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Opera Wyoming Hosting ‘Saturday Soiree’ to Celebrate 5th Birthday
On Saturday, Opera Wyoming is hosting a 'Saturday Soiree' to celebrate the organization's fifth birthday!
Opera Wyoming has been a fixture of Casper for half a decade and, in recent months, it's been putting on more and more variety-type shows.
That's what will happen on Saturday, as Opera Wyoming returns to The Lyric in Downtown Casper to present their Soiree, featuring "an evening of song and celebration."
New and familiar faces alike will be on display Saturday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. There will be music, magic, singing, dancing, and so much more.
Casper is full of incredible artists - from singers, to dancers, burlesque performers, magicians, comedians and more. And Opera Wyoming has provided a space for all of them.
According to their website, Opera Wyoming exists "to enhance the cultural landscape of Wyoming. We are doing this by producing high-quality productions throughout the state; whether through pop-up appearances at public events or our fully staged productions."
Recently, Opera Wyoming produced the Tony Award-winning rock opera, Rent, written by Jonathan Larson. They will also be producing La Boheme and the Sound of Music in the coming months.
Throughout its five years, Opera Wyoming has proven itself to be a safe haven for performers; those who have spent years honing their craft, and those who are new to the scene. Part of the point of these pop-up soirees is to allow performers the chance to do their thing in front of an audience.
"We received so much positive feedback from past soirees and we're so happy to bring them back," said Daniel Quintana, the Artistic Director for Opera Wyoming. "We're all about creating performing opportunities for local artists and the soirees provide a place to perform established and new material. We'll be hosting these every 3rd Saturday of the month at The Lyric. This month is special since it's our 5th birthday. It's a nice, laid back hour to hour and fifteen minute variety show."
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but donations are extremely appreciated. If you're looking for a way to spend Saturday night while also supporting the arts in Casper, this is a great way to do it.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The surging Mississippi River was cresting in Iowa on Saturday as melting snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin continues to push up river levels, the National Weather Service said.
The weather service said the river was cresting between 23 and 24.3 feet (7 and 7.4 meters) in Dubuque, a city on the Mississippi about 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of Des Moines. The river was expected to crest at 21.9 feet (6.7 meters) in Bellevue, Iowa, on Saturday night.
The river is not expected to see many record crests in the next week, but the weather service said Saturday’s levels would come close to 1993 and 2001 records between 23.9 and 25.4 feet (7.3 and 7.7 meters) as the river moves down its 2,300-mile (3,700-kilometer) length before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
Dubuque has closed its floodgates for only the third time ever in response to flooding. Further south in the Quad Cities — five adjoining cities along the river in Iowa and Illinois — the river is expected to crest at 21.6 feet (6.6 meters) Monday. Some roads and parks near the river are closed.
Officials in towns along the river have said they are optimistic they will escape severe flooding this year, thanks to improved floodwalls and other prevention measures.
Despite some flooding in Wisconsin earlier in the week, the weather service said states farther south could be spared major flooding damage because tributaries in Iowa, Illinois and other states are running lower than usual, providing paths for runoff from the Mississippi.
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Aaron Rodgers says Packers make too many mistakes, some 'shouldn't be playing'
The Packers have lost three games in a row
The Green Bay Packers lost their third straight game on Sunday, in all of which they were the favorite. They also barely beat Bailey Zappe and the New England Patriots, needing a field goal as time expired in overtime to get the win.
It has been a serious struggle for Aaron Rodgers and company, and he's airing the dirty laundry.
Rodgers said the Packers are making "double digit" mistakes every week, and there should be penalties for those who are making too many.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
"I think guys who are making too many mistakes shouldn’t be playing. Gotta start cutting some reps. And maybe guys who aren’t playing, give them a chance," Rodgers said.
"It’s definitely not just one play here or there," Rodgers said. "It’s 20% of the time. If we have 50 plays, and we have 10 missed assignments or mental errors, that’s 20% of the time. So that’s way too high. In the past we were looking more like, less than 10%, so that gives us a really good chance to be successful. Twenty percent, that’s way too high.
"We had so many, just, mental errors and mistakes," he added. "It's not the kind of football we're used to playing over the years. There definitely have been games where we average four, five, six, maybe seven at the most mental errors or missed assignments per week. Some weeks you have like four, two sometimes. This season, a lot more than that every single week. It's double digits every single week."
Rodgers guessed that the Packers are making mistakes "20 percent of the time," which is "way too high."
"That’s one play a series where you’re really making it tough on yourself. So we’ve got to fix that," he said.
AARON RODGERS STRUGGLES AS PACKERS LOSE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME
The Packers traded Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders and clearly miss him. The Packers drafted receiver Christian Watson in the second round – he dropped what would have been a 75-yard touchdown on his very first NFL target, and he is now hurt. Romeo Doubs has been a nice late-round flier, but he had zero catches this past Sunday.
It's a young team, but Rodgers says that's no excuse, and everyone needs to be accountable for the team's struggles.
"I think when the players really take over, then you're gonna see the possibility of us making a run… Just because we're a young team, we can't just write that off as ‘they’re figuring it out. The rookies are figuring this thing out. They're gonna go through their rookie wall, and blah blah blah.' Bull----, bull----. We need everybody on the same page to make the same plays that are possible. We need them Monday to Saturday to put in the time to be ready to play Sunday. There's too many times in the game where there's simple, simple things that are just not being accomplished."
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
The road for Green Bay isn't getting any easier – they will head to Buffalo this weekend to face the Bills, who are widely regarded as a favorite to win the Super Bowl.
Green Bay is currently on their first three-game losing streak since 2018.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
MARTIN: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.
What do taxes have to do with Veteran's Day? I'll tell you in my Can I Just Tell You commentary in just a few minutes.
But first, this week, we go behind closed doors to tell a story that's all about skin color. It has nothing to do with racism. It's about vitiligo. It's a disease that happens to people of every race but is especially noticeable and challenging for people with darker skin, especially those who earn their living in the public eye. Pop star Michael Jackson said he had it years ago, explaining why he'd chosen to bleach his skin, but few believed him then.
Anchor and entertainment reporter Lee Thomas did because he also has vitiligo. He talks about the challenge of living with the disease in a new memoir, "Turning White: A Memoir of Change." Lee Thomas joins us now.
Thank you so much for speaking with us.
Mr. LEE THOMAS (Anchor, Entertainment Reporter; Author, "Turning White: A Memoir of Change"): First of all, thank you very much, Michel. I appreciate the time.
MARTIN: First of all, what is vitiligo?
Mr. THOMAS: It's a pigment disorder. It's in the auto-immune disorder category. And basically, what it is is your body starts eating its own pigment, and you're void of pigment. It looks like white but you're really, completely void in any kind of pigment or color. And it happens to everybody of all nationalities, any age. It's not contagious. It's not life threatening in any way. And just like a lot of auto-immune disorders, it's random - without any kind of idea which way it's going to go.
MARTIN: So it doesn't necessarily mean that if your father has it, you'll have it. There's no one else in your family who has it.
Mr. THOMAS: There's no one else in family who has it. We went back as far as my mother's great grandmothers - as far as we could talk to people - and no, that is one of the theories, though - that there is genetic link. But it's only a theory because there are no concrete evidence that that is the true link. A lot of people say also that it's link to thyroid conditions as well. Those are the two prominent ones that I've heard the most.
MARTIN: So with you, it started as a small patch on your scalp. When did you realize it was something more serious that caused you to seek medical attention?
Mr. THOMAS: It started, like you said, on my scalp. And then that one actually started to fill in but two more came on the other side of my scalp and two came on my hand. And once came in the corner of my mouth, where I started losing pigments there. And that's when I went to a doctor. I was working in New York, at WABC in New York, and I was entertainment reporter there, and really started to freak out. I mean, I'm turning white and I couldn't understand it. I didn't get it. And I went to a regular doctor. He said go to a dermatologist. Went to a dermatologist and he said, basically, you have a disease called vitiligo and there is no cure. And wow, you know?
MARTIN: What went through your mind when you heard that? I mean, this is…
Mr. THOMAS: First of all, I got a little mad at him because you're not used to doctors saying that, because they're supposed to fix everything. So I'm like, what are you talking about, doc? You're a doctor. You should have some answer for me. But really, there was no cure when I got it 15 years ago. And there is no cure now. And it was very worrisome. I was scared for my livelihood, for my job. I worked very hard, you know, to get where I was.
MARTIN: Well, I guess, I think (unintelligible) people at WABC. It's like the flagship affiliate of, you know, a major network - and you were there, you know? You were in the catbird seat.
Mr. THOMAS: I was there. Yeah, I was.
MARTIN: Something you'd always wanted.
Mr. THOMAS: Yes. And then I get this. Almost like a sentence that my career was over, that the dream had ended. Finally, someone got the pin out and punched the balloon. Because, at that time, I could not fathom a Black man turning white on live television. I mean, you know, and the news is live. And the news is now and it's nonstop, and it's a vigorous business. We both understand the rigors of it and I just didn't see a way of keeping my job while having a disease like this.
MARTIN: But you wear makeup, anyway? I know very few people who work in a studio who don't.
Mr. THOMAS: Right.
MARTIN: So was it really that big of a deal? I mean, forgive me, but I mean, you know, you said orders of magnitude. But was it really that much of a leap to say, okay, well, I'll wear some makeup. Why do you think you were so devastated that that didn't occur to you?
Mr. THOMAS: I didn't like wearing a lot of makeup. And I wish I could go without it at the time. Even though I like the powder, just so I didn't shine, but I actually had to buy new makeup. And also my hands - as my hands continue to change, people would literally stare at my hands. Still do. So it would distract from my job. It became a concern. It's a distraction. My hands are in the shot. They're at the desk. They're on the desk. There're cooking segments when you have to use your hands and, immediately, anything that's in that shot or in that environment, it takes away from message what you're saying, what you're interviewing someone about, is taking away from you being able to do your job at its best. So I was very concerned.
MARTIN: So what did you do? Did you go to talk to management? Did you say, look, this is what's happening to me, what did you do?
Mr. THOMAS: I actually - I didn't. I decided to actually go and try to figure it out on my own and just hide it from management at that point.
MARTIN: Did that work?
Mr. THOMAS: It did. I mean, I left New York. I got the job here in Detroit and still, hiding it with makeup. And as it progress, that's when I went to management. When it was something that I could not hide or chose not to try and hide anymore, I went to management and said, look, I don't know what's going to happen. I could turn completely white and I don't know if I'm going to want to stay or leave, especially when it started to take over my faith. It became what I call the war within, where it was really me fighting with me to deal with what I call the outside, you know, I have a makeup on.
MARTIN: Well, that's - I wanted to ask you about that when you said you weren't sure you wanted to stay. Why? Why would you give up your dream? Was it really that hard? I mean, I'm just trying to add what was it like for you? Did people stare at you on the street? Did you…
Mr. THOMAS: Oh, yeah.
MARTIN: Yeah.
Mr. THOMAS: I mean, everyone. It's one thing to walk in a room and you're the TV guy and everybody goes, hey, here's the TV guy. And some people watch your channel, some people don't. Some people know you, some people don't. But it's another thing to walk into the room and get the look of shock and awe -disheartened. Some people are immediately sad when they see you. And then, the reaction from children was also very difficult because they're very honest. And everybody isn't as nice as we'd like for them to be, and some of their comments are very harsh. And…
MARTIN: Like what?
Mr. THOMAS: Well, I got called Chocolate and Vanilla, what's wrong with your face. One lady - I was in a grocery store line and getting my groceries. This is recent. And I go to pay, and I go, how much is it? The lady behind me goes, you sound just like that guy who's on Fox 2. And I go, really?
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. THOMAS: Do you like that guy? She's like, yeah, he's all right. But I tell you what? If it wasn't for your face, you have a dead on - his voice.
MARTIN: Mm-hmm.
Mr. THOMAS: So what do you say to all of those kinds of comments? And at some point, you know, especially a few years ago, it just became a barrage of almost too much. And I had to learn how to deal with them and how to learn how to turn the situation, because I'm a very positive person and I fight for that positivity and…
MARTIN: It sounds like it.
Mr. THOMAS: …and I had to fight to regain my positivity and maintain myself.
MARTIN: You don't wear makeup outside of work?
Mr. THOMAS: When I'm working, makeup. When I'm not, nope…
MARTIN: Why is that?
Mr. THOMAS: …going about my daily life. It's a choice, you know? I am who I am and this is the struggle that I go through. And everybody has a struggle that they go through or obstacles they have to overcome in their life. You can just see one of mine, but it clearly does not define who I am. And if you choose to have a problem because of it, the onus is just on me. And I'm not harboring anything against you for it.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. And I'm speaking with Lee Thomas. He's the author of "Turning White." It's a memoir about his struggle with vitiligo.
You're really candid in the book, I have to say, about the way…
Mr. THOMAS: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: …this has affected your social life.
Mr. THOMAS: Uh-huh.
MARTIN: That, you know, you went through this period of not really knowing that if you were rejected by a woman, is it because of…
Mr. THOMAS: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: …you, you know. Maybe your rap wasn't, you know…
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Mr. THOMAS: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
MARTIN: …tight enough? Or, was it the disease? And I just wonder if you still struggle with that?
Mr. THOMAS: You know, I do struggle with it, but the struggle isn't as long or as intense as it used to be. And, yes, I do have a girlfriend now and I'm just amazed that she loves me like I am sometimes, but she does. But I don't think I would have met her if I didn't change my philosophy, because it was stopping me from talking to people because I don't know if they can deal with it or I go on a date and the girl doesn't want to kiss me at the end of the date, but we've been hanging out the whole time and I'm not wearing my makeup because I'm not at work. So, did she not want to kiss me because she wasn't feeling me? Or did she not want to kiss me because even though she wanted to hang out with me, she can't deal with kissing this face.
MARTIN: The other thing that struck me was that one of the things you are known for is your entertainment interviews.
Mr. THOMAS: Yeah.
MARTIN: I mean, you interview all the big stars. It's been…
Mr. THOMAS: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: …part of your portfolio for years.
Mr. THOMAS: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: Such an appearance-oriented business. And I, you know, always people are - not all of them - most of them are, gorgeous. And if they didn't…
Mr. THOMAS: Yeah.
MARTIN: …start out that way, they put a lot of money into looking that way. Does that bring anything up for you when you do these interviews now?
Mr. THOMAS: It's funny because I'm sitting in a chair across an actress. And she said, I think I'm getting a blemish.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. THOMAS: And I'm just - I started laughing because it was so funny to me. She's worried about a little pimple.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. THOMAS: And 50 percent of my face is white, you know?
MARTIN: Well, exactly.
Mr. THOMAS: A (unintelligible) black man.
MARTIN: Well, that's exactly one of my questions.
Mr. THOMAS: But my biggest - yeah.
MARTIN: Does it make it hard for you to put up with their stuffs, sometimes - it's like, you've got to be kidding me, right?
Mr. THOMAS: Oh no. No, not at all. It's all just funny to me, you know. I don't look at it as, you know, this is what I'm going through, but I know that they live in this very cosmetic business. I'm fortunate to be at my end of the business. I was worried about one of them going, you know, the guy with the white hands and the black face, I don't want to talk to him anymore. And…
MARTIN: Has that happened?
Mr. THOMAS: It's just a worry. It never has. I've never lost an interviewer or anything because of my disease, and I go that way.
MARTIN: But, you know, the other thought that occurs to me, though, is the whole Michael Jackson story, because I have to be (unintelligible).
Mr. THOMAS: Right.
MARTIN: I do not believe that most people thought he was telling the truth about…
Mr. THOMAS: I don't think they did, either and…
MARTIN: …and I think partly because he's so cosmetically altered in all these…
Mr. THOMAS: Mm-hmm.
MARTIN: …other ways, I mean, and, you know?
Mr. THOMAS: I understand completely. And the real example for me, with Michael Jackson, is I can confirm. It was all my left hand first. I used to wear one glove when it wasn't exactly winter, just because I wanted to cover my left hand when I wasn't covering it with makeup, you know? I understand. And the treatment is to bleach if it gets over 80 percent of your skin.
MARTIN: Wait a minute. You did the same thing? You wore one glove.
Mr. THOMAS: I would wear one glove when it was on one hand. And it was funny to me when I'd look back and go, man, people look at that as a fashion statement when I completely understand the guy was covering. The example I take from him is to not hide. I understand why he's so reclusive. I've met a lot of vitiligo patients who are afraid to go outside, but to be reclusive does not help the situation. And that's the example I take from Michael Jackson. If he wasn't so reclusive, I think people would have understood him a lot more and it wouldn't have gotten to the persona that it is today.
MARTIN: That's right.
Mr. THOMAS: So the example I took from him was to, you know what, tell your story. Be as open as possible.
MARTIN: Finally, Lee, I wanted to ask you, does this raise any interesting observations for you about race?
Mr. THOMAS: You know, I've grappled with this as this has happened to me because as an African-American man who chooses the news business, you go through certain changes, you know? People make certain assumptions about you because you speak a certain way or - and, you know, you dress a certain way that you're not this or you are that. And I grappled with it, minorly(ph), as my face started to change.
This disease has forced me to clearly define myself as a man and as an African-American man. So it's something that I don't grapple with anymore, but it's just interesting what people see. I was on a plane, a long plane ride coming home, and I head on one of those hooded jackets so I pulled the hood because I was going to go to sleep. So all you could see is, you know, just a little bit of the small of my face and then you could see my hands.
MARTIN: Which are quite pale…
Mr. THOMAS: Yeah.
MARTIN: …for those who haven't seen the book yet.
Mr. THOMAS: Yeah.
MARTIN: You're quite pale on your book, I have to say - has some very interesting photographs showing the progression of the disease.
Mr. THOMAS: Yeah.
MARTIN: Very beautifully shot. But go ahead.
Mr. THOMAS: Oh, and the guy next to me, he says, do you mind if I ask you a question? And I go, no man, I'm an open book - because I have been talking to him anyway. And he says, are you an African-American or you're Caucasian? And I just laughed, then I go, you know what, you're right. Fifty percent of my face is white, 50 percent is black, and my hands are completely white, but I'm all brother. I am. It's coming from the heart. So I guess I just have to be - tell him. I don't mind telling him, but, yeah, I'm African-American man. And then we had a long conversation. And he's been such a nice guy. But, you know, I understand.
And to the pictures for a second, I just thought it was important for people to see, you know, the thing that started this whole thing was a kid called and asked me to tell my story because he has vitiligo. And he said people would treat him different, and that's what made me tell my story in the beginning. And I'm completely shocked and amazed and awed how the story has taken off because I realized that I'm speaking for a lot of people now. And I think my story has gotten even bigger than that. But for vitiligo patients, I think it's important for people to be able to look and not feel bad about looking, so you didn't have to look at me.
MARTIN: Mm-hmm.
Mr. THOMAS: You can look at the pictures in the book and you can get as comfortable with them as you want. And then the next time you see somebody that has vitiligo, it'll give you pause to give them a little more compassion maybe on the other end of it.
MARTIN: Lee Thomas is a television broadcaster with FOX News Channel 2 in Detroit. He's the author of "Turning White: A Memoir of Change." It's available now. He joined us from WDET in Detroit.
Lee, thanks so much for speaking with us.
Mr. THOMAS: Michel Martin, I really appreciate the time and I got a lot of respect for you as well. Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Health calendar for May 16, 2023
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FREE Memory Testing. Tuesday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Merritt Island Medical Research will be offering free memory screenings at One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. Please call 321-305-5015 to schedule an appointment.
Parrish Healthcare Stroke and Heart Survivors Support Group. If you've experience a diagnosis or event, or are caring for someone living with heart disease or stroke, our community is here to support you.
- When: Tuesday, May 16; 2-4 p.m.
- Where: Heritage Hall, 931 N. Washington Ave., Titusville
- Facilitated by Janet Rooks, MA, CDP
- For additional information, please contact Janet Rooks at 321-268-6800.
- To register, visit parrishhealthcare.com/StrokeandHeartSupport
FREE Liver Scans. Wednesday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.ClinCloud is offering free Fibroscans at One Senior Place, , 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. Please call 321-751-6771 to schedule your half hour appointment.
Parrish Healthcare Cancer and Survivor Support Group. This group is for cancer patients, cancer survivors and anyone touched by the disease. Enjoy refreshments and talk with others sharing similar situations and experiences.
- When: Wednesday, May 17; 4-5:30 p.m.
- Where: Heritage Hall, 931 N. Washington Ave., Titusville
- Facilitated by Shannon Luker, RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN
- For additional information, please contact Shannon Luker at 321-268-6111, ext. 3544.
- To register, visit parrishhealthcare.com/CancerSupport
Healing Waters. Thursday, May 18, from noon to 1 p.m. Presented by Aquatic Health & Rehab. Alternative ways pool therapy can help at One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. For more information and to RSVP, call 321-253-6324.
Tinnitus [and Hearing Loss], Lunch and Learn Seminar. Friday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.This presentation brought to you by Personal Hearing Solutions and Clinical Education Specialist Dr. Susan de Bondt, AUD from Widex. This presentation will center on the causes of Tinnitus, “Ringing in your ears” and what can be done to improve it. At One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. Boxed lunch provided, must RSVP to 321-751-6771.
Multiple events at Advance Fitness. Located at 2176 Sarno Rd. Suite 102 Melbourne.
- Parkinson's Disease exercise classes. Rock Steady Boxing M-W-F 10:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., Zoom Rock Steady classes Tues-Thurs at 1 pm.
- Tai Chi. Every Thursday with Brad, 11:00- 12:00.
- Dance S.T.E.P.S. May 25, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Please call 321-693-9246 for more information.
Support groups
Parkinson’s Support Group. Wednesday, May 17, 10 to 11 a.m.Come and share ideas, make new friends at the Parkinson’s Discussion Group. Bring your questions and let us discuss our experiences and feelings as we deal with Parkinson’s disease. At One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. RSVP to 321-751-6771.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Group. Wednesday, May 17, from 2 – 3 p.m. The group encourages caregivers to maintain their own personal, physical and emotional health as well as optimal care for the person with dementia. At One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940. RSVP call 321-751-6771.
Ongoing
Parkinson’s Support Group. Every Wednesday morning, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. We are a group of people who have Parkinson's Disease that come together to talk about our experiences and learn from each other how to navigate this disease. Once a month we have speakers do a presentation about different topics and resources for Parkinson's in our community. We are located at Advance Fitness, 2176 Sarno Rd. Suite 102 Melbourne Fl. 32935. RSVP 321-693-9246.
Exercise classes in Melbourne. Wickham Park Senior Center, 2784 Leisure Way, Melbourne, offers several senior exercise classes including: Jazzercise LO — Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30–9:30 a.m., QiGong-Tai Chi — Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30-9:30 a.m., Bones & Balance — Monday 10-11 a.m., Ballroom Dancing — Monday 6:30-8:30 pm, Chair Yoga — Tuesday 3:00-4:00 pm, Line Dancing — Tuesday, 4:15-5:30 pm, Strength & Flexibility — Thursday, 9:30-10:30 am. Call 321-255-4494 or visit www.bcwpsc.org for more information.
Senior exercise classes in Rockledge. Martin Andersen Senior Center, 1025 S.Florida Ave., Rockledge, offers senior exercise classes Monday through Friday. Members $1, non-members $2 per class except Bone Builders class which is donation only. The public is welcome.Call 321 631-7549 for more information.
Line dancing class. An excellent was to stay physically and mentally fit while also enjoying the social benefits. Beginner level. Larry Wright, Instructor (321-323-4928), Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., $5 a class, Viera Regional Community Center, 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, Fl 32940.
Free memory screenings. The Memory Disorder Clinic at Health First, 3661 Babcock St. 2nd floor, Melbourne, FL 32901, one of 17 state-funded memory clinics, provides free memory screening to anyone over the age of 18 who is concerned about memory. Memory screenings are not a diagnosis but an important first step in the evaluation process, serving a vital role toward detection and treatment. Call 321-434-7614 for an appointment.
Zumba Gold. Perfect for active adults looking for a modified Zumba class that recreates the original moves you love at a lower intensity. Come ready to dance every Monday and Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at Freedom 7 Senior Community Center, inside the Cocoa Beach Country Club, 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931. Everyone is welcome. Visit www.freedom7seniors.org or 321-783-9505 for more information. Drop in, no preregistration required.
Questions About Your Hearing? Personal Hearing Solutions, every Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera. Sandra Wagner will be on hand to share information and answer your questions about hearing loss and solutions to it for a safe and healthy lifestyle. For more information, stop by or call 321-253-6310.
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Meetings in Brevard County. Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. For more information on the Space Coast chapter, including more meetings and contact info, visit https://oaspacecoast.org/
Cocoa Beach: 11 a.m. on Monday and Thursday at the Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N. Brevard Avenue, Cocoa Beach
Melbourne: 1:00 pm onTuesday & Wednesday at MLK Library, 955 E. University Blvd
Merritt Island: 7:30 pm on Thursday at the Grace United Methodist Church, 65 Needle Street, Rppm 208
Indialantic: 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at Holy Name of Jesus, 3050 N. Highway A1A, Outdoor Pavilion, Indialantic
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
TOPS Chapter FL 0043 Meets at 4:10 p.m. Tuesdays at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 3050 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic, FL 32903, Room 101. Weigh-in begins at 3:30 p.m. Cost is $4 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0066 Meets at 6:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library, 308 Forrest Ave, Cocoa, FL 32922. Weigh-in begins at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $4 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0164 Meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Wesley Methodist Church, 2075 Meadowlane Ave., West Melbourne (Mask optional). Weigh-in begins at 8:45 a.m. Cost is $5 monthly chapter dues and the new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0307 Meets at 10 a.m. Fridays St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1255 Knox McRae Dr, Titusville, FL 32780. Weigh-in begins at 8 a.m. Cost is $5 monthly chapter dues and the new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 585-305-0626 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0456 Meets at 09:30 a.m. Fridays, Building C, Room 1, 625 Barefoot Bay Blvd, Barefoot Bay, FL 32976. Weigh-in begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $3 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0473 Meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Roseland United Methodist Church, 12962 Roseland Road, Roseland, FL 32968. Parking provided behind building. Weigh-in begins at 6 p.m. Cost is $5 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0506 Meets at 10 a.m. Thursdays at the Palm Bay Public Library, 1520 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905. Weigh-in begins at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $6 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0544 Meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays in the Fellowship Hall, Ascension Lutheran Church, 1053 Pinetree Drive, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937. Weigh-in begins at 9:45 a.m. Cost is $5 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
TOPS Chapter FL 0876 Meets at 10 a.m. Wednesdays, Building 2, Martin Anderson Senior Center, 1025 Florida Avenue South, Rockledge, FL 32955. Weigh-in begins at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $4 monthly chapter dues and new member fee is $49.72 first year only; yearly member renewals are $37. More info, call 321-271-9427 or visit http://www.tops.org.
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Exploring Xanamem® and the "cortisol hypothesis" for more than 6 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's Disease[1]
SYDNEY, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinogen Medical Limited (ASX: ACW) is pleased to announce receipt today of agreement from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with its six-month, Phase 2b, placebo-controlled clinical trial of Xanamem in patients with early stages of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
This agreement comes in the context of the Company recently updating its FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) dossier with new nonclinical and clinical information to support the trial protocol.
The planned Phase 2b trial will enrol 330 patients with mild AD and progressive disease, using clinical criteria and confirmed by an elevated level of pTau181 protein in the blood. Patients will be randomized to treatment over six months with 5 mg, 10 mg or placebo once a day.
Key efficacy endpoints will be those that have shown Xanamem effect in prior trials: the Clinical Dementia Rating scale – Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) and the Cogstate computerized test battery of attention and working memory.
The trial will commence in the first half of 2023 with results expected in late 2024.
Actinogen Chair, Dr Geoff Brooke, said:
"The FDA approval of our upcoming Phase 2b Alzheimer's Disease trial is a significant milestone for the Company. This is a testament to the expertise of our management team, advisors and clinical investigators around the world.
"The Company, guided by CEO Steven Gourlay, has delivered two positive clinical results this year as well as the successful completion of nonclinical and manufacturing activities. We look forward to more good news in 2023 as we commence enrolment in the XanaMIA Phase 2b Alzheimer's Disease trial and continue with the XanaCIDD Phase 2 Depression trial."
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About Actinogen Medical
Actinogen Medical (ACW) is an ASX-listed, biotechnology company developing a novel therapy for neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases associated with dysregulated brain cortisol. There is a strong association between cortisol and detrimental changes in the brain, affecting cognitive function, harm to brain cells and long-term cognitive health.
Cognitive function means how a person understands, remembers and thinks clearly. Cognitive functions include memory, attention, reasoning, awareness and decision-making.
Actinogen is currently developing its lead compound, Xanamem, as a promising new therapy for Alzheimer's Disease and Depression and hopes to study Fragile X Syndrome and other neurological and psychiatric diseases in the future. Reducing cortisol inside brain cells could have a positive impact in these and many other diseases. The cognitive dysfunction, behavioural abnormalities, and neuropsychological burden associated with these conditions is debilitating for patients, and there is a substantial unmet medical need for new and improved treatments.
About Xanamem
Xanamem's novel mechanism of action is to block the production of cortisol inside cells through the inhibition of the 11β-HSD1 enzyme in the brain. Xanamem is designed to get into the brain after it is absorbed in the intestines upon swallowing its capsule.
Chronically elevated cortisol is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease, and Xanamem has shown the ability to enhance cognition in healthy, older volunteers. Cognitive impairment is also a feature in Depression and many other diseases. Cortisol itself is also associated with depressive symptoms and when targeted via other mechanisms has shown some promise in prior clinical trials.
The Company has studied 11β-HSD1 inhibition by Xanamem in more than 300 volunteers and patients, so far finding a statistically significant improvement in working memory and attention, compared with placebo, in healthy, older volunteers in two consecutive trials and clinically significant improvements in patients with biomarker-positive mild AD. Previously, high levels of target engagement in the brain with doses as low as 5 mg daily have been demonstrated in a human PET imaging study. A series of Phase 2 studies in multiple diseases is being conducted to further confirm and characterize Xanamem's therapeutic potential.
Xanamem is an investigational product and is not approved for use outside of a clinical trial by the FDA or by any global regulatory authority. Xanamem® is a trademark of Actinogen Medical.
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PHOTOS: Webb telescope captures exciting new images of Jupiter and its moons
(CNN) - New images of Jupiter are now available, thanks to some new technology from NASA.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team unveiled the mission’s first science-quality images featuring Jupiter’s rings, moons and more Tuesday.
On Thursday, the team released even more photos of the planet, highlighting the $10 billion telescope’s ability to study targets much closer to home.
The photos, captured during Webb’s commissioning period, feature a handful of amazingly detailed shots of the deep and distant universe.
Webb launched on December 25, 2021. It was designed to peer deep into the universe’s past, studying the first stars and galaxies to ever form.
Astronomers now plan to use it to investigate a variety of cosmic objects and phenomena.
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Schools that offer an alternate meal, such as a cold cheese sandwich, to students with lunch debt are violating state law, according to an opinion issued Thursday by Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Education Commissioner Heather Mueller requested the opinion, writing that some school districts in the state still deny students meals off the standard menu until their families’ debts are paid, even after the Legislature passed a law last year banning lunch shaming.
One section of the relevant statute says schools “must ensure that any reminders for payment of outstanding student meal balances do not demean or stigmatize any child participating in the school lunch program, including but not limited to dumping meals, withdrawing a meal that has been served, announcing or listing students’ names publicly, or affixing stickers, stamps, or pins.”
Ellison wrote that it’s not clear whether an alternative meal would “demean or stigmatize” in violation of that part of the law; whether it does or does not is the education commissioner’s to make.
But the same statute also prohibits schools from limiting student participation in “any school activities, graduation ceremonies, field trips, athletics, activity clubs, or other extracurricular activities or access to materials, technology, or other items provided to students due to an unpaid student meal balance.”
Ellison wrote that denying access to the school’s scheduled meal would violate that section of the law.
“Even if there is no actual stigma associated with an alternate meal, the broad prohibition against limiting access to a wide variety of school activities includes access to the scheduled menu as an ‘other item[] provided to students,’” he wrote.
By law, the education commissioner can send a noncompliance letter to any school district that violates the law, and the district has 60 days to change its practice. Department spokesman Kevin Burns said Mueller hasn’t sent any such letters.
However, the department said it informed school districts on Friday that they must update their policies to comply with the law.
“Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and fed while they’re at school. Differential treatment, lunch shaming or otherwise demeaning or stigmatizing the student for unpaid meal balances must not continue,” Mueller said in a news release.
This school year provides the first test for school districts to comply with the law. That’s because Congress provided free school lunches to all students each of the last two school years because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, free school meals are offered only to students from low-income families. This year, the annual income limit is $42,606 for a family of two and $51,338 for a family of four.
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- Agreement will see Japan-based Mitsui take 49% stake in the project
- ReNew signed 400 MW round-the-clock (RTC) PPA last year to supply electricity to Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
- For the 400 MW PPA, the company will install 1,300 MW of renewable energy capacity and up to 100 MWh of battery storage
GURGAON, India, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ReNew Power ("ReNew", RNW, RNWWW: NASDAQ), India's leading renewable energy company, has finalized a partnership with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", 8031.T-JP: Tokyo Stock Exchange), a leading global general trading and investment firm.
The partnership will see Mitsui invest in the RTC renewable energy project being developed by ReNew.
The RTC project will consist of three newly built wind farms and one solar plus battery storage farm (1,300 MW in total plus up to 100 MWh battery storage) across the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, and provide 400 MW electricity to SECI, an Indian central government-owned entity with an AA+ domestic debt rating by ICRA, a subsidiary of Standard & Poor's.
The project's commercial operations are expected to start in the third calendar quarter of 2023. ReNew, through its affiliates, will also undertake EPC, O&M, and project management for the RTC project.
The 25-year PPA for the project, the first-of-its-kind renewable energy PPA in India, was signed last year with SECI for supplying electricity at ₹2.90/kWh (~US 3.8¢), which will increase by 3% annually for 15 years after which it will stabilise for remaining period of the project.
India, being the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally, made commitments at the Glasgow COP26 summit last year to reach 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based installed capacity by 2030, and to source 50% of all its energy from renewables by then. The RTC project will feed into this target and support the Government of India's policy of scaling up the renewable energy sector as part of the country's historic clean energy transition.
Speaking about this partnership with Mitsui, Mr. Sumant Sinha, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ReNew Power said, "The RTC project, the first of its kind in India, provides the lowest cost and emission-free 24 X 7 renewable electricity. We are proud to partner with Mitsui, a leading global conglomerate, to support India's green energy transition and look forward to strengthening this partnership in the future."
Ryoichiro Uno, General Manager in charge of infrastructure projects in India, Middle East, and Africa of Mitsui, said, "Our mission is to build brighter futures for people around the world through infrastructure development. We view India as an extremely promising market for many reasons, including its high economic growth and strong commitment towards decarbonization. Through this project, Mitsui will accelerate India's clean energy transition together with ReNew, and contribute to the project's successful development by leveraging our extensive global experience in power project development, as well as our wide-ranging business network across industries. We look forward to expanding Mitsui's further collaboration with ReNew beyond this RTC project in India."
US$ 1.0 = INR 76.29 (as on 27-03-2022)
About ReNew
ReNew is one of the largest renewable energy Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in India and globally. ReNew develops, builds, owns, and operates utility-scale wind and solar energy projects, and hydro projects . As of February 1, 2022, ReNew had a total portfolio of 10.2 GW of renewable energy projects across India, including commissioned and committed projects
About Mitsui:
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is one of the leading Japanese general trading and investment firms, established in 1947, with global presence in various business fields and across 63 countries/regions with approximately 45,000 employees. Mitsui's core strategic aim is to pursue sustainable growth, and through its business activities contribute to the development of countries and regions around the world while addressing climate change and other global issues. As part of this, Mitsui has set a target to reduce its GHG impact by 2030 to half of what it was in 2020 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Mitsui currently has 65 power assets in 22 countries, with a gross capacity of 39.6 GW and a net capacity (Mitsui's share) of 10.8 GW.
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Massive Hyundai And Kia Recall Announced
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven.
The affiliated Korean automakers are recalling the vehicles and warning people to park them away from structures until repairs are made.
Affected Hyundai vehicles include the 2019 to 2023 Santa Fe, the 2021 to 2023 Santa Fe Hybrid, the 2022 and 2023 Santa Fe Plug-in hybrid and the 2022 and 2023 Santa Cruz. The only Kia affected is the Carnival minivan from 2022 and 2023. All have Hyundai or Kia tow hitch harnesses that came as original equipment or were installed by dealers.
The Korean automakers say in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that water can get into a circuit board on the hitches and cause a short circuit even if the ignitions are off.
Hyundai has reports of one fire and five heat damage incidents with no injuries. Kia has no reports of fires or injuries.
Dealers at first will remove the fuse and tow hitch computer module until a fix is available. Later they will install a new fuse and wire extension with an improved connector that’s waterproof. Owners will be notified starting May 16.
Last year Hyundai recalled more than 245,000 2020 through 2022 Palisade SUVs for a similar problem.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that the latest recall is a direct result of the agency monitoring the Palisade recall from last year.
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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee announced plans on Wednesday to hold public hearings in the aftermath of Southwest Airlines canceling a wave of flights around the country during the holiday season.
In a news release, panel Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said her committee plans to hold hearings on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) reauthorization examining ways to strengthen consumer protections and airline operations.
In a statement last month, Cantwell shared her concerns about the mess of Southwest cancellations and Congress’s plans to look into the matter, saying many major airlines fail “to adequately communicate with consumers during flight cancellations” and that consumers deserve better protection throughout this ordeal.
“Southwest’s customers are rightfully dissatisfied and deserve better,” she said in her statement. “These consumers need refunds and reimbursements for their expenses. I have spoken with CEO Bob Jordan and [Transportation] Secretary Buttigieg about these concerns. The Committee will be holding hearings for FAA reauthorization to examine how to strengthen consumer protections and airline operations.”
The White House said on Tuesday it will hold Southwest Airlines accountable to reimburse its consumers who were affected by the mass cancellations.
Thousands of Americans were left stranded after Southwest, along with other major airlines, canceled a number of flights in the last two weeks of December after a massive winter storm swept through much of the country.
Southwest Airlines canceled more than 60 percent of its flights within a three-day period, citing the winter storm.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also said that the Department of Transportation will monitor to see if Southwest fully refunds its customers for the flight cancellations, as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pressed Southwest CEO Robert Jordan in a letter for an update on the airline’s “efforts to do right by the customers it has wronged.”
“The Transportation Department is watching,” Jean-Pierre said. “They’re monitoring this very, very closely to ensure that this all happens. And we’ll see fines for Southwest if it doesn’t cover a cost.”
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UK men’s basketball to host open practice, telethon for flood relief
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky men’s basketball team is partnering up with the American Red Cross on Tuesday to host an open practice and telethon for eastern Kentucky flood relief.
Doors to Rupp Arena will open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and donations for the Kentucky Flood Relief will be accepted upon entry. All of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross to benefit Kentuckians impacted by the floods.
The Kentucky Flood Relief telethon will air on WLEX as members of the UK men’s basketball team will take phone calls and donations as well as participate in an open practice.
You can click this link to donate.
Fans attending the open practice should use the High Street entrances with free parking available in the High Street across from Rupp Arena.
Seating is not reserved and will be open on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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(The Hill) — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) fired back at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday after the Biden administration official called out the Florida senator for saying that legislation protecting same-sex marriage would be a “stupid waste of time.”
Rubio, in a 58-second-long video on Twitter, called Buttigieg a “Harvard-educated Transportation secretary” who, he said, didn’t know the difference between state and federal levels.
The Florida Republican added that, on the federal level, he focuses on “federal problems that matter to real people.”
“I’ll give you a real problem. We have a Transportation secretary named Pete Buttigieg, who believes that highways can be racist. Who believes that $5 gas. which is killing working Americans, is a great thing, because that means people are going to drive less or because everyone’s going to go out and buy a $65,000 electric car with a Chinese battery in it,” he said.
He added that he will focus on “real problems” and not on an agenda that he believes is “dictated by a bunch of affluent elite liberals” and a “bunch of Marxist misfits, who sadly today control the agenda of the modern Democratic Party.”
Rubio posted the video hours after Buttigieg told CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper that he didn’t know why Rubio wouldn’t have time to help safeguard same-sex marriages if he has the time to fight against Disney.
Buttigieg was responding to remarks Rubio made after the House advanced the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify marriage rights for same-sex and interracial couples.
Democrats introduced the bill after concerns about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, in which he also called on the court to revisit other rights including marriage equality.
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What do the changes in COVID data sharing mean for the US?
Posted/updated on: May 7, 2023 at 3:38 pm(ATLANTA) -- As the U.S. moves into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the public health emergency ending May 11, it also signals the end of some COVID data sharing.
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it would be transitioning certain COVID metrics to other sources or discontinue them entirely once the emergency expires.
Additionally, earlier this year, several data trackers -- including the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Survives dashboard -- shut down.
Public health experts say that rich data collection has been essential for public health officials and lawmakers to develop and adjust COVID measures, and not having as much data available may limit the ability to track the virus in the future.
"I think the interest in the data has definitely gone down so, in some ways, the CDC is sort of focused on meeting people where they are," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor. "But the concern is always that we should be erring on the side of providing more information and making more data available because, of course, there's absolutely always the potential for us to be caught flat-footed again, when it comes to COVID."
He continued, "There's always that concern that we have not actually improved our ability to monitor these viruses as opposed to sort of going back to where we were pre-pandemic."
CDC changing COVID-19 surveillance methods
The CDC announced Friday it was changing some of the ways it surveils COVID-19 with the expiration of the emergency.
One of the biggest changes is that the agency will stop sharing data about COVID-19 transmission levels and community levels and is switching to COVID-related hospital admissions as the primary metric to measure virus spread.
During a media call with reporters Thursday, Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC's principal deputy director, said since Feb. 2022, the community levels and the hospital admissions have matched up the majority of the time.
Shah said the hospital data will be an early indicator of whether COVID-19 is rising in certain areas and will give public health officials notice of a potential spike.
"We have to recognize the amount of resources that are required to capture some of this data are significant, and so it makes sense that the CDC is going to try to aim to focus on data sources that are a little bit more automated, like hospitalization data," Brownstein said.
However, he noted that COVID-19-related hospitalizations is a lagging indicator, because people infected with the virus are often not hospitalized for several days -- and in some case weeks.
"So, if there's a new variant, we may not have as much early insight into what's happening at the community level, based on just focusing on hospital data," Brownstein said. "The hope is that the results of the pandemic should allow us to improve our ability to monitor, whether it's COVID or other viruses, in ways that are much more real time.
He added, "So there is a concern that we're now focusing back on types of data that are less real time and provide us less of an early step in what's actually happening as far as transmission.
Patchwork of data collection
The CDC said it is ending the community levels and transmission levels because they are reliant on aggregate case data, which is not required to be reported by jurisdictions once the emergency ends.
Experts agree that case data is no longer an accurate metric for COVID-19 due to the lack of people getting tested and, those being tested at-home not always sharing results with health officials.
However, they say it still means another source of data won't be table to be tracked.
"The idea of having better, more voluminous data that's more comprehensive on cases, hospitalizations, even infection and deaths in a timely manner for diseases is something that, we've really talked about and advocated for a long time," Dr. Jeff Shaman, a professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, told ABC News.
"We have typically suffered from a lack of that kind of information at the level of granularity and with a level of temporal frequency that really allows us to better understand the diseases, track them, monitor them, forecast and come to a greater understanding of how and why they're getting around and how we might better control them."
Shaman said with the various data trackers, it provided a wealth of information that was able to accelerate our understanding of how the pandemic was progressing.
He worries that with jurisdictions not being required to report data to the CDC, there will be a patchwork approach to what data we have from various parts of the country.
"That being peeled away, we're going to go back to something that's more piecemeal, that's more reliant on local fundings and abilities to actually provide the information," Shaman said. "But we're going to be moving back to an environment that isn't as data rich. It's hard to anticipate exactly what the consequences of that are, but it will make things more difficult."
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WASHINGTON, USA — Two men from Washington state were arrested Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Richard Slaughter, a 40-year-old Orting man, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers using a deadly or dangerous weapon, interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and other felony and misdemeanor offenses.
Caden Paul Gottfried, 20, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and misdemeanor offenses.
On Wednesday, the two were arrested in Tacoma and made their initial court appearance.
According to court documents, both Slaughter and Gottfried illegally entered the Capitol grounds and joined other rioters in the Lower West Terrace.
Slaughter is alleged to have grabbed a police shield from another rioter and kept it from a police officer. He also used "a long pole" to attack officers at the front line of the tunnel area leading into the Capitol building, and was seen handing chemical spray to another rioter in the crowd, according to court documents.
Gottfried was in that same tunnel area, and was attempting to use his bodyweight to push against the line of officers. He eventually was pulled into the tunnel and detained by officers, before later being released.
More than 880 individuals have been arrested in the 21 months since the Jan. 6 attack, including over 270 charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
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TURIN, Italy (AP) — United States winger Tim Weah has a lot to live up to after joining Juventus from Lille.
Not only is he the son of one of the top players to have plied his trade in Italian soccer — former FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberian President George Weah — but the 23-year-old will have to replace Juan Cuadrado.
The Colombia international signed a one-year deal with Inter Milan on Wednesday after eight seasons at Juventus.
“Definitely a responsibility, because what he’s done at the club has been amazing, I mean for me he’s a legend,” Weah said about Cuadrado in a news conference on Thursday. “Just watching his every move, his plays and what he’s done for the club has been great. And, you know, I can only just be inspired.
“So, you know, I just pray to God and hopefully, you know, I put in the work, work hard and … definitely some big shoes to fill. But I’m ready for the challenge.”
Weah’s father also played in Italy, for AC Milan, but recently told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport that he would have loved to play for Juventus.
In a deal completed at the start of the month, Juventus will pay Lille 10.3 million euros (now $11.5 million) for Weah, plus up to 2.1 million euros in bonuses.
“Very easy choice for me,” Weah said. “From the moment I heard that they were interested, I knew that I wanted to come here and I wanted to create my own history here and be a part of this beautiful organization.
“From a young age my dad has always supported Juventus so I think it was such a coincidence that, you know, that opportunity came. And I’m just so, so happy and proud to be here.”
Weah’s mother has also played a significant role in his soccer choices, with the winger explaining she is the reason he chose the No. 22 shirt.
“Number 22 has a long history. First of all, it’s my birthday and the day I was born, 22nd of February,” Weah said. “And then 22 is the first number my mother ever put on my back.
“So I made a promise to her that … whatever club I play for, I’ll always use the 22 in honor to her.”
Weah could be joined soon at Juventus by one of his former teammates at Lille, with the Bianconeri reportedly interested in signing Canada forward Jonathan David.
“With Jonathan David, that’s one of my best friends in the whole world,” Weah said. “So, you know, he has asked me questions and I told him you should come here and make sure you’re ready to work.”
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
1-6-8-8-5
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
1-6-8-8-5
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RENO, Nev., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Battery Technology Company, (ABTC) (OTCQB: ABML), an American critical battery materials company that is commercializing both its primary minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling technologies, today announced the results of its Inaugural Annual Shareholder's Meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2022.
ABTC shareholders authorized all resolutions submitted to the vote including:
- Election of Julie Blunden, Rick Fezell, Elizabeth Lowery, Sherif Marakby, and Ryan Melsert to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
- Appointment of Marcum, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.
- Adoption of the ABTC's Amended and Restated Bylaws.
"We are excited and pleased to have held our inaugural annual shareholder meeting," said Ryan Melsert, Chairman and CEO of the American Battery Technology Company. "The election of our fit-for-purpose, engaged and active Board of Directors and approval of resolutions support our company's ongoing transformation as we move from developing our technology to commercialization and growth."
Following the meeting, ABTC's CEO Ryan Melsert provided a business update on the progress of the company's three business units: Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling, Primary Metals Manufacturing and Primary Resource Development. Melsert also commented on the recent grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to expand domestic manufacturing of battery grade lithium hydroxide to support battery production for the electric vehicles industry.
A webcast of the presentation is available at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ABML2022. Results of the Annual Shareholder Meeting will also be filed on Form 8-K within four days of the meeting.
American Battery Technology Company is uniquely positioned to supply low-cost, low-environmental impact, and domestically sourced battery metals through its three divisions: lithium-ion battery recycling, primary battery metal extraction technologies, and primary resources development.
American Battery Technology Company has built a clean technology platform that is used to provide a key source of domestically manufactured critical and strategic battery metals to help meet the near insatiable demand from the electric vehicle, electrical grid storage, and consumer electronics industries. This ESG-principled platform works to create a closed-loop circular economy for battery metals that champions ethical and environmentally sustainable sourcing of critical and strategic materials.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking statements." Although the American Battery Technology Company's (the "Company) management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, interpretations or reinterpretations of geologic information, unfavorable exploration results, inability to obtain permits required for future exploration, development or production, general economic conditions and conditions affecting the industries in which the Company operates; the uncertainty of regulatory requirements and approvals; fluctuating mineral and commodity prices, final investment approval and the ability to obtain necessary financing on acceptable terms or at all. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022. The Company assumes no obligation to update any of the information contained or referenced in this press release.
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Transaction Expected to Close on July 20, 2022
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE: HTA) ("Healthcare Trust of America" or "HTA") today announced that, based on a preliminary vote count, its stockholders have approved the previously announced combination with Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated ("HR") at today's Special Meeting of Stockholders ("Special Meeting").
In a separate special meeting of stockholders held today, based on a preliminary vote count, HR stockholders also voted to approve the merger.
"We are pleased that HTA's and HR's stockholders support our companies' transformative combination, which will create the preeminent, pure-play medical office building REIT, with the governance, management, assets and resources to more effectively compete and deliver sustainable value creation," stated Brad Blair, Chairman of the Board, Healthcare Trust of America.
The transaction is expected to close on July 20, 2022. HTA stockholders will receive a special cash dividend of $4.82 per share and a transaction exchange ratio of 1:1 based on HR's unaffected price of $30.26 on February 24, 2022.
Final voting results for the HTA and HR special meetings will be disclosed on Form 8-Ks filed by the companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as exclusive financial advisor and McDermott Will & Emery LLP is acting as legal advisor to Healthcare Trust of America.
About Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE: HTA) is the largest dedicated owner and operator of medical office buildings in the United States, with assets comprising approximately 26.0 million square feet of gross leasable area, and with $7.8 billion invested primarily in medical office buildings, as of March 31, 2022. HTA provides real estate infrastructure for the integrated delivery of healthcare services in highly-desirable locations. Investments are targeted to build critical mass in 20 to 25 leading gateway markets that generally have leading university and medical institutions, which generally translates to superior demographics, highly-educated graduates, intellectual talent and job growth. The strategic markets HTA invests in support a strong, long-term demand for quality medical office space. HTA utilizes an integrated asset management platform consisting of on-site leasing, property management, engineering and building services, and development capabilities to create complete, state of the art facilities in each market. We believe this drives efficiencies, strong tenant and health system relationships, and strategic partnerships that result in high levels of tenant retention, rental growth and long-term value creation. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, HTA has developed a national brand with dedicated relationships at the local level. Founded in 2006 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012, HTA has produced attractive returns for its stockholders that have outperformed the US REIT index, since inception. More information about HTA can be found on the Company's website (www.htareit.com), Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Language
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to HTA. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not descriptions of historical facts and include statements regarding management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, plans or predictions of the future, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and contingencies, actual results may differ materially and in adverse ways from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, without limitation, the following: HTA's ability to consummate the merger (the "Merger") with HR on the proposed terms or on the anticipated timeline, or at all, including risks and uncertainties related to satisfaction of the closing conditions to consummate the Merger; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the definitive merger agreement relating to the Merger; risks related to diverting the attention of HTA and HR management from ongoing business operations; failure to realize the expected benefits of the Merger; significant transaction costs and/or unknown or inestimable liabilities; risks associated with stockholder litigation in connection with the Merger, including resulting expense or delay; the risk that HTA's business will not be integrated successfully or that such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; the ability to obtain the expected financing to consummate the Merger; risks related to future opportunities and plans for HTA, including the uncertainty of expected future financial performance and results of the combined company following completion of the Merger; effects relating to the announcement of the proposed transaction or any further announcements or the consummation of the Merger on the market price of HTA's or HR's common stock; the possibility that, if the combined company does not achieve the perceived benefits of the Merger as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts or investors, the market price of HTA's common stock could decline; general adverse economic and local real estate conditions; changes in economic conditions generally and the real estate market specifically; legislative and regulatory changes, including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs and changes to laws governing the healthcare industry; the availability of capital; changes in interest rates; competition in the real estate industry; the supply and demand for operating properties in HTA's proposed market areas; changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the US; policies and guidelines applicable to REITs; the availability of properties to acquire; the availability of financing; pandemics and other health concerns, and the measures intended to prevent their spread, including the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and the potential material adverse effect these matters may have on HTA's business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Additional information concerning HTA and its business, including additional factors that could materially and adversely affect HTA's financial results, include, without limitation, the risks described under Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors, in HTA's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in HTA's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Financial Contact:
Robert A. Milligan
Chief Financial Officer
480.998.3478
Media Contact:
Andrew Siegel / Joseph Sala
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212.355.4449
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The 2023 John Deere Classic Odds & Preview: Peter Kuest
Peter Kuest is in 10th place, with a score of -8, following the second round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run.
Looking to bet on Peter Kuest at the John Deere Classic this week? Read on for the betting trends you need before you make your picks.
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Peter Kuest Insights
- Kuest has finished below par on 12 occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished 11 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 16 rounds played.
- He has recorded the best score of the day in one of his last 16 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three of those rounds.
- Over his last 16 rounds, Kuest has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 10 occasions.
- Kuest has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes in his past five appearances.
- In his past five events, Kuest finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back twice. He carded a score better than average three times.
- Kuest has made the cut four times in a row, and hopes to extend that run this week.
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John Deere Classic Insights and Stats
- Kuest finished 10th when he last played this event, which was in 2023.
- TPC Deere Run measures 7,289 yards for this tournament, 275 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,014).
- Kuest will take to the 7,289-yard course this week at TPC Deere Run after having played courses with an average length of 7,357 yards during the past year.
Kuest's Last Time Out
- Kuest was good on the 16 par-3 holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, averaging 2.63 strokes to finish in the 99th percentile of the field.
- He finished in the 81st percentile on par 4s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, averaging 3.88 strokes on those 40 holes.
- On the 16 par-5 holes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Kuest was better than 74% of the field (averaging 4.38 strokes).
- Kuest recorded a birdie or better on seven of 16 par-3s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (the other competitors averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Kuest recorded one bogey or worse (the other competitors averaged 1.9).
- Kuest's nine birdies or better on the 40 par-4s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic were more than the tournament average (5.9).
- At that most recent tournament, Kuest's par-4 performance (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.4).
- Kuest finished the Rocket Mortgage Classic bettering the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (6.2) with nine on the 16 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Rocket Mortgage Classic averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the 16 par-5s, but Kuest finished without one.
John Deere Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: July 6- 9, 2023
- Course: TPC Deere Run
- Location: Silvis, Illinois
- Par: 71 / 7,289 yards
- Kuest Odds to Win: +6000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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36% of the cities analyzed experienced double-digit rent increases
BOSTON, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentometer has released their Q2 2023 Rent Report for three-bedroom (3-BR) houses that are single-family rentals (SFRs). Rentometer collects data for all residential asset classes, but this report is focused on SFR because they are one of, if not the most, active residential rental asset classes today.
Rentometer's president, Mike Lapsley, commented that "we have increased our coverage and monitoring of the SFR market as the activity and interest in this particular market has escalated over the last few years."
The Q2 '23 report covers 508 cities that had at least 25 data points for Q2 '22 and Q2 '23. It includes an analysis of year-over-year change in average rent prices by city for the second quarter.
Highlights from the report are as follows:
- 89% of the 508 cities experienced year-over-year rent increases
- 36% of the 508 cities experienced double digit year-over-year rent increases, which is down from 60% last quarter
Some notable markets with increasing average rents over the past year are Dallas, TX (+34%), Phoenix, AZ (+19%), and Atlanta, GA (+18%). Markets that had the largest decrease in average rents are Conyers, GA, Springfield, IL, Cypress, TX, and Apex, NC which all had rent prices decrease by -9%.
Download the full report from Rentometer to view the complete list of updated rent data.
About Rentometer, Inc.
Rentometer collects, analyzes, and distributes multifamily and SFR rent price data throughout the U.S. Our rental data is proven to be valuable for our diverse customer base including real estate investors, property managers, agents, other real estate professionals, and renters as we deliver more than 20,000 reports on a daily basis. For more information, please contact us at info@rentometer.com or visit us
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Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Apex and Royal Caribbean International's Symphony of the Seas will be at the forefront of alternative fuel use thanks to extended sustainable biofuel tests this summer in Europe
MIAMI, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) will set a new industry milestone in alternative fuel use when Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Apex and Royal Caribbean International's Symphony of the Seas, set sail in Europe using sustainable biofuel to meet part of the ships' fuel needs. The landmark test will contribute critical data and research on the fuel's capabilities and supply chain infrastructure needed to further the industry's alternative fuel ambitions.
During the three-month test, Celebrity Apex will depart from the Port of Rotterdam and Symphony of the Seas will depart from the Port of Barcelona, using a biofuel blend that reduces the ships' carbon emissions. The biofuel blend is produced by purifying renewable raw materials like oils and fats and combining it with fuel oil to create an alternative fuel that is cleaner and more sustainable.
"Biofuels will play an increasingly important role in achieving, not only our own, but the entire maritime sector's decarbonization goals in the short and medium term. We take great pride in continuing to push our industry forward in exploring innovative fuel solutions that reduce carbon impact and preserve the vibrancy of the oceans we sail," said Jason Liberty, President and CEO, Royal Caribbean Group.
The cruise company plans to continue increasing the use of alternative lower carbon fuel to meet the needs of its ships across the fleet. After the trials are completed this summer, Royal Caribbean Group plans to scale up the use of alternative fuels, including biofuels, across upcoming European summer sailings.
"With our sights set on a bright and sustainable future, we are committed to collaboration and innovation to ensure we deliver great vacation experiences, responsibly. With the completion of the trials our hope is to advance our ships' ability to meaningfully reduce emissions and propel forward strategic partnerships with suppliers and ports to ensure there is sufficient availability of biofuel and infrastructures to make maritime energy transition a reality," Liberty said.
This key step in Royal Caribbean Group's pursuit of alternative fuels follows closely after a biofuel trial on its California-based Navigator of the Seas, became the first a cruise ship to sail from a U.S. port while using renewable diesel fuel this past fall.
With a sustainability journey that began over 30 years ago, Royal Caribbean Group has remained steadfast in its commitment to innovate, and advance, the solutions necessary for a better future. Building on a robust portfolio of technologies that improve energy efficiency, water treatment and waste management, trialing biofuels is a step that moves the company closer to achieving Destination Net Zero, its vision for net-zero emissions by 2050. To learn more about Royal Caribbean Group's sustainability efforts, information is available at www.royalcaribbeangroup.com/sustainability.
About Royal Caribbean Group:
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 64 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award-winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 10 ships on order as of June 30, 2022. Learn more at www.royalcaribbeangroup.com or www.rclinvestor.com.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A $34 million state fund created by Connecticut lawmakers last year to provide financial help to qualified essential workers has remained mostly untouched, Comptroller Natalie Braswell said Thursday.
The program aims to help those who lost wages and faced out-of-pocket medical expenses and burial costs due to COVID-19.
To date, only about $300,000 has been paid to eligible recipients, prompting Braswell's office to extend the deadline for applications until December and step up efforts to get the word out about the Connecticut COVID-19 Essential Worker Assistance Fund.
“For us, we think that we need to do more outreach. We need to get more people to know that the program is available, how they apply for the program, what kind of documentation they need, how they apply, how they register,” she said during a state Capitol news conference. “And we’ve been doing a lot of that within the last couple of months.”
The fund is open to any essential Connecticut worker who didn't have the option to work remotely and who died or was unable to work because they contracted COVID-19 between March 10, 2020, and July 20, 2021. A family member or representative can apply for assistance on behalf of a deceased worker.
The term essential is defined as professions that received immunization priority by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The essential worker fund is one of two COVID-related funds the state created to benefit eligible members of the public. Braswell said her office is in the process of setting up a new online portal for the state's $30 million premium pay, or “hero pay,” program for essential workers who didn't necessarily have to have contracted COVID in order to be eligible for the funds. She said that program should be up and running by the end of July or early August.
Meanwhile, Policy and Management Secretary Jeff Beckham said negotiations recently began with state employee union leaders to determine how to distribute a third pot of money to essential state workers.
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Source: Medellin-Tours.com
MEDELLIN, Colombia , June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- There are many safety concerns for travelers to foreign places. For solo travelers looking to intermingle with locals, and perhaps meet a new partner, there are ominous threats to consider, especially when using a dating app.
Dating apps conceal a hidden danger that many fail to recognize - the rise of honey trap scams. These scams involve individuals being drugged, kidnapped, and robbed or worse. Adding to the severity of these crimes in some areas is the use of scopolamine, a mind-control drug known as the "Devil's Breath."
Honey trap scams begin seemingly innocently, with an attractive individual connecting with a potential target on a dating app, often someone who seems wealthy. Unbeknownst to the victim, they are being targeted by a criminal group. During the meetup, the scammer discreetly administers a drug like scopolamine, rendering the victim suggestible and compliant. Financial information and personal details are coerced from the victim, often without their knowledge.
Beyond drugging and robbery, honey trap scams can escalate to heinous acts, including sexual assault and murder. The increasingly popular use of drugs like scopolamine have only made the situation worse. Victims lose control soon after ingesting the drug, becoming totally compliant and unable to resist requests or recommendations. The drug induces a zombie-like state, making victims appear lucid and happy but physically capable of normal tasks.
Capturing honey trap scam perpetrators is challenging due to drug-induced memory loss. Victims wake up disoriented, with drained bank accounts and not much evidence to go on. Recognizing warning signs is crucial. Profiles with stock images and unusual requests or questions should raise red flags.
Follow these tips by Medellin Tours to increase chances of personal safety while both traveling in South America and when dating strangers:
Avoid going out alone; bring a friend or stay in public spaces.
Never leave food or drinks unattended; be cautious of strangers offering food/beverages.
Share live locations with trusted contacts and consider hiring local guides in unfamiliar areas.
Avoid leaving public venues for private locations with strangers.
Honey trap scams pose risks worldwide. Educating oneself and taking preventive measures to stay safe is vital in today's world. By spreading awareness, we can fight these threats and protect ourselves and others in our communities.
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TROY, Ohio (WDTN) — A local student jump rope team is gaining popularity and national attention.
They’re called the Troy Pop Rocks, and they travel and perform at halftime shows across the country, putting on an act like no other and entertaining the crowd.
“This year we had a great year. We went to Duke University. We went to Penn State, Michigan State, Ohio State. Of course, we do a lot of local shows as well,” says Coach Josh Oakes.
WATCH THE SHOW AT DUKE UNIVERSITY HERE.
“Sometimes it can be a little scary if the crowds are sometimes really big. Like for Duke and the big colleges, their arenas are really, really big and their crowds are really big,” says third grader Reagan Chapman, who wanted to become part of the team after seeing them perform.
“I saw them in kindergarten. I saw them on TV, and I just thought it was a really cool sport,” says Chapman.
The team started 14 years ago out of a gym class unit.
“We started with a club meeting one day per week. And they wanted to do more,” states Oakes. “It’s been a real fun ride these last 14 years.”
This year, the team is made up of more than two dozen third through eighth graders in Troy City Schools, and they practice about four times a week in the Van Cleve gym.
“They work extremely hard. I can’t stress that enough. They like to see that work come to an end result and just getting out there and being able to perform,” says Oakes.
“The routines get very hard. We have to memorize so many different routines, memorize it with the music,” describes eighth grader Sophia Treadway, who started with the Pop Rocks when she was in third grade.
“When you finally get it down, it feels really good, and then when the crowd gasps, it also feels amazing,” states seventh grader Lydia Pierce, who has also been with the Pop Rocks from third grade on.
In March, they held a couple clinics, teaching others the ropes and showing them what it takes to be a Pop Rock.
“It takes a lot of effort, a lot of time, a lot of commitment, you know. It’s not easy,” states Oakes.
But even with all of the stunning tricks, the Pop Rocks make it look easy.
“Learning the beats when you’re new is really hard,” admits fourth grader Quinn Suber. “It takes us about six months to get all this stuff done, and you mess up over and over and over again, and then you get it, and you feel so good.”
“It was very challenging, but at the end the payoff is worth everything. It’s so fun,” says Treadway.
They say it’s a team effort, building on tricks and each other.
“It’s basically the first thing they know, and work as a tea, and work together. And it also teaches them new skills to do routines with other people,” says Pierce.
“We have to work with other people. We’re not just doing it by ourselves,” says Treadway. “You just have to work hard for what you want, and you can accomplish anything.”
Tryouts for the Pop Rocks are being held this month. For more information, click here.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraineian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Russian blockade of Ukrainian sea ports prevents Kyiv from exporting 22 million tons of grain.
In his nightly address Monday, Zelenskyy said the result is the threat of famine in countries dependent on the grain and could create a new migration crisis. He charges that “this is something the Russian leadership clearly seeks.”
Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of “deliberately creating this problem so that the whole of Europe struggles and so that Ukraine doesn’t earn billions of dollars from its exports.”
He calls Russia’s claims that sanctions don’t allow it to export more of its food “cynical” and a lie.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Russian, Ukrainian troops fight block by block in key city
— EU leaders agree to partial embargo on Russian oil
— War in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in Africa
— Russia offers foreign debt payment system similar to gas one
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders reached a compromise Monday to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of sanctions that was blocked by Hungary.
The watered-down embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.
EU Council President Charles Michel said on Twitter the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia, “cutting a huge source of financing for its war machine. Maximum pressure on Russia to end the war.”
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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian president says a total of 32 media workers have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Monday that the number includes French journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff.
The French news broadcaster BFM TV says Leclerc-Imhoff was hit by shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation.
In his talk, Zelenskyy said: “A little more than a month ago I gave an interview to this very TV channel. It was my first interview to the French media during the full-fledged war. My sincere condolences to colleagues and family of Frédéric.”
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Russian state gas giant Gazprom confirmed Monday it will halt gas supplies to a Dutch gas trader starting Tuesday due to its refusal to pay for deliveries in rubles, a requirement to European nations Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward earlier this year.
GasTerra, based in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, announced the shutoff Monday. It said the move means Gazprom will not deliver some 2 billion cubic meters of gas through Oct. 1, the date the supply contract ends.
In its statement cited by the Russian state news agency Tass, Gazprom said that GasTerra has not paid for the gas supplied in April.
The Dutch trader said it has bought gas from other providers in anticipation of a possible Gazprom shutoff and Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said in a statement that the government understands the cutoff will “have no effect on the physical delivery of gas to Dutch households.”
GasTerra is a private company that is owned by the Dutch arms of energy giants Shell and Esso and the Dutch government.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked France not to succumb to Russian “blackmail” over food supplies at a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
Zelenskyy’s office says in its summary of the Monday talks that Russia is using food security issues in an attempt to have international sanctions eased. Ukraine has accused Russia of looting grain and farm equipment from regions its troops hold in Ukraine and of obstructing Ukraine’s exports of grain.
Zelenskyy’s office says he and Colonna discussed sanctions, weapons supplies and Ukrainian aspirations to join the European Union.
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says it’s important Colonna also visited Bucha, the sight of Russian atrocities.
Moscow has pressed the West to lift sanctions against it over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship grain while under attack. Britain has accused Russia of “trying to hold the world to ransom,” insisting there would be no sanctions relief.
Ukraine says it’s grateful to France for supporting strong sanctions.
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PARIS — A French news broadcaster says a 32-year-old French journalist has been killed in Ukraine while “covering a humanitarian operation.”
BFM TV says the journalist was fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering the Ukrainian evacuation operation on Monday. The broadcaster says Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in an armored vehicle near Sievierodonetsk, a key city in the Donbas region.
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to Leclerc-Imhoff. Macron tweeted the journalist “was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war.” Macron says, “Aboard a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot.”
Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko says another French journalist was wounded along with a Ukrainian woman who was accompanying them.
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MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken on the phone to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussed the situation in Ukraine, among other things.
According to the Kremlin’s readout of the Monday call, “the emphasis was placed on the issues of ensuring safe navigation in the Black and Azov Seas, eliminating the mine threat in their waters.”
The readout says Putin “noted the readiness of the Russian side to facilitate the unimpeded maritime transit of goods in coordination with Turkish partners.” It says, “This also applies to the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.”
Ukraine has accused Russia of looting grain and farm equipment from regions its troops hold in Ukraine and of obstructing Ukraine’s exports of grain.
The Kremlin says Putin “confirmed” to Erdogan that Russia can export “significant amounts of fertilizers and agricultural products” if sanctions against it are lifted.
Moscow has pressed the West to lift sanctions against it over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship grain while under attack. Britain has accused Russia of “trying to hold the world to ransom,” insisting there would be no sanctions relief.
A top U.S. diplomat has blasted the “barbarity,” “cruelty” and “lawlessness” of Russia’s invasion.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is suggesting that there are no plans for the U.S. to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine, amid reports that the move is being considered.
Biden told reporters outside the White House on Monday that “we are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia.”
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said that it was a “reasonable” decision.
He said that “otherwise, if our cities come under attack, the Russian armed forces would fulfill (their) threat and strike the centers where such criminal decisions are made.”
Medvedev added that “some of them aren’t in Kyiv.” And he said that “there is no need for a further explanation.”
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BRUSSELS — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is welcoming a proposal for the European Union to slap an embargo on Russian oil transported by ship and to exempt oil pumped overland through Ukraine to his country.
Orban says the idea is a “good approach.” But he wants guarantees that “in the case of an accident with the pipeline” Hungary would “have the right to get Russian oil from other sources.”
Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria rely on Russian oil and are reluctant to impose sweeping sanctions on crude. Russia supplies more than 60% of Hungary’s oil.
Orban’s remarks came Monday at an extraordinary EU summit focused on helping Ukraine, with sanctions a clear focus of attention.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala also says that a ban on “sea-transported oil has our support.”
Fiala says his country “simply cannot afford a situation when we’d lack some oil products.”
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BRUSSELS — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s confident that a “good solution” to a standoff over a proposed European Union embargo on Russian oil will be found “sooner or later.”
Scholz said as he arrived at an EU summit Monday that Europe’s unity so far in the face of Russia’s attack on Ukraine sends a good signal “and I am very confident that we will do so in the future too.”
Divisions have emerged over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions, with Hungary leading objections. But Scholz said he saw talks being conducted “with a will to reach an agreement.”
He didn’t address details of a possible solution but said the EU’s strength lies in solving problems together and he is “firmly convinced that we can continue discussing a good solution with each other today and tomorrow.”
Scholz said: “No one can predict whether this will actually be the case, but everything I hear sounds as though there could be a consensus, and sooner or later there will be one.”
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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lawmakers from NATO countries are calling for a solution to transport grain and other products from Ukraine to get around a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports.
Spanish lawmaker Zaida Cantera said that “Africa and the Middle East import around 50% of these products” and that, based on U.N. data, “Africa will face famine.” Cantera said that ”could lead to more migrants arriving in the southern parts of Europe.”
She spoke at the NATO parliamentary assembly, which was moved to the Lithuanian capital after originally being slated for Kyiv.
At the end of their one-day gathering, the NATO lawmakers approved a resolution calling for stronger sanctions against Russia and an increased supply of weapons to Ukraine.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, said during the meeting that his country will not accept any “land for peace” deals with Russia.
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BARCELONA, Spain — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says next month’s summit in Madrid will be a “historic” opportunity to strengthen the alliance in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Speaking at a gala in Madrid to mark Spain’s 40th year as a NATO member, Stoltenberg said he looked forward to welcoming Sweden and Finland at the summit on June 29-30.
He said that “at the Madrid summit we will chart the way ahead for the next decade.” He added that “we will also be joined by Finland and Sweden, who have just made historic applications to join our alliance.”
But the leader of the 30-member alliance didn’t address Turkey’s reluctance to opening the doors to Sweden and Finland.
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MOSCOW — Russia says it may use an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign debts.
The Vedomosti business daily on Monday quoted Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying that Russia will offer the holders of its Eurobond obligations a payment system bypassing Western financial infrastructure.
Russia previously has offered natural gas customers to establish an account in dollars or euros at Gazprombank, then a second account in rubles. The importer would pay the gas bill in euros or dollars and direct the bank to exchange the money for rubles.
The system aims to avoid a risk of payments for gas being frozen as part of Western sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine.
Siluanov told Vedomosti that a similar mechanism will be set for Eurobond holders, with an offer to open foreign currency and ruble accounts at a Russian bank.
“In payments for gas, we are credited with foreign currency and it’s converted into rubles,” Siluanov was quoted as saying. “The Eurobond settlement mechanism will work in the same way, just in the other direction.”
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LVIV, Ukraine — The mayor of a Ukrainian city at the epicenter of the Russian offensive says that fierce street battles are going on there.
Sievierodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday that “Russian troops have entered the city and street fighting is going on.” He added that the Ukrainian defenders were fighting to push the Russians out.
Striuk added that “the Russian troops have advanced a few blocks toward the city center.”
He said that “we have no power and no communications. The city has been completely ruined.”
The mayor said that 12,000-13,000 civilians left in the city are sheltering in basements and bunkers to escape relentless Russian bombardment. He said that “the number of victims is rising every hour, but we are unable to count the dead and the wounded amid the street fighting.”
Striuk said that 1,500 residents of the city have died since the start of the war.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian band that won the Eurovision Song Contest says it has sold the trophy at auction to raise funds to buy equipment for the Ukrainian military.
Kalush Orchestra said on social media that the trophy was sold in the online auction late Sunday for $900,000 to a cryptocurrency group during a live-streamed fundraising event.
“Friends, you are unreal!” Kalush Orchestra said in an Instagram post. “Thanks to everyone who donated.”
Serhiy Prytula, a Ukrainian TV presenter who hosted the auction, said on Twitter that a further 11 million hryvnia ($370,000) was raised in an online raffle for the pink bucket hat Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk wore during the Eurovision performance. He said the hat was won by a man in the Czech Republic. Prytula said the funds would be used to buy a drone.
Eurovision said late Monday that the song contest will give Kalush Orchestra a new trophy to replace the one sold at auction.
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MOSCOW — Pro-Russian authorities in southern Ukraine say that two civilians were wounded by an explosion that they blamed on Ukraine.
Halyna Danylchenko, who was appointed mayor of the city of Melitopol after its takeover by Russian troops, said that Monday’s explosion wounded two local volunteers who were involved in deliveries of humanitarian assistance to city residents. She said that they were hospitalized.
No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which Danylchenko blamed on Ukraine and denounced as a “cynical terror attack by the Kyiv regime” in remarks broadcast by Russian state television.
Melitopol was captured by Russian forces early in the campaign.
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MOSCOW — Authorities in a Russia-backed separatist region in eastern Ukraine say at least five civilians have been killed in new Ukrainian shelling.
The separatist authorities said those killed during the shelling of the city of Donetsk included a 13-year old boy. They said another 13 civilians have been wounded in shelling Monday that damaged three schools in the city.
Donetsk Mayor Alexei Kulemzin said that the Ukrainian forces apparently used U.S.-supplied artillery systems in the attack.
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An official installed by Russia in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine says grain from the area is being sent to Russia.
Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Russia-backed administration for the Kherson region, told Russia’s Tass state news agency on Monday that grain from last year’s harvest was being delivered to Russian buyers.
“There is space for storing (the next crop) although obviously there is a lot of grain here,” Stremousov was quoted as saying. “Now people are partially exporting, having reached agreements with those who are buying from the (Russian) side.”
Tass also reported that Stremousov said sunflower seeds could be sent to Russian processing plants to make sunflower oil.
Ukraine has accused Russia of looting grain and farm equipment from territories held by its forces and the U.S. has alleged Russia is jeopardizing global food supplies by preventing Ukraine from exporting its harvest.
Russian troops overran most of the Kherson region in the early weeks of the war and have tightened their grip on the area since. Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin visited the region earlier this month and suggested it could become part of “our Russian family.”
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MOSCOW — The Russian military says it has struck a shipbuilding factory in Ukraine’s south.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday that a Russian artillery strike on the shipyard in the port of Mykolaiv destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles parked on its territory.
Konashenkov said that Russian artillery hit 593 areas of concentration of Ukrainian troops and equipment and 55 artillery batteries over the last 24 hours.
He added that the Russian air force hit three command posts and 67 troop locations.
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KYIV, Ukraine — A regional governor says an intense battle is going on for the key city of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said that that Russian forces have entered the outskirts and were pushing toward nearby Lysychansk. He said Monday that two civilians were killed and another five were wounded in the latest Russian shelling.
The Ukrainian military also said that Russian forces were reinforcing their positions on northeastern and southeastern outskirts of Sievierodonetsk and bringing additional equipment and ammunition into the area to press their offensive.
Sievierodonetsk has been a key target of the Russian offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas industrial heartland. The city has served as the administrative center for the Luhansk region, which makes up Donbas together with the neighboring Donetsk region.
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BERLIN — Germany’s governing parties and the main opposition party have reached a deal to move ahead with a big increase in defense spending that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced three months ago.
Scholz told German lawmakers three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started that the country would commit 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to a special fund for its military and raise its defense spending above 2% of GDP — a measure on which it had long lagged.
Scholz wanted to anchor the special fund in the constitution. That requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament, meaning that the chancellor needed support from the center-right opposition Union bloc.
Talks on the issue became mired in details, but the two sides reached an agreement Sunday night that clears the way to bring the fund to parliament. Among other things, funding for cyberdefense and support for partner countries will come from Germany’s regular budget, not the special fund.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Families across Africa are paying about 45% more for wheat flour as Russia’s war in Ukraine blocks exports from the Black Sea.
Some countries like Somalia get more than 90% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine. That’s forcing many people to substitute wheat for other grains. But the United Nations is warning that the price hikes are coming as many parts of Africa are facing drought and hunger.
The U.N. already had warned that an estimated 13 million people were already facing severe hunger in the wider Horn of Africa region as a result of a persistent drought. The World Food Program chief say’s Russia’s war on Ukraine is “piling catastrophe on top of catastrophe” for the world’s poor.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced its second quarter 2022 results for the period ended June 30, 2022. The earnings release and related materials discussing these results can be found on its investor relations website at https://investor.pypl.com/financials/quarterly-results/default.aspx.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss these results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time (5:00 p.m. Eastern time) today. A live webcast of the conference call will be available at https://investor.pypl.com. In addition, an archive of the webcast will be accessible for 90 days through the same link.
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Highlights
- JXSN#4 exploration well completed in Blue Star's Galactica/Pegasus prospect.
- Analysis of gas obtained during drilling shows a calculated air-free gas composition of 6.5% helium in the Lyons formation.
- Both the upper and lower Lyons sands are gas charged with helium.
- JXSN#4 is the fourth consecutive well on the Galactica prospect to identify helium in the targeted Lyons formation.
PERTH, Australia, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Star Helium Limited (ASX:BNL) (Blue Star or the Company) provides an update on the JXSN#4 exploration well drilled on its Galactica prospect in Las Animas County, Colorado.
The well was successfully drilled to a final total depth (TD) of 1,043 feet on 27 September encountering both the upper and lower Lyons sands, which both flowed gas to surface.
Preliminary gas composition analysis shows 6.5% helium (He). Additional gas samples collected during operations will also be delivered to a second laboratory for composition analysis, which is expected to be returned within the next two weeks.
The upper Lyons sand was encountered at a measured depth of 756 feet and appears to be gas filled down to the base of the sand at 859 feet. The lower Lyons sand was encountered at 898 feet and also flowed gas to surface. The well TD'ed at the base of the lower Lyons. Wireline log interpretation is expected by the end of next week to determine if any gas-water-contacts (GWCs) were encountered in the well.
Three exploration wells drilled earlier this year at Galactica/Pegasus – JXSN#1, JXSN#2 and JXSN#3 – discovered significant helium bearing gas columns of up to 230 feet containing up to 3.14% helium (refer Table 1). These wells also proved the Company's previous interpretations of gas on logs at historic wells, Denton B #1 and Colorado #B-1, also located on the Galactica/Pegasus structure.
Blue Star Managing Director and CEO, Trent Spry, commented:
"Our exploration program at Galactica/Pegasus prospect continues to deliver. We are delighted to have returned high-concentration helium from a fourth consecutive exploration well in this area.
"The result reconfirms Galactica/Pegasus as one of our high-priority development areas in Las Animas. This dynamic is reflected in our current development well scheduling activities for this field.
The results of this well will be integrated into current resource update process for Galactica/Pegasus which is expected to culminate in the declaration of contingent resources for this field."
Table 1: Key results from recent Galactica/Pegasus wells
JXSN#4 is located approximately 1.7 miles to the northwest of the JXSN#1 helium discovery well. The JXSN#4 location was strategically selected to provide the structural and stratigraphic control and reservoir gas composition (6.5% He) for the planned offsetting development wells shown on the map below and announced on 15 September 2022.
This ASX Announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Blue Star Helium Limited.
About Blue Star Helium:
Blue Star Helium Ltd (ASX:BNL) is an independent helium exploration and production company, headquartered in Australia, with operations and exploration in North America. Blue Star's strategy is to find and develop new supplies of low cost, high grade helium in North America. For further information please visit the Company's website at www.bluestarhelium.com
About Helium:
Helium is a unique industrial gas that exhibits characteristics both of a bulk, commodity gas and of a high value specialty gas and is considered a "high tech" strategic element. Due to its unique chemical and physical qualities, helium is a vital element in the manufacture of MRIs and semiconductors and is critical for fibre optic cable manufacturing, hard disc manufacture and cooling, space exploration, rocketry, lifting and high-level science. There is no way of manufacturing helium artificially and most of the world's reserves have been derived as a by-product of the extraction of natural hydrocarbon gas.
About wells:
JXSN#4 has been permitted by a rancher as a water well. Water wells are drilled by a contractor pursuant to a drilling contract between the contractor and the rancher. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are a party to this contract. The well is the property of the rancher and the Blue Star group does not have an economic interest in it. The Company will agree to fund water wells if the rancher selects a location that may be of interest to the Company, the Company has leased the underlying minerals and the rancher agrees to let the Company obtain any available data from the drilling program. Water wells are drilled for the purpose of producing water for use by the rancher. Water wells may not produce helium and may not be converted into producing helium wells.
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JXSN#4 well details
The JXSN#4 well was drilled and is owned by the rancher and Blue Star does not have any interest in it. The rancher agreed to permit Blue Star to collect data in consideration of it agreeing to fund the rancher's drilling costs.
The JXSN#4 well is located in Township 30 Range 54 Section 5. The minerals are the subject of a mineral leases entered into between Las Animas Leasing Inc (LAL) and a private mineral owner. The first lease has an effective date of 22 January 2022, the total area of the lease is 3,361 gross acres, the term is 5 years from the effective date, the rental was paid in advance, the royalty is 17.5% and LAL's working interest in the lease is 100%.
The JXSN#4 well was not conventionally tested. The Company ran a suite of logs including gamma ray, resistivity (induction), micro log, density and neutron logs.
Gas analysis of samples obtained while drilling was performed using mass spectrometry. Samples most representative of the reservoir gas had an estimated air-free gas composition from the Lyons formation in JXSN#4 of 6.55% helium (He), 52.33% nitrogen (N) and 40.46% carbon dioxide (CO2), 0.66% argon (Ar) has been calculated.
The miniRuedi mass spectrometer was operated by Geochemical Insight. The instrument was calibrated with two certified standard gas mixtures comprised of. Standard 1: 4% He, 2% Ar, 1% CH4, 18% CO2, 5% O2 in a nitrogen (70%) balance. (Expiration Date May 20, 2024). Standard 2: 0.000524% He, 0.934% Ar, 0.05% CH4, 0.2% CO2, 20.95% O2 in a nitrogen (77.87%) balance. (Expiration Date October 21, 2023). The standards were prepared and certified by Global Calibration Gases, LLC out of Sarasota, Florida, USA.
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2nd person arrested in Milwaukee Juneteenth shooting that wounded 6, including alleged shooters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Milwaukee arrested a second person in a shooting in which six people, including the two alleged shooters, were wounded right after a Juneteenth celebration wrapped up.
The two defendants, males ages 17 and 19, were arrested after Monday’s shooting outside the Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, police said in a news release.
The other four people who were wounded are girls or women ranging in age from 14-18 years old, police said. All six of the people who were shot are expected to survive.
Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a fight between several young women outside of the church, police said.
A Facebook Live video of the aftermath showed paramedics treating people with gunshot wounds on the pavement of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where thousands of people had filled the street for the city’s Juneteenth festival just 20 minutes earlier.
It was one of many shootings that took place across the country over a bloody holiday weekend.
“It’s just freaking heartbreaking. We have to do better as parents. We have to do better as adults in the community,” Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PNC Bank, N.A., announced an increase in its prime lending rate. The new rate of 7.50% is effective tomorrow, Dec. 15, 2022.
PNC Bank, National Association, is a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
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Exxon Mobil sued as 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility
(AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit.
According to the government, in January 2020, a Black employee found a hangman’s noose at his worksite at the Baton Rouge complex run by Exxon Mobil Corp. and reported it. At the time, the company knew of three other nooses that had been found at the complex, but it failed to investigate all the complaints and take action to prevent such harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in its lawsuit filed Thursday.
Then, in December 2020, a fifth noose was found at the complex, which includes a chemical plant and a nearby refinery. Exxon Mobil’s lack of action created a racially hostile work environment, the EEOC said.
Todd Spitler, a spokesperson for Exxon Mobil, said in a statement Sunday that the company disagrees with the EEOC’s allegations and that it “encourage(s) employees to report claims like this, and we thoroughly investigated.”
“The symbols of hate are unacceptable, offensive, and in violation of our corporate policies,” Spitler said. “We have a zero tolerance policy of any form of harassment or discrimination in the workplace by or towards employees, contractors, suppliers or customers.”
Employers who become aware of racially offensive or threatening conduct in the workplace are legally obligated to take “prompt, remedial action aimed at stopping it,” Rudy Sustaita, an attorney at the EEOC’s Houston district office, said in a statement.
Elizabeth Owen, a senior trial attorney in the EEOC’s New Orleans field office, said in a statement that the displays of nooses required swift action.
“A noose is a longstanding symbol of violence associated with the lynching of African Americans,” she said. “Such symbols are inherently threatening and significantly alter the workplace environment for Black Americans.”
In 2021, eight nooses were found at an Amazon warehouse construction site in Connecticut. Amazon had briefly closed the site after the seventh one appeared.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
713 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...A portion of southeast Texas, including the following
counties, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Polk, San
Jacinto, Trinity, Walker and Washington.
* WHEN...Through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Areas of heavy rainfall are likely through Wednesday. A flood
watch has been issued due to the potential of localized
flooding where the heaviest showers and thunderstorms occur.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
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Police release body camera video of mother flagging down police to help 1-year-old medical examiner says died with fentanyl in his system (video)
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Newly released body camera footage shows a mother flagging down police the day her child died.
The footage is now evidence behind the charges against her and her child’s father.
Police say the mother in the video is Casey Bisner.
She’s acting confused and unsure why her child is unresponsive.
An officer asked how long her son, Ricardo Johnson Jr. had been unresponsive.
Bisner is out of breath, but replies, “I don’t know. I work right downstairs. Usually he wakes up around 12 or I try to get him up. What’s wrong with him?”
We’d come to find out the 1-year-old had fentanyl in his system here according to the medical examiner.
Johnson Jr. died January 14.
Bisner was arrested five days later on January 19 and charged with endangering children.
Court records show she’s been in jail since then.
The medical examiner ruled the one year old’s death a homicide in May.
Prosecutors then took the case to a grand jury, presenting evidence that Bisner was trafficking the drugs that lead to their child’s death.
Late last week on July 7th, a grand jury indicted Bisner on manslaughter, drug and child endangering charges.
Johnson’s father, Ricardo Johnson Sr. was already in jail on unrelated domestic violence charges when Johnson Jr. died. However, he’s also now charged in the boy’s death.
Court records show two other children were apparently living in the home at the time of the baby’s death.
For that reason, the indictment shows both Bisner and Johnson Sr. also face two additional child endangerment charges.
Both parents will go before a judge on the new charges the first day of next month.
Johnson senior’s domestic violence case is supposed to go to trial this fall.
We’ll be sure to let you know what happens.
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Newborn surrendered to hospital under Daniel’s Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Officials in South Carolina say an infant has been surrendered peacefully this week at a hospital in the Columbia area.
WIS reports the baby was surrendered to the Prisma Health Richland Hospital on Monday and accepted under Daniel’s Law, the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act.
According to officials, the female baby was born on Jan. 8, weighing 7 pounds and 20 inches long at the time of birth.
Under the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, the Richland County Department of Social Services said it took custody of the newborn and placed it in a licensed foster home.
A permanency planning hearing is scheduled to be held on Feb. 15 at 9:30 a.m. at the Richland County Family Court. Those interested in more information can contact the family court at 803-576-3320.
Instead of abandoning a baby up to six months old in dangerous circumstances, under Daniel’s Law mothers can surrender their unharmed newborn baby at a designated location.
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Brunelle to Lead Culture and Talent Strategy to Accelerate Growth and Increase Employee
Engagement
BOSTON, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drift, the Conversation Cloud company, today announced the appointment of Diana Brunelle to its executive leadership team as Chief People Officer (CPO). Brunelle brings more than 25 years of experience in human resources (HR) across multiple industries to her new role, where she will lead global talent acquisition, people operations, employee engagement and talent development.
"It is a unique opportunity to join and help lead a company that created the market and category in which it operates," said Brunelle. "It was evident from my first conversations with Drift that there is an incredibly strong team in place with a culture grounded in unwavering leadership principles. I am energized by the vision we share to help make business buying more human and am excited to help Drift continue to evolve and scale through this next phase of growth."
Brunelle joins Drift after four years at Avid Technology, where she led the human resources department as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Brunelle played an active leadership role across the company as they successfully migrated to a recurring revenue model, achieving 80% ARR in 2022 (up from just 38% in 2016). She also drove significant improvements to the organization's culture, improving eNPS from -15 to +30 and increasing diverse hiring by 25%. In addition to fulfilling multiple HR leadership roles throughout her career, Brunelle built her own HR consulting business, KaHRma Consulting, which helped organizations acquire, engage and develop talent via executive coaching, strategic partnerships, talent acquisition and more.
"Over the last two decades, Diana's leadership experience has spanned global technology, digital media and advertising industries, where she's helped companies and go-to-market teams successfully scale for growth," said Scott Ernst, CEO of Drift. "She has significant experience helping teams navigate all stages of digital and cultural transformation, and I knew the first time we met she was the right person to lead our most valuable resource – our people."
Brunelle's appointment comes at an exciting time for the company with the recent launch of its new GPT integration, expansion into the manufacturing and financial services verticals, and key executive leadership hires of Senior Vice President of Strategy, David Voll and Senior Vice President of Product, Matt Tippets.
About Drift
Drift®, the Conversation Cloud company, helps businesses connect with people at the right time, in the right place with the right conversation. Using the Drift Conversation Cloud, businesses can personalize experiences that lead to more quality pipeline, revenue and lifelong customers. Drift brings Conversational Marketing, Conversational Sales and Conversational Service into a single platform that integrates chat, email and video and powers personalized experiences with artificial intelligence (AI) at all stages of the customer journey. More than 5,000 customers use Drift to deliver a more enjoyable and more human buying experience that builds trust and accelerates revenue. Representing less than 1% of unicorns led by Latino founders, Drift is building an equitable, enduring company to transform the way businesses buy from businesses.
For more information, visit www.drift.com and follow @drift.
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By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers lost his no-hit bid in the ninth inning Wednesday night, giving up a one-out triple to Shohei Ohtani in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Anderson (8-0) threw a career-high 123 pitches, 78 for strikes. He struck out eight and walked two in lowering his ERA to 2.82. The left-hander was pulled after Ohtani sent a line drive into right field that eluded a diving Mookie Betts.
Anderson walked off to a standing ovation from the crowd of 50,812 and tipped his cap. The 32-year-old struck out three-time MVP Mike Trout to open the ninth before Ohtani got his lone hit in four at-bats. Anderson fanned the reigning AL MVP in his first two plate appearances.
Craig Kimbrel came on in relief of Anderson and gave up an RBI single to Matt Duffy before closing it out.
Anderson’s near miss came one night after St. Louis Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas got within one strike of a no-hitter against Pittsburgh. Cal Mitchell doubled on a 2-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning for the Pirates.
Will Smith hit a three-run homer in the first for the Dodgers. Trea Turner added a solo shot in the third.
The Dodgers took both games of this Freeway Series for their sixth series sweep of the season. The skidding Angels lost their 11th in a row on the road and have dropped 18 of 20 overall.
Angels rookie Reid Detmers (2-3), who pitched a no-hitter against Tampa Bay last month, gave up four runs and four hits in 3 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out a season-high six and walked three.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon was out of the lineup after reaggravating his right wrist.
Dodgers: LHP Andrew Heaney (shoulder) could possibly start Sunday against Cleveland. He was on his way back to LA from his third rehab start for Double-A Tulsa. … RHP Blake Treinen (shoulder) is advancing in his throwing program.
UP NEXT
Angels: Ohtani (4-4, 3.64 ERA) starts Thursday at Seattle in the opener of a four-game series. He’s 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA in three career starts against the Mariners. He’s allowed two or fewer runs in seven of his 10 starts this season.
Dodgers: LHP Julio Urías (3-6, 2.80) starts Friday against Cleveland in the opener of a three-game interleague series. He’s gone four straight starts without a win despite allowing just eight runs in his last 23 1/3 innings.
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The 2023 Travelers Championship Odds & Preview: Patrick Rodgers
After the first round of the Travelers Championship, Patrick Rodgers is currently 16th with a score of -4.
Looking to place a wager on Patrick Rodgers at the Travelers Championship this week? Read on for the betting trends you need to know before you make your picks.
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Patrick Rodgers Insights
- Rodgers has finished better than par six times and carded 12 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 17 rounds.
- He has finished with a top-10 score twice in his last 17 rounds.
- Over his last 17 rounds, Rodgers has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on eight occasions.
- Rodgers has finished in the top 20 in one of his past five tournaments.
- Rodgers has finished with a score better than the tournament average in three of his past five tournaments.
- Rodgers has qualified for the weekend in five consecutive tournaments.
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Travelers Championship Insights and Stats
- Rodgers has one top-five finish in his past nine appearances in this tournament. His average finishing position has been 34th.
- In his past nine appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend seven times.
- Rodgers last competed at this event in 2023 and finished 16th.
- TPC River Highlands measures 6,852 yards for this tournament, 163 below the average course on the Tour in the past year (7,015).
- The average course Rodgers has played in the past year (7,277 yards) is 425 yards longer than the course he'll be playing this week (6,852).
Rodgers' Last Time Out
- Rodgers was in the 74th percentile on par 3s at the U.S. Open, with an average of 3.05 strokes on the 20 par-3 holes.
- His 4.03-stroke average on the 40 par-4 holes at the U.S. Open was strong, putting him in the 87th percentile of the field.
- Rodgers was better than only 21% of the field at the U.S. Open on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 5.08 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.83.
- Rodgers recorded a birdie or better on four of 20 par-3s at the U.S. Open, better than the field average of 1.6.
- On the 20 par-3s at the U.S. Open, Rodgers carded five bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 3.6).
- Rodgers' nine birdies or better on the 40 par-4s at the U.S. Open were more than the tournament average (4.1).
- In that last tournament, Rodgers' par-4 showing (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse nine times (worse than the field average, 7.5).
- Rodgers finished the U.S. Open bettering the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9) with three on the 12 par-5 holes.
- On the 12 par-5s at the U.S. Open, Rodgers recorded four bogeys or worse, more than the tournament average of 1.4.
Travelers Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: June 22-25, 2023
- Course: TPC River Highlands
- Location: Cromwell, Connecticut
- Par: 70 / 6,852 yards
- Rodgers Odds to Win: +12500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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To get a good idea of how fickle the fates of baseball can be, let’s flash back to July 17: The Yankees had just completed 14-1 and 13-2 routs of the Red Sox to forge a 64-28 record, by far the best in baseball, 4.5 games ahead of the Astros. At the same time, the Mets lost the first of three straight games to the Cubs and Padres that would shrink their National League East to a half-game over the Braves, the smallest since April 12.
Right after that, the Yankees lost Michael King for the season with an elbow injury and Matt Carpenter for at least most of the rest of the season with a broken foot — while Giancarlo Stanton went off to the All-Star Game, won MVP honors, and hasn’t been seen since. By contrast, Buck Showalter’s Mets, bolstered by the trade deadline acquisitions Daniel Vogelbach, Tyler Naquin and Darin Ruff (combined .348 with five homers and 22 RBI entering the weekend) along with the return of Jacob deGrom, have won 15 out of 18 since July 23 to surpass the Yankees with the best record in New York.
After getting off to one of the best starts in their history, it sure did look like the Yankees were on the fast track to get to their first World Series since 2009, with only the Astros and a likely ALCS matchup looming in their path. Now it’s a wonder if Showalter’s Mets might have the better chance of going to the Series.
Even though the Yankees still command a comfortable lead in the AL East, this 7-14 swoon since July 17 cannot be shrugged off as just the dog days of summer. This is not the same Yankee team that dominated baseball the first three and a half months. In 47 games after being picked up off the scrap heap, Carpenter, evoking the myth of Joe Hardy, batted .305 with 15 homers and 37 RBI. There’s no understating that loss, nor the one of King, who had emerged this year as one of the most lethal Yankee set-up men ever. Between them, the Clay Holmes/King back-end bullpen duo had a 1.76 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 92 innings. And it hasn’t helped that King’s loss has been coupled with Holmes suddenly losing his aura of invincibility of late, getting touched up for seven runs in his last five outings.
In regard to the bullpen, a couple of losses last week might have been avoided had it not been for Brian Cashman’s analytics wizards’ infatuation with Albert Abreu, who blew a tie game against the Cardinals on Aug. 7 and a 3-2 lead against the Mariners three days later. Chalk those up to forced errors on Cashman’s part because rookie Ron Marinaccio, perhaps the Yankees’ most effective middle reliever, ordinarily would have been called upon in those two situations but is presently stuck at Triple-A Scranton because he has options while Abreu does not.
Indeed, while the Yankees were scuffling big time on the road in St. Louis and Seattle, there’s been a bugle blowing party nearly every night in Queens to the tune of Edwin Diaz’s “Narco,” and all those GMs (Cashman included) who shunned the old school Showalter for their managerial openings these past couple of years are now seeing the error of their ways. This is a deep, talented Mets team, with a six-deep starting rotation, versatile hitters up and down the lineup and the best closer in the business in Diaz. They are never out of games and most of all, they clearly love playing for Showalter who, in his old (66) age has taken on the role of country philosopher. The clubhouse is loose, confident and in tune with each other.
What has been particularly heartening for Showalter is the performances of his two Latin stars, Francisco Lindor and Diaz, both of whom struggled mightily in their first seasons in New York. “I told Francisco when I met with him last winter that all I wanted him to do was just play the hell out of shortstop,” Showalter said. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player who prepares himself for a game the way he does. Diaz? He’s a guy who’s come all the way back from the other side of the mountain, not easy in New York. You can see what he’s made of.”
Showalter has been around long enough, however, to know that the baseball fates can turn quickly on a team. Flyin’ high in April, shot down in May. It’s been an uplifting couple of weeks for the Mets. Beginning Monday: Eight straight road games against the Braves and Phillies.
IT’S A MADD, MADD WORLD
Has there ever been a bigger jerk in baseball than Fernando Tatis Jr.? Bad enough after signing his $340 million contract last year the Padres star goes and breaks his wrist in a motorcycle accident last winter, costing him the first five months of the season. Now he’ll miss the entire season and a whole big chunk of next year after being busted for PEDs Friday. What a colossal waste. …
I’m not sure what this means, but sources tell me the Red Sox were privately, but aggressively, shopping Rafael Devers at the trade deadline, looking for the same kind of prospect haul the Nationals were able to extract from the Padres for Juan Soto. Sure looks like another Mookie Betts scenario unfolding in Boston in which the Red Sox just don’t think they can sign their best player. …
Careening toward their sixth straight losing season and third last-place finish in the last four years, the Tigers last week fired their general manager Al Avila to the surprise of no one. The Cuban-born 64-year-old Avila, who spent 22 years in the Tiger organization, is much respected throughout the baseball industry but there was just no getting around a series of (so far) failed draft picks, bad trades and disastrous free agent signings. First round draft picks from their decision to tank four years ago have either been hurt (pitcher Casey Mize) or in the case of first baseman Spencer Torkelson, center fielder Riley Greene and pitcher Alex Faedo major disappointments. At the same time, Avila got little back in his trades of All-Stars Justin Verlander, J.D. Martinez, Shane Greene and Nick Castellanos. Then last winter in the free agent market he signed Javy Baez for six years/$140 million and lefty starter Eduardo Rodriguez for five years/$77M, both of whom have been miserable flops. As Bill Parcells so famously said: “You are what your record says you are” and Avila could not escape his. …
There is no one who epitomizes this horrible Red Sox season more than Chris Sale who (1) missed the first three months of the season with a stress fracture in his rib cage throwing batting practice in spring training, (2) was unavailable to them when they went to Toronto because he wasn’t vaccinated, (3) suffered a broken pinky finger when he was hit by a batted ball at Yankee Stadium on July 17, and finally went on the IL for good last week when he broke his right wrist in a bicycle accident. “You couldn’t make this up,” said beleaguered Sox GM Chaim Bloom. Sale is in the third year of a five-year, $145M contract in which he’s thrown a total of 48 1/3 innings after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2020. First bad luck now dumb bad luck.
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80-year-old photography student inspires class on his birthday
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - An 80-year-old student at a Wisconsin college with a love for photography celebrated his birthday with his class.
Randy Ryoti is not your usual college student and said he lives by his own motto.
“When you stop learning, you get old, and I’m not getting old,” Ryoti said.
Truer words have never been spoken for Ryoti, who recently turned 80.
Ryoti is auditing a photography class at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. But it turns out he’s not the only one learning. He’s also an inspiration to many in the class.
Ryoti said, when it comes to your birthday, no matter which one, there’s an unspoken rule.
“On your birthday you bring treats, so I brought a couple of pies to celebrate,” Ryoti said.
It’s a celebration among friends or fellow classmates he likes to call kids.
“When you are 80, they are kids,” he said.
Every Tuesday, Ryoti joins his fellow students for an Introduction to Photography class.
“I want the same skill digitally that I had in film,” he said.
Ryoti is proficient in film. He was an Army photographer stationed in Germany for three years. When he returned home from service, he opened his own photography business.
He said the hustle and bustle of his business started to take a toll on his love for photography, however, at 50 years old he closed his business and opened a new one.
Ryoti said he bought an old post office in Brillion, Wisconsin, and opened a pizza shop.
But Ryoti is always on the move. This past August, he sold his pizza shop and decided to try photography again. However, a lot has changed in those decades away from the camera.
“So I had to find someplace that would bring me from film to digital and bring me out of the Dark Ages to the 21st century,” Ryoti said.
Ryoti asked to audit professor Sarah Detweiler’s class at the university.
“I was like, ‘What the heck,’ then he told me how old he was and I was like, ‘Well, here we go,’” she said. “Because he had such a great attitude, I thought, ‘Why not?’”
Ryoti has a good attitude and he comes to class every week. Even fellow students can feel his love for photography.
“I think of the quote, ‘If it excites me, then I will take a good photo.’ He gets so excited and ready to see the whole process all the way through,” said junior Abby Rush.
Ryoti acts as an inspiration to others, including Monica Lee, a student returning to finish her art degree.
“When I walked in the first day, I was like, ‘Sweet, I’m not the oldest one here,’” she said.
Lee said Ryoti gives her hope for her own future.
“He teaches all of us you are never too old to learn something new. It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” Detweiler said.
And it certainly isn’t over for Ryoti.
“I am not tired. No, I’m just catching my wind. Stretching out for the home stretch,” he said.
Following the photo class, Ryoti said he will be taking photos for the love of taking photos. He hopes his classmates find that purpose too, even if it takes a few more classes.
“I signed up for the second semester,” he said. “I am coming back. My good days are tomorrow, and the day after, and I am going to continue making them.”
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, May 1, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Reno NV
236 PM PDT Mon Apr 24 2023
.Near record high temperatures Thursday through Sunday will bring
significant streamflow rises, especially for snow covered terrain
below about 8000 feet. Rises will likely increase daily through the
weekend following a diurnal melt cycle with the highest flows often
in the evenings and overnight.
...FLOOD WATCH FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by snowmelt is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of California and western Nevada, including the
following areas, in California, Greater Lake Tahoe Area,
Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties, Mono County and
Surprise Valley California. In western Nevada, Greater Lake Tahoe
Area, Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area and Mineral and
Southern Lyon Counties.
* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Creeks and streams will be running high and fast.
Low-water crossings may be flooded. Minor mainstem flooding is
currently forecast along the Forks of the Carson River beginning
late Friday. The Susan and Walker Rivers will also need to be
closely monitored as flooding cannot be ruled out. Anyone
participating in outdoor recreation this weekend should use
caution as water will be running high, fast, and potentially out
of banks for some creeks and streams. The water will be extremely
cold as well, quickly causing shock.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s president has dismissed the defense minister who is the wife of his longtime political rival, Riek Machar.
Machar’s office said it occurred without consultations.
President Salva Kiir on Friday issued a decree removing Defense Minister Angelina Teny from office. She is a leading member of the opposition SPLM-IO that is a principal party to the 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war.
The president also removed the interior minister, who is a member of his own party. No reasons were cited for the firings.
According to the terms of the peace deal, the ministry of defense is to be led by Machar’s party and the interior ministry by Kiir’s.
Puok Both Baluang, a spokesman for Machar, in a Facebook post called the president’s move a violation of the agreement.
Implementation of the deal has been slow, and the country’s first-ever elections since independence from Sudan have been delayed until the end of 2024.
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Does It Work? VacuTrim
Published: Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:47 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s a common complaint from significant others: “There’s stubble in the sink.”
The VacuTrim promises to eliminate that mess by vacuuming your facial hair as you trim.
We put it to the test for this week’s “Does It Work?”
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Getting started with knitting
When the weather turns cold, those who love to knit know there’s nothing better than getting cozy on the couch with a pair of knitting needles and a new project. Whether you want to knit a colorful baby blanket or make your family scarves for the holidays, there are countless things you can create with some yarn and a bit of time and patience. But first, you need to master the art of “casting on.”
Most knitting begins by casting on stitches
In the knitting world, casting on is the technique used to lay the first row of stitches on the needle. There are seven different ways to put the yarn and the loops on your needle, so beginners should start with the easiest stitches to learn and develop their skills from there.
- Wrap cast-on: This is the quick and easy method taught to most beginners. Because it is stretchy, it’s good for knitting sweaters, socks and mittens. You will hear it called by other names, too, such as loop cast-on, e-wrap cast-on and single cast-on.
- Knit cast-on: This method is also easy for new knitters. When they use this technique, they learn the knit stitch at the same time. It is also known as knitting on and knitted cast-on.
- Cable cast-on: There is one small difference between cable and knit cast-ons. The cable method forms a firm, even edge that looks like a woven cable and is found on cable-knit sweaters. Do not use this technique for things that need to stretch and regain their shape, such as the necks, cuffs and hems of sweaters.
- Long-tail cast-on: This is often the method of choice for experienced knitters and takes a lot of practice before it becomes quick and easy. It’s neither too stretchy nor too stiff, making it a good all-purpose cast-on technique. It is also called slingshot, continental cast-on, double cast-on, Y cast-on and two-strand cast-on.
- German twisted cast-on: This is the best method for knitting socks because it’s not only stretchy but also neat. You can think of it as similar to a long-tail cast-on but with an extra twist that adds elasticity to the edges.
- Provisional cast-on: This method is used when knitting borders on garments and joining two separate knit pieces.
- Frilled cast-on: Knitters say this technique is best for special projects that need something with frilly edges, such as a little child’s party dress. It is also called frilled edging cast-on and Picot cast-on.
To get started casting on, you’ll need needles, the special tools you’ll find in knitting kits and yarn.
What you need to buy for cast-on knitting
Knitting needles
Needles are made from many different materials and aluminum and bamboo are the most popular choices for beginners.
Riudi Interchangeable Circular Aluminum Knitting Needles Set
You get 13 pairs of color-coded aluminum needles from 2.75 millimeters to 10.0 millimeters in diameter. They are durable, rust-free and have detachable tips. You also get needle holders, couplers, stitch markers, positioning buttons and more in a zippered case made of purple leather.
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Equiss Bamboo Knitting Needles Set
You get 36 pairs of needles, two each in 18 different sizes from 2 to 10 millimeters. These needles are about 30 inches long. The bamboo is carbonized for smoothness and durability, and the sizes are engraved on the needles for easy reference and organized storage.
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Yarns
Beginners should start with all-purpose yarns.
Inscraft 52 Acrylic Yarn Skeins
You get 35 yards of machine-washable bright, lustrous 4-ply yarn in 52 colors. The waterproof tote bag has see-through sides and loop handles and includes two crochet hooks, two weaving needles and 10 locking stitch markers.
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Special knitting tools
All your basic knitting tools are here in a compact case that’s only 5 inches wide. You get stitch holders and rippers, threading tools, sewing needles, a thimble, needle point protectors and a soft, flexible fabric measuring tape.
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Something to keep it all in
The inner dividers are sewn to the bottom of this large nylon bag to keep the six main compartments separate. The flexible plastic cover has magnetic snaps and is clear so you can easily see what’s where. Inside are magic tapes and grommets to keep your yarns in place.
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After you’ve bought the tools
Learn everything you need to know about starting and finishing knitting projects.
“Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods”
Learn the perfect techniques for starting and finishing every knitting project. This spiral-bound book lays flat for referencing the illustrated step-by-step instructions and photographs of finished goods. You can create tighter, looser, stretchier or lacier edges as your project calls for.
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New clearances expand the company's health system-wide solutions providing acute aorta and stroke teams AI-powered activations and supplemental information to enable faster, more effective care
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aidoc, the leading provider of healthcare AI solutions, today announced it has increased its FDA clearances to 11 with the addition of CT-based AI solutions - aortic dissection (AD) and all vessel occlusions (VOs). These clearances continue Aidoc's impressive momentum and leadership in healthcare AI, giving the organization the most FDA clearances in the AI imaging space.
With increased pressure on health systems due to the provider labor shortage, rising costs and COVID-19's ongoing impact, the need to provide more cost-effective quality care through earlier, faster treatment and more accurate interventions is imperative. Aidoc's clinical AI improves clinician efficiency, decreases the length of stay, and reduces turnaround time to mitigate average hospital costs, rising 15-25% since 20201.
These Aidoc solutions enable care teams across multiple service lines to not only identify patients in need of escalated care but further enhance cross-specialty provider workflows leading to decreased time to treatment and improved transfers, which may result in additional care-improving procedures.
"Effective healthcare and treatment of acute conditions, like stroke and aortic dissections, require rapid, coordinated care– minutes can matter," said Aidoc CEO Elad Walach. "Our continued momentum with FDA-cleared solutions are not only aiding radiologists to prioritize potential findings, but we are helping connect other care team members immediately to the data needed to drive next actions and an optimized care plan. This leads to improved patient outcomes, such as reduced length of stay, and eases the communication burden on the care team because the right people are notified and engaged together."
Aidoc Gains First-Time FDA-Clearance to Flag All Large and Medium Vessel Occlusions
While existing products in the market detect only middle cerebral artery (MCA) M1 or internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusions, the latest vessel occlusion (VO) solution makes Aidoc the first and only company to gain clearance for triage and notification of all intracranial large VOs (LVOs) and more distal medium VOs (MeVOs) in the MCA, ICA, anterior cerebral artery (ACA), posterior cerebral artery (PCA), vertebral artery (VA) and basilar artery (BA). Now stroke teams have an option for an AI-driven workflow within a mobile app that provides reliable notification and convenient access to critical patient information and imaging for all LVO and MeVO patients - conditions where every minute matters.
With its ability to identify distal MeVOs that are more difficult to detect clinically and on imaging, Aidoc's VO solution empowers providers to swiftly triage these patients who may qualify for meaningful surgical intervention. The ability to rapidly identify and escalate patients to the right specialists is critical to enabling such care and optimizing patient outcomes.
"Ischemic stroke caused by any large vessel occlusion can be potentially disabling" says Dr. Joseph Schindler, Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Yale New Haven Hospital. "Time is still brain, thus early detection with AI can be a game changer to quickly address distal or basilar artery occlusions that may benefit from acute stroke interventions."
Aidoc Launches Aortic Solutions as it Broadens its Cardiovascular Offering
Aidoc has also launched Aortic Solutions, which provides AI-powered full range aorta care for acute aorta teams to improve the acute treatment and long-term follow up of cardiovascular patients. The latest FDA clearance for both type A and type B aortic dissection (AD) triage is now available on Aidoc's innovative platform, which notifies multidisciplinary specialists on all relevant AD cases and allows for on-the-go high-fidelity image review. Aidoc is the only company with a proven EHR integration for the population of critical, time-sensitive patient information on the app. Specialists can use this technology to collaborate more quickly and determine the best course of action for these emergency cases. The new Aortic Solutions offering supports a variety of workflows for all acute aortic conditions, including thoracic aortic aneurysm, abdominal aortic aneurysm, the newly cleared AI AD solution, and more.
"It's important for surgeons to have the best available tools to quickly identify and treat acute aorta patients," said Dr. James McKinsey, System Chief for Aortic Intervention at Mount Sinai Healthcare System and Surgical Director of the Jacobson Aortic Center. "Aidoc's acute aorta solution assesses every scan for acute aortic dissection and triages the positive cases, enables efficient communication and expedites workflows so specialists can collaborate for multidisciplinary decision-making to optimize timely care."
About Aidoc
Aidoc is the leading provider of artificial intelligence healthcare solutions that empower physicians to expedite patient treatment and enhance quality of care. Aidoc's AI-driven solutions analyze medical images directly after the patient is scanned, suggesting prioritization of time-sensitive pathologies, as well as notifying and activating multidisciplinary teams to reduce turnaround time, shorten length of stay, and improve overall patient outcomes.
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Republican senators are warning that criminal charges hanging over former President Trump will give the GOP a bad look if he is the party’s eventual nominee, especially in a year when Republicans are eager for a chance to retake the Senate.
While GOP senators have accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) of waging a politically motivated prosecution of Trump, they acknowledge it nevertheless will hurt their chances in the 2024 election if charges are still hanging over Trump next summer and fall.
Trump’s next in-person court appearance is scheduled for December, which means legal proceedings could stretch well into 2024. He also could face additional charges from the Department of Justice and the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney.
“I think it’s a problem for a party to be considered legitimate by people who care about America to have someone who’s been indicted, who’s had to plead the Fifth multiple times, who’s been surrounded by individuals who’ve gone to jail, one after the other, or been convicted of felonies,” to be its nominee for president, said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who was the GOP’s nominee for president in 2012.
But Romney doesn’t think any of that will stop Trump from winning next year’s presidential primary.
“I don’t think that has any particular impact on the primary process or the likelihood that Donald Trump will be our nominee,” he said. “I don’t think the primary voters look at electability; I think they look for the person they think will pursue what they believe in.”
Last year, criminal cases in Manhattan took an average of more than 900 days to proceed from indictment to a trial verdict, according to data reported by Reuters.
Unless Trump can persuade a judge to dismiss Bragg’s case, he likely will remain under indictment and have a legal cloud over his head during next year’s election.
He also faces a possible indictment from Justice Department special prosecutor Jack Smith — who is investigating Trump’s role in the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as his possession of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — and from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who is investigating allegations that Trump interfered in Georgia’s 2020 election.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Trump’s growing legal problems could take a toll on his viability as a candidate.
“Some of these things will drag out for some period of time, so I’m guessing a lot of it will be unresolved” by next year’s presidential election, he said.
“But I don’t think it’s going to deter him from running,” he added. “It’s probably not going to deter people from endorsing him.”
So far, nine Senate Republicans have endorsed Trump — Sens. Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), J.D. Vance (Ohio), Eric Schmitt (Mo.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), Ted Budd (N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (Tenn.).
Asked about Trump’s support from fellow Republican senators despite his legal baggage, Thune said Trump “will probably be a force in the nominating process so members, I think, are probably looking at their states, their constituencies and the politics around the former president and what makes the best sense for them.”
Thune said many Republicans view Bragg’s prosecution as “very politically motivated,” but he warned “all this stuff,” referring to the legal battles, will likely have “a cumulative effect to it.”
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate GOP leadership, told The Hill it “would be better” not to have a nominee for president who is under indictment.
He was spotted stopping by a get-to-know-you event for Trump’s possible rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), in Washington on Tuesday.
Cornyn said he “went by to pay my respects, shake his hand and wish him well” but doesn’t plan to make any endorsement ahead of next year’s primary. Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) also attended the event.
Many Senate Republicans think Trump’s repeated yet unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which candidates he endorsed in the 2022 midterm election embraced, hurt their chances of winning back the Senate majority.
And they fear Trump’s ongoing legal dramas could hurt their chances in 2024, as well.
“I think there are several individuals who are looking at running for the presidency that could do a good job of uniting our country. I would prefer to look at one of those individuals — I’m looking forward to having one of those other individuals be successful in obtaining the presidency,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said of the Republican candidates who will challenge Trump in the primary.
Asked about what it would mean for the party to have its nominee for president under indictment, Rounds said, “I can’t think of anything positive about having that occur.”
One Republican senator who requested anonymity to comment on what Trump’s legal problems mean for Republican candidates in 2024 said if the Republican candidate for president is under indictment, it’s a problem in the general election.
“It’s a bad look,” the lawmaker added.
“An indictment means something; conviction means a lot more. That’s a finding of fact that the law was violated. Someone has been charged; they’re presumed to be innocent, but from a political point of view, you never want your candidates under a cloud of criminal prosecution,” the source said.
Yet Trump maintains a big lead in the polls over DeSantis and other potential rivals among Republicans nationwide.
A Wall Street Journal poll of 600 likely primary voters conducted from April 11 to April 17 found Trump well ahead of the field with 48 percent support compared to DeSantis, who had 24 percent support, in a hypothetical matchup. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came in a distant third with 5 percent support.
A Wall Street Journal survey conducted in December showed DeSantis beating Trump 52 percent to 38 percent.
Trump leads DeSantis by an average of more than 30 percentage points in polls conducted since the end of March.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who voted to convict Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, wonders what Trump’s commanding lead in the polls says about the direction of the party and country more broadly.
“How can this be? What country are we in?” she asked with a laugh.
“Is it a bad look for the country to have an individual that is viewed not only as a viable candidate but the frontrunner who’s under indictment?” she asked. “I don’t know. I stopped trying to figure out Donald Trump a long time ago.”
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OZY Media, the award-winning news and entertainment company, today announced the launch of its 5th annual OZY Genius Awards (OGA).
The landmark grant program supports ten bold and innovative ideas from college and university students with a summer stipend of $10,000. From scientific research to launching new companies, writing books to building nonprofit organizations, the OZY Genius Awards has allowed talented young people to fully pursue their big dreams to help make the world a better place. Since 2015, the OGA program has already helped launch young superstars, such as Amanda Gorman, Brandy Star Merriweather and Dyllen Nellis.
"Winning the OZY Genius Award gave us momentum to scale our impact by enabling our team to launch an online mentorship community for students around the world," said Dante Alvarado-Leon, OGA class of 2017.
"We are so proud of the OZY Genius Awards and all that they stand for," said OZY CEO Carlos Watson. "My mom, a former teacher, helped incubate the idea and I am so pleased to see hundreds of students embrace this wonderful opportunity by putting their best ideas forward."
This year's OGA program, with the support of *AT&T Dream in Black, will give special emphasis to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)by also honoring them as AT&T Rising Future Makers. A campaign that launched in 2021 to uplift HBCU students making a difference in their communities and providing them the connections needed for greater possibility.
"I've met so many HBCU students who have brilliant ideas, but they lack the capital and resources to bring them to life. I was once in that same boat," said Michael DeVore, OGA class of 2015. "I believe the OZY Genius Awards can help attract resources to talented HBCU students. There are so many amazing young people that need platforms like this to highlight their brilliant ideas."
"We believe deeply in the creativity and genius of young people and are glad to be supporting the OZY Genius Awards," said AT&T Chief Diversity Officer, Michelle Jordan. "AT&T is committed to supporting young leaders and our Rising Future Makers program plays a critical role in that effort."
Applications for the OZY Genius Awards are available here to full-time college students in the U.S. and will remain open until Oct. 31, 2022. Winners will be announced on Nov. 15, 2022.
Current and recent judges have included: former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz; noted physicist and bestselling author Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi; former OMD CEO John Osborn; Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry; Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs; former "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric; former McKinsey partner James Manyika.
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(NEXSTAR) – The excitement around a fresh social media platform can be so great that users don’t even think about the day they might want to erase their account – something new adopters of Meta’s Threads are already griping about Thursday.
In the wake of Elon Musk’s shakeup of Twitter, alternative platforms such as Hive and Mastodon have tried to siphon away dissatisfied users, but when it comes to mass early adoption, Threads stands out. The Twitter rival surpassed 30 million sign ups Thursday morning, according to Mark Zuckerberg.
As the buzz around Threads spread, so did news of a particular line in the service’s privacy policy.
“You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”
Some who downloaded the app to give it a try – which Instagram users can do in a matter of seconds – found out deleting it was more complicated than they knew.
“I deactivated my threads account already but it turns out you can’t delete your threads account *without also deleting your Instagram account* so maybe just don’t sign up!” @emilyhughes tweeted.
Others accused Zuck of creating a “trap” to keep user information on Meta servers from the wave of sign-ups.
“We can’t delete our threads account without deleting our ig?? they knew people would instantly hate it so they made it a saw trap,” @ecto_fun tweeted.
Backlash over the policy prompted Instagram head Adam Mosseri to address the issue, TechCruch reported.
Mosseri explained:
To clarify, you can deactivate your Threads account, which hides your Threads profile and content, you can set your profile to private, and you can delete individual threads posts – all without deleting your Instagram account. Threads is powered by Instagram, so right now it’s just one account, but we’re looking into a way to delete your Threads account separately.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation’s No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug overdoses, motor vehicle fatalities and shootings. In 2020 and 2021, only heart disease and cancer were ahead of the coronavirus.
U.S. deaths usually rise year-to-year, in part because the nation’s population has been growing. The pandemic accelerated that trend, making 2021 the deadliest in U.S. history, with more than 3.4 million deaths. But 2022 saw the first drop in deaths since 2009.
The 2022 tally was about 3.3 million — a 5% decline from 2021 but still much higher than in the years before the pandemic. The CDC cautioned that last year’s numbers are preliminary and may change a little after further analysis.
Coronavirus-associated death rates fell for nearly all Americans. The virus was deemed the underlying cause of about 187,000 U.S. deaths last year, accounting for about 6% of deaths. The highest COVID-19 death rates were in the South and in an adjacent region that stretches west to Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, the CDC said.
The death rates for heart disease and cancer increased during the pandemic, the CDC said. The cancer death rate had been falling for 20 years before COVID-19 hit.
The CDC report indicated a slight decline in the number of injury deaths last year, falling to about 218,000 from about 219,500 the year before. That would be a surprise, given recent trends in rising drug overdose and gun deaths.
CDC officials noted that number could rise. Death certificate data for injury deaths tends to take longer because many involve police investigations.
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After months of pleading and questioning, Allie Quigley was done hearing the noise.
The three-time All-Star finally succumbed to demands to appear in the 3-point contest after she had sworn the year before she wasn’t going to participate again.
After easily beating the field to win the 2022 WNBA 3-point contest Saturday at McCormick Place, the DePaul alumna became the first NBA or WNBA player to win four 3-point contests, eclipsing Carl Hodges and Larry Bird.
“It’s really cool to be a part of history with some of the greatest shooters,” Quigley said. “It’s just feels great to have that confidence from my coach, everybody in Chicago and my teammates. They’re always hyping me up and letting me know how good of a shooter I am. That really helps me go out there and do what I do.”
Quigley cruised in the first round, leading all scorers with 26 points. She went against Ariel Atkins and Rhyne Howard in the final round and needed only 21 points to win when she stepped up to the rack.
It didn’t take long for her to run away with the win, claiming victory in the second to last rack. As Quigley, who finished with 30 points, was taking her final shot, the announcer yelled over a boisterous crowd, “Allie Quigley has done it again!”
Her teammates ran over from their seats to greet Quigley after she won. Her wife and teammate, Courtney Vandersloot, picked her up in celebration. The sharpshooting Joliet native’s family was also in attendance.
Before the start of the 3-point contest, Candace Parker wore Quigley’s DePaul jersey. When asked where she thinks Quigley lands in professional basketball history among the greatest shooters, Parker had a simple answer.
“It’s now time we rename the three-point contest the Allie Quigley Invitational,” Parker said.
James Kay is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
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Here are The Baltimore Sun’s All-Metro boys outdoor track and field teams for the 2023 season.
Athlete of the Year
Chimdy Onoh, Dundalk, senior
Chimdy Onoh has a bright future ahead of him in football. The 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman, ranked a four-star recruit by 247Sports, is signed to play at Penn State.
He chose the Nittany Lions over Michigan State, Ole Miss and Rutgers, but it wasn’t long ago when he was being recruited for a different purpose. Dundalk track and field coach Kevin Tran saw the potential Onoh had as a thrower.
“Freshman year, my track coach reached out to me to join the track team but COVID started so I didn’t get to have a season,” Onoh said. “I came out sophomore year and kept doing it and got really good at it. I put the time and effort into it and started progressing from there.”
Onoh won Class 4A state titles in shot put and discus in both his junior and senior seasons. This season, he was unbeaten in shot put and won states with a throw of 57 feet, 6 inches and topped 60 feet on several occasions. His state-winning discus throw of 174-8 tied for seventh-best in MPSSAA state championship meet history.
“It was definitely a goal of mine to win states in both events this year,” he said. “It was definitely a good way to finish my track career.”
Onoh showed that track was more than an offseason hobby. He dedicated himself to improving, including going through “explosive workouts” in the weight room. All the while, he developed an affinity for the sport.
“I was enjoying it and I saw myself improve and I thought I could do good in it,” he said. “Starting from sophomore year, I definitely wasn’t as good. Between that and junior year is when I took the biggest jump. It took a lot of work, a lot of weight room time.”
As a sophomore, his personal best in discus was 118-2. As a junior, his best throw was 175-6. He hopes the work he put in and his accomplishments send a message to future Owls.
“From getting this award and achieving the things I have, it really lets them know that it’s possible for it to happen,” he said.
Coach of the Year
Scott Baker, Calvert Hall
Baker’s Cardinals were disappointed after falling just short of a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title during the indoor season, losing by two points to Mount Saint Joseph.
They regrouped and posted a dominant outdoor campaign, winning the MIAA A Conference title and setting a meet record with 235.5 points, 111 ahead of second-place Mount Saint Joseph.
It was the second straight conference title for Calvert Hall, which repeated despite losing 2022 All-Metro Runner of the Year Thomas Smith IV and first-team All-Metro performers Jason Holmes-Williamson and Garik Pozecki.
“We knew this season would be exciting because we were following in the footsteps of one of the greatest track and field teams in state history,” Baker said. “A lot of teams and people in the area said we would have a down year by graduating some superstar sprint talent, so the team and staff took it upon ourselves to really prove what being a Cardinal is about.
“I think it just goes to show it doesn’t matter what coach is at the helm or what athletes are on the team as long as we can believe in each other and work hard we can excel. We won 14 out of 18 events [at the MIAA championships], which is a tremendous improvement in depth from last year’s team. We can score at a high level at just about any event.”
First team
Ethan Aidam, Oakland Mills, senior
One of the top distance runners in the area, Aidam closed his high school career with a Class 2A state title in the 3,200 (9:35.19) and a second-place finish in the 1,600 (4:23.46).
Antonio Camacho-Bucks, Centennial, senior
The Eagles senior doubled up with 3A state championships in the 1,600 (4:14.71) and 3,200 (9:29.06). He also finished fourth in the 800 (1:55.63).
Ricardo Cooper, Calvert Hall, senior
Cooper won the MIAA A Conference title in the 100 (10.69) and ran on the Cardinals’ winning 4x100 (42.38) and 4x200 (1:27.11) relays.
Cameron Davis, Calvert Hall, junior
The All-Metro boys cross country Runner of the Year won MIAA A Conference titles in the 1,600 (4:16.39) and 3,200 (9:22.21).
Chase Dorsey, Calvert Hall, sophomore
Dorsey won the MIAA A Conference title in the shot put (51-1 1/2) and was second in the discus (138-10).
Joseph DeRosier, Old Mill, senior
DeRosier won the 4A state championship in the 110 hurdles (14.54) and didn’t lose a race in the event all season. He was region champion in the 300 hurdles but didn’t run the race at states.
Justin DeVaughn, Mervo, sophomore
DeVaughn jumped a personal-best 22-11 to win the 4A long jump state title. He was third at the state meet in the 300 hurdles (39.88) and was the Baltimore City champion in the 110 hurdles.
Tyler Edson, Liberty, senior
Edson was 2A state champion in the 800 (1:54.11) and anchored the Lions’ winning 4x800 relay (7:59.05). He also finished sixth at the state meet in the 400 (50.08).
Ruichen He, Glenelg, sophomore
He was the 2A state champion in the discus (172 feet) and was the only person to beat Onoh in the event this season at the Johns Hopkins Black and Blue Invitational. He was fourth in states in shot put (49-1 1/4).
Shane King, Oakland Mills, senior
King was a four-time state gold medalist, winning the 100 (10.96) and 200 (21.91) individually and running on the Scorpions’ champion 4x100 (42.03) and 4x400 (3:22.45) relays.
Carter Knox, Manchester Valley, senior
Knox won a dramatic 800 (1:53.48) in 3A by three hundreds of a second. He was also second in the 400 (49.19) and was on the second-place 4x800 relay (7:55.88).
Matayo McGraw, Harford Tech, senior
McGraw’s personal-best jump of 46-1 3/4 won him the 2A long jump state title. He was second in the high jump (6-2) and seventh in the long jump (20-4 1/4).
Everett Young, Patterson Mill, senior
Young was the only athlete at the state championships in any class to clear 14 feet in the pole vault, winning the 1A title. He was a state qualifier in the 110 hurdles but didn’t run the event.
Second team
Gamaliel Adejo, Western Tech, senior
Desmond Adeyemi, Wilde Lake, senior
Tyler Dailey, Dulaney, senior
Xavier Doctor, Oakland Mills, senior
Jadon Gaines, Hereford, junior
Ryan Hartranft, Century, sophomore
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Abdur Hassan, Oakland Mills, senior
Jack Hynes, Bel Air, senior
Siji Jolayemi, Glenelg, senior
Avery Jones, Mount Saint Joseph, senior
Ojigwe Olua, Western Tech, sophomore
Cameron Rucker, Westminster, senior
Daysen Shell, Milford Mill, senior
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Being a good gymnast requires dedication, discipline and strength. The women's gymnastics team at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, emulates all those qualities, and they're making history.
Fisk University is the first historically Black college or university to have a gymnastics team.
Freshman Jordynn Cromartie is a big part of why the team came together.
"Being a part of history is extremely surreal," Cromartie said.
Cromartie said the idea to form a team started with a Thanksgiving conversation she had with her uncle, who is a trustee at Fisk.
"He's just like, 'You should come to Fisk, you should come to Fisk,'" Cromartie said. "And I was just like, 'They do not have a gymnastics team.' Like, I've spent my whole life doing this. I'm not about to just go and not do gymnastics. And he was like, 'Oh, really? Like, I'll make it happen.' Like, I would have never thought he would make it happen. So I was just like, 'OK, whatever.'"
Several months later, the team was formed. It worked out well for Cromartie, who said she always wanted to attend an HBCU.
"I grew up in predominantly white neighborhoods and I went to predominantly white schools," Cromartie said. "I've never got to experience the Black culture as much as I wanted to."
Head coach Corrinne Tarver says the team has become family.
"HBCUS are rich in history and tradition," Tarver said. "Also for Fiske, it's a smaller school, so it's very much of a family-oriented school. And that is the one word I hear more than anything else, any time I talk to an alum, the one word you'll hear is 'family.'"
Tarver says it shouldn't have taken this long for an HBCU to get a gymnastics team.
"Black gymnasts make up approximately 10% of all college gymnasts," Tarver said. "That's a really low number. And yet, when you look at Black athletes or Black gymnasts in particular, they're in the top of the leaderboards. I mean, NCAAs last year, every single winner was a person of color."
Tarver led that charge as the first Black gymnast to win an NCAA all-around national championship in 1987. Now, she says she's living out her dream as the head coach, and inspiring other HBCUs to form their own gymnastics teams, like Talladega College in Alabama.
"I think it is important to have a women's gymnastics team at an HBCU just because it shows what Black young woman can do and that we can keep up with everyone else," Cromartie said.
Beyond making giant leaps in national competitions, the team's new goal is to raise funds for their own gym. Currently, they drive miles from campus to practice.
For now, they say they're just grateful to have each other and to be a part of this historic experience.
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LONDON (AP) - Results from English football:
Fulham 1, Wolverhampton 1
Newcastle vs. Brighton, 7:30 a.m. ppd
Everton 0, Aston Villa 2
Leeds 1, Southampton 0
Leicester 0, Arsenal 1
West Ham 4, Nottingham Forest 0
Bournemouth 1, Man City 4
Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 0
Tottenham 2, Chelsea 0
Man United vs. Brentford, 8:30 a.m. ppd
Arsenal 4, Everton 0
Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton 0
Man City vs. Newcastle, 7:30 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Bournemouth, 10 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Crystal Palace, 10 a.m.
Brentford vs. Fulham, 10 a.m. ppd
Brighton vs. West Ham, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Leeds, 10 a.m.
Wolverhampton vs. Tottenham, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. Leicester, 12:30 p.m.
Nottingham Forest vs. Everton, 9 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Man United, 11:30 a.m.
Brentford vs. Fulham, 3 p.m.
Bournemouth vs. Liverpool, 7:30 a.m.
Everton vs. Brentford, 10 a.m.
Leeds vs. Brighton, 10 a.m.
Leicester vs. Chelsea, 10 a.m.
Tottenham vs. Nottingham Forest, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Man City, 12:30 p.m.
Fulham vs. Arsenal, 10 a.m.
West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 10 a.m.
Man United vs. Southampton, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Wolverhampton, 12:30 p.m.
Rotherham 2, Sunderland 1
Norwich 3, Birmingham 1
Swansea 1, Stoke 3
Blackburn 1, Blackpool 0
Millwall 1, Burnley 1
Coventry 2, Sunderland 1
Birmingham 0, Luton Town 1
Bristol City 1, Hull 0
Burnley 4, Huddersfield 0
Norwich 2, Cardiff 0
Preston 2, Wigan 1
QPR 1, Blackburn 3
Reading 3, Blackpool 1
Sheffield United 1, Watford 0
Stoke 0, Millwall 1
West Brom 2, Middlesbrough 0
Swansea 1, Rotherham 1
Preston 0, Coventry 0
Luton Town 2, Millwall 2
Hull vs. West Brom, 3 p.m.
Blackburn vs. Sheffield United, 7:30 a.m.
Cardiff vs. Bristol City, 7:30 a.m.
Blackpool vs. Burnley, 10 a.m.
Huddersfield vs. Coventry, 10 a.m.
Luton Town vs. Swansea, 10 a.m.
Middlesbrough vs. Reading, 10 a.m.
Millwall vs. Norwich, 10 a.m.
Rotherham vs. QPR, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Stoke, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Preston, 10 a.m.
Wigan vs. Birmingham, 10 a.m.
Huddersfield vs. Bristol City, 2:45 p.m.
Reading vs. Sheffield United, 3 p.m.
West Brom vs. Wigan, 3 p.m.
Stoke vs. Blackburn, 3 p.m.
Bristol City vs. Blackpool, 7:30 a.m.
Birmingham vs. Rotherham, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Wigan, 10 a.m.
Coventry vs. Hull, 10 a.m.
Preston vs. Cardiff, 10 a.m.
QPR vs. Watford, 10 a.m.
Reading vs. Millwall, 10 a.m.
Sheffield United vs. Luton Town, 10 a.m.
Swansea vs. Middlesbrough, 10 a.m.
West Brom vs. Huddersfield, 10 a.m.
Norwich vs. Sunderland, 8 a.m.
Fleetwood Town 1, Cambridge United 0
Morecambe 1, Port Vale 0
Oxford United 0, Bristol Rovers 3
Barnsley 4, Derby 1
Bolton 2, Port Vale 1
Burton Albion 0, Accrington Stanley 0
Charlton 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1
Exeter 2, Cambridge United 0
Fleetwood Town 1, Morecambe 0
Forest Green 1, Lincoln 1
Milton Keynes Dons 0, Ipswich 1
Peterborough 5, Plymouth 2
Portsmouth 4, Cheltenham 0
Shrewsbury 2, Wycombe 0
Derby 2, Cheltenham 0
Lincoln 1, Milton Keynes Dons 1
Portsmouth 3, Bolton 1
Peterborough 0, Charlton 0
Morecambe vs. Bolton, 7:30 a.m.
Accrington Stanley vs. Forest Green, 10 a.m.
Bristol Rovers vs. Barnsley, 10 a.m.
Cambridge United vs. Portsmouth, 10 a.m.
Cheltenham vs. Fleetwood Town, 10 a.m.
Derby vs. Shrewsbury, 10 a.m.
Ipswich vs. Burton Albion, 10 a.m.
Lincoln vs. Oxford United, 10 a.m.
Plymouth vs. Charlton, 10 a.m.
Port Vale vs. Milton Keynes Dons, 10 a.m.
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Peterborough, 10 a.m.
Wycombe vs. Exeter, 10 a.m.
Barnsley vs. Portsmouth, 2:45 p.m.
Wycombe vs. Fleetwood Town, 2:45 p.m.
Ipswich vs. Accrington Stanley, 2:45 p.m.
Peterborough vs. Shrewsbury, 2:45 p.m.
Cheltenham vs. Lincoln, 2:45 p.m.
Cambridge United vs. Morecambe, 2:45 p.m.
Plymouth vs. Derby, 3 p.m.
Barnsley vs. Plymouth, 10 a.m.
Bolton vs. Ipswich, 10 a.m.
Burton Albion vs. Wycombe, 10 a.m.
Charlton vs. Accrington Stanley, 10 a.m.
Exeter vs. Lincoln, 10 a.m.
Fleetwood Town vs. Port Vale, 10 a.m.
Forest Green vs. Bristol Rovers, 10 a.m.
Milton Keynes Dons vs. Cambridge United, 10 a.m.
Oxford United vs. Derby, 10 a.m.
Peterborough vs. Cheltenham, 10 a.m.
Portsmouth vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 10 a.m.
Shrewsbury vs. Morecambe, 10 a.m.
Rochdale 1, Stockport County 2
Walsall 0, Crewe 0
Hartlepool 0, Newport County 1
Grimsby Town 0, Harrogate Town 0
Barrow 1, Stockport County 0
Colchester 0, Northampton 1
Crawley Town 2, Carlisle 5
Crewe 1, Rochdale 1
Doncaster 0, Bradford 1
Gillingham 2, AFC Wimbledon 1
Grimsby Town 2, Leyton Orient 2
Hartlepool 3, Walsall 3
Mansfield Town 2, Salford 5
Newport County 0, Sutton United 2
Stevenage 0, Tranmere 1
Swindon 3, Harrogate Town 0
Grimsby Town vs. Crewe, 2:45 p.m. ppd
Harrogate Town 1, Northampton 1
Tranmere 1, Crawley Town 0
Gillingham 0, Bradford 2
AFC Wimbledon 2, Stevenage 3
Barrow 1, Salford 1
AFC Wimbledon vs. Mansfield Town, 10 a.m.
Bradford vs. Colchester, 10 a.m.
Carlisle vs. Grimsby Town, 10 a.m.
Harrogate Town vs. Gillingham, 10 a.m.
Leyton Orient vs. Swindon, 10 a.m.
Northampton vs. Crawley Town, 10 a.m.
Rochdale vs. Stevenage, 10 a.m.
Salford vs. Newport County, 10 a.m.
Stockport County vs. Doncaster, 10 a.m.
Sutton United vs. Crewe, 10 a.m.
Tranmere vs. Hartlepool, 10 a.m.
Walsall vs. Barrow, 10 a.m.
Stockport County vs. Gillingham, 2:45 p.m.
Doncaster vs. Harrogate Town, 2:45 p.m.
Walsall vs. Bradford, 2:45 p.m.
Grimsby Town vs. Newport County, 2:45 p.m.
Sutton United vs. Crawley Town, 2:45 p.m.
Crewe vs. Salford, 2:45 p.m.
Barrow vs. Sutton United, 10 a.m.
Colchester vs. Stockport County, 10 a.m.
Crawley Town vs. Harrogate Town, 10 a.m.
Doncaster vs. AFC Wimbledon, 10 a.m.
Gillingham vs. Tranmere, 10 a.m.
Grimsby Town vs. Rochdale, 10 a.m.
Hartlepool vs. Northampton, 10 a.m.
Mansfield Town vs. Leyton Orient, 10 a.m.
Newport County vs. Bradford, 10 a.m.
Stevenage vs. Walsall, 10 a.m.
Swindon vs. Carlisle, 10 a.m.
Barnet 2, Altrincham 4
Chesterfield 1, Wealdstone 1
Dagenham and Redbridge 2, Aldershot 1
Dorking Wanderers 3, Torquay United 2
Halifax Town 1, Solihull Moors 1
Gateshead FC 2, Oldham 1
Maidenhead United 2, Yeovil 0
Maidstone United FC 1, Eastleigh 3
Notts County 4, Southend 0
Woking 2, Bromley 1
Wrexham 2, Scunthorpe 0
York City FC 1, Boreham Wood 1
Altrincham 4, Solihull Moors 1
Barnet 4, Aldershot 1
Boreham Wood 2, Scunthorpe 0
Chesterfield 0, Oldham 1
Eastleigh 0, Bromley 0
Halifax Town 0, Maidenhead United 1
Maidstone United FC 1, Gateshead FC 1
Torquay United 1, Southend 2
Woking 1, Wealdstone 1
Wrexham 3, Dorking Wanderers 1
York City FC 2, Yeovil 1
Notts County 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 2
Barnet 1, Oldham 3
Wrexham 2, Chesterfield 1
Boreham Wood 1, Dorking Wanderers 0
Halifax Town 5, Wealdstone 0
Torquay United 1, Bromley 2
Yeovil 1, Altrincham 1
Maidenhead United 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1
Eastleigh 1, York City FC 0
Maidstone United FC 1, Scunthorpe 1
Southend vs. Barnet, 2:45 p.m.
Aldershot vs. Torquay United, 10 a.m.
Bromley vs. Notts County, 10 a.m.
Dagenham and Redbridge vs. York City FC, 10 a.m.
Dorking Wanderers vs. Halifax Town, 10 a.m.
Gateshead FC vs. Chesterfield, 10 a.m.
Oldham vs. Boreham Wood, 10 a.m.
Scunthorpe vs. Eastleigh, 10 a.m.
Solihull Moors vs. Maidstone United FC, 10 a.m.
Wealdstone vs. Altrincham, 10 a.m.
Yeovil vs. Woking, 10 a.m.
Maidenhead United vs. Wrexham, 12:20 p.m.
Bromley vs. York City FC, 2:45 p.m.
Dagenham and Redbridge vs. Wrexham, 2:45 p.m.
Dorking Wanderers vs. Barnet, 2:45 p.m.
Gateshead FC vs. Halifax Town, 2:45 p.m.
Maidenhead United vs. Boreham Wood, 2:45 p.m.
Oldham vs. Woking, 2:45 p.m.
Scunthorpe vs. Altrincham, 2:45 p.m.
Solihull Moors vs. Torquay United, 2:45 p.m.
Southend vs. Chesterfield, 2:45 p.m.
Wealdstone vs. Maidstone United FC, 2:45 p.m.
Yeovil vs. Eastleigh, 2:45 p.m.
Altrincham vs. Dagenham and Redbridge, 10 a.m. ppd
Barnet vs. Solihull Moors, 10 a.m. ppd
Boreham Wood vs. Gateshead FC, 10 a.m. ppd
Chesterfield vs. Yeovil, 10 a.m.
Eastleigh vs. Oldham, 10 a.m.
Halifax Town vs. Aldershot, 10 a.m. ppd
Maidstone United FC vs. Bromley, 10 a.m. ppd
Torquay United vs. Wealdstone, 10 a.m.
Woking vs. Maidenhead United, 10 a.m.
Wrexham vs. Southend, 10 a.m.
York City FC vs. Scunthorpe, 10 a.m. ppd
Notts County vs. Dorking Wanderers, 12:20 p.m.
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STOCKHOLM, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq: WAVE) (Nasdaq First North: ECOWVE) ("Eco Wave Power" or the "Company") - Eco Wave Power Annual Report 2021 is attached to this press release and available at https://www.ecowavepower.com/investor-relations/financial-reports/.
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Eco Wave Power is a leading onshore wave energy technology company that developed a patented, smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity. Eco Wave Power's mission is to assist in the fight against climate change by enabling commercial power production from the ocean and sea waves.
Eco Wave Power is recognized as a "Pioneering Technology" by the Israeli Ministry of Energy and was labeled as an "Efficient Solution" by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Eco Wave Power's project in Gibraltar has received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund and the European Commission's Horizon 2020 framework program. The Company has also received the "Global Climate Action Award" from the United Nations.
Eco Wave Power's common shares (ECOWVE) are traded on Nasdaq First North and its ADSs (WAVE) are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
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JOLIET, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, joined U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, Illinois congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) and Illinois industry, economic and workforce development leaders earlier this week for a roundtable discussion discussing the future of the transportation sector, including the deployment of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles and supporting infrastructure, as well as energy independence.
"This is a proud moment to have U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, speak with us about how we can all work together to tackle climate change by investing in jobs, technologies, processes and products that are better for the environment and future generations. Lion is leading the movement toward the electrification of heavy-duty and school transportation. We put our first all-electric school buses on the road in 2016, and since then our vehicles have covered over 10 million miles in real world conditions," said Nate Baguio, Senior Vice President of Commercial Development at Lion Electric. "In order to reach the U.S.' net-zero emissions goal and combat climate change, the dual decarbonization of the energy and transportation sectors is critical. To succeed, industry needs to collaborate closely with the Department of Energy and lawmakers to implement ambitious programs that will speed our transition to a clean economy."
"At the Department of Energy, because of Congressman Foster's and others support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we have an additional $62 billion to spend on clean energy and infrastructure. That means $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging, for example. Or $10 billion for next generation technologies for carbon capture. $2.5 billion for electric vehicle battery storage, and money for grid as well to be able to make sure to build out the transmission grid to meet the moment," said Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy.
"I was proud to welcome Secretary Granholm to the 11th District yesterday, and I'm especially grateful she took the time to hear from innovative clean energy companies like Lion Electric about the investments they are making in our Illinois communities. These investments will create good union jobs and allow us to realize the benefit of the cutting-edge energy research that happens at places like Argonne National Laboratory. Not only does this benefit our local economy, but if America is serious about decarbonization and cutting our dependence on foreign fossil fuels, it's important we support the work being done to research and build the new technologies that will make it possible," said congressman Bill Foster (IL-11).
The roundtable conversation included discussions on how the $7.5 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will help drive job growth, advance the electric vehicle industry and focus on addressing climate change in the U.S. Nate Baguio represented Lion Electric in the roundtable, discussing the deployment of all-electric heavy-duty trucks and school buses, as well as Lion's impact on the local Illinois economy and collaboration with the Department of Energy ("DOE").
In April 2022, Lion signed onto a Memorandum of Understanding with the DOE aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of vehicle-to-everything ("V2X") technologies, including vehicle-to-grid ("V2G") and vehicle-to-building ("V2B") functionalities. Lion was the only school bus manufacturer selected by the DOE to sign onto the agreement. Illinois is quickly becoming a leading hub for the electric vehicle industry, and Lion is building its 900,000 square foot facility in Joliet, Illinois, which will be the company's largest footprint in the U.S. and will support Lion in addressing the increasing demand in the marketplace for "Made in America" zero-emission vehicles.
Along with Lion, participants spoke about the environmental opportunities and issues affecting rural, suburban and urban communities. The roundtable focused on how reducing carbon emissions can help lead to energy neutrality and how green jobs are the future for the manufacturing industry. Additional participants included Parker Meeks, Chief Strategy Officer at Hyzon Motors; Dr. B.J. Johnson, CEO and Co-founder, ClearFlame Engine Technologies; Doug Pryor, President and CEO, Will County Center for Economic Development; Dan Seals, CEO, Intersect Illinois; Lisa Schvach, Executive Director, WorkNet DuPage; Jump Murphy, President and Corporate Business Leader, Invenergy; Dr. Joe Cassidy, Assistant Vice President Economic Development, Dean Continuing Education and Public Services, College of DuPage; and Kevin Burns, Mayor, City of Geneva, Illinois and Chairman, Environment Committee and Energy Subcommittee, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Chicago.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Such risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the Canadian Prospectus Supplement, the US Prospectus Supplement and section 23.0 entitled "Risk Factors" of the Company's annual MD&A for the fiscal year 2021. Many of these risks are beyond Lion's management's ability to control or predict. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein and the risk factors included in the Canadian Prospectus Supplement, the US Prospectus Supplement, the Company's annual MD&A for the fiscal year 2021 and in other documents filed with the applicable Canadian regulatory securities authorities and the SEC.
Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under applicable securities laws, Lion undertakes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any duty, to update, revise or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of a 1989 double slaying in Florida for which he was dubbed the “ninja killer” is set for execution next month under a death warrant signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Barring delays on appeal, the execution of Louis Bernard Gaskin is set for April 12 at 6 p.m., according to the governor's office. It would mark the second execution in Florida this year after a long pause dating back to 2019.
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The execution would be only the fourth under DeSantis, a far slower pace than recent Florida governors — and ahead of his widely expected presidential campaign.
Gaskin was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on Dec. 20, 1989 in their Flagler County home on Florida's northeast coast. He was also convicted of armed robbery, burglary and the attempted murder of another couple that same night nearby.
He was dubbed the “ninja killer” because he wore all-black ninja clothing during the crimes. Gaskin shot his victims with a .22-caliber rifle, investigators say. Property that he stole from the Sturmfels home — a clock, two lamps and a videocassette recorder — was found at his residence and were intended to be Christmas gifts for his girlfriend.
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Local media reported at the time that Gaskin quickly confessed to the crimes and told a psychologist before his trial that he knew what he was doing.
“The guilt was always there,” Gaskin told him. “The devil had more of a hold than God did. I knew that I was wrong. I wasn’t insane.”
Jurors voted 8-4 in 1990 to recommend the death sentence, which the judge accepted. Florida law now requires a unanimous jury vote for capital punishment, although that could be changed this year by the state Legislature.
Gaskin, now 56, has filed numerous appeals over the years but by 2020 both the Florida Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for his death warrant to be signed, Attorney General Ashley Moody said in court documents.
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The state Supreme Court set a briefing schedule for all filings in any new Gaskin appeals to be completed by March 31.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his cell in a county jail in New Hampshire on June 15. The attorney general’s office does not release the cause and manner in deaths that are not suspicious, according to spokesperson Michael Garrity. The U.S. Marshals Service in Vermont said it will not be releasing the cause of Carman’s death at the request of family.
The attorney general’s office confirmed that authorities consider a death to be not suspicious when they’ve determined no one else was involved, or if no crime was committed.
Carman pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Linda Carman, in 2016, and was scheduled to go on trial in October.
An eight-count indictment also said Carman shot and killed his wealthy grandfather John Chakalos as he slept in 2013, in order to obtain money and property from his grandfather’s estate. But the indictment did not charge Carman with his grandfather’s killing, and he had consistently denied any involvement in the two deaths.
In September 2016, Carman organized a fishing trip with his mother, who lived in Middletown, Connecticut, during which prosecutors say he planned to kill her and report that his boat sank and his mother disappeared in the accident.
He was found floating in an inflatable raft eight days after leaving a Rhode Island marina with his mother, whose body was never recovered. Prosecutors allege he altered the boat to make it more likely to sink. Carman denied that allegation.
His lawyers Martin Minnella and David Sullivan criticized the indictment — including allegations Carman killed his grandfather, saying he was never charged with that crime.
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(KRON) – Angus Cloud, the actor best known for his role in the HBO series “Euphoria,” has been found dead at his family’s home in Oakland, according to his publicist, Cait Bailey.
In a statement sent to TMZ, the first outlet to report the death, Cloud’s family confirmed his passing:
“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways,” the statement read. “Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”
Variety also reported the actor’s death, citing his family.
A statement from HBO Monday read:
We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud. He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.
Cloud hadn’t acted before he was cast in “Euphoria.” He was walking down the street in New York when casting director Jennifer Venditti noticed him. Series creator Sam Levinson made him the co-star of the series alongside Zendaya for its first two seasons.
The part made Cloud the breakout star of one the buzziest shows in television.
Cloud starred as Fezco on 16 episodes of the HBO show in addition to appearances in “North Hollywood,” “The Perfect Women” and music videos with Becky G and Juice WRLD.
He was recently cast to co-star in “Scream 6.”
Cloud was born in Oakland according to his IMDB page.
He was 25 years old. No cause of death was given
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Red Bull team boss Christian Horner denied his championship-winning team gained any competitive advantage by what has been deemed a “minor” breach of Formula One’s spending rules, and called suggestions that it amounted to cheating “shocking.”
Red Bull has been dogged by questions at the United States Grand Prix about driver Max Verstappen’s championships last season and this year after F1’s governing body revealed the team had a “minor” violation of the 2021 spending cap.
But that could still amount to several million dollars and some teams and drivers have demanded harsh penalties to punish Red Bull and protect the integrity of the sport.
McLaren chief executive Zak Brown wrote a letter to the FIA that didn’t specifically name Red Bull, but said any overspending should be considered “cheating.”
Horner and Brown sat next to each other for F1’s weekend news conference, and Horner angrily complained that Red Bull had been put “on trial” even though few details of the spending violations have been released.
“Suddenly we are tried and subjected to three weeks of effective abuse. And then to be seeing a letter accusing us of cheating and being fraudulent, it is just not right, and this has to stop,” Horner said.
“It is tremendously disappointing for a fellow competitor to be accusing you of cheating, to accuse you of fraudulent activity is shocking,” Horner said.
Horner even said that allegations of cheating have led to the children of Red Bull employees being bullied at school.
Brown defended his letter, which said overspending teams should be hit financially and face future car development restrictions.
“My letter set out that if a team spent more than the cap, they’re going to gain an advantage,” Brown said. “We’re not taking a view if they did or didn’t. My letter was if someone has, these are the things that should be addressed.
“I didn’t mention any team, it was a general response now that we are into the cost cap era, here’s what we think the ramifications are.”
The cost cap breach is particularly controversial given the close finish to last season’s championship. Verstappen won 10 races to eight for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, and the Red Bull driver won the title when he passed Hamilton on the final lap of the final race.
And since teams typically begin developing the next year’s car at midseason, any overspending could be viewed as gaining a a future advantage. Verstappen has been untouchable this season with 12 wins. One more ties the single-season record.
Red Bull insists it always believed it was in compliance with the spending rules, which Horner called exorbitantly complicated.
But teams have had time to adjust to the limit and the book keeping. And no other team is facing the same overspending claims as Red Bull. Brown called the regulations “manageable.”
Formula One first announced a budget cap would be implemented in 2019, and it started last season with a limit of $145 million. It was scaled down to $140 million for 2022 and drops to $135 million for 2023. It excludes driver salaries and engine costs.
By calling the violation “minor,” the FIA indicated Red Bull’s overspending was under 5% of the total budget.
Horner said he hoped to have the issue resolved with the FIA by the end of the race weekend in Texas. If not, it could drag out for several more months should the team appeal any findings and punishments.
Horner promised the ultimate resolution will be transparent.
“There is going to be no private, secret deal,” he said. “It will all be absolutely above board.”
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(The Hill) – The House passed a bill on Tuesday that would provide security protections to family members of Supreme Court justices, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk for final approval.
The legislation, dubbed the Supreme Court Police Parity Act, cleared the House in a 396-27 vote. Twenty-seven Democrats opposed the bill.
Democrats who opposed the bill include Reps. Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Veronica Escobar (Texas), Adriano Espaillat (N.Y.), Jesus Garcia (Ill.), Sylvia Garcia (Texas), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), Steven Horsford (Nevada), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Brenda Lawrence (Mich.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Tom Malinowski (N.J.), Marie Newman (Ill.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), Donald Payne (N.J.), Ed Perlmutter (Colo.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Mikie Sherrill (N.J.), Albio Sires (N.J.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Norma Torres (Calif.), Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.), Maxine Waters (Calif.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.).
Passage in the lower chamber comes more than a month after the Senate approved the bill by unanimous consent, meaning all 100 lawmakers signed off on the measure, allowing it to clear without having to go through a formal vote.
The bill offers “around-the-clock security protection” to family members of Supreme Court justices and “any officer” of the bench if the court marshal deems it necessary, protections similar to those of some executive and congressional officials.
Supreme Court justices already have federal protection.
The monthlong delay was the result of a standoff between the House and Senate: Democrats in the lower chamber wanted to pass an expanded bill that also offered protections to Supreme Court staff, including judicial clerks, if the court marshal deemed it necessary.
Senate Republicans, however, refused to pass that bill. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Monday that the House version “is not going to pass the Senate.”
“The security issue is related to Supreme Court justices, not nameless staff that no one knows,” he added.
On Tuesday night, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) revealed that the House would vote on the Senate bill, sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Chris Coons (D-Del).
Asked why Democrats had decided to accept the Senate version as written, Hoyer said, “I can’t really give you an explanation, because adding more employees doesn’t seem like a very controversial thing to do.”
Hoyer added that he was “surprised” by the Senate pushback to the expanded proposal. “But it is what it is. And we’re going to move the bill,” he said.
The Senate introduced the security bill days after Politico sent shockwaves throughout the country by publishing a draft majority opinion that showed the bench was prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old Supreme Court decision that safeguards the right to abortion at the federal level.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” adding that “a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history.”
Protests broke out across the country following the leak, and abortion rights activists, the Biden administration and Democrats countrywide are reportedly preparing a range of actions should Roe be overturned.
A final ruling in the case — involving a Mississippi law that outlaws nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — is expected by the end of the month.
Republicans upped the pressure to pass the bill last week, after an armed man who said he wanted to kill Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s home and charged with attempted murder.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made three requests to pass the bill by unanimous consent over the past week, all of which failed.
In remarks from the House floor Tuesday, McCarthy said he was “glad” Democratic leadership brought the Senate bill up for a vote but questioned why it took so long.
“The House Democrats have delayed it for more than a month. The question the American public asks is, why? Why would you delay it?” McCarthy said.
“We have all known that additional security has been necessary since the Dobbs opinion was leaked last month,” he added, citing the Supreme Court leak before pointing to the assassination attempt on Kavanaugh.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), during debate of the bill on the House floor Tuesday, said, “In the interest of protecting the justices’ families, we can no longer delay in passing the only version of the bill [Republicans] would apparently agree to.”
He called the Senate bill “the best we can get,” adding in a separate comment, “I hope we will move swiftly another bill to extend protection to families of employees as well.”
The California Democrat blamed Republicans for delaying the vote, condemning his colleagues across the aisle for not getting on board with the expanded measure that also offered protection to families of employees.
“Let me tell you why it took us a few weeks rather than just one week to pass this legislation. It’s because Republicans refuse to protect the families of Supreme Court employees who are at risk,” Lieu said. “Shame on you for not doing that.”
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) accused Democrats of holding up the security bill as a way to protect the individual who leaked the draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
The leaker is not known to the public, and the underlying motivation remains unclear. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into the leak, though no details have been provided since.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on the House floor said the bill “should’ve passed a darn long time ago,” adding that it was “better late than never.”
Mike Lillis contributed to this report, which was updated at 3:55 p.m.
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ROME (AP) — Italian police on Thursday said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain.
The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts. When reached by phone, police said no further information could be given.
Italian officials have vowed to find and punish the tourist who carved “Ivan+Haley 23” on the the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that has resulted in hefty fines in the past.
The vandal was filmed in the act by an American tourist, Ryan Lutz of Orange, California, who posted the video on social media after he said Colosseum guards failed to show interest in his footage.
It was at least the fourth time this year that such graffiti was reported at the Colosseum, an act that carries fines up up to $15,000 and five years in prison.
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PONTOTOC – Tyler Shephard is going to get his points, and he gets them at the right time.
The senior guard scored 23 points and helped No. 4-ranked Pontotoc pull away for an 81-65 win over No. 5 New Albany in the Division 2-4A opener for both teams Tuesday night.
Shephard had 15 points at halftime but was scoreless in the third quarter. He then scored six points during a 13-0 run that saw the Warriors (8-1) open up a 73-55 lead in the fourth. Shephard scored four of those points in the paint and the other two on free throws.
“My team trusts me with the ball, finishing around the rim,” he said.
The trust is mutual. In the third quarter, senior point guard Zane Tipler scored 10 of his team-high 24 points as Pontotoc turned a 37-37 halftime score into a 57-53 lead entering the final quarter.
Tipler shot 8 of 16 from the floor, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
“There were times I was telling (Shephard) to go at people, and he still was finding others,” Pontotoc coach Rolley Tipler said. “That’s showing growth on his end, is knowing he can score 30, but he also knows he needs the help from his teammates to be successful.”
Chris Carter led New Albany (7-2) with 30 points. He had 21 by halftime, but the Warriors limited him to just four points in the third quarter. And he didn’t score again until after Pontotoc’s big run. Shephard, Tipler and Dawson Rice all took turns guarding Carter.
Carter finished 12 of 23 from the floor and made 6 of 12 from 3-point range.
“We were gambling a lot, and that lets him make big shots, which he’s capable of doing. So we came out in the second half and just sat down on defense, really,” Shephard said.
New Albany shot 43.9% from the field, including 10 of 24 from deep. Pontotoc shot 49.1% overall, 7 of 20 from downtown.
Pontotoc had a big edge at the free throw line, where it made 18 of 21. New Albany was 5 of 8.
And the Warriors won the rebounding battle, 41-24, with Jack Sansing grabbing 11 boards.
(G) Pontotoc 56, New Albany 25: Alayna Ball scored 19 points to lead the No. 7 Lady Warriors (9-1, 1-0). New Albany (5-6, 0-1) was paced by Hannah Finley’s 15 points.
Three-Pointers
Turning Point: Pontotoc was up 60-55 when it reeled off 13-straight points, a run bookended by a pair of Shephard buckets.
Point Maker: Shephard shot 8 of 9 from the floor and 6 of 6 from the line.
Talking Point: “Offensive rebounds were the difference in the game. They got 13 of them, and I’m sure they probably scored on 10 of those.” – New Albany coach Scotty Shettles
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Flowserve Corporation (""Eiger" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: EIGR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Eiger and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On September 6, 2022, Eiger issued a press release "provid[ing] an update on the status of its planned request for emergency use authorization (EUA) of peginterferon lambda for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 based on its most recent communications with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." Specifically, the Company announced that "[f]ollowing a cooperative and extensive pre-EUA information exchange with FDA regarding the Phase 3 TOGETHER study of peginterferon lambda for COVID-19, the agency has indicated that it is not yet able to determine whether the criteria for the submission of an application and issuance of an EUA are likely to be met."
On this news, Eiger's stock price fell $2.51 per share, or 29.36%, to close at $6.04 per share on September 6, 2022.
Then, on October 5, 2022, Eiger announced that it would not seek an EUA application for peginterferon lambda.
On this news, Eiger's stock price fell $0.37 per share, or 5.01%, to close at $7.02 per share on October 5, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.
The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York, furthering the fall of the onetime movie magnate who became a #MeToo magnet.
Weinstein directly appealed to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench, saying: “I maintain that I’m innocent. I never raped or sexually assaulted Jane Doe 1." The woman who Weinstein was convicted of raping sobbed in the courtroom as he spoke.
Moments earlier she had told the judge about the pain she felt after being attacked by Weinstein. “Before that night I was a very happy and confident woman. I valued myself and the relationship I had with God,” the woman, who was identified in court only as Jane Doe 1, said. “I was excited about my future. Everything changed after the defendant brutally assaulted me. There is no prison sentence long enough to undo the damage.”
Lench handed down the sentence Thursday after rejecting a motion by Weinstein's lawyers for a new trial. Prosecutors and Weinstein's attorneys declined comment after the sentencing.
Jurors in December convicted Weinstein of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault against the woman who at the trial’s opening in October gave a dramatic and emotional account of him arriving uninvited at her hotel room, talking his way in and assaulting her during a film festival.
The jury spared Weinstein an even longer sentence when they acquitted him of the sexual battery of a massage therapist and failed to reach verdicts on counts involving two other women.
The defense contended during the trial that Weinstein had consensual sex with two of the women he was charged with assaulting and that two others — including the one who led to his conviction — were making up the incidents entirely.
Last week, Lench rejected a request from Gloria Allred, an attorney for some of the women who testified at trial, to allow others to make similar statements in court about Weinstein.
“I’m not going to make this an open forum on Mr. Weinstein’s conduct," Lench said at the time.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually assaulted.
Legal uncertainties will remain on both coasts for Weinstein.
New York's highest court has agreed to hear his appeal in his rape and sexual assault convictions there. And prosecutors in Los Angeles have yet to say whether they will retry Weinstein on counts they were unable to reach a verdict on. A hearing on the possible retrial is scheduled for next month.
It is not yet clear where he will serve his time while these issues are decided.
His New York sentence would be served before a California prison term, though a retrial or other issues could keep him from being sent back there soon.
Weinstein is eligible for parole in New York in 2039.
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California-based Peak 1031 Exchange says actions would adversely affect whole economy, not just investors.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of President Biden's 2023 budget, the administration proposed severe limitations to 1031 exchanges. The proposal would allow taxpayers to defer up to $500,000 of capital gains ($1 million in the case of married individuals filing a joint return) for each sale of investment property. Any gains in excess of $500,000 (or $1 million, as the case may be) would be recognized by the taxpayer in the year the real property is sold.
President Biden's proposal would, of course, severely limit the property values that investors can use in an exchange. However, it would also adversely impact the economy as a whole. While this proposal is intended to generate $1.95 billion in revenue for the government through taxing the sale of investment real estate, other businesses that generate income as a result of 1031 exchanges were estimated to have produced approximately $7.8 billion in tax revenue last year, according to a May 2021 study by Ernst & Young.
There are numerous ancillary parties involved throughout the 1031 exchange process, including real estate investors, escrow specialists, qualified intermediaries, lenders, attorneys, and appraisers. In total, the Ernst & Young study projected that businesses related to 1031 exchanges would produce 568,000 jobs, create $27.5 billion of labor income and add $55.3 billion to GDP during the course of last year. As a result, if exchanges are limited as President Biden proposes, the negative impact would extend far beyond the prospective sellers.
"Given the overall economic impact of Section 1031, I think it is doubtful that Congress would enact such an aggressive cap on 1031 exchanges," says Kevin M. Levine, Partner and Executive Vice President at Peak 1031 Exchange. "However, we also should not take it for granted that Section 1031 will remain intact as it now is. Each one of us must do our part to ensure that we and the economy as a whole can continue to reap the full benefits of 1031 exchanges."
As a result, we at Peak 1031 Exchange encourage readers to contact their representatives and express their concerns about limiting IRC Section 1031 in the manner described above. This can be done easily by clicking the following: https://1031buildsamerica.org/take-action/
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With ad creative optimization subject to user biases, like preferences for bold headlines, images, and colors, etc., Zoomd-owned Albert AI technology enables true creative optimization driven by real-time creative performance across products, ads, campaigns, and market segments.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the last areas of marketing to benefit from AI-driven optimization is ad creative.
The actual creation of ads will probably be the last area of marketing to benefit from AI-driven technology, even with the recent breakthrough of technologies like Chat GPT-4.
But the optimization of ad creative is very well-suited for AI technology today because of the subjectivity people apply when optimizing ads. While it's easy to compare the performance of two distinctly different ads, optimizing creative performance to determine the optimal size and color of the font for the ad's headline and other subjective creative elements is difficult for people because of our inherent biases.
"A creative director who has succeeded with bold headlines or has a preference for certain colors and color combinations will bring these biases to the ad creation and optimization process," said Nir Huberman, VP Product at Albert AI, part of the Zoomd marketing and publisher platform. "But Albert is more methodical, breaking down each potential parameter that impacts performance, testing each one by one. That's why Albert's technology can improve creative performance by optimizing ad parameters from among the options provided which enables exceeding client KPIs. Albert also provides a lot of value for marketers by knowing when to refresh or replace an ad's creative."
And by determining which ad creative performed best using Albert, marketers are in a better position to create new ads that will perform.
An e-commerce company contracted to work with Albert AI with the stated KPI of increasing Return On Ad Spend (ROAS) by 500%, a KPI that Albert's team believed was realistic. A few months after the conclusion of the onboarding process, Albert achieved an 800% improvement in ROAS. And in subsequent years, this e-commerce company, now in its fourth year working with Albert, is still achieving improvements in ROAS that are between 10-20%.
For this e-commerce company, Albert was able to optimize ad creative by creating the best-performing ads for each target segment and each ad platform/channel. Albert's technology creates the optimal ad by selecting the best images, colors, fonts, and texts that will generate the most cost-effective performance for the target audience. Finally, Albert's technology was able to efficiently determine when to refresh and then change ads to ensure optimal ROAS.
Albert is an advertiser and an agency's autonomous marketing ally. The technology leverages AI to create ads that optimize campaign performance, from keyword, audience, platform, and device selection and bidding to creative optimization across search, social, display, and cross-channel. Albert assists marketers and agencies - from defining campaign strategies and messaging to the creation and optimization of ads across audience segments and platforms. By working 24/7 to continuously optimize campaign performance, Albert AI complements marketer and agency teams, giving them the insights to make them smarter as well as more efficient and effective.
About Zoomd
Zoomd (TSXV: ZOMD) (OTC: ZMDTF), founded in 2012 and began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in September 2019, offers a site search engine to publishers, and a mobile app user-acquisition platform, integrated with a majority of global digital media, to advertisers. The platform unifies more than 600 media sources into one unified dashboard. Offering advertisers, a user acquisition control center for managing all new customer acquisition campaigns using a single platform. By unifying all these media sources onto a single platform, Zoomd saves advertisers significant resources that would otherwise be spent consolidating data sources, thereby maximizing data collection and data insights while minimizing the resources spent on the exercise. Further, Zoomd is a performance-based platform that allows advertisers to advertise to the relevant target audiences using a key performance indicator-algorithm that is focused on achieving the advertisers' goals and targets.
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The Top 3 Lehigh Valley-area concerts are bringing some heavyweights to the neighborhood this week with enough awards and accolades to go around forever. First up is an artist who got his start during the punk movement opting for more of a Buddy Holly look than a safety pin through the nose look. Then, two genre-defying ensembles collaborate on a new piece breaking down musical barriers and redefining the musical landscape. And last, a band that got its start as the backing band for The Band before going out on their own and winning some awards with blues and roots originals.
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS
When: 8 p.m. Thursday
Where: Wind Creek Event Center, 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem
How much: $59.50-$99.50
Tickets: Ticketmaster.com 610-297-7414
Musical style: Power Pop, New Wave, Pub Rock
Known for hits like: “Alison,” “Watching the Detectives,” “Radio, Radio,” “Pump it Up,” and, “Don’t Look Now.”
Honors: Elvis Costello was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, and in 2004 was number 80 among Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” – his first three albums were also included in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” in 2003. He got his start during the punk movement in the late ‘70s, originally signing with Stiff Records where he was given the name Elvis by his manager at the time. He’s collaborated with numerous artists throughout the years, including Burt Bacharach, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of Squeeze, Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates, Annie Lennox, Johnny Cash, and Paul McCartney.
Check them out if you like: Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, XTC, The English Beat, Nick Lowe, Big Star, Squeeze
THIRD COAST PERCUSSION + FLUTRONIX
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem
How much: $25
Tickets: zoellner.cas.lehigh.edu/ 610-758-2787
Musical style: Percussion, Classical, Avant-Garde
Known for hits like: Third Coast Percussion: Arrangements of “Aguas da Amazonia,” “Mallet Quartet,” and “Perspective: III. Derivative.” Flutronix: “Rubix: I. Go,” “Crazy,” and, “Life Lines.”
Honors: Flutronix is two flutists known for blending genres like classical music, hip hop, and electronica, with soulful vocals. Nathalie Joachim, one half of the duo, was nominated for a Grammy for her first solo record, “Fanm d’Ayiti.” Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy-winning ensemble who are the first percussion group to win a Grammy in the chamber music category. All four members are also teachers Together the groups will perform a new work they collaboratively composed.
Check them out if you like: Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Mainline Brass Band, So Percussion, Bruce Brubaker, Caroline Shaw
PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Godfrey Daniels, 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem
How much: $22.50-$27.50
Tickets: godfreydaniels.org/ 610-867-2390
Musical style: Blues, Gospel, American Roots
Known for hits like: “Miss Marie,” “Don’t Wait,” “Living in the Country,” and “A Thousand Ways to Freedom.”
Honors: Professor Louie & The Crowmatix started out as the backing band for The Band. They’ve received five Grammy nominations; their album, “Crowin’ the Blues” reached number 24 on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay International Charts in 2017, and “Miles of Blues,” was awarded “Best Album,” by Radio Crystal Blue in 2019. Professor Louie (real name Aaron L. Hurwitz) produced three albums for The Band — “Jericho,” “High on the Hog,” and “Jubilation,” — and has also produced and performed with Graham Parker, Commander Cody, Guy Davis, and Buckwheat Zydeco. Professor Louie was inducted into New York’s Blues Hall of Fame in 2016.
Check them out if you like: The Band, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers Band
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At least two people were killed and more were wounded by gunfire in an incident at an apartment complex in southwest Atlanta, police reported Saturday.
Police said in an evening statement that officers responded shortly after 5 p.m. to a report of “multiple persons shot” at the complex. Arriving, they found “several victims with gunshot wounds,” two of whom were pronounced dead at the scene.
The statement added that several victims apparently “were taken to the hospital by private vehicle” before officers arrived at the property. It said police would provide a full accounting of the number of victims when possible.
Authorities were investigating.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Independence Blue Cross (Independence) and Jefferson Health have signed a long-term renewal of their innovative contract. The renewal marks a continued commitment by the two organizations to work together to enhance health care quality and access in the region, as well as maintaining affordability. It also extends Jefferson Health's participation in Independence's Total Value of Care value-based care program. The contract, which for the first time includes Einstein Healthcare Network and Jefferson Health New Jersey, will go into effect on January 1, 2023.
"This long-term contract renewal is a significant and positive step forward in our work with Jefferson Health," said Gregory E. Deavens, president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross. "It acknowledges the near-term cost pressures that certain health systems are facing right now and increases our ability to find innovative ways to work together on value-based initiatives that keep costs down for our members and customers."
"This agreement will enable Jefferson to further our mission to improve lives in the communities we serve," said Dr. Joseph G. Cacchione, CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University. "We look forward to working together with Independence Blue Cross to further expand our innovative programs and explore additional partnerships that will enhance overall health in the region."
Value-based care has been an important focus of Independence and Jefferson Health's work together since 2017. Through Independence's value-based care program, aligned with Jefferson Health's extensive population health resources, the two organizations work together to deliver well-coordinated and team-based care. They also share in the accountability for both the quality and cost of care. Working this way drives more efficient and effective care that focuses on patients' and members' needs.
Jefferson Health and Independence are also committed to collaborating on and co-investing in innovative approaches to care. These approaches could improve health outcomes, break down barriers to care, improve upon health care inequities, and drive increased cost efficiency in the system. Two examples of this work include:
- Telehealth-Enabled Integrated Palliative Care for People with Dementia, a project that Jefferson Health is running, and Independence is funding through its Clinical Care Innovation Program. The program uses a telehealth and web-based advanced care planning model to help reduce barriers that older urban dwelling people with dementia face when trying to access palliative care. The goal is for this model to improve health and wellness at a population level and potentially reduce overall cost of care.
- Accelerate Health Equity, a multi-year initiative that brings together organizations across the Philadelphia region – including Independence and Jefferson Health – to combat health inequities and eliminate barriers to achieving equitable health outcomes. It's designed to produce tangible improvement in these issues and, ultimately, positive change in health outcomes in Philadelphia.
Over the next few years, Independence and Jefferson Health plan to expand their work together. Integrating physical and behavioral health will be a particular area of focus, as will efforts to improve maternal and cardiovascular health.
About Independence Blue Cross
Independence Blue Cross is the leading health insurance organization in southeastern Pennsylvania. For more than 80 years, we have been enhancing the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve. We deliver innovative and competitively priced health care products and services; pioneer new ways to reward doctors, hospitals, and other health care professionals for coordinated, quality care; and support programs and events that promote wellness. To learn more, visit ibx.com. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Independence Blue Cross is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
About Jefferson
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 43,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and four schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,400 students. Jefferson Health serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 18 hospitals and over 50 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.
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Partnership provides ML practitioners with a complete solution for the full ML lifecycle, from MLOps and experiment tracking, to resource management at scale
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Weights & Biases (W&B), the leading developer-first MLOps platform, and Run:ai, the leader in compute orchestration for AI workloads, have announced a joint partnership. The partnership will focus on developing integrations between the two platforms to provide ML developers and MLOps platform owners a seamless experience for MLOps and GPU orchestration for machine learning and deep learning workloads.
"We are excited to partner with Run.ai to provide data scientists and ML practitioners the best tools for their ML development workflow," said Seann Gardiner, VP of Business Development of Weights & Biases. "The combination of the developer tools provided by Weights and Biases, the dynamic allocation and orchestration of compute resources from Run.ai, and the optimized hardware and software provided by NVIDIA gives ML teams everything they need to accelerate the development and deployment of AI in the enterprise."
The partnership will streamline AI projects for both AI researchers as well as the MLOps and IT teams managing AI infrastructure. ML practitioners will be able to leverage the MLOps capabilities provided by Weights & Biases - such as experiment and artifact tracking, hyperparameter optimization, and collaboration reports - and gain access to NVIDIA accelerated computing resources orchestrated by Run:ai's Atlas Platform, all in one experience. ML developers will be able to monitor NVIDIA GPU utilization within the W&B dashboard, and then improve utilization with Run:ai's scheduling and orchestration capabilities. The MLOps platform owner will be able to optimize GPU resource scheduling and consumption for the ML practitioners, and provide a single ML system of record to keep an accurate history of all ML experiments, model history, and dataset versioning.
"Run:ai and Weights & Biases together give data scientists, and the IT teams that support them, a complete solution for the full ML lifecycle, from building models, to training and inference in production," said Omri Geller, CEO and co-founder of Run:ai. "Companies building their AI infrastructure and tooling from scratch can use NVIDIA GPUs, Run:ai, and W&B and have everything they need to manage AI initiatives at scale."
The Weights & Biases and Run:ai partnership will particularly benefit ML researchers and enterprises leveraging NVIDIA GPUs. Both Run:ai and W&B have been validated as NVIDIA AI Accelerated and NVIDIA DGX-Ready software partners. The partnership will build on integrations between W&B and Run.ai with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to help enterprises maximize their investment in NVIDIA-accelerated systems for ML and AI.
"Putting AI into production requires enterprises to manage a broad range of processes, including data governance, experiment tracking, workload management and compute orchestration," said Scott McClellan, Senior Director of Data Science and MLOps at NVIDIA. "Pairing Weights & Biases and Run:ai MLOps software with NVIDIA accelerated systems and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software enables enterprises to effectively deploy intelligent applications that solve real-world business challenges."
About Weights & Biases
Weights & Biases is the leading developer-first MLOps platform to build better models faster. Used by top researchers including teams at OpenAI, Lyft, Pfizer, Toyota, Github, and MILA, W&B is part of the new standard of best practices for machine learning. Learn more at https://wandb.ai/site
About Run:ai
Run:ai's Atlas Platform brings cloud-like simplicity to AI resource management - providing researchers with on-demand access to pooled resources for any AI workload. An innovative cloud-native operating system - which includes a workload-aware scheduler and an abstraction layer - helps IT simplify AI implementation, increase team productivity, and gain full utilization of expensive GPUs. Using Run:ai, companies streamline development, management, and scaling of AI applications across any infrastructure including on-premises, edge and cloud. Learn more at www.run.ai
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City.
The meal with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO was offered on an eBay auction to benefit the San-Francisco-based charity GLIDE, which helps homeless people and those in poverty. The winner can bring up to seven guests.
Buffett has raised $53 million for GLIDE since the auction began in 2000. The charity earned the philanthropist billionaire’s support when his first wife, Susie, introduced him to it after she started volunteering there. She died in 2004.
This year’s event will be the first private lunch offered with the 91-year-old billionaire since the previous record-setting bid of $4.5 million by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun in 2019. The past two auctions were called off due to COVID-19 concerns and Buffett has said this will be the last.
“It’s been nothing but good,” Buffett said of the charity lunch in a news release. “I’ve met a lot of interesting people from all over the world. The one universal characteristic is that they feel the money is going to be put to very good uses.”
Like the winner this year, some other past winners have chosen to remain anonymous. One past winner, Ted Weschler, received a job offer from Buffett’s company after he spent nearly $5.3 million on two auctions in 2010 and 2011. Weschler now works as an investment manager for the Omaha, Nebraska, conglomerate, Berkshire.
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Suspended: Doctor accused of sexual misconduct, overprescribing medications, officials say
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) - An Alabama doctor is under investigation after a patient died of an overdose late last year.
The Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners reports it has suspended Dr. Sammy Becdach’s medical license for prescribing controlled substances for reasons other than medical and sexual misconduct.
Officials said a female patient of Becdach’s died of an overdose on Dec. 18, 2020. Pelham police told the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners that the woman overdosed on the medicine prescribed to her by Becdach.
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program reports it told the board of medical examiners that Becdach issued at least nine prescriptions to the victim over 17 months.
Police showed the board three videos from the woman’s phone showing the two engaging in sexual activity, as reported by WAFF.
According to court documents, the victim’s mother told the board Becdach was buying her daughter all kinds of things, including a car.
Court documents stated the victim’s mother said that her daughter met Becdach when she was 18 and working as a hostess. She said he paid to furnish her apartment, pay bills and gave her a credit card with no limit.
A friend of the victim and her mother told investigators they believed the woman was drugged and raped on two or three occasions, as shared in court documents.
The victim allegedly told her mother that she was afraid to leave because Becdach claimed he could make people disappear and had done so before.
In April 2021, officials said Becdach sent a written response to Pelham police stating he engaged in sex with the victim on more than one occasion and wrote her at least seven prescriptions.
A friend of the woman claims Becdach got the victim addicted to opioids, something she didn’t take before meeting him.
Court documents show six charges for Becdach:
- Two counts of unprofessional conduct.
- Practicing medicine in such a manner as to endanger the health of a patient.
- Distribution by prescription of controlled substances for reasons other than legitimate medical purpose.
- Failure to maintain medical record for patient.
- Failure to comply with any rule of the Board of Medical Examiners
The board reports it is continuing its investigation and the Clearview Cancer Institute shared that Becdach was no longer with the Institute.
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Mysterious deaths of six cattle in Texas sparks UFO fears: 'Something strange' is happening
A UFO investigator says cattle mutilations have been going on since the 1970s
A UFO investigator is speaking out about strange things happening in Texas after several cattle were found dead with their tongues removed in three separate counties.
Tim Doyle, a lead investigator on the TV series "UFO Seekers," said he wasn’t too surprised to hear six cattle were found mutilated because "cattle mutilations have been going on in-depth since the 70s."
He shared a story about Gabe Valdez, a New Mexico State police officer, who reportedly saw a UFO-like object while investigating a case of mutilated cattle.
"In one of those cases from 1976, Gabe Valdez, the police officer, found evidence of a triangular-shaped object landing near a cow. Then some type of tripods exiting this craft–and these tripods were anywhere from 28 inches to four inches in length," he explained Monday on "Jesse Watters Primetime." "Now, Gabe said in his investigation that these tripods that exited this UFO craft followed the cow for 600 feet before the cow finally fell dead. And these tripods had little tracks that they left on the ground. Gabe returned to the same incident site for a second time and found that these tracks had actually gone over his tire tracks."
Guest host Will Cain said he has an open mind to the issue of UFOs but wondered if there was a simple explanation for the murders. "Has it ever been cults or kids? Has it ever been the simplest explanation?" he asked.
"No. [It’s] not cults or kids," Doyle replied. "Even in that New Mexico caseload, which the FBI investigated and the FBI said it was just ‘natural predators,’ Mr. Valdez, the police officer, said that the surgical cuts in which, get this Will, even then– the rectum and the genitalia were removed from the cattle the same way they are now."
The Madison County Sheriff's Office released a statement last week saying on two of the five cows, a "circular cut was made removing the anus and the external genitalia. This circular cut was made with the same precision as the cuts noted around the jaw lines of each cow."
The sheriff’s office shared that there were no signs of a struggle and that the grass around one of the cows found at a ranch was "undisturbed." "No footprints or tire tracks were noted in the area," the statement read.
In addition, the other five animals were found with "no signs of struggle or disturbance in the grass, no blood spill, and no noticeable tracks."
"No predators or birds would scavenge the remains for several weeks after death," it continued.
UFO CHASER: ALIENS INVOLVED IN MYSTERIOUS CALF MUTILATIONS
Investigators say the causes of deaths remain unknown and that other similar incidences have been reported across the country.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defends record, warns of 'fundamental transformation of America' in speech to American Legion
Under political fire in a heated reelection campaign, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defended his record Tuesday and claimed he has been "falsely accused of wanting to put Social Security, Medicare and veterans benefits on the chopping block."
Addressing an audience gathered for the American Legion national convention at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Johnson said he was worried about the rising national debt and that too many people are "whistling past that debt graveyard."
He said he doesn't want to cut Social Security but wants to save the pJohnson has come under sustained attack by Democrats after voicing support for making Social Security and Medicare, and the rest of federal spending, part of the annual budget process.
Social Security and Medicare are currently part of mandatory spending.
Johnson also defended his votes on a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and said its passage "was never in doubt."
Johnson explained how the voting went down for the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. Johnson joined a majority of Senate Republicans in initially voting against the bill over a portion of the measure he said allowed for “reckless” spending unrelated to veterans affairs.
He supported the bill on final passage as it sailed through the Senate earlier this month.
"I think it's just unfortunate what happened. In terms of the scare-mongering on that bill," Johnson told the media.
More:Behind in the polls, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson steps up criticism of Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes
During his speech, Johnson warned of the dangers of what he termed "open borders" and inflation, and blamed Democratic presidents who he said were seeking to transform the country.
Johnson said as he goes around Wisconsin he talks with people who are "struggling with the burden, the fundamental transformation of America, which is really fundamentally destroying this country."
Johnson then discussed a talk given at a Senate lunch. Johnson didn't name the speaker, but an aide said the senator was referring to Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson.
"He made the point as conservatives we do a terrible job of defending our values. And then he granted us almost immediate absolution. Said that's because we never thought we'd have to defend the benefit of having a mom and a dad and a nuclear family.
"We never thought we'd have to push back on school administrators injecting our children with gender-blocking drugs without telling the parents. We never thought that biological males should be competing with our girls and then expecting to shower in their locker rooms. We never thought we'd have to defend the basic values of this country."
Later, in a news conference, Johnson weighed in on his race against Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Public polling has shown him trailing, but Johnson said the race is a dead heat.
He also criticized Barnes' heavy use of personal security that has cost taxpayers more than $600,000 in three years. Barnes staffers have said all decisions about his security detail are made by the State Patrol.
"I will say that's pretty much an abuse of state resources and taxpayers' hard-earned dollars," Johnson said.
Barnes spokeswoman Lauren Chou countered: “Ron Johnson will gladly vote to raise the retirement age, deliver $215 million in tax deductions to his biggest donors, and charge taxpayers for trips between his ritzy Florida vacation house and DC — but he’ll play politics with veterans’ benefits and put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block. Ron Johnson is out-of-touch, and it’s clear that he doesn’t care about working Wisconsinites.”
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case to determine the legality of President Joe Biden's student debt cancelation plan. The Biden administration petitioned the court after lower courts blocked the plan.
The Supreme Court will hear the case in February. It will not lift a lower court's injunction, meaning loan forgiveness will not happen prior to the hearing.
The petition with the Supreme Court concerns a lawsuit filed by six Republican-led states. It seeks to overturn an injunction by a federal appeals court in St. Louis
Biden's plan would forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for those with incomes of less than $125,000, or households earning less than $250,000. People who received a Pell Grant would be eligible for $20,000 in relief.
Last month, Biden extended the federal government's student loan repayment pause, which was first implemented at the start of the pandemic.
It was due to expire at the end of the year, but it will now expire no later than June 30, 2023. Biden said that would give the case enough time to work its way through the courts.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tim Valderrama has been named partner at Weideman Group, California's premier full-service lobbying and consulting firm.
"For more than six years, Tim has expertly directed firm operations as Managing Director and has been an invaluable part of our success," said Mark Weideman. "As one of California's top lobbyists in the health care, tribal, labor, and technology arenas, he has been a tremendous asset to our clients and the Capitol community. All of us at Weideman Group are proud to see Tim named as partner."
"Tim is highly respected for his ability to navigate the most controversial issues in California government. He's consistently provided SEIU with sophisticated strategies that produce results for our members," said Tia Orr SEIU Executive Director.
In addition to his extensive lobbying background, Tim brings 20 years of political and public policy experience that has proven essential to the Weideman Group. Clients benefit from his extensive knowledge of the legislative process and strong bipartisan relationships with legislators, staff, and administration officials. He has experience in all phases of political work, including coalition building, grassroots mobilization, strategic planning, PAC management, and legislative/initiative campaigns.
Loriann DeMartini, CEO of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists said, "The level of professionalism, expertise and counsel provided by Valderrama is unmatched. Tim is universally respected and he's one of the best strategic minds I've worked with in my career. He has undoubtedly raised our level of advocacy beyond what I thought was possible."
Weideman Group has routinely been ranked as one of California's top lobbying firms and is widely recognized as one of the fastest growing firms in Sacramento.
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NEW YORK -- Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is expected to become one of them as early as next week.
Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, after an investigation into payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. The indictment itself remains sealed for now in the first criminal case ever brought against a former U.S. president.
Trump - a Republican who assailed the case Thursday as a Democratic prosecutor's "political persecution" of "a completely innocent person" - is expected to turn himself in to authorities next week, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly. The person said the details of a surrender are still being worked out.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it had contacted Trump's lawyer to coordinate his surrender and arraignment.
For any New York defendant, poor or powerful, answering criminal charges means being fingerprinted and photographed, fielding basic questions such as name and birthdate, and getting arraigned. All told, defendants are typically detained for at least several hours.
There can be differences in where the different steps happen, how long they take, whether handcuffs come out and other particulars. A lot depends on the severity of the case and whether defendants arrange to turn themselves in.
But there is no playbook for booking an ex-president with U.S. Secret Service protection. Agents are tasked with the protection of former presidents unless and until they say they don't need it. Trump has kept his detail, so agents would need to be by his side at all times.
"This would be a unique outlier," said Jeremy Saland, a defense lawyer and former prosecutor in Manhattan.
WATCH | ABC7 legal analyst discusses history-making indictment against former President Donald Trump
If Trump indeed turns himself in, expect a carefully choreographed and relatively quick process and release without bail (as is common in New York) - and with a focus on security. A former president isn't likely to be paraded in cuffs across a sidewalk or through a crowded courthouse hallway, Saland predicts.
"It's a public forum, but safety is also paramount," he notes.
If defendants are notified of an indictment or an impending arrest, they often arrange to turn themselves in. Doing so can smooth the process and strengthen arguments for bail by showing that they aren't evading the case.
For example, when the former finance chief of Trump's company, Allen Weisselberg, was indicted in Manhattan on tax fraud charges in 2021, he was able to turn himself in at a courthouse side door before normal workday hours.
The aim was "to reduce the likelihood that the surrender would become a media frenzy," his lawyers wrote in a subsequent court filing.
Weisselberg arrived around 6:15 a.m. and was taken to what his attorneys described as a "holding room" for booking, an interview about potential release, and other procedures. To pass the time, he'd brought a book - "Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul" - and his lawyers supplied him with a snack, a face mask, breath mints and other items, according to the filing.
Weisselberg was arraigned and released about eight hours later, after being walked into a courtroom past a phalanx of news cameras in the hallway. (Weisselberg eventually pleaded guilty to dodging taxes on job perks including a free apartment and school tuition for his grandchildren.)
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, on the other hand, turned himself in at a Manhattan police station in 2018 to face rape and criminal sex act charges. He was briefly in a stationhouse cell, flipping through a biography of famed film director Elia Kazan, before being led out in handcuffs and taken to court under the gaze of journalists on the sidewalk - and other suspects in a courthouse booking area, where some hollered, "Yo, Harvey!"
Within about three hours after his surrender, Weinstein was arraigned and released on electronic monitoring and $1 million bail. (Weinstein was eventually convicted; his appeal is now before New York's highest court. He's also been convicted on similar charges in Los Angeles.)
But even a scheduled arrest is still an arrest. Defendants have to give up cellphones and some other personal items for safekeeping (and, in some cases, potential evidence), and lawyers generally aren't allowed to accompany their clients through the process. Attorneys often advise traveling light and staying mum.
"Don't make any statements. Because you think you're helping your situation, but they can just use your statements against you - because you get caught up in the moment, you get nervous," says Gianni Karmily, a defense lawyer who practices in New York City and on Long Island.
Many arrests in New York City aren't preplanned. That can be a very different experience for defendants, even prominent ones.
When a hotel housekeeper accused then-International Monetary Fund chief and potential French presidential contender Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in 2011, he was pulled off a plane at Kennedy Airport.
Strauss-Kahn, who said his encounter with the woman was consensual, spent about 36 hours being questioned, arrested, undergoing various exams and waiting in such spots as a courthouse holding pen before being arraigned and jailed without bail. After several days at the city's notorious Rikers Island jail, Strauss-Kahn was allowed out on $1 million bail, under house arrest with armed guards.
Manhattan prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal case against Strauss-Kahn, who later settled a civil suit brought by his accuser.
Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak in New York and Colleen Long in Washington contributed to this report.
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The Prestigious Annual Award Recognizes Organizations 'Making an Outsized Impact'
LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles has been selected for Fast Company's 2023 Most Innovative Companies list. The prestigious annual award recognizes the "best in business" that are transforming their respective industries. The Fund is listed as number eight in the Social Good category of companies.
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles bridges the gap between L.A. city government and the private sector, harnessing vast resources and the innovative power of the business and civic communities to make government work better. The Fund was recognized this year for developing and activating City programs that saved lives and livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic, brought critical support to the fight against homelessness, and made L.A. a more equitable city for everyone. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the organization has raised $76 million from 12,000 different donors, and the Fund has used that support to serve more than 100,000 Angelenos.
"The Mayor's Fund has always been about finding new ways to turn bold ideas into action," said Deidre Lind, president and CEO of The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles. "This award is a testament to the inspiring leadership of our Board and staff, and to the strength of our community partnerships. We are honored to be recognized for the impact this organization makes in Angelenos' lives."
Fast Company is a business media brand written about and for progressive business leaders. A team of the publication's reporters and editors use their knowledge about the future of business to select The Most Innovative Companies each year. The Mayor's Fund joins an elite selection of businesses named to this year's list—including OpenAI, Disney and more—that have transformed their industries and greater society.
Over nearly a decade, led by a committed group of board members, staff and community partners, the Mayor's Fund has grown into a well-resourced, resilient and sustainable organization with transformational impact across Los Angeles. This innovative approach enabled the organization to adjust nimbly to emerging priorities, and lead the nation forward as big cities confront some of the biggest challenges they've ever faced.
About The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving life for all Angelenos. Uniquely positioned at the crossroads of local government, business, philanthropy and nonprofits, the Fund facilitates communication and collaboration between the public and private sectors to find solutions to Los Angeles' most complex challenges. It was established in 2014 as a permanent resource for Los Angeles residents that spans across mayoral administrations. Information at: www.MayorsFundLA.org.
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- Company receives notice of the issuance of a U.S. patent covering the lead formulation, NRX-101, a glycine site NMDA antagonist in clinical trials to treat bipolar depression with acute and subacute suicidality;
- This new patent represents a third patent family, that now totals 48 issued patents worldwide with 42 additional pending patent applications.
- Patent covers the use of NRX-101 to treat patients suffering from depression, including bipolar depression or major depression (MDD) with or without suicidality and strengthens the Company's intellectual property position until at least 2033;
- Upon approval of NRX-101, this newly granted patent is expected to be "listable" in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Orange Book.
RADNOR, Pa., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRXP) ("NRx Pharmaceuticals", the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued U.S. Patent No. 11,576,911.
This patent, issued to Glytech LLC, is exclusively licensed to NeuroRx, Inc. ("NeuroRx"), a wholly owned subsidiary of NRx, under the terms of a license agreement with Glytech through which NeuroRx has the sole rights to this and other patents, both U.S. and international. The licensed patents cover certain pharmaceutical formulations and their uses in treating a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions, including bipolar depression, major depressive disorder, PTSD, and suicidality.
In particular, the claims of the new patent cover methods for treating a patient suffering from depression, including bipolar depression or major depression, with or without suicidality by administering to the patient an effective amount of the Company's lead product candidate, NRX-101. Should this drug candidate be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA"), this newly issued patent is expected to be listable in the FDA's "Orange Book" for NRX-101, which is currently undergoing clinical trials in the U.S. The 'patent represents the U.S. version of a third patent family owned by or exclusively licensed to NeuroRx that covers the NRX-101 formulation or its methods of use in treating depressive disorders, and such patent coverage is expected to remain in force through at least July 2033 prior to any patent term extensions available under federal law. Previously issued patents cover the NRX-101 composition of matter and methods for preventing akathisia, a common side effect of SSRI antidepressants.
"The grant of this new patent augments the strength of NRx Pharmaceuticals' intellectual property, which consists of about 90 patents and patent applications globally," said Stephen Willard, Chief Executive Officer of NRx Pharmaceuticals. "It validates the novelty or our science and highlights its potential importance in bringing lifesaving treatments to patients with life-threatening neuropsychiatric conditions, including depression and PTSD."
In 2023, the company expects to have additional patents granted from its pending portfolio and to file more patent applications in the U.S. and internationally.
Up to 50% of individuals with bipolar disorder attempt suicide over their lifetime, and estimates indicate that up to 20% may succumb to suicide. The only FDA-approved treatment for patients with bipolar depression and acute suicidal ideation & behavior (ASIB) remains electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Conventional antidepressants can increase the risk of suicide in certain patients; hence their labels contain a warning to that effect. NRX-101 is a patented, oral, fixed dose combination of D-cycloserine and lurasidone, neither of which has shown addiction potential in preclinical models. Based on the results of a Phase 2 proof-of-concept study, NRX-101 received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA for the treatment of severe bipolar depression in patients with ASIB after initial stabilization with ketamine or other effective therapy.
NRX-101 is one of the first oral antidepressants currently in late-stage clinical studies targeting the NMDA-receptor in the brain, which represents potentially a key new mechanism to treat depression with and without suicidality, as well as PTSD and other indications. To date, NRX-101 is the only oral NMDA investigational medicine focused on bipolar depression in patients with acute and sub-acute suicidality.
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, specifically suicidal depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The company's lead program NRX-101, an oral, fixed-dose combination of D-cycloserine and lurasidone, targets the brain's NMDA receptor and is being investigated in a Phase 3 trial under an FDA Special Protocol Agreement and Breakthrough Therapy Designation in patients with bipolar depression and suicidal ideation, an indication for which the only approved treatment is electroshock therapy. NRx Pharmaceuticals has also initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with Sub-Acute Suicidality, a substantially broader indication. The Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Special Protocol Agreement were awarded by the FDA based on the Company's prior STABIL-B trial that demonstrated substantial improvement over available therapy in reducing depression and suicidality compared to placebo when patients were treated with NRX-101 after a single dose of ketamine.
This announcement of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, product development, business prospects, and market and industry trends and conditions, as well as the Company's strategies, plans, objectives, and goals. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs, expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections of, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company's management.
The Company assumes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement, and all forward-looking statements are herein qualified by reference to the cautionary statements set forth above.
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New, cutting-edge facility will leverage the country's engineering talent pool to accelerate Lam's research and development of semiconductor manufacturing equipment & related technologies
BENGALURU, India, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today celebrated the opening of the company's new India Center for Engineering in Bengaluru, the company's most advanced facility in the country to date. The new lab will focus on the research and development (R&D), engineering and testing of wafer fabrication hardware and software used in the creation of next-generation DRAM, NAND and logic technologies, and will be an integral part of the company's leading-edge global network of labs.
"We are proud to build on our long-standing presence in India with the opening of our new, world-class Center for Engineering," said Tim Archer, president and CEO of Lam Research. "This important facility is an expansion of Lam's R&D operations and will play a critical role in the creation of new technologies needed in a time of rising semiconductor manufacturing complexity. It enables us to capitalize on the tremendous pool of technical talent in India as we strive to solve our customers' biggest challenges."
At the new lab, engineers will span a range of disciplines, from plasma and materials science to artificial intelligence and software controls. Featuring state-of-the-art design and testing equipment, Lam engineers in India can design, test, and validate new deposition and etch technologies on site rather than sending them to other locations, thereby offering the potential to significantly shorten the design cycle. The new lab will also feature virtual reality facilities to connect with other engineers around the globe.
"Since opening our first facility in India two decades ago, the ingenuity and dedication of our engineering and operations teams here have been key to the development of innovations that have helped propel the advancement of semiconductor technology," said Rangesh Raghavan, Lam Research's India corporate vice president and general manager. "I would like to thank our employees in India and around the world for their work to help to make this new, state-of-the art facility a reality."
In addition to the new center, Lam currently operates two additional facilities in Bengaluru largely dedicated to software and hardware engineering and support for Lam's global manufacturing operations.
At today's opening ceremony, Lam also announced scholarships for three female students to pursue their engineering studies as part of Lam's ongoing commitment to inspiring and supporting future science, technology, engineering and math talent, including potential opportunities for the semiconductor industry in India.
Lam Research Corporation is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better-performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com.
Statements made in this press release that are not of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, but are not limited to: the role that the new facility will play in creating new technologies, the number and qualifications of its workers, and the future complexity of semiconductor technology. Some factors that may affect these forward-looking statements include the business, political and/or regulatory conditions in the consumer electronics industry, the semiconductor industry and the overall economy; the actions of our customers and competitors may be inconsistent with our expectations; labor and regulatory changes in India and around the world; as well as the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the documents filed or furnished by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the Risk Factors described in our annual report on Form 10–K for the fiscal year ended June 26, 2022. These uncertainties and changes could materially affect the forward-looking statements and cause actual results to vary from expectations in a material way. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information or statements made in this release.
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Investor Relations
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WASHINGTON — The company best known for developing the Taser says it's halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone.
The decision by Axon comes as a majority of its ethics board resigned over the project.
Axon CEO Rick Smith says last week’s announcement about the drone was designed to initiate a conversation about a potential solution after 19 children and two adults were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
But Smith said Axon would pause its work after a backlash from the public and the ethics board.
Not only was the company accused of “trading on the tragedy of the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings” but there were also concerns about introducing the drones in communities of color that are already over-policed.
Nine members of the board said Monday they're resigning over Smith’s decision to press forward with his announcement about the project despite their concerns.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct-to-consumer, consumer packaged goods (CPG), business development, and retail distribution expert Karen Antonio has joined Vivera's Advisory Board. In her new role, she will support the team with growth-driven operations like identifying business opportunities and establishing relationships with retailers.
"I am honored to have Mrs. Antonio join Vivera's Advisory Board," said Paul Edalat, Chairman, Founder, and CEO of Vivera. "She has a proven track record of growing some of the largest retailers and retail brands in the country. I look forward to working with her on developing distribution strategies for our upcoming innovative products."
Mrs. Antonio is an accomplished leader in the consumer packaged goods industry. Her key initiatives include marketing program development, brand strategy, retailer relations, budgetary supervision, and contract negotiations. She is highly efficient in identifying and eliminating business challenges, analyzing sales performance, and pinpointing areas of opportunity. Her expertise in managing, developing, and growing fully-serviced in-store experiential programs will be invaluable as the Company expands its offerings beyond e-commerce and positions itself to enter big-box retailers.
"Vivera is working on many exciting projects," said Mrs. Antonio. "I can't wait to leverage my experience in the CPG space to move the Company and its consumer-centric brands forward."
"In addition to Vivera's core projects in pharmaceuticals, medical device, and MedTech, Vivera has emerged as a Company that also provides over-the-counter and direct-to-consumer healthcare products and services," said Olivia Karpinski, Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development for Vivera. "Mrs. Antonio's volume-driven direct-to-consumer product experience and her long-term growth strategy will be instrumental as Vivera commits to delivering breakthrough products to meet the needs and requirements of our consumers."
Mrs. Antonio is the Founder of Product Connections, a WIS International Company, where she successfully increased revenue growth for several leading retailers, including Kroger, Walmart, Whole Foods, and Safeway. With three decades of experience in sales, marketing, and management, Mrs. Antonio will continue to pave the way for new business ventures and opportunities as an Advisor to Vivera.
Vivera Pharmaceuticals is an innovative, science-driven pharmaceutical company located in Southern California. The Company has global exclusivity to license the patented and patent-pending TABMELT sublingual drug delivery system for pharmaceutical use and holds its own issued patents on ZICOH, a smart dose-controlled electronic medical device, and MDZone, a portable telemedicine station. With multiple divisions, including its technologies, biosciences, medical devices, and advanced diagnostics divisions, Vivera Pharmaceuticals is vertically integrated with patented technology, manufacturing capabilities, and distribution for its products.
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Fox News settles with former Tucker Carlson producer who testified in Dominion case for $12 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News will pay one of its former producers $12 million to settle her claims that she faced a discriminatory workplace and that the network tried to coerce her into giving false testimony in Dominion Inc.’s defamation lawsuit against the network, her lawyer said Friday.
The payout to Abby Grossberg will settle all litigation that she brought against Fox Corp., Fox News Network and her former co-workers, including former Fox host Tucker Carlson.
The settlement was revealed with the filing of a “Notice of Voluntary Dismissal” in a lawsuit she had filed this year in Manhattan federal court.
Although the notice did not reference the terms of the settlement, Grossberg’s attorney, Parisis G. Filippatos, said in an interview that his client will receive $12 million.
In a statement, Fox News said: “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
The lawsuit claimed that Fox’s legal team “coerced, intimidated, and misinformed” Grossberg during preparations for her testimony in a legal battle between the network and Dominion, an elections technology company.
She maintained in the lawsuit that she had received “damaging and woefully inferior and inadequate legal representation” compared to male counterparts at Fox News and that the experience had resulted in “irretrievable reputational and emotional harm.”
In April, Fox agreed to pay more than $787 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s airing of false claims following the 2020 presidential election. The settlement was reached shortly before Carlson was expected to be called to testify.
Less than a week later, on April 24, Carlson, the network’s most popular personality, was fired.
In her lawsuit, Grossberg had asserted that Carlson’s show had a cruel and misogynistic workplace, and that she had been pressured to give misleading testimony in the Dominion case.
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5 mph.
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mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
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partly cloudy after midnight. Much cooler with lows 15 to 20.
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PEORIA, Ariz. — Authorities are investigating a drowning at Lake Pleasant on Thursday afternoon.
Peoria Fire said when firefighters arrived on the scene, they found bystanders performing CPR on the adult victim.
Officials said firefighters took over life-saving measures, but the person did not survive.
Police are investigating what led up to the incident.
The victim is not being identified at this time.
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Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between ages 1-4 aside from birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three children die every day as a result of drowning. Here are some tips from the CDC on how to protect children around water:
Learn life-saving skills.
Everyone should know the basics of swimming (floating, moving through the water) and CPR.
Fence it off.
Install a four–sided isolation fence, with self–closing and self–latching gates, around backyard swimming pools. This can help keep children away from the area when they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should be completely separate the house and play area from the pool.
Life jackets are a must.
Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around natural bodies of water, such as lakes or the ocean, even if they know how to swim. Life jackets can be used in and around pools for weaker swimmers too.
Keep a close watch
When kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), closely supervise them at all times. Because drowning happens quickly and quietly, adults watching kids in or near water should avoid distracting activities like reading books, talking on the phone, or using alcohol and drugs.
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PLANO, Texas, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dogness (International) Corporation ("Dogness" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DOGZ), a developer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of Dogness-branded, OEM and private label pet products, today announced that on December 23, 2022, the Company received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ") confirming it has cured the minimum bid price deficiency regaining compliance with Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) and this matter is now closed.
About Dogness
Dogness (International) Corporation was founded in 2003 from the belief that dogs and cats are important, well-loved family members. Through its smart products, hygiene products, health and wellness products, and leash products, Dogness' technology simplifies pet lifestyles and enhances the relationship between pets and pet caregivers. The Company ensures industry-leading quality through its fully integrated vertical supply chain and world-class research and development capabilities, which has resulted in over 200 patents and patents pending. Dogness products reach families worldwide through global chain stores and distributors. For more information, please visit: ir.dogness.com.
Forward Looking Statements
No statement made in this press release should be interpreted as an offer to purchase or sell any security. Such an offer can only be made in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws. Certain statements in this press release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our customers' businesses and end purchasers' disposable income, our ability to raise capital on any particular terms, fulfillment of customer orders, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, our ability to realize revenue from expanded operation and acquired assets in China and the U.S., our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, client concentration, industry segment concentration, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Dogness may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. In addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
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Positioning the luxury retailer at the epicenter of beauty
BETHESDA, Md., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluemercury, a leading destination for luxury beauty and spa services, announced today it will relocate its company headquarters to New York City from the Washington D.C. metro area, where it was founded in 1999. The beauty specialty store, which has been part of Macy's, Inc. since 2015, will vacate its current office in Bethesda, Maryland in August and take up residency in the JACX building in Long Island City, Queens, where fellow Macy's, Inc. nameplate, Bloomingdale's, is also a tenant. The cost-efficient relocation is expected to allow Bluemercury to benefit from the existing infrastructure of the Macy's, Inc. organization in New York City.
"As we strive to be the ultimate specialist in the beauty of our clients, we want to align our home base with the epicenter of beauty. Many of our partner brands are based in New York, including much of our Macy's, Inc. family, enabling even stronger collaboration with partners and within our portfolio to realize greater efficiencies and outcomes," said Maly Bernstein, chief executive officer of Bluemercury. "As we look towards the future of our brand and business, including our fleet and our team, this transition will help us unlock our next chapter of growth."
Bluemercury has experienced continued growth in its 24-year life span to reach its nationwide presence today and achieved a record sales volume year in fiscal 2022. This move marks an important step forward in the organization's growth strategy and aligns well to the brand's highest concentration of stores in the U.S., as well as its growing employee population in the area and access to top industry talent.
"With this move, Bluemercury is well poised to further its leadership as the premiere retail destination for luxury beauty," said Tony Spring, president and chief executive officer-elect of Macy's, Inc. "Luxury is one of Macy's, Inc.'s five key growth vectors and Bluemercury is an important part of that plan, so I look forward to seeing all that's to come as the brand continues to evolve."
Bluemercury has long maintained its standing as the luxe neighborhood beauty store and has become known for offering a portfolio of premium and innovative products across all beauty categories while providing honest, expert advice that is personalized for every individual that walks through the door.
About Bluemercury
With 178 locations across the country, including 158 standalone locations, Bluemercury pioneered a client-first service model that emphasizes hyper-personalized, high-quality beauty interactions. The leading luxury beauty destination and Macy's, Inc. nameplate offers a highly curated and premium product assortment across a range of beauty categories. Bluemercury helps people discover their unique self by shining a light on what makes them wonderfully distinctive. As Bluemercury continues to evolve, it remains committed to its exceptional customer service origins and embraces its purpose to be the ultimate specialist in the beauty of its clients. For more information, please visit www.bluemercury.com.
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PHOENIX (AP)Donovan Mitchell doesn’t have to score 71 points in a game for the Cleveland Cavaliers to be at their best.
On Sunday night, he didn’t even have to be on the floor.
Mitchell and Darius Garland both scored 22 points to lead the Cavaliers, but it was a few bench players who helped Cleveland pull away in the fourth quarter and beat the banged-up Phoenix Suns 112-98.
”It’s one of the best things to see, because it’s different guys from different areas,” said Mitchell, who scored 71 points in a win over the Bulls on Monday. ”It’s all defense. The effort, the intensity.”
The Cavaliers won for the fourth time in five games. It’s the second time this week the Cavs have topped the Suns after beating them 90-88 on Wednesday.
Struggling Phoenix – playing without its All-Star backcourt of Chris Paul and Devin Booker – has dropped six in a row and nine of 10. The Suns now have a 20-21 record, which is the first time they have been under .500 all season.
The offensively challenged Suns failed to top 100 points for a fourth straight game.
”We just stayed the course as best we could, then we got into the fourth and we just didn’t have enough to withstand their defensive pressure,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. ”They kept us on our heels.”
The Cavaliers had a comfortable lead for much of the game but the Suns cut their advantage to 80-79 lead heading into the final quarter. But a group of mostly reserves, led by Raul Neto and Lamar Stevens, helped Cleveland go on a 27-6 run to start the fourth and suck any drama out of the final minutes.
All five Cleveland starters scored in double figures along with Caris LeVert, who added 13 points off the bench.
Duane Washington led the Suns with 25 points off the bench. Mikal Bridges scored 15 and Deandre Ayton added 14. Ayton appeared to tweak his left ankle late in the game and gingerly walked off the court. He said it was probably a day-to-day injury.
”We just lost a little bit of focus tonight in that fourth quarter,” Ayton said.
Cleveland used a 14-0 run to take a 35-26 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Cavs led 57-54 at the break after shooting 60% from the field.
MITCHELL BACK TO UTAH
Mitchell makes his return to Utah on Tuesday night.
He was a three-time All-Star for the Jazz during his five-year tenure that was fairly successful, but also filled with drama. Mitchell and All-Star teammate Rudy Gobert could never seem to completely mesh.
Mitchell said he wasn’t sure how Utah’s crowd will react for his return. He was traded to Cleveland in September for Lauri Markkanen, Collin Sexton, Ochai Agbaji and draft picks.
”We did a lot of great things there,” Mitchell said. ”Obviously, we didn’t accomplish our end goal. I don’t know what the response will be, I hope it’s cheers. There were a lot of positives despite not winning a championship. That’s not easy. Only one team does it. We had five cracks at it and we missed.
”At the end of the day, they’re playing well. Lauri is playing out of his mind. They have a great group over there, great coaches. For me, we’ve just got to get another win on the road.”
TIP-INS
Cavaliers: Mitchell returned to the lineup after missing Friday’s game against the Nuggets. … Garland was dealing with a sprained right thumb but still played. ,,, Shot 57.7% from the field.
Suns: Paul (hip), Booker (groin), Cameron Payne (foot) and forward Cam Johnson (knee) were out. … Made 8 of 12 3-pointers (66.7%) in the first half. … Hosted their 47th straight sellout crowd.
UP NEXT
Cavaliers: At Utah on Tuesday.
Suns: At Golden State on Tuesday.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) _ RenovaCare Inc. (RCAR) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.7 million in its first quarter.
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents per share.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv") (NASDAQ: NOTV) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between September 21, 2021 and June 13, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Inotiv, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/inotiv-shareholder-loss-submission-form?prid=30810&wire=4
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Inotiv includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 22, 2022
Aggrieved Inotiv investors only have until August 22, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A ballot question seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution was cleared for an August ballot on Thursday, and teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers assigned to write pro and con arguments, respectively, to be presented to voters.
The process before the Ohio Ballot Board followed the raucous legislative floor session and months of drama leading up to approval of the measure, which is aimed at thwarting an effort to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution this fall. Abortion is currently legal in Ohio, up to 20 weeks’ gestation, as a lawsuit against a near-ban enacted in 2019 is argued.
On this August’s ballot, voters will be asked whether or not they support raising the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments from the simple majority Ohio has had in place since 1912 to a 60% supermajority. As a constitutional amendment itself, the 60% question will only need to pass by a simple majority of 50%-plus-one.
The bipartisan panel, chaired by Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, voted along party lines to certify the ballot language, which Democrats attacked as unfair and inaccurate. The arguments that voters see on their ballots are due to LaRose’s office by Monday.
Issue 1’s Republican backers are expected to characterize the effort as a constitutional protection act aimed at keeping deep-pocketed special interests out of Ohio’s foundational documents. Among groups supporting the higher bar are anti-abortion, pro-gun rights and business groups opposed to a burgeoning amendment that would raise Ohio’s minimum wage.
Democrats will use their arguments to paint the 60% threshold as an assault on Ohio’s long history of direct democracy. Some Democratic lawmakers led a “one person, one vote” chant and march after last week’s vote from the floor of the Ohio House — echoing cries of a large crowd of protesters gathered outside.
Should either side object to the others’ phrasing, they could file suit in the Ohio Supreme Court, which holds exclusive power to settle disputes in cases where lawmakers forward an ballot question straight to voters.
Democratic lawyer Don McTigue, representing the One Person One Vote Campaign, disagreed with the title LaRose’s office gave to the issue, which describes it as “elevating the standards” to qualify constitutional amendments of Ohio’s ballot. McTigue suggested “modifying” as more neutral, noting that it’s against Ohio law for ballot language to bias voters in one way or another.
It was too soon to say Thursday whether his client will file a legal challenge, McTigue said.
McTigue and Democrats on the board also argued for including the current 50%-plus-one standard in the ballot language, so that voters know what they’re changing, but the board rejected that idea.
The proposal also calls for doubling the number of Ohio counties — from 44 to all 88 — where backers of future initiative petitions would need to gather signatures in order to qualify for the ballot. As phrased by LaRose’s office, the question also appears to significantly raise the percentage of voters needed in each county, from 5% of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election to 5% of “all eligible voters.”
LaRose said his intention was to keep the ballot language simple, which Democratic state Sen. Bill DeMora said was disingenuous. “It’s sneaky and it’s illegal,” he said.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
02-05-37-39-40, Lucky Ball: 14
(two, five, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty; Lucky Ball: fourteen)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
02-05-37-39-40, Lucky Ball: 14
(two, five, thirty-seven, thirty-nine, forty; Lucky Ball: fourteen)
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MLB Expanded Pitching Comparison
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WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and caused illnesses.
Sterigenics announced Monday that a claims administrator will be appointed to distribute the money to as many as 870 people who had sued the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company. The completion of the settlement agreements is expected to take 90 to 120 days, it said.
Sterigenics used toxic ethylene oxide gas to sterilize medical equipment, pharmaceutical drugs and spices at a facility in Willowbrook, a DuPage County village southwest of Chicago.
State authorities ordered the plant temporarily shut down in 2019 after air quality monitoring recorded spikes of ethylene oxide in surrounding neighborhoods. Sterigenics later permanently closed the facility.
The first lawsuits against Sterigenics and other companies tied to the Willowbrook plant were filed in 2018 after published research showed people living near the plant faced some of the nation’s highest cancer risks from toxic air pollution.
Under the agreement, Sterigenics will pay to settle the claims “subject to substantially all of the plaintiffs providing opt-in consents to their individual settlement allocations and dismissing their claims with prejudice,” Sotera Health, Sterigenics’ parent company, said in a statement.
In September, a Cook County jury awarded $363 million to one plaintiff, a 70-year-old woman who alleged Sterigenics exposed her to ethylene oxide gas for 20 years and led to her cancer diagnosis.
Sterigenics was ordered to pay $220 million in punitive damages to the woman, whose lawsuit was the first to go to trial. Sotera Health was directed to pay her $100 million and Griffith Foods, the current name of the plant’s original owner, $5 million. Jurors also awarded the woman $38 million in compensatory damages.
Sotera Health said in its statement that the planned settlements are “not to be construed as an admission of any liability or that emissions from the Willowbrook facilities ever posed any safety hazard to the surrounding communities.”
The statement adds that while “Sterigenics maintains that its Willowbrook operations did not pose a safety risk to the community in which it operated,” it was in its best interest to settle the lawsuits because significant time and cost would have been required to contest all of the cases.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologizes for a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people in the military
By SYLVIA HUI
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by saying that a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people serving in the U.K. military was “an appalling failure of the British state.” The apology came after an independent review published Wednesday estimated that hundreds of veterans were dismissed or suffered under an official ban on homosexuality in the British armed forces that was enforced until 2000. Sunak told Parliament he apologized on behalf of the British state for the “horrific sexual abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment” suffered by gay veterans. The report compiled evidence from more than 1,000 veterans. It recommended that financial compensation should be made to victims, even if litigation time limits have expired.
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WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Good advice goes a long way, and a group of current and former Williamsville North students had the opportunity to learn from some local legends about music.
It was the first Friday of February when members of the band Cobraz took part in a mentoring session with Buffalo Music Hall of Famers Jessie Galante, Kenny Hawkins, Tom Lorentz and Ken Kaufman.
Composed of 2022 graduates Joel Turner, Andrew Doviak, David Gregoire and current seniors Donald Heim and Chris Rossi, Cobraz received the honor of being named the ensemble winners of the Hall of Fame’s 2022 Lucille & Jack Yellen Songwriter’s Scholarship competition.
The annual contest has been awarding songwriters since 2013. To get into it, young musicians can submit a song and have it judged on factors like originality, lyrics and composition. Cobraz’ “Snakebite” took the cake this time around.
Heim, the band’s drummer, was wearing a Metallica “Ride the Lightning” t-shirt when he sat down to chat the week after the band’s mentoring session. So, I had to ask if that reflected the band’s sound at all.
His answer was one that described a multitude of influences, yes, including those from the thrash metal pioneers. But with that comes punk and grunge from the decades that followed.
(“Ride the Lightning” was released in 1984.)
“Snakebite” happens to be one of the band’s earliest songs. And relatively speaking, the band is pretty new itself, forming a little over two years ago.
“We knew that we wanted to try and take the band to the next step, the next level, and we saw that this was the opportunity, so we chose ‘Snakebite’ and ‘Asylum’ because they were both the songs that we had professionally recorded and they sounded the best, and they represented us the best,” Rossi says.
To Rossi, one of the best parts of being in a band is how it feels like a family. And of course, families fight sometimes, but the camaraderie of these five easily outweighs that.
Heim loves that and the aspect of making their own music.
“I really like working with all of us,” he said. “I’m friends with all these guys. I’ve known them for years.”
The mentoring session itself was about 90 minutes, they say, and one of the biggest takeaways the band got from it was that less can really mean more. That can relate to many things, such as dynamics in a performance or recording session — when to be loud and when to be soft, working as a unit and not a one-man show.
And playing live isn’t just about how you sound. Your presentation is important, too; that includes stage presence.
Tom Lorentz, who’s been a Buffalo Music Hall of Famer since 2012, started playing guitar at age five and currently serves as the Hall of Fame’s Music Committee Chair. He says that “too often,” bands lack personality onstage.
“It can sound real good, but there’s no look about it,” Lorentz said.
Jessie Galante, a rock singer whose voice has rung out in venues from Buffalo to Los Angeles, and even overseas in Europe, is a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Class of 2010. She had some sage advice for the Williamsville musicians.
“The audience is part of the show,” Galante said, also noting “I’m a firm believer of ‘You can’t have enough rehearsals.'”
In addition to the mentoring session, winners of the competition are also featured on the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame website and receive performance opportunities for Hall of Fame concert events. Hall of Famer and concert promoter Eddie Tice will also work with winners to schedule local shows, the Hall of Fame says.
Not to mention, there are also cash awards.
Cobraz has played out before, but they look forward to doing it even more, armed with their instruments and some new wisdom courtesy of those who know a thing or two about the Buffalo music scene.
“There’s things that we’ll look at differently for sure,” Rossi said. “Any advice that we got is stuff that we’re always going to remember and use. I think the biggest thing for us will be trying every different thing that we think of with our songs. We don’t want to disregard anything before we try it.”
Lorentz says he was impressed with the band’s maturity in listening to the Hall of Famers’ advice. And of course, being able to pass along this kind of wisdom is rewarding.
“You want to give back to your community,” Galante said.
To be eligible for the 2023 songwriter’s contest, you must be between 13 and 18 years old and submit an MP3 with lyrics to songwriter@bmhof.org by May 31. More information on the contest can be found here.
Evan Anstey is an Associated Press Award, JANY Award and Emmy-nominated digital producer who has been part of the News 4 team since 2015. See more of his work here and follow him on Twitter.
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Which underwater drone is best?
You don’t need to be a Hollywood director or international filmmaker to capture amazing underwater footage. Sure, you can swim with a bulky waterproof camera, but that restricts your movements and occupies your hands.
So before you head out to explore an underwater cave or shipwreck, get yourself a remotely operated vehicle (commonly known as a drone) that can accurately capture the submerged action in high-definition. You might not be able to film the Titanic like James Cameron did, but you’ll see aquatic nature like never before.
How does an underwater drone work?
To glide through the water, drones use similar technology to that of boats or submarines. While the propulsion methods vary, most underwater drones use a series of fans or rotors that spin quickly. The force expelled by the spinning blades is what drives the drone forward.
Controlling a drone is relatively simple. Generally, the two types of control methods are wireless through a mobile phone or tablet, or through an electrical umbilical connected to the above-water Wi-Fi unit.
The camera’s resolution matters
Naturally, you want to capture whatever is swimming around you in as much detail as possible. An underwater drone with an inferior camera will only frustrate you when you review the footage and the beautiful jellyfish looks like a floating plastic bag.
There are no reshoots or second chances, so you must ensure you get it right the first time. To capture anything meaningful, the drone’s camera should film at a minimum resolution of 1080p, which is Full HD. For even better footage, some of the more expensive drones have 4K cameras and can livestream visuals back to the boat.
Of course, you can never be sure of what the conditions will be like when underwater. Unless you are swimming in crystal-clear water, your footage will benefit immensely if the drone has several built-in headlights.
Best underwater drones
Best underwater drone with 4K camera
PowerVision PowerRay Explorer Underwater Camera Drone
What you need to know: With a powerful camera, this drone can capture underwater beauty with an easy-to-use controller.
What you’ll love: The camera records video at 4K resolution and can take still images at a resolution of 12 megapixels. It can dive to a depth of 100 feet, while the base station tether is 165 feet long.
What you should consider: It comes with a 32-gigabyte memory card, which will fill up quickly when recording in 4K.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best underwater drone with 1080p camera
Chasing Innovation Dory Underwater Drone
What you need to know: This is the world’s smallest underwater drone, as it measures slightly larger than your palm.
What you’ll love: Even though it’s small, it still packs five thrusters to move around effortlessly underwater. It records video at Full HD resolution and can stream live footage to the monitor at 720p resolution.
What you should consider: It has a depth range of only 49 feet, and needs to be within the same distance of the Wi-Fi buoy for streaming.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best underwater drone for shallow diving
What you need to know: This is perfect for when you explore a shipwreck or the seabed as the articulated claw makes it easy to grab and pick up items of interest.
What you’ll love: It’s guided through a handheld controller and a mobile device, and the Wi-Fi connection lets you see a livestream from the camera. It has four thrusters and two high-powered LED headlights, and can dive to a depth of 100 feet.
What you should consider: It weighs just under 10 pounds, so it is heftier than most underwater drones.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best underwater drone with sonar
Fifish MP200 V6 Expert Underwater Photography ROV Robot
What you need to know: Searching for something specific is made easy with this drone’s built-in 2D sonar scanner.
What you’ll love: Not only can you ping for objects in 2D, but you can also record underwater sounds with the built-in hydrophone. In addition, the MP200 has a 4K camera with a 166-degree field of view, which can also take photographs at a 12-megapixel resolution.
What you should consider: The drone comes with a full virtual reality kit, pushing the price tag to over $6,000.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best sea scooter with an underwater camera
CellBee Underwater Sea Scooter With Camera
What you need to know: Functioning much like an underwater drone, this sea scooter has a camera in the front so you can record whatever you encounter.
What you’ll love: With a top speed of almost 3 miles per hour, the sea scooter has a built-in battery that can last for about 45 minutes. A parent can also remotely control the device through a mobile phone, giving it drone-like properties while kids enjoy the views.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have a camera built in, but it does have an attachment for an action camera such as a GoPro.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best underwater drone for cinematography
PowerVision PowerDolphin Water Surface Drone With 4K UHD Camera
What you need to know: The PowerDolphin is an amazing drone if you want to capture Hollywood-style footage above and below the waves.
What you’ll love: Riding on the surface, it has a 220-degree, rotatable 4K camera on the front that is great for recording epic surfing videos. But the drone can also dive underwater and use the built-in sonar for a quick overview of the underwater topography.
What you should consider: It is only waterproof up to 6 feet below the surface.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which Callaway golf shirt is best?
When shopping for golf equipment, it’s easy to focus on clubs and shoes, but don’t overlook finding the right shirt. A good golf shirt should do more than make you look stylish. It can make you comfortable and improve your performance.
Callaway is a respected brand that makes quality golf equipment and apparel. Its shirts use the latest technology to help keep you dry on the course while not compromising mobility. There are many styles, but the best is the Callaway Men’s Swing Tech Allover Polo, a classic golf shirt that goes with many outfits.
What to know before you buy a Callaway golf shirt
Type of fit
Like a polo, a traditional golf shirt has short sleeves, a collar and two or three buttons. Callaway golf shirts have two types of fit.
- Regular fit: Also referred to as standard or traditional fit, these are relaxed and comfortable. The sleeves tend to be longer and wider than slim-fit shirts, while the waist is not tapered, which gives you room to breathe and allows a full range of motion.
- Slim fit: These have a fitted appearance but are still loose enough to provide mobility. The sleeves are shorter and have less fabric. The waist is narrow and tapered under the arms, so the sides run close to the body.
Although most Callaway golf shirts are short-sleeved, you can find long-sleeve, three-quarter sleeve and sleeveless shirts in some styles. They can all be easily paired with golf pants or golf shorts.
Size
In addition to small, medium, large and extra-large sizes, Callaway has an extensive big-and-tall section with shirts that go up to XXXL, 5X and 5XLT
Colors and patterns
Callaway golf shirts come in white, black, blue, red, gray, pink, green and orange. There are also multicolored, striped and patterned shirts that include tattersall, floral, herringbone and chevron designs.
Not all styles are available in all sizes, colors and patterns.
What to look for in a quality Callaway golf shirt
Calloway Eco
Not only are Calloway golf shirts comfortable, but they are also environmentally conscious. This line of shirts is sustainable, made with up to 30% polyester from recycled plastic water bottles.
Sun protection
These shirts have built-in ultraviolet protection that prevents harmful rays from penetrating the fabric. This is particularly beneficial when out in the hot sun all day.
Opti-Dri
This technology wicks away moisture and sweat to keep you cool and dry when out on the course.
Swing Tech
This makes the fabric stretchable and less restrictive to maximize the range of motion and make movement feel effortless. This is most noticeable in the shirt’s shoulder seams, which can easily snag or pull during a golf swing.
How much you can expect to spend on a Callaway golf shirt
They range from $30-$94 depending on the material, construction, size and features.
Callaway golf shirt FAQ
What are the best materials for a golf shirt?
A. A golf shirt should be polyester or a poly-blend, because those fabrics can wick away moisture, which helps to keep you cool and try. That’s important because sweat from your shirt can hinder your swing and make you less comfortable.
How should a golf shirt be worn?
A. The original golf shirt was cut long to be tucked in for a clean and polished look. Newer styles are cut to be worn untucked without looking bulky or messy.
Can I wear a Callaway golf shirt casually?
A. Absolutely. Callaway golf shirts were designed to improve performance on the course, but you don’t have to be a golfer to wear one. They’re also great for the clubhouse or everyday use.
What is the best Callaway golf shirt to buy?
Top Callaway golf shirt
Callaway Men’s Swing Tech Allover Polo
What you need to know: This versatile, timeless golf shirt has been crafted for comfort and performance while providing UV protection.
What you’ll love: This is a simple, classic shirt that easily pairs with pants or shorts. It comes in many colors and sizes, including big and tall. The fit is engineered for a wide range of motion and paired with Swing Tech technology to help improve performance.
What you should consider: This shirt will stretch a small amount with each use but returns to its original size after laundering.
Where to buy: Sold by Callaway Golf and Amazon
Top Callaway golf shirt for the money
Callaway Women’s Short Sleeve Opti-Dri Core Performance Golf Shirt
What you need to know: This polyester golf shirt is created for comfort and performance. It comes in eight colors and six sizes.
What you’ll love: Stay cool on warm days with this lightweight single-knit fabric that’s ventilated to keep heat from your body. Swing Tech technology supports a full range of motion, swing after swing. The extended sizes and generous fit can accommodate multiple body types, while the material stretches so it won’t feel restrictive.
What you should consider: The shirts’ color can vary from the pictures online.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Callaway Men’s Fine Line Ventilated Striped Polo Shirt
What you need to know: Stay cool on the golf course with this shirt that comes in 12 colors and is available in sizes up to 3XL.
What you’ll love: This top-of-line golf shirt is stylish and comfortable. The fabric circulates air throughout the shirt and wicks moisture away from the skin. The three-button neck opening and narrow-line print make this shirt perfect for both the course and when out on the town.
What you should consider: This shirt runs slightly long, so depending on your height, you might have to tuck it in.
Where to buy: Sold by Callaway Golf and Amazon
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Lancia is a week away from revealing a concept car to mark the start of its transition to an electric lineup, and a teaser shot has been released.
The concept car is set to make its debut on April 15 at an event coinciding with Milan Design Week, and while it isn’t expected to spawn a production model, it previews certain themes that will make it onto three electric vehicles the Stellantis-owned brand plans to launch by 2028.
The latest teaser shows the interior of the concept, which Lancia describes as “cozy, eclectic and sustainable.”
The contrasting colors and the combination of circles and straight lines definitely looks eclectic, and Lancia said many of the materials used are either natural fibers or recycled. As for coziness, the seats are described as being inspired by the high-end furniture of fellow Italian company Cassina.
A previous teaser shot revealed a wedge-like tail design, leading to rumors the concept will be a modern interpretation of Lancia’s Stratos sports car of the 1970s.
Lancia’s sole offering at present is the Ypsilon minicar, which was introduced in 2011. A redesigned Ypsilon with electric power will arrive in 2024 as the first of Lancia’s three new EVs.
A new model described by Lancia as a flagship will follow in 2024 and then a modern Delta will arrive in 2028.
Given Lancia’s focus on the European market, there’s little chance any of the EVs will reach the U.S.
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