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HUNTINGTON — Dr. Robert J. “Rob” and Suzanne J. Cure have established a new endowed scholarship at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in memory of his parents, Sidney “Sid” and Maria Cure, and honors Rob’s southern West Virginia roots.
Rob Cure, a native of Gary, West Virginia, in McDowell County, is a graduate of Mount View High School. He graduated from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in 1998. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, and is board certified in diagnostic radiology. He returned to West Virginia and joined Radiology Inc., in 2003, and provides radiology services at Mountain Health Network’s hospitals. He also serves as chief of the department of radiology at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Kentucky. He served as president of the School of Medicine Alumni Association from 2020 to 2022.
Suzanne Cure is a Barboursville native who graduated from West Virginia University in Morgantown with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She went on to train in the cytotechnology program at Cabell Huntington Hospital and is a board-certified cytotechnologist, working previously for LabCorp in Charleston; Lexington Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina; and University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
“Suzanne and I returned to Huntington nearly two decades ago so that I could begin my practice of medicine, always knowing that home is where all roads would lead,” Rob Cure said. “We chose to support students from southern West Virginia because I take great pride in my heritage and origin from this underserved area that forms the true backbone of the state. I also wanted to pay homage to parents who gave me the strength, courage and determination to fulfill my dream of becoming a physician.”
The Dr. Robert J. and Mrs. Suzanne J. Cure Scholarship is designated for an entering medical student from McDowell County, West Virginia, with second preference to a student from Mercer, Mingo or Wyoming counties in West Virginia, and third preference to a student from Boone or Logan counties in West Virginia. Kailey Stuart, a first-year student from Williamson, West Virginia, is the first recipient of the scholarship. Stuart has a Bachelor of Science in biological sciences from Marshall University and has participated in the Energy Express AmeriCorps program for underprivileged children in her hometown for two consecutive summers.
For more information or to make a gift to the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, please contact Linda Holmes, director of development and alumni affairs, by phone at 304-691-1711 or by e-mail at holmes@marshall.edu.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Red Sox made one major decision public on Wednesday, Alex Cora saying during his paid radio appearance that Opening Day starter Corey Kluber was going to the bullpen and Tanner Houck would stay in the rotation.
More are coming.
As the Red Sox work to regain their lost momentum, the roster is going to change significantly in the coming days and weeks.
The next decision will come in Phoenix on Saturday when Garrett Whitlock is activated off the injured list to start against the Diamondbacks.
Dropping one of the relievers off the roster seems like an easy choice.
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But it’s going to get complicated after that.
Infielder Yu Chang, who is set to start a rehabilitation assignment with Double A Portland on Friday, will be back soon. Chang, who broke the hamate bone in his left wrist on April 24, may only need a few games before coming back.
That is not the case for Christian Arroyo, who also is ready to start his minor league assignment. The Sox prefer he spend more time in the minors, playing second base, third base, and shortstop before returning.
Arroyo had a .660 OPS in 27 games before straining his right hamstring. He needs to get in a better groove at the plate, too.
“He needs at-bats,” Cora said.
Fitting Arroyo and Chang onto the roster could require sending Enmanuel Valdez back to Triple A. The rookie second baseman has hit well but needs work defensively.
Chang’s above-average defense at shortstop and second base has been missed.
Adam Duvall is eligible to come off the injured list on June 10 and that’s his goal. Even if it’s not that day, he’s getting closer.
Duvall hit .455 with 10 extra-base hits in eight games before he broke his left wrist. He can’t be expected to replicate those numbers, but the Sox will be eager to have him back in the middle of the lineup.
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Where will that leave Jarren Duran, who was 1 for 19 in the first five games of the road trip? Duran gave the Sox a huge lift when he was called up in April. Even if it’s in a part-time role, he deserves playing time.
It’s also fair to wonder how much rope Triston Casas has at first base.
The rookie was hitting .181 with a .666 OPS through Tuesday. To date, his most consistent contribution has been drawing 25 walks in 154 plate appearances.
“His on-base percentage is still good,” Cora said. “He’s not taking advantage of certain counts when he’s ahead in the count. That’s something that obviously he needs to do.
“At one point he’s going to start hitting for average. He will do damage … He’s going to be here. This is a guy we trust.”
Casas is hitting .071 when he’s ahead in the count, well off the major league average of .286. And while Cora lauded his .312 OBP, that’s below the league average of .320.
The walks are great, but how does Casas have only four doubles? His bWAR of minus-0.7 is the lowest on the team among the position players.
“If he stays with his process and swings at the right pitches, he’s going to get hot,” Cora said.
Down the road, perhaps at the All-Star break, Trevor Story will become part of the mix. He’s in Fort Myers working out and that includes a throwing program as he recovers from elbow surgery.
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At some point the best Sox lineup could have Story at shortstop, Kiké Hernández at second base, Duvall in center, and Justin Turner getting more time at first base.
“The future is not next year or two years from now,” Cora said. “It’s next week or two weeks from now.”
That Kluber was demoted was a sign of that. He’s a respected veteran, but the Sox can’t afford to give games away, not in the American League East.
There are no more free passes for the sake of development or justifying contracts.
“When you have good players, stuff like this is going to happen,” Cora said. “This is part of it. Some guys don’t like it, but at the end it’s what you can do for this group.”
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Walker Buehler has six wins — tied with a big group for second most in the majors — but he probably has been feeling anything but triumphant of late as he gets set to return to the mound Saturday against the New York Mets.
Buehler (6-1, 3.22 ERA) is having another fine season at first glance, but things can be deceiving, much like the right-hander’s fastball/breaking ball mix. That combination, though, has not been up to Buehler’s standards.
During his most recent outing Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Buehler returned to the dugout at one point and flung his glove at the bat rack in disgust. He gave up a season-high two home runs and even though the offense rallied to leave him with a no-decision, the Dodgers fell 6-5 in the first loss of what would be a three-game sweep by Pittsburgh.
The Dodges are hoping a slight mechanical tweak can get Buehler’s command back in order and turn him back into the dominating staff ace the club was expecting.
“I think it’s a blessing because he expects so much from himself,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Buehler’s tendency to show emotion when his performances fail to meet his high standards. “When it’s not going well, the way he thinks it should, there is a lot of frustration in there. But he can adjust and we’re confident that he will.”
The Dodgers are still 7-3 in Buehler’s starts so there is no sense of panic that he has yet to hit his stride. He did have seven strikeouts Monday, his most in an outing since his first career complete-game shutout April 25 at Arizona when he struck out 10.
In four career starts against the Mets, Buehler is 1-0 with a 3.65 ERA, but he has his issues with New York’s Pete Alonso, giving up three home runs in 12 at-bats.
The Mets will counter with left-hander David Peterson (2-0, 3.03), who had the worst of his six season appearances Monday against the Washington Nationals. Peterson gave up four runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings, with four walks and one strikeout.
The Mets’ first-round draft pick in 2017 (20th overall), Peterson is now 31 appearances (29 starts) into his major league career with a 10-8 record and 4.32 ERA but has yet to face the Dodgers.
Despite Peterson’s limited experience, the Mets will lean on him to get their 10-game road trip on track. After a six-game winning streak at home, the Mets have lost the first two games of a four-game series with the Dodgers.
Friday’s 6-1 defeat to the Dodgers meant the Mets have been outscored 8-1 so far in the series. The Dodgers had home runs from Cody Bellinger, Zach McKinstry and Chris Taylor on Friday.
New York’s Francisco Lindor, who missed the series opener with a finger injury, saw his 10-game RBI streak come to an end when he went 0-for-4 in Friday’s game.
“It’s a team that you have to go out there and you have to go battle every single inning,” New York’s Starling Marte said of the Dodgers. “They play the game hard, and that’s what we strive to go do. We have to match that same intensity.”
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Coffee and Music Cultures Collide with A First-of-its-Kind, Rockin' Collaboration
BURLINGTON, Mass. and FRISCO, Texas, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Keurig and fan-favorite rock band, The Rolling Stones, announced the launch of their limited-edition "Start Me Up" iced coffee kit. Produced in partnership with Bravado, Universal Music Group's industry-leading merchandise and brand management company, the bespoke kit channels the band's electrifying spirit to help people turn up their summer with the perfect iced coffee experience at home.
Featuring an iced coffee-inspired twist on the band's iconic logo, the "Start Me Up" Iced Coffee Kit includes a custom-designed K-Iced™ Brewer, matching tumbler, and curated "Start Me Up" K-Cup® Pod coffee blend, co-created with The Rolling Stones. The kit also amplifies your at-home coffee experience with the first-ever branded Spotify playlist, hand-picked by the band, to rock out to while you brew, sip, and enjoy.
"The Rolling Stones is a household name and widely considered as one of the most definitive bands in history. As their first-ever coffee collaboration, we're excited to bring their lively spirit to life through our limited edition 'Start Me Up' iced coffee kit," said Becky Opdyke, Senior Vice President, Coffee Marketing at Keurig Dr Pepper. "Whether you're a routine iced coffee drinker, a long-time Rolling Stones fan, or want to simply amplify your coffee drinking habits, we invite consumers to infuse a little rock and roll energy into their iced coffee experience."
Perfectly paired with the brewer, the limited-edition "Start Me Up" K-Cup® pod coffee blend features a nutty roast that'll start you up with electrifying notes of strawberry for the ultimate, great tasting cup of iced coffee. It's the ideal way to invigorate taste buds this summer with this one-of-a-kind blend, bringing incredible flavor to the season that celebrates the uncapped energy of The Rolling Stones.
"We're thrilled to be branching into the iced coffee space with Keurig," said The Rolling Stones. "We've collaborated to bring this limited-edition product to life and give fans a new way to fuel their day."
To learn more about the Rolling Stones ♥ Keurig collaboration and to help amplify summer with a coffee experience unlike any other, visit Keurig.com today to purchase this kit for $139.99, while supplies last.
About Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue of more than $14 billion and approximately 28,000 employees. KDP holds leadership positions in liquid refreshment beverages, including soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company's portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands is designed to satisfy virtually any consumer need, any time, and includes Keurig®, Dr Pepper®, Canada Dry®, Clamato®, CORE®, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®, Mott's®, Snapple®, and The Original Donut Shop®. Through its powerful sales and distribution network, KDP can deliver its portfolio of hot and cold beverages to nearly every point of purchase for consumers. The Company's Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform is focused on the greatest opportunities for impact in the environment, its supply chain, the health and well-being of consumers and with its people and communities. For more information, visit www.keurigdrpepper.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases, even as it welcomes the public back to its courtroom for a new term that begins Monday.
The justices began providing live audio of arguments after the court closed to the public in March of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Monday will be the first time in more than two and a half years that the justices will hear arguments with members of the public present.
Chief Justice John Roberts had said earlier this month that the public would be allowed back in October, following the court’s summer break. But the court had not announced specifics or said what would happen to the audio feed of arguments the court has been providing through its website. Before the pandemic, audio of arguments was generally available only several days after they took place.
On Wednesday the high court announced that the building would still remain closed to visitors “until further notice” outside oral arguments, which are scheduled on four days in October. Members of the public who attend on those days will not be required to wear masks.
The court at first postponed arguments entirely in 2020 because of virus concerns but went on to hear them by phone for more than a year and a half. The justices returned to in-person sessions without the public in the fall of last year and heard their entire last term without being open to the public. That included big cases in which they ultimately expanded gun rights and stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. Aside from arguing lawyers, only the justices’ law clerks, court staff and journalists who cover the court were allowed to be at argument sessions, and for a time there were mask and testing requirements.
On the first day of the new term Monday the court will hear cases involving the nation’s main anti-water pollution law, the Clean Water Act, and a dispute between states over unclaimed money. Big cases already on the docket this term include one challenging the role of race in college admissions and another that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act.
The court looks different from the last time the public was allowed to see the justices on the bench, with two new justices. Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020. And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s first Black female justice, joined the court following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer in June.
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High school football player gets big surprise when Marine brother runs onto field
Updated: 5:15 AM CDT Oct 23, 2022
A high school football player got the surprise of her life before Friday's game when her older brother, who serves in the Marines in Arizona, walked onto the field.Jenna Kivlin plays left guard on the offensive line for Littleton High School, opening up lanes for her teammates, and as a run-stopping nose tackle on the defensive line.Before the game, her brother Sgt. Jake Kivlin, ran out onto the field and hugged his little sister, as crowds cheered and clapped. Watch the special moment in the video player above. It was a sweet surprise for Jenna, who said she knew that she was ready for the gridiron starting when she was 8 years old."For people that say she's a girl that plays football, I just think of her as one of my teammates," said senior running back Brian Marrese. "She's almost just like one of the guys. She fits in so well. No one treats her like she's a girl. Everyone will hit her as hard as they can every play and she hits back, so it's great having her on the team.""We try to just leave it out of our minds that she's a girl. She's just another teammate," said senior quarterback Brady Decoste."I like having to fight through things," Jenna Kivlin said. "I've always liked proving people wrong, I guess."
LITTLETON, Mass. — A high school football player got the surprise of her life before Friday's game when her older brother, who serves in the Marines in Arizona, walked onto the field.
Jenna Kivlin plays left guard on the offensive line for Littleton High School, opening up lanes for her teammates, and as a run-stopping nose tackle on the defensive line.
Before the game, her brother Sgt. Jake Kivlin, ran out onto the field and hugged his little sister, as crowds cheered and clapped.
Watch the special moment in the video player above.
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A sweet surprise for a Littleton High School football player when her Marine brother ran onto the field.
It was a sweet surprise for Jenna, who said she knew that she was ready for the gridiron starting when she was 8 years old.
"For people that say she's a girl that plays football, I just think of her as one of my teammates," said senior running back Brian Marrese. "She's almost just like one of the guys. She fits in so well. No one treats her like she's a girl. Everyone will hit her as hard as they can every play and she hits back, so it's great having her on the team."
"We try to just leave it out of our minds that she's a girl. She's just another teammate," said senior quarterback Brady Decoste.
"I like having to fight through things," Jenna Kivlin said. "I've always liked proving people wrong, I guess." | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/high-school-football-player-gets-big-surprise-when-marine-brother-runs-onto-field/41744761 | 2022-10-23 11:31:24 | 1 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/high-school-football-player-gets-big-surprise-when-marine-brother-runs-onto-field/41744761 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Police in St. Petersburg, Florida, say a missing child was found in an alligator’s mouth and his father has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
During a news conference on Friday, Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were investigating the area of Del Homes Park when they spotted an alligator with an object in its mouth. The chief said officers fired one round at the alligator and it dropped the object.
Officers were then able to retrieve Taylen’s body intact, Holloway said.
“We are so sorry that it had to end this way,” Holloway said.
According to the chief, Taylen’s mother, Pashun Jeffrey, was killed at the nearby Lincoln Shores Apartments after being stabbed multiple times.
An AMBER Alert was issued on Thursday after Taylen disappeared.
Taylen’s father — who has not been named — was previously deemed a person of interest in the case. On Friday evening, the chief said Taylen’s father is now facing two charges of first-degree murder.
On Friday afternoon, Holloway told reporters that a blood trail was seen near Jeffrey’s vehicle.
Holloway said the child’s father showed up at his mother’s home with cuts on his arm at 9 p.m. Wednesday. He admitted himself to a hospital afterward.
“Nothing in our investigation leads us to believe that he is a victim,” Holloway said.
Holloway said investigators are trying to figure out if Taylen died before he went into the lake or after.
Here’s a timeline of what we know so far.
Wednesday, March 29 – 5:30 p.m.
Pashun Jeffrey and Taylen Mosley were last seen, alive, by a family member.
Wednesday, March 29 – 8:30 p.m.
A neighbor told police they heard a “commotion” coming from the apartment at around this time.
Wednesday, March 29 – 9 p.m.
Taylen’s father shows up at his mother’s house with cuts on his hands and arms. He went to a hospital afterward.
Thursday, March 30 – 2:30 p.m.
Family members asked apartment staff for a welfare check on Pashun after they failed to get in touch with her. Pashun’s body was discovered alongside “a very violent homicide scene in the apartment,” according to Holloway.
Friday, March 31
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Shortly after voting ended in 2020, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, defended the integrity of America's election systems.
He said he believed Joe Biden was the rightful winner of that presidential election, and that calling an election stolen without proof was "irresponsible."
"I certainly have faith in Ohio's elections, and I believe that other states ... almost all, I think all the other states do it very well also," LaRose told Cleveland's The Plain Dealer newspaper in November 2020. "If anybody believes that there's something out there, they need to show evidence. Otherwise, making claims without any basis or evidence behind it is problematic."
A year and a half later, former President Donald Trump is still making those sorts of claims. He came to Ohio two weeks ago and declared that the U.S. had a "fake, phony election."
But in the same week, he also endorsed LaRose, who has softened his criticisms of the former president and sharpened his tone about the state of voting in the U.S., as he faces a challenge in Tuesday's Republican primary in Ohio.
A more mainstream endorsement
LaRose does not fit the typical profile of a Trump-endorsed candidate to oversee voting. The former president has so far endorsed three other candidates in secretary of state races across the country:
LaRose, however, has prided himself on ballot access in Ohio and bipartisanship.
While serving in the Ohio Senate, he led the effort to implement online voter registration in the state. And leading up to the 2020 election, he co-chaired the National Association of Secretary of States elections committee along with Michigan Democrat Jocelyn Benson — a frequent target of the far-right. LaRose and Benson would go running together sometimes during NASS meeting weekends.
LaRose's pivot
Recently, though, LaRose has pivoted toward the Republican base ahead of Tuesday's primary. His challenger, former state Rep. John Adams, argues the 2020 election was not secure, and has advocated policy positions based on conspiracy theories, like pulling Ohio out of the Electronic Registration Information Center.
In response, LaRose has moved closer to some of Trump's election fraud narratives.
LaRose argued recently on Twitter that the mainstream media has wrongfully downplayed voter fraud as an issue in American elections, even though it has never been shown to be a widespread problem.
And in an interview with NPR, LaRose said he now feels like there were "shenanigans" in other states in 2020, though he declined to characterize the election as stolen.
That, and much of Trump's language about wanting people loyal to him in powerful election offices, comes in stark contrast to LaRose's prior language around voting, even as recently as earlier this year.
"People that are influencers, we need to turn the heat down on politicizing elections administration," LaRose told NPR in January. "When it comes to the way the ballots are counted, when it comes to the way the polls are opened, when it comes to the way that elections are run, we should stop politicizing that now."
In that same interview, LaRose called the trend of candidates not conceding elections that they lose "a very dangerous thing."
But this week, LaRose responded to questions about Trump's endorsement by saying people don't need to agree on everything to support each other.
"My wife and I disagree from time to time and we're going to spend the rest of our lives together," LaRose said. "I can certainly accept the endorsement of the [former] president when I support the vast majority of his policies. ... That doesn't mean we agree on everything."
LaRose said he has not had any in-depth conversations with Trump about election integrity or policy issues regarding voting.
"Like deer in the wilderness"
Larry Jacobs, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, said LaRose is responding like all candidates do when faced with a primary challenge.
"Politicians are like deer in the wilderness — their ears are always detecting potential threats," Jacobs said. "For politicians, the primary is the threat."
Because turnout is so low for primary elections (they often garner less than a 30% turnout rate), candidates are forced to fight for the most ideologically devoted voters, who are the ones mostly likely to vote in such elections. That means leaning away from more moderate positions and toward ideological extremes.
Jacobs argued in a recent Washington Post op-ed that primary elections are the chief problem facing American democracy in 2022.
"Though proposals to save American democracy abound — from abolishing the electoral college to overhauling campaign finance laws — none will succeed without pragmatic primary election reform," he wrote.
So while a primary challenge may explain LaRose's shift toward the Republican base, what about Trump's late embrace of a voting official candidate who doesn't share his beliefs about the 2020 election?
Jacobs says LaRose is favored to win this week, and Trump and his team may be looking to boost their scorecard.
"There's going to be a lot of scrutiny of Trump's ability to influence the outcome of these nominations," Jacobs said. "LaRose could be a quick pickup."
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Bomb hits major Istanbul avenue, kills 6, wounds dozens
A bomb exploded on a popular pedestrian street in Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose.
Footage posted online showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at the scene on on Istiklal Avenue, a typically crowded thoroughfare popular with tourists and locals and lined with shops and restaurants. In one video, a loud bang could be heard and flames could be seen, as pedestrians turned and ran away. Social media users said shops were shuttered and the avenue closed down.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the blast a “treacherous attack” and said its perpetrators would be punished. In addition to the six dead, Erdogan said another 53 were wounded, according to information he received from the Istanbul governor.
Turkey was hit by a string of deadly bombings between 2015 and 2017 by the Islamic State group and outlawed Kurdish groups.
Five prosecutors were assigned to investigate the blast, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Turkey’s media watchdog imposed temporary restrictions on reporting on the explosion – a move that bans the use of close-up videos and photos of the blast and its aftermath. The Supreme Council of Radio and Television has imposed similar bans in the past, following attacks and accidents. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2022/11/13/turkey-explosion-avenue-kills-injures-pedestrian/69644374007/ | 2022-11-13 16:25:09 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2022/11/13/turkey-explosion-avenue-kills-injures-pedestrian/69644374007/ |
The new program enables all motorcycle riders and moto-culture fans to connect, engage and ride with one another, while enjoying personalized benefits, rewards and experiences.
MILWAUKEE, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on the 40-year history and success of its Harley Owners Group, the largest factory-sponsored motorcycle club in the world with over 500,000 members, Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) today launched its new H-D™ Membership program. H-D Membership is an industry-leading community platform and membership program that will bring together riders and moto-culture fans under the United We Ride banner to connect, engage and ride with one another.
H-D Membership will allow riders and fans to enjoy a personalized experience of in-app social features, riding benefits and access to the Harley-Davidson brand like never before. H-D Membership is a new and positive hub for moto-culture – serving as inspiration to riders and non-riders alike.
"Our community is at the heart of everything we do – building on the success of the Harley Owners Group, H-D Membership will enhance the way in which we engage with our members, leveraging modern tools to connect riders, deliver new benefits and create new experiences," said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, President and CEO, Harley-Davidson. "We're excited about giving our community of riders and non-riders a new way to connect on and off the road, while ensuring we deliver unique and tailored content to really make their experience with the brand as personalized as possible."
H-D Membership will offer riders and non-riders new benefits to further unlock the benefits of the unique moto-culture community:
- New app experience – The revamped H-D® app, now exclusive for members, has been designed to connect and engage with the wider community. Members can now explore new digital and social tools that enable sharing of experiences, and for members to learn and be inspired by each other. With the help of member profiles, member groups, ride planning and sharing and numerous other tools, members can engage both on and off the road, making these new offerings exciting additions to maximize the H-D experience.
- Unique and personalized content – H-D Membership creates special access to the H-D brand. Tailored to a member's individual lifestyle and riding interests, members will have access to information on new products, special membership events, curated H-D content (e.g., educational riding, moto-culture inspiring, H-D community), and much more.
- Expanded benefits – H-D Membership provides high-value benefits both on and off the bike such as roadside assistance, motorcycle service, unique member products and more. Additionally, members gain access to exclusive benefits and special offers through collaborations with Hilton®, SiriusXM, AT&T, EagleRider Rentals, the Fuel Rewards® program at Shell and Tentrr (two-wheel friendly camping).
- Introduction of loyalty rewards – With the new H-D Membership program, members will earn points for purchases of H-D® products at participating Harley-Davidson® dealerships and online at H-D.com. Members will also earn rewards for engaging with the community by sharing great content, riding together, attending events and completing challenges. Members who also hold the Harley-Davidson® Visa® card can earn even more points and enjoy extra redemption options and benefits.
H-D™ Membership is free for all participants, offering multiple ways for members to tailor their experiences, engage with the H-D community and earn rewards. Members who look to further enhance their H-D experience and benefit package may elect to add the Access Pass, for riders and non-riders, with exclusive access to key brand events and content as well as benefits such as enhanced rewards and partner benefits. Another option is the Rider Pass which includes tools, content, and benefits such as roadside assistance, motorcycle service benefits and partner benefits to enhance the riding experience. Members who ride a Harley-Davidson® motorcycle may also elect to join Harley Owners Group, with an enhanced riding benefits package, including extended roadside assistance, inspection benefits and special H-D rewards for engagement.
H-D Membership seeks to engage the broader riding community and H-D brand fans, extending support to members who are new to the sport and further promoting an inclusive, positive moto-culture community. On or off the bike, H-D Membership connects, empowers and rewards our community, enhancing the H-D experience. Members can download the H-D app to stay up to date on special events, including the Harley-Davidson® HomecomingTM Festival, July 13 – 16, 2023 (h-d.com/homecoming).
H-D is launching its new Membership program first in the United States and will continue the roll out across its regions.
To learn more about H-D Membership, please visit h-d.com/membership.
About Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company of Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Harley-Davidson Financial Services. Our vision: Building our legend and leading our industry through innovation, evolution and emotion. Our mission: More than building machines, we stand for the timeless pursuit of adventure. Freedom for the soul. Our ambition is to maintain our place as the most desirable motorcycle brand in the world. Since 1903, Harley-Davidson has defined motorcycle culture by delivering a motorcycle lifestyle with distinctive and customizable motorcycles, experiences, motorcycle accessories, riding gear and apparel. Harley-Davidson Financial Services provides financing, insurance and other programs to help get riders on the road. Harley-Davidson also has a controlling interest in Livewire, the first publicly traded all-electric motorcycle company in the United States. LiveWire is the future in the making for the pursuit of urban adventure and beyond. Drawing on its DNA as an agile disruptor from the lineage of Harley-Davidson and capitalizing on a decade of learnings in the EV sector, LiveWire's ambition is to be the most desirable electric motorcycle brand in the world. Learn more at harley-davidson.com and livewire.com.
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The 2023 3M Open Odds & Preview: Hideki Matsuyama
Hideki Matsuyama will be among those at the 2023 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota at TPC Twin Cities from July 27-30.
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Hideki Matsuyama Insights
- Matsuyama has finished below par on 11 occasions, completed his day bogey-free three times and finished 13 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 18 rounds played.
- He has recorded the best score of the day in one of his last 18 rounds, while scoring among the top five in two rounds and the top 10 on four occasions.
- Matsuyama has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in four of his last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 10 times.
- In his past five events, Matsuyama has finished in the top 20 three times.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut four times.
- Matsuyama has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his past five tournaments.
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3M Open Insights and Stats
- Matsuyama has one top-10 finish in his past two appearances at this tournament. His average finishing position has been seventh.
- Matsuyama has made the cut one time in his previous two entries in this event.
- The par-71 course measures 7,431 yards this week, 414 yards longer than the average Tour stop during the past 12 months.
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At TPC Twin Cities, the scoring average is lower at -8 per tournament.
- Courses that Matsuyama has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,368 yards, 63 yards shorter than the 7,431-yard TPC Twin Cities this week.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -4. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -8.
Matsuyama's Last Time Out
- Matsuyama was in the 81st percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of 2.94 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He finished in the 88th percentile on par 4s at The Open Championship, averaging 4.00 strokes on those 44 holes.
- Matsuyama shot better than 36% of the golfers at The Open Championship on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.83 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.78.
- Matsuyama fared worse on par 3s than the field his last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at The Open Championship (the other competitors averaged 1.3).
- On the 16 par-3s at The Open Championship, Matsuyama did not have a bogey or worse (the field averaged 2.3).
- Matsuyama's six birdies or better on the 44 par-4s at The Open Championship were more than the tournament average (3.4).
- In that last tournament, Matsuyama carded a bogey or worse on five of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 8.1).
- Matsuyama ended The Open Championship recording a birdie or better on three par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 3.4 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at The Open Championship, Matsuyama recorded one bogey or worse, fewer than the tournament average of 1.2.
3M Open Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Matsuyama Odds to Win: +1800 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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By DAVID BILLER and FELIPE MELLO
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — “No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!”
The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college on Monday afternoon. Within hours, it was the rallying cry for thousands of Brazilians who streamed into the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, penned on protest posters and banners.
The words are a demand for retribution against the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed Brazil’s capital Sunday, and those who enabled the rampage.
“These people need to be punished, the people who ordered it need to be punished, those who gave money for it need to be punished,” Bety Amin, a 61-year-old therapist, said on Sao Paulo’s main boulevard. The word “DEMOCRACY” stretched across the back of her shirt. “They don’t represent Brazil. We represent Brazil.”
Protesters’ push for accountability evokes memories of an amnesty law that for decades has protected military members accused of abuse and murder during the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship. A 2014 truth commission report sparked debate over how Brazil has grappled with the regime’s legacy.
Declining to mete out punishment “can avoid tensions at the moment, but perpetuates instability,” Luis Felipe Miguel, a professor of political science at the University of Brasilia, wrote in a column entitled “No Amnesty” published Monday evening. “That is the lesson we should have learned from the end of the military dictatorship, when Brazil opted not to punish the regime’s killers and torturers.”
The same day, Brazilian police rounded up roughly 1,500 rioters. Some were caught in the act of trashing Brazil’s Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace. Most were detained the following morning at an encampment in Brasilia. Many were held in a gymnasium throughout the day, and video shared on pro-Bolsonaro social media channels showed some complaining about poor treatment in the crowded space.
Almost 600 who were elderly, sick, homeless or mothers with their children were released Tuesday after being questioned and having their phones inspected, the Federal Police said in a statement. Its press office previously told The Associated Press that the force plans to indict at least 1,000 people. As of Tuesday afternoon, 527 people had been transfered to either a detention center or prison.
The administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says jailing the rioters is only the start.
Justice minister Flávio Dino vowed to prosecute those who acted behind the scenes to summon supporters on social media and finance their transport on charges involving organized crime, staging a coup, and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. Authorities also are investigating allegations that local security personnel allowed the destruction to proceed unabated.
“We cannot and will not compromise in fulfilling our legal duties,” Dino said. “This fulfillment is essential so such events do not repeat themselves.”
Lula signed a decree, now approved by both houses of Congress, ordering the federal government to assume control of security in the capital.
Far-right elements have refused to accept Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat. Since his Oct. 30 loss, they have camped outside military barracks in Brasilia, pleading for intervention to allow Bolsonaro to remain in power and oust Lula. When no coup materialized, they rose up themselves.
Decked out in the green and yellow of the national flag, they broke windows, toppled furniture and hurled computers and printers to the ground. They punched holes in a massive Emiliano Di Cavalcanti painting at the presidential palace and destroyed other works of art. They overturned the U-shaped table where Supreme Court justices convene, ripped a door off one justice’s office and vandalized a statue outside the court. Hours passed before police expelled the mob.
“It’s unacceptable what happened yesterday. It’s terrorism,” Marcelo Menezes, a 59-year-old police officer from northeastern Pernambuco state, said at a protest in Sao Paulo. “I’m here in defense of democracy, I’m here in defense of the people.”
Cries of “No amnesty!” were also heard during Lula’s Jan. 1 inaugural address, in response to the president detailing the neglect of the outgoing Bolsonaro administration.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has waxed nostalgic for the dictatorship era, praised a notorious torturer as a hero and said the regime should have gone further in executing communists. His government also commemorated the anniversary of Brazil’s 1964 coup.
Political analysts had repeatedly warned that Bolsonaro was laying the groundwork for an insurrection in the mold of that which unfolded in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. For months, he stoked belief among hardcore supporters that the nation’s electronic voting system was prone to fraud — though he never presented any evidence and independent experts disagreed.
Results from the election, the closest since Brazil’s return to democracy, were quickly recognized by politicians across the spectrum, including some Bolsonaro allies, as well as dozens of other governments. The outgoing president surprised nearly everyone by promptly fading from view, neither conceding defeat nor emphatically crying fraud. He and his party submitted a request to nullify millions of votes, which was swiftly dismissed by the electoral authority.
None of that dissuaded his die-hard backers from their conviction that Bolsonaro should still be in power.
In the immediate aftermath of the riot, Lula said that the so-called “fascist fanatics” and their financial backers must be held responsible. He also accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising.
Bolsonaro denied the president’s accusation Sunday. Writing on Twitter, he said peaceful protest is part of democracy, but vandalism and invasion of public buildings cross the line.
Authorities are also investigating the role of the federal district’s police in either failing to halt protesters’ advance or standing aside to let them run amok. Prosecutors in the capital said local security forces were negligent at the very least. A supreme court justice temporarily suspended the regional governor, who oversees the force, for what he termed “willful omission” and issued warrants for the preventative arrests of the former heads of the security secretariat and military police, as well as searches of their residences.
Another justice blamed authorities across Brazil for not swiftly cracking down on “homegrown neofascism.”
The upheaval finally prompted municipal and state governments to disperse the pro-Bolsonaro encampments outside the military barracks. Their tents and tarps were taken down, and residents were sent packing.
Meanwhile, pro-democracy protesters want to ensure their message — “No amnesty!” — will be heeded by both the law enforcement authorities and any far-right elements who might dare defy democracy again.
“After what happened yesterday, we need to go to the street,” said Marcos Gama, a retiree protesting Monday night in Sao Paulo. “We need to react.”
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AP videojournalist Mello reported from Sao Paulo. AP writer Carla Bridi contributed from Salvador.
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The Best Song From Every Ozzy Osbourne Album
A journey through Ozzy Osbourne’s solo output seems to mirror the Black Sabbath icon’s life and times. It’s strong evidence that, like him or loathe him (and some do), he’s an artist who very much wears his heart on his sleeve, and in a world like ours, such honesty is to be admired.
As you'll see in the below gallery of the best song from every one of his solo albums, Osbourne's best traits are commitment, energy and fun. Many of those who have worked with him speak highly of his ability to turn up while a track is being composed, create a vocal melody on the spot and leave the work vastly improved. The way his voice, as an instrument, is always twinned with a guitarist of unique playing character is the platform from which his best traits are boosted.
That’s the theory, anyway. The Prince of Darkness has never been of this Earth, and so forces beyond our ken – delivered by the demons of drink, drugs and industry tension – are always nearby to knock the Crazy Train off its rails. As a result, Osbourne’s solo catalog is a real patchwork affair, with highs so high that they make you feel as out-of-it as he used to be himself, and lows so low that even he admits they should never have happened.
But then, Ozzy fans know all that. While he’s a rare and often underrated vocal talent, he’s more than just his voice, and his musical output is more than just the notes. As a case study in openness, his work is always worth a listen. | https://1019therock.com/best-ozzy-osbourne-songs/ | 2022-08-08 22:08:37 | 1 | https://1019therock.com/best-ozzy-osbourne-songs/ |
It's not just that they aren't producing with runners in scoring position.
The Phillies have also been unable to stop their opponents from producing in clutch spots through the season's first seven weeks.
If there is a stat that defines the Phillies' 20-23 start and streaky nature it's the slash lines of their hitters and pitchers with runners in scoring position.
Offensively, the Phils have hit .232/.318/.324 in those spots.
Their pitchers have allowed a .294/.360/.463 line with RISP.
And the league average is .254/.335/.412.
The drastic gap in execution hasn't been more prominent than it was this week in San Francisco when the Phillies were swept by a Giants team that entered six games under .500.
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The Phils went 2-for-25 with runners in scoring position in the series and left 27 men on base.
The Giants went 12-for-30 with RISP, hitting .400.
The only pitching staffs that have allowed a higher batting average with runners in scoring position than the Phillies are the Royals and Athletics, who own the two worst records in baseball.
The only offenses with a lower OPS with runners in scoring position than the Phillies are the Padres (whose own season has been all about historically poor clutch hitting to this point) and Tigers.
These things fluctuate. The 2022 Phillies hit .270 with runners in scoring position, tied for second-best in the majors with the Astros, behind only the Dodgers. Many of the same hitters returned and they didn't simply forget how to make solid contact with men 90 or 180 feet away.
Beyond the things that are unquantifiable like pressure felt during big moments, the most blatant reason for the Phillies' struggles offensively with runners in scoring position has been their consistent extending of the strike zone.
The Phillies have swung at 34.6% of pitches outside the strike zone, the highest rate in the National League. Part of that is just their offensive DNA. Trea Turner, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm are aggressive hitters. Realmuto and Bohm make a ton of contact, often putting the ball in play before working a count deep enough to walk. Realmuto and Bohm are probably never going to walk a ton.
The Phillies' two biggest free-agent signings this past offseason, Turner and Taijuan Walker, need to do more. That's no secret and they'd be the first to admit it. They're far from alone, they just stick out because of the humongous recent investments the Phillies made in them and the disappointing starts to their tenures.
Turner is chasing pitches at a career-worst rate -- 41% this season compared to 31% for his career -- and is also making the softest contact of his career. He's hit .206 on four-seam fastballs compared to .323 a year ago.
Walker has been a bottom-five starting pitcher in baseball this season in ERA. The velocity is there but the command has been poor and hitters don't fear any of his offerings other than the splitter. When he can't command it or get ahead in counts frequently enough, the nastiness of that pitch is nullified like it was Wednesday when he couldn't escape the first inning against the Giants.
The 2023 Phillies are not a finished product. Some hitters will improve. Others will come back to earth, as has happened this month with Brandon Marsh and Edmundo Sosa. Turner is a .300 career hitter -- reaching .300 this season would mean hitting .311 the rest of the way, which he's more than capable of doing if he can lay off the borderline pitches just off the plate outside or high out of the zone and trust umpires not to call them for strikes. That is part of it -- a lot of borderline pitches against Turner have not gone in his favor and it has helped perpetuate his cycle of falling behind, extending the zone and walking back to the dugout slowly, shaking his head.
Memorial Day is traditionally viewed as the first checkpoint within the regular season. It's 11 days away. It's a crucial period for the Phillies because they've played just one series against their own division but have a 10-game NL East road trip to Atlanta, New York and Washington from May 25 through June 4.
They'd better hope this is rock bottom from a clutch perspective on both sides of the ball. | https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/the-stat-that-defines-2023-phillies-to-this-point/410625/ | 2023-06-07 01:44:33 | 1 | https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/the-stat-that-defines-2023-phillies-to-this-point/410625/ |
Nevada man charged in 1982 killing of child in California
A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in California after detectives solved the case using DNA evidence, authorities said.
Robert John Lanoue, of Reno, Nevada, was charged last week in the killing of Anne Pham and was due in court Monday in Washoe County for a hearing about his extradition to Monterey County in California.
Pham disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class at Highland Elementary School in Seaside, California, on Jan. 21, 1982. Her body was found two days later in the former Fort Ord.
The child had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled, California authorities said.
Lanoue, who is a registered sex offender in Nevada, was 29 years old at the time of the girl’s killing and lived near her home in Seaside, said Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni.
The case was reopened in 2020 when investigators with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Task Force worked with the Seaside Police Department to submit evidence from the case for DNA testing after receiving a grant to reopen cold cases.
Lanoue was charged with one count of first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations that he murdered Pham while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14, said Pacioni.
It was not immediately known if Lanoue has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
On July 6, California investigators obtained a warrant for Lanoue’s arrest, Pacioni said. Lanoue was already in the Washoe County jail where he was booked on June 8 for a parole violation, records showed. | https://www.wesh.com/article/cold-case-nevada-man-charged-in-1982-killing-of-child-in-california/40578632 | 2022-07-11 21:05:18 | 1 | https://www.wesh.com/article/cold-case-nevada-man-charged-in-1982-killing-of-child-in-california/40578632 |
INVERNESS, Fla., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Twistid Ink is proud to announce that 90s pop star Jennifer Paige has joined the Walk of Arts lineup! The Walk of Arts is a full-day event taking place on September 3rd, 2022, in Liberty Park, Inverness, Florida. Featuring a sidewalk chalk competition for children aged 5-18, over 30 vendors, a gaming center, a performing arts space, and a cosplay area, this event has a little something for everyone of all ages.
And the music lineup just got even better!
Jennifer's hit song CRUSH sat on the Billboard Top Charts for over 25 weeks in 1998 and has been featured in movies and TV shows like Resident Evil, 90210, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and currently has over 28 million views on Youtube.
Jennifer joins the Walk of Arts after the event's original headliner, Tiffany, had to cancel her Florida tour dates last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Walk of Arts features a full-day music lineup with local, regional, and international artists! Gracing the WOA stage will be CHS Breez', Taking Anderson, Gypsy Sparrow, Shawn Scheller & the Contenders, Actual Bank Robbers, and Kind Villain. International superstar Jennifer Paige will be closing out the show.
The event is free to attend. Registration for the youth sidewalk chalk competition is free but does have to be completed in advance. Chalk is provided upon check-in, and drawings have to meet the theme: Citrus County Wildlife. Over $4,200 in prizes are available for the winners in each age category. The competition will be judged by two local award-winning artists, Danny Belden and David Kellner, in addition to Paramount TV's Ink Master contestants Aaron Is and Robbie Rippol.
"The Walk of Arts is designed to draw awareness to the visual and performing arts industries - and to show our community's youth that there are viable careers in the arts," Elisha Belden, co-owner of Twistid Ink, states. "We want those with a passion for the arts to understand that is more than just a hobby – but rather a way of life."
The Walk of Arts is a free event to attend and is suitable for all ages. Kicking off at 10 am for general attendees, this event is open to the general public. To check out the lineup or register a child, click on over to www.twistidink.com/woa.
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Staff at Louisiana’s abortion clinics spent Monday calling patients to cancel procedures and direct them to resources in other states as Louisiana’s near total abortion ban is once-again in effect.
For weeks, access to abortion in Louisiana has been flickering — with the state’s three clinics relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders, that allowed them to continue operations. But procedures came to a screeching halt Friday afternoon after an appeals court ruled that Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry can enforce the ban while ongoing legal challenges play out in court.
“Once again, politics has superseded medical expertise and commonsense,” Amy Irvin, a spokeswoman for abortion clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, said Monday. “We remain hopeful that the Court will ultimately act with compassion and empathy on behalf of women seeking abortion in Louisiana.”
Staff at the clinics in southern Louisiana were working to notify 120 patients, scheduled for appointments this week, about the ban being enforced once again. Not only are patients being directed to clinics outside of the state, but Irvin said the clinics also are looking to relocate to a state “that respects and values women’s bodily autonomy.”
Additionally, staff at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport — which is at the center of the legal challenge — are still providing help.
“We are not providing abortions, but we are not closed,” Kathaleen Pittman, director of the northern Louisiana clinic, said Monday. “We are manning the phones and trying to help people navigate care as best we can within the limits of the law as we consider our options.”
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month to end constitutional protections for abortion, Louisiana’s ban has taken effect and been blocked multiple times. Since then, 249 abortions have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health, according to data released last week.
On July 21, state Judge Donald Johnson issued a preliminary injunction that allowed clinics to continue providing abortions while a lawsuit over the ban continued. However, just eight days later, Landry took the fight to enforce the ban to a state appeals court – which ruled in his favor.
The ban went into effect later that same day, the third time the ban has gone into effect. It does not have exceptions for rape or incest.
Joanna Wright, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said it was “disappointing” that the First Circuit ruled without first allowing plaintiffs an opportunity to file opposition to the motion. She said the court “essentially eliminated critical health care services in the state.”
While the plaintiffs don’t deny the state can now ban abortion, they argue that the law’s provisions are contradictory and unconstitutionally vague. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/top-stories/louisiana-abortion-ban-reinstated-clinics-halt-procedures/ | 2022-08-02 14:11:49 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/top-stories/louisiana-abortion-ban-reinstated-clinics-halt-procedures/ |
JACKSON, Miss. — Like low-income pregnant women around the country, nearly every patient at the Sisters in Birth clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, is covered by Medicaid, the public health insurance program for the poor. But they face the prospect of losing the coverage two months after their babies are born, when they are still at high risk of complications that could lead to serious illness — or even death.
Last year, Democrats put a potential solution in their pandemic relief bill: a streamlined way to extend new mothers’ Medicaid coverage for a full year after they give birth. Most states have pursued the option, but Mississippi is among 17, largely led by Republicans, that have not. Most of those, including Mississippi, have also banned abortion or will soon.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republican lawmakers who welcomed it are under pressure to commit to policies that will support women and children. But the conversations have barely begun, and many states are ignoring obvious possibilities. Even some conservatives say that not taking up the limited Medicaid expansion is a mistake.
“If you are a state looking for options to address the health care needs of women, this is a clear, easy win,” said Seema Verma, who oversaw Medicaid and Medicare during the Trump administration. “From my perspective, this has strong potential to improve health outcomes for women.”
Mississippi — whose maternal mortality rate is nearly twice the national average — already had a spirited political discussion about extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers; a measure to do so passed the state Senate, with support from a number of Republicans, earlier this year. But it was blocked by the Republican speaker of the House, who cited financial concerns and said of Medicaid enrollment at the time, “We need to look for ways to keep people off, not put them on.”
For the patients at Sisters in Birth, the stakes could hardly feel higher. Many have seen friends and families suffer or even die during or after childbirth. Julia Kirkland, 27, her 2-year-old cuddled against her bulging belly, told the clinic’s nurse-midwife one recent day that she was worried about postpartum bleeding; she had heard so many stories.
D’Asia Newton, a 21-year-old child care worker, has a friend whose doctors misdiagnosed her preeclampsia — a pregnancy-related condition that can be fatal — and had to be rushed back to the hospital after giving birth. Losing coverage soon after having her baby, she said, is “one of the things I’ve been stressing about.”
The United States has the highest rate of maternal deaths in the industrialized world; Black women are three times as likely as white women to die of pregnancy-related complications. One-third of those deaths happen weeks or months after delivery, when a significant share of women lose coverage. Researchers at the University of Colorado have estimated that rates of maternal deaths will rise now that Roe has been overturned.
President Joe Biden, who has vowed to reduce racial disparities in health, has put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of addressing maternal mortality. In June, she issued a “Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis,” with the stated goal of turning the United States into the “best country in the world to have a baby.”
In Mississippi — the state that gave rise to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe — Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, called it “a joyous day” when Roe fell. He later wrote on Twitter that Mississippi was “leading the nation in a building a culture of life that serves mothers and children!”
His office did not respond to repeated interview requests. But critics say the solutions Reeves has proposed — including promoting adoption and offering tax credits for businesses that donate to pregnancy resource centers, which are usually run by opponents of abortion — do not take into account the stark reality that many American women of childbearing age lack access to basic health care.
Mississippi is one of 12 states that continue to block a broad expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act more than a decade after the law was passed. That has left tens of thousands of women of reproductive age — 43,000 in Mississippi alone — without access to routine medical care before they get pregnant that helps ensure healthy outcomes when they do. Many face barriers in accessing family-planning services to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place.
“We’re talking about 800,000 women of childbearing age, two-thirds of them women of color, who are falling between the cracks right now,” said Maya Wiley, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Washington. “And so many of these states are the same states trying to force them to have babies against their will.”
Republicans who oppose a broad expansion of Medicaid often cite cost concerns, although the law requires the federal government to cover 90% of the expense. They include Reeves and Philip Gunn, the House speaker, who blocked the extension of Medicaid for new mothers. Through their offices, both declined repeated requests to comment.
“I am not open to Medicaid expansion,” Gunn said in April. “I just don’t think the taxpayers can afford it.”
At the moment, new mothers with Medicaid can stay on it — but for many, only for as long as the national public health emergency for the coronavirus remains in effect. The American Rescue Plan streamlines the process for states to extend Medicaid coverage for 12 months after a woman gives birth on a permanent basis. Health advocates hope the demise of Roe will prompt Mississippi and other holdout states to do so.
“It really puts the rock in the pocket of policymakers who say they care about women,” said Michele Johnson, executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, an advocacy group.
Along with Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, Mississippi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 136 pregnancy-associated deaths between 2013 and 2016, according to a report last year by the state’s Department of Health, which recommended extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers.
Many of those deaths happened after the two-month coverage period had ended. Black women, who tend to be poorer and have worse health care than white women, accounted for about 80% of maternal deaths associated with cardiac conditions.
The trends outrage Getty Israel, a population health expert who has studied poor birth outcomes in Mississippi. Concern about high rates of obesity, unnecessary cesarean sections and other problems that lead to poor birth outcomes drove her to establish Sisters in Birth in 2016, initially as a community health organization. The clinic opened last year.
She is fed up with Democrats and Republicans alike. She said she was left out of Reeves’ plan to promote pregnancy resource centers because she is not in the anti-abortion movement, and is irritated at her congressman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, for not securing federal dollars to fulfill her plan of turning Sisters in Birth into a full-fledged birthing center where women could deliver their babies. (In a statement, Thompson said he tries “to assist as many people as possible.”)
“I’m not getting help from Democrats or Republicans in Mississippi,” she said in an interview last month. “Republicans are aggressively taking away rights and undermining birth outcomes, and Democrats, realizing that they have a minority, throw their arms up in the air and say, ‘We can’t do anything.’”
In Mississippi, those who favor Medicaid for new mothers include two female lawmakers, both Republicans: Becky Currie, a registered nurse and member of the Mississippi House who wrote the anti-abortion law at issue in the Dobbs case; and Nicole Boyd, a lawyer and state senator who once ran a health care nonprofit.
After the Dobbs decision, Gunn announced he would form a commission to recommend “Next Steps for Life” legislation for lawmakers to take up when they reconvene in January. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who favored extending Medicaid for new mothers, created his own committee and put Boyd in charge. The committee will hold hearings in the fall.
Boyd and Israel met for three hours last week, talking about a range of issues, including the low rates of long-acting birth control use among Black women and the role of community health workers. Boyd said afterward that she welcomed Israel’s tough talk, adding, “We know we are going to have more babies being born, and those babies will require more services.”
Israel came away hopeful. “This woman is on the right track. I salute her,” she said. “This is a ship we could start turning around.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-mississippi-a-post-roe-question-what-will-republicans-do-to-help-new-mothers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-08-19 03:24:54 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/in-mississippi-a-post-roe-question-what-will-republicans-do-to-help-new-mothers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon is one of the top places for remote work, according to a study done by IT service management company SysAid.
The study used data from the most recent American Community Survey for 938 micropolitan and metropolitan areas in the U.S. between 2015 and 2020, for civilian workers 16 and up. On average, 5.35% of jobs in US cities were remote.
In comparison to the five-year period just before the pandemic, 23.84% more people transitioned to working remotely. This is five times more than the earlier period.
Falling just behind the top two — D.C. and Colorado — Oregon has 9.4% remote workers.
Brookings and Bend were the two cities in Oregon amongst the top 30 metropolitan and micropolitan areas in the nation with the highest rates of people working from home, with 14.5% and 12.9% respectively.
SysAid also reported that although 10.6% of the jobs in industries like agriculture, mining and construction require mostly on-site work, 70.2% could partially be done from home. Furthermore, the report stated 19.2% of industries, such as information, professional, scientific, etc., could conduct more remote work.
“Industries such as finance, insurance and most professional consulting could easily adopt a remote work model with the right IT system in place,” a spokesperson from SysAid said. “Even industries like manufacturing can automate chain supply processes more efficiently, for example, so that more employees can manage tasks from any computer.” | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-named-one-of-the-best-places-for-remote-work/ | 2022-08-31 18:08:44 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-named-one-of-the-best-places-for-remote-work/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NLY) on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $888.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had a loss of $1.96. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 89 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 86 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $798.9 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $135.1 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $1.73 billion, or $3.92 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.47 billion.
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On the occasion of what would have been Garland's 100th birthday, Warner Bros. has been re-issuing her films on Blu-Ray; classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the most recent release.
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On the occasion of what would have been Garland's 100th birthday, Warner Bros. has been re-issuing her films on Blu-Ray; classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the most recent release.
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In 1968, Charles M. Schulz introduced the first Black character to his famous comic strip; Franklin joined Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Over the years, the low-key, friendly character was an inspiration to generations of Peanuts fans. Now, more than half a century later, Peanuts Worldwide has created The Armstrong Project in his honor to support up-and-coming Black writers, animators and cartoonists.
The new initiative was introduced at a pop-up exhibition at Comic-Con in San Diego. It was a rare meet-up of Black cartoonists, animators and fans. Among them was animator Bruce W. Smith.
"Seeing Franklin was sort of like a revelation, 'cause here's a character that represents you," recalled Smith, creator of Disney's The Proud Family series. "The first time I saw him on a special, he's dancing. That meant something to a lot of us, and certainly inspired my path as an artist."
According to the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than 4% of animators are African American. "When I came into the industry I was one of only four African-Americans in the business," said cartoonist Robb Armstrong, who teamed up with Peanuts Worldwide to try to improve those numbers.
California school teacher Harriet Glickman came up with the idea of integrating the Peanuts comics. In 1968, shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Glickman wrote a letter to Schulz.
"I've been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding fear, hate and violence," she wrote. "It occurred to me today that the introduction of Negro children into the group of Schulz characters ... would help in shaping the unconscious attitudes of our kids."
A few months later, Schulz introduced Franklin in a Peanuts comic strip in which he plays on a beach with Charlie Brown. It was a symbolic gesture at a time of racial turmoil for the country. Franklin's debut was also a milestone for Robb Armstrong, who was a six-year-old in West Philadelphia at the time. The same day Franklin appeared, Armstrong's 13-year-old brother was killed in a subway accident. Armstrong said it was a sign that he should pursue his dream of becoming a cartoonist.
By 1990, Armstrong's comic strip JumpStart was syndicated, and he became friends with his childhood idol, Charles "Sparky" Schulz. A few years later, Schulz called to ask him about Franklin.
"He says, 'He has no last name. It's not good. It's not respectful to him as a character. Can I use your last name?' I said, 'Sparky yes, of course.'"
Now, Armstrong wants to pay it forward. With the Armstrong Project, he'll provide internships and guidance to students. He said he'll remind them that cartooning "is not the same as doodling in math class."
The Armstrong Project also has a $200,000 endowment to give scholarships for students at historically Black colleges.
"Mr. Armstrong says to start with dynamic characters. So I just want to start there and see where it takes me," said Promise Robinson, a 21-year-old student at Hampton University and one of the first Armstrong Project recipients. "I'm definitely looking to be very inclusive in my stories."
If Franklin had never been introduced to the Peanuts series, I can't fathom how different my life would be.
"If Franklin had never been introduced to the Peanuts series, I can't fathom how different my life would be," said Hailey Cartwright, a 19-year-old student at Howard University, the other Armstrong Project recipient. "If he wasn't there, in the direction I want to take my career, in animation, would I even have a chance? I just wonder."
At the event during Comic-Con, Bruce W. Smith gave Cartwright and Robinson some advice. "Everyone's looking for more diverse projects, more diverse characters to lead their storytelling," he said. "That's why it's the perfect time for you guys to have your voice included in this."
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Coming out of a bye week, the Giants will discover quickly whether they’re a playoff team or just a bunch of guys who can hang in close games. With back-to-back games against the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions, the Giants can all but assure themselves a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
The Texans, led by quarterback Davis Mills, meet the Giants, led by quarterback Daniel Jones, in an NFL Week 10 football game on Sunday, November 13, 2022 (11/13/2022) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Here’s what you need to know:
Who: Texans (1-6-1) vs. Giants (2-6)
When: Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Time: 1 p.m. Eastern
TV: CBS
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Line: Giants -6.5
Over/under: 40.5
TEXANS NOTES: QB DAVIS MILLS passed for 154 yards & 2 TDs vs. 2 INTs last week. Has 2 TD passes in 2 of past 3. • RB DAMEON PIERCE rushed for season-high 139 yards last week, 2nd-most rush yards by rookie in single game this season. Is only rookie with 125+ rush yards in multiple games (131 in Week 4). Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of past 6. Has 408 scrimmage yards (102 per game) in 4 road games this season. Has rush TD in 2 of past 3 on road. Leads rookies in scrimmage yards (776) & rush yards (678). • RB REX BURKHEAD has 4+ catches in 2 of past 3 on road. • WR BRANDIN COOKS has 4+ receptions in 6 of 7 games this season. Had 7 catches for 68 yards in his last game vs. NYG (9/18/16 w/ NO). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. NYG with 6+ cathces & 65+ rec. yards. Has 50+ rec. yards in 5 of his past 6 vs. NFC East. • WR PHILLIP DORSETT led team with season-high 69 rec. yards in Week 9. Has 45+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. • WR CHRIS MOORE had 43 rec. yards & TD catch last week. Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. • TE O.J. HOWARD has 60+ rec. yards in 3 of 4 career games vs. NYG. • TE TEAGAN QUITORIANO (rookie) had 1st-career TD catch last week in NFL debut. • DL JERRY HUGHES had season-high 5 tackles & 2 sacks in Week 9. Is 1 of 4 in NFL with 2+ sacks in 3+ games this season. Aims for 3rd in row with 2+ TFL & sack. • DB STEVEN NELSON had 5 tackles & 1st sack & FF of season last week. Has PD in 2 of past 3. Has 5 tackles in 3 of 4 road games in 2022. • DB JONATHAN OWENS led team with 10 tackles in Week 9, his 5th game this season with 10+ tackles, most among DBs & tied 2nd-most in NFL.
GIANTS NOTES: QB DANIEL JONES has 90+ rating in 3 of his past 4. Has 5 TDs (3 pass, 2 rush) in 4 home starts in 2022. Has 65+ rush yards in 2 of his past 3 at home. • RB SAQUON BARKLEY had 5th rush TD of season in Week 8. Ranks 2nd among RBs with 121 scrimmage yards per game this season. Has 7 games with 85+ scrimmage yards in 2022, tied-most in NFL. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 85+ scrimmage yards. Has rush TD in 2 of his past 3 at home. • WR DARIUS SLAYTON led team with 5 catches for 66 yards in Week 8. Has 50+ rec. yards in 3 of his past 4. • TE TANNER HUDSON had career-high 58 rec. yards in Week 8. • S JULIAN LOVE has 5+ tackles in 3 of his past 4 at home & 6 of his past 7. Aims for his 5th in row with 5+ tackles. • DL DEXTER LAWRENCE aims for his 3rd in row at home with sack. • DL LEONARD WILLIAMS had season-high 8 tackles & 1st sack of season in Week 8. Since 2015, has 39 games with 5+ tackles, 4th-most among DL. • LB JIHAD WARD has 5 TFL in 4 home games in 2022 & aims for his 3rd in row at home with TFL. • LB TOMON FOX (rookie) had 8 tackles & team-high 2 TFL in Week 8. • LB MICAH MCFADDEN (rookie) had 1st-career sack in Week 8. • CB ADOREE’ JACKSON had 4th-career FF, 2nd-career FR & 5th PD of season in Week 8. Aims for his 4th in row with PD. Has 4 PD & INT in 5 career games vs. Hou. • DB FABIAN MOREAU had 2 PD in Week 8. Aims for his 3rd in row with 2+ PD & 4th in row with 5+ tackles. — NFL Communications
Here is the NFL Week 10 TV and streaming schedule:
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Thursday, Nov. 10
Atlanta Falcons vs. Carolina Panthers, 8:15 p.m., PRIME
Sunday, Nov. 13
Houston Texans vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., CBS
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Seattle Seahawks vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 9:30 a.m, NFL Network (LONDON)
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Minnesota Vikings vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m., FOX
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Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., FOX
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Denver Broncos vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
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Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS
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Cleveland Browns vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS
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New Orleans Saints vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., FOX
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Indianapolis Colts vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m., CBSSTREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers, 4:25 p.m., FOX
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Arizona Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., FOX
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Los Angeles Chargers vs. San Francisco 49ers, 8:20 p.m., NBC
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Monday, Nov. 14
Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
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GOP targets Biden’s Labor nominee for policies that would hurt gig economy, franchise workers
Sen. Bill Cassidy is the top Republican on the committee that will grill Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su
President Biden’s pick to be the next Labor secretary is already being accused by Republicans of supporting policies that would hurt gig economy and franchise workers, arguments that signal the GOP will look to topple yet another Biden administration nominee.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is the top Republican on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee that will consider the nomination of Julie Su, who became acting Labor Secretary after Marty Walsh stepped down in mid-March to lead the national hockey players’ union. Cassidy told Fox News Digital that based on her performance as secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and as deputy Labor secretary, Su is wrong for gig economy workers.
Cassidy said that during her tenure as California’s labor chief, Su supported a regulatory proposal known as AB5, which was aimed at tightening restrictions on who employers could classify as an independent contractor. He said Su would pursue] similar goals in Washington.
"Julie Su has overseen the development of anti-worker regulations at Labor that would destroy the gig economy, striping 21 million individuals of their ability to be independent contractors and enjoy the flexibility it provides," Cassidy told Fox News Digital.
Su also supported what became known as the "joint employer rule" in California, which was designed to extend a franchisee operator's liability to the franchisor. Opponents of the provision argue that it would make it more difficult to create and sustain franchise businesses because it would unfairly make the parent company liable for incidents at the franchisee level, and in the end, make it more difficult to employ people in these companies.
"She has made public comments about her intention to impose the joint employer rule on franchises nationwide. This would uproot the franchise model which employs over 8 million Americans," the senator said.
Cassidy’s comments are an early signal of the direction Senate Republicans will take as they consider Su, just weeks after they managed to derail two of the president’s high profile nominations in just one month with the help of moderates in the Democratic caucus.
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The two issues highlighted by Cassidy have the potential to again sap support from moderate Democrats in the Senate. As the Senate left for the Easter break, it wasn't clear where moderate Democrats up for re-election in 2024 think about Su, such as Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Jon Tester, D-Mt., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.
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While those senators approved Su's nomination to be deputy secretary of Labor, those positions could shift. Manchin’s office told Fox News Digital that he "hasn’t made a decision" on Su’s nomination yet.
One Republican member of the Senate HELP Committee said that once again, the fate of this Biden nominee will depend on whether Senate Democrats stick together.
"I don't know that there's a Republican for her," Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital on Thursday. "So it's going to depend on mostly the three or four Democrats that could actually derail the nomination." | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-targets-bidens-labor-nominee-policies-hurt-gig-economy-franchise-workers | 2023-04-01 12:21:55 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-targets-bidens-labor-nominee-policies-hurt-gig-economy-franchise-workers |
Department of Transportation worker stabbed to death by ex-wife at worksite, authorities say
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS/Gray News) - The ex-wife of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker is accused of stabbing him to death at a work zone, according to authorities.
Illinois officials said IDOT worker Edward Stallman was in an altercation with his ex-wife, 41-year-old Alexis Stallman, when she stabbed him, resulting in his death.
In a release, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said it had investigated what was first thought to be a crash death at a work zone in Murphysboro, Illinois, on July 20.
The officers reportedly determined Edward Stallman’s death was a murder later based on the injuries to the victim’s body.
Jackson County State’s Attorney Joseph Cervantez told KFVS both Alexis and Edward Stallman had reportedly been in a virtual family court hearing before the ex-husband’s death.
Cervantez said the evidence shows that Alexis Stallman drove out to the worksite, where she and her husband got into an altercation. He said there was some confusion in whether it happened in the vehicle or at the job site.
What’s not confusing, Cervantez says, is how Edward Stallman died. An autopsy revealed he’d been stabbed in the chest with some kind of blade.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Alexis Stallman has been charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated domestic battery.
She is being held at the Jackson County Jail with bond set at $2 million.
Alexis Stallman is scheduled to make a first appearance before the court on July 22.
If convicted, she faces up to 60 years in prison.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC ("AllianzGI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APBIX) (NASDAQ: APBPX) (NASDAQ: APBRX) (NASDAQ: APKIX) (NASDAQ: APKPX) (NASDAQ: APKRX) (NASDAQ: AZIAX) (NASDAQ: AZICX) (NASDAQ: AZIIX) (NASDAQ: AZIPX) (NASDAQ: AZIRX) (NASDAQ: AZUAX) (NASDAQ: AZUCX) (NASDAQ: AZUIX) (NASDAQ: AZUPX) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, sold, or liquidated mutual funds shares managed by AllianzGI's Structured Products Group from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2020. Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/agi.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The Complaint alleges, inter alia, that AllianzGI committed securities fraud from 2015 through 2020 through a scheme to defraud prospective and current Mutual Fund investors by making false and misleading statements that substantially understated the risks being taken by the Mutual Funds. Instead of managing the Mutual Funds as represented, the Complaint alleges that AllianzGI prioritized returns over risk management in ways that were fundamentally inconsistent with AllianzGI's representations concerning the Mutual Funds Principal Investment Strategies. AllianzGI and its managers engaged in this conduct, the Complaint alleges, to increase the compensation paid to AllianzGI as investment manager and to its employees as portfolio managers of the Mutual Funds. The Complaint also alleges that AllianzGI acted negligently and breached its fiduciary duties to investors.
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint you can visit the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/agi or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Law Clerk and Client Relations Manager, Yael Nathanson of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 212-697-6484. If you suffered a loss in AllianzGI you have until July 25, 2022, to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Phoenix runoff election 2023: Voters in two council districts head to polls
There's an election today for some Phoenix residents, and by the night's end, the public will likely know which two candidates will take council seats for the next four years to help govern the nation's fifth most populous city.
The first round of results is expected at 8 p.m.
As of Thursday, about 43,000 of some 217,000 eligible voters in Districts 6 and 8 had turned in ballots, according to city clerk Denise Archibald. About 30,000 ballots had been returned from District 6 and 13,000 from District 8, which is about 25% and 13.5% turnout of eligible voters, respectively.
The District 8 race, in south Phoenix and parts of downtown, pits incumbent Carlos Garcia, an immigrants' rights activist-turned-politician, against Kesha Hodge Washington, an attorney who has quickly made a name for herself as she's clinched endorsements from top Democrats such as Mayor Kate Gallego and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.
In District 6, former police official Kevin Robinson and Republican political consultant Sam Stone are competing to replace Sal DiCiccio, who is term-limited, to represent parts of north-central Phoenix, Arcadia, the Biltmore area and Ahwatukee.
The election's outcome has the potential to shift the political balance of the council to the center and in favor of the mayor. Garcia and DiCiccio are each at an end of the council's current political spectrum — Garcia on the left, DiCiccio on the right — and both could potentially be replaced by candidates who are more politically moderate.
Currently, there are three competing council factions: an emboldened progressive bunch, a still left-wing but more centrist and sometimes bipartisan group, and the conservatives.
Councilmembers Garcia, Betty Guardado, Laura Pastor and, typically, Yassamin Ansari make up the left-most wing. Ansari also sometimes aligns with Gallego and Councilmember Debra Stark, centrist Democrats who often see eye-to-eye with Ann O'Brien, a moderate Republican. O'Brien, though, sometimes sides with the other council Republicans, Jim Waring and the departing Sal DiCiccio.
A win for Robinson and Hodge Washington would be a boon for the mayor as she works to build a bipartisan coalition. Hodge Washington is a Democrat, and Robinson is unaffiliated. If Garcia and Stone win, the council's political composition will continue uninterrupted. Stone isn't expected to differ much from DiCiccio on city issues.
The election comes at a pivotal point in Phoenix's evolution, and the elected council members will shape the city's trajectory. The council members elected on March 14 will play a role in how Phoenix leverages its opportunities and navigates its challenges.
Phoenix is experiencing rapid population growth and an influx of technology companies that bring high-wage jobs. The city is flush with cash, mostly from substantial gains in sales tax revenue in 2022 and federal COVID-19 relief funds.
But a housing shortage is posing affordability problems and exacerbating the homelessness crisis. In addition, the city is simultaneously navigating rising heat and dwindling water supplies that threaten livability and the economy.
The pending Department of Justice investigation into the Phoenix Police Department is looming, too. The DOJ released findings last week from its investigation into the Louisville Police Department, which began just four months before the department's inquiry into Phoenix. A final report for Phoenix could come soon, and the council will shape negotiations of an anticipated consent decree between the federal government and police.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Ty Gibbs knew his teammate had to win the final regular-season race to qualify for the Xfinity Series championship.
And yet Gibbs still spun Brandon Jones out of the lead on the final lap last week at Martinsville Speedway as Gibbs picked up his sixth win of the season.
Had he just settled for second place, Gibbs and Jones would have both advanced to Saturday’s title race to give Joe Gibbs Racing a pair of Toyotas in the winner-take-all four-driver championship finale at Phoenix Raceway.
So why did he do it?
“It comes down to just caught in the moment, and you know, selfish actions led to that,” Gibbs said Thursday at the Phoenix Convention Center.
The 20-year-old Gibbs — whose grandfather, Joe Gibbs, is a Hall of Famer in both NASCAR and the NFL and the owner of one of NASCAR’s top organizations — has had a miserable week in preparation of racing for his first national championship. He created it himself by preventing Jones from winning at Martinsville, where the crowd chanted “Thank You, Grandpa” as Gibbs celebrated the win.
Then after the race, Gibbs in an interview compared himself to Jesus when asked about being NASCAR’s newest villain. “I always go back to the same verse, that Jesus was hated first and among all the people.”
Gibbs said Thursday he regrets the comment and said he didn’t deliver the line the way he intended. But he regrets just about everything from last Saturday and has been on an apology tour at JGR, with Jones and with Toyota, which is furious one of its cars was knocked from the championship.
Because of Gibbs’ action, the title race comes down to one Toyota driver and three Chevrolets from the JR Motorsports trio of Noah Gragson, Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier. Drivers from every series — including Gibbs’ veteran teammates at JGR — have criticized Gibbs for Martinsville and his rivals are piling on headed into the finale.
“He doesn’t care. He lives in fantasyland,” Gragson said Thursday. “I have no clue honestly what goes through his mind. It’s got to be badass to live in the kind of world where you just have no real consequences or anything.”
His grandfather, however, insisted this week there would be consequences for his grandson. Ty Gibbs said Thursday he doesn’t know what they will be, but will accept any punishment headed his way.
He’s expected to be named the replacement for Kyle Busch in the No. 18 Toyota in the Cup Series — one of the top rides in NASCAR — and Gibbs doesn’t know if Martinsville has changed that.
“When tough things happen, and certainly nobody wanted that to happen, I said, ‘Now there’s consequences,’ and so we’re trying to walk through those with him,” Joe Gibbs said. “Ty is walking through it, I’m walking through it, and we’re still in that process. It was something that was heat of the battle. Everything is taking place. There was so much going on.”
Complicating the situation is that Jones is leaving JGR after Saturday’s race to drive for JR Motorsports next season and has no reason to help Gibbs win the championship. In fact, he could actively prevent him from the title by working with his future JRM teammates out of spite.
Additionally, Jones’ father, J.R., is an executive chairman at Rheem, which is a major sponsor of Christopher Bell at JGR. Bell will race for the Cup title on Sunday, and Rheem has given no indication it will take punitive action against the organization for Jones’ disappointing end with the team.
Ty Gibbs is a successful young driver: He won his NASCAR debut in 2021 and has 10 wins in 50 starts. He won the ARCA championship last season and has been doing double duty since July as the injury replacement in the Cup Series for concussed driver Kurt Busch. Gibbs will make his 16th Cup start the day after he races for the Xfinity championship.
But Gibbs has also been an aggressive driver — he even used the word “dirty” on Thursday to describe some of his on-track actions — and has been lambasted for multiple incidents even before Martinsville. He got in a fight on pit road with Sam Mayer in which Gibbs, while wearing his helmet, began throwing punches at Mayer. And NASCAR fined Gibbs $75,000 for a pit road incident in the Cup Series in which he nearly forced a competitor’s car into personnel.
Coy Gibbs is the vice chairman at JGR and Ty is his son. He’s defended him in the past, and while admitting the Martinsville race was “disappointing,” Coy Gibbs still had his son’s back.
“Look, he’s my kid. I appreciate his aggression. But sometimes you got to pull back a little bit. This is a place where we need to pull back some,” Coy Gibbs said. “Just talked to him and explained to him that doing that affects not just him, it affects our whole company, all our sponsors, all the people we deal with, Toyota, obviously affected Brandon.
“Those are things maybe you’re not thinking of in that split second, but hopefully we can get with him and educate him on those things.”
Gibbs has a long way to go to change the perception he’s created for himself, particularly as he’s poised to move into the tougher Cup Series next season. He certainly seemed humbled Thursday, but knows he’s got to prove himself on the track to change opinions and earn the respect of his rivals and JGR teammates.
“I have to face the fact that I made a mistake and I have to do the hardest of work to fix these issues,” Gibbs said. “I put myself in this position, I didn’t have to make it such a hard week. And it really hurts me because it’s my family’s team, and we’re one big family. All their hurt and anger affects me. I’ve gone over the scenario millions of times. If I could redo it, I definitely would.”
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(WGN) – Every now and then, a person interrupts a basketball game by making their way onto the court during the action. But one such incident on Wednesday was especially unique.
The Loyola Chicago Ramblers were facing off against the Duquesne Dukes in Pittsburgh, with 16:10 to go in the second half, when someone who appeared to be delivering food wandered onto the court with a bag of McDonald’s and a soda.
The person, who was wearing a yellow jacket and brown pants, could be seen looking into the stands, presumably for the recipient of the order. While walking across the corner of the court, he was also only about a foot away from Loyola’s Philip Alston, who was looking for someone to pass the ball to.
ESPN tweeted out video of the incident shortly after it happened.
Referees briefly stopped the game before play resumed. Duquesne would go on to beat the Ramblers 72-58 as they fell to 1-7 in the Atlantic 10 and 7-13 overall.
Meanwhile, this person was escorted off the court by a referee, and reportedly continued to wander through the stands until handing off the food to someone else. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, this fan was then eating the food on the video board inside the arena.
It appears, however, that this whole thing may have been staged, as some sort of prank for social media.
Austin Hansen, an assistant athletics director for Loyola, shared a video of the incident from his point-of-view, which appeared to show the “delivery person” had a small microphone attached to his collar, USA Today first reported.
“This kid was clearly doing a prank for Youtube/TikTok,” Hansen wrote in a Twitter thread. “You can see that he is wearing a microphone, and tons of students were filming him with their phones.”
Meanwhile, ESPN reported that the game’s announcers claimed they learned of an Uber Eats logo on the McDonald’s takeout order, even though the alleged prankster could be heard asking if anyone ordered “DoorDash” in Hansen’s video.
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Sarasota police investigating woman’s death
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota Police Department is currently investigating a suspicious death on Tamiami Trial.
Officers were conducting a welfare check in the 2500 block of South Tamiami Trail just before 5 p.m. Monday, when they found an dead adult woman, a department spokeswoman said. An adult man was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with injuries.
Investigators believe this is an isolated incident and the public is not in danger.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Sarasota Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 941-263-6070.
We’re currently investigating a suspicious death that happened just before 5pm on Monday, December 12, 2022.
— Sarasota Police Department (@SarasotaPD) December 13, 2022
Officers responded to the 2500 block of South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, for a welfare check. When officers arrived, they found an adult woman deceased.
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Charges dropped against detainee beaten inside Georgia jail
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges of assault, obstruction and other counts against a Georgia jail detainee after video from security cameras showed him being beaten by sheriff’s deputies who rushed into his cell.
The decision to dismiss charges against 41-year-old Jarrett Hobbs came several months after an investigation following the video’s release in November led to the arrest of three Camden County deputies on battery charges in the jail beating.
“When the video came out, it was abundantly clear that Mr. Hobbs was not the aggressor,” Harry Daniels, a civil rights attorney representing Hobbs, said Thursday.
Hobbs of Greensboro, North Carolina, was booked into jail in coastal Camden County for traffic violations and drug possession charges Sept. 3. Later that day, a security camera recorded deputies charging into Hobbs’ cell and pushing him against a wall before repeatedly punching him in the head and neck. Another camera recorded Hobbs being hurled against a wall and pinned to the floor.
Hobbs was charged afterward with aggravated battery, simple assault and obstruction of law enforcement officers. A court filing by prosecutors Tuesday dismissed those charges, citing “insufficient evidence” against Hobbs. Also dropped were the traffic and drug counts that initially landed Hobbs in jail.
Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Keith Higgins had no further comment on the case, said Cheryl Diprizio, his executive assistant.
Hobbs’ beating at the Georgia jail came to light after federal authorities in North Carolina looked into his September arrest. They wanted to determine whether Hobbs had violated his probation stemming from his 2014 guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, according to court records.
The jail videos were first obtained by Hobbs’ attorney in the federal probation case, Daniels said.
Daniels shared the security videos with reporters in November. Sheriff Jim Proctor ordered an internal investigation more than two months after the beating occurred and Hobbs was the only one charged. Higgins, the district attorney, asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to get involved.
The following week, three Camden County deputies were arrested on charges of battery and violating their oath of office. They were also fired. Two others faced disciplinary action but weren’t charged with crimes.
Hobbs is Black. The three deputies charged are all white, according to Capt. Larry Bruce, the sheriff’s spokesman.
Hobbs was returned to federal prison after authorities determined he violated terms of his probation by leaving North Carolina. Daniels said having his charges dismissed in Georgia should improve Hobbs’ standing in the federal case.
“He’s now eligible for release to a halfway house because he no longer has pending charges, which is major,” Daniels said.
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Industry Veteran John Caladim Joins San Jose-based KeyPoint
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyPoint Credit Union, one of the largest Credit Unions in California, named John Caladim as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Caladim was Vice President of Finance at Travis Credit Union, a $4.7 billion-asset credit union. Brad Canfield, President and CEO of KeyPoint, said, "After an extensive recruitment effort that included top candidates across the nation, we found that John possessed a unique combination of strategic experience and insight, financial expertise, and a commitment to excellence that aligns with our organizational culture. We are very pleased to have John join our executive team and look forward to his contributions toward our continued success."
Caladim has more than 25 years of financial experience, much of it related to the Credit Union industry. He has a strong background in portfolio management and Asset Liability Management (ALM) strategies. In addition to Travis Credit Union, Caladim served in leadership roles at CU Capital Market Solutions, Brean Capital, First Empire Securities and CU Investment Solutions.
Inspired by Silicon Valley innovation and built to serve a diverse membership, KeyPoint is a full-service, not-for-profit credit union dedicated to providing financial solutions to help members achieve their goals in life. KeyPoint helps members make the most of their money—earning more on savings while paying less for credit. And KeyPoint is active in the community providing free financial education programs, as well as fostering financial literacy, sponsoring reading programs and mentoring the next generation of business professionals at local educational institutions.
Learn more about Next Generation Neighborhood Banking from KeyPoint Credit Union at kpcu.com.
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DAYTON, OH (WDTN) – Chef Ben from Piada joins us in the kitchen with an inside look at their famous macaroni and cheese. We catch up with him to learn more about their newest menu item. Plus, he shares their crispy chicken carbonara.
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EBR School Board member Connie Bernard announces she will remain in race for District 8
Published: Nov. 9, 2022 at 11:27 AM CST|Updated: 49 minutes ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard has announced she will remain in the race for the District 8 School Board election, just months after announcing she would not seek re-election.
As an incumbent, Bernard earned 35% of the vote during the Nov. 8 election, despite announcing her plans not to seek re-election.
See the election results here.
Bernard earned enough votes to force a runoff election on Dec. 10 against Democrat Katie Kennison, who also earned 35% of the vote.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare, the latest step in the party’s election-year attempt to craft a scaled-back version of the economic package that collapsed last year, Democratic aides told The Associated Press.
Democrats expect to submit legislative language on their Medicare plan to the Senate’s parliamentarian in the next few days, the aides said. It was yet another sign that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., could be edging toward a compromise the party hopes to push through Congress this summer over solid Republican opposition. Manchin scuttled last year’s bill.
Under the latest proposal, people earning more than $400,000 a year and couples making more than $500,000 would have to pay a 3.8% tax on their earnings from tax-advantaged businesses called pass throughs. Until now, many of them have been using a loophole to avoid paying that levy.
That would raise an estimated $203 billion over a decade, which Democrats say would be used to delay until 2031 a shortfall in the Medicare trust fund that pays for hospital care. That fund is currently projected to start running out of money in 2028, three years earlier.
Most U.S. businesses are pass throughs, which include partnerships and sole proprietorships and range from one-person law practices to some large companies. Owners count the profits as income when they pay individual income taxes, but such companies do not pay corporate taxes — meaning they avoid paying two levels of taxation.
Democrats this week also sent the parliamentarian a separate 190-page piece of the emerging Schumer-Manchin compromise aimed at lowering prescription drug costs for patients and the government. Provisions include requiring Medicare to negotiate drug prices, limiting beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs to $2,000 annually and increasing federal subsidies for copays and premiums for some low-income people.
With November elections for control of Congress approaching, Democrats hope the two proposals will be a remedy for a campaign season that so far looks bleak. Republicans are favored to win a majority in the House and could do the same in the Senate.
Democrats say both plans will show voters they are battling to curb health care costs and protect the widely popular Medicare program, positions they say will be dangerous for Republicans to oppose. Polls show widespread public alarm over recent months’ historically high inflation rates, supply chain problems and other economic issues that along with President Joe Biden’s dismal popularity ratings are pushing voters Republicans’ way, the GOP says.
Asked for comment, a spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted that the Kentucky Republican told constituents this week that Democrats would make inflation “considerably worse” by reviving their economic bill.
“From an economic point of view, I can’t think of anything they haven’t screwed up,” McConnell said.
Schumer and Manchin have been bargaining privately for weeks on a package aides say could include around $500 billion in spending and tax credits, more than paid for with about $1 trillion in revenue and other savings. Schumer has described the talks as productive but acknowledged that some issues remain unresolved.
Energy and environment programs, corporate taxes, IRS budget increases to strengthen tax enforcement and a renewal of soon-to-expire federal subsidies for people buying health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law are also under discussion, aides say.
It remains uncertain what will emerge from the talks. The aides described the latest proposals and status of negotiations only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the information by name.
The suggestions of progress were emerging seven months after Manchin derailed a roughly $2 trillion, 10-year social and environment bill, dealing a stunning blow to a cornerstone of Biden’s domestic agenda.
The Democratic-run House approved the measure in November, but Manchin abruptly announced he could not support the legislation because of its cost and his worries that it would fuel inflation. Similar provisions lowering pharmaceutical prices and raising taxes on some upper-income people were in that bill.
The West Virginian’s backing remains crucial in the 50-50 Senate. Democrats are using special procedures that would let them pass the pared-down package over expected unanimous GOP opposition with the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Democrats are expected to unanimously back the Medicare solvency and prescription drug plans, one Democratic aide said. Manchin spokesperson Sam Runyon said the lawmaker “has always supported pathways” to keep Medicare solvent, and said his backing for lowering pharmaceutical costs “has never been in question.”
Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough will have to certify that the new bill’s provisions adhere to the chamber’s budget rules. Last year, she ruled that language making it easier for immigrants to remain in the U.S. had to be removed because it violated prohibitions against using the special procedures to enact significant policy changes.
Medicare has 64 million beneficiaries. Its trust fund covering hospital services, called Part A, is financed largely from taxes deducted from peoples’ paychecks.
That trust fund gained two years of solvency, until 2028, in last month’s report by the program’s board of trustees. It attributed the improvement to the economy’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic-spawned recession.
But both Medicare and Social Security face long-range financing problems, and the trustees suggested that lawmakers act “sooner rather than later” to strengthen them. Without congressional action, Medicare’s hospital trust fund would be able to pay only 90% of its costs in 2028 and less thereafter, the trustees said.
The proposal to increase taxes on some wealthier Americans would raise $203 billion over the coming decade, according to information examined by the AP that Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation provided to Senate Democrats. Federal actuaries told the Democrats that such financing would delay the trust fund’s shortfall until 2031, another document showed. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/dems-want-to-tax-high-earners-to-protect-medicare-solvency/ | 2022-07-07 16:00:32 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/dems-want-to-tax-high-earners-to-protect-medicare-solvency/ |
The U.S. is accusing Russia of violating their final nuclear arms treaty, New START, which constrains the largest nuclear powers. Russia won't renew inspections as the U.S. aids Ukraine.
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Northeast Ohio Company Now a Global Leader
AKRON, Ohio, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group™ (C&F Pet), one of the largest and oldest North American pet insurance providers, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This milestone coincides with a recent expansion of the business to include all pet insurance within Crum & Forster, growing the total number of pets insured to more than 500,000.
"It's an exciting time for C&F Pet. Twenty-five years is an amazing accomplishment, one that means we continue our mission of protecting more pets and helping to strengthen that important bond between pet parents and their dogs and cats," said Bob Capobianco, Senior Vice President, Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group.
Originally founded in North Canton, Ohio, the company has been in Akron, Ohio, near the historic Akron Airdock, since 2015. In 2006, as part of a strategic partnership with The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®), the company introduced its most recognizable program, ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance.
As a result of a multi-channel distribution approach consisting of direct-to-consumer, co-branded partnerships, and white label brands, C&F Pet has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade. The company also has a global reach, with pet insurance programs in the U.S. (ASPCA Pet Health Insurance), Canada (Pets Plus Us), and the U.K. (Pet Protect).
In addition to the ongoing strategic partnership with the ASPCA, other partnerships include PetCoach, LLC (provider of Petco pet insurance plans), Pumpkin Insurance Services, and Spot Insurance Services, as well as Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), Canadian Kennel Club (CKC), and Allstate (Canada). The company was a founding member of the North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA).
"Looking back at everything this company has done, it would not have been possible without all the great people involved," added Capobianco. "I'm honored to work with a team of more than 400 employees who are just as passionate about pets as our customers are."
C&F Pet's parent company, Crum & Forster, is celebrating its 200-year anniversary this year. Learn more at www.cfins.com.
For more information, please visit www.cfpetinsurance.com.
Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group (C&F Pet) is committed to helping pet parents get access to reliable and affordable pet health insurance plans. With a history dating back to 1997, making it one of the original providers in the U.S., C&F Pet utilizes various go-to-market strategies, including direct-to-consumer, employee benefits, white labels, and other partnerships. Products are underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company (NAIC #21113. Morristown, NJ), produced and administered by C&F Insurance Agency, Inc. (NPN # 3974227), a Crum & Forster company. More information can be found at www.cfpetinsurance.com.
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The ASPCA® is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. Through a licensing agreement, the ASPCA receives a royalty fee that is in exchange for use of the ASPCA's marks and is not a charitable contribution. More information about ASPCA Pet Health Insurance can be found at www.aspcapetinsurance.com.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. That leaves the former Silicon Valley star a step closer to serving prison time.
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila won’t make that decision final until Oct. 17, when he is scheduled to sentence Holmes in the same San Jose, California, courtroom where a jury found her guilty of duping investors in her much-hyped blood-testing startup.
Holmes, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, plus restitution, for lying to investors about a Theranos technology she hailed as a revolution in healthcare but which in practice produced dangerously inaccurate results.
Amy Saharia, one of Holmes’ lawyers, tried to persuade Davila that the jury of eight men and four women had acted irrationally during their seven days of deliberations. The judge concluded that the jurors drew reasonable inferences from evidence presented at the trial, although he said he would still review some cases Saharia presented before making a final decision.
Thursday’s 90-minute hearing marked the first time Holmes has returned to the court since her Jan. 3 conviction. The verdict ended a nearly four-month trial that recounted Holmes’ remarkable rise from a Stanford University dropout in 2003 to a lionized entrepreneur once worth $4.5 billion before it all unraveled in 2015. | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-judge-declines-to-overturn-elizabeth-holmes-guilty-verdict/ | 2022-09-01 22:10:58 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-judge-declines-to-overturn-elizabeth-holmes-guilty-verdict/ |
Unknown gunmen are still out there, as trial unfolds
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Jamarion Thomas sat calmly in the courtroom, rarely changing expression as his murder trial went on for hours in Allen Superior Court.
That is apparently the way he was when officer Nicholas McCurdy transported Thomas, then 20, to police headquarters from the Villages of Hanna after he engaged in a gun battle on May 22, 2021 with at least five unknown gunmen.
None of those men currently face any charges as Thomas awaits his fate on charges of murder, reckless homicide and criminal recklessness.
Witnesses who were with him that night said he was trying to get his family inside apartment 5B as the men threatened them.
They didn’t see him fire one round from his AR-15 in to the air, but they heard it, they said.
Gunmen fired at least 60 rounds from the parking lot into Building 5B
The gunmen returned that warning shot by firing at least 60 rounds from 9mm and 45 caliber handguns into Building 5B where Thomas lived with his mother and other family members. His mother, Tilonda Thomas, was nearly shot to death with four bullets to the chest. His aunt and Thomas were also injured in the attack.
Thomas stepped outside his apartment building and fired more than 70 rounds from his legally obtained rifle, striking Building 7B more than 200 feet across the parking lot and killing 29-year-old Candiace Lay. Besides autopsy photos of the deadly gunshot wound to her head, crime scene photos showed where she fell in her upstairs apartment and where medical personnel took her body to try to save her.
Video surveillance also showed the rain of bullets before Thomas walked out of his apartment building, sending a spray of bullets into the night.
The prosecution brought several witnesses whose portrayal of Thomas was a son and brother who wanted to protect his mother and his family, whether that was their intention or not.
Gun battle came after a night of hanging out
That night before the shooting, a group of younger people were driving around in two separate cars, listening to music, visiting their great grandmother and hanging out. The two cars arrived at Villages of Hanna, also known as Eden Greene, at the same time.
A group of men drinking in the parking lot started menacing them and making verbal threats, witnesses said. Tilonda Thomas told them she’d take care of it as they all started to walk into 5B.
On the witness stand, Talazia Thomas, Thomas’ older sister, recalled one of the gunmen saying “We could kill you right now.”
“The other side was heated. Our side was trying to calm everyone down and be cordial,” Talazia testified.
The gunmen ‘were already prepared to shoot’ witness said
Under questioning from defense attorney Robert Scremin, Talazia described the older men as “already prepared to shoot.”
“They started shooting first and then Jamarion shot back,” Talazia said.
Another witness, Rebecca Carrillo, who was in one of the two cars, said when Thomas saw his mother lying on the floor with gunshot wounds, “he lost it.”
Both the prosecution under Deputy Chief Prosecutor Tom Chaille and Chief Counsel Tesa Helge and the defense worked the witnesses including a forensic firearm expert to determine how many bullets were fired and who fired first. Although members of Jamarion’s group said he fired one shot before the rain of bullets were fired on 5B, no one actually saw him do it. They said they heard it.
Talazia also told Chaille after her testimony that she didn’t want to testify again. She wasn’t released from her subpoena just in case the prosecution wanted to get her on the stand again.
“I’m done. I don’t feel safe,” she told him.
Detective Matt Foote with the Fort Wayne Gang & Violent Crimes Unit told jurors when he took the stand that he often patrols the Villages of Hanna on the southeast side. People are afraid to talk, often fearing retaliation.
Five unidentified gunmen are still out there and their bullets injured at least three people that night. Those gunmen scattered, Scremin said in opening arguments.
Jurors also found out that not all bullets are alike. There were likely five guns fired that night, including Thomas’ AR-15, but it could have been up to 10, said firearm expert Michelle Fletcher with the Indiana State Police laboratory.
On Thursday, continuing testimony will include Thomas’ police interview with detectives, something the prosecution will present.
Thomas didn’t know he was shot, at first
According to McCurdy, Thomas said nothing on the way to police headquarters and it was only after a short time that he realized he’d been shot in the rear end and taken to the hospital where he was treated and returned to headquarters.
On Wednesday, Officer Joel Lengerich said Thomas didn’t put up a struggle when he went to handcuff him at his apartment.
When Lengerich arrived at the scene around 12:36 a.m., the smell of gunpower was so strong he remembered it. Walking into Building 5B, he heard officers yelling ‘show us your hands!”
As he went to handcuff Thomas, Lengerich and Thomas “ended up falling to the ground because the floor was slippery….because of the blood.”
“He volunteered that his mother had been shot,” Lengerich testified, “and that he had a gun permit.”
Thomas was then “placed in a squad car,” Lengerich said.
Tilonda Thomas will likely take the stand tomorrow in a trial that began Tuesday. She is likely to be a star witness.
Court will begin around 8:45 a.m. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/we-could-kill-you-right-now-gunmen-told-defendant-witness-at-murder-trial-says/ | 2023-02-23 00:24:39 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/we-could-kill-you-right-now-gunmen-told-defendant-witness-at-murder-trial-says/ |
New Jersey on Friday reported another 1,641 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six confirmed deaths as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) deem every county in the state to be at either “low” or “medium” risk for coronavirus transmission.
The statewide rate of transmission was .98 on Friday, down from 1.16 last week.
When the transmission rate is 1, that means cases have leveled off at the current numbers, while anything above 1 indicates the outbreak is expanding.
The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive cases fell to 1,508, an 11% decrease from a week ago and a 12% increase from a month ago.
The CDC doesn’t deem any of the state’s 21 counties to be “high” risk category for coronavirus transmission as of Friday.
Seventeen counties are at “medium” risk: Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Mercer, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Morris and Somerset.
The remaining four counties — Cumberland, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic — are designated “low” risk.
There were 1,002 patients with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases reported at 70 of the state’s 71 hospitals as of Thursday night. Of those hospitalized, 119 are in intensive care and 37 are on ventilators.
The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Sunday, the most recent day for which data is available, was 13.50%.
The CDC considers positivity rates above 10% to be “high.” New Jersey’s statewide positivity rate is substantially lower than its peak of 40.83% on Jan. 1 during the height of the omicron variant.
TOTAL NUMBERS
New Jersey has reported 2.3 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases since it announced its first known case on March 4, 2020.
The Garden State has also recorded 419,922 positive antigen or rapid tests, which are considered probable cases, as of Friday. There are also numerous cases that likely never have been counted, including at-home positive tests that are not included in the state’s numbers.
The state of 9.2 million residents has reported 34,778 COVID-19 deaths — 31,662 confirmed fatalities and 3,116 probable ones as of Friday.
New Jersey has the ninth-most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. — behind Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, New Mexico, Tennessee and Arkansas — as of Wednesday. Last summer, the state had the most deaths per capita in the nation.
VACCINATION NUMBERS
More than 7.08 million people who work, live or study in New Jersey have reached fully vaccinated status. More than 7.9 million have received a first dose since vaccinations began in the state on Dec. 15, 2020.
More than 4.29 million people in the state eligible for boosters have received one.
LONG-TERM CARE NUMBERS
At least 9,727 of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been among residents and staff members at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to the most recent state data.
Of the active outbreaks at 367 facilities, there are 7,607 current cases among residents and 6,864 cases among staff, as of the latest data.
GLOBAL NUMBERS
There have been more than 620 million COVID-19 cases reported across the globe as of Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus database. More than 6.5 million people have died because of the virus, the data shows.
The U.S. has reported the most cumulative cases (more than 96 million) and deaths (at least 1.06 million) of any nation.
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Taylor Swift becomes first artist to claim Billboard Hot 100's top 10 songs in single week
Taylor Swift made music history when ten songs from her new album "Midnights" charted in the top 10 songs of Billboard's Hot 100 in a single week.
"Anti-Hero," the first single from her album, claimed the No. 1 spot. The other top five songs were "Lavender Haze," "Maroon," "Snow on the Beach" and "Midnight Rain."
The songs "Bejeweled," "Question…?," "You’re On Your Own, Kid," "Karma" and "Vigilante S--t" followed.
Swift is the first musician to achieve this feat, according to Billboard. The 32-year-old also surpassed Drake and the Beatles for having the most titles in the top of the Hot 100 in a single week.
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The global pop star took to Twitter to record her reaction to the news.
"10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES," the singer-songwriter wrote.
The other 10 tracks from "Midnights" also charted on Billboard's Hot 100. The Hot 100 tracks U.S. streaming music (official audio and official video), sales data and radio airplay.
"Midnights" broke Spotify's record for the most-streamed album in a single day when it debuted on October 21.
The album was so highly-anticipated that it overwhelmed Spotify's platform, with at least 8,000 frustrated music listeners reporting outages.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who died in custody after being shot with a stun gun filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Indianapolis and six police officers.
The estate of Herman Whitfield III is seeking compensatory and punitive damages following the 39-year-old pianist’s death April 25 inside his parent’s home in Indianapolis.
The man's mother, Gladys Whitfield, said they were trying to get help for him when they called police.
“We thought we were availing ourselves of services that they provide and they killed our son,” Gladys Whitfield said. “I’m just very disappointed and sad about what happened. I couldn’t be more sad.”
The lawsuit claims the officers used a stun gun on Whitfield and then “crushed the breath out of an unarmed, non-violent Mr. Whitfield.”
The lawsuit also claims the officers ignored Whitfield’s cries of “I can’t breathe.”
Police Chief Randal Taylor and city’s Office of Corporation Counsel declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Responding officers were told Whitfield was experiencing a mental health issue and needed an ambulance, police said.
Officers had tried negotiating and using de-escalation tactics for more than 10 minutes when Whitfield moved quickly toward an officer, police said.
“The officer activated the Taser twice and the man continued to resist,” police said in a news release at the time.
Officers handcuffed the man, but medics received no response from him, and they began CPR, police said. Whitfield was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
Officers described the man as about 6-foot-2 (1.9 meters) and around 280 pounds (127 kilograms) pounds. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Estate-of-man-who-died-in-police-custody-sues-17259159.php | 2022-06-22 23:16:45 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Estate-of-man-who-died-in-police-custody-sues-17259159.php |
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Mississippi State head football coach Zach Arnett has hired Chad Bumphis as the Bulldogs’ new wide receivers coach.
The Tupelo native played for Dan Mullen at MSU from 2009 to 2012 where he set school records.
Bumphis coached at Utah for two seasons. He shared a farewell statement Wednesday morning.
Utah, Thank You! ❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/TSTs2OcleJ
— Chad Bumphis (@_CoachBump) January 4, 2023 | https://www.wtva.com/sports/bumphis-named-wr-coach-at-msu/article_001d774c-8c67-11ed-bcd1-afb650fdc1a5.html | 2023-01-04 23:04:03 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/sports/bumphis-named-wr-coach-at-msu/article_001d774c-8c67-11ed-bcd1-afb650fdc1a5.html |
NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, January 19, 2023
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
353 AM EST Wed Jan 18 2023
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas
4 to 6 feet.
* WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Coastal waters from
Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm and
Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas
Vineyard and Nantucket. In Rhode Island coastal waters,
Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending
out to 20 nm South of Block Island.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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Paso Robles city leaders are moving forward with plans for continued farming at the city’s airport as well as major street repairs.
The Paso Robles City Council approved millions in funding to repave streets on the west end of the city where people say there has been a growing need for years.
Potholes, tree roots and cracks in the road are a common sight in neighborhoods west of the War Memorial Stadium in Paso Robles.
Now, some major street repairs are coming to places like Fairview Lane, Sunset Drive and Panorama Drive.
On January 17th, the Paso Robles City Council approved $3.5 million to repave streets in urgent need of repair with a focus on the area on the west end of the city which scored between 18 and 34 out of 100 on a recent pavement condition survey.
The money for repairs is coming from Measure J funds which is money from a one-percent sales tax hike approved by voters in 2020.
On the other side of town, the city council has renewed an agreement to
continue farming at the city’s airport.
“This fits into maintenance of the airport, it’s an easy way to maintain the airport so we don’t have to hire extra staff to mow all that,” said Airport Manager Mark Scandalis.
The four-year year agreement allows for farming on 800 acres of undeveloped land at the airport.
The Paso Robles Airport and Cal Poly are continuing work on applying for a spaceport license proposed earlier this year. | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/city-of-paso-robles-moving-forward-with-street-repairs-airport-farming | 2023-02-02 05:55:47 | 0 | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/city-of-paso-robles-moving-forward-with-street-repairs-airport-farming |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined.
President Joe Biden checked those boxes, and a few more, during his speech to a joint session on Congress on Tuesday. In part, he seemed to be laying the foundation to run for a second term. “We've been sent here to finish the job,” he said.
Biden made calls for unity and tried to emphasize conciliation over conflict, easier to do in this rarefied setting, seemingly impossible to sustain in such divided times.
Takeaways from the president's State of the Union address:
MORE CONCILIATION THAN CONFLICT
Biden's speech almost defiantly ignored the bitter divisions between Republicans and Democrats and his own low standing with the public.
He returned repeatedly to common ground, making the case that both parties can back U.S. factories, new businesses being formed and the funding of 20,000 infrastructure projects. When Biden hit each of these themes, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy politely clapped, evening standing to applaud at one point.
It’s a sign that Democrats and Republicans can at least agree to a shared set of goals, even if they have very different views of how to get there.
In the midterm election campaign, Biden warned of Republican extremists. On Tuesday night, he portrayed them as partners in governance during the first two years of his presidency.
But then came a Biden comment that generated boos and hoots from Republicans: Biden said some in the GOP were bent on cutting Social Security and Medicare.
That sparked a raucous back and forth that seemed more in line with the reality of the actual relationship between the parties.
REGULAR JOE
Biden used the speech to highlight his focus on the common man, calling out billionaires who pay lower tax rates than the middle class and airlines that treat their passengers like “suckers.”
It amounted to a dare to Republican lawmakers who increasingly claim to represent blue-collar workers.
“No billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a school teacher or a firefighter,” Biden said in one of the bigger applause lines of his speech.
The president brought back an idea from last year to put a minimum tax on billionaires so they don’t pay a lower rate than many middle-class households. Biden had pitched a 20% tax on the income and unrealized financial gains of households worth $100 million or more. The administration estimated it would generate $360 billion over 10 years. That would in theory help fund some priorities and possibly reduce the deficit.
But Biden’s tax plan might be more about scoring political points, as he couldn’t get it past West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin in the Senate last year.
He was straightforward in saying he would stop airlines from charging fees in order to sit families together, saying that children were being treated like luggage. He wants to ban hidden resort fees charged by hotels and penalties charged by cell service providers.
“Americans are tired of being played for suckers,” Biden said.
PASSING OVER CHINA BALLOON
Biden had been on a winning streak countering the United States’ rising military and economic competitor China.
Then Beijing brazenly floated a spy balloon across the United States, an embarrassing episode for Biden that culminated last weekend with him ordering the Pentagon to shoot the craft out of the sky over the Atlantic Ocean.
The incident has dominated headlines, with some Republicans arguing that it demonstrates Biden has been wobbly on Beijing.
Biden briefly addressed the incident directly: “As we made clear last week, if China’s threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did.”
Lost in the noise is the Biden administration’s increasingly aggressive efforts to counter China. like agreements with the Philippines and Japan to adjust or expand the U.S. military presence in those countries.
The balloon drama overshadowed all of that.
STANDING WITH UKRAINE
Last year’s State of the Union was dramatically shaped by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started days before the address.
At that moment, the chances of Ukraine staying in the fight with a more formidable Russian military seemed highly unlikely. Nearly a year later, Ukraine is firmly in the fight.
Biden took a moment to pay tribute to Ukraine, addressing one of his guests, Ambassador Oksana Markarova, as representing “not just her nation but the courage of her people.”
He also applauded Congress for giving the Ukrainian what it needed to face Russia’s brutal aggression; the United States has already committed nearly $30 billion in security assistance since the start of the war.
In private, administration officials have made clear to Ukrainian officials that Congress’ patience with the cost of the war will have its limits. But with Tuesday’s address, Biden offered an optimistic outlook about the prospects of long-term American support.
“Ambassador, America is united in our support for your country,” Biden said looking toward Markarova in the gallery. “We will stand with you as long as it takes.”
FEELING THEIR PAIN
Among Biden’s guests were the parents of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old black man whose beating death at the hands Memphis, Tennessee, police has reignited a national debate on policing.
Efforts to reduce police excesses have been sharply restricted by resistance in Congress, and there’s little prospect of federal action.
Still, Biden expressed awe at the grace of Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, who following his death has talked of her son’s “beautiful soul” and hopeful certainty that “something good will come from this.”
Biden, 80, also acknowledged in plain terms that as a white man he’s enjoyed a privilege that Nichols’ parents — and Black parents writ large — do not.
“Imagine having to worry whether your son or daughter will come home from walking down the street or playing in the park or just driving their car,” he said. “I’ve never had to have the talk with my children — Beau, Hunter and Ashley — that so many Black and Brown families have had with their children.”
FINISH THE JOB
Biden uttered the phrase “finish the job” at least a dozen times during his address. It sounded like the makings of a slogan he might employ for a reelection campaign.
But it is highly unlikely he will be able to finish the job on many of the things he referenced, like an assault weapons ban, universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and forcing companies to stop doing stock buybacks.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI employees accused the bureau of politicization in congressional testimony Thursday, a day after the agency disclosed that two of the men had seen their security clearances revoked over concerns about how their views of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, affected their work.
The three men alleged overreach and retaliation by the FBI in testimony to a special House committee investigating what Republicans assert is the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.
“If you’re not politically correct … you’re not in line with what they think to be the political position or the proper position, you’re the target,” Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the Republican chairman of the committee, said in his opening statement.
Former FBI employees Marcus Allen and Steve Friend testified to the panel just hours after the FBI informed Jordan in a letter Wednesday — obtained by The Associated Press — that both men had been stripped of security clearances after either attending the Capitol riot in 2021 or espousing alternate theories about the attack.
A mob of pro-Trump rioters, some armed with pipes, bats and bear spray, charged into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, quickly overrunning overwhelmed police officers trying to keep them back. More than 100 police officers were injured, many beaten, bloodied and bruised. Over 1,000 people have been prosecuted in the Jan. 6 attack on a range of charges from low-level misdemeanors for those who only entered the Capitol to felony seditious conspiracy charges against far-right extremists.
“My colleagues have brought in these former agents, men who lost their security clearances because they were a threat to our national security,” said Rep. Stacey Plaskett, the top Democrat on the committee. “People who out of malice or ignorance or both have put partisan agenda above the oath they swore to serve this country and protect its national security.”
Jordan and other Republicans on the committee hailed the former FBI employees as rank-and-file patriots who were facing retribution for speaking out against government abuse. Allen, Friend and Garrett O’Boyle, a former field agent, shared stories with the committee about how they said their decision to come forward has resulted in suspensions and dismissals for their posts.
“My oath did not include sacrificing the hopes, dreams and livelihood of my family,” said O’Boyle.
Many of them testified about their personal struggles, including not being able to find employment elsewhere and struggling to support their loved ones and young children while their cases were being investigated.
“I sacrificed my dream job to share this information with the American people,” Friend testified. “I humbly ask all the members to do your jobs and consider the merit of what I have presented.”
But Democrats dismissed the testimony, calling the hearing another attempt by Republicans on the committee to help former president Donald Trump.
“This select committee is a clearinghouse for testing conspiracy theories for Donald Trump to use in his 2024 presidential campaign,” Plaskett added.
The letter from the FBI detailed how Friend refused to participate in a SWAT team arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 insurrection while serving in Florida, and “espoused an alternative narrative” about the attack. Friend maintained the show of force wasn’t needed.
Allen, a former operations specialist at the FBI field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, also backed “alternative theories” about Jan. 6 to co-workers multiple times, even after his supervisor told him to stop, according to the FBI letter. Allen disputed those findings, and a lawyer for both men cast suspension of their security clearances as retaliation against whistleblowers.
“I’m hopeful that scrutiny from Congress and from the inspector general will deter the FBI from abusing the security clearance process to retaliate against others the way it’s retaliated against me,” Allen told the committee.
The FBI, though, has said that of the nearly 80,000 staff at the agency, only 32 currently have their clearances suspended, a clear departure from the GOP claims that retaliation of rank-and-file staff is widespread. That’s according to recently transcribed testimony from Jennifer Leigh Moore, an executive assistant director of human resources at the agency.
A third employee who did not testify had a security clearance revoked after he entered the restricted area around the Capitol himself on Jan. 6, and later provided false or misleading information to investigators about what he did that day, the FBI’s letter said. All three employees can appeal the security clearance decisions.
Two of the former FBI employees who testified, Friend and O’Boyle, acknowledged that they had received money from Kash Patel, a close Trump ally who held multiple roles in his administration and now oversees a charity.
They said they needed that money to support their families after FBI suspensions left them unable to work, but Democrats said those ties show the partisan nature of the “weaponization” investigation.
In a series of contentious exchanges, Democrats complained that one of Thursday’s witnesses, Allen, was only interviewed by Republican lawmakers on the committee. Many pointed to House rules that state minority and majority staff are required to have equal access to witness testimony, regardless of whether it is a whistleblower account or not.
Since January, House Democrats on both the select and Judiciary committees have accused Jordan and GOP lawmakers of stonewalling them from several transcribed interviews, refusing to allow them into the room or provide official transcripts or videos of the interviews after the fact.
“We’re in the dark. That’s not how Congress works. That’s not how committees work,” said Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman of New York.
The investigation by the select committee has also encompassed social media companies and other large businesses. Republicans on the committee released a report before the hearing with new allegations against the FBI, including that Bank of America had given data to the FBI on all of their customers who made transactions in Washington, D.C., in the days around Jan. 6.
Lawmakers played video testimony from George Hill, a retired FBI National Security Intelligence supervisor, who told the committee about the list after seeing it in the system, although he said he never opened it. Bank of America provided the information to the FBI voluntarily, according to Hill’s testimony, though it remained unclear whether and how the agency may have used the data.
Bank of America issued a brief statement to The Associated Press, saying it follows the law to “narrowly respond” to law enforcement requests, but it did not directly answer whether it shared the customer data with the FBI.
“We don’t comment on our communications with law enforcement,” bank spokesperson Naomi Patton said. “The report’s suggestion that Bank of America proactively searched our data for broad types of customer behavior, such as making any purchase in a specific city on a specific day, did not occur.”
Democrats have said Hill was among the former FBI employees who are “deeply biased,” citing social media posts where some committee witnesses have referred to Jan. 6 as a “setup.”
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nina Jankowicz, disinformation expert and author of "How to Be a Woman Online," about abuse against women on the internet and Musk's planned buyout of Twitter.
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7,000-year-old winemaking region uncorked
HOUSTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Wine & Spirit Importers, LLC (NAWSI) has launched Wine from Lebanon, introducing 15 innovative winemakers and four unique indigenous grapes from one of the oldest and finest wine growing regions in the world to the state of Texas. With a thirst for exploring new wine regions and consuming 60.3 million gallons of wine a year, Texas ranks 4th in the U.S. for wine consumption. Wine from Lebanon features 15 winemakers including several female-owned and managed wineries, winemakers under 40 years old and winemakers utilizing indigenous grapes like Obaideh, Merwah, Meksassi and Sobbagiegh. Interested wholesalers, retailers and restaurants can attend tasting events to try the wine firsthand. NAWSI is seeking distribution for the Wine from Lebanon program.
Sam A. Jaoude, who was born in Lebanon and a managing partner of NAWSI, saw this as an opportunity years ago while operating his MadeNLebanon exporting business. "Lebanon's winemaking history stretches as far back to the Phoenicians and Cana where Jesus turned water into wine," explained Jaoude. "We have incredible terroir for growing grapes across the entire country and we felt it was finally time to share our story with the rest of the world," said Jaoude.
Jaoude found a kindred spirit in his now business partner Constance McDerby, co-founder of Food & Vine Time Productions, producers of consumer lifestyle events with a wine and food focus for more than 20 years. McDerby said, "Lebanon enjoys a vast variety of wine production that is unique both in taste and culture. We're excited to introduce this wine collection to consumers with a thirst for new and exciting tastes."
From the mountain peaks of the Batroun region to the fertile Bekaa Valley to the Jezzine Caza in South Lebanon, winemakers have been producing wine for generations. While there is truly a wine renaissance in progress, this is a story as old as civilization itself. 7,000 years ago, the Lebanese people's ancestors—the seafaring Phoenicians, domesticated grapes, perfected viticulture and spread it throughout the Mediterranean between 2700 B.C. and 300 B.C. Wine was an important trading item, but evidence of winemaking had been scant until the recent discovery of a 2,600-year-old winepress unearthed at Tell el-Burak, five miles south of the Lebanese coastal city of Sidon.
Today's Lebanese winemakers are as unique as the grapes they craft. Generational traditions are carried on while new winemakers look to the future trying their hand at enticing new tastes like Pet-Nat Gold from Couvent Rouge, the first Lebanese sparkling wine. Domaine Wardy, a winery dating back to 1881 and started by a young widow, is run by the fourth generation of winemakers. Mersel is committed to sustainable farming supporting local farmers and shepherding herds of desert goats on their property, the symbol of the winery. Chateau St. Thomas focuses on cultivating local varietals including its Obeidy St. Thomas, featuring the Obadiah grape. Named one of the World's best vineyards in 2021 is Chateau Cana, a father-daughter operation. Atibaia, which focuses its efforts on small yields, sits atop one of the oldest villages in Lebanon where a feudal castle stronghold was built during the Crusades.
Programs like this enable emerging countries to gain a stronghold into the giant wine business. Thouraya Karam, from Karam Wines said, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to market our wines in Texas as we believe this program will promote Lebanon as a wine producing country and create access to new markets with huge untapped potential for Lebanese wine sales."
Joanna Gerges, managing partner of Chateau Cana commented, "We have been producing wine for over 20 years. I have envisioned spreading the Lebanese culture worldwide and raising Lebanon's profile. I am thankful for this program that will help us reach a market that has so much potential," Gerges added.
A trade tasting event will be held on September 20 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Texas Wine School in Houston. Interested wholesalers, retailers and restaurants can attend. Contact admin@nawsimporters.com or visit winefromlebanon.com for information.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces support for innovative education practices in California and New Mexico
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the pandemic, schools are redesigning graduation requirements and connections to the workplace to better prepare students for the future. These changes are guided by research showing that relevant learning experiences based on student interests and real-world issues increase motivation and enable deeper learning.
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced grant support for school districts and organizations partnering with schools to study and implement innovative practices — such as learner profiles, capstone projects, and work-based learning opportunities — that provide new measures of student success. Developed in collaboration with local families and communities, these practices are designed to boost students' college and career readiness by tailoring learning to their needs and interests.
"Communities across the country are charting a new course for education that includes rigorous academic preparation and recognizes the critical roles that student well-being, purpose, and agency play in achieving a life of success and fulfillment after high school," said Sandra Liu Huang, head of education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. "These grants will validate and expand the use of research-backed, locally-developed tools and practices that advance a broader definition of student success."
In New Mexico, education leaders are centering the voices of students and communities to address the impacts of the pandemic and long-standing historical inequities. Earlier this year, the New Mexico legislature approved a $30 million expansion of the Innovation Zone initiative, a collaboration led by Tribal and community leaders, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and the state's Public Education Department designed to foster a more student-centered approach to education.
Participating school districts and charter schools receive grants to implement innovative learning experiences, including graduate profiles, capstone projects, career and technical education, and work-based learning opportunities. Preliminary research shows that students who participate in internship programs are much more likely to persist in high school. Over the course of four years in two high schools, 0.6 percent of interns left high school early compared to 12.9 percent of non-interns.
CZI's grants to Future Focused Education will support partnerships with Innovation Zone schools to implement community-driven graduate profiles and capstone projects for high school students. Graduate profiles define the knowledge and skills that each community believes are important as students transition to adulthood. They include measures of academics and career readiness, as well as skills that honor students' cultural and linguistic identities. Capstone projects allow students to demonstrate that they have mastered the skills in their graduate profile. During these months-long projects, students dive deep on topics that interest them, conduct research, and present their findings in public exhibitions of learning to school, family, and community.
"Connecting students to the knowledge, wisdom, and cultures of their communities is a powerful way to keep them engaged in learning and on the path to graduation," said Tony Monfiletto, executive director of Future Focused Education. "When we give students agency to shape their education and provide support to meet their unique needs from a network of caring adults, they rise to the occasion, becoming leaders for healthier and more prosperous communities."
In Southern California, CZI is supporting the work of two innovative school districts with diverse student populations that are strengthening practices to foster student agency and career connections. With CZI's grant, the Anaheim Union High School District will partner with researchers at the University of California, Irvine to study the impacts of the district's Career Preparedness Systems Framework, which includes embedded career and technical education and work-based learning opportunities, as well as youth voice and civic purpose programs that contribute to a sense of belonging.
"Our students are more than a test score. They deserve an education that prepares them for success in college, meaningful careers, and active citizenship," said Michael Matsuda, superintendent of the Anaheim Union High School District. "In Anaheim, our students build career-preparedness skills and problem solving experiences through job shadowing, internships and apprenticeships, as well as industry-developed technology and data science courses. Throughout their education, they develop the skills necessary for success in today's workplace: communication, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and compassion, all while in classrooms everyday and across all content areas ."
The Cajon Valley Union School District will receive funding to refine and implement its community-based career-development model, World of Work. Through this grant the district will assess the impact their Modern Curriculum and Launch Pad Initiative with the San Diego Workforce Partnership are having on students' academics and aspirations for the future. They will engage families in designing activities that build on students' interests and skills, and develop strategies to measure impacts on student learning, school climate, and sense of purpose
"Our World of Work solution provides students with the opportunity to explore career and vocational interests every grade - every year beginning in Kindergarten," said David Miyashiro, Superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District. "Students' interests evolve over time - from artistic to enterprising, social to investigative as they gain exposure to the workforce and industry professionals. Through this grant we'll partner with experts like Child Trends and others to understand the impact this theory of career choice is having on students, in order to continuously improve."
Standing with a growing community of partners, CZI is working to equip teachers with the research, tools, and partners they need to center students' well-being in support of academic achievement and success. For more information about how CZI and our grant partners are supporting student and teacher well-being, visit chanzuckerberg.com/education/.
About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who’d been partying moments before rushed into action, grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down until police arrived just minutes later.
He was one of at least two customers who police and city officials credit with stopping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed in Saturday night’s shooting at Club Q. The violence pierced the cozy confines of an entertainment venue that has long been a cherished safe spot for the LGBTQ community in the conservative-leaning city.
“Had that individual not intervened this could have been exponentially more tragic,” Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers told The Associated Press.
Police identified the alleged gunman as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, who was in custody and being treated for injuries.
A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon in the attack, but a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also were recovered. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Club Q on its Facebook page thanked the “quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.” Investigators were still determining a motive and whether to prosecute it as a hate crime, said El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen. Charges against the suspect will likely include first-degree murder, he said.
Already questions were being raised about why authorities didn’t seek to take Aldrich’s guns away from him in 2021, when he was arrested after his mother reported he threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons. Though authorities at the time said no explosives were found, gun control advocates are asking why police didn’t try to trigger Colorado’s “red flag” law, which would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons his mother says he had. There’s also no public record prosecutors ever moved forward with felony kidnapping and menacing charges against Aldrich.
Of the 25 injured at Club Q, at least seven were in critical condition, authorities said. Some were hurt trying to flee, and it was unclear if all of them were shot, a police spokesperson said. Suthers said there was “reason to hope” all of those hospitalized would recover.
The shooting rekindled memories of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. Colorado has experienced several mass killings, including at Columbine High School in 1999, a movie theater in suburban Denver in 2012 and at a Boulder supermarket last year.
It was the sixth mass killing this month and came in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Authorities were called to Club Q at 11:57 p.m. Saturday with a report of a shooting, and the first officer arrived at midnight.
Joshua Thurman said he was in the club with about two dozen other people and was dancing when the shots began. He initially thought it was part of the music, until he heard another shot and said he saw the flash of a gun muzzle.
Thurman, 34, said he ran with another person to a dressing room where someone already was hiding. They locked the door, turned off the lights and got on the floor but could hear the violence unfolding, including the gunman getting beaten up, he added.
“I could have lost my life — over what? What was the purpose?” he said as tears ran down his cheeks. “We were just enjoying ourselves. We weren’t out harming anyone. We were in our space, our community, our home, enjoying ourselves like everybody else does.”
Detectives were examining whether anyone had helped the suspect before the attack, Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said. He said patrons who intervened during the attack were “heroic” and prevented more deaths.
Club Q is a gay and lesbian nightclub that features a drag show on Saturdays, according to its website. Club Q’s Facebook page said planned entertainment included a “punk and alternative show” preceding a birthday dance party, with a Sunday all-ages drag brunch.
Drag events have become a focus of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and protests recently as opponents, including politicians, have proposed banning children from them, falsely claiming they’re used to “groom” children.
To substantiate a hate-crime charge against Aldrich, prosecutors would have to prove he was motivated by the victims’ actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. So far, the suspect has not been cooperative in interviews with investigators and has not given them clear insight yet about the motivation for the attack, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
President Joe Biden said that while the motive for the shootings was not yet clear, “we know that the LGBTQI+ community has been subjected to horrific hate violence in recent years.”
“Places that are supposed to be safe spaces of acceptance and celebration should never be turned into places of terror and violence,” he said. “We cannot and must not tolerate hate.”
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man to be elected a U.S. governor in 2018, called the shooting “sickening.”
“My heart breaks for the family and friends of those lost, injured and traumatized,” Polis said.
A makeshift memorial sprang up Sunday near the club, with flowers, a stuffed animal, candles and a sign saying “Love over hate” next to a rainbow-colored heart.
Seth Stang was buying flowers for the memorial when he was told that two of the dead were his friends. The 34-year-old transgender man said it was like having “a bucket of hot water getting dumped on you. … I’m just tired of running out of places where we can exist safely.”
Ryan Johnson, who lives near the club and was there last month, said it was one of only two nightspots for the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs. “It’s kind of the go-to for pride,” the 26-year-old said of the club.
Colorado Springs, a city of about 480,000 located 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Denver, is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Olympic Training Center, as well as Focus on the Family, a prominent evangelical Christian ministry that lobbies against LGBTQ rights. The group condemned the shooting and said it “exposes the evil and wickedness inside the human heart.”
In November 2015, three people were killed and eight wounded at a Planned Parenthood clinic in the city when authorities say a gunman targeted the clinic because it performed abortions.
The shooting came during Transgender Awareness Week and just at the start of Sunday’s International Transgender Day of Remembrance, when events around the world are held to mourn and remember transgender people lost to violence.
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Bridget Dickson delivered a hat trick as top-seeded Sterling won, 5-0, over eighth-seeded Haddon Heights in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 2 tournament in Somerdale.
Sterling (16-1-1) will host fourth-seeded West Deptford in the semifinal round on Tuesday.
Montgomery Draham and Jade Wiley knocked in a goal apiece while Madison Sims recorded the shutout with five saves.
Gab DiOrio stopped 14 shots for Haddon Heights (7-11).
West Deptford 7, Cedar Creek 2
Malia Acevedo led with three goals and an assist as fourth-seeded West Deptford defeated fifth-seeded Cedar Creek in Westville.
West Deptford (13-7) will face top-seeded Sterling in the semifinal round on Tuesday.
Lexy Yeager, Rachel Barford, Talia Thomasson and Emma Sobieski each added a goal in the victory.
Corrine Morgan knocked in both goals for Cedar Creek (10-7-1).
Haddonfield 3, Delran 2 (2 OT)
Lilah Jacovini scored twice while Allison Tighe added another as second-seeded Haddonfield won in double overtime over seventh-seeded Delran in Haddonfield.
Haddonfield (12-7) will host sixth-seeded Seneca in the semifinal round on Tuesday.
Thea Spellmeyer dished two assists while Enya Carthy preserved the win with 11 saves.
Mya Jackson scored both goals for Delran (12-5-1) while Sarah Travis stopped 10 shots.
Seneca 3, Middle Township 2 (OT)
Ava Palladino connected in overtime, her second goal of the day, as sixth-seeded Seneca defeated third-seeded Middle Township in Cape May Court House.
Seneca (13-7) will play at second-seeded Haddonfield in the semifinal round on Tuesday.
Gabby Miller added a goal for Seneca, which played to a 1-1 tie at halftime.
Middle Township is now 12-4.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Two of three NATO surveillance planes deployed temporarily to Romania have arrived at an air base near Bucharest, from where they will fly missions to monitor Russian military activity near the borders of the 30-nation military alliance.
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The Airborne Warning and Control System planes landed at Otopeni air base on Tuesday afternoon, with one more expected later. They are due to be based there for several weeks.
The AWACS aircraft, which NATO refers to as its “eyes in the sky” belong to a fleet of 14 usually based in west Germany. They have large fuselage-mounted radar domes and can detect aircraft hundreds of kilometers away.
Germany’s ambassador to Romania, Peer Gebauer, said on the airfield after the first plane landed that the deployment "underlines our resolve to stay strong in this time of crisis.”
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“This AWACS surveillance mission, which is to start today in Romania, is another proof of our resolve — of our commitment to defend every inch of allied territory,” he said.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, NATO has bolstered its presence on Europe’s eastern flank, including by sending additional multinational battlegroups to alliance members Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Slovakia. The AWACS have also performed regular patrols over eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region to track Russian warplanes near NATO borders.
Sebastien Slavitescu, a NATO expert and former Romanian diplomat, said the AWACS could offer reassurance to countries close to the war, such as Romania, which borders Ukraine.
“The NATO eastern flank is very, very close to a war, a war that we haven’t had (in Europe) since the Second World War,” he said. “These planes or any increased military assistance for Romania in these challenging times in our vicinity are most welcome.”
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He added that the AWACS missions send a clear message to Moscow: “We’re watching you, we know what you’re doing.”
Romania, which joined NATO in 2004, has played an increasingly large role in the alliance throughout the war, including hosting a NATO meeting of foreign ministers in Bucharest last November.
The AWACS Boeing E-3s were jointly purchased in 1977 at the height of the Cold War, when Jimmy Carter became U.S. president and as a missile crisis with the Soviet Union was beginning to fester in Europe.
Along with a small drone fleet in Italy, the planes are among the few military assets that NATO owns as an alliance. They’ve been routinely refurbished so they can keep flying until 2035.
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Some were deployed in U.S. skies after the September 11, 2001 attacks to help protect cities and nuclear power plants. That was the first time in NATO’s history that it deployed assets to support the defense of one of its members. They can also be used for air-policing, evacuation operations, and provide help during natural disasters.
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McGrath reported from Sighisoara, Romania; Lorne Cook contributed from Brussels. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NATO-surveillance-planes-temporarily-deployed-to-17722719.php | 2023-01-17 16:23:43 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NATO-surveillance-planes-temporarily-deployed-to-17722719.php |
The Femovate Sponsorship Program supports femtech start-ups by providing UX research, design, and product strategy.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Announcing today, award-winning, women-led UX design consultancy, Guidea, has opened the second round of applications for its UX sponsorship program, Femovate.
Companies working to create digital solutions for women's health, and are pre-seed through Series A, are invited to apply for a chance to work with Guidea to boost the efficiency, usability, and accessibility of their solutions and attract further investment.
According to a Statista study, the femtech market grew by 15.8 percent between 2019 and 2020. In 2021, the market was valued at $51 billion, but experts project the growth will compound to a value of $1 trillion by 2027. Despite the rapid growth and massive opportunity for investment in the industry, a report by McKinsey & Company revealed that due to bias surrounding the needs of women, femtech companies only receive three percent of all digital health innovation funding.
Guidea recognized the challenges faced by founders in the femtech industry and launched Femovate in 2022 in an effort to support start-ups working hard to improve women's health. Femovate offers a unique sponsorship opportunity for femtech start-ups to create and improve product and design for their innovations.
Impressed by the caliber of innovation in 2022, Guidea sponsored 30 start-ups and supplied more than $800K in UX research and product design services. Thanks in part to Guidea's support, these Femovate awardees are now securing funding, winning awards and recognition, advancing into clinical studies, and launching effective and intuitive products.
"Despite significant demand by women for health solutions, femtech entrepreneurs still lack the investment and support needed to launch innovative products," said Theresa Neil, CEO and founder, Guidea. "We want to help accelerate the growth. Through the support we provide to Femovate awardees, we are helping to improve and move the needle in women's digital health innovation. That's something we are proud to be a part of."
The Guidea team boasts a wealth of experience in medtech and femtech. They have designed products or provided UX services for 20 of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as many of the top pharma and health companies in the US. Since 2005, Guidea has established a solid reputation for creating engaging, adaptable products that are backed by research and meet the needs of patients and healthcare providers.
Femovate 2023 awardees will receive personalized, one-on-one UX research, strategy, and design support to launch successful products. Design support may include:
- Designing and testing product concepts with real users
- Preparing digital assets for development
- Gaining insight on which features to focus on as differentiators
- Creating user-centric products that exceed expectations
- Delving deeply into the patient, provider, and customer journey
Applications close on September 18, 2023. For further information or to apply for the sponsorship program, visit: https://www.femovate.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country to ward against new outbreaks.
The death of the 87-year-old Beijing man was the first reported by the National Health Commission since May 26, bringing the total death toll to 5,227. The previous death was reported in Shanghai, which underwent a major springtime surge in cases.
China on Sunday announced 24,215 new cases detected over the previous 24 hours, the vast majority of them asymptomatic.
While China has an overall vaccination rate of more than 92% having received at least one dose, that number is considerably lower among the elderly — particularly those over age 80 — where it falls to just 65%. The commission did not give details on the vaccination status of the latest deceased.
That vulnerability is considered one reason why China has mostly kept its borders closed and is sticking with its rigid “zero-COVID” policy that seeks to wipe out infections through lockdowns, quarantines, case tracing and mass testing, despite the impact on normal life and the economy and rising public anger at the authorities.
China says its tough approach has paid off in much lower numbers of cases and deaths than in other countries, such as the U.S.
With a population of 1.4 billion, China has officially reported just 286,197 cases since the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. That compares to 98.3 million cases and 1 million deaths for the U.S., with its population of 331.9 million, since the virus first appeared there in 2020.
China’s figures have come under question, however, based on the ruling Communist Party’s long-established reputation for manipulating statistics, the lack of outside scrutiny and a highly subjective criteria for determining cause of death.
Unlike in other countries, the deaths of patients who presented COVID-19 symptoms were often attributed to underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, obscuring the real number of deaths from the virus and almost certainly leading to an undercount.
Critics pointed especially to this year’s outbreak in Shanghai. The city of more than 25 million only reported about two dozen coronavirus deaths despite an outbreak that spanned more than two months and infected hundreds of thousands of people in the world’s third-largest city.
China has also defied advice from the World Health Organization to adopt a more targeted prevention strategy. Beijing has resisted calls to cooperate fully with the investigation into the origin of the virus, angrily rejecting suggestions it may have leaked from a Wuhan lab, seeking to turn such accusations on the U.S. military instead.
In all cases, the party’s instinct to use total control — even using routine testing information to limit people’s movements — has won out, with only slight concessions made to criticisms aired on highly censored internet forums.
In response to the latest outrage, the central city of Zhengzhou said Sunday it will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test from infants under age 3 and other “special groups” seeking health care.
The announcement by the Zhengzhou city government came after a second child’s death was blamed on overzealous anti-virus enforcement. The 4-month-old girl died after suffering vomiting and diarrhea while in quarantine at a hotel in Zhengzhou.
Reports said it took her father 11 hours to get help after health care workers refused to provide assistance and she finally was sent to a hospital 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. Internet users expressed anger at “zero COVID” and demanded officials in Zhengzhou be punished for failing to help the public.
That follows an earlier outcry over a 3-year-old boy’s death from carbon monoxide poisoning in the northwest. His father blamed health workers in the city of Lanzhou, who he said tried to stop him from taking his son to a hospital.
Other cases include a pregnant woman who miscarried after she was refused entry to a hospital in the northwestern city of Xi’an and forced to sit outside in the cold for hours.
Clashes between authorities and residents fed up with restrictions have been reported in numerous cities despite tight controls on information. A new round of mass testing has been ordered in Huizhu district in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou that has seen such frictions involving migrant workers shut out of their homes, the local government said on its official microblog Sunday.
Each such case brings promises from the party — most recently last week — that people in quarantine or who can’t show negative test results wouldn’t be blocked from getting emergency help.
Yet, the party has often found itself unable to rein in stringent and often unauthorized measures imposed by local officials who fear losing their jobs or facing prosecution if outbreaks occur in areas under their jurisdiction.
Nearly three years into the pandemic, while the rest of the world has largely opened up and the impact on the Chinese economy rises, Beijing has mostly kept its borders closed and discouraged travel even within the country.
In the capital Beijing, residents were told not to travel between city districts, and large numbers of restaurants, shops, malls, office buildings and apartment blocks have been closed or isolated. Local and international schools in urban districts of the city of 21 million have been moved online. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/ap-china-announces-1st-covid-19-death-in-almost-6-months/ | 2022-11-20 22:16:39 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/life-health/health/ap-china-announces-1st-covid-19-death-in-almost-6-months/ |
CHANDLER, Ariz., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zovio (Nasdaq: ZVO), an education technology services company, announced today that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results before market open on Monday, August 1, 2022.
Zovio will host a conference call and webcast for investors and analysts to discuss these results at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) / 5:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) the same day.
Call participants should dial (888) 330-3204 in the United States or (646) 960-0844 internationally and request the Zovio call. The access code for all callers is conference ID: 8039474.
A live broadcast of the call will also be available on the company's website at http://ir.zovio.com.
About Zovio
Zovio (Nasdaq: ZVO) is an education technology services company that partners with higher education institutions and employers to deliver innovative, personalized solutions to help learners and leaders achieve their aspirations. The Zovio network, including Fullstack Academy, leverages its core strengths to solve priority market needs through education technology services. Using proprietary advanced data analytics, Zovio identifies the most meaningful ways to enhance the learner experience and deliver strong outcomes for higher education institutions, employers, and learners. Zovio's purpose is to help everyone be in a class of their own. For more information, visit www.zovio.com.
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VESTAL, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The Binghamton Men’s Basketball team fell to Colgate on Wednesday night 81-62.
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Scott Huntley has been attending Tournament of Roses his entire life and volunteering for the past 36 years. He drove from his home in Columbus to Pasadena, Calif.
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Inmate serving life sentence for murder escapes correctional center
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Nevada authorities say an inmate serving a life sentence has escaped from a correctional facility outside of Las Vegas.
The Nevada Department of Corrections said a medium-security inmate named Porfirio Duarte-Herrera escaped the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs, about 45 minutes from Las Vegas.
Officials said they determined the inmate was missing during a 7 a.m. scheduled count on Tuesday, and escape procedures were initiated that currently remain in effect.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said his office was informed by the corrections department about the escape. He said Duarte-Herrera may have been missing since the weekend and called his escape “unacceptable.”
According to the department, Duarte-Herrera is serving a life sentence for murder with a deadly weapon. He arrived at the facility in 2010.
Authorities described Duarte-Herrera as standing 5 feet, 4 inches tall at 135 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and no tattoos.
Nevada correctional authorities said a retake warrant has been issued.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Duarte-Herreras was urged to call 911.
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WASHINGTON — Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports.
CNN, which first reported on the tape, said Trump suggested on the recording that he wanted to share information from the document with others but that he knew there were limitations about his ability to declassify records after he left office.
The comments on the recording, made in July 2021 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, would seem to undercut the former president's repeated claims that he declassified the documents he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, after leaving office. The recording could also be a key aid for prosecutors looking to prove Trump knew his ability to possess classified documents was limited.
The recording has been provided to special counsel Jack Smith, whose team of prosecutors have spent months investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and whether Trump or anyone else sought to criminally obstruct the probe. The investigation shows signs of being in its final stages, with prosecutors having interviewed a broad cross-section of witnesses before the grand jury.
No one has been criminally charged.
The criminal investigation began last year after the National Archives and Records Administration alerted the FBI to the presence of classified documents in 15 boxes of records sent back, belatedly, from Mar-a-Lago by Trump and his representatives. Investigators initially issued a subpoena for remaining classified records, but after they received only about three dozen during a June 2022 visit to Mar-a-Lago, returned with a search warrant two months later and recovered about 100 more documents marked as classified.
Smith, the special counsel, is also investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election — the subject of a similar, ongoing inquiry by prosecutors in Atlanta. New York prosecutors charged Trump earlier this year with falsifying business records.
According to the CNN report, the recording was made during a gathering at Bedminster with aides to Trump and two people who were working on the autobiography of Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
It said Meadows' autobiography includes a description of what appears to be the same meeting. A lawyer for Meadows declined to comment Wednesday when reached by The Associated Press.
CNN said witnesses including Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have been questioned about the episode. A spokesman for Milley declined to comment on reports that he had been interviewed.
A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
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By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children.
A city worker heard a cry for help from the truck shortly before 6 p.m. Monday and discovered the gruesome scene, Police Chief William McManus said. Hours later, body bags lay spread on the ground near the trailer as a grim symbol of the calamity.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had “families who were likely trying to find a better life.”
“This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” Nirenberg said.
It’s among the deadliest tragedies to have claimed thousands of lives of people attempting to cross the U.S. border from Mexico in recent decades. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio.
The home countries of the immigrants and how long they were abandoned on the side of the road was not immediately known.
South Texas has long been the busiest area for illegal border crossings. Migrants ride in vehicles through Border Patrol checkpoints to San Antonio, the closest major city, from which point they disperse across the United States.
A city worker at the scene on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio was alerted to the situation by a cry for help shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, Police Chief William McManus said. Officers arrived to find a body on the ground outside the trailer and a partially opened gate to the trailer, he said.
Hours later, body bags lay spread on the ground near the trailer as a grim symbol of the calamity. Bodies still remained inside.
Of the 16 taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses, 12 were adults and four were children, said Fire Chief Charles Hood. The patients were hot to the touch and dehydrated, and no water was found in the trailer, he said.
“They were suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion,” Hood said. “It was a refrigerated tractor-trailer, but there was no visible working AC unit on that rig.”
Those in the trailer were part of a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, and the investigation was being led by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, McManus said.
Three people were taken into custody, but it was unclear if they were definitively connected with human trafficking, McManus said.
Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the early 1990s amid a surge in U.S. border enforcement in San Diego and El Paso, Texas, which were then the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. As crossing became exponentially more difficult after the 2001 terror attacks in the U.S., migrants were led through more perilous terrain and paid thousands of dollars more.
Heat poses a serious danger, particularly when temperatures can rise severely inside vehicles. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.
Some advocates drew a link to the Biden administration’s border policies. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council, wrote that he had been dreading such a tragedy for months.
“With the border shut as tightly as it is today for migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, people have been pushed into more and more dangerous routes. Truck smuggling is a way up,” he wrote on Twitter.
Stephen Miller, a chief architect of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, said, “Human smugglers and traffickers are wicked and evil” and that the administration’s approach to border security rewards their actions.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican running for reelection, was blunt in a tweet about the Democratic president: “These deaths are on Biden. They are a result of his deadly open border policies.”
Migrants — largely from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — have been expelled more than 2 million times under a pandemic-era rule in effect since March 2020 that denies them a chance to seek asylum but encourages repeat attempts because there are no legal consequences for getting caught. People from other countries, notably Cuba, Nicaragua and Colombia, are subject to Title 42 authority less frequently due to higher costs of sending them home, strained diplomatic relations and other considerations.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 557 deaths on the southwest border in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, more than double the 247 deaths reported in the previous year and the highest since it began keeping track in 1998. Most are related to heat exposure.
CBP has not published a death tally for this year but said that the Border Patrol performed 14,278 “search-and-rescue missions” in a seven-month period through May, exceeding the 12,833 missions performed during the previous 12-month period and up from 5,071 the year before.
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Spagat reported from San Diego. Reporter Terry Wallace contributed from Dallas.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party’s best hope for 2024.
One year later, there is no more doubt. Attendees at this year’s meeting booed at even the suggestion of a contested GOP primary. Trump, they overwhelmingly said, is their pick.
“Trump, for sure. I don’t think anyone else really has a chance,” said Sky Sanchez, 21, a student from Durham, North Carolina, who was volunteering at the conference with the Tea Party Patriots.
Soren Nielsen, 18, who lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan, said he had been seriously considering DeSantis earlier this year, worried that Trump had lost momentum, particularly after a weaker-than-expected Republican showing in last year’s midterm elections.
But those views changed as he watched Trump reenergize his campaign and saw DeSantis falter.
“I started to realize his campaign did not launch as successfully as I thought it would,” Nielsen said. “And he doesn’t have the stamina, like Trump does, to win a general election.”
While the conference provides only a snapshot of a small slice of the electorate, the views expressed in interviews here over the weekend reflect the broader contours of the GOP contest six months before voting is to begin. While DeSantis was once seen as a serious threat to Trump’s hold on the party — and remains his strongest challenger — he has so far failed to catch fire. His campaign over the weekend confirmed it had laid off a handful of staffers amid concerns over runaway spending, while polling shows Trump ahead by 20 to 30 points, or more, even after a pair of criminal indictments that only seemed to bolster his standing.
Last year, both Trump and DeSantis attended the Turning Point Student Action Summit, held in Tampa, as they prepared to launch their campaigns. DeSantis headlined the Friday night program; Trump headlined Saturday’s. Both were introduced with pro wrestling-style videos and elaborate pyrotechnics. Both received rousing welcomes.
But this year DeSantis chose to skip the events, as did most other top-tier candidates, turning it into a full-on Trumpfest, like so many other conservative gatherings. The program featured a who’s-who of “MAGA” world, including MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, Roger Stone and Donald Trump Jr.
The former president was met with thundering applause Saturday as he mocked DeSantis’ campaign, calling it a “hopeless cause” that was only dividing the party and wasting money.
Of the 2024 GOP candidates who did decide to show up, several received very rough receptions. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Trump critic, was loudly booed as he took the stage and later interrupted when the crowd began to chant Trump’s name. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was greeted by jeers, as some shouted “RINO” — Republican In Name Only — and “Traitor!”
When former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, a speaker at the event, suggested that the primary was a two-person race between Trump and DeSantis — “Realistically, it’s probably going to be one of those two,” she said — the room erupted in anger.
“I think they like Trump, Megyn,” responded Charlie Kirk, Turning Point’s founder.
Indeed, an unscientific survey of attendees found Trump was the first choice for president for nearly 86% of respondents. Asked to name their second pick, 51% named Vivek Ramaswamy, the millionaire tech entrepreneur who has declined to criticize Trump. (DeSantis last year had been the first choice of 19% of attendees, behind only Trump. This year, he was the first choice of just over 4%.)
Beyond the main stage, an exhibition hall was filled with tables selling MAGA merchandise, including bejeweled purses with Trump’s name spelled out in rhinestones. One wall featured large cutouts of each candidate’s face. Attendees were encouraged to share thoughts using Post-it notes. DeSantis’ entries ranged from “TRAITOR” to “Trump is your Daddy.” Attendees pegged Trump their “ONLY HOPE” and “The ONLY choice. period,” though also noting he “Might go to jail.”
DeSantis’ decision to skip the event, citing a scheduling conflict, drew criticism from attendees and angered organizers who noted their long history with the Florida governor.
While founder Kirk has endorsed Trump and Turning Point is widely seen as a pro-Trump organization, it has also organized events for DeSantis over the years. Indeed, earlier this year, Kirk drew Trump’s ire for appearing too cozy with DeSantis as the Florida governor’s stock was on the rise.
As for DeSantis’ no-show over the weekend, Tyler Bowyer, Turning Point’s chief operating officer, said, “You only have a few opportunities in the grand scheme of an election cycle to get in front of major groups and all the media and to pass up this opportunity to lay out your vision for America I just think is one of the biggest mistakes.”
DeSantis press secretary Bryan Griffin noted that the governor had “spent the day with Iowans and spoke to a packed house at the Tennessee GOP Statesman Dinner later that night.”
“This was a day after he delivered the strongest interview at the Family Leadership Summit, which Donald Trump notably skipped,” Griffin said. “Ron DeSantis is campaigning to win.”
Nielsen, who had been leaning toward DeSantis before switching to Trump, said he has concerns about DeSantis’ electability. “If he were to win the primary, Trump voters aren’t going to vote for him,” he said. “All those people aren’t guaranteed Republican voters. They’re guaranteed Trump voters.”
Dolan Bair, 21, said he, too, had been “more leaning toward DeSantis,” drawn to his embrace of culture war issues and his 20-point margin of victory in his reelection race last fall. But now he doubts that DeSantis can win the presidential primary.
“I don’t think he has the same sort of energy,” said Bair, of Kent City, Michigan.
Riley Tobin, a 21-year-old student at the University of Hawaii, said he had admired DeSantis from afar during the COVID-19 pandemic as he rolled back restrictions. But he feels DeSantis has failed to measure up to expectations as a presidential candidate.
“A year ago, everyone was in love with DeSantis,” said Tobin after the conference Sunday. “I really think he could have had a phenomenal campaign, but he turned to the wrong people and had the wrong supporters. And you could hear it yesterday, having 6,000 people pretty much boo at him. It’s like he’s doing something wrong if he’s making that many upset conservatives.”
Some critics cited DeSantis’ comments on Ukraine; others his perceived establishment ties. Some were furious at the very fact that he had dared to challenge Trump in the first place.”
“I’m very disappointed in him,” said Alan Pincus, 66, one of the thousands of party activists, officials and fans of the speakers who joined the students at the event. “Since he announced he’s running, I am no longer a fan.”
Pincus, who is running for Congress and lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, credited Trump for DeSantis’ first victory as governor and accused him of disloyalty, echoing a charge Trump often makes. ”The fact that he even decided to run against Trump is astounding to me. It’s not about personal gains anymore. It’s about bringing this country back.”
Jasmin Rodriguez, 61, who traveled to the event from Harker Heights, Texas, said she loved what DeSantis had done in Florida, but was disappointed in his decision to run. “Dang, dude! You should have just waited a bit, you know? Wait your turn.”
Last year, she said, she would have loved to see Trump pick DeSantis as his vice president or support him in 2028. But now her opinion has soured.
“He’s burned that bridge,” said her ex-husband, Randy Rodriguez, 50. “He’s been a huge disappointment.” | https://www.qcnews.com/news/politics/election/ap-turning-point-actions-student-activists-were-torn-between-trump-and-desantis-last-year-not-anymore/ | 2023-07-18 11:07:35 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/politics/election/ap-turning-point-actions-student-activists-were-torn-between-trump-and-desantis-last-year-not-anymore/ |
HVR Cardio Announces New Leadership Team With Hiring Of CTO Tim Girton, CEO Tom Fleming
HELSINKI, Finland and MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HVR Cardio, a clinical stage medical technology company developing Structural Heart cardiovascular products for transcatheter mitral valve repair, announced today that it has closed on its 10.7 million Euro ($11.1M US) Series B Round of financing. This Series B Round was led by Innovestor Life Science Fund and Tesi, both headquartered in Finland.
At the same time, HVR Cardio announced its new leadership team with the hiring of:
- Tom Fleming, who joined as Chief Executive Officer in May of 2022, bringing HVR Cardio 21 years of experience at Boston Scientific, where he concluded in the role of VP and GM for its Structural Heart Valve Business. Prior to this role, Fleming served as CEO of 4Tech Inc.
- Tim Girton joined as Chief Technology Officer in July 2022, bringing a background that includes 23+ years at Boston Scientific, with his most recent role being VP of Research and Development, Interventional Cardiology.
HVR Cardio is developing a transformative technology for transcatheter mitral valve repair with its CathHELIX™ Annuloplasty System, for use by Structural Heart Physicians to treat mitral regurgitation (MR). "The potential of this innovative technology is why I joined the team," said Tom Fleming, CEO HVR Cardio. "This funding enables our next step into Human Clinical trials and allows us to expand our team." HVR Cardio's new Helix ring technology is designed to be a simple, safe, and secure transcatheter annuloplasty procedure, allowing for a reduction or Mitral Regurgitation (MR) without tethering the native leaflets.
"MR is a common valvular heart disease impacting millions of people and leaving a significant need for better treatment options. We are truly excited about the elegant and minimally invasive CathHELIX™ technology that will offer new hope for patients," comments Pekka Simula, Partner of Innovestor Life Science.
Caution: The CathHELIX device is an investigational technology and is not approved or cleared for use in patients in any geography
HVR Cardio is a Finnish cardiovascular device company that is developing breakthrough solutions for mitral valve repair based on its proprietary helix technology. Its mission is to develop solutions that are faster, easier to use, and less invasive without compromising clinical efficacy. For more information, visit www.hvrcardio.com.
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Why blood donations are needed year-round
CLEVELAND, Oh. (WAVE) - January is National Blood Donor Month. If you have never donated blood before, it’s worth considering.
As Thomas Waters, MD, emergency medicine physician with Cleveland Clinic explains, hospitals are always looking to increase their supply.
“Blood that is donated can be used for surgical patients who are undergoing surgery, for trauma patients who’ve had a significant injury or patients with other medical conditions that might require a transfusion,” Waters said.
According to the Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood or platelets. The most common type of blood requested by hospitals is type O.
For those who’ve never donated, the blood donation process is relatively simple.
First, you’ll complete a donor registration, then go over your health history and do a mini physical. From there, a medical professional will hook you up for the blood draw, which typically takes between 8 to 10 minutes.
If you’re donating platelets, red cells or plasma, it can take up to two hours.
Dr. Waters has some advice for those who may be nervous to donate.
“There are a lot of people out there who are afraid of needles, so understandable it can be a scary event to undertake,” Waters said. “But it is safe, it’s very simple, it’s relatively painless, you’ll feel a little pinch. It only takes a few minutes and again it can be life-saving for someone who needs a transfusion.”
To find a blood drive near you, you can call your local hospital or visit the Red Cross website.
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TOKYO, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubitus, a cloud streaming solution leader, is the exclusive technology provider to help Sansar launch its metaverse social virtual reality platform to the cloud. The cloud version will be debuted on LG Smart TVs at CES 2023, followed by browser access on PC and mobile devices.
Live in Sansar metaverse with any devices
Sansar is a social metaverse platform with many innovative features, including its own UGC market-based economy, avatar editor and world building tools. Sansar is equally engaging in both VR and 2D Desktop mode and Sansar enables players to host live events, such as concerts, in the metaverse and to invite others to join. Sansar is a high fidelity, hyper-realistic metaverse experience that until its partnership with Ubitus had only been available on a powerful gaming PC. Ubitus, with its expertise in providing customized solutions to cloud gaming and metaverse customers for years, powers Sansar's application on LG Smart TVs and browsers without any loss of fidelity and minimal latency.
"We are excited to work with Ubitus as our cloud partner to offer the full Sansar experience across any device around the globe. After a thorough comparison, we found Ubitus offers the best performance and highest fidelity streaming service, which is critical to our mission of providing the most realistic metaverse experience across a wide range of devices," said Chance Richie, Sansar CEO.
Wesley Kuo, the CEO of Ubitus, comments, "It is a privilege to collaborate with Sansar, which is led by industry pioneers and visionaries, elevating our technology to a new level. Beating rivals and winning this opportunity makes us more confident than ever to help more metaverse customers from different industries".
About Sansar
Sansar, Inc. owns and operates the Sansar social metaverse platform. Sansar is a leading metaverse gateway, with a fully functioning virtual reality platform, highly secure digital commerce ecosystem, and innovative technical capabilities. Sansar is focused on providing the most realistic metaverse experiences and being the virtual social hub for events, quests, games, and live events. Sansar's technology platform enables and incentivizes User Generated Content ("UGC") by providing a robust digital marketplace for the exchange of goods and services. Users can experience an immersive Sansar experience through a VR headset or on a 2D screen, including a laptop or television. Learn more at Sansar.com.
About Ubitus
Ubitus operates the world's best GPU virtualization technology and cloud streaming platform, and is dedicated to providing a superior user experience via its advanced technology. As long as users are connected to a broadband network, they can enjoy AAA gaming experience across various devices, such as smartphones, tablets, game consoles, smart TVs, and personal computers.
With innovative GameCloud technology, Ubitus is able to stream interactive media content with an immersive experience on multi-devices for platform operators and digital content developers, to accelerate metaverse popularization with broad applications.
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3 observations after Sixers somehow grit out very narrow win over Nets originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
NEW YORK — The Sixers somehow slid past the Nets on Saturday night.
It wasn't a pretty performance, but the team overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to take a 101-98 victory at Barclays Center.
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Spencer Dinwiddie looked like he'd hit an unbelievable shot from about 40 feet out at the buzzer to send the game to overtime, but a review reversed the make and allowed the Sixers to breathe a true sigh of relief.
Joel Embiid led them with 37 points on 12-for-18 shooting and 13 rebounds. James Harden had 29 points, six assists and six rebounds.
Mikal Bridges posted a team-high 23 points for Brooklyn.
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The 36-19 Sixers have two games remaining before the All-Star break and both are at home. They’ll play the Rockets on Monday, the Cavs on Wednesday. Here are observations on their win over Brooklyn:
Sixers fall behind despite major edge at foul line
New Nets Bridges and Cam Johnson impressed early in their Brooklyn debuts.
Those two combined to score nine of the Nets’ first 11 points. Dorian Finney-Smith then drilled a second-chance three and Day’Ron Sharpe’s put-back layup gave Brooklyn a 16-6 lead. Defensive rebounding has unsurprisingly looked more challenging for the Sixers when they’ve allowed regular dribble penetration and then had to scramble, which was again the case in the opening minutes Saturday.
Embiid hit an and-one bank shot on his first post-up against Nic Claxton and continued to score with incredible efficiency just as he’d done in a 14-for-18 shooting performance Friday in the Sixers’ win over the Knicks. Embiid followed up a 15-point first quarter against New York with 14 points in the first period on 4-for-5 shooting. The Embiid-Harden duo scored all of the Sixers’ first 15 points.
The Sixers took the game’s first 14 foul shots but trailed by 10 points late in the second quarter because of the Nets’ sizable advantage from beyond the arc (10 made first-half threes to the Sixers’ five) and the team’s lack of offensive production from starters Tobias Harris, PJ Tucker and De’Anthony Melton. That trio was scoreless and 0 for 6 from the floor until a Harris corner three with 45.5 seconds until halftime.
McDaniels’ debut
Jalen McDaniels subbed in with 4:44 left in the first quarter for his Sixers debut.
He scored his first hoop in a Philadelphia uniform rather stylishly when he slipped a screen on a neatly designed action and slammed in Tyrese Maxey’s lob.
After spending his entire NBA career until now with the Hornets, McDaniels enjoyed his first action for a team that aims to go deep in the playoffs.
“It felt good to get out there, especially a high-energy game, high intensity," he said afterwards. “That’s how each game is going to be playing here, so it was good to get out there to support the win."
McDaniels had another alley-oop chance early in the fourth quarter but couldn’t convert an easy attempt. He redeemed the miss right away, however, nailing a three-pointer on the Sixers’ next possession. McDaniels finished with five points on 2-for-4 shooting and four rebounds in his 16 minutes.
For better and for worse, McDaniels didn’t stand out defensively. He mostly did the basics right on the ball and wasn’t clueless in terms of where to be off ball. Though McDaniels was not fantastic as far as screen navigation, it’s clear that his size (6-foot-9 with a 7-foot wingspan) enables him to get some impactful rearview contests.
Sixers head coach Doc Rivers was very pleased with McDaniels' outing.
“He’s going to help," Rivers said. “He’s going to really help us. His length, his rebounding … he’s going to be big for us. You can see it. Very happy with a guy that didn’t know what the hell we were doing. He literally didn’t know offense, defense. You could see guys screaming at him to get to this spot, go to this spot. But he’s going to be really good for us.”
Paul Reed remained the Sixers’ backup center and had a solid first stint. Two highlights were a strong defensive effort to force a Cam Thomas air ball on Brooklyn’s final first-quarter possession and an alley-oop dunk assisted by Harden.
While the Sixers’ bench was decent overall, this version of the Nets without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has plenty of legitimate NBA rotation players who won’t start. Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn used a 12-man rotation and brought Ben Simmons (four points, three assists, three rebounds) off the bench. Joe Harris burned the Sixers with four first-half threes. Georges Niang tried to stay tight on Harris, but he clearly was not the ideal candidate to chase him around off-ball screens.
Tyrese Maxey was unable to duplicate his stellar two-way game Friday and posted 12 points on 4-for-11 shooting. He again played significantly more than Melton — 34 minutes to 14.
Sixers somehow grit one out
Tobias Harris and Rivers vehemently expressed disagreement with the officials on a couple of plays early in the third quarter. The Sixers’ collective energy out of intermission was neither high nor positive.
After a miserable stretch in which Harris missed a fast-break layup through contact and Claxton then scored back-to-back buckets, Rivers called timeout. Harris and Melton came out.
The Sixers went down 74-62 on a mid-range jumper by Bridges, but they played reasonably well late in the third quarter with Embiid surrounded by four bench players. Embiid hit an elbow jumper with 0.9 seconds left in the third to cut the Sixers' deficit to 82-76.
To start the fourth quarter, the Sixers featured Harden in a bench-heavy lineup. That unit had bright moments on both ends of the floor, but the Sixers still couldn't neutralize Joe Harris (18 points) and Thomas (14 points).
Down 96-87 with a little under seven minutes left, the Sixers made an 8-0 run with all the scoring from Maxey, Harden and Embiid. Brooklyn missed a few good looks, but the Sixers again showed they're capable of elevating their defense when fully dialed in. The team's defensive rebounding was much improved in the fourth, too. Guards like Maxey weren't piling up tons of rebounds, but their efforts to chip in on the glass were noticeable.
Embiid, Maxey and Harris all agonizingly missed potential go-ahead shots that it seemed the Sixers might regret. Dinwiddie then drove past Harris for a dunk with 1:45 to go.
The Sixers' clutch execution wasn't at all flawless, but they continued to play scrappy defense and earned a chance to take the lead late. Harden missed a layup, but Embiid grabbed the offensive board, was fouled with 5.2 seconds left, and made both foul shots. By a very, very narrow margin, the Sixers squeaked out a second straight win. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/sixers/sixers-at-nets-sixers-somehow-grit-out-a-very-narrow-win-in-brooklyn/3497629/ | 2023-02-13 00:14:02 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/sixers/sixers-at-nets-sixers-somehow-grit-out-a-very-narrow-win-in-brooklyn/3497629/ |
DALLAS, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sport Fishing Championship (SFC), the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing, is pleased to share the results for The Catch Presented by Fritos®. Team Gypsea, comprised of SFC angler Taylor Sanford and NFL teammates Matthew Judon and Dalvin Cook won the made-for-TV competition which aired live Saturday on CBS. Team Gypsea earned a $100,000 donation to the Coast Guard Foundation, provided by Cheniere Energy. The tournament was held at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach.
Using SFC's billfish catch-and-release scoring system, The Catch featured four teams in head-to-head competition. Team Gypsea landed three sailfish (75 points each) and eight bonus fish (25 points each) for a total of 425 points. The final results, based on number of fish landed and species of fish:
- Team Gypsea, comprised of SFC angler Taylor Sanford and NFL teammates Matthew Judon and Dalvin Cook, with a total of 425 points
- Team Quantified, comprised of SFC angler Justin Drummond and NFL teammates Justin Herbert and Chris Jones, with a total of 300 points
- Team Rising Sons, comprised of SFC angler Jaselyn Berthelot and NFL teammates Quinnen Williams and Patrick Surtain II, with a total of 75 points
- Team Polarizer, comprised of SFC angler Bill Davis and NFL teammates Tyreek Hill, DeAndre Hopkins and A.J. Brown, with a total of 50 points
"These NFL guys are so coachable; they did an incredible job on this boat," said Sanford. "We weren't sure we were winning right till the end, and I knew we had to push it the whole way. I like winning and now we get some motivation to start our journey north as the (SFC) season gets underway."
"I had an amazing time, I loved it," said Judon. "I thought it would be easy, but it's a pretty good workout, and I think we gained a lot of appreciation for every fisherman that's out there."
"The action of The Catch from start to finish was intense," said Mark Neifeld, CEO and commissioner of SFC. "We made history as the first fishing tournament to broadcast live from the sea, and all the participants did a fantastic job. It's clear they had as much fun on the water as we did watching from shore."
Partners and sponsors of the tournament included (in alphabetical order): BIOLYTE, Coast Guard Foundation, Discover Puerto Rico, Dr. Squatch, Durabrite, Fathom, Garmin, IceShaker, Louisiana Office of Tourism, Michelob Ultra, OneWater/Invincible Boats, Pernod Ricard, Salt Life, Starlink and Visit South Padre Island. The Coast Guard Foundation is the premier non-profit organization that supports active U.S. Coast Guard members, veterans, and their families through investments that support families, boost unit morale and honor the Coast Guard's national mission.
The Catch was broadcast live from four boats, four chase boats, helicopters and more. It sets the stage for the 2023 SFC Billfish Championship which will have 88 hours of live tournament coverage across its 12 tournaments on CBS Sports Network, with the season kicking off at the CNSD White Marlin Tournament in Punta Cana, DR on April 27. The SFC's 2023 full season schedule is found on the website: www.sportfishingchampionship.com.
About Sport Fishing Championship
SFC is the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing with SFC being the largest owner and media rights holder of saltwater fishing tournaments in the industry, available to watch on every major cable and OTT platform on CBS Sports Network, Waypoint TV, SFC Digital Network, YouTube social media and more. In April, 2023 SFC launched The Catch, an offshore fishing competition that paired current NFL greats with SFC star anglers. The two-hour live event aired on CBS and Paramount+.
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Emmy and Tony winning actress Mary Alice has died. A spokesperson for the NYPD confirms to NPR that she died of natural causes at her home in New York. She was 85.
Mary Alice won a Tony in 1987 for her performance as Rose Maxson in the original Broadway production of August Wilson's Fences. Among the tributes to Alice on social media, actress Viola Davis, who played Rose in stage and movie versions, writes, "RIP Mary Alice...the original Rose Maxson. You were one of the greatest actresses of all time!! Thank you for the work, inspiration and thank you for Rose. Godspeed Queen."
Mary Alice's career
She was born Mary Alice Smith in 1936 in Indianola, Miss., and spent several years as a schoolteacher in Chicago before moving to New York to pursue acting full time. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Alice performed on stage and screen, in comedies and dramas. She won an Obie Award in 1979 for her performance as Portia in Joseph Papp's Off-Broadway production of Julius Caesar. Her TV credits included Police Woman, Cosby and Sanford & Son. In 1991, she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for I'll Fly Away.
In A Different World Alice played the delightfully eccentric, soft-spoken Leticia "Lettie" Bostic. Among her more than a dozen movie credits are Sparkle in 1976, Malcolm X in 1992 and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003.
In an interview with Contemporary Film, Theatre & Television, Alice said she was "proud" to be an actor. "I chose this profession because I feel this is how I can fulfill my service as a human being--communicating the human condition," she continued, "My desire is to create interesting and complex characters on film and television."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLPX), and certain officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-08395, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Olaplex common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted on or around September 30, 2021 (the "IPO" or "Offering"), seeking to recover compensable damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") (the "Class").
If you are a shareholder who purchase or otherwise acquired Olaplex securities, you have until January 17, 2023 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Olaplex was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Olaplex manufactures and sells hair care products. The Company offers hair care shampoos and conditioners for use in treatment, maintenance, and protection of hair. Olaplex purports to participate in the "prestige segment" of the haircare market, which the Company claims is "expected to be the fastest growing segment of the global haircare market from 2020 to 2025."
On August 27, 2021, Olaplex filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with the IPO, which, after several amendments, was declared effective by the SEC on September 29, 2021 (the "Registration Statement").
On October 1, 2021, Olaplex filed a prospectus on Form 424B4 with the SEC in connection with the IPO, which incorporated and formed part of the Registration Statement (collectively, the "Offering Documents").
Pursuant to the IPO, Olaplex issued 73,700,000 shares of its common stock to the public at the Offering price of $21.00 per share for approximate proceeds of $1,466,445,750 to the Company, after applicable underwriting discounts and commissions.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, the Offering Documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and was not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Specifically, the Offering Documents made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) macro-economic pressures and competition in the haircare market were more robust than the Company had represented to investors; (ii) accordingly, the Company was unlikely to maintain its sales and revenue momentum; and (iii) as a result, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to achieve the financial and operational growth projected in the Offering Documents; and (iv) as a result, the Offering Documents were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
On September 29, 2022, a Piper Sandler analyst downgraded Olaplex to Neutral from Overweight, stating that her work revealed that "competition and misinformation pose growing risks to the company." In addition, the analyst indicated that she anticipated investments in marketing and education were needed to offset the headwinds and that "little room for valuation upside given the risks at play."
On this news, Olaplex's stock price fell $1.33 per share, or 12.15%, to close at $9.62 per share on September 29, 2022.
Then, on October 18, 2022, Olaplex issued a press release in which "the Company revised its guidance for the 2022 fiscal year". Olaplex said it now expects fiscal year 2022 revenue between $704 million and $711 million, significantly down from its prior guidance range of $796 million to $826M. Olaplex stated that "[t]he Company's updated guidance primarily reflects a slowdown in sales momentum that it attributes to macro-economic pressures, increased competitive activity including discounting, and a moderation in new customer acquisition, as well as inventory rebalancing across certain customers which the Company believes are in response to these same macro-economic pressures."
On this news, Olaplex's stock price fell $5.55 per share, or 56.69%, to close at $4.24 per share on October 19, 2022.
As of the time this complaint was filed, the price of Olaplex common stock continues to trade below the Offering price of $21.00 per share, damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) (the "Company"), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, today announced that, in accordance with New York Stock Exchange rules, Mary N. Dillon will be granted an employment inducement award in reliance on NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08. As previously announced, the Company and Ms. Dillon have entered into an employment agreement, dated as of August 16, 2022, for her employment with the Company commencing on August 19, 2022 in connection with her appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company by the Board of Directors, effective as of September 1, 2022. The employment inducement award will consist of (i) a restricted stock unit (RSU) award with a grant date fair value equal to $2,000,000 (which will vest on the third anniversary of her commencement date), (ii) a transformation grant of performance stock units (PSUs) with a grant date fair value equal to $5,000,000 (which will vest based on three years of continued employment and the achievement of performance metrics as determined by the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee")), and (iii) an annual grant with a grant date value of $8,000,000, pro-rated in respect of the Company's current fiscal year, consisting of PSUs (60%), RSUs (20%), and non-qualified stock options (20%) consistent with the terms of Ms. Dillon's employment agreement with the Company. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee to be granted on August 24, 2022, without shareholder approval as "employment inducement awards" under the NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08, which requires public announcement of inducement awards.
Foot Locker, Inc. leads the celebration of sneaker and youth culture around the globe through a portfolio of brands, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Eastbay, atmos, WSS, and Sidestep. With approximately 2,800 retail stores in 28 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand as well as websites and mobile apps, the Company's purpose is to inspire and empower youth culture around the world, by fueling a shared passion for self-expression and creating unrivaled experiences at the heart of the global sneaker community. Foot Locker, Inc. has its corporate headquarters in New York. For additional information please visit footlocker-inc.com.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Other than statements of historical facts, all statements which address activities, events, or developments that Foot Locker, Inc. anticipates will or may occur in the future, including, but not limited to, such things as future capital expenditures, expansion, strategic plans, financial objectives, dividend payments, stock repurchases, growth of Foot Locker, Inc.'s business and operations, including future cash flows, revenues, and earnings, and other such matters, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on many assumptions and factors which are detailed in Foot Locker, Inc.'s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations and judgments and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond our control. For additional discussion on risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" disclosed in Foot Locker, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2022, filed on March 24, 2022. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. Foot Locker, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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PHOENIX — Winds are backing off and temperatures are dropping for the weekend!
Valley highs will fall into the mid-90s today and Sunday with just a few afternoon breezes.
Early morning temperatures will be nice and mild as most of the Valley drops into the 60s over the weekend.
Enjoy the cooler air while it lasts because we have another big warm-up ahead.
High pressure builds in next week and temperatures will be back in the triple digits starting Tuesday.
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2022 Rainfall totals:
Sky Harbor Official Rainfall: 0.55" (-2.06" from average)
Valley Average (Phoenix Rainfall Index): 0.71"
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Daily rainfall reports from all across the Valley can be found here.
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PHOENIX IS GETTING DRIER - LOWER RAINFALL AVERAGES NOW
Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 2.71" of rain
NEW Average Monsoon Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 2.43" of rain
Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1981-2010): 8:03" of rain
NEW Average Yearly Rainfall in Phoenix (1991-2020): 7.22" of rain
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Amid the various fireworks displays, there will be an oasis of calm and quiet Monday night celebrating Independence Day free from loud noises.
Now in its second year, the Sound at Cypress Waters, which sits in a tiny pocket of Dallas proper just northeast of DFW Airport, is hosting a sensory-sensitive Fourth of July on Monday night.
Marci Parrish is the marketing manager at Billingsley Company, the real estate development firm that designed, built and manages Cypress Waters properties.
“Out here the greenery, the land is just really peaceful,” Parrish said.
Against that backdrop, Parrish looked to build an event that was both popular and maintained a sense of calm.
“We kind of talked about and said ‘Hey we could do that out here’.”
Parrish says the event is tailored specifically for families with children on the autism spectrum, veterans who have experienced the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and pets who often run away amid loud noises that mark the holiday.
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Most notably, the signature fireworks will be replaced instead by laser light and a host of visually calming and tactile activities, including a snow creation station. There will also be a separate 'calm zone', allowing anyone a break from activities.
“It’s meaningful because you plan these events and you want to make sure it works properly,” Parrish said. “And when they (families) say ‘thank you’, you know you did an okay job. They had a good time and that’s what we want.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/cypress-waters-ditches-fireworks-for-sensory-sensitive-4th-of-july-celebration/3289078/ | 2023-07-04 00:06:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/cypress-waters-ditches-fireworks-for-sensory-sensitive-4th-of-july-celebration/3289078/ |
The season of Twitter shakeups isn't over yet.
The video featured is from a previous report.
The social media platform has announced it will eliminate free API access for third-party developers. While the concept of an "API restriction" may not sound dramatic, this latest change has users once again worried about Twitter's future. In simple terms, this means the site's innumerable automated accounts will grind to a halt, unless the person in charge of them decides to pay for access.
It also means researchers who leverage Twitter's API to collect public data from the site will lose a key resource -- again, unless they pay, CNN reported.
Many of Twitter's users are not happy about the change, as they say it will fundamentally alter the platform's culture.
So what's an API, anyway?
API stands for "application programming interface," and it's a framework that allows programs to communicate and connect with each other. In the case of a platform like Twitter, or Facebook or YouTube, this means developers outside the company can create programs that connect with the main product. Twitter's description of its API says developers can use the feature to "moderate conversations for health and safety," "enable creation and personal expression," "measure and analyze what's happening" and more.
Automated accounts are a common example of how this work appears on the platform. If you've ever seen an account that automatically tweets out reminders to hydrate, or random photos of possums, you've seen one way an API can be used. Some people have used Twitter's API to provide accessibility options to content, like alt text or image descriptions. Others, like thread readers or reminders, can help people save and revisit information on the site.
How could restricting API access change Twitter?
Since Twitter's announcement, many of these accounts have made forlorn announcements that they will cease working once the policy goes into effect on February 9. The Twitter Dev account noted that more details on what users could expect would come next week, while CEO Elon Musk remarked in a separate tweet that "Just 100/month for API access with ID verification will clean" up what he said was abuse of the API.
While accounts that tweet "Lord of the Rings" quotes or make site navigation easier aren't necessarily the backbone of the platform, users argue they contribute to the social experience that's become a part of every day life.
APIs also allow people to create searches for publicly available data stored in a digital record, which is extremely useful for research, marketing and other purposes. Some users are concerned about what the API access changes will mean for their work.
It's not unusual for a platform as big as Twitter to have an API that's accessible to the public, as it provides more ways for people to use the platform -- a relationship that can be beneficial for the company. Tech experts surmise that Twitter's decision to have people pay for API access is one in a long string of moneymaking attempts since the company came under Musk's direction.
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Point Predictive, the San Diego-based company that provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, today announced that Foursight Capital, a specialty automotive finance company, has implemented AutoPass™, the FCRA-compliant scoring solution that automates automotive loan decisions based on the likelihood of fraud or material misrepresentation, to improve risk differentiation and enhance customer experience.
Leveraging data derived from Point Predictive's risk consortium, AutoPass uses historical fraud risk patterns to make accurate determinations of early payment default risks due to fraud or material misrepresentation. This data enables AutoPass users to automate approval and decline decisions in a streamlined process that provides faster funding for borrowers.
"Automation and improving efficiency in our lending decisions is key to our success as a company," said Andrew Thomas, Chief Risk Officer at Foursight. "Having an FCRA solution like AutoPass enables us to make better risk decisions instantly to avoid defaults and charge offs on high risk applications and appropriately price and set loan terms on each application that comes through the door."
AutoPass complements existing credit risk models and can be used prior to pulling a credit bureau report to reduce data cost. When used alongside credit scores, the solution can quickly identify low-risk applicants so lenders can offer favorable pricing and other credit-based incentives. In conjunction with existing credit risk models, AutoPass can be easily integrated to:
- Automate up to 70% of auto loan decisions without stipulations or manual review
- Reduce loan default by 40-60%
- Lower origination costs
- Improve portfolio profitability
"We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with lenders like Foursight who share our commitment to using novel data and technology solutions to continue to streamline the auto loan process – improving both their financial performance and the car buying process for consumers," said Tim Grace, Chief Executive Officer at Point Predictive. "AutoPass is revolutionizing the automotive lending process by increasing automation, profitability, and efficiency. Results from our retrospective analysis show that Foursight can expect portfolio profitability to increase by more than 7% through the use of AutoPass."
Point Predictive invites lenders who wish to learn more about AutoPass to visit https://pointpredictive.com or contact info@pointpredictive.com.
About Point Predictive
Point Predictive powers a new level of lending confidence and speed through the unique combination of artificial intelligence, a powerful data consortium, and decades of risk management expertise. The company's data and technology solutions quickly and accurately identify who is reporting truthfully on their loan applications and who is not. As a result, lenders are now able to fund loans easily without asking the vast majority of applicants for onerous documentation such as paycheck stubs, utility bills, or bank statements. This improves funding rates by 40-50% while reducing overall early payment default losses by more than 30%. Borrowers get loans faster and we significantly boost profits to a lender's bottom line. Located in San Diego, California, more information about Point Predictive can be found at www.pointpredictive.com.
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HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) — Ferry service along the North Carolina coast is experiencing interruptions because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in crew members and mechanical issues on the vessels themselves.
The Virginian-Pilot reports the Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Hatteras routes are affected, the N.C. Department of Transportation said in a news release. Last Thursday, three ferries on the Pamlico Sound routes and one on the Hatteras route were out of service due to mechanical issues.
In addition, COVID-19 cases are on the rise locally and have impacted recent departure schedules on the Hatteras route. The news release said that while nearly all recent cases have recovered and returned to work, future cases can't be predicted and could lead to other interruptions.
Bad weather and sand build up created major delays on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry operation over the past few months. The Ocracoke Express passenger-only ferry began for the season this week and should ease some of the long waits for visitors heading to and from Ocracoke Island, the department said. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-ferries-hit-by-COVID-19-17194651.php | 2022-05-24 14:04:29 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-ferries-hit-by-COVID-19-17194651.php |
EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.
Her family escaped unharmed, though her beloved cat, Missy, didn’t make it out before a “fireball” dropped on the house in early May. But peony bushes passed down from her late mother survived and the blackened May Day tree planted in memory of her longtime partner is sending up new shoots — hopeful signs as she prepares to start over in the East Prairie Métis Settlement, about 240 miles (385 kilometers) northwest of Edmonton.
“I just can’t leave,” said Johnston, 72, who shared a home with her son and daughter-in-law. “Why would I want to leave such beautiful memories?”
The worst wildfire season in Canadian history is displacing Indigenous communities from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, blanketing them in thick smoke, destroying homes and forests and threatening important cultural activities like hunting, fishing and gathering native plants.
Thousands of fires have scorched more than 42,000 square miles (110,000 square kilometers) across the country so far. On Tuesday, almost 900 fires were burning— most of them out of control — according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre website.
Fires aren’t uncommon on Indigenous lands, but they’re now occurring over such a widespread area that many more people are experiencing them at the same time — and some for the first time — stoking fears of what a hotter, drier future will bring, especially to communities where traditions run deep.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Raymond Supernault, chairman of the East Prairie Métis Settlement, where he said more than 85% of the 129-square-mile (334-square-kilometer) settlement burned in the first wildfire there in over 60 years. Fourteen houses and 60 other structures were destroyed by the intense, fast-moving fire that led to the evacuation of almost 300 people and decimated forested land.
“In blink of eye, we lost so much … it was devastating. I can’t stress that enough,” said Supernault, who said he hasn’t seen any elk or moose, both important food sources, since the fire.
“We don’t just jump in the car and go to the IGA,” for groceries, Supernault said. “We go to the bush.”
In Canada, 5% of the population identifies as Indigenous — First Nation, Métis or Inuit — with an even smaller percentage living in predominantly Indigenous communities. Yet more than 42% of wildfire evacuations have been from communities that are more than half Indigenous, said Amy Cardinal Christianson, an Indigenous fire specialist with Parks Canada.
As of last week, almost 23,000 people from 75 Indigenous settlements have had to evacuate this year, according to Indigenous Services Canada. More than 3,600 people from 15 First Nations reserves in five provinces were evacuated as of Thursday, the agency said.
It’s not uncommon for Indigenous communities to evacuate repeatedly, Christianson said. A recent analysis of the Canadian Wildland Fire Evacuation database found that 16 communities were evacuated five or more times from 1980–2021 — all but two of them First Nations reserves, said Christianson, who participated in the analysis by the Canadian Forest Service.
Fires now “are so dangerous and so fast-moving” that evacuations increasingly are necessary, a challenge in some remote communities where there might be one road in, or no roads at all, said Christianson, who is Métis.
Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and fire chief in Red Deer, Alberta — a province where about 7,600 square miles (19,800 square kilometers) have already burned, compared to just over 695 square miles (1,800 square kilometers) in all of 2022 — said some places burning again this year haven’t fully recovered from previous fires.
“It’s going to take a long time,” said McMullen, calling it the worst fire season in Canadian history. “These are life-altering events.”
Christianson said the effects will be felt for generations, because the intense heat is burning the soil and making it difficult for trees and other plants to regenerate.
She said Indigenous communities are increasingly vulnerable because they’re often left out of decisions about forest management and fire response, and often can’t afford to hire emergency managers. What’s more, when fires affect urban centers at the same time, fire suppression shifts to larger communities.
Indigenous communities “really want to be leaders in managing fires in their territory,” including a return to preventive burning that was long suppressed by the government, said Christianson.
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake in northern Quebec evacuated in June because of heavy smoke from wildfires that came within 9 miles (15 kilometers) of and almost surrounded the reserve where about 350 to 400 people live, often miles apart, said Chief Casey Ratt, who never experienced a forest fire before this year.
“Last year, me and my wife were talking about how many fires there were in Alberta, then boom! There were so many in Quebec this year,” said Ratt. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, now we’re dealing with wildfires like they are out west.’”
But it also wasn’t a total surprise, said Ratt, because summer heat is more intense and ice forms later in the winter and melts faster in the spring. That diminishes their ability to ice-fish and hunt for moose and beaver, which often requires crossing a lake to an island.
“Something is happening,” said Ratt, who believes climate change is largely to blame. “I think this will be the norm moving forward.”
The biggest concern is whether cultural traditions that have been passed down from generations of elders will survive into the future, said Supernault, from the East Prairie Métis Settlement.
“Our earth is changing … and our traditional way of life is now put on hold,” said Supernault. “You can’t put a price on culture and traditional loss.”
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Gas prices see longest downward trend since 2015, but could it be the end of the road?
(Gray News) – The nation’s average gas price has fallen again for the 14th consecutive week, but it’s the smallest weekly decline in months, according to AAA.
Gas Buddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan said this streak of price declines has surpassed 2018′s record. It is the longest downward trend since 2015, but the consecutive downfall could be coming to an end.
“All streaks have to end at some point, and the national average for a gallon of gas has fallen $1.34 since its peak in mid-June,” AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in a statement.
Gas Buddy experts report the national average price of fuel is down 25.7 cents from a month ago but is still 45.9 cents higher than a year ago.
“With some issues arising in Plains and Great Lakes states as the transition to winter gasoline begins, I think we have the best potential to see the weekly trend of falling prices snapped,” De Haan explained in a statement. “West Coast states also continue to see increases as unexpected refinery issues continue to percolate, preventing a downward move.”
According to gas experts, most of the country is now using winter-blend fuel, which is less expensive than summer blends. AAA reports that only California has yet to make the switch, which is slated to happen on Nov. 1.
Gas Buddy explained winter blends have a higher Reid vapor pressure, which allows gas to ignite more easily to start your car in cold temperatures. This blend is cheaper to produce, which results in lower prices at the pumps from late September through late April.
According to AAA, the lowest gas prices can be found in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia.
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68 confirmed dead after plane crashes in Nepal resort town
POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A plane crash has killed at least 68 people, according to Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority. A regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara Sunday, in the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades.
Scores of rescue workers and onlookers crowded near a steep gorge Sunday afternoon, as rescuers combed the wreckage on the edge of the cliff and in the ravine below.
Local resident Bishnu Tiwari, who rushed to the crash site near the Seti River to help search search for bodies, said the rescue efforts were hampered by thick smoke and a raging fire.
“The flames were so hot that we couldn’t go near the wreckage. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn’t help him,” Tiwari said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.
A witness said he saw the aircraft spinning violently in the air after it began landing, watching from the terrace of his house. Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge.
The aviation authority said the aircraft last made contact with the airport from near Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. before crashing.
At the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport, the search continued Sunday evening. Some bodies, burned beyond recognition, were carried by firefighters to hospitals, where grief-stricken relatives had assembled. At Kathmandu airport, where the flight began, family members appeared distraught as they were escorted in and at times exchange heated words with officials as they waited for information.
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, was flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara, a 27-minute flight. It was carrying 68 passengers including 15 foreign nationals, as well as four crew members, Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. The foreigners included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France. No survivors have been found yet.
Tek Bahadur K. C., a senior administrative officer in the Kaski district, said he expected rescue workers to find more bodies at the bottom of the gorge.
Images and videos shared on Twitter showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers, Nepali soldiers, and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft to find survivors. The aircraft’s fuselage was split into multiple parts that were scattered down the gorge.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who rushed to the airport after the crash, set up a panel to investigate the accident.
“The incident was tragic. The full force of the Nepali army, police has been deployed for rescue,” he said.
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it’s still trying to confirm the fate of two South Korean passengers and has sent staff to the scene. The Russian Ambassador to Nepal, Alexei Novikov, confirmed the death of four Russian citizens who were on board the plane.
Pokhara, located 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Kathmandu, is the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas. The city’s new international airport began operations only two weeks ago.
The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, has been used by airlines around the world for short regional flights. Introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, the aircraft model has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years.
In Taiwan two earlier accidents involving ATR 72-500 and ATR 72-600 aircrafts happened just months apart.
In July 2014, a TransAsia ATR 72-500 flight crashed while trying to land on the scenic Penghu archipelago between Taiwan and China, killing 48 people onboard. An ATR 72-600 operated by the same Taiwanese airline crashed shortly after takeoff in Taipei in February 2015 after one of its engines failed and the second was shut down, apparently by mistake.
The 2015 crash, captured in dramatic footage that showed the plane striking a taxi as it hurtled out of control, killed 43, and prompted authorities to ground all Taiwanese-registered ATR 72s for some time. TransAsia ceased all flights in 2016 and later went out of business.
ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday’s crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the aircraft was 15 years old and “equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data.” It was previously flown by India’s Kingfisher Airlines and Thailand’s Nok Air before Yeti took it over in 2019, according to records on Airfleets.net.
Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, company spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said.
Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest, has a history of air crashes. According to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946.
Sunday’s crash is Nepal’s deadliest since 1992, when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it plowed into a hill as it tried to land in Kathmandu.
The European Union has banned airlines from Nepal from flying into the 27-nation bloc since 2013, citing weak safety standards. In 2017, the International Civil Aviation Organization cited improvements in Nepal’s aviation sector, but the EU continues to demand administrative reforms.
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Saaliq reported from New Delhi. Elise Morton in London, Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Adam Schreck in Bangkok contributed reporting.
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A member of the Federal Communications Commission has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the popular Chinese-owned video app could send American data back to Beijing.
In a letter to the companies released Tuesday, Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner, said he believed “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple‘s and Google’s standards and that TikTok should be taken out of the app stores.
Carr’s request is unlikely to gain traction because the FCC does not regulate the app stores and the commission’s agenda is largely set by its Democratic chair. But it shows the sustained pressure on Chinese tech companies from officials in Washington, D.C.
Policymakers have long worried that TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, could expose its data to the Chinese government. President Donald Trump tried to force ByteDance to sell the app or face expulsion from app stores in 2020. At one point, the Trump administration announced a deal in which Oracle, the American cloud computing company, would have taken over some of the company. The sale never came to fruition.
The Biden administration has considered other measures to keep American data away from China but has not publicly pushed TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner.
TikTok has maintained it is taking steps to keep employees in China from gaining access to its data. Shortly before a recent news report revealed it was struggling to do so, it said it was routing all data from its U.S. users through servers controlled by Oracle.
Brooke Oberwetter, a spokeswoman for TikTok, said the company was engaging with lawmakers who have asked questions about its data practices. Jose Castaneda, a Google spokesman, declined to comment. Apple and the FCC did not reply to requests for comment.
In his letter, Carr said he did not believe TikTok’s efforts would make a difference.
“TikTok has long claimed that its U.S. user data has been stored on servers in the U.S. and yet those representations provided no protection against the data being accessed from Beijing,” he wrote. “Indeed, TikTok’s statement that ‘100% of U.S. user traffic is being routed to Oracle’ says nothing about where that data can be accessed from.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/an-fcc-commissioner-pushes-apple-and-google-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-06-29 20:42:48 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/an-fcc-commissioner-pushes-apple-and-google-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Seekr will leverage the power of DMS' toolset to maximize advertising results and scale its global user reach
VIENNA, Va., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seekr, an internet technology and content evaluation company, and Digital Media Solutions, Inc.(NYSE: DMS), a leading provider of digital performance advertising solutions,today announced a multi-year agreement to support Seekr's media strategy, revenue and advertising operations across its global search advertising platform and vertical content sponsorships. The alliance will accelerate the build out and monetization of new Seekr verticals in concert with expanding its global audience and reach.
Seekr prioritizes transparency and empowers users with choice and control by streamlining access to reliable information. Powered by AI and machine learning, Seekr offers the first fully transparent search engine that reimagines what web results can look like when they are free of bias or manipulation. Seekr plans to increase consumer engagement across its platforms and scale audience engagement by leveraging the power of the award-winning DMS toolset, inclusive of the DMS first-party data, expansive media reach and proprietary technologies. Global omnichannel audience engagement campaigns are currently underway with a monetization strategy set to begin in early Q4.
"DMS has the expertise to support our advertising needs and the proven ability to innovate and expand, making them the perfect partner for Seekr," said Pat Condo, Seekr founder and CEO. "The partnership represents an important step forward in Seekr's vision to provide an online experience with tools that support information transparency, connecting people with what they seek, rather than what they are served."
The partnership combines Seekr Search data with DMS brand-direct and marketplace offerings to create a targeted ad experience that offers consumers relevant content, while significantly reducing friction in the advertising ecosystem. The partnership's foundational objective is to foster a digital experience that delivers the right message to the right user at the right time, based on where they are spending their time. Seekr potentially gains access to more than 9,000 enterprise and SMB customers through the insurance, consumer finance, e-commerce and education solutions, among others, within DMS.
"Seekr's mission to provide transparency and empower user choice by streamlining access to reliable information for everyone is aligned with our goal at DMS to create intent-driven meaningful engagements between consumers and advertisers during a product or service discovery and consideration process," said DMS CEO Joe Marinucci. "DMS is excited to partner with a company that is committed to a future driven by the relevancy of a customer-driven journey."
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Ellomay Capital Ltd. (ELLO) on Friday reported earnings of $3.7 million in its fourth quarter.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had net income of 29 cents per share.
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The renewable energy provider posted revenue of $9.2 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $381,000, or 3 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $56.9 million.
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What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered
NEW YORK (AP) — Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.
The app, billed as the text version of Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Despite some early glitches, 30 million people had signed up before noon on Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Threads.
New arrivals to the platform include celebrities like Oprah, pop star Shakira and chef Gordon Ramsay — as well as corporate accounts from Taco Bell, Netflix, Spotify, the Washington Post and other media outlets.
Threads, which Meta says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations,” arrives at a time that many are looking for Twitter alternatives to escape Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of the platform since acquiring it last year for $44 billion. But Meta’s new app has also raised data privacy concerns, and is notably unavailable in the European Union.
Here’s what you need to know about Threads.
HOW CAN I USE THREADS?
Threads is now available for download in Apple and Google Android app stores for people in more than 100 countries.
Threads was built by the Instagram team, so Instagram users can log into Threads through their Instagram account. Your username and verification status will carry over, according to the platform, but you will also have options to customize other areas of your profile — including whether or not you want to follow the same people that you do on Instagram.
Because Threads and Instagram are so closely linked, it’s also important to be cautious of account deletion. According to Threads’ supplemental privacy policy, you can deactivate your profile at any time, “but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”
CAN I USE THREADS IF I DON’T HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT?
For now, only Instagram users can create Threads accounts. If you want to access Threads, you will have to sign up for Instagram first.
HOW IS THREADS SIMILAR TO TWITTER?
Threads’ microblogging experience is very similar to Twitter. Users can repost, reply to or quote a thread, for example, and can see the number of likes and replies that a post has received. “Threads” can run up to 500 characters — compared with Twitter’s 280-character threshold — and can include links, photos and videos up to five minutes long.
In early replies on Threads, Zuckerberg said making the app “a friendly place” will be a key to success — adding that that was “one reason why Twitter never succeeded as much as I think it should have, and we want to do it differently.”
Musk has replied to several snarky takes on the Threads launch. He responded to one tweet suggesting that Meta’s app was built largely through the use of the copy and paste function, with a laughing emoji.
HASN’T THIS BEEN DONE BEFORE?
The similarities of Meta’s new text-based app suggests that the company is working to directly challenge Twitter. The tumultuous ownership has resulted in a series of unpopular changes that have turned off users and advertisers, some of whom are searching for Twitter alternatives.
Threads is the latest Twitter rival to emerge in this landscape following Bluesky, Mastodon and Spill.
HOW DOES THREADS MODERATE CONTENT?
According to Meta, Threads will use the same safety measures deployed on Instagram — which includes enforcing Instagram’s community guidelines and providing tools to control who can mention or reply to users.
Content warnings — on search queries ranging from conspiracy theory groups to misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations — also appear to be similar to Instagram.
WHAT ARE THE PRIVACY CONCERNS?
Threads could collect a wide range of personal information — including health, financial, contacts, browsing and search history, location data, purchases and “sensitive info,” according to its data privacy disclosure on the App Store.
Threads also isn’t available in the European Union right now, which has strict data privacy rules.
Meta informed Ireland’s Data Privacy Commission, Meta’s main privacy regulator for the EU, that it has no plans yet to launch Threads in the 27-nation bloc, commission spokesman Graham Doyle said. The company said it is working on rolling the app out to more countries — but pointed to regulatory uncertainty for its decision to hold off on a European launch.
WHATS THE FUTURE FOR THREADS?
Success for Threads is far from guaranteed. Industry watchers note Meta’s track record of starting standalone apps that were later shut down. But some analysts see the new app as potentially a significant headache for Musk and Twitter.
“The euphoria around a new service and this initial explosion will probably settle down. But it is apparent that this alternative is here to stay and will prove to be a worthy rival given all of Twitter’s woes,” technology analyst Paolo Pescatore of PP Foresight said, noting that combining Twitter-style features with Instagram’s look and feel could drive user engagement.
Threads is in its early days, however, and much depends on user feedback. Pescatore believes the close tie between Instagram and Threads might not resonate with everyone. The rollout of new features will also be key.
“The real test is not if we can build up a lot of hype, but if you all find enough value in the app to keep using it over time,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote Thursday in a Threads post. He also acknowledged, as many users have already done, that there are “tons of basics” missing, including hashtags and direct messaging between users. “Full disclosure, it’ll take time.”
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The 2024 Subaru Ascent three-row crossover SUV mostly carries over for the new year, except for an updated version of its EyeSight driver-assist system and a price increase of $300 across the six-trim lineup, Subaru disclosed Thursday.
The base Ascent with standard all-wheel drive costs $35,940, including a $1,295 destination fee, which is $70 more than last year, bringing the total year-over-year increase from the 2023 Subaru Ascent to $370.
The Ascent competes with the Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, and other three-row family haulers.
A 260-hp 2.4-liter flat-4 powers every Ascent with a CVT that has stepped gears to mimic the shifts of an automatic transmission. It can tow 5,000 pounds. The Ascent seats eight passengers, though captain’s chairs for the second row are an option on all but the base grade.
Subaru’s calling card remains safety, and it’s improved upon this year with a wider field of view on the camera angles of its EyeSight driver-assist package. Automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, active lane control, and adaptive LED headlights come standard, while most models get blind-spot monitors.
Standard convenience features include cloth seats, 18-inch alloy wheels, a satellite radio trial, at least two USB ports (USB-A and USB-C) and a vertically oriented 11.6-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.
The $38,090 Premium model adds blind-spot monitors, a power driver seat, heated front seats and side mirrors, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
A $1,460 convenience package adds a power passenger seat, a power tailgate, keyless start, reverse automatic braking, and the choice of captain’s chairs instead of the mid-row bench to seat seven.
The Onyx returns with blacked-out elements that include 20-inch alloy wheels. Inside features water-repellant upholstery with green accent stitching. The $42,890 trim only comes with captain’s chairs in the second row, and it adds to the Premium grade a heated steering wheel, LED fog lights, and a panoramic sunroof.
The Limited comes in two variants, essentially, with seven- or eight-seat configurations at no extra cost. Limited brings the leather and the comfort, with power lumbar support and a thigh extender added to the driver seat, and heated rear outboard seats. It costs $43,190. A tech package brings the price to $46,740, and brings with it a surround-view camera system, navigation, Harman Kardon sound with 14 speakers, and a cargo cover.
An Onyx Limited model marries the black touches specific to the Onyx grade with the premium features of the Limited in its most loaded form. It seats seven, and costs $47,890.
The $49,790 Touring tops the lineup with all the stuff mentioned above but with chrome instead of black trim accents. Inside, a wood-pattern trim fronts the dash and perforated nappa leather backs the seats. Cooled front seats also come with the Touring.
Built in Lafayette, Indiana, the 2024 Subaru Ascent goes on sale this fall.
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The House panel heard on Thursday night from U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who it described as the first law enforcement officer to be injured in the Jan. 6 riot.
It also played video of her being violently slammed to the ground by protesters breaking through a barrier outside of the Capitol, knocking her unconscious — the first of several injuries she sustained that day.
"I couldn't believe my eyes," she recalled of the scene, which she compared to a war zone. "There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding, they were throwing up ... I saw friends with blood all over their faces, I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage, it was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw."
Several law enforcement officers who responded to the riot, as well as family members of those who died as a result, looked on as Edwards described her experience.
Edwards said as the mob grew, she told her sergeant "the understatement of the century: 'Sarge, I think we're going to need a few more people down here.'"
The officers on that part of the Capitol grounds grabbed bike racks to try to keep the protesters at bay and buy time for more units to respond.
As officers and protesters grappled over the bike racks, she remembers feeling one come on top of her head and pushing her backwards. Her foot caught on one of the concrete stairs behind her and her chin hit the handrail, at which point she lost consciousness and her head hit the stairs.
Edwards returned to duty after regaining consciousness, helping treat people who were injured and decontaminating people who had been pepper-sprayed. She eventually got back on the line on the lower West Terrace, where she said Officer Brian Sicknick was behind her for roughly half an hour as they tried to hold protesters back.
Sicknick died the following day of what D.C.'s medical examiner ruled natural causes as a result of two strokes. His mother, Gladys Sicknick, was at the hearing and could be seen hugging other officers in attendance.
"All of the sudden I see movement to the left of me, and I turned and it was Officer Sicknick with his head in his hands. He was ghostly pale," Edwards said, adding that she knew something was wrong because people generally turn red, not white, after being pepper sprayed.
"I looked back to see what hit him, what happened, and that's when I get sprayed in the eyes, as well," she said.
Edwards said another officer began to take her away to be decontaminated, but they didn't get the chance because they were hit with tear gas. The committee also played a clip of that moment.
Edwards could be seen at the end of the hearing embracing Sicknick's longtime partner Sandra Garza and telling her "I'm sorry you had to see that."
In her opening statement, Edwards described her dedication to her job of protecting elected officials, and said her patriotism had never been called into question until that day. She recalled spending hours — including on weekends and holidays — in the baking sun and freezing snow making it possible for lawmakers to do their jobs, and shedding blood, sweat and tears defending the building during the riot.
Edwards invoked her late grandfather, a U.S. Marine who fought in the Korean War and lived the rest of his life with shrapnel still inside his body.
"I'm a proud American and will gladly sacrifice everything to make sure the America my grandfather defended is here for many years to come," she added.
Edwards suffered a traumatic brain injury in the riot, which has prevented her from returning to the Capitol Police's First Responder Unit, the committee said. She hopes to return to duty later this year.
More than 140 U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. Metropolitan Police officers were injured while defending the grounds that day, according to a Thursday statement from the U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee. Four officers died by suicide in the aftermath of the attack.
Gus Papathanasiou, chairman of the Capitol Police Officers' Union, said officers are watching the hearings and hoping they will prompt Congress to provide the force with more support and resources to deal with the "high threat environment" it faces every day.
He said the number of threats made against members of Congress jumped from around 5,200 in 2018 to more than 9,600 last year, and that a security review found that USCP must hire 884 more officers.
It's not just a question of hiring more officers but retaining existing ones, he added, urging Congress to address the "stark disparity" in retirement benefits between the USCP and other federal law enforcement agencies.
Papathanasiou said the force is also seeking to hold multiple parties accountable — including its intelligence chief, who remains in her position even after a no-confidence vote, as well as "who perpetrated the attack and those who conspired to make it happen."
"We trust the Department of Justice will vigorously pursue all those who assaulted our officers and those who threatened the peaceful transfer of power," he added.
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SHANGRAO, China, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the "Company," or "JinkoSolar") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has been recognized as a Top Performer in the 2022 PV Module Reliability Scorecard published by PV Evolution Labs (PVEL). JinkoSolar is one of only two module manufacturers to have been rated as a Top Performer for eight consecutive times since it was introduced in 2014.
Established in 2012, PVEL's PV Module Reliability Scorecard evaluates modules and manufacturers through its comprehensive Product Qualification Program (PQP), which delivers independent reliability and performance data. Recognition as a Top Performer demonstrates a manufacturer's commitment to product quality.
This has been a year of many milestones for JinkoSolar - the Company became the first to deliver 100 GW of modules globally, ranked number 1 in global shipments (Q1 2022), broke another world record for maximum solar conversion efficiency (for its large-size monocrystalline silicon TOPCon solar cell), and has just been recognized as a PVEL Top Performer for the eighth consecutive time.
"Every year we strive to provide our customers around the globe with high-quality, high-performing, durable products. And in every edition of PVEL's PV Module Reliability Scorecard, we've been listed as a Top Performer. This recognition is the direct result of JinkoSolar's extensive R&D capabilities and our absolute dedication to module reliability and excellence," commented Mr. Nigel Cockroft, General Manager of JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.
"We are very excited to be including Jinko in the 2022 Scorecard for a record-setting eight consecutive times," commented Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP of Sales and Marketing at PVEL. "This year's Scorecard is particularly noteworthy, listing 15 different Top Performing Jinko models, three of which achieved this status in every reliability test. We look forward to continued strong results as Jinko continues to innovate."
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee on Thursday approved new funding for Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, giving the prime minister a boost in personal spending at a time when he is facing mass protests over his policies and as the economy is on shaky ground.
The committee voted to approve public funds to cover expenses incurred by the Netanyahus at their private homes in Jerusalem and the exclusive seaside town of Caesarea, as well as an increase of thousands of dollars a year in clothing expenses for both Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.
The approved funding is bound to compound what critics say is the Netanyahus' reputation for being out of touch with regular Israelis.
“The shekel is crashing, investors are fleeing, interest rates are soaring, hundreds of thousands of citizens can’t make ends meet but the finance committee approved the Netanyahu family’s request to fund two residences at the expense of taxpayers,” the opposition Yesh Atid party said.
“Another reason Netanyahu is out of touch with the people. Another reason for preferring themselves at our expense,” it added.
Thursday's development comes as the country is deeply divided over a plan by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and as the economy faces new challenges, with inflation rising and the shekel weakening against the dollar.
Leading economists say the legal changes, which aim to weaken the authority of the Supreme Court, will exacerbate the country's economic problems by driving investors away.
The official prime minister's residence is undergoing renovations. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also faced criticism for a pricy upgrade of his private home while the official residence was unavailable. Bennett said the changes were required by security officials and approved by the country's attorney general.
The Netanyahus have repeatedly been embroiled in scandals over their spending and expensive tastes.
The prime minister has long been saddled with an image as a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite, while his wife has come under scrutiny for alleged abusive behavior toward staff.
Netanyahu is on trial for corruption, including one affair in which he allegedly accepted champagne and cigars from wealthy associates. He was also lambasted for advancing a costly plan to outfit a plane for his official trips.
The couple has come under fire for spending at their homes in the past. In 2015, Israel’s state comptroller, an official watchdog, cited large sums of public money spent on food, furniture, cleaning and gardening at the couple’s official and private residences. It also said they pocketed proceeds from recycling bottles that had been purchased for entertaining official guests. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/netanyahu-gets-funding-boost-under-shadow-of-17801099.php | 2023-02-23 15:06:19 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/netanyahu-gets-funding-boost-under-shadow-of-17801099.php |
Governors call to end COVID-19 emergency
Published: Dec. 21, 2022 at 4:20 PM CST|Updated: 31 minutes ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Is the pandemic over? Has COVID-19 become as common as the flu? Is the nation still in a state of emergency?
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, with support from Sarah Huckabee Sanders and 24 other Republican governors requested that President Biden end the COVID-19 national health emergency.
On Dec. 19 the 25 governors sent a letter stating “While the virus will be with us for some time, the emergency phase of the pandemic is behind us. We have come so far since the beginning of the pandemic – we now have the tools and information necessary to help protect our communities from COVID-19.”
Read more on this letter and the governors’ opinions at talkbusiness.net now.
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Mitsubishi adds a plug-in version of the popular Outlander crossover SUV for the 2023 model year, while it keeps changes small to the rest of its compact lineup.
Despite a down year across the industry, the Mitsubishi Outlander three-row SUV continues to break sales records for the small but once esteemed import brand that launched in the U.S. in 1981.
The subcompact Mirage and Outlander Sport small crossover get minor updates for 2023 to try and stave off a sales slump, but even with record-high new car prices the brand’s budget vehicles aren’t carrying the same weight as in years past.
Mitsubishi will inject some life across the lineup by honoring its rally car roots with limited edition Ralliart models launching early in 2023. All five models except for the Mirage G4 sedan will sport rally-inspired body graphics and white paint with a contrasting black roof.
Here’s what else is popping for Mitsubishi in 2023.
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
– The plug-in hybrid variant of the seven-seat SUV gets redesigned to follow in the footsteps of the Outlander gas model. Redesigned for 2022, the value-oriented Outlander remains as one of the only affordable three-row SUVs with a plug.
– Riding on a gas platform shared with the Nissan Rogue, the 2023 Outlander PHEV employs a larger 20-kwh battery pack that gets an estimated 54 miles of electric range on the generous WLTP global emissions testing protocol (EPA estimates would peg it at about 47 miles). That nearly doubles the outgoing model’s electric range. Mitsubishi also claims it will have a larger gas tank.
– A dual-motor all-wheel-drive system comes standard but pricing and specs won’t be announced until September.
– Redesigned last year, the Outlander three-row SUV adds a 40th Anniversary limited edition model, as well as ES, SE, and SEL trims.
– Base SE models now get power-folding side mirrors.
– A black roof option can be ordered from the factory.
– AWD comes standard on every grade.
– New 18-inch wheel designs, and new headlight and fog light designs.
– Starting price of $26,840, including a $1,345 destination fee.
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
– AWD comes standard on every grade.
– Otherwise, the small crossover carries over.
2023 Mitsubishi Mirage hatchback and Mirage G4 sedan
– The efficient but coarse budget car ditches the 5-speed manual option for a CVT across the board.
– Prices increase to $17,290 for the Mirage hatch and $18,290 for the Mirage G4, including a destination fee of $1,045. That’s an increase of $250 from the 2022 Mirage ES with a CVT.
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Saturday answers Irsay’s call, goes back to work with Colts
By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Colts owner Jim Irsay first contacted Jeff Saturday, he wanted answers about Indy’s struggling offensive line.
Last weekend’s late-night callback came with an offer Saturday couldn’t refuse.
Less than 12 hours later, Irsay met with general manager Chris Ballard and the two then told coach Frank Reich he had been fired after 4 1/2 seasons.
Reich’s replacement is a gritty, energetic two-time All-Pro center with no coaching experience above the prep level and willing to do whatever he can to turn around the Colts season.
“When he said, ‘Hey, can you help me?’ Absolutely I’ll help,” Saturday recounted before his first practice as Indy’s interim coach. “If somebody called and said this is an opportunity to say, for the people in this room and in this building, would you do it?’ Absolutely I’m going to do it.”
Saturday’s most immediate challenge now is getting the Colts ready for Sunday’s game at Las Vegas and he’s working overtime to prepare for his NFL coaching debut.
Since Monday’s announcement, Saturday has scrambled from one meeting to the next, made some key decisions and met with players.
The first priority, though, is helping the locker room plow through the turbulence all these midseason moves have created.
Perhaps nobody felt it more than Sam Ehlinger, who replaced Matt Ryan as starting quarterback two weeks ago.
Since then, Ehlinger has seen his offensive coordinator fired, his head coach fired, a friend traded and his assistant position coach, Parks Frazier, promoted to play-caller.
Why Frazier?
“I made the decision based on where the coaches were and trying to move as few pieces and parts as I could,” Saturday said. “With Parks being the floater, he’s been here the longest. I think he’s been here since 2018. He knows the offense extremely well.”
The chaos and confusion of recent weeks would be enough to keep anyone’s head spinning, much less a second-year player such as Ehlinger who is scheduled to make his third career start this weekend. Saturday has already clarified one thing — Ehlinger will continue to start.
None of it has been easy.
“Nobody has been expecting anything that has happened,” Ehlinger said. “I didn’t know who was going to be the head coach. I was working out, I heard and I was fired up because it’s a great opportunity to move forward and get behind Jeff and finish the season strong.”
One thing that did help Wednesday was getting back on the practice field.
But the hard part will be finding solutions to what has gone wrong.
Saturday inherits a team that has lost three straight. The offense averages a league-low 14.7 points, has allowed a league-high 35 sacks and is tied for the league lead in giveaways (17).
Indy (3-5-1) has failed to score a touchdown in three games this season and, at times, has performed embarrassingly poorly.
That’s why Irsay initially contacted Saturday — to find out why he thought the NFL’s highest-paid offensive line gave up so many sacks last weekend. Saturday told reporters he couldn’t answer because he was watching other telecasts to get ready for his job at ESPN.
He also insisted he did not speak with Irsay about the job a week earlier when he attended the induction of friend and former teammate Tarik Glenn into Indy’s Ring of Honor.
Turns out, Irsay could have simply consulted three-time All-Pro left guard Quenton Nelson.
“Love him as a coach and person and appreciate everything he’s done for the Colts and my success. A lot of that is because of him,” Nelson said, referring to Reich. “I feel like there’s times this season I let down Coach Frank and contributed to his firing.”
While some outsiders question Irsay’s decision to change coaches with eight games left and Indy still in the playoff hunt, others suggest the move means Indy will “tank” for a franchise quarterback in April’s draft, players offered support for their new coach.
Irsay’s move also has been criticized as a way to skirt the Rooney Rule, which is designed to help minority coaching candidates be included in the interview process.
Irsay has hired two Black head coaches, Tony Dungy and Jim Caldwell, and had a Black coordinator in Marcus Brady until he was fired and has promised to comply with the Rooney Rule before hiring a coach following this season.
Inside the team complex, there doesn’t seem to be any complaints.
Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner said he likes what Saturday brings, acknowledging the Colts needed a jolt of energy. Starting linebacker Bobby Okereke said he’s embracing the change and that it could be good for the team. Pro Bowl center Ryan Kelly and Nelson like the fact they have a former offensive lineman calling the shots.
And Saturday, an undrafted free agent, is content to use this eight-game audition to show everyone Irsay made the right call.
“I’ve got big shoulders. I knew the bullets I was going to take,” he said. “I may be terrible at this and after eight games, I’ll say, ‘God bless you, I am no good.’ I may be really good at it. I have no idea, but I dang sure ain’t going to back down.”
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BEIJING, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
Shahriar Nafici, born in Iran, has a passion for Chinese culture and feels he is half Chinese in his heart. He likes traditional Chinese music, writing, painting, and dancing. "I feel that half of my heart and my love is here," he says.
He has lived in Linqing, East China's Shandong province, for three years, where he has seen many changes and feels the potential of the city. As a scientist in the field of paper pulp making from agriculture, he is trying to find other raw material from agricultural waste for paper making, "so we don't need to cut the trees," he says.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, today announced it will continue its partnership with EUROSPINE as a gold sponsor and will attend EUROSPINE 2022 held October 19 to 21 in Milan.
"Our support of EUROSPINE reflects our belief in partnering with the most influential societies, study groups and congresses around the globe to advance better spine care and change the lives of more patients," said Chris Barry, chief executive officer at NuVasive. "Through our industry-leading set of procedural solutions, enabled by the technologies within Pulse, we continue to build the future of spine care to deliver more intelligent surgery."
NuVasive will host a lunch workshop, Pulse®: Where accuracy meets innovation, on Wednesday, October 19 from 11:45 to 13:45 CEST in Room Brown 2 of Milano Convention Centre. Mr. Morgan Jones, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, National Health Service Trust and Birmingham Children's Hospital, and Dr. Sven Vetter, BG Klinik Ludwigshafen, will demonstrate how Pulse has impacted their operating rooms (OR) with its navigation accuracy. Surgeons will also have the opportunity for demonstrations of Pulse and Siemens Healthineers' Cios Spin at the NuVasive stand, seeing first-hand how the two support a more efficient navigation workflow in the OR.
NuVasive stand #98 will feature several Meet the Expert sessions:
- Pulse: An expert's review of its modalities—Join Dr. Sven Vetter on Wednesday, October 19, as he presents Pulse, an enabling technology platform that integrates intraoperative neuromonitoring, global alignment, rod bending, radiation reduction and imaging enhancement, and navigation.
- Reline® 3D: An expert's guide to 3D deformity correction—Join Mr. Stewart Tucker, Great Ormond Street Hospital, on Thursday, October 20, as he presents Reline 3D, a posterior fixation system optimized to address three-dimensional deformity present in the spine.
- X360™: An expert's journey with single-position surgery (SPS)—Join Prof. Dr. Dominique A. Rothenfluh, Lausanne University Hospital, on Friday, October 21, as he presents X360, a comprehensive lateral approach to SPS that leverages advanced techniques and technologies to help surgeons deliver patient-specific surgical plans while enhancing OR workflow and efficiency.
For more information, please visit the NuVasive EUROSPINE webpage here.
NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) is the leader in spine technology innovation, with a mission to transform surgery, advance care, and change lives. The Company's less-invasive, procedurally integrated surgical solutions are designed to deliver reproducible and clinically proven outcomes. The Company's comprehensive procedural portfolio includes surgical access instruments, spinal implants, fixation systems, biologics, software for surgical planning, navigation and imaging solutions, magnetically adjustable implant systems for spine and orthopedics, and intraoperative neuromonitoring technology and service offerings. With more than $1 billion in net sales, NuVasive operates in more than 50 countries serving surgeons, hospitals, and patients. For more information, please visit www.nuvasive.com.
NuVasive cautions you that statements included in this news release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause NuVasive's results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties which contribute to the uncertain nature of these statements include, among others, risks associated with acceptance of the Company's surgical products and procedures by spine surgeons and hospitals, development and acceptance of new products or product enhancements, clinical and statistical verification of the benefits achieved via the use of NuVasive's products, the Company's ability to adequately manage inventory as it continues to release new products, its ability to recruit and retain management and key personnel, and the other risks and uncertainties described in NuVasive's news releases and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NuVasive's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at www.sec.gov. NuVasive assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made.
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIJ Americas (a wholly owned subsidiary of SIJ- Slovenian Steel Group) is pleased to announce that it has acquired and established a new 35,000 square foot warehouse facility. Just 25 miles southwest of Chicago, the centrally located warehouse is slated to be fully operational August 1, 2022 and will be stocking and supplying stainless and tool steel products for its US & Canada based distributor partners.
As the North American distribution arm of the SIJ Group, SIJ Americas stocks forged plate and long products made at the SIJ Metal Ravne mill location and quarto plates made at the SIJ Acroni mill location. Products to be kept in stock at the mill depot warehouse include stainless round bar (420,440C,17-4,321,347,N60,15-5 ESR), stainless flat bar (17-4), stainless quarto plates (304, 316,17-4), tool steel round bar and tool steel plates (A2, A6, D2, H13, S7,O1 grades).
"Our new Romeoville warehouse allows us to expand our US based inventory, thus improving material availability for all of our stocking distributor customers," said SIJ Americas President Andrew Towey. "In addition to greater material availability, we have also been able to expand our product range for stainless bar grades, which now include 440C, 420, and 17-4 rounds and flats."
"As we prepare to open our new mill depot warehouse, our team continues the fundamentals of being a great partner to our stocking distributor customers," said Towey. "We're committed to providing high quality, proactive customer service and a mutually beneficial, long-term approach. The character of the SIJ brand will be communicated through action, transparency, and continually delivering on our promises, with every customer, every time."
For order inquiries or to receive a stock list, contact inquiry@sij-americas.com.
For more information, visit www.sij-americas.com or https://www.linkedin.com/company/sij-americas/
SIJ Americas is the North American distribution arm for SIJ Group- a leading producer of stainless and tool products. With its two mill locations in Slovenia, SIJ Metal Ravne and SIJ Acroni, delivering high quality plate and long products to its North American distributor partners. Headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey, SIJ Americas also retains a mill depot warehouse in Romeoville, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.
SIJ Group is a leading European producer of 100% recycled stainless and tool steel products, serving a wide variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, power generation, mechanical engineering, chemical, oil & gas, and nuclear.
SIJ Group consists of five divisions:
- Steel Division (Includes SIJ Acroni and SIJ Metal Ravne steel mills in Slovenia)
- Distribution & Processing Division (SIJ Americas, SIJ Distribution centers across the EU)
- Manufacturing Division (Finished products such as industrial knives, rolls, drawn and peeled bars, tool plates, extrusion dies and additive manufactured components)
- Scrap Division (Locations in Slovenia and South-Eastern Europe)
- Headquarters (Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia)
SIJ Group's key production programs include green steel products with low carbon footprint, such as stainless, special and tool steel quarto plates, stainless and alloy tool steels in the form of rolled and forged products, and NGO electrical steels.
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The significant capital raise will accelerate the company's continued growth with retailers nationwide in the rapidly expanding fresh meals category
VENTURA, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FreshRealm, a leading provider of fresh meals for retailers nationwide, announced today that the company has closed on a $200 million capital raise, led by a premier global cornerstone institutional investor. This latest raise will accelerate the company's growth strategy within the meal industry. FreshRealm is the only fresh meals provider to deliver a national platform that simplifies how fresh ready to cook, ready to heat and low-prep meal kits are brought to the table. The investment capital will allow FreshRealm to continue to drive the future of the $30 billion1 market opportunity with retail partners.
The sizable raise, which comes at a time of record inflation and economic uncertainty, affirms the capital market's belief in enduring demand for convenient and fresh meals. Consumers today continue to be time-starved and seek quality meal solutions with retailers vying for more share of stomach with cost effective meal solutions, especially as consumers spend less on dining out. This investment affirms FreshRealm's position as the leading innovator in the fresh meals industry.
"We've built the most sophisticated platform for fresh meals nationwide in partnership with retailers that represent about 10,000 retail locations across the country and over a million DTC consumers over the last year," said FreshRealm Founder and CEO, Michael Lippold. "As the retail fresh meals category continues to demonstrate compelling growth, this funding will allow FreshRealm to bolster our existing end-to-end platform that supports elevated private label and branded meal assortments and fresh meals destinations."
With consumers eating more meals at home and seeking more convenient solutions to bring meals to the table,2 FreshRealm will use this latest $200 million raise to help the organization drive unprecedented growth through key areas of investment, including:
- Increasing National Presence Through Expanded Facilities: Expanding the company's state-of-the-art operational facilities nationwide to address growing retailer demand for fresh meals, increasing capabilities to deliver over 400 million meals to consumers nationwide.
- Driving Accessibility Through Channel Expansion: Expanding production to offer new and in-demand fresh meals offerings at additional retail channels, including convenience and club stores.
- Growing Meal Innovation Pipeline: Utilizing culinary team expertise and proprietary consumer data to deliver even greater sophistication and customization in meal innovation development for retail customers and end consumers.
- Bolstering Operational Efficiencies: Pursuing continuous improvement to the company's equipment, facility technology and production capacity to maximize and optimize efficiency within FreshRealm's proprietary horizontally integrated operations model.
- Strengthening Supply Chain Surety: Expanding and solidifying the national network of ingredients with key current and new strategic partners to ensure supply chain security, building on the company's already industry leading service level.
- Investing in Best-in-Class System Technology: Innovating to deliver new technology solutions to drive the transformation necessary to consistently manage the scale and complexity of meals and ingredients, across many customers and channels.
This recent capital raise comes just one year after the company raised $32 million to support its leading role in the category. The organization has expanded facilities, reinforced its strong leadership team of category experts, introduced a new product brand, developed a robust pipeline of fresh meals and new product innovation, and established fortified channels of distribution in a challenging market and volatile supply chain environment.
BTIG, LLC served as sole placement agent to FreshRealm in connection with the offering. Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. served as legal advisor.
FreshRealm, a leading Fresh Meals solution provider at retail, partners with retailers to create Fresh Meals destinations that provide vibrant and convenient solutions for a busy and healthier consumer lifestyle.
With a belief that we all Connect Through Meals, FreshRealm's team of culinary experts curate a range of inspired meals using the very best ingredients so that consumers can enjoy delicious, Fresh Meals with little to no effort. The company provides an end-to-end Fresh Meals retail solution: from product design, sourcing, commercialization, manufacturing, logistics, through marketing & promotion.
Jim Furrer
RF|Binder on behalf of FreshRealm
jimfurrer@rfbinder.com
1NPD
2FMI, Power of Foodservice at Retail 2021
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NASA has a two-hour window that opens at 1:04 a.m. Wednesday to launch the Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B. Check back for live updates
Tanking begins on core stage | 4:32 p.m.
NASA has begun slow fill of both liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) on the core stage.
Teams need to load 537,000 gallon of LH2 and 196,000 gallons of LOX for launch. Unlike the previous launch attempts, NASA will begin loading both LOX and LH2 at the same time as part of a “kinder, gentler” approach that seeks to avoid a repeat of fuel line leaks during loading.
Slow fill starts with about 500 gallons per minute. The lighter LH2 uses pressure to move the fuel while the more dense LOX uses pumps. The slow fill portion runs about 15 minutes for LOX while the LH2 slow fill takes about 70 minutes.
Previous launch attempts have seen LH2 leaks that required fueling to halt, have the lines warmed up and rechilled in an attempt to reset the seals on the lines that lead from the mobile launcher into the core stage. One of the launch attempts had to be scrubbed because teams could not get the leak to stop.
The reason behind that leak was never resolved beyond NASA teams committing to the process of slower loading, and if a leak appears, to move forward with repeated attempts to reseal the lines. That same phenomenon was seen in a full tanking test done at the launch pad after the last scrub, and the process that time worked allowing for teams to run through 100% of the testing that they were never able to accomplish during wet dress rehearsals in the spring that were also stymied by LH2 leaks.
Richard Tribou
LOX chilldown complete, LH2 chilldown continues | 4:10 p.m.
NASA will soon begin the six-hour process of filling the cryogenic fuel for the SLS core and upper stages.
Liquid oxygen (LOX) is minus 297 degrees Fahrenheit and the liquid hydrogen (LH2) is minus 423 degrees Fahrenheit.
Richard Tribou
Launch weather down to 80% chance for good conditions | 3:36 p.m.
The mission management team met for only 14 minutes ahead of the decision with “absolutely fantastic” weather for tanking, according to Mark Burger, the weather officer for Space Launch Delta 45.
The forecast for the launch window though reduced from 90% to 80% chance for good conditions.
The areas of concern are the thick cloud layer rule and the cumulus cloud rule.
Richard Tribou
NASA set to begin fueling of core stage | 3:30 p.m.
It’s fill’er up time as NASA needs to begin the slow process of filling the Space Launch System rocket with cryogenic fuel. NASA TV is airing commentary beginning at 3:30 of the event, which in the end will need to load 537,000 gallon of liquid hydrogen (LH2) and 196,000 gallons of liquid oxygen (LOX) into the core and upper stages.
On launch the fuel will run through four RS-25 engines converted from the Space Shuttle Program that power the core stage. When combined with the two solid rocket boosters, the SLS will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust, which if it lifts off will make it the most powerful rocket to ever launch from Earth.
Coverage of the cryogenic fueling of the SLS began on NASA TV at 3:30.
NASA launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson gave the go for tanking at 3:22 p.m.
Go For Launch - Space News
The timeline calls for tanking with 9 hours 40 minutes ahead of launch, and if it’s “go” then the core stage LOX and LH2 transfer lines will begin chilldown. LOX is minus 297 degrees Fahrenheit and the LH2 is minus 423 degrees Fahrenheit.
Slow fill of LH2 would begin around 4:20 p.m. followed 25 minutes later by LOX slow fill.
“Things are looking good. Spirits are high,” said Derrol Nail with NASA communications. “Folks are feeling goo about the launch opportunity today.”
Richard Tribou
Previous coverage:
After hurricanes, gas leaks and delays, NASA’s Artemis I moonshot ready for liftoff
Artemis I endures 100 mph gust on launch pad during Nicole landfall
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh off being named a 2022 Automotive News PACEpilot Innovation to Watch, HEVO is launching a new crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder, an industry-leading crowdfunding platform. The funds will be used to accelerate HEVO's commercialization of the award-winning Rezonant E8 wireless EV charging system and Journey software platform, which make the EV charging experience simple, seamless, and safe.
HEVO is implementing projects with major automakers, Tier 1 automobile suppliers, and EV charging companies across four continents. In the coming months, HEVO will announce partnerships with original equipment manufacturers supplying EVs to commercial fleets and a contract for the largest wireless EV charging project to date. In addition to the commercialization of the E8 and Journey, HEVO's roadmap includes higher powered charging systems, bidirectional charging, and dynamic charging in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Over the past year, HEVO has raised $4.0 million from more than 2,500 investors on Republic, another reputable crowdfunding platform. HEVO Founder & CEO, Jeremy McCool, announced: "We are excited to give a larger network of retail investors the opportunity to invest in HEVO and continue to share their desire to use HEVO's award winning wireless charging and software products in their own lives." Learn more about HEVO's campaign on Wefunder here.
Previous investors and current customers have voiced to HEVO their preference for wireless charging over existing plugin charging infrastructure. "We received a lot of feedback during our first crowdfunding campaign that EV drivers want to charge their vehicles without the headaches of managing cords. We are being asked 'when', not 'if' vehicles and communities will go wireless," said McCool.
Founded in 2011, Brooklyn-based HEVO Inc. is focused on dramatically improving the EV charging experience for all stakeholders. HEVO's mission is to eliminate fossil fuel use in the transportation system and modernize the grid with wireless charging and software. To date, HEVO has raised $14.9 million from investors and grants.
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Dutch Bros Inc. (BROS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $3.8 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Grants Pass, Oregon-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to less than 1 cent on a per-share basis.
The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 1 cent per share.
The drive-thru coffee chain operator and franchisor posted revenue of $197.3 million in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $208.2 million.
Dutch Bros expects full-year revenue in the range of $950 million to $1 billion.
Dutch Bros shares have climbed 15% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $32.45, a drop of 21% in the last 12 months.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron said on Tuesday it reported how much money it made in January from selling gasoline in California, disclosing the data after regulators threatened to fine the company for not following a new law aimed at investigating the cause of the state’s high gas prices.
The law requires oil companies to report their monthly “gross refining margin,” the difference between how much refineries paid for crude oil and how much the company sold it for as gasoline. State lawmakers and regulators believe the data will give them a clearer picture of what has driven sharp increases in California’s gas prices, which are consistently the highest in the nation.
Chevron spokesperson Ross Allen said the company filed a “revised response” late Tuesday afternoon with regulators that included the data required by law. He said the company was never out of compliance with the law, noting they began reporting the data March 2 — the deadline for oil companies to report January pricing data — and supplied the rest of the information after seeking clarification from the California Energy Commission.
“Since the statutory guidance was unclear, rather than speculate and supply inconsistent and potentially inaccurate data, Chevron exercised its statutory right to object and seek clarification in a timely manner,” Allen said.
State law requires much of the data to remain confidential. Representatives with the Energy Commission did not respond late Tuesday afternoon to confirm if Chevron had filed the data.
Gas in California is always more expensive because the state has higher taxes and fees than other states and requires a special blend of fuel that’s better for the environment but more expensive to produce.
Last summer, however, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in California was more than $2.60 higher than the national average, a difference that regulators and state lawmakers said was too large to be explained by taxes and fees.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has accused the state’s big five oil companies of price gouging. He has asked the state Legislature to pass a first-in-the-nation law that would penalize oil companies once their profits surpassed a certain threshold.
The proposal is still pending in the state Legislature. But starting in January, a new law required oil companies to disclose more data about their pricing. That data could serve as the threshold for any new penalties on oil profits in the future.
Of the big five oil companies that provide 97% of the state’s gasoline, four of them met the March 2 deadline for reporting January pricing data: Marathon Petroleum Corporation, PBF Energy Inc., Phillips 66 and Valero Energy Corp., according to the California Energy Commission, which collects the data.
Chevron only submitted a “small fraction of the data required,” according to the commission, and objected to reporting anything else. The California-based company accounts for about 30% of all gasoline sold in the state, giving it the largest share of the market.
In a letter to the Energy Commission dated March 2, Chevron attorney Melissa Sladden asked the commission to delay enforcing the law in favor of a lengthy rule-making process to clarify which data must be reported. Sladden said the data required by the law “paints a false picture of actual refinery profit margins by significantly undercounting refinery costs.”
“Getting this term right is doubly important as it is currently being contemplated by legislators as a measure on which to impose a tax on refiners,” Sladden wrote. “Legislating or regulating based on inaccurate data could result in unintended consequences, such as decreased investment in gasoline production and higher long-term prices at the pump.”
Regulators responded by warning Chevron that the company had until Tuesday to disclose the data or face penalties, which could include fines of up to $2,000 per day.
Allen said Chevron was “disappointed” that their letter to the Energy Commission that objected to disclosing the data was made public. He said the law and the commission’s information request “falls short of the transparency and trust that should inform good policymaking.”
The dispute reflects a larger conflict between the oil industry and Newsom, who is just beginning his second term and is seen as a possible presidential candidate one day. Newsom has pushed aggressive climate policies, including banning drilling new oil wells within homes, schools and community sites.
The oil industry is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the state, donating lots of money to state lawmakers’ political campaigns. The industry is backing a referendum to overturn the ban on drilling oil wells near sensitive sites. And Newsom’s proposal to penalize oil companies for making too much money has made little progress so far in the state Legislature, with several Democrats voicing concerns about it during a public hearing last month.
State Sen. Ben Allen, a Democrat from Santa Monica who authored the law requiring oil companies to disclose more pricing data, said before the latest Chevron filing that it was “disappointing” the company had not disclosed the data.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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