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NANJING, China, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) kicked off Saturday in China's Wuhan and Switzerland's Geneva. Yancheng, in east China's Jiangsu Province, was listed as one of the 43 "International Wetland Cities" worldwide. Meanwhile, it is the best time to visit the wetlands in Jiangsu, according to the Global Communication Center of "Charm of Jiangsu".
What tells coastal eco-tourism in Jiangsu from ordinary beaches is its wetlands and ecological diversity. China's Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase I) was inscribed on the World Heritage List as a natural site in 2019, making it the first of its kind to win the honor. It is a resort where visitors can frequently see milu deer, red-crowned cranes, and spoon-billed sandpipers in the wild. The local people affectionately call those rare animals "three auspicious treasures".
The vast mudflats provide favorable conditions for milu deer to live and thrive. With effective protection over the past 30 years, the population of milu deer has risen in leaps and bounds, from 39 in the 1980s to over 7,000 today. One of them even ran from the seaside to Shanghai this summer.
Autumn is the best season for bird watching. In late October this year, the first batch of red-crowned cranes arrived at Yancheng National Reserve for Rare Birds to live through the winter, along with migratory birds such as bean geese, common cranes, great cormorants and oriental white storks. Known as the "Oriental Wetland Capital", Yancheng is a vital node of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, one of the world's nine bird migration corridors. It is where millions of migratory birds rest, molt and overwinter every year. In Tiaozini Wetland, visitors can see the reddish-brown feathers of spoon-billed sandpipers, as rare as giant pandas, gradually being replaced by the grey-white feathers which help them to stay warm and dry in winter.
Jiangsu is renowned for its water resources and cultural deposits. Apart from coastal wetlands, inland wetlands can offer equally novel experiences to visitors. In autumn, when the dawn-redwood forest in Sihong Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Spot, Suqian City presents the best landscape, visitors can enjoy the scenery of the red trees and turquoise lake reflecting each other. In Qinhu National Wetland Park, Jiangyan District, Taizhou City, a kind of well-known edible crab is entering the ripening stage. In Suzhou Taihu Lake National Wetland Park, people can also feel the charm of "shuixiang", or the land of water, in the southern Yangtze River region.
Coastal ecological wetland tourism plays an important role in Jiangsu tourism. Jiangsu issued a plan for building a world-class coastal eco-tourism corridor earlier this year, stating that it will improve coastal tourism products and services in three years. For the tourists who fancy the sea, it is a golden period and don't miss the distinctive wetlands.
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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — During training camp, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Mack Hollins called himself the “weird guy” in the locker room.
For his teammates, he’s much more than the guy who is into snakes, cleaning up the environment, conditioning by running more than the length of 16 football fields, and who enjoys running to the team facility rather than driving to it.
“There’s not many people that use their legs to get anywhere anymore. Mack’s one of them,” Raiders coach Josh McDaniels said. “He’s a free spirit, but he’s got an urgency about him, and an attention to detail about him that you would ask every player to possess in the building. What a breath of fresh air relative to the things he’s interested in.”
And that includes uplifting a winless team.
With the Raiders (0-3) in search of their first win heading into their Week 4 matchup against division rival Denver, Hollins’ eccentric personality provides the type of positive vibe that’s been undefeated since his arrival.
“He’s got one of the most infectious personalities that I’ve been around,” fellow wideout Devante Adams said. “I don’t think I’ve been around somebody that talks so frequently, but it never gets annoying. … He’s a funny dude, great personality and he’s gonna keep you up.”
On the field, he’s been the answer to Adams’ tranquil performance the last two weeks.
After being targeted 17 times in the season-opener, Adams was targeted a combined 16 times the last two games, during which quarterback Derek Carr threw to Hollins 18 times.
“That’s such a testament to his ability,” Carr said. “That’s such a testament to his work ethic.”
Hollins caught five passes for 66 yards in Week 2, and followed that performance by catching eight passes off 10 targets for 158 yards and a touchdown at Tennessee on Sunday.
Hollins’ fourth quarter heroics — including a brilliant fourth-and-goal touchdown catch over Titans defensive back Terrance Mitchell — put the Raiders in position to potentially tie the game with a little more than a minute left.
McDaniels recognized Hollins’ entire package well before the first of three roster cuts, when he called him “another offseason award winner,” lauding the vibe he brought to the facility, including the “Mack Mile,” a brutal jaunt down-and-back-and-around the practice field that totals roughly 1,600 yards.
“I’m not sure that there’s anything he doesn’t do,” McDaniels said. “He leads, he practices well, he encourages others, he picks guys up, he makes big plays, he’s tough, he’s in great condition. It is hard to find people that are more determined to help the team in any way they can than Mack.”
It’s the only way Mack knows how to approach anything in his life.
“Growing up that’s just how me and my brothers were raised, was no matter what you do, do it at the highest level,” said Hollins, who ranks ninth in yards per reception (17.1). “Whether I was scrubbing floors, playing football, doing banking — whatever it was, be the best I can be at it. That was always the standard for my brothers and I.”
The speedy, big-bodied veteran who turned 29 earlier this month already has a career-high 240 yards receiving in three games this season, and with two more receptions will tie his career high of 16, accomplished in 2017 with Philadelphia and 2020 with the Dolphins.
And Hollins, who is on pace for 79 receptions and 1,360 yards, isn’t just a third or fourth option during Carr’s progression of reads during plays. He’s an added deep-ball threat who can take advantage of mismatches against smaller cornerbacks on outside routes. Of the three times he has been targeted on passes of 20-plus yards, Hollins has caught two for 108 yards combined.
That’s all while maintaining his status as a key component on special teams.
If he had it his way, he’d play the entire game.
“I think it says a lot about the character of the human being and the type of person, type of leader he is, because he doesn’t want to come off the field for anything,” McDaniels said. “I mean, if we told him you’re running down on a kickoff team, you’re protecting on the punt, you’re the gunner on the punt team, you’re rushing punts, and then you’re gonna play every snap on offense, he wouldn’t even blink.”
NOTES: Center Andre James, who sustained a concussion in the season opener and has not played since, was still on the team’s injury report, but was a full participant for Wednesday’s practice. … WR Hunter Renfrow and CB Nate Hobbs are still in concussion protocol and were non-participants, along with Foster Moreau (knee). … DT Neil Farrell (shoulder) was a full participant, while T Kolton Miller (ankle), S Tre’von Moehrig (hip), DT Bilal Nichols (shoulder), LB Denzel Perryman (ankle) and CB Rock Ya-Sin (knee) were limited.
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Moldova’s capital Sunday to express their dismay over alleged government failings amid an acute winter energy crisis and skyrocketing inflation.
The protesters converged in the capital, Chisinau, and chanted slogans as they marched toward the Constitutional Court. They called for an early election and the resignation of Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu.
Moldova, a former Soviet republic sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine with 2.6 million people, has taken a distinctly Western-oriented path over the last year. But in the past two months, a series of protests initiated by the populist Shor Party have rocked the country.
The Shor Party’s leader, Ilan Shor, is a Moldovan oligarch currently in exile in Israel. He is implicated in a $1 billion bank theft and was recently named on a U.S. State Department sanctions list as working for Russian interests.
The U.S. says Shor is working with “corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based entities to create political unrest in Moldova” and to undermine the country’s push to join the European Union. In June, Moldova was granted E.U. candidate status along with war-torn Ukraine.
On Thursday, Moldova’s government filed a request to the country’s Constitutional Court to declare the Shor Party illegal. Moldova’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office is also investigating the financing of the protests, which prosecutors say involves at least some Russian money.
The protests have hit Molodva’s government as it grapples with a serious winter energy crisis and rapidly rising inflation. Russia, whom Moldova relies on entirely for its natural gas, recently halved its supply to Moldova, Europe’s poorest nation.
President Sandu says Moscow’s decision to cut gas supplies was “political blackmail,” and has accused pro-Russia political forces in Moldova of “cynically exploiting people’s hardships and the discontent … (to) generate chaos and turn us back from our European path.”
On Thursday, E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid an official visit to Moldova, where she pledged 250 million euros from the bloc to help the country tackle the energy crisis and support its most vulnerable people.
“Moldova is part of our European family,” she said. “And family must stick together when the times are getting tough.”
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McGrath reported from Sighisoara, Romania.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado, bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a beleaguered Pac-12 program that’s plunged to the bottom of college football.
The deal was announced Saturday night by CU athletic director Rick George.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has been at Jackson State, a historically Black college that plays in the NCAA’s second tier of Division I, since 2020. Sanders has guided the Tigers to consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference titles.
The Tigers beat Southern in the SWAC championship game Saturday in Jackson, Mississippi, and a few hours later Colorado announced he was coming to Boulder.
Sanders told his team after the game he had accepted another job, but intended to coach Jackson State (12-0) in the Celebration Bowl for historically Black colleges on Dec. 17 in Atlanta against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central.
“In coaching you either get elevated or you get terminated,” Sanders told his team. “There ain’t no graveyard for coaches where they die at the place. They either going to run you off or you going to walk off.”
Sanders talked about the dearth of Black head coaches at the highest levels of college football and trying to be a catalyst for change.
“It’s not about a bag,” Sanders said. “It’s about an opportunity.”
The Tigers went 27-5 in the Sanders era and he was named SWAC coach of the year the last two seasons.
Known as “Prime Time” during his high-stepping, play-making NFL career, the 55-year-old Sanders prefers “Coach Prime” these days. Colorado will prove a challenge for the magnetic Sanders, who inherits a program coming off a 1-11 season. But he brings instant name recognition and a track record of being able to recruit top-level talent.
“There were a number of highly qualified and impressive candidates interested in becoming the next head football coach at Colorado, but none of them had the pedigree, the knowledge and the ability to connect with student-athletes like Deion Sanders,” George said in a statement. “Not only will Coach Prime energize our fanbase, I’m confident that he will lead our program back to national prominence while leading a team of high quality and high character.”
The Buffaloes have turned in just one full-length winning season since joining the Pac-12 in 2011. They dismissed Karl Dorrell in October and interim coach Mike Sanford finished out the season that culminated with a 63-21 blowout loss to No. 12 Utah at home.
Colorado is a long way from its glory days under Hall of Fame coach Bill McCartney, who led the Buffaloes to a national championship following the 1990 season.
While the program is trying to build up its name, image and likeness portfolio, establishing the Buffs4Life Foundation to help out student-athletes, Colorado also has seen several players announce their intention in recent days of entering the transfer portal.
Sanders figures to bring a few players along with him — possibly even his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, a 6-foot-2 sophomore at Jackson State who’s thrown 36 TD passes this season and just six interceptions.
Deion Sanders was an All-American at Florida State before a standout NFL career with five teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, where he won a Super Bowl with each. He also played nine MLB seasons and reached the World Series with the Atlanta Braves in 1992.
Over the years, Sanders was an analyst and a star of reality TV shows and commercials, including Aflac spots with Alabama coach Nick Saban.
Jackson State hired Sanders in September 2020 after he coached his sons at a fledgling Texas high school that was fraught with issues.
Moving to Jackson State, Sanders called the fit “a match made in heaven,” and quickly lifted the school in Mississippi’s capital.
The success of Jackson State was significant as it made a program that has produced Hall of Famers such as Walter Payton, Lem Barney, Jackie Slater and Robert Brazile relevant again among HBCUs, and Sanders was determined to keep it that way.
The arrival of Sanders raised Jackson State’s visibility. They were on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July — a feature on how Sanders rebuilt the program — and saw ESPN’s “College GameDay” pay a visit to Jackson State in October. Sanders also appeared on “60 Minutes” in a profile story.
Jackson State athletic director Ashley Robinson said in a statement Sanders “challenged norms and transformed mindsets of what was perceived to be possible to create new visions for success while inspiring the community and creating a spotlight on the HBCU sports and culture.”
Sanders told the team he was recommending to Robinson and the Jackson State administration that receivers coach T.C. Taylor be the next head coach.
Sanders has scored big on the recruiting trail, landing five-star defensive back Travis Hunter and four-star receiver Kevin Coleman for this year’s squad. Sanders told The Associated Press in an October podcast that both players chose JSU because he and his staff will prepare them for careers in the NFL.
“Deion Sanders’ stature transcends sports, and his hiring elevates not only the football program but the university as a whole,” CU Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano said. “This is an exciting new chapter in the long, storied history of Colorado football and I look forward to standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our students, supporters and fans to cheer on ‘Coach Prime’ and our student-athletes next fall.”
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AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo, AP Sports Writer Gary B. Graves and AP Freelance Writer Tanner Marlar contributed to this report.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies took U.S. Navy aviator Noah Song in the Rule 5 draft Wednesday, hoping the former top pitching prospect can still be effective once he completes his military service.
There is no definitive date on when the 25-year-old Song might be able to join the Phillies.
Song was picked from the Boston Red Sox system in the draft for unprotected minor league players. Philadelphia put him on the military list while he continues his active duty and he won’t count on the 40-man roster, the pool from which major league teams can select players for the 26-man active roster.
Song impressed in his only pro season, making seven starts for Boston’s Class A Lowell affiliate in 2019, with a 1.06 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 17 innings. With a fastball clocked in the upper 90s mph, the right-hander dominated that year as a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, going 11-1 with a 1.44 ERA and 161 strikeouts in 94 innings.
The Red Sox drafted Song in the fourth round — he likely would’ve gone much higher, but his impending military service caused teams to back off.
In November 2019, Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a memo clearing the way for athletes at the nation’s military academies to delay their service commitments and play pro sports after graduation. Song’s request to have those new rules retroactively applied to his case was denied.
Song began school as a flight officer in the summer of 2020 and finished that phase last April. He started additional aviation training in May.
Song was among the 15 players, including three Boston pitchers, taken in the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft, which wasn’t held last year because of the MLB lockout.
Washington took righty Thad Ward from Boston’s Triple-A roster with the first pick. Baltimore took Red Sox minor league pitcher Andrew Politi with the ninth choice and the Phillies chose Song with the 11th selection.
Teams pay $100,000 to take players in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft. The players must stay on the big league roster next season or go on waivers and, if unclaimed, be offered back to their original organization for $50,000.
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For kids heading back to school, Tastykake promises to "make their day tasty" in its new campaign.
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tastykake® brand, the iconic line of snack cakes, pies, and donuts, is making back-to-school days tastier this year with a new campaign titled "Make Their Day Tasty." The campaign spans across radio, digital and social media, and is the brand's first with its new agency of record (AOR), PPK.
"Back to school means hectic schedules for the entire family. With this campaign, we want to make sure parents remember to pack with purpose and add some sweetness to their kids' lunch to make their entire day TASTY," said Penny Patterson-Smith, Senior Vice President of Snacking at Flowers Foods. "PPK has done a great job with this inaugural campaign and we're looking forward to many more successful executions."
"Our evolving partnership with Tastykake is a shining example of how PPK has grown over the years – by providing incredibly thoughtful client service and results-driven strategic creative solutions to our clients leading to natural, organic growth," said Garrett Garcia, President of PPK.
"Those who cherish a uniquely sweet treat know there is nothing that satisfies a hectic micro-moment better than Tastykake, especially during back-to-school time," said Ashley Hornsby, Brand Manager of Tastykake. "This year's back-to-school campaign is meant to capture and convey the back-to-school rush that every parent goes through, whether it's school science fairs, practice at the field or ballet recitals."
To view the campaign video on Facebook, click here.
PPK is also AOR for Wonder® Bread and produces work for several other brands owned by Flowers Foods, including managing social for Mrs. Freshley's® and Evangeline Maid.
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2 men die after falling into drainage collection system
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE/Gray News) – Two men died after falling into a drainage collection system at a power plant in Kentucky Tuesday evening.
According to Donna Stinnett with the City of Henderson, crews were on the scene for hours trying to remove the men from the large hole.
Officials said toxic fumes and cramped conditions made the recovery efforts difficult.
WFIE reports crews from several agencies responded with hazmat specialists and rope rescue personnel on standby to get the men free.
Big Rivers Electric Corporation said in a press release that one of the people involved was believed to be an employee while the other was a contract worker.
“Today represents a devastating loss of life for the Big Rivers family, and our hearts and prayers are with the families of both victims tonight,” Big Rivers president and CEO Bob Berry said. “Big Rivers will be working with the proper regulatory authorities, our employees, local responders, and safety officials as the investigation continues.”
It is unclear how they fell into the hole.
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Louisiana, 9 other states sue US government over steep flood insurance rate increases
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday to block sharp increases in national flood insurance rates that are slated to be phased in over the coming years, saying the steeper price could cost some people their homes.
Dozens of local Louisiana governments and flood control districts also are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. district court in New Orleans. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are among the defendants.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry joined several local officials and business leaders at a news conference announcing the suit Thursday morning.
FEMA has said its new premium system is an improvement over past methods, incorporating data that wasn’t used in the past, including scientific models and costs involved in rebuilding a home. The agency has said the old method could result in people with lower-valued homes paying more than a fair share while those with higher-value homes pay relatively less.
However, Louisiana officials have been complaining for months about the coming rate hikes, saying they could impose impossible financial burdens on some in the state.
Increases are capped at 18% annually. But when they are fully implemented, some residents will be paying significantly more.
An April analysis of Louisiana rates by The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate put the average increase in the state at 134%. But officials have been pointing to various individuals facing eventual tenfold increases in their annual premiums, including some whose homes have never flooded.
In a lawsuit filed in April seeking access to information and data used to calculate rates, St. Charles Parish officials said the average cost of flood insurance policies there will increase from $815 to $2,766 annually.
At Thursday’s news conference, state and local officials renewed complaints that federal officials have refused to divulge methodology and data used in computing the new rates. And, they said, the new premium rates fail to take into account individual homeowners’ flood mitigation efforts, such as house raising, or local governments’ construction of levees and other flood protection measures.
The high rates could drive some people from their homes, bring on foreclosures and contribute to Louisiana’s loss of population, Landry said. “We want reasonable, reliable premiums so that Louisiana can grow and thrive,” he said.
Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia are the other states listed as plaintiffs by Landry’s office. “It’s not just a coastal issue, although it does deeply, deeply impact our coastal communities,” Louisiana Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill said. “It impacts working communities. It impacts anybody who lives near water.”
FEMA declined comment in an email, citing a policy of not commenting on pending litigation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chair Jerome Powell and other Federal Reserve officials gather this week for their latest decision on interest rates, they will do so on the cusp of achieving an elusive “soft landing” — the feat of curbing inflation without causing a deep recession.
After the Fed began aggressively raising borrowing costs early last year, most economists predicted it would send the economy crashing as consumers cut spending and businesses slashed jobs and expansion plans.
Yet even though the Fed is poised to raise its key rate on Wednesday for the 11th time since March 2022, to its highest point in 22 years, no one is panicking. Economists and financial traders have grown more optimistic that what some call “immaculate disinflation” — a steady easing of inflation pressures without an economic downturn — can be achieved. Most economists think this week’s hike in the Fed’s benchmark rate, to about 5.3%, will be the last, though they caution that that rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, will likely stay at a peak until well into 2024.
“I would have been not super-optimistic about a soft landing a few months ago,” said Jeremy Stein, a Harvard University economist who served on the Fed’s Board of Governors from 2012 through 2014. “Now, I think the odds are clearly going up.”
Economists at Goldman Sachs, who have sketched a more optimistic outlook than most others, have downgraded the likelihood of recession to just 20%, from 35% earlier this year.
Even economists at Deutsche Bank, among the first large banks to forecast a recession, have been encouraged by the economy’s direction, though they still expect a downturn later this year.
“We have greater resiliency within the economy than I would have anticipated at this point in time, given the extent of rate increases we’ve gotten,” said Matthew Luzzetti, Deutsche Bank’s chief U.S. economist.
Luzzetti points to durable consumer spending as a key driver of economic growth. Many Americans still have extra savings stemming from the pandemic, when the government distributed several stimulus checks and people saved by spending less on travel, restaurant meals and entertainment.
Hiring has remained healthy, with employers having added 209,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate declining to 3.6%. That’s near the lowest rate in a half-century and about where it was when the Fed began raising rates 16 months ago — a sign of economic resilience that almost no one had foreseen.
At the same time, inflation has steadily declined. In June, prices rose just 3% from a year earlier, down from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 though still above the Fed’s 2% target.
Even more encouragingly, measures of underlying inflation have dropped. “Core” prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, rose just 0.2% from May to June, the slowest monthly rise in nearly two years. Compared with a year ago, core inflation was still a relatively high 4.8%, though down sharply from 5.3% in May.
Some economists warn that a recession cannot yet be ruled out. The Fed’s rate hikes, they note, have made the cost of buying a home, financing a car purchase or expanding a business much more burdensome.
And with inflation still not fully contained, Fed officials have yet to sound the all-clear. One day after the government reported unexpectedly mild inflation, Christopher Waller, a key member of the Fed’s board, said he needed to see further evidence of smaller price increases before he would be sure inflation is slowing. Until then, Waller said, two more quarter-point rate hikes would likely be “necessary to keep inflation moving toward our target.”
Waller expressed concern that the Fed might be “head-faked” by temporary slowdowns in inflation, only for prices to resurge again, which previously occurred in mid-2021 and the fall of 2020.
Likewise, Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said she favored a rate hike at last month’s meeting, when the Fed kept rates unchanged after 10 straight increases. Speaking before the latest inflation report, Logan suggested that more increases were needed.
Some economists caution that inflation’s drop from above 9% to 3% was the relatively easy part. Getting it down to 2% will be harder and take longer. Average incomes haven’t kept up with rising prices for the past two years, and workers may keep pushing for sharp wage increases. Higher pay would boost Americans’ ability to spend and potentially perpetuate inflation.
Yet many other experts say they think the recent mild inflation readings can be sustained. Rental cost increases, which have already fallen, should decline further as more apartment buildings are completed.
Even though the Fed’s policymakers collectively predicted in June that they would raise their benchmark rate twice more this year, many economists think that after this week’s hike, the officials will hold rates steady when they next meet in September. And after that, inflation may be moving close enough to the Fed’s target that they forgo any further hikes.
In a question-and-answer session last week, Waller held out the possibility that a second rate hike could be skipped if inflation came in as low in the next two months as it had in the most recent government report.
Used car prices, while still much higher than before the pandemic, fell in June and are expected to ease further. The costs of furniture, appliances and clothing are slowing, too. Restaurant prices, while still high, are rising more slowly.
“The breadth of disinflation is starting to broaden out,” said Omair Sharif, chief economist at Inflation Insights. “This is kind of what you have been hoping to see for a while.”
Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at Loyola Marymount University, said he still worries that the Fed will have to clamp down harder on the economy to slow inflation all the way to 2% and in the process ultimately cause a recession and higher unemployment.
“The 2% inflation target… is an unrealistic target which can only be reached at huge cost,” Sohn said. “There’s a growing risk of the Fed overreacting, as they often have in the past, and pushing the economy into an overall real recession, which is not necessary.”
Other economists have also expressed concerns. A potential strike at UPS could slow freight shipping and revive shortages and lift prices. Workers in other industries, such as airlines and automakers, are also pushing for higher pay, which could keep wage pressures elevated.
And achieving a soft-landing, after inflation had spiked so high, is notoriously difficult. But the economy has broken new ground many times since the pandemic.
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- Doncic is tops on his squad in points (32.9), rebounds (8.6) and assists (8.2) per contest, shooting 49.8% from the field and 34.6% from downtown with 2.8 made 3-pointers per contest. At the other end, he puts up 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government may decide this week to block the sale of a chip factory to a Swedish subsidiary of a Chinese company, following a recent compromise over a Chinese shipping firm’s investment in a German container terminal.
German company Elmos said late Monday that it was informed by the Economy Ministry that the sale of its factory in Dortmund to Silex Microsystems AB “will most likely be prohibited in the upcoming cabinet session.” The ministry previously “had indicated to the parties that the transaction most likely will be approved,” Elmos added.
Silex is owned by Sai Microelectronics of China, according to German media. The planned 85 million-euro (dollar) sale was announced in December.
The change comes as Germany struggles with the extent it should allow Chinese companies to invest in Europe’s biggest economy.
The Cabinet, which will hold its weekly meeting Wednesday, reached a compromise late last month after officials argued over whether to allow China’s COSCO to take a 35% stake in a container terminal at the Hamburg port.
Members of two junior parties in the governing coalition opposed that deal while Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a former Hamburg mayor, downplayed its significance.
COSCO was cleared to take a stake below 25%, with a threshold above that allowing an investor can block a company’s decisions.
Scholz traveled to Beijing last week, becoming the first leader from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations to meet President Xi Jinping since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The visit, coming shortly after Xi further cemented his authoritarian rule at home, drew some criticism at home.
Scholz is encouraging companies to diversify but not discouraging business with China. He said before the trip that “we don’t want decoupling from China” but that “we will reduce one-sided dependencies in the spirit of smart diversification.”
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive.
A judge at The Hague District Court ordered the halt in an injunction brought by the mother of a child conceived with the donor’s sperm and a foundation representing other parents.
The mother, identified by the foundation only as Eva, welcomed the court’s decision.
“I hope that this ruling leads to a ban on mass donation and spreads like an oil slick to other countries. We must stand hand in hand around our children and protect them against this injustice,” she said in a statement.
The court noted that under Dutch guidelines, sperm donors are allowed to produce a maximum of 25 children with 12 mothers and that the donor lied to prospective parents about his donation history.
The donor, identified as Jonathan M. under Dutch privacy guidelines, provided sperm to several Dutch fertility clinics and to a clinic in Denmark as well as to many other people he connected with through advertisements and online forums, the court said in its written judgment.
The donor’s lawyer said in a court hearing that he wanted to help parents who would otherwise be unable to conceive.
The judge who heard the civil case said that the donor “deliberately lied about this in order to persuade the parents to take him as a donor,” the court said in a statement.
“All these parents are now confronted with the fact that the children in their family are part of a huge kinship network, with hundreds of half-siblings, which they did not choose,” the court said, adding that this “has or could possibly have negative psychosocial consequences for the children. It is therefore in their interest that this kinship network is not extended any further.”
The court said in a statement that the case was about “conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, the right to respect for the privacy of the parents and the donor children … and on the other hand, the same right of the donor.”
The court ruled that “the interests of the donor children and their parents outweigh the interest of the donor in continuing to donate sperm to new prospective parents.”
The court ordered him immediately to halt all donations and said he must pay 100,000 euros ($110,000) per case if he breaches the ban.
Lawyer Mark de Hek called the ruling “a clear signal and, as far as I am concerned, a final warning to other mass donors.” | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/dutch-court-bans-sperm-donor-who-fathered-at-least-550/ | 2023-04-28 17:32:21 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/dutch-court-bans-sperm-donor-who-fathered-at-least-550/ |
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RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBI) (the "Company") announced today that the Company's annual meeting of shareholders will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The voting record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting will be March 31, 2023.
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DIMMITT, Texas (KLBK|KAMC) – A county judge described the scene after a fiery explosion at a Texas dairy farm Monday night as “terrible” and “devastating.”
“The number of animals that were lost and the barn that was lost,” Castro County Judge Mandy Gfeller said. “I believe that financially, it’s just devastating and catastrophic.”
According to Castro County, the number of cattle that died in the fire at the South Fork Dairy had been estimated at 18,000. Officials were still working to confirm that number Thursday morning. Nexstar was also working to independently verify the figure with the business but had not been able to reach them at publication time.
The Castro County Sheriff’s Office said one employee was inside the dairy building when the explosion happened, but firefighters were able to get her out. She was to be flown to University Medical Center to be treated for critical injuries.
Gfeller said the tragedy could’ve been worse if not for emergency personnel.
“We’re thankful for our first responders as well as the neighboring counties who sent aid so quickly,” Gfeller said. “I commend their swift response and quick thinking to help save those lives.”
Gfeller said South Fork Dairy is one of the county’s largest businesses, so the damage goes beyond just the facility.
“It employed citizens of our county, and that could impact those citizens, as far as jobs go, it could impact our tax base for our county and other municipalities and taxing entities,” Gfeller said. “They’re going to have to rebuild in order to be able to sustain that portion.”
As the county continues to navigate the tragedy, Gfeller said the community outpouring has been inspiring.
“In both times of loss and celebration, we have a very great community that supports others,” Gfeller said. “While the loss of so many animals is devastating, I am so thankful that there was no loss of human life, and I’m just praying for complete restoration for South Fork Dairy.”
The cause of the disaster is still unknown, and an investigation is underway.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Castro County has 15 dairies that produce 148,000 pounds of milk a month, making it the second-highest milk-producing county in Texas. | https://www.cbs42.com/top-stories/catastrophic-thousands-of-cattle-killed-in-texas-dairy-farm-fire/ | 2023-04-13 15:07:33 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/top-stories/catastrophic-thousands-of-cattle-killed-in-texas-dairy-farm-fire/ |
Former pizza delivery driver who saved kids from fire honored for heroism
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Gray News) - A former pizza delivery driver who saved four children and their 18-year-old sister from a fire is set to receive what’s considered the nation’s highest honor for civilian heroism.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission says Nicholas Bostic is one of 15 people who will receive the Carnegie Medal. The former pizza delivery driver from Indiana was driving in Lafayette in July 2022 when he saw a house fire.
Police said Bostic pulled into the driveway, entered through an open back door and checked if anyone was home. When he found three children and their 18-year-old sister asleep upstairs, he woke them up and got them out.
Then, Bostic learned a 6-year-old girl was still inside the fiery structure, and he risked his life going back in to get her. He had to punch through a window and jump out of a second-story window with the girl in his arms to escape, according to the commission.
He spent three days in the hospital, due to burns, smoke inhalation and a laceration to his arm.
Bostic told WLFI he has overcome many battles in his life, like drug addiction, and that he previously tried to commit suicide three times.
“I have experience falling on my face, and that’s kind of what helped shape me into who I am. If you fall, get back up and go as hard as you can until you run out of breath,” he said.
Bostic added that, with the support of the community following the fire, he has been able to work on pursuing his dreams, including opening a shop for custom automotive installations and applying to become a police officer.
“I’m just going to keep being me,” he said. “It’s in my blood to defend and protect, and it’s kind of my job in life.”
The Carnegie Medal is given to people in the United States and Canada who risk extreme danger to save others. It comes with a financial grant, according to the commission.
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Excessive heat and strong thunderstorms are in the forecast for many Floridians this afternoon.
As of Friday morning, Heat Advisories had been issued across most of the Sunshine State, from the Panhandle to Central and South Florida. In these locations, afternoon highs are expected to reach the mid to upper 90s. Humidity levels are expected to rise over the region, and this will cause heat index values to range between 10 and 15 degrees above actual temperatures. For several hours this afternoon, “feels like” temperatures could hover near 110 degrees. Along the Nature Coast, heat index values could reach 115 degrees. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect from Franklin County to Levy County.
In addition to the dangerous heat, strong thunderstorms are expected to threaten the Florida peninsula this afternoon. Locations from Tallahassee to West Palm Beach are under a Marginal Risk (level one out of 5) for severe thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, according to meteorologists at the Storm Prediction Center. The oppressive heat and humid atmosphere is expected to prime the environment for widespread storm development as the Gulf and Atlantic sea breezes migrate inland during the afternoon. In addition, a stalling frontal boundary near the Florida/Georgia border could provide storms with additional energy for intensification. The primary hazards from the strongest storms on Friday will likely be damaging winds and frequent lightning. As the environment is moisture-rich, flooding rain rates are possible too.
Storm chances should remain elevated each afternoon this weekend. However, the heat wave is expected to abate as the mid-level ridge responsible for the above average temperatures migrates westward out of the southeastern United States. | https://www.wfit.org/2022-06-24/oppressive-heat-and-strong-storms-in-the-forecast-today | 2022-06-24 13:36:23 | 0 | https://www.wfit.org/2022-06-24/oppressive-heat-and-strong-storms-in-the-forecast-today |
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian authorities acting on U.S. security intelligence have arrested two foreigners and are searching for two more suspected of trying to smuggle $100 million of cocaine seized in the West African country, officials said Tuesday.
The estimated value of the drugs is one-fifth of most of Liberia’s post-war annual budgets since the country’s civil war ended in 2003.
“We want to be clear that Liberia will not be a haven for drug traffickers — whether as a point of transit or final destination,” Justice Minister Frank Musa Dean said. “Those arrested will face the full force of our law.”
Authorities said one of the suspects, a citizen of Guinea-Bissau, was arrested in Monrovia, the capital. The second suspect, a Lebanese national, was nabbed while attempting to flee the country.
Authorities are still searching for two other people — Brazilian and Portuguese nationals — who are still on the run, a spokesman for the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday.
Officials have said that 520 kilograms (1,146 pounds) of cocaine were concealed in a huge consignment of frozen poultry products that had been delivered to a cold storage facility near Monrovia’s seaport.
Drug enforcement agency personnel acting on the American tip reportedly stormed the facility moments after the container had arrived.
Officials say they’re now trying to determine whether the drugs were transiting through Liberia. The country has been used by drug smugglers for that purpose due to the country’s weak and chronically underfunded security sector, according to experts.
A U.S. embassy statement thanked the government for acting on intelligence to carry out the arrests.
“The success of this operation is the direct result of excellent communication between law enforcement agencies around the world, including Brazil, the United States and Liberia,” it said.
Under Liberia’s current laws, drug smuggling is an offense for which suspects can get bail. A proposed bill that would strengthen the punishment for drug traffickers has yet to be approved by the Senate and remains stalled in the legislature. | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-liberia-arrests-2-after-100-million-of-cocaine-is-seized/ | 2022-10-05 12:18:47 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-liberia-arrests-2-after-100-million-of-cocaine-is-seized/ |
LONDON (AP) — Wilko Johnson, the guitarist with British blues-rock band Dr. Feelgood who had an unexpected career renaissance after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died. He was 75.
A statement posted Wednesday on Johnson’s official social media accounts on behalf of his family said the musician died Monday evening at his home in southeast England.
Born John Wilkinson in 1947, Johnson was raised on Canvey Island, a marshy, industrial oil town in England’s River Thames estuary. He studied Anglo-Saxon literature at Newcastle University and worked as a schoolteacher before forming Dr. Feelgood with other local friends.
At a time of flamboyant glam and indulgent prog rock, they played a then-unfashionable brand of blues and R&B, dressed in cheap suits that made them look, Johnson said later, like “shoddy bank robbers.”
Johnson helped give Dr. Feelgood a dangerous edge with his choppy, relentless guitar style and thousand-yard glare — a look terrifying enough to earn him a role later in life as silent executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on “Game of Thrones.”
The anarchic outfit inspired bands who would soon drive the U.K. punk explosion, and teetered on the edge of global fame, scoring a U.K. No. 1 album, tours of the U.S. and a deal with CBS records. Then in 1977 Johnson walked out amid friction with charismatic lead singer Lee Brilleaux, who died in 1994.
Johnson later said that if the band had been able to follow its managers’ instructions to behave, “I’m pretty sure we’d be multimillionaires. But we didn’t. We were geezers from Canvey Island. We were great friends, and we fell out.”
Johnson went on to perform with Ian Dury’s band, the Blockheads, and spent years playing to a devoted fanbase, largely in the U.K. and Japan.
In 2012, Johnson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told it was terminal. The prospect of death unexpectedly revived his creative energies. He declined chemotherapy, decided to go on one last tour, and recorded a “final” album, “Going Back Home,” with Roger Daltrey of The Who.
“I suddenly found myself in a position where nothing matters anymore,” he told the Associated Press in 2013. “I’m a miserable so-and-so normally. … I’d be worrying about the taxman or all the things that we worry about that get in the way of the real things. And suddenly it doesn’t matter. All of that doesn’t matter.
“You walk down the street and you feel intensely alive. You’re `Oh, look at that leaf!′ You’re looking around and you think, `I’m alive. Ain’t it amazing?’”
In another twist, a fan who was also a cancer specialist offered to help. After surgery to remove a 3-kilogram (6.6-pound) tumor, Johnson announced in 2014 he was cancer-free. He released another album, “Blow Your Mind,” in 2018, and played gigs with his Wilko Johnson Band until last month.
Daltrey paid tribute to “the uncompromising Bard of Canvey.”
“More than anything Wilko wanted to be a poet,” he said. “I was lucky to have known him and have him as a friend. His music lives on but there’s no escaping the final curtain this time.”
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Fish die-off expected with warmer temperatures across Michigan
MICHIGAN (WILX) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds everyone that it is common during higher temperatures for fish and other creatures such as turtles, frogs, toads and crayfish to die.
“The majority of summer fish kills are due to low oxygen in the water, a natural phenomenon associated with weather,” said Jeremiah Blaauw, DNR fisheries biologist. “However, some other factors such as chemical treatments of aquatic plants and algae can increase the risk of a fish kill.”
Fish need oxygen just as humans do, but fish absorb dissolved oxygen directly through their gills into the bloodstream. As temperatures rise, levels of oxygen in nutrient-rich lakes often decline.
Blaauw explains “‘nutrient-rich’ sounds like a good thing, but that isn’t necessarily true when it comes to water quality. Our lakes often have artificially high concentrations of nutrients due to human-connected sources like wastewater or fertilizer runoff. The nutrients support dense growth of plants and algae. While plants and algae produce oxygen during the day through photosynthesis, they consume oxygen at night via their own respiration. This situation can lead to oxygen crashes during warm summer nights.”
Over the last five years, May through early July had the highest numbers of fish kill reports through the DNR’s Eyes in the Field system.
Learn more about fish kills at Michigan.gov/FishHealth.
The public is welcome to report fish kills using the Eyes in the Field website; such reports are valuable to the DNR’s ability to manage the state’s aquatic resources. If you suspect a fish kill is due to nonnatural causes, call the nearest DNR office or Michigan’s Pollution Emergency Alert System at 800-292-4706.
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CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FCP® and joint venture partner Avanti Residential announce the $55 million acquisition of Heights on Huron, a 252-unit garden apartment community at 10648 Huron Street in Northglenn, CO. In May 2022, FCP announced its initial multifamily investment, Ivy Crossing, with joint venture partner, BMC, in Denver.
"Heights on Huron adds a well-located multifamily asset to FCP's growing presence in Colorado," said FCP's Bart Hurlbut. "We are excited to work alongside Avanti for the first time to infuse capital into the property and improve resident experience."
"With this first closing, we are excited to embark on a broader venture goal with FCP," said Christian Garner, President and CEO of Avanti Residential. "Through their capital commitment to this strategic opportunity, we look forward to executing a large-scale renovation which will allow us to realize this desirable property's full potential."
Heights on Huron Apartments is located at a highly visible and well-connected location in Northglenn, proximate to I-25 and within an easy drive to downtown Denver, Interlocken Business Park, and Amazon's Distribution Center. Residents at Heights on Huron enjoy easy access to numerous shopping centers, major retailers, and walking and bike trails.
FCP® is a privately held real estate investment company that has invested in or financed more than $9.3 billion in assets since its founding in 1999. FCP invests directly and with operating partners in commercial and residential assets. The firm makes equity and mezzanine investments in income-producing and development properties. Based in Chevy Chase, MD, FCP invests both its commingled, discretionary funds and separate accounts targeted at major real estate markets in the United States. For further information on FCP, please visit www.fcpdc.com.
Avanti Residential is an experienced investor and owner-operator of lifestyle-forward multifamily communities in the U.S. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Avanti operates 37 properties across 5 states, comprising of 9,000 units. The company utilizes a vertically integrated platform led by a seasoned executive team, each with more than 25 years' experience in the acquisition and value creation of apartment properties. Avanti applies skilled real estate investment acumen in a culture of personal accountability and alignment to deliver exceptional value and attractive risk-adjusted returns for its institutional venture partners and private capital investors. AvantiResidential.com
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DeSantis sues Biden administration over university accrediting system
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Education over accreditation agencies, which control federal aid for students.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, challenges a federal law that requires colleges and universities to submit to private accreditors to qualify for federal funding. It targets the U.S. Department of Education, Secretary Miguel Cardona and other federal officials.
The lawsuit comes as DeSantis, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, imposes his conservative agenda on the state’s education system. Earlier this year, he appointed trustees to the board of New College of Florida, a tiny Sarasota school of about 1,000 students that was best known for its progressive thought and creative course offerings. The new board intends to turn the school into a classical liberal arts school modeled after conservative favorite Hillsdale College in Michigan.
Speaking about the accreditation lawsuit on Thursday, DeSantis said he refuses “to bow to unaccountable accreditors who think they should run Florida’s public universities.”
“We’re asking the court to find this arrangement to be unconstitutional,” DeSantis said.
White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan said in an email that DeSantis was bringing his culture wars, like book bans, to the longstanding system that helps ensure students receive a quality college education.
“If Republican elected officials could have their way, library shelves would be stocked with guns – not books – and curriculums would be loaded with conspiracy theories, not facts,” Hasan said. “These culture wars do nothing to actually help students, and only make things worse. This Administration won’t allow it. We’re committed to ensuring all students receive a high-quality education, and will fight this latest effort by opponents to get in the way of that.”
Under federal law, the private accrediting agencies decide which universities and colleges are eligible for approximately $112 billion in federal funding. The agencies provide a standard of requirements that universities must follow to maintain accreditation.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACS, oversees the accreditation of colleges and universities in Florida.
However, Florida passed a law last year that prohibits colleges and universities from being accredited by the same agency or association for consecutive accreditation cycles. It also allows universities to sue accreditors for damages if they believe they had been negatively affected.
The state law requires more than half of Florida’s public colleges and universities to change accreditors in the next two years. Their ability to make these changes “is substantially burdened” by what DeSantis described as the Biden administration’s “abuse of the current accreditation scheme.”
In order to seek a new accreditor, a university must receive permission from the U.S. Department of Education.
“You cannot take legislative power and delegate it to an unaccountable private body,” DeSantis said. “Under their theory, the accreditor can serve as a veto against the entire state of Florida.”
He noted that the accrediting agency seeks to take the responsibility for ensuring the wellbeing of colleges and universities away from the governor, Legislature and taxpayers.
“So, you know, that’s a view that really, this board trumps the entire state of Florida,” DeSantis said. “We reject that, and today we are going to do something about it.”
DeSantis and Moody cited as an example that SACS “threatened the accreditation of Florida State University” in 2021 when Richard Corcoran, then the state’s commissioner of education, was a candidate to be the next president of the school. The accrediting agency said Corcoran’s candidacy posed a potential conflict of interest if he failed to resign as schools commissioner.
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China threatens retaliation if Tsai and McCarthy meet
BEIJING (AP) — China has threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during an upcoming visit in Los Angeles by the head of the self-governing island democracy.
Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei’s dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also sending military fighter jets flying toward the island on a near daily basis. Earlier this month, Honduras established diplomatic relations with China, leaving Taiwan with only 13 countries that recognize it as a sovereign state.
Tsai framed the trip as a chance to show Taiwan’s commitment to democratic values on the world stage, as she left Taiwan Wednesday afternoon to begin her 10-day tour of the Americas.
“I want to tell the whole world democratic Taiwan will resolutely safeguard the values of freedom and democracy, and will continue to be a force for good in the world, continuing a cycle of goodness, strengthening the resilience of democracy in the world,” she told reporters before she boarded the plane. “External pressure will not obstruct our resolution to engage with the world.”
Tsai is scheduled to transit through New York on March 30 before heading to Guatemala and Belize. On April 5, she’s expected to stop in Los Angeles on her way back to Taiwan, at which time the meeting with McCarthy is tentatively scheduled.
The U.S. stops are the most closely watched of her trip.
Spokesperson for the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office Zhu Fenglian at a news conference Wednesday denounced Tsai’s stopover on her way to diplomatic allies in Central America and demanded that no U.S. officials meet with her.
“We firmly oppose this and will take resolute countermeasures,” Zhu said. The U.S. should “refrain from arranging Tsai Ing-wen’s transit visits and even contact with American officials, and take concrete actions to fulfill its solemn commitment not to support Taiwan independence,” she said.
Transit visits through the United States during broader international travel by the Taiwanese president have been routine over the years, senior U.S. officials in Washington and Beijing have underscored to their Chinese counterparts.
In such unofficial visits in recent years, Tsai has met with members of Congress and the Taiwanese diaspora and has been welcomed by the chairperson of the American Institute in Taiwan, the U.S. government-run nonprofit that carries out unofficial relations with Taiwan.
Tsai transited through the United States six times between 2016 and 2019 before slowing international travel with the coronavirus pandemic. In reaction to those visits, China lashed out rhetorically against the U.S. and Taiwan.
However, the planned meeting with McCarthy has triggered fears of a heavy-handed Chinese reaction amid heightened frictions between Beijing and Washington over U.S. support for Taiwan, trade and human rights issues.
Following a visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022, Beijing launched missiles over the area, deployed warships across the median line of the Taiwan Strait and carried out military exercises in a simulated blockade of the island. Beijing also suspended climate talks with the U.S. and restricted military-to-military communication with the Pentagon.
McCarthy, R-Calif., has said he would meet with Tsai when she is in the U.S. and has not ruled out the possibility of traveling to Taiwan in a show of support.
Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi, D-Calif., was the highest-ranking elected American official to visit the island since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997. Under the “One China” policy, the U.S. acknowledges Beijing’s view that it has sovereignty over Taiwan, but considers Taiwan’s status as unsettled. Taipei is an important partner for Washington in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. officials are increasingly worried about China attempting to make good on its long-stated goal of bringing Taiwan under its control by force if necessary. The sides split amid civil war in 1949 and Beijing sees U.S. politicians conspiring with Tsai’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party to make the separation permanent and stymy China’s rise as a global power.
The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require Washington to step in militarily if China invades but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status by Beijing.
Tensions spiked earlier this year when President Joe Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon shot down after it traversed the continental United States. The Biden administration has also said U.S. intelligence findings show that China is weighing sending arms to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine, but has no evidence Beijing has done so yet.
China, however, has provided Russia with an economic lifeline and political support, and President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Moscow earlier this month. That was the first face-to-face meeting between the allies since before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.
The Biden administration postponed a planned visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken following the balloon controversy but has signaled it would like to get such a visit back on track.
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Conference call and webcast: today, August 31, 2022, 9:00 am ET
REHOVOT, Israel, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evogene Ltd. (Nasdaq: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), a leading computational biology company targeting to revolutionize life-science product discovery and development across multiple market segments, announced today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Mr. Ofer Haviv, Evogene's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very pleased with the two recent important developments that have taken place at the Evogene group: namely, the strategic collaboration and $10 million investment by ICL, a leading global specialty minerals company, into our subsidiary, Lavie Bio; as well as the launch of the Phase I first in human clinical trial, by our subsidiary, Biomica."
"The strategic collaboration between ICL and Lavie Bio and $10 million investment, combines Lavie Bio's ag-biologicals expertise, built on Evogene's Microboost AI tech engine, with ICL's fertilizer experience, enabling the development of a pipeline of innovative bio-stimulant products for agriculture. Especially in a time of food scarcity, high prices, and macroeconomic uncertainty, Lavie Bio and ICL's shared vision is to enhance global food quality, agricultural sustainability, and increased productivity. ICL will join Corteva, a major U.S. agricultural chemical and seed company, as well as Evogene, as a new shareholder of Lavie Bio and I am very proud that these two agricultural giants have a strong interest in what Evogene has built."
"From Evogene's standpoint, this investment in our subsidiary Lavie Bio, is an additional key milestone that demonstrates the power of our business model, whereby we are leveraging the value of our tech engines through dedicated subsidiaries. It shows that our hard work in building, investing in and strengthening our subsidiaries, all of which are leveraging our underlying computational predictive biological tech engines, is the right strategy and bears fruit."
Continued Mr. Haviv, "The second important development was the launch by Biomica of its phase I clinical trial and the announcement that the first patient was dosed in its Phase I clinical trial for its microbiome-based immuno-oncology drug candidate, BMC128. The drug candidate is a consortium of microbes, which Biomica selected through a microbiome analysis via our MicroBoost AI tech engine."
"While Evogene has traditionally leveraged its platform and AI technology engines towards agriculture, Biomica is proof that we are uniquely positioned to play an important role in human health and is strong validation that our technology can be leveraged across multiple and massive industries."
"Finally, we continued to strengthen our management team, recently adding Eyal Ronen, as Executive Vice President of Business Development bringing us over 20 years of extensive business development experience with biotech companies. Eyal's focus is to create and bring us additional value by building new partnerships or forming new subsidiaries, leveraging our technology engines and expanding our activities into new areas. I strongly believe that Evogene has significant untapped potential in its technology engines, and Eyal will focus on realizing some of that value."
Mr. Haviv added, "Evogene today is at a key inflection point, whereby we are meeting critical milestones and the inherent value of our subsidiaries is becoming increasingly obvious. Evogene's goal in the near term, is to continue to bring high value-adding partners and investors at the subsidiary level, who understand and can value the potential from the products that our subsidiaries are developing. This we believe will demonstrate in a very public way, the significant untapped value contained within our activities."
"Our target is that each subsidiary will have its own financial resources to support its activities until its success, while we at Evogene, in addition to being a major shareholder, continue to play a major role in maintaining and building their competitive advantage through our tech-engines."
"In parallel, we are targeting and exploring the potential to establish new activities that can benefit from our technology. This is the main mission of our new EVP of Business Development, Eyal Ronen, and we are already starting to see some of his positive impact," concluded Mr. Haviv.
Consolidated Financial Results Summary
Cash position: Evogene continues to maintain a solid financial position for its activities with approximately $35.3 million in consolidated cash, cash related accounts and marketable securities as of June 30, 2022. Approximately $3.6 million of Evogene's consolidated cash is appropriated to its subsidiary, Lavie Bio. The Company does not have bank debt. It is noted that these amounts do not include the recent $10 million investment of ICL in Lavie Bio, which was fully received in August 2022 and will be reflected in the financial statements of the Company for the third quarter.
During the second quarter of 2022, the consolidated cash usage was approximately $9.3 million, or approximately $6.4 million, excluding Lavie Bio. Out of the $9.3 million, $1.7 million is a non-cash charge related to foreign exchange expenses due to US Dollar and New Israeli Shekel exchange rate differences and a decrease in the market value of marketable securities on Evogene's balance sheet.
As previously stated, Evogene's full year net cash burn rate, excluding exchange rate impacts in 2022, is expected to be in the range of $26-28 million including Lavie Bio and $18-20 million excluding Lavie Bio, which manages its own cash position.
Revenues: Revenues for the second quarter were $312 thousand, in comparison to $135 thousand in the same period the previous year. Revenues were primarily due to the initial sales of Lavie Bio's Thrivus product (previously branded as Result) and sales of Canonic products in the Israeli market.
R&D expenses for the quarter, which are reported net of non-refundable grants received, were $5.4 million, in comparison to $5.0 million in the same period the previous year. The increase in R&D expenses were primarily due to:
- Biomica's ongoing phase I trial of its first-in-human proof-of-concept study in its immuno-oncology program; and
- Lavie Bio's activities supporting the production and commercialization of its inoculant product;
Business Development expenses were approximately $1.0 million for the second quarter of 2022, in comparison to $0.7 million in the same period the previous year. The increase in the Business Development expenses was primarily due to recruitment of business development personnel supporting the commercialization activities of Evogene's subsidiaries.
General and Administrative expenses remained stable, and for the second quarter of 2022 were $1.7 million, in comparison to $1.8 million in the same period in the previous year.
Operating loss: Operating loss for the second quarter of 2022 was $8.0 million in comparison to $7.4 million in the same period in the previous year.
Financing expenses for the second quarter of 2022 were $1.7 million in comparison to financing income of $0.6 million in the same period in the previous year. The increase in financing expenses was mainly due to the US Dollar and New Israeli Shekel exchange rate differences between periods and a decrease in marketable securities value as mentioned above.
Net loss: The net loss for the second quarter of 2022 was $9.8 million in comparison to a net loss of $6.9 million in the same period in the previous year. The increase in net loss was mainly due to the financing expenses as described above.
Conference Call & Webcast Details:
Date: August 31, 2022
Time: 9:00 am ET; 16:00 Israel time
Dial-in numbers:1-888-281-1167 toll free from the United States, or +972-3-918-0609 internationally
Webcast & Presentation link available at:
The Company's investor presentation can be viewed at the above link, which is in the investor relations section of the company website.
Replay Information: A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours following the completion of the call.
To access the replay, please dial 1-888-326-9310 toll free from the United States, or +972-3-925-5901 internationally. The replay will be accessible following the call for three days. An archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website
About Evogene Ltd.:
Evogene (NASDAQ: EVGN, TASE: EVGN) is a computational biology company aiming to revolutionize the development of life-science based products by utilizing cutting edge technologies to increase probability of success while reducing development time and cost. Evogene established three unique technological engines – MicroBoost AI, ChemPass AI and GeneRator AI – leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence and incorporating deep multidisciplinary understanding in life sciences. Each technological engine is focused on the discovery and development of products based on one of the following core components: microbes (MicroBoost AI), small molecules (ChemPass AI), and genetic elements (GeneRator AI). Evogene uses its technological engines to develop products through subsidiaries and with strategic partners. Currently, Evogene's main subsidiaries utilize the technological engines to develop human microbiome-based therapeutics by Biomica Ltd., medical cannabis products by Canonic Ltd., ag-chemicals by Ag Plenus Ltd. and ag-biologicals by Lavie Bio Ltd. For more information, please visit: www.evogene.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" relating to future events. These statements may be identified by words such as "may", "could", "expects", "hopes" "intends", "anticipates", "plans", "believes", "scheduled", "estimates" or words of similar meaning. For example, Evogene is using forward-looking statement in this press release when it discusses its expectations with respect to value creation and potential funding options, including through its subsidiaries, untapped potential and value, including the potential to establish new activities that can benefit from Evogene's technology, its and its subsidiaries' expected trials, studies, product advancements, pipelines, commercializations, collaborations, sales, launches, milestones, target markets, cash usage and other plans for 2022 and on, and the potential advantages of its technology. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, describe opinions about future events, involve certain risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual future results, performance or achievements of Evogene and its subsidiaries may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Evogene and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, those risk factors contained in Evogene's reports filed with the applicable securities authority. In addition, Evogene and its subsidiaries rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties to conduct certain activities, such as their field-trials and pre-clinical studies, and if these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, comply with regulatory requirements or meet expected deadlines, Evogene and its subsidiaries may experience significant delays in the conduct of their activities. Evogene and its subsidiaries disclaim any obligation or commitment to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments or changes in expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.
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You'll have to wait a little longer than you anticipated to see Rick and Michonne together again.
That's because the previously announced and still untitled The Walking Dead spinoff featuring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira front and center has officially been pushed back a year to 2024.
AMC announced the update on Jan. 10, six months after the Rick and Michonne series was first confirmed at Comic-Con 2022 in July with an originally planned debut of 2023.
"It's an epic love story, but it's an epic and insane love story," creator Scott Gimple revealed on AMC's The Walking Dead Universe Preview special in August. "These are two people that have been separated for a very long time. They've lived whole other existences and they have to find themselves again, let alone each other. And it's hopefully going to be mind-blowing."
Lincoln played protagonist Rick Grimes on the first nine seasons of TWD from 2010 to 2018, while Gurira played Michonne on seasons three through ten from 2012 to 2020. However, both characters made special guest appearances during the show's final season.
The network also announced its plans for the rest of the TWD programming, including the end of Fear the Walking Dead after eight seasons following the original show's series finale in November.
Part one of FTWD's final season will premiere on May 14 (with the second half to air later in 2023). Dead City starring Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will then follow in June while Norman Reedus' Daryl Dixon will also debut later in the year.
"It's a truly exciting year for The Walking Dead Universe, as we conclude an epic journey Fear the Walking Dead, which became one of the most successful shows in the history of cable television," Dan McDermott, president of entertainment at AMC Networks, said. "Now we are set to bring forth the next iteration of the franchise—two new and anticipated series featuring the beloved characters of Maggie, Negan and Daryl. Along with that we begin production on the next chapter in Rick and Michonne's unforgettable love story, which we look forward to sharing next year."
But that's not all. According to AMC, fans should expect even bigger set pieces in the ever-expanding world of zombies as The Walking Dead goes international!
"This next phase of our beloved Walking Dead franchise promises to engage and enthrall faithful viewers," McDermott's statement continued. "Fans new and old will love seeing zombies walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, beneath the Eiffel Tower, inside the Louvre, and at dozens more exotic and iconic locations from around the country and world."
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Tuesday night said former President Trump has reiterated support for his Speakership bid, hours after the California Republican failed to secure the gavel in three ballots amid GOP opposition to his candidacy.
The comment came after Trump, in an interview with NBC News earlier on Tuesday, declined to say if he was still backing McCarthy for the top spot after he fell short of the Speakership following three rounds of voting.
“Trump has already reiterated his support; I talked to him tonight,” McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol after emerging from a closed-door meeting with allies.
The former president threw his support behind McCarthy’s Speakership bid the night before the November midterm elections, handing the California Republican a key endorsement.
Trump doubled-down on that support in December, telling Breitbart in an interview that McCarthy “deserves the shot.” He also warned McCarthy opponents that they were “playing a very dangerous game.”
But Trump’s backing came into question on Tuesday after McCarthy failed to lock up the Speakership after a trio of votes. Asked if he would continue his support for McCarthy, Trump told NBC News “we’ll see what happens.”
“I got everybody calling me wanting my support. But let’s see what happens and we’ll go — I got everybody calling, wanting my support,” he said. “That’s all I can say. But we’ll see what happens. We’ll see how it all works out.”
On Tuesday night, however, McCarthy told reporters that he has the former president’s backing. Asked if Trump wants him to remain in the race, McCarthy said “oh yeah.”
The House adjourned on Tuesday without a Speaker after McCarthy came up short of the majority vote needed to secure the gavel. Staunch opposition from a contingent of Republicans denied him the gavel, with the GOP dissenters refusing to bend on their resistance despite McCarthy’ winning the conference’s nomination for Speaker in November.
McCarthy secured 203 votes on the first and second ballots then 202 on the third. Democrats remained united throughout all three rounds of voting, with caucus leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) securing 212 votes on each ballot.
The same 19 Republicans voted against him in all three rounds, and the group gained another member on the third ballot.
McCarthy on Tuesday night detailed Trump’s perspective on the current state of the Speaker race and what the path forward should look like.
“He thinks it’s better that all the Republicans get together and solve this, it doesn’t look good for Republicans, but we want to be able to solve it where we’re stronger in the long run,” McCarthy told reporters. “Where what we went through today in the end becomes a positive that we’re actually focused, united.”
“His perspective is he wants to see the Republicans united to be able to accomplish the exact things we said we’d do,” he added.
McCarthy defectors coalesced around Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday. The Ohio Republican received six votes on the first ballot, then all the McCarthy detractors during the second and third rounds.
Jordan has consistently said he has no interest in serving as Speaker and instead eyeing the chairmanship of the House Judiciary Committee. He voted for McCarthy on all three ballots Tuesday and nominated the California Republican on the second ballot. | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-says-trump-reiterated-his-support-for-speakership-bid/ | 2023-01-04 06:12:41 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-says-trump-reiterated-his-support-for-speakership-bid/ |
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball said Sunday it will not discipline Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger after completing its investigation of domestic abuse allegations.
In a statement, the commissioner’s office said its investigation included interviews of more than 15 people, including Clevinger and a woman who said she is the mother of Clevinger’s child, as well as thousands of electronic communications and other documents.
Clevinger has voluntarily agreed to submit to evaluations by the joint treatment boards under the CBA and to follow any recommendations, according to the statement.
“I had nothing to hide and cooperated fully with MLB,” Clevinger said in a statement released by the players’ union. “This situation has been stressful for my family, and I thank them for their strength and support. I asked everyone not to rush to judgment until MLB’s investigation was concluded, and I appreciate everyone who had faith in me, including the White Sox organization and my teammates.”
In an Instagram post on Jan. 24, Olivia Finestead said she is the mother of Clevinger’s child and alleged he fathered two other children who were not hers. She posted a photo of marks on her body with accompanying words that alleged the injuries were “from when he threw an iPad at me pregnant” and “finally left when he strangled me.”
“Mike Clevinger,” she added, “you really deserve hell I’ve kept quiet now for almost a year and you continue to covertly abuse your infant.” She said Clevinger ”threw chew spit on our baby.”
The Associated Press typically does not identify victims of domestic violence or sexual assault unless they agree to be named or come forward publicly with their allegations, as Finestead had.
The 32-year-old Clevinger finalized a $12 million, one-year contract with Chicago in December. MLB’s probe predates his agreement with the White Sox. When he reported to spring training, Clevinger apologized for being a distraction and told reporters he was confident he would be exonerated.
Clevinger pitched for Cleveland from 2016 until being traded to the San Diego Padres during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police said Wednesday they have found what they believe are several bullet marks on a building near the site of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination last week in western Japan, apparently from the first shot fired from a suspect’s powerful homemade gun that narrowly missed Abe.
Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister who remained influential even after stepping down two years ago for health reasons, was gunned down Friday during a campaign speech near a crowded train station in Nara.
A bullet from a second shot, fired seconds after the first from behind Abe, fatally struck him just as he turned around, apparently in reaction to the initial explosive sound.
The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, was arrested on the spot Friday. He can be detained for police investigation for up to three weeks before prosecutors decide whether to formally charge him with murder.
On Wednesday, police found several of what they believe are bullet marks in the wall of a building about 90 meters (yards) away from the assassination site. Police said they believe the bullets, or fragments of the bullets, from the first shot hit the wall after narrowly missing Abe and piercing through an election vehicle parked nearby. The bullet marks on the wall and in the vehicle match, police said, suggesting they were fired from the same weapon.
Police confiscated the homemade gun that the suspect used to kill Abe when he was arrested. The taped-up 40-centimeter (16-inch) double-barrel gun made of two iron pipes was designed to release several bullets per shot, police said. Police also confiscated several other similar weapons from the suspect’s apartment.
Police and Japanese media have suggested that the suspected assassin decided to kill Abe after seeing reports about his ties to the Unification Church. The suspect reportedly was upset because his mother’s massive donations to the church had bankrupted the family.
The assassination of Abe has shed a light on his and his governing party’s links to the Unification Church, which is known for its conservative and anti-communist stances and its mass weddings.
Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japanese branch of the South Korean-based church, confirmed on Monday that Yamagami’s mother was a member. Tanaka said Abe was not a member but may have spoken to groups affiliated with the church.
Police this week inspected a building related to the church in Nara after the suspect told investigators he had test-fired a homemade gun the day before the assassination to figure out how powerful it would be. They found several holes in the wall of an unrelated office next door, which the suspect might have believed were part of the church, police said.
Abe’s assassination has shaken Japan, one of the world’s safest nations with some of the strictest gun laws. Police have acknowledged possible lapses in guarding Abe and announced plans to set up a taskforce to review safety procedures.
Hundreds of people, some in formal dark suits, filled sidewalks outside Zojoji temple in downtown Tokyo to bid farewell to Abe, whose nationalistic views drove the governing party’s conservative policies. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/japan-police-find-bullet-marks-near-abe-assassination-site/ | 2022-07-14 00:57:00 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/japan-police-find-bullet-marks-near-abe-assassination-site/ |
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UNITED NATIONS — Russia intends to raise at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday its accusation that Ukraine is planning a “dirty bomb” attack and has urged U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to do all he can to “prevent this heinous crime from happening.”
With Ukrainian forces advancing into the strategic Russian-occupied province of Kherson, top Russian officials phoned Western counterparts on Sunday and Monday to tell them Moscow suspected Ukraine of planning to use a so-called “dirty bomb” laced with nuclear material.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has responded by accusing Russia of planning such an attack itself to blame on Ukraine. Western countries also rejected Russia’s allegation as a pretext for intensifying the eight-month-long war, which began in February when Russian forces invaded neighboring Ukraine.
“We will regard the use of the “dirty bomb” by the Kiev regime as an act of nuclear terrorism,” Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia wrote in a letter — seen by Reuters — to Guterres and the Security Council on Monday.
“We urge the Western countries to exert their influence on the regime in Kiev to abandon its dangerous plans threatening international peace and security,” he wrote. “We call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to do everything in his power to prevent this heinous crime from happening.”
Russia has told council counterparts it will bring up the issue during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, diplomats said.
Britain’s mission to the United Nations posted on Twitter late on Monday: “Reminder: Ukraine has no nuclear weapons.”
Earlier on Monday, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said: “All parties should avoid any actions that could lead to miscalculation and escalation of what’s already a devastating conflict.”
The U.N. Security Council has met dozens of times on Ukraine but is unable to take any meaningful action because Russia is a veto-power — along with the United States, China, Britain and France.
Russia has been diplomatically isolated at the world body. Earlier this month three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly — 143 countries — voted to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and called on all countries not to recognize the move. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/world/russia-to-raise-ukraine-dirty-bomb-accusation-at-u-n-diplomats-say/article_2c18939f-1774-57d5-8cfe-0ac2fbf6d660.html | 2022-10-24 23:04:25 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/world/russia-to-raise-ukraine-dirty-bomb-accusation-at-u-n-diplomats-say/article_2c18939f-1774-57d5-8cfe-0ac2fbf6d660.html |
The holiday shopping season is here! Finding the perfect toys for your kids can be a challenge. You might feel desperate to buy whatever you can find – but toy safety experts are warning parents of the dangers of buying counterfeit or knockoff toys from illegitimate sellers.
Joan Lawrence from The Toy Association joins us with what shoppers need to be wary of this holiday season when it comes to buying toys.
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- The annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk in honor of fallen firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on September 11, 2001, returns to the streets of New York City Sunday.
Thousands will be participating in the event, which retraces Siller's final footsteps from the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, formerly called the Battery Tunnel, to the World Trade Center.
This year, organizers are also honoring some U.S. service members.
Runners begin in Brooklyn and end on West and Murray streets across from the World Trade Center, the route Siller took when he abandoned his truck and ran through the tunnel towards the towers.
The event is a tribute to the 343 firefighters and first responders who were killed on 9/11, as well as the service members who died during the war on terror.
Unlike previous years, the event will also pay a special tribute to the 13 service members lost last year during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, supporting first responders and wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Siller's brother Frank set up the foundation, which has raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars helping those affected by 9/11.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Hydrogen cars and vehicles that capture their tailpipe pollutants. Computer mice made from recycled ocean waste plastic. Hundreds of millions of trees planted in the desert. Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the U.N. climate summit being held in Egypt.
What’s not highlighted in the glossy gallery are the earth-warming fossil fuels that the country continues to pump out of the ground for global export. Fossil fuel emissions are the reason why negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered at the annual two-week conference, haggling over how pollution can be cut and how fast to do it.
In and around the conference, Saudi Arabia is presenting itself as a leader in green energies and eco-friendly practices, with flashy pavilions, glossy presentations and optimistic assessments of technologies like carbon capture, which can remove carbon dioxide from the air but is costly and years away from being deployed at scale.
“We have hugely ambitious goals and targets,” Saudi climate envoy Adel al-Jubeir said at the two-day Saudi Green Initiative Forum on COP27′s sidelines. “We want to be an example to the world in terms of what can be done.”
The effort is part of a large push by Saudi Arabia, which has some of the world’s largest reserves of oil and is a leader of the OPEC oil cartel, to make the case that the nation should be part of the transition to renewable energies while holding on to its role as the top global crude oil exporter. That vision is sharply contested by climate scientists and environmental experts, who argue that Saudi Arabia and other countries with large reserves of oil simply want to distract the world to continue with business as usual.
The Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al Saud, announced a raft of new green projects or updates to existing ones, from beefed up tree planting pledges to fresh solar energy energy projects in the pipeline.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched his Saudi Green Initiative ahead of last year’s COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, with a target for “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060.
Still, energy exports are the Saudi economy’s mainstay, earning $150 billion in annual revenue, despite efforts to diversify revenue as the global transition away from fossil fuel reliance accelerates.
At the Saudi forum, officials and invited guest speakers from renewable energy companies held forth on topics like clean hydrogen, greening the desert, and a futuristic desert city project called Neom.
State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco’s CEO, Amin Nasser, said the world needs more investment in oil and gas, not less, a message at odds with the sentiment among many country delegations and climate experts and activists attending COP27.
“I’m concerned because of lack of investment in the oil and gas in particular,” said Nasser, touching on a frequent theme. Saudi Arabia has resisted calls to urgently phase out fossil fuels, warning that a premature switch has led to price spikes and shortages.
“Yes, there is good investment happening in the alternatives,” such as wind and solar power, he said, adding that the amount of money spent on oil production capacity has fallen to $400 billion a year from $700 billion in 2014.
“That is not enough to meet global demand in the mid to long term,” he said.
An Aramco spokesman said Nasser wasn’t available for an interview.
Among the Saudi announcements, there were plans to set up a regional center to “advance emissions reductions” and one to host a regional climate week ahead of next year’s COP meeting.
Saudi Arabia is also set to build 13 renewable energy projects with a total generating capacity of 11.4 gigawatts, though experts said that’s a step back from numbers announced in previous years.
Once they’re up and running, the new energy projects will cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 20 million tons a year.
Saudi Aramco plans to build the world’s biggest carbon capture and storage hub, which will store up to 9 million tons of carbon dioxide when its up and running in 2027.
It’s all part of the kingdom’s pledged to cut emissions by 278 million tons a year by 2030. That’s still small compared to about 10 billion metric tons of carbon spewed globally into the air annually.
The kingdom also upgraded its tree planting goal to 600 million by 2030, including mangroves, up from its 450 million initial target.
Climate experts weren’t convinced.
“Saudi Arabia would be better placed to focus on cutting emissions rather than relying on carbon capture and storage and questionable reductions from planting trees, the offsets of which would simply allow them to continue increasing emissions from burning fossil fuels,” said Mia Moisio, a an energy policy expert focusing on Middle East and North Africa at the New Climate Institute think tank.
“To keep emissions on a 1.5˚C pathway, all governments must focus on cutting fossil fuel emissions, not offsetting them.”
The Climate Action Tracker, operated by the institute and its partners, rates Saudi Arabia as “highly insufficient.”
The tracker analyzes nations’ climate targets and policies compared to the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement that spells out ideally limiting the Earth’s temperature rise to 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).
Saudi authorities are promoting what they call a “circular carbon economy” to cut emissions from oil and gas operations, but the tracker says this it “only addresses a fraction of relevant emissions in Saudi Arabia and globally, as most emissions related to oil and gas come from fuel combustion rather than extraction and processing.”
Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas assets spew 900 million tons of emissions a year, according to an inventory of top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters compiled by the Climate TRACE coalition and launched at COP27.
There’s also a plan for a greenhouse gas crediting and offsetting scheme next year, with few details. Carbon credits, which allow countries and companies to pay to reduce their carbon footprints, say by planting trees, have become increasingly controversial, with critics saying they’re a license for polluting companies to keep polluting.
At least year’s talks in Glasgow, Saudi Arabia faced accusations that its negotiators were working to block climate measures that would threaten demand for oil – a charge that the energy minister called a lie.
As negotiations on the final agreement head into their second and final week, watchdog groups warned about the influence of so-called petrostates and industry lobbyists. They counted 636 people linked to fossil fuel companies on the meeting’s provisional list of participants, a quarter more than last year’s tally.
“The Saudis may well be coming to COP27 with a green hat on and extolling the virtues of planting trees, but this is a state that continues to profit wildly from the destructive practices causing the climate crisis,” said Alice Harrison, a campaigner at Global Witness, one of the groups that did the count. “Any exhibitions, talks or shows to the contrary are pure greenwashing.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reward programs, including birthday freebies and discounts, have long been a way for brands to build loyalty and incentivize spending. But now some companies are becoming a bit more stingy — and customers are taking notice.
Last fall, for example, many balked at Dunkin’s decision to stop offering a free drink on their birthday and instead give them triple loyalty points on their purchase. On June 1, Sephora started requiring a $25 minimum purchase for online customers looking to claim a free gift and 250 loyalty points during their birthday month. And Red Robin added a dine-in only and $4.99 minimum purchase requirement for customers to get their free birthday burger.
Changes to birthday rewards or redemption requirements aren’t new. Starbucks, which gives its rewards members a free drink or food item for their birthdays, progressively limited the timeframe for redeeming that gift over the years — from 30 days, to one week, to four days and, finally, to just the date of your birthday in 2018.
Some experts say the cost of maintaining loyalty programs, as well as recent impacts of inflation and changes in consumer behavior since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, are among the reasons why companies may be pulling back.
“While we’re assessing our own personal expenses, so are businesses,” Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor of Circana and retail expert, told The Associated Press. “Businesses have to look and say, ‘Are these programs working? Are they working to full capacity? … (And) is there another way of doing this that wouldn’t cost us as much money?’”
For Sephora customers enrolled in its Beauty Insider birthday rewards, for example, they can still claim their free gift in person with no minimum purchase. But it costs the company money to ship products sold online, noted Leora Lanz, assistant dean of academic affairs and assistant professor of practice at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration.
Sephora did not immediately respond to The Associated Press’ request for comment.
Despite consumer pushback, some chains have argued adjustments to rewards programs simply reflect how customers behave. In a statement to The Associated Press, Starbucks said it “found that the vast majority of members were using their birthday reward on their actual birthday.”
Dunkin’ argued that its new rewards program would give its customers more flexibility and a larger variety of food and drink options — and in a statement to The Associated Press last week, the company said the new program lets “members celebrate their birthday even longer,” pointing to the three-day window within which customers can triple their loyalty points on birthday purchases.
Still, the announcement felt off-putting for many Dunkin’ customers, who shared frustrations online. In the months following Dunkin’s announcement, dozens of Twitter users have expressed disappointment over learning that the free birthday drink was gone. Some joked that they “no longer run on Dunkin,’” a dig at the chain’s slogan, and others suggested that they might take their future business elsewhere.
Experts say the way companies communicate changes to rewards programs is key.
“What (brands) need to do is not make too many changes so often — because you’re going to start rubbing your audience the wrong way and it could backfire — and you should be very thoughtful about it,” Lanz said. “They do need to communicate it so that it’s not a complete surprise.”
Others say that drawing attention to what’s “being lost” can also cause backlash — and it’s better to provide clear alternatives for consumers to feel rewarded.
Red Robin, which said it began the dine-in only and $4.99 minimum purchase requirements to its free birthday burger “to maintain the integrity of the promotion” and give guests “the best possible experience” by celebrating in restaurants, also introduced a half-birthday treat in 2023 “as an added gesture of appreciation.”
Consumers are likely to continue to see changes to birthday rewards and customer loyalty programs down the road, Cohen noted.
“The pie is getting smaller for a lot of these discretionary items,” he said, pointing to persistent high costs of living that consumers are facing and the increased competition among businesses vying for those limited dollars. “You’re going to see a lot of (companies) assess their programs to try to figure out how to drive business in a more profitable way.”
It’s possible this could mean a scaling back of more rewards programs. But there could also be an opposite effect, Julie Ramhold, consumer analyst with DealNews.com, said — noting that some retailers could offer “potentially better birthday rewards to encourage a return to spending on frivolous items.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national-news/no-more-birthday-freebies-why-some-companies-are-reining-in-their-customer-rewards-programs/ | 2023-07-09 19:27:52 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national-news/no-more-birthday-freebies-why-some-companies-are-reining-in-their-customer-rewards-programs/ |
ORANGE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With constantly increasing water restrictions, natural grass has become virtually impossible to maintain in Southern California. As a result, thousands of homeowners are switching to artificial grass for their lawns. This low-maintenance solution is safe and comfortable for kids and pets, cost-effective for homeowners, and fun for the whole family. One Orange, CA household wanted to transform their backyard into the ultimate playscape, and they enlisted the help of Grizzly Turf to create the backyard paradise they were seeking.
Grizzly Turf recently installed 4,167 square feet of Synthetic Grass Warehouse's Playground and Poly Putt 2-Tone in a home in Orange, CA. Everlast Poly Putt 2-Tone features a dual coloring of field green and lime green blade tones and has a pile height of 0.5 inches. With a 50-ounce face weight, it is ideal for putting green applications. TigerTurf Playground features a dual coloring of field green and olive green blade tones with brown thatch, and it has a pile height of 1.375 inches. With a 55-ounce face weight, it is ideal for moderate to heavy foot traffic. The state-of-the-art 3D curvy "W" fiber grass blades provide greater resiliency and stability while creating a hyper-realistic appearance. All SGW turf is manufactured with UV inhibitors for long-lasting color that won't fade with extended exposure to sunlight, and SGW products are always non-toxic, lead-free, and drain at a rate of more than 30 inches of rain per hour per square yard.
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Kingsport, TN — Appy League Baseball was back in Kingsport tonight with the Axmen hosting the JC Doughboys after the All-Star Break.
Top of the 1st inning, with one out, the Axmen defense is able to pick up the double-play on the groundout from Noah Gent.
Bottom of the 1st, an error on the attempted pick off from Ty Cobb gets past 1st base far enough to send Nate Anderson in for the score.
Just moments later, Kendall Diggs would launch a Sac Fly to deep left field en route to bring Sam Petersen across home plate, to make it a 2-0 Axmen lead .
Axmen back on defense and still holding firm, as ETSU Pitcher Walker Trusley makes a catch with Cat-Like reflexes to close out the inning.
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Eureka had an easy go of it at Thursday's El Paso-Gridley Sectional. The Hornets took team honors with 159 points, 90 ahead of the hosts.
Elsewhere, Lowpoint-Washburn/Roanoke-Benson competed in the Tri-County Conference event May 9 at Seneca, while the Eureka boys hosted a quad on Thursday.
EP-G Sectional
The Hornets swept the relays that included the four by one (Grace Wegner, Kayleigh Tharp, Sophie Kaufman & Laurel Munson), four by two (Wegner, Tharp, Callie Schumacher & Munson), four by four (Wegner, Kaufman, Schumacher & Munson) and four by eight (Elle Knapp, Wegner, Schumacher & Meika Bender). On the individual side, Anna Perry captured the 800,1600 and 3200 by almost a minute and 25 seconds. Other qualifiers included Bender (second, 800), Kaufman (second, 400) and Munson (second, long jump).
LWRB advanced the four by four (McKinzie Kearfott, Riley Beer, Brooklyn Getz & Jaden Randall) and four by eight (Abi Hodel, B. Getz, Kearfott & Beer) relays along with Marley Leman (high jump), all of whom were second.
TCC
The boys saw Joel Weber (100, 200 and 400) and Luke Getz (800, 1600) combine to win five events to power them to first place. Colin Delagrange (3200) and Bricen Wilson (triple jump) were other winners. The co-op also took first in three relays.
Randall took first in the 200, as did the four by eight of Hodel, Kearfott, B. Getz and Addy Heineke.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw/Ridgeview/Tri-Valley/Eureka
The hosts collected wins from Luke Rinkenberger (800), Brady Monk (3200), Andon Evans (discus), Lance Wiegand (high jump) and JD Standish (pole vault). T-V emerged as the team winner.
The Eureka and Fieldcrest boys competed in yesterday's Tremont Sectional. The girls' state preliminaries that will include Eureka and LWRB begin this morning at 9 a.m. from O'Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston. The LWRB boys participate in the Kewanee Wethersfield Sectional on Friday with field event prelims to kick off at three and running ones at 5 p.m. | https://pantagraph.com/eureka-coasts-to-crown/article_09b63790-d50a-11ec-be11-c7a012f1d7ca.html | 2022-05-16 12:34:28 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/eureka-coasts-to-crown/article_09b63790-d50a-11ec-be11-c7a012f1d7ca.html |
The Volkswagen MEB platform that has served as the backbone for the automaker’s EV push is set to get a number of updates over the next few years.
The updated version, dubbed MEB+, will incorporate charging and battery updates, as well as an electrical architecture designed to support more advanced driver-assist tech, according to VW.
A new generation of so-called “unit cell” batteries will enable up to 435 miles of range (likely as measured on the more lenient European WLTP testing cycle), VW explained. The automaker also claims MEB+ will “significantly improve charging times,” and may feature power rates of up to 175-200 kw.
The MEB+ overhaul follows “enhancements” VW confirmed earlier this year were on the way for MEB vehicles. The platform itself was first extensively detailed in 2018, and the market for EVs has changed a lot since then. So it might be time for a more extensive series of changes.
VW also said it plans to launch 10 new EVs globally by 2026, including an entry-level model starting at around 25,000 euros, or $26,606 at current exchange rates. It’s unclear whether VW is referring to its ID Life, which it previously said was built on a pared-down MEB platform it was calling MEB Small.
Two Europe-bound Ford EVs will be underpinned by MEB before then, and in the U.S., VW likely will offer a large electric sedan, followed by the ID.Buzz van, which will launch much later in the U.S. than Europe. A return of the VW e-Golf is also reportedly back on the table, after delays for the planned Project Trinity EV flagship.
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Americans increase spending modestly in June as inflation eases and the job market remains strong
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans increased their spending last month as inflation eased in many areas and the job market remained remarkably strong.
Retail sales rose 0.2% from May to June, following a revised 0.5% increase the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
While the headline number of 0.2% was a bit weaker than expected, economists on Tuesday were focused on the number that excludes volatile autos, gas, building materials and food services, which rose a solid 0.6% in June. That 0.6% figure is what is fed into the government’s measure of economic growth, and it’s a fairly strong spending number.
Sales at grocery stores fell 0.7%, while business at clothing stores rose 0.6%. At restaurants, sales rose 0.1%. Online sales rose 1.9%. Sales at electronics stores and at furniture and home furnishings stores registered surprisingly solid gains after a recent pullback.
The uptick in sales follows an increase in May that pointed to an economy that remains resilient despite rising prices. Yet spending has been volatile this year after surging nearly 3% in January. Sales tumbled in February and March before recovering in April and May.
“While they continue to spend, the June retail sales report suggests that consumers are becoming more thoughtful with their purchases,” wrote Oren Klachkin, U.S economist at Oxford Economics. He pointed to the labor market losing some momentum, declining savings, and interest rates that have made borrowing money or using credit cards more expensive.
There is already early evidence of a pushback from consumers that is being reflected in financial reports from some of the country’s biggest food producers.
Consumers, whose spending accounts for about 70% of all U.S. economic activity, have been the engine behind the economic recovery from a slowdown during the pandemic. Government relief checks, the suspension of student loan payments and super-low interest rates helped.
Demand outpaced what factories could produce and what ports and freight yards could handle, leading to shortages, delays – and skyrocketing prices.
That gave companies “abnormal power to push up prices’' and pass higher costs along to consumers – clout they hadn’t had for decades, Simon MacAdam, senior global economist at Capital Economics, wrote last month.
That dynamic has shifted, however.
Low interest rates are long gone: The Federal Reserve began aggressively hiking rates in March 2022. The student loan moratorium – which allowed Americans to divert money that used to go to loan payments to dinners out and new furniture – ends later this year.
And the savings that Americans had stashed away at the peak of the pandemic — when they were receiving government relief checks and saving money while hunkered down at home — are vanishing. Fed researchers have reported that consumers depleted their excess’ savings in the first three months of 2023.
All of which means that consumers may no longer be willing – or able – to tolerate elevated prices as overall inflation dips.
U.S. data on prices, the most recent arriving last week, showed that consumer inflation reached its lowest point since early 2021 last month. Prices rose just 0.2% from May to June thanks to easing costs for gasoline, airline fares, used cars and groceries. Inflation is just up 3% over the last 12 months. But Americans still face surging prices for some goods and services as well, like auto insurance.
Ryan Dixon, who recently moved from Florida to a farm in Hillsboro, Tennessee, said he didn’t notice prices increasing as much in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 relief payments he was getting from the government. But as that money ran low, it became clear that he needed to find new ways to cut spending.
Now, he keeps track of the coupons in the Target and Walmart apps, scours the grocery aisles for deals on meat and buys store-brand canned goods.
“I’m not buying Del Monte and Green Giant anymore. I’m buying the Walmart brand,” he said.
There are a handful of brands he loves and won’t substitute, like his Mountain Dew sodas. But he is looking for cheaper alternates almost everywhere else.
“I never thought I would shop like my mother,” Dixon said. “But if I don’t have a coupon for it, I don’t get it.”
Those kinds of every day decisions are beginning to show up in the financial performance of major food producers.
Conagra Brands, which makes Slim Jim beef jerky and Duncan Hines cake mix and more, said during a fourth-quarter earnings call last week that smaller price increases have not translated to higher sales volume. That is a quick turn from the third quarter when price increases __ which topped 15% that quarter __ did not dent demand.
“It’s not a trade down within individual categories to lower-priced alternatives. It looks, optically, more like a cutting back and what I call hunkering down,” Conagra CEO Sean Connolly told analysts. “And one thing I know for sure, people aren’t eating less. So they’re making choices to manage their budget.”
PepsiCo, which makes Ryan Dixon’s MountainDew, said last week that higher prices lifted the company’s revenue in the second quarter but consumer demand has faded. The company said that price increases could start to moderate in the second half of this year.
Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s, a supermarket chain that operates stores in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, said that he’s told the big consumer product companies that he wouldn’t accept any more price increases because he believes customers have reached a tipping point.
“Enough is enough,” said Leonard, who said he’s being a little more flexible with beef and chicken suppliers, which are typically family owned.
The chain has been expanding its private label business to offer more affordable choices to shoppers, including ice cream, tortilla chips and potato chips.
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AP Economics Writer Wiseman reported from Washington. AP Economics Writer Chris Rugaber contributed to this story.
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ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who killed his ex-girlfriend and drove their toddler son to Tennessee with her body in the trunk last July was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday.
Tyler Rios pleaded guilty in April to aggravated manslaughter and desecrating human remains in the death of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar.
According to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey, Rios killed Uyar in her Rahway home on July 8 and then fled with their 2-year-old son. The incident triggered an Amber Alert and a multistate investigation after the boy didn’t show up for day care and Uyar didn’t arrive for a work shift on July 9.
The boy was eventually found unharmed at a hotel in Monterey, Tennessee, on July 10. Uyar’s body was found nearby in a wooded area off Interstate 40.
Under terms of his sentencing, the 28-year-old Rios, of East Orange, will have to serve 85% of his 25-year term on the manslaughter count, then serve an additional five-year term for the second count before being eligible for release.
The prosecutor's office credited the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and the FBI's Memphis field office in Tennessee, along with state and local police in New Jersey, for helping solve the case. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/30-years-for-man-who-killed-ex-drove-son-with-17241249.php | 2022-06-14 20:05:04 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/30-years-for-man-who-killed-ex-drove-son-with-17241249.php |
Sure, you want to snuggle by the fireplace as the weather turns cold. But it's Hollywood's job to lure you out of the house, so at this time of year, it trots out blockbusters, awards contenders, and star vehicles. Here are five to whet your appetite:
Avatar: The Way of Water
Even if nothing else were opening this season, Hollywood would be pumped about the sequel to the biggest box office smash of all time. In the works for more than a decade, it features much of the original cast (even those who played characters who died — Sigourney Weaver's back as a Na'vi teenager, for instance). Where the first Avatar marked big advances in film technology, director James Cameron claims this one will be even more eye-popping (and as the first of four planned sequels, it had better be.) December 16
Emancipation
Antoine Fuqua's Civil War epic takes its inspiration from the true story of a man who became a potent symbol for the abolitionist cause when photos of horrific whipping scars disfiguring his entire back were published in 1863. Will Smith stars — his first role after an Oscar ceremony where he won Best Actor and slapped Chris Rock. December 9
Babylon
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie star in La La Land director Damien Chazelle's comic take on the moment when silent film was giving way to talkies, and Hollywood debauchery was prompting talk of a Production Code. Brassy, boozy and gargantuan at three+ hours (reportedly down from a four-hour first cut), the comedy promises Jazz-era decadence writ large – murders, suicides, overdoses, rattlesnake wrestling and mountains of cocaine. December 23
Women Talking
Sunlight streams through slats in the walls of a barn where women and girls gather in Sarah Polley's compelling adaptation of Miriam Toews' 2018 novel about a remote, patriarchal religious colony. The women have long kept quiet about abuse at the hands of the colony's men – taught by their faith that it's not their place to question or challenge. But their abusers are unexpectedly in jail, and for the few hours before they've posted bail, the women have a chance to discuss what should come next. December 2
Living
Ramrod straight, tailored in bowler hat and pinstripe suit, Bill Nighy is Mr. Williams, a buttoned-up widower toiling in a public works office in post-World War II London. His days shuffling papers as head of a staff of six, are unvarying and pointless. His staff embodies bureaucratic inertia, with "skyscrapers" of papers piled atop desks, tasked with shuttling them (and the people who bring them) from department to department. An elegant, exquisitely sad retelling of Kurosawa's 1953 drama Ikuru (To Live), brimming with period detail, and gorgeous performances. December 23
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Former Bengals offensive analyst died of chronic alcohol abuse at 38, coroner says
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Former Cincinnati Bengals Offensive Analyst Adam Zimmer died of chronic alcohol abuse, according to the coroner’s report released Friday.
Zimmer died unexpectedly on Oct. 31 at his Minnesota home. He was 38 years old.
The former Minnesota Vikings co-defensive coordinator was working remotely as a consultant for the Bengals coaching staff.
Zimmer was the son of former Bengals Defensive Coordinator and former Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s report lists his official cause of death as “complications of chronic ethanol use disorder.”
Zimmer began his NFL coaching career in 2006 as assistant linebackers coach for the New Orleans Saints, where he won a Super Bowl. He transitioned to the same role for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010.
In 2013, he became assistant defensive backs coach for the Bengals. He worked for the Vikings from 2014-2021, including a two-year stint as co-defensive coordinator before his father was fired at the end of the 2021 season.
The Bengals released the following statement shortly after Zimmer’s death:
“Our organization has had the privilege of knowing and working with the Zimmer family for 15 years. We have the highest regard for Mike and Adam, and we are incredibly saddened by this tragic news. Mike and Adam were more than just coaches for us - they were friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Zimmer family at this time.”
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A neuropsychologist who treated the man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 ski collision cast aspersions on the testimony of medical experts hired by the celebrity’s legal team — and argued that, as his personal doctor, she was better suited to speak about 76-year-old Terry Sanderson’s post-concussion symptoms.
“A lot of the experts are opining. I feel like I’m the best judge of what happened to him,” Dr. Alina Fong said.
Fong’s videotaped deposition was the first to be shown on the third day of the trial in Park City, the upscale Utah ski resort town where Sanderson accuses Paltrow of skiing so recklessly that she crashed into him, broke his ribs and left him with lasting brain damage.
Fong said that when she saw Sanderson less than a year after the accident, he had lost his love for life, and said that he was often dejected and crying. Under her care, she said that Sanderson worked tirelessly to rehabilitate the post-concussion symptoms — including pain, headaches and mood shifts. In cross-examination, she accused Paltrow’s attorneys of planting “red herrings” to mislead jurors. Fong said conclusions from Paltrow’s experts — who have yet to testify — were “easily refutable by just going online and looking at the CDC recommendations.”
Two of Sanderson’s daughters are also expected to testify on Thursday about the lasting effects of the crash as the third day of the trial takes on an increasingly emotional note.
Attorneys called Polly Grasham to the stand Thursday, and are expected to call Shae Herath to question them about health changes that their father claims he sustained after his collision with Paltrow.
Neurologist Richard Boehme and Paltrow herself could also be called to testify on either Thursday or Friday.
Sanderson is suing Paltrow for a minimum of $300,000, claiming she recklessly crashed into him while the two were skiing on a beginner run at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.
In a counterclaim, Paltrow is seeking $1 and attorney fees. The amount of money at stake for both sides pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a multiyear lawsuit and expert witness-heavy trial. Sanderson’s attorney told the jury Thursday that this trial is about “value, not cost.”
During the first two days of trial, Sanderson’s attorneys and expert medical witnesses described how his injuries were likely caused by someone crashing into him from behind. They attributed noticeable changes in Sanderson’s mental acuity to injuries from that day.
Paltrow’s attorneys have tried to represent Sanderson as a 76-year-old whose decline followed a normal course of aging rather than the results of a crash. They have not yet called witnesses of their own to testify, but in opening statements previewed for jurors that they plan to call Paltrow’s husband Brad Falchuk and her two children, Moses and Apple, to the stand.
Paltrow’s team has previously accused Sanderson of suing to exploit their client’s wealth and celebrity. She is the Oscar-winning star of “Shakespeare in Love” and founder-CEO of the beauty and wellness company Goop.
Her legal team has thus far attempted to poke holes in testimony from Sanderson’s team of experts — and are expected to question his daughters about their father mentioning Paltrow’s fame, and an email alluding to footage recorded on a GoPro camera that hasn’t been found or included in evidence. | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-collision-trial-set-for-family-testimony/ | 2023-03-23 19:24:52 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-collision-trial-set-for-family-testimony/ |
Illinois State Redbirds (1-1) at Northwestern State Demons (1-1)
Natchitoches, Louisiana; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern State faces the Illinois State Redbirds after Dayne Prim scored 20 points in Northwestern State’s 79-68 victory against the Ouachita Baptist Tigers.
Northwestern State went 9-23 overall a season ago while going 6-6 at home. The Demons averaged 6.3 steals, 3.5 blocks and 14.0 turnovers per game last season.
Illinois State went 1-11 on the road and 13-20 overall last season. The Redbirds averaged 74.1 points per game last season, 13.6 on free throws and 23.4 from beyond the arc.
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NATIONAL PARK, N.J., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The skeletal remains of as many as 12 individuals have been discovered in a mass grave in New Jersey at the site of a significant battle of the Revolutionary War, Gloucester County and Rowen University officials announced.
Believed by researchers to be the human remains of Hessian soldiers, who suffered their worst Revolutionary War defeat at the hands of outnumbered-but-emboldened American defenders, the remains were uncovered at Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park (Gloucester County).
The remarkable discovery of the mass grave, a rarity for battlefields during the American Revolution, was announced during a press briefing at the site on August 2.
For 245 years, the remains rested in a trench four-and-a-half feet deep until June 26, when a human femur was uncovered during a public archaeology dig. Additional excavation at the site, which was part of a trench system that surrounded the battlefield's Fort Mercer, uncovered more remains.
All of the remains have been excavated and turned over to the New Jersey State Police Forensic Unit. There, forensic anthropologists are extracting DNA from the bones and teeth to identify their origin.
Skeletal assessment, isotopic, genetic and radiological analyses are also ongoing to provide in-depth analysis of the human remains and to gather biological data and indicators of life history, health and disease, and other factors. The remains have been excavated with extraordinary attention to preserving the dignity of the war dead.
DNA analysis, including from additional items found during the archaeological dig, such as a uniform knee buckle containing human blood, musket balls, and other items found in the trench, also may help the team to identify the remains…and even eventually find descendants of those who lost their lives on the battlefield.
"We're hoping that eventually, perhaps, we can find some of these individuals," says Rowan University public historian Jennifer Janofsky, director of Red Bank Battlefield Park. "If we can extract their stories, and if we can tell their stories, it lets us put a name to a face. And that, to me, is a very powerful moment in public history.
"History is an ongoing process," continues Janofsky. "It's not like we've written the Battle of Red Bank and we know everything that happened. Archaeology is helping us better understand what happened on the battlefield. Now, we have a better opportunity to tell a more complete story of these individuals…Who were they? Why were they here? What was their fate? It gives the public a more nuanced understanding of the history."
On Oct. 22, 1777, the Hessians, fighting for the British Crown, suffered approximately 377 casualties during the battle compared with 14 American casualties. Crown forces went into battle with 2,000 soldiers. The Americans, integrated regiments of Black and white soldiers fighting for freedom side by side, numbered 500. The regiments were comprised chiefly of soldiers from Rhode Island, plus a contingent of New Jersey militia.
The victory at Fort Mercer, located just south of Philadelphia, was huge boost for American forces in the war for independence. The fort was a key defense for Americans to delay the British from advancing supplies up the Delaware River to Philadelphia.
The items found around the remains—including pewter and brass buttons and an extremely rare King George III gold guinea (a soldier's pay for a month)—are consistent with items Hessian soldiers would have had, according to Janofsky and Wade Catts, president/principal archaeologist for South River Heritage Consulting of Delaware. Catts led the archaeological dig of the site.
"Based on everything we've found and the context of what we've found, these appear to be Hessians. We will do more research on that, but, right now, our working hypothesis is that these are Hessian soldiers," says Catts, adding that a Revolutionary War battlefield mass burial is highly unusual. "The trench is a remarkable space. It's a significant archaeological site."
Owned and maintained by Gloucester County, Red Bank Battlefield Park sits on 44 acres on a bluff above the Delaware River. Part of the Fort Mercer trench extended onto a quarter-acre site acquired by the county in 2020. The fort itself was destroyed by American forces in November of 1777.
A $19,000 New Jersey Historical Commission project grant secured by Janofsky in 2021 funded an initial archaeology survey of the trench, as well as a public education and outreach program.
The county committed $30,0000 in additional funding for the second phase of the project and, over four public dig days this summer, more than 100 private citizens had the opportunity to dig at the site, recovering items including the first human femur.
When the study of the remains is complete, they eventually will be reinterred at another site. The trench eventually will be refilled and the land will be incorporated into the park. The site will give historians the chance to offer the public a more nuanced understanding of the park's historical significance, the Battle of Red Bank, and the sacrifices soldiers made.
"Too often, the revolution is viewed as a sanitized event. It's one thing to discuss the battle in the abstract. It's another to witness firsthand the violence of that day," Janofsky, the Megan Giordano Fellow in Public History at Rowan.
"We now have the opportunity to work with our visitors to understand the emotion, pain, loss—and absolute horror—of war."
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This is an updated version of a story we originally published in 2018, with new reporting, and data and statistics, that reflect 2023 conditions.
Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bachelor's degree.
"All through my life it was, 'If you don't go to college you're going to end up on the streets,' " Morgan said back in 2018. "Everybody's so gung-ho about going to college."
So he tried it for a while. Then he quit and started training as an ironworker, which is what he was doing on a weekday morning in a nondescript high-ceilinged building with a concrete floor in an industrial park near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Morgan and several other men and women were dressed in work boots and hard hats, clipped to safety harnesses with heavy wrenches hanging from their belts. They were being timed as they wrestled 600-pound I-beams into place.
Back then, the demand for ironworkers was rising – and it still is: the sector is growing 4% annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ironworkers earn, on average, $27.48 per hour, or $57,160 per year. Morgan was already working on a job site when he wasn't at the Pacific Northwest Ironworkers shop. At 20, he was earning $28.36 an hour, plus benefits.
Five years later, he's on the job full time, working "six-10s" — industry lingo for 10 hours a day, six days a week. He helped build the Rainier Square Tower in Seattle and a data center for Microsoft. "I'm loving it every day," he said. "It was absolutely the right choice.
As for his friends from high school? "Someday maybe they'll make as much as me."
Raising alarms
While a shortage of workers pushes wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor's degree is softening, even as the price, and the average debt into which it plunges students, remain high.
But high school graduates have been so effectively encouraged to get a bachelor's that high-paid jobs requiring shorter and less expensive training are going unfilled. This affects those students and also poses a real threat to the economy.
"Parents want success for their kids," Mike Clifton, who taught machining for more than two decades at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology before retiring, said in 2018. "They get stuck on [four-year bachelor's degrees], and they're not seeing the shortage there is in tradespeople until they hire a plumber and have to write a check."
The Washington State Auditor found in 2017 that good jobs in the skilled trades were going begging because students are being almost universally steered to bachelor's degrees. Recent labor statistics suggest that's still the case – in Washington State and around the country.
President Biden, in his State of the Union address this month, spoke of "jobs paying an average of $130,000 a year, and many do not require a college degree."
Among other things, the Washington auditor recommended that career guidance — including choices that require less than four years in college — start as early as the seventh grade.
"There is an emphasis on the four-year university track" in high schools, Chris Cortines, who co-authored the report, said after it was issued. Yet, nationwide, nearly three out of 10 high school grads who go to four-year public universities haven't earned degrees within six years, the most recent figures from the National Student Clearinghouse show. At four-year private colleges, that number is nearly one in five.
"Being more aware of other types of options may be exactly what they need," Cortines said. In spite of a perception that college "is the sole path for everybody," he said, "when you look at the types of wages that apprenticeships and other career areas pay, and the fact that you do not pay four years of tuition and you're paid while you learn, these other paths really need some additional consideration."
And it's not just in Washington state.
Today, nearly 90% of construction companies nationwide are having trouble finding qualified workers, according to the Associated General Contractors of America; in Washington, the proportion is 88%. Ironworkers remain in particularly short supply, along with drywall installers and sheet metal workers.
The $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure plan – Biden's signature legislation passed by Congress in 2021 – will create 1.5 million construction jobs per year for the next 10 years, the White House says, boosting the share of all jobs that are connected with rebuilding the nation's infrastructure from 11% to 14%, according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Median wages for construction jobs are higher than the median pay for all jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
"The economy is definitely pushing this issue to the forefront," Amy Morrison Goings, president of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology, which educates students in these fields, said in 2018. "There isn't a day that goes by that a business doesn't contact the college and ask the faculty, 'who's ready to go to work?' "
In all, some 30 million jobs in the United States that pay an average of $55,000 per year don't require bachelor's degrees, according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.
Yet the march to bachelor's degrees continues. And while people who get them are more likely to be employed and make more money than those who don't, that premium appears to be softening; their inflation-adjusted median earnings were lower in 2018, the most recent year for which the figure is available, than in 2010.
"There's that perception of the bachelor's degree being the American dream, the best bang for your buck," said Kate Blosveren Kreamer, deputy executive director of Advance CTE, an association of state officials who work in career and technical education. "The challenge is that in many cases it's become the fallback. People are going to college without a plan, without a career in mind, because the mindset in high school is just, 'Go to college.' "
It's not that finding a job in the trades, or even manufacturing, means needing no education after high school. Most regulators and employers require certificates, certifications or associate degrees. But those cost less and take less time than earning a bachelor's degree.
Tuition and fees for in-state students to attend a community or technical college in Washington State, for example, came to less than half the cost last year of a four-year public university, and less than a fifth of the price of attending the cheapest private four-year college.
Washington is not the only state nudging students into education for the trades. At least 39 states have taken steps to encourage career and technical education, and many have increased funding for it, a 2017 Brookings Institution review found.
At the federal level, legislation introduced in Congress in January would make some short-term workforce programs eligible for federal Pell Grants. "For too long, the college-for-all mentality drove Americans toward expensive and often ineffective education pathways," its sponsors said. "As our country stares down a historic worker shortage, fewer Americans are getting the skills they need to be successful."
The branding issue
Money isn't the only issue, advocates for career and technical education say. An even bigger challenge is convincing parents that it leads to good jobs.
"They remember 'voc-ed' from when they were in high school, which is not necessarily what they aspire to for their own kids," Kreamer said. Added Kairie Pierce, apprenticeship and college director for the Washington State Labor Council of the AFL-CIO: "It sort of has this connotation of being a dirty job. 'It's hard work — I want something better for my son or daughter.' "
The Lake Washington Institute of Technology, about 20 miles from Seattle, changed its name from Lake Washington Technical College, said Goings, its president, to avoid being stereotyped as a vocational school.
These perceptions fuel the worry that, if students are urged as early as the seventh grade to consider the trades, then low-income, first-generation students, and students of color will be channeled into blue-collar jobs while wealthier and white classmates are pushed by their parents to get bachelor's degrees.
"When CTE was vocational education, part of the reason we had a real disinvestment from the system was because we were tracking low-income and minority kids into these pathways," Kreamer said. "There is this tension between, do you want to focus on the people who would get the most benefit from these programs, and — is that tracking?"
In a quest for prestige and rankings, and to bolster real-estate values, high schools also like to emphasize the number of their graduates who go on to four-year colleges and universities.
Jessica Bruce enrolled in community college after high school for one main reason: because she was recruited to play fast-pitch softball. "I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life," she said.
But she "couldn't quite figure it out," she says today. She was an apprentice ironworker in 2018, making $32.42 an hour, or more than $60,000 a year, while continuing her training. At 5-foot-2, "I can run with the big boys," she said at the time, laughing.
Five years later, now 46, she's starting a job installing 500 tons of rebar for a Boeing hangar near Seattle, working mostly outside, which she likes. She's also back in school, of sorts, taking online courses to get her certification to become a fitness instructor as a side gig. And she's bought a Harley.
Bruce says she has "absolutely no regrets," herself. As for her own daughter, who's 15, "if it's college then it's college," she says. "I fully support that." But students now in high school "are becoming maybe a little bit more aware" of the potential for making good money in the trades, she added. "I know my daughter is aware. I've told her there's every kind of trade out there."
The original 2018 version of this story was co-reported with Ashley Gross of KNKX.
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HONG KONG, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIT Mining Limited (NYSE: BTCM) ("BIT Mining" or the "Company"), a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, today announced that it has completed its sale of 279,673,200 shares of Loto Interactive Limited ("Loto Interactive") at the price of HK$0.28 per share for a total consideration of HK$78,308,496 in cash (the "Transaction"). Upon completion of the Transaction, the Company's ownership of Loto Interactive decreased to 8.79%. The Transaction was previously announced on July 12, 2022.
About BIT Mining
BIT Mining (NYSE: BTCM) is a leading technology-driven cryptocurrency mining company, with a long-term strategy to create value across the cryptocurrency industry. Its business covers cryptocurrency mining, mining pool, and data center operation. The Company owns the world's top blockchain browser BTC.com and the comprehensive mining pool business operated under BTC.com, providing multi-currency mining services including BTC, ETH and LTC. The Company has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 7-nanometer cryptocurrency mining machine manufacturer, Bee Computing, to complete the Company's vertical integration with its supply chain, increase its self-sufficiency and strengthen its competitive position.
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TACOMA, Wash. — At age 70, Madonna Hanna hopes to record her fastest 100m and 50m times. Her sights are set on the 2023 National Senior Games in Pittsburgh. The games run from July 7 through July 18.
Hanna will compete in the 50m, 100m, and the 4x100m relay. Each week, Hanna spends three days on the track and two days in the gym lifting.
Hanna, of Tacoma, a former fashion executive and teacher, did not lace up her racing shoes until she was nearly 60 years old.
She always enjoyed watching track events on TV, but her high school did not have a track team for girls. The love for running stayed with her.
It was a calling that she finally answered thanks to support from her husband and soon after, a sponsorship from GetSetUp.
Hanna encourages everyone, no matter their age, to consider getting active. Consult with your health care professional, Hanna said, but don't count yourself out when it comes to setting athletic goals.
She started competing in 2011 and hasn't looked back.
Like any competitive athlete, Hanna has battled challenges along the way. In 2014, Hanna tore her Achilles and needed surgery. She spent about a year rehabbing and re-entering a training regimen. Her husband, who also ran competitively himself, continued to coach her through the tough time.
In 2017, won titles in the 50m and 100m.
Over the years, her husband battled cancer, and in 2018, he was diagnosed with a third bout of cancer. He continued to coach her until he passed away later that year.
Next, Hanna would go through a coaching transition.
Elite track athlete Marcus Chambers, a Foss High School grad from Tacoma, took over coaching Hanna and since they have teamed up - she has earned state medals.
What is GetSetUp?
GetSetUp is a free health and fitness online community for older adults.
In its statewide partnerships with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Washingtonians ages 60 and up can enjoy GetSetUp classes at no additional charge.
GetSetUp is sponsoring GetSetUp Athletes as an initiative designed to inspire and support older athletes by providing them with sponsorship and a platform to promote their passion for sports in order to empower their peers.
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Snakes in cool places: What to do when you find one in your home
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - When it gets too hot outside, most creatures like to find a cool spot to beat the heat. That includes snakes.
Snakes will hide in places like basements or porches, trying to stay cool. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s received a 911 call when a woman found a snake in the wreath on her front door. Thankfully Detective Gibbs came to the rescue. Once he arrived, he removed the four-foot snake.
“I’ve dealt with them before,” said Det. Gibbs. “I’m one of those guys that since a kid, I’ve been catching them and everything else, and looking at them and release them elsewhere. My partner that day was afraid of them. I just walked up, grabbed it, and started getting untangled from the wreath.”
He then placed the creature in a cooler and drove it to a different location so it could be free and would not scare the woman again.
“He did enjoy the car ride because a little cooler we had with him they had him in was just like a little lunchbox cooler,” said Gibbs. “While driving, I looked over at the side to make sure everything was still good with him, and he just had his head at the side of the cooler, just looking around wasn’t trying to get out or anything.”
Francis Skalicky with the Missouri Department of Conservation shared some advice on what to do if you find a snake in your home.
“If you find the snake in your home, in your garage, somewhere close to your house where you don’t want it to be, the most important thing to do is the hardest thing to do, stay calm,” said Skalicky. “If you get frantic, if you get overly excited, you will probably make some bad decisions. You will get the snake excited, and you won’t accomplish what you want to do. Remove the snake.”
Yard maintenance will also help keep snakes away from your home.
“Mow your lawn, weed eat, all that kind of stuff,” said Skalicky. “To a wild animal that’s called disturbance and wild animals, such as snakes, they don’t like disturbance, the more disturbance you can have around your house, but that mowing weed Ed moving woodpile around, that’ll get the snake to move on.”
If you find a snake in or around your home, you’ll want to be careful when removing it. Even nonvenomous snakes will bite. You’ll want to make sure it doesn’t return.
“Think about why that snake was there, too,” said Skalicky. “There are two things you’re looking at here is number one, how it got in through a crack through a door that’s not quite shutting, something like that. A woodpile around your house, a debris pile, you know, try to get rid of those reasons why the snake was around your house.”
Now, let’s say you find a snake in your garage. One way you can get rid of it is to open the door and create a path for the snake to get out. You can use a broom to nudge it along. If you feel brave enough, pick up the snake by the head or tail, carry it outside, or place it in a bucket. Make sure you have a plan on where you are taking the snake before you pick it up so you can release it quickly.
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Dolly Parton gives $1M to infectious disease research, again
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The new gift is one of several Parton has made to the center over the years, including a $1 million gift in April 2020 for COVID vaccine research. That gift helped Vanderbilt researchers test an array of drugs aimed at reducing the life-threatening symptoms associated with COVID-19, the center said in a news release. Researchers are also looking at entirely new therapies to both treat COVID-19 and prevent infection.
Parton’s new gift will support a variety of ongoing research at the medical center, including understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease, understanding and preventing antibiotic resistance, preventing and treating infections, diagnosing and treating infections in children with cancer, and gauging the impact of childhood infections throughout the world, according to the news release.
“Dolly’s previous support to infectious disease research, and also our pediatric cancer program, has already saved countless lives,” said Dr. Jeff Balser, president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “This new gift will bolster our defenses against future threats to the safety of this region and society as a whole.”
Parton said she supports the work because she loves children.
“No child should ever have to suffer,” Parton said in a news release. “I’m willing to do my part to try and keep as many of them as I can as healthy and safe as possible.”
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Inc.'s sixth annual Female Founders list highlights entrepreneurs with world-changing companies
HOUSTON, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. today announced its sixth annual Female Founders list, honoring a bold group of 200 women whose innovations and ideas are shaping the world into a better place.
The founders cross all industries and bring with them unique stories of success from each stage of the entrepreneurial journey — from startup to going public, being acquired by big buyers, or spending decades at the helm of an organization. They are reinventing everything from shoes to food and are challenging issues like financial literacy and reproductive health.
"I am so honored to join this incredible group of women. Given that there are not that many women founders in aerospace, I hope to inspire the next generation of STEM-focused entrepreneurs. This sort of recognition helps change the narrative and I couldn't be more excited to further the conversation about what women can do," says Sassie Duggleby.
"Over the past two and a half years, I have helped Venus Aerospace scale from 3 people in a basement to nearly 100 in a hangar on the Houston Spaceport. Growing both our company and our unique culture isn't easy, but it's been an incredible journey." Duggleby goes on to say, "I pinch myself every day that we're on this world-changing adventure. We source the best and brightest. If you work for us, we want you home for dinner with your families. We believe we can fire rocket engines, build our drones and spaceplanes, and still allow people to be present with their families, and I am so proud of that."
Each year, Inc. editors review thousands of applications highlighting female founders who are challenging the status quo and tackling some of the world's biggest problems. The list features women who have overcome challenges and lifted those around them, while leading impactful organizations across the country. They join the ranks of previous honorees including Jessica Alba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rihanna, and Shonda Rhimes.
"These 200 female founders have identified solutions to difficult problems and created valuable, industry-changing companies out of them. We congratulate this year's list on their achievements and look forward to their continued success," says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk.
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/female-founders
After launching in 2018, the Female Founders list is one of Inc.'s most esteemed franchises. Inc. magazine's Female Founders issue (April 2023) will be available online on April 4 at https://www.inc.com/magazine and on newsstands on April 11.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — The NYPD is searching for two alleged sexual predators who struck in separate instances over the weekend.
Two attacks took place an hour apart. One attack happened around 4 a.m. Saturday on the Upper West Side. Police say a 23-year-old woman was walking near Central Park West and West 82nd Street when she was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted. The perpetrator fled the scene on an e-bike, striking again an hour later.
Police say the second attack happened around Avenue A and East 4th Street. The man reportedly approached a 28-year-old woman on his e-bike, pulled her to the ground, and assaulted her. He is still on the loose.
Police are investigating a separate sex crime that took place on July 10 in North Corona, Queens. Investigators say a man wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a blue guitar grabbed a 30-year-old woman’s buttocks. The woman followed him as he went into a nearby residential building and changed clothes.
According to the NYPD, sex crimes are up 18.6% so far this year, compared to the same time period last year. Emily Miles, the executive director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, said the statistics only tell a small part of the story.
“The numbers we’re looking at are actually incredibly flawed,” said Miles. “What we’re tracking with those crime stats are survivors who are actually reporting sexual violence to the NYPD. And we know that…70 to 80% of assaults are never reported.”
Miles said that random, violent crimes – like those perpetrated over the weekend – represent just a small percentage of all sex crimes.
“You are far more likely to be assaulted by someone you know – a friend, an acquaintance, a family member – almost 80% more likely,” said Miles.
It’s those types of sex crimes that go unreported, said Miles.
“A majority of cases of sexual violence are not happening in Central Park as someone walks down the street,” Miles said “They’re happening in people’s homes.”
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NFLX) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Netflix, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between January 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NFLX investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Netflix, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until July 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Peregrine Market Access, a full-service consulting, communications, and commercialization partner for the life sciences industry, welcomes Ryan Collazo as a new addition to the account services department.
In his role as a vice president of account services, Collazo will manage the business of assigned client brands to support their success. He will develop, maintain, and advance relationships between the agency and clients and lead cross-functional teams at Peregrine Market Access to develop and deliver market access and commercialization initiatives.
Collazo has more than 10 years of experience in account supervisor and director positions at healthcare marketing agencies. Over his career, he has led account teams and managed brands for Amgen, Gilead, and AstraZeneca, among other pharmaceutical manufacturers. From brand strategy, market research, and product launches to medical communications and field engagement, Collazo's experience is broad and deep, spanning a variety of therapeutic areas, including oncology, neurology, mental health, inflammation, and nephrology.
"Ryan understands the complexities of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry and knows how to help brands succeed," said Kat Evans, director of client management at Peregrine Market Access. "His comprehensive experience and communication skills are going to strengthen our already incredible team."
"As our organization continues to grow, having seasoned professionals like Ryan to lead and mentor is incredibly important," said Scott Neverett, partner, director of human resources at Peregrine Market Access. "He will be a valuable asset to our company."
Collazo earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English from The New School in New York, New York and the University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, respectively.
Peregrine Market Access is a leading consulting, communications, and commercialization partner for the life sciences industry that's on a mission to redefine the way healthcare is valued. The Peregrine group of companies includes Communications Agency, Contract Account and Sales Team, Digital Modeling, Market Insights, Publications and Media Strategy, Reimbursement Solutions, Strategy and Consulting, and Value Chain Public Relations. Through its work with pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients, Peregrine helps people living with chronic and/or life-threatening conditions to gain access to the diagnostics and treatments they need. Peregrine Market Access is nationally recognized as one of America's fastest-growing private companies by Inc. and is certified as a Great Place to Work®. Learn more at PeregrineMarketAccess.com.
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Wil Myers Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Cardinals - May 25
Published: May. 25, 2023 at 6:23 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Thursday, Wil Myers (.205 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 52 points below season-long percentage) and the Cincinnati Reds play the St. Louis Cardinals, whose starting pitcher will be Miles Mikolas. First pitch is at 12:35 PM ET.
In his last game he had a hitless showing (0-for-3) against the Cardinals.
Wil Myers Game Info & Props vs. the Cardinals
- Game Day: Thursday, May 25, 2023
- Game Time: 12:35 PM ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Cardinals Starter: Miles Mikolas
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -133)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +725)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +260)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +195)
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Wil Myers At The Plate
- Myers is hitting .189 with three doubles, three home runs and 12 walks.
- Myers has had a hit in 18 of 35 games this year (51.4%), including multiple hits four times (11.4%).
- He has gone deep in two of 35 games played this year, and in 2.1% of his plate appearances.
- Myers has driven in a run in seven games this year (20.0%), including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored at least once seven times this season (20.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.8 K/9, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Cardinals' 4.41 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Cardinals pitchers combine to rank 14th in baseball in home runs given up (56 total, 1.1 per game).
- Mikolas makes the start for the Cardinals, his 11th of the season. He is 2-1 with a 4.77 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 54 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he went seven innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 34-year-old ranks 62nd in ERA (4.77), 67th in WHIP (1.482), and 56th in K/9 (7.1) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a ban on misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that have targeted older Americans and, in some cases, convinced them to sign up for plans that don't cover their doctors or prescriptions.
The rule, proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would ban ads that market Medicare Advantage plans with confusing words, imagery or logos. The rule also would ban ads that don't specifically mention a health insurance plan by name.
It's an aggressive step to tackle a growing problem in the Medicare Advantage marketplace, a booming business that offers privately run versions of the government’s Medicare program for people who are 65 and older or have disabilities. Nearly half of all Medicare enrollees — about 28 million — are now turning to Medicare Advantage plans.
And some have been deceived by television commercials, online ads and mailers put out by the marketing agencies and brokers that some insurers have hired to win over customers.
The proposed rule "takes important steps to hold Medicare Advantage plans accountable for providing high quality coverage and care to enrollees,” said agency Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in a statement.
The problem has become so pervasive that CMS agents have been secretly shopping for plans by calling the phone numbers in advertisements, finding in some cases that brokers have overstated the benefits that enrollees would get and the money they would save in the new plans. Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released an investigative report last month showing that several states also reported an increase in complaints about deceptive marketing schemes in 2021.
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Under first-year general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensan and first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell, the Vikings do extensive research before making all sorts of decisions. And that was the case before the team decided when it would leave for next Sunday’s game in London against New Orleans.
When the Vikings played in London in 2013, they left Monday night and arrived Tuesday morning. When they played there in 2017, they left Wednesday night and arrived Thursday morning. For the game against the Saints, they will depart Thursday night and arrive Friday morning.
“I do rely heavily on the sports performance side of things,’’ O’Connell said. “I have not made the trip to London, so this will be my first. I will say that we spent a lot of time talking about how we’re going to handle it, (including) consulting with the players of which have made two or three of those kind of trips. So we do feel good about our plan.”
While the Vikings left at different times for their previous two Sunday games in London, they won both. They defeated Pittsburgh 34-27 in 2013 under head coach Leslie Frazier and Cleveland 33-16 in 2017 under Mike Zimmer.
The Vikings were the home team in 2013, the road team in 2017, and again will be the road team against the Saints. The Saints will fly to London after their game Sunday at Carolina and arrive Monday morning.
“It’s a heck of a travel no matter how you do it and I think there are a lot of philosophies to it,’’ O’Connell said.
The Vikings will fly home immediately after the game. Unlike after their two previous games in London, they will not have a bye the following week. They will return to face Chicago at home on Oct. 9.
O’Connell said the Vikings will plunge quickly into preparation for the game against New Orleans after they face Detroit on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings will practice at the TCO Performance Center on Wednesday and Thursday and in London on Friday. O’Connell said they will “condense some meeting times a little bit” during the week.
Equipment manager Dennis Ryan said he has been working diligently on getting ready for the trip since it was officially announced May 4 that the Vikings would play in London. He said the team long has been assembling a list of items for a manifest that must be turned into customs in the United Kingdom.
“It’s quite a lengthy document and right away we started going through it,’’ said Ryan, saying the Vikings must include the value of everything they bring and in what country items were made.
Ryan said the Vikings will bring about 20,000 pounds of equipment, a similar amount to their last two trips to London and more than the roughly 17,000 pounds taken for a typical regular-season game. The difference in going overseas is the Vikings need equipment for practices and the traveling party is larger.
Ryan, who has been with Minnesota since 1975, has accompanied the team on all its international trips. Prior to their first regular-season game abroad in 2013, the Vikings played preseason games in London in 1983, in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1988, in Berlin in 1993 and in Tokyo in 1994.
For the London game in 1983, Ryan said the traveling party was much smaller and the Vikings only took about 7,500 pounds of equipment.
The Vikings will face the Saints at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the fourth different stadium used in four trips to London. They played at the old Wembley Stadium in 1983, the new Wembley Stadium in 2013 and at Twickenham Stadium in 2017.
Ryan hasn’t yet been to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but has “heard it’s impressive as far as an NFL facility” and that it has a big locker room. The surface is Turf Master, which will make it the first time Minnesota has played on artificial turf in Europe.
IT’S THE OTHER NO. 45
Vikings linebacker Troy Dye got a kick out of announcer Joe Buck saying on ABC’s Monday Night Football last Monday in Philadelphia that a tackle he made on a punt return was by long snapper Rick Lovato. Lovato wears No. 45 for the Eagles and Dye wears No. 45 for the Vikings, who lost the game 24-7.
“That’s pretty funny,’’ Dye said. “You can’t get really mad at somebody for making an honest mistake. As long as the people who tally up the tackles get it right. As long as they put it down as a tackle for Troy Dye.”
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The wife of a U.S. defense contractor, who together are charged in Hawaii federal court with fraudulently cloaking themselves in the stolen identities of two deceased Texas infants for three decades, said Tuesday that she’s not the person prosecutors say she is.
When the case of Gwynn Darle Morrison was called in U.S. District Court in Honolulu, she said: “That’s what they’re calling me.”
She claims she’s actually Julie Lyn Montague, who prosecutors said died in 1968 when she was three weeks old and later had her identity stolen.
The assertion put her at odds with her husband, who has acknowledged he’s Walter Glenn Primrose and not Bobby Edward Fort, the identity he allegedly used to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1994 and gain secret security clearance that allowed him to work as a defense contractor.
Fort was about 10 weeks old when he died in late 1967 at the same Burnet, Texas, hospital where Montague died a few months later.
Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday on behalf of the couple to charges of conspiracy, false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft. They face up to 17 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
Both were ordered detained until a trial was scheduled Sept. 26.
The dispute over the real name of the wife added a new layer of intrigue to a case that may amount to more than stolen identities.
A search of the couple’s Hawaii home turned up photos that appear to be shot in the 1980s of the two wearing uniforms of the Russian KGB, the former spy agency, prosecutors said. Investigators also found an invisible ink kit, documents with coded language and maps showing military bases.
When the couple were left in a room together, they were unwittingly recorded saying “things consistent with espionage,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Myers said last week.
Defense lawyer Megan Kau said Montague is the only name her client has ever used. Kau said the couple appeared to wear the same KGB jacket in the photos and her client was only in a T-shirt. Kau said she hasn’t heard the recording of a discussion allegedly involving espionage.
“All my client remembers is that her husband told her, ‘They think we’re spies,’” Kau said. “So, yes, the word spy was brought up because the government is accusing them of being spies.”
Kau argued that her client had no criminal record and there was not enough reason to keep her locked up while facing trial.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Muehleck said it was “a little strange” she maintains she’s Montague rather than choosing to not address the identity issue.
The father and sister of Montague last week told The Associated Press last week that Julie died shortly after birth and was buried in a cemetery.
Morrison and Primrose — both born more than a decade before Fort and Montague — went to high school and college together and married in 1980 and bought a house in Nacogdoches, Texas, prosecutors said.
They left Texas in the early 1980s, telling at least one family member they were going into the witness protection program, prosecutors said. They resurfaced later as Fort and Montague, telling some people they had changed their identities for financial and legal reasons.
An unnamed sister of Morrison said the photo on the Hawaii driver’s license with Montague’s name appeared to be her sister though it listed the wrong birth date, Muehleck said.
“We have a situation here where this defendant and her co-defendant, of course, have used false identities to deceive Social Security, the Department of Defense, Hawaii Department of Transportation, the State Department national passport center for 30 years,” Muehleck said. “There’s no verification of who she says she is.”
U.S. Magistrate Judge Rom Trader said he was holding her without bail because he couldn’t trust her to comply with terms and conditions of release if he wasn’t sure of her identity.
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Family, attorneys criticize prosecutor’s handling of case in Ralph Yarl’s shooting
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black Kansas City teenager who was shot by a white man after he mistakenly knocked on the man’s door are frustrated with the prosecutor’s handling of the case, attorneys for the family said Thursday.
The complaints came after a preliminary hearing for 84-year-old Andrew Lester was set for Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and just days after a Clay County judge approved a request by Lester’s attorney to seal documents in the case.
Lester has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, who knocked on Lester’s door on April 13 while trying to pick up his young brothers, who were at a home a block away.
Civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump and Lee Merritt said in a Zoom news conference that they had previously asked Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson to step aside and let Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker be named as a special prosecutor in the case but that Thompson “adamantly” refused.
The family is upset that Thompson did not more aggressively challenge the motion to seal court records and that the preliminary hearing was delayed for 90 days, which Thompson did not object to in court.
“We continue to encourage the prosecutor to zealously prosecute this case as he would had the dynamics been different,” Crump said. “We don’t want any different form of justice or policy because we have a young teenage Black kid shot by an older white man.”
Thompson’s office said in a statement that the focus of his office “remains squarely on following the law and achieving justice.”
The shooting drew international attention amid claims that Lester received preferential treatment from investigators after he shot Yarl. President Joe Biden and several celebrities issued statements calling for justice for Yarl.
Lester admitted that he shot Yarl through the door without warning because he was “scared to death” he was about to be robbed by the Black person standing at his door. He remains free after posting $20,000 — 10% of his $200,000 bond.
The teen’s father, Paul Yarl, said after Thursday’s hearing that he hopes Lester eventually serves jail time.
“The shooter was going to kill Ralph,” Paul Yarl said. “It’s obvious, right? He shot him twice. His intent was to finish him off. So yeah, we need justice for that.”
Ralph Yarl, who has celebrated his 17th birthday since the shooting, suffered gunshot wounds to his head and wrist and continues to recover at home. His mother, Cleo Nagbe, said he is trying to get back some normalcy in his life.
“The longer we stretch this out, the longer it takes him to get that little bit of normalcy he needs to spend his teenage years just doing teenager stuff … Ralph needs to be the teenager that he needs to be that Lester is stealing away from him,” Nagbe said.
Merritt said the appropriate circumstances to seal court documents have not been met and sealing them benefits Lester at the expense of Yarl and his family.
“The state’s failure, Mr. Thompson’s failure to make the appropriate objections to the seal is costing this family peace of mind,” Merritt said. “It’s costing them access to equal justice under the law.”
On Tuesday, Clay County Judge Louis Angles granted a request from Lester’s attorney to seal the court documents, saying the publicity led to threats against Lester, who his attorney says has been forced to move three times. He also said the publicity has made it more difficult for the case to be heard before a fair and impartial jury.
“The overwhelming majority of the reporting continues to assert that the alleged actions of (Lester) were racially motivated, which if believed, virtually eliminates the defense available to (Lester) related to the reasonableness of his actions,” Angles wrote in the ruling.
The judge noted in his order that Lester’s personal cell phone number was posted on a public platform after the shooting, leading to several text messages calling him a “murderer” who “should burn in hell.” Others threatened to shoot up Lester’s home, which has been vandalized since the shooting.
In his reply to the motion, Thompson argued that legal precedents largely favored keeping court documents open to the public, but he did not directly oppose sealing the records.
Nagbe and Yarl’s aunt, Faith Spoonmore, said the family was upset that some of the arguments for sealing court records focused on Lester’s suffering health problems and being harassed since the shooting with little discussion about the continuing problems Ralph is facing.
They said Ralph, who will be a senior in high school in the fall, has restrictions on playing with friends and playing his band instruments, while also suffering from the emotional trauma of the shooting.
“That is what we need to talk about, that is what the judge needs to understand,” Spoonmore said. “That Lester is suffering the consequences of his actions, but Ralph is suffering the consequences of being Black in America. That is what the judge needs to hear.”
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Vaccine maker Moderna announced Friday that it's suing rival drugmakers Pfizer and BioNtech for patent infringement. The lawsuit alleges the two companies used certain key features of technology Moderna developed to make their COVID-19 vaccine. It argues that Pfizer and BioNtech's vaccine infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 for its messenger RNA or mRNA technology.
All three companies' COVID-19 vaccines used mRNA technology which is a new way to make vaccines. In the past, vaccines were generally made using parts of a virus, or inactivated virus, to stimulate an immune response. With mRNA technology, the vaccine uses messenger RNA created in a lab to send genetic instructions that teach our cells to make a protein or part of a protein that triggers an immune response.
In October 2020, Moderna pledged not to enforce its COVID-19 related patents while the pandemic was ongoing, according to a statement from the company. In March this year, it said it will stick to its commitment not to enforce its COVID-19 related patents in low and middle-income countries, but expects rival companies like Pfizer to respect its intellectual property.
Moderna is not seeking to remove the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine from the market, but is seeking monetary damages.
Moderna is filing the lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany.
A Pfizer spokesperson said in a statement the company has not yet fully reviewed the complaint but it is "confident in our intellectual property supporting the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and will vigorously defend against the allegations of the lawsuit."
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A long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang may be further delayed, stalling what’s seen as a critical chance to call China to account
By Simone McCarthy, CNN
It’s been four years since a committee of United Nations experts called attention to “credible reports” that more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minority peoples were interned in extrajudicial camps in Xinjiang in northwestern China for “re-education” and indoctrination.
But since that moment in August 2018, the international community has done little on the basis of those reports within the UN: Countries in the UN’s main human rights body have not agreed to any formal call for a probe, while appeals from UN experts for China to allow for rights monitoring have been met with fierce denials of wrongdoing from Beijing and no invite for free access to come see for themselves.
Now, a report by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet could bolster the push for accountability and elevate the voices of survivors and their families in a way the UN system has not previously done — creating the potential for a turning point for how the international community, and top UN officials, have handled these accounts.
But the report itself appears to be bogged down in review, following what’s already been months of delay, with Bachelet on Thursday saying her office was “trying” to release it before the end of her term on August 31 as promised in June, but they were still reviewing “substantial input” from China, which she said was granted access to make “factual comments” as per standard procedure.
How impactful that report will be also depends on its contents, Bachelet has already been accused by human rights groups and academic experts of being soft on Beijing after a controversial visit to China earlier this year.
Releasing a strong report — and acting on it — would mean going up against China, which has amassed what multiple UN insiders and experts call significant power among countries within the UN system, built by leveraging its economic might and championing an alternative vision of human rights — as well as systematically pushing back on any effort, however small, to challenge its human rights record, including the High Commissioner’s report.
Earlier in her term, Bachelet said she sought “full access to carry out an independent assessment of the continuing reports pointing to wide patterns of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions,” but while she did not gain unfettered access in her eventual trip this past May, she has said the report was updated following that trip.
China’s Foreign Ministry has already publicly decried the report, with a spokesman late last month calling on the High Commissioner’s office to “respect the serious concern of the Chinese people and everyone speaking for justice in the world, stand on the right side of history and reject publishing an assessment on Xinjiang based on false information and false accusations.”
The spokesman did not confirm if Beijing had seen the forthcoming report at that time or elaborate on which parts he believed would be “false,” though China has patently denied all rights abuses. Bachelet on Thursday said the report “looks in depth” at allegations of “serious human rights violations.”
Battleground UN
For years, China has held significant sway over how the UN could approach allegations of major rights violations against Uyghurs and the country’s other Muslim minorities, wielding its economic and political clout to push back against a growing body of journalistic reporting, academic research and survivor testimony, people with knowledge of activities within the international body say.
At the Human Rights Council, the UN’s foremost rights body, Beijing rigorously works to counter efforts by countries to call it to account, using “incessant lobbying” and leverage such as access to vaccines, according to a Geneva-based Western diplomat.
“There are a lot of countries who are going to be worried by Chinese reactions or (fall) prey to Chinese lobbying,” the diplomat added, describing this as a key reason why a majority could not be reached in the council to establish a probe.
A rotating body of 47 nations elected from each of the world’s regions, the council can agree by consensus or majority vote on resolutions to establish investigative mechanisms like those launched to look into alleged violations in places like Myanmar, Libya and, more recently, Ukraine.
Instead, joint calls from dozens of countries presented at the human rights council for China to uphold its rights obligations and allow independent observers to enter Xinjiang have been countered by Beijing-aligned blocs of even more states with their own message: “Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet related issues are China’s internal affairs.”
The situation “clearly is an outlier,” said Stephen Rapp, a former war crimes prosecutor and US ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice. “And that is a reflection, not of the evidence, but of China’s political power.”
“There is far more than the necessary credible evidence to justify a human rights inquiry … and (the evidence) is stronger and more widespread, with a larger number of victims than multiple situations where there have been overwhelming votes to establish commissions of inquiry,” he added.
The allegations are that China has interned more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minorities across all ages and walks of life in a network of heavily fortified detention centers and re-education camps, where there are reports of torture, sexual violence and forced sterilization.
While exact figures for how many in Xinjiang, home to 11.6 million Uyghurs, have been affected are difficult to assess, the “Uyghur Tribunal,” an international group of attorneys, academics, and NGO representatives, in 2021 said hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs — with some estimates well in excess of a million – have been detained, a finding that’s also been cited by the US State Department. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which reports to the UN, also stated a similar scale of impact on the population in their 2018 statement, citing “numerous reports.”
Multiple governmental bodies have condemned the alleged abuses in recent years, with the European Parliament in June saying evidence constitutes “a serious risk of genocide,” a term the US has also used.
China, which originally denied the existence of the camps, later said it had established “vocational education and training centers” as a way to counter “extremism” in a region where ethnic riots in 2009 resulted in the deaths of 197 people, according to officials, and there have long been Communist Party fears about terrorism and separatism.
Beijing has called allegations of rights violations, genocide and forced labor in the region “the lie of the century.” In May, during Bachelet’s official trip to China — the first by a top UN rights official in 17 years — the high commissioner said the government assured her the “vocational education and training center” system was “dismantled.”
But academics and advocates say the oppression goes on, though it is now being absorbed into the prison system and transformed into a forced labor apparatus and a culture of fear and surveillance.
A spokesperson for the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in Geneva said in an emailed response to CNN that during her visit to China, Bachelet “observed with her own eyes China’s human rights path and achievements. She experienced in person what a real Xinjiang is like: a region that enjoys security, social stability and good development, and its people live and work in peace and happiness.”
“China firmly opposes the attempt to smear and attack China by fabricating disinformation. The just position of China has gained strong support of the international community. The attempt of a small number of countries to use Xinjiang-related issues to carry out political manipulation, tarnish China’s image and contain and suppress China is doomed to fail,” the spokesperson said.
Beijing has previously said “respecting and protecting freedom of religious belief is the basic policy of the (Chinese Communist Party) and the Chinese government” and that the religious believers and non-believers “enjoy the same political, economic, social and cultural rights.”
“The claims of ‘genocide,’ ‘forced labor’ and ‘religious oppression’ are sheer lies,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said to a Human Rights Council meeting in February. “Xinjiang’s door is open, and we welcome people from all over the world who harbor no bias to come to Xinjiang for visits and exchanges.”
China is far from alone in seeking to use its influence and diplomacy to block criticism and investigation of its rights record in the UN, and powerful countries can typically be difficult to hold to account, but it is among the more effective and singularly focused in its pushback, observers say.
It has also linked its efforts to a larger struggle over the purpose of the UN itself, as far as how countries should monitor and hold each other to account.
“Sure, there’s elements of coercion, diplomatic lobbying, alliances, et cetera, but there’s also, deep down, different conceptions of human rights,” Frédéric Mégret, co-director of the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at Canada’s McGill University.
“(China) will emphasize ‘constructive dialogue,’ (as in) states between themselves should engage in constructive dialogue and make polite suggestions, but they should not be finger-pointing, they should not be laying blame,” he said.
Imminent report
Even as different visions for the UN and its Geneva-based Human Rights Council play out within its halls, several UN insiders and legal experts CNN has spoken with say how the UN responds to these allegations is a test of its credibility as a rights protector.
“Our view, and the view of a number of countries that share our concern, is that when we look back a decade or more from now, if nothing happens (at the UN), we will see this as the largest unaddressed human rights catastrophe of the past 20 years,” a second Western diplomat in Geneva told CNN.
“The gap between the scale and the scope of what’s going on and the extent to which it has been publicly, officially and formally dealt with (at the UN) is truly remarkable. We are very conscious of this,” said the diplomat.
The deadlock between countries in the Human Rights Council over how to respond to the allegations is one reason why those who have sought to hold China to account — including the overseas family members of Uyghur people in Xinjiang — are closely watching the release of Bachelet’s report.
“My sense is that many diplomats are waiting for that report. Once it does come out I could see them rallying and pointing to the UN’s own report in order to say, ‘we cannot look away from this evidence from the very institutions that we are part of,'” said human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat, who is the sister of Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat who has been detained and then jailed in Xinjiang since 2016, according to Amnesty International.
In September 2021, Bachelet said her office was “finalizing its assessment,” while a spokesperson in December said they hoped to publish in the coming weeks.
When asked during a press conference Thursday why the report was delayed, Bachelet said she “wanted to prioritize” visiting the country and “convey directly those allegations” to officials — and her office in early March reached an agreement with Beijing for a visit.
The trip, which she described previously as “an opportunity to hold direct discussions,” not the investigatory mission she had long called for, was decried by advocates and leading scholars on Xinjiang at the time.
In the wake of that visit, more than two hundred Uyghur, human rights and interest groups jointly called for her resignation and several dozen leading scholars slammed her for “ignor[ing] and even contradict[ing]” academic consensus about violations in the region. A group of UN independent experts acknowledged dialogue with the Chinese government has merit, but stressed it could not “replace the urgent need for a complete assessment of the human rights situation in the country.”
Bachelet discussed the visit during a session of the Human Rights Council in June, when she said she was not able to speak to any Uyghurs currently detained or their families during the visit, and added there were “limitations” due to China’s Covid protocols.
“I have always emphasized the importance of dialogue in my engagement with all member states, even on the most difficult issues,” she said of her visit to China during a June 13 address, in which she also announced she would not seek a second term due to personal reasons.
Bachelet said she met with senior leaders and officials and “raised concerns regarding the human rights situation of the Uyghur and other predominately Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, including broad arbitrary detention and patterns of abuse both in the VETC (vocational education and training center) system and in other detention facilities.”
She also mentioned “frank exchanges” with survivors and civil society representatives “including outside the country” whose information and perspectives are “vital.”
When asked this week if she had been under pressure regarding the report’s publication, Bachelet said her office was “always under pressure, from various sides, from all sides I would say, in all situations … but our work is guided by human rights methodology and the facts on the ground, and objective legal analysis.”
“I have been under tremendous pressure to publish or not to publish, but I will not publish or withhold information due to any such pressure,” she said.
The Office of the High Commissioner did not reply to a request for comment from CNN.
Adrian Zenz, a leading researcher on Xinjiang who was involved in the publication of caches of leaked documents that have provided extensive detail about the operations of the detention systems, said he was contacted by Bachelet’s office regarding his research and that her research team appeared to be skilled and “highly informed.”
But how that translates into a report is another question. Experts say the standard for verification of specific claims is high for such reports, while key details like scale of atrocities may be difficult to corroborate — especially as China has blocked all meaningful access for investigators, and those with direct knowledge may fear retribution from Beijing for going on the record.
Many observers say that even a strong report from the High Commissioner would be unlikely to change the reality of China’s sway in the UN system, where Beijing’s emissaries have recently solicited support among countries for a letter calling on Bachelet not to release the document, according to a report from Reuters, who saw a letter from Chinese officials and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it.
What comes after the report remains uncertain. Even if a majority of countries were to vote to establish a formal probe, there’s no mechanism to compel China to comply — and a number of countries have denied UN access in other cases. Beijing has also ignored international decisions in the past, for example dismissing an international tribunal ruling against its claims in the South China Sea.
“But the point is that the UN plays an important role as a catalyst in other ways,” Philip Alston, a professor of law at New York University and former UN Special Rapporteur, said. “If the report is strong, it greatly helps the Uyghur campaigns in various places around the world, it should spur at least some key governments to take a stronger stand, and it would ideally persuade the Chinese that they need to further ameliorate their policies.”
For others, as the clock ticks down to its expected release, it’s also a reminder of how much time has already passed.
“It’s hard to reconcile the (the UN response) with the urgency that I feel as a direct member of the family,” Asat said.
“You start to question the integrity of the system as a whole, but you also must still try to find a way, ultimately, to work within the system,” she said. “Because whether we like it or not, this is the only body we have.”
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CHICAGO, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The wait is over for the average guy seeking an authentic men's lifestyle publication tailored to his needs. Today, we proudly unveil The Guy's List, a comprehensive online platform where men can discover top recommendations for fashion, grooming, wellness, and more. From finding the perfect athletic fit clothing to seeking gift ideas, The Guy's List provides a trusted source for genuine recommendations and reviews.
The Guy's List, a part of Chris Hogan's Undrafted Ventures portfolio, stands out because the platform is powered by a team of regular guys turned experts in their field. This esteemed group includes renowned menswear expert Beau Hayhoe, health and wellness authority John Shackleton, and Dallas Cowboys Offensive Lineman Brock Hoffman, among others. Each of these modern gentlemen bring their unique perspective and expertise to enhance the reader's experience.
At the core of The Guy's List is the mission to simplify online shopping for men. Joe Sanfilippo, Editor-In-Chief at The Guy's List, explained, "We identified a gap in the industry. While there are numerous publications covering men's fashion and lifestyle, we believe many of their writers and editors are out of touch with the everyday guy. When searching for the best men's jeans, for instance, you may come across recommendations from publications like GQ suggesting jeans that are not only hideous in my opinion but also wildly expensive, ranging from $370 to $4,000+. Our readers want products that are cool, comfortable, and affordable, and we strive to connect them with those items faster than anyone else."
With The Guy's List, men can now confidently navigate the online marketplace, knowing that they have a trusted resource at their fingertips. Whether they seek style inspiration, wellness tips, or budget-friendly recommendations, The Guy's List caters to their unique preferences and offers a curated selection of products and services that align with their needs.
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Maryland deputy shot man who charged at officers with a knife
MD officer was part of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force so he did not have a body camera
A Maryland sheriff’s deputy working on a U.S. Marshals Service task force fatally shot a man Wednesday after officials said the man charged at officers while armed with a large knife.
Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin said the man came out of the window of a Gaithersburg home brandishing a knife, The Washington Post reported. One officer used a stun gun, but it did not knock him down, Popkin said. The deputy was "backing up" but the man got "very close," causing the deputy to fear for his life and fire his weapon, the sheriff said.
The man was fatally injured and a second man who was hit was treated at a hospital, the Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General said in a statement.
NEW JERSEY MAN IS SENTENCED FOR SENDING THREATENING MESSAGES TO A BLACK MARYLAND WOMAN
The deputy who fired was working as part of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, which does not equip its officers with body-worn cameras, Popkin said.
MARYLAND DELI WORKER PEPPER SPRAYED, STABBED WHILE TRYING TO STOP THEFT OF TIP JAR: POLICE
Since the deputy is a deputized federal officer as a member of the task force, the FBI will investigate the shooting, according to Popkin and an FBI spokeswoman. The IID said it will conduct its own investigation. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-deputy-shot-man-charged-officers-knife | 2022-07-21 18:46:35 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-deputy-shot-man-charged-officers-knife |
INDIANAPOLIS — Several bills that could affect what your kids learn in school are headed to the governor’s desk after action Tuesday from the General Assembly.
The bills deal with financial literacy, cursive writing and learners' permits for teen drivers.
This year’s legislative session is in its final days and lawmakers have yet to take final actions on dozens of bills. Those actions over the next few days will determine which bills make it to Governor Eric Holcomb for his consideration.
Senate Bill 35 would require all students, starting with those in the class of 2028 to take a financial literacy course before they’re allowed to graduate. That course would cover topics like money management, credit scores and applying for a loan.
It received unanimous support in the House and Senate.
“I think we forget sometimes that it’s for life, not school, that we learn and it’s important for us to prepare our children to be good citizens and to be able to contribute to the quality of life, not only for others, but themselves,” said Rep. Vernon Smith, D-District 14.
Another bill, Senate Bill 236, deals with teen drivers and is also headed to the governor’s desk. It would require anyone under 18 who gets a learner’s permit for driving to give the Bureau of Motor Vehicles an emergency contact before they can get that permit.
Finally, by this October, elementary schools in Indiana, both public and private, have to tell the Department of Education whether their school teaches cursive writing to students and in what grade.
In 2011, Indiana stopped requiring elementary school students to learn cursive writing. Since that time, there have been calls and proposed bills to bring it back. Senate Bill 72 would require the Department of Education to take stock of how many Hoosier students are still learning it.
“As a person who taught this in third grade, I can’t tell you how important it is that we bring back cursive writing. Even though there’s an argument that kids are using laptops, it doesn’t make up for the signing of important documents and being able to read grandma’s handwriting when she writes you a note at Christmas or on your birthday,” said Rep. Sheila Klinker, D-District 27.
All three bills had wide bipartisan support.
A bill that did not, House Bill 1608, went to the governor on Monday. It will require Indiana schools to notify parents within five days if a student asks for a name or pronoun change. It would also ban human sexuality being taught to students up through third grade. Supporters say it’s about parents’ rights. Critics argue it singles out LGBTQ+ students and their families.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The gubernatorial election is months away, but the state primary on Aug. 2 is right around the corner.
Both Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and her Republican opponent, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, have spoken publicly about the “Value them Both” amendment, but neither seems to address the issue as they campaign.
Their silence leaves some Kansans wondering why the candidates aren’t acknowledging the issue while working to appeal to voters.
Political Analyst Dr. Bob Beatty says both Kelly and Schmidt are simply “playing it safe” until the conclusion of the primary.
“There’s a bit of a fear that one of the candidates might start talking about some things, like the ramifications,” Dr. Beatty says. “That really might tilt this vote. I think they are being pretty cautious about that.”
Dr. Beatty adds the candidates may also avoid the discussion to prevent confusing voters.
“It’s interesting,” he says. “The candidates really want to stay out of it at this point.”
He believes like many Kansans, both candidates are anticipating what will happen after the vote.
“If the vote passes, that means it’s thrown to the legislature,” Dr. Beatty says. The Governor will have a very important role because they would veto or sign anything regarding abortion.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/kansas-gov-candidates-tightlipped-about-abortion-amendment-on-campaign-trail/ | 2022-07-16 01:32:48 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/kansas-gov-candidates-tightlipped-about-abortion-amendment-on-campaign-trail/ |
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong gives an update on the news about the horrific collision of a passenger train and a freight train in Greece. Dozens of people died in the accident and many more were injured. It’s not yet known why the trains were on the same track.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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DeRidder authorities investigating three house fires in last three days
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Three DeRidder homes have burned in three days, authorities said.
Officials are investigating house fires on Elton Mango Drive and E. Fourth Street Wednesday morning and a fire on Ollie Street on Monday, DeRidder Fire Chief Ken Harlow confirmed.
There were no injuries or fatalities in any of the fires, Harlow said - two of the homes were unoccupied.
A cause of the fires has not yet been determined, but Harlow said his department, along with the DeRidder Police Department and the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating.
While not giving a cause of the fires, the fire chief said it not common for DeRidder to have that many house fires in a short time span.
“In a community our size, is it possible? Yes, but is it common? No, it’s not common,” Harlow said.
DeRidder Police Chief Craig Richard asked anyone with information on the fires to call the DeRidder Police Department (337-462-8911) or the DeRidder Fire Department (337-462-8929). He asked anyone who might have seen suspicious activity or who has video to call the authorities.
The first fire was at approximately 7:25 a.m., Monday, in the 800 block of Holly Street.
Wednesday morning at approximately 3:52 a.m., the fire department was called to the 300 block of E. Fourth Street, then another call came in at 6:12 a.m. about a house fire in the 400 block of Elton Mango Drive.
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New bottling line set to be installed at Winston-Salem production facility; create new jobs
RALEIGH, N.C., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC (PBV) announced today a $35 million investment to install a new state-of-the-art bottling line at its production facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. The line will improve efficiencies in the company's manufacturing operations by optimizing production capacity for some of the bottler's largest growing brands, including Aquafina and Lipton Tea, and PBV-owned brand Nature's Twist.
"This investment is a promise to our customers and consumers that we will continue to meet their beverage needs and demonstrates our long-term commitment to the region and the State of North Carolina," said Derek Hill, President & CEO of PBV. "We're excited about the opportunities that this new line will afford us as we focus on innovation and improving efficiencies. This investment allows us to continue operating at our best and ensures stable and well-paying jobs for years to come."
The new bottling line will produce millions of cases of beverages per year and can manufacture bottles made from 100-percent recycled material. PBV expects to add up to 10 new full-time jobs upon completion of the project.
"Staying connected to the needs of our customers and consumers is at the forefront of how PBV runs its operations," said Matthew Bucherati, Senior Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain at PBV. "Running our operations responsibly and sustainably is paramount. This new line incorporates the latest bottling technology, allowing us to keep up with demand while remaining good stewards in communities where we operate. I'm very proud of this investment and what we're able to deliver to our customers and consumers."
PBV acquired the 526,000 sq. ft. production facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. in 2012. In 2021, the company leased an additional 316,000 sq. ft. warehouse extension due to increased storage needs.
Construction of the new bottling line is scheduled to start in 2023 and is expected to be operational by the end of 2024.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC (PBV) is the largest privately-held manufacturer, seller, and distributor of PepsiCo beverages in North America. A joint venture of Suntory Group and PepsiCo, PBV's portfolio includes Pepsi-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Starbucks, Lipton Teas, Gatorade, Cheerwine, Orangina, and more. Additionally, PBV-owned brands, including Nature's Twist, Twisted Punch, and Sparkling OH! are distributed to the Lower 48 states and Canada through its subsidiary, Ventures Food & Beverage. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., PBV has operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware and over 2,700 employees. Learn more at www.pepsibottlingventures.com.
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Snowden InternElla Hutcherson is a recent University of Oregon graduate from Coos Bay, Oregon. She came to Jefferson Public Radio through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. Previously, Ella worked as education reporter for alternative newspaper Eugene Weekly and managing editor of student-run Ethos Magazine. In her spare time, Ella enjoys reading, yoga and drinking iced lattes. | https://www.ijpr.org/ella-hutcherson-1 | 2023-07-07 19:35:20 | 1 | https://www.ijpr.org/ella-hutcherson-1 |
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced it declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on December 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 5, 2022.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in seven states and the District of Columbia. FNB's market coverage spans several major metropolitan areas, including: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point) in North Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. The Company has total assets of $42 billion and more than 340 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
FNB provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network, which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, government banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing. The consumer banking segment provides a full line of consumer banking products and services, including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services. FNB's wealth management services include asset management, private banking and insurance.
The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FNB" and is included in Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Regional Banks Sub-Industry Index. Customers, shareholders and investors can learn more about this regional financial institution by visiting the F.N.B. Corporation website at www.fnbcorporation.com.
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TAIPEI, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global startup events resuming since the pandemic has come to an end. To lead Taiwan's startups to seize international market opportunities, Dr. Andrea Hsu, Director General, Department of Academia-Industry Collaboration and Science Park Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan led 18 startups participating London tech Week on June 13th – 14th, focusing on Smart Health, AI, IOT, and EdTech, to showcase Taiwan's innovations to the world.
The London Tech Week invited over a hundred global corporates to choose the top 8 startups to pitch on stage, the participants are from 12 countries, Taiwan startups has grasp the attention internationally, 6 Taiwan startups had been selected which is Avalanche Computing, Crypto Arsenal, FaceHeart, Lulupet, Numbers Protocol, and Giftpack, representating Taiwan to pitch on stage (International Delegation Pitches) to strive for investors and create international business opportunities on June 13th.
London Tech Week is Europe's largest technology exhibition, collaborating across government and private entities to discuss technology innovation policy, finance, and trends to provide a better future for people, society, and the economy. Taiwan's startups seek business collaboration and matchmaking events during the event. FaceHeart made the first business meeting appointment through the exhibitors' platform with Samsung and expects to have a specification discussion during the exhibition.
London is open and positive about investing in innovation and technology. Thus, it is an important stage for Taiwan's startups to strive for exposure in London Tech Week. This year, the MOST has chosen London as the first stop in the European exhibition. After London, MOST will be bringing 33 startups, to Viva Technology in France and Hub Berlin Germany, to engage with the French and the German technology startups ecosystem.
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BIOTRONIK Launches its Pulsar-18 T3 Self-Expanding Stent System in the U.S.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOTRONIK, LAKE OSWEGO, USA, announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its innovative Pulsar®-18 T3 peripheral self-expanding stent system for an improved implantation procedure for endovascular treatments. The company also announced the full U.S. commercial launch of the device, which will begin in early August.
The Pulsar-18 T3 stent system uniquely combines three technologies. A 4-French low-profile delivery system may decrease the risk of access site complications and reduce the need for closure devices when compared to 6-French devices1. The tri-axial system with braided shaft design facilitates stable and accurate implantation of the clinically proven Pulsar stent. With its thin struts and low chronic outward force (COF)2,3,4 the Pulsar-18 stent contributes to a reduced mean area of restenosis3,4.
The redesigned Pulsar-18 T3 stent system offers physicians an intuitive and ergonomic wheel-operated handle for one-handed stent release enhancing the ability to control deployment.
"I was immediately impressed by the new concept of the Pulsar-18 T3 system," said Dr. Koen Deloose, Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery AZSint Blasius Hospital Dendermonde, Belgium. "The combination of having a very ergonomic handle combined with a tri-axial system and also everything in a 4-French concept was, for me, quite unique."
While the stent system has been redesigned with new features to enhance deployment, it builds on the established Pulsar stent performance. Data highlights the long-term safety and efficiency of the Pulsar stent, showing freedom from target lesion revascularization rate of 89.3%* and no major target limb amputations at 24 months.5
"The Pulsar-18 T3 stent system is an innovative solution that delivers clinically proven performance – providing effective therapy that is easy to use for physicians while minimizing metal burden and may reduce the risk of restenosis for patients," stated David Hayes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, BIOTRONIK, Inc.
BIOTRONIK will offer the Pulsar-18 T3 in up to a 200 mm stent length for treatment of long lesions.
The Pulsar-18 T3 stent system is indicated for use to improve luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic de novo, restenotic or occlusive lesions located in the superficial femoral or proximal popliteal arteries, with reference vessel diameters from 3.0 to 6.0 mm and total lesion lengths up to 190 mm**.
References:
1 M.Bosiers et al. 4-French-compatible endovascular material is safe and effective in the treatment of femoropopliteal occlusive disease: results of the 4-EVER trial. J Endovasc Ther. 2013;20:746-756.
2 BIOTRONIK data on file.
3 Funovics M. Differences in clinical outcomes of low COF stent vs high COF stent proven in clinical practice. BIOFLEX COF, presented at CIRSE, 8.Sep.2019.
4 Zhao HQ et al. Late stent expansion and neointimal proliferation of oversized nitinol stents in peripheral arteries. Cardiovasc Interv Radiol. 2009;32;720-726.
5 Lichtenberg M et al. Effectiveness of the Pulsar-18 self-expanding stent with optional drug-coated balloon angioplasty in the treatment of femoropopliteal lesions – the BIOFLEX PEACE all-comers registry. Vasa. 2019;48:425-432.
*Stent-only group
** For indications please see Instructions For Use.
Pulsar is a trademark or registered trademark of the BIOTRONIK Group of Companies.
BIOTRONIK is a leading medical device company that has been developing trusted and innovative cardiovascular and endovascular solutions for more than 50 years. Driven by a purpose to perfectly match technology with the human body, BIOTRONIK innovations deliver care that saves and improves the lives of millions diagnosed with heart and blood vessel diseases every year. BIOTRONIK is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and represented in over 100 countries.
For more information, visit: https://www.biotronik.com/en-us/products/peripheral/pulsar-18T3
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PFT Props: Will Dak or Brady sign first?
February 21, 2020 08:43 AM
Mike Florio and Big Cat dive into some free agency related props over who will sign first between Tom Brady and Dak Prescott and whether Philip Rivers or Jameis Winston will be a starter next year. | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/pft-props-will-dak-or-brady-sign-first | 2023-06-27 02:58:57 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/nfl/profootballtalk/pft-props-will-dak-or-brady-sign-first |
Revises Full-Year 2022 Guidance
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thorne HealthTech, Inc. ("Thorne HealthTech", "Thorne" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: THRN), a leader in developing personalized, innovative solutions to help people live healthier, longer lives, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter Highlights:
- Net sales grew 30.7% year-over-year to $56.1 million, with direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales growth of 69.6%
- Gross profit grew 37.0% year-over-year to $31.4 million; gross margin increased 260 basis points year over year to 55.9%
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders of $5.6 million; adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.4 million
- Diluted loss per share of $0.11; adjusted diluted loss per share of $0.05
- Revised full-year 2022 guidance for projected net sales of $235 million to $242 million; adjusted EBITDA of $28 million to $32 million; and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.36 to $0.39; previously issued guidance for projected gross margin of 53% to 55% reaffirmed
"I am pleased to report record quarterly net sales, which grew 30.7% over the second quarter of last year, with continued gross margin expansion to 55.9% for the quarter," said Paul Jacobson, Thorne HealthTech's chairman and CEO. "We completed our largest marketing campaign to date to drive brand awareness and strengthen our long-term positioning as a leading provider of personalized solutions and supplements that empower individuals to live healthier longer and achieve peak performance."
Mr. Jacobson added, "While sales performance was solid across our portfolio, we have continued to experience disruptions in international end markets, mostly from the conflict in Ukraine and Russia. As a result, we no longer anticipate fully offsetting the disruptions with new business this year and are therefore reducing net sales and adjusted EBITDA guidance. Importantly, we expect our gross margin profile, the return of marketing spend to normal levels and SG&A leverage in the second half of 2022 to result in strong adjusted EBITDA growth, as reflected in our revised full-year guidance."
Net Sales
The following tables provide a summary of sales by channel for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021:
As of June 30, 2022, the number of active subscriptions grew 54.0% to 300,031, compared to 194,778 as of June 30, 2021.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's annual life-time value (LTV) to customer acquisition cost (CAC) ratio was 1.8x, compared to 4.6x for the three months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's LTV to CAC ratio was 2.7x, compared to 5.2x for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increases in CAC and resulting decreases in the LTV to CAC ratios for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were primarily due to increased marketing expenses from the Company's Redefining Healthy Aging Campaign that occurred during the second quarter of 2022.
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
The following tables provide a summary of cost of sales and gross profit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021:
Operating Expenses
The following tables provide a summary of select operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021:
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the increase in marketing expense as a percentage of sales over the comparable prior year periods was due to planned spend associated with the Company's Redefining Healthy Aging Campaign that occurred during the second quarter of 2022.
Net Income (Loss) and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share
The following tables provide a summary of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income (loss), diluted earnings (loss) per share and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021:
Important disclosures about, and reconciliations of, non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures, including adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share are provided in the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of this press release.
Financial Position
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $27.8 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and $2.1 million of debt outstanding, inclusive of $0.7 million attributable to finance lease liabilities.
Financial Guidance
In connection with reporting its first quarter results, the Company disclosed it was (i) impacted by higher than anticipated exposure of certain U.S. based distribution partners to end consumers in Ukraine and Russia and (ii) that its guidance assumed then-existing global business conditions would not further deteriorate. Since reporting first quarter results, the Company has experienced incremental disruptions in international end markets which are not expected to be fully offset by contributions from new business or improved international conditions this year. As a result, the Company is revising its full-year guidance ranges downward for each of net sales and adjusted EBITDA while reaffirming its previously issued gross margin guidance.
The following table presents the Company's (i) prior guidance, (ii) revised guidance, and (iii) the corresponding growth rates over full-year 2021 results at the low and high ends of the revised guidance ranges for each measure:
The Company's revised guidance assumes the following:
- Foreign exchange rates will remain in effect for the remainder of the year
- Marketing expenses of between 14% and 15% of net sales, a reduction compared to prior guidance, with remaining marketing expenses for the second half of 2022 weighted slightly higher in the third quarter than in the fourth quarter
- For adjusted net income and adjusted EPS, revised guidance also assumes (i) an estimated full-year adjusted tax rate of 10% and (ii) diluted weighted-average shares outstanding of 57.5 million as of December 31, 2022, down from the prior estimate of 62.0 million due to the dilutive effect of the Company's outstanding options and warrants on the projected number of diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the full-year
Webcast and Conference Call Details
The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 8 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Time) to discuss its second quarter 2022 financial results. A live webcast of the call can be accessed by logging onto the investors section of the Thorne HealthTech website at https://investors.thornehealthtech.com. A replay will be available on the same website after the call.
In addition, the conference call can be accessed over the phone by dialing +1 844 200 6205 for U.S. callers, or +1 929 526 1599 for international callers, approximately 10 minutes prior to the start time. An audio replay will be available for 7 days following the call. To access the replay, dial +1 866 813 9403 (U.S.) or +44 204 525 0658 (International). The access code for the live call and replay is 713206.
About Thorne HealthTech
Thorne HealthTech is a leader in developing innovative solutions for delivering personalized approaches to health and wellness. As a science-driven wellness company that empowers individuals with the support, education, and solutions they need to achieve healthy aging – living healthier longer – Thorne utilizes testing and data to create improved product efficacy and to deliver personalized solutions to consumers, health professionals, and corporations. Predicated on the power of the individual, Thorne leverages artificial intelligence models to provide insights and personalized data, products, and services that help individuals take a proactive and actionable approach to improve and maintain their health over a lifetime. Thorne is the only supplement manufacturer that collaborates with Mayo Clinic on health and wellness research and content, and is trusted by more than five million customers, 46,000+ health-care professionals, thousands of professional athletes, and more than 100 professional sports teams and U.S. National Teams. For more information, visit Thorne.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this news release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the conditions of our industry, our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, development plans, expected research and development costs, regulatory strategy, product and service development, sales and marketing activities, international expansion efforts, timing and likelihood of success, as well as plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "guidance," "may," "will," "should," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "could," "intend," "target," "project," "contemplate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding financial guidance, market opportunity, ability to penetrate the market, expanded product offerings and expectations for growth. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about our business, the industry in which we operate and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, and these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or development. These forward-looking statements are current only as of the date of this news release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in the section titled "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Thorne HealthTech's filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2022 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which we plan to file on or about August 10, 2022, and other SEC filings, copies of which are available free of charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding its financial results, the Company has provided certain financial measures that are not recognized under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in this press release, including: earnings or loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share.
The Company calculates EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net income or loss excluding depreciation and amortization, interest expense and income taxes. EBITDA margin represents EBITDA as a percentage of net sales. The Company calculates adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, by further excluding non-cash items for stock-based compensation expenses, change in fair value of warrant liability, loss on Drawbridge step acquisition, loss on Drawbridge Transaction, guarantee fees, income or loss from equity interests in unconsolidated affiliates and transaction costs related to mergers and acquisitions. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales. The Company calculates adjusted net income or loss, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net income or loss excluding (i) stock-based compensation expenses, change in fair value of warrant liability, loss on Drawbridge step acquisition, loss on Drawbridge transaction, guarantee fees, income or loss from equity in unconsolidated affiliates and transaction costs related to mergers and acquisitions and (ii) utilizing an adjusted provision for income taxes based on the Company's estimate of applicable statutory rates.
EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share should be viewed as measures of operating performance that are supplements to, and not substitutes for, operating income or loss, net income or loss and other GAAP measures of income and loss. The Company has included EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income or loss and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share in this press release because they are key measures used by the Company's management to evaluate and compare the Company's financial and operational performance over multiple periods, identifying trends affecting the Company's business, formulating business plans and making strategic decisions. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses or income in calculating adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income (loss) facilitates operating performance comparability across reporting periods by removing the effect of non-cash expenses and certain non-recurring variable charges. In addition, the Company believes that providing each of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income or loss, together with a reconciliation of net income or loss to each such measure, helps investors make comparisons between Thorne HealthTech and other companies that may have different capital structures, different tax rates and different forms of employee compensation. Each of EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income or loss and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share has inherent limitations because of the excluded items, and may not be directly comparable to similarly titled metrics used by other companies.
The Company has not reconciled the forward-looking adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share guidance included in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures because this cannot be done without unreasonable effort due to the variability and low visibility with respect to certain costs, the most significant of which are incentive compensation (including stock-based compensation), certain fair value measurements, acquisition transactions and integration, tax items and others that may arise during the year, each of which are potential adjustments to future earnings. The Company expects the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
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How to watch CNN’s town hall with former Vice President Mike Pence
By CNN staff
(CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday following the official launch of his 2024 presidential campaign earlier in the day.
Pence, who served as President Donald Trump’s second-in-command from 2017 to 2021, has for months been positioning himself as a contender for the Republican nomination, while also promoting his memoir “So Help Me God.”
The Republican primary to take on President Joe Biden has grown crowded in recent weeks, though Trump remains the polling front-runner for the party nod. Pence had a public falling out with the former president over the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and has suggested the Republican Party needs to move on from Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.
The former vice president testified in April before a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of Trump and others.
Wednesday’s event will be the third in CNN’s series of Republican presidential town halls for the 2024 cycle, following appearances by Trump and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Here’s how to watch the town hall with Pence:
What time is the town hall?
The town hall is set to begin at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
How can I watch it?
The town hall will stream live, without requiring a cable login, on CNN.com’s homepage and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android, and CNN OTT and mobile apps or CNNgo, where available. The town hall will also be available on demand beginning Thursday, June 8, to pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN OTT apps and cable operator platforms.
Who is moderating?
The event will be moderated by CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash.
Where is it taking place?
The town hall is taking place at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Will there be a live audience?
Yes, Pence will field questions from Bash and a live audience comprised of Iowa Republicans and voters who say they plan to preregister to take part in the Republican caucuses by the deadline set by the state GOP and pledge to appear in person at the caucuses.
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Musk invites Twitter fact-checker community to check Biden's condemnation of 'MAGA' Republicans
Musk said that when one criticizes a group, 'descriptions should be accurate' and not merely focusing on a 'small segment of the right or left.'
Twitter CEO Elon Musk locked horns with President Biden after he slammed the proposals of so-called "MAGA House Republicans" on Monday.
Twitter was condemned by many for cracking down on the speech of then-President Trump and entire news outlets in past years, to the point Twitter was accused by many of being biased against conservatives. After Elon Musk's takeover, however, even Democratic Party leaders like Biden are being called out for their rhetoric and misleading political messages.
"If extreme MAGA House Republicans’ proposals become reality, services at 125 Air Traffic Control Towers would be shut down, and passengers at some large airports would face wait times of two hours or more," Biden tweeted.
Musk responded by calling upon Twitter’s own crowdsourced Community Notes, to put Biden’s statement in context, "Is it accurate to refer to those making the proposal as ‘extreme MAGA’ @CommunityNotes?"
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SLAMS BIDEN'S FAA NOMINEE: A 'COMPLETE MISMATCH'
Community Notes is described on Twitter's website as a feature aiming to "create a better informed world by empowering people on Twitter to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading Tweets."
Earlier in March, the White House issued a press release titled, "FIVE-ALARM FIRE: The House Freedom Caucus’ Extreme Budget Proposal Endangers Public Safety." The proclamation warned that "Combined with other commitments extreme MAGA House Republicans have already made," there will be 5 ways in which "the extreme Freedom Caucus proposal will be a disaster for families."
Among claims that the Republicans' budget proposal will "Make Our Border Less Secure" and "Defund the Police," the press release warned that the "extreme MAGA Republican House Freedom Caucus proposal would shut down services at 125 Air Traffic Control Towers across the country."
One commentator responded to Musk calling upon Twitter to fact-check Biden by asking, "Is it accurate to group all those left of centre into the same group when people vent their frustrations about certain left wing figures?"
BIDEN FAA NOMINEE STALLS IN SENATE COMMITTEE AS REPUBLICANS CALL HIM UNQUALIFIED
Musk replied, "No, descriptions should be accurate. If only a small segment of the right or left is pushing something, then it wouldn’t be correct to paint all of the left or right with that viewpoint."
Many commentators agreed, saying that Biden’s terminology is one to smear his political opposition.
"No, it is just a way to vilify and group of people that do not agree with your policies," radio commentator Willie Lora tweeted.
Florida Republican Lavern Spicer wrote, "Of course not. It's just his new PR team thinks this will work!"
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BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a heating gas tank that exploded in a residential complex in northern Iraq has risen to 15, an civil defense official said Friday.
The explosion a night earlier in the city of Sulimaniyah destroyed three homes and also injured 16 people. On Thursday night, Kurdish officials and local media reports said that an unknown number of people were trapped under the rubble.
Authorities said the explosion was caused by a liquid gas tank. Civil defense teams were combing through the rubble in search of survivors.
“A total of 15 bodies have been pulled out from under the rubble,” said the head of Civil Defense in Sulimaniyah, Diyar Ibrahim, according to the official Iraqi News Agency. He said search operations continued into the early hours of Friday, adding that there are no more bodies under the rubble.
The provincial governor, Haval Abu Bakrin, said a child was among the victims, INA reported.
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MORGAN CITY, La., Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) announced today the appointment of Larry J. Callais to its Board of Directors. Mr. Callais will serve as an independent Class I director, and as a member of the Company's Independent Directors Committee, effective immediately.
Johnny Conrad, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, "We are pleased to welcome Larry Callais to our Board. Larry is well-known and well-respected in the business community in and around where Conrad has its primary operations. His skills and experience as a community banker and leader in the financial services industry will provide our Board and management with important insights and perspectives."
About Larry J. Callais
Larry J. Callais served as Chief Executive Officer of M C Bank from 1999 until 2021. He joined the bank in 1977. M C Bank is a Morgan City-based commercial bank with seven locations in south Louisiana. Among his many civic and professional activities, Mr. Callais has served as Chairman of the Board of the St. Mary Parish Foundation, served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Bankers Association. He is a Certified Public Accountant, on inactive status.
About Conrad Industries, Inc.
Conrad Industries, Inc., established in 1948 and headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana, designs, builds and overhauls tugboats, ferries, liftboats, barges, offshore supply vessels and other steel and aluminum products for both the commercial and government markets. The company provides both repair and new construction services at its five shipyards located in southern Louisiana and Texas.
For Information Contact:
Cecil Hernandez (985) 702-0195
CAHernandez@ConradIndustries.com
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Dividend Increased by $0.03 per share, or 6%, to $0.53
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG), a diversified international transportation services company and one of the world's premier automotive and commercial truck retailers, today announced that its Board of Directors has increased the Company's dividend by $0.03 per share, or 6%, to $0.53 per share. "Based on our continued strong cash flow and the strength of the Company's diversified business model, we are delighted to provide our shareholders with a three cent increase in the cash dividend," said Penske Automotive Group President, Robert Kurnick, Jr. The dividend is payable September 1, 2022, to shareholders of record on August 10, 2022.
About Penske Automotive
Penske Automotive Group, Inc., (NYSE: PAG) headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a diversified international transportation services company and one of the world's premier automotive and commercial truck retailers. PAG operates dealerships principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Japan and is one of the largest retailers of commercial trucks in North America for Freightliner. PAG also distributes and retails commercial vehicles, diesel and gas engines, power systems and related parts and services principally in Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, PAG owns 28.9% of Penske Transportation Solutions, a business that manages a fleet of over 387,000 vehicles providing innovative transportation, supply chain and technology solutions to North American fleets. PAG is a member of the Fortune 500, Russell 1000, and Russell 3000 indexes, and is ranked among the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine. For additional information, visit the Company's website at www.penskeautomotive.com.
Caution Concerning Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this press release may involve forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements regarding Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s financial performance, acquisitions, and growth plans. Actual results may vary materially because of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the duration, severity, and resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, government mandated restrictions on our business in light of COVID-19 or otherwise, macro-economic and geo-political conditions generally, conditions in the credit markets, inflation, changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, changes in tariff rates, changes in the distribution model in our international operations via agency or other means, new or enhanced regulations that may impact the sale of certain vehicles through our dealerships, adverse conditions affecting a particular manufacturer, including the adverse impact to the vehicle and parts supply chain due to limited vehicle availability as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the shortage of automotive semiconductor chips or other components, natural disasters, recall initiatives or other disruptions that interrupt the supply of vehicles or parts to us, changes in consumer credit availability, the outcome of legal and administrative matters, and other factors over which management has limited control. These forward-looking statements should be evaluated together with additional information about Penske Automotive Group's business, markets, conditions, and other uncertainties, which could affect Penske Automotive Group's future performance. These risks and uncertainties are addressed in Penske Automotive Group's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). This press release speaks only as of its date, and Penske Automotive Group disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
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Winter storm pushes back Red Kettle Campaign in Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The winter storm has left more than 10 inches of snow on the ground in Aberdeen, which has closed down businesses, schools and now, it affecting the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign
Due to hazardous conditions, the kettle bells stopped ringing in local businesses for three days this week.
”We’ve had to miss some days of red kettles due to the weather and the safety of having people drive to come out to them. It was just better to bring the kettles in and let people be safe,” said Aberdeen Salvation Army Envoy Joel Arthur.
Closing the kettles, however, has led Salvation Army staff to worry about meeting their fundraising goal this year. The Red Kettle Campaign is the Salvation Army’s biggest fundraiser of the year.
“I mean, our Christmas campaign, the Red Kettle, that’s when you see us the most. These two months, November and December, that’s when we’re out. That’s our biggest time of the year that we fundraise. It really helps us be able to meet those programs throughout the year,” said Arthur.
In an effort to give donations a push for the last week of the campaign, the Salvation Army is encouraging donors to give $20 on Tuesday, December 20th.
”I just think that would be really neat, $20 on the 20th. I think that’s really cool. Just something different, something to do,” said Arthur.
The funds raised from the Red Kettle Campaign help with year-round meal programs, including the free Christmas Banquet the Salvation Army will be hosting at 11:30 a.m on December 23rd.
”It’s important because we want the sense of community and family here, and we just want people to enjoy the spirit of Christmas. Almost nothing says that besides sitting down and eating together,” said Aberdeen Salvation Army Volunteer Coordinator Tony Jones.
Jones says the Salvation Army needs volunteers as well as donations.
“The snow really interrupted some of our plans, so we’re playing a little bit of catch-up. We’re always playing a little bit of catch-up during the holidays, but even more so now. We had some groups that were scheduled and they had to cancel, so we’re getting the warehouse in order. We always could use more bell ringers because a lot of those got cancelled this week with the snow,” said Jones.
Arthur says the Salvation Army has raised just under half of their $300,000 goal.
”What we do this Christmas campaign for is to provide for those other programs throughout the year. We need peoples’ help. We need people to come and volunteer. We want people to be safe, but we’ve got to put a big push this week. We’ve got to make our campaign,” said Arthur.
The Red Kettle Campaign will end on Christmas Eve.
Red Kettles can be found in Aberdeen at Walmart, Kessler’s, The Uptown Mall, Runnings, Ken’s and Hobby Lobby. You can volunteer to ring the Red Kettle Bells by going to registertoring.com or calling the Aberdeen Salvation Army at 605-225-7410.
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MELVILLE, N.Y., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to increase awareness about marine conservation and amplify messaging to students, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, and the New York Marine Rescue Center, is excited to announce its support of the New York Marine Rescue Center and its conservation efforts surrounding cold stunned sea turtles. In connection with those efforts, the New York Marine Rescue Center released 'The Adventures of Peachy Keen,' a culmination of stories and illustrations about the 16 North Country Road Middle School Science Club students rescue and release of their Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Their book was printed on a Canon imagePRESS C10000 Digital Press.
The New York Marine Rescue Center is a rescue and rehabilitation organization that promotes marine conservation. Its mission is to preserve and protect the marine environment through conservation efforts including rescue, rehabilitation, education and research. They are the primary responders for sick or injured seals, sea turtles, dolphins, porpoises and small toothed whales, and maintain the only marine mammal and sea turtle rehabilitation center in New York State.
"I'd like to thank the NY Marine Rescue Center for supporting the publication of our Science Club students' book and for Canon USA's support in printing the publication and both the New York Marine Rescue Center and Canon for its sponsorship of the program providing our students with such an enriching and rewarding learning experience," said Dr. Marianne Cartisano, superintendent of the Miller Place Union Free School District in Miller Place, NY.
"The partnership that we have with Canon has been instrumental to our organization for the past number of years," said Danielle Perillo, director of administration and development, New York Marine Rescue Center. "Canon is generously supporting two satellite tags for our sea turtles, which provides the data necessary for us to be able to track these sea turtles and study their movements for conservation research."
As part of the New York Marine Rescue Center pilot program, New York Marine Rescue Center staff provided lectures on cold stunned sea turtles, marine mammals that inhabit New York waters and gave a virtual behind-the-scenes tour to the students. The students learned firsthand what to do if they find a stranded sea turtle and the importance of removing debris from our beaches to ensure the safety of the marine life.
"Environmental conservation is one of the central tenets of Canon's corporate philosophy of building a strong unified future. We are proud of these exceptional students for their efforts to raise awareness of the need to protect marine life through this incredible book," said Christine Sedlacek, senior director and general manager, Corporate Communications Divisions, Canon U.S.A. "Though Canon is a global brand, Long Island is our home. We are honored to support the NY Marine Rescue Center and its educational program involving the Miller Place School District as it builds the next generation of innovators and environmental champions."
Canon U.S.A. is excited to continue this program in 2022 with the Half Hollow Hills School in Dix Hills, NY.
For more information about the book, please click on the link: http://nymarinerescue.org/product/peachykeen/
For more information on Canon's work with New York Marine Rescue Center, please visit here.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
† Number of patents for 2021 are based on figures released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Figures for 2005 to 2020 are based on information issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Nicole Esan
631-330-2139
niesan@cusa.canon.com
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Hurricane Ian strengthened to a major Category 3 storm. It made landfall in western Cuba this morning and continues its path towards Florida’s west coast.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young checks in with Jeffrey George, chief meteorologist at the University of Florida’s weather center.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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CHANHASSEN, Minn., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Time® Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time," "we," "our," or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) today announced that President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas (Tom) Bergmann, has decided to retire from the Company on December 31, 2022. In conjunction with Bergmann's retirement, the Company also announced that Robert (Bob) Houghton has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 28, 2022. Bergmann relinquished his Chief Financial Officer role concurrent with Houghton's election and will remain President to support the transition through the end of 2022.
Bergmann joined Life Time in February 2016 as President and Chief Financial Officer. His operational and financial leadership has played a central role in the Company's continued expansion and growth, positioning Life Time well for the future. In addition to building a strong finance team, he also led significant equity and debt transactions for the Company, including minority equity investments, multiple debt capital market transactions and the October 2021 initial public offering.
Houghton brings to Life Time broad experience in finance, extensive financial planning and analysis (FP&A) skills and senior leadership experience, having served as Senior Vice President – Finance at United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), a North American distributor of natural and conventional grocery and non-food products, since May 2020. While at UNFI, Houghton led the strategy, development and execution of enterprise-wide FP&A, investor relations, financial systems, finance integration and business continuity programs. Prior to that, he served as Vice President – Corporate Finance and Treasurer and Vice President – Investor Relations for C.H. Robinson, a global third-party logistics company, from 2018 to April 2020. Houghton also held finance leadership roles with Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, General Mills and International Paper Company between 1993 and 2018.
Commenting on Bergmann's retirement from Life Time and Houghton joining the Company, Life Time Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bahram Akradi, said, "I want to thank Tom for his tremendous leadership and contributions as a member of our executive leadership team. I'm very grateful for his partnership, particularly as we returned to the public market last year and navigated our way through the significant impact of the pandemic. I'm also pleased to welcome Bob to our executive leadership team. With his proven track record in financial leadership and FP&A expertise, I look forward to the impact he will have in guiding our finance functions as we continue to build our highly coveted healthy way of life company and brand with unwavering commitment to serve members and shareholders."
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Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of nearly 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The Company's healthy way of life communities address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for those 90 days to 90+ years with integrity and respect for everyone. With a team of more than 30,000, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its athletic country clubs, iconic athletic events and via a complementary, comprehensive digital platform.
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Bryan police investigating single vehicle rollover crash near RELLIS campus
The driver of the car was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, said police.
Published: May. 8, 2022 at 2:09 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -Bryan police are investigating a single-vehicle rollover that happened around 1:15 Sunday afternoon.
It happened on the 47/Riverside Parkway N ramp to SH 21 west near the RELLIS campus.
Officers on scene said they were still investigating how the accident occurred.
The driver of the car was taken to the hospital by Bryan Fire/ EMS. We’re told there were no passengers in the car.
All roadways are open in the area.
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma receiver Drake Stoops is much more than the son of a Hall of Fame football coach.
Stoops – whose father, Bob, led the Sooners to the 2000 national title – has gone from walk-on at the beginning of his college career to scholarship player who has started six of his team’s nine games. The fifth-year player has caught 21 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns this season while providing veteran leadership on a team filled with young players and transfers.
“You want to have a whole locker room full of guys like that,” Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. “You want young people of excellence. You want as many guys like him as you can. You hope other people learn from them."
Stoops was Oklahoma’s nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, which goes to the top player in the nation who started his career as a walk-on. Former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield won the honor twice.
This season, Iowa State tight end Jared Rus, Kansas receiver Quentin Skinner, Kansas State linebacker Austin Moore, Oklahoma State kicker Tanner Brown, Texas Tech receiver Xavier White and West Virginia kicker Casey Legg joined Stoops as Big 12 players initially in the running for the Burlsworth Trophy. Though none of the conference’s players made it through to the semifinal round of consideration, they have been key contributors for their programs this season.
Legg played soccer in high school at West Virginia’s Cross Lanes Christian School, which doesn’t have a football team. At one game, a supporter for an opposing team asked Legg’s mother if he had ever kicked a football. He hadn’t, but his curiosity was piqued after his mother relayed the conversation.
First, he had to buy a football and a tee. He kicked well in an empty college field in Charleston and fell in love with the sport.
“That was probably out of complete beginner’s luck because I had no idea what I was doing,” he said earlier this season. “I just look at the ball and kick it. And I remember that very clearly, that I loved it and wanted to kick footballs.”
It turns out that West Virginia was looking for a kicker. Then-coach Dana Holgorsen invited Legg to campus for a tryout. He earned a roster spot and waited his turn.
He did some placekicking in 2019 but it wasn’t until 2021 that he earned the starting job. Legg has made 38 of 46 career field goals, including all 12 attempts this season. He has made all 82 extra-point attempts.
A year ago last month, with Legg's mother in attendance, coach Neal Brown announced to the team that Legg had earned a full scholarship.
Rus played linebacker and running back before he became a tight end. He tore a knee ligament in the spring and was expected to miss six months, but he made it back in four, allowing him to play at the start of the season.
“I definitely don’t have the best talent, but working hard and doing the right things is going to get noticed by somebody like coach (Matt) Campbell,” Rus said. “I’m thankful for him being on my side and helping me out so much and helping so many other people out."
White leads the Red Raiders this season with 755 all-purpose yards (461 receiving, 15 on punt returns, 279 on kick returns). His 35 catches for 461 yards are both team highs.
In his career, he has 131 carries for 746 yards and five touchdowns and 84 receptions for 857 yards and five more scores. He is only the second Red Raiders player since 2000 to have multiple 100-yard rushing games and multiple 100-yard receiving games in his career.
The Lubbock, Texas, native initially went to Dodge City Community College in Kansas. He joined the Red Raiders as a receiver in 2019, played running back in 2020 and '21 and went back to receiver this year.
He has been at his best recently. He had 27 catches for 366 yards and four touchdowns in four October games, including two 100-yard games.
Kansas put Skinner on scholarship this past summer. He has 18 catches for 309 yards and four touchdowns and two carries for 41 yards and has been a key producer during the Jayhawks' surprise season.
Moore has 61 total tackles, 1 1/2 sacks, an interception and two forced fumbles for Kansas State. The linebacker was put on scholarship in the spring of 2021.
Brown, a super senior, ranks eighth nationally in scoring. He has made 15 of 16 field goals and all 36 of his extra-point attempts.
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Corey Kluber might be ready to run it back in the American League East. Per the Boston Globe:
Corey Kluber, who lives in Winchester, discussed deals with the Red Sox the past two offseasons and has had some contact with the team this winter.
“I think they’re well aware of how I feel [about pitching close to home],” said Kluber.
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However the Red Sox aren’t the only club showing interest in Kluber. The San Francisco Chronicle call Kluber “a potential option on a relatively low-cost one-year deal” for the Giants.
The 36-year-old Kluber pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2022, going 10-10 with a 4.34 ERA in 31 starts. That was more than enough to prove that the health concerns he had with the New York Yankees (2021) and Cleveland Guardians (2019 and 2020) are in the past.
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Kluber made just 16 starts for the Yankees, going 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA. But the highlight came on May 19, when he threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers.
Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner and three-time All-Star with the Guardians, made $8 million this year, according to Spotrac.
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DALLAS — A number of violations have been found at an apartment complex in southwest Oak Cliff, after neighbors began complaining about some unfavorable conditions this week.
Some tenants in Estrella at Kiest Apartments said they woke up to a foul odor and flooding on Sunday. It was raw sewage covering the floors in every room of their home.
“My whole room flooded. You’re talking about something sitting in feces,” one woman said, as she tried cleaning up her place.
The family and children living in the ground floor unit believed a busted pipe somewhere in the building caused the sewage leak.
“It started coming up from the rim of the toilet,” another tenant said.
The problem sent human waste seeping through the walls outside and leaking into their home. The women said management didn’t respond for hours. The family said it had to leave the toxic conditions, for safety.
“My uncle sent me money to get a hotel room. I had just paid the rent, and I’d just paid my car note. So, I didn’t have money to get a hotel room,” the woman explained.
The family claims it reported three similar leaks, in addition to faulty air conditioners, over several months. They said there was little to no action from property management and maintenance.
“They come out. They tweak it a little bit, but it never lasts long,” the tenant explained.
Similar complaints are being echoed by other tenants across the complex.
Another family claimed they reported their toilet floods, the air conditioner malfunctions, and floors are damaged, in addition to other health and safety concerns.
“They’re saying they’re going to fix it and they’ll come to our apartment, and they never come,” the neighbor said.
That family said it’s now facing eviction for withholding rent.
Back in the flooded unit, maintenance workers did deliver a wet vac, industrial blowers and a dehumidifier on Monday. The family has been cleaning with bleach and they have fans blowing in nearly every room.
“I’m steady mopping up, washing, constantly because of the leak,” the tenant added.
Most of this family’s property is damaged from contact with the waste and must be thrown out.
“I always feel like this may get me and my kids sick,” the woman said.
Staff for District Three Councilman Casey Thomas has been advised about the neighbors’ issues and concerns. On Monday afternoon, the City of Dallas Code Office sent an inspector to the complex to assess things.
A spokesman with City of Dallas Code Enforcement said a number of violations were found at units in the complex. Some of those concerns will be addressed in 24 hours to the severe nature of the violation. There are additional concerns, structural in nature, that will take some time to remedy.
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The Scuderia Belle Epoque and the painter Alessandro Rasponi will participate in the 2023 edition of Concorso Italiano. The painter Valentina Fiorillo is the artist of the Valentino Balboni Award 2023.
MONTEREY, Calif., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Once again, Concorso Italiano proves to be a vehicle of innovation and, at the same time, of automotive history, through the recognition of Monica Zanetti in Concorso Italiano's Hall of Fame and the participation of the Scuderia Belle Epoque of Formigine (Modena, Italy). The painters Alessandro Rasponi and Valentina Fiorillo will also participate in this edition of Concorso Italiano, the latter having been chosen as creator of the Valentino Balboni Award 2023.
The 2023 edition of Concorso Italiano will see the awarding of Monica Zanetti's career with the "La Bella Macchina" Award and her initiation into the Concorso Hall of Fame. Monica Zanetti, also known as "Lady F40", made history in the automotive industry as the first female mechanic and coachbuilder to join the Ferrari team. Her pioneering contribution opened new avenues in the automotive world, and continues today with her work at the Scuderia Belle Epoque: a vintage car and Formula One restoration workshop.
Monica Zanetti will be present at the 2023 edition of the Concorso Italiano together with Pietro Corradini, historic F1 mechanic, Rossana Guicciardi and the entrepreneur Pietro Ferrari, partner of Belle Epoque, present as Pavillon Sponsor.
Following the announcement, Monica Zanetti replied: "It is a great honor for me to receive this recognition from Concorso Italiano, an event that I have admired for years and that I will finally have the opportunity to experience as a protagonist. I thank the President Tom McDowell and Raffaello Porro for thinking of me."
The painter Alessandro Rasponi will also participate with them, bringing one of his collections on display and painting live on site.
Valentina Fiorillo was chosen as creator for the Valentino Balboni Award 2023, an award intended for the owner of the most beautiful Lamborghini exhibited at Concorso and given to the winner by Valentino Balboni himself.
The thirty-eighth edition of the Concorso Italiano will be held on August 19, 2023 from 9:00am to 4:30pm at Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club in Monterey, California, during the Monterey Car Week.
For more details and information on the event, please visit: https://concorso.com/
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LONDON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The VeChain Foundation is no stranger to innovation. As pioneer of many blockchain applications that have tangibly benefitted the real economy, the Foundation has a history of solving pain points across a diverse array of industries.
Today, the VeChain Foundation and Supply@ME (SYME); the fintech company behind the unique 'Inventory Monetisation©' platform, announced the signing of a strategic alliance. The outcome will be a first-of-its-kind 'Web3' Inventory Monetisation System that utilizes blockchain, stablecoin and NFT technology to help creditworthy businesses raise value from their inventories and provide companies with entirely new kinds of economic services.
Phase one of the collaboration is already underway, with initial results due by end July 2022. The goal is to develop a proof-of-concept platform able to generate and deliver a blockchain transaction to an Italian company from SYME's client portfolio via the VeChainThor public blockchain.
Following analysis and review of phase 1, the project will move to phase 2 and the development of a full Inventory Monetisation Platform by December 2022. Complete with a full roadmap of Web3 features, including the issuance of Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFT") that represent digital ownership of physical items, B2B marketplaces, decentralized financial applications and an overall governance protocol, the platform promises to unlock brand new capabilities for manufacturing and trading companies
During the second phase, the VeChainThor public blockchain will be utilized to mint the phygital (physical + digital) NFTs, with Inventory Monetisation transactions funded by multiple liquidity providers including crypto asset managers and retail investors, exploring an enhanced commercial non-credit financing model.
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"As Supply@ME continues to scale, we are mindful of the evolving nature of the commercial and international trade, whereby digital assets are becoming increasingly popular among investors and have the potential to revolutionise the traditional financial services industry. They can also support and educate it for the future, boosting confidence in investing in new structures such as our Inventory Monetisation transactions. By embarking upon this alliance with the highly respected VeChain, an organisation that is unique in the sustainability and supply chain sector, we are working to ensure the business is future-proof and highly scalable. In parallel, we continue to progress our own traditional funding routes which remains strategic for our business model."
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"We are always looking to join hands with innovative companies pushing the fore of digital technology. VeChain has demonstrated its ability to dream up, and subsequently deploy innovative ideas and ecosystems that harness the revolutionary power of blockchain. We recognised the same potential in Supply@ME and their novel TradFi-DeFi inventory management service. We look forward to collaborating with them to co-develop these new systems and provide businesses with an entirely new method of raising value from Inventory Monetisation."
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The heart-wrenching scenes and reports of children so “shot up” by shooters with military-type weapons that DNA must be used to identify them is beyond incomprehensible. The military locks these weapons and ammo up and only issues them to trained or soldiers in training under strict supervision. For training, soldiers get 15-round or smaller magazines and are only issued ammo when moving into a combat scenario.
We train them to the “one shot, one kill” mantra illustrating the fact that these weapons are required to “kill the enemy” quickly before they kill us. And yet, in our civilian world, we let teenagers buy these weapons, large capacity magazines and unlimited ammo with literally no restrictions. There are limited or no background or mental health checks, no licensing or safety training required, no safe storage controls, etc.
I was a senior weapons instructor in the Army. My instructors taught thousands of soldiers how to shoot and kill the enemy and that enemy was not American 4th graders. I personally have qualified on both M16s, the Soviet AK-47, German Assault Rifle and others. I learned that we adopted the term “assault rifle” from the Nazis as they named their version ” Sturmgewehr” deadly and terrifying on the battlefield. The AR-15 style assault rifle is today’s Sturmgewehr and turns out to be deadly and terrifying in the classrooms in Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde — just as designed.
These weapons do not belong in the hands of civilians except, maybe, for gun club use under strict control. I like to target shoot.
Peter Duston
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