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FDA weighing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell a decades-old pill over the counter. The two-day public meeting is one of the last steps before an FDA decision.
If the FDA grants the company’s request, Opill would become the first contraceptive pill to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter onto store shelves or online.
In an initial review posted Friday, the FDA raised several concerns about studies of Opill, citing problems with the reliability of some of the company’s data and raising questions about whether women with certain other medical conditions would correctly opt out of taking it. It also noted signs that study participants had trouble understanding the labeling instructions.
The agency will ask the panel to consider whether younger teenagers will be able to understand and follow the instructions.
At the end of the meeting, the FDA panel will vote on whether the benefits of making the pill more widely available outweigh the potential risks. The panel vote is not binding and the FDA is expected to make its final decision this summer.
Perrigo executives say Opill could be an important new option for the estimated 15 million U.S. women — or one-fifth of those who are child-bearing age — who currently use no birth control or less effective methods, such as condoms.
“We have no doubt that our data clearly shows that women of all ages can safely use Opill in the over-the-counter setting,” Frederique Welgryn, the company’s global vice president for women’s health, said this week.
The company’s application has no relation to the ongoing lawsuits over the abortion pill mifepristone, which is not a contraceptive. Research for over-the-counter use began nearly a decade ago.
Hormone-based pills, like Opill, have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S., used by tens of millions of women since the 1960s.
Opill was first approved in the U.S. about 30 years ago. Perrigo acquired rights to the drug last year with its buyout of Paris-based HRA Pharma, which bought the pill from Pfizer in 2014. It’s not currently marketed in the U.S. but is sold without a prescription in the U.K.
FDA’s decision won’t apply to other birth control pills, only Opill, although advocates hope that an approval decision might push other pill makers to seek over-the-counter sales. Birth control pills are available without a prescription across much of South America, Asia and Africa.
Many common medications have made the over-the-counter switch, including drugs for pain relief, heartburn and allergies. Generally, drugmakers must show that consumers can accurately understand and follow the labeling instructions to safely and effectively use the drug. Non-prescription medicines are usually cheaper, but generally not covered by insurance. Forcing insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control would require a regulatory change by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Perrigo’s main study tracked nearly 900 U.S. women taking its pill without professional supervision for up to six months. The group included women of different ages, races, educational and cultural backgrounds.
Women were paid to track and record their use of the pill, including whether they followed instructions to take it during the same 3-hour window each day. That consistency is key to the drug’s ability to block pregnancy.
But after Perrigo wrapped up its study, the FDA identified a problem: nearly 30% of women erroneously reported taking more pills than they were actually supplied.
The FDA said Friday these cases of “improbable dosing” call into question the company’s results.
Perrigo will present a reanalysis of the data that excludes the participants who overreported. The company says the results showed the study still achieved its goal of demonstrating that most women used the pill correctly.
Women reported taking the pill on a daily basis 92% of the time during the study, the company says. When the drug was taken, women said they used it during the same time of day about 95% of the time.
The most popular birth control pills today contain the synthetic hormone progestin, which helps block pregnancy, plus estrogen. The addition of estrogen can help make periods lighter and more regular but it also carries the risk of rare blood clots.
Opill contains only progestin, making it a safer option and, according to experts, an easier regulatory switch to over-the-counter status. But progestin-only pills have downsides, including reduced effectiveness if they’re not taken at the same time daily.
The FDA review also flagged concerns that women with potential health problems will appropriately avoid taking the drug. In addition to women with a history of breast cancer, birth control pills should not be taken by women who have unusual vaginal bleeding. The drug’s label instructs women to talk to a doctor first, but the FDA notes that half of women in Perrigo’s study who had unexplained bleeding incorrectly said Opill would be appropriate for them.
Several major U.S. medical groups, including the American Medical Association, support making the drugs available over the counter. The 60-year history of birth control pills shows “the benefits of widespread, nonprescription availability far outweigh the limited risk,” the group stated in comments submitted to the FDA.
Catholic groups, including the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, are opposing Opill’s application, saying women should be evaluated by a doctor before getting it.
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $163.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of $2.28. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $2.34 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.15 per share.
The hospital and health facility operator posted revenue of $3.47 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.42 billion.
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TIPPAH COUNTY, Miss (WTVA) - People in Tippah County are cleaning up after a tornado tore through the area. The storm damage leaves residents shocked.
The 76 gas station on City Avenue which is near Highway 15 was one of the businesses affected in the area. The tornado knocked over a gas pump, spread debris out everywhere, and had signs hanging.
One resident says she was leaving the bank when her car was moved by the heavy wind.
"I was coming from the CBS Bank coming down the road and the wind picked up my car right there and spinned me around so I made it up in here and I parked right here when I seen when I parked the door blowed off and then five minutes late the whole gas tank was picked up and turned over," says Cox.
Cox also says it blew out her back window of her car. That was something she says she has never been through before.
Other residents had different experiences. Mike Sisco works across the street at Oil Dri and the power is out there.
"It hit right here where we work at. Like I say we work for Oil Dri and the plants been down since 3:00 yesterday. We're not up now and we're hoping they fix that substation so we can get back to work. If not we're gone be in a mess," says Sisco.
Residents are hoping that the storm damage is cleaned up and fixed quickly.
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BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- JA Solar has maintained the highest AAA ranking in PV Tech's recently released Q4 2022 PV ModuleTech bankability ratings report, based on its performance in metrics including shipments and production capacity, combined with technical and financial status.
Vertical integration for high-quality development
The report noted that "JA Solar retains possibly the most technology-capable cell production in China, and has often set benchmarks for technology ahead of its domestic competitors. JA Solar was one of the first companies in China to prioritize mono cell/module production, with a strong preference to supply as much of its module supply with in-house cells. This is now in contrast to many other multi-GW module suppliers that buy large volumes from cell manufacturers."
As an industry leading, vertically integrated organisation, JA Solar has established a comprehensive technology research and development system covering silicon wafers, cells, modules and PV systems, and will continue to increase investment in R&D to enhance the power generation performance of its products. As of the second quarter of 2022, the company had obtained 1,178 licensed patents for its independent research and development, with the average conversion efficiency of its mass-produced Percium and Bycium n-type cells reaching 23.7% and 25% respectively. With its DeepBlue series modules gaining wide popularity in global markets due to their excellent power generation capacity and reliability, JA Solar's cumulative global shipments had reached 115GW by the end of the third quarter of 2022.
The company's products have also received recognition from a number of third-party institutions within the industry, including seven consecutive 'Top Performer' awards between 2014 and 2022 from PVEL, and three consecutive 'Overall High Achiever' ratings by the US organisation RETC from 2019 to 2022. JA Solar products have additionally obtained French Carbon Footprint and UL EPD certification and been fully verified for green and low carbon performance throughout their whole life cycle.
Global presence and popularity
With the development of the global PV market, JA Solar has steadily extended its international footprint, with overseas shipments in the first half of 2022 accounting for 67% of the overall total. The company has established a complete industrial chain at home and abroad, based on 12 manufacturing facilities around the world, providing strong capacity support for the supply to global markets.
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STOCKHOLM, Jan. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BioArctic AB's (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai announced today they have submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) supporting the conversion of the Accelerated Approval of LEQEMBI™ (lecanemab-irmb[1]) 100 mg/mL injection for intravenous use to a traditional approval. This sBLA is subject to validation of whether the FDA accepts the application for review. LEQEMBI is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody directed against aggregated soluble ("protofibrils")[2] and insoluble forms of amyloid beta (Aβ), approved under Accelerated Approval Pathway by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 6 for the treatment of AD. Treatment with LEQEMBI should only be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease and confirmed presence of Aβ pathology. Eisai's submission for traditional approval follows FDA accelerated approval of LEQEMBI on the same day, and is based on data from the confirmatory Phase 3 Clarity AD clinical trial.
Accelerated Approval of LEQEMBI was based on Phase 2b data that demonstrated LEQEMBI reduced the accumulation of Aβ plaque in the brain, a defining feature of AD. Continued approval for this indication is contingent upon verification of LEQEMBI's clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial. The sBLA for LEQEMBI is based on the data from the Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial. In Clarity AD, LEQEMBI met the primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints with highly statistically significant results, and the profile of Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities (ARIA) incidence was within expectations. In November 2022, the results of the Clarity AD study were presented at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine, peer-reviewed medical journals.
Eisai has initiated submission of data for BLA to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China in December 2022. Eisai plans to file for marketing authorization applications of lecanemab in Japan and EU by the end the first quarter 2023 at the latest.
"We are very impressed with our partner Eisai's diligent work to progress LEQEMBI with sBLA submission on the same day as the FDA's accelerated approval. Alzheimer's disease is devastating and the sBLA submission for LEQEMBI brings us one step closer to a full FDA approval and to potentially being able to offer a new treatment option to millions of patients and their families," said Gunilla Osswald, CEO at BioArctic.
Eisai serves as the lead of LEQEMBI development and regulatory submissions globally with both Eisai and Biogen co-commercializing and co-promoting the product and Eisai having final decision-making authority. BioArctic has right to commercialize lecanemab in the Nordic under certain conditions and is currently preparing for commercialization in the Nordics together with Eisai.
To learn more visit www.LEQEMBI.com.
INDICATION, DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION, AND IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION IN THE U.S
INDICATION, dosage and administration, and important safety information in the U.S.
INDICATION
LEQEMBI is indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Treatment with LEQEMBI should be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease, the population in which treatment was initiated in clinical trials. There are no safety or effectiveness data on initiating treatment at earlier or later stages of the disease than were studied. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on reduction in amyloid beta plaques observed in patients treated with LEQEMBI. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Amyloid Related Imaging Abnormalities
LEQEMBI can cause amyloid related imaging abnormalities-edema (ARIA-E) and -hemosiderin deposition (ARIA-H) ARIA-E can be observed on MRI as a brain edema or sulcal effusions, and ARIA-H as microhemorrhage and superficial siderosis. ARIA is usually asymptomatic, although serious and life-threatening events, including seizure and status epilepticus, rarely can occur. Reported symptoms associated with ARIA may include headache, confusion, visual changes, dizziness, nausea, and gait difficulty. Focal neurologic deficits may also occur. Symptoms associated with ARIA usually resolve over time.
ARIA monitoring and dose management guidelines
- Obtain recent (within one year) brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to initiating treatment with LEQEMBI. Obtain an MRI prior to the 5th, 7th, and 14th infusions.
- Recommendations for dosing in patients with ARIA-E and ARIA-H depend on clinical symptoms and radiographic severity. Depending on ARIA severity, use clinical judgment in considering whether to continue dosing, continue treatment, or permanently discontinue LEQEMBI.
- Enhanced clinical vigilance for ARIA is recommended during the first 14 weeks of treatment with LEQEMBI. If a patient experiences symptoms suggestive of ARIA, clinical evaluation should be performed, including MRI if indicated. If ARIA is observed on MRI, careful clinical evaluation should be performed prior to continuing treatment.
- There is no experience in patients who continued dosing through symptomatic ARIA-E or through asymptomatic, but radiographically severe, ARIA-E. There is limited experience in patients who continued dosing through asymptomatic but radiographically mild to moderate ARIA-E. There are limited data in dosing patients who experienced recurrent ARIA-E.
Incidence of ARIA
- In Study 1 (Phase 2b), symptomatic ARIA-E occurred in 3% (5/161) of LEQEMBI-treated patients. Clinical symptoms associated with ARIA resolved in 80% of patients during the period of observation.
- Including asymptomatic cases, ARIA was observed in LEQEMBI: 12% (20/161), placebo: 5% (13/245). ARIA-E was observed in LEQEMBI: 10% (16/161), placebo: 1% (2/245). ARIA-H was observed in LEQEMBI: 6% (10/161), placebo 5% (12/245). There was no increase in isolated ARIA-H for LEQEMBI compared to placebo.
- Intracerebral hemorrhage >1 cm in diameter was reported after one treatment in LEQEMBI: 1 patient, placebo: zero patients. Events of intracerebral hemorrhage, including fatal events, in patients taking LEQEMBI have also been reported in other studies.
Apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE ε4) carrier status and risk of ARIA
- In Study 1 (Phase 2b), 6% (10/161) of patients in the LEQEMBI group were ApoE ε4 homozygotes, 24% (39/161) were heterozygotes, and 70% (112/161) were noncarriers.
- The incidence of ARIA was higher in APOE ε4 homozygotes than in heterozygotes and noncarriers among patients treated with LEQEMBI. Of the 5 LEQEMBI-treated patients who had symptomatic ARIA, 4 were ApoE ε4 homozygotes, 2 of whom experienced severe symptoms. An increased incidence of symptomatic and overall ARIA in ApoE ε4 homozygotes compared to heterozygotes and noncarriers in LEQEMBI-treated patients has been reported in other studies.
- The recommendations on management of ARIA do not differ between ApoE ε4 carriers and noncarriers.
- Consider testing for ApoE ε4 status to inform the risk of developing ARIA when deciding to initiate treatment with LEQEMBI.
Radiographic findings
- The majority of ARIA-E radiographic events occurred early in treatment (within the first 7 doses), although ARIA can occur at any time and patients can have more than 1 episode. The maximum radiographic severity of ARIA-E in patients treated with LEQEMBI was mild in 4% (7/161) of patients, moderate in 4% (7/161) of patients, and severe in 1% (2/161) of patients. Resolution on MRI occurred in 62% of ARIA-E patients by 12 weeks, 81% by 21 weeks, and 94% overall after detection. The maximum radiographic severity of ARIA-H microhemorrhage in patients treated with LEQEMBI was mild in 4% (7/161) of patients and severe in 1% (2/161) of patients; 1 of the 10 patients with ARIA-H had mild superficial siderosis.
Concomitant antithrombotic medication and other risk factors for intra-cerebral hemorrhage
- Patients were excluded from enrollment in Study 1 (Phase 2b) baseline based on use of anticoagulant medications. Antiplatelet medications such as aspirin and clopidogrel were allowed. If anticoagulant medication was used because of intercurrent medical events that required treatment for ≤4 weeks, treatment with LEQEMBI was to be temporarily suspended.
- Most exposures to antithrombotic medications were to aspirin; few patients were exposed to other antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants, limiting any meaningful conclusions about the risk of ARIA or intracerebral hemorrhage in patients taking other antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants. Because intracerebral hemorrhages >1 cm in diameter have been observed in patients taking LEQEMBI, additional caution should be exercised when considering the administration of antithrombotics or a thrombolytic agent (e.g., tissue plasminogen activator) to a patient already being treated with LEQEMBI.
- Patients were excluded from enrollment in Study 1 (Phase 2b) for the following risk factors for intra-cerebral hemorrhage: prior cerebral hemorrhage greater than> 1 cm in greatest diameter, more than 4 microhemorrhages, superficial siderosis, evidence of vasogenic edema, evidence of cerebral contusion, aneurysm, vascular malformation, infective lesions, multiple lacunar infarcts or stroke involving a major vascular territory, severe small vessel or white matter disease. Caution should be exercised when considering the use of LEQEMBI in patients with these risk factors.
Infusion-related reactions
- Infusion-related reactions were observed in LEQEMBI: 20% (32/161), placebo: 3% (8/245, and the majority (88%, 28/32) occurred with the first infusion. All infusion-related reactions were mild (56%) or moderate (44%) in severity. Infusion-related reactions resulted in discontinuations in 2% (4/161) of patients treated with LEQEMBI. Symptoms of infusion-related reactions include fever and flu-like symptoms (chills, generalized aches, feeling shaky, and joint pain), nausea, vomiting, hypotension, hypertension, and oxygen desaturation.
- After the first infusion, 38% of LEQEMBI-treated patients had transient decreased lymphocyte counts to less than 0.9 x109/L compared to 2% in patients on placebo, and 22% of patients treated with LEQEMBI had transient increased neutrophil counts to greater 7.9 x109/L compared to 1% of patients on placebo.
- In the event of an infusion-related reaction, the infusion rate may be reduced, or the infusion may be discontinued, and appropriate therapy initiated as clinically indicated. Prophylactic treatment with antihistamines, acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or corticosteroids prior to future infusions may be considered.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
- In Study 1 (Phase 2b), 15% of LEQEMBI-treated patients, compared to 6% of placebo-treated patients, stopped study treatment because of an adverse reaction. The most common adverse reaction leading to discontinuation of LEQEMBI was infusion-related reactions that led to discontinuation in 2% (4/161) of patients treated with LEQEMBI compared to 1% (2/245) of patients on placebo.
- The most common adverse reactions reported in >5% of patients treated with LEQEMBI (N=161) and >2% higher than placebo (N=245) in Study 1 (Phase 2b) were infusion-related reactions (LEQEMBI, 20%; placebo, 3%), headache (LEQEMBI, 14%; placebo, 10%), ARIA-E (LEQEMBI, 10%; placebo, 1%), cough (LEQEMBI, 9%; placebo, 5%) and diarrhea (LEQEMBI, 8%; placebo, 5%).
Please see LEQEMBI US Prescribing Information.
This information is information that BioArctic AB (publ) is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact person below, on January 7, 2023, at 05.30 a.m. CET.
For further information, please contact:
Oskar Bosson, VP Communications and IR
E-mail: oskar.bosson@bioarctic.se
Phone: +46 70 410 71 80
About LEQEMBI™ (lecanemab-irmb)
LEQEMBI™ (lecanemab-irmb) is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody directed against aggregated soluble and insoluble forms of amyloid-beta (Aβ). LEQEMBI is indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the U.S. Treatment with LEQEMBI should be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease, the population in which treatment was initiated in clinical trials. There are no safety or effectiveness data on initiating treatment at earlier or later stages of the disease than were studied. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on reduction in Aβ plaques observed in patients treated with LEQEMBI. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial. The sBLA for LEQEMBI is based on the data from the Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial. In Clarity AD, LEQEMBI met the primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints with highly statistically significant results, and the profile of Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities (ARIA) incidence was within expectations.
Lecanemab is the result of a strategic research alliance between Eisai and BioArctic. Eisai has initiated submission of data for BLA to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China in December 2022. Eisai plans to file for marketing authorization applications of lecanemab in Japan and EU by the end of the first quarter 2023 at the latest.
Since July 2020 Eisai's Phase 3 clinical study (AHEAD 3-45) for individuals with preclinical AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of amyloid in their brains, is ongoing. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium that provides the infrastructure for academic clinical trials in AD and related dementias in the U.S, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, Eisai and Biogen.
Since January 2022, the Tau NexGen clinical study for Dominantly Inherited AD (DIAD), that is conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is ongoing. Eisai has completed a LEQEMBI subcutaneous bioavailability study and subcutaneous dosing is currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open label extension study.
About Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities (ARIA)
ARIA is an important adverse event of amyloid-lowering therapies that is critical to monitor and manage during treatment. ARIA is most commonly seen as temporary swelling/effusion (ARIA-E) in areas of the brain that usually resolves over time. Some people may also have small spots of bleeding in or on the surface of the brain (ARIA-H) with the swelling. Although most people with ARIA-E do not have symptoms, some people may have symptoms such as headache, confusion, dizziness, vision changes and nausea.
About the collaboration between BioArctic and Eisai
Since 2005, BioArctic has a long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The most important agreements are the Development and Commercialization Agreement for the lecanemab antibody, which was signed in December 2007, and the Development and Commercialization agreement for the antibody BAN2401 back-up for Alzheimer's disease, which was signed in May 2015. In March 2014, Eisai and Biogen entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement for lecanemab. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for Alzheimer's disease. BioArctic has right to commercialize lecanemab in the Nordic under certain conditions and is currently preparing for commercialization in the Nordics together with Eisai. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease and is entitled to payments in connection with regulatory filings, approvals, and sales milestones as well as royalties on global sales.
About BioArctic AB
BioArctic AB (publ) is a Swedish research-based biopharma company focusing on disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ALS. BioArctic focuses on innovative treatments in areas with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University, Sweden. Collaborations with universities are of great importance to the company together with its strategically important global partner Eisai in Alzheimer disease. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and out-licensing potential. BioArctic's Class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ticker: BIOA B). For more information about BioArctic, please visit www.bioarctic.com.
[1] Lecanemab has been given the -irmb add-on by the FDA for the approved substance. -irmb is a suffix required by the FDA. Suffixes are used to differentiate originator biological products, related biological products, and biosimilar products containing related drug substances
[2] Protofibrils are large Aβ aggregated soluble species of 75-500 Kd.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- equipifi, a fintech company providing banks and credit unions with a white label Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution, announced today that it has added Kyle Starkey to the company's Advisory Board. As an advisor, Starkey will support equipifi's team in ensuring the security of its platform and the protection of client data as it scales to serve thousands of financial institutions throughout the United States.
With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Starkey specializes in helping businesses design technical security solutions as well as implementing and managing compliance. He is an experienced Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), having previously served at multiple enterprise software companies in the banking space, most notably with Early Warning, the owner and operator of Zelle.
equipifi's BNPL software connects with financial institutions through their banking cores and is launched within their digital banking application. Its proprietary decision engine leverages cardholder data to produce pre-approved BNPL offers that are not only fully customized to institutional risk tolerance, but also in alignment with cardholder financial health.
"It is exciting to help design and execute the security architecture of an industry defining product," Starkey commented. "equipifi's technical team is providing customers with enterprise level security rarely seen in fintech startups and often not seen in much larger and more established organizations."
"Financial institutions are the ideal providers of BNPL for US consumers," said Bryce Deeney, CEO and co-founder of equipifi. "We've built a product from day one that is compliant with the security and regulatory guardrails our customers already follow, and we will continue to engage the most experienced and forward-thinking industry leaders to do so."
In addition to Starkey, equipifi's Advisory Board includes experts such as Fred Rubin, an experienced Chief Credit and Compliance Officer and former National Bank Examiner at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Paul Watkins, the founder of the Office of Innovation at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It also includes Brian Gruttadauria, former CTO of Oracle Cloud.
About equipifi
equipifi is a fintech SaaS powering banks and credit unions with split payment capabilities on their existing debit cards. This is a white label Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution for financial institutions that aligns with consumer purchase habits, payment preferences, and financial goals. The equipifi platform seamlessly integrates with financial institutions to deepen customer engagement, grow market share, increase revenue, and provide a single place to view, accept, and manage BNPL plans on their existing banking app. For more information, please visit www.equipifi.com.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it.
Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the unidentified merchant ship at a close distance Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Navy said in a statement. It offered black-and-white images it said came from a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon overhead, which showed three small ships close to the commercial ship.
The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyed USS McFaul and the Royal Navy's frigate HMS Lancaster responded to the incident, with the Lancaster launching a helicopter.
“The situation deescalated approximately an hour later when the merchant vessel confirmed the fast-attack craft departed the scene,” the Navy said. “The merchant ship continued transiting the Strait of Hormuz without further incident.”
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, sees 20% of the world's oil pass through it.
Iranian state media and the Revolutionary Guard did not immediately acknowledge the incident. Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This latest incident comes after a series of maritime incidents involving Iran following the U.S. unilaterally withdrawing from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
The suspected American seizure of the Suez Rajan, a tanker linked to a U.S. private equity firm believed to have been carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil off Singapore, likely sparked Tehran to recently take the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Advantage Sweet. That ship carried Kuwaiti crude oil for energy firm Chevron Corp. of San Ramon, California.
While authorities have not acknowledged the Suez Rajan's seizure, the vessel is now off the coast of Galveston, Texas, according to ship-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, Iran separately seized the Niovi, a Panama-flagged tanker, as it left a dry dock in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, bound for Fujairah on the UAE's eastern coast. While not carrying any cargo, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence seen by the AP showed the Niovi in July 2020 received oil from a ship known then as the Oman Pride.
The U.S. Treasury in August 2021 sanctioned the Oman Pride and others associated with the vessel over it being “involved in an international oil smuggling network” that supported the Quds Force, the expeditionary unit of the Guard that operates across the Mideast. Purported emails published online by Wikiran, a website that solicits leaked documents from the Islamic Republic, suggest that cargo carried by the Niovi was sold on to firms in China without permission.
Satellite images analyzed by the AP show those two vessels anchored off Bandar Abbas, Iran.
The recent seizures have put new pressure on the U.S., long the security guarantor for Gulf Arab nations. The United Arab Emirates claimed last week it earlier "withdrew its participation" from a joint naval command called the Combined Maritime Forces though the U.S. Navy said it was still in the group. Meanwhile, the U.S. military's Central Command said Saturday its chief visited the region, met with Emirati leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and “discussed shared regional security concerns as well as U.S. and UAE security partnerships.”
The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British and French navies last month also transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran seized the two oil tankers.
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Save Big on Better Sleep with Hot Offers on Mattresses and Sleep Accessories
HOUSTON, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mattress Firm, the nation's largest mattress specialty retailer, is celebrating Fourth of July this year by giving customers the chance to get their best Zzz's yet with the hottest deals of the season on mattresses and bedding accessories.
Starting June 7, consumers can get a king-sized bed for the price of a queen or a queen-sized bed for the price of a twin. And that's not all – select mattresses from America's top brands, like Beautyrest and Sleepy's, are available at discounts of up to $700. Shoppers can also receive a FREE adjustable base with qualifying purchases.
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^TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OFFER. Offer available online and at participating stores. Subject to credit approval. 3% Cash back on net purchases (purchases minus returns and adjustments) will be paid in the form of a Synchrony Visa Prepaid Card by mail after the following offer requirements are satisfied: (1) you make a qualifying purchase on a Mattress Firm or Synchrony HOME credit card, (2) the qualifying purchase is delivered, and (3) you submit the requested rebate information and documentation. Qualifying purchase amount must be on one receipt. One rebate per qualifying purchase. Maximum cash back limit of $500 per customer. The Synchrony Visa® will be sent to your U.S. mailing address within 8 weeks after all the offer requirements are satisfied. If the Synchrony Visa® Prepaid Card is not received after 8 weeks, call 1 (866) 419-4001 or visit mattressfirm.sendmyrewards.com to inquire about status. If the Synchrony Visa® Prepaid Card is not received, you must inquire no later than 10/11/2023 or all rights hereunder will expire. This offer is void where prohibited. Synchrony Bank is not responsible for lost, damaged, illegible, postage due or delayed mail.
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Navy vessels were off the coast of South Carolina on Monday to recover pieces of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down this past weekend, though rough waters initially complicated the effort, according to the head of U.S. Northern Command.
A Navy dock landing ship, the USS Carter Hall, is in the vicinity of where the balloon splashed down after President Biden on Saturday ordered the U.S. military to shoot down the aerial object that had spent days floating over the country, Gen. Glen VanHerck told reporters.
The ship is currently collecting and categorizing debris while an oceanographic survey ship, USNS Pathfinder, is mapping out the balloon’s debris field, predicted at about 1,500 meters by 1,500 meters, or “more than 15 football fields by 15 football fields,” he said.
As the military is worried that material on the balloon could contain explosives or be hazardous, an explosive ordnance disposal team was on-site Monday morning. The forces deployed unmanned underwater vehicles with side-scan sonar to further locate sunken debris, VanHerck noted.
FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents are also working with U.S. forces on the salvage operations, though VanHerck couldn’t say where the debris is going to go for a final analysis.
He added that rough seas on Sunday curtailed some recovery operations such as underwater surveillance and said some debris may float to shore due to ocean currents. Should that happen, he asked the public to avoid contact with any debris and to contact local law enforcement if they find it.
Earlier on Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that recovering the balloon will take time but that “we can then exploit what we recover and learn even more than we have learned.”
The salvage operation concludes a bizarre series of days in which the suspected Chinese balloon floated through U.S. airspace. At some points, it was visible to those on the ground, and it was first spotted over Montana. Defense officials said it was a clear effort to spy on sensitive sites, though officials held off on shooting it down until it was over water due to fears falling debris could harm civilians.
President Biden has since faced intense criticism from Republicans, who said he acted too slowly to shoot down the balloon. News has also emerged of previous cases of Chinese surveillance balloons crossing over the U.S. at least three times during the Trump administration.
VanHerck acknowledged that a “domain awareness gap” led to U.S. officials being unaware of the several previous surveillance balloons that flew over the country at that time.
In this case, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which VanHerck also oversees, first detected the balloon north of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
The U.S. military did not shoot it down then, as “it wasn’t time.”
“It was my assessment that this balloon did not present a physical military threat to North America … and therefore, I could not take immediate action because it was not demonstrating hostile act or hostile intent,” he said.
NORAD kept U.S. and Canadian officials in the loop on the balloon’s location as it floated farther south and inland, with the militaries collecting information on the object before shooting it down.
He described the balloon as up to 200 feet tall and carrying a device that was roughly the size of a regional jet that likely weighed about 1,000 pounds. That payload made shooting down the balloon complicated, he said.
“From a safety standpoint, picture yourself with large debris weighing hundreds if not thousands of pounds falling out of the sky,” he explained.
Before downing the balloon, the Pentagon worked with NASA to assess what a debris field might look like, with the agency predicting six or seven miles of wreckage. Officials also ensured that there was no air traffic nearby at the time of the operation. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/rough-seas-complicate-us-efforts-to-recover-suspected-china-spy-balloon/ | 2023-02-06 22:02:54 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/rough-seas-complicate-us-efforts-to-recover-suspected-china-spy-balloon/ |
by: Ashley Howard Posted: Aug 18, 2022 / 12:52 PM PDT Updated: Aug 18, 2022 / 12:52 PM PDT SHARE We might think that we have our plans in order in case of a natural disaster, but what about your pets? They need the essentials too. Here are some tips on how to create a preparedness kit for your furry friends. | https://www.koin.com/everydaynorthwest/tips-for-creating-a-pet-disaster-preparedness-kit/ | 2022-08-18 21:36:50 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/everydaynorthwest/tips-for-creating-a-pet-disaster-preparedness-kit/ |
Edith Kanaka'ole is the first native Hawaiian woman to be featured on a United States quarter. Her legacy is one of fighting for the Hawaiian language and other cultural traditions.
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Edith Kanaka'ole is the first native Hawaiian woman to be featured on a United States quarter. Her legacy is one of fighting for the Hawaiian language and other cultural traditions.
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Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.
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Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.
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Hudson Rowan, age 14, was doodling away on his iPad when a creature appeared. It's now the winning design of the Ulster County "I Voted" Sticker contest.
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Hudson Rowan, age 14, was doodling away on his iPad when a creature appeared. It's now the winning design of the Ulster County "I Voted" Sticker contest.
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The company's dynamic sales team recognized by Selling Power for 22nd time, this year ranking No. 14
AUSTIN, Minn., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, is pleased to announce it has been ranked No. 14 on the Selling Power 50 Best Companies to Sell For List, now in its 23rd year of publication. Hormel Foods is a 22-time recipient of this prestigious recognition, including in 2016 when the company was No. 1.
"We are honored to once again be recognized as one of the top 50 companies to sell for in the nation," said PJ Connor, group vice president of Retail Sales, Hormel Foods. "We're proud that our sales team continues to position Hormel Foods as a world-class leader in the industry. This award is a result of both our sales and our sales-strategy professionals, who continue to deliver growth and profitability for our stakeholders."
Members of the Hormel Foods sales team are the company's first point of contact for customers and partners. Team members strive to achieve their objective of increasing sales for their areas and divisions by adding products to distribution and expanding the usage of current Hormel Foods products. Additionally, these sales professionals, who are employed nationwide, are responsible for implementing marketing strategies for their products.
To determine the final list of companies, the research team at Selling Power analyzed and ranked data across key areas, including compensation and benefits, hiring, sales training, sales enablement, and diversity and inclusion. The list encompasses companies of all sizes that are leading the charge in innovation to adapt to current economic conditions.
"As companies are facing economic headwinds, sales organizations are sharpening their focus on sales talent," said Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and CEO of Selling Power. "The Best Companies to Sell For have mastered the alignment of people, processes and technologies, and created a sales organization that excels in hiring, onboarding, training and compensation of their sales representatives."
The view the complete list of the 50 Best Companies to Sell For in 2023, visit https://bit.ly/430lnoh
About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters®, Skippy®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®, Wholly®, Hormel® Black Label®, Columbus®, Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the "Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three years, is one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list by 3BL Media 13 times, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit hormelfoods.com and csr.hormelfoods.com.
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Puerto Rico suspends operations of bank amid global probe
By DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say they have suspended the operations of Puerto Rico-based Euro Pacific International Bank, which officials say is under suspicion of facilitating money laundering and offshore tax evasion. The investigation was launched by Puerto Rico’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The agency said Thursday that the bank that was established in the U.S. territory in October 2017 came under scrutiny following a lack of internal controls, a lack of compliance and a level of insolvency. The bank did not return a message asking for comment. Separately, the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement representing the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands says it also is scrutinizing Euro Pacific International Bank. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/06/30/puerto-rico-accuses-bank-of-money-laundering-tax-evasion/ | 2022-06-30 20:15:07 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/06/30/puerto-rico-accuses-bank-of-money-laundering-tax-evasion/ |
Discogenic progenitor cell therapy safely increased disc volume and provided rapid, durable
improvements in low back pain, function, quality of life, and pain medication usage out to two years
post-injection in patients with lumbar DDD.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced positive two-year clinical data from its first-in-human clinical study of IDCT (rebonuputemcel), an allogeneic discogenic progenitor cell therapy for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
In the FDA-allowed prospective, randomized, double-blind, vehicle- and placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study, high dose IDCT (9,000,000 cells/mL; n=20) met the primary safety and efficacy endpoints and demonstrated statistically significant improvements in low back pain, function, quality of life, and disc volume, suggesting a regenerative effect following a single injection into the intervertebral disc.
Key findings include:
- The primary safety endpoint of the study was achieved with no subjects in the IDCT treatment groups experiencing treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TESAEs).
- As previously reported, the primary efficacy endpoint of the study was achieved, with statistically significant improvement in back pain scores by >30% as measured on a 100mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) observed in the high dose IDCT group at 52 weeks (–62.79%, p=0.0005). A smaller, significant decrease in VAS was also observed in the vehicle group.
- Clinically meaningful, statistically significant improvements in low back pain (VAS), function (ODI), and quality of life (EQ-5D) were observed by 12 weeks following intradiscal injection with high dose IDCT in subjects with symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration.
- These clinical improvements were sustained at six months, one year, 1.5 years, and two years post-injection and statistically exceeded the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in each respective outcome measure, which reflect changes following a clinical intervention that are meaningful for the patient.
- In the low dose IDCT group (3,000,000 cell/mL; n=20), there was a trend in improvement of clinical outcomes, though inconsistent. While the vehicle control group (n=10) resulted in some pain relief, it was not associated with clinically meaningful improvements in function or quality of life. No consistent or durable statistically significant or clinically meaningful outcomes were observed in the saline placebo control group (n=10).
- Statistically significant improvements in disc volume were also observed in the high dose IDCT group, where MRI imaging-derived mean change in disc volume increased steadily from baseline and reached statistical significance at Week 52 (249.01 mm3, p=0.0284) and Week 104 (402.1 mm3, p=0.028).
- In contrast, changes in disc volume for the control groups decreased, although not at a statistically significant level.
- Importantly, the high dose IDCT treatment group was the only group in this study to show a decrease in both opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID, e.g. aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.) use.
- At 2 years, overall patient follow-up was 85.0%.
"These clinical results demonstrate the incredible potential of DiscGenics's IDCT to safely treat not only the pain and disability associated with DDD with a single injection, but also to address the underlying cause of the disease—the degenerating disc. This is unlike any treatment I have seen in 30 years of practice and unlike any treatment currently available on the market," said Matthew F. Gornet, M.D., Board Certified Spine Surgeon at The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis and top enroller in the IDCT study. "The improvements we observed in disc volume through MRI image analysis suggest DiscGenics's IDCT produces a regenerative effect within the degenerating disc which indicates the ability to halt and possibly reverse the progression of DDD."
The 60-subject study was designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of IDCT for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease versus vehicle and saline controls. Subjects were enrolled at 13 centers across 12 states.
In this study, low back pain was measured on a 100-mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS), function was measured via the Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire (ODI), and quality of life was measured using the EQ-5D Index Score.
"We are very encouraged by the final two-year results of this study," said Flagg Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for DiscGenics. "The significant and durable improvements we saw in pain, function, quality of life, disc volume, and concomitant pain medication usage are critical indicators of the potential for IDCT to change the paradigm of care for patients with DDD."
DiscGenics has submitted a full clinical study report to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT).
Simultaneously, DiscGenics is scaling up its in-house manufacturing capabilities so it will have cells ready for future application, pending the FDA's review of the data.
A summary of this data has been presented at:
- The American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS) 84th Annual Meeting by Kevin T. Foley, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Chairman of Semmes-Murphey Clinic on September 29, 2022.
- The North American Spine Society (NASS) 37th Annual Meeting by Matthew F. Gornet, MD, Board Certified Spine Surgeon at The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis on October 12, 2022.
- The 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference by Flagg Flanagan, CEO and Chairman of DiscGenics on January 11, 2023.
About IDCT
IDCT (rebonuputemcel) is an allogeneic injectable discogenic progenitor cell therapy intended for patients with symptomatic early to moderate degenerative disc disease. The active ingredient (Drug Substance) of IDCT is a live discogenic progenitor cell population derived from the intervertebral disc tissue of adult organ donors. These cells are enriched and expanded into Discogenic Cells through a multistep manufacturing process in a highly controlled environment under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) that results in significant proliferation and phenotypic changes to the cells. At the completion of the manufacturing process, the Discogenic Cells are subjected to extensive testing prior to use, including identity, purity, potency, and safety evaluations. The Discogenic Cells are then mixed with a viscous Sodium Hyaluronate Solution and excipients to generate IDCT, the Final Drug Product. IDCT is cryopreserved and maintained as individual "off-the-shelf" doses for administration via percutaneous injection into the intervertebral disc in an outpatient setting. IDCT has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Disclaimer: IDCT is an investigational product that is under development by DiscGenics and has not been approved by the FDA or any other regulatory agency for human use.
About the IDCT Clinical Study (DGX-A01)
DGX-A01 was a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, vehicle- and placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IDCT in subjects with single-level, symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration. Sixty subjects were enrolled in 13 centers across 12 U.S. states.
Prior to enrollment, each participating subject was screened and verified to have met all eligibility criteria, including having early to moderate symptomatic, single-level DDD from L3-S1, no previous lumbar spine surgery, no radiculopathy (pinched nerve) or leg pain, and no comorbidities, such as tumors, fibromyalgia, systemic disease, osteoarthritis, or chronic opioid usage.
Upon enrollment, eligible subjects were randomized to one of four treatment cohorts: low dose IDCT (3,000,000 cells/mL; n=20), high dose IDCT (9,000,000 cells/mL; n=20), vehicle alone (n=10), or saline placebo (n=10). Each subject received a single intradiscal injection of his or her assigned treatment into the target symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disc. In accordance with the trial design, subjects in all cohorts were observed and evaluated for two years. Primary outcome measures include safety and reduction in pain. Secondary outcome measures include reduction in disability and radiographic improvement.
Through this study, IDCT is being evaluated under an investigational new drug (IND) allowance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will be regulated as a drug-biologic through a therapeutics biologics license application (BLA).
For more information on the U.S. study, please visit: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03347708.
About Chronic Low Back Pain and Degenerative Disc Disease
Chronic low back pain is a serious medical condition that represents a leading cause of disability worldwide and is the most common non-cancer reason for opioid prescription in the U.S. It affects 12-30% of U.S. adults at a given time and is estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system over $100 billion each year, creating a significant burden on the economy and individual patients dealing with the condition. In nearly 40% of patients, low back pain is caused by DDD, a chronic and progressive condition where the intervertebral disc breaks down and causes pain.
About DiscGenics
DiscGenics is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine. DiscGenics's first product candidate, IDCT (rebonuputemcel), is an allogeneic, injectable discogenic progenitor cell therapy for symptomatic, mild to moderate lumbar disc degeneration. IDCT is a mixture of live Discogenic Cells, which are a manufactured progenitor cell population derived from donated adult human intervertebral disc tissue, and a viscous carrier. As the only company in the world to develop an allogeneic cell therapy derived from intervertebral disc cells to treat diseases of the disc, DiscGenics has a unique opportunity to offer a non-surgical, potentially regenerative solution for the treatment of patients suffering from the debilitating effects of back pain. For more information, visit discgenics.com.
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These are the concerts happening in Indiana this April!
April 1
- Luke Combs, Riley Green & Lainey Wilson | Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis, IN
Apr 15
- Walker Hayes, Ingrid Andress, Breland | Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center – South Bend, IN
Apr 21
- Granger Smith & Earl Dibbles Jr. | Blue Gate Performing Arts Center – Shipshewana, IN
- Riley Green | The Clyde – Fort Wayne, IN
Apr 22
- Lady A: Request Line Tour with Dave Barnes | Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN | https://hankfm.com/69610/country-concerts-happening-in-indiana-this-april/ | 2023-04-02 05:49:30 | 0 | https://hankfm.com/69610/country-concerts-happening-in-indiana-this-april/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank Corporation ("M&T") (NYSE:MTB) announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.20 per share on its common stock.
The dividend will be payable Sept. 30, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 1, 2022.
M&T is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the northeastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's 21st annual "State of Tobacco Control" report, released today, reveals the states with the best and worst policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, and finds dramatic differences in the strength of states' tobacco control laws.
The new report finds that the states doing the best to put in place proven tobacco control policies are California, Maine, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, while the states with the most need to enact policies to reduce the burden of tobacco use are Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas. The new report also shows new action at the federal level to prevent youth tobacco use, which resulted in improved federal grades.
The "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates state and federal policies on actions taken to eliminate tobacco use and recommends proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies to save lives. These policies are critical, as tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in America, killing 480,000 people each year. Currently, 16 million Americans live with a tobacco-related disease.
"Our 'State of Tobacco Control' report shows how widely tobacco policies vary from state to state. For example, some states still allow smoking in workplaces like restaurants and bars, while others have had comprehensive smokefree laws in place for decades. The policies examined in our report have a direct impact on the health of state residents," said Harold Wimmer, President and CEO of the American Lung Association. "Since no state received all 'A' grades, every state has the opportunity to improve their tobacco control policies and improve public health. This is also why federal tobacco control action is so important. Every person in America deserves the same protections."
State Grades Overview
The "State of Tobacco Control" report grades states and the District of Columbia in five areas that have been proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use and save lives:
- Strength of Smokefree Workplace Laws – 23 states and Washington, D.C. received "A" grades in 2023
- Ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products – 45 states received "F" grades in 2023
- Funding for State Tobacco Prevention Programs – 40 states and Washington, D.C., received "F" grades in 2023
- Level of State Tobacco Taxes – 32 states received "F" grades in 2023
- Coverage and Access to Services to Quit Tobacco – 24 states received "D" grades or worse in 2023
Best Graded States
- California: Tobacco Program Funding: D, Smokefree Air: A, Tobacco Taxes: B, Access to Cessation: B, Flavored Tobacco Products: B
- District of Columbia: Tobacco Program Funding: F, Smokefree Air: A, Tobacco Taxes: A, Access to Cessation: B, Flavored Tobacco Products: A
- Maine: Tobacco Program Funding: A, Smokefree Air: A, Tobacco Taxes: C, Access to Cessation: A, Flavored Tobacco Products: F
- Massachusetts: Tobacco Program Funding: F, Smokefree Air: A, Tobacco Taxes: B, Access to Cessation: B, Flavored Tobacco Products: A
Worst Graded States
- Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas rated the worst in the nation, scoring Fs in all five categories
- Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia received 4 Fs and 1 D grade
Federal Grades Overview
The report also grades the federal government on its efforts to eliminate tobacco use. In 2022, there were new actions taken by the government to prevent and reduce tobacco use, including 1) proposed rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, 2) Congress passing a law requiring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products made with synthetic nicotine, and 3) increased federal enforcement of the Tobacco Control Act. In one example from last October, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it filed complaints for permanent injunctions in federal district courts against six e-cigarette manufacturers on behalf of the FDA. More enforcement actions by the Justice Department and FDA will be needed in 2023 to reduce the explosion of illegal, flavored e-cigarettes on the market that continue to addict the country's children.
As a result of these steps forward, the federal government's grade for "Federal Regulation of Tobacco Products" improved from a "D" grade last year, to a "C" grade in the 2023 report.
The 2023 "State of Tobacco Control" report grades the federal government in five areas:
- Federal Government Regulation of Tobacco Products – Grade C
- Federal Coverage of Quit Smoking Treatments – Grade D
- Level of Federal Tobacco Taxes – Grade F
- Federal Mass Media Campaigns to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use – Grade: A
- Federal Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco Products to 21 – Incomplete*
*FDA is overdue in publishing the final Tobacco 21 regulations as required by statute, which is why it earns an "incomplete."
"In 2023, it is imperative that FDA and the Biden administration finalize its proposed rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. When finalized, these rules will be the most significant, lifesaving action FDA has taken in its almost 14-year history of regulating tobacco products," said Wimmer.
To learn more about this year's "State of Tobacco Control" grades and take action, visit Lung.org/sotc.
About the American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to champion clean air for all; to improve the quality of life for those with lung disease and their families; and to create a tobacco-free future. For more information about the American Lung Association, which has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and is a Platinum-Level GuideStar Member, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) or visit: Lung.org.
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Roger Federer to discuss his retirement on Wednesday
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer’s farewell news conference will come before what he has said will be the last competitive tennis event of his career. Federer will meet with the media Wednesday to discuss walking away from the game at age 41 after 20 Grand Slam titles. Federer is in London and has been practicing at the arena that will host the indoor hard-court matches for the Laver Cup. The event founded by his management team begins Friday with the fifth edition of its Team Europe vs. Team World format. The main rivals whose careers overlapped with Federer’s also are participating: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/20/roger-federer-to-discuss-his-retirement-on-wednesday/ | 2022-09-20 20:19:40 | 0 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/20/roger-federer-to-discuss-his-retirement-on-wednesday/ |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have hired John Tortorella as their new coach, hoping the fiery veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup championship since 1975.
The hire was confirmed Thursday by a person with direct knowledge of the decision who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anoymity because it had not been announced. The official announcement was expected Friday.
Tortorella, who turns 64 next week, coached Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup title in 2004, and he also coached the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. He was fired in May 2021 after six seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Tortorella is the sixth Flyers coach in the last 10 years and he will triy to revitalize a dormant franchise that has just one playoff series victory since 2012. The Flyers finished with a 25-46-11 record this season under Alain Vigneault and Mike Yeo and were last in the Metropolitan Division.
The Blue Jackets went 227-166-54 under Tortorella, including a franchise-best 50-24-8 finish in 2016-17. But the wheels fell off during a terrible 2020-21 season (18-26-12).
Tortorella is the second-winningest American-born coach in NHL history. He is known for his occasional temper and demanding, no-nonsense coaching style, and he has clashed through the years with his share of players.
Flyers winger Cam Atkinson played under Tortorella in Columbus. He said at the end of the season the Flyers were “a pretty soft team” and a coach like Tortorella could help toughen up any franchise.
“I think it all starts with practice. You practice how you play,” Atkinson said in April. “Especially when I turned pro, I learned that from John Tortorella. He was great in that aspect. … I think going into next year, we need to find a way to have some more grit, some more jam, more ’F you” to our game, on both sides of the puck, in our crease, defending our goalie and in their crease.”
Flyers chairman David Scott said in January that he didn’t think the franchise needed a a long rebuilding year plan and there was enough of a proven core to turn the team into a winner. Scott said he would give Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher “a blank check” to fix the Flyers.
The Flyers have pinned their hopes on Travis Konecny, Joel Farabee, Travis Sanheim and goalie Carter Hart as key pieces of the future. The Flyers last played in the Stanley Cup Final in 2010 and haven’t won a championship since consecutive Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975.
Tortorella is 673-541-37-132 over almost 20 seasons and emerged as the new coach out of a slew of candidates that included former Washington and Islanders coach Barry Trotz. Tortorella is only 56-64 in the playoffs with six first-round exits.
Tortorella worked this season for ESPN as part of its studio coverage.
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At least 4 dead in Kentucky as flooding hits Appalachia, officials say
(WKYT/WSAZ/Gray News) - Officials in Kentucky on Thursday reported four deaths related to the severe flooding, with concerns the toll will continue to rise.
Gov. Andy Beshear called it one of the “worst and most devastating flooding events” in the state’s history, saying hundreds of homes had been damaged or destroyed so far, per WKYT.
“The situation is dynamic and ongoing,” Beshear said. “In most places, we are not seeing receding water. In fact, in most places, it is not crested yet.”
He said during a news conference there had been two deaths in Perry County, including an 81-year-old woman. In Knott County, the coroner confirmed two deaths in the region with multiple people still missing, WSAZ reported.
Beshear also said there are a number of people unaccounted for, declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. He said he expected there will be more loss of lives.
“Hundreds will lose their homes, and this is going to be yet another event that it’s going to take not months but likely years for many families to rebuild and recover from,” the governor said.
Poweroutage.us reported more than 31,000 customers without electricity in eastern Kentucky, as well as affected areas in West Virginia and Virginia dealing with flash flooding and mudslides. Thunderstorms dumped several inches of water over the past few days.
Water service has been disrupted as well in some areas. Beshear said Kentucky has already ordered truckloads of water to assist.
Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said many in his area are trapped by floodwaters and urged people in areas that may see more flooding to get out now.
“We had to rescue some on floating debris – a house door. We had to put a lady on a house door that would float,” Hunt said. “We are using all resources, anything that we have available to rescue these people.”
Rescue workers worked through the night and have plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water. Perry County Emergency Management Director Jerry Stacy described the situation as “catastrophic” as crews searched for stranded people.
“There are a lot of people in eastern Kentucky on top of roofs waiting to be rescued,” the governor added.
The storms hit an Appalachian mountain region where communities and homes are built on steep hillsides or down in the hollows between them, where the only flat land often shoulders creeks and streams that can rise in a hurry.
Roads in many areas weren’t passable after as much as 6 inches of rain had fallen in some areas by Thursday, and 1-3 more inches could fall, the National Weather Service said.
Three parks in the region were opened as shelters for displaced people.
In Kentucky’s Perry, Leslie and Clay counties, people in low areas were urged to seek higher ground after multiple swift water rescues. Breathitt County’s courthouse was opened overnight, and Emergency Management Director Chris Friley said the Old Montessori School would provide more permanent shelter once crews can staff it.
“It’s the worst we’ve had in quite a while,” Friley said. “It’s county-wide again. There’s several spots that are still not accessible to rescue crews.”
Perry County dispatchers said floodwaters washed out roads and bridges and knocked homes off foundations. The city of Hazard said rescue crews were out all night, urging people on Facebook to stay off roads and “pray for a break in the rain.”
Rescues were being done in West Virginia, and communities in southwest Virginia also were flooding. The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Virginia, warned of more showers and storms on Thursday.
In Buchanan County, which was hit by severe flooding two weeks ago, preliminary assessments of the previous flooding were postponed for safety amid the latest high water, according to Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokesperson Lauren Opett. Officials were determining whether its feasible to conduct the assessments virtually, she said.
And in Wise County, the Office of Emergency Management warned of imminent flooding and road closures in the Pound Bottom area on Thursday morning. Officials advised residents to shelter in place until floodwaters recede or evacuate to a shelter in an elementary school.
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WASHINGTON and MINNEAPOLIS, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 700,000 students who take the GED® test each year will soon have access to powerful insights that will help them be successful, thanks to a new initiative aimed at improving student learning outcomes.
GED Testing Service®, jointly owned by Pearson and the American Council on Education, which operates the international GED program, has partnered with WithYouWithMe, a social impact tech company, to provide students with free access to its world-leading learning preference assessment.
The partnership aims to support learners by providing them insights into their unique personal learning style and to select curated learning materials that will help them study for the exam.
WYWM CEO Tom Larter noted that understanding learning preference provides individuals with competitive advantage not just for the GED test – but for long-term education and employment opportunities.
"All individuals should have the opportunity to realize their potential and we're proud to provide our learning preference assessment and other resources to GED learners, to help them gain the skills and confidence they need to succeed," said Mr. Larter.
Each student has a unique way of processing, internalizing, and remembering information. Some individuals learn best through visual aids such as diagrams, while others may prefer auditory cues like lectures, or learn best through hands-on experiences.
By identifying their learning preference, individuals can tailor their study habits and strategies to be more effective and efficient.
By increasing the number of students successfully earning a GED diploma, we can help level up the workforce with greater diversity and equality by opening exciting new career paths that individuals may never have thought possible.
Vicki Greene, President of GED Testing Service and SVP Workforce Skills, said: "the learning preference insights will equip learners with important information to not only support their GED preparation, but also broader life and career choices. We're confident that providing them with insight into their learning style will set them up for success."
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans start their GED journey, whether it's to go to college, prepare for a new job or simply to achieve this milestone. It's incredibly important to provide these learners with a world-class service and positive learning environment to help them thrive.
GED Testing Service is also partnering with WithYouWithMe to launch the GED Tech Apprenticeshipä program which will support 300 GED students from diverse backgrounds into new tech careers. Under the GED Tech Apprenticeship program, students will have the opportunity to complete WithYouWithMe's broader testing program to identify those with a high propensity to excel in tech careers. They'll then have access to free accredited training to upskill them into high demand tech roles and we'll help them find roles at leading companies in the United States."
The GED learning preference assessment is currently in development and is expected to launch by July 2023. For more information about the partnership between WithYouWithMe and GED Testing Service, please visit withyouwithme.com and GED.com.
Contact: CT Turner, Vice President | GED Testing Service | publicaffairs@GEDtestingservice.com
About GED Testing Service
The GED test has opened doors to better jobs and college programs for more than 20 million graduates since 1942. The GED test is accepted by virtually all U.S. colleges and employers. As the creator of the one official GED test, GED Testing Service has a responsibility to ensure that the program continues to be a reliable and valuable pathway to a better life for the millions of adults without a high school diploma. GED Testing Service is a joint venture between the American Council on Education and Pearson.
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About WithYouWithMe
WithYouWithMe is a social impact company that helps organizations solve their digital skills shortages by identifying and growing talent in places others don't look – whether it's underrepresented groups in society or within their existing workforce. Founded in Australia in 2015, it became the Asia Pacific's fastest growing tech company (Deloitte Fast 50), before scaling into North America and the United Kingdom.
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(THE CONVERSATION) Ibrahim Munir, the leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, died on Nov. 4, 2022, in exile in London. While the news generated few headlines around the world, Munir’s death marks a critical moment in the evolution of a group founded nearly 100 years ago, as a social and religious movement.
Over the years, the Brotherhood grew into the most significant social movement and political opposition in Egypt. Its Islamist ideology – which calls for public policies in line with its interpretation of Islam – became widely influential around the world.
But since a 2013 military coup that removed the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Morsi from power, the group has been all but destroyed, with most of its leaders either imprisoned, killed or in exile.
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For now, the group has a new temporary leader in Muhyeddine al-Zayet, a 70-year-old senior figure in the movement.
But the stark reality is that the Brotherhood is at a turning point: The movement either will have to reinvent itself or face the prospect of gradually fading into irrelevance.
As a scholar of social movements who has studied the evolution of the Brotherhood and interviewed both members and defectors, I believe its fate hangs on three issues: how it responds to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s repression of opposition groups including the Brotherhood; which leaders guide the movement during its crisis; and how the group rebuilds in exile.
Has the Brotherhood run its course?
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The Muslim Brotherhood was established in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, a primary school teacher with a vision that piety and Islamic values can help transform the individual, reform society and ultimately bring about an Islamic state.
Appealing to Egyptians disillusioned with the country’s existing religious institutions, critical of its political system and angered by the Western interference in the Muslim world, the Brotherhood grew into a grassroots movement with an intricate network of schools, newspapers and social services.
By the end of the 20th century, the Brotherhood dominated civil society in Egypt and became a prominent source of political opposition. It also established branches and affiliates throughout the Muslim world.
Following the 2011 Arab Spring, which saw popular uprisings in a number of countries across the Middle East, the Brotherhood came to power in Egypt’s first free and fair elections. Its affiliated political party, the Freedom and Justice Party, won the largest parliamentary block, and its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, was elected president. By June 2013, however, disillusionment with the lack of political progress and the poor economic performance of the country led to widespread popular mobilization against the Brotherhood. A month later the military ousted Morsi from power.
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Emergence of two Brotherhoods
When Brotherhood supporters took to the streets and demanded that the democratically elected president be reinstalled, police and army forces opened fire on demonstrators. On Aug. 14, 2013, security forces brutally put down the sit-in in Rab’a Square in eastern Cairo, killing over 800 people, in what Human Rights Watch said likely amounted to crimes against humanity.
For some Brotherhood members, the brutality of the security forces sparked a desire for revenge and justified a violent response.
For the most senior Brotherhood leaders, however, violence was neither politically pragmatic nor ideologically justified. In the absence of a clear vision for how to respond to the political crisis, many young members became disillusioned with the organization.
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By 2014, the Brotherhood was not just losing members. Two additional fault lines emerged: the question of leadership and the question of exile. Mass arrests caused a leadership vacuum that led to a new cadres of midranking members taking over activities inside Egypt.
These new leaders adopted a more revolutionary tone and started operating independently of the older leadership. The parallel claims to authority and divergent visions over how to respond to the political repression led to a split between the so-called “historical leaders” and the new leadership.
By 2016 there were in effect two Muslim Brotherhoods: the original group, under the leadership of Ibrahim Munir as the deputy guide operating out of the U.K., and the so-called “General Office,” under the new leadership. The General Office attracted many young revolutionaries, including women, but the group had significantly fewer resources, which led it eventually to dissipate.
I learned from interviews with Brotherhood members that with Munir operating as leader in exile, a deeply contested internal debate emerged over whether to restructure the movement and shift the strategic decision-making to the leaders abroad. Outside of Egypt, the organization established regional consultative councils in most host states with a significant Brotherhood presence, most notably in Turkey.
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While this allowed for some semblance of organizational rebuilding, some leaders still insisted that all major decisions about the direction, tactics and strategies of the Brotherhood be made inside Egypt.
Can the Brotherhood rise again?
This is not the first time that the Muslim Brotherhood has been nearly destroyed by government repression. In 1954 a militant faction of the Brotherhood allegedly attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, prompting a severe crackdown on the group. The torture and abuse that Brotherhood members faced in prison inspired a new militant vision for activism and led a small group of Brotherhood members to start plotting attacks on government officials. The government discovered these cells before any plans came to fruition, leading to a second major wave of repression in 1965.
But the circumstances in which the Brotherhood finds itself today are different from these past periods of repression. It is more deeply divided than before. And importantly, the current repression comes after the movement came to power and had a chance to rule but ultimately failed.
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The Arab Barometer, a nonpartisan research network, shows that since 2013 Egyptians have been consistently skeptical of political Islam as expressed by the Brotherhood, even as the population remains largely religious. For for many of Egypt’s young people the Brotherhood cannot offer any solutions to the economic hardships facing the country, or the growing human rights abuses.
Faced with these internal divisions and challenging political circumstances, the road ahead will not be easy for the Brotherhood. As some of its former members have admitted, there is a tension between being a social movement and being a political party.
The Brotherhood knows that many Egyptians agree with the group’s religious values at the same time that they are deeply critical of its political ambitions.
If the Brotherhood seeks to become a force of change again and attract a new generation of Islamist activists, I believe it needs to develop a new vision and theory of political agency that inspires both the youth in exile, who speak the language of inclusion, diversity and revolution, and Egypt’s young people, who hunger for freedom and economic opportunities.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) has announced that Bethwyn Todd, FMC vice president and president of FMC Asia Pacific, has decided to leave the company for health reasons. Pramod Thota, president of FMC U.S.A., will succeed Todd as president of FMC's Asia Pacific region. Consistent with his new responsibilities, Thota was elected an FMC vice president, effective July 1, by the company's Board of Directors.
"I know this was a very difficult decision for Bethwyn," said Mark Douglas, FMC president and CEO. "She has been an exceptional leader throughout her 12-year tenure at FMC. As president of one of FMC's largest and complex regions, Bethwyn tripled revenue and significantly increased market share and profitability in Asia Pacific. However, her success extends well beyond the P&L statement. She has been an inspiring role model for all employees at FMC, and especially for women, demonstrating that professional success and personal achievement come not from luck, but rather from hard work and a passion to reach one's full potential. Although we are disappointed, we respect Bethwyn's decision and wish her the best in her new endeavors."
In his new role, Thota will report to Douglas and will relocate to the company's Asia Pacific region headquarters in Singapore. He joined FMC in 2012 as director of Strategy and Development, and in 2014 was named business director of FMC's non-crop business, Global Specialty Solutions. Thota became president of FMC India in 2017, and early last year was named president of FMC U.S.A.
"Pramod is a strong leader with exceptional commercial insights," said Douglas. "Having led our India business for four years, as well as serving on our Asia Pacific Operating Committee, he brings experience and deep knowledge of our business in one of the fastest-growing regions of the world. I know he will build on the many advances that Bethwyn led over the last seven years."
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Updated March 16, 2023 at 2:14 PM ET
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning parliament and invoking a special constitutional power.
Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government. Riot police vans zoomed by outside the National Assembly, their sirens wailing.
The proposed pension changes have prompted major strikes and protests across the country since January. Macron, who made it the flagship of his second term, argued the reform is needed to keep the pension system from diving into deficit as France's population ages and life expectancy lengthens.
Macron decided to invoke the special power during a Cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, just a few minutes before the scheduled vote in France's lower house of parliament, because he had no guarantee of a majority.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne then tried to formally announce the decision at the National Assembly, where leftist members broke into the French national anthem to delay her speech. The speaker had to briefly suspend the session to restore order.
"Today, there's uncertainty" about whether a majority would have voted for the bill, Borne acknowledged, but she said "We cannot gamble on the future of our pensions. That reform is necessary."
Borne prompted boos from the opposition when she said her government is accountable to the parliament, noting that the pension plan had been subject to 175 hours of parliamentary debate, and that lawmakers can try to revoke the changes through no-confidence motions.
"There will actually be a proper vote and therefore the parliamentary democracy will have the last say," Borne said.
Opposition lawmakers demanded the government step down. One Communist lawmaker called the presidential power a political "guillotine." Others called it a "denial of democracy" that signals Macron's lack of legitimacy. One union leader called it "institutional violence" and called for more strikes and protests.
Marine Le Pen said her far-right National Rally party would file a no-confidence motion, and Communist lawmaker Fabien Roussel said such a motion is "ready" on the left.
"The mobilization will continue," Roussel said. "This reform must be suspended."
The head of The Republicans party, Eric Ciotti, said his group won't "add chaos to chaos" by supporting a no-confidence motion, but some of his fellow conservatives at odds with the party's leadership could vote individually.
A no-confidence motion needs approval by more than half the Assembly. In such case — which would be a first since 1962 — the government would have to resign. Macron could reappoint Borne if he chooses, and a new Cabinet would be named.
If no-confidence motions don't succeed, the pension bill would be considered adopted.
Earlier Thursday, the Senate adopted the bill in a 193-114 vote, a tally that was largely expected since the conservative majority of the upper house favored the changes.
Macron's alliance lost its parliamentary majority last year, forcing the government to count on conservative lawmakers to pass the bill. Leftists and far-right lawmakers are strongly opposed and conservatives are divided, making the outcome unpredictable.
The French leader wants to raise the retirement age so workers put more money into the system, which the government says is on course to run a deficit.
Macron has promoted the pension changes as central to his vision for making the French economy more competitive. The reform would raise the minimum pension age and require 43 years of work to earn a full pension, amid other measures.
Union leaders reacted with fury and a determination to stage even more strikes a day after nearly 500,000 people protested against the bill. Francois Hommeril of the CFE-CGC, representing energy workers among others, said the government "forces a vote when it is sure to win it" and "prevents the vote when they know they would lose."
Across the river Seine from the National Assembly, about 1,000 people rallied at the Place de la Concorde, where security forces, backed by a water cannon, appeared positioned to prevent them from reaching the nearby presidential palace.
Leftist leader Jean-Luc Melenchon told the crowd that Macron has gone "over the heads of the will of the people." Members of Melenchon's France Unbowed party were among the lawmakers singing the Marseillese in an attempt to thwart the prime minister.
Economic challenges have prompted widespread unrest across Western Europe, where many countries, like France, have had such low birthrates that young workers might not able to sustain pensions for retirees. Spain's leftist government joined with labor unions Wednesday to announce a "historic" deal to save its pension system.
Spain's Social Security Minister José Luis Escrivá said the French have a very different, unsustainable model and "has not addressed its pension system for decades." Spain's workers already must stay on the job until at least 65 and won't be asked to work longer — instead, their new deal increases employer contributions for higher-wage earners.
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SOHO, New York - August 18 – September 18, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Gallery St Barth is delighted to open "Home," a collection of works by multidisciplinary artist Hannah Polskin. The project will see the artist take over the ground floor gallery to create her world of undulating abstract art and design.
The exhibition will feature personal works from Polskin's Los Angeles home studio where the work-live context provides an endless source of inspiration. With an emphasis on living with each piece before sharing it with the world, "Home" holds a special place in the artist's heart, giving an inside look at her most personal creations cultivated and created in her own space. Alongside her Burl wood abstracts, Polskin will be debuting paintings on stone and salvaged materials, exploring a deeper investigation into the home as canvas. The curation will be complemented by other elements of her creative world including mirrors and decor for a completely immersive experience. Additionally, a 'custom bar' will allow collectors to select the wood panel of their choice and create custom work with the artist – selecting every element from the wood finish, size, color palette, shape and look of the work to produce their own custom piece.
The artist and designer originate from NY and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Hannah works at the intersection of fine art and design to create "livable art" with a freeform aesthetic that bleeds across each project. Conceptually, she's most inspired when she's tasked at taking over an entire space—that includes paintings, mirrors, kitchen islands, rugs, menorahs and more.
ABOUT SPACE GALLERY ST BARTH
Established in 2011, Space Gallery St Barth is a contemporary art gallery dedicated to showcasing painting, photography, and sculpture by established and emerging artists. Since its inception, Space Gallery St Barth has built up an impressive roster of artists, curated international exhibitions, and participated in major art fairs including the Venice Biennale.
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DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — Editors note: The video above is from previous reporting on the case.
Police in Douglasville have made two arrests in an "alleged drug deal," that ended in a fatal shooting outside a shopping center on Wednesday. They said they are also looking for three more suspects.
Douglasville Police Department said they arrested two people in their 20s and have issued warrants for three others believed to be involved in the death of Angel Felix. Officers said their names are Abel Santiago, Ovicel Santiago and Victor Maldonado but did not add any details about their age or appearance.
Janaya Campbell, who is 29 years old, is in custody at the Calhoun County Jail and 26-year-old Ismael Gomez, is in custody at the Dougherty County Jail, both face one count of aggravated assault and one count of murder, the department said. More charges could be added later.
“We at the Douglasville Police Department take extra steps to keep our citizens informed about crime trends, along with measures that we take to try to prevent crimes here,” Douglasville Police Chief Dr. Gary Sparks said.
The 21-year-old man was shot on Wednesday during an "alleged drug deal," according to police, they were near the Mcdonald's parking lot by the Douglas Commons Shopping Center.
"A large amount of suspected narcotics and cash" was also found in the area, authorities said, and that at least two people ran from the area, and one may have suffered a gunshot wound.
Felix was from Arizona, the department said, visiting family in Edison when he traveled in a silver Toyota Camry with three other suspects to Douglasville, "allegedly to make a drug sale."
A "bullet-ridden vehicle" was found in south Georgia, police said on Friday.
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WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Brandon 4 Prince Albert 3
Winnipeg 3 Medicine Hat 1
Kamloops 3 Seattle 2 (SO)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 5 Swift Current 3
Edmonton 3 Regina 2
Brandon 2 Medicine Hat 0
Red Deer 2 Lethbridge 1
Prince George 6 Kelowna 2
Kamloops 7 Everett 1
Friday's results
Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Everett at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.
Portland at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Brandon at Winnipeg, 5:05 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Kelowna at Tri-City, 4:05 p.m.
Spokane at Everett, 4:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Winnipeg at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
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The Scientific Advisory Board Will Develop the Company Clinical Trial Strategy, Ensure Alignment with Current Trends in Cardiac Pacing for Heart Failure Patients and Provide Input to the Pacertool Innovation Pipeline.
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacertool AS, a Norwegian emerging medical device company, today announced that the company has established a world-class Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), which is comprised of leading clinicians with decades of experience in developing and implementing clinical trials for heart failure patients in need of pacing.
The SAB will advise Pacertool on the company's clinical trial strategy, current trends in pacing for heart failure patients and the development of Pacertool's innovation pipelines including the PaCRToolTM system.
"We are delighted that these outstanding clinicians will contribute to the development of Pacertool," said Jon H. Hoem, the CEO of Pacertool. "The scientific advisory board brings a wealth of knowledge in clinical trials for heart failure patients which is crucial in the developing field of cardiac resynchronization therapy."
The Pacertool SAB includes:
Prof. Michael Gold, MD, PhD: Prof. Gold is the Michael E. Assey Professor of Medicine and Distinguished University Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has authored more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, in addition to over 30 book chapters. He has been the principal investigator or served on the Steering Committee of more than 15 multi-national clinical trials. Dr. Gold sits on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including American Journal of Cardiology, JACC, JACC EP, Circulation AE, Heart Rhythm 02 and the Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a Section Editor for Heart Rhythm and editor in chief of Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. He is a former President of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Association of Professors of Cardiology.
Prof. Christophe Leclercq, MD, PhD: Prof. Leclercq is practicing at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire of Rennes (France) and is chief of the cardiology department. His main areas of interest include device therapy for arrhythmias and heart failure. He is a board member of the European Heart Rhythm Association and the European Society of Cardiology. He had published more than 200 manuscripts related to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Prof. Cecilia Linde, MD, PhD: Prof. Linde is a professor and consultant in cardiology at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research currently focuses on devices and their implementation and epidemiology in heart failure. Prof. Linde is the author of more than 250 papers, reviews, and editorials in a wide variety of fields including CRT, sex and arrhythmia, hemodynamic monitoring and heart failure epidemiology and she serves on the editorial board of several journals. She is editor for the European heart Journal. She has been a board member of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and has served on many guidelines writing committees of EHRA and the Heart Failure Association." She was Vice President of the ESC 2018-2020 and is now the Secretary Treasurer of the ESC.
Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD: Dr. Vijayaraman specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac ablations (AFib, VT), cardiac device implantation, His-bundle pacing and Watchman™. Dr. Vijayaraman obtained his medical degree from Madurai Medical College. He completed his residency at Jacobi Medical Center and his fellowships in cardiovascular diseases and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Montefiore Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
"We are excited to welcome the SAB to help Pacertool delivering precision medicine to a vulnerable group of heart failure patients," said Hans Henrik Odland, Founder, President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Pacertool.
Contact: Jon H. Hoem, Pacertool CEO, E: jhh@pacertool.com, M: +47 97 3030 09.
About Pacertool
Pacertool is an emerging medical device company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 2019, the company addresses the two big unaddressed needs in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure patients: patient selection and optimal pacing lead placement. The PaCRTool™ system has the potential to improve care, reduce costs and grow the CRT market through a personalized Precision: Pacing™ approach for heart failure patients. The company is currently in a technology developing phase targeting the US market with a 510(k) regulatory strategy. The PaCRTool™ system is not approved for clinical use in any jurisdiction nor has it been cleared in any market. For more information on Pacertool, please visit www.pacertool.com or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/pacertool/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/pacertool.
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LOUISVILLE, Kan., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UnicusPar, an applicant tracking system that automatically matches candidates with specific career opportunities, offers a new approach to hiring the best talent in the most effective way! Weston Burchett, Partner of UnicusPar, said, "Any size company can create an account, post a job, gain insight into qualified candidates, learn if they are a good match for the existing team, conduct background tests and drug screens, and execute an offer letter all on their own!" This system is not only beneficial for individual company hiring, but through Unicuspar's partnership with Incipio, a company that is locating, hiring, and retaining top talent across multiple industries, you can receive a full scale, personalized hiring experience that not only brings in the right talent, but retains great talent.
Oftentimes, when a company is hiring on their own it can become overwhelming. Especially when the HR department is an important point of contact for everyone in the organization. So whether a company is hiring for one position or five hundred, the partnership between UnicusPar and Incipio gives each company more time back for their hiring managers, a decreased cost in candidate acquisition, and a stronger approach to hiring great people that stay.
By outsourcing your hiring processes to a full scale team at Incipio, they will not only nail down the best person for the job, but will focus on each candidate and ensure that they feel supported from the day that they submit their application through the first 90 days of employment. UnicusPar is highly focused on understanding how a candidate will fit in with the current team and whether or not that candidate would excel in the environment they're being hired into. This dynamic hiring duo will not only fill a position efficiently and in a timely manner, but can ensure that a candidate will want to stay in their position for the long haul. When you choose Incipio and UnicusPar, you choose intention and retention.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CES®, the most influential tech event in the world, will use Titan HST as the on-site security app at CES 2023 later this week. Titan HST's multi-patented, next-gen technologies play an integral role in its mission to meet the evolving needs of organizations across sectors. With dozens of patents granted and many more pending, the Titan HST platform provides the most advanced technology on the market, from Augmented Reality to Dual-Channel Mesh Networking, and offers what others simply can't.
CES 2023, scheduled from January 5-8, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, will offer the Titan HST security app to convention goers who will have the ability to simply download and use the Titan app, QR code, or platform to submit tips, call venue security and/or receive emergency and critical alerts.
"We are extremely proud to support CES as they leverage Titan HST to streamline communications, prevent disruptive situations from occurring and reduce emergency response time during the heavily trafficked, four-day convention," said Vic Merjanian, Founder & CEO of Titan HST. "It is imperative to have a reliable & redundant system in place during high-capacity events that allow emergency communication even when networks may be most impacted."
The Titan HST system reduces emergency response time on average by 50 percent through a host of cutting-edge technology features, including:
- Simple enrollment allows users to download and access the Titan HST mobile app, text message-based, or web platform through user-friendly QR and text messaging codes.
- Enhanced geofencing allows attendees who are moving around the city, and may need assistance, to have their requests automatically routed to security command centers for that specific location to ensure reduced response time.
- Multi-lingual, real-time translation allows users to speak to first responders or system administrators to tell them the specifics of their emergency and get help immediately, in nearly a dozen languages, including English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Arabic. Titan HST also meets accessibility requirements for users that are deaf, blind, visually impaired or motor impaired.
- Augmented reality allows rescuers to see through walls, crowds, the dark, underground subways, building collapses, rubble, smoke, fire and more, offering you almost superpowers and X-ray vision during no-visibility conditions.
- Mesh Networking for off-network use along with Redundant Connectivity with cellular, Wi-Fi and LAN coupled with redundant broadcast notification methods (app push notification, text messages, e-mail, web notification, robotic calls and voice-recorded calls) ensures that high volume messages are sent via multiple channels.
- Secure infrastructure and user data with end-to-end encryption to ensure security efficacy by incorporating dozens of industry best practices and proprietary security measures independently reviewed by external third parties.
About Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc.
Titan HST is a California-based tech company providing a patented comprehensive emergency alert and mass notifications system for businesses, governments and schools. The mobile app allows users and emergency personnel to communicate emergency information instantly – including GPS coordinates, text, audio, pictures and videos – increasing information dissemination and reducing emergency response time. Using multi-lingual real-time translation, augmented reality, and crowd sourced data, Titan HST's mobile two-way communication platform serves the needs of workplaces, campuses and governments around the globe. For more information, please visit www.titanhst.com.
About CES
CES® is the most influential tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector.
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Back in the early 1990s, psychologist Suzanne Gaskins was living in a small Maya village near Valladolid, Yucatán, when she struck up a conversation with two sisters, ages 7 and 9.
The girls started telling her — with great pride — about all the chores they did after school. "I wash my own clothes," the 7-year-old said. The older sister then one-upped her and declared, "I wash my clothes and my baby brother's clothes."
Gaskins was so impressed by the girls' enthusiasm for helping around the house that she started to study how kids in the village spend their time. She quickly realized that the young kids not only made big contributions to household chores, but also that they often did so without being told. In fact, many times, helping out was their idea.
"Many times the children asked to do work around the house," Gaskins says.
"Mom, I'm going to help you do everything"
In the past 30 years, Gaskins and a handful of other psychologists have been documenting a remarkable phenomenon in indigenous families in Mexico and Guatemala: Young children in these homes are extremely helpful around the house.
They help do the laundry, help cook meals, help wash dishes. And they often do chores without being told. No gold stars or tie-ins to allowances needed.
In one study, psychologist Barbara Rogoff and her colleague Lucia Alcala, at Cal State, Fullerton, interviewed moms in Guadalajara, Mexico, who had indigenous ancestry. The researchers asked the moms what their children, who were all between the ages of 6 and 8, do to help around the house and how often they do these tasks voluntarily.
The study — published in 2014 — contains some of the most remarkable quotes I have ever seen in a research article.
For example, one mother said her 8-year-old daughter comes home from school and declares: "Mom, I'm going to help you do everything." Then she "picks up the entire house, voluntarily," the study reported.
"Another time, the mom comes home from work, and she's really tired," says Rogoff of the University of California, Santa Cruz. "She just plops herself down on the couch. And the daughter, says, 'Mom you're really tired, but we need to clean up the house. How about I turn on the radio and I take care of the kitchen and you take care of the living room and we'll have it all cleaned up?' "
Volunteering to help is such an important trait in kids that Mexican families even have a term for it: acomedido.
"It's a really complex term," says Andrew Coppens, an education researcher at the University of New Hampshire, who collaborates with Rogoff. "It's not just doing what you're told, and it's not just helping out. It's knowing the kind of help that is situationally appropriate because you're paying attention."
And the phenomenon isn't limited to children in Mexico. When families with indigenous roots move to the U.S., the parents keep the same approach to chores.
A few years ago, Coppens and his colleagues interviewed Mexican-American moms in Watsonville, Calif., about how often their children do chores. They then compared these moms' responses with those from middle-class families in Silicon Valley with European ancestry.
Although there was a lot a variation within each culture, Coppens says, a clear pattern emerged: "The Mexican-American kids, aged 6 to 7, were doing about twice as much around the house as the middle-class European-American kids, on average," he says. "And they were doing so, much, much more voluntarily."
A surprising insight into toddlers
So what on earth is these parents' secret?
This may come as a surprise, but over and over again, researchers said one thing is key: embracing the power of toddlers.
Yes, I'm talking about 1- to 3-year-olds who, in our culture, are more often associated with the term "terrible" than "helpful."
If you look around the world — whether the parents are hunting and gathering in Ecuador, raising cattle in the Himalayas or developing software in Silicon Valley — their toddlers have a few things in common.
The first is tantrums. Yes, toddler tantrums are pretty much unavoidable, no matter where you live, the ethnographic record shows.
But the second commonality is more positive: "Toddlers are very eager to be helpful," says David Lancy, an anthropologist at Utah State University, who documented this universality in his new book, Anthropology Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers.
Toddlers are born assistants. Need help sweeping up the kitchen? Rinsing a dish? Or cracking an egg? No worries. Toddlers Inc. will be there on the double.
In one study, 20-month-olds actually stopped playing with a new toy and walked across the room to help an adult pick up something from the floor.
And they didn't need a reward for their assistance. In fact, the toddlers were less likely to help a second time if they were given a toy afterward, the study found.
"Children appear to have an intrinsic motivation to help," psychologists Felix Warneken and Michael Tomasello concluded. "And extrinsic rewards seem to undermine it."
No one understands exactly why toddlers have this innate desire to be helpful (or why rewards diminish it). But it could stem from their strong drive to be around their family, says Rebeca Mejia-Arauz, a psychologist at ITESO University in Guadalajara.
"I think this point is really key," she says. "Doing things with other people makes them happy and is important for their emotional development. They see what their mom or siblings are doing, and they want to do it."
Messy toddler today, helpful kid later?
Sure, toddlers may want to help, but let's face reality here. At first, they really can't do much. They can be clumsy, destructive and even enraging. Their involvement in chores often slows things down or makes a mess.
For this reason, many parents in Western culture rebuff a toddler's offer to help, Mejia-Arauz says.
"We have mothers tell us things like, 'I need to do a chore very quickly, and if my toddler tries to help, he makes a mess. So I'd rather do it myself than having them helping,' " she says.
In many instances, Western moms tell the toddlers to go and play while they do the chores, she says.
But moms with indigenous heritage often do the exact opposite.
First, they give toddlers the opportunity to watch the chores as often as possible. "They invite them over by saying something like, 'Come, my child, and help me while I wash the dishes,' " Mejia-Arauz says.
Then if the child wants to participate, "they are welcome," she says, even if it means going more slowly or if the mom has to redo the task.
"For example, one mom told us: 'When my toddler was doing the dishes, at the beginning, the water was all over the place, but I would allow my son to the dishes because that's how he learned,' " she says.
The moms see it as an investment, Mejia-Arauz says: Encourage the messy, incompetent toddler who really wants to do the dishes now, and over time, he'll turn into the competent 7-year-old who still wants to help.
Research supports this hypothesis, says the University of New Hampshire's Andrew Coppens. "Early opportunities to collaborate with parents likely sets off a developmental trajectory that leads to children voluntarily helping and pitching in at home," he says.
Or another way to look at it is: If you tell a child enough times, "No, you're not involved in this chore," eventually they will believe you.
What about middle-class, American kids?
Cultures are complex packages. Parenting models in one culture likely won't work well in another. It's a bit like fusion cuisine. You can't simply take a few ingredients from a Oaxacan beef stew, add them to a New England chowder and expect it to taste good.
That said, American parents can extract useful ideas from Mexican parenting style when it comes to raising helpful kids, says Utah State University's David Lancy.
"Absolutely," he says. "In fact, I think we are doing a disservice to toddlers and older children when we deny them the opportunity to pitch in and be helpful.
"But replicating the approach isn't easy in our society. It's not a slam-dunk," he adds. "We have to slow down what we're doing. We have to make allowances."
And we have to start early. As soon as you can:
1. Expose kids to chores as much as possible
Let them watch you cook, do the laundry or walk the dog. Let them help change a light bulb, plant herbs in the garden or help make a bed.
Basically, anything you want them to help with later on in life, be sure they're around while the activity is occurring.
"Especially during the early years, give children the opportunity to wander over and watch what's going on with the adults," Coppens says. You'll be surprised by how much toddlers and young children learn by simply observing what you do — no lecturing or explaining necessary.
This exposure also helps young children to see that chores are a social activity, Coppens says. They're opportunities to work together and be with family members — which young kids crave. Then kids associate chores with a fun, positive activity.
"This psychological integration into the family seems to be really powerful developmentally for kids learning to work together," Coppens says.
2. Think small tasks, big contributions
Offer opportunities for the child to help with the chore you're doing. Give them a task that is appropriate with their skill level. Maybe it's holding a measuring a cup while baking, moving a chair while sweeping or drying off a dish or two.
The task can be tiny, but the key part, Coppens says, is that it has to make a real contribution to the chore. It can't be a "fake" project or an action that has nothing to do with the real chore. Then everyone isn't working together for a common goal.
"In one of our studies, the middle-class, European families reported giving toddlers what we called 'mock work,' " Coppens says. For example, a mom would sweep the kitchen and afterward, she would give the broom to her young child to "resweep" the kitchen.
"The parents knew that the child wasn't contributing to chore, and pretty quickly, the kid will pick up on the same idea," Coppens says. And the kid loses out on the pride and sense of accomplishment that comes from making a real contribution.
3. Always aim to work together
A big motivating force for young children is being around their family, working on a common goal.
This motivation is lost if we divide up chores so everyone is working solo (or give kids mock work).
So for example, if you're doing laundry, be sure everyone is folding everyone's clothes. If you have the children just fold their own clothes while you fold your own, the tasks becomes more about working independently.
4. Don't force it
"Sometimes people think that to get children to do chores, like Maya kids do, the parents must be doing a really good job of controlling the kids," says Barbara Rogoff of UC Santa Cruz. But actually, the opposite is true.
"The aim is not to control the kids, but rather to develop the child's own initiative," she adds.
To do that, indigenous parents don't force kids to help. They encourage the child and offer opportunities to participate when the child is interested.
Forcing the child actually has the opposite effect, Rogoff says. It can generate resistance.
"Just like adults, kids don't like being bossed around," she says. "Asking a little kid, 'Could you help me with this?' often gets them on board more often than simply, saying 'You must do this.' "
When in doubt, talk collaboratively: "Saying to a child: 'let's do this together' sounds so much more interesting and rewarding than saying, 'I want you to do this,' " she adds.
5. Change your mindset about young children:
In the U.S., we often think toddlers and young children simply want to play, Coppens says. But the indigenous moms see a toddler coming over to them as an indication that they want to help.
The shift in mindset changes how the parent responds to the toddler's request to participate in chore, Coppens says.
"All parents are interested in supporting their kids," he says. "So if you assume that your child wants to play, then you are likely to find a better way for them to play that's somewhere out of your way while you finish the chore."
The result is a child separated from the adult activity and not around to learn about the chore — or about how to work together collaboratively.
"But if you make the assumption the toddler wants to help you, but he just doesn't have a good understanding of how to do that — then you'll try to find a way for him to help," Coppens adds. "You will help him help."
Over time, the "help" will grow in complexity. And the 2-year-old who stirs the pancake mix today could turn into the 6-year-old who makes the whole family breakfast — and feels darn good about it.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP)Angel Reese and Alexis Morris each scored 19 points to lead No. 9 LSU past No. 24 Arkansas in both teams’ SEC opener Thursday night, 69-45.
The Tigers (13-0), who remained one of only five Division teams still unbeaten, didn’t trail after the fourth minute of the game. Arkansas limited LSU to just 34% shooting, but LSU used its size to control the game on both ends.
Arkansas (13-3), which lost its third game in a row, managed to shoot only 28% and were dominated in the paint.
LSU outrebounded Arkansas 62-30, scored 22 second-chance points to the Razorbacks’ 7 and outscored Arkansas in the paint 30-22.
”I thought the 23 offensive rebounds, that’s who we are. As you watch us play, we’re going to the boards,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said.
Reese, who finished with a double-double by grabbing 16 rebounds, was one of three LSU players who had double-digit boards. Flau’jae Johnson had 11, to go along with 10 points, and LaDazhia Williams had 15 rebounds.
”I don’t know how good we are,” Mulkey said. ”We just go to work.”
Samara Spencer was the Razorbacks’ best player with 17 points on 7 of 15 shooting. The rest of the team went a combined 10 of 46 from the floor.
BIG PICTURE
LSU has only had one win by a single-digit margin and could stay unbeaten for a while as the Tigers don’t play another team receiving votes in the Top 25 until Feb. 12 at No. 1 South Carolina.
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DLC, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NNG Capital Fund has announced the closing of the acquisition of a 120-unit multifamily property "The Summit Apartments" in Macon, GA for over $9M.
The 15-building apartment complex acquisition recently completed by NNG Capital Fund expands its footprint into new markets, as the company builds up on recession resilient and income producing assets in its portfolio.
The Summit Apartments contains 120 rental units, with an over 98% occupancy rate, and had rents 26% below local market rates at the time of purchase. NNG's founder Fuquan Bilal describes this as a great value add transaction, with plenty of upside potential. The company also has a sister property to The Summit Apartments under contract in Macon, GA. This acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of fourth quarter of 2022 that will add another 142 units to their portfolio.
NNG Capital Fund has been increasingly expanding into new markets where they are finding better pricing and growth opportunities on income producing multifamily assets The Summit Apartments
Other recent acquisitions by NNG Capital Fund in the Third Quarter of 2022 include a 40 unit building in Birmingham, AL, and 64 units in Phenix City, AL. NNG is a private equity real estate investment firm known for its innovative and forward-thinking approach to creating hybrid investment funds which reduce risk and optimize performance for their investors with a unique take on diversification and thrive through a new recession.
Founding CEO Fuquan Bilal is one of the few investors who appears to have not only thrived through the COVID crisis but has been active in the space even prior to the 2008 Great Recession
Find out more about how this firm is investing today, what they are acquiring, and how their previous funds have performed at NNGCapitalFund.com.
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Weekend gives rivers a chance to recede
Sunshiny weekend ahead
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -The next to last weekend of February has arrived on a blustery, cold note….snow riding the wings of a cold northwesterly into town! While a dusting of snow is likely across the region, inches of snow needed to prevent this from being one of the “snow-liest” Februarys on record are not in the cards. Saturday will dawn frigid and frosty near 20 degrees. Then sunshine will take over as highs aim for the mid to upper 40s. As a breeze stirs Saturday night’s lows will stay in the 30s. Then Sunshine on Sunday will prop temperatures into 50s again.
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Missouri's health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion.
An agency spokeswoman confirmed the investigation of southern Missouri's Freeman Health System Monday. Joplin resident Mylissa Farmer says she went to the hospital in August when her water broke months early. Doctors told her they couldn't give her an abortion because her condition wasn’t considered a life-threatening at that moment.
But records show doctors also warned that waiting could risk her life. She later received an abortion in Illinois.
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Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.
—Isaiah 1:17
Thoughts on Today’s Verse…
We find it easy to be incensed when wrong is done to a friend. We are ready to fight injustice when someone we love has been wronged. However, God reminds us that our worship means little if we do not also protect those who are weak, marginalized, oppressed, and forgotten. It’s not just our friends who need our help; it’s also those who have no friends who need us. “To do right” doesn’t just mean being a good person and avoiding evil in our sanctified little enclaves; it also means caring, comforting, and encouraging those no one else wants to notice.
My Prayer…
Forgive me, dear Father, for being selfish with your love and grace. I confess that I often find it easy to stay near those who are like me — who look like me, think like me, and dress like me. I know that many in the world around me do not have a friend, much less a defender. Open my eyes, dear LORD, to see those in my world that you would have me protect, encourage, and bless. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
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GRAPHIC: NY state trooper charged with manslaughter in 2022 shooting after chase
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state trooper was charged with manslaughter Monday for shooting an unarmed motorist to death after he refused to get out of his car following a high-speed chase.
Trooper Anthony Nigro pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter at an arraignment in Buffalo, where the killing took place last year, and was released without bail. The charges in the death of James Huber, 38, are a rare example of a criminal case being brought against an officer by New York’s attorney general, who has the authority to investigate the lethal use of force by law enforcement.
The president of the union that represents Nigro defended him, saying the slaying was justified.
The trooper’s body camera video captured the fatal encounter on Feb. 12, 2022.
WARNING: Some may find the content in the video disturbing.
Troopers first spotted Huber, a resident of North East, Pennsylvania, speeding on Interstate 90 near Buffalo and pursued him at speeds that topped 100 mph (161 kph).
The pursuing officers broke off the chase after Huber’s vehicle exited the highway, but Nigro caught up to Huber on a street in downtown Buffalo and blocked his path with his cruiser.
Body camera footage released by the state attorney general’s office shows Nigro, a nearly 16-year veteran of the state police, holding his gun in front of him as he approaches the car. He orders Huber to get out, cursing at him. Huber turns away from the trooper and says, “Go away,” and then “never,” and “nope” as the trooper continues to yell at him to get out of the car, his gun just inches from the motorist’s head.
Huber puts his hand on the car’s shifter, as if to put it in gear. The trooper yanks on the hood of Huber’s sweatshirt, then fires two shots and falls to the ground as the car lurches backward, briefly dragging him.
The car moved in reverse out of camera range, crashed and landed on its side on a parking ramp.
The body camera footage shows Nigro running to the car. He radios, “Driver’s been hit. I’m fine.”
Huber died of gunshot wounds at the scene. His death was investigated by Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, whose office brought the charges.
New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association President Charles Murphy said in a statement that Nigro should not have faced criminal charges. He said Huber’s dangerous driving “threatened the safety of innocent motorists.”
“Our understanding and review of the facts in this case confirm that, while the outcome was tragic, Trooper Nigro’s actions were in accordance with his training and the law, and that he was justified in his use of force,” Murphy said.
The state police said in a statement that the department has cooperated with the attorney general’s investigation and will continue to do so.
Cary Arnold, a Pennsylvania woman who has a daughter with Huber, told the Buffalo News that Huber might have been heading for a rally in support of Canadian truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the time of the shooting.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive intensified its legal standoff with Hungary on Friday by taking the country to the EU’s highest court over a restrictive law on LGBT issues and media freedom.
The EU had already tried for a year to make Hungary change a law that bans content portraying or promoting homosexuality. The European Commission said it “discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”
“The Commission considers that the law violates the internal market rules, the fundamental rights of individuals (in particular LGBTIQ people) as well as — with regard to those fundamental rights — the EU values,” the statement said.
It was the latest episode in a long political battle in which Brussels perceives Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as deliberately stepping away from the cornerstones of Western democracy while Hungary depicts the European Commission as overly meddling in internal politics and imposing moral standards it considers far too liberal.
Hungary’s right-wing governing party last year banned the depiction of homosexuality or sex reassignment in media targeting minors under 18. Information on homosexuality was also forbidden in school sex education programs, or in films and advertisements accessible to minors.
The governing Fidesz party argued the measures were meant to protect children from pedophilia. But the law spurred large protests in the capital, Budapest, and critics, including numerous international rights organizations, said the measures served to stigmatize LGBTQ people and conflate them with pedophiles.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen immediately called the law “a shame” and made it a point of pride to counter it with legal procedures. Friday’s decision was the latest step in the drawn-out process.
“The Commission decided to bring the case to court because the Hungarian authorities have not sufficiently addressed the Commission’s concerns and have not included any commitment from Hungary to remedy the situation,” European Commission spokesman Christian Wigand said.
At the same time, the commission has long criticized the retrenchment of media freedoms in the member state and on Friday it took Hungary to the European Court of Justice because it believes it muscled out a radio station because it refused to toe the government line.
Commercial station Klubradio, which went off the air over a year ago, was one of the last radio channels in Hungary that regularly featured opposition politicians and other critical voices during its news and talk programs.
Critics of the government say the station’s liberal stance led to a discriminatory decision by the country’s media regulator when it refused to renew Klubradio’s broadcasting license.
The station has broadcast only online since losing its radio frequency.
“The (EU) Commission believes that Hungary is in breach of EU law by applying disproportionate and nontransparent conditions to the renewal of Klubradio’s rights to use radio spectrum,” the EU statement said.
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SMArtX Increases Assets by 44% in the First Half of 2022
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --SMArtX Advisory Solutions ("SMArtX"), a leading innovator in unified managed accounts (UMA) technology and architect of the SMArtX Turnkey Asset Management Platform ('TAMP'), announced the addition of 12 new investment strategies to its platform. The SMArtX platform now supports 1,086 model-traded and manager-traded separate account strategies offered from a diverse group of 266 asset managers.
SMArtX has added five new asset management firms — Exencial Wealth Advisors, Glovista Investments, Hazelview Securities, Sandhill Investment Management, and SSI Investment Management— to give advisors more strategies to build and offer tailored portfolios to clients. These new offerings are distributed and traded by SMArtX through its award-winning cloud-based solution across seven custodial platforms.
"A key element to SMArtX's growth is having a diverse range of third-party strategies available for our clients," said Evan Rapoport, CEO of SMArtX Advisory Solutions. "With almost 1,100 strategies on the platform, advisors can easily build distinct portfolios for each one of their risk/reward profiles."
Two existing firms have added to the SMArtX platform, giving investors access to more strategies from Chilton Capital Management and Congress Asset Management Company. The strategies across all seven firms encompass exposures to real estate, global equities, U.S. equities, and fixed income.
The complete list of new strategies includes:
- Chilton Capital Management
- Congress Asset Management Company
- Exencial Wealth Advisors
- Glovista Investments
- Hazelview Securities
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- SSI Investment Management
SMArtX's continued growth is driven by two main applications of its technology: the off-the-shelf TAMP offering, which is built using SMArtX Advisory Solutions' proprietary UMA technology, and the ability to further deploy that tailored UMA technology through APIs to meet the mandates of large enterprises, RIA platforms, and hybrid broker-dealers.
SMArtX President & COO Jonathan Pincus expanded that "in markets like these, it becomes more and more relevant to find access to strategies that are less correlated or even non-correlated to the broad equity markets. SMArtX's expanding, varied platform provides turnkey access to strategies across the long only, hedged, and short only space."
SMArtX Advisory Solutions is an award-winning managed accounts technology provider and manages SMArtX, a turnkey asset management platform ('TAMP'). SMArtX's API-first, cloud-native technology operates within a modular, micro-services architecture, providing clients a tailored solution catered to their unique specifications. SMArtX is available as an off-the-shelf TAMP for advisors seeking wider selection of investment product and ease of use, while automating the investment processes and simplifying the everyday tasks of managing client accounts. SMArtX also licenses its proprietary technology to enterprise firms looking to create, customize, or upgrade their existing managed accounts technology as a standalone or fully integrated solution. SMArtX is the managed account technology and TAMP platform of choice for multiple RIAs, broker-dealers, and asset managers. Learn more at www.smartxadvisory.com
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BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the global popularity of Chinese culture and Chinese animations and ubiquitous Chinese elements, more and more people are becoming curious and interested in China. Their unique insights and wonderful stories about Chinese culture give people around the world a better opportunity to experience Oriental civilization and understand Chinese society.
In order to share their insights and promote exchanges, the 2022 International Short Video Competition (ISVC 2022) themed "The Decade of Harvest and Inspiration" has been launched globally to call for short video works. It is designed to encourage people from all over the world to capture their own Chinese life and stories on camera. The competition has launched six creative categories, covering various fields. It has so far received 1,780 video works from people from countries and regions such as the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Spain and Pakistan. The ISVC 2022 has posted work highlights, entrants' bios, and other content on their official accounts with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. These videos have received more than 5 million views, and the contents posted on Chinese social media platforms have received 3.45 billion views. Influencers such as Canadian Chinese actor Kent S. Leung, British explorer Ash Dykes, French YouTuber Vincent Fischer, an enthusiast of Chinese and foreign culture shared stories about their work, life, and adventures in China with their global audiences.
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(The Hill) – Paramount Pictures was sued on Monday by the family of the author of an article that inspired the movie “Top Gun” over copyright infringement related to the film’s sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The complaint says Paramount did not acquire the rights to the 1983 article “Top Guns” by Ehud Yonay prior to releasing the second installment, Reuters reported.
Ehud’s widow and son, Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, are now seeking damages and to prevent the distribution of the film as well as future sequels, the news service reported.
“The iconic 1986 film all started with Paramount securing exclusive motion picture rights to Ehud Yonay’s copyrighted story immediately after its publication,” the lawsuit says, according to ABC News.
“In fact, the author’s story was duly credited on the derivative 1986 film, which is widely known to have been based on the story,” it adds.
Paramount obtained the rights needed to exclusively produce the 1986 film based on Yonay’s writing.
But the complaint filed Monday accuses Paramount of “thumbing its nose” at federal copyright law after the company supposedly ignored how the copyright reverted to the Yonay family in January 2020.
Meanwhile, Paramount refuted the claims in a statement to Reuters on Monday.
“These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously,” the company said.
The Hill has reached out to Paramount for comment.
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Serena Williams plays 2nd seed Kontaveit in US Open Round 2
NEW YORK (AP) — For as long as Serena Williams remains in the U.S. Open bracket, there is one overwhelming question that will hang over the proceedings and help define the moment: Could this be the last chance to watch her play?
The second opportunity for spectators to shower Williams with adoration — and for the 23-time major champion to enjoy that outpouring at what she has hinted, but purposely not definitively declared, will be her final tournament — began Wednesday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest arena in Grand Slam tennis.
The opponent this time: No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit, a 26-year-old from Estonia whose current ranking is much better than Williams’ is, but whose career resume lacks so much as one quarterfinal victory at any Slam event.
About 1 1/2 hours before the scheduled start of that match, Williams went out to the practice courts for a 30-minute warmup session. She crossed paths with her sister, Venus, who was wrapping up some doubles work on that same court.
As Serena left after her hitting session, crowds cheered, and she paused to wave in their direction with her right hand as she checked her cellphone in her left.
Forget, for a minute, the relative merits of the two players’ skills and styles of play in the Williams vs. Kontaveit matchup. Forget the X’s and O’s. Because this trip to Flushing Meadows is, as always, about the points and the games and the sets and the scores for Williams, who won her first trophy here at age 17 in 1999 and is now 40.
As strident a competitor as tennis, or any sport, has seen, as rightly self-confident in her abilities as an athlete, Williams was not about to think of this whole exercise as merely a farewell tour.
She came to New York wanting to win, of course.
That’s what Williams showed in the first round on Monday, when she got past some early shakiness to beat 80th-ranked Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 in front of a packed house that roared with approval from start to finish. The crowd of more than 23,000 in the stands and thousands of others watching on a video screen outside Ashe helped break the U.S. Open record for largest attendance at a night session.
“I was just thinking, like, ‘Is this for real? Really?’” Williams said about the roars that greeted her entrance for the match, so raucous she “could feel it in my chest.”
“At the same time I’m also thinking, I still have a match to play and I want to be able to play up to this reception, almost. It was so loud. I just was overwhelmed in a good way. But at the same time, it’s like you have to be focused, you have to be laser-focused,” she added. “That’s what I needed to do and that’s what I tried to do.”
Other players who watched from the seats, or on TV, were struck by the scene. One that seemed likely to be repeated on Wednesday.
“For sure, it was like the most popular first round of a Slam, ever. Yeah, it’s just amazing. It shows how much she has changed our sport and how much she has done. I’m pretty happy that she can experience something like that,” said No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who owns two French Open titles. “I also feel that not every player would handle that kind of fuss around your first match of the tournament. She’s handling it pretty well, as usual. So that’s just confirmation of how great she is.”
On Wednesday, Williams wore the same glittery crystal-encrusted top and diamond-accented sneakers — replete with solid gold shoelace tags and the word “Queen” on the right one, “Mama” on the left — that she sported Monday. Long someone whose on-court fashion has stood out from the crowd, Williams helped design the Nike combo, which was inspired by what figure skaters wear to compete. Williams’ daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 on Thursday, wore her own version to sit in the stands Monday, along with beads that paid tribute to Mom’s hairstyle when she won her first major title 23 years ago.
Regardless of how Williams vs. Kontaveit went, there would be more in store for the American, who announced on Aug. 9 she was intent on “evolving” away from her playing days (she said she does not like using the word “retirement”).
Williams will team up with Venus in doubles on Thursday night against the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. It marks the reunion of a partnership that produced 14 Grand Slam doubles championships but last participated in that event anywhere in 2018.
Venus said it was Serena’s idea to enter the doubles.
“More than anything,” said Venus, who is 42, “I just want to hold my side of the court up and be a good sister.”
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PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Being able to go anywhere and not having to worry about carrying a speaker is something that would come in handy to people all over the world," said inventor from Miami, FL "so we invented the GRAB AND GO SPEAKER. Invention would give peace of mind to users, fun and a way to connect with our loved ones and friends anytime and place."
Patented invention would be attractively-styled, completely portable, innovative, impressive, and fun. Allowing high-quality sound to be enjoyed inside the car while parked or traveling. From fully functioning surround sound car speaker, to fully portable speaker that you can take anywhere at any time. Would enhance listening pleasure and relaxation for a party or get together anywhere. Without the hassle of multiple different sound system.
The original design was submitted to the Florida sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HAD-154, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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New Jersey will have to wait a little longer for the first big snow storm of the season, as the forecast for tonight’s storm falls far short of any significant snowfall.
The top half off of the state is expected to see light rain and snow Sunday night, with accumulations of less than an inch in most areas, the National Weather Service said early Sunday morning. Any snow accumulation will mostly be seen on grassy or other cold surfaces, the NWS said, meaning there will be little to no impact to roads.
But residents in the bottom half of the state won’t see any snow at all, the NWS says. A light rain will not turn into snow for most of the southern half of the state, although there is a chance for a wintery mix in a band along the I-195 corridor, forecasters say.
The lack of snow comes after a week of warmer-than-usual temperatures across the state, with temperatures into the 40s for much of the past week. It was the warmest start to the calendar year in many areas covered by the National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office.
Mild temperatures are expected to return during the week, although forecasters are keeping their eye on a more significant storm possible for next weekend.
For those hoping for snow, there’s still time. While January is statistically the coldest month of the year, February is the snowiest month of the year, the National Weather Service says.
“#TeamSnow, be patient. We have a ways to go. #TeamNoSnow, enjoy this while we can!” the NWS said.
The average February snowfall in Trenton is 8.6″, a little less than an inch more than the average January snowfall, the NWS says. Temperatures are, on average, about 3 degrees warmer in February.
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Marylanders voted 2-to-1 for legalizing recreational cannabis. That was the easy part.
Now, state lawmakers will try to set up a legal market that is safe, equitable and affordable. That’s the hard part.
When the General Assembly approved establishing a medical cannabis system in 2014, it took three years to write the rules, award licenses and set up farms and processors. The first dispensaries didn’t open until 2017 and officials were criticized for a lack of diversity among licensees.
Lawmakers, industry leaders and social justice advocates are all hoping to avoid a similarly slow — and inequitable — rollout for recreational cannabis.
Meanwhile, opponents of the drug’s legalization have concerns about impaired driving, youth consumption and unknown public health consequences. There is also disagreement on whether a taxed and regulated recreational cannabis industry would eliminate the illicit market or provide cover to a black market that could undercut prices and supply youth.
[ 5 things to know about adult-use cannabis legalization in Maryland ]
While Maryland and Missouri voted Tuesday to legalize recreational cannabis, Arkansas and North and South Dakota, voted against it.
The earliest date under Maryland law that adult-use cannabis could be legally sold is July 1, and some say the only way to meet that date is if the current medical cannabis industry is allowed to participate.
Wendy Bronfein, co-founder Curio, one of the state’s largest medical cannabis companies, said her industry has a proven track record of safe, affordable and accessible products. The growers and processors in Maryland’s $600-million-a-year medical cannabis industry already have the capacity to meet the recreational demand, too, Bronfein said, and she thinks they will start ramping up production now, as it takes roughly four months to grow a cannabis plant.
“From the conversations I’ve had and watching the work groups and things like that, I think the legislature is very much looking to meet that [July 1] deadline,” Bronfein said.
Lawmakers told The Baltimore Sun this spring that they were hesitant to put a firm date on when a recreational industry could be up and running. They said they want to avoid a repeat of the start of the medical cannabis industry, which was dominated by white-owned businesses. Lawmakers have tried since to diversify the industry, while protecting it from consolidation, and those efforts have had mixed results.
Natasha Pratt-Harris, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Morgan State University, said it’s crucial that Maryland creates a diverse and accessible cannabis industry, because Black people were disproportionately harmed by the criminalization of cannabis.
“We look at the disparity in conviction rates for illicit narcotics,” Pratt-Harris said. “We can see that it was a war on Black people. It was definitely a war on impoverished communities. And now the question is: What are we going to do about that war that left people harmed and families destroyed?”
Pratt-Harris said it was disappointing that it took Maryland so long to legalize cannabis.
Lawmakers and other leaders need to make sure that Black people have access to cannabis business licenses and the capital needed to compete in the market, she said.
“There should be intentionality and honesty about what we actually are seeing right now,” Pratt-Harris said. “[We should] have an honest conversation about why the industry looks a certain way … and how do we remedy that with the history of criminalization?”
The state is currently conducting a racial and gender disparity study on the medical cannabis industry. It is expected to be completed during the upcoming legislative session, and under state law no business licenses for adult-use cannabis can be issued until then.
Justin Tepe, a lawyer at Goodell DeVries who works with cannabis companies, said that disparity study will be the first hurdle in setting up the recreational market. The findings of that study could affect how lawmakers approach licensing, Tepe said.
How many licenses and what types of licenses could have a major effect on the demographics of the recreational cannabis industry — and who gets to participate.
Tepe pointed out that the legislature already created the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund. It’s unclear how much money lawmakers will allocate to the fund, which is meant to help small, minority- and women-owned businesses enter the adult-use cannabis industry, but Tepe said it signals that lawmakers want a diverse industry.
“That’s important to note,” Tepe said. “There is very clearly an intent by the legislature to open up access to all.”
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If lawmakers want a diverse, locally owned recreational cannabis industry, they should look to the hemp and CBD stores, said Nicholas Patrick, the owner of three stores called Embrace CBD Wellness.
The market for hemp-derived products is fast-growing in Maryland. Some, like Delta-8, are psychoactive and that industry is largely unregulated. Patrick helped rally support this year to stop the legislature from banning sales of Delta-8 in Maryland. He said that selling Delta-8 and other cannabinoid products has provided a way into the cannabis space for folks who didn’t have the money or expertise to enter the medical cannabis market.
For those reasons, Patrick believes it’s a more diverse industry and lawmakers should consider creating a path for those stores to enter the adult-use cannabis market.
Patrick was happy to see voters approve cannabis legalization, but he said it would take a “miracle” for lawmakers to set up an adult-use cannabis industry in 2023.
“There’s too many competing viewpoints,” Patrick said of adult-use cannabis. “If there was enough agreement on how to do this properly, we just would have seen a bill pass [in 2022].”
Lawmakers also have expressed concerns about public health and safety related to recreational cannabis, issues that likely will come up again in 2023.
Tepe said a public health advisory council will be established Jan. 1 and lawmakers are expected to receive a study March 1 that explores topics such as the use of cannabis by different age groups and pregnant women, incidents of impaired driving, cannabis use disorder and much more.
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Reviewing those topics and potentially imposing strict regulations gives some hope to Kevin Sabet, a former White House adviser on drugs for both Republican and Democratic administrations and the co-founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
Sabet believes Maryland will come to regret its decision to legalize cannabis, fearing that it will become another version of the tobacco industry, with corporate domination, advertising to children and dangerous health effects.
“The [cannabis] industry is driven by white-collar, white men lobbyists who succeeded in hedge funds and Wall Street,” he said.
Sabet said the legislature has an opportunity in 2023 to at least make Maryland’s recreational industry as safe as possible. To Sabet, that means limits on potency, advertising and out-of-state businesses entering the market, as well as letting localities decide whether dispensaries and cultivation facilities are allowed in their cities and counties.
“Regardless of what happens tonight,” Sabet said on Tuesday, “there’s much more to be done on the marijuana issue.”
Mike Gimbel, a former addict and longtime opponent of drug use, is more pessimistic.
“Like other states, the people of Maryland will regret the legalization of marijuana when they see more teens, more people at work, more people behind the wheel being under the influence of marijuana thus creating serious problems for all,” said Gimbel, who worked as Baltimore County’s director of substance abuse, in an email to The Sun. “The money raised by legalization of marijuana is not worth the damage it will create.” | https://www.capitalgazette.com/business/bs-bz-recreational-cannabis-maryland-next-20221111-3sqmwhf7qzhr5kpnaezj7d2dte-story.html | 2022-11-12 02:22:03 | 0 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/business/bs-bz-recreational-cannabis-maryland-next-20221111-3sqmwhf7qzhr5kpnaezj7d2dte-story.html |
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "When I cut my nails, clippings shoot out everywhere and then I have to look for them to try to clean them up which became a large task," said an inventor from Cookeville, Tenn., "so I invented CATCH CLIPS."
The patent-pending invention is a clean, hygienic, and sanitary way of collecting and disposing of nail clippings. It prevents nail clippings from dispersing in all directions which could provide peace of mind knowing that individuals would not step onto a sharp piece of nail or get hit in the eye with the clippings. This also eliminates the task of picking up clippings by hand or using a vacuum. The device allows users to trim nails at any place or time as it is lightweight and a compact portable size. Overall it is convenient, practical easy to use and clean and saves time and energy.
The original design was submitted to the Knoxville sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-KXX-356, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project recently conducted live streamed and recorded safety tests in collaboration with major Tesla investor Ross Gerber, revealing alarming safety defects in Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. The latest findings, which were streamed live, showed Tesla FSD drive through a stop sign and almost cause a collision during a real-world test in Santa Barbara, CA.
In response to Dan O'Dowd's harsh criticisms of the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving, the investor Ross Gerber challenged Dan to a ride-along in Santa Barbara in his Full Self-Driving Tesla with the investor supervising. Ross Gerber offered to demonstrate the capabilities and safety features of Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta software, in order to prove that The Dawn Project's findings of critical safety defects in the software were erroneous, and that Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is safe to be sold to the general public.
Prior to the tests, Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O'Dowd and Ross Gerber took part in a point-by-point debate which laid out their respective views on the necessary practical, technological and regulatory precautions to successfully develop autonomous driving systems. Their debate was live streamed on YouTube, and a full HD recording will be made available shortly.
Their debate continued during a test drive with the investor supervising his Full Self-Driving Tesla on a route he selected to demonstrate the capabilities and safety features of Tesla FSD's latest version (11.4.4). The participants experienced the technology in real-world scenarios while debating the performance of the software and its safety features.
During the FSD Challenge, the software blew past a stop sign at 35mph, forcing the investor to slam on the brakes, narrowly avoiding a collision with an oncoming vehicle. A clip of the incident can be found here and below:
In his assessment of Tesla Full Self-Driving's performance during the ride along, Dan O'Dowd commented: "The results of our leisurely drive corroborate The Dawn Project's previous findings, which show that Tesla's Full Self-Driving software sometimes does not register basic safety critical road signs. For months The Dawn Project's safety tests have been disparaged by Tesla and its supporters in a concerted effort to discredit our campaign. We have highlighted these dangers for nearly a year, and rather than fixing them, Tesla has claimed that our tests are fake. My acceptance of this challenge was to demonstrate that our tests are genuine and my safety concerns are real. Were it not for the driver's quick reaction in slamming on the brakes, FSD would have put us all in the hospital, turning our one hour leisurely drive into a tragedy. A product that tries to kill someone every hour should never be sold to consumers, let alone be allowed onto our public roads."
To watch a recording of the live stream, please see here.
For a full compendium of The Dawn Project's previous testing of FSD's 11.3.6 and 11.4.4 versions conducted in June 2023, please see here.
An extended clip of Tesla's Full Self-Driving software blowing a stop sign at 35mph during Dan and the investor's ride-along is available here.
The Dawn Project continues to test the latest version of Tesla Full Self-Driving and will publish the results of further safety tests over the coming weeks.
Dan O'Dowd is an entrepreneur and CEO with over 40 years' experience in designing and writing secure, safety-critical software. Dan has built operating systems for the U.S. military's fighter jets and some of the world's most trusted organizations such as NASA, Boeing, and Airbus.
In 2021 Dan O'Dowd founded The Dawn Project, which campaigns to ensure all software in safety-critical infrastructure is secure and to make computers safe for humanity. The first danger The Dawn Project is tackling is Elon Musk's deployment of unsafe Full Self-Driving cars on our roads.
The Dawn Project's live ride-along was live streamed to tens of thousands of viewers via a Starlink Roamer on June 22 2023. A link to the livestream can be found here.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The NFL and NFL Players Association agreed to modify the league's concussion protocol following a joint investigation into the league's procedures after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered an injury against the Buffalo Bills last month.
The league and players' union said in a joint statement Saturday that the outcome of the Tagovailoa case "was not what was intended when the Protocol was drafted." As a result, language addressing abnormality of balance/stability was added to the league's protocol list of symptoms that would keep a player from returning to action.
In the first half of the Sept. 25 game against Buffalo, Tagovailoa took a hit from Bills linebacker Matt Milano, which caused him to slam to the ground. He appeared disoriented afterward and stumbled as he tried to get to his feet.
Tagovailoa was immediately taken to the locker room and taken through the NFL's concussion protocol, after which he was cleared of any head injury. He started the third quarter, drawing criticism from viewers about why he was allowed to return to the game.
The NFL and NFLPA said they reviewed video and jointly interviewed members of the Dolphins' medical staff, the head athletic trainer, the Booth ATC Spotter, the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant and Tagovailoa.
They found that Tagovailoa did not show any signs or symptoms of a concussion during his locker room exam, during the rest of the game, or throughout the following week. But immediately after he took the hit from Milano, gross motor instability was present.
After the game, Tagovailoa and Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said the quarterback had suffered a back injury earlier in the game on a quarterback sneak.
The review said Tagovailoa told the medical staff that he aggravated his back injury on the play in question and that his back injury caused him to stumble. It also said the medical staff determined that the gross motor instability was not due to a concussion.
In their statement Saturday, the NFL and players' union said there was not examination of the QB's back during the concussion examination, but that they "instead relied on the earlier examination conducted by other members of the medical staff." The conclusion then was that the back injury was the cause of Tagovailoa's instability.
The new protocol involves "ataxia"
As a result of the joint investigation, the league and union agreed to change the league's concussion protocol to include the term "ataxia." In the statement, they defined ataxia as "abnormality of balance/stability, motor coordination or dysfunctional speech caused by a neurological issue."
Ataxia replaced the term "gross motor instability" and has been added to the list of symptoms that would prohibit a player from returning to the game. The others are confusion, amnesia and loss of consciousness.
"The Protocol exists to establish a high standard of concussion care for each player," the league and union's statement said, "whereby every medical professional engages in a meaningful and rigorous examination of the player-patent. To that end, the parties remain committed to continuing to evaluate our Protocol to ensure it reflects the intended conservative approach to evaluating player-patients for potential head injuries."
On Oct. 1, the union fired the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant who handled Tagovailoa's situation during the game.
Jeff Miller, the NFL's executive vice president overseeing health and safety, said in a virtual news conference Saturday that he believes this is the first time a UNC has been fired, and that the NFL did not support the decision to fire him.
Less than a week after the injury, Tagovailoa started against the Cincinnati Bengals in a Thursday night game. He suffered a concussion in the first half after taking a hard sack, and displayed the fencing response after the scary hit. He was stretchered off the field and immediately taken to the hospital. He remains in the concussion protocol and will miss Sunday's game against the Jets.
Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL's Chief Medical Officer, said that under the league's amended protocol, Tagovailoa would have been diagnosed with a concussion on Sept. 25 under the ataxia term, thus making him ineligible to come back into that game.
Sills said there's no exact timetable for return for a player diagnosed with a concussion, but it would be "extremely unlikely" for a player diagnosed with ataxia to be able to play on Thursday night. The median time out with a concussion is nine days, he added.
Sills also alluded to how difficult it is to definitively diagnose concussions. He mentioned that blood and saliva tests could help make concussion examinations more accurate.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said at a fan forum in London Saturday that the NFL will make a "change or two" to its concussion protocol.
McDaniel, asked repeatedly in the days following the incident about the decision to allow Tagovailoa to return, emphasized his confidence in the team's handling of the situation.
"This is a player-friendly organization that I make it very clear from the onset," McDaniel said last week, "that my job as a coach is here for the players. I take that very serious, and no one else in the building strays from that."
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DETROIT (AP) — At least 119 people died while riding electric scooters or e-bikes from 2017 through 2021, according to a study by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday.
The agency, which investigates traffic crashes but has no regulatory authority, used its research to call for better data collection on “micro mobility” deaths and injuries.
Multiple government agencies have jurisdiction over e-scooters and e-bikes, and the NTSB recommended they all gather data to create a more accurate picture of how many people are hurt or killed. The scooters and bikes have spread across the country, especially in large cities and college towns where they are widely used with little oversight.
“E-scooter and e-bike growth as an industry and a popular form of transportation is clear,” the report said. “What is less clear is how transportation safety professionals best go about assessing the safety of these devices as a form of transportation, and the safety of the riders who use them.”
To count the deaths, the NTSB gathered news media reports and cross checked them against databases maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety.
The agency found a lack of standardized, as well as a dearth of complete and reliable data on e-scooter and e-bike fatalities and injuries.
The NTSB made multiple recommendations to NHTSA, the CPSC, the Federal Highway Administration on gathering data for e-bike and scooter trips and miles traveled. It also called for a specific e-bike product code to be added to a national injury tracking system. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-ntsb-finds-119-deaths-while-using-electric-bikes-e-scooters/ | 2022-12-21 03:42:47 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-ntsb-finds-119-deaths-while-using-electric-bikes-e-scooters/ |
S.G. Goodman, the brilliant singer-songwriter from Kentucky whose 2022 album "Teeth Marks" landed on more than a few year-end best-of lists, has never played Arkansas.
"The last time I had anything to do with Arkansas was when I drank some homemade moonshine at Red's Lounge in Clarksdale, Miss., with an Arkansas boy," she said earlier this month from Murray, Ky., where she lives with her 13-year-old dog, Howard, and a deaf cat named Andouille.
Goodman finally makes her Natural State debut with a sold-out set today at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Backing her up will be band mates Mark Sloan (bass), Stephen Montgomery (drums) and Mikey Ruth (guitar). Fayetteville's Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster will open.
Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that Goodman hasn't yet made it to these parts. Her debut album, "Old Time Feeling," which was produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket, came out in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. She was eventually able to tour in support of the record — playing with Madison Cunningham in Canada and a stretch opening for Shakey Graves — but not as much as she would have liked.
Things have been different with "Teeth Marks," which dropped in June on Verve Forecast. She spent much of the latter part of the year on the road then took January off before heading out on her current tour.
"When I'm home, I help an older gentleman out in my county with his property. So today I worked on the farm and I'm writing a packing list before leaving on tour ... music is starting up again for me."
"Teeth Marks," co-produced by Goodman and Drew Vandenberg at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, Ga., is a powerful batch of Southern folk-rock with the faintest echoes of the Velvet Underground and the hypnotic drone of north Mississippi blues, all tied together by Goodman's trembling, timeless tenor and evocative lyrics about crumbling small towns, identity, addiction and unrequited love.
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At the heart of the album are "If You Were Someone I Loved" and "You Were Someone I Loved," mournful evocations centered around the wrath of the deadly opioid crisis. The latter, done a cappella, is especially emotional and raw.
While tracks like "Heart Swell," "Patron Saint of the Dollar Store" and the title cut all have a dreamy, atmospheric intensity, Goodman and her band also lock into more upbeat arrangements like the fierce, swampy banger "All My Love Is Coming Back to Me" and the beguiling "The Heart of It." For the sneering, pro-labor "Work Until I Die," she reinterprets a line from the jejune 1989 Alabama hit "Song of the South" into something else entirely:
"It's the song, song of the South/take a little piece of pie or they'll bust your mouth."
Adding a few uptempo numbers to the repertoire is something she learned after the release of her first album.
"Even though I stand by all my lovely little slow songs on 'Old Time Feeling,' when you make a record you're expected to play it live, and a lot of people like to hear something other than a slow, sad song," Goodman said. "And you might find pretty quick that you might want to play something other than slow songs. So I made sure that 'Teeth Marks' could translate to a live setting."
The record earned high praise when it was released, and was named one of 2022's best by NPR, PopMatters, Uncut and others. Goodman was profiled in The New York Times, Kentucky novelist Silas House wrote about her for Bitter Southerner and she was interviewed by Marc Maron on his podcast.
"I couldn't be happier with how people have received it," she said. "I feel very fortunate."
Goodman grew up in Hickman, Ky., which is on the Mississippi River, about an hour south of Cairo, Ill.
"Mark Twain said Hickman was a 'pretty little town perched on a handsome hill.' I know I'm partial, but I think he was right about that. I know that it looks much different from when he passed by on the Mississippi. It has wonderful people, a beautiful landscape, but it is a small Southern town that had its prime in another era ... but it's still a really charming place."
Her father was a farmer, and she got into music through her family and the church.
"We always had the radio going in the truck, and I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church and we went to three services a week. People always ask about my first concert and I can't remember that, but I do remember going to three [church services] a week."
Hopefully she will remember her first Arkansas show.
"I'm excited about it," she said. "I can't wait to meet some Arkansas folks."
S.G. Goodman
- Opening act: Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster
- 8 p.m. today, White Water Tavern, 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock
- Admission: $15 (sold out)
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TOKYO (AP) — While Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue was winning his title bout against Nonito Donaire, burglars were breaking into his home.
Inoue stopped Donaire in the second round Tuesday night, unifying three bantamweight world titles. That same evening, two men broke into his home southwest of Tokyo, knowing Inoue and his family would be out, and took off with items including jewelry and expensive bags, Japanese media reports said.
“You saw the news, but what a disgusting thing to happen on a day of celebration,” Inoue said Wednesday on his Twitter account. “And so you all be careful, too.”
Police in the Kanagawa Prefecture, where Inoue’s home is located, declined comment.
Inoue (23-0, 20 KOs), who is known as the “Monster,” added Donaire’s WBC belt to his own WBA and IBF 118-pound straps with his fourth consecutive stoppage victory.
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Rangers vs. Angels Probable Starting Pitchers Today - June 15
The Texas Rangers (42-25) will look for another big outing from a batter on a hot streak against the Los Angeles Angels (38-32) on Thursday at 8:05 PM ET, at Globe Life Field. Corey Seager is riding a two-game homer streak.
The Rangers will give the ball to Nathan Eovaldi (9-2, 2.49 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 10 on the season, and the Angels will turn to Shohei Ohtani (5-2, 3.43 ERA).
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Rangers vs. Angels Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Time: 8:05 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Arlington, Texas
- Venue: Globe Life Field
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- Probable Pitchers: Eovaldi - TEX (9-2, 2.49 ERA) vs Ohtani - LAA (5-2, 3.43 ERA)
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Rangers Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Nathan Eovaldi
- The Rangers will hand the ball to Eovaldi (9-2) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander's last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw 6 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays, giving up four earned runs while allowing seven hits.
- The 33-year-old has pitched to a 2.49 ERA this season with 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.8 walks per nine across 13 games.
- He has started 13 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in eight of them.
- Eovaldi has pitched five or more innings in 13 straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has five appearances with no earned runs allowed in 13 chances this season.
Nathan Eovaldi vs. Angels
- The Angels have scored 343 runs this season, which ranks sixth in MLB. They have 607 hits, eighth in baseball, with 98 home runs (fifth in the league).
- The right-hander has allowed the Angels to go 5-for-28 with a double in eight innings this season.
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Angels Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Shohei Ohtani
- Ohtani makes the start for the Angels, his eighth of the season. He is 5-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 102 strikeouts through 76 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out was in relief on Saturday when the right-hander tossed five innings against the Seattle Mariners, surrendering three earned runs while allowing three hits.
- Over 13 games this season, the 28-year-old has put up a 3.43 ERA and 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .176 to his opponents.
- Ohtani is looking for his sixth quality start in a row.
- Ohtani has pitched five or more innings in a game 12 times this year entering this matchup.
- He has had three appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run.
- The 28-year-old ranks 27th in ERA (3.43), 11th in WHIP (1.053), and third in K/9 (12.1) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.
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In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the billionaire Tesla CEO in an attempt to force him to complete his $44 billion takeover.
Twitter claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware that Musk’s “outlandish” and “bad faith” actions have caused the social media platform irreparable harm and sunk its stock price.
Legal experts say Twitter Inc. has a strong case, but the coming court battle could be long and contentious and the outcome uncertain. So what’s next for Twitter and Musk in the battle over the social media company’s future?
WHY DID TWITTER SUE ELON MUSK?
In short, Twitter wants to complete the deal both sides had agreed to, and says Musk’s reasons for backing out are just a cover for his cold feet after the takeover no longer makes financial sense for him.
In April, Musk pledged to pay $54.20 a share for Twitter, which agreed to those terms after reversing its initial opposition to the deal. But the two sides have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday that he was backing away from his agreement to buy the company, saying Twitter did not give him enough information about how many spam accounts are on the service, among other reasons.
Twitter’s lawsuit asserts that “Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” the suit states.
Musk agreed to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price at the time that he offered the “take it or leave it” deal, the lawsuit says. But soon after, the stock market stumbled and shares of Tesla, where most of Musk’s personal wealth comes from, lost more than $100 billion of their value.
HAS MUSK RESPONDED?
Not formally, although he has tweeted. After Twitter filed the lawsuit, Musk, who has more than 100 million followers, tweeted “Oh the irony lol” without explanation. Earlier in the week, he had taunted Twitter over the anticipated lawsuit, suggesting that the trial court discovery process — when both sides have to hand over evidence — would finally reveal the internal spam bot data he’s been demanding.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Barring the unlikely event of the two sides settling, the case is headed to trial and a judge could start making decisions this summer. Twitter has told employees it asked for an “expedited trial” to be heard in September because it is “critically important” to get it resolved quickly.
“Delaware prides itself on being very fast in responding to urgent issues where there is a lot of public or shareholder attention,” said Lawrence Cunningham, a law professor and corporate governance expert at George Washington University.
But it could still end up dragging for weeks or longer, especially if either side tries to stretch it out. “Twitter would probably want to get things done fast. Elon, I don’t know,” Cunningham said.
WHY DELAWARE?
Twitter filed its lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which frequently handles business disputes among the many corporations, including Twitter and Tesla, that are incorporated there. The court describes itself as the “nation’s preeminent forum for the determination of disputes involving the internal affairs of the thousands upon thousands of Delaware corporations and other business entities.” The Twitter-Musk case, in that sense, is unusual because it involves a business suing an individual.
WHAT ARE THEY ARGUING ABOUT?
The spam bot question will likely be a central theme, since that is the main pretext through which Musk wants to back out of the deal and “might be a richer argument than people think,” said Donna Hitscherich, a Columbia University business professor.
Twitter claims in its lawsuit that Musk started out saying he wants to buy Twitter to rid it of “crypto spam” he viewed as a “major blight on the user experience” — and take it private because “purging spam would otherwise be commercially impractical.”
But when the stock market went south, Twitter claims, “Musk shifted his narrative, suddenly demanding ‘verification’ that spam was not a serious problem on Twitter’s platform, and claiming a burning need to conduct ‘diligence’ he had expressly forsworn.”
Does the spam issue present a “material breach” of Twitter’s obligation in the deal, as Musk claims, because the company didn’t give him sufficient data to determine how many of the platform’s 229 million accounts are fake? Or is Musk breaching his obligation to follow through with the contract he signed? That’s what the court will determine.
COULD MUSK BE FORCED TO BUY TWITTER?
That is certainly a possible outcome, though some experts say the court may not go that far. That said, the general sentiment favors Twitter in the suit.
In a case with potential relevance to Musk’s legal fight, the chancery court last year forced private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. to go through with its $550 million buyout of DecoPac, a company based in Minnesota that calls itself the world’s largest supplier of cake decorating supplies to professional decorators and bakeries. The case was emblematic of the court’s common — though not uniform — resolution of enforcing contractual obligations on buyers.
Other options include Musk being forced to pay the $1 billion breakup fee each side agreed to if deemed responsible for the deal falling through. Or he might have to pay off a larger amount without actually buying the company for $44 billion.
“If he’s walked away from the deal, there’ll be damages and it’s not necessarily limited to the breakup fee,” Hitscherich said.
Delaware courts have been “very picky” about interpreting what counts as a valid reason for backing off of a deal, Cunningham said. The gap between what Musk knew about Twitter in April and the state of the company today “has to be revolutionary,” and there’s little evidence of that, he said.
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'Every clue is important': Family desperate to find lost dog at TPA
TAMPA, Fla. - A family is desperate to find their dog after they said it slipped out of it's collar at Tampa International Airport. They've been searching for days, but still there's been no sign of the 6-year-old Chihuahua mix named Rocky.
Sasha Ortiz picked up Rocky at the American Airlines office Friday night after having him flown here from Puerto Rico. Her parents are moving to the US, so they had a company fly the dog up here. She walked out to load him in the car from the crate when she says he was squirming around possibly nervous from the flight and slipped out of his collar and ran off.
"We love him so much, and we miss him," Rocky's owner Sasha Ortiz said.
Rocky was last seen Friday around 11:30 p.m. outside in the Blue Arrivals lane near the American Airlines doors at Tampa International Airport. Ortiz had driven from Orlando to pick him up.
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"When I tried to grab him he started to move around and released from his collar," Ortiz said.
Ortiz had just taken him out of his crate and hooked him on a leash in the loading lane. When she said she tried pulling him into the back seat, he slipped out of his collar.
"He was scared and nervous and ran around. He crossed the street and went into a forest or green area," Ortiz said.
With help from Airport Police and some bystanders, Ortiz spent the next two hours in the dark searching for him, but found no sign of little 6-year-old Rocky. She said her family is devastated and desperate to bring him home.
"He loves playing with kids. He's a very happy dog and spoiled. He loves to get cuddled and touching," Ortiz said.
A spokesperson for the airport said they are aware and keeping an eye out for any signs of Rocky. It's now been three days since he was seen. Ortiz said they're holding out hope he'll soon be found.
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Michael A. Taylor Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. White Sox - July 22
Published: Jul. 22, 2023 at 3:28 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Minnesota Twins, including Michael A. Taylor (.286 batting average in his past 10 games), battle starting pitcher Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox at Target Field, Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-3) against the White Sox.
Michael A. Taylor Game Info & Props vs. the White Sox
- Game Day: Saturday, July 22, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Target Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- White Sox Starter: Dylan Cease
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +750)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +325)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +210)
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Michael A. Taylor At The Plate
- Taylor has 13 doubles, 11 home runs and 14 walks while hitting .216.
- Taylor has picked up a hit in 49.4% of his 83 games this season, with more than one hit in 12.0% of them.
- In 12.0% of his games this year, he has hit a long ball, and 4.2% of his trips to the plate.
- In 21.7% of his games this season, Taylor has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 9.6% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- In 28.9% of his games this season (24 of 83), he has scored, and in four of those games (4.8%) he has scored more than once.
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Michael A. Taylor Home/Away Batting Splits
White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff paces the league.
- The White Sox have a 4.64 team ERA that ranks 25th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- White Sox pitchers combine to allow 139 total home runs at a clip of 1.4 per game (third-most in the league).
- Cease gets the start for the White Sox, his 21st of the season. He is 4-3 with a 4.18 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent time out was on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves, when the right-hander went five innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
- The 27-year-old's 4.18 ERA ranks 41st, 1.337 WHIP ranks 46th, and 10.8 K/9 ranks seventh among qualifying pitchers this season.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Police in Oakland, California, have launched an investigation after Los Angeles Angels star Anthony Rendon took a swing at an Oakland A’s fan Thursday night in a confrontation that was caught on video.
Major League Baseball is also said to be looking into the altercation.
The video, which was posted to Twitter, shows the Angels’ third baseman confronting an attendee in the stands, after claiming he had been insulted by the spectator. The incident took place the night the A’s beat their AL West rivals 2-1 at the Oakland Coliseum.
The fan in the video did not contact the Oakland Police Department, but officials confirmed they are investigating the incident as “battery.”
“What did you say?” Rendon can be heard asking the fan, while grabbing him by the shirt. The fan replies with something inaudible.
Rendon then replies, “Yeah, you called me a b—-, huh?”
The fan, shaking his head in denial, suggests he did not call the two-time Silver Slugger that word. (Another video appears to show the same A’s fan shouting at the players just before Rendon stops, but it’s unclear what he’s saying.)
“Yeah, you did. Yeah, m—–f—–,” Rendon says, still holding the fan’s shirt.
Rendon then releases the man’s shirt and appears to try to hit or slap him in the head before walking away. The fan was able to back up and dodge Rendon’s hand.
A viral video of the altercation, shared by The Athletic‘s MLB-specific Twitter account, had garnered over 9 million views by Saturday.
“A swing and a miss seems pretty on-brand here,” one of the clip’s viewers commented on the Twitter post, seemingly in reference to Rendon going 0-for-3 and striking out twice on Thursday.
The Angels did not comment on the matter but said Rendon will be available to make statements before Saturday’s game against the A’s in Oakland, according to The Athletic.
Both the A’s and Angels are scheduled to play Saturday at 1:07 p.m., PT.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, after the military said he hit a soldier in the face with a hammer.
The military said the soldier was lightly wounded. It provided a photo of the hammer and a knife, which it said was also in the Palestinian’s possession. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death, near the village of Baytin, and identified the teen as Haitham Mubarak, 17. It had no details about the circumstances behind his death.
Rights groups accuse Israeli forces of using excessive force in their dealings with the Palestinians, without being held accountable. The military says they contend with complex, life-threatening scenarios.
The violence was the latest in a string of incidents this week that has seen deadly confrontations between soldiers and Palestinians. Israel has been carrying out nightly arrest raids in West Bank cities, towns and villages since a spate of attacks against Israelis in the spring killed 19 people.
Israeli fire has killed dozens of Palestinians during that time, making it the deadliest year in the occupied territory since 2016.
The Israeli military says the vast majority of those killed were militants or stone-throwers who endangered the soldiers. But several civilians have also been killed during Israel’s monthslong operation, including a veteran journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly into a battle zone. Some local youths who took to the streets in response to the invasion of their neighborhoods have also been killed.
Israel says the arrest raids are meant to dismantle militant networks that have embedded themselves. The Palestinians say the operations are aimed at maintaining Israel’s 55-year military occupation of territories they want for an independent state.
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The sex abuse convictions of a man at the center of a tribal sovereignty ruling have been reversed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned the federal sexual abuse convictions and life sentences of an Oklahoma man who was at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal sovereignty.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that jury instructions regarding inconsistent statements by key witnesses against Jimcy McGirt during his trial on charges of abusing a 4-year-old girl in 1996 were incorrect.
The trial court judge instructed the jury that testimony by the girl, her mother and her grandmother during the federal trial that was not consistent with their testimony during the original trial in 1997 could only be used to consider the witnesses’ credibility, not whether they were testifying truthfully.
The testimony included inconsistencies in whether the then 4-year-old was coached on what to say by her mother and the girl’s behavior toward McGirt just before and after the alleged abuse.
The appeals court rejected prosecutors’ assertion the error was harmless, saying the testimony was crucial because there was no physical evidence of abuse. A pediatrician had testified there was no evidence of sexual assault of the girl but said the finding was not conclusive.
“Contrary to the government’s argument, the verdict here was not ‘supported by overwhelming evidence,’” the court wrote.
The ruling sends the case back to U.S. District Court and does not address the 2020 tribal sovereignty ruling in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the state child molestation convictions of McGirt because he is Native American and the crime occurred on a tribal reservation that was never disestablished by Congress.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarrod Leaman declined comment on any potential impact on the tribal sovereignty ruling, saying prosecutors are focused only on the criminal aspect of the case.
“In the next week or two we’re going to evaluate the case, evaluate the ruling ... we’re going to consult with the victim’s family” before deciding whether to appeal further, Leaman said.
The 2020 McGirt ruling found that the state has no authority to prosecute major crimes committed on tribal land by Native Americans. That authority rests with federal or tribal prosecutors, the court ruled at the time.
McGirt, 74, was given life without parole and two 500-year prison sentences following his convictions on state charges of rape, lewd molestation and sodomy.
Months after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturned the state convictions, McGirt was convicted in federal court on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact and sentenced to life in prison.
He currently remains in federal custody.
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ATAREB, Syria (AP) — After years of war, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a massive earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality.
Almost one week after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northern Syria and neighboring Turkey, the United Nations has acknowledged an international failure to help Syrian quake victims.
In Atareb, a town that Syrian rebels still hold after years of fighting government troops, survivors dug through the debris of their homes Sunday, picking up the remnants of their shattered lives and looking for ways to heal after the latest in a series of humanitarian disasters to hit the war-battered area.
Excavators lifted rubble and residents with shovels and picks destroyed columns to even out a demolished building.
Dozens of newly displaced families gathered for hot meals from local volunteers and the local opposition-run government. A private citizen went tent to tent to give out wads of cash in a makeshift shelter — the equivalent of about $18 to each family.
Syrians were doing what they have honed over years of crises: relying on themselves to pick up the pieces and move on.
“We are licking our own wounds,” said Hekmat Hamoud, who had been displaced twice by Syria’s ongoing conflict before finding himself trapped for hours beneath rubble.
Syria’s northwestern rebel-held enclave, where over 4 million people for years have struggled to cope with ruthless airstrikes and rampant poverty, was hit hard by the Feb. 6 quake.
Many in the area were already displaced from the ongoing conflict and live in crowded tent settlements or buildings weakened by past bombings. The quake killed over 2,000 people in the enclave, and displaced many more for a second time, forcing some to sleep under olive groves in the frigid winter weather.
“l lost everything,” said father of two Fares Ahmed Abdo, 25, who survived the quake. But his new home and body shop where he fixed motorcycles for a living were destroyed. Once again with barely any shelter and no power nor toilets, he, his wife, two boys and ill mother are crammed in a small tent.
“I am waiting for any help,” he said.
Visiting the Turkish-Syrian border Sunday, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths acknowledged in a statement that Syrians have been left “looking for international help that hasn’t arrived.”
“We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria. They rightly feel abandoned,” he said. “My duty and our obligation is to correct this failure as fast as we can.”
Northwest Syria relies almost entirely on aid for survival, but post-quake international assistance has been slow to reach the area. The first U.N. convoy to reach the area from Turkey was on Thursday — three days after the earthquake.
Before that, the only cargo coming across the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Turkey-Syria border was a steady stream of bodies of earthquake victims coming home for burial — Syrian refugees who had fled the war in their country and settled in Turkey but perished in the quake.
The U.N. aid sent from Turkey to Syria is only authorized to enter via the Bab al-Hawa crossing, and logistics were complicated by pressure on the roads, many of them destroyed by the quake. While technically, international aid can also be sent from Syrian government-held areas to rebel-held areas in the northwest, that route brings its own set of hurdles and was at best a trickle.
Critics of the government of President Bashar Assad say aid funneled through government-held areas in Syria faces bureaucracy and the risk that authorities will misappropriate or divert the aid to support people close to the government.
A convoy carrying U.N. aid that was scheduled to cross Sunday into rebel-held Idlib from the government area was canceled after its entry was blocked by the the Qaida-affiliated rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which dominates the area. An administrative arm of the group said in a statement declined to receive assistance from government areas.
Strips of northern Syria are held by a patchwork of sometimes-conflicting groups, further hindering aid deliveries. Turkish-backed rebels have blocked aid convoys from reaching earthquake victims that were sent by rival U.S.-backed Kurdish groups in neighboring areas.
“We are trying to tell everyone, put politics aside. This is the time to unite behind the common effort to support the Syrian people,” said Geir Pedersen, the U.N. special envoy for Syria who landed in Damascus on Sunday.
At the United Nations, U.S. envoy Linda Thomas-Greenfield called for an urgent U.S. Security Council vote to authorize the opening of additional cross-border passages into northwestern Syria.” People in the affected areas are counting on us,” she said in a statement. “They are appealing to our common humanity to help in their moment of need. We cannot let them down.”
While aid has been slow to reach the northwest, a number of countries that had cut ties with Damascus during Syria’s civil war have sent help to government areas. Arab countries including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have stepped in. UAE’s foreign minister visited Damascus and met with Assad on Sunday.
Raed al-Saleh, the head of the White Helmets, a civil defense group operating in the rebel-held northwest, said Griffiths’ visit was “too little, too late.” He said calls for international assistance by local rescue teams went unheeded for days “and during this time, countless lives have been needlessly lost.”
Al-Saleh met with Griffiths to demand the opening of additional cross-border routes for aid to enter without waiting for authorization from the U.N. Security Council.
Abdel-Haseeb Abdel-Raheem sifted through the rubble of his aunt’s destroyed four-story building in the town of Atareb in opposition-run northern Aleppo. He had pulled the bodies of his aunt and her husband from beneath the rubble hours after the quake. Now he went back to find any valuables, using his hands and dipping his body inside the skeleton of the destroyed building to pull out blankets and pillows, as well as some clothes.
The 34-year-old said he had no illusion that humanitarian assistance will solve his problems.
“We have no hope anymore,” he said.
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CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from flash floods in Sudan since the start of the country's rainy season has climbed to 83, an official said Tuesday as the downpours continued to inundate villages across the east African nation.
Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said that at least 36 people have been injured since May. More than 18,200 houses have been “completely destroyed” across the country while around at least 25,600 were partly damaged.
The United Nations said more than 146,200 people have been affected by floods. Footage aired by local media shows rising waters submerging villages. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in six of the country’s 18 provinces.
The western Darfur region and the provinces of Nile River, White Nile, West Kordofan and South Kordofan are among the hardest hit, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.
U.N. agencies suffer from significant funding shortages. OCHA said donors provided around $608 million for Sudan’s humanitarian response so far this year — less than a third of what is required for this year.
Sudan has been without a functioning government since an October military coup derailed its short-lived democratic transition following the 2019 removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in a popular uprising.
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Fire department K-9 dies during search and rescue mission
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - First responders in Missouri say one of their search and rescue team members has died.
The St. Louis Fire Department reported a K-9 from its search and rescue unit died on Friday night.
Officials said the K-9, named Balko, tragically died while performing a search at the Railway Exchange Building in downtown St. Louis.
The fire department said it is with “profound sadness” it announces Balko’s death.
According to authorities, Balko was 6 years old. He is credited with working on several searches, including a large building fire in January in the St. Louis area.
“Rest easy, Balko. We’ll take it from here,” the department shared on social media.
Authorities did not release any further immediate information.
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Column: The government crackdown on crypto is well underway. Get out while you can
The sun may be setting on the cryptocurrency craze. If you’re an investor or even just a curiosity-seeker on the fringes of this financial segment, you might want to prepare for its demise.
In just the last few weeks, market and banking regulators in the U.S. have tightened the screws on crypto-related firms. Legislative initiatives in Congress aimed at liberalizing rules for crypto promoters appear to be running out of steam.
The entire crypto market, from the pioneering cryptocurrency bitcoin to fad crypto such as Dogecoin and obscure proprietary tokens such as Stellar and Cardano have been in an extended decline.
There’s no there there, and we have plenty of history to prove it.
— Lee Reiners, Duke University, on the false promise of crypto
The capitalization of the crypto market, which peaked at more than $3 trillion in late 2021, is now estimated at $800 billion, implying enormous losses for late-stage investors. (Some cryptocurrencies have rallied lately, but the benchmark bitcoin is still down by more than 60% from its peak in November 2011.)
To the legion of critics of crypto, these developments reflect the influence of gravity on a marketplace characterized by “frequent instances of operational failures, market manipulation, frauds, thefts, and scams,” as the U.S. Treasury put it in a consumer advisory issued last September.
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“There’s no there there, and we have plenty of history to prove it,” Lee Reiners, a crypto expert at Duke and former regulatory official at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, told the Senate Banking Committee at a hearing Tuesday.
Unlike stocks and bonds, which give owners a claim on the issuers’ profits, or precious metals, which generally have intrinsic industrial or commercial value, cryptocurrencies represent no ownership of anything tangible and no claim on economic productivity.
Given that the first bitcoin transaction occurred in 2009, Reiners observed that despite “a 14-year track record to look back on,” no one has identified what crypto is good for, except as something people can buy solely on the expectation that they can sell it to someone else at a higher price in the future — which is often described as the “greater fool” theory.
U.S. banking regulators have hardly been blind to this reality. In a joint statement issued Jan. 3, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency offered a one-stop list of the biggest problems with crypto, many of which paralleled the concerns raised by the Treasury.
They mentioned “the risk of fraud and scams,” “inaccurate or misleading representations and disclosures,” “unfair, deceptive, or abusive” practices and the risks of “cyber-attacks, outages, lost or trapped assets, and illicit finance.”
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The implicit goal of the joint statement was to warn regulated banks and their customers that they probably should steer clear of crypto at any price.
The immediate trigger for the change of heart in Washington may be the November implosion of FTX, a crypto firm whose founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, had been a prominent advocate for looser regulations on crypto firms. Bankman-Fried is free on bail while awaiting trial on criminal charges.
FTX’s bankruptcy, however, was only one of a string of crypto firm failures during 2022, and the precursor of further bankruptcies. Perhaps more important, many of the operational shortcomings allegedly found in FTX’s operations are common in the field, including inadequate record keeping and security arrangements, and commingling of customers’ and firms’ assets.
Consumer interest in crypto was probably destined to wane even without the FTX collapse. Last year’s Super Bowl telecast brimmed with high-priced commercials from crypto firms featuring celebrities such as Matt Damon and Larry David. Supernovas like 2022-vintage crypto are always destined to fade to some extent; this year’s Super Bowl was crypto-free.
In recent weeks and months, however, U.S. regulators have taken strong steps to inoculate the larger banking and financial system against contamination by crypto firm failures.
In January, the Fed rejected an application by Custodia Bank for membership in the Federal Reserve System. Custodia, which is chartered by Wyoming, aimed to issue its own crypto token. “The firm’s novel business model and proposed focus on crypto-assets presented significant safety and soundness risks,” the Fed said.
Last week, New York State banking regulators ordered Paxos Trust to cease issuing crypto tokens with a brand connected to France-based Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, because of “several unresolved issues” related to the two firms’ relationship. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also informed Paxos that it may face an SEC lawsuit for selling unregistered securities — the crypto tokens.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16-billion fortune was always a myth. The mystery is why venture firms and the financial press thought it existed.
Also last week, the SEC forced crypto exchange Kraken to cease marketing a so-called staking-as-a-service program in which it advertised financial returns as high as 21% to investors who transferred their crypto assets to Kraken. The firm paid $30 million to settle with the SEC, without admitting the agency’s charge that it was marketing an illegal security.
Shills for crypto, including those on Capitol Hill, have typically advanced two main arguments. One is that crypto represents “financial innovation” that we stifle at our peril. The other is that it’s a path to give segments of society that have traditionally been excluded from the financial system, such as “unbanked” minorities, access to the financial services others enjoy.
Both are balderdash. Let’s take them in order.
At Tuesday’s hearing, committee ranking member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), declared that the reason the U.S. has “the strongest and most enviable capital markets in the world” is because “the sun never sets on American innovation.”
Scott was seconded by J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), a venture capitalist in his outside life, who asked “how people would have described the internet in the 1970s and 1980s.... If we had taken an overbearing approach then, we might have destroyed a lot of the upside that has come over the last three decades.” He asked how to regulate crypto now “in a way that protects the upsides of the technology right now.”
The flaws in this argument should be instantly apparent. One is that the virtues of any given innovation don’t validate any other claimed innovations. (Indeed, some “innovations” have qualities that society could well have done without, such as the technological innovations that gave us thermonuclear weapons.)
Another is that to talk about the “upsides” of crypto is to assume facts not in evidence, since no one has made a convincing case for crypto as a useful innovation — except as a tool for criminal activity.
At the hearing, committee member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) mentioned “international drug traffickers who raked in over a billion dollars through crypto,... North Korean hackers, who stole $1.7 billion and funneled that money into their nuclear program... and ransomware attackers who took in almost $500 million.”
She concluded, “The crypto market took in $20 billion last year in illicit transactions. And that’s only the part we know about.”
As for the purported inclusiveness of crypto, that’s an illusion. The most often-cited statistic comes from a survey by Charles Schwab & Co. of 2,057 adult Americans, which concluded that 25% of Black investors owned cryptocurrencies in 2022, compared with only 15% of white investors. (Yesha Yadav of Vanderbilt Law School, a witness at the Senate hearing, mistakenly asserted that those figures applied to all Black or white Americans, not merely investors.)
One might ask whether Schwab’s figures are plausible at all, but it’s important to note that the median income of its Black respondents was $99,000 and of white respondents $106,000.
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These are not the unbanked Americans whose financial ambitions supposedly are liberated by crypto. “What unbanked populations really need are simple, safe, and inexpensive ways to save their money, as well as convenience,” Tonantzin Carmona of the Brookings Institution reported in October.
Unfortunately, crypto transactions tend to be just the opposite — “slow, costly, and inefficient,” Carmona observed — and bristling with “many hidden fees.”
A 2019 FDIC survey Carmona cited reported that 29% of respondents without a bank account blamed their situation on not having enough money to meet the minimum balance requirements. Taking a flyer on wildly volatile cryptocurrencies is hardly the most reliable way to fill the gap.
One should expect the crypto industry to fight regulation with the vigor that millions of dollars in lobbying expenditures can buy — $9 million spent on influencing Congress in 2021, the latest year for which figures have been compiled.
Yet the lobbyists’ narrative is bogus. “Big crypto” blames the serial blow-ups of crypto firms on the failure by the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission to provide the sector with “regulatory clarity.”
Scott parroted this point in his opening statement Tuesday. “The regulators have permitted activity in this space without providing clear rules of the road,” he said. “Had the SEC provided anything besides hostility to the crypto industry, we may have been able to save investors from losing billions of dollars on FTX” and other such disasters.
The truth is that the agencies couldn’t be clearer about where Big Crypto is breaking the rules.
Since 2013, the SEC has brought 127 enforcement actions in the crypto space in one form or another without losing even once in court. “There are time-tested rules,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler told Bloomberg Television on Monday. But “this is largely a noncompliant field.”
What the crypto firms want is a “giant loophole written into the law,” Warren said at the hearing. She’s right. The recent enforcement actions signal that the regulators are less inclined than ever to help them find it.
Without a loophole giving these firms an exemption from the rules with which every other financial intermediary has to comply, crypto is likely to wither and die. That will be consumers’ best protection against losing their shirts in crypto scams.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH).
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Kansas Poet Laureate to begin annual Salina Spring Poetry Series with reading
People in the Salina community will have the opportunity to enjoy this year's Spring Poetry Series in the cozy confines of a coffee shop on Santa Fe Avenue.
The 39th Salina Spring Poetry series, sponsored by Salina Arts and Humanities, will take place at Ad Astra Books and Coffee Shop this April.
Beginning April 4, the series will feature poets who will share their work with readings at the shop. The readings will last around 45 minutes with time for Q and A afterward. Readings will be each Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
This year's series will begin with Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall sharing selections of her work.
"This is really Salina Arts and Humanities' one opportunity each year to support the literary arts," said Anna Pauscher Morawitz, operations and development manager at Salina Arts and Humanities. "We're excited about the time and energy spent in that discipline and having the opportunity to feature some interesting people and their work."
Poetry series features diverse group of voices, styles and topics
Huascar Medina, Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus, helped organize this year's series. Medina selected poets with a broad range of perspectives in hopes of creating a diverse and insightful atmosphere at the readings.
Medina said he is glad Traci agreed to participate in the series this year, and that he follows her work closely.
"I find Traci's presence essential as Poet of Kansas," Medina said in a news release.
After Traci's reading April 4, the following poets are scheduled for the remainder of the month:
April 11: Gary Jackson, a Topeka, Kansas native with works focusing on pop culture, Afrofuturism and comics.
April 18: Miguel Morales, with works surrounding the LGBTQ+ community.
April 25: Sheri Purpose Hall, with works of self-expression through spoken word poetry.
Pauscher Morawitz said she is always hopeful to see new faces at the Spring Poetry series, an event that was set in motion nearly four decades ago.
"I'm excited to see people who might get out of their comfort zone to hear new perspectives through this form of art," Pauscher Morawitz said.
Ad Astra Books and Coffee House will craft a special drink menu to cater to the event's atmosphere. Admission is $5 at the door, and free for students who present an identification card.
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Philippines ending compulsory mask wearing outdoors
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior secretary says Philippines and Myanmar are the last countries in Southeast Asia to ease the compulsory wearing of masks outdoors, though he encouraged the elderly and those with other illnesses to continue masking up in public areas. Among the hardest hit by coronavirus outbreaks in Southeast Asia, the Philippines imposed one of the longest lockdowns in the world, which caused its worst economic recession in decades and deepened poverty, hunger and unemployment. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/07/philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-outdoors/ | 2022-09-07 14:16:43 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/07/philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-outdoors/ |
MIAMI (AP) — At 6-foot-8, Miami Marlins prospect Eury Pérez towers above most pitchers.
The right-hander’s combination of size, control and maturity has made him one of the most intriguing prospects in baseball — a prodigy so young he was an infant when the Marlins last won the World Series in 2003, and so good he’s leapt from Double-A to the majors in three years.
Pérez will make his major league debut Friday when the Miami hosts Cincinnati. At 20 years, 27 days, he’ll become the youngest pitcher in the club’s history and the only MLB player born after 2002.
“When you’re looking at him, he’s throwing all his pitches for strikes. He’s commanding his pitches,” Marlins general manager Kim Ng said, “and so those are the things that you really make sure he can do before he gets here, and he’s shown that.”
Injuries to left-hander Trevor Rogers and right-hander Johnny Cueto made room for Pérez, who is rated by MLB pipeline as the No. 10 overall prospect and third-best right-hander. He was called up from Double-A Pensacola on Wednesday.
“He gave us great confidence in his ability to come up here and do well,” Ng said. “In terms of the rotation, we’re at a spot where Trevor and Johnny are going to be out for a bit and thought it made sense.”
Pérez was 4 inches shorter — 6-4 and 175 pounds — when the Marlins signed him for $200,000 out of the Dominican Republic four years ago. By the time Pérez made his pandemic-delayed pro debut in 2021, he’d grown to his current height and put on 45 pounds.
Pérez is 3-1 with a 2.32 ERA and 42 strikeouts over 31 innings for Pensacola. His fastball sits between 94-97 mph and has topped out at 100. It reached 99 mph in last summer’s Futures game.
Pérez — born on April 15, 2003 — will be Miami’s youngest pitcher since the late José Fernández, who made his 2013 debut at 20 years, 250 days.
“I think we have to temper the expectations a little bit,” manager Skip Schumaker said after Miami’s 5-4 win over Arizona. “He’s 20 years old. He’s supposed to be a junior in college, and he’s going to be facing the Reds. So I think we have to just slow down in expectations a little bit. But he’s earned it. It’s not just because we needed somebody. He’s earned this position.”
Schumacher said Pérez, who has worked at most six innings in a game, will have his pitches and innings limited.
“We’ll monitor it,” Schumaker said. “We’re going to protect him. There’s no doubt about it, but we’re going try to win games too.”
Miami is second in the NL East at 19-19, including a 12-0 record in one-run games, the best start to a season in major league history in that category.
GETTING THE NEWS
Sitting in the office of Pensacola manager Kevin Randel, Pérez was notified of his promotion via a video from Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara.
“My brother, do you think you’re ready to pitch in the majors?” Alcantara told Pérez in Spanish. “I’m happy for you, an opportunity well deserved. I’ll see you soon.”
BIG NIGHT IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Pérez will make his debut on the same night the Miami Heat host the New York Knicks with the chance to close out their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Heat lead 3-2. The Florida Panthers will also play in a potential clincher, up 3-2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for August 2022:
Given the irregular nature of the Company's operations starting in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are comparing this traffic report to 2019 statistics.
Consolidated capacity (ASMs) came in 0.4% higher than August 2019, while passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 2.0%. As a result, system load factor for the month was 86.6%, 1.4 percentage points higher than August 2019.
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White Coats Participate in Setting a Tea Cup Riding Record at the Magic Kingdom to Call Attention to Extreme Inequities in Children's Clinical Trials
ORLANDO, Fla., March 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- More than fifty doctors from hospitals across the United States gathered this past weekend at Disney World's Magic Kingdom in order to call attention to the blatant disparities and inequities in Children's Clinical Trials. The three-day event kicked off the inaugural Spin to Save Kids! Challenge, organized by the Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children (I-ACT), which has already raised almost $100,000 in pre-launch donations and will run through March 31.
The initiative calls for community groups, teams, and individuals across the country to participate in various online "spin activities," using balls, tops, tire swings, and other things–as well as dancing and playing kids' games–to call attention to the fact that, in almost all instances, the development of children's medicines, vaccines, therapies, and medical devices lags egregiously behind the development of adult labels.
Donning their white coats, pediatricians, nurses, and pediatric public health officials from around the country have worked overtime the last three days to establish a world record for the continuous riding of the Magic Kingdom's famous and beloved Spinning Tea Cups, with a single message: it's critically important to accelerate the development of children's labels:
"The issue of clinical trials for children is a deadly serious one," says Betsy Garofalo, MD, Chair of the I-ACT Board of Directors. "While it's long overdue that the biopharma and medical communities prioritize kids' trials, in a post-COVID world, the need is inescapably urgent."
I-ACT is the nation's leading nonprofit organization exclusively committed to advancing and accelerating Children's Clinical Trials. On average, it takes 15 years to complete a pediatric drug development program and nine years from adult approval for a pediatric label to be made. And because innovative drug development in pediatrics is slow and inadequate, more than 50% of the drugs used in children and 90% in neonates are prescribed off-label and without efficient data.
"COVID-19 proved that the world is unprepared to meet and manage the life-threatening challenge of a global pandemic," said Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD, Chief Division of Infectious Diseases at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, FL. "And children were the ones most notably left behind. Our team at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando was proud to be out in full force on the Tea Cups in order to call the nation's attention to this disturbing inequity."
Over the past two months, local groups and organizations in cities like Boston, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Philadelphia, and New York City have already heard the call. The iconic multi-city ping pong club WE ARE SPIN took on the challenge, putting their own unique spin on the project, while doctors and nurses at the University of Utah Children's Hospital took to the mountains—skiing, snowboarding, and ice skating for children's clinical trials. Throughout the entire month of March, other big names like Cycle Bar, the Orlando Mom Collective, and the International Children's Advisory Network will take on the challenge in an effort to close the gap in children's pharmaceutical development.
This inaugural event hopes to run annually and involve pediatricians and medical professionals nationwide. Donations will help I-ACT protect children; challenge pediatricians, bio-pharma companies, and clinical research organizations to contribute resources in order to solve the problem; and engage the public in helping advance Children's Clinical Trials.
For more information on how to participate and donate, please visit https://www.spinchallenge.org/.
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday unveiled a new draft constitution that would bestow broad powers to the president and curtail the authority of the prime minister and parliament.
A referendum on the constitution is scheduled for July 25, exactly to the day when a year earlier Saied suspended parliament and seized power. He said the move was necessary to “save the country” from political and economic crisis, prompting strong criticism from the opposition, which accuses him of slide toward totalitarianism.
Several organizations, including the powerful central trade union, the UGTT, have deplored the absence of a public dialogue in preparing the new constitution, which they have dubbed “the Constitution of Kais Saied."
The draft text, published late Thursday night, would give the president greater executive power than the prime minister and establish a bicameral parliamentary system for the first time.
That would be a big shift from the current constitution, which was seen as groundbreaking when it was passed in 2014 after consultations with multiple groups.
The 2014 constitution sought to limit presidential power after the Arab Spring protests put an end to 23 years of unchallenged reign by former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He was overthrown in 2011 by a popular revolt in Tunisia which triggered a similar movement in several countries of the region against autocratic leaders. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Tunisian-president-seeks-more-powers-in-new-17278688.php | 2022-07-01 12:02:15 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Tunisian-president-seeks-more-powers-in-new-17278688.php |
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: SIM) ("Simec") announced today its results of operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.
Comparative first nine months of 2022 vs. first nine months of 2021
Net Sales
Net sales of the Company increased to Ps. 44,012 million in the first nine months of 2022 compared to Ps. 42,736 million in the first nine months of 2021. Shipments of finished steel products decreased 12% to 1 million 720 thousand tons in the first nine months of 2022 compared to 1 million 954 thousand tons in the first nine months of 2021. Total sales outside of Mexico in the first nine months of 2022 decreased 2% to Ps. 20,812 million compared to Ps. 21,297 million in the same period of 2021. Mexican sales increased 8% from Ps. 21,439 million in the first nine months of 2021 to Ps. 23,200 million in the same period of 2022. The increase in sales for the first nine months of 2022 is due to an increase in the average selling price in 17% and with a lower volume of shipments compared to the first nine months of 2021.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales increased 5% from Ps. 30,823 million in the first nine months of 2021, to Ps. 32,243 million in the first nine months of 2022. Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales represented 73% in the first nine months of 2022 while in the first nine months of 2021 represented 72%. Cost of sales by steel ton increased approximately 19% in the first nine months of 2022 over the same period of 2021 due to a higher price in inputs, mainly steel scrap.
Gross Profit
Gross profit of the Company for the first nine months of 2022 decreased 1% from Ps. 11,913 million in the first nine months of 2021, to Ps. 11,769 million in the first nine months of 2022. Marginal profit as percentage of net sales in the first nine months of 2022 was of 27% while in the first nine months of 2021 was of 28%. The decrease in gross profit is due to a lower volume shipped.
General, Selling and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 16%, to Ps. 1,725 million in the first nine months of 2022 from Ps. 1,492 million in the same period of 2021, selling, general and administrative expenses represented 4% to the 2022 and 3% to the 2021 of the net sales for both periods.
Other Income (Expenses,) net
The Company recorded other income net for Ps. 7 million during the first nine months of 2022 while in the same period of 2021 the other expenses net by this concept was of Ps. 50 million.
Operating Income
Operating income decreased 3% to Ps. 10,051 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to Ps. 10,371 million in the first nine months of 2021. Operating income as percentage of net sales was 23% in the first nine months of 2022 and 24% in the same period of 2021. The decrease in operating income is due to a lower volume shipped during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.
Ebitda
The Ebitda decreased 3%, from Ps. 11,257 million in the first nine months of 2021 as a result of a net income of Ps. 8,290 million, plus minority stake of Ps. 1 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 2,305 million, less comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 225 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 886 million to Ps 10,885 million in the same period of 2022 as a result of a net income of Ps. 8,037 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 1,950 million, plus comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 64 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 834 million.
Comprehensive Financial Cost
Comprehensive financial cost for the first nine months of 2022 represented an expense of Ps. 64 million compared with an income of Ps. 225 million for the first nine months of 2021. The net interest income was of Ps. 103 million for the first nine months of 2022, compared with a net interest expense of Ps. 35 million in the same period of 2021. Likewise, we record an exchange expense of Ps. 198 million in the first nine months of 2022 compared with an exchange income of Ps. 260 million in the first nine months of 2021, and other financial income for Ps 31 million was recorded as of September 30, 2022, dividends earned on purchase of shares.
Income Taxes
The Company recorded an expense of Ps.1,950 million for the net income tax during the first nine months of 2022, (includes a deferred expense tax of Ps. 47 million) compared with an expense of Ps. 2,305 million of income tax for the first nine months of 2021 (includes a deferred expense tax of Ps. 97 million).
Net Income
As a result of the foregoing, the Company recorded an decrease in net income of 3% to pass of Ps. 8,290 million in the first nine months of 2021 to Ps. 8,037 million of the same periods of 2022.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At September 30, 2022, Simec's total consolidated debt consisted of U.S. $ 302,000 of 8 7/8% medium-term notes ("MTN's") due 1998, or Ps. 6.1 million (accrued interest on September 30, 2022 was U.S. $ 691,000, or Ps. 14.0 million). At December 31, 2021, Simec's total consolidated debt consisted of U.S. $ 302,000 of 8 7/8% medium-term notes ("MTN's") due 1998, or Ps. 6.2 million (accrued interest on December 31, 2021 was U.S. $ 671,400, or Ps. 13.8 million).
Comparative third quarter of 2022 vs. second quarter of 2022
Net Sales
Net sales of the Company decreased to pass of Ps. 15,547 million during the second quarter of 2022 to Ps. 13,433 million in the third quarter of 2022. Shipments of finished steel products decreased to 541 thousand tons in the third quarter of 2022 from 556 thousand tons in the second quarter of the same year. Total sales outside of Mexico in the third quarter of 2022 decreased 10% to get to Ps. 6,559 million compared to Ps. 7,276 million of the second quarter of the same year. Mexican sales in the third quarter of 2022 decreased to Ps. 6,874 million compared to Ps. 8,271 million in the second quarter of the same year. The average selling price decreased 11% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of the same year.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales decreased to P s. 10,271 million in the third quarter of 2022 from Ps.10,783 million in the second quarter of 2022. Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales represented 76% in the third quarter of 2022 and 69% in the second quarter of the same year. The cost of sales decrease 5% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of the same year, due mainly to a decrease of some supplies for the manufacture of steel and a lower volume of shipments.
Gross Profit
Gross profit of the Company for the third quarter of 2022 decreased 34% to pass of Ps. 4,764 million in the second quarter of 2022 to Ps. 3,162 million in the third quarter of same year. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales in the third quarter of 2022 was of 24% compared to 31% in the second quarter of the same year. The decreased in the gross profit is due to decrease in average selling price and the lowe volume shipped in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2022.
General, Selling and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 3% to of Ps. 595 million in the third quarter of 2022 from Ps. 612 million the second quarter of the same year, and as percentage of net sales represented 4% for both periods quarter of the same year.
Other (Expenses) Income, net
The Company recorded other income net for Ps. 5 million during the third quarter of 2022 compared to other income net for Ps. 2 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Operating Income
The Operating income was of Ps. 2,572 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to Ps. 4,154 million in the second quarter of the same year. Operating income as percentage of net sales represented 19% for the third quarter of 2022 and 27% for the second quarter of 2022.
Ebitda
The Ebitda show a decrease of 35%, to pass of Ps 4,424 million in the second quarter of 2022 as a result of a net income of Ps. 3,604 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 693 million, less comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 143 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 270 million to Ps. 2,857 million in the third quarter of the same year as a result of a net income of Ps. 1,940 million, less minority stake of Ps. 1 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 798 million, less comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 165 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 285 million.
Comprehensive Financial Cost
Comprehensive financial cost of the Company in the third quarter of 2022 represented an income of Ps. 165 million compared with an income of Ps. 143 million for the second quarter of 2022. The comprehensive financial cost is comprised for: the net interest income of Ps. 104 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to net interest expense of 29 million in the second quarter of the same year. Also, we record a net exchange income of Ps. 30 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared a net exchange income of Ps. 172 million in the second quarter of the same year, and other financial income for Ps 31 million was recorded as of September 30, 2022, dividends earned on purchase of shares.
Income Taxes
The Company have been recorded Ps. 798 million of expense tax during the third quarter of 2022, (includes a deferred expense tax of Ps. 60 million) compared with the Ps. 693 million of expense for the second quarter of the same year, (includes a deferred income tax of Ps. 5 million).
Net Income
As a result of the foregoing, the Company recorded a net income of Ps. 1,940 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a net income of Ps. 3,604 million for the second quarter of 2022.
Comparative third quarter of 2022 vs. third quarter of 2021
Net Sales
Net sales of the Company decreased 5% from Ps. 14,122 million during the third quarter of 2021 to Ps. 13,433 million in the third quarter of 2022. Sales in tons of finished steel decreased to 541 thousand tons in the third quarter of 2022 from 585 thousand tons in the third quarter of 2021. Sales outside of Mexico decreased 4% from Ps. 6,838 million in the third quarter of 2021 to Ps. 6,559 million in the third quarter of 2022. Mexican sales decreased 6% from Ps. 7,284 million in the third quarter of 2021 to Ps. 6,874 million in the third quarter of 2022. The average sales price increased approximately 3% in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the same period of 2021.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales increased 4% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 from Ps. 9,913 million in the third quarter of 2021 to Ps. 10,271 million in the third quarter of 2022. With respect to sales, the cost of sales of the third quarter of 2021 represented 70% compared to 76% for the third quarter of 2022. The average cost of raw materials used to produce steel products increased in 12%, due to an increase of raw materials prices, mainly steel scrap.
Gross (Loss) Profit
Gross profit of the Company for the third quarter of 2022 decreased 25% from Ps. 4,209 million in the third quarter of 2021 compared to Ps. 3,162 million in the third quarter of 2022. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the third quarter of 2022 was 24% compared to 30% of the third quarter of 2021. The decrease due mainly to a increase of some supplies for the manufacture of steel and with a lower volume of shipments.
General, Selling and Administrative Expenses
The selling, general and administrative expenses increased 17% in the third quarter of 2022 to Ps. 595 million in the third quarter of 2022 from Ps. 508 million in the third quarter of 2021. Selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of net sales represented 4% for both periods quarter 2022 and 2021.
Other Income (Expenses), net
The company recorded other income net of Ps. 5 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared with other expense net of Ps. 20 million for the third quarter of 2021.
Operating (Loss) Income
Operating income decreased from Ps. 3,681 million in the third quarter of 2021 compared to Ps. 2,572 million in the third quarter of 2022, this represents 30% of decrease between both quarters. The operating income as a percentage of net sales was 19% for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 26% for the third quarter of 2021.The decrease in the operating profit is due to a lower volume shipped, to increased costs and expenses.
Ebitda
The Ebitda of the Company decreased 28% from Ps 3,974 million in the third quarter of 2021 as a result of a net income of Ps. 3,313 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 674 million, less comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 306 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 293 million to Ps. 2,857 million of the same period of 2022, as a result of a net income of Ps. 1,940 million, less minority stake of Ps. 1 million, plus income taxes of Ps. 798 million, less comprehensive financial cost of Ps. 165 million, plus depreciation of Ps. 285 million.
Comprehensive Financial Cost
Comprehensive financial cost of the Company for the third quarter of 2022 represented a net income of Ps. 165 million compared with an income of Ps. 306 million for the third quarter of 2021. The comprehensive financial cost is comprised for the net interest expense of Ps. 9 million in the third quarter of 2021, compared to a net interest income of Ps. 104 million for the same period of 2022. Also record an exchange income of Ps. 315 million in the third quarter of 2021 and an exchange income of Ps. 30 million in the third quarter of 2022, and other financial income for Ps 31 million was recorded as of September 30, 2022, dividends earned on purchase of shares.
Income Taxes
The company recorded an expense tax for Ps. 798 million in the third quarter of 2022, (includes a deferred expense tax of Ps. 60 million) compared to an expense tax of Ps. 674 million for the third quarter of 2021, (includes an accrual of deferred expense tax of Ps. 75 million).
Net Income (Loss)
As a result of the foregoing, the Company recorded a net income of Ps. 1,940 million in the third quarter of 2022 compared to a net income of Ps. 3,313 million for the same period of 2021.
Any forward-looking information contained herein is inherently subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions which, if incorrect, may cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated, expected or estimated. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained herein.
Contact: José Luis Tinajero
Mario Moreno Cortez
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.
Calzada Lázaro Cárdenas 601
44440 Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
52 55 1165 1025
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We don't know about you, but we're still thinking about so many celebrity fashion moments from 2022.
Anyone else feel like the stars really stepped up their sartorial game this year? Whether it was at a major event, like the Oscars or the Emmys, a streetwear moment to announce a pregnancy or just a visit to the local grocery store, the world was their runway. And we lived for the looks Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet and more celebs were serving.
For example, we're still obsessing over Kim Kardashian's showstopping Marilyn Monroe moment at the Met Gala, while Anne Hathaway delivered a delightful blast from her Devil Wears Prada past during a New York Fashion Week appearance. And leave it to Taylor Swift to use her bejeweled dress at an awards show as a clue about her latest album, Midnights. Plus, just this past week, Katie Holmes went viral for an early aughts throwback look that left the Internet shook.
Without further ado, prepare to ooh and ahh as we relive the most jaw-dropping celeb fashion moments of 2022: | https://www.eonline.com/news/1358441/relive-the-most-jaw-dropping-fashion-moments-of-2022 | 2022-12-19 15:13:42 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1358441/relive-the-most-jaw-dropping-fashion-moments-of-2022 |
- Stationary fuel cell (FC) on American Honda campus in Torrance, Calif. is a first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation
- In the coming years, Honda will begin applying stationary FC power station technologies to Honda manufacturing facilities and data centers around the world
- Honda is advancing hydrogen fuel cells to provide clean, safe and secure energy toward its global goal of carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050
TORRANCE, Calif., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda today began operation of a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif., marking the company's first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation. The initiative leverages Honda's hydrogen fuel cell technology expertise and contributes to the company's global goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050. Watch a video of Honda's stationary FC power station at https://honda.us/StationaryFuelCell.
Now fully operational as a demonstration program, Honda's fuel cell power station supplies clean and quiet emergency backup power to the data center on the campus of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. In the coming years, Honda will begin applying a next-generation stationary fuel cell system to Honda manufacturing facilities and data centers globally, thereby reducing the company's greenhouse gas emissions.
The demonstration stationary fuel cell unit has a capacity of approximately 500 kW and reuses the fuel cell systems of previously leased Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles, with a design that allows the output to increase every 250 kW packaged with four fuel cells. It features the flexibility to change the layout of the fuel cell units to suit the installation environment and to accommodate cubic, L-shaped, Z-shaped, and other packaging configurations. Future stationary FC units intended for commercialization will utilize Honda's next-generation FC system jointly developed with General Motors and also set to power an all-new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the Honda CR-V coming in 2024.
Over the last few years, the power requirements of data centers have been growing rapidly due to the expansion of cloud computing and big data utilization, and the need for backup power sources has been increasing from the perspective of business continuity planning (BCP). The Torrance fuel cell station also serves as a proof of concept for future commercialization of the power generation unit.
"We believe there's great promise in hydrogen fuel cells for backup power and offsetting potential peak power events," said Koji Moriyama, project lead of the stationary fuel cell and principal engineer with American Honda R&D Business Unit. "By installing and utilizing our core technology, the fuel cell system, in various applications such as stationary power generation, Honda aims to stimulate hydrogen usage and provide clean energy for potential commercial customers."
Benefits of Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Backup Power
Data centers require high-quality and reliable power, where any disruption in power supply can lead to downtime or problems such as data corruption and damage to servers. Typical stationary backup generators rely on diesel fuel, which result in higher carbon emissions and local air pollutants. Backup power systems utilizing hydrogen fuel cells offer a promising future for clean, yet reliable and high-quality power generation, especially when operating on so-called "green hydrogen1" made from renewable sources, with water vapor as the only emission.
Hydrogen can be stored and transported with a high energy density, and can be refilled in a short time. The "hydrogen circulation cycle," which starts with renewable energy, consists of three phases – "generate," "store/transport" and "use." Starting with the use of water electrolysis technology, electricity derived from renewable energy sources can be converted into green hydrogen, making it less susceptible to fluctuations in power generation due to seasonality and weather conditions. It also becomes possible to transport the energy to where it is needed in the form of "green hydrogen" via transport by land, sea, and pipeline.
Reusing Fuel Cell System of Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle to Achieve Resource Circulation
Based on Honda's "Triple Zero" approach, which consists of three focus areas – carbon neutrality, clean energy and resource circulation – Honda is striving to realize a circular/resource-recycling society that aims for zero environmental impact by 2050.
To realize resource circulation, Honda aims to create a closed loop, circular economy that maximizes the useful life of materials in Honda products – including the fuel cell systems of Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles for the demonstration stationary fuel cell unit. By developing recovery systems to recapture materials of its products when they reach end-of-life, Honda can reuse, refurbish, repurpose and recycle them into new products and foster Honda's circular economy.
Honda Initiatives to Expand Hydrogen Business
Honda is taking a proactive approach to increase the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier and will strive to expand its hydrogen business. Last fall, Honda announced that starting in 2024 it will produce2 an all-new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the recently launched, all-new Honda CR-V at its Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. The company has been developing hydrogen technologies and fuel cell vehicles for more than 30 years.
In addition to the continued applications to Honda fuel cell electric vehicles and the stationary power generation, Honda recently announced it will proceed with business development in the domains of commercial vehicles and construction equipment, as well.
Honda Commitment to the Environment
Honda is committed to addressing global environmental and energy issues by striving to realize carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050. Toward this goal, Honda will strive to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles represent 100% of auto sales in the U.S. and globally by 2040.
Honda also is working to reduce the environmental impact of its business operations. To slash CO2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power seeking to cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. This enables the company to fully offset the remaining carbon intensive grid-supplied electricity used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations. Honda also promotes environmentally responsible business practices with its suppliers and retail dealer partners across North America.
Learn more at https://csr.honda.com/environment/na-environmental-report/.
1 Hydrogen produced by electrolyzing water using renewable energy, which emits no CO2 during the production process
2 Using domestic and globally sourced parts
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Canaries to celebrate Negro Leagues baseball and South Dakota’s role in it on Friday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Just ahead of Saturday’s Juneteenth Celebration in Sioux Falls, the Canaries will host Negro Leagues Celebration Night at The Birdcage on Friday.
The Birds will play the Kansas City Monarchs, which were re-named a couple years ago to honor one of the original Negro Leagues baseball teams.
Turns out, there’s a long history between the two squads, and some of the all-time legends of the sport played all over South Dakota during baseball’s heyday in the 1920′s, 30′s, and 40′s.
The Canaries and Monarchs first played in 1931, when Birds owner Rex Stucker not only scheduled the team’s first all-black opponent, but also signed the Canaries’ first black player, Jake “Congo” Collins, a Washington High School graduate who experienced the typical racism and segregation of that era.
”When they would go to another city, sometimes he couldn’t stay with the team,” said Negro Leagues historian and author Phil Dixon, a co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, who added many players and full all-black teams would sleep on team buses in cities where no blacks were allowed in any hotels.
“He’d have to go to what they called the colored section or stay in a black hotel. Some places, he couldn’t eat with the team.”
There were “sundown towns” in South Dakota where Collins couldn’t be seen at night without persecution, and plenty of things he couldn’t do in his own city.
”(Black people couldn’t) do anything and everything,” said Julian Beaudoin, the director of the South Dakota African-American History Museum in downtown Sioux Falls.
“Worship, eat, use the restroom, even walk downtown. Sixth Street actually served as the separation between where blacks could go downtown and where they could not go.”
After two seasons playing for his hometown team, Collins had to leave the Canaries when they joined the segregated Northern League in 1933.
But for over 30 years, starting in 1915, fans in Sioux Falls and other South Dakota cities still got to see Hall of Famers like Josh Donaldson, Satchel Page, and James “Cool Papa” Bell — noted by historians as the fastest player in the history of baseball — when all-black teams with players who weren’t allowed to play in the majors would play all-white local teams for one night only.
These “barnstorming tours” were huge draws, and money makers. Dixon said in places like Oxford, Nebraska (population 770), the crowds would be triple the size of the population, and the games would raise funds for all kinds of all-white organizations, like local high school bands.
”People in their hearts knew that these black ball players were good enough to be in the major leagues,” Dixon said. “And this did a lot to promote the game of baseball, and black players aren’t generally give that recognition for how they promoted the great game of baseball.”
The Negro Leagues fizzled in the early 1960′s, over a decade after Jackie Robinson become the majors’ first black player in 1947 and MLB teams started integrating. But Dixon hopes the Negro Leagues’ rich history, and how they were a painful reminder of America’s racist past, will live on, which is why he has devoted his life’s work to promoting and preserving them.
“Hey, we made it happen, so now it’s something we can talk about, and celebrate it, and we can learn from it so we don’t repeat those same mistakes again,” Dixon said.
Dixon will be in Sioux Falls on Friday and Saturday.
He’ll start by speaking to students at ACE Academy, a two-year-old private school centered in Sioux Falls that provides a smaller, non-traditional learning environment centered on diversity and inclusion.
On Friday evening, Dixon will be at The Birdcage signing copies of his 10th book about the Negro Leagues — “John ‘Buck’ O’Neill: The Rookie.”
Dixon will also play the national anthem on his trumpet before the game, and on Saturday will play “Lift Every Voice,” the black national anthem, on his trumpet at the city’s Juneteenth Celebration.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating the fraud reimbursement practices of major U.S. banks using the Zelle peer-to-peer payment system, including Bank of America, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, PNC, Truist, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo.
Despite Federal laws requiring the reimbursement of unauthorized electronic fund transfers, several major U.S. banks have refused to cover some customers' fraud claims related to scams taking place on the Zelle payment system, which is owned and operated by the consortium of banks listed above. These practices have led consumers to file multiple class action lawsuits in several U.S. jurisdictions, including Federal courts in California, Washington, and Florida. One industry analyst recently told The New York Times that "organized crime is rampant" and that scams and fraud on peer-to-peer payment systems, including Zelle, are "common and everywhere."
If you have been a victim of fraud on the Zelle payment system and your bank has refused to reimburse you, please contact us today or visit our website at https://www.classactionlawyers.com/zelle.
About Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
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Community financial institutions can now automate policy management to gain efficiency and transparency
MONETT, Mo., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Henry™ (Nasdaq: JKHY) today launched a new policy management solution to its Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Suite. It will streamline policy creation, review, approvals, attestations and exceptions with workflows, documentation, and storage within a single platform. As a result, financial institutions can maintain compliance with improved ease, consistency and accuracy.
Financial institutions will have a heightened need for secure, convenient and flexible policy management practices as new policies are employed to maintain compliance with regulatory standards. Jack Henry's policy management solution makes it easier to manage all policies throughout their lifecycle by streamlining the annual review and update process to appropriately reflect regulation and control changes. Users can also use the interactive dashboard analytic capabilities for further insight into policy status, reviews, exceptions, and approvals. The solution also serves as a document repository for all financial institution polices as well as providing policy attestation functionality.
Friendship, Ind.-based Friendship State Bank is already seeing improved consistencies across the organization with Jack Henry's new policy management solution. Rebecca Boyce, Data Processing Manager at the bank, said, "Jack Henry's entire GRC Suite helps boost efficiencies and reduce stress on our internal operations, while mitigating risk. The addition of GRC Policy Management will help us create and manage financial policies and procedures that align with our organization's overall mission. It also equips us with the necessary information to pass upcoming examinations, allowing our employees to focus on building and nurturing client relationships."
The new solution is fully integrated with Jack Henry's other GRC solutions, including risk management, business continuity management, and vendor management, to offer community and regional financial institutions a holistic view of risk and allow for greater efficiency in managing security, operations, and controls.
Allen Eaves, managing director of information security and technology at Jack Henry, said, "Improving operational efficiencies is a strategic goal for community banks and credit unions. This policy management solution, integrated in our robust GRC platform, supports our mission to provide the technology financial institutions need to improve efficiencies, innovate faster, and serve the ever-evolving needs of the people in their communities."
Jack Henry™ (Nasdaq: JKHY) is a well-rounded financial technology company that strengthens connections between financial institutions and the people and businesses they serve. We are an S&P 500 company that prioritizes openness, collaboration, and user centricity – offering banks and credit unions a vibrant ecosystem of internally developed modern capabilities as well as the ability to integrate with leading fintechs. For more than 45 years, Jack Henry has provided technology solutions to enable clients to innovate faster, strategically differentiate, and successfully compete while serving the evolving needs of their accountholders. We empower approximately 8,000 clients with people-inspired innovation, personal service, and insight-driven solutions that help reduce the barriers to financial health. Additional information is available at www.jackhenry.com.
Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading "Risk Factors." Any forward-looking statement made in this news release speaks only as of the date of the news release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Workers at a General Electric factory in Alabama on Monday launched an effort to form a union, joining a wave of recent labor organization efforts at large national companies.
Workers at the 179-employee GE Aviation plant in Auburn, Alabama, submitted union cards to the Birmingham office of the National Labor Relations Board in an organization effort with IUE-CWA. They said it is part of a national effort to organize at GE plants across the country, and comes amid unionization efforts at other large companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
A spokeswoman for the National Labor Relations Board confirmed the regional office received the union petition Monday. To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility. The IUE-CWA indicated that more than 50% of workers signed cards but did not provide an exact number.
Two plant workers supporting the effort told The Associated Press, in interviews arranged by union supporters, that pay, the attitude of management toward workers and benefits are among the driving concern of workers.
“We need our voices to be heard,” Marcus Durrell, who has worked at the plant for seven years, said in a telephone interview. He said experienced workers at the plant earn less than workers at other GE facilities.
“We want better pay, better benefits, just having a seat of the table,” Donna Rawlinson, 46, said. Rawlinson, who said she is on short-term disability while undergoing breast cancer treatments, said morale at the plant has declined over the years. “They keep pushing. They want more, but they don’t give anything,” she said.
The company issued a statement in response to the filing.
“GE employs more than 55,000 Americans, pays competitive wages in every community in which we operate and has invested more than a billion dollars in our U.S. facilities since 2016, including in Auburn. We are committed to a direct relationship with our employees based on teamwork, cooperation, and actively pursuing mutually beneficial goals..
The effort at GE follows a union election at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, the results of which are still being contested.
Labor unions appear to be having a resurgence of interest after decades of decline. Just 10.3% of workers belonged to unions in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unionization campaigns have gained momentum recently, with workers launching efforts at Amazon, Starbucks and other large companies. The Biden administration has also supported efforts to boost unionization campaigns at major employers.
“GE workers in Alabama are sending a powerful message by coming together to form a union for the better pay, benefits, and job security they have earned. Across the country at giant corporations like Amazon and Starbucks, CEOs are getting a wake-up call from workers making their voices heard,” IUE-CWA Conference Board Chairman Jerry Carney said in a statement announcing the effort at the GE plant. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ge-workers-in-alabama-seek-union/ | 2022-08-23 17:08:15 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ge-workers-in-alabama-seek-union/ |
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) — Jeremy Peña and the Houston Astros just kept going. Scoreless inning after scoreless inning, as day turned into night in front of a frenzied crowd in Seattle.
They eventually found a way. That’s how the Astros reached the AL Championship Series for the sixth straight year.
It’s just what they do.
Peña homered in the 18th inning, and the Astros beat the Mariners 1-0 on Saturday for a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series.
“These guys, they know not to panic,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said. “They don’t get too excited. They don’t get too down. It means a lot.”
Peña drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to left-center for the rookie’s first playoff homer, providing the only run in an afternoon full of dominant pitching and empty trips to the plate.
The 18 innings matched the longest game in playoff history and the 6 hours, 22 minutes was the third-longest in time.
Exhausting for everyone? Absolutely. But exhilarating for the Astros.
“Man, that was a long game. But you still got to lock in, try to put together good at-bats,” Peña said. “I was just trying to stay inside the baseball, drove it in the gap.”
Spoiling Seattle’s first home playoff appearance since 2001, Houston continued its ALCS streak that began with its 2017 World Series title. Next up is the New York Yankees or Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the ALCS on Wednesday.
While Yordan Alvarez got the big hits in the first two games in Houston, it was Peña that set the table for Alvarez’s opportunities. As Game 3 made its way into its sixth hour, Peña delivered another painful blow to the Mariners that ended their short return to the postseason.
“We all know that we belong here now and we all know what it takes to get here and get beyond this point,” Seattle shortstop J.P. Crawford said.
After 21 years, Seattle fans welcomed playoff baseball back inside T-Mobile Park. They got their money’s worth, and then some.
Three previous playoff games reached the 18th inning, one involving Houston. The Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in 18 innings in Game 4 of the 2005 NLDS on Chris Burke’s game-ending homer.
Game 2 of the 2014 NLDS between San Francisco and Washington and Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between Los Angeles and Boston also went 18 innings.
But those games had runs. This one failed to produce anything until Peña’s swing on a 3-2 pitch.
“I feel like in the playoffs you can’t try and do too much, especially the later the game goes,” Peña said.
Seattle’s best scoring chance was Julio Rodríguez’s line drive that thudded off the wall in the eighth. The Mariners had runners in scoring position in the 13th and 17th, but couldn’t get a key two-out hit against Houston’s superb bullpen.
Unlike baseball’s regular season, there is no automatic runner when playoff games go to extra innings.
“They pitched great. They played a great series. They beat us,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “In my mind, and I think our players’ mind, is a break here or there goes our way in this series, it could have been a lot different. But end of the day, they got the big hits in each of the games and they end up winning them.”
Luis Garcia worked five innings for the win. The Astros bullpen allowed five hits and struck out 15 following six innings from starter Lance McCullers Jr.
“Watching the whole thing the guys are doing a really good job and I’m really proud of them. … I was just trying to help,” Garcia said.
Seattle’s bullpen was nearly just as good. After rookie George Kirby threw seven innings, nine Mariners relievers combined for 11 innings of five-hit ball.
The teams combined to strike out 42 times, topping the postseason record of 39 set by the Guardians and Rays last week in their AL wild-card matchup that was scoreless for 15 innings before Oscar Gonzalez’s home run sent Cleveland to the ALDS.
“Their pitching was phenomenal today as well. We kept putting the zero up there and kept putting the zero up there and you think we’re going to be able to break through because we have so many times,” Servais said. “It’s kind of what we’re accustomed to playing — those tight games and finding a way but there were no errors made in that game today.”
Houston advanced despite a rough performance for Jose Altuve, who went 0 for 8 in Game 3 for the first time in his career and was hitless in 16 at-bats in the series.
Altuve joined Xander Bogaerts in Game 3 of 2018 World Series versus the Dodgers as only players to go 0 for 8 or worse in a postseason game. But Houston’s other pieces came through, none bigger than its young shortstop who took on a prominent role after Carlos Correa departed in free agency.
Peña’s homer was his only hit in eight at-bats. But it was his contributions in the first two games that helped Houston travel to Seattle with a 2-0 lead in the series.
“In a team like this, with the pitching we have, with the defense we have, we never give up,” Altuve said. “We went out and played every single inning like it was the last inning. Putting everything we have, until Jeremy came and hit the big homer.”
KING RETURNS
Felix Hernandez threw out a ceremonial first pitch to a deafening ovation. Hernandez spent 15 seasons with the Mariners but never had the opportunity of pitching in the postseason. He won 169 games and had a career 3.42 ERA, last pitching for Seattle in 2019.
HE SAID IT
“We’re not going to forget this and coming into next year it will fuel us even more,” Seattle outfielder Jarred Kelenic said.
SMOKEY AIR
Seattle’s return to the postseason was played with a smoky haze and terrible air quality engulfing the Puget Sound region. A shift in winds and wildfire still smoldering in the Cascade Mountains created a dingy haze above T-Mobile Park. The air quality index in Seattle at first pitch registered at 161.
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LSU fends off Winthrop winning at home again 89-81
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Cam Hayes scored 25 points shooting 8 for 11 and LSU fought off feisty Winthrop, pulling away in the second half for an 89-81 win. Despite their size advantage, the Tigers needed a 14-3 run to in a three-minute stretch to build its first double-digit lead of the game at 80-68 on Adam Miller’s 3-pointer with 3:40 left. As they had done all game; however, the Eagles countered with a 10-2 run to get within 82-78. But KJ Williams made a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left and LSU sealed it from there. Cory Hightower scored 25 points for Winthrop. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/17/lsu-fends-off-winthrop-winning-at-home-again-89-81/ | 2022-12-18 05:59:17 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/17/lsu-fends-off-winthrop-winning-at-home-again-89-81/ |
Julia Stewart, Founder & CEO, shares her vision
PASADENA, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Start-ups are by nature the most dynamic types of business and embrace cultural and societal changes faster than the establishment. DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) is the catalyst of such changes and the cornerstone of Julia Stewart's entrepreneurial venture, the wellness brand, Alurx.
During her forty years in the hospitality industry, she encountered many roadblocks when driving meaningful change. Ultimately, she realized that creating her own business embedded in DEI and adding "wellness for all" to her company's mission were the only way to ensure transformational change. As a female founder, Julia Stewart chose DEI as the fundamental principle and collective mission for her business, and added another essential component, Wellness. At Alurx, it means working with other female founders, partnering with minority businesses and creating opportunities for everyone who joins Alurx. Each team member's development and engagement in the brand is vital. Alurx's mission is to create proactive wellness plans, vetted by its medical council, and to help everyone who ultimately engages with the brand, to live healthier and longer lives. She insists that, "DEI&W is not a slogan—it is a mindset. We breathe it, live it, and work at it together, every day."
She also calls on the healthcare industry to rethink their DEI approach, focus on wellness for team members and customers alike, and to address structural inequalities head on. She explains that committing to DEI&W should go well beyond implementing new HR policies to the standardized list of corporate do's and don'ts with the aim of improving team members' retention and appealing to ethically conscious consumers. DEI&W is about "walking the walk" and working together with other local and national companies to drive change faster.
Julia Stewart and her team are building an all-in-one wellness hub and will launch the Alurx App in early 2023. This powerful new tool will guide people on their personalized wellness journey across all major need states, such as sleep health, skin health and mental health, with the support of the Alurx Medical & Expert Council.
Julia Stewart, Founder and CEO of Alurx is on a mission to enable health-conscious people to achieve what is most valuable to them--their wellness. As a member of Fortune magazine's list of Top 50 Most Powerful Women in the U.S., Julia's successful career spans more than 40 years at some of America's most iconic and beloved Brands. Her leadership accounts for the rejuvenation and continued success of companies such as IHOP, Applebee's, and Taco Bell. Now, she brings her CEO wisdom, experience and drive to the world of wellness. Julia also serves as an independent director for Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY), Fogo de Chao Restaurants, and Bite Acquisition, Corp. (NYSE: BITE). She is an active philanthropist and sought-after speaker.
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The Fund Granted Nearly $1.5 Million to More Than 30 Local Organizations Over the Past Five Years – This Year $200,000 was Granted to 12 Groups in Idaho and New York
NEW BERLIN, N.Y., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chobani today announced the recipients of its fifth annual Chobani Community Impact Fund Grant – providing $200,000 to help address poverty, promote entrepreneurship, and expand educational and economic opportunities in Idaho and New York.
Since the program debuted in 2018, Chobani's employee selection committee has awarded a total of nearly $1.5 million in Chobani Impact Fund grants to 31 organizations.
For more than 15 years, Chobani has been a leader and advocate of giving back to local communities. As an expansion of its efforts, Chobani established a Community Impact Fund with the strategic goal of strengthening the regions where Chobani employees live and work. Over the past five years, Chobani has supported entrepreneurs, development organizations and small business, all of which help to create jobs and strengthen local economies.
"Giving back to our local community is part of Chobani's DNA," said Mark Broadhurst, Senior Vice President, Impact & Communications at Chobani. "Everyone who works here is bonded by our mission to care for our communities and no one is more excited to celebrate the fifth anniversary of this program than the employees who review applications each year and select our grantees. Their passion for giving back to our hometowns has made a difference, empowering 31 local organizations over the past five years to make an impactful difference in Central New York and the Magic Valley of Idaho."
Through its partnership with the Idaho Community Foundation and the Community Foundation for South Central New York, Chobani's Community Impact Fund provides grants to organizations, programs and projects that seek to address poverty, promote entrepreneurship and expand educational and economic opportunity.
"We are proud to partner with Chobani and maximize the effectiveness of their generosity. Over the past five years they have demonstrated a deep commitment to their employees and residents all across the Magic Valley. We congratulate them on this milestone," said Lisa Bearg, Idaho Community Foundation, Senior Philanthropic Advisor.
"For the past five years, we have partnered with Chobani in meeting critical needs through impactful grant making. This year's award recipients will continue that legacy by providing much needed economic and social support in their communities," said Diane Brown, Executive Director, Community Foundation for South Central New York.
Organizations that have received prior grants include Jannus Economic Opportunity, College of South Idaho Foundation, Magic Valley Youth Foundation, the Idaho Educational Services for Deaf and Blind, The Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship, Unadilla Community Farm Education Center, HALos, Inc., Clear Path for Veterans, and Salt City Harvest Farm, among many others.
This year's grants were distributed to seven Magic Valley organizations and five Central New York organizations.
The 2022 Chobani Community Impact Fund recipients are:
Central New York
- Community Cupboard of Edmeston (Grant: $22,950)
- The Cooperstown Food Pantry (Grant: $11,200)
- Greater Afton Chamber of Commerce (Grant: $22,950)
- Cullman Child Development Center (Grant: $22,950)
- Bainbridge-Guilford Central School District (Grant: $19,950)
Magic Valley, Idaho
- Clothes Helpers (Grant: $12,000)
- Twin Falls Optimist Youth House (Grant: $20,000)
- La Posada, Inc. (Grant: $15,000)
- Voices Against Violence (VAV) (Grant: $20,000)
- CSI Refugee Programs (Grant: $20,000)
- Everybody House (Grant: $10,000)
- Kimberly Senior Center (Grant: $3,000)
Through its impact work, Chobani focuses on many areas of need – especially related to ending child hunger – including advocacy for free school lunches and anti-lunch shaming, donations to food banks, and the company's national Food Access In Reach (FAIR) program, which was announced at the historic 2022 White House Conference on Hunger.
Chobani is continuously focused on leaving the planet a better place – and that includes donating millions of dollars to its hometowns in New York and Idaho. Since 2018, the company has invested nearly $1.5 million to its Chobani Community Impact Fund which addresses poverty, economic opportunity, and entrepreneurship. By 2027, Chobani will have invested more than $1.4 million into its legacy Chobani Scholars program, which aims to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in food and agriculture. In 2022, Chobani partnered with an HBCU to develop a scholarship program supporting students majoring in food and nutritional science, agribusiness and biological engineering.
During the pandemic Chobani donated and delivered 10.5 million products to schools, hospitals, first responders, and food banks across 30 states.
Chobani is committed to hiring refugees and immigrants – and is proud to support America's military families through an ongoing partnership that has raised more than $3 million for Operation Homefront.
ABOUT CHOBANI
Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place. In short: making good food for all. In support of this mission, we are a values-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-focused company, and have been since Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S., founded the company in 2005. We produce yogurt, oatmilk, dairy- and plant-based creamers, ready-to-drink coffee and plant-based probiotic drinks. Chobani yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, and it's made with only natural ingredients without artificial preservatives.
Chobani uses food as a force for good in the world – putting humanity first in everything we do. Our philanthropic efforts prioritize giving back to our communities and beyond: working to eradicate child hunger, supporting immigrants, refugees and underrepresented people, honoring veterans, and protecting the planet. We manufacture our products in New York, Idaho, and Australia. Chobani products are available throughout North America and distributed in Australia and other select markets. For more information, please visit www.chobani.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
ABOUT IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
The Idaho Community Foundation connects Idahoans to a generous statewide network through the power of collective giving. Our grantmaking, community impact work and relationships with local philanthropists have strengthened nonprofits, schools, and communities in every Idaho county for more than 30 years. We believe that shared philanthropy is more powerful than giving alone. For more information, visit: www.idahocf.org.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK
The Community Foundation for South Central New York, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 and headquartered in Johnson City, encourages and facilitates personal and institutional philanthropy throughout the region by managing 143 funds within the Foundation's endowment that are established by donors to achieve specific charitable goals. From these funds, the Foundation has awarded over $23 million in grants to the area's nonprofits to help address community concerns and improve the quality of life in the region. The Community Foundation serves donors and nonprofits in five New York counties: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego and Tioga. More information about the Foundation can be found on its website at www.donorswhocare.org.
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Volunteers needed for Country Fest and Rock Fest
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) -As Country Fest and Rock Fest get closer, volunteers are needed to help out with the music festivals in Chippewa County.
More than 900 shifts still need to be filled from ticket booths to pop tents. By helping to recruit volunteers for the festivals’, Children’s Charities, which provides free, one-on-one instruction to children who struggle with reading, writing, and spelling, gets paid.
The greatest need for volunteers is for the evening/night shifts on Thursday and Saturday for Country Fest and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for Rock Fest.
While you don’t get paid as a volunteer, you do get free general admission tickets to watch the concerts after your shift or on another day. A typical shift is from about 5:00 p.m. to midnight.
“They do have to be 18 or older if they are in any of the bars. But if they are 14 to 18, they can work in the pop tents and also in the ticket booths. So we have some flexibility there with those younger people. That way we want to come out and enjoy the shows,” Tammy Tillotson, Children’s Charities Executive Director, said.
Country Fest is June 22 through the 25. To sign up to volunteer a form is available here or you can email fest4fun@gmail.com.
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TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, June 5, 2022
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Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around
105. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ187-062200-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 102. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs around 100.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ193-062200-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ190-062200-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ172-062200-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ208-062200-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to around 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to
105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ206-062200-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 101. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around
100. Lows in the lower 70s. Highest heat index readings up to
105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ224-062200-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 15 to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Highest heat index
readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat index readings
up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 110.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 110.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ228-062200-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 109. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 110 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 108. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings up to
106 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Highest
heat index readings up to 105 early in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 105.
$$
TXZ184-062200-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 106. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ209-062200-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index
readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ219-062200-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 107. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 108 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 106. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings up to
105 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ188-062200-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ223-062200-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat index readings
up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ207-062200-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 108 this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming south around 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around
100. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ191-062200-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ222-062200-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs 100 to
105. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ189-062200-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ186-062200-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ202-062200-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 107. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to
106 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 106. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs 99 to 104. Highest heat index readings up to
105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ225-062200-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 15 to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat index readings
up to 105.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 110.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
$$
TXZ194-062200-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Highest heat index
readings up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny. Hot
with highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ171-062200-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ217-062200-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 108. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 110 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 107. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index
readings up to 106 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Highest
heat index readings up to 105 early in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 105.
$$
TXZ204-062200-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 105. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to
around 10 mph after midnight. Highest heat index readings up to
107 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 105. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings up to
105 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up
to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ185-062200-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ203-062200-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 107. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 107 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 106. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 105 early in the
evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ173-062200-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ221-062200-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming south around 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot
with highs around 102. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index
readings up to 105.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs 100 to
105. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
TXZ218-062200-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
357 AM CDT Mon Jun 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 107. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 108 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 107. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings up to
106 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Highest
heat index readings up to 105 early in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
$$
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DENVER, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) announced financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"We are living in a dynamic time with a sustained global pandemic, labor shortage, supply chain disruption, and more. Despite all this, my confidence in our business and our dedicated caregivers and team has never wavered," said Javier Rodriguez. "Their hard work and commitment has enabled us to continue delivering high quality and equitable care to all of our constituents."
Financial and operating highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2022:
- Consolidated revenues were $2.927 billion.
- Operating income was $433 million.
- Diluted earnings per share was $2.30.
- Operating cash flow and free cash flow were $188 million and $95 million, respectively.
- Repurchased 3.9 million shares of our common stock at an average cost of $95.56 per share.
U.S. dialysis metrics:
Volume: Total U.S. dialysis treatments for the second quarter of 2022 were 7,269,160, or an average of 93,194 treatments per day, representing a per day increase of 0.9% compared to the first quarter of 2022. Normalized non-acquired treatment growth in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021 was (1.9)%.
Primary drivers of the changes in the table above were as follows:
Revenue: The quarter change was primarily due to normal seasonal improvements driven by patients meeting their co-insurance and deductibles, as well as the continued shift to Medicare Advantage plans. The quarter change was negatively impacted by a seasonal decrease in hospital inpatient dialysis treatments and decreased government rate related to the reinstatement of 1% Medicare sequestration beginning April 1, 2022. The year to date change was primarily due to an increase in commercial mix and rate, an increase in the Medicare base rate in 2022 and the continued shift to Medicare Advantage plans, partially offset by the reinstatement of 1% Medicare sequestration described above.
Patient care costs: The quarter change was primarily due to decreased other direct operating expenses associated with our dialysis centers, including decreased utilities expense due to seasonality and our virtual power purchase arrangements. In addition, our fixed other direct operating expenses positively impacted patient care costs per treatment due to increased treatments in the second quarter of 2022. Other drivers of this change include declines in compensation expenses primarily related to seasonal decreases in payroll taxes, as well as decreases in health benefit expenses, professional fees, pharmaceutical unit costs and medical supplies expense. These decreases were partially offset by increased insurance expense. The year to date change was primarily due to increased compensation expenses driven by increased wage rates and increases in other direct operating expenses associated with our dialysis centers, which include increases in utilities expense resulting from lower expense in the first half of 2021 related to our virtual power purchase arrangements. In addition, our fixed other direct operating expenses negatively impacted patient care costs per treatment due to decreased treatments in the first half of 2022. Other drivers of this change include increases in insurance expense and costs related to travel and management meetings, partially offset by decreased pharmaceutical unit costs and professional fees.
General and administrative: The quarter change was primarily due to increased advocacy costs to counter union policy efforts, including a California ballot initiative, increased compensation expense including increased wage rates, as well as increased travel costs. These increases were offset by gains recognized on the sale of our self-developed properties. The year to date change was primarily due to increases in advocacy costs, as described above, travel costs and compensation expenses partially offset the gains on sale, as described above, and decreases in professional fees and contributions to our charitable foundation.
Share repurchases: During the three months ended June 30, 2022, we repurchased 3.9 million shares of our common stock for $370 million, at an average cost of $95.56 per share.
Subsequent to June 30, 2022 through July 29, 2022, we repurchased 0.9 million shares of our common stock for $75 million, at an average cost of $82.94 per share.
Financial and operating metrics:
Center activity: As of June 30, 2022, we provided dialysis services to a total of approximately 243,700 patients at 3,159 outpatient dialysis centers, of which 2,810 centers were located in the United States and 349 centers were located in 11 countries outside of the United States. During the second quarter of 2022, we opened a total of 18 new dialysis centers and closed 17 dialysis centers in the United States. We also acquired two dialysis centers and opened one dialysis center outside of the United States during the second quarter of 2022.
Integrated kidney care (IKC): As of June 30, 2022, we had approximately 44,000 patients in risk-based integrated care arrangements representing approximately $3.7 billion in annualized medical spend. We also had an additional 12,000 patients in other integrated care arrangements; we do not include the medical spend for these patients in this annualized medical spend estimate. See additional description of these metrics at Note 2.
Certain items impacting the quarter:
Advocacy costs: During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, we incurred advocacy costs of approximately $23 million to counter union policy efforts, including a California ballot initiative. These costs are included in the U.S. dialysis segment's general and administrative expense.
Outlook:
The following forward-looking measures and the underlying assumptions involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including those described below, and actual results may vary materially from these forward-looking measures. For example, the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to generate significant risk and uncertainty, and as a result, our future results could vary materially from the guidance provided below. We do not provide guidance for operating income or diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc. on a basis consistent with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) nor a reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. These non-GAAP financial measures do not include certain items, including foreign currency fluctuations, which may be significant. The guidance for our effective income tax rate on adjusted income attributable to DaVita Inc. also excludes the amount of third-party owners' income and related taxes attributable to non-tax paying entities.
Key drivers of 2023 adjusted operating income growth1:
We will be holding a conference call to discuss our results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, on August 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To join the conference call, please dial (877) 918-6630 from the U.S. or (517) 308-9042 from outside the U.S., and provide the operator the password 'Earnings'. This call is being webcast and can be accessed at the DaVita Investor Relations website investors.davita.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available at investors.davita.com for the following 30 days.
Forward looking statements
DaVita Inc. and its representatives may from time to time make written and oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), including statements in this release, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports to stockholders and in meetings with investors and analysts. All statements in this release, during the related presentation or other meetings, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and as such are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for "forward-looking statements" provided by the PSLRA. These forward-looking statements could include, among other things, DaVita's response to and the expected future impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19), including statements about our balance sheet and liquidity, our expenses and expense offsets, revenues, billings and collections, availability or cost of supplies, treatment volumes, mix expectation, such as the percentage or number of patients under commercial insurance, the availability, acceptance, impact, administration and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and therapies, the continuing impact on the U.S. and global economies, unemployment and labor market conditions, and overall impact on our patients and teammates, as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, expenses, strategic initiatives, government and commercial payment rates, expectations related to value-based care, integrated kidney care, and Medicare Advantage plan enrollment and our ongoing stock repurchase program, and statements related to our guidance and expectations for future periods and the assumptions underlying any such projections. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, statements including the words "expect," "intend," "will," "could," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on DaVita's current expectations and are based solely on information available as of the date of this release. DaVita undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changed circumstances, new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Actual future events and results could differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things:
- the continuing impact of the dynamic and evolving COVID-19 pandemic, including, without limitation, on our patients, teammates, physician partners, suppliers, business, operations, reputation, financial condition and results of operations; the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including, among other things, federal, state and local vaccine mandates or surveillance testing requirements and the extent to which they may ultimately be applicable to us; the pandemic's continuing impact on the U.S. and global economies, unemployment and other labor market conditions, interest rates, inflation and evolving monetary policies; the availability, acceptance, impact and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and therapies; further spread or resurgence of the virus, including as a result of the emergence of new strains of the virus, such as the Omicron variant and its subvariants; the continuing impact of the pandemic on our revenue and non-acquired growth due to lower treatment volumes; COVID-19's impact on the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population and our patient population including on the mortality of these patients; any potential negative impact on our commercial mix or the number of our patients covered by commercial insurance plans; continued increased COVID-19-related costs;our ability to successfully implement planned cost savings initiatives in response to COVID-19-related impacts on us; supply chain challenges and disruptions, including with respect to our clinical supplies; and higher salary and wage expense driven in part by labor market conditions and a high demand for our clinical personnel, any of which may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks and uncertainties discussed below, and in many cases, the impact of the pandemic and the aforementioned global economic conditions on our business may persist after the pandemic subsides;
- the extent to which the ongoing implementation of healthcare reform, or changes in or new legislation, regulations or guidance, enforcement thereof or related litigation result in a reduction in coverage or reimbursement rates for our services, a reduction in the number of patients enrolled in or that select higher-paying commercial plans, including for example Medicare Advantage plans or other material impacts to our business or operations; or our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any such developments;
- risks arising from potential changes in laws, regulations or requirements applicable to us, such as potential and proposed federal and/or state legislation, regulation, ballot, executive action or other initiatives, including, without limitation, those related to healthcare and/or labor matters, such as AB 290 and the Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative in California;
- the concentration of profits generated by higher-paying commercial payor plans for which there is continued downward pressure on average realized payment rates; a reduction in the number or percentage of our patients under such plans, including, without limitation, as a result of restrictions or prohibitions on the use and/or availability of charitable premium assistance, which may result in the loss of revenues or patients, as a result of our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any change in financial assistance from charitable organizations; as a result of payors' implementing restrictive plan designs, including, without limitation, actions taken in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan, et al. v. DaVita Inc. et al. ("Marietta"); how and whether regulators and legislators will respond to the Marietta decision including, without limitation, whether they will issue regulatory guidance or adopt new legislation; how courts will interpret other anti-discriminatory provisions that may apply to restrictive plan designs; whether there could be other potential negative impacts of the Marietta decision; and the timing of each of these items;
- our ability to successfully implement our strategies with respect to integrated kidney care and value-based care initiatives and home based dialysis in the desired time frame and in a complex, dynamic and highly regulated environment, including, among other things, maintaining our existing business; meeting growth expectations; recovering our investments; entering into agreements with payors, third party vendors and others on terms that are competitive and, as appropriate, prove actuarially sound; structuring operations, agreements and arrangements to comply with evolving rules and regulations; finding, training and retaining appropriate staff; and further developing our integrated care and other capabilities to provide competitive programs at scale;
- a reduction in government payment rates under the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease program, state Medicaid or other government-based programs and the impact of the Medicare Advantage benchmark structure;
- our ability to attract, retain and motivate teammates and our ability to manage operating cost increases or productivity decreases whether due to union organizing activities, legislative or other changes, demand for labor, volatility and uncertainty in the labor market, the current challenging and highly competitive labor market conditions, or other reasons;
- U.S. and global economic and marketplace conditions, interest rates, inflation, unemployment, labor market conditions, and evolving monetary policies, and our ability to respond to these changing conditions, including our ability to successfully implement cost savings initiatives in response;
- noncompliance by us or our business associates with any privacy or security laws or any security breach by us or a third party involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information;
- legal and compliance risks, such as our continued compliance with complex, and at times, evolving government regulations and requirements;
- the impact of the political environment and related developments on the current healthcare marketplace and on our business, including with respect to the Affordable Care Act, the exchanges and many other core aspects of the current healthcare marketplace, as well as the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court and the current presidential administration and congressional majority;
- changes in pharmaceutical practice patterns, reimbursement and payment policies and processes, or pharmaceutical pricing, including with respect to hypoxia inducible factors, among other things;
- our ability to develop and maintain relationships with physicians and hospitals, changing affiliation models for physicians, and the emergence of new models of care or other initiatives introduced by the government or private sector that, among other things, may erode our patient base and impact reimbursement rates;
- our ability to complete acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or other strategic transactions that we might announce or be considering, on terms favorable to us or at all, or to successfully integrate any acquired businesses, or to successfully operate any acquired businesses, joint ventures or other strategic transactions, or to successfully expand our operations and services in markets outside the United States, or to businesses or products outside of dialysis services;
- continued increased competition from dialysis providers and others, and other potential marketplace changes, including without limitation increased investment in and availability of funding to new entrants in the dialysis and pre-dialysis marketplace;
- the variability of our cash flows, including without limitation any extended billing or collections cycles; the risk that we may not be able to generate or access sufficient cash in the future to service our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs; and the risk that we may not be able to refinance our indebtedness as it becomes due, on terms favorable to us or at all;
- factors that may impact our ability to repurchase stock under our stock repurchase program and the timing of any such stock repurchases, as well as our use of a considerable amount of available funds to repurchase stock;
- risks arising from the use of accounting estimates, judgments and interpretations in our financial statements;
- impairment of our goodwill, investments or other assets;
- our aspirations, goals and disclosures related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, including evolving regulatory requirements affecting ESG standards, measurements and reporting requirements; the availability of suppliers that can meet our sustainability standards; and our ability to recruit, develop and retain diverse talent in our labor markets; and
- the other risk factors, trends and uncertainties set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, and the risks and uncertainties discussed in any subsequent reports that we file or furnish with the SEC from time to time.
The financial information presented in this release is unaudited and is subject to change as a result of subsequent events or adjustments, if any, arising prior to the filing of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
DAVITA INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA-continued
(unaudited)
(dollars in millions)
Note 1: Calculation of the Leverage Ratio
Under our senior secured credit facilities (the Credit Agreement) dated August 12, 2019, the leverage ratio is defined as (a) all funded debt plus the face amount of all letters of credit issued, minus unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (including short-term investments) not to exceed $750 divided by (b) "Consolidated EBITDA." The leverage ratio determines the interest rate margin payable by the Company for its Term Loan A and revolving line of credit under the Credit Agreement by establishing the margin over the base interest rate (LIBOR) that is applicable. The calculation below is based on the last twelve months of "Consolidated EBITDA," as of the end of the reported period and pro forma for acquisitions or divestitures that occurred during the period, and "Consolidated net debt" at the end of the reported period, each as defined in the Credit Agreement. The Company's management believes the presentation of "Consolidated EBITDA" is useful to investors to enhance their understanding of the Company's leverage ratio under its Credit Agreement. The leverage ratio calculated by the Company is a non-GAAP measure and should not be considered a substitute for the ratio of total debt to operating income, determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company's calculation of its leverage ratio might not be calculated in the same manner as, and thus might not be comparable to, similarly titled measures of other companies.
DAVITA INC.
INTEGRATED CARE METRICS
(unaudited)
Note 2: Integrated Care Metrics
Our integrated kidney care (IKC) business is party to a variety of risk-based integrated care and disease management arrangements, including value-based care (VBC) contracts under which we assume full or shared financial risk for the total medical cost of care for patients below or above a benchmark.
The aggregate amount of medical spend associated with risk-based integrated care arrangements that we disclose includes both medical costs included in our reported expenses for certain risk-based arrangements (such as its special needs plans), as well as the aggregate estimated benchmark amount above or below which we will incur profit or loss on for VBC arrangements under which third-party medical costs are not included in our reported results. This metric is an annualization of our estimate of this amount for the most recent quarter.
A number of our VBC contracts are subject to complex or novel patient attribution mechanics and benchmark adjustments, some of which are based on information not reported to us until periods after we report our quarterly results. As a result, our estimates of our patients under, and the dollar amount of, our value-based contracts remain subject to estimation uncertainty.
DAVITA INC.
RECONCILIATIONS FOR NON-GAAP MEASURES
(unaudited)
Note on Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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Finally, free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less distributions to noncontrolling interests and all capital expenditures (including development capital expenditures, routine maintenance and information technology); plus contributions from noncontrolling interests and proceeds from the sale of self-developed properties. Management uses this measure to assess our ability to fund acquisitions and meet our debt service obligations and we believe this measure is equally useful to investors and analysts as an adjunct to cash flows from operating activities and other measures under GAAP.
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Fierce battles in eastern Ukraine have thrown a new spotlight on Russia's Wagner Group, a private military company led by a rogue millionaire with longtime links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Wagner has spearheaded the push to jump-start Russia's stalemated offensive in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province. The ferocious house-to house fighting has produced some of the bloodiest encounters since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, with Wagner personnel “marching on the bodies of their own soldiers” as Ukrainian authorities put it.
The U.S. this week expanded sanctions against Wagner for its role in Ukraine and mercenary activities in Africa.
Here is a look at the Wagner Group's history and its current role in the fighting.
WHO OWNS THE WAGNER GROUP?
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who received a 12-year prison term in 1981 on charges of robbery and assault, started a restaurant business in St. Petersburg following his release from prison. It was in this capacity that he got to know Putin, who served as the city's deputy mayor in the 1990s.
Prigozhin, 61, used his ties with Putin to develop a catering business and won lucrative Russian government contracts that earned him the nickname of “Putin’s chef.” He later expanded to other businesses, including media outlets and an infamous “troll factory” that led to his indictment in the U.S. for meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he acknowledged owning the company in September. This month, he declared he also founded, led and financed it.
WHERE HAS WAGNER WORKED?
The Wagner Group was first spotted in action in eastern Ukraine soon after a separatist conflict erupted there in April 2014, weeks after Russia's annexation of Crimea.
While backing the separatist insurgency in the Donbas, Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, Russia denied sending its own weapons and troops there despite ample evidence to the contrary. Engaging private contractors in the fighting allowed Moscow to maintain a degree of deniability.
Prigozhin's company was called Wagner after the nickname of its first commander, Dmitry Utkin, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Russian military's special forces.
It soon established a reputation for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness.
Along with Ukraine, Wagner personnel deployed to Syria, where Russia supported President Bashar Assad's government in the country's civil war. In Libya, they fought alongside forces of Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter.
The group also has operated in the Central African Republic and Mali.
Prigozhin has reportedly used Wagner's deployment to Syria and African countries to secure lucrative mining contracts.
U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday that the company was using its access to gold and other resources in Africa to fund its operations in Ukraine.
Some Russian media have alleged Wagner's involvement in the July 2018 killings of three Russian journalists, who were shot dead in the Central African Republic while investigating the group’s activities there. The slayings remain unsolved.
WHAT IS THE GROUP'S REPUTATION?
Western countries and United Nations experts have accused Wagner Group mercenaries of committing numerous human rights abuses throughout Africa, including in the Central African Republic, Libya and Mali.
In December 2021, the European Union accused the group of “serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings," and of carrying out "destabilizing activities" in the Central African Republic, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.
Some of the reported incidents stood out in their grisly brutality.
A 2017 video posted online showed a group of armed people, reported to be Wagner contractors, torturing a Syrian man, beating him to death with a sledgehammer and cutting his head before mutilating and then burning his body. Russian authorities ignored requests by the media and rights activists to investigate the killing.
In November 2022, another video surfaced online that showed a former Wagner contractor getting beaten to death with a sledgehammer after he allegedly fled to the Ukrainian side and was recaptured. Despite public outrage and a stream of demands for an investigation, the Kremlin turned a blind eye to it.
WHAT IS WAGNER'S ROLE IN UKRAINE?
The Wagner Group has taken an increasingly visible role in the war in Ukraine as regular Russian troops suffered heavy attrition and lost control over some previously captured territory in a series of humiliating setbacks.
Prigozhin claimed full credit this month for capturing the Donetsk region salt-mining town of Soledar and accused the Russian Defense Ministry of trying to steal Wagner's glory. He said Wagner was spearheading the attack on the city of Bakhmut, a nearby Ukrainian stronghold that Russian forces have tried to win for months.
Prigozhin has toured Russian prisons to recruit fighters, promising inmates pardons if they survived a half-year tour of front-line duty with Wagner. He recently posted a video in which he congratulates the first group of convicts that received official pardons and the right to leave the company.
The U.S. estimates Wagner has lost about 50,000 personnel fighting in Ukraine, including 10,000 contractors and 40,000 of the convicts the company enlisted.
The U.S. assesses that Wagner is spending about $100 million a month in the fight and has taken delivery of weapons from North Korea, including rockets and missiles.
WHAT DO RUSSIA'S MILITARY BRASS THINK?
Wagner's reach for North Korean weapons may reflect its long-running spat with the Russian military leadership, which dates back to the company's creation.
A group of troops purported to be Wagner contractors on the front line in Ukraine recently recorded a video in which they showered the chief of the Russian military’s General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, with curses for an alleged failure to provide ammunition.
Prigozhin himself castigated the top military brass in recent months, accusing top-ranking officers of incompetence. His remarks were unprecedented for Russia's tightly-controlled political system, in which only Putin could air such criticism.
Earlier this month, Putin reaffirmed his trust in Gen. Gerasimov by putting him in direct charge of the Russian forces in Ukraine, a move that some observers also interpreted as an attempt to cut Prigozhin down to size.
Prigozhin somewhat toned down his harangues against the military leadership after that, but remained defiant.
He also has increasingly raised his public profile, issuing daily messaging app statements to boast about Wagner's purported victories and sardonically mock his enemies.
Asked recently about a media comparison of him with Grigory Rasputin, a mystic who gained fatal influence over Russia’s last czar by claiming to have the power to cure his son’s hemophilia, Prigozhin snapped: “I don’t stop blood, but I spill blood of the enemies of our Motherland.”
HAS WAGNER BEEN SUBJECTED TO WESTERN SANCTIONS?
The U.S. slapped several waves of sanctions on Prigozhin and Wagner. The Treasury Department further ramped up sanctions against Wagner and affiliated companies and individuals on Thursday.
The European Union also has sanctioned Prigozhin and in December 2021 imposed sanctions on several people associated with Wagner and three Russia-based energy companies linked to the group in Syria.
Prigozhin mocked the Western sanctions.
“We have conducted an internal check to look into alleged crimes by Wagner but found no incriminating evidence,” he said, commenting on the latest U.S. round.
He challenged Wagner's accusers to send proof of wrondoing to his press service.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Marseille paid the price for poor defending when it lost 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday, but the last-place French team still has a chance of reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League.
A win at home to Tottenham next Tuesday would seal a place in the knockout stage for the 1993 champion. Marseille remains the only French side to have won the competition.
Tottenham has eight points at the top of Group D after a 1-1 home draw with Sporting Lisbon. Sporting and Frankfurt have seven points, with Marseille one point behind. All four teams can qualify in what promises to be a tense finish to the group.
Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada put Frankfurt ahead after just three minutes, following awful marking from Marseille. Forward Randal Kolo Muani made it 2-1 in the 27th, just five minutes after Marseille’s standout midfielder Matteo Guendouzi superbly volleyed in defender Chancel Mbemba’s cross.
Guendouzi’s goal came moments after Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez made a fine save to stop his side going 2-0 down.
On Frankfurt’s first goal, however, Marseille’s defense was fast asleep. For the second goal, Marseille had six players defending compared to three attackers yet still got opened up with ease as Kolo Muani swapped passes with Mario Goetze — Germany’s match-winner in the 2014 World Cup final — and swept the ball under Lopez.
Frankfurt won 1-0 in Marseille last month in a match marred by serious fan disorder. A Marseille fan is facing a preliminary charge of attempted murder after allegedly firing a distress flare that hit a Frankfurt fan in the neck and seriously injured him.
Marseille had lost its last three league games, and the defense is weaker without injured central defender Eric Bailly.
It was taken apart with ease on Frankfurt’s first attack. The home side broke down the left and moved the ball inside to Jesper Lindstrom — Frankfurt’s scorer in Marseille — who dummied it for Kamada to score with a crisp finish.
Marseille finished the first half strongly and Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp made a low save from Amine Harit in the 44th.
Trapp was well beaten by Alexis Sanchez’s superb lob from the edge of the penalty area in the 56th and was relieved to see the ball sail just wide. Moments later Trapp palmed away a curling free kick from Sanchez, the Chile veteran who joined in the offseason from Inter Milan.
With Sanchez starting to shine and Marseille getting on top, Marseille coach Igor Tudor made the strange decision to take off Guendouzi, his best midfielder, and the France international looked very frustrated.
Tudor, who was then cautioned by the referee for remonstrating, also left goal-scoring playmaker Dimitri Payet on the bench despite his side needing an equalizer.
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Integration to provide more seamless correlation and detection of security incidents
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced a new integration with Amazon Security Lake. The integration, announced during AWS re:Invent, makes it easy for Amazon Security Lake users to send cloud security logs to Datadog in a standard format.
Building data pipelines in order to aggregate and route security logs to various security analytics solutions can be a cumbersome and time-consuming process. For Amazon Security Lake customers, Datadog's integration provides an easy way to send security logs to Datadog with minimal configuration required.
Once security logs are ingested into Datadog, customers can analyze and identify threats through out-of-the-box detection rules or by writing custom security rules. They can also do deeper investigations using Datadog's log management tools.
"Amazon Security Lake makes it easier for teams to manage their cloud security data and analyze it with partner solutions of their choice," said Rod Wallace, General Manager for Amazon Security Lake. "Datadog's integration with Amazon Security Lake will allow customers to collect their security logs to improve their cybersecurity posture and send them to Datadog for analysis leveraging an open source schema."
"Security threat detection and investigation is dependent on an effective logging strategy that ensures critical logs are being properly analyzed. However, managing dozens of log integrations from cloud-hosted accounts and entities can be cumbersome and lead to gaps in visibility," said Pierre Betouin, SVP of Security Products at Datadog. "Amazon Security Lake and Datadog are working together to provide an easy way to set up and manage important log integrations for Datadog Cloud SIEM, giving customers deep visibility into their most critical infrastructure."
To learn more about Amazon Security Lake's integration with Datadog's security offerings, please visit: https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/analyze-amazon-security-lake-logs-with-datadog. Or stop by Datadog's Cloud and Application Security booth at AWS re:Invent.
About Datadog
Datadog is the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers' entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.
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Man arrested on attempted murder charges in NYC machete attack
A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve was arrested on charges of attempting to murder officers, police said Monday as authorities continue to investigate whether he was motivated by Islamic extremism.
Trevor Bickford, 19, also faces attempted assault charges from the attack that injured two officers at the edge of the high-security zone where throngs of new year's revelers were gathered, the New York Police Department said in a release.
Bickford, who lives in Wells, Maine, remained hospitalized Monday with a gunshot wound to the shoulder from police fire during the confrontation. He was awaiting arraignment, and it wasn't immediately clear whether he had a lawyer who could speak to the allegations. The Associated Press left messages for his relatives.
A law enforcement official familiar with the matter told The AP on Sunday that investigators believe Bickford traveled to New York City earlier in the week. They are examining whether he made the trip specifically to attack police at the Times Square festivities, the official said.
New York City police and federal officials are still trying to ascertain a motive, and investigators are reviewing Bickford's online postings, which included some mentions of Islamic extremist views, the official said. The official could not publicly discuss details about the ongoing investigation and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.
Michael Driscoll, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office, said Sunday that investigators believe the attacker acted alone.
The attack happened about two hours before midnight on Saturday, just outside the area where people are screened for weapons before gaining entry to one of the world's biggest and most famous New Year's celebrations.
Two of the officers were struck with the machete before an officer shot the suspect, authorities said. One officer suffered a fractured skull and the other has a bad cut; both were expected to recover. So was the suspect.
The violent attack briefly sent some people running, but the festivities in Times Square continued.
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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington, Michael Balsamo in Kansas City, Missouri, and Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.wesh.com/article/man-arrested-nyc-machete-attack/42379713 | 2023-01-02 23:57:57 | 1 | https://www.wesh.com/article/man-arrested-nyc-machete-attack/42379713 |
Milwaukee seniors living without hot water for nearly a week
Residents at the Sherman Park Senior Living community on 37th Street say their hot water went out last week, still not restored Wednesday morning.
Residents at the Sherman Park Senior Living community on 37th Street say their hot water went out last week, still not restored Wednesday morning.
Residents at the Sherman Park Senior Living community on 37th Street say their hot water went out last week, still not restored Wednesday morning.
Milwaukee seniors living in the Sherman Park Senior Living community on 37th Street near Fon Du Lac Avenue haven't had hot water since last week.
"You should not have ever been without hot water with senior citizens in this building for that long," said resident Gregory Taylor Myeres. "The problem is we're not here to make trouble or cause trouble. I'm here to get what's right for right."
Myeres said he first noticed his hot water was gone on Thursday.
The property is owned and managed by Gorman & Company.
Residents received a letter on Monday, Dec. 5, from the management team that said, "We are aware that there is no availability of hot water in the building. We are working expeditiously to correct the issue."
The letter went on to say, "we expect there to be hot water by the end of the day on Tuesday, December 6, 2022."
Come Wednesday morning the water was still ice cold. 12 News crews were invited in by residents to check.
While cameras were rolling maintenance crews did show up Wednesday morning. Workers and residents said they were there on Saturday to fix the problem, but the water was still cold.
As of noon on Wednesday, residents said it still wasn't fixed.
"If you can go home to your house and have hot water, we should do the same," Myeres said about managers.
Other residents expressed their disdain.
"What am I going to do, stand there and let cold water run down on my body? And if I boil water I got to bathe in a face bowl," said resident Celestine Burrows. “So what are we going to do, walk around and smell all day because we don’t have no hot water and because Gorman don’t care?”
12 News tried to reach Gorman & Company property managers on-site, but the office was closed.
They also had not responded to 12 News' emails or voicemails as of noon on Wednesday.
Several residents said they felt neglected, and believed it would not be allowed to go on in other communities.
"The water's been out for a week now," said resident Michael Davis. "If this was another community it wouldn't be like that. You know it, and I know it."
This story will be updated once property managers respond. | https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-seniors-living-without-hot-water-for-nearly-a-week/42179277 | 2022-12-07 21:29:32 | 1 | https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-seniors-living-without-hot-water-for-nearly-a-week/42179277 |
(NEXSTAR) — As you get older, you may notice that you’re encountering people with names you’ve never heard — or ones you haven’t heard in a while. That’s because, as with fashion and music, names also change with trends over time.
Baby naming database and resource site Nameberry recently released its 2023 Baby Name Trends. The report breaks down trending baby names based on its most-viewed names, in addition to official U.S. naming data, Nameberry told Nexstar.
Below are some of the rising-in-popularity names for 2023.
The Social Security Administration’s popular names database contains names given in the U.S. and District of Columbia starting after 1879. The administration explains there are certain restrictions around its data, including incorrect birth certificate information, various spellings of certain names and potential ties needing to be broken.
Per SSA, 2021’s most popular baby names are Liam, Noah and Oliver (ranked first through third) for males and Olivia, Emma and Charlotte for females. A few names that declined in popularity between 2020 and 2021 include Jaxtyn, Karsyn, Denise and Karen.
Nameberry says that in addition to naming stats and analytics, the site is also paying attention to other factors that can make or break a name’s popularity.
“We [also] follow trends in the culture, such as the pandemic, eco-awareness, increased focus on personal identity, and so on, as well as names and styles likely to catch on thanks to the influence of celebrity and pop culture,” Nameberry editor Emma Waterhouse told Nexstar.
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MIAMI (AP) — The family of a 33-year-old Illinois woman who was killed while parasailing in the Florida Keys last month has filed a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit against the boat company, attorneys said.
Supraja Alaparthi was killed, her 9-year-old nephew was seriously injured and her 10-year-old son suffered minor injuries when the boat captain cut loose the parasail as a storm approached Marathon in the Florida Keys on May 30, attorney Michael Haggard said in a news conference Tuesday.
Eleven family members, including Alaparthi's 6-year-old daughter, were on the boat that afternoon. The family was visiting the Keys from Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and told the captain they could return the next day if the weather was too bad to go up in the parasail. But the captain said it would be OK, Haggard said.
Soon after the parasail was airborne, the captain began losing control of the boat because of “pegging" which causes the parasail to be filled with so much air that it drags the boat. Once the parasail line was cut, the mother and two children were dragged untethered across the water and crashed into a bridge.
A man on a nearby boat brought the trio to shore in Marathon. Alaparthi was dead at the scene, officials said. The boys were taken to a hospital.
While her son was not seriously injured he remains in shock and will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, Haggard said.
The younger boy spent a week at Nicklaus Children's Hospital being treated for injuries to his eyes, face and other parts of his body, Haggard said. He's now in Illinois where he will need additional surgeries.
The lawsuit claims the company failed to properly train the captain and first mate, did not equip the boat with proper safety and parasailing equipment and operated the boat in unsafe weather conditions.
The lawyer for the boat company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Lawsuit-filed-by-family-of-woman-killed-while-17273663.php | 2022-06-29 13:37:33 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Lawsuit-filed-by-family-of-woman-killed-while-17273663.php |
As part of its Globalization strategy, TCL rolls out technology to enable customers in the MEA to lead smarter, healthier and more seamlessly connected lifestyles
DUBAI, UAE, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, the world's TOP 2 TV brand and TOP 1 98-inch TV brand, today unveiled its latest multi-category products for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market at an exclusive launch event in Dubai. TCL also announced its partnership with Arsenal Football Club as the Official Regional Consumer Electronics Partner of the Club, with the event being highlighted by a special appearance by Arsenal Legend, Robert Pires.
From stunning picture quality with its 2023 C Series Mini LED and QLED TVs and an exciting range of upgraded domestic appliances and air conditioners to enable a healthier and more convenient lifestyle, TCL's latest product line-up underscores its commitment to bringing customers in the region the very best in technological innovation
Expanding Imaginations Through Innovative Display Technology – Introducing the Latest Generation of TCL Mini LED with the 2023 C Series
A pioneer and a leader of Mini LED technology, TCL proudly introduced its latest generation technology, to audiences in MEA. The C845 is the newest addition to TCL's Mini LED TV line-up, with more local dimming zones at work providing infinite contrast dimensions, high efficiency, and wide luminous angle Mini LEDs to achieve the highest brightness levels to date of HDR 2000 nits available in 55'', 65'', 75'', and 85'' models and backed by AiPQ Processor 3.0, the TCL C845 delivers outstanding picture quality combined with unparalleled sound thanks to Dolby Vision IQ & Dolby Atmos.
Countless Colors and Endless Entertainment with All-New C745 & C645 QLED TVs
For gamers, TCL introduced its new TCL C745 which combines QLED with Full Array Local Dimming technology, 4K HDR and industry leading refresh rate of 144Hz VRR and a 240Hz Game Accelerator for smooth, sharp and colorful HDR picture quality. The new TCL C645 is equipped with TCL QLED technology for outstanding color expression, certified with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and packed with a 120 HZ Game Accelerator, making it an excellent value option for those who seek high-quality and interactive home entertainment experiences.
Enhanced Domestic Appliances for a Healthier, More Convenient Lifestyle
TCL also launched a suite of new products for the home with the aim of enabling a seamless and healthy connected lifestyle. The brand shared updates on Air Conditioners, with its innovative Gentle Cool series with its new sleek, minimalist, easy-to-clean design. TCL also introduced its latest refrigerator and washing machine offerings to its consumers to help them live healthier and convenient lives.
Commenting on the new launch, Ms. Sunny Yang, General Manager of TCL MEA, said, "We are delighted to introduce TCL's latest generation of Mini LED and QLED TVs in the Middle East and Africa market. Our purpose is to serve our evolving consumers' needs and offer the latest cutting edge technology to give a premium, exceptional entertainment experience for them. We also look forward to showcasing our latest offerings in home appliances that will make lives easier."
"TCL's growth in the MEA region has been truly remarkable over the past year." Mohammed Minhajuddin, Senior Marketing Manager of TCL MEA, stated, "We are expanding our TV portfolio in the MEA region offering more choices to customize with the technology matching their requirements and interests. The quality of our products speaks for itself as they have played a vital role in propelling our ambitions for the future even further."
These fresh offerings align closely with TCL's brand signature "Inspire Greatness," which not only conveys the brand's current corporate message but also embodies TCL's assurance and aspiration to offer global consumers values that motivate and enable them to strive for excellence in all aspects of their lives, surpassing mere product offerings.
Igniting Passions; TCL Highlights New Sponsorships for the MEA Market
TCL has long been a champion of sports, making it an integral part of its global strategy as it aims to strengthen its influence around the world. In the MEA Market, TCL unveiled its partnership with one of the most iconic football clubs in the world – Arsenal FC, as its Official Regional Consumer Electronics Partner.
In addition to this, TCL expanded its cricket portfolio in the region with partnerships with the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Peshawar Zalmi and Pakistan Cricket Team. Globally, TCL has set up a number of well-established partnerships with some of the world's leading football teams, including the Spanish and Italian national teams and is an official partner of the most popular sport's league in the US, the NFL.
In the realm of video game, TCL is excited to strengthen their long-standing partnership with Call of Duty ® as the Official Partner. TCL TVs have been praised for their gaming performance, allowing gamers to have a more immersive experience, with crisp detail, smooth motion, and ultra-low input lag. More activities with this world-famous video game franchise will be announced in later dates.
As the leading creator of high-performance and cutting-edge technology, TCL recognizes that their TV's have the unique ability to connect and inspire people around the world, by immersing them in the action that unfolds on screen.
About TCL Electronics
TCL Electronics (1070.HK) is a fast-growing consumer electronics company and a leading player in the global TV industry. Founded in 1981, it now operates in over 160 markets globally. TCL specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics products ranging from TVs, audio and smart home appliances.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence handed to a prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority and a correspondent for a top newspaper in Poland.
The decision is seen part of the government’s sweeping, year’s long crackdown on opposition figures, human rights activists and independent reporters.
The Court rejected the appeal of Andrzej Poczobut, a 50-year-old reporter with Poland’s influential Gazeta Wyborcza, dismissing all defense arguments.
In February, Poczobut was found guilty of inflicting harm on Belarus’ national security and “sowing discord.” The trial took place behind closed doors in the Belarusian city of Grodno. He has remained behind bars ever since his arrest in March 2021.
Poczobut had extensively covered mass protests that engulfed Belarus in 2020 in the wake of the disputed presidential election that handed authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko his sixth term in office. Both the Belarusian opposition and the West have denounced the vote as rigged.
Poczobut’s indictment pointed to his coverage of the protests, his statements in support of ethnic Poles in Belarus and a reference to the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland as an act of “aggression” as evidence of his guilt.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists said that Poczobut’s appeal was considered behind closed doors without explanation. The journalist is currently in the Grodno prison no. 1 and will now be transferred to a penal colony.
Poland’s Foreign Ministry on Friday vowed to continue calling for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus. “Upholding the sentence of 8 years in prison for Andrzej Poczobut clearly shows the ill-will of the Belarusian authorities regarding representatives of the national minority in Belarus,” the ministry tweeted. | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-belarus-upholds-8-year-prison-sentence-for-journalist-of-top-polish-newspaper/ | 2023-05-27 12:22:09 | 1 | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-belarus-upholds-8-year-prison-sentence-for-journalist-of-top-polish-newspaper/ |
Rayna Malhotra welcomes Elizabeth Nyamwange — a high school senior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy. Elizabeth discusses her work in computer programming with a focus on gender equity and equality, and also provides insight on the process of developing Etana, a device she created that enables women to create unique biometric digital identification without access to electricity or the internet.
Elizabeth also talks about her acceptance to the prestigious Research Science Institute and work at Harvard Medical School this past summer, and she shares some advice for other young innovators interested in a future of computer science and engineering.
Teen Scientist with host Rayna Malhotra brings you groundbreaking innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines - entirely from a teenage perspective. Catch it the first Thursday of every month from 6:00 to 7:00 PM following All Things Considered.
(Original air-date: 12/1/22) | https://www.wdiy.org/podcast/teen-scientist/2022-12-02/combining-stem-and-sociology-a-conversation-with-elizabeth-nyamwange-teen-scientist | 2022-12-02 16:24:22 | 1 | https://www.wdiy.org/podcast/teen-scientist/2022-12-02/combining-stem-and-sociology-a-conversation-with-elizabeth-nyamwange-teen-scientist |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first woman to lead California's highway patrol will retire Dec. 30, two years after she was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the first Black man to head the agency.
The California Highway Patrol on Friday announced the retirement of Amanda Ray, 56, the Sacramento Bee reported. The CHP press release did not provide a reason or indicate if this was a planned retirement.
Ray oversaw a law enforcement agency with more than 11,000 employees and an annual budget of nearly $3 billion. Like her predecessor, Warren Stanley, she is Black.
Ray started with the CHP in 1990 as a cadet, moving steadily up through the ranks. In a statement Friday, Newsom called Ray an inspiration to the next generation of CHP officers.
“Commissioner Ray has been a steadfast partner in our work to protect public safety, build a CHP that is more representative of California’s communities and create a criminal justice system that better serves all Californians,” he said.
His office said Deputy Commissioner Sean Duryee will serve as acting commissioner upon her retirement. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/California-CHP-commissioner-to-retire-after-2-17662471.php | 2022-12-18 18:17:56 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/California-CHP-commissioner-to-retire-after-2-17662471.php |
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Early goals for the Spaniard and Kylian Mbappe put the champion on top at Parc des Princes, before Johan Gastien, Mehdi Zeffane and Grejohn Kyei completed a stirring comeback from the visitors, who also had a goal disallowed and missed a penalty in the first half.
It was a damp last note for ex-LaLiga heroes Messi and Ramos, who leave Paris as two-time league champions but without having won the hearts of supporters, with Messi booed ahead of kick-off.
Likewise, it may prove a dour final chapter for coach Christophe Galtier, who is widely tipped to depart despite leading PSG to a record 11th league title.
PSG, whose players wore shirts adorned with the name of injured team-mate Sergio Rico in the first half, needed the video assistant referee (VAR) to rescue them after Kyei prodded home an early finish.
The hosts promptly seized control, with Ramos netting a farewell header from Vitinha's delivery before Mbappe doubled the lead with an excellent penalty after Alidu Seidu's foul on Achraf Hakimi.
Clermont refused to fold though, with Gastien capitalising on Marco Verratti's mistake to halve the arrears and Zeffane bundling in a leveller either side of Kyei putting a spot-kick wide in a thrilling first half.
Messi, who misfired on his farewell, spurned a chance to finish Mbappe's square ball after the restart before Kyei nosed the visitors in front with a close-range finish.
PSG continued to toil for an equaliser in the closing stages and Messi almost stole a point in the final minute of stoppage-time, only for goalkeeper Mory Diaw to stop his direct free-kick with an acrobatic save. | https://www.beinsports.com/au/ligue-1/video/messis-send-off-soured-as-psg-suffers-shock/2106011 | 2023-06-04 00:06:40 | 1 | https://www.beinsports.com/au/ligue-1/video/messis-send-off-soured-as-psg-suffers-shock/2106011 |
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