plans to gradually reduce production volume focusing on relatively less profitable products. The plan is to normalize the market's supply and demand balance by maintaining such tendency in investment and production reduction for a certain period of time.
"We will leap forward as a leading semiconductor memory player by overcoming this downturn based on our potential that has always turned crises into opportunities in the past," said Kevin (Jongwon) Noh, chief marketing officer (CMO) at SK hynix.
■ 3Q22 Financial Results (K-IFRS)
*The financial information of the earnings is written based on K-IFRS.
Please note that the financial results discussed herein are preliminary and speak only as of September 30, 2022. Readers should not assume that this information remains operative at a later time. In addition, this information may include forward-looking statements that involve a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. For further discussion of these risks and uncertainties, readers should refer to SK hynix Inc.'s filings with the Korea Exchange. This document is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any security of SK hynix Inc.
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM"), flash memory chips ("NAND flash") and CMOS Image Sensors ("CIS") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com
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