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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Authorities are investigating a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 301 in Wimauma.
The crash happened on U.S. 301 just south of Lightfoot Road on Monday afternoon.
At least one person has died. It’s unclear if anyone else was injured.
News Channel 8 is working to gather more information. Further details were not immediately available.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school staff to physically restrain disruptive students and remove them from classrooms without fear of being disciplined, even as critics say physical restraint has been used disproportionately against minority and disabled students.
State Sen. Dave Murman, who introduced the bill, told the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee on Tuesday that the bill is needed to protect teachers and students, recounting news reports of violent behavior by elementary aged students in several instances across the state.
“Friends, we have got to do something here,” Murman said. “These acts have left several teachers traumatized and looking for a new line of work.”
The action comes as the national debate over unruly students and how to handle them has ramped up in recent months. In Arkansas, the governor just signed a bill that expanded its existing restraint law to add that — in addition to teachers — other school staff can also restrain students in some cases. Some states still allow corporal punishment, and in Missouri, a school district in the southwestern region of the state last year reinstituted student spanking as a form of discipline, as long as their parents agree to it.
But other states — including California, Texas, Idaho and New York — have introduced bills this year that would put limits on restraining and sequestering students.
While the Nebraska bill specifically prohibits the use of physical contact to inflict pain or as punishment for a student's behavior, civil liberties advocates oppose the policy, largely out of concern that it would make Black and Native American students and those with disabilities more likely to be removed from classrooms.
That includes Rose Godinez, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, who said the answer to disruptive students is “more funding, resources and training” for teachers.
“It is disheartening to see state senators take another run at passing this misguided bill that could risk kids’ well-being and educational opportunities,” Godinez said. “We will oppose this bill every step of the way and will advocate alongside parents, guardians and teachers to protect students’ rights.”
But the measure — which lawmakers have tried over several years to pass — has the support of the state's largest teachers union. Isau Metes, representing the Nebraska State Education Association, said she has herself physically intervened in a fight between students when she was a teacher in Lincoln, knowing she could face discipline for doing so. While she didn't face any reprisal for doing so, she knows of teachers who have been fired for breaking up fights, she said.
The teachers union noted that the Nebraska bill allocates lottery funds to provide behavior awareness and intervention awareness training, including learning how to spot trauma and engage in verbal intervention and de-escalation techniques. It would also require annual reports on school staff's use of physical intervention with students.
“School violence is on the rise across the state. Students do not have the ability to cope or self soothe when triggered. Educators do not have the tools to help support their students and ensure safety in the classroom," Metes said. "This bill is about protecting students. I will be blunt with you senators; I can take a punch. I am not in fear for my safety. I am in fear for my students.”
Metes and one other person testified in support of the bill, but the measure drew opposition from more than a dozen others, including the Omaha Public School District and the Nebraska Council of School Administrators.
Dunixi Guereca, executive director of the Nebraska-based public schools advocacy group Stand For Schools, agreed with other opponents that the bill is worded so vaguely as to shield teachers who physically restrain students from legal liability. The bill does not define the terms “physical intervention” or its “reasonable” use, he said, and it's unclear if the bill would shield a teacher who physically intervenes in a fight between two students after school.
“It is simply unnecessary to enumerate these protections in statute, and we fear that putting this language in statute will encourage the use of physical intervention in Nebraska schools,” Guereca said.
The Nebraska committee will determine at a later date whether to advance the bill to the full Legislature. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/teachers-could-restrain-unruly-students-under-17811911.php | 2023-03-01 01:51:15 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/teachers-could-restrain-unruly-students-under-17811911.php |
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Man wins lottery 2 times in 3 years: ‘The scratchers were calling out to me’
Published: Mar. 24, 2023 at 11:13 AM CDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
NORFOLK, Va. (Gray News) – One lucky man in Virginia has now won the lottery twice within three years.
According to the Virginia Lottery, Raymond Harrington recently won $300,000 on a Diamond Bonus Crossword scratcher, which is the game’s top prize.
The chances of winning the top prize in the game are 1 in 979,200.
“The scratchers were calling out to me,” Harrington told lottery officials as he claimed his prize.
He bought the winning ticket at a Rite Aid in Norfolk.
This is the second big win for Harrington. In July 2020, he won $125,000 on a drawing of the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game.
Harrington said he intends to invest his latest winnings.
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A diversity report examining racial and gender hiring in Major League Soccer reported another boost in scores for the hiring of women, marking a second straight year of significant gains after four years of declines.
Thursday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central Florida assigned an overall B-plus grade, with an A for racial hiring and a B for gender hiring. The report examined a range of positions at the league headquarters and within franchises using data from August that covered the 2022 season.
The overall and racial-hiring grades were similar to 2021, but the gender-hiring data stood out for the second straight year.
MLS earned a 69.9 score in that category for 2020, the league’s lowest gender score since 2007. But the league jumped to 74.7 points in 2021 (a C letter grade), then jumped another 6.8 percentage points to an 81.2 for this year’s report card to extend that positive trajectory another year.
“They had as big of a gain in a particular category as we’ve seen almost in any of the Racial and Gender Report Cards in their gender grade,” TIDES director and lead report Richard Lapchick said in an interview with The Associated Press, adding: “They’ve really moved into very positive territory this time.”
The league posted an A-minus for gender hiring at its league office in New York, with women filling 40.5% of all positions and women of color filling 19.1%.
At the team level, the league posted C grades and gains in women working as both vice presidents (28.7%) and in senior administration positions (28.2%) such as assistant general manager or chief legal counsel. The league earned a B grade for gender in professional administration positions, with women filling 37.1% for a gain of 6.5 percentage points.
TIDES also evaluated C-suite executive positions – such as chief financial or operating officers — in a separate category that didn’t factor into the league’s overall score. MLS earned a B there, with women filling 34.6% of positions for a gain of 5.8 percentage points.
Among the racial-hiring categories, the league posted an A for head coaches with people of color filling 35.7% of those positions and an A-minus for assistant coaches (32.1%), though both scores dropped from last year. The league also received an A-plus in league-office positions (43.4%) and players (61.9%).
The league also received an A-plus for its diversity initiatives under Commissioner Don Garber.
“Most of the notes across the board were really positive,” Lapchick said.
In a statement to the AP, Sola Winley – MLS executive vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer – said those efforts represent “a core value and operating principle” for MLS.
“The progress that our league and clubs are making in racial and gender hiring is intentional and rooted in our aspiration to be a league of choice for a new North America,” Winley said. “Sustaining progress is only possible because we have committed leadership and ownership with unequivocal expectations to be among the best leagues in the world.
“As an enterprise our inclusion and impact efforts are focused on effective policy enhancements, a commitment to equitable representation, developing the best talent on and off the pitch, and collaborating with our partners to deepen and broaden the connection with our fans and diverse communities that we call home.”
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VAN NEST, Bronx (WABC) -- A three-alarm fire is burning through at least three homes in the Bronx.
Firefighters could be seen on the roof of one of the homes in the Van Nest section trying to get the blaze under control.
The fire broke out around 6:20 a.m. in one building and quickly spread to two others on Wallace Avenue near Rhinelander Avenue.
Flames consumed three floors of the home that the fire started in.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
So far, there are no reports of any injuries.
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BRANDON, Fla. (WFLA) — An alligator residing in a Florida neighborhood has had its mouth taped shut since December, according to one resident.
Lumsden Reserve resident Amber Lock, who shared photos of the alligator with Nexstar’s WFLA, called the actions “inhumane.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, Lock said, nobody had visited her neighborhood’s retention pond to capture the reptile and relieve it of the conditions.
Lock said she believes the animal’s mouth was taped shut when a trapper attempted to remove the alligator, but it’s unclear why the animal was left there.
A spokesperson with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission explained that the delay was due to “confusion caused by two different permit requests made to two different trappers by members of the public.”
She said a trapper went to the location on Feb. 11 and saw the gator, but it disappeared from view anytime anyone came close to the water.
A new permit was issued on Feb. 12. The spokeswoman said the agency planned to send a contracted nuisance alligator trapper to the location to remove it from the area.
But how is the animal surviving?
According to the FWC, alligators are “opportunistic feeders,” meaning they will eat nearly anything they can capture. However, being that gators are cold-blooded, they do not need to eat often: They typically eat once a week, but can survive up to two to three years without food. | https://www.wdtn.com/animals/alligators-mouth-taped-shut-since-december-says-florida-resident/ | 2023-02-15 14:10:30 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/animals/alligators-mouth-taped-shut-since-december-says-florida-resident/ |
Amazon announced Thursday it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion, marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services.
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said in a statement it will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction.
Neil Lindsay, the senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said in a statement the acquisition is geared towards reinventing the healthcare “experience" for things like booking an appointment and taking trips to a pharmacy.
“We love inventing to make what should be easy easier and we want to be one of the companies that helps dramatically improve the healthcare experience over the next several years," Lindsay said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Amazon-to-buy-primary-health-care-provider-for-17319320.php | 2022-07-21 13:58:16 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Amazon-to-buy-primary-health-care-provider-for-17319320.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial rested their case Monday earlier than expected, pinning hopes for convicting Donald Trump’s company largely on the word of two top executives who cut deals before testifying that they schemed to avoid taxes on company-paid perks.
Allen Weisselberg, the company’s longtime finance chief, and Jeffrey McConney, a senior vice president and controller, testified for the bulk of the prosecution’s eight-day case, bringing the drama of their own admitted wrongdoing to a trial heavy on numbers, spreadsheets, tax returns and payroll records.
Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty in August to dodging taxes on $1.7 million in extras, was required to testify as a prosecution witness as part of a plea deal in exchange for a promised sentence of five months in jail. McConney was granted immunity to testify.
The Trump Organization’s lawyers opened their defense by calling to the witness stand the accountant who handled tax returns and other financial matters for Trump, the Trump Organization and hundreds of Trump entities since the 1980s.
Donald Bender, a partner at Mazars USA LLP, said McConney would call him “numerous times” a week about various tax issues and that he got emails from Weisselberg so often, he even made time to respond while away in the mountains or vacationing in Paris.
Bender said he interacted with far less frequently with Trump, his biggest client — attending his 2005 wedding, but otherwise talking to him maybe a couple times a year.
Once Trump became president in 2017, Bender said he’d visit him twice a year at the White House so he could sign his tax extensions and returns — but those trips ended when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Trump blamed Bender and Mazars for the company’s troubles, writing on his Truth Social platform last week: “The highly paid accounting firm should have routinely picked these things up – we relied on them. VERY UNFAIR!”
Prosecutors had considered calling the accountant, even prepping him for six hours during a Zoom conference on Saturday, but decided to leave him for the defense. Bender’s testimony will continue Tuesday.
Prosecutors called just three other witnesses: the Trump Organization’s accounts payable supervisor, a forensic accountant for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and a state tax auditor who investigated Weisselberg’s taxes. The auditor was on the witness stand Monday.
Weisselberg, now a senior adviser at the company, testified last week that he conspired with McConney, his subordinate, to hide more than a decade’s worth of extras from his taxable income, but that neither Trump nor the family were involved.
McConney testified that Weisselberg and another executive, Michael Calamari Sr., leaned on him over the years to fudge payroll records to hide extras such as Manhattan apartments and Mercedes-Benz cars from their taxable income, in part by reducing their salaries by the cost of those perks and issuing falsified W-2 forms.
Manhattan prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization helped top executives avoid paying taxes on company-paid perks and that it is liable for Weisselberg’s wrongdoing because he was a “high managerial agent” acting on its behalf.
The tax fraud case is the only trial to arise from the Manhattan district attorney’s three-year investigation of Trump and his business practices. If convicted, the company could be fined more than $1 million and face difficulty making deals.
Bender’s firm, Mazars, cut ties with Trump in February and said annual financial statements it prepared for him “should no longer be relied upon” after New York Attorney General Letitia James said the statements regularly misstated the value of assets.
James filed a lawsuit in September accusing Trump and his company of padding his net worth by billions of dollars and habitually misleading banks and others about the value of assets such as golf courses, hotels and his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump’s financial statements are not a part of the criminal case.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) - A retired doctor and U.S. Army veteran in Indiana celebrated a major milestone with his 100th birthday on Wednesday.
Dr. John Bender served during World War II and the Korean conflict where he was a medical officer.
In the 1950s, he moved to Evansville with his wife and began his urology practice. He worked as a doctor for over 40 years, according to WFIE.
Bender said, when he tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic, he never imagined he would live to be 100 years old.
Although Bender said there is no secret formula for long life, maintaining good health is important.
“You’re not going to like hearing this, but whatever your weight was when you got out of college it should be your goal,” Bender said. “If you get over that weight, you are not going to get beyond 90.”
Bender celebrated with friends and family and said he looking to live many more years.
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Queen City News has reached out to officials to see what led up to the incident.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Independence Day is widely celebrated with fireworks and flags, barbecues and patriotic songs.
This year, there’s something else you can toast besides America’s independence in 1776. Called the Section Corner Perpetuation project, it may be coming to a corner near you.
Starting in 1833- nearly 200 years ago- the federal government sent land surveyors to mark out the counties, one square mile after the other. One of those was Allen County.
The Public Land Survey was the federal government’s plan to sell land and generate property taxes to pay off heavy war debt.
Hardy men on horseback laid out cornerstones in one-mile squares called sections, work that continued more than 50 years and was documented on large paper vellums. These vellums are kept in leather-bound ledgers at the surveyor’s office that look more like they belong in a Harry Potter movie.
Names like Beaubien, Richardville, Didier, Wells, De Rome, Hackley, Perry, Rudisill and Barnett populate the vellums, still used today for reference. They reflect the French and English beginnings of the town that went on to include German, Irish and other settlers whose stakes jostled with many tribal reserves. Fort Wayne earlier was known as Kekionga and Fort Miami.
The county’s future expansion was pretty much assured with the opening of the Wabash and Erie Canal in 1832.
Fort Wayne had been incorporated in 1829 with just 300 people. The town sat in the midst of land that was mostly swamps and forests with three rivers we know now as the St. Marys, St. Joseph and Maumee, Allen County Surveyor Mike Fruchey said. By 1840, the population had swelled to 2,000, according to online sources.
When Fruchey took over the surveyor’s office a year ago, he made it his mission to tackle the state’s Section Corner Perpetuation project until every cornerstone is documented. Their importance can’t be minimized, Fruchey added.
Cornerstones are the basis for property surveys and disputes, land transfers, new home construction, property assessments and infrastructure. GIS, or Geographical Information System, is based on these cornerstones, as is the emergency 911 system.
Allen County’s cornerstones are still there, four per square mile with four half-mile markers. Each township has 36 sections, except for a couple like Scipio that are smaller, Fruchey said.
The last time there was an effort to locate the estimated 2,400 cornerstones in the county was more than 20 years ago. Fruchey says slightly fewer than 1,400 have been found.
“So far a little bit less than 1,400 were documented, at least at one time,” Fruchey said. “But there are about 1,000 of which there is no record. Those stones that have been there since the 1830s or 1880s just haven’t been uncovered. People have used their own interpretation of where those stones would be.”
Because of the lack of documentation, subdivisions and properties have been laid out that no one ever went back and verified, Fruchey said.
“If the corner is not established, we are to establish it ourselves,” Fruchey says.
The state’s Section Corner Perpetuation project calls for 5% of all county cornerstones to be re-documented each year. To pay for the work, fees are collected through the Allen County Recorder’s office. Because Allen County has experienced a boom in construction, the county surveyor balance for the year ending last year was $1.7 million with nearly $353,000 in fees collected. Fruchey expects to spend around $500,000 this year to uncover about 10% of the cornerstones.
It’s not an easy task. Generally, the stones – literally stones that are pointed at the top – are buried three to four feet deep and, with luck, there’s a Harrison marker over the stone, flush with the pavement. Harrison markers are black canister-shaped markers made from cast iron that can be picked up by a metal detector, Fruchey said.
But some of the stones have been obliterated by utilities or removed through construction with no record of the stone.
“You find a variety of monuments that are in the right place and aren’t in the right place. Some of the things dug up recently were four to five feet different from where the markers are on the service, a problem that will be rectified,” said Fruchey who believes the project could take 15 years to complete.
Recently, the Harrison marker and cornerstone were easily found in the middle of Roth Road, close to Notestine Road.
Todd Bauer, one of six licensed surveyors working on the project this year, opened up the road to find both. Surveyors hired for the project must live in Allen County and be a registered voter, Fruchey said. Six townships are included in this year’s project including Aboite, Cedar Creek, Eel River, Lafayette, Lake and Perry.
Bauer considers working on the cornerstone project a privilege and honor because of the history that will be perpetuated.
“Many of the drawings we’re working with are from that same time period with fancy cursive writing and difficult to read,” Bauer said. “It’s kind of interesting to put that back. We consider it a huge honor to be involved in this project.” | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/allen-county-history-uncovered-with-each-cornerstone-discovered/ | 2023-07-03 19:48:35 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/allen-county-history-uncovered-with-each-cornerstone-discovered/ |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Friday, April 28
Who are the probable pitchers lined up to take the ball on Friday? Below, we list every starting pitching matchup for the day, which includes Marcus Stroman toeing the rubber for the Cubs, and Jesus Luzardo getting the call for the Marlins.
Keep reading to find the pitching matchups for every game on the docket for April 28.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Royals at Twins Probable Pitchers
The Kansas City Royals will send Jordan Lyles (0-4) to the hill as they take on the Twins, who will look to Pablo Lopez (1-2) when the teams face off on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Royals at Twins
- MIN Odds to Win: -275
- KC Odds to Win: +225
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Cubs at Marlins Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Stroman (2-2) to the bump as they play the Marlins, who will give the start to Luzardo (2-1) for the matchup between the clubs on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Marlins
- MIA Odds to Win: -110
- CHC Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Orioles at Tigers Probable Pitchers
The Baltimore Orioles will send Grayson Rodriguez (0-0) to the bump as they take on the Tigers, who will counter with Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2) when the clubs play on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Orioles at Tigers
- BAL Odds to Win: -135
- DET Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Pirates at Nationals Probable Pitchers
The Pittsburgh Pirates will send Rich Hill (2-2) to the mound as they face the Nationals, who will look to Chad Kuhl (0-1) when the teams play Friday.
Vegas Odds for Pirates at Nationals
- PIT Odds to Win: -140
- WSH Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Mariners at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Luis Castillo (2-0) to the mound as they play the Blue Jays, who will look to Alek Manoah (1-1) when the clubs face off on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -115
- SEA Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 9 runs
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Guardians at Red Sox Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Shane Bieber (1-1) to the hill as they face the Red Sox, who will look to Nick Pivetta (1-1) when the clubs meet on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at Red Sox
- CLE Odds to Win: -135
- BOS Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Braves at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Atlanta Braves will send Max Fried (1-0) to the mound as they play the Mets, who will hand the ball to David Peterson (1-3) when the teams meet Friday.
Vegas Odds for Braves at Mets
- ATL Odds to Win: -140
- NYM Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Rays at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Zach Eflin (3-0) to the mound as they take on the White Sox, who will hand the ball to Lucas Giolito (1-2) when the teams play Friday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at White Sox
- TB Odds to Win: -150
- CHW Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Yankees at Rangers Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Clarke Schmidt (0-2) to the mound as they play the Rangers, who will look to Jacob deGrom (2-0) when the teams meet Friday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Rangers
- TEX Odds to Win: -210
- NYY Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 7 runs
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Angels at Brewers Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Tyler Anderson (1-0) to the mound as they play the Brewers, who will look to Wade Miley (3-1) when the clubs play Friday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Brewers
- MIL Odds to Win: -135
- LAA Odds to Win: +110
- Total: 9 runs
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Phillies at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Aaron Nola (1-2) to the hill as they take on the Astros, who will hand the ball to Framber Valdez (2-2) when the clubs face off on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -155
- PHI Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 7.5 runs
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Diamondbacks at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The Arizona Diamondbacks will send Merrill Kelly (1-3) to the bump as they take on the Rockies, who will give the start to Kyle Freeland (2-2) for the matchup between the clubs on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Diamondbacks at Rockies
- ARI Odds to Win: -125
- COL Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 11 runs
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Reds at Athletics Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Luis Cessa (0-3) to the hill as they face the Athletics, who will counter with Kyle Muller (0-2) when the teams meet Friday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Athletics
- OAK Odds to Win: -110
- CIN Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Cardinals at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The St. Louis Cardinals will send Jack Flaherty (2-2) to the hill as they play the Dodgers, who will give the start to Dustin May (2-1) for the matchup between the clubs on Friday.
Vegas Odds for Cardinals at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -145
- STL Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8.5 runs
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A Springfield business owner and his staff are “shocked” and unsure of their future plans after the lease on their space was canceled this week.
Fountain on Main owner Geoff Norman said his month-to-month lease was canceled, and he has until the end of September to move out of the building.
“This is a place of positive values, positive people,” Norman said. “I’m just shocked, devastated.”
Bushnell building owner Jim Lagos confirmed the business was on a month-to-month lease, but declined to comment further.
Fountain on Main celebrated its 19th anniversary earlier this summer. The ‘50s style soda shop has called the Bushnell building home since the business’ start.
Norman and his mother, Kylene, said the business was a part of the initial revitalization of Springfield’s downtown in the early 2000s. Not many businesses were located on the Main Street and Fountain Avenue area, save for businesses like a flower shop and a dance studio.
The business started off as a small meal stop with 16 chairs and expanded in size and scope, Norman said. In the business’ life, it has seen many new faces and old. Norman described his base of customers as incredibly “loyal”: some coming in five times a week to eat homestyle cooking or drink milkshakes.
“It’s a family run business with family coming in,” Norman said. “This is just as upsetting to them as it is to us.”
It has also been a hot spot for birthday parties and other celebrations, revelers dawning poodle skirts and tunes of another time filling the diner air.
The heartbeat of the downtown began to resonate in a different part of town. Business hours were cut back to lunchtime operation hours. The COVID-19 pandemic, too, had an impact on the restaurant as communal dining spaces were shut down and consumers stayed at home.
The business was paying a reduced rent for the space, an arrangement that began around the time the pandemic started. They never missed a payment for rent, Norman said.
Norman said in the past few weeks, it felt like things were beginning to bounce back for the business.
“I love and am going to miss our customers,” he said. “But right now, I don’t know which way is up.”
A new business is expected to take up space in the restaurant, Norman said. He’s unsure of his future plans.
“We’re just completely at a loss,” he said. “And we’re still in shock.”
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XI'AN, China, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout the millennia of history and the prosperous times of Chang'an, the profound cultural accumulation rooted in Xi'an, China, is a valuable historical treasure of this ancient city. In recent years, Xi'an has been making efforts to transform its cultural resources into fashionable "cultural tourism IP" based on "Tang cultural elements" and modern technology, and bringing historical and cultural heritage to life in a modern context. Recently, Xi'an Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held a meeting and proposed to make good use of historical and cultural heritage, promote the deep integration of cultural industry and tourism industry, in order to make Xi'an a display window of Chinese culture and civilization.
"Noblewomen'' and "ladies", "literati" and "warriors", reciting poems in the streets and imitating songs and dances of the Tang Dynasty, and the moving love story performed by ''gifted scholars and beautiful ladies of the Tang Dynasty'', etc., this is a Tang style city life neighborhood, which was derived from a historical TV drama, The Longest Day in Chang'an. The beautiful scenery of Tang dynasty clothing can be seen everywhere, and with the help of "sound, light and electricity" technology, it is like entering a "time and space feast" interwoven with literature, history, folklore and food. Through the integration of film and television IP and commercial IP, each visitor can realize the transformation from "watching the play" to "getting into the play" when entering the "The Longest Day in Chang'an", which makes people "back to Tang Dynasty in one second". The immersive experience satisfies people's new demand for experiencing Tang culture and becomes a new contact point to promote the integration of culture, tourism and business.
What's more, relying on the "Tang cultural elements" to successfully build a cultural tourism scenic spot, there is also the famous Grand Tang Dynasty Ever-bright City. It has not only launched commercial activities such as "Tang Food Corner", "Tang Souvenir Corner" and "Tang Amusement Area", but also launched a number of immersive performances in the way of "interaction + experience", created a number of highly recognizable cultural tourism character IPs and blossomed the charm of "Tang culture" in an innovative way.
More than fourteen hundred years ago, Xi'an was known worldwide as Chang'an. It was the world's first city of one million people, including about 100,000 envoys, merchants, foreign students and monks from other countries, so Xi'an's image of openness and inclusiveness was also known to the world.
Despite the challenges of the epidemic, the ancient capital with thousands of years of history still exudes new vitality, driven by new leisure models such as market blocks, heritage exhibitions and immersive experiences. The long-standing cultural history has given consumption growth vitality and resilience, with "mystery boxes of Tang Dynasty characters", "ice cream made of images of popular landmarks such as the Terracotta Warriors and the City Wall," and "7 million netizens watching the Xi'an drum music stream", etc. All kinds of new consumption methods became the driving point for the upgrading of cultural tourism consumption. Xi'an is speeding up the integration of cultural resources and making history and culture the driving force for the development and innovation of this ancient city.
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A'ja Wilson admitted she was tired.
The WNBA MVP had just gotten to Australia less than 24 hours ago, fresh off a championship and the U.S. was playing its toughest opponent of the World Cup.
After a slow start, Wilson was clutch in the fourth quarter, finishing with 20 points to help the U.S. beat China 77-63 on Saturday.
“I don't know how I'm doing it,” Wilson said. “You just put things aside ... It's like riding a bike. I am exhausted, I'm not going to lie about it. At this point I don’t even think about it. I’m surrounded by greatness. I really lean on them. I don’t even know which way is up. I see it’s daylight and feel I need to go to sleep.”
The U.S. now has won 25 consecutive World Cup games since losing in the 2006 semifinals to Russia. The Americans advanced to the quarterfinals and are one win away from matching their record 26-game run from 1998-2006.
The teams came into the game unbeaten in the tournament. The U.S. (3-0) led 25-20 with 6:23 left in the first half before outscoring China 19-5 the rest of the second quarter, including the final 13 points. Alyssa Thomas and Breanna Stewart combined for seven of the 13 points during the game-changing burst.
Wilson closed the half with a putback that made it 44-25. She and Las Vegas teammates Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum were playing in their first game in Australia. The trio were in Las Vegas celebrating the franchise's first WNBA championship before arriving in Sydney.
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The U.S. led 56-40 with 2:18 left in the third before China scored the final seven points of the period to get within nine. The Aces trio scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to make it a 16-point game again.
“They put me in the best position to score the basketball,” Wilson said of her teammates finding her in the fourth quarter.
However, China though go away. Trailing 67-51, Li Meng scored four points in a 9-0 burst to get her team to 69-60 with 2 minutes left.
Wilson ended the drought with two free throws and a reverse layup to seal the win.
Li finished with 21 points to lead China (2-1).
China had cruised to wins in its first two games, routing both South Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina by an average of 55 points. The Chinese team hadn't faced a defense like the U.S., which had been solid in its first two games.
There was a big pro-Chinese crowd of roughly 9,400 fans for the game, including Hall of Famer Yao Ming, who is the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. He was shown on the video board and received a huge ovation from the crowd.
“The China fan base, whether it was the local fan base here or they came from abroad, was just tremendous,” U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve said. "Their support made a fun environment. I heard some USA people. This is what you want."
HOSTILE CROWD
Plum went to the foul line at one point in the second half and the fans were booing her. She smirked at it and calmly sank both free throws.
“I heard the noise. I don't think I've been booed in a long time,” Plum said, laughing. “I don't think Connecticut (fans) even booed me.”
STUDYING ABROAD
Plum and Gray both said they got Wi-Fi on the long flight to Australia to study the U.S. playbook.
“I kind of had a couple hours to look through it,” Plum said.
SCOREBOARD
In other games Saturday, South Korea beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 99-66 and Belgium beat Puerto Rico 68-65.
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China: Faces Puerto Rico on Monday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NOTV). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Inotiv and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 20, 2022, Inotiv disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that "[o]n May 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice ('DOJ'), together with federal and state law enforcement agents, executed a search and seizure warrant on" a Cumberland, Virginia facility of Inotiv's subsidiary Envigo RMS, LLC ("Envigo"). Inotiv further disclosed that "[o]n May 19, 2022, a complaint was filed against Envigo in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The complaint is a civil action by DOJ alleging violations of the Animal Welfare Act at the Cumberland, Virginia facility. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and costs."
On this news, Inotiv's stock price fell $5.19 per share, or 28.31%, to close at $13.14 per share on May 23, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com
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June 20, 1944 – July 11, 2023
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Ronald Lawrence Perry passed away at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sharon; and three children, Bryan Perry of Vancouver, Brad and Sarah Perry of Pennsylvania, and Tami Perry of Reedsport; grandchildren, Garret, Chase, Josh, Kendra, Braden, Silas, Colevyn, and Keaten; one great granddaughter, Nova.
Ronald was born in Bremerton, Washington on June 20, 1944 to Robert and Bernice "Bunny" Perry. He grew up in Reedsport, Oregon, where he graduated Class 1962. He joined the Army out of high school where he was part of the Corp of Engineers stationed in Europe. Years later he got married at First Christian Church of Reedsport. He and his wife, Sharon moved to Portland where he started his maritime career as a deckhand for Willamette Tug and Barge. A few years later they moved to Battle Ground, Washington, which is where he traveled and followed every sport activity the kids played. If he wasn’t coaching, he was cheering.
In 1992 he accepted a job offer with Foss Tug and Barge to be a launch operator of the tugboat, Arrow 2 in Astoria, Oregon. He settled in Ocean Park, Washington where he retired from the water in 2006. That same year he returned to his roots and took over his late stepfather, Jim DeWitte and Bunny’s tavern. The Waterfront Tavern and Lounge is where Capt. Ron took his calling as boss and cook.
Ron was an attribute to the old town, he donated too many events including his famous spaghetti feed for the dog shelter, and the family pizza night he hosted every year to welcome the carvers in Chainsaw Events. If he wasn’t in the kitchen he was out talking with the customers, which in return became friends. 2022 he would sell the tavern and do what he and Sharon long lived to do, travel. That took them on adventures across the US map. This trip home was filled with graduation, baseball games and birthdays that "Poppy" cherished. His family had a private gathering and will have a Celebration of Life at a later date. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/ronald-lawrence-perry/article_baae897c-2724-11ee-9600-9fab2a00fe89.html | 2023-07-21 04:44:41 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/ronald-lawrence-perry/article_baae897c-2724-11ee-9600-9fab2a00fe89.html |
DC’s iconic cherry trees could hit a record-early peak bloom as temperatures soar
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN
Tucked among the thousands of iconic Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, is the “indicator tree,” which erupts into full bloom as much as 10 days earlier than its neighbors and gives officials at the National Park Service a good idea when the rest of them might begin to flower.
This year the indicator tree already started budding — the first stage of the bloom cycle — in the middle of February. That can only mean one thing: Spring (and cherry blossom season) is coming early.
Experts said this year could be a record-breaking early bloom, as temperatures soar way above average for February. Over the past century, the historical average peak bloom date at the Tidal Basin has been April 4, but records show it’s been coming earlier than usual in recent decades.
The earliest peak bloom on record was in March 15, 1990. Michael Litterst, communications chief for National Mall and Memorial Parks with the National Park Service, said he believes that date is “certainly in play this year.”
“All indications are it’s going to be earlier than average,” Litterst told CNN. Last year’s peak bloom was March 25. “We’re about a month out from that, but given what we’ve seen so far, and given what the forecast is, I think we’re probably looking at something earlier than that.”
Peak bloom varies each year depending on weather conditions. According to the National Park Service, Yoshino trees usually reach peak bloom between the last week of March and the first week of April. And the blooming period itself could last several days — it all depends on the weather.
But with the rise of planet-warming pollution, temperatures are getting warmer. And warm winters cause plants and trees to blossom early. Several Japanese plum trees, for instance, which are usually the earliest flowering trees, already blossomed around the National Mall in late January.
“Heat is what partially drives trees like that to blossom,” Litterst said. “And when you look at how mild this winter has been, and the fact that we’ve had zero snow or frozen precipitation this year, it’s not a surprise that we’re seeing this.”
Litterst said he has noticed a connection between warmer temperatures and earlier peak bloom. For example, the average annual temperature at the Martin Luther King Memorial and around the Tidal Basin have “increased a statistically significant 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit between 1895 and 2017,” he said.
At the same time that temperatures were warming, peak bloom dates have also been shifting early by approximately six days.
“And not surprisingly, we are seeing people who are coming in earlier in earlier” to see the capital’s iconic cherry blossoms, he added.
It’s not just Washington, DC. Spring leaf out — when the first tiny leaves emerge from buds of plants that are dormant in the winter — is already the earliest on record in parts of the Southeast, southern Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic, according to the National Phenology Network.
Even New York City is seeing spring leaf out 32 days earlier than normal.
“Spring is coming early in much of the Southern and Eastern US,” Brad Rippey, meteorologist with the US Department of Agriculture, previously told CNN. “Here in the mid-Atlantic, that means everything from budding trees to crocuses in bloom to spring peepers making lots of noise — and in February, no less.”
Many plant species beyond cherry blossoms — including daffodils, witch-hazel and forsythia — are beginning to leaf out in the East. Theresa Crimmins, director of the USA National Phenology Network, said it’s the plants responding to very early warm temperatures.
“Plants, especially those of temperate systems, respond to a number of cues in order to wake up in the spring, including exposure to chill in the winter, exposure to warmth in the spring, and day length,” she told CNN.
But given the recent erratic changes in weather patterns, it’s possible for temperatures to shift again.
According to the National Park Service, cool and calm weather typically extends the length of the bloom, while a rainy and windy day can bring an abrupt end to the ephemeral blossoms.
And a late frost can stop the trees from blooming at all.
This means if another cold snap occurs after this early warm spell, Crimmins said it could be disruptive and damaging for the plants’ cycle. As flower buds develop, many species lose their ability to tolerate cold temperatures, which means a freeze could kill blooms and leave fruit crops and other commodities vulnerable to spring freezes.
Rippey said warm winters followed by a spring freeze have become more common in recent years. In 2017, for instance, a severe spring freeze in March damaged several fruit crops — peaches, blueberries, apples and strawberries — in states including Georgia and South Carolina, which carried an economic toll of roughly $1.2 billion.
“As nice as it feels to have temperatures in the 70s and 80s this time of year, the fact that it’s not ‘normal’ can have a profound impact on the ecosystem,” Rippey said. “Even a typical spring freeze can damage commercial and back-yard fruit crops that have been pushed into blooming by late-winter warmth.”
The National Park Service’s Litterst said they plan to announce the projected peak bloom date on March 1. For now, it’s probably safe to say you can move up your DC cherry blossom picture-taking plans.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returned to her post on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and greenlit the passage of three judicial nominees who had been stalled during her lengthy health-related absence.
Feinstein appeared roughly 90 minutes into the meeting to an ovation from senators and staff, and the nomination votes were held shortly after, putting the nominees on track for votes on the Senate floor in the coming weeks.
“I believe I speak for all of us with feelings of relief and support for our colleague, Sen. Feinstein, who has returned to Washington. I know that she’s been through some significant health challenges and we all wish her the very best,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said to open the hearing.
Those who were finally voted through the committee were Charnelle Bjelkengren, tapped to be a district court judge in Washington state; Marian Gaston, nominated to become a district judge in California; and Kato Crews, who was nominated to be a district judge in Colorado.
The three advanced with only Democratic support as all had earned unanimous GOP opposition on the panel. Bjelkengren stumbled during her confirmation hearing when asked what Article 5 of the Constitution is, Gaston was grilled during her hearing over her past writings about sex offenders, and Crews was unable to define what a Brady Motion is.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) laced into the qualifications of the partisan nominees ahead of the vote.
Prior to Feinstein’s arrival, the panel advanced three more judicial nominations with the help of some Republicans on the committee: Jeremy Daniel to become a district judge in Illinois, Brendan Hurson to become a district judge in Maryland, and Darrel Papillion to be a district judge in Louisiana.
Among those voting to advance them were Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the committee’s ranking member, Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and John Kennedy (R-La.).
One judicial nominee before the committee was still unable to receive a vote. Michael Delaney, who has been tapped to fill a spot on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, remains in limbo over his handling of a sexual assault case at a boarding school in New Hampshire.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The Hill Wednesday that he remains undecided on Delaney’s nomination.
Prior to Thursday’s meeting, the panel voted out eight additional nominees with bipartisan support in recent weeks without Feinstein’s presence.
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Performance data on the patented new materials from Natrion dwarfs current state-of-the-art technology benchmarks
- Lower fire risks
- Equivalent coulombic efficiency
- Faster charge/discharge times
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natrion, a leader in solid state electric vehicle battery technology, today unveiled performance metrics for its patented solid-electrolyte separator in state-of-the-art Li-ion battery cells using graphite anode. This comes as more and more reports of lithium battery fires make headlines.
The new material, LISIC278, is a version of Natrion's patented Lithium Solid Ionic Composite (LISIC) electrolyte made to mimic the exact specifications of a standard polyolefin separator while utilizing significantly less liquid electrolyte. LISIC accomplishes this by delivering high ion transport capability at ambient conditions while having a thermal resilience in excess of 200°C and being fully dense (zero porosity). The result is a near-zero fire risk for batteries built with LISIC, and a significantly reduced ability for a thermal event to intensify or expand.
"Reducing our reliance on flammable liquids in EV batteries is key to reducing fire risk and ultimately making mass EV adoption more viable. So the fact that this data shows we can produce battery cells that are just as efficient with only a small fraction of that liquid is a huge win," said Natrion Co-Founder and CEO Alex Kosyakov. "We're confident that this indicates the potential for many more milestones to be achieved."
Natrion tested its new material over multiple controlled lab experiments using pouch cells up to 11 layers in thickness. In one controlled experiment, Natrion compared its LISIC278 against a standard separator at the one-layer pouch level.
The control used was a standard pouch containing NMC532 cathode, LP40 liquid electrolyte, and a natural graphite anode with a conventional state-of-the-art separator. The Natrion pouch was identical but used the LISIC278 separator in place of the conventional one.
Compared with the conventional cell, Natrion's LISIC278 demonstrated:
- 40% faster charge time: At a given capacity, the Natrion cell took just 3 hours to charge, compared with 5 hours for the conventional one at the same capacity
- Exponentially lower fire risk: The Natrion cell achieved this fast charge time with only about 1/10th of the flammable liquid as the conventional cell
- High initial coulombic efficiency: Conventional Li-ion cells typically discharge less energy than they are charged with during the first few times that they are cycled which contributes to permanent capacity loss (i.e. lower available energy or range). Natrion cells exhibited higher initial coulombic efficiencies and resultantly improved capacity retention at higher C-rates.
"Achieving high coulombic efficiency while using 70-90% less liquid electrolyte is difficult, not to mention given this capacity and C-rate threshold," said Dr. Jon Tuck, Holistic Energy Scientist and energy storage consultant at Silent Koala. "These results are highly promising and show a versatility of use for LISIC that we have yet to see from other solid-state electrolyte materials. It signals the potential of Natrion's materials to really advance the industry and the technological feats being developed."
In sum, Natrion's cell was able to deliver more energy at higher charge/discharge rates while using less flammable material. Importantly, this was accomplished using a solid electrolyte separator that is built to the exact same specifications of existing separators, for rapid integration in current battery manufacturing processes.
The company will be unveiling its results for Lithium-anode data in the coming weeks.
Natrion is a solid-state EV battery component maker headquartered in Binghamton, New York with operations in Champaign, Illinois. It was started out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University in 2018 by founders Alex Kosyakov and Thomas Rouffiac. Natrion develops solid-state lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery components for electric mobility and defense applications. The company is backed by Mark Cuban, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Tamarack Global, and others.
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HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FibroBiologics, a clinical-stage company focused on the development of fibroblast cell-based therapeutics for chronic diseases, today announced they are the fastest rising biotech offering in StartEngine's history surpassing $1 million of new investments on the first day of its Reg CF offering. StartEngine is one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in the U.S., led by Activision Co-Founder Howard Marks and advised by Kevin O'Leary. StartEngine launched in 2015 with the mission to help entrepreneurs achieve their dream while enabling everyday people to access private investment opportunities. To date, over $650 million* has been raised for startups and alternative assets on the StartEngine platform from more than 1 million users.
"The support we've received from StartEngine has been phenomenal," said FibroBiologics' Founder and CEO, Pete O'Heeron. "Howard Marks and his team provided us access to a new group of investors and their support is a tribute to the breakthroughs our scientists are developing in the lab. We are focused on creating innovative treatments and cures for patients suffering from chronic diseases through our "next generation" pipeline of cell therapies."
For more information, please visit FibroBiologics' website or email FibroBiologics at info@fibrobiologics.com. To invest in FibroBiologics, please go to the company's campaign on StartEngine startengine.com/fibrobiologics.
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Based in Houston, FibroBiologics is a cell therapy, regenerative medicine company developing a pipeline of treatments for chronic diseases using fibroblast cells. FibroBiologics holds 150+ US and internationally issued patents/patents pending across various clinical pathways, including disc degeneration, orthopedics, multiple sclerosis, wound healing, reversing organ involution, and cancer. FibroBiologics represents the next generation of medical advancement in cell therapy. For more information, visit www.FibroBiologics.com.
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America’s most recent defense secretaries and military chiefs united behind a bold and unprecedented initiative this past week, hoping to prevent our democracy from being shattered by a future president who ignites a full-blown coup.
Eight former defense secretaries and five former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued an open letter to the nation Tuesday — and posted it on a website known as War on the Rocks.
But you may well have missed that big story entirely. After all, the open letter didn’t come complete with videos of explosions, flames and bloodshed. Just a few sound bites from talking heads. So the news was buried on an inside page. Or way down on your news screen list.
In their open letter, these former military and defense leaders, who served all the presidents of this century, warned us:
“Politically, military professionals confront an extremely adverse environment characterized by the divisiveness of affective polarization that culminated in the first election in over a century when the peaceful transfer of political power was disrupted and in doubt. Looking ahead, all of these factors could well get worse before they get better.”
The letter, academic in tone and content, consisted of 16 numbered “core principles and best practices” by which our war machine’s civilian and military chiefs hope to avoid the peril of being exploited by politicians. For starters:
“1. Civilian control of the military is part of the bedrock foundation of American democracy … .”
And: “2. … Military officers swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not an oath of fealty to an individual or to an office … .”
Then it specifically reminds all military commanders they must always verify that the order the president gave them is “legal.”
While the open letter never mentions Donald Trump, nor the specifics of the Jan. 6 insurrection rioters, it isn’t hard to connect the dots. For example, that bit about military officers not swearing “an oath of fealty to an individual.”
Trump famously complained that top officials weren’t sufficiently loyal to him. And he frequently included his generals in that complaint, his top generals — which enraged his chief of staff, former Gen. John Kelly.
In a new book, “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” The New York Times’ Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser recount a scene where Trump tells Kelly he’d like his generals to be as loyal to him as Adolf Hitler’s generals were to Der Fuhrer. “Why can’t you be like the German generals?” Trump asked. When Kelly tried to explain that Hitler’s generals tried three times to kill him, Trump insisted: “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him.”
After the Pentagon leaders’ open letter received scant initial coverage, Leon Panetta, who was defense secretary in the Obama years, went on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and explained why all the Pentagon’s former leaders wanted to jointly sign the open letter.
“President Trump used the military as his own security force,” Panetta said. “He wanted to deploy them to the border, he wanted to deploy them against protesters. He was actually urged to take over the military following the election. All dangerous, dangerous steps that would undermine the traditional military-civilian relationship that is critical to the operation of our national security. It’s for all those reasons that we felt it was critical to come together and … reestablish the standards — the best practices — of how we are to operate in a military-civilian relationship that is the bedrock of our democracy.”
Trump’s defense secretaries, Mark Esper and former Marine Gen. James Mattis, signed the open letter. Both resisted Trump’s impulsive efforts to misuse the military and were fired by Trump.
Another signer, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, told a Washington Post interviewer: “We live in remarkably confusing times, and clarity on this issue is very important. It’s a really dangerous time for us in the military, and the forces are out there to try to politicize us more, so clarity here is really important.”
Panetta said he believes this is America’s fork-in-the-road moment. “I honestly believe that America can be an America in renaissance in the 21st century,” Panetta said. ” … But … if we allow our fears, hates, frustrations to divide us — and turn against one another — I think there’s a very good chance that we can follow the paths of past empires. And we can lose our democracy. …
“If you want to lead in a democracy, you’re going to have to do what is right for the country — not just what’s right for your party or yourself. …
“But if we have that kind of leadership, I am confident we can have an American renaissance.”
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Tigers first. Riley Greene walks. Willi Castro singles to right field. Riley Greene to third. Javier Baez strikes out swinging. Miguel Cabrera singles to center field. Willi Castro scores. Riley Greene scores. Jeimer Candelario reaches on a fielder's choice to second base, advances to 2nd. Miguel Cabrera out at second. Throwing error by Amed Rosario.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Tigers 2, Guardians 0.
Guardians fourth. Amed Rosario pops out to shallow center field to Jonathan Schoop. Jose Ramirez grounds out to shallow right field, Jonathan Schoop to Kody Clemens. Josh Naylor homers to right field. Franmil Reyes pops out to Kody Clemens.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 2, Guardians 1.
Tigers seventh. Jonathan Schoop singles to center field. Tucker Barnhart walks. Riley Greene flies out to deep center field to Myles Straw. Jonathan Schoop to third. Willi Castro pops out to shallow center field to Amed Rosario. Javier Baez singles to shallow center field. Tucker Barnhart to second. Jonathan Schoop scores. Miguel Cabrera walks. Javier Baez to second. Tucker Barnhart to third. Jeimer Candelario strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Tigers 3, Guardians 1.
Tigers eighth. Robbie Grossman called out on strikes. Kody Clemens called out on strikes. Jonathan Schoop singles to right field. Tucker Barnhart doubles to left field. Jonathan Schoop scores. Riley Greene strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 4, Guardians 1. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Cleveland-Detroit-Runs-17283835.php | 2022-07-04 21:31:46 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Cleveland-Detroit-Runs-17283835.php |
ATLANTA — School is finally out and with most COVID restrictions down, whether it’s at summer camp or in the backyard, children will be making their way to the water.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention puts drowning as the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths for children ages 1–14, but it is preventable.
This summer, it's important for parents to take the correct precautions when it comes to water safety, and they can start by choosing the correct swimsuit.
ALIVE Solutions Inc. specializes in this subject and they tested which color swimsuits have the best visibility in the pool and in open water.
They started by testing the suits in the pool. They used a pool with a dark bottom and a light color pool bottom and submerged 14 different colors underwater.
In both tests, the company found that neon colors: yellows, oranges and greens – consistently stayed the most visible.
Other colors that were visible were bright reds and pinks, however, parents should be aware that these colors might not be seen in other bodies of water.
In the survey, ALIVE Solutions Inc. also tested these colors in 18-in of lake water.
They found that the open water source would be cloudier than a pool, so certain colors like red and pink would not be seen.
Colors to steer clear of altogether are the whites, blacks, grays, and blues.
While darker swimwear might be visible underwater in a pool, ALIVE Solutions Inc. said that they could often be mistaken for leaves, dirt or a shadow.
In addition, most whites and blues will blend into the water once submerged.
Overall, the aquatic safety company suggests parents opt for bright colors and contrasting colors because standing out can make all the difference when it comes to water safety. | https://www.11alive.com/article/life/safety-tips/water-safety-swimsuit-color/85-c5db3404-7cc1-4fe6-89bb-4202aeeb6514 | 2022-05-30 23:13:33 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/life/safety-tips/water-safety-swimsuit-color/85-c5db3404-7cc1-4fe6-89bb-4202aeeb6514 |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday its profit for the last quarter plummeted nearly 70% as a weak global economy depressed demand for its consumer electronics products and computer memory chips.
The company’s operating profit of 4.3 trillion won ($3.5 billion) for the three months through December fell 69% from a year earlier, representing its lowest quarterly profit since the third quarter of 2014. Revenue fell 8% to 70.46 trillion won ($57.2 billion).
The South Korean tech giant thrived through the first two years of the pandemic thanks to its dual strengths in parts and finished products, benefiting from robust demand for PCs, TVs and chips powering computer servers as the virus forced millions to work at home.
But it has been harder for the company to weather the economic shock unleashed by Russia’s war on Ukraine, which disrupted industrial supply chains and left major economies grappling with higher inflation and slower growth.
“The business environment deteriorated significantly in the fourth quarter due to weak demand amid a global economic slowdown,” Samsung said in a statement.
The company’s profit from its bread-and-butter semiconductor business came to 270 billion won ($219 million) for the last quarter, down significantly from the 8.83 trillion won ($7.1 billion) it got a year earlier.
Samsung said chip prices fell sharply amid weakened demand as clients adjusted their inventories in face of “deepening uncertainties” in the global economy, a problem the company says will likely extend into the first quarter of 2023.
Samsung also expects demand for its smartphones and TVs to fall further in the first quarter amid the global economic downturn.
Samsung’s share price fell 3.5% on Tuesday. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/business/ap-samsungs-profit-plummets-amid-global-economic-woes/ | 2023-01-31 07:40:39 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/business/ap-samsungs-profit-plummets-amid-global-economic-woes/ |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, December 28, 2022
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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
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* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
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* WHERE...Western Mojave Desert.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM PST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Pockets of blowing dust could reduce
visibility on Interstate 15 near Barstow...Use caution if
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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NEW YORK (AP) — As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers. Opportunities were notably greater for women and people of color on streaming platforms than in theatrically released films.
The annual UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published Thursday, presented one of the most detailed looks yet at how the film industry was shaped and, in many ways, set back during the pandemic. In analyzing 2022 movie releases, academics found that ethnic and gender inclusivity in theatrical films reverted back to 2019 or 2018 levels in many metrics, turning charts downward that had been slowly trending toward greater equity on screen and behind the camera.
As the film industry sought to claw back moviegoers in 2022, it did so by leaning more on films starring and directed by white men, despite considerable evidence that more diverse films attract larger audiences. Black, Latino and Asian American moviegoers make up nearly half of all frequent moviegoers, and for the biggest hits, often account for the majority of ticket buyers.
The film industry was still recovering in 2022, releasing fewer wide releases and seeing the box office return to about 67% of pre-pandemic levels. Though the 2022 movie year ended in triumph for Asian American representation at the Academy Awards with the best picture-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” researchers see a potential turning point where opportunity for women and people of color is usually reserved for lower-budgeted streaming movies.
“It definitely was not an industry that was back all the way. But I really think it gives a picture of a two-tiered system that’s been created,” says Ana-Christina Ramón, director of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative at UCLA, which produces the report. “What will be interesting to see is what happens in 2023 if it continues to have this bifurcation.”
“The fear is that diversity is something is temporary or could be easily cut at any point in either theatrical or streaming,” says Ramón, noting that streaming services, after years of torrid growth, are now pulling back on original productions.
In theatrical releases, people of color accounted for 22% of lead actors, 17% of directors and 12% of writers. Women were 39% of lead actors and 15% of directors. While roughly double the percentages of a decade ago, the numbers are closer to those of five years ago, and still easily trail U.S. population demographics. Women have made gains in writing, composing 27% of writers in 2022 theatrical releases, up from 17% in 2019. Yet only one woman of color penned a top theatrical film in 2022.
At the same time, streaming releases are more inclusive, accounting for more films with diverse casts and more female leads. Sixty-four percent of original streaming releases in 2022 had casts that were more than 30% non-white, as opposed to 57% of theatrical releases. About a third of leads in top streaming films went to people of color — nearly 12% more than in theatrical films but still about 10% below population demographics. Leads for women in streaming films (49%) nearly reached parity with men in 2022.
But by considering budget levels, which tend to be higher in theatrical releases, researchers found some of the greatest disparities. Studios are overwhelmingly choosing white male directors for their biggest productions. They accounted for 73% of film directors in theatrical release, in films that usually (60%) had a budget above $30 million.
Budgets tended to be lower for female filmmakers and directors of color. Films directed by white women were usually (56%) budgeted less than $20 million. For directors of color, 76% of their streaming films had budgets below $20 million.
“With the industry unstable, what we could see was the culture that Hollywood has always relied on when in need of a surefire hit," says Ramón. “They think of surefire hits as a code for no diversity, for white-led. It’s something that they’re comfortable with.”
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Darius Perrantes threw two touchdown passes, Ezekiel Daure returned an interception for a touchdown, and Duquesne defeated Central Connecticut 30-6 on Saturday.
Perrantes, who was 17-of-24 passing for 260 yards, threw touchdowns of 7 yards to Abdul Janneh in the second quarter and 24 yards to Jalin Cooper in the fourth. Perrantes' top target was Dwayne Menders with eight catches for 118 yards.
Daure's 30-yard interception return in the final minute was the third interception of the Blue Demons' Shon Mitchell, who completed 17 of 35 passes for 135 yards.
Nasir Smith scored Central Connecticut's touchdown, on a 19-yard run in the third quarter. He totaled 91 yards on 20 carries.
Brian Bruzdewicz kicked three field goals for Duquesne (2-5, 1-2 Northeast Conference).
Central Connecticut fell to 0-7, 0-3.
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REHOVOT, Israel, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CollPlant Biotechnologies (Nasdaq: CLGN), a regenerative and aesthetics medicine company developing innovative technologies and products for tissue regeneration and organ manufacturing, today announced that the Company's Deputy CEO & Chief Financial Officer Eran Rotem, will present a company overview at the Dawson James 7th Annual Small Cap Growth Conference at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Jupiter, Florida.
Mr. Rotem's presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 12th at 14:00-14:25 PM ET.
Investors attending the event may request a one-on-one meeting through the conference coordinators.
About CollPlant
CollPlant is a regenerative and aesthetic medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, and medical aesthetics. The Company's products are based on its recombinant human collagen produced with CollPlant's proprietary plant based genetic engineering technology. These products address indications for the diverse fields of tissue repair, aesthetics, and organ manufacturing, and are ushering in a new era in regenerative and aesthetic medicine.
At the beginning of 2021, CollPlant entered into a development and global commercialization agreement for dermal and soft tissue fillers with Allergan, an AbbVie company, the global leader in the dermal filler market. Later in 2021, CollPlant entered into a strategic co-development agreement with 3D Systems for a 3D bioprinted regenerative soft tissue matrix for use in breast reconstruction procedures in combination with an implant.
For more information, visit http://www.collplant.com.
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This press release may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to CollPlant's objectives plans and strategies, as well as statements, other than historical facts, that address activities, events or developments that CollPlant intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. These statements are often characterized by terminology such as "believes," "hopes," "may," "anticipates," "should," "intends," "plans," "will," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "positioned," "strategy" and similar expressions and are based on assumptions and assessments made in light of management's experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Many factors could cause CollPlant's actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's history of significant losses, its ability to continue as a going concern, and its need to raise additional capital and its inability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the Company's expectations regarding the timing and cost of commencing clinical trials with respect to tissues and organs which are based on its rhCollagen based BioInk and products for medical aesthetics; the Company's ability to obtain favorable pre-clinical and clinical trial results; regulatory action with respect to rhCollagen based BioInk and medical aesthetics products including but not limited to acceptance of an application for marketing authorization review and approval of such application, and, if approved, the scope of the approved indication and labeling; commercial success and market acceptance of the Company's rhCollagen based products in 3D Bioprinting and medical aesthetics; the Company's ability to establish sales and marketing capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties and its reliance on third party distributors and resellers; the Company's ability to establish and maintain strategic partnerships and other corporate collaborations; the Company's reliance on third parties to conduct some or all aspects of its product manufacturing; the scope of protection the Company is able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights and the Company's ability to operate its business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others; the overall global economic environment; the impact of competition and new technologies; general market, political, and economic conditions in the countries in which the Company operates; projected capital expenditures and liquidity; changes in the Company's strategy; and litigation and regulatory proceedings. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting CollPlant is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" included in CollPlant's most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC, and in other filings that CollPlant has made and may make with the SEC in the future. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and reflect CollPlant's current views with respect to future events, and CollPlant does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contact at CollPlant:
Eran Rotem
Deputy CEO & Chief Financial Officer
Tel: + 972-73-2325600/631
Email: Eran@collplant.com
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Marlins vs. Pirates Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - June 23
Friday's contest at LoanDepot park has the Miami Marlins (43-33) taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates (34-40) at 6:40 PM ET (on June 23). Our computer prediction projects a narrow 5-4 win for the Marlins, so expect a tight matchup.
The Marlins will give the nod to Jesus Luzardo (6-5, 4.09 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 7 on the season, and the Pirates will turn to Luis Ortiz (1-3, 4.30 ERA).
Marlins vs. Pirates Game Info & Odds
- When: Friday, June 23, 2023 at 6:40 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Apple TV+
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Pirates Score Prediction
Our prediction for this game is Marlins 5, Pirates 4.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Pirates
- Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in five of their past 10 games and won four of those contests.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Miami and its opponents are 6-4-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
- There has not been a spread set for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have entered the game as favorites 31 times this season and won 21, or 67.7%, of those games.
- This season Miami has won four of its five games when favored by at least -190 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Marlins, based on the moneyline, is 65.5%.
- Miami ranks 23rd in the majors with 309 total runs scored this season.
- The Marlins have the 14th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (4.09).
Pirates Performance Insights
- The Pirates have been underdogs nine times over their past 10 games and lost every one of those contests.
- In its previous 10 games with a total, Pittsburgh and its opponents have combined to exceed the over/under on six occasions.
- The previous 10 Pirates contests have not had a runline posted by oddsmakers.
- The Pirates have won in 22, or 40%, of the 55 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This season, Pittsburgh has come away with a win one times in three chances when named as an underdog of at least +155 or worse on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Pirates have a 39.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- Pittsburgh scores the 24th-most runs in baseball (307 total, 4.1 per game).
- The Pirates have pitched to a 4.41 ERA this season, which ranks 18th in baseball.
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Announces Commencement of Exchange Offer relating to its outstanding Senior Notes due 2022
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. ("Edenor" or the "Company") hereby announces the commencement of its offer to exchange (the "Offer") any and all of its outstanding 9.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the "Existing Notes") for the applicable amount of newly issued 9.75% Additional Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Additional New Notes") and cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the exchange offer memorandum, dated September 23, 2022 (the "Exchange Offer Memorandum"). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Exchange Offer Memorandum.
The Offer is only available to holders of Existing Notes who are (1) "Qualified Institutional Buyers" ("QIBs") as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in a private transaction in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof, or (2) persons other than "U.S. persons" (as defined in Rule 902 under Regulation S under the Securities Act, "U.S. Persons") outside the United States who are not acquiring Additional New Notes for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person, in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, and who are non-U.S. Qualified Offerees (as defined in the Exchange Offer Memorandum), in each case, whose receipt and review of the Exchange Offer Memorandum, and participation in the Offer, is otherwise permitted under the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to them. Eligible Holders in Argentina are urged to read, must follow the procedures set forth in, and must rely exclusively on, the Argentine Exchange Offer Memorandum. Holders who desire to obtain and complete an electronic Eligibility Letter should visit the following website: https://projects.morrowsodali.com/EdenorEligibility.
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Offer:
(1) The Existing Notes are currently listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on its Euro MTF Market, are listed and traded on the BYMA (as defined below), through BCBA (as defined below) acting in accordance with the authority delegated by the BYMA to the BCBA and are traded on the MAE (as defined below).
(2) For each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange on or prior to the Expiration Date, an Eligible Holder shall receive U.S.$630 principal amount of Additional New Notes and U.S.$400 in cash (the "Cash Consideration"). The Exchange Consideration (as defined below) does not include the Accrued Interest Payment (as defined below).
The Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 21, 2022, unless extended by us in our sole discretion (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Date"). Eligible Holders of Existing Notes who validly submit their Tender Orders on or prior to the Expiration Date will be eligible to receive the Exchange Consideration. Tender Orders may be validly revoked at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on October 21, 2022 unless extended by us in our sole discretion (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Withdrawal Date"), but not thereafter. The deadlines set by any intermediary or relevant clearing system may be earlier than these deadlines.
Exchange Consideration
Tender Orders of Existing Notes submitted in the Offer will receive the Cash Consideration plus the Additional New Notes Consideration, which together are referred to herein as "Exchange Consideration".
For each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange on or prior to the Expiration Date, an Eligible Holder shall receive U.S.$630 principal amount of Additional New Notes (the "Additional New Notes Consideration") and U.S.$400 of Cash Consideration.
A separate Tender Order must be submitted on behalf of each beneficial owner.
Accrued Interest
In addition to the Exchange Consideration, Eligible Holders whose Existing Notes are accepted for exchange in the Offer will also receive all accrued and unpaid interest (rounded to the nearest cent U.S.$0.01) from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Settlement Date (as defined below) (such payment, the "Accrued Interest Payment"), to be paid in cash on the Settlement Date. As to each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange, an amount equal to interest accrued on the Additional New Notes delivered as the Additional New Notes Consideration in exchange therefor from May 12, 2022 to, but not including, the Settlement Date will be deducted from the Accrued Interest Payment.
The Settlement Date is expected to be October 24, 2022.
Additional New Notes
The Additional New Notes are being offered as additional debt securities under the indenture dated May 12, 2022 (the "New Notes Indenture"), pursuant to which we previously issued U.S.$52,706,268 Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Initial New Notes"). The Initial New Notes and the Additional New Notes (together referred to as the "New Notes") are fungible and will constitute a single series of debt securities, provided that the Additional New Notes offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S Notes will have a temporary CUSIP number, ISIN number and Common Code until expiration of the 40-day "distribution compliance period" with respect to the Additional New Notes. Principal of the Additional New Notes will mature on May 12, 2025. The Additional New Notes will bear interest at 9.75% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 12 and November 12 of each year, commencing on November 12, 2022.
The Condition
We will not be required to consummate the Offer, and we may terminate the Offer or, at our option, withdraw, modify, extend or otherwise amend the Offer at any time prior to or concurrently with the expiration of the Offer, as extended for any reason in our sole discretion, including without limitation, if the following condition has not been satisfied or waived (in our sole discretion): no order, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, stay, decree, judgment or injunction shall have been proposed, enacted, entered, issued, promulgated, enforced or deemed applicable by any court or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or instrumentality, that prohibits, prevents, restricts or delays consummation of the Offer.
If you do not validly submit a Tender Order in the Offer and we consummate the Offer, you will continue to hold Existing Notes and you will not receive the Exchange Consideration. However, if we are unable to consummate the Offer, we may not be able to repay our debt in whole or in part under the Existing Notes at maturity, due to foreign exchange regulations or for other reasons.
If and when issued, the Additional New Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction except that the CNV has authorized the public offering of the Program and the notes issued thereunder, pursuant to Resolution No. 20,503 dated October 23, 2019, and Resolution No. DI-2022-4APN-GE#CNV dated April 8, 2022. The public offering of the Additional New Notes in Argentina is included within the public offering authorization granted by the CNV to the Program, in accordance with Section 41, Title II, Chapter V, Section V of the CNV Rules. Therefore, the Additional New Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.
Morrow Sodali Limited will act as the Exchange and Information Agent for the Offer. Questions or requests for assistance related to the Offer or for additional copies of the Offer Documents may be directed to the Exchange and Information Agent (email: Edenor@investor.morrowsodali.com; Tel: +1 203 609 4910 (Stamford); Tel: +44 20 4513 6933 (London). You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer. The Offer Documents are available for Eligible Holders at the following Eligibility Letter Website: https://projects.morrowsodali.com/EdenorEligibility.
BofA Securities, Inc. is acting as the dealer manager for the Offer outside Argentina.
Global Valores S.A. will act as Argentine Dealer Manager for the Offer in Argentina. Questions or requests for assistance related to the Offer in Argentina may be directed to the Argentine Dealer Manager (email: capitalmarkets@globalvalores.com.ar; Tel.: (+54 11) 5235 1200 (Argentina).
Subject to applicable law, the Offer may be amended in any respect, extended or, upon failure of a condition to be satisfied or waived or terminated at any time and for any reason prior to the Expiration Date. We reserve the right to amend, at any time, the terms of the Offer (including, without limitation, the conditions thereto) in accordance with applicable law. We will give Eligible Holders notice of any amendments and will extend the Expiration Date if required by applicable law.
Eligible Holders of Existing Notes are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold Existing Notes as to when such intermediary would need to receive instructions from an Eligible Holder in order for that Eligible Holder to be able to participate in, or withdraw their instruction to participate in, the Offer before the deadlines specified in the Offer Documents. The deadlines set by any such intermediary for the submission of instructions will be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified above.
Important Notice
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States, and none of the Additional New Notes has been or will be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law (other than Argentina, where the public offering of the Additional New Notes is included within the public offering authorization granted by the CNV to the Program, in accordance with Section 41, Title II, Chapter V, Section V of the CNV Rules). The CNV's authorization means only that the information requirements of the CNV have been satisfied. The CNV has not rendered any opinion in respect of the accuracy of the information contained in the Exchange Offer Memorandum or the Argentine Exchange Offer Memorandum, and has not issued an opinion about the Exchange Consideration to be received pursuant the terms of the Offer.
The Additional New Notes may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This press release does not constitute an offer of the Additional New Notes for sale, or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, in any state or other jurisdiction in which any offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Argentine Dealer Manager, the Exchange and Information Agent, the Trustee, the representative of the Trustee in Argentina, the Paying Agents, the Registrars, the Transfer Agents, the Luxembourg Listing Agent or their respective directors, employees and affiliates makes any recommendation whatsoever regarding the Offer or any recommendation as to whether Eligible Holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Existing Notes for exchange pursuant to the Offer. Accordingly, any person considering participating in the Offer or making an investment decision relating to the Additional New Notes must inform itself independently based solely on the Exchange Offer Memorandum (and, to the extent applicable, the Argentine Exchange Offer Memorandum and ancillary local offering documents in Argentina) to be provided to Eligible Holders in connection with the Offer before taking any such investment decision.
This announcement is directed only to Eligible Holders. No offer of any kind is being made to any beneficial owner of Existing Notes who does not meet the above criteria or any other beneficial owner located in a jurisdiction where the Offer is not permitted by law.
The distribution of materials relating to the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Offer is void in all jurisdictions where they are prohibited. If materials relating to the Offer come into your possession, you are required to inform yourself of and to observe all of these restrictions. The materials relating to the Offer, including this communication, do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer in any place where offers are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the Offer be made by a licensed broker or dealer and a dealer manager or any affiliate of a dealer manager is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Offer shall be deemed to be made by the dealer managers or such affiliate on behalf of the Company in that jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Specifically, the Company cannot assure you that the proposed transactions described above will be consummated on the terms currently contemplated, if at all. These statements are based on expectations and assumptions on the date of this press release and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, and factors over which the Company has no control. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and does not intend to do so, unless otherwise required by law.
Note to Eligible Holders in the European Economic Area - Prohibition of sales to EEA Retail Investors – The Additional New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the "Insurance Distribution Directive"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended, the "Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Additional New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Additional New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
Note to Eligible Holders in the United Kingdom - Prohibition of sales to UK Retail Investors – The Additional New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Additional New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Additional New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
In the UK, this Exchange Offer Memorandum and any other material in relation to the Additional New Notes described herein are being distributed only to, and are directed only at, persons who are "qualified investors" (as defined in the UK Prospectus Regulation) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order"), or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, or (iii) persons to whom it would otherwise be lawful to distribute them, all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons". In the UK, the Additional New Notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire the Additional New Notes will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. This Exchange Offer Memorandum and its contents are confidential and should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by any recipients to any other person in the UK. Any person in the UK that is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this Exchange Offer Memorandum or its contents.
Media contact: Michael Truscelli +1-203-609-4910
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Variant Investments, LLC ("Variant") is pleased to announce the expansion of its investment staff with five recent hires, bringing the firm to a total headcount of sixteen. The additions will support the continued growth of the flagship fund, the Variant Alternative Income Fund (NICHX), as well as the recently launched Variant Impact Fund (IMPCX).
Please find more performance information and important disclosures here for NICHX and here for IMPCX.
Variant has hired two new Senior Vice Presidents, Tom Karwacki and Scott Zaleski, who will be sourcing and underwriting investments for both funds. Tom joins Variant from the Alternative Investments Division at Wafra. Scott was previously the Director of Complex Solutions at the Chicago Atlantic Group. With Tom and Scott operating out of New York and Chicago, respectively, Variant is also expanding its geographic footprint across the country.
"We are thrilled to have Tom and Scott join the firm", said Bob Elsasser, Variant Co-Founder and Principal. "They both bring substantial experience investing in exactly the types of market niches that we target."
Variant has also hired Daljinder Singh for a newly created role as the Head of Data and Analytics. Daljinder will focus on automation and analytic efforts, enhancing the underwriting, monitoring and portfolio management tools used by the investment team.
"We have been working with Daljinder over the past year on various data integration projects", said Curt Fintel, Variant Co-Founder and Principal. "Bringing him on full-time will help accelerate progress on key strategic initiatives that will help scale the business." Daljinder will be working as a full-time contractor out of New Delhi, India.
Variant is also announcing the addition of two new Associates to the investments team, building out the next generation of investment professionals. Morgan Pierce and Sean Plotnick will both work out of the Portland office.
"We feel fortunate to have landed all these uniquely qualified individuals", said JB Hayes, Variant Co-Founder and Principal. "This expansion of the team meaningfully increases Variant's breadth and expertise in these niche markets. We plan to continue hiring opportunistically in advance of the firm's growth".
The Fund offers investors efficient access to a diversified portfolio of unconventional income-generating assets. The Fund invests in niche market opportunities with strong cash flow characteristics and low correlations to public equity and bond markets. The Fund's primary objective is to provide a high level of current income. Capital appreciation will be considered a secondary objective. Variant, an innovator in alternative income investing, is led by an investment team with decades of experience investing in market niches. Interval funds provide investors such features as daily pricing, 1099 tax reporting, and quarterly liquidity with a fund-level gate of 5-25% of NAV. The interval fund structure allows accredited investors the opportunity to access less liquid, potentially higher yielding alternative investments.
The Fund offers investors efficient access to a diversified portfolio of unconventional income-generating assets that are aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ("UN SDGs"). The Fund invests in niche market opportunities with strong cash flow characteristics and low correlations to public equity and bond markets. The Fund's primary objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Fund will also seek to generate positive social and environmental impact by targeting investment opportunities that are both aligned with the UN SDGs and consistent with the Fund's impact investing framework. The Fund intends to invest in a wide range of opportunities across three core impact objectives: (i) financial inclusion; (ii) equitable growth; and (iii) responsible consumption. The Fund is structured as an interval fund.
Variant Investments, LLC is a Signatory of PRI | Principles for Responsible Investment and a member of the Global Impact Investing Network.
To learn more about the Variant Alternative Income Fund (NICHX), please visit funds.variantinvestments.com
To learn more about the Variant Impact Fund (IMPCX), please visit https://funds.variantinvestments.com/variant-impact-fund/
To learn more about Variant Investments, LLC, please visit www.variantinvestments.com
Ryan Warren, Director of Investor Relations, IR@VariantInvestments.com
An investment in the Fund is speculative, involves substantial risks. The Variant Alternative Income Fund and Variant Impact Fund are continuously-offered, non-diversified, registered closed-end fund with limited liquidity. There is no guarantee the Funds will achieve their objectives. An investment in the Funds should only be made by investors who understand the risks involved, who are able to withstand the loss of the entire amount invested and who can bear the risks associated with the limited liquidity of Shares. A prospective investor must meet the definition of "accredited investor" under Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.
Shares are an illiquid investment. You should generally not expect to be able to sell your Shares (other than through the repurchase process), regardless of how the Funds perform. Although the Funds are required to implement a Share repurchase program only a limited number of Shares will be eligible for repurchase by the Funds.
BEFORE INVESTING YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, RISKS, CHARGES AND EXPENSES. THIS AND OTHER INFORMATION IS IN THE PROSPECTUS, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM (877) 770-7717 OR WWW.VARIANTINVESTMENTS.COM. PLEASE READ THE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST.
Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72.
Southern Mississippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft, said he died following a lengthy illness. He had been receiving care in a Hattiesburg-area hospice.
Guy was drafted 23rd overall by Al Davis’ Raiders in 1973 and played his entire 14-year career with the team. He was a three-time All-Pro selection. In 2014, he became the first player to make be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame exclusively for his punting.
“Ray Guy was a football player who punted,” the late John Madden said in 2014 before he presented Guy for induction into the Hall of Fame.
Guy was selected to the NFL’s 75th anniversary team and the 1970’s all-decade team. He was a three-time Super Bowl champion and seven-time Pro Bowl selection.
Madden said the first time he watched Guy punt in practice for the Raiders, he knew the team had something special.
“He punted the longest, highest footballs that I had ever seen,” Madden said then.
A native of Thomson, Georgia, William Ray Guy is also a member of the College Football Football Hall of Fame and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame.
At Southern Mississippi, Guy also played defensive back. He still shares the school single-season record for most interceptions with eight in 1972 and his 61-yard field goal at Utah State set an NCAA record at the time.
In 2015, Southern Miss renamed the street outside The Duff Athletic Center on its campus “Ray Guy Way.”
Guy ended his NFL career in 1986 with a streak of 619 punts without having one blocked. But it took nearly three decades for him to be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He was a finalist for induction seven times starting in 1992 without being voted in and didn’t even make it that far on other occasions.
“That kind of bothered me because they were saying that’s not a position, it doesn’t take an athlete to do that, it’s not important,” Guy said before his Hall of Fame induction in 2014.
“That’s what really got under my skin. It wasn’t so much whether I did or didn’t. I wish somebody had. It was just knowing that they didn’t care.
“That’s what kind of frosted me a little bit.”
Guy in many ways revolutionized the position.
His kicks went so high that one that hit the Superdome scoreboard 90 feet above the field in a Pro Bowl helped put “hang time” into the football vernacular. His ability to pin the opponent deep with either high kicks or well-positioned ones was a key part of the success for the great Raiders teams of the 1970s and 80s.
“It was something that was given to me. I don’t know how,” he said. “I’m really blessed in that category. It’s something I really appreciate and I advanced it and I made it into something great.”
Guy’s statistics look somewhat pedestrian compared to today’s punters. His career average of 42.4 yards per kick ranks 61st all time and his net average of 32.2 yards (excluding his first three seasons when the statistic wasn’t kept by the NFL) isn’t even in the top 100.
Yet, he still is considered by many as the best to ever play the position.
Southern Mississippi said funeral arrangements for Guy were pending.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas and REGENSBURG, Germany, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two industry leaders expanded their collaboration recently to develop AI-enabled diagnostic testing that is more accurate and reliable than current U.S. tests for patients with chronic diseases, including kidney, cardiovascular, liver and neurologic conditions.
The expanded collaboration builds on Mayo Clinic's clinical research support for Numares Health to include an innovative convertible equity investment.
Numares is a German health care diagnostics company founded nearly two decades ago — with its U.S. headquarters recently moved to The Woodlands, Texas.
Two Numares tests are expected to gain FDA 510(k) approval early next year, one assessing kidney function (AXINON® GFR(NMR) test) and one measuring cardiac risk (AXINON® lipoFIT® test).
"The Mayo Clinic mission has always been that the needs of the patient come first," said Dr. Allan Jaffe, a cardiologist and the former chair of Mayo Clinic's division of clinical core laboratory services in the department of laboratory medicine and pathology. "The expanded research collaboration and financial investment in Numares will help us further understand this new and potentially disruptive test modality, develop new diagnostic tests and enable Mayo Clinic to better serve our patients and physicians."
Numares is developing improved diagnostic testing designed to give physicians a better tool to care for their patients with conditions related to metabolic dysfunction, such as chronic kidney, liver and cardiac diseases. These assessments also may allow for early intervention to slow disease progression.
Enabled by machine learning, this innovative testing modality being researched uses distinct and transparent algorithms combining multiple #biomarkers to measure disease progression more accurately in patients with chronic diseases.
"This significant expansion of our long-standing collaboration with Mayo Clinic has brought us one step closer to our shared goal of improving patient care," said Winton Gibbons, Numares chief executive officer.
"The new investment accelerates our development pipeline and drives research collaborations that fulfill critical unmet medical needs with new clinical utility. With the additional investment, we've enhanced our ability to target our focus on delivering this patient care technology to U.S. physicians as an improved diagnostic tool for their use."
#precisiondiagnostics, #diagnostictesting, #metabolomics
Numares Health is a health care company using AI-enabled technology to develop novel diagnostic tests to help physicians improve care for their patients with chronic diseases, including kidney, cardiovascular, liver and neurologic conditions.
Numares develops advanced tests to aid in diagnosis and measurement of disease progression by applying machine learning to metabolomics and other biomarkers. The company developed the AXINON® System that uses next-generation nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to evaluate metabolic constellations and a proprietary magnetic group signaling (MGS®) technology that enables the spectroscopy.
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- Lexus Safety System+ 2.5 standard on 2023 RC and RC F
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PLANO, Texas, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With its muscular form and aggressive stance, the refined Lexus RC is crafted to stand apart from the crowd. A bold fascia, available Premium Triple-Beam LED headlamps and strong character lines that sweep toward the dramatic rear valance and LED taillamps allow the RC to captivate from every angle. For those looking for the ultimate F driving experience, the RC F and RC F Track Edition offer unrelenting dynamic performance and uncompromising comfort.
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President Biden has yet to visit East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment more than one month ago that has resulted in severe health and environmental concerns for the area.
Biden has come under heavy pressure from Republicans and voices in conservative media to visit the area but has not committed to going. The president said a week ago that he would go “at some point,” while the White House has mostly brushed aside questions about a trip.
White House allies say some Republicans are trying to lure them into a political fight over the visit and they aren’t going to walk into that trap. They also suggest Biden will go to East Palestine when the time is right for him.
“Are we going to be suckered into this because Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are pissed off? Or are we going to go when we feel the time is right?” one Biden ally said, referring to the Florida and Georgia House Republicans.
“The White House has been on top of the situation from the start. Their priority was making sure they were on top of the response, and they have been,” the ally said.
All the same, a number of Democrats want Biden to go to East Palestine.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) told The Hill this week that he “would certainly encourage” Biden to visit the site of the train derailment.
“My understanding is that he hopes and plans to in the not-too-distant future. As you know, he’s got more on his plate than I could ever imagine dealing with,” the senator said.
Some don’t entirely understand why he has yet to visit.
“I am very frustrated by this and wonder who actually advised him to stay away,” said one Democrat who asked to speak on background to speak candidly about the issue.
Trump showed up
Trump’s visit to East Palestine fit into the GOP narrative about liberal elites in politics and media ignoring the challenges of people in the middle of the country. (Getty Images)
Days after Biden made a surprise trip to Ukraine, former President Trump showed up in East Palestine to criticize the president. Trump accused the Biden administration of “indifference and betrayal” over their response to the train derailment.
The mayor of East Palestine had also said at the time that Biden’s visit to Ukraine was the “biggest slap in the face” as his town was dealing with the chemical fallout from the train derailment.
The person who advised Biden to stay away “should be fired,” the Democrat said.
“He let Trump steal a march on him, even with the cheesy water stunt,” the source said. “Politically, it’s no way to prove to already-reticent rust belt voters that he gives a damn about them.”
GOP arguments about East Palestine have fit into a larger Republican narrative about coastal elites in politics, media and corporate America forgetting and not caring about people in the middle of the country even as money and focus goes overseas.
“No time to visit East Palestine but plenty of time for this,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote on Twitter following Biden’s visit to Ukraine last month.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) also piled on at the time, saying, “If you want to understand why so many Americans are frustrated right now: Biden is in Ukraine before Ohio.”
Pomp and circumstance
President Biden returns to the White House following an event in Philadelphia, Pa., to discuss his newly released fiscal 2024 budget. (Greg Nash)
Sources familiar with the White House decisionmaking point to a few reasons why Biden has yet to go to East Palestine.
One involves the pomp and circumstance around a presidential visit to a small town.
“The president going certainly has a much larger footprint than the secretary of Transportation and the EPA administrator,” said this source, referring to trips to East Palestine by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.
The Democratic source said that with the cooperation and coordination it takes with state and federal agencies on the ground to get Biden there, the president thinks it’s better to monitor the situation from afar.
“Rather than distract all these critical personnel by a POTUS visit, Mr. Biden believes their time is better spent dealing with the derailment and its aftermath,” the Democrat said.
Others say the trips by Buttigieg and Regan are meaningful. “He sent Regan and Pete down on his behalf. He’s confident with them,” said one source.
Biden has defended his approach.
“The idea that we’re not engaged is just simply not there. And, initially, there was not a request for me to go out, even before I was heading over to Kyiv,” Biden said on Feb. 24. “So, I’m keeping very close tabs on it. We’re doing all we can.”
The president has gone on other trips recently.
Since returning from his Ukraine and Poland trip, Biden has traveled to Virginia Beach, Va., Baltimore, and Selma, Ala. He traveled to Pennsylvania on Thursday to unveil his budget and he will go to California next week for talks with the British and Australian prime ministers.
No real advantage
The cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
White House allies argue there’s no real advantage to making a trip to East Palestine — at least right now.
“At this point, the timing seems off, so why give Republicans the upper hand on this?” one Biden ally said.
Another ally also worried if going to East Palestine would cause a spectacle because it’s “staunch MAGA land.”
“I don’t think they’d be rolling out the red carpet for him,” the ally said.
Even some Republicans say there is little to gain from Biden being on the ground, weeks after the derailment.
“There’s not a lot at this point that he can do,” said Republican strategist Susan Del Percio.
“They don’t want to look like they were forced to go. “If he goes in now, frankly it’s just talk. At this point if he visits, he’s got to deliver something. He’s got to say ‘Here’s what we’ve done.’”
The president is in touch with senior state officials in both Ohio and Pennsylvania and is kept informed regularly, said a source familiar.
“He has kept his eye on the ball when it comes to crises that have popped up during his presidency and I think he’s been very hands on with those and sometimes hands on means empower other folks to have their hands on the issue,” said Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright.
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Former Border Patrol agent caught for bribery, drug smuggling sentenced
A former Border Patrol agent who was caught smuggling drugs and money across the U.S.-Mexico border while he was being investigated for providing firearms to felons has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison, according to the Justice Department.
U.S. District Judge James Soto sentenced Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 36, of Vail, to 152 months in prison and ordered him to pay $151,000 in restitution because he drew a federal salary while participating in three conspiracies in two federal criminal cases.
Monreal-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms, and conspiracy to provide firearms to a convicted felon, according to the Justice Department.
“Most Border Patrol agents are excellent public servants who diligently interdict contraband like guns and drugs," U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino said in a prepared statement after the sentencing. "For those who aren’t and don’t, the Bureau of Prisons has plenty of room. Many thanks to our law enforcement partners on the Southern Arizona Corruption Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for their hard work in putting this case together.”
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Tucson prosecuted the case.
The Justice Department said in the summer of 2018, Monreal-Rodriguez twice bought firearms from federally licensed dealers, but provided the weapons to felons prohibited from possessing guns.
He was being investigated for those crimes when the Justice Department learned Monreal-Rodriguez was working with drug smugglers to retrieve cocaine and marijuana in his service vehicle and drive them past a border checkpoint and into the Tucson area. He also transported cash back to the border to be smuggled into Mexico.
Monreal-Rodriguez told authorities he transported 116 kilograms of cocaine and 107 kilograms of marijuana this way.
The Southern Arizona Corruption Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case. The SACTF includes members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility, Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility, the Tucson Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/12/28/former-border-patrol-agent-sentenced-for-bribery-drug-smuggling/69761743007/ | 2022-12-28 19:57:55 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/12/28/former-border-patrol-agent-sentenced-for-bribery-drug-smuggling/69761743007/ |
SNOW HILL, Md. - Snow Hill Middle School and neighboring schools sheltered in place this morning after the rumor of a shooting threat.
The Worcester County Sheriff's office says around 10:30 this morning it was made aware of a social media post posing a shooting threat to the middle school.
Sheriffs and officers of the Snow Hill Police Department responded to the schools to investigate.
Once they decided students and staff were safe, classes continued. As of 1 p.m., the threat was found to be not credible, and schools went on with their day as normal. | https://www.wrde.com/news/snow-hill-middle-school-school-threat/article_72df2390-a7ea-11ed-be7d-479639c24dd5.html | 2023-02-09 00:10:38 | 0 | https://www.wrde.com/news/snow-hill-middle-school-school-threat/article_72df2390-a7ea-11ed-be7d-479639c24dd5.html |
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Daktronics, Inc. ("Daktronics" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DAKT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Daktronics investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 10, 2022 and December 6, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
DAKT 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) the Company was experiencing challenges that increased costs, including supply chain disruptions, that impacted Daktronics' ability to fund inventory levels and operations; (2) as a result, it was probable that some portion of the Company's deferred tax assets would not be realized; (3) as a result, Daktronics was reasonably likely to record a material valuation allowance to its deferred tax assets; (4) there were material weaknesses in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting related to income taxes; (5) the foregoing presented liquidity concerns and there was substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Daktronics during the relevant time frame, you have until February 21, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Dentsply Sirona Inc. ("Dentsply") (NASDAQ: XRAY) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Dentsply's common stock between June 9, 2021, and May 9, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Dentsply, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: According to the filed complaint, defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating the Company's accounting for a distributor rebate program so that senior executives would be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation. In order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the class period. As a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
Aggrieved Dentsply investors only have until August 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – Davis Love III winces at the reference to the Sea Island Mafia, a nod to the southern sensitivities that rule this idyllic seaside enclave.
But if the reference is a tad crude, the sentiment is not.
No fewer than a dozen PGA Tour players live within a bike ride of Sea Island Resort, the site of this week’s RSM Classic, and they all enthusiastically call the layout home. It might not be a mafia, but it’s undeniably one of professional golf’s most unique and close-knit communities, which makes the local record at the RSM Classic one of the most curious on Tour.
Since Love brought the Tour stop to the Golden Isles in 2010 there has never been a local winner. There have been plenty of close calls and, some would argue, a few brushes with semantics, but no local champions.
Full-field scores from the RSM Classic
“You know, they say a local's never won here, but I mean, Kisner spends all kinds of time here. Kirk, Kirk lived here for seven or eight years,” Brian Harman countered Saturday when asked about the local drought.
Kevin Kisner did, in fact, live on the “island,” as it’s colloquially called, before moving back home to Aiken, S.C., but he wasn’t a resident when he won the RSM Classic in 2015. The same for Chris Kirk, the 2013 champion, and Charles Howell III (2018), who has been a regular in the area since his junior days when he would drive over from Augusta, Ga., for golf lessons. But neither were living there when they won.
There is no shortage of reasons for the drought. As many locals have pointed out, the Seaside and Plantation courses that host the event aren’t normally dialed into tournament shape the other 51 weeks a year. As resort courses, it wouldn’t make sense to keep the greens firm and fast and the rough thick for the guests.
There’s also something to be said for the event’s November slot on the schedule. While the date works well for the sponsor and the Tour, it’s not the best option for those looking for warmth and sunshine as evidenced by this week’s forecast.
“Under no circumstances would I have been playing golf today,” Harman said Thursday when the temperatures never reached 50 degrees and a cold wind made both courses an exercise in diminishing returns.
The St. Simons Island residents also enjoy an embarrassment of golf riches when it comes to practice options. Along with the two courses at Sea Island many of the area’s Tour players are also members at Ocean Forest Golf Club and Frederica Golf Club, both world-class facilities with plenty of opportunities for competitive games.
“I wouldn't say I play Seaside and Plantation every day, but I play it a good bit throughout the year,” said Harris English, who is playing the RSM Classic for the 11th time this week and yet has just a single top-10 finish (2021). “You want to play better for your friends and family and everybody coming out and you feel like you should play well.
“There's a lot of good players in this field and they all can play really good golf. Just because I've putted on these greens more than they have or played these golf courses more than they have doesn't mean that I have that much of an advantage over them.”
Harman is the island’s best option to end the drought this week. After opening rounds of 67-69, he played his way into contention with a third-round 64 and was two shots off the lead and tied for sixth place. Like English, this is Harman’s 11th start at the RSM Classic with his closest brush with victory coming in 2018 when he finished a distant fourth.
For the 35-year-old, the event means more to him than any other (non-major championship division) and he contends that like the growing number of local Tour pros who call the island home, it’s simply a matter of when not if.
“There's a lot of talent on this island and one of us is going to win this tournament sooner or later,” Harman said.
Whether that breakthrough comes sooner rather than later now falls to Harman, the lone hope for the Sea Island Mafia — or whatever title Love prefers for the local contingent. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ending-sea-island-mafias-rsm-classic-drought-now-falls-brian-harman | 2022-11-20 02:18:16 | 1 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ending-sea-island-mafias-rsm-classic-drought-now-falls-brian-harman |
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government on Tuesday passed a law giving hundreds of thousands of domestic cleaners and carers the right to unemployment benefits and other job protection measures for the first time.
Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz said the law would benefit more than 370,000 people, 95% of whom are women. She said the bill was intended to end discrimination against workers whose jobs have been undervalued for too long.
“If there is a job in our lives that is important it is that of caring and cleaning, and for that reason I think today the country is better off,” said Díaz.
The law will take effect in October.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Monday that the bill would be passed at the Cabinet meeting Tuesday, saying it was to “put an end to unacceptable injustice.”
Díaz said the law follows long-standing recommendations from both the European Union and the International Labor Organization that people employed in private houses should have the same rights as other workers.
Díaz said that a third of the cleaners and carers were more than 50 years of age. More than 40% are foreigners, principally from Colombia, Romania and Honduras.
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MIRAMAR, Fla., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., a national leader in health care education with 17 campuses in eight states, has launched associate degree programs in Cardiovascular Sonography (CVS) and Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) at its Miramar campus. The accelerated programs will provide pathways for students who want to pursue in-demand health care careers as quickly as possible.
The demand for professionals in diagnostic medicine is estimated to grow by 14% from 2020 to 2030, largely because of retirements and career changes, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics.i About 12,000 openings for medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists are projected each year.
"Our sonography programs will educate students to use ultrasound images to access and diagnose critical conditions involving major organs, including the heart," said Concorde-Miramar Campus President Dean Vines. "These programs will help address the current health care shortages we are seeing across the country, as students will have the skills to quickly enter the workforce upon graduation."
Enrollment for both programs are now open. Classes for the DMS Program will begin in July 2022 and for the CVS Program in September 2022. Teaching students fundamental medical concepts through a mixture of classroom learning and hands-on training in clinical settings, both programs are fast paced and offer 960 clinical hours. Students can complete the DMS Program in as little as 20 months and the CVS Program in 21 months.
The CVS program covers cardiac and vascular anatomy, physiology, techniques for performing ultrasound imaging of various body structures, and general education topics:ii
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Cardiovascular Registry Review
- Echocardiography
- Electrophysiology
- Vascular Sonography
The DMS program covers human anatomy and physiology, techniques for performing ultrasound imaging of various body structures, and general education topics:iii
- Abdominal Sonography
- Anatomy and Physiology
- General Vascular Sonography
- OB/GYN Sonography
- Physics and Instrumentation
- Registry Review
- Sonographic Cross-Sectional Anatomy
The sonography courses will integrate didactic and clinical instruction with increasing expectations at each level, preparing students to help doctors assess conditions and guide surgical teams. Concorde-Miramar has seasoned faculty who are dedicated to helping students gain the skills they need to be successful in their externships and obtain entry-level sonography positions.
The Concorde-Miramar campus, which offers a variety of health care programs in South Florida, is at 10933 Marks Way. For more information, visit the campus website or call 754-206-7959.
About Concorde Career Colleges, Inc.
Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., which operates 17 campuses in eight states under the brands Concorde Career College and Concorde Career Institute, prepares America's next generation of health care and dental professionals for rewarding careers. The Concorde hybrid/blended education model combines online coursework with in-person lab classes and clinical experiences. Concorde's 25 student-focused academic programs and personalized support prepares graduates for in-demand careers in nursing, dental, respiratory, diagnostic and other health care roles. Concorde's campuses are accredited by either the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or the Council on Occupational Education (COE). For more information, visit www.concorde.edu.
i U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected national growth in job openings for medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists and technicians between 2020-2030, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/diagnostic-medical-sonographers.htm
ii https://www.concorde.edu/diagnostic-programs/cardiovascular-sonography/miramar
iii https://www.concorde.edu/diagnostic-programs/diagnostic-medical-sonography/miramar
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YPSILANTI, MI — Braving a narrow dirt path along the edge of busy Washtenaw Avenue on a recent afternoon, Tiffany Guynn stepped carefully over a mud puddle.
“I’ve fallen, because when it rains or it’s slick, you just slide,” the Eastern Michigan University student said of her experience on the stretches without sidewalks. “I’ve tumbled twice.”
Guynn walks along the car-centric corridor two miles each day to get to campus and it’s an obstacle course of missing sidewalks and other unsafe conditions, including intersections without crosswalk ramps, and crumbling and uneven pathways.
Where conditions are especially bad, pedestrians risk walking in the road. And where there are no convenient crosswalks nearby, pedestrians play Frogger to cross five lanes of traffic.
Many people who’ve attempted the daunting task of walking or biking along Washtenaw Avenue between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti over the years have realized the corridor is far from pedestrian-friendly and can feel downright dangerous.
“I found it to be extremely frightening and uncomfortable,” said Ann Arbor City Council Member Dharma Akmon, an avid cyclist who serves on the city’s Transportation Commission and has biked the corridor east of U.S. 23.
“It’s not an enjoyable experience,” she said. “It was really scary. I don’t think I would do it again.”
It’s an issue officials have spent many years discussing but have yet to substantially address, making slow, incremental improvements. There hasn’t been the sweeping transformation officials imagined well over a decade ago when they launched the ReImagine Washtenaw initiative and came up with a vision for a redeveloped corridor with more mixed-used, transit-oriented development, continuous sidewalks and frequent crossings.
Washtenaw Avenue remains a heavily congested, auto-oriented corridor filled with strip malls, gas stations, drive-thru fast food, auto repair and oil change shops, vehicle exhaust, and lacking accommodations for nonmotorized transportation users.
“I don’t know who it’s really serving,” Akmon said.
In addition to limited funding and no dedicated budget for ReImagine Washtenaw, which officials cite as reasons for not making more improvements, part of the challenge is the corridor spans several local jurisdictions and is under the control of the Michigan Department of Transportation.
“I’m sort of trying to herd the cats,” said Nathan Voght, Washtenaw County’s ReImagine Washtenaw project manager, whose role has been to convene the stakeholders. “Each community, the extent to which they participate or not — how enthusiastic they are — is up to them.”
There’s been some progress and the good news now, Voght said, is MDOT is doing a new study that could lead to a redesign of a three-mile stretch of Washtenaw Avenue from U.S. 23 into Ypsilanti, considering elements like protected bike lanes, new sidewalks and a landscaped median.
‘We’re doing the best we can’
Local officials trace the roots of ReImagine Washtenaw to 2007, when it was eyed as an economic development opportunity after Pfizer announced it was leaving Ann Arbor.
A strategy for the corridor was developed by 2010 and by 2015 all four local jurisdictions adopted the ReImagine Washtenaw plan following a federally funded corridor study.
But there wasn’t political will among local officials to create an authority to capture property taxes and reinvest them into improving the corridor — an idea floated in 2010.
Instead, the different jurisdictions have made varying levels of commitment to improving conditions.
There are complete sidewalks and pathways along Washtenaw Avenue through Ann Arbor and most of the stretch through Pittsfield Township now. But east of Golfside Road, the corridor runs through Ypsilanti Township and then the city of Ypsilanti and it’s those long stretches where conditions are worst.
Nicole Brown, who was recently elected Ypsilanti mayor, said the city is committed to eventually having safe sidewalks along Washtenaw Avenue.
“We’re doing a lot of work within the city already to make sure it’s accessible for folks who want the city to be walkable,” she said. “And we have limited infrastructure dollars, so we contribute what we can and we’re making our way kind of down the corridor. We want it to be safe.”
She added, “We’re doing the best we can. We get limited dollars every year from the state.”
Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo did not respond to a request for comment, though the ReImagine Washtenaw website notes there has been work to fill some sidewalk gaps in the township in recent years.
Pittsfield Township Supervisor Mandy Grewal recalled she was on the county board when the initiative got started. Pittsfield remains committed to enhancing nonmotorized improvements and safety along the busiest transit route in the county, she said, noting the corridor supports multi-unit housing and commercial centers and has high potential for dense development.
Pittsfield several years ago used federal funds to complete the sidewalk network along the south side of the corridor within its jurisdiction, while MDOT also agreed to add a new traffic signal with pedestrian crossings at Glencoe Hills Drive.
“For many years, I have also advocated for a transit super stop at the county service center, which is back on the front burner as part of current ongoing discussions,” Grewal said.
If all four jurisdictions come together with MDOT and the county to discuss creatively redesigning the corridor with nonmotorized amenities, considering road diets and turning lane redesigns, Grewal thinks they can get more done more quickly.
Concerned about conditions along Washtenaw Avenue and elsewhere, the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living filed a lawsuit in 2015 against MDOT, Pittsfield and Ypsilanti townships and the Road Commission, aiming to get sidewalks, bus stops and crossings brought into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case played out in court for four years and the parties agreed to settlements committing to certain improvements, but some of the conditions the group was concerned about eight years ago remain.
‘Setting the stage’
“What this project needs is a lot of money,” Voght said of how Washtenaw Avenue could substantially improve.
Community Development Block Grant funds have been used to fill some sidewalk gaps, but officials have been holding off on doing more in anticipation of the new MDOT study, which might come up with a different plan, Voght said.
The study is continuing through this year and is expected to drill down into design options, with opportunities for public input. Residents can follow the ReImagine Washtenaw Facebook and Twitter pages to get notified about meetings.
“What’s nice about this study is this is going even beyond what we did eight years ago,” Voght said, adding it’s going to check a lot of boxes in terms of environmental clearances to spend any federal money to redo the road eventually.
“We’re going to be setting the stage and be really ready and poised to do more of a major reconstruction of the roadway when MDOT can find the funding,” he said. “And I presume there’ll be some local funding contributions as well, especially when it comes to things like bike lanes and things that MDOT doesn’t pay for usually — full sidewalks, for example.”
Voght also is interested in seeing a new traffic analysis, as commuting patterns have changed since the pandemic. Traffic lane reductions could be considered, he said.
“The issue has always been so many cars, most of them single-occupant vehicles taking up a lot of room, and you can only move so many people through a corridor without having massive congestion when everybody wants their own car,” he said. “So, we know there needs to be some sort of mode shift to a more efficient means of transportation.”
One mode is public transit and TheRide is planning bus service upgrades along the corridor, including a new express bus service in 2024 followed by bus rapid transit in the future if there’s support for dedicated bus lanes or queue jump lanes.
Hopefully the result of MDOT’s study is a concrete plan to implement what the community wants, which is a multi-modal corridor, Voght said, noting Ann Arbor has shown interest in having bike lanes separated from roadways and that will be explored for Washtenaw Avenue.
“Eight years ago, we assumed they’d be in the roadway with some sort of buffer,” he said. “But if you really want to make bikers feel safe, get it above the curb, put some feeling of protection along the roadway, and we may have even a better bike network than we envisioned.”
Not only is traveling along Washtenaw Avenue intimidating and uncomfortable for pedestrians and cyclists, it’s also not a road anybody enjoys driving down, Voght said.
“It’s in terrible shape, it’s fast moving, there’s all sorts of rear-end accidents,” he said. “It’s just not a good experience overall.”
Three intersections along Washtenaw Avenue are on the list of most dangerous intersections in the county.
A reconstruction of the U.S. 23 interchange at Washtenaw Avenue in the coming years could dovetail with other improvements, Voght said.
Ann Arbor also is considering TC1 downtown-style zoning for Washtenaw Avenue to encourage more private redevelopment, which the city hasn’t seen on the corridor since the Arbor Hills Crossing shops were built a decade ago. The city also is exploring taking over state-controlled roads in the city.
Akmon said she’d like to see an abundance of attractive options for people to walk, bike or ride the bus, including more multi-use pathways for pedestrians and cyclists.
“There’s a lot that needs to be done,” she said. “I think creating a sense of place is important right now. It feels very designed with assumptions of it being just a cut-through from one place to a distant other place, not really a destination in itself, and that’s part of what makes it feel so unpleasant.”
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Pistons guard Jaden Ivey left off list of finalists for NBA Rookie of the Year
Detroit — Jaden Ivey had a sensational first season in the NBA with the Pistons, but it wasn't enough for him to be considered in the league's annual Rookie of the Year race.
The NBA announced the three finalists for the prestigious award on Friday and the winner will go to either Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler or Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams.
Ivey, a 6-foot-4 guard, quickly emerged as one of the best rookies in the league while showcasing his playmaking abilities on a nightly basis for the Pistons. He finished the season averaging 16.3 points (third among rookies), 5.2 assists (first among rookies) and 3.9 rebounds per game.
Ivey only trailed Banchero in most games with 10 points, five rebounds and five assists among rookies this season. His season totals included marks of 1,204 points, 387 assists, 288 rebounds, and 120 made 3-pointers, which is the fifth time that a rookie recorded such minimums in NBA history.
Banchero is the front-runner for the Rookie of the Year award after totaling 20 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists this season.
The season-ending injury to Cade Cunningham, who finished third in Rookie of the Year voting last season, allowed Ivey to develop at a much faster rate as he played 31.1 minutes per game, second behind Banchero's 33.7.
Ivey summed up his rookie season with a tweet on Thursday that read, "Grateful for all the ups and downs this season has taught me. Hungry for more. YR 1."
Ivey may not be a finalist for the Rookie of the Year award, but he should earn a nod on one of the league's All-Rookie teams. Pistons rookie center Jalen Duren could be in the running for the same honor.
The finalists for the league's other marquee awards were also revealed on Friday, including Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year.
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PARIS (AP) — Tony Parker surely knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the San Antonio Spurs. And, no surprise, the four-time NBA champion told The Associated Press on Friday he sees a bright future at his former team for fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama.
Parker, who is now retired, played 17 seasons for the Spurs. He won NBA titles with the team in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, so knows the franchise inside out. He told the AP in a phone interview it will be the “perfect place” for the 19-year-old French wonder, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
“I know he wanted to go to San Antonio, and so it feels like it was destiny, with the French connection we built over the years,” Parker said. “And he is going to keep the legacy going. It’s pretty cool.”
As expected, the Spurs opted for Wembanyama, who has been creating huge expectations in the French league. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated in his final season with Metropolitans 92, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.
In spite of his huge frame, he can shoot 3-pointers with ease and his technical skills are stunning.
“He is unique,” Parker said. “His set of skills is unique. You know, we never saw a guy, a 7-5 (player), shooting like that, and having the dribbling skills that he has, and the way that he plays the game, it is just different. I can’t wait to see him play with the Spurs.”
Parker, the majority owner of French club Villeurbanne, has a good relationship with Wembanyama, who played a season for that team.
“So when the Spurs got the lottery pick, we talked, exchanged texts, and it was the same last night,” Parker said. “I’m very happy for him and I will definitely try to support him.”
Asked what kind of advice he would give to Wembanyama for a quick adaptation to the Spurs and the NBA, Parker said the kid just needs to be himself.
“And he is already like that,” Parker said. “He does not care about the pressure and expectation, and I think the Spurs is the perfect place for him. He is in very good hands.”
After matching a league record of 22 straight playoff appearances, San Antonio has not made the postseason the last four seasons, the longest drought in the franchise’s 50-year history. Parker believes that Wembanyama’s arrival will help rebuild a competitive team.
“That’s a good first piece,” he said. “Now he is going to need some help, to win a championship in the NBA is the hardest thing your are going to have to do. So with the Spurs, we’ve got a lot of work to do now to try to bring pieces around him that are going to fit, for us to be able to contend for a championship.”
A former member of the French national team, Parker was the FIBA Europe Player of the year in 2013 and 2014 and the league’s top scorer in 2011 and 2013.
Wembanyama’s rise to the top will also benefit France, Parker said.
“It’s great for basketball, it’s great for French basketball,” Parker said. “Obviously, the future years look bright for us with the national team.”
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Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Biden-Macron relationship had a choppy start. Macron briefly recalled France’s ambassador to the United States last year after the White House announced a deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia, undermining a contract for France to sell diesel-powered submarines.
But the relationship has turned around with Macron emerging as one of Biden’s most forward-facing European allies in the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This week’s visit — it will include Oval Office talks, a glitzy dinner, a news conference and more — comes at a critical moment for both leaders.
The leaders have a long agenda for their Thursday meeting at the White House, including Iran’s nuclear program, China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific and growing concerns about security and stability in Africa’s Sahel region, according to U.S. and French officials. But front and center during their Oval Office meeting will be Russia’s war in Ukraine, as both Biden and Macron work to maintain economic and military support for Kyiv as it tries to repel Russian forces.
In Washington, Republicans are set to take control of the House, where GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday following a meeting with Biden and fellow congressional leaders again vowed that Republicans will not write a “blank check” for Ukraine. Across the Atlantic, Macron’s efforts to keep Europe united will be tested by the mounting costs of supporting Ukraine in the nine-month war and as Europe battles rising energy prices that threaten to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Monday described Macron as the “dynamic leader” of America’s oldest ally while explaining Biden’s decision to honor the French president with the first state visit of his presidency.
The U.S. tradition of honoring foreign heads of state dates back to Ulysses S. Grant, who hosted King David Kalakaua of the Kingdom of Hawaii for a more than 20-course White House dinner, but the tradition has been on hold since 2019 because of COVID-19 concerns.
“If you look at what’s going on in Ukraine, look at what’s going on in the Indo Pacific and the tensions with China, France is really at the center of all those things,” Kirby said. “And so the president felt that this was exactly the right and the most appropriate country to start with for state visits.”
Macron was also Republican Donald Trump’s pick as the first foreign leader to be honored with a state visit during his term. The 2018 state visit included a jaunt by the two leaders to Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of George Washington, America’s founding president.
French government spokesperson Olivier Veran said Tuesday that Macron’s second state visit is “a strong symbol of the partnership between France and the United States.” It shows “very strong ties” between the countries and comes at a moment where the world is faced with important international issues, including the war in Ukraine, food security, climate and energy, he said.
Veran added that there is a need for “re-synchronizing” the agendas of the European Union and the United States to face crises, especially on energy and rising prices.
Macron was scheduled to arrive in Washington on Tuesday evening before a packed day of meetings and appearances in and around Washington on Wednesday — including a visit to NASA headquarters with Vice President Kamala Harris and talks with Biden administration officials on nuclear energy.
On Thursday, Macron will have his private meeting with Biden followed by a joint news conference and visits to the State Department and Capitol Hill before Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, are feted at the state dinner. Grammy winner Jon Batiste is to provide the entertainment. The White House has been preparing for days for Macron’s arrival, setting up a large tent for the festivities on the South Lawn and decorating light poles bordering the White House complex with French flags.
Macron will head to New Orleans on Friday, where he is to announce plans to expand programming to support French language education in U.S. schools, according to French officials.
For all of that, there are still areas of tension in the U.S.-French relationship.
Biden has steered clear of embracing Macron’s calls on Ukraine to resume peace talks with Russia, something Biden has repeatedly said is a decision solely in the hands of Ukraine’s leadership.
Perhaps more pressing are differences that French and other European Union leaders have raised about Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, sweeping legislation passed in August that includes historic spending on climate and energy initiatives. Macron and other leaders have been rankled by a provision in the bill that provides tax credits to consumers who buy electric vehicles manufactured in North America.
The French president, in making his case against the subsidies, will underscore that it’s crucial for “Europe, like the U.S., to come out stronger ... not weaker” as the world emerges from the tumult of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a senior French government official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity to preview private talks.
Macron earlier this month said the subsidies could upend the “level playing field” on trade with the EU and called aspects of the Biden legislation “unfriendly.”
The White House, meanwhile, plans to counter that the legislation goes a long way in helping the U.S. meet global efforts to curb climate change. The president and aides will also impress on the French that the legislation will also create new opportunities for French companies and others in Europe, according to a senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity to preview the talks.
Macron’s visit comes about 14 months after the relationship hit its nadir after the U.S. announced its deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia.
After the announcement of the deal, which had been negotiated in secret, France briefly recalled its ambassador to Washington. A few weeks later Macron met Biden in Rome ahead of the Group of 20 summit, where the U.S. president sought to patch things up by acknowledging his administration had been “clumsy” in how it handled the issue.
Macron’s visit with Harris to NASA headquarters on Wednesday will offer the two countries a chance to spotlight their cooperation on space.
France in June signed the Artemis Accords, a blueprint for space cooperation supporting NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon by 2024 and to launch a historic human mission to Mars.
The same month, the U.S. joined a French initiative to develop new tools for adapting to climate change, the Space for Climate Observatory.
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Corbet reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed reporting.
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ON!Track Unite is an open API single hub for construction data with proven capability to provide better insights, improved efficiencies, and greater cost savings.
PLANO, Texas, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilti North America, an innovator of tools, technology, software, and services to the commercial construction industry is leading a fundamental shift in how customers run their businesses with the launch of ON!Track Unite, a new open Application Programming Interface (API) for software integration. The platform transforms what is often complex and manual-based into a seamless digital experience, unifying data from multiple sources, increasing data quality and consistency, and automating processes involving ON!Track Tool Tracking and Asset Management and other software.
In 2015, Hilti launched construction asset management solution ON!Track to help solve problems related to managing assets, services, workers, and safety certifications. The company is building on the software with the release of ON!Track Unite, an add-on which makes using ON!Track even more efficient and unified. The open API facilitates a seamless exchange of data between ON!Track and other applications construction professionals use to run their businesses.
The platform is designed to support two main integration scenarios. Customers can use off-the-shelf integrations available on the marketplace or create their own integrations by leveraging the ON!Track Unite open API. Developers can rely on guidance and modern API documentation on the ON!Track Unite hub to easily build scalable integrations. Construction software players can offer joint customers a pre-built integration between ON!Track and the application they develop or distribute, which can be listed on the integration marketplace. The marketplace already includes many integrations, including Fieldwire, Trackunit, Procore and Viewpoint, a leading construction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Hilti has plans to offer even more integrations soon.
In recent years, Hilti has made major investments to digitize the construction industry and extend its digital Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio. Today's announcement follows the brand's recent acquisition of the project management software Fieldwire, a partnership with Trackunit in the heavy equipment telematics space, and the launch of Nuron, an all-new 22-volt cordless platform with built-in connectivity.
"This API-first approach assist in enabling integrations with other applications so that ON!Track Unite can be catered to the exact needs of every customer, providing a unified experience, and unlocking new business value," said Thibaud Lefebvre, Senior Director of Tools Services at Hilti North America. "Customers who utilize the ON!Track Unite platform will experience a step change in how they operate their businesses because it avoids the duplication manual data entries, helps to correctly allocate asset and consumables costs, and opens the door to increased tool crib transparency. We believe this technology will help our partners make better data-driven decisions and take productivity to new heights."
Fleet customers of Hilti's all-new cordless tool platform, Nuron, can leverage the innovation for a fully connected experience. The tools generate data which is then stored on the Nuron batteries and sent securely to the cloud during every charge without any operator interaction. The data collected includes information on tool usage, charging location and battery state-of-health. Those insights are accessible through ON!Track and will be accessible on the ON!Track Unite open API in the near future.
"This is what customers expect from Hilti – valuable solutions to help their businesses modernize, which will lead to limitless growth and profitability," said Lefebvre. "We understand data is a critical asset that must be highly prioritized. This launch represents a key piece of the open ecosystem of integrated applications that we are expanding and affirms our commitment to the digital change journey."
Hilti will proactively discuss and offer support services to customers who decide to implement ON!Track Unite. The platform is available now for U.S. and Canadian customers. The global rollout will continue in 2023.
Hilti supplies the worldwide construction industry with technologically leading products, systems, software, and services that provide construction professionals with innovative solutions and superior added value. In North America, there are more than 3,800 team members who share Hilti's corporate culture based on integrity, teamwork, commitment, and the courage to embrace change. Hilti calls Texas its North American home since relocating its headquarters to Plano in 2015. To learn more about Hilti, visit our website at www.hilti.com.
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Matt Olson Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Reds - June 25
Published: Jun. 25, 2023 at 9:24 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Matt Olson -- with a slugging percentage of .762 in his past 10 games, including six home runs -- will be in action for the Atlanta Braves versus the Cincinnati Reds, with Levi Stoudt on the mound, on June 25 at 1:40 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he racked up two extra-base hits (2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI) against the Reds.
Matt Olson Game Info & Props vs. the Reds
- Game Day: Sunday, June 25, 2023
- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
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- Reds Starter: Levi Stoudt
- TV Channel: BSOH
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +150)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +135)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: -139)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -238)
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Matt Olson At The Plate
- Olson is batting .236 with 13 doubles, a triple, 24 home runs and 49 walks.
- He ranks 117th in batting average, 44th in on base percentage, and ninth in slugging among the qualified batters in MLB.
- Olson has recorded a hit in 48 of 76 games this season (63.2%), including 18 multi-hit games (23.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in 21 games this year (27.6%), homering in 7% of his plate appearances.
- In 43.4% of his games this year, Olson has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 19.7% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in seven contests.
- He has scored in 41 games this year (53.9%), including multiple runs in 15 games.
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Reds Pitching Rankings
- The Reds pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Reds' 4.96 team ERA ranks 27th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Reds surrender the fourth-most home runs in baseball (106 total, 1.4 per game).
- Stoudt will start for the Reds, his first of the season.
- It's the season debut and his first appearance in more than a year for the 25-year-old right-hander.
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Two sheriff's deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers, officials said late Wednesday.
Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies Jeremy Watkins and Johntavious Bowers each violated multiple policies after they reported to the location of Nichols' violent arrest on Jan. 7, Sheriff Floyd Bonner said in a statement.
Nichols had fled a traffic stop but was caught near his home by Memphis Police Department officers who punched him, kicked him and hit him with a baton, police video footage and other documents showed.
Video released by the city showed several law enforcement officers standing around as Nichols struggled with serious injuries while he sat on the ground, propped up against a police car. Nichols was taken to a hospital in an ambulance that left the location of the beating 27 minutes after emergency medical technicians arrived, authorities have said.
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Nichols died at a hospital on Jan. 10. Five Memphis officers accused of beating Nichols have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. One other Memphis officer has been fired but not charged criminally for his role in the traffic stop that preceded the beating.
The sheriff’s office previously had said two deputies who went to the scene after Nichols was beaten had been disciplined and were under investigation. But the county law enforcement office had not divulged further details, including their names and the actions they took — or did not take.
Reports released by the sheriff's office late Thursday showed Bowers and Watkins were suspended for five days without pay for failing to keep their body cameras and in-car video turned on while they were at the arrest location.
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The deputies also did not notify dispatch or their supervisor, the reports showed. Watkins also did not report on his daily log that he went to the arrest location, according to the reports.
Bonner said the sheriff's office does not believe that the deputies will face criminal charges.
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WARD (Hutchison),
Sherrill Ann
Sherrill Ann Hutchison Ward, 83, formerly of Middletown, Ohio, passed away April 27, 2022. She was a resident of Surprise, Arizona. Mrs. Ward was born on October 29, 1938, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. After graduating from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Consolidated High School, she attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Miami University in 1959. She completed her Master of Education degree from Miami University in 1980.
Mrs. Ward started her teaching career at Mayfield Elementary School in Middletown, Ohio, where she taught sixth grade. She then transferred to Wildwood Elementary School in Middletown, Ohio, where she taught third grade. She retired from Wildwood Elementary after over 30 years in education. During much of her career she resided on Kay Drive in Middletown, until she and her late husband Charles Ward moved to West Middletown. Sherrill moved to Surprise, Arizona after retirement.
Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her parents, Elwood Paul Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison, of Greendale, Indiana, and her sister, Phyllis Sutton, of Greendale.
Sherrill had a love of music, and had played piano, organ, and baritone horn, in addition to singing in the choir at Zion Lutheran Church in Middletown, Ohio, and the West Valley Chorale in Surprise, Arizona. She had also served as church organist at St. John United Church of Christ in Hamilton, Ohio.
She was an avid gardener, maintaining large flower and vegetable gardens at her homes in Ohio and Arizona. She also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, where she was especially fond of the Atlantic Ocean beaches, and the Smoky Mountains.
In her retirement years, she became very skilled at scrapbooking , and designing and creating greeting cards. She delighted residents of Orchard Pointe in Surprise, Arizona, with her gifts of hand made greeting cards.
She is survived by her only child, William Stiehl, originally from Middletown, Ohio, and now living in New Orleans, and her beloved miniature Yorkshire terrier, Tickles, now a resident of New Orleans. A sister, Patricia Garase, lives in Surprise, AZ.
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Police said the victims had consumed poisonous methyl alcohol, believing it was liquor. Illegal alcohol vendors in India sometimes add toxic chemicals to the mixture to increase their product's potency.
Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat said on Wednesday that 38 people have died since the apparent mass poisoning on Monday.
Officials previously said 51 people were hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in Gujarat's adjoining districts of Ahmedabad and Botad.
"They had consumed methyl alcohol, which was almost undiluted, believing it to be liquor," police official Ashok Kumar Yadav said.
Methyl alcohol is unsafe for human consumption, and is used in paint thinners, pesticides and anti-freeze products.
Sale and consumption of alcohol is banned in Gujarat, the home state of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gujarat's police chief Ashish Gupta said several suspected bootleggers involved in the incident have been detained.
Illicit liquor is a huge industry in India and deaths from these illegally brewed alcohol are common. Illegal vendors have been known to add various chemicals, including pesticides and battery acid, to their product to increase the potency of the alcohol.
In 2020, nearly 140 people were killed after drinking liquor mixed with methyl alcohol in India's northern Punjab state.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Demotech, Inc., the first to review and rate independent, regional and specialty insurers, has assigned a Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of A", Unsurpassed, to Prime Insurance Company. This level of FSR is assigned to insurers who possess unsurpassed financial stability, liquidity of invested assets, an acceptable level of financial leverage, reasonable loss and loss adjustment expense reserves (L&LAE) and realistic pricing.
Demotech's President and co-founder, Joseph Petrelli, noted "It is a pleasure to have Prime Insurance Company return to the growing list of Demotech rated carriers. In an industry that is attracted to data analytics and artificial intelligence, the team at Prime Insurance Company recognizes that marketing, underwriting and effective claims handling require natural intelligence as well. This is a distinguishing feature at Prime."
Prime Insurance Company is a committed and trusted resource for individuals, businesses and producers, following a bold business model that has inspired forty years of success and growth. By keeping underwriting and risk management teams in-house, Prime has been able to write an endless list of risk classes, and offer a broad range of coverage in specialty classes. Their in-house, expert claims team has handled over 70,000 claims and provides support to insureds throughout the entire insurance process - from risk mitigation to claims handling. Their internal teams support Prime, the producer and the insured to get the most reliable coverage for their liability risk.
Visit www.primeis.com to learn how Prime Insurance Company can assist your efforts.
Demotech, Inc. is a financial analysis firm specializing in evaluating the financial stability of independent, regional and specialty insurers. Since 1985, Demotech has served the insurance industry by assigning Financial Stability Ratings® (FSRs) for Property & Casualty insurers and Title underwriters. Demotech's philosophy is to review and evaluate insurers based on their area of focus and execution of their business model rather than solely on financial size. Demotech was the first to review and rate independent regional and specialty insurers. Visit www.demotech.com for additional information on how we can assist you.
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(Motor Authority) — Porsche on Thursday revealed a revised design for its iconic crest logo that will start appearing on the automaker’s vehicles starting in late 2023.
The basic design hasn’t changed but elements have been simplified to make 2D versions of the logo, such as those used in digital mediums, more closely match 3D versions, such as physical badges.
The gold of the logo has also taken on a darker tone, while the “Stuttgart” script in the center has been made black for the first time.
There’s still the familiar layout with a prancing horse borrowed from the city seal of Stuttgart, Porsche’s home, as well as red and black bars and antlers. The latter come from the coat of arms of the former German state Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which is now part of the state Baden-Württemberg, whose capital is Stuttgart.
Perhaps the most dramatic change is the honeycomb-like pattern added to the red sections of the logo. The pattern is meant to signify the technical aspect of Porsche cars and has a real-world link with weight-saving technology used by the automaker.
“We have reinterpreted historical characteristics and combined them with innovative design elements such as a honeycomb structure and brushed metal,” Michael Mauer, Porsche’s design chief, said in a statement. “The result is an aesthetically ambitious arc that bridges the history and the future of the brand.”
The logo dates back to 1952. Porsche’s first sports car, the 356, was already in production for a few years at that time and management wanted a proper logo to help build brand awareness, at the urging of U.S. importer Max Hoffman. A competition among art schools was run to seek a winning design but with none of the submissions pleasing management, in-house designer Franz Xaver Reimspiess, who designed the original Volkswagen logo in 1936, came up with a logo that emphasized civic pride.
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Leadership Icon Ken Blanchard Joins Host Lisa Nichols for Special Interview
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Something Extra," a weekly podcast devoted to personal and professional leadership development, today celebrates its 200th episode with special guest and leadership icon Ken Blanchard.
"Since 2018, we have had the incredible privilege of hearing outstanding leaders share their stories and 'something extras' with us," said Lisa Nichols, podcast host and chief executive officer of St. Louis-based Technology Partners. "We have learned so much and have gotten an amazing response from our listeners week after week."
Nichols will host a LinkedIn Live event at 12 p.m. Central on Sept. 7 to celebrate the milestone.
Blanchard is a renowned author, as well as the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm founded in 1979. In addition to being a globally recognized speaker and consultant, Ken is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Cornell University, and cofounder of Lead Like Jesus, a world-wide Servant Leadership ministry.
"I can't think of a better guest to feature on this special episode," Nichols said. "Ken is an absolute icon in the business world and I am excited for our listeners to learn from his experience. He shares some amazing stories and insights on the episode that are not to be missed."
Nichols is dedicating the 200th episode to former podcast engineer, Daniel Williams, who passed away tragically in August.
"Daniel was an invaluable team member, husband, father, and son who left us entirely too soon," Nichols said. "His effort and energy around the podcast were big reasons we've made it to 200 episodes. We will never forget Daniel and appreciate all he did for "Something Extra" and Technology Partners.
Join Technology Partners CEO Lisa Nichols as she interviews leaders from around the world to share their stories and show us what it takes to influence, encourage, and be a true leader. Visit https://technologypartners.net/blog/category/something-extra/ for more information.
Technology Partners is an award-winning St. Louis-based company that provides business solutions through talent, technology, and leadership development. In business for nearly 30 years, the company has partnered with hundreds of corporate clients across a range of industries nationwide. Visit www.technologypartners.net for more information.
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LONDON (AP) — Arsenal extended its lead in the Premier League to five points by beating Everton 4-0 on Wednesday, with Gabriel Martinelli scoring two of the goals in one of his team’s biggest wins of the season.
Everton stunned the leaders with a 1-0 win at home on Feb. 4 but couldn’t reproduce those exploits at Emirates Stadium, where Bukayo Saka put Arsenal in front with a rising shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle in the 40th minute.
The England winger turned provider in the first minute of first-half stoppage time by plucking the ball off the toes of Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye to play in Martinelli, who delivered a low finish.
Martin Odegaard converted a cut-back from Leandro Trossard in the 71st and Martinelli added a fourth in the 80th to complete a dominant performance from Mikel Arteta’s team, which has now played the same number of games — 25 from a total of 38 — as second-place Manchester City.
In terms of margin of victory, only the 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest in October bettered this result for Arsenal, which has won three straight games to get over a blip where the team collected just one point from a possible nine — including a loss to City. Arsenal is bidding to win the league for the first time since 2004.
Everton stayed in the relegation zone in third-to-last place and has lost three of its last four games under recently hired manager Sean Dyche. The Merseyside club has played one more game than the rest of the teams in relegation danger.
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KANSAS CITY (13-3) AT LAS VEGAS (6-10)
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FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Chiefs by 9 1/2
AGAINST THE SPREAD: Chiefs 5-10-1; Raiders 8-8
SERIES RECORD: Chiefs lead 71-54-2
LAST MEETING: Chiefs beat the Raiders 30-29 on Oct. 10.
LAST WEEK: Chiefs beat Broncos 27-24; Raiders lost to 49ers 37-34 in OT
CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (1), RUSH (21), PASS (1), SCORING (1)
CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (12), RUSH (9), PASS (18), SCORING (20)
RAIDERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (16), PASS (11), SCORING (12)
RAIDERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (26), RUSH (17), PASS (29), SCORING (25)
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Chiefs minus-5; Raiders minus-6
CHIEFS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Patrick Mahomes is having another MVP-caliber season, though he’s also been prone to making inopportune mistakes, such as his pick in the end zone in last week’s win over Denver. Still, the Pro Bowl quarterback needs just 50 yards passing to break his own franchise record of 5,097 yards set during his 2018 MVP season. Last week, Mahomes joined Drew Brees as the only QBs in NFL history with multiple seasons of at least 5,000 yards passing and 40 touchdown throws.
RAIDERS PLAYER TO WATCH: DE Maxx Crosby. He’s in a dry spell for sacks, not having had one over the past three games and one in five weeks. Especially with Chandler Jones out on the other side with an elbow injury, the Chiefs can load up on keeping Crosby out of the backfield. If he isn’t able to put pressure on Mahomes, it will be a long day for the Raiders defense. It might be anyway.
KEY MATCHUP: Chiefs TE Travis Kelce vs. Raiders defense. It’s not a simple one-on-one matchup, and it will take a complete team effort by Las Vegas considering Kelce has eaten up the Raiders. He caught seven passes for just 25 yards in the October meeting, but four went for touchdowns. Kelce hauled in eight passes for 119 yards in another meeting last season.
KEY INJURIES: Chiefs LG Joe Thuney (ankle), WR Skyy Moore (hand) and CB L’Jarius Sneed (hip) missed practice time this week. So did K Harrison Butker, who experienced back spasms during Wednesday’s workout. Raiders RB Josh Jacobs (hip and oblique) could miss the game. LB Darien Butler (concussion) was limited in practice this week.
SERIES NOTES: Kansas City has won the past four meetings, nine of 10 and 14 of 16. … Andy Reid is 16-3 against the Raiders since becoming Chiefs coach in 2013. Patrick Mahomes is 8-1 since becoming the starting quarterback in 2018. … The rivalry goes back to 1960 when they both were in the American Football League. The Raiders were in Oakland and the Chiefs were the Dallas Texans.
STATS AND STUFF: The Chiefs can match the franchise record for regular-season wins set in 2020. … Kansas City can set a franchise record with at least 300 yards total offense in its 16th consecutive game. … Reid needs five regular-season wins to pass Tom Landry (250) for fourth among NFL coaches. … Mahomes has 5,377 yards through the air and on the ground this season. He needs 186 yards to pass the record of 5,562 set by Brees in 2011. … Kelce needs eight catches to break the Chiefs season record of 111 set by Tyreek Hill during the 2021 season. Kelce is the only NFL tight end with multiple 100-catch seasons. … Kelce needs 180 yards receiving to break Hill’s season record for the Chiefs of 1,479 set in 2018. … The Chiefs’ Jerick McKinnon is the first RB since 1947 to catch a touchdown pass in five consecutive games. He has eight TDs total over that span. … Chiefs DE George Karlaftis is third among rookies with 5 1/2 sacks this season. All but his first half-sack have come in the past six games. … Chiefs LB Nick Bolton needs 15 tackles to break Derrick Johnson’s season record of 179 set in 2011. … Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster needs 102 yards receiving for his second 1,000-yard season. He had 1,426 yards for Pittsburgh in 2018. … The Raiders are one of three teams with multiple games of 500-plus yards this season. Kansas City and Detroit are the others. Las Vegas has done it twice, including Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. This is the first time since 2011 the Raiders have had more than one game with at least 500 yards. … Davante Adams has the Raiders’ record with 1,443 receiving yards. Tim Brown held the mark with 1,408 yards in 1997. Adams needs one more touchdown catch to become the fifth receiver in NFL history with 15 or more TD receptions multiple times. … Josh Jacobs is 152 yards from setting the Raiders’ record for the most rushing yards in a season. Marcus Allen rushed for 1,759 yards in 1985. … Crosby leads the league with 20 tackles for loss. Only Khalil Mack with 23 in 2015 had more tackles for loss for the Raiders.
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FORM 6 Department of Public Safety Notic
FORM 6 Department of Public Safety Notice of Public Hearing to Adopt Rules A public hearing will be held in the Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the Sutherland Building, 118 West Capitol Ave, Pierre, South Dakota, on August 14, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. Central Time until 2:00 p.m. Central Time, to consider the adoption and amendment of the following administrative rules: §§ 61:08:01:01, 61:08:05:01, 61:08:05:17, 61:08:05:22, 61:08:06:03, 61:08:06:08, 61:08:07:01, 61:08:09:02, 61:08:09:11, 61:08:09:33, 61:08:09:39, 61:08:09:41, 61:08:09:54, 61:08:09:55, 61:16:01:01, 61:16:01:02, 61:16:01:03, 61:23:01:04, 61:25:04:05, 61:33:01:01, 61:33:01:02, 61:33:01:03, 61:33:01:04, 61:33:01:05, 61:33:01:06, 61:33:01:07, 61:33:01:08, 61:33:01:09, 61:33:01:10, 61:33:01:11, 61:33:01:12, and 61:33:01:13. The effect of the rules will be to adopt the 2021 edition of the National Board Inspection Code handbook, to adopt the 2021 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code handbook, revise motorcycle safety education courses rules, to adopt the 2023 edition of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance handbook, and to adopt current policy and procedure for the issuance of burn permits. The reason for revising the rules is to implement the most current version of the National Board Inspection Code handbook; to implement the most current version of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code handbook; to comply with standards related to boiler inspections; to align rules regarding motorcycle safety education courses with current practice; to implement the most current version of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance handbook; and to adopt rules to align with current policy and procedures regarding the issuance of a burn permit. Persons interested in presenting amendments, data, opinions, and arguments for or against the proposed rules may appear in-person at the hearing, or mail them to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, 118 West Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501. Material sent by mail must reach the Department of Public Safety by August 28, 2023. After the written comment period, the Department of Public Safety will consider all written and oral comments it receives on the proposed rules. The Department of Public Safety may modify or amend a proposed rule at that time to include or exclude matters that are described in this notice. For Persons with Disabilities: This hearing will be located at a physically accessible place. Please contact Department of Public Safety at least 48 hours before the public hearing if you have special needs for which special arrangements can be made by calling (605) 773-3178. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained without charge from: South Dakota Department of Public Safety 118 West Capitol Avenue Pierre, South Dakota 57501 or https://rules.sd.gov/ Published 1 time at the total approximate cost of $32.53 and may be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com. (July 15, 2023) 240816 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/legal-notices/form-6-department-of-public-safety-notic-stratica-legals-240816 | 2023-07-15 07:41:56 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/legal-notices/form-6-department-of-public-safety-notic-stratica-legals-240816 |
WASHINGTON — Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa feature ahead of the holidays to make it even easier for customers to thank drivers delivering their orders.
When you say "Alexa, thank my driver," the Amazon driver who delivered your most recent package will get a notification about your appreciation, according to an announcement from Amazon.
The program launched on Wednesday and to celebrate Amazon said its drivers will get an additional $5 for each thank-you received, but only for a limited time. The extra cash will continue until the first 1 million thank-you's are received. Amazon said the $5 bonuses won't cost customers anything.
The $5 bonus per "thank you" is also only eligible for Amazon Flex Delivery Partners, Delivery Associates employed by Amazon Delivery Service Partners and Hub DP drivers who deliver packages in the U.S. So if a UPS or U.S. Postal Service driver delivered your order, Amazon said it will pass along your appreciation to the company but that driver won't receive any additional money.
It's unclear how long this promotion will last, given the vast number of orders Amazon delivers every single day. The five drivers who receive the most thank-you's during the promo will also receive a $10,000 bonus and an additional $10,000 to be donated to the charity of their choice.
On the same day that Amazon launched the new program, the tech giant was sued by the Washington, D.C., Attorney General for allegedly stealing their delivery drivers' tips.
Attorney General Karl A. Racine, said the company used "a deceptive, illegal scheme" to make consumers believe they were increasing drivers' pay when Amazon was actually diverting tips to reduce its own labor costs and increase profits.
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LONDON (AP) — Veteran counterterrorism police officer Mark Rowley will be the new chief of London’s troubled Metropolitan Police force, the British government said Friday.
Rowley, who was head of counterterrorism at the force between 2014 and 2018, becomes commissioner of Scotland Yard after a string of controversies undermined public confidence in the country’s largest police force. He will have the task of restoring the reputation of a force that was last month placed in “special measures” by the country’s police watchdog.
Rowley’s predecessor Cressida Dick quit in February after falling out with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who said Dick wasn't doing enough to tackle allegations of misogyny and racism in police ranks.
Rowley, 57, promised to “fight crime with communities – not unilaterally dispense tactics.”
“Our mission is to lead the renewal of policing by consent, which has been so heavily dented in recent years as trust and confidence have fallen,” he said.
The force has been under intense pressure to reform since a serving police officer, Wayne Couzens, was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a stranger, Sarah Everard, while she was walking home at night in London in 2021. The police force’s subsequent handling of vigils and protests against Everard’s slaying also came under heavy criticism.
Earlier this year, an investigation slammed a culture of misogyny, bullying and sexual harassment at one London police station, Charing Cross.
The force has been criticized for the way it handled the case of two Black sisters murdered in a London park in 2020 — their bodies found by a family search party because police weren't looking for them — and for failing to stop serial killer Stephen Port, who drugged and killed four young men he met online.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Joy for the Williams family of Spain on Wednesday at the World Cup. Then despair for the same Williams family, who are also of Ghana, on Thursday.
Williams brothers Iñaki and Nico have managed to mark both sides of their family’s heritage in the most incredible way at this World Cup in Qatar by playing for two different countries. They were both born in Spain but their parents are from Ghana.
Nico was part of the Spain team that beat Costa Rica 7-0 on Wednesday in the tournament’s most compelling performance so far. He came on as a second-half substitute to make his World Cup debut in Spain’s record win at the tournament.
A day later, big brother Iñaki played his first World Cup game for Ghana, a 3-2 loss to Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.
That meant a complicated 24 hours in the family home back in Spain with celebrations for 20-year-old Nico no doubt swiftly followed by commiserations for 28-year-old Iñaki. The same for the two brothers, who Ghana coach Otto Addo said both feel as Spanish as they do Ghanaian.
“I know that they both have a good strong relationship with their mother and their fatherland,” was how Addo put it.
Because of his love for his parents’ country, Iñaki’s integration into the Ghana team has been very easy, Addo added, even if he was born in Bilbao in raised in the Basque region.
Iñaki, a forward just like Nico, played the whole game for Ghana against Portugal and stood in the center circle at the end of the game looking bitterly disappointed with the loss.
“Maybe for some it’s difficult to understand but I think it’s really possible to have two countries in your heart,” Addo said of Iñaki. “And surely he has Ghana in his heart from day one. But also Spain.”
The story behind the situation is inspiring, and it involves their parents’ decision to leave Ghana nearly 30 years ago to find a better life in Europe.
Never could Felix and Maria Williams have thought they would end up with two sons playing at the World Cup when they trekked barefoot through parts of a desert and climbed a fence to get into Spain in the early 1990s. Maria was pregnant with Iñaki at the time.
They settled in Bilbao and both boys grew up to be soccer players. They still play club soccer together for hometown team Athletic Bilbao.
The brothers careers have always been connected, even after Iñaki decided this year to switch allegiance to Ghana and go back his roots. Them playing for two different countries in the space of 24 hours was, incredibly, not the first time it has happened.
Iñaki made his debut for Ghana on Sept. 23 this year against Brazil, featuring first this time. Nico made his first appearance for Spain against Switzerland a day later.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears plan to build an enclosed suburban stadium that could host Super Bowls, College Football Playoff games and Final Fours.
The Bears released conceptual illustrations Tuesday of the proposed stadium and entertainment complex that would be built on the site of a former horse racing track in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The Bears said the project could include restaurants, office space, a hotel, fitness center, new parks and open areas as well as “other improvements for the community to enjoy.”
“We envision a multi-purpose entertainment district anchored by a new, best-in-class enclosed stadium, providing Chicagoland with a new home worthy of hosting global events such as the Super Bowl, College Football Playoffs, and Final Four,” the team said in a statement.
The Bears said they would not seek public funding for the stadium if the sale of the 326-acre property is completed and if they decide to move there. But they would seek taxpayer assistance for the rest of the project.
The organization signed a purchase agreement last year for the tract of land that’s about 30 miles northwest of Soldier Field. Bears President and CEO Ted Phillips, who announced last week he will retire after this season, has said a deal likely wouldn’t close until early 2023.
The Bears’ lease at Soldier Field, where the team has played since 1971, runs through 2033.
In July, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed three options for renovating the stadium. One included enclosing it, and another called for rebuilding both end zones with columns that could support a dome. A third option was to modify it to be a multipurpose facility better suited for soccer.
The Bears said Tuesday they will not consider Soldier Field renovations or explore any other potential stadium sites while they are under contract for the property in Arlington Heights.
“Much remains to be decided, but any decision will be made in the best interests of the Bears long-term future, our fans and the Chicagoland community,” the team said.
Of the three illustrations released Tuesday, one is a map showing the stadium near a highway and commuter rail tracks and the mixed-use district southeast of the stadium. Two other aerial illustrations show the stadium and several other buildings and green spaces.
The Bears did not mention what the seating capacity would be at a new stadium, nor potential costs to construct the stadium or develop the rest of the property. They said construction would create more than 48,000 jobs, as well as $9.4 billion in economic impact for the region and provide $3.9 billion in income to workers.
The Bears estimate the completed project would add 9,750 long-term jobs, $1.4 billion in annual economic impact and $601 million a year in income to workers.
The Bears also said the project would generate $16 million in annual tax revenue, in addition to property taxes for Arlington Heights, $9.8 million for Cook County, and $51.3 million for the State of Illinois — calling the possible development “one of the largest development projects in Illinois state history.”
Soldier Field is owned by the Chicago Park District and underwent a $690 million transformation in 2002 that forced the team to play home games at the University of Illinois and ultimately led to the loss of the stadium’s National Historic Landmark designation.
The interior was demolished, replaced by a flying saucer-like, glass-dominated structure cantilevered over the famous Greek and Romanesque colonnades. The clash of styles drew criticism, and the renovation reduced seating for Bears games to 61,500, lowest in the NFL.
The lakefront location and harsh weather make it difficult to maintain the playing surface, and the often choppy condition has also been a sore spot for players and coaches on the Bears, as well as other teams.
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A quarter of world population lacks safe drinking water: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation.
The U.N. World Water Development Report 2023, released Tuesday, painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet U.N. goals to ensure all people have access to clean water and sanitation by 2030.
Richard Connor, editor-in-chief of the report, told a news conference that the estimated cost of meeting the goals is between $600 billion and $1 trillion a year.
But equally important, Connor said, is forging partnerships with investors, financiers, governments and climate change communities to ensure that money is invested in ways to sustain the environment and provide potable water to the 2 billion people who don’t have it and sanitation to the 3.6 million in need.
According to the report, water use has been increasing globally by roughly 1% per year over the last 40 years “and is expected to grow at a similar rate through to 2050, driven by a combination of population growth, socio-economic development and changing consumption patterns.”
Connor said that actual increase in demand is happening in developing countries and emerging economies where it is driven by industrial growth and especially the rapid increase in the population of cities. It is in these urban areas “that you’re having a real big increase in demand,” he said.
With agriculture using 70% of all water globally, Connor said, irrigation for crops has to be more efficient — as it is in some countries that now use drip irrigation, which saves water. “That allows water to be available to cities,” he said.
As a result of climate change, the report said, “seasonal water scarcity will increase in regions where it is currently abundant — such as Central Africa, East Asia and parts of South America — and worsen in regions where water is already in short supply, such as the Middle East and the Sahara in Africa.”
On average, “10% of the global population lives in countries with high or critical water stress” — and up to 3.5 billion people live under conditions of water stress at least one month a year, said the report issued by UNESCO, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Since 2000, floods in the tropics have quadrupled while floods in the north mid-latitudes have increased 2.5-fold, the report said. Trends in droughts are more difficult to establish, it said, “although an increase in intensity or frequency of droughts and ‘heat extremes’ can be expected in most regions as a direct result of climate change.”
As for water pollution, Connor said, the biggest source of pollution is untreated wastewater.
“Globally, 80% of wastewater is released to the environment without any treatment,” he said, “and in many developing countries it’s pretty much 99%.”
These and other issues including protecting aquatic ecosystems, improving management of water resources, increasing water reuse and promoting cooperation across borders on water use will be discussed during the three-day U.N. Water Conference co-chaired by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon opening Wednesday.
There are 171 countries, including over 100 ministers, on the speakers list along with more than 20 organizations. The meeting will also include five “interactive dialogues” and dozens of side events.
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Sunshine Returns Through Mid Week
Highs Around 80, Lows Around 60
Published: Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:21 AM EST|Updated: 36 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sunshine returns Monday to kick off the work week. Lite fog may develop for the morning commute. Dense fog will be inland, and mainly affect DeSoto County. Monday will be filled with sunshine and a high near 78.
Clear skies prevail until Thursday evening when a front moves closer to the suncoast. Its arrival on Friday will boost rain chances to 40% and bring less showers on Saturday. Behind the front expect low humidity, clear skies and a cooler weekend with highs in the 60s and lows dipping to the 40s.
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‘I can’t believe I won’: Man wins $1M lottery prize after being cut in line
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (Gray News) - Lottery officials in Florida say a man was rewarded with a million-dollar prize after keeping his cool in line.
According to the Florida Lottery, Stephen Munoz Espinoza, 43, of Delray Beach, recently won the $1 million prize from the 500X The Cash scratch-off game.
Espinoza said he kept his emotions in check the day he bought the ticket despite someone cutting in front of him while in line.
“It was the end of a long day, and I was tired. I stopped at Publix and was about to buy a ticket at the machine when a man cut right in front of me,” Espinoza told lottery officials.
The lucky winner said instead of saying something, he decided to just buy a ticket at the counter.
And that ticket ended up being the million-dollar winner.
“I can’t believe I won a million dollars,” Espinoza said.
The 43-year-old said he plans to use some of the winnings to buy a home for his family.
On Wednesday, Espinoza collected his winnings at Florida Lottery headquarters. Officials said he chose to receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.
According to the Florida Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at a Publix grocery store on Northeast 5th Avenue in Delray Beach with the retailer receiving a $2,000 bonus commission.
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The value of teacher salaries across Jersey City school district’s salary scale will grow by 4% annually for the next four years under a new contract that the Board of Education is expected to vote on Thursday.
The Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) has negotiated a four-year contract with a variety of economic gains for teachers in a district that, like so many, has struggled to retain and attract staff since the COVID-19 pandemic. | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/05/4-annual-raise-for-teachers-under-new-jersey-city-school-district-contract-up-for-board-of-ed-vote.html | 2023-05-24 21:16:58 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/05/4-annual-raise-for-teachers-under-new-jersey-city-school-district-contract-up-for-board-of-ed-vote.html |
Mom charged with first-degree murder in death of 5-month-old baby
GLENDALE, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) – A Mississippi mother was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 5-month-old daughter.
According to the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office, the baby was found unresponsive in a bathtub on Sunday at a home in Glendale. Investigators said two other children were also in the home at the time.
The child’s mother, 23-year-old Brittney Brady, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of felony child neglect.
Brady made her first court appearance Wednesday afternoon. Her bond was set at $625,000.
In court, deputies said Brady admitted to drug use at the time of the child’s death.
The baby’s father, 32-year-old Steven Busha Jr., was also arrested and charged with three counts of felony child neglect.
Busha is the biological father of the 5-month-old girl and of the two other children involved in the investigation.
Busha will remain at the Forrest County Adult Detention Center until his first court appearance on Friday.
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Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn't start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office he launched a war against "neglected" diseases — diseases in far-off lands that most Americans will never suffer from and may not have even heard of. Diseases like lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, river blindness, schistosomiasis ... and a nasty little bug called Guinea worm disease.
Guinea worms are spread through contaminated drinking water and eating undercooked fish. The female worms, which can be up to 3 feet long once they mature, cause incredibly painful, open blisters usually on the infected person's lower legs and feet – through which the worms emerge. It can take a toll for weeks or months, and sometimes permanently, leaving the individual unable to support a family.
And if someone with Guinea worm has contact with water – perhaps to cool the burning pain caused by the worm's emergence – the worm will release tens of thousands of baby worms, contaminating the whole body of water.
The effort to end this disease did not rely on high-tech methods. Kelly Callahan, a public health worker who spent years fighting Guinea worm disease in southern Sudan with the Carter Center, says: "Guinea worm disease has no cure, no vaccination, basically the entire eradication effort is built on behavior change."
That's meant teaching people in vulnerable areas to filter their water and giving them the low-cost tools to do so.
Other strategies included providing access to safe water supplies; better detection of human and animal cases; cleaning and bandaging of wounds; preventing infected people and animals from wading into water and the use of a larvicide to kill the worms.
Case numbers attest to Carter's success
Because of Carter, the world has come incredibly close to wiping out Guinea worm.
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"I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die," Carter said at a press conference in 2015. "I'd like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do. I think right now we have 11 cases. We started out with 3.6 million cases."
And it did look as if the last Guinea worm was going to die before the 39th U.S. president. Then a few years ago, scientists discovered that the parasite was spreading among stray dogs in Chad – and that baboons in Ethiopia were also carrying the parasite. This long-overlooked reservoir of the worms was a setback for the global eradication program and showed that killing the last guinea worm was going to be harder than previously thought.
What's more, as the number of cases has dwindled, new challenges have emerged. In 2018, Guinea worm disease was found in Angola, a country not known to have cases in the past.
As a result, in 2019 the World Health Organization pushed back its expected eradication date for the disease a full decade from 2020 to 2030.
Researchers are now looking for a treatment for infected dogs, and public health workers have turned to new interventions, like paying people cash to report infected animals.
Nonetheless, Carter's campaign has been remarkably successful.
A problem no one else would tackle
In an interview with NPR in 2015, Carter recalled the origins of his crusade. Carter's former drug czar, Peter Borne, was working on a U.N. initiative called the "Freshwater Decade." Borne came to the Carter Center to talk about overlooked diseases spread from "drinking bad water." One of them was Guinea worm.
"The main reason he [Borne] came to the Carter Center was because he couldn't get anyone else to tackle this problem," Carter recalled. "It's a despicable disease. And it was in such remote villages that no one wanted to take on the task. So we decided to take it on." That was in 1986.
The late Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health and a champion of global health causes, spoke to NPR in 2019 about Carter's efforts. Farmer said that the former president deserves much of the credit for pushing Guinea worm to the brink of extinction.
Smallpox, Farmer said, is "the only human disease [that's] ever been eradicated. And if ... Guinea worm is right behind, that's going to be thanks to Carter. I mean, there were millions of cases when he got involved in, you know, after his presidency in the mid-80s. And now we are down to fewer than a hundred last year." In 2022, the Carter Center reports there were only 13 recorded human cases of the disease, a provisional number that will be officially confirmed, likely in March.
Carter was relentless in demanding that people pay attention to diseases that primarily affect poor people in remote parts of the world. And that's a tremendous challenge. It's not easy to keep people committed to action at every level of an eradication drive, Farmer says.
"When you take on a problem like this, like Guinea worm, you have to sweet talk the ministry officials, the political figures, the nurses, the doctors, the community activists, the farmers, the people who are ... most at risk. Carter's had to sweet talk all those people. And that's something that's been very inspiring to many of us."
Christopher Plowe is adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He agrees that Carter's advocacy has helped governments and public health agencies around the world stay focused on eradicating Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center has pitched in, too, investing about $500 million dollars since 1986.
"I think we should be optimistic that it is achievable," says Plowe. "I think we shouldn't be overly optimistic about how quick it's gonna be."
Guinea worm was just one of the targets of Carter's war. Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, has been eliminated from most of the Americas and dramatically reduced in Africa due to the work of Carter and the Carter Center.
Major inroads have also been made against other neglected diseases including lymphatic filariasis, which causes horrific swelling of the legs and genitals.
The power of Carter's roots
Those who know Carter well say it was his upbringing in an impoverished part of the South that left him with a strong sense of self-reliance, self-sacrifice and a duty to help others.
Born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924, he stayed close to his roots, returning home after his Navy career to run the family's peanut farm.
Church was a central part of his life in Plains – he taught Sunday school there into his 90s — and friends say his Christian faith drove him.
"He did what he did out of a love for mankind," says Linda Fuller Degelmann, one of the co-founders of Habitat for Humanity, which counted Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter among their many volunteers, hammering nails by day and sleeping in bunk beds by night. The Carters worked on Habitat projects in 14 countries. "He was a true, true humanitarian and a lot the drive comes from his Christian understanding of love," says Degelmann.
This week came the news that Carter has entered hospice care in his final days, but his death will not mean the end of his work. In a statement, the Carter Center has pledged to continue the fight to wipe out Guinea worm.
When that scourge does come to an end, it will become one of Carter's signature achievements – an extraordinary accomplishment that reflects a simple yet profound tenet of his personal philosophy: "To try to help one another instead of being willing to go to war with one another."
He recognized the difficulty of living up to this philosophy: "Getting along with one another and treating each other as equals is one of the hardest things to do on earth." And it's one of the things that Carter did best.
Sam Whitehead is a correspondent for Kaiser Health News who is based in Atlanta.
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PERTH, Australia (AP) — Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.
The pod of long-finned pilot whales was first spotted swimming near Cheynes Beach east of Albany on Tuesday morning.
As the day progressed, the pod began moving closer to the beach, sparking the concern of conservation officers. By 4 p.m., a large stretch of the shoreline was covered in beached whales.
Western Australia state’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions set up an overnight camp to monitor the whales.
Peter Hartley, a manager from the department, said they had counted 51 whales that had died overnight.
“We still have 46 whales still alive, and that will be our focus today — to get them back into the water and encourage them to head off into deeper water,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. “We are optimistic that we will save as many as we can.”
The team tasked with helping the whales includes Perth Zoo veterinarians and marine fauna experts. They have been using specialized equipment, including vessels and slings.
Hundreds of volunteers also offered to help out. So many, in fact, that officials said they had enough registered volunteers and urged other members of the public to stay away from the beach.
Wildlife experts said the unusual behavior of the whales could be an indicator of stress or illness within the pod. Pilot whales are highly social animals and often maintain close relationships with their pods throughout their lives. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nearly-100-pilot-whales-strand-themselves-on-an-australian-beach-half-have-died-despite-efforts/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-07-26 02:08:03 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nearly-100-pilot-whales-strand-themselves-on-an-australian-beach-half-have-died-despite-efforts/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Miami officer shot pursuing robbery suspect dies days later
MIAMI (AP) - A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami has died, officials said.
Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as he and other officers closed in a suspect wanted for an earlier robbery in nearby Broward County, police said. His family had remained by his side at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.
“Officer Echaverry died in the line of duty while serving & protecting our community,” Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez tweeted Wednesday evening. “Our law enforcement family will continue to stand beside & support the Echaverry family through this difficult time.”
Police said Echavarry and other officers began pursuing a white vehicle involved in an earlier armed robbery when its driver tried to flee, ramming into police vehicles and a civilian vehicle whose three occupants were hospitalized in stable condition.
He then tried to escape on foot, but a confrontation and gunfire ensued. The driver, identified as Jeremy Horton, 32, of Acworth, Georgia, was shot and died at the scene.
Horton had been stopped in South Florida on Aug. 8 and cited for having no proof of insurance and driving with an expired tag and a suspended Georgia driver’s license, according to Golden Beach Police Chief Rudy Herbello.
Echaverry had been with Miami-Dade Police for five years, and was assigned to the department’s robbery intervention detail. His friends told the Miami Herald he was moving up and planned to get married.
Monday’s shooting wasn’t his first brush with death, the newspaper reported. As a rookie in March 2018, Echaverry was a passenger in a police vehicle that rammed into another car, killing its 45-year-old driver.
The computer on the police vehicle showed Officer John Song was driving at 78 mph in a 40 mph zone a second before the crash. Both officers were airlifted to a hospital. In May a jury acquitted Song of vehicular homicide and reckless driving. The Herald reported that Echaverry testified that he couldn’t remember the moments leading up to the crash.
“We’ll never forget Officer Echaverry’s bravery & sacrifice. Godspeed, brother,” Ramirez tweeted.
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(KTLA) — “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” has denied claims that Kim Kardashian damaged Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress at the Met Gala after photos were posted online allegedly showing damage to the multi-million dollar dress.
“Kim Kardashian’s walk up the Metropolitan Museum’s stairs at this year’s Met Gala caused quite the stir, but one thing Ripley’s Believe It or Not! can say with confidence is that it did not cause damage to Marilyn Monroe’s famed ‘Happy Birthday’ dress from 1962,” the museum said in a press release.
“Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is not the first owner of this dress. It was acquired at a Julien’s Auctions event in 2016 for $4.8 million,” the press release went on to say. “A report written on the dress’s condition in early 2017 states, ‘a number of the seams are pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is. There is puckering at the back by the hooks and eyes, among other instances of damage.’”
Scott Fortner, the owner of one of the world’s largest private collections of the late starlet, claimed the dress was damaged following its appearance at the prestigious event.
“So much for keeping ‘the integrity of the dress and the preservation,'” he wrote on Instagram. “Ripley’s Believe It or Not, was it worth it?”
Fortner posted various photos from different angles and lighting showing the dress before and after the 2022 Met Ball. In one zoomed-in photo, he shows where some of the crystals are missing and how some were “left hanging by a thread.” He called the damage “significant.”
The photos were sent to Fortner from Chad Michael Christian Morrisette on June 12, when he saw the dress displayed at Ripley’s Hollywood location.
When Kardashian donned the iconic gown for the Met Ball in May, Ripley’s released a statement that said, “With input from garment conservationists, appraisers, archivists, and insurance, both the Ripley’s and Kim knew they could make the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity happen. Agreeing that the garment’s condition was top priority, it was agreed that no alterations were to be made to the dress.”
The Skims owner only wore the dress for the gala’s red carpet, then immediately changed into a replica for the remainder of the event. She’s the only one, besides Monroe, to ever wear the ensemble. She received backlash for not only wearing the archival piece but also touting that she lost 16 pounds in just weeks to fit into it in the first place.
Monroe wore the multi-million-dollar ensemble on May 19, 1962, to sing then-President John F. Kennedy a breathy version of “Happy Birthday” at his Madison Square Garden birthday celebration.
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Ozzie Albies Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Padres - April 6
Published: Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:25 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Ozzie Albies -- 1-for-3 with an RBI in his last game -- will be in action for the Atlanta Braves versus the San Diego Padres, with Blake Snell on the mound, on April 6 at 7:20 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his most recent game (1-for-3) against the Cardinals.
Ozzie Albies Game Info & Props vs. the Padres
- Game Day: Thursday, April 6, 2023
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Padres Starter: Blake Snell
- TV Channel: BSSE
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: -128)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
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Ozzie Albies At The Plate
- Albies is hitting .304 with a home run and a walk.
- Albies is batting .278 with one homer during his last games and is on a six-game hitting streak.
- Albies has gotten a hit in all six games this year, with more than one hit once.
- He has homered in one of six games, and in 4% of his plate appearances.
- In three games this year, Albies has picked up an RBI, with more than one RBI once.
- He has scored a run in one of six games.
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Ozzie Albies Home/Away Batting Splits
Padres Pitching Rankings
- The Padres pitching staff ranks 11th in the league with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Padres' 4.67 team ERA ranks 15th among all league pitching staffs.
- Padres pitchers combine to give up eight total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (to rank 17th in the league).
- Snell (0-1) takes the mound for the Padres to make his second start this season.
- In his most recent time out on Friday, the lefty tossed 4 1/3 innings against the Colorado Rockies, giving up three earned runs while surrendering six hits.
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- Experience on the board at a top university (Georgetown)
- Piloted a revolutionary curriculum innovation currently benefits approximately 1000 university students per year
- Raised over $42M for educational and other causes, and will bring creative funding ideas and opportunities to CCSF in order to expand workforce development and protect personal enrichment classes and ESL
- Served on the audit committee of a $150M+ quasi-government institution, the Presidio Trust.
- 22+ years of board and budget experience at successful academic institutions
- Total independence. I will focus exclusively on doing what is right to save CCSF. I will not be beholden to interest groups
Letter to the Editor: City College of San Francisco Trustee Board election
- By Marie Hurabiell | Special to The Examiner
- Updated
Dear Examiner Editorial Board,
I applaud many of your endorsements this year, including No on Proposition O. I am perplexed, however, at your decision to provide no endorsement for the City College of San Francisco race. There are two highly qualified candidates who have the horsepower to save CCSF.
Your analysis of the importance of CCSF and the "woeful stewardship" of the incumbents is spot on. It is sadly true that the "rank incompetence and floundering fiscal management of City College of San Francisco is a comical understatement."
I wholeheartedly agree that most of the field is not qualified to run this institution. Most are politicians seeking a political foothold and have no relevant experience. If you want it to have a chance to be revived, there are two candidates who I believe as a team could actually get the job done.
Those candidates are Marie Hurabiell (me) and Jill Yee.
With Jill's insider knowledge and my law, finance, audit and fundraising experience as well as best practices oversight serving on the Board of Regents of Georgetown, the Presidio Trust, Holy Family Day Home, Hamilton Families, San Francisco Ballet, etc. ... we would be a powerful team to turn CCSF around. Jill and I are both determined to root out the waste and mismanagement.
I was not afforded an opportunity to present to the editorial board. But my qualifications are solid — and highly relevant:
My top priorities are to:
1) Move CCSF to solid financial footing, putting an end to the drama and mismanagement;
2) Implement a more effective class registration system.
My experience with governance, fundraising and volunteering at various academic institutions, including two of the top universities in the world, Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania, is exactly what is needed to successfully overcome the serious challenges facing CCSF.
Partnering with Jill Yee to navigate the inner-workings of CCSF, I have no doubt that we would set CCSF on a path to stability in under four years.
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Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO.
The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1 after relocating from London to Seattle, where Starbucks is based.
He will work closely with Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz through April 1, when he will assume the CEO role and join the company’s board.
Schultz said Narasimhan is “uniquely positioned” to lead the company, with a demonstrated track record of growth in both mature and emerging markets.
“As I have had the opportunity to get to know him, it has become clear that he shares our passion of investing in humanity and in our commitment to our partners, customers, and communities,” Schultz said in a statement.
Narasimhan, 55, was most recently CEO of Reckitt, a U.K.-based consumer health, hygiene and nutrition company that makes Lysol cleaner and Enfamil formula, among other products. Reckitt had announced Narasimhan’s surprise departure earlier Thursday. Reckitt’s shares dropped 5% following the announcement.
Prior to that, Narasimhan held various leadership roles at PepsiCo, including as global chief commercial officer. He also served as CEO of the company’s Latin America, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa operations.
Narasimhan has also served as a senior partner at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., where he focused on its consumer, retail and technology practices in the U.S., Asia and India.
Schultz, a longtime CEO who helped shape Starbucks after buying it in 1987, came out of retirement and assumed the interim CEO job in March after the company’s former CEO, Kevin Johnson, announced his retirement. Schultz also returned to the company’s board, and will remain there even after Narasimhan takes over.
Schultz said he had not planned to return, but wanted to help reshape the company after the pandemic, which upended Starbucks’ coffee shops and sped changes including a heavier mix of drive-thru orders.
Narasimhan takes over a company with significant strengths. Starbucks reported record demand in the April-June period as strong U.S. sales made up for continuing closures in China, the company’s second-largest market.
But Starbucks also has challenges. Schultz has been working on a plan to remake store layouts, upgrade equipment and bolster employees, who came out of the pandemic feeling harassed and underappreciated. Starbucks announced a $1 billion investment in employee wages and benefits last fall and added $200 million more for pay, worker training and other benefits in May.
Still, the company faces an unprecedented unionization effort, which it opposes. At least 233 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late last year.
Narasimhan worked with unions at Reckitt, where 23% of employees were unionized at the end of last year.
He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pune in India and a master’s degree in German and international studies from The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. He also has a master’s in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/ap-starbucks-names-former-pepsico-executive-as-new-ceo/ | 2022-09-02 00:55:51 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/ap-starbucks-names-former-pepsico-executive-as-new-ceo/ |
POST FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeguard Equipment is pleased to announce the release of its newest product, the COMPASS Pro emergency response solution.
Safeguard Equipment, an industry leader in developing innovative Personal Voltage and Current Detectors (PVCDs), has entered the tech space with a proprietary app that works in conjunction with the COMPASS Pro device to keep workforces safe and connected.
In addition to detecting voltage and current, the COMPASS Pro uses cutting-edge technology to detect arc flashes, falls, or head impacts. More critically, it offers an emergency response service that provides real-time information upon detecting a crisis event.
The Safeguard Equipment Bluetooth® enabled App initiates real-time emergency alert protocol. Any time an alert is triggered, a 60-second countdown timer is initiated, during which the user can cancel the alert in the case of a false alarm. If the alert is not canceled, the App immediately notifies a designated in-house emergency response team, reducing a company's crisis response time from hours to mere minutes.
This combination of software and hardware equips the response team with accurate information regarding the type of incident, the location of the injured party, and the exact time the incident took place. This protocol ensures that emergency help is not delayed by lack of communication, miscommunication, or confusion.
In the United States, roughly 400 worker deaths and over 30,000 worker injuries are caused by electrical contact yearly, and another 700 worker deaths and 240,000 worker injuries come from falls. In an emergency involving these types of events, every second counts when it comes to providing necessary medical care and treatment.
"Our core mission has always been to provide state-of-the-art wearable PVCD's. We're now improving this life-saving tool with the COMPASS Pro emergency response solution, which has already been tested and proven to improve communication and response-times between teams. We're thrilled to make the job safer for workers in these invaluable industries that keep us all safe."
-Tim Ledford, CEO, Safeguard Equipment
In addition to several field testing opportunities, Safeguard Equipment is currently offering demonstrations of the COMPASS Pro device. Companies can follow the launch on the Safeguard Equipment website, or any of its social media accounts via YouTube,Twitter,LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.
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Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000
GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to aid the disaster’s victims.
In Paktika province’s hard-hit Gayan district, villagers stood atop the mud bricks that once was a home there. Others carefully walked through dirt alleyways, gripping onto damaged walls with exposed timber beams to make their way.
The quake was Afghanistan’s deadliest in two decades, and officials said the toll could rise. An estimated 1,500 others were reported injured, the state-run news agency said.
The disaster inflicted by the 6 magnitude quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been crumbling since the Taliban retook power nearly 10 months ago amid the U.S. and NATO withdrawal. The takeover led to a cutoff of vital international financing, and most of the world has shunned the Taliban government.
How — and whether the Taliban allow — the world to offer aid remains in question as rescuers without heavy equipment dug through rubble with their bare hands.
“We ask from the Islamic Emirate and the whole country to come forward and help us,” said a survivor who gave his name as Hakimullah. “We are with nothing and have nothing, not even a tent to live in.”
The full extent of the destruction among the villages tucked in the mountains was slow in coming to light. The roads, which are rutted and difficult to travel in the best of circumstances, may have been badly damaged, and landslides from recent rains made access even more difficult.
While modern buildings withstand magnitude 6 earthquakes elsewhere, Afghanistan’s mud-and-brick homes and landslide-prone mountains make such temblors even more dangerous.
Rescuers rushed in by helicopter, but the relief effort could be hindered by the exodus of many international aid agencies from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last August. Moreover, most governments are wary of dealing directly with the Taliban.
In a sign of the muddled workings between the Taliban and the rest of the world, the Taliban had not formally requested that the U.N. mobilize international search-and-rescue teams or obtain equipment from neighboring countries to supplement the few dozen ambulances and several helicopters sent in by Afghan authorities, said Ramiz Alakbarov, the U.N. deputy special representative to Afghanistan.
Still, officials from multiple U.N. agencies said the Taliban were giving them full access to the area.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter that eight trucks of food and other necessities from Pakistan arrived in Paktika. He also said Thursday that two planes of humanitarian aid from Iran and another from Qatar had arrived in the country.
Obtaining more direct international help may be more difficult: Many countries, including the U.S., funnel humanitarian aid to Afghanistan through the U.N. and other such organizations to avoid putting money in the Taliban’s hands.
The quake was centered in Paktika province, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of the city of Khost, according to neighboring Pakistan’s Meteorological Department. Experts put its depth at just 10 kilometers (6 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage.
The death toll reported by the Bakhtar news agency was equal to that of a quake in 2002 in northern Afghanistan. Those are the deadliest since 1998, when an earthquake that was also 6.1 in magnitude and subsequent tremors in the remote northeast killed at least 4,500 people.
Wednesday’s quake took place in a region prone to landslides, with many older, weaker buildings.
In neighboring Khost province’s Speray district, which also sustained serious damage, men stood atop what once was a mud home. The quake had ripped open its timber beams. People sat outside under a makeshift tent made of a blanket that blew in the breeze.
Survivors quickly prepared the district’s dead, including children and an infant, for burial. Officials fear more dead will be found in the coming days.
“It is hard to gather all the exact information because it is mountainous area,” said Sultan Mahmood, Speray district’s chief. “The information that we have is what we have gathered from the residents of these areas.”
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Associated Press writers Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Rahim Faiez and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- America's wireless operators do not have enough exclusive-use, full-power licensed spectrum to meet the future demand for wireless broadband, according to a new Brattle Group report commissioned by CTIA. Policymakers must allocate an additional 400 megahertz of 5G-ready spectrum by 2027, and over 1,400 megahertz by 2033, to ensure U.S. 5G networks can meet their potential and secure American leadership in wireless innovation.
The report, "How Much Licensed Spectrum is Needed to Meet Future Demands for Network Capacity," examines potential tools operators can leverage to meet the anticipated capacity gap as consumer demand for 5G skyrockets. Even accounting for extremely optimistic improvements in spectral efficiency and additional infrastructure deployment, the analysis makes clear that additional 5G-ready spectrum is the only realistic way to meet projected growth in demand.
"The inability to provide adequate capacity to support projected usage growth would lead to poor customer experience, network overload, and otherwise risk forfeiting U.S. leadership in 5G and beyond," said Dr. Coleman Bazelon, Principal, The Brattle Group.
"Coleman's report helps define the risk of continued inaction on spectrum. We need more 5G spectrum to meet increasing data demand, support new innovation and enable the speeds and capacity necessary to fuel future innovation," said CTIA President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker. "We now have a target for future action. More full-powered, exclusive-licensed spectrum is key to both our economic and national security. Letting auction authority lapse sent the wrong signal to the rest of the world. We need to restore it quickly with a defined set of new auctions."
"Our analysis indicates that, given the pace of the demand growth, technological solutions and deploying more cell sites are insufficient to ease the capacity constraint currently facing the U.S. cellular networks. Spectrum availability is the key to solving the capacity shortfall and Congress, the FCC, and other policymakers should work to allocate more spectrum for licensed mobile uses in a timely manner," said co-author Dr. Paroma Sanyal, Principal, The Brattle Group.
The report's findings underscore the growing risk to America's 5G and innovation leadership. Currently the United States has no plan to allocate more mid-band spectrum for 5G and Congress allowed the FCC's ability to auction spectrum for licensed, commercial use, to lapse for the first time in its 30-year history. This inaction in the face of a looming spectrum deficit contrasts with other countries: Today the United States trails other countries in 5G spectrum by 378 megahertz on average—a deficit expected to grow to 518 megahertz in five years.
"Spectrum repurposing is a difficult and time-consuming process, and unfortunately there is not an adequate pipeline of spectrum anticipated to meet wireless demand today. Our analysis gives a glimpse of the stunted wireless future if policymakers do not act," said Dr. Bazelon.
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SHL Medical announces the acquisition of LCA Automation AG, a Swiss innovative automation solutions provider. The acquisition is SHL Medical's response to the growing market demand for drug delivery solutions and will support its manufacturing operations globally, especially the upcoming Swiss manufacturing site in Zug.
ZUG, Switzerland, July 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SHL Medical, a world-leading provider of advanced drug delivery solutions headquartered in Zug, announced the acquisition of Swiss-based LCA Automation, a leading provider of innovative automation solutions, as well as its subsidiaries in Mexico and China, effective June 29, 2023.
The acquisition of LCA Automation is part of SHL Medical's ongoing strategy to respond to the exponentially growing market demand, expand its global presence, and further strengthen SHL Medical's vertical capabilities globally. SHL Medical and LCA Automation have a strong track record of excellence in automation. The combination of their expertise and long-standing experience in different industries allows SHL Medical to increase its automation capacity in Europe further and leverage synergies to offer customers more efficient solutions along the value chain that include faster timelines and shorter supply chains.
Extension of strengths for customers
Acquiring LCA Automation will support SHL Medical's manufacturing operations globally, especially in providing automation expertise as well as tool maintenance and metal manufacturing for the Swiss manufacturing site that is currently under construction. This local extension of strengths in the automation field further increases high-speed and large-scale manufacturing. With the acquisition of LCA Automation, SHL is also reasserting one of its distinctive features in terms of complete in-house manufacturing. By operating as a comprehensive service provider, customers benefit from more flexibility along the whole production value chain.
"We are excited to welcome LCA Automation to the SHL family", says Ulrich Faessler, CEO of SHL Medical. "LCA Automation's expertise in automation and manufacturing solutions will complement our existing capabilities and enable us to offer a more comprehensive range of services to our customers and accelerate innovation."
Chris Rennhard, CEO of LCA Automation, adds: "SHL Medical and LCA Automation joining forces in production process technology and equipment manufacturing is a great benefit to the customers. The resulting high-level factory automation technology will enable the shortest timelines to fulfill market demands, while maintaining in-house process control and quality monitoring."
About LCA Automation
LCA Automation is a leading provider of automation solutions for industrial processes. With over 50 years of experience, LCA Automation specializes in designing and manufacturing customized solutions for our clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Switzerland with subsidiaries in Mexico and China, LCA Automation's team of experts offers experience in designing, building, and implementing automation systems helping their customers to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance their overall productivity.
About SHL Medical
As a world-leading solutions provider of advanced drug delivery systems, SHL Medical is the partner of choice for many leading pharma and biotech companies. Driven by our company purpose – Enabling Patients' Independence – we offer patient-centric solutions for the design, development, and manufacturing of autoinjectors, pen injectors, as well as innovative specialty delivery systems for large-volume and high-viscosity formulations. We also offer final assembly, labeling, and packaging solutions for our drug delivery systems. In response to the rising trend in home therapy, SHL has increased developmental work in the digital healthcare sector to help improve the drug delivery ecosystem.
Located across Switzerland, Taiwan, Sweden, and the US, our global team of experts collaborate seamlessly as one team in utilizing our comprehensive in-house manufacturing capabilities. Our solutions offer customization and optimization for each project while proactively weaving sustainability-driven measures into our designs and processes to contribute to a cleaner earth. For additional information, visit www.shl-medical.com
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Judge: District attorney can’t be co-counsel in Baldwin case
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge said Santa Fe’s district attorney shouldn’t serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 movie rehearsal. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Monday said the district attorney should either lead the case on her own or turn it over entirely to another prosecutor.
Baldwin and movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed have pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison and fines.
Hutchins died shortly after being wounded Oct. 21, 2021, during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza, on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”
District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies is regrouping after the resignation of special prosecutor Andrea Reeb in the wake of missteps in the filing of initial charges against Baldwin and objections that Reeb’s role as a state legislator created conflicting responsibilities.
Carmack-Altwies has been preparing to appoint a new special prosecutor and also guide the complex case as co-counsel. But a defense attorney for Gutierrez-Reed objected to the arrangement, arguing it would be illegal under New Mexico law and fundamentally unfair to a 25-year-old defendant with limited financial resources.
Marlowe Sommer, the judge, said Monday during a court hearing by videoconference that the district attorney had misread key provisions of state law in assembling a team to prosecute the case.
“Basically, what I’m ruling, Ms. Carmack-Altwies, is that you are going to use (the law) in the way I’ve interpreted it, which means that you may not co-counsel, or you stay the course and not use a special prosecutor and prosecute it on your own,” Marlowe Sommer said.
Baldwin’s attorneys did not intervene in Monday’s arguments. A weekslong preliminary hearing in May will decide whether evidence against Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed is sufficient to proceed to trial.
Carmack-Altwies has several days to respond to the judge’s ruling.
The district attorney said her agency is contending with a shortage of staff attorneys and that a new special prosecutor will need her help in getting up to speed on the case quickly. She also said her continued involvement as co-counsel would provide an extra measure of accountability as an an elected prosecutor to political constituents.
Defense Attorney Jason Bowles said the district attorney was unfairly exceeding her authority.
“We are representing Hannah Gutierrez-Reed — she is a 25-year-old female who does not have all of those resources and does not have a war chest,” Bowles said. “And the state is essentially saying we get to put all this money together, a special taxpayer appropriation, to go after not only Mr. Baldwin, but also Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. That’s not what the statute was designed to do.”
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It’s a good thing MLive college football pickers can’t get fired for losing records five weeks into the season.
Because some of our records are a lot like what Paul Chryst’s was when Wisconsin decided this week it had had enough.
Standings through Week 5
Aaron McMann: 28-24
Matt Wenzel: 27-25
Andrew Kahn: 26-26
Kyle Austin: 23-29
Ryan Zuke: 23-29
We’re down to six games this week, but still have plenty of weeks left to save our jobs:
NEBRASKA at RUTGERS
- When: 7 p.m. Friday
- TV: FS1 | Fubo (7-day free trial) | Hulu + Live TV | Sling | YouTube TV
- Line: Nebraska -3
Nebraska beat an FBS team last week for the first time in nearly a year while playing under an interim coach and now they’re suddenly a road favorite? That doesn’t say much for Rutgers, which has lost two straight games, including by 39 to Ohio State last week, and hasn’t scored more than 10 points in a Big Ten game.
MLive staff picks:
- Nebraska (-3): Zuke
- Rutgers (+3): Austin, Wenzel, McMann, Kahn
PURDUE at MARYLAND
- When: Noon
- TV: BTN | Fubo (7-day free trial) | Hulu + Live TV | Sling | YouTube TV
- Line: Maryland -3
This is the point in the year when Maryland’s season often goes off the rails after a promising start. Taulia Tagovailoa and Rakim Jarrett will try to make that not the case this year. Purdue, best known for its offense under Jeff Brohm, earned an impressive win at Minnesota last year by holding a potent Gophers offense to 10 points (Mohamed Ibrahim’s absence played a role, too, though.)
MLive staff picks:
- Purdue (+3): Wenzel, Zuke
- Maryland (-3): Austin, McMann, Kahn
WISCONSIN at NORTHWESTERN
- When: 3:30 p.m. ET
- TV: BTN | Fubo (7-day free trial) | Hulu + Live TV | Sling | YouTube TV
- Line: Wisconsin -10
The Big Ten West’s two venerable programs meet while in freefall. Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst after recording just two rushing yards in a decisive loss to Illinois. Northwestern has lost four straight after losing six straight last year, although Pat Fitzgerald still isn’t likely to be following Chryst anytime soon. The Wildcats fell by just 10 at Penn State last week.
MLive staff picks:
- Wisconsin (-10): Wenzel, McMann
- Northwestern (+10): Austin, Zuke, Kahn
IOWA at ILLINOIS
- When: 7:30 p.m. ET
- TV: BTN | Fubo (7-day free trial) | Hulu + Live TV | Sling | YouTube TV
- Line: Illinois -3.5
The Bret Bielema turnaround is happening in earnest, as he returned to Wisconsin and recorded a statement win last week. Illini running back Chase Brown has gone over 100 yards in every game this year. Iowa threatened late against Michigan but once again didn’t have the offense.
MLive staff picks:
- Iowa (+3.5): McMann, Zuke
- Illinois (-3.5): Austin, Wenzel, Kahn
MICHIGAN at INDIANA
- When: Noon
- TV: FOX | Fubo (7-day free trial) | Hulu + Live TV | Sling | YouTube TV
- Line: Michigan -22
McMann’s pick: Michigan should coast to victory here, but this number is a tad too high for a Big Ten game. Yes, Indiana isn’t great, but the offense is competent throwing the football and has enough playmakers to keep this game competitive. Plus, Jim Harbaugh has enough respect for Tom Allen and the IU program not to run it up on them late. Four of the last five meetings in Bloomington have stayed within 7 points or resulted in an Indiana win, so I’m predicting a comfortable U-M win that stays under the number. Final: Michigan 34, Indiana 13
MLive staff picks:
- Michigan (-22): Wenzel, Zuke, Kahn
- Indiana (+22): Austin, McMann
OHIO STATE at MICHIGAN STATE
- When: 4 p.m.
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- Line: Ohio State -25.5
Wenzel’s pick: Ohio State has won six straight against Michigan State while dominating the series lately and the latest matchup appears to be shaping up as another blowout. The No. 3 Buckeyes have the nation’s top scoring offense and a slew of offensive weapons led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate C.J. Stroud. The Spartans have lost three straight and there are significant concerns in all three phases of the game. Ohio State 49, Michigan State 14
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Dozens of Oakland port workers urged members of a key state agency Thursday to reject the A’s $12 billion proposed waterfront project, calling it “real estate grab” that will transform the port into a “yuppie playground.”
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission held a public hearing Thursday to hear from the public on the proposed A’s ballpark and development project.
The commission is expected to vote June 30 on whether to approve the A’s request to remove Howard Terminal’s 56 acres from port designation — a step toward opening the parcel to development. The ballpark project can’t move forward without that approval.
Last month, BCDC’s staff made a preliminary recommendation suggesting the commission approve the A’s request. Staff will release its final recommendation mid-June after looking at all of the comments received during Thursday’s meeting.
In March, the commission’s advisory panel, the Seaport Planning Advisory Committee, voted narrowly against recommending that the commission approve the A’s request. On Thursday, Jim McGrath, a commission member and chair of the advisory committee, reiterated that he’s concerned the port needs Howard Terminal to meet cargo demands despite assurances from port staff that it doesn’t.
The A’s need a two-thirds vote from the commission. If they get the approval, they will eventually need to apply for a permit from the commission to move forward with the project. The A’s have said that if they’re not able to build a ballpark at Howard Terminal, they may move to Las Vegas, where they have been exploring potential stadium sites.
The A’s want to build a 35,000-seat waterfront ballpark, 3,000 units of housing, 1.5 million square feet of offices, 270,000 square feet of retail space, a 3,500-capacity performance venue, up to 400 hotel rooms and 8,900 parking spaces on the property. If the project gets final approvals — which the A’s are pushing for this year — it would be one of the largest developments in state history and could completely transform the Jack London Square area.
Commission members asked BCDC staff to clarify Thursday if Howard Terminal — which is currently used for ancilllary uses, such as truck parking and storage — is at capacity.
Zack Wasserman, the chair of the commission, asked for a staff report on how much it would cost to expand use at Howard Terminal and for the port to address sea level rise that could potentially unleash harmful toxins on the site. He said those harmful toxins would be “addressed” if a development were happening there.
Several opponents attempted to get Wasserman to recuse himself from the commission’s decision on the A’s project. Wasserman represented the A’s in the team’s negotiations with the city and Alameda County in its acquisition of the Coliseum, according to his bio.
Dave Kaval, the president of the A’s, told commission members Thursday that the project and the port can coexist.
“We believe very strongly there can be a thriving port and a thriving ballpark,” Kaval said.
Mayor Libby Schaaf called the project “transformative” and said it was the “opportunity of a lifetime” to get infrastructure grants, address climate threats, create thousands of union jobs and a community benefits fund. She emphasized that Howard Terminal will not be needed to meet cargo demands.
She said the project could result in 1,000 units of affordable housing both onsite and offsite, although the A’s and the city are currently negotiating exactly how many affordable units would be included in the project.
Schaaf also said the project would address sea level rise.
Danny Wan, the executive director of the port of Oakland, also argued that Howard Terminal isn’t needed for port functions and said the project would create ”significant transportation infrastructure improvements to ensure the long-term growth of the seaport.”
Nearly 80 people spoke during public comment — many were against the project. Wasserman said the commission had received 825 emails and letters.
Susan Ransom, of SSA Terminal, who operates the largest terminal at the port, urged the commission to reject the A’s bid. She read a 2019 memo from John Driscoll, the former maritime director of the port, who had “very serious concerns” about the A’s project.
Driscoll wrote that “the current conversation about the future of Howard Terminal continues to ignore this core purpose of the seaport, instead focusing on short-term, politically-motivated objectives.”
Other port workers spoke against the project.
“Howard Terminal will cascade into the destruction of the port… and turn it into a yuppie playground,” said Aaron Wright, a representative of ILWU Local 10. “Do not let that happen.”
Trent Willis, also of ILWU Local 10, also urged the commission to vote against the A’s and said if approved, the commission will allow Howard Terminal to transform into a “playground for a billionaire real estate tycoon.”
“We are Oakland A’s fans, we just want the Oakland A’s to stay where they are currently playing,” Willis said.
The A’s have said the Coliseum is not a viable site.
While port workers spoke against the project, the Alameda Labor Council, which represents 135,000 workers in construction and other industries, has endorsed the project.
Dozens of people also called in to support the A’s project.
One speaker said the project is “bigger than baseball” and if built, it will generate more property taxes for the city and the county. Another speaker mentioned the thousands of unions jobs that would become available as part of the project.
Savlan Hauser from the Jack London Improvement District said businesses “enthusiastically support the A’s stadium project” and that the project has “tremendous potential” for infrastructure upgrades.
Emily Loper from the Bay Area Council, which has also endorsed the project, said the A’s project will bring “new public access, economic activity and desperately-needed housing.”
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Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids
(AP) - The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives.
The scale of the disruption to American kids’ education is evident in a district-by-district analysis of test scores shared exclusively with The Associated Press. The data provide the most comprehensive look yet at how much schoolchildren have fallen behind academically.
The analysis found the average student lost more than half a school year of learning in math and nearly a quarter of a school year in reading – with some district averages slipping by more than double those amounts, or worse.
Online learning played a major role, but students lost significant ground even when they returned quickly to schoolhouses, especially in math scores in low-income communities.
“When you have a massive crisis, the worst effects end up being felt by the people with the least resources,” said Stanford education professor Sean Reardon, who compiled and analyzed the data along with Harvard economist Thomas Kane.
Some educators have objected to the very idea of measuring learning loss after a crisis that has killed more than 1 million Americans. Reading and math scores don’t tell the entire story about what’s happening with a child, but they’re one of the only aspects of children’s development reliably measured nationwide.
“Test scores aren’t the only thing or the most important thing,” Reardon said. “But they serve as an indicator for how kids are doing.”
And kids aren’t doing well, especially those who were at the highest risk before the pandemic. The data show many children need significant intervention, and advocates and researchers say the U.S. isn’t doing enough.
Together, Reardon and Kane created a map showing how many years of learning the average student in each district has lost since 2019. Their project, the Education Recovery Scorecard, compared results from a test known as the “nation’s report card” with local standardized test scores from 29 states and Washington, D.C.
In Memphis, Tennessee, where nearly 80% of students are poor, students lost the equivalent of 70% of a school year in reading and more than a year in math, according to the analysis. The district’s Black students lost a year-and-one-third in math and two-thirds of a year in reading.
For church pastor Charles Lampkin, who is Black, it was the effects on his sons’ reading that grabbed his attention. He was studying the Bible with them one night this fall when he noticed his sixth and seventh graders were struggling with their “junior” Bible editions written for a fifth grade reading level. “They couldn’t get through it,” Lampkin said.
Lampkin blames the year and a half his sons were away from school buildings from March 2020 until the fall of 2021.
“They weren’t engaged at all. It was all tomfoolery,” he said.
Officials with the local district, Shelby County Public Schools, did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails requesting comment. According to district presentations, Shelby County schools last year offered tutoring to the lowest-performing students. Most students who received tutoring focused on English language arts, but not math. Lampkin said his sons have not been offered the extra help.
The amount of learning that students lost – or gained, in rare cases – over the last three years varied widely. Poverty and time spent in remote learning affected learning loss, and learning losses were greater in districts that remained online longer, according to Kane and Reardon’s analysis. But neither was a perfect predictor of declines in reading and math.
In some districts, students lost more than two years of math learning, according to the data. Hopewell, Virginia, a school system of 4,000 students who are mostly low-income and 60% Black, showed an average loss of 2.29 years of school.
“This is not anywhere near what we wanted to see,” Deputy Superintendent Jay McClain said.
The district began offering in-person learning in March 2021, but three-quarters of students remained home. “There was so much fear of the effects of COVID,” he said. “Families here were just hunkered down.”
When schools resumed in the fall, the virus swept through Hopewell, and half of all students stayed home either sick or in quarantine, McClain said. A full 40% of students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 18 days or more.
The pandemic brought other challenges unrelated to remote learning.
In Rochester, New Hampshire, students lost nearly two years in reading even though schools offered in-person learning most of the 2020-2021 school year. It was the largest literacy decline among all the districts in the analysis.
The 4,000-student district, where most are white and nearly half live in poverty, had to close schools in November 2020 when too few teachers could report for work, Superintendent Kyle Repucci said. Students studied online until March 2021, and when schools reopened, many chose to stay with remote learning, Repucci said.
“Students here were exposed to things they should never have been exposed to until much later,” Repucci said. “Death. Severe illness. Working to feed their families.”
In Los Angeles, school leaders shuttered classrooms for the entire 2020-2021 academic year, yet students held their ground in reading.
It’s hard to tell what explains the vastly different outcomes in some states. In California, where students on average stayed steady or only marginally declined, it could suggest that educators there were better at teaching over Zoom or the state made effective investments in technology, Reardon said.
But the differences could also be explained by what happened outside of school. “I think a lot more of the variation has to do with things that were outside of a school’s control,” Reardon said.
Now, the onus is on America’s adults to work toward kids’ recovery. For the federal government and individual states, advocates hope the recent releases of test data could inspire more urgency to direct funding to the students who suffered the largest setbacks, whether it’s academic or other support.
School systems are still spending the nearly $190 billion in federal relief money allocated for recovery, a sum experts have said fails to address the extent of learning loss in schools. Nearly 70% of students live in districts where federal relief money is likely inadequate to address the magnitude of their learning loss, according to Kane and Reardon’s analysis.
The implications for kids’ futures are alarming: Lower test scores are predictors of lower wages, plus higher rates of incarceration and teen pregnancy, Kane said.
It doesn’t take Harvard research to convince parents whose children are struggling to read or learn algebra that something needs to be done.
At his church in Memphis, Lampkin started his own tutoring program three nights a week. Adults from his congregation, some of them teachers, help around 50 students with their homework, reinforcing skills and teaching new ones.
“We shouldn’t have had to do this,” Lampkin said. “But sometimes you have to lead by example.”
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Marijuana stays on doping banned list; opiate tramadol added
GENEVA (AP) — Marijuana use will remain banned at sports events after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday resisted calls to change its status on the list of prohibited substances.
The agency was asked to review the status of THC — the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis — after the case of United States sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who did not go to the Tokyo Olympics last year. She served a one-month ban after testing positive at the national trials meet where she won the 100 meters. The sprinter said she had smoked marijuana as a way of coping with her mother’s death.
In a separate decision, the opiate tramadol will now be banned when athletes are competing from January 2024, the WADA executive committee decided at a meeting in Sydney, Australia.
Athletes who use cannabis were consulted by WADA-appointed experts whose conclusions included that it was “against the spirit of sport,” the agency said.
Positive tests for THC at races and events, though not in training, can therefore continue to trigger bans as short as one month.
The debate “is not straightforward,” WADA director general Olivier Niggli acknowledged Friday.
“WADA is also mindful that the few requests for THC’s removal from the Prohibited List are not supported by the experts’ thorough review,” he said. “We are also conscious that the laws of many countries — as well as broad international regulatory laws and policies — support maintaining cannabis on the List at this time.”
WADA also noted the high threshold level to register a positive test for THC which is “consistent with a significantly impaired athlete or a frequent user.”
Tramadol has been an issue in cycling which outlawed its use at races starting in 2019.
After the Tour de France in July, Nairo Quintana was disqualified from sixth place when two samples showed traces of the synthetic painkiller. He was not banned and is challenging his disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“Tramadol abuse, with its dose-dependent risks of physical dependence, opiate addiction and overdoses in the general population, is of concern and has led to it being a controlled drug in many countries,” WADA said.
The in-competition ban will be enforced in January 2024 giving time to educate athletes and team doctors and “address the safe use of tramadol for clinical purposes,” WADA said.
The International Cycling Union’s medical rules state “commonly reported adverse side effects of tramadol are dizziness, drowsiness and loss of attention, which are incompatible with competitive cycling and endanger other competitors.”
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Search for missing swimmer in Laurel River Lake pushes into day 7
LONDON, Ky. (WTVQ) — It’s been one week since a swimmer went missing in the Laurel River Lake.
On July 7 just before 5:30 p.m., the London-Laurel Rescue Squad received a report of a possible drowning at the lake. Rescue units went to the area near Sulphur Spring Branch where the swimmer was last seen.
The man’s name has not yet been released, but we’re told he’s 51 years old.
He was last seen on that lake with a group of friends when he jumped off the back of the boat. His life vest surfaced, but he didn’t.
Divers and underwater drones have both been used in this search, according to the rescue squad.
K-9s were used in today’s search.
The rescue squad has also been assisted by the Keavy Volunteer Fire Department, Laurel County Division of Public Safety and Christian Aid Ministries.
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Winter Haven man disappears following family dispute
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Police in Winter Haven continue to search for Jose Orlando Morales Soto, 36, who was last seen on May 20 at his home on Cambridge Drive.
According to detectives, Soto got into a dispute with his family and left the residence around 11 a.m.
Police say Soto drove away in a gray 2017 Toyota Sienna with Fl tag IL39EG.
According to the Winter Haven Police Department, Soto’s phone pinged in Osceola County on May 20, but it went off later in the day.
His family and authorities are concerned for his well-being due to statements he made when he left the residence.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin introduces bill to provide cancer screenings for federal firefighters
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - There is a new push in Congress to provide cancer screenings for federal firefighters.
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin’s (D-MI) Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act would ensure that federal firefighters at the Department of Defense get these cancer screenings at no cost to them.
“This is another issue of toxic exposure that people get through their jobs. And firefighters who we all depend on and need, that goes for local firefighters and federal firefighters. They use a lot of chemicals in putting out fires, particularly chemicals that include PFAS,” said Rep. Slotkin.
Cancer is the leading cause of death for firefighters. The job often exposes them to hundreds of different kinds of chemicals that come from burning materials, firefighting foam and other places.
That’s why Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin introduced the Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act.
The bill would provide testing for breast cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer on either an annual or biannual basis, with some tests beginning at age 40.
International Association of Firefighters General President Edward Kelly says testing sooner rather than later is critical.
“It’s so important that we do have these screening protocols in place, because, as we all know, the quicker we can diagnose the cancer, the better the outcome in the long run,” said Kelly.
Slotkin says the bill only affects federal firefighters now but hopes it will serve as a model for state and local communities to develop similar legislation.
“We’re trying to say, hey, look, if federal firefighters, particularly those who work alongside the military, are getting the screening, so should your local force. So, we’re hoping it starts a trend,” she said.
Nebraska Republican Don Bacon is co-sponsoring the bill with Slotkin. They plan to include it in the defense spending bill that must be passed each year.
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(The Hill) – The U.S. Embassy in Russia is urging Americans in the country to leave and warning U.S. citizens to not travel to Russia after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a call-up of 300,000 reservists to aid depleted forces in Ukraine.
The embassy said in a security alert on Wednesday that Russia may prevent U.S. citizens from leaving the country and conscript dual nationals into military service.
Russia may also refuse to acknowledge dual nationals’ U.S. citizenship or restrict their access to U.S. consular assistance, officials said.
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Many flights booked up and prices soared after Putin announced a call-up of reservists for the first time since World War II. Russian forces have sustained heavy losses throughout the war, especially since Ukraine launched a counteroffensive earlier this month through which it has regained thousands of square kilometers of territory.
The U.S. Embassy said on Wednesday that flights are extremely limited and often unavailable on short notice but that overland routes by car and bus are still open. The embassy added that it is severely limited in its ability to help U.S. citizens and people should make independent arrangements as soon as possible.
The State Department maintains a page on its website to provide information on commercial travel out of Russia.
Officials also said U.S. citizens should remember that the right to peacefully assemble and freedom of expression are not guaranteed in Russia and they should avoid all social or political protests and not take pictures of security at the protests. Russian authorities have arrested Americans who have participated in the protests.
Protests popped up across Russia after Putin’s announcement, and police have detained hundreds of people.
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The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public-health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years. But, on the downside, it also led to the end of a global vaccination program that provided protection against other pox viruses. That includes monkeypox, which has been spilling over from its animal hosts to infect humans in Africa with increasing frequency since the 1970s. More recently, monkeypox has sparked outbreaks in at least 30 countries, mostly in Europe, demonstrating again how readily an infectious agent that emerges in one country can quickly become an international concern.
1. What’s monkeypox?
Monkeypox is a misnomer resulting from the fact that it was first discovered in 1958, when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. While monkeys are susceptible to it, just like humans are, they aren’t the source. The virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus, which includes the variola virus, the cause of smallpox; the vaccinia virus, which is used in the smallpox vaccine; and cowpox virus. Monkeypox is less contagious than smallpox and the symptoms are milder. About 30% of smallpox patients died, while the fatality rate for monkeypox in recent times is around 3% to 6%, according to the World Health Organization.
2. What does monkeypox do?
After an incubation period of usually one to two weeks, the disease typically starts with fever, muscle aches, fatigue and other flu-like symptoms. Unlike smallpox, monkeypox also causes swelling of the lymph nodes. Within a few days of fever onset, patients develop a rash, often beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. The lesions grow into fluid-containing pustules that form a scab. If a lesion forms on the eye, it can cause blindness. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks, according to the WHO. The person is infectious from the time symptoms start until the scabs fall off and the sores heal. Mortality is higher among children and young adults, and people whose immune system is compromised are especially at risk of severe disease.
3. How is it normally transmitted?
Monkeypox doesn’t usually spread easily between people. Contact with the virus from an animal, human or contaminated object is the main pathway. The virus enters the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or the mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth. Transmission from one person to another is thought to occur through respiratory particles during direct and prolonged face-to-face contact. But it can also happen through contact with body fluids or lesion material, or indirectly through contact with contaminated clothing or linens. Common household disinfectants can kill it.
4. What’s unusual this time?
There have been multiple chains of human-to-human transmission occurring, including in sexual networks, in countries in which monkeypox isn’t normally present.
• Cases don’t involve recent travel to places in West and Central Africa, where the disease is endemic.
• Although anyone can get monkeypox, most cases occur in men. In endemic areas of Africa, it was thought that was related to hunting practices, whereas in the current outbreak, most individuals are men who have sex with men, people with multiple sexual partners, or people who practice condomless sex.
• Flu-like symptoms haven’t always preceded the rash, and some patients first sought medical care for lesions in the genital and perianal region.
• In some cases, the lesions are mostly located at these sites, making them hard to distinguish from syphilis, herpes simplex virus, shingles and other more common infections, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Close skin-to-skin contact during sex is the primary mode of transmission among men who have sex with men.
• Semen from four patients in Italy collected around the time their symptoms appeared was positive for monkeypox DNA in three of the cases. It’s not yet known whether the fluid alone can transmit the infection.
Analysis of the genetic sequence of the virus collected from some patients in Europe indicates that the strain spreading has a single origin. It belongs to the West African clade, or branch on the evolutionary tree, and is most closely related to viruses found in cases exported from Nigeria to the UK, Israel and Singapore in recent years. Monkeypox virus strains from this clade have a case-fatality rate of 1% to 3.6%. (That compares with 10% for a second clade called Congo Basin, which appears on the US government’s bioterrorism agent list as having the potential to pose a severe threat.)
5. How fast is it spreading?
From just a handful of cases in Europe in early May, almost 800 cases, mostly in men, were reported across the region, as well as North and South America, and Australia by early June. Experts told a WHO meeting that monkeypox had been circulating undetected in Europe since at least April. Understanding the dynamics of spread is proving difficult. A UK study found anonymous sex has proved a barrier to effective contact tracing, with only 28% of men able to provide the names of recent sexual contacts. This may challenge efforts to stem transmission ahead of LGBTQ pride celebrations occurring in major cities around the world. Data from outbreaks in Canada, Spain, Portugal, and the UK suggest venues where men have sex with multiple male partners are helping to drive spread.
6. Where does monkeypox come from?
The reservoir host or main carrier of monkeypox disease hasn’t yet been identified, although rodents are suspected of playing a part in transmission. It was first diagnosed in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 9-year-old boy. Since then, most cases in humans have occurred in rain forest areas of West and Central Africa. In 2003, the first outbreak outside of Africa occurred in the US and was linked to animals imported from Ghana to Texas, which then infected pet prairie dogs. Dozens of cases were recorded in that outbreak.
7. Is monkeypox a pandemic threat?
Outbreaks outside Africa occur infrequently. There have been at least eight known exported cases since 2017, usually involving international travelers, but they haven’t typically caused onward transmission. Human-to-human transmission raises concern that the virus may undergo genetic changes to enable it to spread more efficiently from person to person. The DNA sequences of viruses collected during the recent epidemics harbor a larger constellation of mutations than one would expect considering the natural evolution of related viruses, researchers in Portugal said in a report released on May 23. It isn’t known yet whether the genetic changes have any clinical significance, however.
8. How is it treated and prevented?
The illness is usually mild and most patients will recover within a few weeks; treatment is mainly aimed at relieving symptoms. For the purposes of controlling a monkeypox outbreak, the CDC says smallpox vaccine, antivirals, and vaccinia immune globulin can be used. Vaccination against smallpox can be used for both pre- and post-exposure and is as much as 85% effective in preventing monkeypox, according to the UK Health Security Agency, which is offering the Imvanex smallpox vaccine to close contacts of a person diagnosed with monkeypox. It lists cidofovir and tecovirimat as antiviral drugs that can be used to control outbreaks. Tecovirimat was approved by the European Medical Association for monkeypox in 2022 based on data in animal and human studies but isn’t yet widely available, according to the WHO. Newer vaccines based on non-replicating versions of the vaccinia virus have been developed, of which one has been approved for prevention of monkeypox. Limited supplies of two vaccines are available in the US for adults, the journal JAMA reported in late May:
• There are 100 million doses of ACAM2000, which was approved in 2007 for immunization against smallpox. Although it can be administered to people exposed to monkeypox if used under an expanded access investigational new drug protocol, it contains a live vaccinia virus linked to some serious potential adverse effects.
• There are 1,000 doses of JYNNEOS, a live, non-replicating vaccinia virus vaccine manufactured by Bavarian Nordic A/S and approved in 2019 by the US Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of smallpox and monkeypox.
The main way to prevent infection is by isolating patients suspected of having monkeypox in a negative pressure room and ensuring health staff wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
9. Is there a test for monkeypox?
Yes. Monkeypox is diagnosed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to detect viral DNA in specimens collected from the scabs or swabs of a patient’s lesions. In the US, these are available at state health departments and the CDC.
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Trial underway for dump truck driver who struck overhead sign in deadly I-480 accident
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury trial for the driver of the Western Star dump truck accused of causing a fatal accident after hitting a sign on I-480 near State Road in Cleveland in 2020 began Monday in front of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams.
Jason Beard, 40, was indicted on two charges of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Daniel Ripepi, 62, was killed after the sign crashed onto his pickup truck on Sept. 24, 2020.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said Beard was driving with the bed of his dump truck raised and it clipped the sign.
On Wednesday, a trooper took the stand in the trial and we learned Beard had no drugs or alcohol in his system.
Beard, who was not injured in the accident, was working on an ODOT construction project between I76 and State Road. | https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/03/08/trial-underway-dump-truck-driver-who-struck-overhead-sign-deadly-i-480-accident/ | 2023-03-08 17:00:53 | 1 | https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/03/08/trial-underway-dump-truck-driver-who-struck-overhead-sign-deadly-i-480-accident/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it has expelled two German diplomats over Berlin’s alleged interference in its internal affairs.
The move comes a week after Germany expelled two Iranian diplomats over a death sentence handed down to Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German dual citizen and opposition figure accused of masterminding deadly attacks.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it had also summoned the German ambassador over “excessive” demands, without elaborating.
Germany’s Foreign Ministry said Iran’s latest move was “completely unjustified.”
“With its (earlier) expulsions the German government reacted in an appropriate way to the death sentence against and the massive breach of the rights of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd,” it said in a statement, adding that the German diplomats had “done no wrong.”
Iran has repeatedly summoned European diplomats in recent months as it has accused Western countries of being behind nationwide anti-government protests, without providing evidence.
The protests erupted over the death of a young woman in the custody of Iran’s morality police in September. The protesters deny having any foreign agenda and say they are fed up with decades of corruption, poor governance and Islamic theocracy.
Germany expelled the two diplomats a day after Iran sentenced Sharmahd, who had been residing in Glendora, California, prior to his detention. Iran accuses the 67-year-old of leading the armed wing of a a group committed to restoring the Western-backed monarchy that ruled Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Sharmahd’s family says he was only a spokesman for the opposition group and deny he was involved in any attacks. They say he was abducted from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, in 2020 and spirited into Iran.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires last week to protest against the death sentence.
Baerbock has said that Sharmahd, who lives in Glendora, California, did not have “even the beginning of a fair trial” and that consular access and access to the trial had been repeatedly denied. She has also alleged that he was arrested “under highly questionable circumstances,” without elaborating. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-iran-expels-2-german-envoys-amid-uproar-over-death-sentence/ | 2023-03-01 21:06:13 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-iran-expels-2-german-envoys-amid-uproar-over-death-sentence/ |
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cireson, the experts in Microsoft Service Management and a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, today announced that it has achieved System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 compliance for its Tikit cloud product. SOC 2 Type 2 is a security framework developed by the AICPA that addresses cybersecurity risks and concerns and covers security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy standards over a specified period of time. Tikit is a Microsoft 365 ITSM Platform that matures with your Microsoft 365 adoption.
Developed by the AICPA, SOC 2 is an extensive auditing procedure that ensures that a company is handling customer data securely and in a manner that protects the organization as well as the privacy of its customers.
"This is an important milestone in our journey to developing the best cloud products, built exclusively for the Microsoft 365 ecosystem," said Justin Roux, CEO, Cireson. "First and foremost, security is at the core of everything we build, and we want our customers to feel secure in trusting their data with Tikit."
It is critical for any company looking to handle and process sensitive customer data to achieve SOC 2 compliance. By achieving compliance, Cireson has demonstrated its commitment to protecting data and systems while providing customers with assurance that they are secure.
"Security is an ongoing, company-wide endeavor. All employees are required to complete semi-annual security training and employ best practices when handling customer data.," said Marcus Bauer, Senior Director of InfoSec and GRC, Cireson. "Achieving SOC 2 Type 2 compliance is just one of the many steps we are taking to earn and maintain our customer's trust that their data in Tikit is secured."
Cireson uses Drata, a security and compliance automation platform, to continuously monitor its internal security controls against the highest possible standards. With Drata, Cireson has real-time visibility across the organization to ensure the end-to-end security and compliance posture of their systems.
Conducted by Sensiba, a nationally recognized CPA firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, this attestation report affirms that Cireson's information security practices, policies, procedures and operations meet the rigorous SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria.
"Showing tangible proof of data protection standards is table stakes when earning and maintaining the trust of your customers," said Adam Markowitz, Co-Founder and CEO of Drata. "Cireson's SOC 2 Type 2 attestation is a testament to its commitment to building a strong security and compliance program."
Anyone interested in learning more about Cireson's commitment to security and reviewing SOC compliance reports are encouraged to contact the Cireson team at SecAdmin@cireson.com.
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LOS ANGELES — The next ballot for the World Golf Hall of Fame will include three players born in 1980, all major champions with remarkably similar records in global golf. One of them is Sergio Garcia, who suspects he will be looked upon differently from Adam Scott and Justin Rose.
Garcia was asked who among those three would be considered the leading candidate to be elected for the 2026 class of inductees.
“I went to LIV, so I’m probably a little behind,” Garcia said with a laugh. “Even though things are settling down.”
He thought for a few minutes about the trio and settled on Scott before adding, “If I didn’t go to LIV and everything that happened, probably me.”
That’s hard to dispute, and a case could be made for each.
Garcia has 31 wins around the world, including the 2017 Masters in a playoff over Rose and The Players Championship. He also holds the Ryder Cup record for most points at 28.5, going 3-1 in the last Ryder Cup — his final Ryder Cup — at Whistling Straits.
Scott has 29 worldwide wins including a playoff win at the Masters. He also won The Players and two World Golf Championships, and he reached No. 1 in the world ranking for 11 weeks. Rose won his major in the U.S. Open at Merion, won a pair of World Golf Championships and was No. 1 for 13 weeks.
The Hall of Fame committee that votes on finalists includes PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and European tour CEO Keith Pelley, along with the leadership from Augusta National, PGA of America, the USGA and the R&A.
This won’t be on the table until 2025, and there’s no telling what golf will look like then.
Scott was asked who he thought would be most appealing of the three and said, “The next one to win a major.” For Garcia, who made it through 36-hole qualifying and then made the cut at the U.S. Open, that might be what it takes. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/sergio-garcia-wonders-if-playing-liv-golf-will-affect-his-hall-fame-chances | 2023-06-21 23:08:21 | 0 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/sergio-garcia-wonders-if-playing-liv-golf-will-affect-his-hall-fame-chances |
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Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 8 during the company's annual fall product event on Wednesday. The GPS version starts at $399 (£419, AU$629), while the cellular version begins at $499. It'll be available on Sept. 16 with preorders beginning immediately. Apple also announced the rugged Apple Watch Ultra, which starts at $799, and a new version of the more affordable Apple Watch SE, starting at $249 and on preorder now. (Here's everything Apple announced at its Sept. 7 event.)
The most significant change is the addition of a temperature sensor, marking the first time Apple has added a new health sensor to its smartwatch since the Series 6 arrived with blood oxygen saturation measurements in 2020. The new batch of Apple Watches, which includes the Series 8 as well as the new SE and Ultra models, are also the first to include car crash detection, further underscoring Apple's emphasis on wellness and safety. The Apple Watch Ultra is a new outdoorsy version of the Apple Watch aimed at athletes, while the SE is a refreshed version of Apple's cheaper smartwatch.
Temperature sensing and car crash detection
The Apple Watch Series 8's temperature sensor is the biggest upgrade in this year's watch. There are actually two sensors, one under the display and another on the back, closer to the skin. This should improve accuracy by helping the watch distinguish your wrist temperature from other factors affecting the temperature in your environment. The watch measures your wrist temperature overnight every five seconds and tracks it in the Apple Health app.
Since this is a passive reading that happens overnight, I wasn't able to try it in Apple's demo room. But I did get to see how this information will be presented in the Health app. The app will show changes in your baseline temperature in a chart within the app, along with context about what the data means. The company says shifts in your baseline temperature could be indicative of exercise, jet lag or illness. There's also a new wrist temperature tile in the Health app's summary section where you can tap into this data.
Apple is positioning the temperature sensor as being most useful for tracking female health. The temperature sensors allow the Series 8 to provide retrospective ovulation estimates and improved period predictions.
The Apple Watch is also getting a new safety feature this year: car crash detection. If the watch detects a crash, it will notify emergency services and the wearer's emergency contacts if the wearer has been unresponsive for 10 seconds. This is only available in the Series 8, new SE and Apple Watch Ultra models because it uses the upgraded gyroscope and accelerometer.
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Low power mode
Another noteworthy addition is the Apple Watch's low power mode, which Apple says should prolong battery life for up to 36 hours for the Series 8. The new low power mode turns off features like the always-on display and automatic workout detection to preserve functionality while extending battery life. Although Apple just announced the feature on Wednesday, it will also be available for the Series 4 and higher. Otherwise, the Apple Watch's battery life is generally the same at 18 hours.
The overall design of the Apple Watch seems generally unchanged this year. The Series 8's size and overall shape remain the same, and it will be available in midnight, starlight, silver and Product Red with an aluminum casing. The stainless steel version, which I got to try during my time with it, will come in silver, graphite and gold.
Most of the Apple Watch Series 8's most significant changes, like temperature sensing and low power mode, are under-the-hood changes rather than cosmetic upgrades. We'll have to spend more time with the Series 8 to know how much these additions really impact the overall experience. But based on what we know so far, the Series 8 seems like another step toward the Apple Watch becoming an even more comprehensive wellness device.
Apple leads the global smartwatch market with 29.3% of shipments in the second quarter of 2022, according to Counterpoint Research. Samsung follows in second place with 9.2% of the worldwide smartwatch shipments during the same period. Still, Apple faces increased competition. Even though Samsung trails far behind Apple in terms of shipments, Samsung saw 40% growth year over year, compared with Apple's 8% growth, according to Counterpoint's data.
In August, Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. Meanwhile, Google is expected to release its first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch, this fall. Google hasn't revealed many details yet, but it seems to be positioning the Pixel Watch as a premium smartwatch similar to the Apple Watch.
Although the iPhone is Apple's biggest moneymaker, products like the Apple Watch are an important part of the company's business. The wearables, home and accessories division, which encompasses products like the Apple Watch and AirPods, is the company's third largest business following the iPhone and digital services. Apple said in a quarterly earnings call in April that its wearables business is now the size of a Fortune 100 company.
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