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WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Riley wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 19th Congressional District.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 30, 2021 to May 2, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 1, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in IONQ:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that IonQ, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in IonQ you have until August 1, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased IonQ securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the IONQ lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29466&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Kelsea Ballerini honors shooting victims at CMT Music Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The CMT Music Awards opened Sunday with a tribute to victims from a school shooting, as co-host and country star Kelsea Ballerini shared her own experience as a witness to another school shooting at her high school.
Country stars walked the red carpet ahead of the awards show, held this year in Austin, Texas, wearing black ribbons in honor of the six victims — three adults and three nine-year-olds — who were killed Monday at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ballerini described a 2008 shooting at a school in her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee before dedicating Sunday’s show to the “ever-growing list of families, friends, survivors, witnesses and responders whose lives continue to be forever changed by gun violence.”
Country singer Blake Shelton then kicked off the awards show with a Texas dance hall version of his song “No Body.”
This year’s CMT Music Awards will merge country, rock and blues straight from the heart of Texas, featuring performances including collaborations with Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Gwen Stefani and Gary Clark Jr. and tributes to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The annual fan-voted awards show also will honor country superstar and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain with the Equal Play Award, recognizing her for being a “visible and vocal advocate” for diverse voices in country music.
Fan-favorite and scheduled performer Lainey Wilson leads the nominations with four chances to win.
Carrie Underwood has a chance to extend her record as the most awarded artist in CMT history with 25 awards. Underwood, who also will perform, was nominated again for video of the year for “Hate My Heart.”
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd will be honored with a tribute performance following the death in March of the last original member, Gary Rossington. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Slash of Guns N’ Roses and the Allman Brothers’ Warren Haynes and Chuck Leavell are set to perform with singers Paul Rodgers and Cody Johnson with backup vocals from LeAnn Rimes and Judd.
Four-time Grammy winner Clark Jr. will perform a tribute to the late Texas guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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Initial Sale of Authentic Stadium Seating Begins Today
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia, today announced the kickoff of Farewell RFK Stadium, a project to celebrate and honor the legacy of DC's most iconic sports and concert venue, while also sharing timely updates regarding ongoing demolition activities.
"We are saying farewell to the RFK Stadium, but we remain committed to fulfilling Robert F. Kennedy's legacy," said Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio. "As the Sports Capital says farewell to this stadium and we cherish the memories we shared in it, this is a new opportunity to do as Robert Kennedy did — dream things that never were and ask why not."
"The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium holds special memories for many of us in the community. We watched DC's football team win division championships. We saw baseball return to the nation's capital here. We also saw our favorite bands like the Grateful Dead and Traffic, among others," said Events DC Board Chairman Max Brown. "This stadium is woven into the fabric of Washington, DC's past and present. We must and will celebrate and remember all of this during our Farewell RFK Stadium campaign: The Stands Rocked. The Fans Roared. The Legacy Remains."
"This landmark named after my father means so much to this region," said Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland. "I am excited to be a part of this project that will celebrate his legacy, as well as all of the elements that made this stadium memorable to us all."
To launch the campaign, an initial selection of orange wooden and plastic seating from RFK Stadium's lower bowl is now available for public purchase beginning today. Stadium seats can be ordered here, with pick-up available in-person only on the RFK Campus on December 16-18. Seats from the initial sale will be prepared and ready for the upcoming holiday gifting season for approximately $350 to $500. For more information on stadium seats, visit here: www.stadiumseatdepot.com.
Additional seats, including wooden burgundy and gold seats from the stadium's upper bowl and other commemorative merchandise will be available in 2023. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of stadium seats and memorabilia will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington and St. Coletta of Greater Washington.
"The Farewell RFK Stadium campaign will include elements of public participation that sparks nostalgia, reminds us of memorable moments that happened here and include all of the organizations and partners that fans love," said Events DC Interim President and CEO Samuel Thomas. "There will be something for everyone and we welcome the participation from the greater Washington, DC community in sharing their own RFK Stadium stories with us."
Events DC is in the process of formally convening a diverse group of key stakeholders from RFK Stadium's lifespan and surrounding neighborhood that will guide the planning of public celebratory events through the end of 2023.
For more information on seat sales, demolition updates including a live webcam, commemorative merchandise and more, visit www.FarewellRFK.com and on social media at @FarewellRFK on Twitter, and at @FarewellRFKStadium on Instagram.
Events DC, the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia, delivers premier event services and flexible venues across the nation's capital. Leveraging the power of a world-class destination and creating amazing attendee experiences, Events DC generates economic and community benefits through the attraction and promotion of business, athletic, entertainment and cultural activities. Events DC oversees the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, an anchor of the District's hospitality and tourism economy that hosts more than 1.7 million visitors and generates more than $400 million annually in direct economic impact and the historic Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square. Events DC manages the RFK Stadium-Armory Campus (RFK Campus), including Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Festival Grounds at RFK Campus, the non-military functions of the DC Armory and the Skate Park at RFK Stadium. Stay current on the 190-acre RFK Campus Redevelopment Project at www.RFKFields.com. Events DC also built and serves as landlord for Nationals Park, the first LEED-certified major professional sports stadium in the United States. Events DC manages Gateway DC, R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center and Entertainment & Sports Arena all conveniently located in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.eventsdc.com and find us on social media – Facebook, Instagram and YouTube (Events DC), and Twitter (@TheEventsDC) — and on our new hub for live and on-demand event programming on GATHER by Events DC at www.gatherbyeventsdc.com.
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Financing will support Company's pending business combination and fund strategic growth initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProSomnus Sleep Technologies ("ProSomnus"), the leader in patient-preferred medical devices for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), today announced the execution of definitive agreements with institutional investors led by funds affiliated with or managed by Cohanzick Management, LLC and CrossingBridge Advisors, LLC. The financing will support the previously announced, pending merger of ProSomnus and Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. ("Lakeshore"). The closing of the convertible debt financing is conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the business combination prior to December 10, 2022. The notes will be issued by the combined company. The combined company is expected to change its name to ProSomnus, Inc. and its class A common stock is expected to be traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "OSA".
"The financing is an important step toward closing our business combination with Lakeshore. Together with Lakeshore's remaining cash in trust, this facility will materially strengthen ProSomnus's balance sheet as we begin life as a public company later this year," said Len Liptak, ProSomnus's Chief Executive Officer. "Taking ProSomnus public is about accessing the resources needed to execute our multi-pronged, strategic growth plan. This facility will be a key component in our ability to drive growth and raise awareness of the value ProSomnus devices bring to patients, physicians and Dental Sleep Medicine providers seeking a more effective treatment for what is a dangerous and highly prevalent disease."
"We believe ProSomnus is at the forefront of treatment for OSA and anticipate rapid but disciplined growth in the future," said David Sherman on behalf of the lenders. "We expect ProSomnus devices will deliver significant value-added features that offer improved comfort, efficacy, and other advantages over other intraoral devices and CPAP to users at the highest standard of care. Those competitive advantages will be complemented by the launch of ProSomnus's next-generation device, which will feature integrated remote monitoring capabilities that will be an important tool for healthcare providers treating OSA patients. We look forward to supporting the company in the coming years."
Projected Use of Proceeds
As a key component of the pending business combination with Lakeshore, ProSomnus, Inc. intends to use a portion of the proceeds of the facility to fund multiple strategic growth initiatives, many of which are already underway. Among these is the continued growth of the sales team, which will be charged with enhancing ProSomnus' footprint not only in the core US market, but also expand the Company's presence outside of the US. The Company also plans to complete the development of its next-generation Oral Appliance Therapy, which features embedded sensors allowing sleep physicians to monitor their patients during the critical night hours. Other initiatives will include investments in next-gen manufacturing techniques, as well as efforts to raise public awareness of OSA and the value-added features of the ProSomnus Oral Appliance Therapy devices.
Key Transaction Terms
The debt being issued to various institutional parties consists of $30 million of debt comprised of two tranches: $15 million of senior secured convertible notes and $15 million of junior secured convertible notes with maturities of 36 months and 40 months, respectively. Post issuance, within 12 months, the debt will be DTC eligible for secondary trading. Neither note has scheduled amortization. The senior debt has an initial conversion price of $13.00, to be reset at 5% premium to market price six and twelve months after closing, subject to a floor. The subordinated debt has an initial conversion price of $11.50, to be reset to a 5% premium to the market price six and twelve months after close and subject to a floor.
Company Overview
ProSomnus is a pioneer of precision, mass-customized Oral Appliance Therapy devices to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Precision Oral Appliance Therapy is a new option for treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea, where each ProSomnus device is highly personalized and digitally manufactured to match the anatomy and treatment plan for each patient. A growing number of scientific reports indicate ProSomnus devices as the most effective treatment for mild to moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea. ProSomnus devices are the only Oral Appliance Therapy devices to demonstrate efficacy on par with CPAP for mild to moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea and adherence that exceeds the recommended seven hours of sleep per night. Additionally, clinical investigations have shown a mitigation of common dental side effects, better economics for payers and providers, and patient preference over predicate devices.
With more than 150,000 devices prescribed, patients report that ProSomnus's patented devices are more comfortable, easier to use and less invasive than CPAP therapy and traditional oral appliance therapy devices. ProSomnus devices cost approximately 2.3 times less than CPAP over a three-year period and an estimated 20 times less than hypoglossal nerve stimulation. ProSomnus devices are authorized by the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is the recurring collapse of the airway during sleep, resulting in oxygen shortages and abrupt awakenings accompanied by gasping or choking. In addition to daytime sleepiness, Obstructive Sleep Apnea is associated with serious comorbidities, including heart failure, stroke, hypertension, morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes. Patients with untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea are 23 times more likely to suffer a heart attack and four times more likely to have a stroke. It is estimated that approximately one billion people worldwide and over 74 million people in North America suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Approximately 56 million of those 74 million people in North America are undiagnosed.
About Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp.
Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
Important Information About the Proposed Business Combination and Where to Find It
This press release relates to a proposed business combination between Lakeshore and ProSomnus. A full description of the terms of the business combination has and will be provided in a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement to be filed with the SEC by Lakeshore. The proxy statement will be mailed to Lakeshore's shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting at the shareholders' meeting relating to the proposed transactions. This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed business combination and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the proposed business combination. Lakeshore's shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement and the amendments thereto and other documents filed in connection with the proposed business combination, as these materials will contain important information about ProSomnus, Lakeshore and the proposed business combination. The Registration Statement on Form S-4 and the proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC, once available, may be obtained without charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a written request to Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp., 667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065.
Participants in the Solicitation
Lakeshore, certain shareholders of Lakeshore, and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Lakeshore's shareholders with respect to the proposed business combination. A list of the names of Lakeshore's directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in Lakeshore is contained in Lakeshore's registration statement on Form S-1, which was filed with the SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a written request to Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp., 667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement for the proposed business combination when available. ProSomnus and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Lakeshore in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination will be included in the proxy statement for the proposed business combination when available.
Forward-looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal U.S. securities laws with respect to the proposed business combination between Lakeshore and ProSomnus, the benefits of the transaction, the amount of cash the transaction will provide ProSomnus, the anticipated timing of the transaction, the services and markets of ProSomnus, our expectations regarding future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures, competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities, future plans and intentions, results, level of activities, performance, goals or achievements or other future events. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "may," "could," "will," "potential," "intend," "estimate," "should," "plan," "predict," or the negative or other variations of such statements, reflect our management's current beliefs and assumptions and are based on the information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Lakeshore's securities; (ii) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by Lakeshore's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by Lakeshore; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including the approval of the business combination agreement by the stockholders of Lakeshore, the satisfaction of the minimum cash amount following any redemptions by Lakeshore's public stockholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (iv) the lack of a third-party valuation in determining whether or not to pursue the proposed transaction; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on ProSomnus's business relationships, operating results and business generally; (vii) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of ProSomnus; (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against ProSomnus or Lakeshore related to the business combination agreement or the proposed transaction; (ix) the ability to maintain the listing of Lakeshore's securities on a national securities exchange; (x) changes in the competitive industries in which ProSomnus operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting ProSomnus's business and changes in the combined capital structure; (xi) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts and other expectations after the completion of the proposed transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (xii) the risk of downturns in the market and ProSomnus's industry including, but not limited to, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (xiii) costs related to the transaction and the failure to realize anticipated benefits of the transaction or to realize estimated pro forma results and underlying assumptions, including with respect to estimated stockholder redemptions; (xiv) the inability to complete its debt financing; and (xv) risks and uncertainties related to ProSomnus's business, including, but not limited to, risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to ProSomnus; risks related to ProSomnus's limited operating history, the roll-out of ProSomnus's business and the timing of expected business milestones; ProSomnus's ability to implement its business plan and scale its business, which includes the recruitment of healthcare professionals to prescribe and dentists to deliver ProSomnus oral devices; the understanding and adoption by dentists and other healthcare professionals of ProSomnus oral devices for mild-to-moderate OSA; expectations concerning the effectiveness of OSA treatment using ProSomnus oral devices and the potential for patient relapse after completion of treatment; the potential financial benefits to dentists and other healthcare professionals from treating patients with ProSomnus oral devices and using ProSomnus's monitoring tools; ProSomnus's potential profit margin from sales of ProSomnus oral devices; ProSomnus's ability to properly train dentists in the use of the ProSomnus oral devices and other services it offers in their dental practices; ProSomnus's ability to formulate, implement and modify as necessary effective sales, marketing, and strategic initiatives to drive revenue growth; ProSomnus's ability to expand internationally; the viability of ProSomnus's intellectual property and intellectual property created in the future; acceptance by the marketplace of the products and services that ProSomnus markets; government regulations and ProSomnus's ability to obtain applicable regulatory approvals and comply with government regulations, including under healthcare laws and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and the extent of patient reimbursement by medical insurance in the United States and internationally. The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of proxy statement, when available, and other documents filed by Lakeshore from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and neither ProSomnus nor Lakeshore assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Neither Lakeshore nor ProSomnus gives any assurance that either Lakeshore or ProSomnus, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations.
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This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential business combination or any other matter and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Lakeshore, ProSomnus or the combined company, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Children won't be voting in the races happening across Maine and the country on Tuesday, but many will see this civic activity as it takes place.
To help them understand and appreciate voting, author Sonny Dean of Corea, Maine has written a book One Equals Many. It's aimed at youngsters from preschool age to about the third grade.
Morning Edition Host spoke with Dean, and she recalled a trip she made to the polling place with her mom, when she was about four.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
Dean: And I remember vividly standing with her in the polling place, and me asking her why it was so important, you know, what does it matter, that we would take time out of our day and do this when I'd rather be at the playground or the library or somewhere else. And she had told me at the time, that she had a very dear friend who was killed in Vietnam. And she said those things are because people don't vote, you know, people aren't making their voices heard, people aren't getting out there and using this wonderful right that we have, that so many people have fought and died for. And because people aren't doing that, the world isn't the way that we want it. And we have no right to complain about how things are, if we're not actually getting out there and voting.
Gratz: Was it challenging figuring out how much children so young need to know about elections?
It was. I think a lot of very tough ideas can be made appropriate for children with a little. Children are a lot smarter than I think we give them credit for, and they can understand some very complicated topics if they're sort of distilled down into their very essence. And I find looking around that so many grownups don't fully appreciate the idea that if everyone stayed home and didn't vote, then the outcome could be decided by truly a single vote. So all of us together, that collective action, can make such a difference. And I think trying to figure out how to use some very simple examples from nature, from the arts, kind of help hammer that idea home to explain it to children, so that they're not going to vote now. But hopefully, this will sort of plant the seed in their mind and start making them realize that they have a truly powerful voice when they combine it with others.
You mentioned that this book has also been used as a springboard for discussions with older audiences, of teenagers, concerning elections. What have you heard from them?
One thing that I have been so heartened to hear is just the absolute passion that the younger generation today is bringing into voting, and even kids who aren't old enough to vote yet, they're counting down the number of days until they can register, until they can vote. And a lot of them are really realizing, looking at current events, if people are trying to suppress votes, or people are making it a crime to bring water to somebody who's waiting in a line, or they're getting rid of ballot drop off boxes, they're realizing that if they're going through such efforts to make it so they can't vote, that vote must be a really powerful thing. And I think that's something that we're starting to see in new generations. And that's just so heartening to me.
Have they thought about the idea that while their vote is important, and they should make it, it will not always get them what they want?
One thing that I tried to bring home the point of, is that there's a big difference between giving it your best shot and losing out in the end, and staying home and not even trying. Because when you stay home and you don't even try, as so many people have done in different elections throughout the years, you have had a hand in that result, whether you intended it or not. But you know, not voting and not having your voice heard is in fact making your voice heard, just in a different way.
More information about One Equals Many can be found at the website of publisher Little Lambda Books. | https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2022-11-08/this-book-from-a-maine-author-helps-kids-understand-the-importance-of-voting | 2022-11-08 14:43:18 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2022-11-08/this-book-from-a-maine-author-helps-kids-understand-the-importance-of-voting |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran’s contemporary art museum has issued an apology and temporarily closed to handle a pest infestation, raising concerns after footage of insects scuttling across world-famous work spread widely on social media.
Insects, which may attack and eat away at paintings, pose a serious threat to the American and European minimalist masterpieces now for the first time on display at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ousted Iran's Western-backed monarchy.
A video went viral earlier this week showing two paper-eating silverfish squirming under the glass of a 1978 industrial photograph by influential German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. The sighting of the wingless pearl gray bugs provoked shock and disgust on social media.
The museum apologized to the public on Wednesday, insisting that the “proper maintenance” of its prized works “is of the utmost concern to all of us.” As soon as the infestation became apparent, it said, experts rushed to the museum and carefully cleaned the exhibited artworks.
Insects have not damaged the Becher photograph or any other pieces, the museum said, adding that it would close for two days so pest control technicians could tackle the problem.
Ebadreza Eslami Koulaei, the museum's manager, told Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency that experts were closely monitoring the works, because “when you see one insect, you should predict maybe there are more.”
“When works are taken out from their boxes to be brought to galleries, there is a possibility such incidents happen,” he said.
Many of the renowned contemporary Western works on display had been hidden in the museum vault for decades. Iran's Shiite clerics who came to power in 1979 packed away the art to avoid offending Islamic values and catering to Western sensibilities.
Iran's Western-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife, the former Empress Farah Pahlavi, had built the museum and acquired the multibillion-dollar collection during the oil boom of the late 1970s.
The sensational art — cubist, surrealist, impressionist, even pop art — has gradually resurfaced in recent years as cultural restrictions eased in the Islamic Republic. | https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Famed-Iran-art-museum-closes-to-deal-with-insect-17382429.php | 2022-08-18 18:45:28 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Famed-Iran-art-museum-closes-to-deal-with-insect-17382429.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — The next novel by Jesmyn Ward, the two-time National Book Award winner, is the story of an enslaved teenage girl that the publisher is calling a blend of magical realism, historical narrative and Dante’s “Inferno.”
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday that Ward’s “Let Us Descend” will come out Oct. 3. It’s her first novel since “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” winner of the National Book Award in 2017, and first fictional work set in the distant past. The 45-year-old Ward, the only Black author to receive two NBAs for fiction, has been widely praised for her striking lyricism and deep, uncompromising perspective.
In a statement issued by Scribner, Ward said that she wanted to explore the “hard truth” of her new book’s protagonist, Annis, and what it meant to “have little to no physical agency over her own body.”
“I also wanted to encourage readers to feel with and for Annis, and to recreate her experience as viscerally as possible. It took years and multiple drafts to understand how Annis and enslaved people might have retained their sense of self, their sense of hope, in a time and place that attempted to negate both, day in and out,” she said.
Ward added that she had to take that time to “figure out how to look straight at her life and relay the harshness and terror of her days, but also to recognize her resistance, her tenderness, her imagination, her belief in who she is and what she is capable of, which she retains, even through the deepest darkness.”
Ward, who grew up in Mississippi and has set much of her work in the fictional Mississippi town Bois Sauvage, won National Book Awards for her two most recent novels: “Salvage the Bones,” which takes place around the time of Hurricane Katrina, and the surreal “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” about the struggles of a Mississippi family. She is also a recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” grant and, in 2022, became the youngest winner of the Library of Congress’s Prize for American Fiction, a lifetime achievement honor.
Ward’s other books include the novel “Where the Line Bleeds” and the memoir “Men We Reaped,” a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Prize in 2014. She currently teaches at Tulane University. | https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/ap-jesmyn-ward-novel-let-us-descend-to-be-published-oct-3/ | 2023-01-28 12:18:35 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/ap-jesmyn-ward-novel-let-us-descend-to-be-published-oct-3/ |
$22,500 reward offered to find Texas capital murder inmate who escaped while being transported
LEON COUNTY, Texas - A manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped custody in Leon County, Texas by stabbing a corrections officer while being transported.
Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported on a bus with 15 other inmates from Gatesville, headed eastbound on Highway 7 to Huntsville Thursday afternoon. During the ride, Lopez was able to get out of his restraints and allegedly stabbed the officer driving the bus in the hand with an unknown object.
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FOX 26 is told the officer struggled with Lopez to keep him from getting his gun.
The bus then crashed into a ditch before Lopez ran off. Another officer on the bus fired some shots at him, but it's unknown if Lopez was hit.
The other inmates remained on the bus and were not injured.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office says several agencies are working together to find Lopez, who was reportedly wearing an all-white TDCJ uniform. He was last seen heading across a cow pasture west of Centerville.
During the search Thursday, a perimeter was set up around Highway 7 in Leon County, but an active search remains underway to find the prisoner.
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Authorities are asking the public to avoid the area of Centerville west to Markay to Buffalo as they work to locate Lopez.
Officials say Lopez is serving a life sentence for capital murder out of Hidalgo County, where he kidnaped a man and killed him with pick-ax, as well as attempted murder out of Webb County, where Lopez shot at an officer.
If he is spotted, authorities say immediately call 911 and do not approach him as he is considered dangerous.
"I would highly encourage anybody in the public to lock their vehicles locked their doors. We do not know if he has obtained any kind of weapon," said Robert Hurst with TDCJ. "Last we saw him, he did not appear to have a weapon in his possession. But who knows what he might have been able to get between the time that he escaped and now."
"He is a dangerous person," said Robert Hurst, a spokesperson from Texas Department of Criminal Justice. "We have every reason to believe that he’s still back here in Leon County somewhere off highway 7, but who knows."
Authorities set up checkpoints Friday in Centerville to look for Lopez. Police could be seen looking inside cars and trucks for the wanted fugitive.
"We’re locked and loaded," said Kristen Nunley. "I mean seriously. That’s who we are. We protect our neighbors. We’re good."
Authorities are using helicopters, horses, and dogs for the massive manhunt. Several agencies are involved looking for Lopez.
"The public doesn’t need to be dealing with this guy," said Hurst. "Let us deal with him."
As of Friday evening, a $22,500 reward has been offered for information leading to Lopez's capture by calling TDCJ OIG CRIME STOPPERS at 1-800-832-8477 or 936-437-5171 or your local law enforcement agency at 911. You can also leave a tip online, by clicking here.
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- Annual research project examines the relationship between nature, art and design, exploring how we can create socially and environmentally just societies
- This year, faculty and students explore the theme of 'Collaborative Future Living' via two courses examining mutuality, the future of spaces and sustainability strategies
- The initiative is part of the RISD x Hyundai Motor Group Research Collaborative
SEOUL, South Korea and PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) today announced the latest phase of work in the RISD x Hyundai Motor Group Research Collaborative, a multiyear partnership exploring the relationship between nature, art and design.
Now in its fourth year, the partnership brings together RISD faculty members and student researchers who are helping the Group investigate mutuality, the future of spaces and sustainability strategies under the theme of 'Collaborative Future Living.'
"In the realm of design, sustainability becomes paramount as we acknowledge that we always learn from nature," said Karim Habib, Executive Vice President and Head of Kia Global Design Center. "By observing and studying the intricate systems and solutions that nature provides, we can create future living spaces that not only harmonize technology, humanity and the environment but also draw inspiration from the wisdom of nature itself."
The partnership reflects the Group's commitment to fostering a sustainable society while highlighting the expertise of RISD faculty members and the experimental creativity of students to conceive of future realities.
"When thinking about designing for future generations, natural systems and processes are there to remind us how vital and vulnerable our environment is," said SangYup Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai Global Design Center. "Through this collaboration, we were able to understand nature and gain insight into design that benefits everyone without harming the environment, and through this, it became an opportunity to have a broader and longer perspective where nature and humans can coexist."
"RISD and Hyundai Motor Group share a deep curiosity about the world, which allows both organizations to examine and explore boundless ideas and innovations," said RISD President Crystal Williams. "This work prioritizes educating students for the future, bringing their current creative practices to bear on today's most critical challenges. Such contributions require time and space for reflection, experimentation and innovation. We thank Hyundai Motor Group for continuing to invest in this partnership."
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- Company positioned for key MM-120 Phase 2b data readout in GAD and Phase 2a data readout in ADHD in late 2023
- Company to initiate first clinical trial of MM-402 in 2023
- Cash runway to fund current operating plan into first half of 2025
- Company to host a virtual analyst and investor day in the first half of 2023
NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD), (NEO: MMED), (the "Company" or "MindMed"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders, today provided a corporate update and outlook for 2023.
"Following a year of continued strong execution, our progress in 2022 has set the stage for a meaningful 2023, a year in which we plan to further elucidate the potential of our MM-120 product candidate in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and initiate the first clinical trial for our MM-402 program," stated Rob Barrow, Chief Executive Officer. "Our focus remains on advancing and unlocking the value of our proprietary product candidates, which we believe have the potential to deliver new, life-changing therapies to people living with brain health disorders. There are several key milestones over the next twelve months that can be used to measure our progress. This year we expect key data readouts from our Phase 2b study of MM-120 for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, as well as from our Phase 2a proof-of-concept trial of repeated low-dose MM-120 in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Additionally, we expect to initiate the first clinical trial of MM-402 later in the year. Importantly, we believe our strong financial position provides us with the ability to fund our programs well beyond these key milestones and into the first half of 2025."
Business Update:
- The Company reiterates its guidance for its cash runway, which is expected to fund the current operating plan into the first half of 2025.
- MindMed's management team will participate in the BIO Partnering at JPM event in San Francisco that is being held from January 9-12, 2023.
- The Company expects to host a virtual analyst and investor day in the first half of 2023. The event will be hosted by the Company's management team and will include a physician expert and other leading key opinion leaders.
Development Program Updates and Anticipated Milestones:
Phase 2b study evaluating MM-120 for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) remains on track
- MM-120 (LSD D-tartrate), the Company's proprietary, pharmaceutically optimized form of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), is being developed primarily for the treatment of GAD.
- In August 2022, the Company initiated patient dosing in the 200-patient Phase 2b dose-optimization study of MM-120 for the treatment of GAD.
- Patient enrollment is currently ongoing and the study remains on track, with topline results expected to be announced in late 2023.
Phase 2a study evaluating MM-120 for ADHD remains on track
- The Company's 52-patient Phase 2a proof-of-concept trial for the treatment of ADHD is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of repeated low-dose MM-120 administration.
- The Company expects topline results in late 2023.
Advancing development of MM-402 into first clinical trial in 2023
- The Company is developing MM-402, the R-enantiomer of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), for the treatment of core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Results of MM-402's effects in a preclinical model of ASD are expected to be presented in the first half of 2023.
- The Company plans to initiate its first clinical trial of MM-402 in 2023. This Phase 1 study is intended to characterize the tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of MM-402, and to provide early signals of efficacy to support the Company's approach in targeting core symptoms of ASD.
- University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, the Company's collaborator, is currently enrolling a Phase 1 trial of R(-)-MDMA, S(+)-MDMA and R/S-MDMA in healthy volunteers. This trial is comparing the tolerability, pharmacokinetics and acute subjective, physiological and endocrine effects of the three molecules.
MindMed is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative drug candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting the serotonin, dopamine, and acetylcholine systems.
MindMed trades on NASDAQ under the symbol MNMD and on the Canadian NEO Exchange under the symbol MMED.
Certain statements in this news release related to the Company constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws and are prospective in nature. Forward-looking information is not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "will", "may", "should", "could", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe", "potential" or "continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-looking information in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding anticipated upcoming milestones, trials and studies, results and timing of clinical studies, and the Company's cash runway funding its operations into the first half of 2025. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and the Company's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information, including history of negative cash flows; limited operating history; incurrence of future losses; availability of additional capital; lack of product revenue; compliance with laws and regulations; difficulty associated with research and development; risks associated with clinical trials or studies; heightened regulatory scrutiny; early stage product development; clinical trial risks; regulatory approval processes; novelty of the psychedelic inspired medicines industry; as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to herein and the risks described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 under headings such as "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," and "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and other filings and furnishings made by the Company with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada which are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin said he pays no attention to criticism or campaign donations when making decisions about what’s best for West Virginia.
Sounding somewhat exasperated when asked whether the dramatic bump in campaign contributions he’s received from oil and gas interests in recent months influenced his voting, the conservative Democrat said no.
During a roundtable discussion in Charleston on Friday, he said his office’s outsized role in drafting the sprawling economic package signed this week by U.S. President Joe Biden made him the target of the “far left,” environmental activists and the fossil fuel industry all at once.
“Nobody in their right mind would go through what I have gone through with my staff for the last eight months, taking all the crap we’ve taken from everybody in the country” if they weren’t doing what they believe is right, he said.
“I can be the hero and the villain all within a 24-hour shift,” he said. “The bottom line is, I make no excuses for what I think is right. I’ve always said this — If I can explain that, I can vote. I can take the criticism I know that goes with those votes. That’s part of the game.”
Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, offered a key vote needed to pass the Democrats’ flagship climate and health care bill in the 50-50 Senate. The House used a party-line 220-207 vote to pass the legislation, which Biden signed Tuesday.
The law, which places caps on prescription drug prices for seniors and extends subsidies meant to help Americans pay for health insurance, contains billions in incentives for clean energy. Owing largely to Manchin’s influence, it also offers renewed support for traditional fuel sources such as coal and natural gas with steps such as subsidies for technology that reduces carbon emissions.
“I wasn’t sure that they would ever agree because of my friends on the far left, the environmental community, was totally committed to dispersing and basically eliminating fossil,” Manchin said of the law.
But Manchin said there is “no way you can get rid of fossil in any short period of time.”
“You can use it cleaner as you basically transition, but it’s going to be with us, and you got to do the best you can with it,” he said. “So, I wanted to make sure they understood that.”
On the other side, he said he’s “been criticized by all my friends in the coal industry” because they think the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect their interests.
“(They) for some reason think that this is going to be harmful,” said Manchin, whose family owns Enersystems, a coal brokerage company. “I think it basically is a pathway forward so we can continue to produce industry, provide energy that our country needs.”
Under an agreement with the Democratic leadership, Manchin proposed a separate list of legislation to speed up federal permitting and make energy projects harder to block under federal acts. He also specifically asked that federal agencies “take all necessary actions” to streamline completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project long opposed by environmental activists.
The 303-mile (487-kilometer) pipeline, now mostly finished, would transport natural gas drilled from the Appalachian Basin through West Virginia and Virginia. Legal battles have delayed completion by nearly four years and doubled the pipeline’s cost, now estimated at $6.6 billion.
This election cycle, Manchin has received more campaign contributions from natural gas pipeline companies than any other member of U.S. Congress — contributions that have increased from $20,000 in 2020 to $331,910 in 2022, according to campaign finance records compiled by Open Secrets.
On Friday, he said his agenda in advocating for the pipeline was to bring down the cost for consumers by increasing the size of the market and creating jobs. He insisted the campaign money had nothing to do with it.
“I understand the cynical part of that. People look at it and they go, ‘Well, they’re just taking care of themselves,'” he said. “I’m sorry people, I have no idea who contributes. I don’t look at that, I don’t go out and advocate that at all.”
He said lawmakers need to “rise above” corporate and party pressure to deliver for their constituents.
“Politics has become a very, very nasty, destructive type of process … both sides are guilty of weaponizing the good of America for the good of the party — both sides, and it’s just not right for our country,” he said. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/manchin-dismisses-critics-embraces-hero-and-villain-role/ | 2022-08-20 20:28:14 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/manchin-dismisses-critics-embraces-hero-and-villain-role/ |
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SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — Three suspects were arrested in connection with the deadly shooting that stemmed from a lover's quarrel, according to Spalding County Sheriff's Office on Friday.
The fatal shooting occurred on July 3 on Dobbins Mill Road. Deputies responded to a call reporting a man down, and when they arrived, a man was found dead in the roadway. He was later identified by his fingerprints as Johnathan Gilbert, also known as "Tver Lane."
According to Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix, the investigation revealed that the incident stemmed from an ongoing argument. The suspects targeted Gilbert's residence and vandalized it with eggs. When Gilbert confronted them, the suspects fled to their vehicle.
The office said Sydney Maughon, a backseat passenger, allegedly pulled a firearm out and shot Gilbert multiple times. The suspects callously left Gilbert's body in the middle of Dobbins Mill Road and fled the scene.
Following a search, investigators located the suspects' vehicle at a residence in Henry County. Henry County Police Department promptly responded to the location and secured a search warrant. During the search, deputies said the vehicle and the gun believed to have been used in the shooting were recovered.
As a result of the investigation, three people, Sydney Maughon, 18, Jeremy Munson, 18 and McKenzie Davenport,19, were arrested; the office said they face multiple charges, including murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, battery and criminal trespass.
"Because they all plotted and planned together and traveled to the location with the intent to commit a crime that led up to the murder together, they are all culpable just as if they had each pulled the trigger themselves," Dix said. "They went to egg a house, the victim confronted them while they were doing it, he lost his life, and they drove off and left his body in the middle of the road. Together they bought that ticket; now, together, they can ride that ride."
The Spalding County Sheriff's Office extends its condolences to the family and friends of Johnathan Gilbert and assures the community that they are dedicated to bringing justice in this case. The investigation remains ongoing, and anyone with additional information is urged to come forward.
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DEAR AMY: I had my DNA tested, as have some of my second cousins, and in one case the results are disturbing.
One cousin’s paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother were siblings, but our percent-DNA match is above the feasible range for second cousins and centered on the range for first cousins once removed.
My matches with six other cousins with the same great-grandparents (they had nine kids) are smack in the middle of the normal range.
Long story short (having researched DNA results interpretation for other reasons), this cousin’s supposed grandfather is probably actually his biological father. Looking at his online family tree, my cousin was born in 1945, his father served overseas in the navy during WWII, and his grandfather lived in the same town as his mother.
Am I right in not bringing this up nor discussing it with him or anyone else?
It doesn’t really affect his or his kids’ genetic health history.
All the actors in this drama are long dead.
I have no idea whether my cousin has figured this out, but I think this is truly a situation to let sleeping dogs lie.
– Know Too Much
DEAR KNOW TOO MUCH: I’m with you.
We’ll see how readers respond to this DNA dilemma.
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JINDIRES, Syria — Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a five-story apartment building leveled by this week’s devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday.
The newborn girl was found buried under the debris with her umbilical cord still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was found dead, they said. The baby was the only member of her family to survive from the building collapse Monday in the small town of Jinderis, next to the Turkish border, Ramadan Sleiman, a relative, told The Associated Press.
The rescuers found the baby Monday afternoon, more than 10 hours after the quake struck. A female neighbor cut the cord, and she and others rushed with the baby to a children’s hospital in the nearby town of Afrin, where she has been kept in an incubator, said the physician treating the baby, Dr. Hani Maarouf.
The baby’s body temperature had fallen to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and she had bruises, including a large one on her back, but she is in stable condition, he said. Maarouf said he believed the baby had been born about three hours before being found, given the amount her temperature had dropped.
Monday’s pre-dawn 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by multiple aftershocks, caused widespread destruction across southern Turkey and northern Syria. The death toll has surpassed 5,000 and continues to mount with more bodies discovered.
Jinderis, located in the rebel-held enclave of northwest Syria, was hard hit in the quake, with multiple buildings that collapsed.
The town saw another dramatic rescue Monday evening, when a toddler was pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building. Video from the White Helmets, the emergency service in the region, shows a rescuer digging through crushed concrete amid twisted metal until the little girl, named Nour, appeared. The girl, still half buried, looks up dazedly as they tell her, “Dad is here, don’t be scared. … Talk to your dad, talk.”
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The Notecard's Outboard Firmware Update goes beyond existing offerings by providing developers with a zero-code RTOS-independent firmware update capability
BOSTON, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for CES, Blues Wireless (Blues) officially announced the Notecard Outboard Firmware Update, an over-the-air (OTA) firmware update capability that will set a new standard for flexibility and security in the IoT industry. The game-changing innovation allows device builders to implement firmware updates in their devices without writing any code whatsoever, but by making a few simple wiring changes between the Notecard and their microcontroller (MCU). Developers may choose from a large number of MCUs, programming languages, and real-time operating systems (RTOS), and can even perform updates on 'native' applications with no code from Blues and no RTOS at all. This capability from Blues continues to ease the developer's IoT journey, bringing cellular cloud-connected products realistically within reach of every developer, no matter their skill level.
The ability to update firmware over-the-air is table stakes in IoT, enabling remote delivery of bug fixes and security updates to devices well after they've been deployed to customers. To-date, implementing firmware updates is a complex and highly risky endeavor, requiring code that safely "swaps itself" in-place – reverting to "last known good" versions upon failure. This tricky code is generally placed within the application itself, or within its RTOS, requiring a special 'bootloader' and firmware layout.
The Blues Wireless Notecard acts as a "secure co-processor" designed to offload cellular communication burdens from the application, including that of downloading and verifying firmware updates from the cloud. Now, by giving the Notecard control over the MCU's "strapping pins", the Notecard's new Outboard Firmware Update capability enables it to reset and lay-down new firmware and data into the MCU's storage "from the outside", requiring no cooperation with the application or RTOS running within that target. The Notecard can install new firmware regardless of whether the MCU is hung, running rogue firmware, or just in need of new features and functions.
The Notecard's Outboard Firmware Update capability stands apart from the competition because:
- A large number of MCUs are supported.
- It's independent of RTOS and programming language, making it easy to develop and deploy a prototype, update it in the field, and even change RTOS after-the-fact.
- Non-functional (bricked) devices damaged by corrupted firmware, malware attack, or just an 'infinite loop' can be recovered.
- Partial app updates can be performed – such as the installation of a new machine learning model – saving on data usage costs for large updates.
Companies building cloud-connected devices need to consider how they'll maintain and enhance their solutions as they scale from prototype to full field deployment of potentially hundreds of thousands of devices. This challenge only multiplies for cellular-based solutions. Blues has created the Notecard and Notehub specifically to remove the cost and complexity from IoT development, and to enable secure and economical operations at scale. Outboard Firmware Update is yet another commercial-grade capability that Blues is now providing to its customers.
Blues will be exhibiting at CES, Booth #10752, North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Request a media tour or interview and find up-to-date exhibitor information and additional showcase details at blues.io/ces-2023.
Blues Wireless (Blues) is a hyperscale cellular IoT solution provider founded in 2019 by repeat innovator Ray Ozzie. Their flagship products, Notecard and Notehub, work together to provide a complete high-scale device-to-cloud data pump. Blues reduces the cost and complexity of building connected products by including provisioning, security, and cloud device management as standard features, with the simplicity and flexibility enabling it to be incorporated within new and existing designs. More than 800 forward-thinking companies, from startup to enterprise, use Blues to securely cloud-connect their products. Email hello@blues.com or visit blues.io for more information.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centric Bank has appointed Todd Ferrara to Senior Vice President, Director of Cash Management, where he will lead the Cash Management department, announces Patricia (Patti) A. Husic, President & CEO of Centric Bank and Centric Financial Corporation (OTC Pink: CFCX).
Under Ferrara, the Cash Management team supports the seven financial centers and three loan production offices across Centric Bank's market areas in central Pennsylvania and suburban Philadelphia.
"We are thrilled to have Todd join our growing Philadelphia team. He brings over 25 years of banking experience to Centric Bank and has a proven record of success," says Husic. "He has spent the last 12 years of his career in the suburban Philadelphia market and will be located in the Devon Financial Center. Over 53% of our Centric Bank loan portfolio is generated in suburban Philadelphia, and we've only begun to tap into that potential. Todd's ability to envision cash management opportunities for our customers is vital to our compounding growth and allows our customers to spend more time on their business, not on their banking. Knowledge, trust, loyalty, and a genuine passion for helping businesses thrive make Todd a perfect fit for our relationship banking model."
As Director of Cash Management, Ferrara's responsibilities include sales leadership, business development, product management, and ensuring a responsive customer experience for Centric's cash management product suite. Reporting to Christopher Bickel, Market Leader Main Line, and Commercial Revenue Officer, Ferrara will also develop the growing cash management team; partner with commercial lenders and financial center teams to meet the banking needs of customers and prospects; and build relationships with Centric customers by providing exceptional solutions to their cash management needs.
"I am excited to lead our Cash Management team and happy to be part of the Centric Bank family," says Ferrara. "The Centric Bank Way culture is refreshing, and it's immediately evident why they are celebrated as a Best Banks to Work For. The people are wonderful! Their We Revolve Around You promise is true at every level of the bank. Centric Bank is all about relationships, valuing both the customers and the employees."
Before joining Centric Bank, Ferrara was at Bryn Mawr Trust in the role of SVP Small Business and Cash Management Manager. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, and currently resides in Royersford, PA. He can be reached at tferrara@centricbank.com.
An American Banker 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Banks to Work For, four-time American Banker Most Powerful Women in Banking Top Team, three-time Best Places to Work, and Top 50 Fastest-Growing Companies for eight years, Centric Bank is headquartered in south central Pennsylvania with assets of $1.1 billion and remains a leader in organic loan growth. A locally owned, locally loaned community bank, Centric Bank provides highly competitive and pro-growth financial services to businesses, professionals, individuals, families, and to the health care and dental industries with the Doctor Centric Bank Division. Centric Bank was named one of the Top 200 Community Banks in the U.S. in 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.
Founded in 2007, Pennsylvania-based Centric Bank has financial centers located in Harrisburg, Hershey, Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, Doylestown, Devon, and Lancaster, as well as commercial loan offices in Devon, Doylestown, Lancaster, and an Operations and Executive Office campus in Hampden Township, Cumberland County. To learn more about Centric Bank, call 717.657.7727 or visit CentricBank.com. Connect with them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Higher income shoppers turned to Walmart looking to cut costs on groceries amid surging inflation, helping to boost sales at the nation’s largest retailer during the second quarter.
Those rising prices also led customers to cut back on non-necessary items, however, and that weighed on profits as Walmart was forced to cut prices and clear inventory.
“We’re pleased to see more customers choosing Walmart during this inflationary period,” said CEO Doug McMillon. “The actions we’ve taken to improve inventory levels in the U.S., along with a heavier mix of sales in grocery put pressure on profit margin.”
Walmart still beat Wall Street expectations and sales at stores open at least a year rose 6.5% as more Americans, looking for savings, shopped for groceries at Walmart.
It was more than twice the increase in same-stores sales that the company booked in the first quarter.
And Walmart said it’s making progress in getting rid of excess inventory, though it’s still an issue. The company on Tuesday said the decline in profit that it forecast just a month ago will be smaller than it thought.
Shares of Walmart jumped nearly 6%.
Walmart Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, is among the first major retailers to report quarterly results and is considered a crucial barometer of spending given its size and the breadth of its customer base.
Walmart shocked Wall Street three weeks ago when it lowered its profit outlook for the first time since 2015 and shares of a company that thrived during the pandemic tumbled 10%.
The warning followed an announcement by Target, another pandemic superstar, in the previous month that it was canceling orders from suppliers as its inventory piled up, untouched by consumers whose shopping patterns shifted rapidly as COVID-19 eased its grip.
Sales of casual clothing, TVs and other electronics that flew off the shelves and into the homes of Americans sheltering in place during the pandemic, went flat as people started going to restaurants, shows or traveling again.
Stubborn inflation, which slowed last month but is still running at close to its highest level in four decades, is also presenting challenges for retailers as low income shoppers cut back.
Those shoppers are buying hot dogs or canned tuna rather than more expensive deli meats, Walmart said Tuesday. Private brand sales in grocery doubled in the second quarter from the first quarter.
Still, Walmart said things got a little better as the second quarter wore on. It saw the influx of new customers, and lower prices offered some relief to shoppers. Strong back-to-school spending helped.
Walmart Inc. earned $5.15 billion, or $1.88 per share, or $1.77 excluding one-time costs and charges. That easily beat the $1.62 per share that Wall Street was looking for, according to FactSet.
It also topped last year’s profit of $4.27 billion.
Sales rose 8.4% to $152.86 billion, topping industry analyst projections.
It now expects consolidated adjusted operating income to decline 9% to 11% for the year, an improvement from the company’s prior guidance of 11% to 13%.
Shares rose $7.13 to $139.77 per share in late morning trading.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have optioned the struggling Roansy Contreras to Triple-A Indianapolis and have reinstated third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes off the 10-day injured list.
It has been a rough season for the 23-year-old Contreras, who took the loss in Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after allowing four runs on a pair of homers in a single inning of relief.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift is playing catch-up with her fans this year in a massive and impressive stadium show that embraces her artistic reinventions.
Nearly two months into the 52-show Eras Tour, Swift returned Friday to the origins of her musical career in Nashville, Tennessee, a city she outgrew as a country starlet destined for pop stardom.
In front of 70,000 fans, Swift dropped the news that she would be releasing a re-recording of her Nashville-era 2010 record, “Speak Now,” on July 7.
Swift started releasing new versions of her early albums in 2021, after a dispute over the ownership of the masters, which were sold to — and then by — music executive Scooter Braun. “Speak Now,” Swift’s third album, will also be the third “Taylor’s Version” recording — she released the re-recordings of 2008’s “Fearless” and 2012’s “Red” in 2021.
“Speak Now” was an album she wrote entirely by herself and she performed one of the singles, “Sparks Fly” after her announcement, followed by “Teardrops on My Guitar,” from her 2006 self-titled debut record.
The tour started chaotically with a breakdown of Ticketmaster’s ability to withstand the demand of fans, who were eager to see Swift after an extended hiatus from touring due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those who were lucky enough to get into the first of three shows in Nashville made sure to show out in their cosplay outfits inspired by Taylor’s songs, ranging from marching band geek to cardigans and cottagecore.
“I moved to Nashville nearly 20 years ago,” she told the crowd. “And this dream I had since I was so little I can’t even remember even first having it, this dream came true because of this town and the people in it.”
She started off the nearly 3.5-hour show with a line from “Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince” as a gentle spring rain sprinkled on the crowd: “It’s been a long time coming, but it’s you and me, that’s my whole world.”
The Eras tour theme is a natural fit for an artist whose music is often so self-referential, winking and smiling at the previous Taylors and their moments. The show is broken up into acts, not moving chronologically through her discography, but instead presenting like a house with many rooms. The color schemes, choreographed dancers and outfits support the overall feeling of musical theater, with a stage that incorporates rising platforms and hidden trap doors she can disappear through.
With over 40 songs on the setlist from her 10 albums, Swift hits a lot of the highlights of her singles, ranging from “You Belong With Me,” “Shake It Off,” “Bad Blood,” “Anti-Hero” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” But she also made time for special songs, like her 10-minute fan favorite “All Too Well,” and brought back opening act Phoebe Bridgers to perform their duet “Nothing New,” a vault track released on “Red (Taylor’s Version).”
It was a five-year wait to see all the glittering chapters of Swift’s career on stage together, but the pop star’s marathon performance carried fans through to the last notes.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Rite Aid Corporation ("Rite Aid" or the "Company") (NYSE: RAD) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Rite Aid investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between April 14, 2022 and September 28, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
RAD 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: (i) despite representations to the contrary, the number of new members that the Elixir pharmacy benefit management services business was adding during the selling season ending on January 1, 2023 was in material decline; (ii) Rite Aid was likely to recognize a significant charge for the impairment of goodwill related to Elixir due to a decrease in "lives" covered by Elixir's pharmacy benefit management services business; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Rite Aid during the relevant time frame, you have until December 19, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parkway Clinical Laboratories Inc. (PCL), today announced it has launched Xylazine aka "Tranq" testing via LCMSMS confirmation testing on urine specimens.
"The dedicated team at PCL, particularly Mr. Mike Schiraldi, VP Lab Operations & Khushnuma Sabavala, VP R&D, has acted swiftly in adding this test to our menu in an effort to help combat the latest menace compounding the opioid crisis" said company President and Chief Executive Officer, Carolyn Bonner." This test is well suited for the purpose of addiction screening and opioid prescription drug monitoring and can help identify past or recent usage of xylazine.
Xylazine aka "Tranq" is a powerful sedative only approved for veterinary use. It has recently emerged as a common adulterant in opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. Xylazine may result in life threatening side effects that appear to be similar to those commonly associated with opioid use, making it difficult to distinguish opioid overdoses from xylazine exposure. And because xylazine is not an opioid, naloxone (Narcan) does not reverse its potential deadly side effects. The DEA warns that xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our county has ever faced, it is even deadlier than fentanyl.
Parkway Clinical Laboratories (PCL) is a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited, CLIA-certified, full service, specialty reference laboratory. It has been a trusted partner in delivering in-vitro diagnostic testing for more than 50 years, serving behavioral health, addiction and pain management specialties. PCL is equipped to perform semi quantitative urine and saliva based substance abuse screening, using enzyme immunoassay (EIA) methodology and opioid and other prescription medication monitoring, using LC/MS/MS quantitative analysis, which includes but is not limited to various controlled prescription medications, Z class sedatives, hypnotics, anti-depressants, ecstasy, bath salts, K2-spice and xylazine.
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Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover with a ceremonial dinner at sundown. They are also keeping in mind Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, who is jailed in Russia.
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HAZLE TOWNSHIP, Pa., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EAM-Mosca Corp., one of Pennsylvania's premier innovation-focused manufacturers, is pleased to announce it has broken ground on a new facility at its headquarters. The $9 million complete renovation of 525 Jaycee Drive is adjacent to EAM-Mosca's existing headquarters at 675 Jaycee Drive. The new facility is part of a larger $20.6 million strategic initiative to expand the company's operational footprint within the state in the coming years. It allows for the retention of 157 employees statewide and the creation of 50 new positions.
The planned addition will transform the current 165,000-square-foot, single-building headquarters into a 283,000-square-foot, two-building campus set on 50 acres. More than 30,000 square feet of modern, open office space will enable more collaboration within and across departments and 250,000 square feet will expand operations in order to meet customer demand.
EAM-Mosca's expansion project is garnering strong support throughout the state, including from the State of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently announced a commitment of $250,000 through a Pennsylvania First grant to support the project.
"Pennsylvania is open for business, and we're going to be a leader in innovation, economic development, and job creation," said Governor Shapiro. "I'm thrilled that EAM-Mosca chose the Commonwealth over other states for this expansion. My administration will continue to aggressively compete for manufacturing projects like this one and make Pennsylvania an economic powerhouse."
Christian Wiethuechter, President & Chief Executive Officer at EAM-Mosca, said, "Part of the reason we were selected by the Governor's Action Team is that these are higher technology jobs. There's a true understanding of client needs and a lot of engineering rigor on the mechanical and electrical side to produce a highly automated solution that meets an unmet need no one else has been able to satisfy, and that's what's made us successful."
Upon completion, the facility will be known as the Headquarters for the Americas, serving clients across Latin America, Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
Jan Wessel, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at EAM-Mosca, said, "This is the largest step taken in our growth trajectory, and we see it not as an isolated investment but as the continued evolution of our company."
The planned aggregate investment of $20.6 million will include the expansion and renovation of headquarter facilities and product portfolio expansions, including Reisopack strapping machines and Movitec stretch wrappers. It will also integrate new automation and digitization technologies and community-focused initiatives to fuel company pipelines with a new generation of talent.
The building will also boast a first-of-its-kind customer showroom, making company headquarters in Pennsylvania a more convenient midpoint for clients throughout the Americas. The showroom will display many of the company's highly automated machines where customers are hosted from a sales and service standpoint.
The reconstruction of the facility is scheduled to be completed with occupancy by February 2024.
"This is not just a one-time investment or expansion. Since 2017, we've already invested over $20 million in our productive operations," said Wessel. "This is just continuing our market success to reinvest and grow our business, bringing our total of recent investments in Pennsylvania to nearly $50 million in less than 10 years."
The New Facility: A Key Step in EAM-Mosca's Growth Strategy
EAM-Mosca's new facility was acquired in December 2020 and is a critical step in the growth strategy and expansion of the company. The existing headquarters building currently houses all corporate functions, production of strapping and machinery, and all central services.
The reconstruction will deliver on a multi-year plan to establish a dedicated Machinery Center of Excellence for highly automated strapping systems, focusing largely on product development and customization for end-of-line packaging equipment. The existing facility will retain company executive offices and central services while further focusing as the Center of Excellence in innovation and production for fully recyclable strapping and consumables.
The current expansion solves growing pains for the company and pays homage to a longstanding company legacy. EAM-Mosca, a family company, credits its dedicated employees with helping to foster the strong company culture that enables its ongoing worldwide reputation as a top industry leader in high-end, automatic strapping systems and other end-of-line packaging solutions.
"What has built this company is its culture," said John D'Ottavio, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at EAM-Mosca. "The culture is here to give our customers exactly what they need, and in the process, we also have created a wonderful environment for our employees."
At EAM-Mosca, employee tenure is measured in decades, not years.
Thus, the new facility will boast several cutting-edge features and custom-designed spaces for its employees. Its 15,000 square feet of renovated office space is designed to foster collaboration both within and across company departments. The natural flow of furniture and space is expressly intended to reflect the company's dedication to quality, focus on superior design, and high standards of excellence.
A Commitment to the Local Community
"Part of that over $20 million investment is the realization that we need to develop training programs to build the next generation of folks that will be able to both design and produce our machines and the strapping products. That's an investment in the community realizing that developing the workforce is critical to our future," said D'Ottavio.
Since its founding in 1982, EAM-Mosca has maintained a strict singular focus on excellence in its superior service to customers and superior treatment of its employees.
In 1989, seven years after opening its doors, EAM-Mosca moved its company headquarters from Long Island, NY to Pennsylvania, where it remains to this day. Since arriving in Pennsylvania, company leadership has sought to make EAM-Mosca an integral part of its local community and establish itself as a pillar of the larger Pennsylvania business community.
As such, company expansion investments within the state span three decades, rising commensurately with the company's continued success. The new campus represents the largest planned expansion yet, indicating a major inflection point for the company as it expands current operations and enters new markets and technologies.
About EAM-Mosca
Founded in 1982, EAM-Mosca Corp. is a privately held international manufacturer of innovative, high-quality, fully automated end-of-line packaging machinery systems and plastic packaging consumables for a diverse range of consumer packaging automation applications. EAM-Mosca serves a blue-chip client base in the Americas Region (North, Central, South) from its operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Brazil employing more than 320 team members. The company is a part of the Mosca Group with global headquarters based in Waldbrunn, Germany.
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MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) and RefleXion Medical, Inc. (Hayward, California, U.S.) (RefleXion) today announced the signing of a co-development and commercialisation agreement, to expand the use of Telix's prostate cancer imaging agent, Illuccix® (kit for preparation of gallium (68Ga) gozetotide) with the RefleXion® biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT)* platform to guide external-beam radiotherapy in real-time.
BgRT is the first and only cancer treatment designed to integrate PET technology as part of external-beam radiotherapy delivery. It uses PET tracers as biological guides to signal the location of cancer and guide the delivery of radiotherapy to tumors in real-time. BgRT has the potential to offer significant advantages over conventional radiotherapy as it may one day enable treatment of multiple tumors per session for metastatic disease, increase the conformality of radiotherapy delivery, and reduce toxicity to healthy tissue. This approach may facilitate treatment of later stage cancers than is currently practical for hospitals or tolerable by patients.
Under the agreement, which builds on an existing strategic collaboration[1] between the companies, Telix and RefleXion will conduct and co-fund a BgRT clinical program using Illuccix as a biological guide, seek regulatory approval and jointly pursue commercialization, initially in the United States. The parties will share in any upside generated if successfully commercialized. The clinical program is expected to commence in 2023. RefleXion is exclusively partnering with Telix for 68Ga PSMA-PET imaging agents for use with BgRT. The agreement also includes the potential to expand the exclusive relationship beyond the U.S., in countries where both Illuccix and BgRT are intending to be commercialised.
If approved, Illuccix for BgRT could potentially open a broad new market opportunity for Illuccix as a therapy guidance agent. More than 60,000 men undergo external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer every year in the U.S. alone[2]. Illuccix for BgRT would require up to five doses per patient (one for each session of external-beam radiotherapy), potentially expanding the volume of Illuccix used in the U.S. significantly. The scheduling flexibility of Gallium-based compounds such as Illuccix may provide additional advantages for patients and caregivers using BgRT technology.
Dr. Christian Behrenbruch, Group CEO of Telix Pharmaceuticals said, "Following a successful evaluation period, we are pleased to expand our relationship with RefleXion and move ahead with a clinical program with the objective of regulatory approval of Illuccix for BgRT. This partnership demonstrates the potential for Illuccix and other molecularly-targeted imaging agents in our pipeline to be used as a tool to both detect the presence of metastatic disease and guide treatment using innovative complementary technologies such as BgRT."
Dr. Thorsten Melcher, Chief Business Officer at RefleXion added, "With PSMA-PET quickly being established as a standard of care in prostate cancer imaging, the clinical program aims to determine whether Telix's gallium-based tracer can provide a complete and robust signal to guide BgRT to treat all stages of prostate cancer, eventually including metastatic disease. Illuccix offers great accessibility and scheduling flexibility, factors which we believe will be well-suited to the treatment regimen with our BgRT system."
Reflexion has received marketing clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its X1 machine that combines high quality computed tomography (CT) imaging with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).
About RefleXion Medical
RefleXion is a privately-held company developing the first biology-guided radiotherapy system, a significant change in strategy from single tumor therapy to the ability to one day treat multiple tumors in the same treatment session in cancers that have metastasized. Currently, the RefleXion X1 machine is cleared for the delivery of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). The company is also developing BgRT, which incorporates positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging data to enable tumors to continuously signal their location. The BgRT technology will synchronize these data with the linear accelerator to direct radiotherapy to tumors with sub-second latency. For more information, visit www.reflexion.com and follow RefleXion on Twitter (@reflexionmed) and LinkedIn.
*The RefleXion® X1 is cleared for SBRT/SRS/IMRT. BgRT is pending regulatory review and is not commercially available.
About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic products using Molecularly Targeted Radiation (MTR). Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with international operations in Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical-stage products that address significant unmet medical need in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX). For more information visit www.telixpharma.com and follow Telix on Twitter (@TelixPharma) and LinkedIn.
About Illuccix® (kit for the preparation of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide injection)
Telix's lead product, Illuccix® (kit for the preparation of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide injection), also known as 68Ga PSMA-11 injection, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),[7] and by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).[8] Telix is also progressing marketing authorisation applications for this investigational candidate in Europe[9] and Canada.[10] Illuccix is currently being investigated in combination with BgRT treatment.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Illuccix®, after radiolabeling with Ga 68, is a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer:
- with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy
- with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Risk for Misdiagnosis
Image interpretation errors can occur with gallium Ga 68 gozetotide PET. A negative image does not rule out the presence of prostate cancer and a positive image does not confirm the presence of prostate cancer. The performance of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide for imaging of biochemically recurrent prostate cancer seems to be affected by serum PSA levels and by site of disease. The performance of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide for imaging of metastatic pelvic lymph nodes prior to initial definitive therapy seems to be affected by Gleason score. Gallium Ga 68 gozetotide uptake is not specific for prostate cancer and may occur with other types of cancer as well as non-malignant processes such as Paget's disease, fibrous dysplasia, and osteophytosis. Clinical correlation, which may include histopathological evaluation of the suspected prostate cancer site, is recommended.
Radiation Risks
Gallium Ga 68 gozetotide contributes to a patient's overall long-term cumulative radiation exposure. Long-term cumulative radiation exposure is associated with an increased risk for cancer. Ensure safe handling to minimize radiation exposure to the patient and health care workers. Advise patients to hydrate before and after administration and to void frequently after administration.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
The safety of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide was evaluated in 960 patients, each receiving one dose of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide. The average injected activity was 188.7 ± 40.7 MBq (5.1 ± 1.1 mCi). No serious adverse reactions were attributed to gallium Ga 68 gozetotide. The most commonly reported adverse reactions were nausea, diarrhea, and dizziness, occurring at a rate of < 1%.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
Androgen deprivation therapy and other therapies targeting the androgen pathway
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and other therapies targeting the androgen pathway, such as androgen receptor antagonists, can result in changes in uptake of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide in prostate cancer. The effect of these therapies on performance of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide PET has not been established.
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BEIJING, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. ("First High-School Education Group" or the "Company") (OTC: FHSEY), an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western China, today announced change in board composition.
Ms. Ning Zhou ("Ms. Zhou"), an independent director of the board of directors (the "Board") and a member of the audit committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee"), has resigned from the Board and the Audit Committee, effective from February 26, 2023. Ms. Zhou's resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.
Upon the effectiveness of Ms. Zhou's resignation, the Board will consist of five directors, including two independent directors.
About First High-School Education Group
First High-School Education Group is an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western China. The Company aspires to become a leader and innovator of private high school education in China, with the focuses on a comprehensive education management integrating education information consulting, education research project development, education talent management, education technology management, education service management, and general vocational integration development services. For more information, please visit https://ir.diyi.top/ .
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama announced Wednesday that she has co-founded a new company to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products that she says will be less detrimental to their long-term health because of their lower sugar and higher nutrient content.
The former first lady’s work with PLEZi Nutrition is an extension of her efforts to improve child nutrition when she was in the White House.
“I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, you can’t just work from the outside,” she said during a keynote address in New York at a conference on the future sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. “You’ve got to get inside. You’ve got to find ways to change the food and beverage industry itself.”
“So today, I’m proud to announce the national launch of a company designed not just to provide better products, but to jumpstart what I hope will be a race to the top that will transform the entire food industry,” she said.
Mrs. Obama said she is a co-founder and strategic partner of PLEZi Nutrition. She will work behind the scenes on its educational and philanthropic efforts, according to aides, who stressed that she will not be a spokesperson or public face of the company. It was unclear whether she put any money down to help launch PLEZi Nutrition or whether she will draw a salary.
As first lady, Mrs. Obama sought through a White House initiative called “Let’s Move” to improve the health of U.S. children by encouraging them to engage in physical activity and eat healthier food. She worked to improve federal nutrition standards for school lunches and extracted commitments from food companies and restaurant chains to cut calories, salt, sugar and trans fats in their meals.
But she said Wednesday that kids still are not getting the recommended levels of nutrients and are eating and drinking too much added sugar, an average of 53 pounds per year. Sugary drinks are youngsters’ main source of added sugar, she said, adding that nearly two-thirds of them have such a drink every day.
PLEZi Nutrition, based in the District of Columbia, is a public benefit corporation, meaning that the for-profit company was created specifically for the public’s benefit and will balance its profit needs with its mission to help improve child nutrition.
Mrs. Obama also announced that the company is donating $1 million to an initiative by FoodCorps, a nonprofit organization that is working to help all 50 million students in the U.S. receive education about nutrition and free school meals by 2030. PLEZi Nutrition will also contribute 10 percent of its profits to the broader movement to improve child nutrition. | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/michelle-obama-works-with-new-company-on-child-nutrition/ | 2023-05-04 16:44:18 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/michelle-obama-works-with-new-company-on-child-nutrition/ |
US braces for dangerous blast of cold, wind and snow
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A large of swath of the U.S. braced for a dangerous mix of sub-zero temperatures, howling winds and blizzard conditions scheduled to arrive Wednesday and disrupt plans for millions of holiday travelers.
The blast of frigid weather arriving on the first day of winter will hammer the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies before gripping the Plains with bitter cold and blanketing the Midwest with heavy snowfall, forecasters say. By Friday, the arctic front will push south into places that don’t hold up well in the cold, like the Gulf Coast.
Authorities across the country are worried about the potential for power outages and warned people to take precautions to protect the elderly, the homeless and livestock — and, if possible, to postpone travel.
The northern-most regions of the U.S. could see wind chills approaching 70 degrees below zero (minus 57 Celsius) in the coming days.
Even warm-weather states are preparing for the worst. Texas officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of the February 2021 storm that left millions without power, some for several days. Temperatures were expected to dip to near freezing as far south as central Florida by the weekend, raising worries about the homeless.
The drop in temperatures will be precipitous. In Denver, the high on Wednesday will be around 50 degrees (10 degrees Celsius); by Thursday, it is forecast to plummet to around zero (minus 18 Celsius).
The heaviest snow is expected in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, according to the National Weather Service, and frigid wind will be fierce across the country’s mid-section.
“I would not be surprised if there are lots of delays due to wind and also a lot of delays due to the snow,” said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
Flights nationwide were generally on schedule by midday Tuesday, but not in Seattle. A combination of snow, rain and low visibility caused nearly 200 flight cancellations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday morning. Greyhound cancelled bus service between Seattle and Spokane, Washington, due to winter weather.
In Oregon, one person died Tuesday in an accident on Interstate 84 near Rooster Rock State Park when a semi-truck collided with their SUV. Police said the thin layer of ice on the highway may have been a contributing factor.
Nearly 113 million Americans were expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday season, up 4% from last year but still short of the record 119 million in 2019, according to AAA. Most were planning to travel by car; around 6% were planning to fly.
Several inches of snow were expected from Chicago through the Great Lakes region by Friday. Snow also was forecast in the lower Midwest. With the storm approaching, Delta, American, United and Southwest airlines said they were waiving change fees for people at airports impacted by bad weather.
Snow and near-record cold temperatures had Montana under a winter storm warning. The National Weather Service predicted wind-chill levels that could approach 60 degrees below zero (minus 51 Celsius) by Thursday morning. Exposed skin could be frostbitten in a matter of minutes.
Almost impossibly, the forecast was even worse for parts of Wyoming. The 1,500-resident town of Lusk could see wind chills of 70 degrees below zero (minus 57 Celsius.) The National Weather Service’s Cheyenne office said the temperature and wind chill Wednesday night into Thursday “features some of the most extreme values you will ever see!”
“Please take precautions: Check on elderly/vulnerable, protect pets, shelter livestock, cover exposed skin!” the service said on Twitter.
Karina Jones’ family raises about 400 head of cattle in north-central Nebraska near Broken Bow, where wind chills as low as 50 below zero (minus 46 Celsius) are expected Thursday and Friday mornings. She said Nebraska cattle ranchers are “a hearty bunch,” but the bitter cold is rough.
Ranchers “lie awake at night praying that you did everything you could for your livestock,” Jones said.
In Kansas, where up to 4 inches of snow is expected to accompany wind chills dipping to 40 degrees below zero (minus 40 Celsius), Shawn Tiffany runs three feedlots with about 35,000 cattle combined. He’s worried about keeping 40 employees safe and warm.
“Every conversation I’ve had for the last four days has consisted of ‘Are you prepared and are you ready?’ Everybody is taking it very seriously,” Tiffany said.
In Texas, where the temperature is expected to drop to around 11 degrees (minus 12 Celsius), the state’s power grid will be put to the test once again.
A historic freeze in February 2021 led to one of the biggest power outages in U.S. history, knocking out electricity to 4 million customers in Texas and leading to hundreds of deaths.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s power grid, said last week it expects to have sufficient generation to meet anticipated electricity demand during this week’s winter blast. The council said it has implemented reforms to increase reliability, including bringing more generation online sooner if needed and purchasing more reserve power.
But a report on the power grid that ERCOT published last month said that Texans could still face possible power outages this winter if an extreme storm prompted very high demand for electricity.
The deep-freeze will be particularly dangerous for the homeless. In Kansas City, Missouri, emergency shelters are opening for anyone needing warmth, food or safety. Organizers warn, though, that capacity is limited overnight.
“We’re going to get in as many as we can,” said Karl Ploeger, chief development officer for City Union Mission, a Christian nonprofit.
If the shelters are over-capacity at night, the mission works with other organizations to try and find alternatives spaces for people.
“If we’re full and some other sources are full, they are going to have to figure out how to keep themselves warm. We try to avoid that, we don’t want that to happen, especially in the dangerous conditions,” Ploeger said.
Northern Florida cities such as Tallahassee see temperatures in the low 20s (minus 3 Celsius) on Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas nights. The forecast calls for temperatures to drop to near freezing as far south as Tampa.
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Lozano reported from Houston and Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska. Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, Julie Walker in New York, Jeff Martin in Atlanta, Jill Zeman Bleed in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dee-Ann Durbin in Detroit and Amy Hanson in Helena, Montana, contributed to this report.
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Marlins fifth. Miguel Rojas homers to left field. Nick Fortes grounds out to shortstop, Didi Gregorius to Rhys Hoskins. Bryan De La Cruz grounds out to second base, Bryson Stott to Rhys Hoskins. Jazz Chisholm Jr. strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Marlins 1, Phillies 0.
Phillies ninth. Didi Gregorius strikes out on a foul tip. Alec Bohm singles to center field. J.T. Realmuto pinch-hitting for Odubel Herrera. J.T. Realmuto walks. Alec Bohm to second. Yairo Munoz pinch-hitting for Bryson Stott. Yairo Munoz strikes out on a foul tip. Garrett Stubbs homers to right field. J.T. Realmuto scores. Alec Bohm scores.
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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) will release its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, February 2, 2023 and will review these results in a teleconference at 8:30 a.m. ET. The teleconference will be open to the public and the media in listen-only mode by telephone and Internet broadcast.
Live teleconference: 323-994-2093
Passcode: 3216168
Internet broadcast/slides: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products' Investor Relations website.
Internet replay: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products' Investor Relations website.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products' base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas and carbon-capture projects, supplying world-scale clean hydrogen for global transportation, industrial markets, and the broader energy transition. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and globally provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers.
The Company had fiscal 2022 sales of $12.7 billion from operations in over 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $70 billion. More than 21,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
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BANGKOK (AP) — The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have dropped off and the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a United Nations report released Thursday.
In 2022, in the first full growing season since the military wrested control of the country from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, Myanmar saw a 33% increase in cultivation area to 40,100 hectares (99,090 acres), according to the report by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
“Economic, security and governance disruptions that followed the military takeover of February 2021 have converged, and farmers in remote, often conflict-prone areas in northern Shan and border states have had little option but to move back to opium,” said the U.N. office’s regional representative Jeremy Douglas.
The overall value of the Myanmar opiate economy, based on U.N. estimates, ranges between $660 million and $2 billion, depending on how much was sold locally, and how much of the raw opium was processed into heroin or other drugs.
“Virtually all the heroin reported in East and Southeast Asia and Australia originates in Myanmar, and the country remains the second-largest opium and heroin producer in the world after Afghanistan,” Douglas said. “There is no comparing the two at this point as Afghanistan still produces far more, but the expansion underway in Myanmar should not be dismissed and needs attention as it will likely continue — it is directly tied to the security and economic situation we see unfolding today.”
The so-called Golden Triangle area, where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet, has historically been a major production area for opium and hosted many of the labs that converted it to heroin. Decades of political instability have made the frontier regions of Myanmar, also known as Burma, largely lawless, to be exploited by drug producers and traffickers.
Most of the opium exported by Myanmar goes to China and Vietnam, while heroin goes to many countries across the region, Douglas said.
“It is really where the value is for traffickers,” he said. “Very high profits.”
The cultivation of opium had been trending downward in recent years before the military took control of the government in 2021.
Production estimates hit a bottom of 400 metric tons (440 tons) in 2020. After rising slightly in 2021, that spiked in 2022 to an estimated 790 metric tons (870 tons), according to the report.
Since it took control of the government, the military’s use of deadly force to hold on to power has escalated conflict with its civilian opponents to the point that some experts describe the country as now being in a state of civil war.
The costs have been high, with 2,810 people killed by government forces to date and 17,427 detained, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
The violence has meant that the government has been unable to reach some areas to carry out drug eradication raids, and has also had to divert its resources elsewhere. Consequently, eradication efforts appear to have decreased substantially, with 1,403 hectares (3,467 acres) reported eradicated in 2022 — some 70% fewer than in 2021.
At the same time, as the conflict continues to take its toll on Myanmar’s economy, an increasing number of rural households have been pushed into relying more on opium cultivation for income, the U.N. said.
“The expansion of opium production that is underway is fundamentally about poverty and people in rural areas reacting to the economic situation,” Douglas said. “It has always been there in tough times. At the same time, the security situation is clearly difficult with increasing frequency and intensity of conflict, and those involved in the drug economy have been left largely unchecked.”
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Staying healthy during New Jersey’s Code Red Air Quality Alert
🔴 Most of New Jersey is under a Code Red Air Quality Alert
🔴 Even people who usually don't have respiratory issues should take precautions
🔴 Could there be more smoke events?
The smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires hanging over New Jersey are causing concern for those with asthma and other underlying lung issues.
Pictures showing the sun as an orange disk and the New York City skyline shrouded by smoke have emerged as over 418 active fires burn across Canada with 245 considered out of control. There are 154 fires in Quebec.
Most of New Jersey is under a Code Red Air Quality Alert issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for unhealthy levels. The smoke levels came down Wednesday with clearing skies but another wave of smoke is expected to thicken the smoke in the afternoon.
Dr. Lisa M. Casale, a pulmonary and critical care physician with Hackensack Meridian Health's JFK University Medical Center in Edison, said that poor air quality can affect everybody.
"Poor air quality can trigger shortness of breath in normal patients, and it can also worsen shortness of breath in patients with underlying lung conditions such as COPD or asthma," Casale said.
The smoke from the wildfires is different from the smog and air that becomes stagnant during a summer heatwave when air quality alerts are posted.
"The smoke is traveling and I'm sure it makes the quality of the air much worse and it contains more particulate matter too, so it's probably going to cause A little more shortness of breath and cough and difficulty for the patients who have breathing problems or for patients who do not have any underlying breathing problems," Casale said.
It also doesn't help that the air quality can differ during the course of a day.
"I think you have to not let your guard and continue to be cautious. Until the air quality improves you should be taking all the precautions. It might look like it's a little better outside but you should still take all those precautions until we're clear and the air quality index improves.
Some precautions Casale suggested to take include:
🔴 Limit one's outdoor activity
🔴 Try to stay indoors and keep the air quality high by keeping the air conditioning on
🔴 Wear a KN-95 mask while outdoors
🔴 Stay hydrated
🔴 Keep windows closed
🔴 Recirculate the air in your vehicle instead of opening the vents
🔴 Use an air purifier
🔴 If you have any underlying respiratory problems make sure you're taking your regular medications
Indicative of future events
Gov. Phil Murphy said his team and the Department of Environmental Protection are closely monitoring the air quality.
“As conditions worsen statewide, I strongly urge all sensitive individuals – including those with heart or lung disease, the elderly, and the young – to stay safe and limit strenuous activities and the amount of time active outdoors today," Murphy said in a statement.
"As the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service works tirelessly to protect our residents and properties across the state, we will continue to do our own part by pursuing the bold action our climate reality demands," the governor said.
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Chronicle: Ice Cream Social - The Different Takes on Ice Cream
Chronicle: Ice Cream Social - The Different Takes on Ice Cream
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Chronicle: Ice Cream Social - The Different Takes on Ice Cream
When it comes to ice cream, many people think the only decisions are hard or soft serve and cone or cup.But in Pittsburgh, there are a lot more options than that. Some different takes on ice cream that are both unique and delicious, and get people talking in a whole new way.Watch the video above to learn more.
When it comes to ice cream, many people think the only decisions are hard or soft serve and cone or cup.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse formally introduced new men’s basketball coach Adrian Autry on Friday, but it turned into more of a celebration of Jim Boeheim, the Hall of Fame coach Autry is succeeding.
The practice facility was packed with Syracuse officials and coaches, current and former players, and Otto the Orange, the mascot.
All of them were there to watch the passing of the torch from the 78-year-old Boeheim, who led the program for 47 years and turned it into a national brand, to Autry, who played for Boeheim from 1990-94, became an assistant coach prior to the 2011-12 season and promoted to associate head coach in March 2017.
Autry told the crowd he was committed to the “Orange standard” Boeheim had built, “the history of winning, the history of playing hard and competing for championships.” He added that decisions were yet to be made on his coaching staff, but noted that his teams would be “versatile” on defense as opposed to sticking 100% with Boeheim’s legendary 2-3 zone.
But when Boeheim walked onto the gym’s floor — accompanied by his wife Juli and daughter Jamie — it became apparent this was his day. Boeheim coached his final game Wednesday, a 77-74 buzzer-beater loss to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Director of Athletics John Wildhack reviewed Boeheim’s myriad accomplishments, numbers he called “extraordinary” — “35 NCAA Tournament appearances, five Final Fours, 2003 national championship, 20 Sweet 16 appearances … enshrinement in the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2005.”
Wildhack then introduced Boeheim, who received a 20-second standing ovation and spoke for 11 minutes, interspersing his comments with humor, characteristic defiance and uncharacteristic emotion. Boeheim also got in another shot at the media: “The only reason I got a standing ovation from the press is because they’re standing.”
After coaching sons Buddy and Jimmy in the 2021-2022 season, Boeheim said he wanted one more year and that Wildhack and Syracuse Chancellor Kent Syverud agreed.
“Obviously, when we hit that stretch where I didn’t coach very good and we didn’t play very good (four straight losses by more than 17 points), I felt this was the time,” Boeheim said.
He said he spoke to Wildhack a week ago to put the wheels in motion for retirement, adding that while there was a plan in place, the details hadn’t been finalized until Thursday. That lack of clarity led to awkward events Wednesday, when Boeheim engaged in a back-and-forth postgame news conference about his future.
Two hours later, the university issued a news release saying that Autry was taking over. The word “retirement” wasn’t used and there was no quote from Boeheim.
“We hadn’t had a chance to meet, me, John and the chancellor,” Boeheim said, noting there’s no friction between him and the administration. “People took that, like they always do, as me not talking or the university not (talking).”
Wildhack concurred Friday, saying: “There are twists and turns to ultimately where you want to get to but we got to the right ending. Coach Boeheim is with us. Coach Autry is the next coach. We executed the plan.”
During Friday’s speech, Boeheim thanked his coaches and players, his family — including his two sons for one of his “most rewarding seasons ever” — and fans who braved upstate New York winters to come to the Carrier Dome in record numbers: “Zero degrees. Minus-10 wind chill. Six feet of snow on the ground. That’s what Syracuse basketball is. It’s not me. It’s not Adrian. It’s the fans. They made our program.”
Boeheim also finally uttered the “r” word many thought they’d never hear: “I’m thrilled to be retired. I’ve felt the best the last two days that I’ve felt in 47 years.”
He also gave an enthusiastic show of support to Autry, whom he’s known since Autry was 16, calling him “a great coach.”
“I think someone said that Adrian should get an older mentor to help him coach,” Boeheim said. “Adrian Autry does not need an older mentor to help him coach. He can coach. He knows how to coach. The program is in good hands.”
Boeheim said he will have a yet-undefined role with the school that he attended as an undergrad — “I wouldn’t know what else to do anyway,” he joked.
“When I picked Syracuse University as a place I wanted to live a long time ago, (coach and friend) Rick Pitino and our wives picked Paris, Bermuda, and California. I picked Syracuse. They all walked away. Guess what? I’m still here. Thank you.”
And he left, to one last standing ovation.
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LONDON (AP) — Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives, researchers have found.
The cases included five people younger than 30 who cited autism as either the only reason or a major contributing factor for euthanasia, setting an uneasy precedent that some experts say stretches the limits of what the law originally intended.
In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to allow doctors to kill patients at their request if they met strict requirements, including having an incurable illness causing “unbearable” physical or mental suffering.
Between 2012 and 2021, nearly 60,000 people were killed at their own request, according to the Dutch government’s euthanasia review committee. To show how the rules are being applied and interpreted, the committee has released documents related to more than 900 of those people, most of whom were older and had conditions including cancer, Parkinson’s and ALS.
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, a palliative care specialist at Britain’s Kingston University, and her colleagues reviewed the documents to see how Dutch doctors were dealing with euthanasia requests from people with autism or with lifelong mental impairments. They published their findings in the journal BJPsych Open in May.
Among the 900 people with publicly posted case files, 39 of them were autistic and/or intellectually disabled. A handful were elderly, but 18 of them were younger than 50.
Many of the patients cited different combinations of mental problems, physical ailments, diseases or aging-related difficulties as reasons for seeking euthanasia. Thirty included being lonely as one the causes of their unbearable pain. Eight said the only causes of their suffering were factors linked to their intellectual disability or autism — social isolation, a lack of coping strategies or an inability to adjust their thinking.
“There’s no doubt in my mind these people were suffering,” Tuffrey-Wijne said. “But is society really OK with sending this message, that there’s no other way to help them and it’s just better to be dead?”
Other countries, including Belgium, Canada and Colombia, have legal euthanasia, but the Netherlands is the only one that shares detailed information about potentially controversial deaths, providing the best window into emerging trends in assisted dying. Still, its records are limited to what doctors disclose. So there could be other factors that weren’t released or cases where the patient’s autism or intellectual disabilities weren’t noted.
Because the committee releases only select records, it’s also impossible to know the true number of people with autism or intellectual disabilities killed at their own request.
Among the eight patients cited by researchers were an autistic man in his 20s. His record said “the patient had felt unhappy since childhood,” was regularly bullied and “longed for social contacts but was unable to connect with others.” The man, who was not named, chose euthanasia after deciding that “having to live on this way for years was an abomination.”
The records also included an autistic woman in her 30s who also had borderline personality disorder. She was offered a spot in a supported living center, but her doctors said she could not maintain relationships and deemed contact with others “too difficult.”
In one-third of cases, Dutch doctors concluded autism and intellectual disabilities were untreatable and that there was “no prospect of improvement,” the researchers wrote.
Simon Baron-Cohen, director of Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre, said it was “abhorrent” that people with autism were being euthanized without being offered further support.
He noted that many autistic people struggle with depression, which could compromise their ability to make a lawful request to die. He also said an autistic person asking to die might not grasp the complexity of the situation.
Dr. Bram Sizoo, a Dutch psychiatrist, was disturbed that young people with autism viewed euthanasia as a viable solution.
“Some of them are almost excited at the prospect of death,” Sizoo said. “They think this will be the end of their problems and the end of their family’s problems.”
A representative of the Royal Dutch Medical Association said it was up to doctors to decide if someone meets the criteria for euthanasia. The group said many cases involving patients with autism were “highly complex” and that “age itself is not a decisive factor to determine whether a person suffers unbearably.”
Kasper Raus, an ethicist and public health professor at Belgium’s Ghent University, said the kinds of people seeking euthanasia in both the Netherlands and Belgium have shifted in the past two decades. When euthanasia was legalized, he said, the debate was about people with cancer, not people with autism.
Tim Stainton, director of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia, wonders if the same thing is happening in Canada, which arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia laws and which doesn’t keep the kinds of records that the Netherlands does.
“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics,” Stainton said.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Barclays American Depositary Receipts on a U.S. open market between February 18, 2021 and March 25, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: November 22, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Barclays PLC made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) as of December 31, 2020 and February 18, 2021, Barclays had a material weakness in its internal control environment due to the fact that the over-issuance had occurred and was not immediately identified; and b) they failed to disclose that as of February 18, 2021 (i) Barclays Bank PLC ("BBPLC") had and was selling unregistered securities in excess of the amounts registered by the August 2019 shelf registration statement, (ii) BBPLC was violating U.S. securities laws and/or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, subjecting Barclays to legal liability, and (iii) BBPLC was required to conduct a rescission offer for those unregistered securities.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Barclays you have until November 22, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Leading Mobile and Restaurant Dining Concept and Shark Tank Success Story Marks a Decade of Lobster with Plans for Expansion
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine , April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cousins Maine Lobster, leading food truck concept and provider of the tastiest Maine lobster rolls across the country, announced the openings of two new territories in the United States as well as four signed franchise agreements in the first quarter of 2022. The new deals solidify a strong start to the year and mark another success milestone on the ten year anniversary of the brand, founded in April 2012.
Recent franchise food truck openings include brand new territories for the brand in Austin and San Francisco, expanding CML's footprint across the United States. Additionally, new deals were signed by veteran Cousins Maine Lobster franchisees in markets including Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Tampa, Florida. An additional six openings are planned for Q2 of this year.
With growth fueled by a hero product, sustainably harvested Maine lobster, and a successful turn on Shark Tank in 2012 that resulted in a longstanding partnership with Shark Barbara Corcoran, Cousins Maine Lobster has expanded into 35 major U.S. cities in 18 states with 36 food trucks and seven brick-and-mortar restaurants since the brand's inception. The brand has also added an e-commerce platform with shore-to-door offerings. Cousins Maine Lobster plans to continue domestic expansion with new deal signings and franchise openings in 2022 and beyond, for both food truck territories, and brick & mortar restaurants.
"Since 2012, our mission at Cousins Maine Lobster has been driven by a unique business model and the determination of every franchisee to succeed while bringing an authentic taste of Maine to their local market," said Jim Tselikis, Co-Founder of Cousins Maine Lobster. "We are proud of what we have already achieved in 2022 and look forward to continuing to build momentum with our current franchise partners."
"We are excited to sign on new franchisees in cities across the country and continue to bring our product to consumers in new territories," said fellow Co-Founder Sabin Lomac, of Cousins Maine Lobster.
In addition to expansion, Cousins Maine Lobster saw an uptick in YoY sales nationally with a 37% increase in 2021. The brand also continued to offer a fully immersive customer experience on every food truck with their smart signage displays with the 43" displays to showcase the brand story at every location. Furthermore, CML plans to embark on a pilot program with new kitchen display systems in Q2 and continue to expand on the company's mobile app offerings in 2022.
"2021 marked a year of expansion and investment for us, but none of that would have been possible without our incredible team. We added key people to our corporate staff. My cousin (Jim's sister) Annie Tselikis, is a fifteen-year veteran of the Maine lobster industry, and she joined the CML Family as Director of Sales and Marketing. We invested in a new distribution warehouse in Maine and we added several people to support that effort. We are committed to investing in the right people and resources that support the entire CML system and that will be true for 2022 as well," Lomac added.
Cousins Maine Lobster is looking to expand in markets throughout the United States, including but not limited to Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minnesota, Orlando, St. Louis, Virginia Beach, and the Pacific Northwest. CML is looking for experienced, qualified franchisees to join their dynamic franchise family. To learn more about franchise development opportunities with Cousins Maine Lobster, visit https://www.cousinsmainelobster.com/franchise/.
Founded in 2012 by real-life cousins and Mainers, Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, Cousins Maine Lobster began with two things: a food truck, and a shared vision to extend the highest-quality Maine lobster to the lobster-starved masses by making it affordable and accessible. After appearing on Shark Tank, Jim & Sabin partnered with Barbara Corcoran and began franchising, partnering with local owners and entrepreneurs to bring Maine lobster to over 30 cities across the country. For more information, visit cousinsmainelobster.com. Connect with CML on Instagram @cousinsmainelobster, Twitter @Cousinsmainelob, and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CousinsMaineLobster. Download the Cousins Maine Lobster Mobile App on iOS and Android to skip the line, save time, and earn rewards for purchases year round.
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With more than two decades of experience, Screen has tried more than 250 cases and pivoted from representing auto insurance companies to assisting accident victims.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Morse Law Firm is pleased to welcome veteran attorney Lisa Screen to its talented team of trial lawyers.
Screen has a diverse background in various practice areas including criminal law and auto insurance. She has tried more than 250 cases to a jury and has extensive experience litigating high profile cases throughout her two-plus decades in the legal sector. In 2018, Screen was named partner at Garan Lucow Miller PC, a firm that represents the auto insurance industry, before joining Mike Morse Law Firm.
"I was tired of seeing insurance companies not paying out on legitimate claims," Screen said. Screen made the switch to personal injury to help victims who weren't getting the settlements they deserved from the insurance companies.
As a senior attorney, Screen will lead a team of several attorneys at the firm and bring her extensive trial experience and knowledge to the forefront of her leadership.
"We're thrilled to welcome Lisa to our talented team of attorneys. Coming from the auto insurance industry, Screen has a unique understanding of clients' needs and where they are often left unmet. Her passion for helping victims and her impressive trial experience make her an invaluable asset for our firm and will translate to more wins for our clients," Mike Morse said.
The addition of Screen marks the 28th new hire the firm has welcomed this year. With a staff of over 175 legal professionals, Mike Morse Law Firm remains Michigan's largest personal injury law firm.
Since 1992, the Mike Morse Law Firm has been protecting the rights of Michigan auto accident and injury victims. They are Michigan's largest personal injury firm, specializing in auto, truck, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents as well as Social Security disability claims. They are experts in Michigan's No-Fault Act. Since opening their doors in 1995, the firm has won over one billion dollars for its clients. Mike Morse Law Firm handles cases throughout the state of Michigan, with a main office in Southfield. To learn more, call (855) 645-3946 or visit www.855mikewins.com.
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The U.S. surgeon general is calling for tech companies and lawmakers to take “immediate action” to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health on social media.
But after years of insufficient action by both social media platforms and policymakers, parents and young people still bear most of the burden in navigating the fast-changing, often harmful world of secretive algorithms, addictive apps and extreme and inappropriate content found on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
So what can parents and young people do now? Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has some tips.
“Our children and adolescents don’t have the luxury of waiting years until we know the full extent of social media’s impact,” Murthy said in an advisory released Tuesday. “Their childhoods and development are happening now.”
TIPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
— Reach out for help: If you or someone you know is being negatively affected by social media, reach out to a trusted friend or adult for help. Check the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidance on social media.
— Create boundaries: Limit the use of phones, tablets, and computers for at least one hour before bedtime and through the night to make sure you get enough sleep. Keep mealtimes and in-person gatherings device‑free to help build social bonds and engage in two‑way conversations with others. Connect with people in person and make unplugged interactions a daily priority.
— Be cautious about what you share: Personal information about you has value. Be selective with what you post and share online and with whom, as it is often public and can be stored permanently. If you aren’t sure if you should post something, it’s usually best if you don’t.
— Don’t keep harassment or abuse a secret: Reach out to at least one person you trust, such as a close friend, family member, counselor, or teacher, who can give you the help and support you deserve. Visit stopbullying.gov for tips on how to report cyberbullying. If you have experienced online harassment and abuse by a dating partner, contact an expert at Love is Respect for support. If your private images have been taken and shared online without your permission, visit Take It Down to help get them removed.
TIPS FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
— Create a family media plan: Agreed-upon expectations can help establish healthy technology boundaries at home – including social media use. A family media plan can promote open family discussion and rules about media use and include topics such as balancing screen/online time, content boundaries, and not disclosing personal information
— Create tech-free zones: Restrict the use of electronics at least one hour before bedtime and through the night. Keep meal times and other in-person gatherings tech-free. Help children develop social skills and nurture their in‑person relationships by encouraging unstructured and offline connections with others.
— Model responsible behavior: Parents can set a good example of what responsible and healthy social media use looks like by limiting their own use, being mindful of social media habits (including when and how parents share information or content about their child), and modeling positive behavior on your social media accounts.
— Empower kids: Teach kids about technology and empower them to be responsible online participants at the appropriate age. Discuss with children the benefits and risks of social media as well as the importance of respecting privacy and protecting personal information in age-appropriate ways. Have conversations with children about who they are connecting with, their privacy settings, their online experiences, and how they are spending their time online. | https://www.kron4.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-8-tips-for-parents-and-teens-on-social-media-use-from-the-us-surgeon-general/ | 2023-05-23 20:40:16 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-8-tips-for-parents-and-teens-on-social-media-use-from-the-us-surgeon-general/ |
Slain man, wounded officer identified in Vegas shooting case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a man who was killed and a patrol officer who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a foot chase following a weekend vehicle stop.
The Clark County coroner said Gabriel Herrera Charles, 27, died after being shot in the torso and police said Officer Tierney Tomburo returned home to continue treatment of injuries she received in the shooting about 1:15 a.m. Saturday.
Police Capt. Carlos Hank said in a video statement the shooting happened when a person ran from an SUV that had been stopped near Flamingo Road and University Center Drive.
Hank did not provide details including the reason for the traffic stop, the number of other people in the vehicle and whether anyone was arrested or faced criminal charges.
The coroner’s office said Charles’ hometown was not known. His death was ruled a homicide.
Tomburo is 24 and has been employed by Las Vegas police since 2020, the department said in a statement. It said she was placed on administrative leave pending district attorney and departmental reviews of the shooting. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/12/slain-man-wounded-officer-identified-in-vegas-shooting-case/ | 2022-09-13 00:00:01 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/12/slain-man-wounded-officer-identified-in-vegas-shooting-case/ |
All-female skydiving team takes plunge at Oakland Co. airport
For those who don't make it a habit of jumping out of planes, those who do are a bit of an enigma.
"'Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane,' people always ask us," said Stacey Roberts, a member of the Misty Blues All-Woman Skydiving Team, on Sunday after jumping out of what was apparently a perfectly good plane.
But for skydivers like Stacey and other Mistys, it's all about the thrill. It's what leads them to regularly jump from a plane at 3,000 feet, as they did Sunday during the Oakland County International Airport's Open House and Air Show.
Even among thrill-seekers, though, the Mistys are a bit of an anomaly. They are an all-female team of skydivers, one of the only teams across the U.S. to feature only women. Of the nearly 41,000 skydivers across the U.S., the United States Parachute Association estimated in 2021 that roughly 14% are women.
For members of their team, it's a point of pride.
"It's really great to be able to show young girls and kids in the audience that, hey, girls can do flying and exciting things too," said Amanda Scheffler, owner of the Misty Blues and leader of the team, to the media after her team's jumps. Scheffler was the only member of her team to jump twice, once to kick off the festivities with a 60-foot American flag, and a second time with three members of her team to mark the end of the air show.
Scheffler said she loves being on an all-women's team because it's "low-drama" and she is surrounded by a group of women she admires. Members of the Mistys speaking Sunday said they didn't know why skydiving was so especially tilted toward men but noted they were glad they had each other to lean on and learn from.
Skydiving is a source of fun — Scheffler noted that that the fear was the most fun part — but the all-women's team also serves as a way to connect with audiences about women in science, technology, mathematics and engineering, often known as STEM. Women are often underrepresented in those fields, said team member Sloan Kanat, and teams like the Misty Blues "show that there is a community for them, they can do this and there are resources for it."
Kanat, who jokes that her weekend job is skydiving while her weekday job is completing her Ph.D. in biomechanics at Michigan State University, said that meeting the crowd afterward was on of her favorite parts.
"We've done some events where I get to present to kids about my research and talk to them about getting involved not only in skydiving and aviation but also STEM in general," she said.
Even the youngest audience members can appreciate how cool it is when women jump out of planes. Lily Callahan, 4, said that she wanted to fly a plane after watching Scheffler's first jump.
Her grandmother, Sue Callahan of Royal Oak, said it was interesting to see women doing stunts. She likes to attend shows like the one on Sunday but often felt like it was geared only toward young boys and not of young girls.
"Having girls involved in this, too, is a good thing ... A lot of time it's a man announcing at the air shows and you don't really see the people flying the planes, so if there's stunts that may be the only person you see," Sue Callahan said. "It's important that we have good role models for the girls as well as the boys. A woman coming in with a big American flag? That's pretty cool."
Getting to talk to children and adults about what skydiving is like helps to show people that not only is the sport interesting, it is also safe, the skydivers said. The teams get to dispel common myths — skydivers actually have two parachutes carefully packed by licensed people in case one fails, for instance — and also address questions like Callahan's about bugs in their mouth (rare; skydivers often wear helmets similar to motorcycle helmets, Kanat said) and whether skydivers take naps on their way down (there is unfortunately too much going on for naps, Scheffler said, although some members of the Mistys will sometimes nap in the plane while they wait to jump).
To become a part of a team like the Misty Blues, people usually have at least a few years of experience. The most experienced members of their team have jumped thousands of times over decades.
People like Kanat skydive with their whole family after growing up around the sport, while many others met their partners while involved in it.
"Non-skydivers don't always understand why we do what we do," Scheffler said. "Even when we're not performing on the weekends, we're at the drop zone (a place where team members practice) working on skydiving and jumps and rehearsing. It's important to have somebody in your life understand why you love it." | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/14/misty-blues-all-female-skydiving-team-performs-oakland-county-air-show/10270937002/ | 2022-08-14 23:33:08 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/14/misty-blues-all-female-skydiving-team-performs-oakland-county-air-show/10270937002/ |
Speaker 1: Last fall, I went out to Meta's research headquarters where I got to take a look at the Quest Pro. This was Meta's next step in VR and a mixed reality. Now here we are about half a year later and the Quest Pro is still sitting around, but it costs less. This thing is the thousand dollars Now when it was $1,500 less than six months ago, what do I think about this thing? What does it mean in the landscape of VR and AR and how does it compare to something like the PlayStation VR two? Now that I've reviewed that, well, here's how I [00:00:30] feel about the most exciting, least exciting product that I feel like you probably are not gonna buy the Quest Pro.
Speaker 1: The Quest Pro is the headset that I use most of the time when I'm not using the PlayStation VR two. That is because for me, the Quest Pro has a few features that make it better than the Quest two, this fits better over my glasses. That's the main reason I like it because I have big chunky glasses [00:01:00] and I can put this on and I can attach it like that and it's pretty easy and it doesn't press down on my glasses. Very nice. That's number one. But not everyone's gonna have to deal with that. The other thing I like about this is that it's got a higher resolution display. So to me it looks CRISPR that I appreciate and those are the two things, but for a lot of people, that's not worth paying up to the price that the Quest Pro is. Now, the Quest Pro does have a lot of other things going for it. It does have face and eye tracking. It does have [00:01:30] mixed reality, which is better than what's on the Quest too, in that it has color pass through cameras and it can create things that appear in the world around you sort of. But the the fuzziness of the cameras, you know, doesn't make it look perfect, but it kind of looks like AR and the controllers are smaller, which for some people might be a trade off, but for me, I like that they're nice and compact and the haptics are better, but
Speaker 1: The software didn't change. The software on the Quest Pro is still basically exactly the same software [00:02:00] that's on the Quest too. Same operating system, same app store collection with some apps that are optimized for what the Quest Pro can do. The Quest Pro is also using pretty much the same processor with a few little modifications. So you're kind of getting the same performance on this as you would on the Quest too, for a lot more money. That's the thing that feels like it's holding it back because you're not really getting an experience that feels transformed. And all the things like eye tracking, face tracking, mixed reality feel like add-ons at best that are only [00:02:30] in a small handful of apps. I wanted to wait a while to see what would manifest, but now here we are, you know, significantly into 2023 and not that much has changed.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, met has another headset that's coming out not too far from now. We're expecting by the end of the year that there's going to be a Quest three. Now, the Quest two came out a couple of years ago, and the Quest three is supposed to have a better processor and it's supposed to have some of the stuff that's already in this headset. Number one, improved optics. Now this has really [00:03:00] nice compact lenses in here. Now if you can see this pancake optics, this is very small, even though the headset does feel bulky because you've got this big visor thing here that's resting on your forehead and this big band and all of that stuff. But that compact optics could mean a headset that's a lot smaller on the Quest three plus, the lenses are really clear, and I hope that carries over too, though this is a really expensive headset and the color pass through cameras that also should be on the Quest three, which means that those mixed reality [00:03:30] things you'll be able to get probably for less money.
Speaker 1: The one thing that the Quest three may not have is eye in face tracking. Now there is eye tracking on the PlayStation VR two, it does some really cool things. You can actually control some things with your eyes, so you can use it to improve the graphics quality. In some games though, you may not even be aware that it's doing that. The Quest Pro doesn't really do all that much with ion face tracking, I found, except for some avatar animations and a couple of things. It's not really doing foviated rendering [00:04:00] at this point, but it all adds up to that. If you're a gamer, if you're someone who's playing games and you want to play the next fully standalone headset, you'd wanna wait for the Quest three. And I really do appreciate that This is fully standalone because I've been playing the PlayStation VR two for a while now and the haptics are fantastic, the visuals look great, but I am tethered to a PlayStation five.
Speaker 1: Just the other day I was playing Walkabout mini golf with some friends using this. You could also do it on a Quest two, but the freedom of walking around [00:04:30] and just kind of feeling like I'm still in my space, but also in VR is very comfortable in this. There is a lot of open space when you put on this headset around your peripheral vision, which some people might feel like really ruins the immersion, but for me, makes it much more casual. Like I could actually lift this up a bit and take notes, or I could just check what time it is, and it feels a little more like putting on a pair of glasses. Let me just mention a few of the annoying downsides. One weird thing about this is I find that it kind of activates and deactivates [00:05:00] based on the face sensor. When I put it on my head, it's like it wants to check that it's in a particular spot.
Speaker 1: So sometimes I put it on, it doesn't even seem to turn on, gets a little fiddly. The other thing is that it's not all that bendable. So when I put it over, my glasses actually is kind of a tight fit. I want it to flip up like a visor and it doesn't do that. So that's annoying and I feel like that should be changed and it's, and it's just big, you know, there's no case that comes with this. So you've got a charging dock that you need to use to charge this and the [00:05:30] controllers with little pins and you don't have a bag to carry it in or you may have to find one. And this is something I'd want to keep at home, but I'm certainly not gonna carry around with me. Whereas the quest too, you actually could stick it in a bag and take it with you somewhere.
Speaker 1: Kind of like a giant pair of headphones. So that's the Quest Pro. And at a thousand dollars, look, you're not gonna buy one, but some developers and other people might be curious. Maybe they'll buy one. I think you should wait. And also we don't even know what Apple's gonna have with its headset and we also don't know what else is gonna be coming [00:06:00] out in 2023. But I do feel like this is onto something. This is something that is the bridge from VR to mixed reality to AR that meta and many other companies are gonna be working on. You're probably gonna see a lot more devices that kind of look a little bit like this. So those are my thoughts about the Quest Pro. After about half a year, make sure you check out our other VR and AR coverage on CNET and let us know what other questions you have in the comments and make sure to like and subscribe. Thanks for watching. | https://www.cnet.com/videos/meta-quest-pro-half-a-year-later-why-i-wear-it-and-why-you-should-wait-for-the-quest-3/ | 2023-03-30 15:01:23 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/videos/meta-quest-pro-half-a-year-later-why-i-wear-it-and-why-you-should-wait-for-the-quest-3/ |
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Voters in Slovenia on Sunday cast ballots to elect a new president of the European Union nation, with three main contenders leading the race but no clear winner in sight.
Though the presidency is largely ceremonial in Slovenia, Sunday’s vote is still seen as a test for its liberal government amid a soaring crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine.
A populist opposition politician has led pre-election polls but none of the contenders appears set to win more than half of the ballots. This means a runoff vote likely will be held in three weeks featuring the two best-placed candidates.
Surveys put right-wing former foreign minister Anze Logar on 30%, followed by centrist independent candidate Natasa Pirc Musar with around 20% and government-backed Social Democrat Milan Brglez with 17%.
The three have emerged as favorites among seven candidates. Analysts expect Logar to make it to the runoff but say his opponent could be either Pirc Musar or Brglez who are polling close to one another.
Slovenia’s 1.7 million eligible voters will eventually pick a successor to incumbent Borut Pahor. He has served two full five-year terms and was banned from running for a third.
While in office, Pahor tried to bridge Slovenia’s left-right divide that remains a source of political tension in the traditionally moderate and stable nation of 2 million.
Logar, who served under right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa, has sought to shake off a populist image and present himself as a unifier. Logar’s victory would deal a blow to the current liberal government that ousted Jansa from power six months ago.
Moderate voters are expected to rally in the runoff behind whoever emerges as Logar’s opponent. Left and liberal-leaning Slovenes view Jansa as a non-democratic and divisive figure.
Ziga Jelenec, a resident of Ljubljana, the capital, said the election likely will show “how much our society is divided.”
If Pirc Musar wins, she will become the first female president of Slovenia since the country became independent from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.
Brglez, who is a member of European Parliament, entered the race late in the campaign after an initial government favorite withdrew, citing private reasons. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-slovenians-choose-president-with-no-clear-winner-in-sight/ | 2022-10-23 17:46:19 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-slovenians-choose-president-with-no-clear-winner-in-sight/ |
Israeli police use force against antigovernment protesters. U.S. Intelligence concludes foreign rivals didn't cause Havana Syndrome. Prosecution makes closing arguments in Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
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As shoppers show resilience, retail sales go up 1% in June
Related video above: U.S. inflation hits highest rate in 4 decades
Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession.
U.S. retail sales rose 1% in June, from a revised decline of 0.1 % in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.
The figures aren't adjusted for inflation and so largely reflect higher prices, particularly for gas. But they also show that consumers are still providing crucial support for the economy and spending on such discretionary items as furniture, restaurant meals and sporting goods.
At the same time, last month's spending gain is modest enough that it likely won't encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates even more aggressively. Stock prices rose after the report’s release.
“People did not fold in the face of the Ukraine shock and the subsequent surge in food and energy prices,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. “Instead, they ran down a small part of their pandemic savings in order to keep up their discretionary spending.”
Consumers still have significant savings, on average, bolstered by pandemic-era government relief checks and strong hiring and pay gains. JPMorgan executives said Thursday that their customers are still breaking out their credit and debit cards at a healthy pace.
Kathy Bostjancic, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, said that excluding inflation, retail sales still rose about 0.3% in June, up from a contraction of 0.4% in May. She expects the economy to grow at a slim 0.5% annual rate in the April-June quarter, after shrinking in the first three months of the year.
The report showed consumers' ongoing appetite for non-essentials like gadgets and furniture. In fact, sales at furniture stores rose 1.4%, while consumer electronics stores rose 0.4%. Online sales showed resurgence, posting a 2.2% increase. Business at restaurants was up 1%. But department stores took a hit, posting a 2.6% decline.
The solid figures bold well for the back-to-school shopping season, the second largest sales period behind the winter holidays. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks spending across all payment forms including cash, forecasts that back-to-school spending will be up 7.5% from July 14 through Sept. 5 compared with the year-ago period when sales rose 11%.
But spending is volatile. The latest round of retail earnings reports released in May showed some slowing of spending, particularly with low-income shoppers. RH, an upscale furniture chain, cut its sales outlook for the year last month, pointing to deteriorating macro-economic conditions. It cited higher mortgage rates, which are slowing sales of luxury homes, indicating that even wealthy shoppers are pulling back.
Nevertheless, the overall solid spending came even as shoppers were confronted with high prices in all areas. U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for gas, food and rent, squeezing household budgets and pressuring the Fed to raise rates aggressively — trends that raise the risk of a recession.
The government’s consumer price index soared 9.1% in June compared with a year ago, the biggest yearly increase since 1981, with nearly half of the increase due to higher energy costs. The year-over-year leap in consumer prices last month followed an 8.6% annual jump in May. From May to June, prices rose 1.3%, following a 1% increase from April to May.
Some economists believe inflation might be reaching a short-term peak. Gas prices, for example, have fallen from $5 a gallon reached in mid-June to an average of $4.57 nationwide Thursday — still far higher than a year ago.
Arie Kotler, chairman, president and CEO of Arko Corp., one of the largest operators of convenience stores in the U.S., believes that if gas prices keep coming down “people will have more money in their pocket to spend inside the store." The chain, located mostly in rural and small towns, continues to offer deals on coffee and food like $1.99 for a slice of pizza.
Accelerating inflation is a big problem for the Fed, too. The central bank is already involved in the fastest series of interest rate hikes in three decades, which it hopes will tame inflation by tamping down borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses.
The retail sales report covers about a third of overall consumer spending and doesn’t include services, such as haircuts, hotel stays and plane tickets. | https://www.wtae.com/article/retail-sales-go-up-in-june/40624189 | 2022-07-16 00:18:32 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/retail-sales-go-up-in-june/40624189 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ar. (KNWA/KFTA) – Arkansas introduced its new coaches to the media on Wednesday afternoon.
Offensive coordinator Dan Enos, co-defensive coordinator Marcus Woodson and secondary coach Deron Wilson sat down to answer questions about their goals for the program and more.
Hear from all of them in the video above. | https://www.fox16.com/red-and-white-report/watch-dan-enos-marcus-woodson-and-deron-wilson-introductory-press-conference/ | 2023-02-01 22:54:14 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/red-and-white-report/watch-dan-enos-marcus-woodson-and-deron-wilson-introductory-press-conference/ |
Latest accolade solidifies the position of Hughes as a leading managed services provider
GERMANTOWN, Md., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, announced today that it has been named Fortinet's SD-WAN Partner of the Year. The Fortinet Partner of the Year Awards recognize dedicated and distinguished partners and distributors around the world. As the Fortinet SD-WAN Partner of the Year, Hughes has fully maximized the business opportunity with Fortinet's market-leading Secure SD-WAN solution and successfully deployed SD-WAN across its customer base enabling a security-driven network approach.
"Having partnered with Fortinet for more than eighteen years for security solutions, we are utilizing the integration of advanced SD-WAN capabilities to provide better performance to our customers," said Dan Rasmussen, senior vice president, Enterprise Division, Hughes. "Combining Fortinet technology with our state-of-the-art AIOps capabilities and managed services, we deliver our customers a secure SD-WAN solution that meets their evolving needs."
Part of the HughesON™ portfolio of global managed services, Hughes Managed SD-WAN leverages best available wireline, wireless and satellite transports from among 400+ carriers – all delivered with agility, scalability and security. Blending automation, analytics and customer experience management with automated incident resolution, Hughes partners with enterprise customer IT teams to optimize networks and solve business challenges.
Hughes was also recently recognized as a Challenger in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed Network Services for the third consecutive year. Additionally, the 2022 Frost & Sullivan Frost Radar™: North American Managed SD-WAN Services Market report names Hughes a leader in SD-WAN services (for the fourth time) for strengthening its position as a managed services provider by partnering with technology providers like Fortinet.
For more information about the HughesON suite of Managed Services, visit https://www.hughes.com/what-we-offer/managed-network-services
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A mild day across the state with comfortable conditions and sunshine by the afternoon. Skies remain clear and starry. Calm and cool conditions will lead us through the overnight. This will allow temperatures to fall into the upper teens and 20s by sunrise tomorrow.
Temperatures remain mild for Sunday. Another morning of patchy fog can be expected. Sunshine and cloud cover will be mixed through the day, with highs in the 50s and 60s.
We continue to climb into the beginning of the week as southerly flow helps temperatures rise ahead of our next cold front. Behind the approaching boundary, temperatures come crashing into the 30s.
Rain arrives as the cold front pushes into the region on Monday. Showers will fire up in the afternoon and become more widespread overnight.
Thunderstorms will be possible early Tuesday morning along the boundary. Northerly flow wraps around the passing low and mixes with our moisture to create snowfall in the region’s northwest corner. Showers clear out for central Kansas by noon but snow sticks around in northwestern Kansas into the evening.
Cold air settles in across the United States by the weekend. We will see highs consistently in the 30s as a winter-like feel carries us into the middle of December.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Lucy Doll:
Wichita:
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lo: 27 Wind: NE/SE 5-15
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, breezy. Hi: 49 Winds: SE 5-15
Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy. Lo: 42 Wind: SE 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Mon: Hi: 54 Lo: 47 Mostly cloudy, windy. 30% chance of rain.
Tue: Hi: 55 Lo: 28 Mostly cloudy, windy. 30% chance of showers and storms.
Wed: Hi: 40 Lo: 23 Partly cloudy, windy.
Thu: Hi: 38 Lo: 19 Partly cloudy, breezy.
Fri: Hi: 34 Lo: 19 Partly cloudy, breezy.
Sat: Hi: 35 Lo: 20 Partly cloudy.
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DALLAS, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren Smyth has joined as a partner in the firm's Dallas office as a member of the Real Estate Practice Group.
"We are pleased to welcome Lauren to our team. We look forward to having her commercial real estate experience and work on complex and significant projects add depth to our capabilities as we continue to provide exceptional service to our clients," said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles.
Ms. Smyth focuses her practice on commercial real estate and regularly represents buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders in the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of commercial properties. Her experience ranges from complex lease negotiations to the creation of large-scale condominium projects and mixed-use developments. Before graduating from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law with high honors, Ms. Smyth received her B.A. in Political Science and French from Southern Methodist University and worked for the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. She is a member of the American Bar Association, and the Real Estate and Probate & Trust Sections of the State Bar of Texas. Ms. Smyth is also a member of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and the Dallas Bar Association's Real Property Law and Probate, Trust & Estates Sections.
Bradley's Real Estate Practice Group is deeply embedded in the commercial real estate industry, serving every sector of the market, including office, multi-family, industrial, healthcare and medical, hospitality, and residential tract development, whether through acquisitions, financing, lending, leasing, construction, regulatory, tax, and other legal counsel, guidance or advice. The team handles complex, multimillion-dollar projects for large institutions, as well as routine transactions for clients whose primary interests are in real estate investment or development.
About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm's almost 600 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.
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FlagHouse will broaden the School Specialty product portfolio and extend the reach of its solutions.
GREENVILLE, Wis., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- School Specialty, LLC., a leading provider of learning environments and supplies for the preK-12 education market, has acquired FlagHouse, Inc., a trusted provider of equipment and programs serving physical education, recreation, special needs therapy, and healthcare customers. The transaction enhances School Specialty's ability to provide comprehensive physical education and special needs solutions to schools, expands its reach into non-education markets and strengthens its presence in Canada.
FlagHouse is a global distributor of physical education, special needs, and multisensory products. Rompa, Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, develops and manufactures a broad offering of sensory room products under the highly regarded Snoezelen brand.
As a result of the acquisition, FlagHouse is now operating under the School Specialty umbrella and will relocate fulfillment center operations to School Specialty's facilities in Ohio and Wisconsin. According to School Specialty, the experience for existing customers is expected to remain seamless.
School Specialty President and CEO Ryan Bohr stated, "The acquisition of FlagHouse will strengthen the unique value proposition we provide to our customers. We have long understood that physical education and recreation are critical to overall health and wellness, particularly for individuals with special needs. We are pleased to be able to offer quality solutions and add a trusted brand to our offering. Additionally, research continues to demonstrate the value of sensory products and sensory spaces. This acquisition will afford us a full line of proprietary sensory products and space design expertise, enhancing not just our offering, but people's lives."
Co-owner and CEO of FlagHouse, George Carmel added, "The FlagHouse brand has a 69-year reputation for quality and service. Finding a partner who is equally committed to offering solutions that enrich lives was critical to us. We have found that partner in School Specialty and look forward to combining and optimizing our respective product assortments for even greater benefit to our customers."
About FlagHouse
FlagHouse is a provider of equipment and programs serving physical education, recreation, special need therapy and healthcare customers. The Company was founded in 1954 and has evolved from a small NY-based school spirit products distributor to a fully integrated global distributor of physical education and multisensory products. FlagHouse Canada was launched in 1992 and operates from an office in the greater Toronto area. In 2000, FlagHouse acquired Rompa, Ltd located in the UK. Rompa develops and manufactures a broad offering of sensory room products under the highly regarded Snoezelen brand.
About School Specialty, LLC
With a 60-year legacy, School Specialty is a leading provider of comprehensive learning environment solutions for the preK-12 education marketplace in the U.S. and Canada. This includes essential classroom supplies, furniture and design services, educational technology, science curriculum, supplemental learning resources, professional development, funding assistance and more. School Specialty believes every student can flourish in an environment where they are engaged and inspired to learn and grow. In support of this vision to transform more than classrooms by improving learning outcomes and district performance, the company applies its unmatched team of subject-matter experts and designs, manufacturers and distributes a broad assortment of name brand and proprietary products to deliver upon its unique value proposition. For more information, go to www.schoolspecialty.com.
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By MARK LONG
AP Pro Football Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two Giants defenders tackled Jacksonville’s Christian Kirk inside the 1-yard line as time expired, preserving New York’s 23-17 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday to match their best start since 2008.
New York quarterback Daniel Jones ran for a career-high 107 yards and a touchdown, turning to his legs to carry the Giants (6-1) down the stretch. He ran for 35 yards on a go-ahead drive and capped it with a 1-yard plunge after consecutive penalties by Jacksonville moved the ball inches from the goal line.
Jacksonville had a final shot and reached the New York 1-yard on Trevor Lawrence’s pass to Kirk. But Julian Love and Xavier McKinney stopped Kirk short of the goal line, even as Jaguars players tried pushing the pile into the end zone.
Lawrence doubled over when Kirk came up short. The second-year quarterback finished the day 22 of 43 for 310 yards.
The Giants leaned on their ground game — despite being down two starting offensive linemen and its starting tight end — to win another close one. Their six victories have come by a combined 27 points, a small margin that contributed to them being three-point underdogs on the road against the reeling Jaguars (2-5).
Saquon Barkley finished with 107 yards on 24 carries, and Graham Gano kicked three field goals. Gano’s last one gave the Giants some breathing room.
Barkley had the most impressive run of New York’s go-ahead drive, making Jaguars safety R ayshawn Jenkins look silly with a jump cut that led to an 18-yard gain.
Jacksonville lost its fourth in a row — a troubling trend for a team that looked to be turning a corner last month — and extended its NFL-record for cross-division losses to 19. The young Jaguars continued to be their own worst enemy, starting with 13 penalties for 81 yards.
Running back Travis Etienne also fumbled at the 2-yard line, turning a near-touchdown into a touchback. Linebacker Foye Oluokun was flagged for roughing the passer in the third quarter, a penalty that negated an interception. And coach Doug Pederson opted against challenging a questionable spot near the goal line, and the Jaguars were stuffed on the next two plays for a crucial turnover on downs.
The Giants did a much better job of overcoming adversity.
Rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger was taken to a hospital with a bloody eye injury. Bellinger appeared to take an inadvertent fist to the face, and maybe a finger to the eye, from Jaguars rookie linebacker Devin Lloyd in the second quarter. Team trainers wore gloves while they tried to stop the bleeding. Bellinger’s eye appeared to be swollen shut as he was carted off the field.
Bellinger’s injury was the third for the Giants in the first half. Left guard Ben Bredeson was ruled out after sustaining a right knee injury in the first quarter. Right tackle Evan Neal injured his left leg in the second when Jaguars defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris landed on the back of his leg.
Neal, the seventh overall pick in April’s draft out of Alabama, was in pain on the field after the play. He eventually limped off before being checked in the medical tent on the sideline. Neal eventually took a cart into the locker room afterward.
SUCCESSFUL SHOWING
Jaguars tight end Evan Engram finished with four catches for 67 yards against his former team. A first-round pick by New York in 2017, Engram endured his share of criticism for dropped passes, injuries and all the losing the Giants did during his tenure.
He left after five years and landed in Jacksonville on a one-year, $9 million deal. He was hoping for a win and to find the end zone for the first time in 2022, but he settled for some big plays.
KEY INJURIES
Giants safety Adoree’ Jackson was evaluated for a concussion in the fourth quarter. … Jaguars left tackle Cam Robinson missed one series in the first half with a right shoulder injury. Right guard Brandon Scherff left the field in the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT
Giants play at Seattle next Sunday.
Jaguars play a “home game” against Denver in London next Sunday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has awarded through its Inspire Change social justice initiative five new national grants to organizations focused on police and community relations.
The recipients were announced Thursday as the league will highlight its commitment to social justice over the next two weeks with each team participating in game-day stadium activations and awareness.
The five new national grant partners are: Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD), Chicago’s Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) Co-Responder Program, Choose 180, Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services Community Assistance and Life Liaison Program (CALL), and Peace for DC.
“Focusing on building police and community relations is where real change and impact will be created community by community,” said former NFL linebacker Takeo Spikes, a Players Coalition Advocate and Executive Task Force Member.
The NFL has provided more than $244 million to more than 40 national grant partners and more than 600 grassroots organizations across the country since 2017. The league is already approaching its 10-year, $250 million commitment to social justice efforts.
The five new national grant partners received a total of $950,000. They were recently approved by the Social Justice Working Group, comprised of three active players, three former players and five team owners.
“It’s awesome because everybody who sits in that room or everybody who has a seat at the table, we all have vested interest,” Spikes said. “And that vested interest is making sure not only that the communities are being serviced the way that they’re supposed to, because we understand that we all have seats in these communities, but more than anything, it’s our way of being able to give back and do something that’s going to be monumental by having diverse people at the table that come from different backgrounds, different ethnicities.
“But we have one common goal, and that is to make sure that people are treated properly and to provide resources.”
The league this year also introduced the Inspire Change Changemaker Award, given to 32 individuals, one from each team, who are making a difference in their communities through social justice work, either individually or as part of a nonprofit organization.
Each Changemaker will be announced or recognized during Weeks 15 and 16 by their respective club.
“The significance is huge,” Spikes said. “By being able to get this award implemented now, people across the nation will see that guys care about so much outside of the game and they’re making their investment back into the game, into the community.”
All 32 recipients will receive a $10,000 donation, courtesy of the NFL Foundation, to the social justice nonprofit organization of their choice.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) _ Wabash National Corp. (WNC) on Wednesday reported net income of $36.2 million in its third quarter.
The Lafayette, Indiana-based company said it had profit of 73 cents per share.
The maker of truck trailers posted revenue of $655.2 million in the period.
Wabash expects full-year earnings to be $2.15 per share, with revenue expected to be $2.5 billion.
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Trending warmer for this weekend
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Another warm up is on the way for this weekend, but temperatures look to plunge into most of next week.
OVERNIGHT: Mainly clear and cool with lows in the 40s.
FRIDAY: Expect plenty of sunshine as highs make a run at the low 80s once again. Breezes will once again pick up as well, gusting to 15-20 mph at times. Friday night football looks quite pleasant with temperatures dropping into the 60s by mid-evening.
WEEKEND: A noticeable warming trend is on tap for Saturday as highs reach the upper 80s for most spots with yet another southwest to westerly breeze. Clouds will begin increasing late in the day, and there’s a small chance of an evening shower or rumble. Sunday brings more clouds with the approach of another front, and scattered showers or a few rumbles are possible as it moves through in the afternoon.
NEXT WEEK: Behind Sunday’s front, temperatures will begin trending downward rather quickly. Highs may reach 70 degrees Monday, but then substantially colder air arrives. Highs will struggle to reach 60 degrees Tuesday and Wednesday, with potential for frost both Wednesday & Thursday mornings. | https://www.wcbi.com/trending-warmer-for-this-weekend/ | 2022-10-13 23:41:22 | 1 | https://www.wcbi.com/trending-warmer-for-this-weekend/ |
Mayor R. Rex Parris shared the lessons learned from the City's effort to achieve net-zero in 2019 and to become the first hydrogen city in the U.S.
LANCASTER, Calif., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- City of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris addressed global business and government leaders in Tokyo, Japan for World Smart Energy Week. Parris' keynote address focused on the City's early effort to reach net-zero energy, which was achieved in 2019, and its recent efforts to become the first hydrogen city in the U.S.
"Since my first term as mayor in 2008, I have prioritized improving the environmental and economic conditions for the citizens of Lancaster. We started by searching for solutions that could help leverage locally available resources and seeking out partners that could help us make the most of those solutions in our City," Parris said during his keynote speech.
Over the course of Parris' five terms as mayor, he has transformed Lancaster into a renewable energy leader by attracting more than $2 billion of investment in green companies and technologies. The City of Lancaster's business investors include BYD, which manufactures electric buses; Heliogen, which generates hydrogen from concentrated solar energy; SGH2, which gasifies wastepaper into hydrogen; and Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), which converts organic waste into renewable natural gas and hydrogen. The City also started its own utility company, Lancaster Energy, allowing residents access to local renewable energy at lower prices.
"Lancaster's hydrogen journey is just beginning. Our partnerships, especially with Namie and the Japanese business community, demonstrate how a small city in the California desert can take control of its trajectory and turn that desert into a green energy asset," said Parris. "We remain steadfast in our commitment to hydrogen and look forward to a day when hydrogen is a common solution across the state of California, the United States, and the broader Pacific."
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CINCINNATI (AP)Evan Longoria was unhappy when plate umpire Shane Livensparger called him out on full-count slider in the fifth inning that Longoria thought missed the low, outside corner.
Then in the eighth, Longoria dropped his bat and started taking off his shin guard when Art Warren’s 3-1 slider was called a strike.
Longoria drove the next pitch for a three-run, opposite-field homer to key a six-run inning that lifted the San Francisco Giants over the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Sunday and avoided a three-game sweep.
”The first one I was a little bit upset, obviously, because I thought it was a ball” Longoria said. ”Obviously, it works out the second time. But again, I feel like I’m seeing the ball well, and so it’s a little bit frustrating when it gets called the other way.”
Longoria’s home run, a drive to right, was his fourth in four games.
Tyler Mahle took a no-hit bid into the seventh and Cincinnati led 2-0 in the eighth when Tommy La Stella doubled off Jeff Hoffman with one out, Wilmer Flores walked with two outs and Joc Pederson slapped a run-scoring single to right.
Warren (2-2) relieved, and Longoria reached down for a full-count fastball.
”I think what was most impressive for me about the day for Longoria was how he stayed composed when there were several calls made on him that could have gone the other way,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. ”I personally find it admirable for people to be strong-minded through those situations, not let those things get the best of them.”
Brandon Crawford walked, Thairo Estrada singled, Joel Kuhnel relieved and Luis Gonzalez doubled in two runs for a 6-2 lead.
Alex Cobb allowed the two runs and four hits in six innings with eight strikeouts. John Brebbia (3-0), the second of three relievers, pitched a one-hit seventh and helped drop NL-worst Cincinnati to 16-31.
Albert Almora Jr. hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Camilio Doval, Alomora’s first big league home run since Aug. 6, 2019, for the Chicago Cubs off Milwaukee’s Junior Guerra.
Doval retired pinch-hitter Alejo Lopez on a game-ending flyout.
Mahle pitched 6 2/3 innings, his longest outing since last Aug. 29, and was immediately replaced by Hunter Strickland after Estrada’s two-out double in the seventh.
”I was just waiting for a pitch I could drive and just happy to get that first hit,” Estrada said. ”We were waiting to get that first hit, and I think that woke us up.”
Mahle had thrown 104 pitches and wiggled out a jam after he walked two batters in the sixth.
”The no-hitter was a long shot from the pitch-count stand point,” Reds manager David Bell said. ” had to keep in mind that Tyler gets stronger as the game goes on. It was a tough call. After the hit, going with (Strickland),it was a tough call.”
Almora had a run-scoring single past shortstop Brandon Crawford in the second and Joey Votto had a two-out RBI double in the sixth that drove in Tyler Naquin, who had walked.
KAPLER MAY SUSPEND PROTEST
Kapler left the door open for suspending his national anthem protest on Monday to recognize Memorial Day. The Giants skipper has been avoiding the field during the national anthem to protest the political direction of the country following last week’s school shooting in Texas. When asked before Sunday’s game specifically what he would do on Memorial Day, when his Giants play in Philadelphia, Kapler wasn’t definitive, saying he may take the field for the anthem.
”I’m very comfortable taking it day by day,” he said. ”I think I’ll just decide what makes the most sense in the moment.”
DEALING
Cincinnati traded OF/INF JT Riddle to the New York Mets for cash. The 30-year-old was 1 for 4 in two games for the Reds, on April 19 and 24, and hit .208 with three homers and five RBIs in 27 games at Triple-A Louisvillle of the International League.
TRAINERS ROOM
Reds: LHP Mike Minor (shoulder) has completed his rehab afer going 1-3 with a 6.11 ERA five minor league starts and is scheduled to start Friday against Washington in his season debut. … OF Jake Fraley had a setback with an injury to his toe during a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville, Reds manager David Bell said. Fraley has been on the injured list since May 1.
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Logan Webb (5-1, 3.54 ERA) against Phillies RHP Kyle Gibson (3-2, 3.94 ERA) on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Philadelphia.
Reds: After an off day Monday, Cincinnati goes to Boston for a two-game set against the Red Sox, the Reds’ first visit to Fenway since 2014. RHP Luis Castillo (1-2, 4.35) is scheduled to start. The Boston starter has not been announced.
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Appeals court rules against vaccine mandate in 3 states
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a federal vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government.
A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that said the mandate was unconstitutional. President Joe Biden’s administration is not enforcing the rule while legal battles play out around the country.
A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky, blocked the Biden rule in November 2021 for that state and two others: Tennessee and Ohio. The mandate requires workers contracting with the federal government to wear face masks and be vaccinated for COVID-19.
The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a similar ruling in December for Indiana, Louisiana and Mississippi.
“The Sixth Circuit’s decision is a resounding victory against unlawful federal overreach into the personal medical decisions of Kentuckians,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said in a statement Thursday.
Cameron, a Republican running for governor, brought the Kentucky lawsuit in 2021.
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Homeowner shoots, kills 19-year-old burglar who broke into house, coroner says
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) – A homeowner in Kentucky shot and killed a 19-year-old man who was breaking into the home, according to police.
Lexington police said officers were called to the property around 1:10 a.m. Monday for a report of a burglary.
When police arrived, they found the 19-year-old man inside the home, suffering from gunshot wounds. He died from his injuries.
According to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn, the homeowner and his children were inside the house at the time of the break-in.
Ginn also said the 19-year-old, who was identified as Oscar Daniel Wilds, and the homeowner did not know each other.
Lexington police said the investigation is ongoing. No further information was available.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – A man from Tampa Bay, Florida, has survived an infection of flesh-eating bacteria that began killing the tissue in his leg.
“What you see now, you see not just a scar, but the beauty of the aftermath,” said Donnie Adams, who attributed his survival to doctors and the power of meditation and prayer. “I would’ve never imagined that a human bite would turn into something so horrific as a flesh-eating bacteria.”
Adams was at a family event in February when things got sour between two family members. He tried to get between them but ended up getting bit. He went to the hospital for a tetanus shot and antibiotics.
“By the third day, my leg was very sore. I couldn’t walk, it was very warm and very painful,” said Adams.
His infection worsening, Adams was rushed to the ER at HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital in St. Petersburg.
“I looked at him and I said to him that I need to take you to the operating room,” recalled Dr. Fritz Brink, an osteopathic physician at HCA Florida.
Dr. Brink said he found something worse than what he expected: necrotizing fasciitis. This bacterial condition, more commonly known as a flesh-eating bacteria, travels along the muscle sheath and destroys healthy tissue. It can be caused by a number of bacteria, but most commonly group A Streptococcus bacteria, usually after it enters through a break in the skin, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In Adams’ case, the bacteria entered his body via the bite of another person, Dr. Brink believes.
“There’s a lot of really bad bacteria that live between our teeth in our gums in our mouth,” said Dr. Brink.
Dr. Brink performed a second surgery to cut out the infected tissue from Adams’ thigh.
“If I would’ve waited … until the next day after that ER second visit, there was a good chance I would’ve lost my leg,” said Adams.
He also could have gone into septic shock, which can be fatal.
Dr. Brink noted that bacterial infections can evolve very quickly. He also urged those with wounds to watch for signs of worsening infection — e.g. redness, increased pain or warmth — and to seek medical attention immediately, like Adams did.
“They assessed my wound and it was very horrific,” Adams remembered. “It was unbelievable. But in my mind, I just had to get through whatever this was.” | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/florida-man-contracts-flesh-eating-bacteria-after-being-bitten-by-person-at-family-function/ | 2023-06-08 16:25:34 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/florida-man-contracts-flesh-eating-bacteria-after-being-bitten-by-person-at-family-function/ |
BERLIN — Germany’s current political star is a shortish man so plain-spoken, down-to-earth, stolid and, until recently, widely unknown that some Germans think of him, admiringly, as stinknormal.
Pistorius is a fixture in German media, often shown dressed in camouflage while visiting army bases and chatting with troops in his approachable, direct style. Notwithstanding his popularity, he holds a job notorious for its hair-trigger ejection seat. Many of its previous occupants saw their ambitions derailed by scandal, incompetence or a notoriously hidebound defense bureaucracy.
For Germany to succeed in transforming its anemic military into a dynamic fighting force that could buttress a muscular European defense, Pistorius needs to succeed. That will take a sharp hike in year-on-year defense spending, which many regard as unlikely. It will also require a top-to-bottom cultural revamp inside the defense ministry, a rethink of parliamentary procedures and a rewriting of antiquated procurement rules.
That work is barely underway. And none of it can happen without a tough-minded national determination to shoulder a greater portion of Europe’s defense burden. Getting there will require confronting the legacy of German politicians — especially from Pistorius’s own Social Democratic Party — who long naively assumed that cultivating economic and diplomatic ties with the Kremlin would be enough to produce a peace-loving Russia.
Pistorius comes to the job with eyes wide open, a departure from decades of Berlin’s willful blindness to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s predations in Chechnya, Crimea, Georgia, Syria and elsewhere.
When Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who chose him for the job, dithered in January over allowing German Leopard 2 tanks to be sent to Ukraine, Pistorius, just appointed, said he would check inventories to prepare for shipment. With a thumbs-up on tank deliveries from President Biden, Scholz relented days later. In February, Pistorius said bluntly that “Ukraine must win this war,” going further than Scholz, who had said only that Ukraine must not lose. While other Western leaders demurred on Ukrainian attacks against infrastructure targets inside Russia, Pistorius said in April it was “completely normal” for Ukraine to launch strikes on Russian soil, especially to block supply routes away from cities and civilian areas.
His measured common sense is a tonic after the equivocations of his predecessor, Christine Lambrecht, who was lampooned for offering 5,000 helmets to Kyiv as Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s borders last year. Pistorius, by contrast, was instrumental in crafting a $2.9 billion package of arms and munitions for Ukraine, announced last month. Germany’s military commitment to Ukraine, about $4.5 billion since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, is now surpassed among Kyiv’s Western allies only by that of the United States and Britain.
But no recent defense minister has managed to reverse the German military’s decades-long tailspin. Undermanned, underfunded and unable to replenish arsenals it has depleted to arm Ukraine, the Bundeswehr would run out of ammunition after a few days of intense fighting, and many of its armored vehicles are broken-down heaps. “I am fed up,” wrote Germany’s army chief, Gen. Alfons Mais, in a social media post when Russian forces invaded Ukraine last year.
No wonder. German military procurement rules reflect a system built for an imagined future of perpetual peace and contain strictures of Escherian complexity that obstruct the armed forces’ modernization.
Liability laws and workplace security rules devised for civilian use are applied mindlessly to some military purchases. Under a roughly 40-year-old rule, defense contracts worth more than about $27 million, require approval by parliament’s budget committee. The works are further gummed up by the Bundeswehr’s unwieldy corps of over 200 generals and admirals, nearly the same number it had at the end of the Cold War, when troop strength was nearly three times the current size.
“Real improvement will not happen until this culture is broken,” Nico Lange, a former Defense Ministry chief of staff, told me. “There is no real reform impulse inside the ministry — they have to be pushed from the top down.”
What’s more, the Bundeswehr, facing a tight national labor market, has made little progress toward its goal of adding 20,000 recruits by 2032, about a 10 percent bump to active-duty military personnel. And there is no serious discussion of one possible fix: granting citizenship to migrants who graduate from German high schools if they serve several years in the military.
Pistorius has no illusions that progress will come easily. He established a working group led by a general to cut red tape and streamline procurement. He pledged to restock inventories by buying weapons off the shelf, rather than relying on Germany’s ponderous process of developing new systems from scratch. He has shuffled some key personnel.
That’s a start, barely. The German public might be swooning over the new defense minister for now. But for Pistorius, the window of opportunity to effect real reform is narrow — and it might shut quickly. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/germany-defense-ukraine-boris-pistorius/ | 2023-06-01 20:16:49 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/germany-defense-ukraine-boris-pistorius/ |
In an address to banking leaders on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. was prepared for future banking rescues.
“Similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffer deposit runs that pose the risk of contagion,” she said. “I believe that our actions reduced the risk of further bank failures that would have imposed losses on the Deposit Insurance Fund, which is paid for through fees on insured banks.”
She stressed that the situation was different from bank failures of 2008.
The White House indicated that taxpayers would not finance the rescues this time around.
“Our banking system is sound even as it has come under some pressure,” Yellen said. “This is different from 2008.”
SEE MORE: What led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others?
In that case, Yellen said, banks had sub-prime assets that caused them to fail. This time, she said banks were stressed by massive outflows, meaning customers with large accounts were making large withdrawals.
“Banks, of course, need access to liquidity when they face massive outflows. That was the reason, the motivation for the founding of the Fed. We need to make sure the Fed provides banks with the liquidity they need,” Yellen said.
Earlier this month, regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank and New York-based Signature Bank. The two seizures resulted in two of the three largest bank failures in U.S. history. Also, 11 major banks announced a combined $30 billion in uninsured deposits to keep First Republic Bank afloat.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures deposits of up to $250,000. Had the FDIC not taken action, those with more than $250,000 were at risk of losing their accounts. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/treasury-secretary-yellen-expresses-confidence-in-banking-industry | 2023-03-21 19:27:29 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/treasury-secretary-yellen-expresses-confidence-in-banking-industry |
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan proposed by the Boy Scouts of America, which would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.
Though legal hurdles remain, the ruling by Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein in Delaware marked an important milestone for the BSA, which sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers.
Lawyers for some of the victims said the amount an individual survivor may receive from the bankruptcy plan depends on multiple factors relating to the alleged abuse. The plan calls for the BSA and its local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, including Catholic institutions and parishes, to contribute to a fund for survivors. In return, those groups would be shielded from future lawsuits over Scout-related abuse allegations.
More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country.
“Credit to the courageous survivors that this breakthrough in child and scouting safety has been achieved,” said attorney Jeff Anderson, whose firm represented more than 800 Boy Scout abuse survivors.
Anderson said most of the $2.46 billion is to be paid to survivors, but some funds would be set aside in a trust to continue litigation against entities that have not settled, mainly insurance companies.
It will likely take months for any of the abuse claimants to receive compensation.
Anderson said the settlement has drawn mixed reactions from his clients. Many are proud they stood up and demanded a cleanup of the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts, while others feel like they were dismissed because the organization “hid behind the statute of limitations” in some states.
The Boy Scouts of America said it is pleased the court has approved its reorganization plan.
“We continue to be enormously grateful to the survivor community, whose bravery, patience, and willingness to share their experiences has been instrumental in the formation of this Plan,” the organization said in a statement.
The Boy Scouts said the perspectives and priorities of the survivors ”will be ingrained in the BSA’s programming moving forward.”
The BSA also said that because certain parties have said they plan to appeal the order, the organization will next begin an appeal process in order to emerge from Chapter 11, “which will allow survivors to be equitably compensated and preserve the mission of Scouting for future generations.”
A federal district judge must sign off on Silberstein’s ruling.
When it filed for bankruptcy, the BSA faced about 275 filed lawsuits and was aware of numerous other potential cases. More than 80,000 abuse claims were eventually filed as part of the bankruptcy.
Attorneys for BSA insurers argued early on that the sheer volume of claims was an indication of fraud and the result of aggressive client solicitation by attorneys and for-profit claims aggregators. While some of those insurers later negotiated settlements, other insurers continued to oppose the plan. They argued that the procedures for distributing funds from the compensation trust would violate their contractual rights to contest claims and set a dangerous precedent for mass litigation.
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New mobile application enhances the entire packing-to-delivery process to expedite shipments and minimize costs
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SUITEWORLD 2022 -- To help organizations further improve the efficiency of warehouse operations, Oracle NetSuite today unveiled NetSuite Ship Central. NetSuite Ship Central is a mobile application that helps organizations optimize operations, eliminate manual processes, and accelerate customer deliveries. The solution equips warehouse workers with packing and shipping capabilities on a mobile or kiosk device.
"Now, more than ever, warehouse operations are under pressure to increase output without additional resources to do so," said Evan Goldberg, founder and EVP, Oracle NetSuite. "With NetSuite Ship Central, we are extending our capabilities to help customers further automate time-consuming warehouse operations to increase output and efficiencies. By making it easier to consolidate shipments, adjust shipping routes for cost efficiency, and customize workflows to meet business demands, Ship Central provides intelligence and insights to further optimize the fulfillment process, decreasing cost and increasing customer satisfaction."
Together with NetSuite Warehouse Management System (WMS), Ship Central provides end-to-end capabilities for picking, packing, and shipping products. It eliminates unnecessary steps in the preparation and shipping process and helps organizations track packages faster, determine the best carrier based on delivery date or location type, print shipping labels, and create documentation. The mobile application helps organizations optimize fulfillment processes and minimize shipping costs and transit times.
With NetSuite Ship Central, organizations can:
- Locate Shipments Easily: Enable warehouse workers to quickly find shipments that need to go out by scanning a carton, pallet, or order – or by selecting from a list of shipments. This reduces the time spent locating orders and information.
- Combine Multiple Shipments: Increase shipping efficiencies and lower costs by identifying products going to a single location based on common criteria including address, carrier, or shipping route, and packs it all in the same shipment.
- Work Across Multiple Shipping Carriers: Identify products going to a single location based on common criteria including address, carrier or shipping route, then pack it all in the same shipment to boost efficiency and lower costs.
- Print and Reprint Labels at Any Point: Remain flexible with the option to print labels, reprint damaged or missing labels, and change label information on packages at any point during shipment.
- Track Packages in Real Time: Provide customers a more transparent experience by allowing them to track the precise location of products in real time via carrier tracking numbers.
- Customize Ship Processes: Improve the efficiency of warehouse operations by giving teams the ability to modify workflows to support unique business requirements.
Together with NetSuite WMS, Ship Central optimizes day-to-day warehouse operations across SKUs, processes, and locations. NetSuite WMS eliminates manual processes, enabling organizations to minimize handling costs, run warehouses more efficiently, and consistently meet customer expectations.
NetSuite Ship Central will be available worldwide in November 2022.
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OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The middle school-age spellers who make it to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee spend years studying roots and language patterns and poring over the dictionary in order to give themselves a chance to be crowned bee champion. They use those skills to decipher what letters could possibly make the sounds in words that everyday English speakers never hear, much less use in conversation. Here are 10 words taken from a round in the 2022 finals, along with their definitions. Listen carefully: Can you spell any of them correctly?
ANSWERS
1. dasypodid
2. martinete
3. phenocoll
4. tyrolienne
5. opisometer
6. ditalini
7. coracidium
8. charadriiform
9. ajivika
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In his second offseason with the Chicago Bears, general manager Ryan Poles has plenty of salary-cap space to rework a roster that finished 3-14 in 2022.
As the NFL’s new league year approaches, allowing free agents to begin signing with new teams, the Tribune will track all of the Bears’ arrivals and departures and provide insight into what they mean.
The free-agency negotiation window will open across the league at 11 a.m. Monday. Unrestricted free agents can finalize deals when the new league year begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Here’s the latest.
Friday
Long snapper Patrick Scales is returning to the Bears, his agent tweeted.
What it means: Scales, 35, has been with the Bears since 2015 and hasn’t missed a game in the last five seasons. He returns with a specialist unit that includes kicker Cairo Santos and punter Trenton Gill.
Scales is the longest-tenured Bears player on a roster that Poles has largely turned over.
Wednesday
The Bears are bringing back veteran fullback Khari Blasingame on a two-year extension, according to his agency.
What it means: Blasingame joined the Bears on a one-year deal last season. And while he didn’t receive an offensive touch, he remains well-regarded inside Halas Hall for his intelligence, work ethic and toughness.
As a blocker, Blasingame contributed to a Bears offense that averaged a league-best 177.3 rushing yards per game while setting a single-season franchise record with 3,014 rushing yards. It will be interesting to see how his role evolves or expands in 2023 as coordinator Luke Getsy continues to mold the scheme around the players he has.
The Bears have significant work to do to stabilize their offense and must work through their plans in the backfield with David Montgomery in line to hit the open market next week. But Blasingame’s return was a priority. The veteran fullback spent his first three seasons in Tennessee and will look to carve out a bigger role with the Bears this season.
Feb. 17
The Bears are releasing defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad, ESPN reported.
What it means: Muhammad signed a two-year, $8 million contract last spring to join coach Matt Eberflus in Chicago. Muhammad, who is entering his seventh NFL season, was coming off a career year with the Indianapolis Colts in 2021 in which he had six sacks and 13 quarterback hits. But he totaled just 21 tackles, one sack, three quarterback hits and a forced fumble in 16 games with the Bears last season.
The Bears were expected to revamp a defensive line that contributed to just 20 team sacks. Cutting Muhammad, who will be 28 in March, saves nearly $4 million in salary-cap space and comes with just $500,000 in dead cap space, according to Spotrac.
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HONG KONG, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TSC Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMIC, a world leading supplier of integrated solutions to onshore, offshore oil and gas, offshore wind and hydrogen sectors and KenzFigee, a well-established lifting, handling and service specialist of tailor-made equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy industry, have reached a Technology License and Transfer Agreement with the purpose to enable CMIC to manufacture, market and sell gangway systems based on the KenzFigee developed 3D Active Motion Compensated (AMC) gangway system as well as further improvement and upgrade of such a system based on market demand.
This agreement is a result and part of the recently signed strategic cooperation agreement between KenzFigee and CMIC and includes an exclusive license and technology transfer agreement for development, manufacturing and upgrading of gangways based on the KenzFigee designed 3D AMC gangway for equipment owners in the Chinese market, as well as a non-exclusive license agreement for the international market.
Through this agreement, CMIC will be able to offer proven high-end 3D Active Motion Compensated (AMC) gangway technology and meet the demand in the rapidly emerging market for offshore renewable energy products for (offshore) wind farms, WTIVs (wind turbine installation vessels) and SOVs (service operation vessels) both in China and internationally. KenzFigee will support CMIC by providing know-how, technical services, and the supply of critical components. By joining forces, both companies will be able to leverage their extensive experience, which will benefit the clients and result in a stronger market position for both CMIC and KenzFigee.
"We are pleased with this mutually beneficial agreement with CMIC, an important step after the recently signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement", says Maikel Takken, CEO of KenzFigee. "It's a great opportunity for KenzFigee and CMIC to increase our contribution in the emerging offshore wind market".
Added by Mr. Jiang Binghua, CEO of CMIC, "This agreement marks the first step towards further cooperation and shows strong commitment of both companies under the recently signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement". He continues: "With technical and service support from KenzFigee, CMIC will be able to offer the proven and high-end 3D ACM gangway and further development to meet future requirement from the Chinese market. With this great milestone achieved, we will continue grow in our renewable energy business and contribute to the global energy transition".
About CMIC
CMIC Ocean En-tech is a leading technology company providing complete engineering, manufacturing and integrated solutions to clients in both onshore and offshore oil and gas, offshore wind and hydrogen sectors. CMIC is also in the business of investing in energy sectors including the renewable energy sector. Established in 1995, CMIC has a large global footprint and operations to serve clients in the energy sector worldwide. CMIC is registered in the Cayman Island and its stocks are traded in the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges (206.HK).
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About KenzFigee
Established in 1836, KenzFigee has designed and built more than 4,500 cranes, lifting and handling solutions that fit the specific needs of its clients in the most demanding conditions. Based on our decades of experience, focus on innovation and client requirements, KenzFigee has become a leading supplier and service provider of reliable and durable tailor-made cranes and equipment for the worldwide marine, offshore and wind energy industries.
At KenzFigee we take care of clients during the whole life cycle of the equipment. The experienced professionals provide design, engineering expertise and a variety of services, to support clients increasing operational efficiency and to minimize downtime of equipment.
KenzFigee is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands and has branch offices in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba plans to spin off some of its sprawling e-commerce and finance empire as independent businesses to make them more flexible and maximize their value, its top executives said Thursday, as the company emerges from regulatory crackdowns that rattled Chinese tech industries.
Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang outlined details of a plan announced earlier this week to split Alibaba into six main groups as a prelude toward stock listings of some of its companies. The restructuring marks a new stage in Alibaba’s growth after a series of setbacks as regulators tightened oversight of the industry.
Alibaba, whose headquarters is in the eastern city of Hangzhou, will be “in the nature of a holding company that is the controlling shareholder of the business group companies,” Zhang said in a conference call.
Alibaba’s CFO, Toby Xu, said the company would continue to evaluate the strategic importance of group companies after they go public and decide whether or not to retain control. He declined to say when they might go public.
“We believe the market is the best litmus test, so each business group company can pursue independent fundraising and IPOs as and when they are ready,” Xu said.
Alibaba’s stock prices in Hong Kong and New York have rallied nearly 15% since the restructuring was announced Tuesday. The firm’s Hong Kong-listed stock was up 0.9% by midday Thursday.
The plan, and the recent return of Alibaba founder Jack Ma to China after months abroad appear to mark a turnaround after several hard years. Chinese regulators singled out Alibaba for scrutiny in a crackdown on technology and internet companies, putting the brakes on a planned initial public offering in 2020 of Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Group.
Ma had kept a low profile with few public appearances since Nov. 2020, when he had publicly criticized China’s regulators and financial systems during a speech in Shanghai.
Ant had been set to raise $34.5 billion in what would have been the world’s largest share offering at the time. Alibaba was later investigated and fined $2.8 billion for breaching antitrust rules as Chinese authorities cracked down on the once-freewheeling technology industry.
Alibaba is to split into its Cloud Intelligence Group, Taobao Tmall Business Group, Local Services Group, Global Digital Business Group, Cainiao Smart Logistics and Digital Media and Entertainment Group. Each group apart from Taobao Tmall could potentially seek an initial public offering. Taobao Tmall will remain wholly-owned by Alibaba Group.
Zhang said he expected the shake-up to be challenging but would also “allow all of our businesses to become more agile, enhance their decision making and enable faster responses to market changes.”
Among other things, the restructuring plan might allay past antitrust concerns, since as Zhang explained, each Alibaba business unit would be empowered to make its own decisions and raise capital independently.
“The looser connections between the business units is in line with the regulatory stance of encouraging competition,” said an analyst’s note from Moody’s Investor Service.
Alibaba’s restructure — the first such major overhaul in the Chinese technology industry — also could serve as an example for similar companies such as online games company Tencent to follow suit. Tencent’s shares rallied after Alibaba’s announcement on Monday.
“We think that Alibaba’s new organizational structure could be used by Chinese regulators as a template for other Chinese Big Tech firms,” said a report by CreditSights.
Francis Lun, CEO of Geo Securities in Hong Kong, said that in the short term Alibaba’s move will likely allow the group to raise more capital. But it might be more difficult for the company to stay competitive in mergers and acquisitions.
“When you split into six business units, you’d just be a lightweight competing against the heavyweights such as Apple, Amazon and Alphabet,” Lun said.
He pointed out that only Alibaba’s e-commerce and cloud units were profitable and that in the long-term, the other units may not succeed. | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/china-e-commerce-giant-alibaba-outlines-future-strategy/ | 2023-03-31 02:12:35 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/china-e-commerce-giant-alibaba-outlines-future-strategy/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian security forces opened fire Friday on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen weeks of unrest amid nationwide demonstrations, activists said. They said the shooting in Zahedan killed at least two people, threatening to ignite further tensions.
Located in Iran’s long-restive Sistan and Baluchestan province, Zahedan has seen the deadliest violence so far in the weeks of protests that have gripped Iran. The demonstrations in the city erupted in part over a rape allegation against a senior police officer there, dovetailing the protests over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini that have inflamed most of the country.
Activists estimate that in Zahedan alone, nearly 100 people have been killed since a Sept. 30 rally there set off a violent police response. On Friday, soldiers surrounded a key Sunni mosque in the area where residents rallied against the Iranian government, while also shooting at demonstrators, activists said.
The protests across Iran have become the greatest threat to the country’s theocratic government since the 2009 Green Movement demonstrations, evolving from focusing on women’s rights and the state-mandated headscarf, or hijab, to calls to oust Shiite clerics who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Weeks into the protests, women continue to remove their hijabs during the street demonstrations as international pressure grows on Iran’s government over its crackdown on protesters.
The demonstrations have involved over 125 cities; at least 270 people have been killed and nearly 14,000 have been arrested, according to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran.
Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Gulf of Oman, is a majority Sunni region. Its Baluch people long have complained about being treated as second-class citizens by Iran’s Shiite theocracy.
On Friday, videos from the advocacy group HalVash showed demonstrators in the streets of Zahedan, the province’s most-populous city and its capital. Some chanted “Death to the Basiji,” a reference to the volunteer forces of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which is answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Later, footage showed clouds of what appeared to be tear gas in the streets. The sound of gunshots echoed, with one video showing protesters holding what appeared to be spent rifle cartridges that littered the street.
The footage then shows protesters falling back to the city’s Makki Grand Mosque, where they had initially gathered for Friday prayers. Security forces followed. Later, streaks of blood on tilework and bloody palm prints in the mosque’s courtyard can be seen, with activists saying they feared two people had been killed.
“Police officers, please open the way for worshipers,” a voice over the mosque’s loudspeakers pleaded at one point. “Don’t cause (trouble) so that people can return to their homes.”
The internet advocacy group NetBlocks said later Friday it appeared that online access had been disrupted in Zahedan.
Iranian authorities did not immediately acknowledge Friday’s violence in Zahedan, located about 500 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of the country’s capital, Tehran. Later, state television in an online report said one person had been killed and 14 others wounded in Zahedan. It did not say who was behind the shooting.
In its strongest statement yet, the United Nations on Friday condemned “all incidents that have resulted in death or serious injury to protesters” in Iran and reiterated “that security forces must avoid all unnecessary or disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters.”
“Those responsible must be held to account,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, adding that the U.N. was urging Tehran “to address the legitimate grievances of the population, including with respect to women’s rights.”
The state-run IRNA news agency carried a statement by the province’s security council earlier Friday saying that the police chief in Zahedan and another police official have been sacked over their handling of the Sept. 30 protest. The statement for the first time acknowledged that police shot and killed people praying at the time at a nearby mosque.
The security council’s version of the demonstration alleged that 150 people, including armed men, attacked a police station and attempted to take it over during the protests.
The “armed conflict, and police shooting, unfortunately, led to the wounding and killing of a number of worshippers and innocent passers-by who had no role in the unrest,” it said.
However, the statement claimed that only 35 people were killed, while activists estimate about three times that number were killed by security forces, who also allegedly fired on protesters from helicopters.
New protests took place in other cities as well, including in western Baneh, on Thursday night. Activists warned others had been killed by security forces. However, Iran’s government has not provided an overall death toll from the protests in weeks.
Gathering information about the demonstrations remains difficult. Internet access has been disrupted for weeks by the Iranian government. Meanwhile, authorities have detained at least 46 journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Iranian officials, including Khamenei, have repeatedly alleged the country’s foreign enemies are behind the ongoing demonstrations, rather than Iranians angered by Amini’s death and the country’s other woes.
Iranians have seen their life savings evaporate; the country’s currency, the rial, plummeted and Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers has been reduced to tatters.
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Bryan Kohberger case: State to seek death penalty against Idaho murders suspect
Prosecutors called the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students 'especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity'
Idaho state prosecutors filed documents to seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus rental home on Nov. 13, 2022.
Prosecuting attorney William W. Thompson, Jr. said in the filing that the crime was "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity."
He goes on to say the defendant exhibited an "utter disregard for human life," adding that by his conduct, he has "exhibited a propensity to commit murder which will probably constitute a continuing threat to society."
"Considering all evidence currently known to the State, the State is compelled to file this notice of intent to seek the death penalty," Thompson wrote.
BRYAN KOHBERGER'S DEFENSE CLAIMS IDAHO MURDERS SUSPECT HAS ‘NO CONNECTION’ WITH VICTIMS
Prior to the filing, the prosecution filed details on how authorities were led to believe DNA from a knife sheath found near 21-year-old Madison Mogen’s body belonged to Kohberger, which was a "statistical match" to DNA from a cheek swab after his arrest.
Along with Mogen, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin were killed in November at the home in Moscow, Idaho.
Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
He has been held in jail without bail since he was arrested at his parents' home in Pennsylvania in late December.
A judge entered not guilty pleas for the suspect. His trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 2.
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US: Jan. 6 participant arrested after California standoff
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal agents took a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol into custody for his alleged role in the insurrection after an hourslong standoff Thursday, authorities said.
Eric Christie, 56, was arrested in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, according to Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokesperson.
He initially refused to comply with federal agents’ orders but surrendered without incident after three hours of negotiations, Eimiller said. She would not comment on whether he was armed during the standoff.
Video and photographs from the insurrection, discovered by online sleuths, show Christie at the Capitol last year wrapped in a rainbow flag with a hammer attached to his belt, federal court documents state.
A video captured Christie yelling “this is our Capitol” into a bullhorn while the crowd rushes into the Capitol as police attempted to keep them back, according to court documents filed in connection with his California arrest.
A federal judge on Friday ordered Christie detained, according to Christie’s attorney, George Newhouse.
“We disagreed with the judge’s findings that he is a flight risk,” Newhouse said in an email to The Associated Press. “Mr. Christie will defend himself in Washington D.C. as he believes that his actions were within the zone of protection provided by the First Amendment.”
Christie’s arrest Thursday came the same day as the House Jan. 6 committee released its final report, concluding an 18-month investigation, asserting that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol.
Christie faces federal charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly weapon, as well as disorderly or disruptive conduct in restricted building or grounds with a deadly weapon, according to court documents.
NBC News first reported Christie’s arrest.
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3-year-old dead, woman critically injured after crash at gas pump
DERBY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - Police in Kansas say a 3-year-old girl died and a woman suffered critical injuries in a crash at a QuikTrip gas station that caused an explosion.
The incident was reported about 5:30 p.m. Monday at a QuikTrip gas station in Derby, Kansas. Police said a vehicle traveling on Meadowlark Road left the street and, for an unknown reason, careened into the gas station’s parking lot, where it hit a car parked at a gas pump.
The collision knocked over the gas pump, causing an explosion. A photo shared by the City of Derby showed flames and a dark cloud of smoke billowing from the area of the gas pumps.
Police confirmed a 3-year-old girl died and a woman suffered critical injuries in the incident, according to KWCH.
Anthony Mockry had just left QuikTrip when he heard a popping sound and saw flames rapidly spreading, even feeling the heat from the fire in his truck.
“I was several hundred feet (away). There were people running around the periphery. It was so hot you could not get anywhere close to where the fire was,” Mockry said.
Police said the man driving the vehicle that left the road was cooperating with officers. As the investigation continued, QuikTrip and part of Meadowlark Road were closed.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It feels nice to win every now and then, but what does it feel like to become a millionaire by playing the lottery?
Talk about winning big, the Texas Lottery reports a Texan outside of Houston is $2 million richer after claiming a Powerball prize from the Feb. 13 drawing. This second-tier winning ticket (with Power Play) matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn but not the Powerball number.
It was purchased at Speed Fuel on Pasadena Boulevard in the city of Pasadena. The big winner has also decided to remain anonymous.
The next Powerball drawing is set for Wednesday, March 1 with a jackpot of $143 million which has a cash value of $73 million. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/texan-outside-of-houston-2-million-richer-after-powerball-lottery-win/ | 2023-03-01 22:35:32 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/texas/texan-outside-of-houston-2-million-richer-after-powerball-lottery-win/ |
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Like millions of 10-year-olds, Uziyah Sergio Garcia loved video games, swimming and trampolines. He was also a natural at football, taking to it seamlessly when he and his grandfather started tossing the ball together over spring break.
“Such a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so good,” his grandfather, Manny Renfro, told The Associated Press. “There were certain plays that I would call that he would remember and he would do it exactly like we practiced.”
Uziyah, who went by Uzi, was the last of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school massacre — 19 children and two teachers — to be laid to rest. His funeral was held Saturday at the Immanuel Baptist Church in San Angelo, where he lived before moving last year to Uvalde, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) to the south.
“We will miss saying, ‘I love you and Jesus loves you,’ especially his reply, ’… and Jesus loves you too!” his family wrote in an obituary for the boy, remembering for his contagious laugh, love of silly jokes, and sweet and outgoing nature.
Uzi’s favorite after-school snack was a Nutella sandwich with blue Takis, which he would try to persuade others to try, The New York Times reported.
“He was goofy, he loved to make you laugh,” Nikki Cross, an aunt the boy lived with, told the newspaper.
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LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — Truck driver found innocent in deaths of 7 motorcyclists in New Hampshire in 2019.
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The Eagles could lose both cornerbacks who started in the Super Bowl. James Bradberry, who committed a pivotal defensive holding foul late in last month's Super Bowl, is set to hit the free agent market next week.
Now, five-time Pro Bowler Darius Slay may explore a trade after the Eagles gave the cornerback's representatives permission to talk to other teams, sources told ESPN's Dianna Russini.
The report mentioned that the team is hopeful it can find a way to keep Slay in Philadelphia.
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Slay is entering the final year of a three-year, $50 million deal. He spent seven seasons with the Lions before signing with the Eagles before the 2020 season.
He is due to make a base salary of $17 million in 2023. Slay expressed his wish to stay in Philly on a recent episode of the "Montgomery & Co." podcast
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"Of course, I want an extension with the Eagles. I love the Eagles. They took another chance on me trading for me, and I panned out very well, of course. But yeah, I love that money. So, of course I'm going to be talking about it this offseason," Slay said.
"That's everyone, that's what we all do when we've got one year left on our deal. We try to get the extension because it makes the cap low, and then you get to start building around the team because once you're cap's too high, you can't add more players."
Slay acknowledged the impact his contract has on the Eagles salary cap and offered the team a solution.
"So, with me, with my cap that high, I'm sure they probably want to get it down, and the best way to get it down is to give me some money."
The Eagles sent a third-rounder and a fifth-rounder to Detroit three seasons ago in exchange for Slay. He was named an All-Pro in 2017 and has made the Pro Bowl in each of the last two seasons.
He registered 55 tackles and three interceptions in 17 regular season games in 2022. The Eagles defense led the NFL in pass defense, giving up an average of 179.8 yards per game.
Other key members of the defense who could be playing in a different uniform next season include pending free agents in defensive linemen Javon Hargrave and Fletcher Cox and safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson.
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China names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy
BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.
Li was nominated by Xi and appointed to the position at Saturday morning’s session of the National People’s Congress, China’s ceremonial parliament. That came a day after Xi, 69, secured a norms-breaking third five-year term as state leader, setting him up to possibly rule for life.
Li is best known for having enforced a brutal “zero-COVID” lockdown on Shanghai last spring as party boss of the Chinese financial hub, proving his loyalty to Xi in the face of complaints from residents over their lack of access to food, medical care and basic services.
Li, 63, came to know Xi during the future president’s term as head of Li’s native Zhejiang, a relatively wealthy southeastern province now known as a technology and manufacturing powerhouse.
Prior to the pandemic, Li built up a reputation in Shanghai and Zhejiang before that as friendly to private industry, even as Xi enforced tighter political controls and anti-COVID curbs, as well as more control over e-commerce and other tech companies.
As premier, Li will be charged with reviving a sluggish economy still emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and confronted with weak global demand for exports, lingering U.S. tariff hikes, a shrinking workforce and an aging population.
He takes on the job as authority of the premier and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, has been steadily eroding as Xi shifts more powers to bodies directly under the ruling Communist Party.
At the opening of the annual congress session on Sunday, outgoing Premier Li Keqiang announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy, setting this year’s growth target at “around 5%.” Last year’s growth fell to 3%, the second-weakest level since at least the 1970s.
As with Xi’s appointment on Friday, there was no indication that members of the NPC had any option other than to endorse Li and other officials picked by the Communist Party to fill other posts.
Unlike Xi, who received the body’s full endorsement, Li’s tally included three opposed and eight abstentions.
The nearly 3,000 delegates deposited ballots into boxes placed around the vast auditorium in the Great Hall of the People, in a process that also produced new heads of the Supreme People’s Court and the state prosecutor’s office, and two vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission that commands the party’s military wing, the 2 million-member People’s Liberation Army.
Xi was renamed head of the commission on Friday, an appointment that has been automatic for the party leader for three decades. The premier has no direct authority over the armed forces, who take their orders explicitly from the party, and plays only a marginal role in foreign relations and domestic security.
Xi’s new term and the appointment of loyalists to top posts underscore his near-total monopoly on Chinese political power, eliminating any potential opposition to his hyper-nationalistic agenda of building China into the top political, military and economic rival to the U.S. and the chief authoritarian challenge to the Washington-led democratic world order.
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Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith has entered the transfer portal.
The star guard, who finished 12th all-time in scoring at the school with 1,553 points, will graduate in May, earning her degree in finance in three years. She has two years of eligibility left because of the COVID year.
“We thank Hailey for her contributions to this program, this school and this community,” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said Saturday. “She has done everything we have asked of her over the past three years, and we wish her the very best in her final collegiate season and beyond.”
Van Lith’s final game was close to her home in Washington, where the Cardinals lost to Iowa in the Elite Eight. Van Lith scored 27 points in that 97-83 loss. She averaged 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game this season.
“It’s been an honor over the last three years to have had the opportunity to pour my passion and heart into Louisville,” Van Lith wrote on Instagram. “This city has impacted my life in so many ways and helped shape me into the person I am today. The Louisville community has given to me selflessly. I will never forget your unwavering support.”
Louisville picked up transfer guard Jayda Curry from Cal earlier this week. Aneesah Morrow of DePaul, who was a second-team All-American, announced her plans to transfer on social media. She averaged 25.7 points and 12.2 rebounds this season.
Van Lith, Morrow and Curry are three of the big names that have entered the portal this year. There are just under 1,000 Division I women’s basketball players in the portal as of Saturday morning, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because many of the players haven’t publicly announced their decisions to transfer.
Stanford’s Lauren Betts, who was the consensus No. 1 high school recruit last year, is one of those players in the portal who hasn’t publicly announced her decision to transfer. The 6-foot-7 center played in 33 of the Cardinal’s 35 games this season, averaging 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in just under 10 minutes a game.
Transfers had a big impact on the NCAA Tournament that was won by LSU last Sunday. Angel Reese, who was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, transferred to the Tigers from Maryland and Alexis Morris came to LSU in 2021 after spending time at Baylor, Rutgers and Texas A&M.
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Mystics vs. Wings Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - June 2
Natasha Howard takes the Dallas Wings (3-1) into a matchup against the Washington Mystics (2-2) after scoring 25 points in a 94-89 victory over the Lynx. It's on Friday, June 2, 2023, tipping at 7:00 PM ET on ION.
There is no line set for the matchup.
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Mystics vs. Wings Game Info & Odds
- When: Friday, June 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C.
- TV: ION
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Mystics vs. Wings Score Prediction
Prediction: Mystics 84 Wings 77
Spread & Total Prediction for Mystics vs. Wings
- Computer Predicted Spread: Washington (-7.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 160.9
Mystics vs. Wings Spread & Total Insights
- Washington beat the spread 16 times in 26 games last year.
- Of Washington's 26 games last season, 10 went over the total.
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Mystics Performance Insights
- Offensively, the Mystics were the eighth-ranked team in the league (80.2 points per game) last year. On defense, they were best (75.9 points allowed per game).
- On the glass, Washington was fifth in the WNBA in rebounds (34.9 per game) last season. It was fourth in rebounds conceded (33.1 per game).
- In terms of turnovers, the Mystics were third-best in the WNBA in committing them (12.8 per game) last year. They were seventh in forcing them (13.9 per game).
- The Mystics were sixth in the WNBA in 3-pointers made (7.6 per game) and ninth in 3-point percentage (33.8%) last season.
- Defensively, the Mystics were fifth in the league in 3-pointers allowed per game at 7.3 last season. They were fourth in 3-point percentage allowed at 33.8%.
- Washington took 33.7% percent of its shots from beyond the arc last season, and 26.0% of its made baskets are from there. Inside the arc, it took 66.3% of its shots, with 74.0% of its makes coming from there.
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How to Watch the WNBA on Tuesday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
Published: Jul. 11, 2023 at 8:29 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
The WNBA's two-game schedule today is not one to miss. The matchups include the Seattle Storm taking on the Washington Mystics at St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena.
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Today's WNBA Games
The Washington Mystics face the Seattle Storm
The Storm look to pull off a road win at the Mystics on Tuesday at 7:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- WAS Record: 10-8
- SEA Record: 4-14
- WAS Stats: 80.7 PPG (seventh in WNBA), 78.2 Opp. PPG (first)
- SEA Stats: 78.8 PPG (ninth in WNBA), 86.1 Opp. PPG (11th)
Players to Watch
- WAS Key Player: Brittney Sykes (12.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 3.6 APG)
- SEA Key Player: Jewell Loyd (24.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -6.5
- WAS Odds to Win: -265
- SEA Odds to Win: +210
- Total: 157.5 points
The Las Vegas Aces take on the Phoenix Mercury
The Mercury take to the home court of the Aces on Tuesday at 10:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LVA Record: 17-2
- PHO Record: 4-14
- LVA Stats: 93.6 PPG (first in WNBA), 78.9 Opp. PPG (second)
- PHO Stats: 77.0 PPG (12th in WNBA), 85.2 Opp. PPG (ninth)
Players to Watch
- LVA Key Player: A'ja Wilson (19.6 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 2.2 APG)
- PHO Key Player: Brittney Griner (19.9 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -17.5
- LVA Odds to Win: -2065
- PHO Odds to Win: +1042
- Total: 169.5 points
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Multiple federal authorities have launched investigations into the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, as lawmakers and officials point fingers over who and what to blame for the collapse.
Federal regulators took over Silicon Valley last week after depositors flocked to the firm to pull funds after executives said they needed to raise billions in capital to secure the bank’s balance sheet.
The separate probes from federal authorities, which were reported by a number of outlets, will examine the background of the event, including the actions of bank executives in the days leading up to the failure.
Here is what you need to know about the federal investigations into Silicon Valley Bank.
DOJ and SEC are both probing the bank
Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials are both probing the bank in the aftermath of its historic failure, a move that was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The separate investigations by the agencies are in preliminary phases, according to the Journal, and may not lead to charges. But the opening of Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry signals that officials believe there is a possibility of criminal wrongdoing in the bank’s crash.
The SEC pointed The Hill toward a statement from the commission’s chair, Gary Gensler, from Sunday, saying the agency would “investigate and bring enforcement actions if we find violations of the federal securities laws.”
“In times of increased volatility and uncertainty, we at the SEC are particularly focused on monitoring for market stability and identifying and prosecuting any form of misconduct that might threaten investors, capital formation, or the markets more broadly,” the statement said. “Without speaking to any individual entity or person, we will investigate and bring enforcement actions if we find violations of the federal securities laws.”
DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigations.
The Federal Reserve is also reviewing the bank failure
The Federal Reserve said it was launching a review of its oversight and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank, naming one of its top officials to lead the review.
“The events surrounding Silicon Valley Bank demand a thorough, transparent, and swift review by the Federal Reserve,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a statement announcing the review on Monday.
The inward scrutiny comes as lawmakers have pointed fingers at the Biden administration for its handling of the broader economy in the runup to the bank’s collapse, particularly the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates in a bid to fight back inflation.
Authorities are probing stock sales by bank executives
Federal authorities are also investigating the stock sales of bank executives in the days leading up to the bank’s collapse, according to the Journal, which cited people familiar with the investigations.
The scrutiny from federal investigators comes after revelations that Gregory Becker, former chief executive officer of the now-defunct bank, sold over $3.5 million worth of stock in the bank roughly two weeks before it was taken over by the federal government, according to filings.
The investigators are looking into other possible stock sell offs by bank executives, the report said.
No bank executives faced jail time after the 2008 financial crisis
Following the 2008 economic crash, which was precipitated by highly risky investment practices by major U.S. banks, no one who led the powerful firms that were most responsible for the crash faced time in jail. In fact, many of them never faced any prosecution.
While the 2008 crash did lead to the prosecution of a number of mortgage brokers and others complicit in the home loan crisis that helped sink the economy, it did not see executives for massive Wall Street firms held accountable.
Even though the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created in 2009 to investigate the cause of the disaster, made referrals of criminal behavior to the Justice Department, none of the major players in the collapse were ever prosecuted.
The probe could lead to increased scrutiny of the rest of the banking industry
As federal authorities examine the root causes of the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, it could lead to increased oversight of how the rest of the banking industry is handling their investments.
Many pointed to higher interest rates as one of the main reasons why Silicon Valley Bank bottomed out, with the bank relying on a load of government bonds it bought with low interest rates to hoist up its balance sheets. However, as the Fed hiked interest rates to curb inflation, the value of Silicon Valley Bank’s low-interest bonds fell.
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Enhanced partnership will fast-track the development of AI/ML and data solutions to help customers accelerate their transformations into AI-enabled businesses
NEWTOWN, Pa., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced a strategic, global partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI)-first Google Cloud solutions to help enterprises overcome operational challenges and drive transformational growth.
Through this partnership EPAM will expand its global, cloud-native engineering and integration services and introduce targeted vertical solutions and managed services around Google Cloud AI solutions, including Vertex AI, Generative AI App Builder, Model Garden and more.
Learn more about EPAM and Google Cloud's Partnership
"We are excited to expand our partnership with Google Cloud to bring the power of AI to our clients," said Elaina Shekhter, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, EPAM. "Today's technology transformations are built on the foundation of digital and cloud-native developments, many of which we've been working with Google on since the mid-2000s. Larger scale success with AI will also be critically enabled by a new wave of EPAM's industry leading data engineering and ML capabilities. By furthering our long-standing partnership, we will help our clients stay ahead of the competition in a fast-changing digital landscape."
As the global AI market soars and adoption expands, demand is increasing exponentially for AI, machine learning (ML) and advanced engineering across all industry verticals. This partnership will leverage Google Cloud's advanced AI and ML capabilities, and EPAM's platform and data engineering DNA and nearly 30 years of experience engineering, consulting, and software development experience to deliver innovative cloud-enabled AI, data modernization, migration, data and analytics solutions to the Forbes Global 2000.
"Generative AI has the potential to streamline business processes and even transform entire industries," said Michael Clark, Vice President, Google Cloud North America Regions. "By combining Google Cloud's generative AI capabilities with EPAM's engineering expertise, we will help customers leverage cloud-first technology and generative AI as a catalyst for digital transformation, rapidly realizing business value, addressing real-world use cases and driving business growth across industries."
EPAM and Google Cloud have a 15-year, global 360-degree partnership that combines EPAM's engineering DNA, strategic consulting, and growing industry focused technology solutions with Google Cloud's infrastructure, AI/ML, generative AI and analytics technology. While continuing to focus on the long-standing tenants of this partnership, EPAM and Google Cloud will expand their collaboration to build and deliver AI-driven solutions helping enterprises in key verticals including financial services, consumer, telecom, media, entertainment, healthcare, life sciences, energy and high-tech to modernize and transform their businesses.
To learn more about EPAM and Google Cloud's Partnership, visit epam.com/about/who-we-are/partners/google-cloud.
About EPAM Systems
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services. Through its innovative strategy; integrated advisory, consulting, and design capabilities; and unique 'Engineering DNA,' EPAM's globally deployed hybrid teams help make the future real for clients and communities around the world by powering better enterprise, education and health platforms that connect people, optimize experiences, and improve people's lives. In 2021, EPAM was added to the S&P 500 and included among the list of Forbes Global 2000 companies.
Selected by Newsweek as a 2021, 2022 and 2023 Most Loved Workplace, EPAM's global multi-disciplinary teams serve customers in more than 50 countries across six continents. As a recognized leader, EPAM is listed among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services on the Fortune 1000 and ranked four times as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list. EPAM is also listed among Ad Age's top 25 World's Largest Agency Companies for three consecutive years, and Consulting Magazine named EPAM Continuum a top 20 Fastest Growing Firm.
Learn more at www.epam.com and follow EPAM on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy took things into his own hands with the Los Angeles Dodgers trailing 2-0. He beat the shift with a bunt, bringing Justin Turner to the plate — and Turner responded with a three-run homer.
Muncy added his own three-run blast in the eighth to help the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Wednesday.
The NL West leaders reduced their magic number to six games. The Dodgers could clinch a postseason berth Friday in San Diego.
“We’re obviously winning a lot of baseball games, but we still got to get some guys back to health, number one, and we’re still in the mode of trying to get some guys on track,” manager Dave Roberts said.
Trea Turner doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth after being hitless in his first four at-bats. Austin Barnes, who reached on an infield single, scored for a 4-3 lead.
Freddie Freeman walked and Trea Turner took third on a wild pitch by Zack Littell (2-3) to set up Muncy, whose blast into the right-field pavilion made it 7-3. Muncy went 3 for 4 a day after hitting two homers in a 6-3 win.
“I wanted to get the ball in the air on that one. We have the fastest guy in baseball on third base,” Muncy said, referring to Trea Turner.
The Dodgers took their first lead, 3-2, on Justin Turner’s three-run homer in the fifth.
Justin Turner has been as hot at the plate as the triple-digit temperatures that have gripped Southern California for over a week. He extended his hitting streak to 16 games, with 10 multi-hit games in his last 18.
David Villar homered twice and drove in all of the runs for the Giants, who led 2-0 in the fifth. Villar’s second homer — a solo shot off Justin Bruihl — tied it 3-all in the seventh of a game that began with a temperature of 99 degrees (37 Celsius).
The teams combined for 16 homers in the three-game series.
“When the weather stays warm like this, it’s fun to hit here,” Muncy said. “With it being in the triple digits the last few days, the ball was definitely flying and it showed.”
After leaving eight runners on base through four innings, the Dodgers rallied in the fifth.
Freeman led off with a single, Muncy bunted up the third-base line, and Justin Turner followed with his 11th homer of the season to center for a 3-2 lead. Lewis Brinson leapt at the wall, but couldn’t make the play.
“It’s not so easy, especially when you don’t do it very much,” Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw said of the bunt. “That was an awesome play by Max right there.”
Evan Phillips (6-3) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief.
Kershaw allowed two runs and five hits in six innings and struck out eight in his third straight no-decision. He’s made two starts since coming off the injured list a week ago.
“Another good step forward for me. I’ve been bouncing back good,” Kershaw said. “Now you just want to pitch good leading into October.”
Giants starter Alex Cobb gave up three runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: OF Joey Gallo left the game with a right elbow contusion after getting hit by a pitch. He said he couldn’t feel his fingers, although X-rays were negative.
UP NEXT
Giants: Haven’t announced a starter Thursday for the series opener at Milwaukee.
Dodgers: After an off-day, RHP Dustin May (1-2, 3.94) starts Friday at San Diego in the opener of a three-game series.
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Odessa Police Department is now searching for a second murder suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of Maurice “Moe” Rogers. 18-year-old Ashton Isaiah Munoz is wanted on a warrant and is considered armed and dangerous.
Munoz is approximately 5’7″ tall and weighs about 120 pounds. He has tattoos on both sides of his neck and on the back of one of his hands and commonly wears a gold “grill” on his top and bottom teeth.
Anyone with information on Munoz’s location is encouraged to call OPD at 432-333-3641 or Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS. OPD is also reminding the community that it is a felony to assist or hide Munoz.
This warrant comes after the victim was found shot to death in his 36th Street home earlier this week. Another suspect, Harvey Gutierrez, 31, was taken into custody early Thursday morning. His bond has been set at $100,000.
Additionally, OPD is searching for another man who might have information in this case. 20-year-old Christian Organ is NOT wanted at this time. Organ is encouraged to reach out to OPD as soon as possible for questioning,
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah and two Republican-leaning rural counties sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over the president's decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that former President Donald Trump had downsized.
The lawsuit over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, the two southeastern Utah monuments, alleges that President Joe Biden's action violates a century-old law that allows presidents to protect sites considered historically, geographically or culturally important and outlines the rules governing when they can do so.
The fate of the monuments is among the United States' most prominent battles over public lands and how they're managed. Federal land management decisions often become politically charged throughout the rural West, where Republican-leaning ranching communities skeptical of federal overreach are often pitted against conservationists and tribes who argue robust federal protections are needed as a bulwark against development or industries like mining or logging.
The new lawsuit is the latest twist in a yearslong debate spanning three presidential administrations. Its arguments revisit familiar legal and political debates and touch on points Republicans have for years repeated in court and in campaign speeches about federal land grabs and advantages of local land management.
The challenge from Utah and two right-leaning rural jurisdictions, Kane and Garfield counties, had been expected since Biden restored the lands in October 2021. At that time, Biden called Bears Ears “a place of reverence and a sacred homeland to hundreds of generations of native peoples.”
The monuments, which together are nearly the size of Connecticut, contain canyons surrounded by pink ribbons of limestone, dramatic red rock mesas and buttes, juniper forests and Native American artifacts including ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs.
In a Wednesday joint statement in support of the lawsuit, Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah's entire congressional delegation accused the federal government of not properly managing the land and blamed the expanded monuments for “unmanageable visitation levels.”
“We now challenge this repeated, abusive federal overreach to ensure that our public lands are adequately protected and that smart stewardship remains with the people closest to the land," said the group, whose signatories included U.S. Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the administration had no comment about the lawsuit.
The lawsuit brings the battle over these lands back to the courtroom, similar to what happened in 2017 after Trump made his move to shrink the monuments. At that time, lawsuits were filed by outdoor company Patagonia and a coalition of tribes including the Hopi, Ute Indian, Ute Mountain Ute, Zuni tribes and Navajo Nation to restore the monuments.
“The tribes have been fighting for decades, and really centuries, to protect these lands," Matthew Campbell, deputy director of the Native American Rights Fund, said Wednesday. “It looks like they will have to continue that fight.”
The part of southeastern Utah where the two monuments are located has been at the center of some of the country’s most heated land management debates since President Bill Clinton designated Grand Staircase a national monument in 1996.
Bears Ears, which was designated a National Monument by President Barack Obama, is unique because land management decisions are made by a commission jointly governed by federal agency officials and representatives from five tribal nations. The commission was reestablished this past June, five years after it and an Obama-era joint governance plan was scrapped when the Trump administration downsized the monuments in 2017.
That decision opened parts of the monuments up for mining, drilling and other development. Low demand and high production costs led to minimal interest from energy companies in the lands that became unprotected when Trump downsized the monuments, including a large coal reserve found in the lands cut from Grand Staircase or uranium on lands cut from Bears Ears.
Utah's lawsuit argues the Biden administration interpreted the 1906 Antiquities Act in an overly broad manner and disregarded its original intent: protecting particular historical or archaeological sites. It cites provisions of the act that say designations should encompass “the smallest area compatible” with preservation goals.
Democratic presidents have argued designating large swaths of land is needed to protect certain areas and in his October 2021 proclamation, Biden called the Bears Ears designation “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects of historic and scientific interest."
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Associated Press writer Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas.
Eric Kay, dressed in an orange jumpsuit with handcuffs and leg shackles, didn't react when U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means read his sentence. Kay faced at least 20 years in prison on one of the two counts.
There was no reaction from Skaggs' widow and mother or members of Kay's family, including one of his sons who read a statement on his behalf before sentencing. A bailiff had warned observers they would be removed from the court over any outbursts.
Prosecutors presented evidence of Kay, 48, making derogatory comments about Skaggs, his family, prosecutors and jurors in phone calls and emails after he was convicted in February.
There was emotional testimony from both sides in federal court in Fort Worth, about 15 miles from where the Angels were supposed to open a four-game series against the Texas Rangers on July 1, 2019, the day Skaggs was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room.
Kay was convicted on one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy. Means recommended Kay serve his time in his home state of California. He has been in prison in Fort Worth since the conviction.
A coroner's report said Skaggs, 27, had choked to death on his vomit and that a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone was in his system.
The trial included testimony from five major league players who said they received oxycodone pills from Kay at various times from 2017-19, the years Kay was accused of obtaining pills and giving them to players at Angel Stadium. Kay also used drugs himself, according to testimony and court documents.
After revealing the sentence, Means said he dreaded this day from the beginning of the case because the 20-year minimum could be considered too harsh for the crime.
In setting a higher sentence, the judge cited Kay's derogatory comments about Skaggs
Means said he added two years because of Kay's comments to his family in jailhouse conversations after the conviction.
The judge interrupted Kay to quote the former public relations employee as saying in one of those exchanges, "I'm here because of Tyler Skaggs. Well, he's dead. So (expletive) him."
"That's disgusting," Kay responded. "I don't know why I said that. I was mad at the world."
Means appeared skeptical, even saying at one point after delivering the sentence that he would probably become a target of Kay's anger.
The judge said Kay displayed "a callousness and refusal to accept responsibility and even be remorseful for something that you caused."
"Tyler Skaggs wasn't a perfect person," the judge said. "But he paid the ultimate price for it."
Kay sobbed while one of his three sons spoke to the judge from the lectern in a plea for leniency. Carli Skaggs, the widow, fought back tears much the same way she did when she testified during the trial.
"Not only am I grieving the loss of my husband," she said. "I'm grieving the loss of myself."
Defense attorney Cody Cofer, who took over after Kay's two trial lawyers were removed, sought a motion that would have allowed Means to consider a sentence below the 20-year minimum. It was denied.
"We are very grateful to everyone who worked so hard to investigate and prosecute Eric Kay," the Skaggs family said in a statement. "Today's sentencing isn't about the number of years the defendant received. The real issue in this case is holding accountable the people who are distributing the deadly drug fentanyl."
Kay served as the team's public relations contact on many road trips, and the trip to Texas was his first since returning from rehab. Kay was placed on leave shortly after Skaggs' death and never returned to the team. He didn't testify during his trial.
The government argued at trial that Kay was the only one who could have given Skaggs the drugs that led to his death, that the delivery was in Texas and that fentanyl was the cause of death. Prosecutors say Kay gave Skaggs counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl.
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Oregon made headlines across the country when voters approved mushroom therapy, guided therapy using psilocybin from mushrooms, a psychedelic drug. The program has not even begun, but alreadly local jurisdictions are making moves to opt out of the law.
Jackson County Commissioners put an ordinance banning the therapy in unincorporated parts of the county on the November ballot. Other communities are considering such moves.
Tom Eckert is the chief petitioner of Measure 109, the one that voters approved.
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WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported net income of $20 million in its second quarter.
The bank, based in Westerly, Rhode Island, said it had earnings of $1.14 per share.
The holding company for The Washington Trust Co. posted revenue of $57.9 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $53.4 million, which met Street forecasts.
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PRICEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — For 81-year-old Kenneth Stuart, going to work every day is the “medicine” that keeps him alive and active.
Manager of The Jeweler and More shop in Priceville for the past seven years, Stuart said it is important for him and other seniors to stay busy with something they enjoy.
“It is what keeps me going,” Stuart said about his business specializing in vintage jewelry. “This place is my pillbox. This is what gets me out of bed every day. I love it every day. I know I am helping people.”
Stuart said the jewelry industry has been good to him and his family. His three sons are all bench jewelers, he said, and two daughters also have worked in the industry.
Raised on a farm by foster parents William and Pearl Kelly, the Decatur man said he was taught to “get up early, work hard and work late.” Stuart said former Decatur High School principal Avery Roberts Jr. influenced him to “get a job and stay with it. Don’t jump from job to job.”
Stuart said he was working at a drug store as a teenager in Decatur in the late 1950s when he was approached by Ralph Wyman, who asked him to help manage Diamond Jewelry. He said he has been in the jewelry business ever since.
“I later got out of the jewelry business and took a job going around closing out jewelry stores,” he said. “It was very rewarding to me and my family. But I moved back to Decatur to help care for the woman who raised me and got back in the business. I’ve stood behind counters as a jeweler for over 30 years. I found a niche opening a vintage jewelry store.”
He said people bring him unwanted jewelry or jewelry their parents or grandparents owned at one time and ask him for suggestions on repairing or selling the items.
“People come in with an old pocket watch that belonged to their grandfather. They’ll ask if it is fixable,” he said. “They want to use it, and I help them bring it back to life.”
He said he uses a replica version of a 1897 Sears and Roebuck catalog and “The Complete Price Guide to Watches” as his two main sources of information on vintage jewelry.
“This store is my medicine,” Stuart said. “It helps me stay active, be involved with the public and use my past years’ knowledge and experience to help people. I know I have something to give back to the jewelry industry. This store has been successful. I have helped the customers, and the customers have helped me.”
Dealing in old jewelry, clocks, silverware, broaches, rings and even tools in the industry, Stuart said if he were 10 years younger he would open more vintage jewelry stores in north Alabama.
“You never know what’s coming through the door. I invite the public to bring grandmother’s old jewelry box in. We’ll go through everything, and I will tell them what is junk and what is valuable — gold, silver, watches,” he said. “If the family doesn’t want it any more, I will make them an offer and try to refurbish it and put it back in the counter to sell. I can size rings, reset diamonds. I can bring these old rings back to life at my bench. The business has really taken off in the seven years I’ve had it open.”
He said the business is owned by his family. He advises other seniors to stay active and get away from a routine of watching television most of the day.
“If you’re retired, instead of going home and sitting on their butt and watching TV and getting overweight and getting unhealthy, find something in their trade that is similar to what they can do,” he said. “Volunteer time, teach young people. Do something instead of sitting there and watching the box, getting depressed and doing nothing but sit there all day long, or going with a cup a coffee with friends and doing nothing.”
He said retired men could spend more time with their spouses, helping them with “chores around the house, wash dishes, fold clothes, whatever she might need.” He said he had the coronavirus last year and the doctor told him his good health habits helped save his life.
Former Priceville Town Councilman Jerry Welch said he remembers introducing himself to Stuart when he opened the business seven years ago.
“I quickly realized he was knowledgeable about a lot in different areas. He knows about jewelry, collectibles, cast iron skillets,” Welch said. “He helps me do the background checks on some items. We’ve become close friends. My wife and I shop there. He’s been really good to this community.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Working-daily-is-medicine-for-octogenarian-17372279.php | 2022-08-14 05:32:30 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Working-daily-is-medicine-for-octogenarian-17372279.php |
AARP warns of spike in “Do me a favor” scams
Amount lost typically ranges from $500 - $1,200 per victim
InvestigateTV - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported $2.3 Billion lost to imposter scams in 2021, an almost 100% increase over 2020. According to the AARP, one type of imposter scam currently trending is the “do me a favor” scam.
Amy Nofziger with the AARP Fraud Watch Network said the scam starts when fraudsters contact you pretending to be an acquaintance in need of a quick favor. Nofziger said the scammer will ask you to buy a gift card and send them images of the front and back of the card. However, once you send the pictures, the money is gone and you have no way to get it back.
Nofziger reported that they have received examples of fraudsters pretending to be friends, church members, business acquaintances, and others.
“Oftentimes, the criminals will mimic the email address—but one letter off,” she said. “But again, we’re so hurried that we’re not paying attention to it. Or they might’ve even hacked into that person’s email account.”
Nofziger said the amount of money lost ranges between $500 to $1,200, but it’s hard to tell the full scale of this scam because this is an underreported crime.
She offered several tips to avoid this scam:
- Listen to your gut: if it doesn’t feel right, research before you act.
- Look carefully at email addresses to make sure they are accurate and not just a letter of two different from the actual email
- Call the person contacting you and ask them if the request is real
- Be very suspicious of any urgent request
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From California to NY, storms ravage US from coast-to-coast
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Parts of the Northeast are gearing up for what could be very heavy snow Tuesday, after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through parts of the Southern Plains and the Midwest, killing at least one person in Oklahoma, and some Michigan residents faced a sixth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice storm.
In California, the National Weather Service said winter storms will continue moving into the state through Wednesday.
A look at the weather threats around the country:
TORNADO CLEANUP
A storm system produced at least four tornadoes as it moved across central and northeastern Illinois on Monday, including two that formed in suburbs west of Chicago, authorities said. Initial reports suggested damage there was limited to fallen trees or shingles torn from buildings, said Rafal Ogorek, a meteorologist in the Chicago office of the National Weather Service.
At least one person was killed and three others injured after a tornado touched down Sunday night in far western Oklahoma near the town of Cheyenne, where 20 homes were damaged and four others destroyed, Roger Mills County Emergency Manager Levi Blackketter reported.
Statewide, Oklahoma officials received reports of 55 people who suffered weather-related injuries from area hospitals.
Officials in Norman, Oklahoma, confirmed 12 weather-related injuries after tornadoes and wind gusts as high as 90 mph (145 kph) were reported in the state Sunday night. The winds toppled trees and power lines, closed roads and damaged homes and businesses around Norman and Shawnee.
Classes were canceled Monday at two damaged elementary schools, said Norman Police Chief Kevin Foster.
Frances Tabler, of Norman, told KOCO-TV that she suffered a small cut on her head when a storm hit her home, tearing off much of its roof and sending debris flying. She said it was a miracle her children weren’t hurt, although her daughter was trapped for awhile in a bedroom.
“It was just like a blizzard in the house with all the debris flying,” Tabler told KOCO. “I was screaming for my kids.”
The line of quick-moving thunderstorms that produced a swath of damaging wind gusts likely qualified as a derecho, although that’s not an official designation, said Nolan Meister, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
Meister said a wind gust of 114 mph (183 kph) was recorded in Texas, with gusts between 70 mph (113 kph) and 90 mph (145 kph) in central Oklahoma.
More than 76,000 customers lost power in Oklahoma, but most had it restored by Monday morning, Oklahoma’s Office of Emergency Management reported.
There were reports of nine tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma and northwestern Texas, weather officials said. One tornado near Liberal, Kansas, damaged more than a dozen homes and caused minor injuries to one person, KSNW-TV reported.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN U.S.
Blizzard warnings went into effect Monday in the Sierra Nevada range as more rounds of rain and snow moved into California and Nevada.
An avalanche warning was issued for the backcountry around Lake Tahoe, where up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow was expected over the next two days in the upper elevations and gale-force winds could create waves up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) high on the lake, the National Weather Service in Reno said Monday. State offices across northern Nevada and the Nevada Legislature in Carson City were shut down because of the severe weather.
The new series of storms arrived even as parts of California were still digging out from last week’s powerful storm, which added to a massive snowpack left by a siege of “atmospheric rivers” in December and January.
A 90-mile (145-km) stretch of U.S. 395 in California’s eastern Sierra was shut down Monday evening due to whiteout conditions, state transportation officials said. Yosemite National Park announced it would be closed until midweek, and numerous roads were closed in Sequoia National Park. Trans-Sierra highways were subject to closures and chain requirements.
Los Angeles County declared a cold weather alert for valley and mountain areas north of LA as overnight temperatures were expected to plunge below freezing for much of the week. Shelters were opened for residents who don’t have access to warm spaces.
East of Los Angeles, roads to San Bernardino Mountain resort communities around Big Bear Lake were closed after snow began falling again. The storm stranded more than 600 students at science camps in the Big Bear area over the weekend. The students from Irvine in Orange County were expected home Friday but officials decided it was safer to keep them in the mountains until the roads could be cleared. The California Highway Patrol began escorting out buses carrying the kids on Monday, the Irvine Unified School District said.
The northbound side of Interstate 5, the West Coast’s major north-south highway, was shut down by wintry conditions and disabled vehicles about 90 miles (145 km) south of the Oregon line. Interstate 80, the major route between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe and Reno was closed due to blizzard conditions.
STORMS IN NORTHEAST AND MICHIGAN
A winter storm warning covered parts of the Northeast, including Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, with heavy snow forecast through Tuesday afternoon.
Boston could get 5 inches (13 cm) and a messy Tuesday morning commute, according to the weather service. As much as 10 inches (25 cm) could fall in western Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut and southern Vermont.
In Michigan, still reeling from last week’s ice storm and high winds, about 152,000 customers were without power early Tuesday, according to PowerOutage.us. That was down from more than 800,000 at one point last week. Crews continued their work to restore all electricity.
Leah Thomas, whose home north of Detroit lost power Wednesday night, finally got her power back Sunday afternoon — only to have it go out again at midday Monday.
“It’s very frustrating, very frustrating,” she said. “I’m just going to hope and cross my fingers that it comes back on here soon.”
While not expecting a blockbuster storm by regional standards, southern New England braced for what could be the most significant snowfall of what has so far been a mild winter.
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Antczak reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers from across the country contributed to this report.
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Facing a Chicago Cubs lineup of nine right-handed hitters, Orioles left-hander Cole Irvin’s secondary pitches were going to be “important,” manager Brandon Hyde emphasized before the game. One of them let Irvin down repeatedly.
In Friday’s series-opening 10-3 loss at Wrigley Field, Irvin allowed three solo home runs in the third inning, all on his changeup, before Chicago broke the game open against three Baltimore relievers with a six-run sixth.
Making his second start back with the Orioles (43-26) after a stretch in Triple-A Norfolk’s rotation, Irvin threw two scoreless innings before having trouble locating his changeup in third. Miguel Amaya homered on one in the middle of the strike zone to open the inning, and after Irvin retired the next two batters, Dansby Swanson did the same. Christopher Morel then swatted one in the bottom part of the zone out to left field.
Irvin’s three home runs allowed in the third matched the total he surrendered with his changeup in 181 innings last year with the Oakland Athletics. The Orioles acquired Irvin, along with minor league pitcher Kyle Virbitsky, in a trade with Oakland this offseason for infield prospect Darell Hernaiz, hoping to add a dependable and controllable arm with strong command to their rotation. After Friday’s four-inning out, Irvin has allowed 19 earned runs in 22 innings as a starter for Baltimore.
When Irvin kept the ball in the yard, he was largely effective Friday, though Hyde appeared hesitant to allow him to work through the Cubs’ lineup a third time. After Nick Madrigal, Chicago’s No. 9 hitter, opened the fifth inning with a single on Irvin’s 68th pitch, Hyde went to his bullpen. In two starts back with Baltimore, Irvin hasn’t thrown more than 72 pitches; opposing hitters went 7-for-10 against him once he went beyond 75 pitches in his first three starts.
Baltimore scraped across one run in each of the fourth and fifth innings on a single by Austin Hays and a double by Jorge Mateo, respectively, but stranded the tying run at third base in both the fifth and sixth.
Mike Baumann opened the bottom half of the latter frame with a pair of walks. Cionel Pérez then balked both into scoring position and allowed a two-run single to Ian Happ. After another walk and a sacrifice bunt, Reed Garrett inherited two runners from Pérez and allowed both and two of his own runs to score. Pérez, one of Hyde’s most trustworthy relievers in 2022, has a 5.55 ERA and 2.05 WHIP.
Longtime Oriole Trey Mancini doubled off Garrett to open the seventh and eventually scored Chicago’s 10th run. Hays’ second RBI single in the eighth followed Ryan O’Hearn’s third hit of the afternoon.
This story will be updated.
Orioles at Cubs
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NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks.
While Canadian officials asked other countries for help fighting more than 400 blazes nationwide that already have displaced 20,000 people, air quality with what the U.S. rates as hazardous levels of pollution extended into central New York. Massive tongues of unhealthy air extended as far as Virginia and Indiana, affecting millions of people.
“I can taste the air,” Dr. Ken Strumpf said in a Facebook post from Syracuse, New York, which was enveloped in an amber pall. The smoke, he later said by phone, even made him a bit dizzy.
In Baltimore, where officials warned residents to stay indoors when possible, Debbie Funk sported a blue surgical mask as she and husband, Jack Hughes, took their daily walk around Fort McHenry, a national monument overlooking the Patapsco River. The air hung thick over the water, obscuring the horizon as distant ships pushed slowly through the haze.
“I walked outside this morning and it was like a waft of smoke,” said Funk, who said the couple had considered skipping the walk but wanted some exercise. The two planned to stay inside later Wednesday.
Canadian officials say this is shaping up to be the nation’s worst wildfire season ever. It started early on drier-than-usual ground and accelerated very quickly, exhausting firefighting resources across the country, fire and environmental officials said.
Smoke from the blazes in various parts of the country has been lapping into the U.S. since last month but intensified with a recent spate of fires in Quebec, where more than 100 were burning and considered out of control Tuesday.
“The smoke was insane yesterday. I had to close my window because the fresh air just smelled like campfire,” said Zachary Kamel, 36, of Montreal.
Quebec Premier François Legault has said the province has the capacity to fight about 40 fires at the moment — and the usual reinforcements from other provinces have been strained by fires in Nova Scotia and elsewhere.
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre spokesperson Jennifer Kamau said more than 950 firefighters and other personnel have already arrived from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and more will be arriving soon.
The largest town in Northern Quebec — Chibougamau, population about 7,500 — was evacuated Tuesday, after another Quebec community was left to burn Monday, drawing the ire of local residents. Legault said authorities had no choice because the fire around the hamlet of Clova was too intense to send in water bombers. No homes had burned as of Tuesday.
Eastern Quebec got some rain Wednesday, but Montreal-based Environment Canada meteorologist Simon Legault said no rain is expected for days in the remote areas of central Quebec where the wildfires are more intense.
U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Zach Taylor said the current weather pattern in the central and eastern U.S. is essentially funneling in the smoke. Some rain should help clear the air somewhat in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend or early next week, though more thorough relief will come from containing or extinguishing the fires, he noted.
Across the border, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned the public to “prepare for this over the long haul,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams told residents to limit outdoor activities as much as possible.
The Federal Aviation Administration paused some flights bound for LaGuardia Airport and slowed planes to Newark Liberty because the smoke was limiting visibility. The smoke also was contributing to delayed arrivals at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
Schools in multiple states canceled sports and other outdoor activities, shifting recess and lunch time inside. Live horse racing was canceled Wednesday and Thursday at Delaware Park Wilmington. Organizers of Global Running Day, a virtual 5K and celebration of running, posted a warning on their website advising participants to monitor the air quality in their cities and change their running plans accordingly.
Some political demonstrations in spots from Manhattan to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were moved indoors or postponed, and striking Hollywood writers were pulled off picket lines in the New York metropolitan area.
Sitting in a Brooklyn park with a black face mask on, nanny Meagan Bobb said she was surprised by how bad the air was.
“The little girl was coughing, and I was having problems breathing when I was walking around, so we’re looking to go inside somewhere soon,” Bobb said.
The smoke exacerbated health problems for people such as Vicki Burnett, 67, who has asthma and has had serious bouts with bronchitis.
After taking her dogs out Wednesday morning in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Burnett said, “I came in and started coughing and hopped back into bed.”
Still, she stressed that she’s concerned for Canadians, not just herself.
“It’s unfortunate, and I’m having some problems for it, but there should be help for them,” she said.
Gillies reported from Toronto. Contributing were Associated Press journalists Randall Chase in Dover, Delaware; Michael Hill in Albany, New York; Brooke Schultz in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lea Skene in Baltimore; Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, New York; Ron Todt in Philadelphia; Corey Williams in West Bloomfield, Michigan; and Jake Offenhartz, Karen Matthews and Julie Walker in New York. | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/i-can-taste-the-air-photos-show-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires-lingering-over-capitol-obscuring-nyc-skyscrapers/ | 2023-06-07 21:06:44 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/i-can-taste-the-air-photos-show-smoke-from-canadian-wildfires-lingering-over-capitol-obscuring-nyc-skyscrapers/ |
NIPTON, Calif. (KLAS) – The whole town of Nipton, California has once again been sold, according to the realtor who represented the property.
Many of the sale details are not yet being made public, including the price. Nexstar’s KLAS has been able to confirm it was bought by a group out of Las Vegas. In late 2020, the tiny town was listed for $2.75 million.
Nipton has railroad tracks on one side and a massive Joshua tree forest on the other in the Mojave National Preserve. The tiny desert town attracts stargazers, motorcycle riders, photographers, railroad buffs, and others seeking to escape city life, if just for a day.
The town currently has a population of 15 – 20 people. It has been sold several times before. In 2017 it was bought by a large cannabis company for $5 million. The company tried to rebrand it as Magical Nipton. The company had ambitious plans to turn it into a cannabis retreat. It spent a lot of money on infrastructure, built several eco-cabins, comfy teepees for visitors, installed massive public art pieces, and did restoration work on some of the historic structures. But the cannabis retreat didn’t materialize, so the town reverted to its previous owner.
That was Roxanne Lang. She and her late husband Jerry Freeman worked and lived in Ivanpah Valley for over 50 years. Freeman came to Nipton in the 1960s on the Union Pacific Railroad line from Los Angeles.
Nipton was first founded in 1905, a few months before Las Vegas was founded. And similar to Las Vegas, Nipton came into existence when the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad arrived. It was the crossroads for two different wagon trails and a mining camp and it became a center for area cattle ranchers, including Hollywood royalty Rex Bell and Clara Bow.
The two owned the Walking Box Ranch just down the road and now the hotel has the Clara B room. And yes, some say the hotel is also haunted and claim they have felt Bow’s presence in her namesake room.
Freeman was staking gold mining claims on the weekend when he was in graduate school at the University of California Los Angeles and had previously earned a geology degree from Cal Tech. It took him 20 years to establish a publicly-traded gold mining company, Vanderbilt Gold, in Ivanpah Valley. He then started growing jojoba, which is also known as goat nut, deer nut, or pignut, and bio-mass fuel plants in the 1980s.
During this time he purchased Nipton, which led to him convincing Lang to leave her home in Malibu and head east. Land said Freeman’s vision for Nipton was sustainability. He did this by building a solar plant for the community, the first in Ivanpah Valley.
At one point in time, Nipton was called the most energy-independent town in America and was featured in a New York Times article about going green.
Freeman passed away in 2016. The inscription on his tombstone tells his story: Visionary Extraordinaire, Builder of teepees, towns and treasures. Captain of the desert and the sea.
Nipton is located about 65 miles south of Las Vegas. | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/tiny-california-town-with-less-than-two-dozen-residents-sells-again/ | 2022-04-12 00:38:21 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/dont-miss/tiny-california-town-with-less-than-two-dozen-residents-sells-again/ |
Alleged Nazi sympathizer convicted for role in January 6 US Capitol riot after claiming he didn’t know Congress met there
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN
A January 6 rioter and alleged White supremacist was convicted Friday on all five charges he faced after hitching his case to the claim that he didn’t know Congress met at the United States Capitol.
“I thought there were several buildings called ‘Capitol building,'” Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an alleged Nazi sympathizer and Army reservist, told the jury Thursday, adding that he was “from New Jersey” and was “idiotic” and ignorant. “I did not realize that Congress met in the Capitol.”
Several jurors rolled their eyes during this explanation and Hale-Cusanelli later said he was knowledgeable regarding the workings of the Electoral College process and American politics generally, which he took classes on in college.
Judge Trevor McFadden said he found the claim “highly dubious” following the verdict, suggesting that he was open to an enhancement against Hale-Cusanelli for obstructing justice. Sentencing is scheduled for September 16.
Hale-Cusanelli — who yelled for the mob to “advance” during the riot before going inside the Capitol — was the fifth January 6 rioter to be convicted by a jury in Washington, DC, and faces up to 20 years behind bars for the felony of obstructing an official proceeding. The ultimate sentence, however, will likely be far lower.
Jurors told CNN outside the courthouse that the jury debated whether or not Hale-Cusanelli traveled to DC with the intent to stop the certification of the Electoral College — a key legal requirement needed to find him guilty. There were three jurors who were not convinced, and it took more than five hours of deliberation for the jury to come to a unanimous conclusion.
One juror said that he was able to “put aside” Hale-Cusanelli’s “foul language,” including his anti-Semitic comments. “You have people who have views like that,” the juror said, “but the fact is that he took further actions.”
The juror told CNN that Hale-Cusanelli’s testimony came off as “damage control,” and that it was his comments on the stand that “did him in.”
“It’s hard to believe that you came all the way from where you live with your favorite suit and not know where this building is,” another juror said. “After listening to the former president, and he directed you to do what you did, it’s hard to believe you didn’t know where the building was.”
Hale-Cusanelli stood still, with his chest up and chin out as the verdict was read and gave hugs to his legal team before Deputy US Marshals took him away.
Slurs and anti-Semitic views
During the trial, prosecutors played video of Hale-Cusanelli yelling a sexist slur at a female police officer during the riot and played audio and showed text messages from the defendant where he expressed anti-Semitic views, accusing Jewish people of controlling President Joe Biden, and said he wanted civil war.
Defense attorney Jonathan Crisp said that prosecutors were trying to convict Hale-Cusanelli for his “offensive” and “abusive” language.
“He couldn’t stop himself,” Crisp said. “He couldn’t shut up to save his live. And that is how he ended up here.”
Crisp also said that while Hale-Cusanelli “knew what he did was wrong,” he can’t be guilty of the felony charge of obstructing lawmakers because he didn’t even know they were in the building. Crisp said he has a “superficial knowledge about politics.”
But prosecutors said Hale-Cusanelli “knew exactly what he was doing that day,” adding that he aimed to stop the electoral college vote. “That was mission accomplished.”
“This defendant is not here today because of his [history of] ugly words,” prosecutor Karen Seifert told the jury, but rather because “he and the crowd… decided to take matters into their own hands.”
At the center of the controversy in Hale-Cusanelli’s case are allegations that he is a Nazi sympathizer.
In previous hearings and court filings, prosecutors referenced interviews held with more than 30 of his colleagues in the Navy who heard Hale-Cusanelli say things like “Hitler should have finished the job.” Prosecutors have also previously shown images of Hale-Cusanelli with a Hitler-esque mustache.
Hale-Cusanelli testified that his comments were “ironic” and that “I never really thought it was true.”
“I’m half Jewish and half Puerto Rican,” Hale-Cusanelli told the jury, adding that he didn’t actually believe in the anti-Semitic notions he espoused, and that they were instead a form of “self-deprecating humor” he used with his friends.
“I know it’s offensive. I know it bothers a lot of people. I know it’s repugnant. I know it’s disgusting,” he said.
Hale-Cusanelli also disputed his own claims in an audio recording, recorded by his former roommate after January 6, that prosecutors played yesterday for the jury, in which he said that Jews were “controlling President Biden.”
“If anyone is supporting Jewish interests the most, it’s Republicans,” Hale-Cusanelli claimed.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Which Advent calendar is best?
Christmas is a big event. In fact, it is so big that people celebrate not only the holiday itself but also the anticipation of the holiday as well. Besides putting up lights, decorating and buying presents, many people countdown the days leading up to Dec. 25. To do this, they use an Advent calendar.
The best Advent calendar will be one that has a theme that excites the recipient. If it is a child, for instance, the LEGO Friends Advent Calendar is an excellent choice. This surprise-a-day calendar allows your child to assemble an entire festive playset one piece at a time until Christmas arrives.
What to know before you buy an Advent calendar
What is an Advent calendar?
An Advent calendar is a special calendar designed to build anticipation as you count down the days until Christmas. These calendars often feature a number of compartments that are opened, one each day, for 24 days. Inside the compartment, you will find a treat or a little toy surprise.
When is the first day of Advent?
While most commercial Advent calendars simply begin on the first day of December, Advent actually begins four Sundays before Christmas. So, if you get a calendar specific to the year, it may begin anywhere between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3.
One-time-use vs. refillable advent calendar
Not all Advent calendars offer a surprise each day. Some merely provide a way to countdown the days until Christmas. However, when considering the Advent calendars that do offer a treat, you will find that there are two types: one-time-use and refillable ones.
- One-time-use: Advent calendars that are made to be used once are often manufactured using flimsy materials, such as cardboard, and have perforated compartments that you must tear to open. Because of this, they may be more affordable than refillable Advent calendars. However, as indicated by the name, you can only use these calendars once, and you must buy a new calendar the following year. Hence, you will have an annual expense.
- Refillable: A refillable Advent calendar is made of durable materials, such as wood, so it can be used year after year. Because of this, it is often more expensive than a one-time-use Advent calendar. Although you will not have to buy a new refillable Advent calendar every year, you will have to purchase the treats, which go inside the compartments.
What to look for in a quality Advent calendar
Size
Some Advent calendars are small, lightweight items made of fabric that can be hung on a wall. Other models are larger items that must be placed on a table for display. The larger an Advent calendar is, the larger the prizes it can accommodate. Consider the amount of room you have in your home so you can purchase an Advent calendar of the proper size.
Order
While this may seem like a minor feature, some kids love hunting for the next surprise and prefer an Advent calendar that is not laid out in sequential order. If you have a model with removable drawers, and all the drawers are the same size, you can arrange them in whatever order you prefer.
Themes
Advent calendars are such popular items that they have extended beyond use for religious purposes and can be used to celebrate the winter season in general. Because of this, you can purchase Advent calendars that have a wide variety of themes.
- Religious advent calendars: These calendars are for Christians who want to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They may feature figures from the nativity scene, Bible verses, iconic religious symbols and more.
- Christmas Advent calendars: For the individual who celebrates a secular Christmas, these Advent calendars may feature Santa Claus, Christmas trees, presents, toys, candy and other traditional holiday themes.
- Winter Advent calendars: There are Advent calendars with a number of winter themes available for individuals of other faiths or people who just want to enjoy the season.
How much you can expect to spend on an Advent calendar
While the general price range for a kids’ Advent calendar is between $12-$50, it is possible to find ones with more expensive surprises that cost as much as $150 or more.
Advent calendar FAQ
Are there adult advent calendars?
A. Of course! Advent calendars for adults can feature ornaments, tea, makeup, wine, collectables, chocolate, fruit spreads, bath bombs, jewelry, socks and more.
Is a typical Advent calendar 24 or 25 days?
A. While an Advent calendar that features 24 days is common because Christmas is the day you are anticipating, there are some calendars that also feature a surprise for Dec. 25.
What are the best Advent calendars to buy?
Top Advent calendar
What you need to know: If your child likes LEGO, this smartly designed kit contains enough items to assemble a seasonal wonderland by Christmas.
What you’ll love: With a total of 370 pieces, this LEGO kit helps ensure your child will have something to look forward to each day in December. Hidden behind the doors, your child will find such prizes as micro figures, a puppy, a kitten, a robot, a piano, a snowboard, a sled and more. Many of these buildable toys have moving parts to make them even more fun to play with.
What you should consider: While not every day is a stellar surprise, the pieces of this Advent calendar do combine to create an impressive set.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Advent calendar for the money
Coogam Metal Wire Puzzle Toys Advent Calendar
What you need to know: If you are looking for an affordable Advent calendar that offers your child a different challenge every day, the 24 wire puzzles in this option will fit your needs.
What you’ll love: The wire puzzles in this kit are durable and feature no sharp edges. There are five different levels that increase in difficulty as the month progresses. The puzzles in this set encourage creative thinking and help develop fine motor skills.
What you should consider: The box is a little flimsy, which means some of the puzzles can shift, giving you some days when you get multiples and some days when you get no puzzles.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
The Purple Cow The Crazy Scientist Advent Calendar
What you need to know: This educational Advent calendar is perfect for the inquisitive child who has a thirst for knowledge and wants to better understand the world around them.
What you’ll love: There are 24 activities in this Advent calendar along with a full-color instruction book and a board game. Each experiment comes packaged in its own colorful little box to help you keep things organized. The activities included in this Advent calendar are suitable for kids age 6 and up.
What you should consider: Some activities require a few common household items that do not come with the Advent calendar.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Very warm weekend followed with a shot of relief from the heat
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The 90 degree temperature trend continues into Saturday before we work in a cooldown with rain chances returning early next week.
Friday night: Mostly clear and mild with a light breeze. Lows in the mid 60s.
Saturday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Can’t rule out a couple of stray showers east of Indy. Hot with highs in the low 90s.
Sunday: Staying on the toasty side through Sunday with plenty of sunshine and highs in the mid to upper 80s.
8-Day Forecast: Cooler air will ride into the state through the first half of next week. A front will slide in from the north by Tuesday bringing the chance for a few showers. Highs slip into the upper 70s by Wednesday before we find ourselves back near the mid 80s next Friday. | https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-blog/very-warm-weekend-followed-with-a-shot-of-relief-from-the-heat/ | 2023-06-02 21:36:46 | 0 | https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-blog/very-warm-weekend-followed-with-a-shot-of-relief-from-the-heat/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) ("Bit Digital" or the "Company"), a digital asset mining company headquartered in New York, announced updates related to its hosting partner's operations.
Bit Digital received a notice (the "Notice") dated October 4, 2022, from the City of Niagara Falls, New York. The Notice pertained to a Niagara Falls, NY facility that is owned and operated by one of the Company's hosting partners, Blockfusion USA Inc. ("Blockfusion"). The Notice orders the cease and desist from any cryptocurrency mining or related operations at the facility until such time as Blockfusion complies with Section 1303.2.8 of the City of Niagara Falls Zoning Ordinance (the "Ordinance"), in addition to all other City ordinances and codes. Power had been restored at this facility in September following the previously announced explosion and fire in May 2022.
Blockfusion has advised the Company that the Ordinance came into practical effect on October 1, 2022, following the expiration of a related moratorium on September 30, 2022. Blockfusion has further advised that it is preparing applications for new permits based on the Ordinance's new standards and that the permits may take several months to process. Bit Digital management continues to monitor the situation.
Pursuant to the Mining Services Agreement between Bit Digital and Blockfusion dated August 25, 2021, Blockfusion represents, warrants, and covenants that it "possesses, and will maintain, all licenses, registrations, authorizations and approvals required by any governmental agency, regulatory authority or other party necessary for it to operate its business and engage in the business relating to its provision of the Services." On October 5, 2022, Bit Digital further noticed Blockfusion that it expects it to comply with directives of the Notice.
Approximately 17% of the Company's total active mining fleet is currently located at the Blockfusion facility in Niagara Falls. As of October 6, 2022, the Company had a total of 13,980 mining units actively hashing.
About Bit Digital
Bit Digital, Inc. is a bitcoin mining company headquartered in New York City. Our mining operations are located in North America. For additional information, please contact ir@bit-digital.com or visit our website at www.bit-digital.com.
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and forward-looking statements described under "Risk Factors" in Item 3.D of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. If any material risk was to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In that event, the value of our securities could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition, our past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results in the future. Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of Bit Digital's production of bitcoin. Actual operating results will vary depending on many factors including network difficulty rate, total hash rate of the network, the operations of our facilities, the status of our miners, and other factors. Additionally, all discussions of financial metrics assume mining difficulty rates as of October 2022. See "Safe Harbor Statement" below.
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