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When Val Emmich released “Asleep in Your Clothes” to his Patreon subscribers a few weeks ago, he professed, “It’s not like any album I’ve ever done.” Now the world can hear the latest release from the veteran singer-songwriter, a longtime resident of Jersey City Heights and a mainstay in the Jersey indie scene since the late 1990s. It more than lives up to the advance billing, and that’s saying quite a bit. “Asleep in Your Clothes” counts as Emmich’s 18th full-length album since his 2003 debut, “Slow Down Kid.” That’s along with a half dozen EPs as well as the career-spanning, 60-track digital compilation, “Posthaste: 2001-2012.” Over that span, Emmich has worked with indie and major labels, recorded in remote cabins and world-class studios, and collaborated with dozens of other musicians. But in part due to the pandemic, he’s also gone the “Do It Yourself” route, recording at home by himself and releasing his material online. That’s how “Asleep in Your Clothes” came to be. But unlike those other recordings, this one wasn’t planned, budgeted, workshopped, or scheduled; it just happened. “I had a burst of inspiration and wrote and recorded the album in a very short span this past fall 2022,” Emmich said. “In terms of feel, I set out to make something that didn’t sound like anything else I’ve released, and I wanted to capture a specific fall/winter type mood.” These 10 songs unspool in a stream of consciousness with very little concern about traditional verse/chorus song structures; there are no hooks, no riffs, no nods toward commercial appeal. And be forewarned: Even in this post-COVID period when artists everywhere have been unleashing their id and pouring out their deepest, darkest feelings, this one stands out: It’s very much a winter album. Of course, great pain and enormous emotion have always been at the root of great art, and Emmich has clearly been dealing with a lot. If you want the mood of “Asleep in Your Clothes” summed up in one line, here it is: “All these houseplants I keep on buying / now I’m surrounded by so much dying.” The album starts so casually, it feels effortless; Emmich speaking/singing conversationally, his low tones accentuated by simple acoustic guitar. “Hey Good Morning” starts with several seconds of silence, and that seems deliberate; it’s about rising out of torpor, rediscovering sunshine, reestablishing a connection after a period of hibernation. “Can we get a coffee, can we go out for a stroll?” Emmich asks his spouse, and the song becomes a duet, two voices instead of one meeting a new day, a song about love that isn’t a love song. “Dry” deals with moving forward, a poem, really, that starts in the mountains and ends at the ocean. “No use keeping dry,” it wisely concludes. “Outside” follows suit; it’s just about being outside, being aware, feeling alive, couched in a simple, sad melody. “Houseplants” delivers a simple lesson: Things don’t always go the way we plan, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. “Got to learn to have affection / for the imperfection,” Emmich murmurs. This is one of the most beautiful songs Emmich has ever written, and also one of the simplest, a trait he shares here with Paul Simon. “Breaking the Hourglass” features piano and a subtle string arrangement by Joe Riad. “Last Saturday” serves up a classic Emmich melody and the quiet self-loathing he works through in so many of his songs; “Who” flips that on another, exploring a love/hate relationship with an other he can’t quite figure out. A melancholy, sonorous string instrument – cello? viola? – underscores the melancholy remembrance of “Swimming in a Lake,” while “Old Folks” is a sad-sounding song about middle-aged people trying to recapture a bit of their youth at karaoke. “We’re going out tonight, Grey Goose and Apple Pie, whatever gets us high / We’re gonna whistle wrong to Peter Bjorn and John, it’s still our favorite song, makes us feel less alone.” Finally, “Lie Low” provides the album’s title – “I keep stepping on your toes, falling asleep in your clothes” - on another lovely track that quietly restates the kind of deep love that doesn’t have to be expressed; it’s just there. “Asleep in Your Clothes” is streaming now and available for download at valemmich.bandcamp.com. ARTS CALENDAR Bergenline Productions is hosting another of its multimedia showcases on Friday, Feb. 24, offering dinner, drinks, poetry and live music. Dubbed a (belated) “Valentine’s Feast,” an $80 group ticket provides four people with a full meal from appetizers to dessert, unlimited drinks, and live music by Sunstyle, Alexander Yearns, Geo Perez, and Brendan Mieles, all interspersed with readings by local poets. Single-person admission is $25. For more information and tickets for this cultural bonanza (including the secret location), visit www.tickettailor.com/events/bergenlineproductions/852875. *** Abovegroundsjc, a café and event space at 170 Grand St., Jersey City, hosts an open “Jam in the Yard” on Friday, Feb. 24 from 7 to 11 pm. A backline (with electronic drums, mics, and keyboards) will be available. Bring your own instruments and enjoy a night of music and community. The event will also feature art by Byrd-Olivieri Atelier and is being curated by Erika Tea, a multidisciplinary artist, organizers, and healer. Jim Testa is on Facebook at facebook.com/Constant-Listener-Jim-Testa-On-Hudson-Music-108591071738628. He can also be reached at jim@jerseybeat.com.
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/02/winter-is-here-in-val-emmichs-latest-album-asleep-in-your-clothes-testa.html
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Amazon Prime Video is home to tons of great TV shows, from the Emmy-winning comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to the recently released psychological thriller Chloe. Below, you'll find highlights of new shows coming out this month, as well as CNET's full list of best Prime Video originals. Read more: Everything You Need to Know to Sign Up for Prime Video What's new on Prime Video this month Here are the highlights. Dec. 2 - Riches, season 1 premiere (2022-): Drama. It follows the exploits of a brash, super-successful and wealthy family. - Three Pines, season 1 premiere (2022-): Drama. A chief inspector investigates cases that happen beneath the idyllic surface of the Quebec village of Three Pines. Dec. 8 - The Bad Guy, season 1 premiere (2022-): Dark comedy. A Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he's always battled. Dec. 13 - Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge, season 1 premiere (2022-): Baking competition that invites bakers to step into the world of Dr. Seuss and compete for a grand prize of $50,000. Dec. 21 - Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, season 3 premiere (2018-): Action-thriller starring John Krasinski. In season 3, Jack Ryan races against the clock to stop a cascade of destabilizing conflicts from leading to global catastrophe. Read more: Amazon Prime Video: The Best Movies to Watch Best Amazon Prime Video original TV shows At time of writing, these TV shows all score at least 70 on Metacritic. Thriller Chloe (2022) Led by a stellar Erin Doherty, this British thriller will swallow your attention. It centers on Becky, a temp with an unusual pastime: assuming different identities to sneak into fancy art galleries and yoga classes. When a woman she follows obsessively on Instagram suddenly dies, she attempts to uncover more details, once again posing as someone else. Tear away from your timeline and check out this six-episode limited series. Homecoming (2018-) While season 2 of Homecoming didn't quite find its feet, season 1 hit the ground running. Julia Roberts stars in this psychological thriller about an army rehabilitation facility run by questionable owners. Using an effective, mystery-building narrative that covers two timelines, Homecoming is high on tension and paranoia as it reveals what the facility's true purpose is. Fun fact: The series uses the actual scores of movies from Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and more. The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019) The Man in the High Castle imagines an alternate history where the Axis powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo) win World War II. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel, the series follows characters in the '60s who live in a parallel universe, where Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan control the US. But there's impossible newsreel footage surfacing of a world where Germany and Japan lose the war, causing some to rebel. To really hammer home its dystopia credentials, The Man in the High Castle is steered by producer Ridley Scott. Fully realized and with a focused plot, this is gripping TV. Fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022-) Prime Video's highly anticipated and wildly expensive fantasy series has already made its mark (and it's a good thing, too, as Amazon already committed to four more seasons). The series brings incredible visuals, a sprawling cast and sense of adventure to the streaming service. It's set thousands of years before The Lord of the Rings, and in part follows a young version of the character Galadriel, who's played by Morfydd Clark. The Legend of Vox Machina (2022-) Buckle up for a brand-new animated series that centers on a group of boisterous, belching misfits called Vox Machina. Based on Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role (you don't have to be familiar with that to enjoy this show), The Legend of Vox Machina sees its protagonists go from being broke bar-hoppers to accepting a mission to stop evil brewing in Exandria. We're further introduced to the characters in a musical number that occurs about halfway through the first episode. That's right, I said musical number. But you'll be down for every element this show throws at you. Why would anyone choose these misfits to fight for the kingdom? "Well... they do have a bear," one royal decision-maker concedes. Forever (2018) If you're in a particularly meditative mood, reflecting on life, relationships and the big choices we make in life, Forever will gently set your world on fire. June (Maya Rudolph) and Oscar (Fred Armisen) are a married couple cruising through their suburban life until vastly unexpected turns take them into otherworldly territory. Stick through the slow-burning first episode and you'll be rewarded with an exceptionally crafted eight-episode series, gently wrapping you in its visually beautiful and meaningful dream. Crime Bosch (2014-2021) This seven-season police procedural, inspired by Michael Connelly novels, gets everything right for old-fashioned detective drama. We follow Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver, who's haunted by the death of his mother. While catching serial killers and keeping his family safe, he investigates her murder. Functional and no-nonsense, Bosch provides steady mystery with an equally steady lead. Great news: a spinoff series is underway at Amazon's IMDb TV, keeping Welliver as the titular detective. Ripper Street (2012-2016) This dark and gritty series is set in the late 1800s on the streets of Whitechapel, a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper. Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) and the police have to deal with the aftermath of the Ripper murders, which have left the area of London in an anarchic state. Fine acting, strong characters and, importantly, strong dialogue make the episodic mysteries all the more suspenseful and immersive. Five superb seasons await you (consisting of six to eight episodes each). Comedy The Kids in the Hall (2022-) Prime Video has resurrected The Kids in the Hall, the Emmy-nominated Canadian sketch comedy show that originally ran from 1988 to 1995. (By "resurrects," I mean the show literally exhumes members of the comedy troupe from a grave they were buried in at the end of the original show. That's just the beginning of the fun.) Follow the comedians as they freak out over mislabeled desserts, fight over imaginary love interests and write Earth's last fax. But be warned: Some of these sketches are highly NSFW. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017-) A '50s housewife who becomes a standup comic? This brilliant series from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, is filled with sparkling performances from Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, with dialogue to match. Set in a vibrant and changing New York, our delightful heroine moonlights as a comedian, while doing her duties as an upper class Jewish American housewife. With impressive visuals, warmth and zingers, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the full package. A League of Their Own (2022-) Prime Video's TV series A League of Their Own is inspired by the 1992 film of the same name and introduces new characters portrayed by Abbi Jacobson, D'Arcy Carden and others. In the comedy-drama's first episode, women try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the '40s. The show explores themes of race and sexuality, and offers a satisfying period setting and compelling characters. Undone (2019-) This unique series uses the Rotoscoping animation technique to tell the story of a young woman who, after suffering a near-fatal car accident, discovers she can manipulate time. Intriguing, right? It gets better: Bob Odenkirk plays Alma's dead father, who enlists her help in investigating his murder. Bending both time and space, Undone is surreal and beautifully existential for those looking for deep material. The Outlaws (2021-) Seven strangers are assigned to the same community payback sentence in this appealing comedy thriller set in Bristol, England. The six-episode show is fun, dark and touching, offering an engaging look at its rule-breakers' backgrounds and the relationships that form between them. The plot thickens when some members of the group come across a bag of cash. If you need another draw, the show is co-created by Stephen Merchant, who co-created the UK version of The Office. A Very English Scandal (2018-2021) A sex scandal in the UK Parliament? Starring Hugh Grant and Ben Wishaw? You can thank Russell T. Davies for dramatizing this slice of late-'70s British politics. Jeremy Thorpe, a Liberal member of Parliament, wants to silence unhappy ex-lover Norman before his career ends up in tatters. Watch the murder conspiracy, big trial and media scrutiny through A Very English Scandal's darkly funny lens. Fleabag (2016-2019) If somehow the Fleabag train passed you by, it's time to let it hit you at its full, incredible force. Phoebe Waller-Bridge writes and stars in the play-turned extraordinary comedy series. A 30-something woman who runs a cafe lives a sex-filled life with a sense of humor that hides the tragedies she hasn't yet come to terms with. Just about word-for-word perfect, with a fourth-wall breaking device, Fleabag frequently does its best to both shock and devastate you, while being ridiculously funny. I Love Dick (2016-2017) Going on a Katheryn Hahn binge after WandaVision? Marvel's new favorite witch starred in one season of this 2016 comedy with a memorable title. Her character's name is just as memorable: Chris Kraus, an artist and filmmaker who moves to Texas with her husband. She quickly falls in love with his fellowship sponsor, played by Kevin Bacon. Yes, Kevin Bacon is in this. The dynamic of her marriage shifts as her infatuation challenges everything in smart and provocative and adult ways. Sadly, I Love Dick didn't score a second season, but the first is well worth your time. Catastrophe (2015-2019) Featuring Carrie Fisher's final TV role, Catastrophe is a rom-com about messy, chaotic people. Londoner Sharon and Bostonian Rob have a one-week stand that results in an unplanned pregnancy and Rob moving to the UK so they can start a family. The tricky part: Sharon and Rob don't know the first thing about each other. Covering age, sex, parenthood, marriage and love in its open book, Catastrophe is a superb rom-com that gives you four seasons to devour. Transparent (2014-2019) Transparent's unique story follows the Pfefferman siblings who discover their dad is transitioning into a woman named Maura. Other aspects of the Pfeffermans' lives, including a sour marriage and a disappointing child, give this tightly scripted comedy-drama a relatable side. Poignant and ambitious, Transparent is a show to look out for. Mozart in the Jungle (2014-2018) A comedy-drama set in New York's classical music scene, Mozart in the Jungle is as whimsical as its title suggests. Upcoming oboist Hailey meets eccentric conductor Rodrigo, who's tasked with revitalizing the New York Symphony. Never losing you with jargon, Mozart in the Jungle charmingly reveals an edgier side to the world of strings, playing its own symphony of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. 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Emily Beecham, meanwhile, is Fanny Logan, navigating the confinements of married life. If you're in the mood, this three-episode miniseries will sweep you up into a story of happiness and sadness, laughter and pain. With Love (2021-) Looking for love? With Love might be the perfect feel-good rom-com. The charming premise sees the Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge, navigate major holidays across the year, from Halloween to Christmas -- major holidays that put pressure on singletons in search of romantic relationships. Follow the Diaz's on their journey, along with their delightful and sometimes delightfully awkward extended family. An earnest, enjoyable breeze. Sci-fi Paper Girls (2022) The first episode of Paper Girls, a new sci-fi TV series based on popular comics by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, brings together four kids riding bikes on their paper delivery routes in 1988. While that may sound like a sci-fier you've binged already, (yup, Netflix's hit Stranger Things), Prime Video's show stands on its own. Follow along as the girls travel through time, navigate powerful adversaries and learn more about themselves. Another reason to watch? Comedian Ali Wong is in the cast. The Expanse (2015-2022) Amazon rescued The Expanse from the realm of canceled TV, bringing us up to six seasons. Thank goodness it did, because The Expanse is smart sci-fi with realistic characters, high production values and a dash of detective noir. Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, a conspiracy threatens to start a cold war between the largest powers. A band of antiheroes find themselves at the center. Look forward to more space western themes in the consistently excellent later seasons. Drama Sneaky Pete (2015-2019) Con man Marius walks free from jail, only to be hunted by the gangster he once robbed. So, he assumes the identity of his cell mate Pete and walks back into the lives of Pete's estranged family, who are none the wiser. Bryan Cranston brings all the gravitas to gangster Vince in this part-drama, party-comedy. The twists and dicey situations will carry you through the addictive episodes as quickly as Pete pulls his cons. As We See It (2022) A newer entry to Prime Video, As We See It earns a spot among its best shows. Starring three actors who identify as autistic, this sincere series follows young adults on the autism spectrum as they navigate jobs, making friends and finding love. Neurotypical actors usually play autistic characters on screen, so the casting sets this one apart. It's also heartfelt, funny and poignant, with well-rounded characters you'll want to root for. I could let the show's glowing Metacritic score speak for itself -- but whatever convinces you, this needs to be your next watch. The Underground Railroad (2021-) Sublime filmmaker Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) takes on adapting Colson Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroad into a powerful 10-episode series. Set in the southern US during the 1800s, the fictional story follows Blacks attempting to escape from slavery via a network of hidden tracks and tunnels. Tapping magical realism and a superb cast including Thuso Mbedu and William Jackson Harper, The Underground Railroad is an emotional and chilling triumph. Informer (2018) This gripping British series is about, yes, an informer and the murky territory involved in coercing someone to take on the dangerous gig. Paddy Considine (who now has a gig on the Game of Thrones prequel) stars as DS Gabe Waters, a counterterrorism officer tasked with infiltrating a far-right movement in West Yorkshire. Partnered with an excellent Bel Powley (The Morning Show, The King of Staten Island) as the young and inquisitive DC Holly Morten, he attempts to bring British Pakistani Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) on board to uncover information about a possible terrorist attack. A provocative thriller that will keep you on your toes. Horror The Terror (2018-) Not only does this horror anthology series feature Japanese folklore and explorers heading into uncharted territory, but its first chapter stars pre-Chernobyl Jared Harris. He plays the captain of Arctic explorer ships that end up stuck in the ice. On top of the harsh conditions and cabin fever, an unknown presence in the mist stalks the crew. Strung with atmospheric dread, The Terror is thrilling, prestige horror. The Terror is available on Prime Video in Australia and AMC in the US (here's a VPN guide). Superhero The Tick (2016-2019) While The Tick was sadly canceled after two seasons, the superhero comedy will still give you a hit of fast-paced, colorful action with its tongue firmly in its cheek. Based on the comic book character, The Tick is a bulletproof hero who wears a, yep, blue tick suit. His sidekick? The meek Arthur who wears a ... moth suit. Their nemesis is The Terror, a supervillain in their city's underworld. If you want to sit back and watch pure superhero entertainment, you've found the right show. The Boys (2019-) The Boys stormed Amazon with its ultra-violent tale of antihero vigilantes seeking revenge against the world's most beloved superheroes. But these heroes aren't what they seem: Their corporate overlords cover up their shady personal lives, including sexual harassment and the odd assassination. With social commentary, black comedy and pops of gore, The Boys takes a thrilling and unapologetic step away from the family-friendly genre. Invincible (2021-) For those who aren't a fan of cartoons, Invincible could be your converter, up there with other adult cartoons like BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty. Based on a comic book from Robert Kirkman, the creator of the Walking Dead, Invincible follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson and his training to become a superhero just like his father, who happens to be the most powerful superhero on the planet. Episodes run long at nearly 50 minutes, connected into one big, blood-spattered story. A subversive series with a huge cast featuring Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons, Invincible will engross you in its smart animated world. Documentary Lorena (2019) This comprehensive documentary series tackles the story of Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who, famously, severed her husband's penis in 1993. It covers the incident and two subsequent trials, incorporating a wide range of interviews that add illuminating context to the decades-old events. It gives much-needed attention to the abuse Bobbitt said she suffered at the hands of her husband, John Wayne Bobbitt. Executive produced by Jordan Peele, this well-researched series is well worth your attention. LuLaRich (2021) In LulaRich, the directors of Hulu's Fyre Festival documentary explore the dark side of multi-level-marketing company, LuLaRoe. The four-part documentary series interviews founders DeAnne and Mark Stidham and paints a not-so-rosy picture of the women's clothing giant, which is known for its loudly-colored and patterned leggings and tops. In the doc, women who joined the company (investing a chunk of money in the process) dealt with stinky merchandise, a toxic culture and challenges reaching financial goals. Settle in for an intriguing and well-made docuseries that spotlights the stories of former LuLaRoe retailers.
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'Our world is in peril': At UN, leaders push for solutions UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's problems seized the spotlight Tuesday as the U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders opened with dire assessments of a planet beset by escalating crises and conflicts that an aging international order seems increasingly ill-equipped to tackle. After two years when many leaders weighed in by video because of the coronavirus pandemic, now presidents, premiers, monarchs and foreign ministers have gathered almost entirely in person for diplomacy's premier global event. But the tone is far from celebratory. Instead, it's the blare of a tense and worried world. “We are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction," Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, adding that “our world is in peril — and paralyzed.” People are also reading… He and others pointed to conflicts ranging from Russia's six-month-old war in Ukraine to the decades-long dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. Speakers worried about a changing climate, spiking fuel prices, food shortages, economic inequality, migration, disinformation, discrimination, hate speech, public health and more. 4 Ukrainian regions schedule votes this week to join Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become integral parts of Russia. The Kremlin-backed efforts to swallow up four regions could set the stage for Moscow to escalate the war following Ukrainian successes on the battlefield. The scheduling of referendums starting Friday in the Luhansk, Kherson and partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions came after a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said the votes are needed and as Moscow is losing ground in the invasion it began nearly seven months ago. Former President Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council chaired by Putin, said referendums that fold regions into Russia itself would make redrawn frontiers “irreversible” and enable Moscow to use “any means” to defend them. In 2014, Russia sent troops into Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then held a referendum there that paved the way for its annexation by Moscow. The upcoming votes, in territory Russia already controls, are all but certain to go Moscow’s way. But they were quickly dismissed as illegitimate by Western leaders who are backing Kyiv with military and other support that has helped its forces seize momentum on battlefields in the east and south. Feds: 47 exploited pandemic to steal $250M from food program MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities charged 47 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest fraud scheme yet to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to tens of thousands of children across Minnesota, then sought reimbursement for those meals through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food nutrition programs. Prosecutors say few meals were actually served, and the defendants used the money to buy luxury cars, property and jewelry. “This $250 million is the floor," Andy Luger, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, said at a news conference. “Our investigation continues.” Many of the companies that claimed to be serving food were sponsored by a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which submitted the companies' claims for reimbursement. Feeding Our Future’s founder and executive director, Aimee Bock, was among those indicted, and authorities say she and others in her organization submitted the fraudulent claims for reimbursement and received kickbacks. Bock’s attorney, Kenneth Udoibok, said the indictment “doesn’t indicate guilt or innocence.” He said he wouldn't comment further until seeing the indictment. Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanup CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift survivors to safety. The storm's eye passed close to Grand Turk, the small British territory's capital island, on Tuesday morning after the government imposed a curfew and urged people to flee flood-prone areas. Storm surge could raise water levels there by as much as 5 to 8 feet above normal, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Late Tuesday afternoon, the storm was centered about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of North Caicos Island, with hurricane-force winds extending up to 30 miles (45 kilometers) from the center. Premier Washington Misick urged people to evacuate. “Storms are unpredictable,” he said in a statement from London, where he had attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. “You must therefore take every precaution to ensure your safety.” Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph) and was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph), according to the Hurricane Center, which said the storm was likely to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Bermuda on Friday. Arbiter in Trump docs probe signals intent to move quickly WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team's reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified. “We're going to proceed with what I call responsible dispatch," Raymond Dearie, a veteran Brooklyn judge, told lawyers for Trump and the Justice Department in their first meeting since his appointment last week as a so-called special master. The purpose of the meeting was to sort out next steps in a review process expected to slow by weeks, if not months, the criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House. As special master, Dearie will be responsible for sifting through the thousands of documents recovered during the Aug. 8 FBI search and segregating any that might be protected by claims of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege. Though Trump's lawyers had requested the appointment of a special master to ensure an independent review of the documents, they have resisted Dearie's request for more information about whether the seized records had been previously declassified — as Trump has maintained. His lawyers have consistently stopped short of that claim even as they asserted in a separate filing Tuesday that the Justice Department had not proven that the documents were classified. In any event, they say, a president has absolute authority to declassify information. “In the case of someone who has been president of the United States, they have unfettered access along with unfettered declassification authority,” one of Trump's lawyers, James Trusty, said in court Tuesday. NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving. The recommendation, if enacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, could reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, one of the biggest causes of highway deaths in the U.S. The new push to make roads safer was included in a report released Tuesday about a horrific crash last year in which a drunk driver collided head-on with another vehicle near Fresno, California, killing both adult drivers and seven children. NHTSA said this week that roadway deaths in the U.S. are at crisis levels. Nearly 43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years, as Americans returned to roads after pandemic stay-at-home orders. Early estimates show fatalities rising again through the first half of this year, but they declined from April through June, which authorities are hoping is a trend. 'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for two decades said Tuesday that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available. The judge’s order to release Adnan Syed and vacate his murder conviction Monday came after the local prosecutor started a unit to review sentencing and a new Maryland law relating to juvenile sentencing provided a mechanism for reexamining the case, all after the “Serial” podcast in 2014 turned the details of the case into an obsession for countless amateur sleuths. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby immediately applauded the judge's decision as a victory for justice, but Syed's win came as a bittersweet reminder to those who had been aware of the gaps in the case for years. In a new episode of “Serial” released Tuesday, host Sarah Koenig noted that most or all of the evidence cited in prosecutors’ motion to overturn the conviction was available since 1999. “Yesterday, there was a lot of talk about fairness, but most of what the state put in that motion to vacate, all the actual evidence, was either known or knowable to cops and prosecutors back in 1999,” Koenig said. “So even on a day when the government publicly recognizes its own mistakes, it’s hard to feel cheered about a triumph of fairness. Because we’ve built a system that takes more than 20 years to self-correct. And that’s just this one case.” Koenig argued that the case against Syed involved “just about every chronic problem” in the system, including unreliable witness testimony and evidence that was never shared with Syed's defense team. FDA concedes delays in response to baby formula shortage WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Tuesday that its response to the U.S. infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory. A 10-page report from the agency offers its first formal account of the factors that led to the ongoing shortage, which has forced the U.S. to airlift millions of pounds of powdered formula from overseas. The review zeroed in on several key problems at the agency, including outdated data-sharing systems, inadequate staffing and training among its food inspectors, and poor visibility into formula supply chains and manufacturing procedures. “For things that are critical to the public health, if you don’t have some understanding of how all the pieces fit together, then when you get into a crisis or a shortage you have a real problem,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told The Associated Press in an interview. “To a large extent that’s what happened here.” Califf said the FDA will seek new authority to compel companies to turn over key information. Mexico's earthquake coincidence drives anxiety for many MEXICO CITY (AP) — As the parents of children killed when a school collapsed during Mexico’s 2017 earthquake celebrated a Mass in their memory, the ground began to shake again. “No, not again! My God, not again!” they shouted when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled the capital Monday, killing two people in the Pacific coast state of Colima. Three powerful earthquakes have struck Mexico on Sept. 19 — in 1985, 2017 and now 2022. The unlucky coincidence has driven anxiety high for many. The last two quakes also came very shortly after the annual earthquake drill conducted every Sept. 19 to commemorate the devastating 1985 temblor. Mexico’s national Civil Defense Coordinator Laura Velázquez said Tuesday that the two deaths in Colima were due to parts of buildings collapsing. Ten people were injured -- nine in Colima and one in neighboring Michoacan. More than 200 buildings were damaged, including dozens of schools and health centers, she said. Most of the damage was in those Pacific states, close to the Michoacan epicenter. Some 20 Mexico City buildings were damaged, but it was minor, she said. Celebrities coming back to White House after Trump drought WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities are back at the White House following a pop-culture backlash during the Trump years, when just about anyone considered high-wattage refused to show up. Rocker Elton John is bringing his farewell tour to the South Lawn on Friday, the White House announced Tuesday, one week after singer James Taylor and hosts Jonathan and Drew Scott, of HGTV's “Property Brothers,” helped celebrate a new health care and climate change law. John is among a slew of entertainers who refused to perform for then-President Donald Trump. Taylor sang and strummed his guitar to open last week's event while the Scotts were among hundreds of people in the audience. They also joined second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, to film a snazzy video promoting the law's climate change provisions. Since taking office during a pandemic, which put a pause on too much togetherness, the 79-year-old Biden has also opened the White House to teen singer Olivia Rodrigo, to talk about young people and COVID-19 vaccinations, and the South Korean boy band BTS, to discuss Asian inclusion and representation.
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Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet, but authorities who recovered the camera have not yet found his body, officials said Tuesday. Alaska State Troopers said teams would continue to search Mendenhall Lake for the body of Paul Rodriguez Jr., 43, of Juneau. Troopers said a helmet with a camera attached to it that was confirmed to have belonged to Rodriguez was recording on July 11 when his kayak overturned and he went into the water. “The recording continued showing that the kayak overturned due to a strong current coming from the glacier,” Troopers spokesperson Tim DeSpain said by email. DeSpain said the helmet was found on the lakeshore. He said it was turned in to troopers on Monday. Juneau police on Monday said Rodriguez was believed to have gone missing on July 11 somewhere in the vicinity of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Police received a report Sunday from U.S. Forest Service employees that a vehicle had been parked at the recreation area since July 11 and determined it was registered to Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s son, Jaden Rodriguez, said his father was kindhearted and enjoyed being outdoors, doing activities like fishing, paddleboarding and snowboarding. Rodriguez also was a gifted photographer, his son said. He said Rodriguez’s life changed for the better when he found God, and Rodriguez would often tell him that life is short. “He was a good person,” he said. According to police, Rodriguez’s roommate reported last seeing him on July 10, and friends said a social media post by Rodriguez on July 11 showed a kayak on a beach that appeared to be near Nugget Falls, which is in the recreation area and along the lake. A kayak had been found floating unattended on the lake July 11 that police said resembled the one in Rodriguez’s post. As authorities put the pieces together, a search got underway. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-07-19 11:43:33
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Tusculum University women’s volleyball team earned its third-straight South Atlantic Conference victory on Tuesday (Sept. 13) night, fighting back from a one-set deficit versus Lincoln Memorial. The Black and Orange (3-5, 3-2 SAC) won the match by scores of 22-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-18 to down the Railsplitters (3-8, 1-2 SAC) in four sets. A trio from LMU were responsible for 38 of the Railsplitters 48 kills on the night. Both Kristen Moehring and Ketura Margaret finished with 13 kills, just ahead of 12 from Maggie Sanderson. Amanda Lisi dished out 43 assists, while each of the four Lincoln Memorial aces came from different servers. Libero MJ Trujillo was the lone Railsplitter to reach double-figures in digs with 11, but Moehring and Lisi tallied nine apiece. At the net, Margaret assisted in two blocks. Emiah Burrowes and Martina Foster bordered on insanity with their performance versus Lincoln Memorial. Burrowes collected 17 kills on a .577 hitting percentage, adding 13 digs and two total blocks (one solo, one assist). Meanwhile, Foster racked up a career-high 15 kills with no errors for a .625 clip, while racking up two aces, two digs, and five total blocks (one solo, four assists). Carli Pigza (8), Camryn Hughes (6), Raven Chance (5), Peyton Gash (4), and Samantha Bunch (1) rounded out the offense. Hughes has totaled six kills in each of the last three matches, while Bunch’s kill is a collegiate first. Steering the TU firepower were Elise Carmichael and Bunch with 29 and 19 assists, respectively. Carmichael tied her season-high four aces, followed by Foster (2), Carly Sosnowski (2), and Bunch (1). Defensively, Sosnowski was on par with Burrowes’ 13 digs, ahead of Pigza and Bunch with eight each. Gash is credited with the second-most blocks in the match, assisting in three stops. Burrowes and Chance also finished with multiple rejections.
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2022-09-14 04:33:02
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Woman robbed of groceries, wallet in broad daylight in midtown Sacramento Victoria Mapson told KCRA 3 it happened while she went to the corner store to pick up ginger ale and bananas. Victoria Mapson told KCRA 3 it happened while she went to the corner store to pick up ginger ale and bananas. A woman who lives in midtown Sacramento said she was robbed in broad daylight, just feet away from her home. Victoria Mapson said this all unfolded last Thursday around 3:00 p.m. Mapson told KCRA 3 she went to a corner store to pick up some ginger ale and bananas because she was not feeling well. On the way home, she said a man came out of nowhere near P and 24th streets in midtown and took her tote bag. "I didn't have any cash on me, and they smashed my phone because they couldn't figure out how to turn it off so you can stop tracking them, so it's not like they even got anything out of it," Victoria Mapson said. But Victoria Mapson said the more upsetting part of the incident was how bystanders reacted. She told KCRA 3 that when she was screaming for help and crying, her neighbors did not jump into action. She even described how one man called her crazy and said he couldn't do anything. "That was just so deeply upsetting and hurtful, that someone could look me in the eye as a human and say I’m not going to help you," Victoria said. Victoria Mapson and her husband, Evan Mapson, filed a police report. As that investigation continues, Victoria has a message for her community – and others throughout the Sacramento area. "If someone says they need help, listen. And at least make sure someone is okay," Victoria Mapson said. Sacramento police told KCRA officers could not find the suspect at the scene. Evan Mapson said he was also frustrated by the lack of response from his neighbors. The couple said the robbery happened just a few doors from where they live in a residential part of Midtown. "I don't think I've heard of anything happening during the day in this area, necessarily," Evan Mapson said, adding, "I think these sorts of things can happen anywhere, unfortunately." But Stephen Pollitt, who lives down the street, told KCRA 3 he has seen more and more incidents in the area recently. He said someone sitting in his yard threatened him just a few weeks ago. "He rapidly approached me, aggressively, and said, 'Shoot me or throw the first punch,'" Pollitt said. "It certainly doesn't make you feel great, not particularly secure." Others who live in the area told KCRA 3 that they have also noticed more crime in Midtown. But they added that the same could be said for the rest of the city.
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2022-11-07 05:58:33
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NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Friday, July 22, 2022 _____ 286 FPUS51 KBTV 230759 ZFPBTV Zone Forecast Product for Vermont National Weather Service Burlington VT 356 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2022 NYZ028-232000- Eastern Clinton- Including the cities of Champlain and Plattsburgh 356 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .TODAY...Sunny this morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight. Lows around 70. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph until midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. 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Sales enablement platform provider analyzed over 40,000 content items, revealing insights into the effectiveness of documents and videos WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allego, the leading sales enablement platform provider, today announced new research on the state of sales video for sellers nationwide. "The Sales Video Report" provides data on the usage and adoption of documents and videos for sales and offers insightful recommendations for B2B sales leaders on how to make the best use of video for their business. "B2B sales has changed drastically in recent years. Differentiating your product or service is more difficult than ever before. This means the way organizations communicate with sellers, and sellers with buyers, must change to remain effective," said Mark Magnacca, president and co-founder of Allego. "Our data makes it clear that buyers are more likely to engage with video than static documents. It's faster, easier and more engaging and can help get your message across in a dynamic way." Allego analyzed views and shares of 41,125 content items, including 12,463 documents (PDF, PowerPoint and Word) and 28,662 videos to better understand the effectiveness of each type of content. All of this content was shared by sellers with "external" users, likely prospective buyers. The data revealed that video outperforms documents in views, opens and engagement. Additional key findings from the report include: - Videos generate 2.4x more views than documents. - Recipients are 12% more likely to engage with videos vs. documents. - Recipients engage with videos 3x more frequently than documents. - Personal video content generates 3.6x more views than other video content. - Viewer engagement drops as video lengthens. The data proves today's buyers prefer video over static formats, signifying that providing opportunities for sellers to engage buyers with video will be even more essential in the year ahead. Report Methodology Allego analyzed views and shares of 41,125 content items, including 12,463 documents (PDF, PowerPoint, and Word) and 28,662 videos (mp4). These videos and documents were shared by internal users 180,365 times and viewed by external users 399,045 times. The analysis measured content usage by 3,596 users of our sales enablement platform at 67 companies in high tech, financial services, life sciences, and other industries between July 2021 to June 2022. Of those, 1,488 users shared videos and 3,125 shared documents. All of the companies have enabled Allego's external sharing capability to send documents and videos to recipients outside their organizations. To prevent data skew, companies with fewer than 10 external sharing users were excluded. To view the full research report or learn more about the power of video for your organization, visit Allego.com. About Allego Allego provides a complete sales enablement platform with patented technology to help sellers win buyers. Our sales enablement, learning, content management, and conversation intelligence products accelerate performance for sales and other teams. Allego is a market leader with nearly 750,000 users across deployments in one quarter of Dow Jones Industrial Average companies, 5 of the 10 largest U.S. banks, 3 of the 5 largest U.S. insurance companies, 4 of the 5 largest global medical device companies, 6 of the 10 largest U.S. wealth management companies, 14 of the 20 largest U.S. asset management companies, and many other global enterprises. Learn more about sales enablement that wins sellers and buyers at Allego.com. Contacts Ginna Hall 617.642.9049 ghall@allego.com BLASTmedia for Allego Nikita Robinson 317.806.1900 ext. 174 allego@blastmedia.com "Allego" is a registered trademark of Allego, Inc. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Allego
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2022-11-09 14:41:06
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Professional Cyclists From 10 Teams Will Compete on Course Around Porsche Experience Center Atlanta on August 20, 2023. ATLANTA, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cycling League (NCL), the first-of-its-kind professional cycling league, has announced that the third race of its inaugural NCL Cup race series is set for Sunday, August 20 at 12 p.m. in Atlanta. Ten co-ed teams of professional cyclists – including multiple Olympians, former Tour de France competitors, and national champions – will compete in the criterium-style (or lapped-style) race circuit at the world-renowned Porsche Experience Center test track. The course features a technical, rolling 1.2-mile circuit on the south track that is sure to produce nail-biting race action. With more than 50 million cyclists in the U.S., the NCL's mission is to grow the passion and excitement for cycling among the next generation of fans by introducing them to the fast-paced action and excitement of criterium racing. "Atlanta is arguably one of the country's great cycling metropolitan areas with projects like the BeltLine, the Silver Comet trail system and a wide array of neighboring mountain-biking paths," said Andrea Pagnanelli, NCL CEO. "As such, the city was a natural destination for our inaugural series set." NCL races are sanctioned by USA Cycling and feature an innovative competition format in which men and women compete on the same team, on the same course, in a way that respects their differences yet weighs their performances and values their contributions equally. Fans also have access to real-time data and scoring through the NCL's scoreboard, a first in professional criterium racing. In addition to being the first gender-equal professional sports league in the country, NCL is also the first majority women- and minority-owned league. Notable investors include Miami Dolphins Cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Los Angeles Chargers Safety Derwin James, Titans Safety Kevin Byard, FOX Sports' Emmanuel Acho, NBA Former Executive Director Michele Roberts, and others. Proceeds of the racing event will benefit Bearings Bike Works, a nonprofit that utilizes bikes to help youth in Southwest Atlanta develop the skills necessary to successfully transition into adulthood and the workforce. This event will be unique and exclusive in nature, as the only way to access it will be through VIP Hospitality. VIP Hospitality tickets are available for purchase now and include all-inclusive food, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. For more information, visit https://nclracing.ticketsocket.com/event/ncl-cup-atlanta. For media credentials and inquiries, please contact Claire Angelle at claire@angelleconsulting.com. About National Cycling League Founded in 2022, the National Cycling League (NCL) is revolutionizing professional cycling into a world-class spectator sport. The 2023 NCL Cup is a series of four professional criterium races in iconic cities across the United States: Miami Beach, Denver, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit nclracing.com. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE National Cycling League, Inc.
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2023-06-29 15:41:18
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If you have kids in your life, LEGO sets are a great way to give them something to do that’s both fun and mentally stimulating. Right now at Amazon, you can find a number of kid-oriented LEGO City sets on sale for $6.49 each, including a stunt plane, fire helicopter and a race car. LEGO City Great Vehicles Stunt Plane (60323) - $6.49 ($3.50 off; originally $9.99) LEGO City Fire Helicopter (60318) - $6.49 ($3.50 off; originally $9.99) LEGO City Great Vehicles Race Car (60322) - $6.49 ($3.50 off; originally $9.99) The Stunt Plane building kit is a 59-piece set that lets your little one build a miniature airplane. The airplane has a cockpit window that opens and closes, and the kit includes a pilot minifigure that you can put inside. It has functional landing gear on the bottom so the tires actually spin as it rolls along, and the adjustable tail fins give them even more to play with. The 53-piece Fire Helicopter building kit may have slightly fewer pieces, but packs a lot of fun. Not only will kids construct a small helicopter with a cockpit, spinnable rotors, and storage space, but they’ll also receive two minifigures and a hotdog stand with a fire. Alternatively, the Race Car kit has 46 pieces and lets your kid live out their dream of becoming a race car driver. The car comes with a couple of minifigures, mechanic’s tools to make repairs, a trophy and more. Plus, it actually moves and can be wound up and fired off the starting line like a real dragster. Shop Stunt Plane, Fire Helicopter, and Race Car LEGO Sets on Amazon
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2023-04-19 20:59:40
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Find More Donation + Volunteer Opportunities. Go to the United Way Volunteer Connection volunteer website at www.unitedwaymc.galaxydigital.com. Prepare A Meal To Help Others Get Ahead. St. Vincent de Paul’s new Getting Ahead program is seeking pre-prepared meals for its weekly workshops held on Thursday evenings. The program aims to assist people experiencing poverty to build their resources towards self-sufficiency. Meal to serve 16 individuals. To sign up to sponsor a meal, contact Emily Mueller at 715-298-3028, option 3, or email emueller@svdpwausau.org. Cashiers Needed. The Heartfelt Gift Shop is in the new Mount View Care Center nursing home tower. It seeks volunteers to assist as cashiers from 9 a.m. to noon or noon to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visit with residents and their friends and family as they browse, ring up their purchases, and provide a friendly customer experience. Call Laural Harder at 715-848-4450 to sign up. Are You A History Buff? Marathon County Historical Society seeks people to assist with digitizing items from the historical collections, including photographs, maps and documents. Volunteer a few hours a week, Tuesday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Some data entry is required. Experience with digital images (photography, scanning, etc.) is preferred, but training will be provided. Escort/Information Specialist Needed. Escort/Information Specialists at Marshfield Medical Center-Weston guide patients to check-in, escort patients/visitors to appropriate departments, offer wheelchair transportation, deliver flowers/cards and appropriately share confidential information to support patients and visiting families. Various shifts available. Ages 16+. Contact Anne Nelson at 715-393-2650 or nelson.anne@marshfieldclinic.org to apply. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Office Help Needed. Administrative assistant duties include speaking with potential volunteers about the program and its benefits, helping to maintain the volunteer database and related files, tracking volunteer hours and service locations, helping to maintain the community calendar, and assisting preparation of RSVP-sponsored programs and events. Call Susan at 715-298-5721 to learn more. In-Kind Donated Items Needed More Donation + Volunteer Opportunities. Go to the United Way Volunteer Connection volunteer website at www.unitedwaymc.galaxydigital.com. Household and Hygiene Supplies Needed. The Neighbors’ Place is in need of personal hygiene products, such as shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste and deodorant, along with household consumables, such as laundry detergent and cleaning products. For further information, contact Elizabeth at 715-845-1966. Kids Socks and Underwear Needed. The Women’s Community Center is in great need of the following items for the family shelter: new boys underwear (sizes 2-3, 4, 6-8, 10-12) and boys and girls socks (all sizes). Donations can be dropped off during business hours at 3200 Hilltop Ave. in Wausau or contact Allie at allie@womenscommunity.org or 715-842-5663. Source: United Way of Marathon County
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2023-04-16 19:34:29
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Twenty-fifth year provides opportunity to celebrate, reflect and look forward GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OST, a Midwest-based digital and IT consultancy, is celebrating 25 years of impact, driving value for market leaders. Over 25 years, small ripples have grown to be significant waves of impact. For each connection, solution, relationship and friendship we've built over the years, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve. "For 25 years, OST has walked alongside clients as a transformational partner to architect, build and manage how and where technology runs," said OST President and CEO Meredith Bronk. "This influence carries ripples of impact across the lives of our clients, their customers, our teams and an entire culture of people through the Koniag shareholders. This year, we are pausing to reflect on where we started, celebrate how far we've come and dream of what good we can do next." OST brings cross-functional knowledge and experience in a broad range of services from the cloud and data center to digital product development to advisory consulting to enable customers' success. OST impacts organizations who are the best at what they do by helping them transform their organization around technology in this rapidly changing world. Founded in 1997, OST has grown from three to 350 employees with offices in Grand Rapids, Minneapolis and Detroit as well as global reach. As an employee-first organization, OST employees are guided by five principles: honor, delight, serve, embrace and learn. "We exist to provide a sustainable, employee-first business where people who do what we do can thrive and contribute to a collective, shared impact on the world," Bronk said. "I believe in the collective impact of empowered individuals rallied around a shared purpose," Bronk said. "That's what gets me out of bed every day." OST is proud to partner with community organizations including long-established partnerships in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Minneapolis. OST and its employees have made contributions to causes including children's food security, diversity in IT and access to STEAM education. In 2012, OST was purchased by Koniag, an Alaskan Native corporation. The work done by OST positively impacts the day to day lives of Koniag Shareholders, Descendants, employees, customers and business partners. Forward has always been OST's path. A 25th anniversary is about celebration, reflection and dreaming about what the next 25 years will bring for our employees, our clients and the impact we can have on our world, together. OST is an integrated, cross-functional business technology firm bringing together strategy and insights, digital experiences, connected products, data center transformation and enterprise managed services as we work alongside clients to optimize and grow their businesses. OST has offices in Michigan and Minnesota with teammates across the nation. Our customers include organizations ranging from startups to global Fortune 500 companies. With an employee-first culture driving our success, OST has been recognized for excellence, including in Inc. Magazine's 5,000's Fastest Growing Private Companies, in CRN's Tech Elite 250 and as a National Best and Brightest Company to Work For. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE OST
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2022-07-13 17:28:49
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the Biden administration aims to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China. In a speech outlining the administration’s China policy, Blinken laid out a three-pillar approach to competing with Beijing in a race to define the 21st century’s economic and military balance. While the U.S. sees Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as the most acute and immediate threat to international stability, Blinken said the administration believes China poses a greater danger. “Even as President Putin’s war continues, we will remain focused on the most serious long-term challenge to the international order — and that is the one posed by the People’s Republic of China,” Blinken said. “China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order — and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it,” he said. “Beijing’s vision would move us away from the universal values that have sustained so much of the world’s progress over the past 75 years.” Thus, Blinken laid out principles for the administration to marshal its resources, friends and allies to push back on increasing Chinese assertiveness around the world. Although he made clear that the U.S. does not seek to change China’s political system, rather it wants to offer a tested alternative. “This is not about forcing countries to choose, it’s about giving them a choice,” he said. However, he also acknowledged that the U.S. has limited ability to directly influence China’s intentions and ambitions and will instead focus on shaping the strategic environment around China. “We can’t rely on Beijing to change its trajectory,” Blinken said in the speech, delivered at George Washington University. “So we will shape the strategic environment around Beijing to advance our vision for an open and inclusive international system.” Blinken’s address was delivered overnight in China, and there was no immediate reaction to the speech from the Chinese embassy in Washington. The speech followed President Joe Biden’s just-concluded visits to South Korea and Japan, where China loomed large in discussions. Biden raised eyebrows during that trip when he said that the United States would act militarily to help Taiwan defend itself in the event of an invasion by China, which regards the island as a renegade province. The administration scrambled to insist that Biden was not changing American policy, and Blinken restated that the U.S. has not changed its position. Blinken said Washington still holds to its “One China” policy, which recognizes Beijing but allows for unofficial links with and arms sales to Taipei. “Our approach has been consistent across decades and administrations. The United States remains committed to our ‘One China’ policy. We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side,” he said, adding that “we do not support Taiwan independence.” Blinken said that while U.S. policy on Taiwan has remained consistent, China’s had become increasingly belligerent. He made the case that the global response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine can serve as a template for dealing with China’s efforts to mold a new and unpredictable world order to replace the rules and institutions that have guided relations between states since the end of World War II. China, Blinken said, has benefited greatly from that international order but is now trying to subvert it under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. “Rather than using its power to reinforce and revitalize the laws, agreements, principles, and institutions that enabled its success, so other countries can benefit from them, too, Beijing is undermining it,” Blinken said. “Under President Xi, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad.” Yet, Blinken also decried the rise in anti-Chinese and anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States, saying Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans have the same claim to the U.S. as any other immigrants or their descendants. Investment in domestic U.S. infrastructure and technology along with stepping up diplomatic outreach to potentially vulnerable countries are other elements of the policy and are key to the U.S. approach, Blinken said. In the latest manifestation of China’s push to expand its reach that has drawn concern from the U.S. and other democracies, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday began an eight-nation tour of Pacific islands during which Beijing hopes to strike a sweeping agreement that covers everything from security to fisheries. Wang opened his tour in the Solomon Islands, which last month signed a security cooperation pact with China that some fear could lead to a Chinese military presence there. The agreement was finalized shortly after the Biden administration announced it would open a U.S. embassy in the Solomons as part of its efforts to engage in the greater Indo-Pacific region. The Biden administration has largely kept in place confrontational policies toward China adopted by its predecessor in response to Chinese actions in its western Xinjiang region, Hong Kong, Tibet and the South China Sea. And, while the administration sees areas for working with Beijing, such as combatting climate change, it will not trade cooperation for compromising on its principles regarding human rights and rule of law, Blinken said.
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2022-05-27 00:12:20
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that she expects the U.S. economy to slow in the months ahead, but that a recession is not inevitable. Yellen offered a dose of optimism even as economists grow increasingly worried about a recession fueled by skyrocketing inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She also expressed an openness, during an interview on ABC's “This Week,” to a federal gas tax holiday to help give motorists some relief at the pump. Several lawmakers have floated the idea as the average price of gasoline hovers around $5 per gallon; the tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. “That’s an idea that’s certainly worth considering,” Yellen said when asked if the administration is weighing it. She added that President Joe Biden wants “to do anything he possibly can to help consumers.” And Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said “it's one of the tools,” but told CNN's “State of the Union” that “part of the challenge with the gas tax, of course, is that it funds the roads.” Yellen said overall consumer spending in the United States remains strong, while noting that spending patterns are changing, given the impact of rising food and energy prices. Yellen said household savings during the coronavirus pandemic will help sustain spending. The national saving rate has fallen to about 6%, below pre-pandemic levels, after reaching 16.6% in 2020, the highest on record dating to 1948, and 12.7% in 2021. “I expect the economy to slow,” Yellen said. “It’s been growing at a very rapid rate and the economy has recovered and we have achieved full employment. We expect a transition to steady and stable growth, but I don’t think a recession is at all inevitable.” Yellen echoed Biden's optimism in the face of economic headwinds. Biden in an interview with The Associated Press last week insisted that a recession is “not inevitable” and made the case that U.S. is "in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation.” Disagreeing with the assessment from Biden and Yellen, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers told NBC's “Meet the Press” that in his estimation, “the dominant probability would be that by the end of next year we would be seeing a recession in the American economy.” The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its largest interest rate increase in more than a quarter-century to stem a surge in inflation. The move raised the target federal funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of between 1.5% and 1.75% The tightening of monetary policy was accompanied by a downgrade to the Fed’s economic outlook, with the economy now seen slowing to a below-trend 1.7% rate of growth this year, unemployment rising to 3.7% by the end of this year and continuing to rise to 4.1% through 2024. Yellen said it will take “skill and luck” to bring down inflation while maintaining low unemployment. “I believe it’s possible,” she said.
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2022-06-19 15:46:57
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When John Tierre launched his restaurant in Jackson’s neglected Farish Street Historic District, he was drawn by the neighborhood’s past as an economically independent cultural hub for Black Mississippians, and the prospect of helping usher in an era of renewed prosperity. This week he sat on the empty, sun-drenched patio of Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues and lamented all the business he has lost as tainted water flows through his pipes — just like other users in the majority Black city of 150,000, if they were lucky enough to have any pressure at all. The revival he and others envisioned seems very much in doubt. Advertisement “The numbers are very low for lunch,” Tierre told The Associated Press. “They’re probably taking their business to the outskirts where they don’t have water woes.” Torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River in late August exacerbated problems at one of Jackson’s two treatment plants, leading to a drop in pressure throughout the city, where residents were already under a boil-water order due to poor quality. Officials said Saturday that service had been restored to most customers. But the water crisis has compounded the financial strain caused by an ongoing labor shortage and high inflation. And the flow of consumer dollars from Jackson and its crumbling infrastructure to the city’s outskirts hits Black-owned businesses hardest, the owners say. Another Black entrepreneur who has taken a hit is Bobbie Fairley, 59, who has lived in Jackson her entire life and owns Magic Hands Hair Design on the city’s south side. She canceled five appointments Wednesday because she needs high water pressure to rinse her clients’ hair of treatment chemicals. She also has had to purchase water to shampoo hair to try fit and in whatever appointments she can. When customers aren’t coming in, she’s losing money. Advertisement “That’s a big burden,” she said. “I can’t afford that. I can’t afford that at all.” Jackson can’t afford to fix its water problems. The tax base has eroded over the past few decades as the population decreased, the result of primarily white flight to suburbs that began about a decade after public schools integrated in 1970. Today the city is more than 80% black, and 25% of its residents live in poverty. Some say the uncertainty facing Black businesses fits into a pattern of adversity stemming from both natural disasters and policy decisions. “It’s punishment for Jackson because it was open to the idea that people should be able to attend public schools and that people should have access to public areas without abuse,” said Maati Jone Primm, who owns Marshall’s Music and Bookstore up the block from Johnny T’s. “As a result of that, we have people who ran away to the suburbs.” Primm thinks Jackson’s longstanding water woes — which some trace to the 1970s when federal spending on water utilities peaked, according to a 2018 Congressional Budget Office report — have been made worse by inaction from Mississippi’s mostly white, conservative-dominated Legislature. “For decades this has been a malignant attack, not benign. And it’s been purposeful,” Primm said. Political leaders have not always been on the same page. Jackson’s Democratic mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, has blamed the water problems on decades of deferred maintenance, while Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said they stem from mismanagement at the city level. Advertisement Last Monday the governor held a news conference about the crisis, and the mayor was not invited. Another was held later in the week where they both appeared, but Primm said it’s clear that the two are not in concert. “The lack of cooperation speaks to the continued punishment that Jackson must endure,” she said. Under normal circumstances, Labor Day weekend is a bustling time at Johnny T’s. The college football season brings out devoted Jackson State fans who watch away games on the bistro’s TVs or mosey over from the stadium after home games. But this weekend many regulars were busy stocking up on bottled water to drink or boiling tap water to cook. Even as revenue plummeted, Tierre’s expenses increased. He has been spending $300 to $500 per day on ice and bottled water, not to mention canned soft drinks, tonic water and everything else that would typically be served out of a soda gun. He brings staff in a few hours earlier than usual so they can get a head start on boiling water to wash dishes and stacking the extra soda cans. In total, Tierre estimated, he’s forking over an added $3,500 per week. Customers pay the price. “You have to pass some of this off to the consumer,” Tierre said. “Now your Coke is $3, and there are no refills.” At a water distribution site in south Jackson this week, area resident Lisa Jones brought empty paint buckets to fill up so her family could bathe. In a city with crumbling infrastructure, Jones said she felt trapped. Advertisement “Everybody can’t move right now. Everyone can’t go to Madison, Flowood, Canton and all these other places,” she said, naming three more affluent suburbs. “If we could, trust me, it would be a dark sight: Houses would be boarded up street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood.” ___ Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/mikergoldberg.
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2022-09-04 18:52:26
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- STEPN has acquired over 4.72 million total registered users - STEPN's decentralized exchange, DOOAR, is the #1 Solana DEX in daily active users since its June launch - Launched the SMAC anti-cheating system to combat bad actors in the STEPN ecosystem - STEPN launched collaboration with Giving Block to encourage charitable donation SYDNEY, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STEPN ("the Company"), a Web3 lifestyle app that leverages tokenized incentives based on blockchain networks to encourage people to be active outdoors, today celebrates its first anniversary amongst community members. Over the past year, the Company raised $5 million from investors, expanded to over 4.72 million users worldwide in over 200 countries and entered into numerous partnerships. Yawn Rong, Co-Founder of STEPN, commented on the news, "STEPN has experienced impressive growth since our launch in 2021. By integrating new blockchains onto the platform, dropping new NFT collections, and adding new industry-leading features, we are continuing to revolutionize the move and earn space. Our team is dedicated to delivering the best features in a transparent manner, while also keeping our platform secure. We are in constant communication with our community and are excited to continue working with them to grow STEPN and bring crypto to an expanding audience." Over the past year, STEPN has released several exciting features and enhancements to the platform that delivered more value to the user base. Highlights from the past year include: - April 2022 - STEPN unveils its carbon neutrality plans and began monthly commitment to pay for carbon removal. - April 2022 - STEPN collaborated with ASICS to launch an NFT sneaker collection on the Binance Chain (BNB) - June 2022 - STEPN launches its decentralized exchange, DOOAR, which became the top Solana DEX in daily active users immediately after its launch. - June 2022 - STEPN launched SMAC anti-cheating system to detect users manipulating the STEPN mechanics to their advantage - August 2022 - STEPN partnered with Atletico Madrid and WhaleFin to launch NFT sneaker collection - September 2022 - Launched the STEPNEMBER celebration campaign, empowering the STEPN community to share their STEPN success stories and earn exclusive prizes - September 2022 - Launched collaboration with Giving Block, allowing people to donate $GMT. All GMT donations will be matched by the Giving Block Index Impact Fund. Jerry Huang, STEPN Co-Founder, concluded, "Crypto's presence on the global stage has expanded exponentially since its inception, and new use cases for the asset class are continuing to present themselves. STEPN is continuing to bridge the world between web2 and web3 and by bringing crypto and NFTs to a wider audience we are able to do just that. Our platform enables users to experience the world of crypto in a simplistic and straightforward manner, while allowing them to earn rewards for simply moving. STEPN is dedicated to driving innovation in the web3 space, and we are poised to improve upon our existing offerings while also deploying new features in the coming months." - Integrated three different blockchains into the STEPN platform - Binance Smart Chain, Solana, and Ethereum - Daily active users hit an all-time high of 1 million on June 2nd - Users walked, jogged and ran a total of 108,017,738 km STEPN is a Web3 lifestyle app with inbuilt Game-Fi and Social-Fi elements. STEPN is built around an essential daily activity for most people – moving around. We are the first project to effectively bring to life a functioning move-to-earn concept. Users equip themselves with NFTs in the form of Sneakers. By walking, jogging, or running outdoors, users will earn in-game currency, which can either be used in-game or cashed out for profit. With Game-Fi, STEPN aims to nudge millions toward a healthier lifestyle, combat climate change, and connect the public to Web3, all while simultaneously hinging on its Social-Fi aspect to build a long-lasting platform fostering user-generated Web3 content. Media Contact Peter Padovano M Group Strategic Communications (On behalf of STEPN) 646.859.5953 stepnpr@mgroupsc.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE STEPN
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2022-09-22 14:57:19
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The 9,922 tokens will be minted on the Ethereum blockchain next Tuesday, 21st of February LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Group founded by Alejandro Saez, Maria Bravo and Javier Garcia together with their advisory board Randi Zuckerberg, Pepe Bastón, Deepak Chopra, Eva Longoria, Faze Banks, Desiree Ansari & Maha Abouelenein, have announced the launch of its first collection of NFTs, or Utility Based Tokens (UBT) as they called it; Utopia Avatars. The collection offers through this vertical a very complete proposal based on tangible utilities, metaverse, community treasury linked to IRL (In Real Life) businesses, artists providing utilities that bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds and a clear vision of giving back as a way of growing. Utopia Avatars will have 9,922 NFTs minted on the Ethereum blockchain and designed by hand from an incredible 3D design team transmitting the values of diversity and inclusion through the Utopians, their citizens. In addition, it will provide added value to the holders who, through acquiring these avatars, will have access to multiple utilities beyond the art. It is worth highlighting the tangibility of many of them in real life and the day-to-day of those who possess them and therefore enjoy them. Utopia Avatars' value proposition focuses on offering its holders an experience or utilities based on physical and digital spaces on a product that builds with the community and for the long term. Collaboration with leading artists in Europe and the U.S. One of the great novelties of this collection is the exclusive stamp provided by two of the artists of the moment on a select number of avatars. The best-selling contemporary French artist of the world, Richard Orlinski, and Ganga Tattoo, one of the most famous tattoo artists nowadays, considered a genius for the realism of his sophisticated tattoos and known for tattooing celebrities such as Lebron James, Chris Brown, Nicky Jam or Drake. The founders of this project came together to build innovative initiatives and acquire philanthropic commitments, trusting in the power of Web3 and the blockchain to innovate and give rise to the creation of communities that make up an ethical and sustainable ecosystem. The development of this community will be based on the values of transparency, innovation, and philanthropy. Utopia Avatars is sharing the mission and vision of Global Gift Foundation being on their side every step of the way, with the aim of becoming a game changer, turning hope into a reality and channeling its energy to achieve a sustained social impact, where the success of their business is measured not only by its results, but also by the ability to do good and as the Utopians say: Make It Possible. María Bravo "The possibilities are endless; we hope to create one of the most powerful communities in the world where traceability and trust reign, connecting philanthropists, brands, and companies that use the power of the blockchain to create awareness in order to build a world more ethical and responsible with our partners in real life businesses, a community with a great passion for spreading kindness and compassion where it is needed most." Utopia Avatars will consist of a collection of 3D art tokens available to the metaverse with the vision of establishing bridges between the digital "world" and "the" physical world, which will allow offering a more complete and tangible level of utilities; in addition to lifetime features that will be revealed as the project is launched. As Nino Saez, Co-founder of Utopia Avatars, explains " We truly believe in doing good and empowering a space that is here to make our lives better. Web-3 is a natural evolution, and we are founding Utopia Avatars to learn, share and build together as a community. This is just the beginning, the only limit is our imagination; and all of the team forces already united together with a community about to launch and a great ecosystem with several tech awards already; can surely make our vision and mission possible." Having in mind that Utopia avatars project has led a financing round of more than 10 million dollars just focused on building long-term utility for its holders, this is definitely a strong and key message than being backed by a VC is a sign of long - term commitment and vision. Another of the peculiarities of the Utopia Avatars collection is the interoperability that each of them will have the opportunity to be part of other metaverses in which the Group is involved such as the well-being area designed by Deepak Chopra, a Gaming Area, Education, Live Events, Shopping and more innovative surprises. The first Utopia Avatars collection includes pioneer technology to enhance utilities that connect the virtual world with the digital one. An exclusive community The community will have direct access to community treasury and merchandising featuring special artist collaborations, as well as an annual invite to a Utopia Avatars Event IRL. Unlimited access to metaverse "Moments and Memories" Each holder of Utopia Avatars will obtain all the rights to have unlimited access to the metaverse, visit its different areas, make a purchase at the Utopia Store, enjoy a concert in the Live Show area, a talk in the Education area, watch a movie at their own Digital Space or play with other users in the Gaming area. Each holder will receive their Digital Space for free through an Airdrop, which will function as the personalized repository for all the content and assets they acquire in the metaverse. Thanks to our own technology "Moments & Memories" each and every one of the contents and experiences that come together in the metaverse will have preferential access live (Moments) and will also be stored and available to be enjoyed on demand in an unlimited way as (Memories), exclusively for holders. This technology will also allow each physical asset that the holder acquires to generate a virtual Real Digital Token (RDT) that will be available to be used in the metaverse. Real utilities from Ganga Tattoo and Richard Orlinski Once the reveal is done, holders who have an Orlinski variant or trait in their avatar (2000 in total) from which 1901 will receive a Digigraphie created and signed by the artist shipped home, they will acquire the IP rights and they will have two invitations to IRL events in their galleries. A special selection of 101 holders will also receive a 19cm Red Gorilla sculpture at their houses. In the same way, those holders who obtain one Utopia Avatar designed by Ganga Tattoo (1.020 in total) will be able to get a free special Utopia tattoo (this utility affects the 9922 total supply), 150 of them will receive an exclusive Nomad sculpture in their homes, 20 of them will be able to access a completely free tattoo per year and only one of them will be able to access the complete No Pain Tattoo experience. The Web-3 "NFT" community Utopiaavatars thus receives a boost that will allow them to focus their efforts on its launch this February and strongly burst into the market with a real, high-quality proposal, thinking of the user that moreover will count with an innovative and unique way to build a Web-3 project with a clear long term vision to boost its possibilities and show full confidence in the development of the technology and the communities. 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2023-02-09 12:34:25
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With well over 3,000 individual pieces of legislation to consider through the first 45 days of the legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly has opted to pause consideration on several of them until 2024. The Tennessee Constitution gives the general assembly 90 days with which to file, debate and pass legislation in regular session over each two-year assembly period. Traditionally, the legislature divides the year in half, with 45 session days in each year. The legislature has already passed a number of bills, including a ban on certain drag performances, a prohibition on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, and a cap on the number of councilmembers for a metropolitan government, but not all bills introduced get passed quickly. Here are five bills that will have to wait until 2024 for further discussion before potentially becoming law. As it is written, this bill would state no one in the state of Tennessee — including county clerks— is required to solemnize a marriage. Solemnization is the act of performing a marriage ceremony. The House version of the bill passed on a party-line vote, but Senate action was deferred until the first Senate Judiciary Committee meeting of 2024. This bill would require insurance companies to have coverage for continuous glucose monitors for people with diabetes who are insulin-dependent and covered by an existing policy. The bill would apply to individual, or group health insurance, policies or contracts issued by a hospital or medical service corporation, individual or group service contract issued by a health maintenance organization and every self-insured group arrangement allowed by law on or after July 1. It would not apply to TennCare or a successor program, according to the bill text. The House version of the bill is set for discussion in the Insurance Committee for March 21, but the Senate version was deferred to the first Senate Commerce & Labor Committee calendar next year. This bill would raise the speed limit on certain roadways from 70 to 75. The roadways impacted would only be “controlled-access highways” of four lanes or more and interstate highways and would have taken effect July 1 had it not been paused and instead passed. AAA – The Auto Club Group said it was opposed to the measure, according to Senate staffers. This bill seeks to allow motorcycles to operate between rows of stopped or slow-moving vehicles traveling in the same direction and in between lanes when that traffic was traveling under 25 miles an hour. The Senate piece of legislation was set for January, while the House version was “taken off notice” in the Transportation subcommittee on March 15. As written, this bill would lower the age of requirement to obtain an enhanced or concealed handgun carry permit from 21 to 18. The Senate bill is deferred until Jan. 1, 2024, but the House version was taken off notice in the House Civil Justice Subcommittee in February.
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2023-03-18 03:33:23
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The once-popular online game Neopets is launching a comeback. If you didn’t spend your middle school years logging onto Neopets.com after school, whiling away valuable homework-doing hours on this absolute treasure of the nascent internet and monopolizing the family computer while tying up your home’s phone line thanks to your dial-up connection, here’s a quick synopsis: Neopets is an online, virtual world in which users create or adopt “pets” (neopets). Users can play games to earn “neopoints,” which can be exchanged for toys, clothes and food for their neopets. The online world is extensive; within it, users can travel the whimsical world of Neopia, meet with other players in chatrooms and play lots and lots of games. For Millennials like me — the generation that grew up alongside the advent of the internet — it was a colorful, fun introduction to the delights of the web: online communities, flash games and even rudimentary coding, as many users personalized their Neopets pages with basic HTML. MORE: There’s a new Wordle board game so you can play with friends and family But basic is where the site stayed, changing very little since its launch in 1999 even as the internet around it evolved. In a July 17 statement published on Medium, the team behind Neopets acknowledged this: “Beset by ageing [sic] site features, a waning user base, and a lack of resources, TNT [The Neopets Team] had to work tirelessly just to barely keep the site afloat.” Days later on July 20, TNT launched a new homepage to serve as a hub for the brand, including links to the different games and products Neopets will offer going forward. One project in the works is World of Neopets, a social life-simulation game in which users can play from the perspective of a Neopet. TNT is also pushing existing mobile games including Faerie’s Hope and Island Builders, both available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. TNT is clearly taking this relaunch seriously, going as far as recruiting EGOT-winner John Legend to promote the brand. He and his family are longtime fans of the game, per his recent post to Twitter: Excited to announce that I'm the new brand ambassador for @Neopets! My family and I have been long time fans of the game, and I can’t wait for you to experience it too. Looking forward to more adventures together! pic.twitter.com/c7umXvzjZ0 — John Legend (@johnlegend) July 22, 2023 Neopets peaked in the mid-2000s with 25 million users; of late, the site sees just under a million monthly users, per new CEO Dominic Law in an interview with The Verge. Some of those users are excited about the brand’s potential comeback, per comments on the official announcement video below. “I’m so hyped!!!!!!!” wrote commenter Jackie Johnson, “I’ve been a proud Neopian since early elementary school and I’m 28 now. It’s been really sad to see the decay of a site that I’ve loved nearly my whole life. This sounds like an incredible step in the right direction to restoring the things we once loved and the things that made us fall in love with the site in the first place.” MORE: These Adorable Toy Pets Teach Kids to Care for Real Pets This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories.
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2023-07-26 13:16:27
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PARIS (AP) — New legislation to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday, following the release of a report indicating that most French citizens support legalizing medically assisted suicide and euthanasia. In a speech at the Elysee presidential palace, Macron vowed to “move forward toward a French model regarding end-of-life options.” Macron’s move follows a report released Sunday indicating that a large majority from among a panel composed of 184 randomly selected citizens support “active assistance in dying.” The report concluded that French law is currently “not adapted” to end-of-life issues and must evolve. It offers different options involving legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. Medically assisted suicide involves patients taking, of their own free will, a lethal drink or medication that has been prescribed by a doctor to those who meet certain criteria. Euthanasia involves doctors or other health practitioners giving patients who meet certain criteria a lethal injection at their own request. Macron said the panel’s conclusions will be incorporated in the bill to be drawn up jointly by the government and legislators “by the end of the summer.” He did not provide details about what options the bill will allow, but insisted that strict conditions would be set with any change. They include guaranteeing free and informed consent and making sure that measures are restricted to patients suffering from incurable illness associated with physical and emotional suffering. Macron suggested any changes would exclude cases involving terminally ill children, since the panel of citizens did not reach a conclusion on the issue. He also vowed to improve access for all terminally ill patients to end-of-life care in line with the citizens’ report which pointed to major disparities between regions, including some that had no specialized units. “I want we draw up a ten-year national plan to treat pain and ensure palliative care with the needed investments,” Macron said. A 2016 French law provides that doctors can keep terminally ill patients sedated before death but stops short of allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia. Some French patients travel to other European countries to seek further options. Assisted suicide is allowed in neighboring Switzerland. Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain under certain conditions. French polls in recent years steadily showed a broad majority of people are in favor of legalizing similar measures. The current law allows patients to request “deep, continuous sedation altering consciousness until death” but only when their conditions are likely to lead to a quick death. Doctors are allowed to stop life-sustaining treatments, including artificial hydration and nutrition. Sedation and painkillers are allowed “even if they may shorten the person’s life.” Patients can be medicated until they die of their illness naturally or until they starve. But some doctors say it may be more humane to euthanize.
https://www.yourbasin.com/science/frances-macron-to-draft-bill-legalizing-end-of-life-options/
2023-04-03 21:42:09
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a leading integrated-device manufacturer of non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions, today announced it will have company experts present on two technical panels and exhibit its latest NVM solutions at next week's Flash Memory Summit (FMS). Macronix America Technical Marketing Manager Omar Mohammed will be part of the Wednesday panel session Ultra-Low Power Market Trends and Non-Volatile Memory System Design Strategies for IoT, Handheld and Wearable Applications, along with representatives from Garmin, KPGM and PRGA, a consulting firm for Medtronic. On Thursday, the company will host a panel session Flash Enables Memory-Centric AI Computing in Computational Storage, featuring Macronix Product Marketing Manager Donald Huang. Each panel session will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Additionally, Macronix will also exhibit at FMS the latest solutions in its high-performance octaflash and ArmorFlash™ memory families. What - Ultra-low Power Market Trends and Non-Volatile Memory System Design Strategies for IoT, Handheld and Wearable Applications – panel session SPOS-201-2 – Wednesday, August 3, 9:45-10-50 a.m. - Flash Enables Memory-Centric AI Computing in Computational Storage – panel session SARC-301-2 – Thursday, August 4, 9:45-10:50 a.m. - High-performance flash memory products exhibited at the Macronix booth, #1055 – during FMS exhibit hours Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif. When: FMS runs August 2-4, 2022 More information on FMS sessions, go to https://bit.ly/3zgugid. About Macronix Macronix, a leading integrated device manufacturer in the non-volatile memory (NVM) market, provides a full range of NOR Flash, NAND Flash, and ROM products. With its world-class R&D and manufacturing capability, Macronix continues to deliver high-quality, innovative and performance-driven products to its customers in the consumer, communication, computing, automotive, networking and other market segments. Find out more at www.macronix.com. ArmorFlash is a trademark of Macronix International Co., Ltd. View original content: SOURCE Macronix
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2022-07-25 20:36:06
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How to Watch College Softball Streaming Live - Saturday, May 13 Obsessed with college softball? Then you've come to the right place. Ensure you catch all of Saturday's NCAA softball action by reading the article below, which highlights how to watch or live stream the 11 games that are airing on Fubo on May 13. Watch even more College Softball action with ESPN+! College Softball Games Streaming Live Today Watch AAC Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 11:00 AM ET - TV Channel: ESPN - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch ACC Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 1:00 PM ET - TV Channel: ESPN - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch C-USA Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 1:00 PM ET - TV Channel: CBS Sports Network - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch Big 12 Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 3:00 PM ET - TV Channel: ESPN - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch BYU at Saint Mary's (Calif.) Softball - Game Time: 3:00 PM ET - TV Channel: Stadium - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch BYU vs Saint Mary's (Calif.) Softball - Game Time: 3:00 PM ET - TV Channel: Stadium - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch B1G Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 4:00 PM ET - TV Channel: Big Ten Network - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch Big East Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 4:00 PM ET - TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch SEC Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 5:00 PM ET - TV Channel: ESPN - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch Big East Tournament, Championship: Equipos a confirmar Softball - Game Time: 7:00 PM ET - TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Watch Pac-12 Tournament, Championship: Teams TBA - Game Time: 10:00 PM ET - TV Channel: ESPN - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Make sure you're following along with all the NCAA Softball action all season long on Fubo and ESPN+! Every team's path to the Women's College World Series starts with the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday, May 14 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN2. Tournament play kicks off the next weekend with Regionals action from May 18-21, followed by Super Regionals from May 25-28, and culminates with the Women's College World Series from June 1-9, taking place at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
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2023-05-13 09:56:12
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Carrie Fisher gets her Walk of Fame star, on May the Fourth LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, a May the Fourth tribute to a beloved “Star Wars” actor that had a touch of stardust. The late star’s daughter, Billie Lourd, wearing her mother’s portrait printed on her metallic dress, accepted the star on behalf of Fisher. She threw glitter, her mother’s favorite, on the newly unveiled star. “My mom used to say you weren’t actually famous until you became a Pez dispenser. Well, people eat candy out of her neck every day. I say you aren’t actually famous until you get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” she said. “My mom is a double-whammy — a Pez dispenser and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame now. Mama, you’ve made it.” Mark Hamill, who played Fisher’s space brother, Luke Skywalker, was also on hand, and recalled meeting the young actor when she was just 19. “She played such a crucial role in my personal and professional life and both would have been far emptier without her. Was she a handful? Was she high-maintenance? No doubt! But everything would have been drabber and less interesting if she hadn’t been the friend that she was,” Hamill said. Several in the crowd were dressed as characters from the space franchise and C-3P0 and R2-D2 were present for the unveiling. “Never forget the droids!” Lourd said on a wet day that gave way to sun. Fisher — who died in 2016 — joins “Star Wars” co-stars Harrison Ford and Hamill on the Hollywood tourist attraction that recognizes luminaries from film, television, music and other entertainment industries. The trio’s stars are all located on the 6,800 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near where the original film debuted in 1977. Fisher played Leia Organa, who over six films morphed from a princess to a general leading the forces of good in its fight against oppressive regimes aiming to control a galaxy far, far away. “No one will ever be as hot or as cool as Princess Leia,” said Lourd. “Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants and gets it. She doesn’t need anyone to rescue her because she rescures herself and even rescues the rescurers. And no one could have played her like my mother.” Fans had long campaigned for her to receive a Walk of Fame star. The honor comes on May the Fourth, essentially an official holiday for Star Wars fans that’s a play on a line that Fisher said often in the films, “May the Force be with you.” Devotees worldwide celebrate with a variety of tributes, while retailers hold special sales on Star Wars merchandise. Fisher was given the 2,754th star on the Walk of Fame. Ford received his star in 2003 and Hamill was similarly honored in 2018. Walk of Fame stars are given to performers who are nominated and a $75,000 fee is now required to create the star and maintain it. Find more entertainment stories here.
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2023-05-05 00:05:27
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NEW YORK, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LILYSILK, the world's leading silk brand with a mission to inspire people to live better, sustainable lives, announced a special partnership on March 31 with One Tree Planted, a non-profit organization that makes it easy for anyone to help the environment by planting trees where they are most needed. From April 1-30, 2023, one tree will be planted for every online order placed on LILYSILK's website, bolstering LILYSILK's strong commitment to global reforestation. LILYSILK firmly believes that zero waste makes a difference and sustainability is at the core of LILYSILK's vision and goals. Through actions such as a partnership with the TerraCycle Recycling Program that sees all non-donatable LILYSILK textiles including bedding, apparel, and sleepwear made from silk and cashmere recycled for free, the launch of LILYSILK's Zero Waste Movement, and a recent upgrade to recycling and degradable compostable bags to reduce waste, the global silk icon is blazing a trail regarding zero waste and sustainable practices. David Wang, CEO of LILYSILK said, "Sustainability and environmental protection remain at a high priority for us for a long time, so planting trees nourishes not only us but the whole planet. We are honored to work with One Tree Planted on such a powerful project and we are extremely proud of the environmental impact that we can make hand in hand with our customers." "We are excited to be working with LILYSILK, and all the great work we will be able to do as a result of this partnership," said Ashley Lamontagne, Forest Campaign Manager of One Tree Planted. "The trees we plant together will have positive impacts on nature, biodiversity, and people for years to come." About LILYSILK LILYSILK is one of the world's leading silk brands with a mission to inspire people to live a better life and more sustainable lifestyle. Our care for one another and the planet is what drives us. Not all silk is created equal: we craft our products from the finest natural fibers, are committed to zero waste, and delivering exceptional service. We want to bring you ultimate comfort in every passing moment, every day and forevermore. It is our goal to make you live spectacularly and make the planet a better place. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE LILYSILK
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2023-03-31 14:42:47
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Experts warn counterfeit items may pose health and security concerns Feds issue warning after $3.3B in counterfeit items seized in 2021 InvestigateTV - Handbags, cellphones and even medicine were all part of the $3.3 billion worth of items seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2021. The CBP, which manages 328 ports of entry across the United States where they monitor imports and exports, also issued warnings against counterfeit items saying they pose legal, economic, and health risks to consumers. Alaina Van Horn with the CBP said counterfeit items are a big concern: the CBP made over 27,000 seizures in 2021 alone, totaling $3.3B in impounded goods. Much of the contraband was counterfeit: everything from cellphones to jewelry and even toothpaste. Topping the list of seized items was “wearing apparel” (clothing) and handbags and wallets. Van Horn said the counterfeit item’s journey usually begins with an online purchase. “It is a huge problem, because even sales that occur in an online environment it’s a physical good that very likely has to cross the border into the United States,” she explained. Consumer experts like Josh Planos with the Better Business Bureau said the impact of purchasing a counterfeit item can stretch far beyond your wallet: it can also harm your health. In the CBP’s report they identified counterfeit mobile phones as a significant health and safety risk. The report said the electronics may contain levels of chemicals such as lead and cadmium that often exceed established safety standards. In some cases, the values were 35 to 40 times higher than globally accepted limits for lead. Along with hurting legitimate companies and potentially impacting your health, CBP officials reported that counterfeit tech could be smuggling a severe security threat. Numerous studies, like this one from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), have found surveillance technology and malware in a lot of consumer electronics products. That brings a huge concern for identity theft, financial theft, and tracking technology. Van Horn added that efforts have been made to make unknown surveillance a more serious crime, but it is tough to bring the international players behind it to justice. You can report counterfeit items and other trade allegations to the CPB. Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-12-21 18:04:59
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A US federal judge blocked publishing giant Penguin Random House from merging with one of its biggest competitors, Simon & Schuster. The ruling late on Monday dealt a blow to German behemoth Bertelsmann. The company owns Penguin Random House and had pushed for the acquistion. What did the US court say? District Court Judge Florence Pan sided with the US Justice Department, which successfully argued that the merger violated anti-monopoly laws. In her ruling, Pan stated that the government had convincingly shown the move would dramatically decrease competition "in the market for the US publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books." The $2.2 billion deal, first proposed in November 2020, would have combined two of the "big five" publishing houses in the US. The others in that group include HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group USA and Macmillan Publishers. After the ruling, Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House announced they will seek an expedited appeal. Is there support in the publishing world for the ruling? Famed horror author Stephen King, one of Simon & Schuster's best-selling authors, welcomed the ruling in a statement against his own publisher. "The proposed merger was never about readers and writers," He wrote on Twitter. In 2021, the UK also had its competition authority review the proposed merger, as both groups have British divisions. In that case, a judge ruled in favor of the deal. es/ar (AP, AFP)
https://www.dw.com/en/us-blocks-germanys-bertelsmann-from-publishing-mega-merger/a-63614213
2022-11-01 12:15:49
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Silicon Valley expert completes executive team as the enterprise AI company continues rapid growth across vertical sectors PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SymphonyAI, a leader in high-value enterprise AI SaaS for strategic industries, announced today that Paul Luongo has joined the company as chief legal officer. Luongo will lead commercial contracting, intellectual property, privacy, employment law, corporate governance, and compliance practices across SymphonyAI's verticals, supporting SymphonyAI's continued growth and enterprise AI leadership. SymphonyAI provides AI SaaS solutions to verticals including retail, CPG, financial crime prevention, manufacturing, media, and IT/enterprise service management. "SymphonyAI's industry-leading technology, combined with our deep, sector-specific expertise, has made us a sought-after solutions provider. Paul joins us as we continue to diversify our client offerings and simultaneously grow our teams and processes to scale, while providing value to customers. It's an exciting time with new opportunities to continue to differentiate SymphonyAI," said Sanjay Dhawan, CEO of SymphonyAI. "Paul's impressive background in the tech sector and depth of experience across varied disciplines makes him an important addition to our leadership team as we continue to scale." "The technology that underpins everything SymphonyAI does sets the company apart from all others," said Luongo. "I've spent most of my career working with cloud and SaaS companies on the leading edge of what they do, and SymphonyAI is one of those. They have the industry expertise, the technology to support it, and the right strategy to continue to expand. I'm excited to be a part of the team." Before joining SymphonyAI, Luongo most recently served as chief legal and trust officer of Narvar, Inc. Previously, he worked at Fastly, Inc. in executive legal and operating roles, including as chief legal and trust officer. Earlier, Paul served in various legal capacities at salesforce.com, ultimately as a vice president and assistant general counsel, and at Intel. Paul began his legal career as an associate at the international law firm Cooley LLP. SymphonyAI is building the leading enterprise AI company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth verticals, including retail, consumer packaged goods, finance, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. SymphonyAI verticals have many leading enterprises as clients. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI has grown rapidly to 2,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals. SymphonyAI is an SAIGroup company, backed by a $1 billion commitment from Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist. Media Contact: Megan Duero megan@galestrategies.com View original content: SOURCE SymphonyAI
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2023-01-12 17:58:37
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Months after the death of Lindsey Pearlman, new details have emerged surrounding her passing. The General Hospital star's death—which was confirmed on Feb. 18 after she went missing—was ruled a suicide, according to a coroner's report obtained by E! News on Aug. 16. Per a missing persons alert previously issued by authorities, Lindsey was last seen on Feb. 13 around noon local time near the Thai Town neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the time, police noted in the alert that she "failed to return home," causing her family and friends to grow concerned after no one had heard from her since her last sighting. Lindsey's cousin Savannah Pearlman later confirmed her passing in a tweet. "I'm deeply sad to report that they have found Lindsey, and it was too late," she wrote on Feb. 18. "I have no other information about the location or circumstance." Savannah added, "Lindsey was a fierce animal advocate and a talented actress." After news of her death broke, Lindsey's agent wrote in a statement to E! News, "We are deeply saddened by Lindsey Pearlman's passing today. The family has asked for privacy during this difficult time while they process and grieve." The actress was known for her roles in General Hospital and Chicago Justice. Other projects of Lindsey's included stints in Empire, Sneaky Pete, American Housewife, Selena: The Series and The Purge anthology series. Most recently, she appeared on BET+'s The Ms. Pat Show and Urbanflix's Vicious in recurring roles.
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2022-08-16 23:18:23
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Jayme Han and Craig Matthew Join as Managing Directors; Bringing Decades of Collective Leadership, Investment, and Investor Relations Experience Across Europe, Asia, and Australia Strengthens On-the-Ground Connection with Clients and Partners in Key Geographies NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pretium Partners, a specialized investment firm with approximately $50 billion in assets under management, today announced an expansion of its business development capabilities and commitment to Asia and Australia with two senior hires. Jayme Han, based in Seoul, Korea, and Craig Matthew, based in Sydney, Australia, join Pretium as Managing Directors for Asia and the Australia & New Zealand region, respectively. With these hires, Pretium is establishing its first offices in Asia and Australia to further the goal of becoming a partner of choice for investors worldwide. This expansion demonstrates the firm's ongoing commitment to ensuring clients and partners can benefit from an established presence and local perspective that allows Pretium to provide more personalized, on-the-ground support in dynamic markets. Ms. Han and Mr. Matthew bring unique market perspectives and decades of leadership and client relationship experience across London, New York, Seoul, Singapore, and Sydney, and will work closely with existing clients and consultants, new clients, and institutional and wealth management entities in their respective regions. "As Pretium continues to expand our client base globally and deploy growing capital across our real estate and credit strategies, Asia and Australia represent important strategic markets and opportunities for growth," said Don Mullen, Founder and CEO of Pretium. "Jayme and Craig bring deep expertise and local connection within the Asian and Australian markets to support our investors where they are. Following our recent expansion into the Middle East, we are pleased to continue to grow our team with such talented and respected individuals to work with clients internationally." Ms. Han has held several prominent leadership roles over the last 20 years within the global private capital industry in London, Seoul, and Singapore, in which she has been responsible for, among other things, fund distribution and execution of investments across the region. She most recently served as an Executive Director, Corporate Finance for Jones Lang Lasalle. Prior, she was the Head of Alternatives at Tongyang Life Insurance, Korea's fifth largest life insurer, and, earlier in her career, Ms. Han was hired as one of the founding members of the alternatives business – and its first dedicated real assets specialist – for the National Pension Service. Ms. Han holds a Bachelor of Science in Design from the University of California at Davis. "Pretium has an incredible team, and I am excited to join at a time of growth as we seek to expand our footprint internationally and throughout Asia," said Ms. Han. "Having supported GPs and led teams across all aspects of capital raising, deployment, and asset management, I look forward to working with Pretium's clients throughout Asia and around the world." Mr. Matthew brings nearly three decades of business development and investor relations experience, supporting and expanding client offerings for limited partners including high-net worth individuals and sophisticated institutional investors such as endowments, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, and family offices. He joins Pretium from Asia Principal Capital and Morpheus Ventures, where he served as Director in the private market investor relations group. Before joining Asia Principal Capital, he was a Director of Institutional Relationships at Capital Group Companies, where he played an active role in establishing its first office in Sydney, Australia. Prior to that, he served in a variety of business development roles of increasing responsibility in New York and Sydney at global asset manager Alliance Bernstein. Mr. Matthew is an accredited superannuation trustee director and has spent the past decade as an active organizer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's Annual Conference. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bucknell University. "Joining an innovative, forward-thinking global investment platform like Pretium is an incredible opportunity," said Mr. Matthew. "With an existing network of leading investors and partners in Australia and New Zealand and an unmatched investment track record, I am confident that we are positioned to continue growing the firm's client base and presence throughout the region." About Pretium Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on secular investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium's platform has approximately $50 billion of assets and employs more than 4,000 people across 30 offices, including London and Dubai. Please visit www.pretium.com for additional information. Contacts Jon Keehner / Lyle Weston / Erik Carlson Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher 212-355-4449 Media-SFR@pretium.com View original content: SOURCE Pretium
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2022-08-29 13:01:52
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of U.S. Well Services, Inc. ("USWS" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: USWS), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PFHC). Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive 0.0561 shares of ProFrac Class A common stock for each share of USWS Class A common stock owned. If you own USWS shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/usws Or please contact: Joshua Rubin, Esq. Weiss Law 305 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10007 (212) 682-3025 (888) 593-4771 stockinfo@weisslawllp.com Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) the USWS board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the per-share merger consideration adequately compensates the USWS shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Weiss Law
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2022-06-22 20:32:08
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — So much for a short pontificate. Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. On the contrary, with an agenda full of problems and plans and no longer encumbered by the shadow of Pope Benedict XVI, Francis, 86, has backed off from talking about retiring and recently described the papacy as a job for life. History’s first Latin American pope already has made his mark and could have even more impact in the years to come. Yet a decade ago, the Argentine Jesuit was so convinced he wouldn’t be elected as pope that he nearly missed the final vote as he chatted with a fellow cardinal outside the Sistine Chapel. “The master of ceremonies came out and said ‘Are you going in or not?’” Francis recalled in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “I realized afterward that it was my unconscious resistance to going in.” He was elected the 266th pope on the next ballot. SEX ABUSE Francis had a big learning curve on clergy sex abuse, initially downplaying the problem in ways that made survivors question whether he “got it.” He had his wake-up call five years into his pontificate after a problematic visit to Chile. During the trip, he discovered a serious disconnect between what Chilean bishops had told him about a notorious case and the reality: Hundreds or thousands of Chilean faithful had been raped and molested by Catholic priests over decades. “That was my conversion,” he told the AP. “That’s when the bomb went off, when I saw the corruption of many bishops in this.” Francis has passed a series of measures since then aimed at holding the church hierarchy accountable, but the results have been mixed. Benedict removed some 800 priests, but Francis seems far less eager to defrock abusers, reflecting resistance within the hierarchy to efforts to permanently remove predators from the priesthood. The next frontier in the crisis has already reared its head: the sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of adults by clergy. Francis is aware of the problem — a new case concerns one of his fellow Jesuits — but there seems to be no will to take firm action SIGNIFICANCE OF SYNODS When the history of the Francis pontificate is written, entire chapters might well be devoted to his emphasis on “synodality,” a term that has little meaning outside Catholic circles but could go down as one of Francis’ most important church contributions. A synod is a gathering of bishops, and Francis’ philosophy that bishops must listen to one another and the laity has come to define his vision for the Catholic Church: He wants it to be a place where the faithful are welcomed, accompanied and heard. The synods held during his first 10 years produced some of the most significant, and controversial, moments of his papacy. After listening to the plight of divorced Catholics during a 2014-2015 synod on the family, for instance, Francis opened the door to letting divorced and civilly remarried couples receive Communion. Calls to allow married priests marked his 2019 synod on the Amazon, although Francis ultimately rejected the idea. His October synod has involved an unprecedented canvassing of the Catholic faithful about their hopes for the church and problems they have encountered, eliciting demands from women for greater leadership roles, including ordination. LATIN MASS Catholic traditionalists were wary when Francis emerged as pope for the first time on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica without the red cape that his predecessors had worn for formal events. Yet they never expected him to reverse one of Benedict’s signature decisions by reimposing restrictions on the old Latin Mass, including where and who can celebrate it,. While the decision directly affected only a fraction of Catholic Mass-goers, his crackdown on the Tridentine Rite became the call to arms for the anti-Francis conservative opposition. Francis justified his move by saying Benedict’s decision to liberalize the celebration of the old Mass had become a source of division in parishes. But traditionalists took the renewed restrictions as an attack on orthodoxy, one that they saw as contradicting Francis’ “all are welcome” mantra. “Instead of integrating them into parish life, the restriction on the use of parish churches will marginalize and push to the peripheries faithful Catholics who wish only to worship,” lamented Joseph Shaw of the Latin Mass Society’s U.K. branch. While the short-term prospects for Francis relenting are not great, the traditionalists do have time on their side, knowing that in a 2,000-year-old institution, another pope might come along who is more friendly to the old rite. ROLE OF WOMEN Francis’ quips about the “female genius” have long made women cringe. Women theologians are the “strawberries on the cake,” he once said. Nuns shouldn’t be “old maids,” he said. Europe shouldn’t be a barren, infertile “grandmother,” he told European Union lawmakers — a remark that got him an angry phone call from then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But, it’s also true that Francis has done more to promote women in the church than any pope before him, including naming several women to high-profile positions in the Vatican. That’s not saying much given only one in four Holy See employees is female, no woman heads a dicastery, or department, and Francis has upheld church doctrine forbidding women from the priesthood. But the trend is there and “there is no possibility of going back,” said María Lía Zervino, one of the first three women named to the Vatican office that helps the pope select bishops around the world. LGBTQ FAITHFUL Francis’ insistence that long-marginalized LGBTQ Catholics can find a welcome home in the church can be summed up by two pronouncements that have book-ended his papacy to date: “Who am I to judge?” and “Being homosexual is not a crime.” In between making those historic statements, Francis made outreach to LGBTQ people a hallmark of his papacy more than any pope before him. He ministers to members of a transgender community in Rome. He has counseled gay couples seeking to raise their children Catholic. During a 2015 visit to the U.S., he publicized a private meeting with a gay former student and the man’s partner to counter the conservative narrative that he had received an anti-same-sex marriage activist. “The pope is reminding the church that the way people treat one another in the social world is of much greater moral importance that what people may possibly do in the privacy of a bedroom,” said Francis DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater acceptance of LGBTQ Catholics.
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2023-03-11 15:21:04
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CHERRY HILL, N.J., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, today announced a multi-year contract extension with Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), in which TD will continue to be the exclusive issuer of Target co-branded and private label consumer credit cards. "A decade of partnership has enabled our teams to innovate together and deliver a compelling card program for Target guests," said Chris Fred, Head of U.S. Credit Cards and Unsecured Lending, TD Bank. "We are thrilled to continue our collaborative relationship with Target, a leading retailer that shares our growth mindset and sharp focus on the customer." Earlier this year, Target and TD expanded the RedCard Mastercard program at the point of sale in Target stores and on Target.com, to originate co-branded cards that offer exceptional value for guests. In addition to industry-leading 5% instant savings available every day at Target, RedCard Mastercard holders can earn 2% on eligible dining and gas purchases and 1% everywhere else. "RedCard holders are among Target's most engaged guests and have saved more than $9.7 billion over 12 years of Target runs. By deepening our partnership with TD Bank, Target will continue to offer guests meaningful, everyday value through 5% savings, free shipping from Target.com on most items, extended return times and exclusive offers," said Gemma Kubat, President, Financial & Retail Services, Target. TD first acquired Target's U.S. credit card portfolio in 2013. TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing over 9.8 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services at more than 1,100 convenient locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro D.C., the Carolinas and Florida. In addition, TD Auto Finance, a division of TD Bank, N.A., offers vehicle financing and dealer commercial services. TD Bank and its subsidiaries also offer customized private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®. TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J. To learn more, visit www.td.com/us. Find TD Bank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TDBank and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TDBank_US and www.twitter.com/TDNews_US. TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Group and a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the ticker symbol "TD". To learn more, visit www.td.com/us. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE TD Bank
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2022-09-21 14:22:39
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Sat 10/22 9a: This time on The Children's Hour, we learn from two people who have dedicated their lives to being leaders in their communities. First, the kids chat with Pierce Freelon, who is a multi-Emmy winning TV and movie producer, children's musician, educator, and city councilor in the city of Durham, North Carolina. Pierce talks about how he came to wear all these hats, and explains to us what it is a city councilor actually does. Then the kids meet Sonia Manzano, best known for her groundbreaking work as Maria on Sesame Street. Sonia's project Alma's Way came out on PBS Kids in October, 2021. This show is mixed with excellent music, mostly selected by our guest DJ, Pierce Freelon. Learn with us!
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2022-10-19 17:53:28
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NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Gaotu Techedu Inc. F/K/A Gsx Techedu Inc. ("Gaotu") (NYSE: GOTU) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded Gaotu American depository shares between March 5, 2021 and July 23, 2021, inclusive. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Gaotu, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/gaotu-techedu-loss-submission-form?prid=35816&wire=4 ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Gaotu includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) China was barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects, and this policy change would restrict foreign investment in a sector that had become essential to success in Chinese school exams; and (2) the impact such regulations would have on Gaotu's operations and profitability and the value of Company securities. DEADLINE: February 28, 2023 Aggrieved Gaotu investors only have until February 28, 2023 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. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Vincent Wong, Esq. 39 East Broadway Suite 304 New York, NY 10002 Tel. 212.425.1140 E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com View original content: SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a Missing Child Alert for a 14-year-old boy who disappeared in Boca Raton Saturday. According to the Boca Raton Police Department, Luke Naguib, 14, was last seen in the area of the 1200 block of Southwest 15th Avenue in Boca Raton. Naguib is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 95 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. According to authorities, he was last seen wearing a blue Adidas t-shirt, blue jeans and blue Croc shoes. Anyone with any information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Boca Raton Police Department at 561-368-6201 or call 911.
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Through Aug. 14 - TEA: MISD campus report card is best in a decade - MISD campus-by-campus grades - DPS: Midlander dies in rollover accident - HS VOLLEYBALL: Roundup from Aug. 13 (updated) - DPS: Freightliner crosses I-20 median, kills NM man - Lawsuit aims to list lesser prairie chicken as 'endangered' - Study details importance of Permian energy to global economy - HS FOOTBALL: Rebels score 5 TDs in dual scrimmage in Hewitt Most Popular More from MRT - Texas A&M, Baylor and Houston all rank in the AP Top 25 to start the season, while the Texas... - Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in the... - There are plenty of dogs and cats waiting for their forever home. - A 44-year-old Midlander died in a rollover Friday night south of Midland, according to the... - The Texas Education Agency reported campus grades for Texas schools on Monday. Here are Midland... - The TEA reported 13 combined “A” and “B” campuses, which was more than three times MISD’s total... - Ex-Reporter-Telegram boss works with Pilots N Paws to transport dogs and cats to their new homes - Perryman Group study highlights importance of Permian Basin, Texas to global economies and seeks... - In June 2021, the Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the birds living in places including... - Saulsbury sees bright future for its Gulf Coast operations with LNG export expansion, renewable...
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Lasso expands clinical audience builder Blueprint™, allowing healthcare brands to reach individuals and households based on consuming behavior. AUSTIN, Texas and CHICAGO, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lasso (lassoplatform.io), an IQVIA business, the world's first and only omnichannel platform for healthcare marketing and analytics, today announced a partnership with IRI® to make the world's most extensive set of purchase data for consumer packaged goods (CPG) and over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products available in Lasso's proprietary audience builder, Blueprint™. Blueprint is the industry's first drag-and-drop self-service audience builder for healthcare marketing. Lasso's comprehensive audience capabilities enable brands and agencies to be more specific than ever in their campaign tactics by layering on any combination or exclusion of conditions based on clinical filters, demographic information, location, purchase behavior, media engagement, and more. To increase the accessibility of their premium segments, Lasso has made their audience data platform-agnostic and easily exportable to any programmatic or social platform for activation. This partnership between Lasso and IRI provides turnkey access to decisive consumer groups for healthcare campaigns, delivering unmatched quality and scale with privacy and compliance in mind. Through Lasso Blueprint™, marketers can now access IRI's Verified Audiences, built from 100% deterministic purchase data, and IRI ProScores®, which provide the highest-propensity-to-buy households that are addressable in the United States, descending from most valuable to least valuable. "IRI has the deepest and broadest CPG data assets in the OTC healthcare space, and we are thrilled to be partnering with Lasso to create an expansive footprint for brands in the Healthcare space," said Jennifer Pelino, executive vice president and head of Global Media Solutions for IRI. "This unique offering provides marketers with robust media planning and activation, yielding potential for greater returns on their campaign investment." "Our audience builder is powered by the industry's most comprehensive datasets and Lasso's in-house Identity Solution," said Greg Field, CEO of Lasso. "We're proud to work with IRI to continue building on our library of curated segments and help our clients achieve high audience quality across programmatic, social, email, and CTV." Lasso, an IQVIA business, is the world's first and only omnichannel healthcare marketing and analytics platform that allows you to plan, activate, and measure your HCP and consumer-focused campaigns across programmatic, social, email, endemic and connected TV — all in one place. Lasso has offices in New York, NY, and Austin, TX. Visit us at lassoplatform.io to learn more. IRI, which recently merged with The NPD Group, unifies technology, analytics and data to reinvent how people and companies make decisions, take action and optimize performance. With the largest repository of purchase, media, social, causal and loyalty data, all integrated into an on-demand, cloud-based technology platform, IRI helps to guide its more than 5,000 clients around the world in their quests to capture market share, connect with consumers, collaborate with key constituents and deliver market-leading growth. For more information, visit www.iriworldwide.com. CONTACT: Yilan Yang yilan@lassomarketing.io View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Lasso
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My wish: In the fight for women's rights, we should 'remember that courage is stronger than fear' Malala Yousafzai, winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and co-founder of Malala Fund, a global girls' education charity Education equality is an ambitious goal. Especially now, when women's rights are worsening around the world. Iranian women are protesting for the right to make their own choices. Taliban leaders in Afghanistan instituted a nationwide ban on girls' education. Discouraging as these realities may be, my wish is for people to remember that courage is stronger than fear. Young women in every country are working to defy misogyny and demonstrate their power. They know solutions to our world's biggest problems are locked up with their access to education and opportunity. They also know there are feasible plans to get all girls learning — like increasing government funding for education, developing inclusive curriculums and implementing more equal policies and laws. To get leaders to prioritize these plans, we need to amplify girls' demands on a global scale. We need individuals, movements and companies across every expertise to speak up, take actions that advance gender equality and pressure leaders to do the same. Women and girls continue to muster their strength amidst even the greatest of challenges because they know it isn't enough to hope for a better future, we need to fight for it. My wish: Don't give up the fight against COVID-19 Gregg Gonsalves, a longtime AIDS activist and 2018 MacArthur Fellow, is codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership and associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health Don't give up. As an epidemiologist and someone who has been personally affected by pandemics and epidemics, all I can wish for in 2023 is that we don't give up on COVID-19. Most governments around the world and many people are acting as if the pandemic is over, even as in the U.S. we rack up 400-500 dead per day, a 9/11 worth of deaths every week or so. There is so much more we can do than accept these deaths as the grisly price for normal. But the first step? Not giving up the fight. My wish: Take care of each other — and our planet Vanessa Nakate, climate activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador We must take care of people. We must take care of vulnerable communities. We must take care of the planet for the generations who are still to come. My wish: An additional $10 billion for the Pandemic Fund Dr. Raj Panjabi, special assistant to the President and National Security Council senior director for global health security and biodefense, the White House In 2023, I believe the world should rally in support of the Pandemic Fund. An outbreak anywhere can become a threat to people everywhere. The Pandemic Fund, housed at the World Bank, works with low- and middle-income countries to invest in labs, frontline health workers and local health systems to stop epidemics when and where they occur. But more needs to be done. Globally, an additional $10 billion is needed annually to prevent, prepare for and respond to the next pandemic. That may seem like a lot. But it's an investment — one that could save millions of lives and pay for itself by preventing the loss of trillions of dollars in the future. With sufficient support, the Pandemic Fund can help keep families across the world safe from the next health threat. My wish: Don't ignore the brains of our youth Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of entomology and African American studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign My wish is that in 2023, the world taps into the brainpower of 1 million young people from the so-called developing countries. (More would be even better but I had to pick a number and many stories about development talk about ... millions.) Ensure that the most rural of the rural can connect to the internet for free and in locations from schools to libraries to parks to bus stops. They'll learn from it and use it to contribute their ideas. Local governments, I wish you'd pay for that free access to lead to a free flow of education and ideas. My wish: Be kind to yourself! Dr. Mayumnah Yusuf Kadiri, medical director and psychiatrist-in-chief at Pinnacle Medical Services, a Nigerian health clinic and currently an Aspen New Voices Senior Fellow. With COVID-19 going into its third year, my wish is for everyone to prioritize their mental health. This means showing more kindness and compassion to self and others. I hope people learn to forgive or go easy on themselves for what they did in their survival mode during the pandemic, then work to heal and move on. This is very essential to our holistic wellness as a society. Taking care of oneself shouldn't be seen as selfishness but as self-preservation and not necessarily "me first" but "me too." May 2023 be good to us all. My wish: Love each other — and listen to unheard voices Melva Acosta runs the New Hope soup kitchen in Lima, Peru From our soup kitchens, aware of the harsh reality, extreme poverty and the inequality that exists in the world, we ask for solidarity, empathy and peace but above all love for the other. Remember that they also have dreams for a different tomorrow. Let's not be indifferent in the face of this poverty that hurts the most forgotten, those who suffer and have no voice. That is why they are never heard. I hope that in 2023, the children of the world do not suffer from hunger and that all wars end, and that, especially in our country Peru, everything returns to peace and calm. And let us stop killing our brothers. Let's restore our hearts and begin to sow love and forget hate. My wish: Give more personalized care to indigenous patients Miriam Viegas, a doctor with Brazil's Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI) I wish all levels of health care were tailored to the 500 Guarani Mbya people I visit and provide primary care for in their villages near the town of Miracatu in São Paulo state — and to all indigenous peoples. When they need other levels of care — including running tests at city hospitals — they're left to wait in months-long lines. And because they depend on public resources to help them reach the city, they often miss appointments when roads to their villages are flooded by rain or the vehicle provided by SESAI isn't available to pick them up. If there were, for instance, one or two slots reserved just for indigenous patients, then rescheduling an appointment wouldn't mean waiting another several months to run tests. By the time we get the results, make a diagnosis and start treatment, oftentimes their disease is very advanced. Differentiated care — care that takes into account not only their health but their culture and their access to care outside their village — could prevent that. My wish: Public health figures beat back fake health info Abraar Karan, infectious disease physician and researcher at Stanford University I wish that in 2023, we as public health professionals succeed in identifying and dispelling misinformation far more effectively. It is imperative that all citizens become better at understanding the complex patterns around us to make the best decisions for our health and communities. As an epidemiologist and infectious disease doctor, I focus my work on analyzing infectious disease transmission through multiple forms of data. COVID-19 made it clear that misinterpretation or misunderstanding of data leads people — some with immense influence — to make bad policies and decisions, all while thinking they're doing the right thing. This eventually becomes misinformation that takes hold in the public mind, which itself can become viral and harmful to public health. If people could better understand basic concepts in epidemiology, they might be more equipped to look past misleading headlines or biased news sources with ulterior agendas. We as public health experts must do more in how and what we communicate, and through more comprehensive and creative means, to reach far more people more quickly. And then the next pandemic may be more easily understood from the start and better controlled to the finish line. My wish: Fight disease through equitable partnerships and collaborations Dr. David Walton, the U.S. global malaria coordinator, oversees the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, an interagency effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development My hope for 2023 is that the global community continues to make the necessary structural, political and economic changes to ensure greater equity throughout global health. For instance, sub-Saharan Africa bears 95% of malaria cases and 96% of deaths, yet richer nations have not done enough to make way for Africans to lead the fight against this disease. Richer countries need to fundamentally change the way they consider, define and engage in equitable partnerships and collaborations to solve some of the world's most complex problems and to reinvent the way global health programs are initiated and implemented. My wish: Pay attention to the needs of teen mothers Maxwell Gomera, an Aspen New Voices Senior Fellow and a representative of the United Nations Development Program in Rwanda In 2023, let's come together to empower teen mothers and give them a chance at a brighter future. We must first focus on preventing adolescent pregnancies and providing support for those who do become pregnant. We must address the cost of living crisis and provide resources and support to these families. We must invest in programs that help teen mothers become successful entrepreneurs, provide education and job training opportunities. With access to affordable finance for teen mothers, such as grants and low-interest loans, we can break the cycle of poverty and give them a chance to thrive. Teen mothers and their families deserve a fair shot at success in this changing world. My wish: Get serious about studying long COVID in Africa Dr. Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor, New Voices Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute My wish for 2023 is for more investments in long COVID research and provision of support to sufferers. And I wish that efforts to document experiences of long COVID should be extended to Africa. Some people who recover from COVID-19 infection have other lingering and often debilitating conditions. These are collectively known as long COVID. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of long COVID include difficulty thinking or concentrating (sometimes referred to as "brain fog"); sleep problems; change in smell or taste; depression or anxiety; changes in menstrual cycles; tiredness or fatigue that interferes with daily life; joint or muscle pain and others. The estimate is that there have been millions of cases around the world. But the World Health Organization says long COVID is under-studied in Africa, so investments into long COVID research must include Africa. My wish: Treat health as a key part of foreign policy Dr. Junaid Nabi, New Voices Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute, serves on the Working Group on Regulatory Considerations for Digital Health and Innovation at the World Health Organization. Twitter: @JunaidNabiMD My wish for 2023 is that global leaders act on what has been clear from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: Governments must regard health as an essential component of foreign policy. Addressing this crisis requires investing in a new kind of diplomacy — one that focuses on building innovative platforms and unique collaborations that can tackle current health threats and prepare the world for future ones. The pandemic has exacerbated several ongoing global challenges. The intense wave of infections in China has impacted up to 900 million people. We still lack a global system of data collection and sharing — one that is transparent and can enable the assessment of public health risks. Policymakers have done a poor job in developing sustainable infrastructure that could enable fair distribution of vaccines for the global poor. The pandemic has also pushed low- and middle-income into a severe debt crisis that can wipe away the economic progress made in the last few decades. World leaders continue to ignore the necessity of global health diplomacy. I hope 2023 is the year leaders can reach a clear consensus — or at least a coherent approach to developing one — toward addressing the health and socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic. My wish: Haiti needs free and fair elections Brian Concannon, human rights lawyer who focuses on Haiti As a lawyer who has spent the last 28 years helping to establish democracy in Haiti, I want 2023 to be the year that the U.S. and other powerful members of the international community allow Haiti to run free and fair elections. When I first went to Haiti with the U.N. in 1995, I felt part of a broad international effort to help Haiti escape its history of dictatorships. I believed that my experience growing up and practicing law in a stable, prosperous country like the U.S. would provide useful lessons. But too often since then, I have found myself joining Haitians forced to fight for their democracy against the policies of the stable, prosperous countries. Gangs are overrunning the country that now lacks a single elected official. I am hopeful that the U.S. will draw a useful lesson from the Jan. 6 threat to our own democracy and recommit to allowing Haitians to escape its history of both dictatorial government and foreign interference. My wish: Let Africa run its own health-care effort Madhukar Pai, associate director, McGill International TB Centre at the McGill School of Population and Global Health Top on my wish list for 2023 is to see the African region manufacturing their own vaccines, medicines and products. The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that the trickle-down, charity-based global health model is completely broken, as high-income countries hoarded vaccine supplies as they became available. Global South countries want equity, justice and fairness, not charity; they want to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. Global North nations must back this vision as supportive allies. At a minimum, high income countries must not be an obstacle to progress. Your turn: What is your global wish for 2023? What do you wish the world could achieve this year? Let's assume money is not an object and global leaders will line up to make it happen. Tell us about a global health and development problem you would tackle, why you think it's important to address in the coming year and what you wish the world would do to solve it. We may feature it on NPR.org. Email your idea to goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line "2023 wishes." Jason Silverstein, Jill Langlois, Gisele Grayson and Marc Silver contributed to this story. Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Company now has pathway toward formal drug application LAS VEGAS, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- JanOne (Nasdaq: JAN), the biopharmaceutical innovator specializing in non-addicting painkillers and new treatments for the causes of pain, has completed a successful pre-IND meeting with the FDA regarding Jan123. Jan123 is the company's unique oral delivery of low dose naltrexone formulated to treat complex regional pain syndrome, an orphan disease of severe, debilitating impact. The Pre-IND meeting with the FDA produced a path toward formal drug application. Discussion topics included preclinical toxicology, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control), pharmacokinetics, and clinical implementation. The agency's feedback will be used to move Jan123 toward a New Drug Application under a 505-b2 designation. Dr. Amol Soin, JanOne's Chief Medical Officer, said, "We are very pleased with our interaction with the FDA. We now have a pathway toward generating the data needed for approval of Jan123. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a huge unmet medical need, and we believe that Jan123 can help patients who are suffering from this debilitating condition." Jan123 is a low dose naltrexone drug candidate that is ideally suited to treat complex regional pain syndrome, a rare orphan disease. It is a unique oral biphasic release tablet that has demonstrated ability to facilitate delivery of the medication to obtain maximum therapeutic benefit. JanOne CEO Tony Isaac noted that Jan123 is one of two late-stage innovative therapies for pain management developed by JanOne. He said, "We consider our work to be a critical component in the nation's multi-front battle against opioid addiction and overdose deaths." Forward Looking Statements This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the statements that JAN 101 will treat PAD, that JAN 123 will treat CRPS, the timing of the commencement of further clinical trials, that the FDA will permit approval through a 505(b)(2) pathway for JAN 123, that upon approval JAN 101 will immediately disrupt the PAD market, and other statements, including words such as "continue", "expect", "intend", "will", "hope" "should", "would", "may", "potential" and other similar expressions. Such statements reflect JanOne's current view with respect to future events, are subject to risks and uncertainties, and are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by JanOne, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors could cause JanOne's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements described in this press release. Such factors could include, among others, those detailed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions set out in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in JanOne's filings with the SEC underlying those forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and JanOne does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. JanOne cannot assure that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Individuals are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. About JanOne Inc. JanOne is a unique Nasdaq-listed company offering innovative, actionable solutions that it believes can help end the opioid crisis. JanOne is dedicated to funding resources toward innovation, technology and education to find a key resolution to the national opioid epidemic, which is one of the deadliest and most widespread in the nation's history. Its drugs in the clinical trial pipeline have shown promise for their innovative targeting of the causes of pain as a strategic option for physicians averse to exposing patients to addictive opioids. Please visit www.janone.com for additional information. Media Contact Investor Relations IR@janone.com 1-800-400-2247 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE JanOne Inc.
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Calls for owners, management companies and rental agencies to address hazard immediately to protect children's lives WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces its latest recalls involving residential elevators, the agency is renewing its call for homeowners and vacation rental businesses to address hazards in residential elevators to ensure they can operate safely and to protect children from harm. Over the past year, CPSC has stepped up its residential elevator enforcement efforts by recalling 117,100 total units across the U.S. to address an entrapment hazard. Today, CPSC issued recalls for Cambridge Elevating and Custom Elevator, citing the danger these devices pose to young children. In the case of Custom Elevator, a 7-year-old child died in 2021, at a North Carolina vacation home, after becoming entrapped in a residential elevator. CPSC also recently announced that it had settled a lawsuit with ThyssenKrupp Access Corp. (TKA), to resolve charges that specific models of its elevators could result in serious injury or death. The lawsuit cited three incidents involving entrapment in these elevators, including a 2-year-old child who died and a 3-year-old child who was left permanently disabled. Over the past two years, CPSC has also announced recalls by Residential Elevator, Inclinator, Savaria, Bella and Otis to address this hazard. Another company, Waupaca, thus far, has refused to conduct a recall. CPSC Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric said, "Residential elevators pose a deadly risk to children. It's long past time for all homeowners to address the hazard and ensure that children cannot get trapped between elevator doors, particularly in homes that are used as vacation rentals, by families who may not be familiar with elevators. A joyful family vacation can turn tragic in an instant, so we are calling on all vacation rental owners, managers, and platforms to do their part to help keep their guests safe." CPSC is aware of 41 deaths associated with elevators between 2018 and 2021. And between 2020 through 2021, there were more than 19,000 ER-treated injuries in the U.S. During his confirmation hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Hoehn-Saric pledged to Committee Chair, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-IN) to make residential elevator safety a priority for the agency. "I am pleased to be able to report our progress to hold manufacturers accountable for addressing this hazard, but our work on this issue is far from over," he said. "We appreciate Sen. Cantwell's leadership on this issue, and we look forward to reporting further developments as we work with the vacation rental industry to help keep consumers safe." Hoehn-Saric says he hopes to meet with groups representing vacation rental businesses in the near future and to encourage them to take more aggressive action to keep consumers safe. This may include: - Explicitly notifying and warning renters about the hazards of residential elevators; - Requiring property owners or "hosts" to disable elevators until they provide proof of inspection or certify that no hazardous gap exists. "Consumers and their families should feel safe using the residential elevators in their own homes, the homes of relatives, or in rental or vacation homes," Hoehn-Saric said. "We look forward to working with industry to continue to protect consumers from this hazard." About the U.S. CPSC The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years. Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC. For lifesaving information: - Visit CPSC.gov. - Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts. - Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC. - Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov. - Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054). - Media Contact 301-504-7908 Release Number: 22-238 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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PITTSBURGH, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a device to sanitize the toilet and freshen the air when using the bathroom," said an inventor, from Richmond, Calif., "so I invented the TOILET ODORANT AND CLEANING CONTAINER. My design would offer an alternative to using traditional air fresheners, sprays and toilet cleaners." The invention provides a convenient way to dispense a pleasing scent within a bathroom. It would also clean and sanitize the toilet. As a result, it reduces odors and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a multi-functional design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for households and commercial restrooms. Additionally, it is producible in design variations. The original design was submitted to the Sacramento sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SCO-185, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE InventHelp
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NEW YORK (AP) — As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as very low IQ and inability to speak. A first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday shows the rate of such “profound” autism is rising, though far slower than milder autism cases. “It’s very important to know how many people have profound autism so that we can properly prepare for their needs,” including more health and education services, said Alison Singer, executive director of the advocacy and research group Autism Science Foundation. Singer — the mother of a 25-year-old woman with profound autism — was a co-author of the paper, which was published by the journal Public Health Reports. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention led the research. Though autism has been diagnosed for at least 80 years, the new study is the first to put a number on the share of U.S. children who have the most severe version of it. It comes less than two years after an international commission of autism experts established a definition of profound autism: children with an IQ of 50 or less, and/or kids who can’t communicate through speaking. Under that definition, about a quarter of U.S. children identified as having autism by age 8 fall into the profound category, the new study found. It means more than 110,000 elementary school-age children in the U.S. have profound autism. There are no blood or biological tests for autism. It’s identified by making judgments about a child’s behavior. Traditionally, it was diagnosed only in kids with severe language difficulties, social impairments and unusual repetitious behaviors. But the definition gradually expanded, and autism is now shorthand for a group of milder, related conditions, too. The researchers looked at school and medical records from 2000 to 2016 for more than 20,000 8-year-olds identified as having autism spectrum disorders. They found that the rate of profound diagnoses grew from about 3 cases per 1,000 children in 2000 to about 5 cases per 1,000 in 2016. But the rate of kids diagnosed with milder forms of autism grew from 4 per 1,000 to 14 per 1,000 over those years. Milder forms of autism were more common in boys and white kids, the researchers found. Profound autism was more common in girls than boys. A CDC study published last month found that autism overall is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., a change from previous years when white children were more likely to be diagnosed. Experts cite improved screening and services, and increased awareness and advocacy. Among 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, the CDC estimates. The new research found a large racial gap in profound autism. Among Black children with autism, 37% had profound autism. The same was true for about one-third of Hispanic kids with autism and about one-fifth of white children with autism. More research is needed to understand the reasons for those differences, said the CDC’s Michelle Hughes, the study’s lead author. Singer said the study’s publication marks a recognition by the CDC that “autism spectrum disorder diagnoses is overly broad and that people who are diagnosed with (it) have very different needs.” The data should help identify schooling and residential needs, she said. Jan Blacher, an autism researcher at the University of California at Riverside, voiced mixed feelings about the report. Using an IQ of 50 as a definition of profound autism can be problematic, she said. She has observed children with an IQ above 70 who had the kind of symptoms associated with profound autism, like spinning or a seemingly meaningless repeating of words. “It’s the symptoms of autism that make a difference,” she said. She worries that children who don’t make the cut-off might not get the same attention and help as those who do. “We have work to do at all levels of the continuum,” she said. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian on Saturday dealt a blow to Democrats’ plan for curbing drug prices but left the rest of their sprawling economic bill largely intact as party leaders prepared for first votes on a package containing many of President Joe Biden's top domestic goals. Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber's nonpartisan rules arbiter, said lawmakers must remove language imposing hefty penalties on drugmakers that boost their prices beyond inflation in the private insurance market. Those were the bill's chief pricing protections for the roughly 180 million people whose health coverage comes from private insurance, either through work or bought on their own. Other major provisions were left intact, including giving Medicare the power to negotiate what it pays for pharmaceuticals for its 64 million elderly recipients, a longtime goal for Democrats. Penalties on manufacturers for exceeding inflation would apply to drugs sold to Medicare, and there is a $2,000 annual out-of-pocket cap on drug costs and free vaccines for Medicare beneficiaries. Her rulings came as Democrats planned to begin Senate votes Saturday on their wide-ranging package addressing climate change, energy, health care costs, taxes and even deficit reduction. Party leaders have said they believe they have the unity they will need to move the legislation through the 50-50 Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote and over solid Republican opposition. “This is a major win for the American people," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said of the bill, which both parties are using in their election-year campaigns to assign blame for the worst period of inflation in four decades. “And a sad commentary on the Republican Party, as they actively fight provisions that lower costs for the American family." In response, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Democrats “are misreading the American people’s outrage as a mandate for yet another reckless taxing and spending spree.” He said Democrats "have already robbed American families once through inflation and now their solution is to rob American families yet a second time.” Dropping penalties on drugmakers reduces incentives on pharmaceutical companies to restrain what they charge, increasing costs for patients. Erasing that language will cut the $288 billion in 10-year savings that the Democrats’ overall drug curbs were estimated to generate — a reduction of perhaps tens of billions of dollars, analysts have said. Schumer said MacDonough's decision about the price cap for private insurance was "one unfortunate ruling.” But he said the surviving drug pricing language represented “a major victory for the American people" and that the overall bill “remains largely intact." The ruling followed a 10-day period that saw Democrats resurrect top components of Biden's agenda that had seemed dead. In rapid-fire deals with Democrats' two most unpredictable senators — first conservative Joe Manchin of West Virginia, then Arizona centrist Kyrsten Sinema — Schumer pieced together a broad package that, while a fraction of earlier, larger versions that Manchin derailed, would give the party an achievement against the backdrop of this fall's congressional elections. The parliamentarian also signed off on a fee on excess emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas contributor, from oil and gas drilling. She also let stand environmental grants to minority communities and other initiatives for reducing carbon emissions, said Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Thomas Carper, D-Del. She approved a provision requiring union-scale wages to be paid if energy efficiency projects are to qualify for tax credits, and another that would limit electric vehicle tax credits to those cars and trucks assembled in the United States. The overall measure faces unanimous Republican opposition. But assuming Democrats fight off a nonstop “vote-a-rama" of amendments — many designed by Republicans to derail the measure — they should be able to muscle the measure through the Senate. House passage could come when that chamber returns briefly from recess on Friday. “What will vote-a-rama be like. It will be like hell,” Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said Friday of the approaching GOP amendments. He said that in supporting the Democratic bill, Manchin and Sinema “are empowering legislation that will make the average person’s life more difficult” by forcing up energy costs with tax increases and making it harder for companies to hire workers. The bill offers spending and tax incentives for moving toward cleaner fuels and supporting coal with assistance for reducing carbon emissions. Expiring subsidies that help millions of people afford private insurance premiums would be extended for three years, and there is $4 billion to help Western states combat drought. There would be a new 15% minimum tax on some corporations that earn over $1 billion annually but pay far less than the current 21% corporate tax. There would also be a 1% tax on companies that buy back their own stock, swapped in after Sinema refused to support higher taxes on private equity firm executives and hedge fund managers. The IRS budget would be pumped up to strengthen its tax collections. While the bill's final costs are still being determined, it overall would spend more than $300 billion over 10 years to slow climate change, which analysts say would be the country's largest investment in that effort, and billions more on health care. It would raise more than $700 billion in taxes and from government drug cost savings, leaving about $300 billion for deficit reduction — a modest bite out of projected 10-year shortfalls of many trillions of dollars. Democrats are using special procedures that would let them pass the measure without having to reach the 60-vote majority that legislation often needs in the Senate. It is the parliamentarian's job to decide whether parts of legislation must be dropped for violating those rules, which include a requirement that provisions be chiefly aimed at affecting the federal budget, not imposing new policy. ___ Associated Press writer Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
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2022-08-06 22:32:10
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(NEXSTAR) — Are Blockbuster nights about to make a return? Fans of the once-ubiquitous video rental store Blockbuster are keeping an eye on the blue and yellow company after its website quietly came back online over the weekend. A visit to Blockbuster.com now directs to a message reading simply, “We are working on rewinding your movie.” Fondness for Blockbuster has increased over the past couple of years, as 80s and 90s nostalgia has permeated TV and movies. Last year, streaming giant Netflix even released a now-canceled sitcom based on employees of Blockbuster’s last store. The company’s actual last real-life store, located in Bend, Oregon, has become a popular attraction, and even briefly an Airbnb rental. Given the latest resurrection of the company’s website — and reactivation of its Twitter account — many are now abuzz about a potential Blockbuster reboot. “Whaaaaat is happening?! ls this the return of @blockbuster?! Oh how we’ve missed you!” one Twitter user said over the weekend. Meanwhile, user Shaun Stackhouse wrote: “Is Blockbuster coming back? I hope so, but it could just be some kind of streaming service. I would rather see the return of brick-and-mortar stores!” Blockbuster is currently owned by Dish Network. The TV provider purchased the Blockbuster brand for a reported $228 million back in 2011. Dish Network announced it was closing all remaining Blockbuster stores in November 2013. Nexstar has reached out to Dish Network for more details about the Blockbuster message and will update if we hear back.
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2023-03-21 17:51:14
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(KTLA) — A night meant to highlight inclusion has become one of controversy after one group was uninvited from participating in the Los Angles Dodgers’ 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night next month. The Los Angeles chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who were going to be honored with the team’s Community Hero Award, have been removed from the lineup of this year’s event. The Sisters are a self-described “leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns” who use “humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit.” They are known for their activism on behalf of LGBTQ rights and their support for those living with HIV and other causes. Despite their intentions, the Sisters’ use of Roman Catholic imagery in particular rankled some, including Catholic organizations and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, who wrote a letter of complaint to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. “Do you believe that the Los Angeles Dodgers are being ‘inclusive and welcoming to everyone’ by giving an award to a group of gay and transgender drag performers that intentionally mocks and degrades Christians — and not only Christians, but nuns, who devote their lives to serving others?” Rubio wrote. In response to Rubio and others, the Dodgers decided to uninvite the Sisters. “Given the strong feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters’ inclusion in our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we have seen over the years of Pride Night, we are deciding to remove them from this year’s group of honorees,” the team said in a statement. While the move has garnered praise from critics, the Sisters and others criticized the Dodgers for “succumbing to pressure from persons outside of the State of California and outside of our community,” as the group said in a statement of response. “While we may no longer appear on Dodgers Pride Night we will be out on the streets of Los Angeles continuing to serve and uplift our community,” the statement added. “If being true to oneself with love, joy and pride is a sin, then we, having been cancelled by the New York Post, and now the Dodgers, will do what we always do. We will go out and sin some more.” The Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner put out a statement in support of the Sisters, blaming “out-of-state, right-wing fundamentalists” for “perpetuating a false narrative about LGBTQ+ people.” “We call on the Dodgers to reconsider their decision, honor the Sisters, and bring the true spirit of Pride back to Dodgers Stadium,” Hollendoner wrote. “If the decision is not reversed, we strongly encourage the Dodgers to cancel Pride Night. Any organization that turns its back on LGBTQ+ people at this damning and dangerous inflection point in our nation’s history should not be hoisting a rainbow flag or hosting a ‘Pride Night.’” The Sisters also received support from Northern California. State Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat and member of the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, criticized the Dodgers for backing down and included a subtle dig at the San Francisco Giants’ rivals. “Really sad to see the Dodgers cave to pressure & kick drag queens out of a Pride celebration,” he wrote on Twitter. “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do amazing, life-saving work in the community. We expect more from our sports teams — even the Dodgers.”
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Top Miami Players to Watch vs. Drake - First Round Norchad Omier and Tucker DeVries are two players to watch on Friday at 7:25 PM ET, when the Miami Hurricanes (25-7) match up with the Drake Bulldogs (27-7) in the first round of the NCAA tournament at MVP Arena. In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to watch in this matchup on TBS. Use our link to get a free trial of fuboTV, where you can watch college hoops and tons of other live sports without cable! How to Watch Miami vs. Drake - Game Day: Friday, March 17 - Game Time: 7:25 PM ET - Arena: MVP Arena - Location: Albany, New York - TV: TBS | Watch select March Madness games live on FuboTV Watch college hoops all season without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to fuboTV! Miami's Last Game Miami dropped its most recent game to Duke, 85-78, on Friday. Isaiah Wong starred with 22 points, plus two rebounds and two assists. Miami Players to Watch Omier is tops on his squad in rebounds per contest (9.7), and also averages 13.6 points and 1.3 assists. Defensively, he delivers 1 steal and 1.3 blocked shots. Jordan Miller puts up 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest, shooting 54.1% from the floor and 36% from beyond the arc with 1 made 3-pointers per contest. Nijel Pack is posting 13.2 points, 2.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per contest. Wooga Poplar is putting up 8.3 points, 1.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game. Miami Top Performers (Last 10 Games) © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
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2023-03-17 14:44:50
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian was sentenced by a Ukrainian court Monday to life in prison — the maximum — amid signs the Kremlin may hold trials of its own, particularly of the captured fighters who held out at Mariupol’s steel plant. Meanwhile, in a rare public expression of opposition to the war from the ranks of the Russian elite, a veteran Kremlin diplomat resigned and sent a scathing letter to foreign colleagues in which he said of the invasion, “Never have I been so ashamed of my country as on Feb. 24 of this year.” Also, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia in a video address to world leaders and executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. And on the battlefield, heavy fighting raged in the Donbas in the east, where Moscow’s forces have stepped up their bombardments. Cities not under Russian control were constantly shelled, and one Ukrainian military official said Russian forces targeted civilians trying to flee. In the first of what could be a multitude of war crimes trials inside Ukraine, Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, was sentenced for the killing of a 62-year-old man who was shot in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region in the early days of the war. Shishimarin, a captured member of a tank unit, apologized to the man’s widow in court. His Ukraine-appointed defense attorney, Victor Ovsyanikov, argued his client had been unprepared for the “violent military confrontation” and mass casualties that Russian troops encountered when they invaded. He said he would appeal. Ukrainian civil liberties advocate Volodymyr Yavorskyy said it was “an extremely harsh sentence for one murder during the war.” But Aarif Abraham, a British-based human rights lawyer, said the trial was conducted “with what appears to be full and fair due process,” including access to an attorney. Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating thousands of potential war crimes. Russian forces in Mariupol bombed a theater where civilians were sheltering and struck a maternity hospital. In the wake of Moscow’s withdrawal from around Kyiv weeks ago, mass graves were discovered and streets were strewn with bodies in towns such as Bucha. Difficult cases may need to go to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, in the Netherlands, Abraham said. Shishimarin had told the court that he at first disobeyed his immediate commanding officer’s order to shoot the unarmed civilian but had no choice but to follow the order when it was repeated forcefully by another officer. Abraham, however, noted that following a order is not a defense under the law. Before the sentencing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow was unable to defend the soldier “on the ground” but will consider trying to do so “through other channels.” Russian authorities have threatened to hold trials of captured Ukrainians — namely, fighters who held out at Mariupol’s shattered steelworks, the last stronghold of resistance in the strategic southern port city. They surrendered and were taken prisoner last week, at which point Moscow claimed the capture of Mariupol was complete. Russia’s main investigative body said it intends to interrogate the Mariupol defenders to “identify the nationalists” and determine whether they were involved in crimes against civilians. Russian authorities have seized upon the far-right origins of one of the regiments there, calling the Azov Regiment’s fighters “Nazis” and accusing their commander of “numerous atrocities” — without evidence. Russia’s top prosecutor has asked the country’s Supreme Court to designate the Azov Regiment a terrorist organization. Family members of the fighters have pleaded for them to be given rights as prisoners of war and eventually returned to Ukraine. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said he is open to “any possibility that doesn’t contradict common sense.” Meanwhile, Boris Bondarev, a veteran Russian diplomat at the U.N. office at Geneva, resigned and sent a letter railing against the “aggressive war unleashed” by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bondarev told The Associated Press: “It is intolerable what my government is doing now.” In his letter, Bondarev said those who conceived the war “want only one thing — to remain in power forever, live in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in tonnage and cost to the entire Russian Navy, enjoying unlimited power and complete impunity.” He also said Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is all about “warmongering, lies and hatred.” At the Davos forum, Zelenskyy said sanctions against the Kremlin need to go further. He urged an embargo on Russian oil, a complete cutoff of trade with Russia and a withdrawal of foreign companies from the country. “This is what sanctions should be: They should be maximum, so that Russia and every other potential aggressor that wants to wage a brutal war against its neighbor would clearly know the immediate consequences of their actions,” said Zelenskyy, who received a standing ovation. On the battlefield, Russian forces increased bombardments in the Donbas, the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories that Russia is bent on capturing. The chief of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said heavy fighting continued near the Luhansk region, with Russian forces “trying to break through and capture Lyman city so as to perform its offensive toward Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.” The Donbas consists of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He said the Russian forces were decimating cities in their attempt to take them over. He said: “The main thing is to stop the enemy and then we can think about liberating the territories.” He said that only about 320,000 people out of the region’s prewar population of 1.6 million remain and that Russian forces continue to target evacuation efforts. “They are killing us. They are killing the locals during evacuation,” Kyrylenko said. “We haven’t been able to see the sun for three months. We are almost blind because we were in darkness for three months,” said Rayisa Rybalko, who hid with her family first in their basement and then in a bomb shelter at a school before fleeing their village of Novomykhailivka. “The world should have seen that.” Her son-in-law Dmytro Khaliapin said heavy artillery pounded the village. “Houses are being ruined,” he said. “It’s a horror.” ___ Becatoros reported from Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Associated Press journalists Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Andrea Rosa in Kharkiv, Danica Kirka in London and other AP staffers around the world contributed. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas prison adopted a couple of barn cats to solve a rat problem. Now, a couple of years later, the prison has a cat problem, too. The Texas prison, which asked not to be named, contacted Austin Pets Alive! animal shelter about a feline infestation problem on their premises. The prison started with two or three cats that weren’t spayed or neutered and now has nearly 20, staff said. Working cats are often used in barns, homes or prisons to help mitigate rat infestations. “It’s a great idea,” said Kelly Holt, a senior manager for APA!’s cat program. “Where the issue began was that the cats weren’t spayed and neutered. So they ended up procreating and dealing with an overpopulation issue now.” When shelter staff last went to the prison, they were able to nab five of the cats roaming around the grounds, and Holt said they plan to go back to get more. “We wanted to help out and bring some of the cats (to the center) where we could get them the medical attention that they need and place them in forever homes,” Holt said. Holt added that some of the cats had medical conditions that needed expert care. One cat, for example, has Cerebellar Hypoplasia (CH), sometimes called wobbly cat syndrome, which is a neurological condition that causes a cat to — you guessed it — wobble when it walks. This condition is neither contagious nor painful for the animal. Some of the cats rescued from the prison are up for adoption, Holt said. She added that the felines not equipped for indoor living may go into APA!’s working cat program, where they will be deployed to other places that need rodent populations controlled. 📲 Download the Queen City News app to stay updated on the go. 📧 Sign up for QC News email alerts to have breaking news sent to your inbox. 💻 Find today’s top stories on QCNews.com for Charlotte, NC, and all of the Carolinas. Holt said APA! will spay and neuter all working cats so clients who adopt them won’t have an issue like the prison has. “I think it’s great that prisons are utilizing working cat programs,” Holt said. “I think it’s just important to note that spaying and neutering the cats is really key to making those programs work best.”
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Federal investigators found one additional document with classified markings during a search of former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home on Friday. The Justice Department conducted a search of Pence’s home roughly three weeks after his attorney notified the National Archives that they had discovered about a dozen documents with classified markings there. The search was conducted in cooperation with Pence’s team, and it lasted roughly five hours. Devin O’Malley, a Pence adviser, said investigators removed “one document with classified markings and six additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president’s counsel.” “The vice president has directed his legal team to continue its cooperation with appropriate authorities and to be fully transparent through the conclusion of this matter,” O’Malley said in a statement. Pence was not present for the search on Friday, but a member of his legal team was. The former vice president and former second lady Karen Pence had traveled to the West Coast for the births of their second and third grandchildren. The Department of Justice (DOJ) was given unrestricted access to Pence’s home, according to a person familiar with the matter. The scope of the search included documents with classified markings or potentially classified materials, as well as documents the DOJ believed might be original Presidential Record Act documents. Former presidents and vice presidents are required to turn over materials to the National Archives for proper storage, though they are able to request copies of certain documents. The terms of the search were the same as the ones applied to the search of President Biden’s home in Delaware and his old office in Washington, D.C., a person familiar told The Hill. Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, had notified the National Archives on Jan. 18 that a small number of documents with classified markings were found at the former vice president’s Indiana home. Pence was not aware that the documents were in his home, Jacob said. Officials had searched Pence’s home for classified documents out of an abundance of caution after sensitive government materials were found at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., and his office while he worked at the Penn-Biden Center in D.C. The Pence documents were turned over to federal authorities the next day, along with two other boxes with copies of administration records, Jacob said. Documents were found at Biden’s old office in November and at his home in December from his time as vice president. While the White House quickly alerted the National Archives and Justice Department, neither discovery was disclosed to the public until they were reported in the media. Former President Trump was also found to have taken dozens of classified documents to his Florida estate upon leaving office in 2021. The FBI searched his home last August to recover those materials after months of attempting to get them back. In response to the findings at Biden’s and Trump’s homes, Pence had said he did not take any classified material with him upon leaving office. Days after the discovery at his Indiana home, Pence said “mistakes were made” while packing up materials from his time as vice president, and he vowed to cooperate with federal officials on the matter. Pence is mulling a potential 2024 presidential bid, making regular trips to early voting states including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
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TORONTO (AP) — Alleged group sexual assaults by members of the 2003 and 2018 Canadian world junior hockey teams are being investigated by police in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and London, Ontario. Halifax Regional Police confirmed Friday that it is investigating an assault at the 2003 junior championships. Shortly afterward, police officials in London said they are reopening their investigation into a 2018 incident. The investigations are the latest developments in an ongoing crisis that has rocked Hockey Canada and led to its funding being suspended by the federal government and several major corporate sponsors. “Today we learn of yet another horror story that allegedly occurred in 2003. Once again, like all Canadians, I am appalled and angry,” Canadian Sport Minister Pascal St-Onge said. “It is clear that the culture of silence and the trivialization of sexual violence is well entrenched in the culture of this sport. “Hockey Canada has a lot of work to do on this issue before they regain the trust of Canadians. Anyone with information about the events of 2003, or any other such event, should report it to the police.” Hockey Canada said it became aware of the 2003 incident after it was contacted by TSN on Thursday seeking comment. The national sport organization said it immediately contacted Sport Canada and Halifax police. “Hockey Canada is committed to bringing an end to the culture of silence in hockey,” Hockey Canada said a statement Friday. “That is why we are publicly calling for anyone with knowledge of this incident to come forward to police, and we are being transparent in how we learned of this alleged assault and the steps we are taking to address it.” Hockey Canada said that two weeks earlier members of its staff heard a rumor about “something bad at the 2003 world juniors” but was not able to get any details until it was contacted by TSN on Thursday. MP John Nater said he was contacted by a person earlier this week with information regarding an alleged sexual assault involving members of the 2003 national junior team. He said he forwarded the information to Halifax police and encouraged the person to contact police directly. TSN reports that a source contacted Nater and described a video of the alleged sexual assault to the MP. TSN spoke to the source and two others who have watched the video and all three corroborate that it shows approximately six players from Canada’s junior team having sex with a woman who was non-responsive and laying face up on the pool table. One of the three sources told TSN that one of the players from the 2003 team had borrowed a video camera during the tournament in Halifax and the graphic recording was still on the camera when it was returned. That person said they were pressured by the players to delete the video and that they never reported it to police. Carlo Colaiacovo, who played defense for Canada’s junior team in 2003, issued a statement Friday. “As a member of that team, it is important that everyone is aware that I had no involvement or knowledge of any incidents whatsoever,” Colaiacovo said. “I will co-operate fully with any investigations.” P-A Parenteau, a forward on the team, told The Canadian Press that he only learned about the alleged sexual assault on Friday. He said that he was “definitely not involved” and that the allegations are “a shock.” Colaiacovo and Parenteau are two of 21 players from the silver-medal 2003 team that went on to play in the NHL. Hockey Canada has already had funding from the federal government and corporate sponsors paused following allegations of a sexual assault involving eight members of the 2018 men’s junior hockey team. Those allegations came to light after it was reported by media that Hockey Canada paid out an undisclosed settlement to the complainant after she sued the organization, the Canadian Hockey League, and the eight unnamed players. The woman was seeking $3.55 million.
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2022-07-23 18:34:07
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum (NYSE: UNM) has a suite of tech-forward solutions in response to the growing needs of employees in a competitive talent market. According to recent Unum research, two of the top HR challenges in the workplace are support for employee's mental health and employee attraction and retention.1 Over half (56%) of U.S. workers said they felt mentally unwell according to Unum research. Polly Nicholas, SVP Unum Solutions said the company is at the center of helping employees when they need time away from work and employers save time when administering benefits. "Unum has always been an organization that helps the working world thrive throughout life's moments. When you consider what the world has gone through in the last few years, now, more than ever, we are in a profound sort of touchstone for how we can show up for people," said Nicholas. "Our internal data shows there was a 37% growth in Unum disability claims paid and 55% increase in leaves administered. When you couple that with the national conversation around leave, mental and financial wellness, our portfolio of solutions can provide meaningful support for America's workers and businesses," Nicholas added. Unum's service and technology solutions complements businesses as they meet the needs of a changing workforce. The suite of digital solutions: - Support Time Away: Unum Total Leave and Unum Leave Logic provide easy to understand leave planning and management tools that deliver an elevated employee experience and accurate data for HR. - Integrate with HR Systems: Unum HR Connect can be integrated with top HRIS providers to create seamless implementation, administration and access. - Improve Workforce Wellness: Unum Behavioral Health increases access to personalized experiences for employees and provides resources for employers to reduce mental health stigma. Learn more about Unum's benefit solutions. About Unum Group Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by the Ethisphere®. Visit the Unum newsroom for more information, and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 1 March 2022 Unum Employer Insights Pulse Survey View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Unum Group
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US Capitol rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to 4 years in prison By Holmes Lybrand and Andrew Millman, CNN Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an ex-Army reservist and US Capitol rioter who said January 6, 2021, was “exhilarating” and felt like “civil war” was sentenced on Thursday to four years behind bars. “This is a significant sentence,” District Judge Trevor McFadden said. McFadden lambasted Hale-Cusanelli for his “sexist, racist and antisemitic comments” that the judge said motivated, in part, his actions that day. Hale-Cusanelli, who was convicted in May of all five charges he faced, including the felony of obstructing an official proceeding, told the judge he “would never see my face again.” “I disrespected my uniform” on January 6, Hale-Cusanelli added, asking the judge for mercy. He also was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. During the riot, video shows Hale-Cusanelli yelling for the mob to “advance” before breaching the US Capitol himself, and later signaling for more rioters to join him inside. Hale-Cusanelli also tried to pull another rioter away from a police officer who was detaining the individual. “You absolutely knew what you and others were doing,” McFadden said Thursday, adding that Hale-Cusanelli lied during his testimony in trial when he claimed he didn’t know Congress met in the Capitol, despite telling his roommate that he was just outside the House chambers during the riot. McFadden repeatedly castigated Hale-Cusanelli for racist commentary that “normalizes violence,” pointing to the recent increase of antisemitic violence in the US. In their sentencing memorandum, prosecutors argued that Hale-Cusanelli should receive 78 months behind bars and pointed to his desire for a civil war and antisemitic conspiracies, saying that Jews controlled Democrats, President Joe Biden and all of government. “It is well-established in the record at this point that Hale-Cusanelli subscribes to White Supremacist and Nazi-Sympathizer ideologies that drive his enthusiasm for another civil war and formed the basis of this Court’s pretrial determination that Hale-Cusanelli was a danger to the community,” prosecutor Kathryn Fifield wrote. “What Hale-Cusanelli was doing on January 6 was not activism,” Fifield added. “It was the preamble to his civil war.” During his trial, Hale-Cusanelli’s defense attorney Jonathan Crisp told the jury that his client simply says these things to “agitate” others and “get attention.” Hale-Cusanelli testified that he was half Jewish and not an anti-Semite. In his sentencing memorandum, another attorney for Hale-Cusanelli, Nicholas Smith, wrote that his client’s “upbringing was like something from Oliver Twist” and that he was raised by “effectively career criminals” and drug abusers. Smith, in his filing, asked that Hale-Cusanelli be sentenced to 20 months in prison with time served. Jan. 6 committee witness gets probation Stephen Ayres, who testified at one of the House select committee‘s public hearings, was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service. Ayres had pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct in a restricted building in June and the government asked for two months’ incarceration at sentencing. District Judge John Bates at sentencing credited Ayres’ testimony while deciding his sentence, saying that Ayres “has shown genuine remorse and regret and that includes testifying before the January 6th select committee.” “I want to apologize to you and the court and the American people,” Ayres said during his sentencing hearing. “I went down there that day not with the intention to cause any violence or anything like that, but I did get caught up in all the stuff online, on Facebook, which ultimately I felt like was steering me in the wrong direction.” During the hearing in July, Ayres testified that he was “riled up” by then-President Donald Trump’s speech and never planned to go to the Capitol but was “following what (Trump) said” during his Ellipse address. “It changed my life, not for the good, definitely not for the better,” he said. He added that he no longer believes Trump’s lies about the 2020 election but warned that there are millions of people who still do, which poses a threat for future elections. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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2022-09-22 19:41:13
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, announced today that Kruti Patel Goyal, currently Etsy's Chief Product Officer, has been named Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary Depop, a global fashion resale marketplace, effective September 12, 2022. Maria Raga, Depop's current CEO, has resigned to pursue personal ventures, but will remain with Depop in an advisory capacity until September 30, 2022 to facilitate a smooth transition. With Kruti's transition to her new role, Etsy has promoted Nick Daniel, Vice President of Product Management, to Chief Product Officer. Etsy, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Josh Silverman commented, "Depop is a highly-relevant and authentic re-commerce brand that we believe is still early in its growth lifecycle. I have no doubt Kruti is the right leader for Depop's next chapter as we focus on nurturing its passionate community and improving the customer experience. She has guided Etsy through periods of significant transformation, with a proven track record of motivating teams to deliver results and advance our mission." Kruti possesses a deep expertise in marketplace dynamics, having held a range of leadership roles at Etsy over the past 11 years. In her current role as Chief Product Officer, Kruti has transformed Etsy's product development culture, scaled our teams, and significantly improved the shopping experience within the marketplace. She previously led Etsy's seller services, corporate development, international, and marketplace integrity teams. Nick has been with Etsy for more than eight years and currently serves as Vice President of Product Management. Over the course of his tenure, Nick has led highly-technical, complex, and cross-functional initiatives that have unlocked significant value for Etsy's customers and stakeholders. He championed the expansion and optimization of Etsy Ads and oversaw efforts to create a more personalized shopping experience, improve the selling platform, and scale Etsy's marketing technology capabilities. Josh continued, "I'm delighted to congratulate Nick on this well-deserved promotion. Nick is an Etsy veteran who has led some of our most impactful product initiatives that have enabled sellers to grow their businesses and drive more sales. Kruti and Nick stepping into these new roles reflects our efforts to nurture a deep bench of talent and leadership across our House of Brands. Finally, I'd like to express my gratitude to Maria for her partnership and her many significant contributions. Under her leadership, Depop took the world by storm and defined itself as a beloved, culturally-relevant brand. We wish her the best in her future endeavors." Maria Raga added, "After eight years of scaling Depop from a small enterprise to being a part of Etsy's House of Brands, I'm excited to now pass the baton to someone who can take Depop to the next level. Working with Kruti for the past year, I have consistently been impressed by her extraordinary track record and empathetic leadership. I could not have wished for a better successor and I am confident she will do amazing things for Depop." Kruti Patel Goyal commented, "At Etsy, we often say that two-sided marketplaces are lightning in a bottle – and this is certainly true of Depop. We believe Depop has fostered one of the most passionate communities in ecommerce, and has only scratched the surface when it comes to reaching its full potential. I'm excited to work with the talented team at Depop as they redefine the future of fashion." Nick Daniel added, "Etsy's product development culture enables us to rapidly test new features, respond to evolving customer needs, and harness the power of technology to foster human connections. I look forward to working with the teams as we continue to create a differentiated shopping experience for buyers while bringing new opportunities to millions of creative entrepreneurs around the world." Both Kruti and Nick will report to Etsy CEO Josh Silverman, and Nick will join Etsy's executive team. Kruti will relocate to London, where Depop is headquartered. Depop's talented leadership team that previously reported to Maria will report to Kruti. Kruti Patel Goyal currently serves as Etsy's Chief Product Officer and is responsible for leading Etsy's product development efforts worldwide, building exceptional shopping experiences across platforms, and enabling creative entrepreneurs to start, manage and scale global businesses. Since 2011, Kruti has held many integral roles at Etsy, helping lead the company through multiple phases of growth. Her responsibilities have included overseeing Etsy's Seller Services business globally, managing Corporate Development, leading the International growth team and serving as the company's first head of Marketplace Integrity and Trust & Safety teams. Before joining Etsy, Kruti worked in strategy and business development at Viacom and at Product (RED). Kruti began her career in M&A at Morgan Stanley and at General Atlantic Partners as a growth equity investor in technology businesses. She holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University. Nick Daniel is currently Vice President of Product Management. Since joining Etsy in 2014, he has held multiple roles of increasing responsibilities, including overseeing the development of Etsy's selling platform, advertising products, marketing technology, data enablement, product enablement, and personalization products. Prior to joining Etsy, Nick worked in sales engineering at Google and, earlier in his career, held various consulting and software development roles. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Dayton and an MBA and Master of Information Systems from Boston University. Etsy, Inc. operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world. These marketplaces share a mission to "Keep Commerce Human," and we're committed to using the power of business to strengthen communities and empower people. Our primary marketplace, Etsy.com, is the global destination for unique and creative goods. Buyers come to Etsy to be inspired and delighted by items that are crafted and curated by creative entrepreneurs. For sellers, we offer a range of tools and services that address key business needs. Etsy, Inc.'s "House of Brands" portfolio also includes fashion resale marketplace Depop, musical instrument marketplace Reverb, and Brazil-based handmade goods marketplace Elo7. Each Etsy, Inc. marketplace operates independently, while benefiting from shared expertise in product, marketing, technology, and customer support. Etsy was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Etsy has used, and intends to continue using, its Investor Relations website and the Etsy News Blog (etsy.com/news) to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Etsy News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts. Depop is the community-powered marketplace app where people exploring style and the latest trends come to shop and sell circular fashion. With over 26 million users in more than 150 countries, Depop is the place for anyone looking to celebrate style on their terms and keeping millions of items of clothing in rotation. Founded in 2011, Depop has its headquarters in London and offices in Manchester, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney with 400 employees dedicated to helping build a new fashion system that's kinder to people and kinder to the planet. In 2021, Depop joined Etsy, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary and continues to operate as a standalone marketplace for fashion items, community and creativity. Investor Relations Contact: Etsy, Deb Wasser, Vice President, Investor Relations & ESG Engagement ir@etsy.com Media Relations Contact: Sarah Marx, Director, Corporate Communications press@etsy.com View original content: SOURCE Etsy
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2022-07-20 12:32:30
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GREENVILLE, S.C., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern First Bank, one of the fastest-growing banks in the Southeast, is excited to announce the opening of its new corporate headquarters at 6 Verdae Boulevard in Greenville, S.C. This landmark project makes a bold and visionary statement about the future of Southern First and that collaboration and company culture matter. The building is an investment in Southern First's clients and team members and a testament to the bank's continued organic growth. The five-story, 107,000 square foot building, sits on ~7 acres at the intersection of Laurens Road and Verdae Boulevard, an area that will see continued growth and development as a major mixed-use community hub in the Upstate. Home to Southern First's critical Operations and Support teams, the project also houses the bank's flagship retail banking office, featuring collaboration areas and modern meeting spaces that foster the bank's relationship first approach to banking. On the exterior, clients have access to industry-leading technology at Southern First's new drive-thru experience featuring Interactive Teller Machines (ITMs). These 24-hour deposit-ready ATMs are equipped for video banking with live tellers, allowing clients to conduct more transaction types and receive personal assistance immediately. In the first-floor lobby, Southern First has partnered with homegrown Greenville business, Southern Pressed Juicery, who will serve a menu of cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and handcrafted food items to the public. The architecture throughout the building is designed to enhance team dynamics and community engagement. The building represents the bank's continued commitment to creating outstanding experiences for clients, associates, and the community. "Southern First Bank was founded in Greenville over 22 years ago. We are excited to celebrate the opening of our new headquarters as this investment is a message to the community and throughout the Southeast that our team is committed to strong relationships, progressive technology, and a servant heart culture. We will continue to grow one client at a time and look forward to continuing this journey for the next 22 + years," stated Art Seaver, CEO of Southern First. Southern First Bancshares, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina is a registered bank holding company incorporated under the laws of South Carolina. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern First Bank, one of the fastest growing banks in the Southeast. Southern First Bank has been providing financial services since 1999 and now operates in 12 locations in the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston markets of South Carolina as well as the Charlotte, Triangle, and Triad regions of North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Southern First Bancshares has consolidated assets of approximately $3.1 billion and its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "SFST." More information can be found at www.southernfirst.com. MEDIA CONTACT: ART SEAVER 864-679-9010 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
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2022-06-21 21:23:02
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — UAE announces longtime ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, country to begin 40-days of mourning. - After six years, RH opens S.F. showroom and restaurant at historic Pier 70 - A viral TikTok video explores a ‘time machine’ tunnel under the Bay... - This wealthy Bay Area city wants to build townhomes for the first time... - A 30-year ban on car cruising could be lifted in this Bay Area city - In Steve Kerr’s absence, ‘whooped’ Warriors can’t laugh off Game 5 loss - ‘Embarrassing’ Game 5 loss makes you wonder, are Warriors made for a... - S.F. school district picks new superintendent, who seeks to end divisive... - S.F.’s iconic Bay to Breakers is run by a southern company whose... - When will the surge in COVID cases peak? Here’s why the BA.2 curve will... - This list of the most livable small cities in the U.S. includes only 2... Most Popular Top of the News - When will COVID surge peak? Why the BA.2 curve will be harder to predictThe trajectory of the current COVID-19 wave in the Bay Area is harder to forecast than previous surges, experts say. Here are five reasons why.By Danielle Echeverria - By Michael Cabanatuan, Michael Cabanatuan
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2022-05-13 11:51:07
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Sheraton, who died April 6, was the first woman to review restaurants for The New York Times. Her opinions were reputed to have the power to make or break new restaurants. Originally broadcast in '87. Copyright 2023 Fresh Air Sheraton, who died April 6, was the first woman to review restaurants for The New York Times. Her opinions were reputed to have the power to make or break new restaurants. Originally broadcast in '87. Copyright 2023 Fresh Air
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WHO says COVID-19 pandemic no longer global emergency GENEVA - The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn't come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The U.N. health agency says that thousands of people are still dying from the virus every week. "It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. RELATED: US to end most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week "That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat," he said, adding he wouldn't hesitate to reconvene experts to reassess the situation should COVID-19 "put our world in peril." Tedros said the pandemic had been on a downward trend for more than a year, acknowledging that most countries have already returned to life before COVID-19. He bemoaned the damage that COVID-19 had done to the global community, saying the virus had shattered businesses and plunged millions into poverty. RELATED: Biden ends COVID-19 national emergency after Congress acts "COVID has changed our world and it has changed us," he said, warning that the risk of new variants still remained. When the U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an international crisis on Jan. 30, 2020, it hadn't yet been named COVID-19 and there were no major outbreaks beyond China. More than three years later, the virus has caused an estimated 764 million cases globally and about 5 billion people have received at least one dose of vaccine. In the U.S., the public health emergency declaration made regarding COVID-19 is set to expire on May 11, when wide-ranging measures to support the pandemic response, including vaccine mandates, will end. Many other countries, including Germany, France and Britain, dropped many of their provisions against the pandemic last year. RELATED: President Biden to end country's COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 When Tedros declared COVID-19 to be an emergency in 2020, he said his greatest fear was the virus’ potential to spread in countries with weak health systems he described as "ill-prepared." In fact, some of the countries that suffered the worst COVID-19 death tolls were previously judged to be the best-prepared for a pandemic, including the U.S. and Britain. According to WHO data, the number of deaths reported in Africa account for just 3% of the global total. WHO made its decision to lower its highest level of alert on Friday, after convening an expert group on Thursday. The U.N. agency doesn't "declare" pandemics, but first used the term to describe the outbreak in March 2020, when the virus had spread to every continent except Antarctica, long after many other scientists had said a pandemic was already underway. WHO is the only agency mandated to coordinate the world’s response to acute health threats, but the organization faltered repeatedly as the coronavirus unfolded. RELATED: New study cites Wuhan raccoon dogs as possible origin of COVID-19 In January 2020, WHO publicly applauded China for its supposed speedy and transparent response, even though recordings of private meetings obtained by The Associated Press showed top officials were frustrated at the country’s lack of cooperation. WHO also recommended against members of the public wearing masks to protect against COVID-19 for months, a mistake many health officials say cost lives. Numerous scientists also slammed WHO’s reluctance to acknowledge that COVID-19 was frequently spread in the air and by people without symptoms, criticizing the agency’s lack of strong guidance to prevent such exposure. Tedros was a vociferous critic of rich countries who hoarded the limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, warning that the world was on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" by failing to share shots with poor countries. Most recently, WHO has been struggling to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, a challenging scientific endeavour that has also become politically fraught. After a weeks-long visit to China, WHO released a report in 2021 concluding that COVID-19 most likely jumped into humans from animals, dismissing the possibility that it originated in a lab as "extremely unlikely." But the U.N. agency backtracked the following year, saying "key pieces of data" were still missing and that it was premature to rule out that COVID-19 might have ties to a lab. A panel commissioned by WHO to review its performance criticized China and other countries for not moving quicker to stop the virus and said the organization was constrained both by its limited finances and inability to compel countries to act. Maria Cheng reported from London.
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/who-says-covid-19-pandemic-no-longer-global-emergency
2023-05-05 15:32:05
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In Memoriam In loving memory of, WENDY SAWYER 06/03/1972 - 02/21/2015 Missing you dearly, always our superstar! Your mother and family. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.0&appId=1810515642321544&autoLogAppEvents=1'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); You'll find individual Guest Books on the page with each obituary notice. By sharing a fond memory or writing a kind tribute, you will be providing a comforting keepsake to those in mourning. . From a Guest Book, you may log in with your Google, Facebook, Yahoo or AOL account to leave a message. If you have an existing account with this site, you may log in with that. Otherwise, it's simple to create a new one by clicking on the Create "Sign up" button and following the simple steps on the Sign Up page. Please disable your ad blocker, whitelist our site, or purchase a subscription
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2023-02-15 20:09:38
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ATLANTA (AP) — A new monument and garden celebrating and honoring the legacy of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King was dedicated on Thursday, which would have been her 96th birthday. The Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden and monument sits on the grounds of The King Center in Atlanta, which she founded in 1968 to memorialize the life, work, legacy and commitment to nonviolence of her husband, slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “The magnitude of her contributions to humanity are yet to be known,” the Rev. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center, said of her mother. “Today’s dedication of this monument is but a beginning. There’s much more to come, and when her legacy is fully revealed, we will know that because of her, because of Mom, because of Coretta Scott King, the dream lives and the legacy continues.” After a program featuring speeches, a poem and musical performances, Bernice King and her niece Yolanda Renee King — the 14-year-old daughter of Martin Luther King III — together untied a ribbon on the gate of the garden and cut another ribbon on the monument. Also on hand for the ceremony was MLK lieutenant and former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton, as well as other King family members and civic leaders. The monument was created by artist Saya Woolfalk, who said the desire of the King family to have it on the “sacred ground” of The King Center, rather than a site somewhere else in the city as originally planned, was very meaningful to her. “It’s an immersive environment,” Woolfalk said of the work she created. “It’s not a representational sculpture. It’s intended to make you feel like you’re in the spirit of Mrs. King. So you walk into the space, and you feel her spirit.” The monument features a circular “chapel dome” made of steel that is open on the sides. Underneath the domed canopy is a bronze cast sculpture of microphones that includes a live microphone that Woolfalk said is meant to allow visitors “to speak their own words and commitments to civil rights and nonviolence.” The floor is a tiled mosaic of the rose that bears King’s name. The garden features a stone-paved area flanked by benches and flower beds leading up to the monument. It is near the eternal flame that burns next to the pool that surrounds the crypt that holds the Kings’ bodies. The monument was commissioned by Hulu as part of its “Made By Her: Monuments” project, which aims to chip away at the gender disparities in public art. Similar monuments to journalist and conservationist Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have been commissioned in Miami and Los Angeles, respectively. The monuments all include the canopy structure to link them as part of “a kind of sisterhood of sacred sites,” said Woolfalk, who designed all three.
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2023-04-28 11:06:30
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Authorities in Canada are trying to figure out how $14.77 million in gold and other items were taken from a Toronto airport last week. Police inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told reporters the items were on board an airplane that landed at Toronto Pearson Airport last week. The items were then taken to a holding area used for cargo at the airport. It was there where the items went missing. “Our goal is to solve this theft,” Duivesteyn said, adding his agency would not go into detail on how the items were stolen. “We feel this to be an isolated incident,” Duivesteyn added. “For the traveling public concerned about flying in or out, they should have no concern. We do not consider this a public safety matter.” Duivesteyn said no suspects have been arrested. SEE MORE: Police: Thieves stole roughly $200K in dimes from tractor-trailer Duivesteyn said the items were contained in a storage unit about 5 feet to 6 feet wide. However, the heist is not the largest in aviation history. In 1978, $5.8 million in money and jewelry were stolenfrom a Lufthansa Airlines cargo facility at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The heist would amount to $26 million today. Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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2023-04-24 22:52:00
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2022-12-14 15:35:00
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Point Predictive Inc., the San Diego-based company that provides artificial intelligence solutions to lenders, today launched ConsumerCheck™. This solution offers personal loan lenders, credit card issuers, buy-now-pay-later providers, and other financial institutions access to Point Predictive's 19 billion consumer risk insights to reduce or eliminate onerous consumer information requests and make better-informed risk management decisions for current and prospective customers. ConsumerCheck enables lenders and financial institutions to streamline the customer origination process and more deeply evaluate the risks associated with both new and existing customers. The solution complements existing credit risk management tools by providing additional, rich, consumer-specific data points that create a more holistic analysis of a borrower's risk potential without inconveniencing customers and applicants. ConsumerCheck provides data that reduces or eliminates the need for requesting information on an application that causes consumers to abandon the application process. This is crucial as consumers demand shorter and simpler lending applications. ConsumerCheck extends exclusive, real-time access to the largest consortium of U.S. consumer risk data that houses 19 billion insights and covers more than 63 million U.S. consumers. The solution makes all of the information Point Predictive knows about a consumer's income, employment, occupation, identity, and historic risk profile available to be used to improve the performance and predictive power of lenders' risk management models and augment the customer data used to make profit-boosting portfolio management decisions. "A complete view of the risks associated with credit applicants is imperative to a successful customer acquisition process, but lenders struggle with consumer demands to provide as little information as possible in an application," said Tim Grace, CEO of Point Predictive. "Lenders need to augment what consumers are willing to provide with robust income, employment and identity data, and historical risk indicators to help them make the right risk determinations for extending credit. Avoiding costly and onerous requests for verification of income, employment/employer and other identity information typically needed to make informed decisions a thing of the past. With information now available from Point Predictive, making quick and consumer-friendly, yet better-informed risk decisions on current and new customers can prevent millions of dollars in losses." ConsumerCheck can reduce the number of solutions lenders need to engage in the origination process and gather a more holistic view of risks associated with customers. Using a combination of a consumer's name and address or telephone number, ConsumerCheck allows financial institutions to access up to 120 fields of data on identity, income, employment, loan collateral, and straw borrower risk. This unique feature set allows lenders to ask for fewer data fields in loan applications, improve customer experience, and reduce application abandonment rates. The Point Predictive data consortium was purpose-built for risk management with more than 120 million historical applications, reported income for more than 61 million consumers, 17 million employer records with 8,200 fake employers, more than 400,000 social security numbers tied to default, 103 million social security numbers of deceased individuals, more than $7.2 billion in loans with early payment defaults, $2 billion in loans identified as fraudulent and millions of addresses and telephone numbers linked to risk of fraud or loan default. With access to this unique data asset, financial institutions can feel more confident in their risk management decisions by seamlessly obtaining critical information; falsified employer history, multiple suspicious applications, or inflated income, ultimately reducing the lender's risk of loan defaults and increasing approval rates for improved customer acquisition. Point Predictive invites lenders who wish to learn more about ConsumerCheck to visit https://pointpredictive.com/ or contact info@pointpredictive.com. Point Predictive powers a new level of lending confidence and speed through the unique combination of artificial intelligence, a powerful data consortium, and decades of risk management expertise. The company's data and technology solutions quickly and accurately identify who is reporting truthfully on their loan applications and who is not. As a result, lenders are now able to fund loans easily without asking the vast majority of applicants for onerous documentation such as paycheck stubs, utility bills, or bank statements. This improves funding rates by 40-50% while reducing overall early payment default losses by more than 30%. Borrowers get loans faster and we significantly boost profits to a lender's bottom line. Located in San Diego, California, more information about Point Predictive can be found at www.pointpredictive.com. 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2022-10-24 15:26:38
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Updated July 4, 2022 at 12:47 PM ET ROME — Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks down the slope. Officials put the known death toll at seven. "I hope the numbers stop here,'' said Veneto Gov. Luca Zaia, whose region in northeast Italy borders the Dolomite mountain range including the Marmolada glacier. He spoke in the resort town of Canazei, where a morgue was set up in the ice rink. Another regional leader, Maurizio Fugatti, said that by Monday afternoon 14 persons remained unaccounted for: 10 Italians, three from Czechia and one from Austria. "We were contacted by families because these people didn't return home,'" said Fugatti of the Trentino-Alto Adige Alpine region. In the mountain's parking lot, four cars remained whose occupants hadn't been traced — two cars had plates from Czechia, one from Germany and the fourth from Hungary. Fugatti raised the possibility that there might be persons whose families don't know their status since they might be on holiday and only check in with relatives at vacation's end. At least three of the dead were Italians, authorities said. Italian news reports said one of the deceased was from Czechia, which is more widely known in English as the Czech Republic. On Sunday, officials said nine persons were injured, but officials at a news conference Monday in the resort town of Canazei said there were eight persons, including two hospitalized in what they described as "delicate," grave condition. Zaia said the hospitalized included two Germans and a 40-year-old patient yet to be identified. The avalanche came roaring down when dozens of hikers were on excursions, including some of them roped together. Italian Premier Mario Draghi, flanking the officials after meeting with family members of some of the dead, expressed "the most sincere, affectionate, heartfelt closeness" to the families. Looking grim, he demanded that action be taken so such a tragedy doesn't happen again. "This is a drama that certainly has some unpredictability,'' Draghi said, echoing several experts who said an avalanche triggered by a glacier's breakup couldn't be forecast. But what happened "'certainly depends on environmental deterioration and the climate situation," the premier said. Marmolada glacier has been shrinking for decades, and scientists at the government CNR research center have said it won't exist within 25-30 years. "Today, Italy gathers close" around the stricken families, Draghi said. "The government must reflect on what happened and take measures, so that what happens has a very low possibility, or none, of repeating itself." The detached portion of glacier was massive, estimated at 200 meters (yards) wide, 80 meters tall and 60 meters deep. Zaia likened the avalanche to an "apartment building (sized) block of ice with debris and Cyclopean masses of rock." "I can't say anything else other than the facts, and the facts tell us that the high temperatures don't favor these situations," Zaia told reporters. Italy is in the grips of a weeks-long heat wave, and Alpine rescuers said that the temperature at the glacier's altitude last week topped 10 C (50 F) when usually it should over around freezing at this time of year. Drones were being used to help look for any of the missing as well as verify safety, but even they had to stop operating when thunderstorms lashed the area in late morning. What caused a pinnacle of the glacier to break off and thunder down the slope at a speed estimated by experts at around 300 kph (nearly 200 mph), wasn't immediately known. But high temperatures were widely cited as a likely factor. Jacopo Gabrieli, a polar sciences researcher at Italy's state-run CNR research center, noted that the long heat wave, spanning May and June, was the hottest in northern Italy in that period for nearly 20 years. "It's absolutely an anomaly,'' Gabrieli said in an interview on Italian state TV Monday. Like other experts, he said it would have been impossible to predict when or if a serac — a pinnacle from a glacier's overhang — could break off, as it did on Sunday. Operators of rustic shelters along the mountainside said temperatures at the 2,000-meter (6,600 foot) level recently reached 24C (75 F) - unheard of in a place where excursionists go in summer to keep cool. The glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy. People ski on it in the winter. But the glacier has been rapidly melting away over the past decades, with much of its volume gone. The Mediterranean basin, which includes southern European countries like Italy, has been identified by U.N. experts as a "climate change hot spot," likely to suffer heat waves and water shortages, among other consequences. Pope Francis, who has made care of the planet a priority of his papacy, tweeted an invitation to pray for the avalanche victims and their families. "The tragedies that we are experiencing with climate change must push us to urgently search for new ways that are respectful of persons and nature," Francis wrote. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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2022-07-04 17:52:34
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ATLANTA (AP) _ Southern Co. (SO) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $1.48 billion. The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $1.36 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.31 per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.33 per share. The power company posted revenue of $8.38 billion in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.75 billion. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SO
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2022-10-27 11:45:44
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- HER2DX® pCR-score was significantly associated with pathological complete response in patients with HER2+ breast cancer treated with trastuzumab and pertuzumab, with or without chemotherapy. - HER2DX® risk-score identified 85% of patients with an invasive disease event as high-risk, and 98% of patients identified as HER2DX® low-risk were disease-free at last follow-up. - HER2DX® is the world's first diagnostic test formulated specifically for HER2+ breast cancer. BARCELONA, Spain, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- REVEAL GENOMICS, S.L., a Barcelona-based biotech start-up seeking to revolutionize precision oncology through diagnostic innovation, today announced another validation of HER2DX®, the world's first specialized genomic test for HER2+ breast cancer. The results were obtained from analysis of HER2DX® in tumor samples from the PHERGAIN phase II clinical trial, led by MEDSIR (Spain). Last year, REVEAL GENOMICS® and MEDSIR announced a strategic partnership. MEDSIR´s PHERGAIN trial, the first results of which were published in the Lancet Oncology in 2021 and recently announced at ASCO Congress, randomized 356 patients with newly diagnosed HER2+ breast cancer to neoadjuvant systemic therapy with 6 cycles of multi-agent chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (i.e., arm A) or 2 cycles of chemotherapy-free dual HER2 blockade with trastuzumab and pertuzumab (i.e., arm B). After 2 cycles of treatment in arm B, patients underwent a 18F-FDG-PET. If a metabolic response was observed, patients continued treatment with 6 additional cycles of chemotherapy-free dual HER2 blockade (i.e., a total of 8 cycles). If no metabolic response was observed by 18F-FDG-PET, patients received 6 cycles of multi-agent chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab. The co-primary endpoints were pathological complete response (pCR) rate after surgery following 8 cycles of chemotherapy-free dual HER2 blockade, and 3-year invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) of patients in arm B. HER2DX® genomic test was applied in 292 (82.0%) baseline pre-treatment tumor biopsies. The HER2DX® pCR-score was found to be significantly associated with pCR, regardless of the treatment regime, 18F-FDG-PET metabolic response, and hormone receptor status. Despite a short median follow-up of 3.6 years, 85.0% and 100.0% of events were identified as high-risk according to the 2 pre-specified cutoffs of the HER2DX® risk-score. In contrast, 98% and 100% of patients with HER2DX® low-risk were disease-free at last follow-up, according to the 2 pre-specified cutoffs of the HER2DX® risk-score. "The results of HER2DX® in PHERGAIN are remarkable and support the strong predictive and prognostic value of the test in patients with early-stage HER2+ breast cancer. The test will help to select which patients might be treated with trastuzumab and pertuzumab without chemotherapy, a treatment strategy with better quality of life than multi-agent chemotherapy," commented Dr. Antonio Llombart, Principal Investigator of the PHERGAIN trial, Co-founder of MEDSIR, and Head of the Medical Oncology Department at Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (Valencia, Spain). Dr. Javier Cortés, Chief of the International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC, Spain) and Co-founder of MEDSIR, added, "Today's positive results confirm the ability of the HER2DX® scores to predict pCR and survival outcome following different anti-HER2-based treatments, including chemotherapy-free regimes. The test has extensive clinical validation across many studies and patients, and, in my opinion, should be recommended and included in clinical guidelines". Dr. Patricia Villagrasa, CEO and Co-founder of REVEAL GENOMICS® concluded, "Today's positive results for HER2DX® are a significant step forward for our company. We look forward to continuing to work with healthcare payers and providers to make this test reimbursed and available worldwide." Detailed results of this study will be presented at a future medical congress and submitted for publication. About the HER2DX® test HER2DX® is the world's first diagnostic test formulated specifically for HER2+ breast cancer. Marketed by REVEAL GENOMICS® since January 2022, the HER2DX® is a standardized 27-gene expression test for patients with early-stage HER2+ breast cancer. HER2DX®️ is a prognostic, predictive assay based on clinical and genomic data. The test integrates clinical information (i.e., tumor size and nodal status) with biological information tracking immune response, luminal differentiation, tumor cell proliferation, and expression of the HER2 17q12-21 chromosomal amplicon, including the ERBB2 gene. HER2DX® predicts: - Risk of relapse score (high vs. low): the risk of recurrence in patients with newly diagnosed HER2+ breast cancer. - pCR likelihood score (high vs. medium vs. low): the likelihood of a patient to respond to anti-HER2-based treatment before surgery. - ERBB2 score (high vs. medium vs. low): the quantitative expression of ERBB2 mRNA across HER2-negative, HER2-low and HER2+ breast cancer. About HER2+ breast cancer HER2+ breast cancer accounts for 20% of all diagnosed breast tumors. This represents more than 390,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide every year, meaning that, on average, 3 women are diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer every 4 minutes. HER2+ breast cancer is clinically, and biologically heterogeneous, and standard clinical-pathologic assessment is not sufficient to capture this heterogeneity. Understanding this biological heterogeneity is key to identifying the prognosis of each patient and the benefit from systemic therapies that target HER2. About MEDSIR Founded in 2012, MEDSIR works closely with its partners to drive innovation in oncology research. Based in Spain and the United States, the company manages all aspects of clinical trials, from study design to publication, utilizing a global network of experts and integrated technology to streamline the process. The company offers proof-of-concept support and a strategic approach that helps research partners experience the best of both worlds from industry-based clinical research and investigator-driven trials. To promote independent cancer research worldwide, MEDSIR has a strategic alliance with Oncoclínicas, the leading oncology group in Brazil with the greatest research potential in South America. Learn how MEDSIR brings ideas to life: www.medsir.org About REVEAL GENOMICS®️ REVEAL GENOMICS, S.L. is a biotechnology start-up seeking to change the way biomarkers are used in oncology. It is focused on developing innovative diagnostic tools to define the best therapeutic options for patients with cancer. The company uses pioneering techniques, sophisticated computer applications, and machine learning to reveal new cancer research data. REVEAL GENOMICS, S.L. is a spin-off of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona (UB), and Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO). REVEAL GENOMICS® and HER2DX® are registered trademarks of REVEAL GENOMICS, S.L. Web: www.reveal-genomics.com. Twitter: @revealgenomics Further information: Adriana Herrera, aherrera@reveal-genomics.com Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1895666/Her2dx_Logo.jpg View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE REVEAL GENOMICS, S.L.
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2023-06-15 13:22:41
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 71-year-old man linked to a crew of drug dealers blamed in the fentanyl-laced heroin death of “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison at a proceeding in which the actor’s nephew recommended compassion for the defendant. Carlos Macci was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams, who told Macci that selling heroin and fentanyl “not only cost Mr. Williams his life, but it’s costing your freedom,” in part because he did not stop selling drugs after Williams died. Macci had pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute narcotics. The judge noted that more than 3,000 fatal overdoses occurred in New York City last year, killing many who never understood the threat they faced from lethal doses of drugs whose components were unclear. Williams, who also starred in films and other TV series including “Boardwalk Empire,” overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. He was 54. Macci benefited from words spoken on his behalf by Williams’ nephew and a sentencing letter submitted weeks ago in which David Simon, a co-creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” urged leniency, saying Williams himself “would fight for Mr. Macci.” Macci was not charged directly in the actor’s death, although others in the case have been. Still, he could have faced nearly 20 years in prison if the judge had not agreed to depart downward from federal sentencing guidelines that called for double-digit years in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah F. Fergenson had urged a sentence of at least four years, saying Macci had more than 20 previous convictions and had not spent much time behind bars despite four drug-related convictions since 2016. Defense attorney Benjamin Zeman said he was a “huge fan” of “The Wire” and considered Williams “a tragic victim in this case.” But he said his client was a victim, too, of the drug crisis, causing him to do things to sustain his own drug habit. Dominic Dupont, Williams’s nephew, told the judge that he believed Macci can turn his life around. “It weighs heavy on me to see someone be in a situation he’s in,” Dupont said. “I understand what it is to be system impacted.” In his letter, Simon said he met Williams in 2002 when he cast him on “The Wire” as Omar Little, a Baltimore man known for robbing street-level drug dealers. He noted the actor’s opposition to mass incarceration and the drug war and the fact that Williams had engaged with ex-felons and restorative justice groups. Simon also described how Williams, during the show’s third season, quietly acknowledged to a line producer about his own struggles with addiction and allowed a crew member to provide constant companionship to help him resist the temptation to do drugs. “We watched, relieved and delighted, as Michael Williams restored himself,” Simon wrote. But Simon, who covered the drug war as a police reporter at The Baltimore Sun from 1983 to 1995, said Williams confided that an impulse toward addiction would be a constant in his life. “I miss my friend,” he wrote. “But I know that Michael would look upon the undone and desolate life of Mr. Macci and know two things with certainty: First, that it was Michael who bears the fuller responsibility for what happened. And second, no possible good can come from incarcerating a 71-year-old soul, largely illiterate, who has himself struggled with a lifetime of addiction. …”
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2023-07-27 00:21:00
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Tyler Stephenson Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - June 8 Published: Jun. 8, 2023 at 1:23 AM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago On Thursday, Tyler Stephenson (hitting .200 in his past 10 games) and the Cincinnati Reds face the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose starting pitcher will be Clayton Kershaw. First pitch is at 12:35 PM ET. He racked up three hits (going 3-for-5 with two RBI) in his last game against the Dodgers. Tyler Stephenson Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Game Time: 12:35 PM ET - Stadium: Great American Ball Park - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Clayton Kershaw - TV Channel: MLB Network - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -161) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +240) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +190) Looking to place a prop bet on Tyler Stephenson? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Discover More About This Game Tyler Stephenson At The Plate - Stephenson is batting .251 with 11 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 24 walks. - Stephenson has reached base via a hit in 39 games this year (of 59 played), and had multiple hits in 13 of those games. - He has hit a long ball in four games this season (6.8%), leaving the park in 1.7% of his trips to the dish. - Stephenson has driven in a run in 21 games this year (35.6%), including five games with more than one RBI (8.5%). - In 40.7% of his games this year, he has scored at least once. And he's had three games with multiple runs (5.1%). Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Tyler Stephenson Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 22nd in the league. - The Dodgers have a 4.59 team ERA that ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs. - Dodgers pitchers combine to rank 22nd in baseball in home runs surrendered (79 total, 1.3 per game). - The Dodgers will send Kershaw (7-4) to make his 13th start of the season. He is 7-4 with a 3.25 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 69 1/3 innings pitched. - In his most recent outing on Saturday against the New York Yankees, the left-hander threw seven innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering four hits. - The 35-year-old ranks 22nd in ERA (3.25), 22nd in WHIP (1.096), and seventh in K/9 (10.9) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
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2023-06-08 06:08:22
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2023-05-17 07:35:24
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Lexington Tool Library opens for public use LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington’s newest library opened to the public Wednesday night—the Tool Library. The idea behind the library is to make tools available to people who may face a financial barrier that is holding them back from completing projects at home or in their neighborhood. The library offers a selection of tools and resources that members can borrow for all sorts of purposes, like home improvement projects, and organizers say the best part is it’s free. “The Lexington tool library is really an opportunity for people in the community to help themselves. So the whole idea is that just like you can go to a library and check out a book, you can go to the Lexington tool library and check out a tool. And you can do it for free if you don’t have any money,” said one of the organizers, Jonas Bastien. Membership to the tool library is open to anyone over 18 who lives in Fayette County on a pay-what-you-can basis. The Tool Library is located inside the United Way Way Point Center on Georgetown Street. Copyright 2023 WKYT. All rights reserved.
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2023-05-11 03:29:15
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Man’s body found in trunk of SUV auctioned for scrap LAKE STEVENS, Wash. (KING) - Police are investigating after employees at a Washington state scrapyard found a body in the trunk of an SUV bought at auction. Workers at the Braven Metals scrapyard process about 10,000 vehicles every year. They routinely go through the cars they buy at auction before recycling the metal, and they thought they’d seen everything – until they found a body in the trunk of a 2002 Ford Explorer. “I haven’t come across something like that before. So, I wasn’t sure what to think when my name hit the radio and I got called down there to take a look and see what was going on,” said Braven HR Director Michael Smith. Workers discovered the man’s body last Thursday after buying the SUV at an auction in Lynnwood. It was supposed to have been inspected by a third party prior to its arrival at the scrapyard, but somehow, it slipped through the cracks. “Just when you think there’s nothing else that’s gonna shock you, something like this happens. We really have seen it all at this point,” Smith said. Witnesses say it’s unclear how long the man had been there or how he died. “To me, it looked like he may have been staying in his vehicle. There was a sleeping bag,” Smith said. The discovery was made just before the car was to be crushed and sold for scrap. Smith says he’s grateful his crew was on top of things and was able to find the body before that happened. “We’re happy that our process worked, and we caught it. We’re happy that we were able to get him into the hands of someone who can identify him and hopefully find a loved one or family. Everybody is somebody’s someone,” Smith said. Police are still trying to identify the man and determine exactly how he died, but at this point, they say it does not appear to be a homicide. Copyright 2022 KING via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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2022-08-09 09:58:25
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Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) office is set to become the first in the Senate to unionize, after the Massachusetts Democrat was asked for formal recognition on Wednesday. “Today we are unionizing the United States Senate,” the Congressional Workers Union said in a tweet. “100% of @SenMarkey staffers have come forward and requested voluntary recognition. Once recognized, this Office will be the first ever unionized United States Senate office!” Markey voiced his support for the staffers’ effort in a Twitter post on Wednesday. “I applaud these workers who are exercising their right to organize, a fundamental exercise in democracy,” the senator said. “I’m proud of their commitment not to agonize, but to organize. I recognize their effort to unionize and look forward to engaging with them.” While the House passed a resolution in May allowing its staffers to unionize, a similar effort never cleared the Senate, which means Senate staffers are not subject to federal labor laws that protect workers from retaliation for organizing. By formally recognizing the union, Markey would essentially pledge to follow federal labor laws, according to Roll Call. However, his staffers would not be able to seek redress with the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights or the National Labor Relations Board, Roll Call noted.
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2023-03-08 19:17:48
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Casper Ruud 2023 Wimbledon Odds Casper Ruud will start action in Wimbledon versus Laurent Lokoli in the round of 128. He was beaten by Novak Djokovic in French Open final in his most recent tournament. Ruud currently has +8000 odds to win this tournament at AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground. Find all the latest odds for 2023 Wimbledon and place your bets with a new user bonus from BetMGM. Ruud at 2023 Wimbledon - Next Round: Round of 128 - Tournament Dates: June 25 - July 16 - Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground - Court Surface: Grass Watch live sports without cable! Sign up today for a free trial to Fubo! Ruud's Next Match In the round of 128 of Wimbledon, on Monday, July 3 (at 6:00 AM ET), Ruud will meet Lokoli. Casper Ruud Grand Slam Odds - US Open odds to win: +1600 - Wimbledon odds to win: +8000 Want to bet on Ruud? Head to BetMGM using our link for a bonus bet special offer for new players! Ruud Stats - In his most recent match, Ruud came up short 6-7, 3-6, 5-7 against Djokovic in the finals of French Open. - Ruud has won two of his 22 tournaments over the past year, with an overall match record of 39-21. - In his 60 matches over the past 12 months, across all court types, Ruud has averaged 27.5 games. - As far as serve/return winning percentages over the past year, Ruud has won 83.4% of his games on serve, and 25.5% on return. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé sits alone atop the Grammy throne as the ceremony’s most decorated artist in history, but at the end of Sunday’s show it was Harry Styles who walked away with the album of the year honor. The Grammys spread its top awards among other artists, leaving Beyoncé off stage at the end of the night. But the superstar was a constant presence throughout the night, even when she wasn’t in the room, especially once she won her 32nd award and surpassed late composer Georg Solti in all-time wins. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the superstar said after her historic win as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her. The singer thanked her late uncle, her parents, Jay-Z and her children for supporting her. “I’m just trying to receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God.” The Grammys stage at the end of the night has eluded Beyoncé since 2010, when she won song of the year for “Single Ladies.” She added four trophies to her collection for her album “Renaissance.” Styles was emotional accepting his album of the year award, saying he was inspired by everyone in the category. “A lot of different times of my life, I’ve listened to everyone in these categories. It’s so important to remember that there is no such thing as best.” The British singer-actor took home three awards Sunday. “It feels like validation that you’re on the right path,” said the singer backstage. “When we get in the studio and begin the record, we just make the music we want to make. It feels really nice to feel like ‘Oh, that’s the right thing to do.’” Beyoncé missed being in the room when she tied Solti’s record early in the telecast. Host Trevor Noah said she was on her way to the ceremony but blamed Los Angeles traffic for not being in person to accept it. Once Beyoncé — the night’s leading nominee — finally arrived, Noah presented her with the best R&B song award at her table. Beyoncé won for best R&B song for “Cuff It,” dance-electric music recording for “Break My Soul,” traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and dance-electric album for “Renaissance,” which was nominated for album of the year. Lizzo won record of the year for “About Damn Time,” delivering a rousing speech that brought many in the audience, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Adele, to their feet. “Me and Adele were having a good time, rooting for our friends. This is an amazing night. This is so unexpected,” Lizzo said, dedicating her award to Prince. “I wanted to make the world a better place, so I had to be that change to make the world a better place. Now, I look around and see these songs are about loving your body and feeling comfortable in your skin and feeling good.” Jazz singer Samara Joy won best new artist, shrugging off challenges by such acts as Wet Led, Anitta and Maneskin. The New Yorker was virtually in tears when she collected the award and noted that her little brother was her date. “I’m so, so grateful. Thank you.” She has released two albums as a lead artist and also won the Grammy for best jazz vocal album earlier in the night. Veteran singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt shrugged off big-name rivals like Adele, Swift and Beyoncé to win the song of the year award. “I’m so surprised. I don’t know what to say,” a visibly stunned Raitt said, adding that the song “Just Like That” explores organ donation. It capped a night when Raitt won two other Grammys — for best Americana performance and best American roots song. A who’s who of hip-hop royalty took the stage for an epic, rousing 15 minute tribute to the genre’s 50th anniversary. The performance included Grandmaster Flash doing part of his seminal hit “The Message,” Run DMC, Chuck D and Flavor Flav along with Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and Nelly all taking the stage. It ended with everyone on the stage and LL Cool J shouting “multi-generational! Fifty years!” The performance was a crowd-pleasing moment for a ceremony that has long had a shaky history of not recognizing rap. Bad Bunny opened the show with a festive, high-energy performance that brought many of the audience including Swift who rose to her feet and danced near her table at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Sam Smith and Kim Petras won best pop duo-group performance for their song “Unholy.” Petras said Smith wanted Petras to make the acceptance speech because “I’m the first transgender woman to win this award.” “I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” said Petras, who made a reference to friend and Grammy-nominated musician Sophie, who died after an accidental fall in Athens, Greece in 2021. “You told me this would happen. I always believed in me. Thank you so much for your inspiration, Sophie. I adore you, and your inspiration will forever be in my music.” Petras thanked Madonna for being a tremendous supporter of LGBTQ rights. “I don’t think I could be here without Madonna,” Petras said. “My mother, I grew up next to a highway in nowhere Germany. And my mother believed me that I was a girl. I wouldn’t be here without her and her support.” During the in memoriam segment, the Grammys recognized the lives of Loretta Lynn, Migos rapper Takeoff and Christine McVie with several star-studded performers paying them homage. The touching performances included Kacey Musgraves singing “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in tribute to Lynn; Quavo and the Maverick City Music hit the stage to honor his nephew Takeoff with the song “Without You;” and Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt performed “Songbird” to remember McVie. Kendrick Lamar won sixth career trophy for best rap performance for “The Heart Part 5” and also won best rap album for his studio offering, “Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers.” “You know, as entertainers, we say things to provoke thoughts and feelings and emotions,” he said. “So making this record is one of my toughest. … I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to evolve in order to make this. I finally found imperfection with this album.” Viola Davis emerged from Sunday’s show an EGOT — a term for those who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony — after her win for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording. The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically said “I just EGOT” after she marched on stage to collect her award. “Oh, my God,” she said. “I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything,” Davis said. “It has just been such a journey.” The show made its return to Los Angeles after the pandemic first delayed, then forced the Grammys to move to Las Vegas last year. Noah hosted the ceremony as well, which saw Jon Batiste take home album of the year.
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Add a Dirt Devil® to the last-minute shopping list for under $100 CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A vacuum is one of the most forgotten items when going back to college, but Dirt Devil has students and parents covered this fall with a variety of cleaning products and options to fit any need and space. Fall semester is here and most students have moved into their dorms or off campus living; so, making sure THE packing list is checked off is essential for starting the semester off right. "The last thing any sleep deprived student wants to worry about is cleaning," says Brian Doyle, General Manager for Dirt Devil at TTI Floor Care and Cleaning North America. "The Dirt Devil brand is designed to provide an easy-to-clean experience at an affordable price point," says Doyle. "Last minute college shopping after you moved in should not be stressful or expensive." With Dirt Devil comes a variety of products that are priced right and perfect for smaller spaces with minimal storage. The product lineup includes easy-to-use cordless hand vacuums, compact and easy-to-store stick vacuums, and powerful upright cleaners! All priced under $100. Several Back to Campus Dirt Devil favorites can be found at Dirtdevil.com. Below are a few recommendations to start off the new school year right! Affordable Dirt Devil Options for your last-minute shopping list: - Cordless & Compact Hand Vacuums Compact cordless hand vacuums are perfect for apartments, dorms, and cars. They can even fit in your backpack! Score! - Lightweight Corded Stick Vacuums Lightweight stick vacuums are perfect for those quick messes. Plus, compact enough to store in those smaller spaces! Just grab-in-go. - Powerful Upright Vacuums These are great for those with pets or larger spaces with extra mess. The extra-large easy to empty dirt cups hold more, so that means more time hitting the books and less time emptying your vacuum. - Versa Cordless 3-in-1 Stick Vacuum Stick vacuum with powerful performance on carpet and hardwoods. Use it for ALL messes – it comes with a detachable hand vacuum for above the floor cleaning too! For more than 100 years, Dirt Devil® has been one of the most iconic brands in the cleaning space. Dirt Devil products provide simple solutions at affordable price points. Dirt Devil offers a variety of versatile, effective tools that provide consumers a quick, powerful clean. The comprehensive line of products include easy-to-use cordless hand vacuums, compact and easy-to-store stick vacuums, and powerful upright cleaners. Dirt Devil® is a brand of TTI Floor Care and Cleaning North America, whose portfolio of leading brands also includes Oreck®, Hoover® and Hoover® Commercial. More at DirtDevil.com. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Dirt Devil
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2022-09-22 16:45:52
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CINCINNATI — Baby hippo watch is on at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, as caretakers said the expectant mother has begun to show signs of labor on Wednesday. Zoo officials said they don't believe she'll give birth right away but that her baby Fiona could become a big sister soon. The baby's estimated due date is August 15. Still, caretakers said a hippo's birth window could be 30 days before or after that estimation — meaning Bibi's baby becoming born as early as now or as late as September 14. "So far Bibi has chosen to stay in the pools inside today, which is a good sign that she's getting closer," said zookeeper Jenna Wingate in a live Facebook announcement on Wednesday. "She hasn't really had much to eat today, which is another sign that we're looking for a behavior that's different for her. She's usually very food motivated." Zoo officials said earlier in the week that Bibi had begun showing signs of restlessness and a desire to spend more time indoors, which are indications that she's close to giving birth. When born, Bibi's calf will be a full-term hippo, unlike Fiona, whose story of survival captured not just Cincinnati's heart, but much of the world's. Zoo staff had hoped to avoid replicating Fiona's difficult journey with her sibling and have been engaged in ensuring Bibi can give birth with as few concerns as possible. Part of insuring her calf's health has been a regular procedure most human moms experience — ultrasounds. Those ultrasounds were able to show veterinarians and the care team that Bibi's calf has been growing. In fact, on June 9 with about eight weeks to go, the calf was about the same weight Fiona was when she was born. Ultrasounds showed that the baby's heart was beating well — even the fluttering of the calf's feet. Considering Fiona premature entrance into the world, these ultrasounds are also teaching veterinarians and the care team about a hippo's gestation. The zoo wasn't quite prepared for Bibi to get pregnant so soon, but Bibi and Tucker, a hippo brought to Cincinnati from San Francisco, hit it off right away after he was introduced to Hippo Cove in September 2021. “We weren’t planning to welcome a baby this soon, but nature found a way and ignored our calendar,” said Cincinnati Zoo’s director of animal care, Christina Gorsuch, in April when Bibi's pregnancy was announced. “Most forms of contraception, in hippos or humans, (are) not 100% reliable. The dose that was previously effective for Bibi did not prevent pregnancy this time.” The Cincinnati Zoo's Volunteer Observer team started their birth watch of Bibi at the start of July, keeping an eye on the hippo daily during a video stream. She's been under 24-hour watch since the start of July as staff prepares for the pinnacle moment, which could happen any day now. This story was originally published by WCPO in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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2022-08-03 23:59:43
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Broadway Market has been the place to be for the Easter season but future Easters there will look a little different. Officials released new concept art for the upcoming Broadway Market Renovation Project. The early designs include an indoor/outdoor area along Gibson Street, with some fixed storefronts. The interior will also be reimagined, from layout to the vendor stalls. Market officials say they will select a design team in summer of 2023 but are already accepting public input. Latest Posts - Broadway Market releases new concept art for renovations - Colorado man killed, put in crawl space after catalytic converter fight: police - Creating a world class destination: Riverworks invests millions into entertainment space - Remembering lost loved ones on NYS Missing Persons Day - Cap-and-invest may, or may not be NY’s budget
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2023-04-07 03:46:56
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Amber Alert issued for missing Arkansas boy believed to be in danger WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - An Amber Alert has been issued for 4-year-old Caleb Johnson, who is believed to be in danger, KAIT reported. Caleb’s mother, Skyla Byles, picked him up from day care Monday morning and texted his grandmother saying that she would harm herself and the child. Caleb is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He weighs 35 pounds and was last seen wearing a blue polo shirt with a yellow symbol, khaki pants and tan Air Force One tennis shoes. Byles is a Black female with red hair. She is 5-foot-3. The two were last seen in a white 2020 Jeep Cherokee with Arkansas license plate AAR74T. Those with any information about Caleb or Byles are asked to call the West Memphis Police Department at (870) 735-1210. Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-08-29 18:23:42
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The Myers-Briggs Company shares data and upcoming research around how personality type impacts stress behaviors and the psychology of change SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to research, stress is increasing globally. However, what's likely to stress someone out and what their behaviors are like under stress are different depending on their personality type. Download this stress infographic from The Myers-Briggs Company to learn more. Research shows type differences with hybrid work, office work and stress Upcoming research from The Myers-Briggs Company on remote and hybrid working has found interesting relationships between personality type, stress and work arrangements. "One of the many interesting things we discovered was among entirely remote workers and entirely office-based workers, those with preferences for Intuition (ENFJ, ENFP, ENTP, ENTJ, INTJ, INTP, INFJ, INFP) reported more stress than those with Sensing preferences (ESFJ, ESFP, ESTP, ESTJ, ISTJ, ISTP, ISFJ, ISFP)," says John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership for The Myers-Briggs Company who conducted the research. "But among hybrid workers, you don't get this effect. This may be because people with an Intuitive preference enjoy the variety of hybrid work, so they report less stress. It's one of the many fascinating findings in our research." Top stressor – constant change For many, change can be incredibly stressful, especially when change is constant. And hybrid/remote work has made it harder to connect with colleagues, exasperating stress for many. With a little insight into psychology and personality differences, people can get what they need to feel empowered during times of change and reduce their overall stress levels. To learn more, download the eBook about psychology, change and the hybrid workplace. About The Myers-Briggs Company In our fast-changing world, your edge lies in harnessing 100 percent of your talent – at work, at home, and everywhere in between. The Myers-Briggs Company helps organizations worldwide improve teams, develop inspirational leaders, and solve the most perplexing people challenges. We empower individuals to be the best versions of themselves by enriching their understanding of themselves and others. As a Certified B Corporation, The Myers-Briggs Company is a force for good. And we're ready to help you succeed. +1 800.624.1765 : themyersbriggs.com : The Myers-Briggs Company Contact: Michael Burke MSR Communications 415-989-9000 Melissa Summer The Myers-Briggs Company 650-691-9105 View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stress-personality-type-and-change-in-the-hybrid-workplace-301541838.html SOURCE The Myers-Briggs Company
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2022-05-06 16:13:56
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Buffalo firefighter trapped in blaze that led to explosion BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A firefighter was missing inside a building in downtown Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday and was believed to have been trapped by falling debris from a blaze that led to an explosion that sent flames and smoke billowing into the street. Video recorded by bystanders showed teams of firefighters outside the building being knocked over and enveloped in a cloud of ash, then flailing to regain control of spraying hoses. Rescuers were trying to reach the spot where the missing firefighter was believed to be trapped, officials said. “Certainly our thoughts and hopes and prayers are that the firefighter will make it out of this fire,” Mayor Byron Brown said. “This is a difficult day in the city of Buffalo, and certainly we are asking for prayers.” Firefighters responded to the building, which held a theatrical costumes shop, in a downtown commercial district at about 10 a.m., Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said. “Quickly thereafter there was a mayday call,” Renaldo said. “There was a structural collapse, an interior collapse. Firefighters had to evacuate. And unfortunately one of our firefighters was trapped and is still trapped, and we’re still trying to make our way to that firefighter as we speak.” Renaldo said at a briefing that firefighters had not had any contact with their missing colleague since the firefighter became trapped. Asked if the firefighter might still be alive, Renaldo said. “There is a possibility, yes. We’re keeping that hope.” The cause of the fire was under investigation. Renaldo said his department was investigating a report that workers had been seen with torches near the building, which was being renovated. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2023-03-01 20:19:41
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch said Tuesday that Malaysian authorities raided its stores and confiscated 164 watches from its Pride Collection. It said Ministry of Home Affairs officials raided its outlets in various malls across Malaysia on May 13 and 14 and seized the watches because they “bore LGBT connotations.” The watches come in a choice of six colors, matching those on the gay pride flag, and have two rainbow loops on their straps. “We strongly contest that our collection of watches using rainbow colors and having a message of peace and love could be harmful for whomever,” Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek Jr. said in a statement. “On the contrary, Swatch always promotes a positive message of joy in life. This is nothing political. We wonder how the Regulatory and Enforcement Division of the Home Ministry will confiscate the many beautiful natural rainbows that are showing up a thousand times a year in the sky of Malaysia,” he said. Predominantly Muslim Malaysia criminalizes same-sex relationships, with punishments ranging from caning under Islamic laws to 20 years in prison for sodomy under colonial-era civil laws. The opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party recently criticized a scheduled concert in November by British band Coldplay because of its support of the LGBT movement. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution told the AP that he is waiting for a full report on the matter before issuing a statement. Swatch said it has resumed selling the Pride Collection watches and that its legal department is looking into the seizure. Gay rights group Jejaka slammed the confiscation of the watches, saying it showed “a deeply unsettling level of intolerance.” “It is more than a matter of colorful watches. It’s about respect for diversity, freedom of expression, and, most importantly, love,” it said in a statement. It urged the government to promote a culture of acceptance and understanding rather than repression and discrimination.
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Illegally-stocked walleye caught in Idaho’s Lake Cascade It is illegal to release live fish or their eggs in Idaho without the permission of the Fish and Game Department director BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Fish and Game Department is investigating how many illegally-stocked walleye fish are in Lake Cascade after a second walleye catch was reported in four years. Regional Fisheries Biologist Mike Thomas was fishing while off duty with another angler, Chris Weber, when Weber landed the nearly 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) fish, Boise television station KTVB reported. Another angler reported catching a walleye in the lake in 2018. “We know that the only way walleye could have gotten into Lake Cascade is through one or more individuals illegally transplanting them there,” Regional Fisheries Manager Jordan Messner said. State wildlife officials have said walleye are incompatible with the perch in Lake Cascade and its fisheries downstream, such as the Brownlee, Oxbow and Hells Canyon reservoirs. Walleye commonly prey on other fish. It is illegal to release live fish or their eggs in Idaho without the permission of the Fish and Game Department director. It is also illegal to possess or transport the live fish or their eggs without permission. “Two reports over a four-year span means Walleye could very well be established in the lake, but the fact that we haven’t encountered them during extensive fish population surveys or angler surveys means they are likely not very abundant yet,” Thomas said. “Our fisheries program will be shifting gears over the coming weeks to try to determine the extent of their occurrence in the lake, and we’ll develop a game-plan for moving forward.” Regional Fisheries Manager Joe Kozfkay said Lake Cascade lacks forage fish like smelt, shad or minnows, so an established walleye population in the lake could create a threat to the perch population. The lake is a popular destination for perch fishing. Citizens Against Poaching is offering a reward for information about the case. Copyright 2022 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ohio State researcher Katie Vinopal about a new study indicating that people with low incomes wait longer for services, on an average day, than those who have higher incomes. Copyright 2023 NPR NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ohio State researcher Katie Vinopal about a new study indicating that people with low incomes wait longer for services, on an average day, than those who have higher incomes. Copyright 2023 NPR
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For Games of Sunday, June 26 NOTE: Only games with one or both pitchers designated are listed below INTERLEAGUE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ KEY TEAM REC-Team's Record in games started by today's pitcher. VS OPP-Pitcher's record versus this opponent.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — The Kansas City Chiefs have been without their mainstay on defense throughout offseason workouts. Defensive tackle Chris Jones is in the final year of his four-year, $80 million extension that he signed in 2020, and the prices of star DTs have gone up. Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons recently signed his new deal for four years, $94 million, including a $24 million signing bonus and $66 million guaranteed. Washington Commanders DT Daron Payne signed a four-year, $90 million extension with $59 million guaranteed. Payne is the highest-paid DT this year, set to receive $31 million. In August 2018, Los Angeles Rams DT Aaron Donald signed a six-year, $135 million contract extension with $87 million guaranteed. In June 2022, the Rams and Donald re-negotiated that deal to a three-year, $95 million extension (all guaranteed) which added $40 million over the last three years of the original six-year deal. This is the order of the highest-paid DTs in the league this season: - Daron Payne: $31 million - Aaron Donald: $28.5 million - Jeffery Simmons: $25.58 million - San Francisco 49ers’ Javon Hargrave: $$25 million - New York Giants’ Dexter Lawrence: $24.25 million Jones’s current deal puts him as the seventh highest-paid DT in the league, and the $20 million he’s set to make this season is sixth in the league. Head coach Andy Reid lets general manager Brett Veach handle contract disputes. Reid initially said he was sure that he would see Jones at camp but retracted when asked further about Jones’s status. “I’m not sure about any of that. I’m not sure I’m gonna be there, but I mean, I gotta get through,” Reid said jokingly. “I wish I could predict that.” “There’s a chance, but we’ll see,” Reid continued. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes understands the importance of Chris Jones on the defense as well. “I think Chris knows that we love him here,” Mahomes said. “He’s been a part of this team for a long time. He’s one of the main reasons that we’ve had the success that we’ve had. He’s been that leader on the defense. He’s made a lot of big plays, and it seems like the biggest moments, and you want those guys on your team.” Mahomes understands the business of football more than most, and he said the great thing about the team is that they let players handle the business side and then return to play with their teammates. “I’m sure Chris is working, and he knows the defense that he needs to do,” he said. “The hope is that everything’s good by training camp and we’re able to come in and just roll, and that’s just part of it.” The four-time All-Pro defensive tackle was a finalist for NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and is a major part of the Chiefs’ two Super Bowl wins. The Chiefs and Jones are working out a deal. Reid operates with the same policy on all roster disputes: if the player is with them, they’ll have him. If the player is not there, they keep going. Reid said he only communicated this with Jones so far: “Make sure you’re in shape.”
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Series features four new colors, tapping inspiration from 2023's nature-inspired color and design trends WYOMISSING, Pa., Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glen-Gery, one of North America's oldest brick manufacturers and a Brickworks North American company, announced the debut of its inaugural Brick Color of the Year for 2023 with its Pitt Café Series, drawing inspiration from 2023's nature-inspired color and design trends that embody warmth, coziness and texture. "The New Year will be characterized with warm earth tones; impactful yet authentic textures and finishes; and blushing pops of color," said Denise Smith, marketing manager for Glen-Gery. "As a premier brand, Glen-Gery is constantly monitoring and evaluating current and forthcoming trends, which is why we're thrilled to debut our first-ever Brick Color of the Year that applies the trends we're seeing from fashion and home decor to a new building medium." Available now for purchase, the Pitt Café Series features four colors that are new to Glen-Gery, ranging from creamy whites to earth tones and brown-gray hues. They include: - Earl Gray - Americano - Irish Creme - Cafe Breve "Homeowners can bring the aroma of their favorite café into their own homes, invoking a feeling of hygge, warmth and coziness," said Smith. "The series offers a menu of soft, neutral-toned bricks brewed to resemble the world's favorite, comforting beverages." Used for both interior and exterior applications, brick is a popular building product due to its unique ability to balance form and function. As a building medium, homeowners benefit from its versatility, timelessness and character as well as its durability, sustainability and low-maintenance qualities. The forthcoming Pitt Café Series will join the more than 600 brick and stone products offered by Glen-Gery in order to give architects, builders and homeowners endless design possibilities while remaining style-forward. To view the complete collection, visit www.glengery.com/2023-coty. MEDIA CONTACT Stacey Bollinger 443-789-7153 sbollinger@planitagency.com Glen-Gery Corporation, part of Brickworks Limited of Australia, is one of the largest brick and stone manufacturers in North America. Since 1890, Glen-Gery continues to provide high-quality building products that meet both innovative design challenges and demanding construction specifications. Today, through technology advancements and product innovations, Glen-Gery offers a diverse, premium product portfolio of more than 600 brick and stone products that caters to the high-style needs of today's architects, designers and homeowners. Headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Glen-Gery has ten North American manufacturing facilities, 24 company-owned Supply Centers and three Design Studios, including Philadelphia, Baltimore and the global flagship location in New York City. www.glengery.com Brickworks North America (Brickworks N.A.) is the North American arm of Brickworks Limited of Australia, and one of the largest brick and stone manufacturers and suppliers of building materials in North America. Brickworks N.A. operates nine brick manufacturing facilities and one stone manufacturing facility under the Glen-Gery brand. Through technology advancements and product innovations, Glen-Gery offers a diverse, premium product portfolio of more than 600 brick and stone products that caters to the high-style needs of today's architects, designers and homeowners. There are 24 company-owned Supply Centers, known as Brickworks Supply Centers, spanning across the Northeast and upper Midwest and three high-end Brickworks Design Studios located in Philadelphia, Baltimore and the global flagship store located on 5th Avenue in New York City. Brickworks is one of Australia's largest and most diverse building material manufacturers, housing some of Australia's best-known building material brands. With a broad product portfolio and manufacturing and sales facilities across Australia and North America, Brickworks Building Products is uniquely placed to service the demands of the building industry. We make beautiful products that last forever. Our products include clay bricks and pavers, concrete masonry blocks, retaining wall systems, stone, cement, precast concrete panels, concrete and terracotta roof tiles, timber battens, terracotta façades and specialized building systems. Our commitment is to inspire, support, create and build better environments and places for our customers and communities. All integral to our clear vision to become the world's best building product company. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Glen-Gery
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NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. ("MPT") (NYSE: MPW) between July 15, 2019 and February 22, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 12, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased MPT securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the MPT class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12794 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 12, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants made materially false or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company masked the distressed state of its tenants through sale-leaseback arrangements which were essentially round-robin transactions in that they allowed debt-saddled tenants to meet their obligations in the short-term; (2) the Company fraudulently transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in what amounted to a bailout of financially distressed tenants; (3) the Company concealed its fraudulent transfers with fake construction projects with purportedly high capital expenses, despite the fact that the Company entered into "triple-net leases," which meant that its tenants were obligated to pay a significant portion of expenses, such as real estate taxes, insurance, and maintenance; and (4) as a result, the Company's public statements, including those with respect to the Pennsylvania Properties, were materially false and misleading at the time they were made. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. To join the MPT class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12794 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827 lrosen@rosenlegal.com pkim@rosenlegal.com cases@rosenlegal.com www.rosenlegal.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
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U.S. Rep. William D.B. Ainey, of Montrose, was the principal speaker at the Flag Day program that took place at Lake Lincoln in Scranton on June 14, 1913. Ainey was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and served in Congress from 1911 to 1915. U.S. Rep. William D.B. Ainey, of Montrose, was the principal speaker at the Flag Day program that took place at Lake Lincoln in Scranton on June 14, 1913. Ainey was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and served in Congress from 1911 to 1915. June 14, 1913: The Continental Congress in Philadelphia approved the design for our nation’s first flag on June 14, 1777. The design was described in the proceedings of the body as “the flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.” 136 years later on June 14, 1913, the residents of Scranton decided to celebrate the Stars and Stripes in grand style. A parade and program to honor the flag were organized by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and Patriotic Order Sons of America. The parade, featuring patriotic societies and other organizations from around Lackawanna County, would be the first of its kind held in Northeast Pennsylvania. In addition to the parade and program, the Women’s Auxiliary of the West Scranton Hospital organized a flag sale to benefit the hospital. People were asked to purchase flags to display on their homes and businesses in time for the parade. The parade with its 2,000 participants got underway at 2:30 p.m. from the corner of Wyoming Avenue and Vine Street. The parade route went through downtown Scranton and then made its way up to Lake Lincoln in Nay Aug Park, the site of the Flag Day program. Among the marchers were 75 veterans of the Civil War. The veterans, all members of the Lt. Ezra Griffin Post 139, G.A.R., rode along the parade route in automobiles arranged for by the parade organizers. Trending Stories Local chapters of the Daughters of America organized floats for the parade. The floats depicted Betsy Ross making the first flag, Uncle Sam and school house. Also participating in the parade were Lawrence’s Band and Bauer’s Band. Once the parade reached Lake Lincoln at Nay Aug Park the program got underway. Scranton Mayor John Von Bergen and Lackawanna County Court Judge H.M. Edwards delivered remarks. Commander F.E. Shelton, of the Lt. Ezra Griffin Post 139, G.A.R., had the honor of pulling the rope to unfurl a large American flag that released a thousand smaller flags over the crowd at Lake Lincoln. Following the flag unfurling, U.S. Rep. William D.B. Ainey, of Montrose, addressed the crowd. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially declared June 14 as Flag Day and in 1949 the day became a national observance. Brian Fulton, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune’s expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history. Contact Brian at bfulton@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9140. Brian Fulton, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune's expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history. Contact Brian at bfulton@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9140. Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil. If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted.
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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mike Rallis had his younger brother draped over his shoulders and was set to dump him to the turf — as a roughhousing brother might do — when he took an abrupt blow to his ribs. In a flash, Nick Rallis was on his feet and had turned the fight around. He spun his brother and dropped Mike with a brutal Stone Cold Stunner in a scene straight out of WWE’s “Raw.” Mike Rallis popped in the air and landed flush on his back. Minnesota Gophers football players that had lined a makeshift wrestling ring roared “finish him!” at Nick. Nick hooked big brother’s left leg, watched the referee count, 1! 2! 3! and stumbled to his feet, his hand raised in victory. In wrestling parlance, this was a loser-leaves-town match for Mike Rallis. He had finished his career as a Gophers linebacker in 2013 and symbolically passed the torch to fellow linebacker, Nick. That moment at Minnesota’s indoor practice facility also provided a sneak peak into what was ahead for the brothers: Mike Rallis followed his pro wrestling passion and is better known these days as WWE star Madcap Moss. Much like he did in his match against his brother, Nick Rallis knows how to leave a football field a winner. At just 29, he’s in his second season as linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. On Saturday, Madcap Moss is among the wrestlers in the mix for WWE’s Royal Rumble event, one of the sports entertainment company’s premier events. The next day, the Eagles host San Francisco in the NFC championship game. “If I went back to 2012, and you asked what career either of those guys would have found themselves in, anyone in that locker room would have told you Nick is obviously going to be a coach one day and Mike is going to be in the WWE one day," said former Gophers teammate Brock Vereen. "It is fascinating that both of them ended up exactly where they were going to end up." Mike Rallis was such a fan of both sports that he took his pro wrestling surname from, yes, former Vikings receiver Randy Moss. “There’s a lot of kids who were into football,” Madcap Moss said. “But we were kind of known as the guys who were into wrestling, too. And we loved it, man. There’s videos of us probably doing some stuff that we shouldn’t have been doing as kids. It wasn’t the safest thing to be doing, having wrestling matches on the bed and performing the moves, usually on Nick. He was the smaller one.” The brothers didn’t show their wrestling love by just watching the Monday night shows and pay-per-view events. Moss said the brothers used their collection of hundreds of wrestling figures to create their own version of WWE. They made a ramp and ring out of shoe boxes and dubbed the promotion “Wrestling Guys.” They wrote the storylines, controlled the action and, in many ways, set the tone for their future professions. They did it again in college, though this time they ditched the figures and put on the tights. At Minnesota, they called it the Locker Room Wrestling League, with the final match between the brothers. Madcap Moss was the bad guy. Moss did have a tryout with the Miami Dolphins before he made the move to WWE’s farm system in 2014. He told his younger brother the new gig was fun, hard, rewarding and nonstop action. Nick, though, always had his head in the playbook or eyes on film, and while there might have been dreams of becoming the next Goldberg or The Rock, his future was in coaching football. He spent one season coaching college ball before he was hired by his hometown Vikings. His was quickly hired by the Eagles in 2021 and became the youngest position coach in the NFL. “Nick will be a defensive coordinator some day,” said Vereen, now a TV college football analyst. “The guy knows so much football. He could have been a college defensive coordinator before he even graduated college.” There are some things that get by Nick. Take for example in September 2021 when Moss was set to make a surprise return on WWE “Smackdown” at a show in Philadelphia. Moss was dressed all in black to hide his identity as he pretended to be a camera man and helped sidekick Happy Corbin sneak attack Kevin Owens. “I walked right past Nick with a hoodie over my head and a hat low on my face and he had no idea I was there,” Moss said, laughing. “As smart as he can be with football, I guess Happy Corbin and I outsmarted him in that situation.” Super Bowl winners, World Series champions, all kinds of great teams are often awarded WWE championship belts for their achievements. Moss, who has thrown his loyalties behind his brother and the Eagles, would love to be the wrestler who brings the belt to Philly. “I sure hope that I get the chance to do that,” Moss said. “I’ve definitely caught myself daydreaming about being in the stadium for the Super Bowl and maybe somehow sneaking my way on down to the field after the game for the celebration. Then I have to snap out of it because I don’t want to get ahead of myself.” The Eagles wouldn’t mind that scenario either, with big brother watching, while Nick Rallis walks off the football field a winner again. ___ AP NFL coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL
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Watch Now Highlights: La Salle defeats Delaware 71-61 The La Salle men's basketball team pulled away late to top Delaware 71-61 Saturday at home. Relive all the best scoring highlights from what proved to be a close game.
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DENVER (AP) — Callum McRae scored 20 points as Sacramento State beat Denver 73-69 on Monday night. McRae added eight rebounds and seven assists for the Hornets (2-1). Cameron Wilbon was 6 of 12 shooting and 6 of 8 from the free throw line to add 19 points. Akolda Mawein was 5 of 9 shooting, including 1 for 3 from distance, and went 2 for 3 from the line to finish with 13 points. The Pioneers (2-1) were led by Tommy Bruner, who posted 17 points and five assists. Justin Mullins added 11 points and two steals for Denver. In addition, Tyree Corbett had 10 points and seven rebounds. NEXT UP Both teams next play Friday. Sacramento State hosts UC Merced while Denver visits Idaho State. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Fallout from a nuclear past: New book explores human toll of 'nuclear colonization' in New Mexico From Los Alamos to the Trinity Test site, the human toll of “nuclear colonization” looms large This story was first published by Searchlight New Mexico. Of the three waves of colonization New Mexico has undergone — Spanish, American and nuclear — the latter is the least explored. And for author Myrriah Gómez, there were personal reasons to reveal the truth about how “nuclear colonization” has altered the state’s past and continues to shape its future. Gómez, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, is the author of “Nuclear Nuevo México,” a book that explores the history of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the fundamental tension of living in its shadow. Its publication this month by the University of Arizona Press couldn’t be timelier: Los Alamos is currently preparing to build plutonium “pits” that act as triggers in nuclear weapons, putting the lab front and center in an ongoing national debate about nuclear impacts. “If Spanish colonialism brought Spanish colonizers and U.S. colonialism brought American colonizers,” as Gómez writes in her book, “then nuclear colonialism brought nuclear colonizers, scientists, military personnel, atomic bomb testing, and nuclear waste among them.” For Gómez, the story is deeply felt. She grew up in El Rancho, just 20 miles from Los Alamos. And like so many in the Pojoaque Valley and its nearby villages, she was surrounded by relatives and others who worked at “the labs.” The profound, but not uncommon, loss of family members to radiation exposure shaped her writing. The book describes in great detail how the Manhattan Project’s site was chosen; how the deaths of Nuevo Mexicanos in the 1950s were designated as “classified” and kept secret; and how atomic testing affected the health of people living in the Tularosa Basin, downwind of the world’s first nuclear detonation. She also touches on the plutonium pit production that is gearing up today. I recently sat down with her to talk about her book, which started as a PhD dissertation and grew from there. We also shared some of our common experiences. As a Truchas native, I myself lost a relative to illness that was linked to his work at Los Alamos. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Searchlight New Mexico:The book begins with Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project but then it takes a statewide look at what’s happened since the arrival of the first scientists on the Pajarito Plateau. How did you decide to make it a book, in essence, about all of New Mexico? Myrriah Gómez: Because everything shifted in New Mexico with nuclear colonialism, I started to really expand my focus. I started seeing how the nuclear industrial complex had really affected other parts of New Mexico. In 2016, I started working with the Tularosa Basin Downwind Consortium (TBDC). And they had asked me to help write their health impact assessment and so I took a break from my research for a couple of years to focus entirely on that. For me, that really got back to a question that my dissertation committee had asked me: “How are you going to return this research to the community?” At that point I started doing more advocacy work with activist groups like Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and TBDC. Searchlight:In the book, you mention family members who died and people in the community who have suffered as a result of working at Los Alamos or living downwind of the Trinity Site, where the first nuclear device was detonated. What was it like having to listen to some of those testimonios, as you call them? Gómez: I was very traumatized after working with the downwinders. The people in the areas near Trinity and their descendants are so riddled with disease right now that it is unbelievable. One of the most difficult stories that I’ll never be able to forget was a breakfast conversation with a woman whose great-granddaughter had the same brain tumor as her husband. It was a rare brain tumor whose root cause was radioactive contamination. The testimonios around the Trinity site were the hardest ones for me to listen to because there are so many and they’re so recent, and they’re people who are suffering right now. There’s a lot of trauma and there’s a lot of injury that has been done to families — families who can say the labs have been both good and bad for us. And I think that’s what makes it so hard. Whereas in other parts of the state, like Southern New Mexico, nobody’s saying this has been good for us, because they don’t have the same economic dependency on the nuclear industrial complex that Northern New Mexico does. Searchlight: The health impact assessment you worked on — aptly titled “Unknowing, Unwilling and Uncompensated” — detailed an increased risk of cancer, death and long-term radioactive fallout. What was the response to it? Gómez: We released the health impact assessment in February of 2017. And that was huge. The moment I realized how important and impactful this work was was when we were sitting at the Congressional hearing and Tina Cordova, the founding member of TBDC, was testifying and the report was entered into the Congressional record. After that I really started working on refining that definition of nuclear colonialism to include Nuevo Mexicanos, because there had not been a study that looked exclusively at how New Mexicans, Nuevo Mexicanos, Spanish-speaking people, and descendants of Spanish-speaking peoples, had been affected. Searchlight:Do you think the Manhattan Project or the nuclear tests conducted in New Mexico would have been conducted in a majority white area, neighborhood, community or state? Gómez: No. I think I outlined it pretty well in the first chapter. Manhattan Project leaders had the opportunity to put “Site Y” in other places, including one that would’ve meant displacing white Mormon farming families. And they chose not to. Even the Los Alamos site did not meet the requirements that they had set forth, except for having a “reasonable availability of labor.” So, absolutely not. That is tantamount to my definition of nuclear colonialism. Searchlight:What’s taken the longest for you, in terms of research? Gómez: Working through a lot of those really difficult stories and figuring out how I want to tell them, assuring people and sending parts back for them to read, and making sure it’s all okay. And, you know, calling my uncle multiple times and being like, ‘I’m gonna read this to you again. Do I have your blessing to share this?’ Just because these are real people’s lives. And I keep telling people, ‘I have a responsibility to my community for this book in ways that other scholars don’t.’ Other scholars can come in, they can do their research, they can go back to their jobs at whatever university, and they can publish. And the book, for the most part, stays in the academy. I can’t just write stuff and then not be responsible for it. So I had to be very cognizant of not only which stories I decided to tell, but how I was telling those stories and how I selected those stories. Searchlight:Has Los Alamos or the Manhattan Project acknowledged culpability for the health impacts? Or are they strategically not doing so, in your opinion? Gómez: Yes. It is strategic. There are multiple times they could have apologized, multiple times that they could have just acknowledged what they’ve done — but I think one of the best examples is with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The RECA, as it’s passed and amended, offers an apology to the people downwind of the Nevada test site experiments, but because New Mexico’s (downwinders) are not included in RECA, there has been no public apology to the people of New Mexico for exploding the bomb at Trinity Site. Who bombs their own people? They literally dropped an atomic bomb in New Mexico and have never apologized for it. Searchlight:The lack of apology makes me wonder about the many people who became ill and received personal legal settlements for radiation exposure at the labs. I can’t help but think about my uncle, who never would have gotten several different types of cancers had he not worked there and been exposed. But a settlement isn’t an apology. Gómez: Wow. See? And there’s so many stories like that. But then families get their settlements and they stay very quiet. And do you blame them? So it’s not just the health, the illness, the disease and the deaths. It’s also the rifts created in the community. The big reduction in the labor forces that happened in the 1990s, the majority of whom were from the valley — that period of time was the biggest reflection of how dependent we are on the labs and why it’s problematic. It’s not just the illness. It’s not just kicking people off their land. It’s not just the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or the ‘Let us give you this lump sum of money for how you’ve been sick.’ This is all treating the symptoms instead of getting to the root of the illness. Which is to say that it’s systemic, which is why it’s colonialism. More from Searchlight New Mexico: - New Mexico is paying millions to take control of private prisons as inmate populations decline - These foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters. - Hot pursuit: Dozens have died in high-speed chases instigated by U.S. Border Patrol agents. Abook signing and author talk, sponsored by Samizdat Bookstore, will be held at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 22. Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting in New Mexico.
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JEANETTE YOUNG, 87, of Webbville, Ky., widow of Luther Young, died June 30. In lieu of flowers, donations to help offset funeral expenses are suggested. There will be a graveside service at 1 p.m. July 3 at Young Family Cemetery on Irish Creek Road. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. July 2 at Young Funeral Home Chapel, Louisa, Ky. The Tri-State’s TRUSTED news source. Click here to stay informed and subscribe to Herald-Dispatch. Click #isupportlocal for more information on supporting our local journalists. Learn more about HD Media Tags Welcome to the discussion. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. Recommended for you Search Past Obituaries Submit An Obituary We accept obituaries only from the funeral home in charge. For information on submitting an obituary, please contact The Herald-Dispatch by phone at 304-526-2793 or email at hdobits@hdmediallc.com. Obituaries for The Herald-Dispatch must be received by 4 p.m. to appear in the next day’s publication. Obituaries for the Wayne County News, which publishes on Wednesday, must be received by 1 p.m. Tuesday. Click Today's Obituaries to view all of the listings. Most Popular Articles - Touma family to gift Century Building in downtown Huntington to Marshall - Lee Greenwood expected to perform at unveiling of Huntington's Gold Star monument - After long hiatus, horses are back at Kanawha State Forest - Long, Vellaithambi battle for quarterback spot - 'Cruising' now allowed in Huntington on the first Sunday of each month - Jackson picking up offers, putting down critics - Prospects try to impress college coaches at Zerkle camp - Council agrees on plan to design street improvements along 3rd Avenue - Chess campers learn strategic and tactical skills from grandmaster - Lawsuit alleges City of Logan interfered with real estate purchase agreements Collections - Photos: Don't Tread on Us Festival at Harris Riverfront Park - Photos: Morgan Zerkle Prospect Camp - Photos: Morgan Zerkle introduced as new softball coach at Marshall - Photos: 2023 WV Junior Amateur Championship, First Round - Photos: Greg White basketball camp - Photos: HMA Block Party: Where Art Comes to Life - Photos: People cool off at Dreamland Pool - Photos: MSAC football 7 on 7 scrimmage - Photos: Ribbon cutting ceremony for Anchor of Hope - Photos: Picnic with the Pops, Symphonique 54 Disco Spectacular
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Authorities say 7 people, including the suspect, following a mass shooting Tuesday night at a Walmart just off Battlefield Blvd. in Chesapeake, Virginia. Police say there were multiple of both found inside the building, where the shooting occurred. A greeter on duty at the time told WAVY the shooting started in the back of the store. One person was also found deceased outside the front entrance. The call reporting the shooting came in at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday, when the Walmart Supercenter was still open to the public. Night shift workers had just recently checked in. Chesapeake PD spokesperson Leo Kosinski did not have many updates in a briefing around 12:40 a.m. He says the injured were rushed to multiple area hospitals. A spokesperson for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the area’s closest level 1 trauma center, confirmed five patients were being treated there. No other updates from police were expected until later Wednesday morning, around 8 a.m. Chesapeake police are expected to hold a press conference at that time with the latest updates. Police have not been able to confirm reports about exactly who the gunman was. Authorities have not confirmed how the gunman died and if they were shot by police. A massive police response mobilized outside of the store after the shooting was reported, with FBI agents and Virginia Beach police responding to assist Chesapeake. The ATF in Washington tweeted just after midnight that they were also on the way to help in the investigation. Police entered the store after getting the call and continued to find victims for about 30 to 45 minutes, Kosinski said. WAVY’s crew was being kept away from getting near the store, but police said as of 3 a.m. the store was considered safe. All victims had been located but there was still an active investigation. If you’re looking for information or for a loved one who works or was at the store, go to the Chesapeake Conference Center. Employees also gathered at the nearby Sam’s Club, where attendance was being taken. A night shift employee who spoke with WAVY’s Brett Hall said “thank goodness I showed up late.” The mother of an employee said she heard the shots when she was on the phone with her son. He was physically OK after the shooting. Meanwhile, an employee who said she was inside the store at the time told WAVY that a teenage employee was shot. Walmart shared a statement on Wednesday morning, saying: “We are shocked at this tragic event at our Chesapeake, Virginia store. We’re praying for those impacted, the community and our associates. We’re working closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates.” The shooting left many shocked, as current and former employees at the Walmart who spoke with WAVY said the store felt like home. “I’ve been on the phone with a few other friends who were former employees, and customers, and we’re all just in disbelief,” a former employee at the store said Wednesday morning while trying to get answers about the injured at the convention center. WAVY’s Craig Loper spoke to Debra Hazlett, whose brother was one of the shooting victims, outside of Norfolk General on Wednesday morning. The victim, who has worked at the Chesapeake Walmart for about 20 years, called his family around 10:18 p.m. and said he’d been shot. Hazlett says it’s comforting to know he’s been talking. He had only been clocked in for about 10 minutes when he was shot. Comedian Jay Pharoah, a “Saturday Night Live” alum from Chesapeake, wrote: “This happened right down the street from my neighborhood in Chesapeake at the Walmart that my family and I have gone to for years. My heart is broken for those who aren’t getting a chance to come home and my condolences to the families who have to suffer through their losses. If I’m thankful for anything this holiday it’s my families life and mine. Thank God we didn’t get caught in it, my mother was just there today, I pray everybody I know is okay. I pray for those who I don’t know. Pray for Chesapeake, keep Va in your hearts this holiday season.” Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, who represents that portion of Chesapeake, shared a statement on Tuesday night, saying “I am absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place in a Walmart in my district in Chesapeake, Virginia tonight. I will not rest until we find the solutions to end this gun violence epidemic in our country that has taken so many lives.” Multiple other Virginia elected officials shared tweets and other statements early Wednesday morning: This is a breaking article and will be updated.
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2022-11-23 10:24:20
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Long-Range Strategy Seeks Diversification into Three Key Industries NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIkido Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: AIKI) ("AIkido" or the "Company") announced the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary with the purpose of making strategic investments and acquisitions across the fintech and financial services industries. The new subsidiary is expected to be the centerpiece of a long-range plan to diversify AIkido's business beyond biotechnology, in order to reduce volatility and mitigate risk while increasing revenue and enhancing shareholder value. The new subsidiary will leverage the extensive capital markets expertise of AIkido's board of directors to identify investment opportunities and acquisition targets in wealth management, investment banking, alternative investments, and asset management with the goal of transforming and optimizing operations with a synergistic and accretive business model. The Company is in the process of recruiting additional top-tier talent to implement the strategy. Anthony Hayes, CEO of AIkido stated, "Our board is made up of some of the most accomplished Wall St. executives, so we are fully confident that the financial services sector is the right next step for AIkido and our overall plan is the right path forward for our company. Our vision is to merge world-class talent with best-in-class technology to acquire revenue generating assets to drive shareholder value," Hayes added. "Beyond acquisitions in the financial services industries, AIkido intends to create two additional subsidiaries in the industries of health and wellness and innovative technology. Our investment portfolio was set up along these same lines. For example, the legacy biotech assets and our investment in ASP Isotopes, Kerna Health, will be part of our health and wellness subsidiary. Whereas our investments in Epics Games, SpaceX, and Discord, are foundational to our innovation subsidiary. Our assets are part of a long-term strategy to own operational and revenue generating companies in the key high-growth sectors that we have identified for investment. The proceeds from the investments in each industry, some of which we expect to receive this year, will allow us to further fund and grow revenue generating businesses in those sectors. And just like financial services, the recruitment of top talent within each subsidiary is necessary for execution. We are committed as a Company to keep shareholders informed and will provide additional information when we are able. We thank shareholders for their patience and believe we have the proper plan to navigate through the notable downturn in the biotechnology sector and build a diversified company of revenue generating assets." AIkido Pharma Inc. was initially formed in 1967 and is a biotechnology Company with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics. The Company's platform consists of patented technology from leading universities and researchers, and we are currently in the process of developing an innovative therapeutic drug platform through strong partnerships with world renowned educational institutions, including The University of Texas at Austin and University of Maryland at Baltimore. Our diverse pipeline of therapeutics includes therapies for pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer. We are constantly seeking to grow our pipeline to treat unmet medical needs in oncology. The Company is also developing a broad-spectrum antiviral platform that may potentially inhibit replication of multiple viruses including Influenza virus, SARS-CoV (coronavirus), MERS-CoV, Ebolavirus and Marburg virus. This press release and any statements of stockholders, directors, employees, representatives and partners of AIkido Pharma, Inc. (the "Company") related thereto contain, or may contain, among other things, certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements identified by words such as "projects," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "potential" or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results (including, without limitation, the impact of the Reverse Stock Split described in this release) may differ significantly from those set forth or implied in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the Company's control). The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future presentations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Contact: Investor Relations: Hayden IR Brett Maas, Managing Partner Phone: (646) 536-7331 Email: brett@haydenir.com www.haydenir.com AIkido Pharma Inc. Phone: 212-745-1373 Email: investorrelations@aikidopharma.com www.aikidopharma.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE AIkido Pharma Inc.
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LONDON, UK — Len Goodman, a long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing" who helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 78. Agent Jackie Gill said Goodman “passed away peacefully" on Saturday night. He had been diagnosed with bone cancer. A former professional ballroom dancer and British champion, Goodman was head judge on “Strictly Come Dancing” for 12 years from its launch on the BBC in 2004. The dance competition, which pairs celebrities with professional dance partners, was a surprise hit and has become one of the network’s most popular shows. Goodman's pithy observations, delivered in a Cockney accent, endeared him to viewers. “You floated across that floor like butter on a crumpet," he remarked after one foxtrot. He praised a salsa-dancing couple as “like two sizzling sausages on a barbecue.” Goodman was head judge on the U.S. version of the show, ABC's “Dancing With the Stars,” for 15 years until his retirement in November. For several years he judged the British and American shows simultaneously each autumn, criss-crossing the Atlantic weekly. Buckingham Palace said Camilla, the queen consort, was “saddened to hear” of Goodman's death. The wife of King Charles III is a fan of “Strictly,” and danced with Goodman at a 2019 event celebrating the British Dance Council. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman said Goodman was “a great entertainer” who would be “missed by many.” British broadcaster Esther Rantzen said Goodman had been “astonished and delighted” by his late-life fame. “One of the reasons he succeeded so well in the States is that he was quintessentially British," she said. "He was firm but fair, funny but a gentleman and I hope the nation will adopt his favorite expostulation of ‘pickle me walnuts.'” Goodman also presented BBC radio programs and made TV documentaries, including a 2012 program about the sinking of the Titanic. As a young man, Goodman had worked as a shipyard welder for the company that built the doomed ship. BBC director-general Tim Davie said Goodman was “a wonderful, warm entertainer who was adored by millions. He appealed to all ages and felt like a member of everyone’s family. Len was at the very heart of Strictly’s success. He will be hugely missed by the public and his many friends and family.” Goodman was also a recipient of the Carl Alan Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to dance, and owned the Goodman Academy dance school in southern England.
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2023-04-24 15:35:37
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DUBLIN, Ohio, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) plans to release fourth-quarter and year-end financial results for its fiscal year 2022 on August 11, prior to the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company will webcast a discussion of these results beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. To access the webcast and corresponding slide presentation, visit Cardinal Health's Investor Relations page. No access code is required. Presentation slides and a webcast replay will be available until August 10, 2023. Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in more than 30 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care. Information about Cardinal Health is available at cardinalhealth.com. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cardinal Health
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2022-07-07 11:52:35
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DES MOINES, Iowa — He’s a leader, an inspiration, he’s Purdy-licious. “It’s delicious, so it’s gotta be Purdy-licious,” said Josh Holderness, owner of Gusto Pizza Bar in Des Moines. Brock Purdy’s sudden late-season success has Iowa State fans beaming with pride and Gusto Pizza Bar along Ingersoll Avenue naming a pizza after the ISU great. “It’s been awesome to watch. Just a great story going from Mr. Irrelevant to probably one of the most relevant players in the playoffs right now,” Holderness said. The owner says the ingredients are fitting. “We’ve got the fire-roasted chicken. He’s fiery, he’s sassy, he’s a little bit spicy, and just a fun combination of things,” said Holderness. Mozzarella, blue cheese, red onion and to keep the name puns going, “Brock-oli slaw.” Holderness said, “It’s kind of a traditional slaw but in this case made with broccoli.” But like Purdy’s addition to the now NFC West champs Holderness says it is the sauce that helps put this pizza over the top. “It’s a great combination of barbecue and buffalo sauce. It’s tangy and has a nice zip. It’s delicious.” Purdy remains the winningest QB in Cyclone history and the only thing hotter than his 6-0 record as a San Francisco 49er starter may be the wood fire oven. The real test is the flavor and many who have tried it feel as if it tastes like another victory. “They come in and try the Purdy-licious and people have loved it. It’s kind of neat to see people try something different.” The new pizza may be receiving a chef’s kiss from customers but its namesake hopes to be on his way toward kissing the immortal Vince Lombardi trophy with a Super Bowl victory. Holderness said, “A guy who most of the country hadn’t heard of just a few weeks ago and so to be playing like he’s playing right now it gives all of us not only in Iowa but across the country kind of an underdog story to cheer for.” Fans of Purdy and the pizza will have to keep cheering. Holderness says it will stay on the menu as long as Brock Purdy’s remarkable winning ways continue during the playoffs.
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2023-01-20 21:18:03
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