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HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role.
“The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where this custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to acclaim.
Bishop, a part-time chess coach and full-time custodian, led his elementary and middle school teams to state championship titles this year, drawing comparisons to the Netflix series about a chess prodigy inspired by a janitor.
Some of his players are good enough to beat their coach, proudly declaring “checkmate!”
“Initially, it was humiliating and demoralizing, but it didn’t take long for me to realize that’s a good thing. They’re getting stronger,” the 61-year-old said.
Nationwide, chess is riding a new wave of popularity, and it’s not just because of the popular Netflix mini series based on the 1983 book by Walter Tevis.
During the pandemic, a growing number of kids forced to stay at home for extended periods turned to Chess.com to relieve their boredom. The website and app allows visitors to learn the game, to play against each other or against a computer, and to get chess news.
The website had 1.5 million daily users in February 2020 — just before the pandemic hit the U.S. in full force — but it grew to 4.5 million by the end of 2020. It had hit 10 million by January of this year. The total number of registered users has nearly quadrupled to 123 million, the company said.
Chess fans are also watching videos of grandmasters teaching strategies and livestreams of high-profile chess players facing off.
“What we are seeing is an unprecedented period of boom, like nothing before,” said Leon Watson, spokesperson for Chess.com. “It definitely feels like chess is having a moment.”
In Hampden, Bishop’s coaching success followed a happy twist of fate.
He was burned out from his job in the telecommunications industry and took an early retirement package at age 50. He was exploring new opportunities in the field — and not having much luck — when someone told him about a school custodial job. He figured it would be mean less stress.
He didn’t even know there was a chess club until after he’d begun work in 2013. He began volunteering with the chess club at Reeds Brook Middle School, and later at George B. Weatherbee Elementary School, as well.
Bishop learned chess the old-fashioned way, with a family chessboard and by experimenting with the board pieces: pawns, bishops, knights, rooks, queens and kings. He played with his brothers, sometimes in the family’s barn, learning the moves to checkmate his opponent’s king, the object of the game. At age 10, he followed with keen interest the match in which American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in 1972.
While Bishop enjoyed chess and was good at it, he didn’t join his high school chess club, worrying he would be typecast as a nerd. He regrets that now.
These days, thanks to its growing appeal, those stereotypes no longer apply.
On a recent day, there was a buzz in the air at the Reeds Brook Middle School library where the chess club meets. Bishop’s team had just represented Maine at the the national championships in Texas, and they came in eighth place out of 52 teams. The elementary school team competes this weekend in its national championships in Maryland.
The students quickly tossed their backpacks aside, sat down at library tables and launched into matches. Those who weren’t actively playing watched others’ moves intently.
Eli Marquis, 12, said the chess players are constantly learning new skills and tactics — like opening and closing moves — allowing them to improve and ensuring they don’t get bored.
“You can never run out of things to learn and to practice and to do, and you can just keep on getting better as long as you practice. There’s no end to it. Really,” he said.
Eddie LaRochelle, 13, compared chess to other competitive team sports. A strong work ethic and practice improve individual skills, and those individuals work together to achieve victory.
“You don’t need to work out every single day in the gym. To get stronger, you can exercise your brain with puzzles, chess and other things,” he said.
Lessons from the chess board often carry into life.
Team members said chess has taught them to think ahead, be strategic and consider the ramifications of decisions. And it helps with keeping on task and staying organized.
“Chess is so good for them, and most of them don’t know it,” their coach said. “They’re just playing chess, but it’s like a workout for the brain.”
Bishop understands comparisons to the janitor in “The Queen’s Gambit” — William Shaibel, played by actor Bill Camp — and he thinks it’s an entertaining series. The chess play is accurate and exciting, he said.
Camp, the actor, has heard of the team’s success and hopes to pay a visit to the school to offer his congratulations. He had high praise for Bishop.
“What he’s doing is about as noble as one can do – he’s a teacher,” Camp said from Los Angeles. “He’s doing the greatest service.”
Unlike the Netflix series’s janitor, Bishop is helping not just one girl in an orphanage, but dozens of kids of all skill levels and socioeconomic backgrounds.
His one worry is that there aren’t as many girls taking up chess.
Chess continues to be dominated by men and boys from the top level of grandmasters down to the grade school level. There’s only one female on his middle school champion team right now, but he’s hoping to change that by getting kids hooked at earlier ages, starting in kindergarten.
For now, Bishop looks forward to seeing how far his teams can go. As the teams get better, he’s getting used to losing chess matches more frequently.
Riley Richardson, who placed 14th out of 386 competitors at the nationals, said the first time he beat his coach, he thought Bishop was letting him win. But now, he has beaten his coach a few times.
He’s watching for vulnerabilities.
“A while ago, I actually beat him because I just started learning his weaknesses,” Richardson said. That weakness? He smiled and said: ”Sometimes, he’s overthinking.”
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BEIJING, April 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "To understand today's China, one must begin by understanding China's history. Guangzhou is the cradle of China's democratic revolution and the vanguard of China's reform and opening-up," in a recent meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping told French President Emmanuel Macron in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province.
The remarks were made before China's top leader concluded a four-day inspection tour of the province from April 10 to 13.
In the past decades, Guangdong has set a model of Chinese modernization for the rest of the country, and the model also has global repercussions, observers pointed out.
From Zhanjiang to Maoming to Guangzhou, Xi traveled thousands of kilometers across the western part of the province and visited mangrove forests, ports, enterprises, and factories, while having in-depth exchanges with ordinary factory workers, farmers, and technicians. The trip not only provided a direction for the province which is long considered a pacesetter of China's reform and opening-up in taking the lead in Chinese modernization, but also opened a crucial window for the world to learn how Chinese modernization is essentially different from the capital-centered Western development path, experts said.
"China offers an alternative path featuring collective prosperity and harmony between humanity and nature," Wang Chenxing, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences told the Global Times.
China's chosen development model meets humanity's challenges and offers other countries, especially developing ones, a choice for achieving social and economic progress, Wang said.
Harmonizing ecology and economy
Different from his previous inspection tours which often include visits to local farmlands, Xi started off his latest inspection trip at a mariculture base in Donghai Island in Zhanjiang to learn how it utilizes both land and sea resources to guarantee food security.
In 2030, Guangdong is expected to increase output of seafood annually to 2.01 million tons, the equivalent of raising 30.45 million pigs or 1.54 billion ducks, based on the same amount of protein, according to official reports.
Xi required elaborate efforts in developing the breeding industry as it serves as the foundation of the development of modern agriculture and aquaculture. More should be done to develop deep-sea aquaculture equipment and the smart fishing industry, Xi said, calling for the further upgrading of the marine fishery, according to a report by the Xinhua News Agency.
Xi's concern in ecological conservation extends to the second stop of his Zhanjiang tour - the Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve, the largest and densest natural reserve of its kind in China.
Xi referred to the mangrove forests as a national treasure and urged for its careful protection "like how people protect their own eyes." He emphasized the need for persistent efforts toward green development, with aims to build a beautiful China while also contributing to the preservation of the global environment.
Guangdong's experience in advancing its economic boom and ecological progress demonstrates how China seeks the kind of modernization that promotes harmonious coexistence of man and nature, said Chinese experts.
Guangdong's model in pursuing modernization reflects China's new development philosophy of innovation, coordination, green development, opening-up, and sharing, Liu Ying, a research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, told the Global Times.
Xi has long envisioned a homeland where man and nature can live in harmony, with economy and ecology thriving side by side. He has also made environmental protection one of the five main policy areas in his quest to build an "ecological civilization," as China advances in its aim to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
Modernization of common prosperity
Xi chose the western part of Guangdong as the focus of his latest inspection tour as that part of the province is less developed than the Pearl River Delta, known for the high concentration of manufacturers and high-tech companies, according to media reports.
Xi stressed during the trip that Guangdong's development depends not only on the Pearl River Delta, but also on the joint development of the northern, eastern, and western parts of Guangdong.
"Chinese modernization is aimed at promoting common prosperity and addressing imbalanced development among regions," Xi said, according to Xinhua.
Such an aim is reflected in Guangdong's endeavors to improve regional connectivity through better transportation infrastructure, such as Xuwen Port which Xi also inspected. The port is a key project that facilitates the collaborative development of Guangdong with the neighboring island province of Hainan.
In China, imbalanced development typically manifests itself in the disparity between urban and rural areas, and between western and eastern areas.
To Xi, the root cause of imbalanced development between western Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta largely resides in industries.
After visiting a village known for growing lychees and learning about local rural revitalization, Xi said that to advance Chinese modernization, it is imperative to comprehensively advance rural revitalization and effectively address the imbalance between the urban and the rural areas and between regions. He called for more resources allocated to assist less developed areas, promote social etiquette and civility, and to improve the quality of life for the people.
"Guangdong's practice manifests a core feature of Chinese modernization - achieving common prosperity for all Chinese people. That is how people of Guangdong Province, under the guidance of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, can inspire a concerted effort to turn the province into a region whose overall GDP far exceeds that of many other countries worldwide," Liu said.
Guangdong has set a model for the rest of the country to promote Chinese modernization which emphasizes all-round development and a people-centered philosophy, Wang remarked.
Modernization of independence with openness
Another characteristic of Chinese modernization is that China pursues strategic independence and continued openness by beefing up its self-reliance in science and technology, modernizing its industrial system while maintaining an opening-up policy to the outside world, especially in the post-pandemic era, experts said.
During an inspection tour of the GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co Ltd, Xi listened to reports about the company's progress in making technological breakthroughs, valuing its efforts in developing higher-end, smarter, and greener manufacturing when he visited the carmaker's R&D center.
"China must improve its independent innovation ability on the path of modernization, and seek to overtake the curve," Wang told the Global Times.
However, pursing Chinese modernization is not "closing the doors" to the outside world as the country's development is closely connected to global modernization, and instead of encouraging rivalry, China has proposed an alternative path that exceeds different ideologies, experts said.
On April 12, when Xi went to Guangzhou and visited the South Korean multinational electronics company LG Display's manufacturing base, he said that China's market strengths will become more apparent as the country quickens the formation of a new development pattern and further improves the business environment amid the backdrop of sluggish global economic growth, as Xinhua reported.
Xi encouraged foreign investors to seize opportunities and achieve greater business success by coming to China, particularly Guangdong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"Xi's visit to a South Korean company shows that Chinese modernization is closely linking the rest of the world and features the common prosperity of all people, rather than development behind closed doors." said Liu of Chongyang.
As China has embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country through a Chinese path to modernization, developing countries in Africa and beyond ought to take advantages presented by China's localized, people-centered type of modernization, Liu said.
"Emphasis on the real economy is an intrinsic requirement of Chinese modernization," Wang noted.
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Ukraine declared it was mounting a counteroffensive to reclaim territory around the southern port city of Kherson, as Russia devoted the bulk of its forces to pounding eastern Ukraine and capturing Sievierodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-controlled city in the Luhansk region.
Kherson was the first major city to fall as Russian forces swept north out of Crimea more than three months ago, and it has provided a key staging ground for Russian operations across southern Ukraine. In recent weeks, Russian forces — stretched thin and taking heavy losses as they gain ground in the eastern Donbas region — have concentrated their efforts in the south on fortifying defensive positions.
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“Hold on, Kherson,” the Ukrainian military said on Twitter on Sunday morning. “We’re coming.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare journey outside Kyiv, the capital, on Sunday to visit front-line positions around the eastern city of Kharkiv, a trip intended to underscore the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive to drive Russia back from Ukraine’s second-largest city.
Ukrainian officials have for weeks telegraphed plans to launch a new southern counteroffensive threatening Russia’s supply routes into Kherson on bridges over the Dnipro River. But they said the maneuver would require the delivery of Western artillery systems that had been promised by the United States and other allies.
It was not clear if new weapons were having an effect in the fight to reclaim territory around Kherson, but the Ukrainian military said Saturday evening that Russia had suffered losses as its forces were driven back to “unfavorable” positions around several villages and had been forced to call up reservists to serve as reinforcements, claims that could not be independently verified.
Zelensky, speaking to the nation overnight, said that delivery of more-powerful Western weapons was also vital in the “indescribably difficult” defense of the eastern Donbas region.
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“Every day we are bringing closer the time when our army will surpass the occupiers technologically and by firepower,” he said. But that, ultimately, depends on continued and expanded Western support.
The Biden administration has approved sending long-range multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine, a significant transfer that could significantly aid the country, US officials said Friday. Zelensky suggested an official announcement could come this week.
In the east, Russian forces pummeled Route T1302, which runs into the city of Sievierodonetsk. Route T1302 has been called the “road of life” given its critical role in getting supplies in and giving fleeing civilians a means of escape.
Their goal is to cut the cord that runs northeast from the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk province for around 43 miles to the besieged city of Sievierodonetsk in the neighboring province of Luhansk and gives supplies a way in and fleeing residents a way out.
The road runs through the city of Lysychansk, which is also under attack, and across the Seversky Donets River before entering Sievierodonetsk on the river’s eastern bank. Russian artillery has pounded the city for weeks, shattering buildings and killing civilians.
“Sievierodonetsk is barely alive,” said Serhiy Haidai, head of Ukraine’s military administration in Luhansk, adding that the city has become the epicenter of the war. He said that one woman died Saturday and 13 high-rise buildings were damaged by shelling.
Russian forces also killed two civilians in fresh fighting on the highway, he said Sunday, adding, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, that Ukrainian forces had successfully repulsed an enemy attack on the “road of life.”
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In recent weeks, the battle for Sievierodonetsk has assumed an outsized importance in the four-month war. Russia’s failure to quickly capture the capital, Kyiv, in the early weeks of the conflict, or Kharkiv, has forced it to focus on the eastern Donbas region, where it has held significant territory since 2014.
Taking Sievierodonetsk would give Russia full control of Luhansk province, which along with neighboring Donetsk province makes up the Donbas. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, described the battle for Sievierodonetsk as central to military objectives of President Vladimir Putin of Russia but a spurious goal that could ultimately serve as a turning point.
Putin is “now hurling men and munitions” at Sievierodonetsk “as if taking it would win the war for the Kremlin. He is wrong,” the institute said in a report Sunday.
In other developments:
- President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany sought to revive diplomatic discussions during an 80-minute phone call Saturday with Putin. Macron and Scholz said any solution to end the war must be negotiated between Moscow and Kyiv “with respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” according to a statement from the office of the French presidency. The Kremlin said in a statement after the leaders talked that Putin “confirmed that the Russian side is open to renewing dialogue with Kyiv,” while blaming Ukraine for the current impasse in the peace talks.
- Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, said that sophisticated Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles had arrived. He said the Harpoons came courtesy of Denmark and would be used to try to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade and to protect the port city of Odessa.
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Get your shovels and snow blowers at the ready, depending on what part of Massachusetts you live in.
The first significant winter storm of the season is set to dump snow on parts of the region later this week, according to meteorologists who predict up to a foot of the white stuff for certain spots.
The farther west you live in the Bay State, the more snow you should see. The farther east, the less snow you’ll have to shovel, if any at all.
“It looks like a substantial winter storm centered on Friday,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Dombek told the Herald on Tuesday.
“It should be much messier in the farther inland areas outside of 495,” he later added. “A classic winter storm for this time of year in December, with guaranteed slippery travel for a time.”
The storm should be getting underway Thursday night, when the first of the precipitation begins to move in. The Boston-area could see a few hours of wet snowflakes and ice pellets mixed in before a chilly soaking rain takes over. It should be windy along the coast, with potential gusts of 45 mph.
“Boston will see a good soaking rain,” Dombek said, predicting 1 inch to 1.5 inches of rain.
“West and north of the 128 corridor, rain will be mixed with snow and sleet for awhile, and those areas could get a coating to an inch of snow, causing some slick conditions,” he added.
The higher elevations in the Berkshires should be the bullseye for Massachusetts — with 6 to 12 inches of snow forecasted for those spots.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine could see big amounts of snow.
“Based on its likely path, northern New England should get a pretty good storm,” Bill Simpson, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald.
“As of now, it doesn’t look like it will be a plowable event for Greater Boston,” he added, noting that warm air from the ocean should flip the initial snowflakes to rain. “The best chance for plowable snow is north and west of 495.”
The gusty winds may spark National Weather Service Wind Advisories along the coast.
The storm path is not set in stone, and National Weather Service forecasters say they expect to have a better idea about the track on Wednesday.
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Haivision reports record quarterly revenues with 36.8% year-over-year revenue growth
MONTREAL, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Haivision Systems Inc. ("Haivision" or the "Company") (TSX: HAI), a leading global provider of mission critical, real-time IP video solutions, today announced its results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2022.
Mirko Wicha, Chairman and CEO of Haivision said, "The recent acquisition of Aviwest extends our video contribution solution portfolio and we are pleased that the demand for our expanded portfolio of products and services continues to be strong. Additionally, our teams have done a phenomenal job in successfully managing through this period of global supply chain challenges to meet the needs of our customers."
Q2 2022 Financial Results
- Revenue of $29.9 million, up 36.8% from $21.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, a record for quarterly revenue performance.
- Gross margins* for the quarter were 71.4%.
- Operating profit was $0.1 million, a decrease of $2.3 million from the prior year period, but was primarily caused by increases in depreciation and amortization of $1.3 million and transaction costs of $0.6 million related to the recent acquisitions.
- Net loss of $0.4 million was a decrease of $1.6 million from the prior year period, but was primarily caused by increases in depreciation and amortization of $1.3 million and transaction costs of $0.6 million related to the recent acquisitions.
- Adjusted EBITDA* was $2.6 million, a decrease of $1.0 million from the prior year period, but represents the thirty-fourth (34th) consecutive quarter of positive Adjusted EBITDA*.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin was 8.7% compared to 16.5% in the prior year period.
Financial Results for the six months ended April 30, 2022
- Revenue of $58.2 million, up 29.8% from $44.8 million in fiscal 2021.
- Gross margins* were 70.4%.
- Operating profit was $0.0 million, an improvement of $8.9 million from the prior year period. Acquisition related depreciation and amortization expenses of $2.4 million and transactional expenses of $0.7 million was more than offset by the reduction in last-year's non-recurring share-based payments of $14.1 million related to the legacy Employee Stock Option Plan ("ESOP").
- Adjusted EBITDA* was $4.7 million, a decrease of $2.4 million from the prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA Margin* was 8.1% compared to 16.0% from the prior year period.
- Net loss was $0.8 million but represented a $10.0 million improvement from the prior year's performance.
Key Company Highlights for Fiscal 2022
- On April 1, 2022, we completed the acquisition of AVIWEST S.A.S. ("Aviwest"), an award winning, premier vendor for ultra-low-latency wireless broadcast video transmission, through mobile networking (5G/4G cellular) and patented network bonding capabilities.
- CineMassive Displays, LLC was renamed Haivision MCS, LLC ("Haivision MCS"), highlighting its focus on "Mission-Critical Systems" for the enterprise, government, and defense verticals.
- Haivision was awarded another Emmy® Award for Technology & Engineering, bringing its total to four, for the "Management of IP Multicast Video Distribution to Desktops and TVs in News and Media Production Facilities" for our flagship multisite live video distribution and IPTV solution, Haivision Media Platform.
- Haivision was awarded "Best Corporate Video and Enterprise Video Content Management Platform" at the 2021 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards.
- Haivision partnered with Grass Valley to enable live low latency cloud media production.
- Released the results of our third annual broadcast survey in our Broadcast IP Transformation Report.
- SRT Alliance membership surpassed 550 members.
"The Aviwest acquisition was closed in early April, and just weeks later we presented the companies together at the most important industry trade event of the year. Both Haivision and Aviwest clients applauded the acquisition bringing together the premier vendors in wired and wireless video networking technology," said Mirko Wicha, Chairman and CEO of Haivision. "Furthermore, we're quickly beginning to see the benefits of our combined teams, with sales synergies and technology integrations that are clearly showing how well our company cultures fit together. We are extremely excited to continue our path of accelerated growth."
Financial Results
Revenue for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2022 was $29.9 million and $58.2 million, respectively, an increase of $8.0 million or 37% and $13.4 million or 30% respectively, compared to the three months and six months ended April 30, 2021. Primary contributors to revenue growth were the recent acquisitions of Haivision MCS in August 2021 and of Aviwest in April 2022. Gross Margins* for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2022 were 71.4% and 70.4%, compared to 78.1% and 77.2% for the three months and six month period in the prior year. The decrease in Gross Margins* results largely from the addition of Haivision MCS business which historically operated at a lower overall gross margin than Haivision's traditional business.
Total expenses in the quarter ended April 30, 2022 increased by $6.6 million. The increase in total expenses in the three month period is largely related to the acquisition of Haivision MCS and Aviwest, and included acquisition related depreciation and amortization of $1.3 million and transactional expenses of $0.6 million. For the six months ended April 30, 2022, total expenses decreased by $2.5 million. Additional expenses related to the acquisition of Haivision MCS and Aviwest included $2.4 million of depreciation and amortization and $0.7 million in transactional expenses. These increases in total expenses were offset by the reduction in non-recurring share-based payments of $14.1 million related to the legacy Employee Stock Option Plan ("ESOP"). Options governed by the legacy ESOP were only exercisable upon the occurrence of a liquidity event (such as our IPO in December 2020).
Net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2022 was $0.4 million a decrease of $1.6 million from the prior year period, Net losses for the three-month period was primarily caused by the additional $1.3 million in depreciation and amortization and $0.6 million in transaction costs. The net loss for the six months ended April 30, 2022 was $0.8 million, a $10.0 million improvement from the prior year period. Net losses for the six months were primarily caused by the additional $2.4 million in depreciation and amortization and $0.7 million in transaction costs during the period. Adjusted EBITDA* for the three months ended April 30, 2022 was $2.6 million, a decrease of $1.0 million from the prior year period, and Adjusted EBITDA* for the six month period ended April 30, was $4.7 million, a decrease of $2.4 million compared to the prior year period.
*Represents a non-IFRS measure. For the relevant definition, see "Non-IFRS Measures" below. As applicable, a reconciliation of this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure is included in the tables at the end of this press release and in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2022.
Conference Call Notification
Haivision will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter financial results on Wednesday,
June 15, 2022 at 5:30 pm (ET). To register for the call, please use this link https://conferencingportals.com/event/myiwYleM.. After registering, a confirmation will be sent through email, including dial in details and unique conference call codes for entry.
Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis and Additional Information
Haivision's unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter ended April 30, 2022 (the "Q2 Financial Statements"), the management's discussion and analysis thereon and additional information relating to Haivision and its business can be found under Haivision's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The financial information presented in this release was derived from the Q2 Financial Statements.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's growth opportunities and its ability to execute on its growth strategy. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, nor guarantees or assurances of future performance but instead represent management's current beliefs, expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events and operating performance.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Haivision as of the date of this release, are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk factors identified under "Risk Factors" in the Company's latest annual information form, and in other periodic filings that the Company has made and may make in the future with the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada, all of which are available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect Haivision. However, such risk factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Haivision undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable securities laws.
Non-IFRS Measures
Haivision's consolidated financial statements for the second quarter ended April 30, 2022 are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. This press release makes reference to certain non-IFRS measures, including "EBITDA", "Gross Margin", "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Adjusted EBITDA Margin". These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. Rather, these non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. Our management also uses non-IFRS measures to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts and to determine components of management compensation.
Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental measure used by management to assess the financial performance of our business. Adjusted EBITDA is also a key metric that management uses prior to execution of any strategic investing or financing opportunity. "EBITDA" is defined as earnings (loss) before income taxes, depreciation, amortization and financial expenses and "Adjusted EBITDA" is defined as EBITDA, as adjusted for stock-based compensation and certain non-recurring expense items. "Adjusted EBITDA Margin" represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue. "Gross Margin" represents gross profit divided by revenue.
A reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net income (loss) is included in the tables at the end of this press release and in the Company's management discussion and analysis for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2022.
About Haivision
Haivision is a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions. Our connected cloud and intelligent edge technologies enable global organizations to engage audiences, enhance collaboration, and support decision making. We provide high quality, low latency, secure, and reliable live video at a global scale. Haivision open sourced its award-winning SRT low latency video streaming protocol and founded the SRT Alliance to support its adoption. Awarded four Emmys® for Technology and Engineering from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Haivision continues to fuel the future of IP video transformation. Founded in 2004, Haivision is headquartered in Montreal and Chicago with offices, sales, and support located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Learn more at haivision.com.
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BUCKINGHAM, Fla. — One restroom facility at Buckingham Community Park in Fort Myers was broken into and vandalized over the weekend.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), one employee discovered the men’s and women’s restroom vandalization Sunday morning. It occurred in the restroom facility near the football fields.
The damages reported were two shattered toilets, one shattered urinal, one shattered toilet tank cover, one shattered toilet seat, three light fixtures removed and broken, three soap dispensers torn off the wall and two exterior posted signs stolen.
Parkgoers said they’re disheartened to hear about this crime that occurred in their beautiful park.
“It’s unfortunate,” said Dave Shear, who exercises often at Buckingham Park.
Shear said it’s disappointing that people have no respect or regard for people or places.
Araceli Reyes brings her children to the park and said she hopes the suspects are found.
“It’s very sad. I don’t understand why people would do something like that,” said Reyes.
The repairs will now cost the county an estimated $2,050.
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South Africa says Putin will skip a summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS economic summit in Johannesburg next month, the office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement Wednesday.
The decision means South Africa will not face the dilemma of whether it should carry out an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader.
South Africa is a signatory to the treaty that created the ICC and would have been obliged under that to arrest Putin, although the country had given strong hints that it would have likely not executed the arrest warrant.
But Wednesday’s announcement allows South Africa to avoid the problem and comes after Ramaphosa spoke with Putin by telephone in recent days.
The decision for Putin not to attend was by “mutual agreement,” Ramaphosa’s office said. Russia will instead be represented at the Aug 22-24 summit by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The BRICS economic bloc is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South Africa had invited the leaders of the other four countries to the summit before Putin’s arrest warrant was issued by the ICC in March.
The announcement brings to an end months of speculation over if Putin was going to travel to South Africa. Putin has not traveled to any country that is a signatory to the ICC treaty since he was indicted for war crimes over the abduction of children from Ukraine.
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LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative Party leader after months of ethics scandals and a party revolt. But he remains Britain’s prime minister — for now — while a successor is chosen.
With British politics in turmoil, here’s a look at what will happen next:
WHY IS BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNING?
Johnson’s resignation on Thursday comes after he weathered numerous scandals during a tumultuous three years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.
He survived a no-confidence vote last month. But recent revelations that Johnson knew about sexual misconduct allegations against a lawmaker before he promoted the man to a senior position in his government led to Johnson’s resignation.
SO IS JOHNSON STILL PRIME MINISTER?
Yes, for now.
His resignation, which came after dozens of ministers quit his government in protest, sparks a party contest to replace him as leader. All Conservative lawmakers are eligible to run, and party officials could open the nominations within hours.
After candidates have come forward, Conservative lawmakers vote in a series of elimination rounds. The candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out, and voting continues until there are two contenders left. Depending on the number of candidates, the process could be completed within days.
The final two candidates will be put to a vote of the full party membership across the country — about 180,000 people — by postal ballot. That process is expected to take several weeks, with the exact timetable up to the 1922 Committee that runs party elections.
The winner of the vote will become both Conservative leader and prime minister, without the need for a national election.
WHO COULD BECOME THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
Already the list of likely contenders is long and growing, from recently resigned Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, his successor in that job Nadhim Zahawi, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Attorney General Suella Braverman and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
WHILE A NEW LEADER IS BEING CHOSEN, WILL BORIS JOHNSON REMAIN PRIME MINISTER?
Johnson has resigned as party leader, but he is still prime minister until his successor is elected.
His predecessor, Theresa May, remained in office for more than a month between announcing her resignation and the selection of Johnson as the new Tory leader.
But many Conservatives say Johnson can’t stay in office — he has simply lost too many ministers through resignations to be able to govern. They are demanding he step down as prime minister and let an interim leader take the reins. If he does that, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is a likely caretaker candidate.
WHAT’S THE LIKELIHOOD OF JOHNSON LEAVING BEFORE A NEW PARTY LEADER IS PICKED?
Johnson shows no signs of going early.
He appointed several new Cabinet ministers on Thursday to replace those he has lost, and said they would “serve as I will until a new leader is in place.”
If party officials press Johnson to quit sooner and he refuses, the chaos engulfing the government could worsen in the short term. Already the government has had to cancel business in Parliament because it has no ministers available to attend.
Gavin Barwell, who served as chief of staff to Prime Minister Theresa May, said “there was a “question whether the PM will be able to lead a caretaker government in the meantime -- will enough ministers agree to serve?”
Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major said letting Johnson stay in office for up to three months “is unwise, and may be unsustainable.”
WHEN IS BRITAIN’S NEXT NATIONAL ELECTION?
Under Britain’s political rules, the next election must be called by December 2024, with election day five weeks later.
But it could come sooner. Prime ministers with a majority in parliament can call snap elections at will, and Johnson’s successor may want to seek a personal mandate by going to voters not long after being selected.
However, with the backdrop of war in Ukraine and a worsening cost-of-living crisis, they may choose to wait.
Whoever takes over from Johnson will try to rebuild the Conservative Party’s popularity. Johnson led the party to a big parliamentary majority in December 2019, but months of scandal have tarnished both him and the party. Polls suggest that if an election were held now the Conservatives would lose and the opposition Labour Party would form the new government.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for the holidays, John Moran Auctioneers will present their Winter Fine Jewelry & Timepieces auction, Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 at 10am PST. This sale is all about diamonds! All shapes, sizes and qualities and price ranges. The highlight: diamond earrings once belonging to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hill's star, Erika Jayne Girardi. Moran's is offering these earrings on behalf of the trustee through a court ordered sale. Having over 370 lots, the selection will include jewelry, time pieces, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, and gold. The first half of the auction will offer fine gemstone and diamond everyday classics. The timepieces presented will be Gerald Genta, Cartier, Rolex and Patek Phillippe. In addition, a small collection of fine Antique jeweled seals and boxes. The second half of the sale includes a large group lots of gold and gemstone jewelry.
Coming off the white-glove sale of the "Property from the Thomas and Erika Jayne Girardi Residence," John Moran Auctioneers, in partnership with ThreeSixty Asset Advisors, is pleased to present the diamond earrings previously owned by Erika Jayne. Thomas Girardi, Jayne's estranged husband, purchased the earrings in 2007 at a retail value of $750,000. Molly Burns Keith G.J.G., Jewelry director at Moran's, states that, "The earrings are near colorless and have very nice clarity. They were found in really good condition and, according to the recently obtained GIA reports, each stud is over 6-carats, making the combined total more than 12-carats." The pair of Princess-cut diamond stud earrings is set in 14k white gold mountings and comes with a GIA report dated October 20, 2022. They will be offered at an estimate of $250,000-300,000.
The diamond selection will also include a pair of diamond cluster ear clips. These beauties, estimated $30,000-40,000, are made with fourteen pear-shaped and marquise-cut diamonds totaling 10.69cts and 12.7 grams.
Along with diamonds, this auction will offer an array of other gemstones such as, emerald, amethyst, ruby, tanzanite, tourmaline, and sapphire. A Ceylon sapphire and diamond ring, with the sapphire weighing 11.30cts., has an estimate of $30,000-40,000.
Representing the 30+ lots of timepieces, a Rolex "President" Gold Wristwatch from the mid-80s. Designed with a circular champagne tapestry dial with gilt baton hour markers, day-date apertures, and an 18k yellow gold case and bracelet, this piece is valued $10,000-15,000.
—Brenda Smith, John Moran Auctioneers
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a discreet, space-saving alternative to a conventional water pipe," said an inventor, from Fernley, Nev., "so I invented the HOTBOX. My design would also eliminate the need for a smoker to carry a bong/water pipe and smoking supplies in a separate bag."
The patent-pending invention provides a multipurpose and discreet accessory for smokers. In doing so, it ensures that a small water pipe or bong is readily available. It also allows the user to easily store a lighter, mouthpiece, and marijuana or tobacco. As a result, it increases organization and convenience. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for smokers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-RKH-368, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week: Role model for the younger students
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Avery West is a top student at Langford Area High School. The younger students look up to her.
“I remember being little and thinking that the seniors were doing amazing things. And they look up to us. I always make sure I’m doing the right thing, so I can help them do the right thing also,” said Avery.
“She volunteers in my classroom. And I have the privilege of coaching her on the volleyball court. She always give 100%. She has great determination. She’s an awesome role model. She’s a great leader, on and off the court,” said 4th grade teacher Susan Larson.
Avery is doing in internship in the elementary school, which will help her with her future career.
“I plan to attend Northern State University to get a degree in elementary education, and a minor in special education,” said Avery.
“My fourth graders just adore her. They’d much rather seek Avery’s help than mine sometimes in class. That’s just so nice to see. She’s just a gentle kind soul,” said Susan.
Besides volleyball, Avery is in chorus, band, student council, and the school play. And she’s loved growing up in this small community.
“Yes the teachers have pushed us to do great. And I’ve always enjoyed going to Langford. I think it is a great school, and it has a nice community. And that’s the most important part. I think this place has a nice spot in my heart. I have a younger sister, so I know that I’ll come back and watch sporting events still,” said Avery.
For being named our Scholar of the Week, Avery gets a $250 scholarship from the Lake Region Electric Association, which is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year.
In a report issued Wednesday, the WHO and the CDC said millions of children were now susceptible to measles, among the world’s most contagious diseases. In 2021, officials said there were about 9 million measles infections and 128,000 deaths worldwide.
The WHO and CDC said continued drops in vaccination, weak disease surveillance and delayed response plans due to COVID-19, in addition to ongoing outbreaks in more than 20 countries, mean that “measles is an imminent threat in every region of the world.”
Scientists estimate that at least 95% of a population needs to be immunized to protect against epidemics; the WHO and the CDC reported that only about 81% of children receive their first dose of measles vaccine while 71% get their second dose, marking the lowest global coverage rates of the first measles dose since 2008.
“The record number of children under-immunized and susceptible to measles shows the profound damage immunization systems have sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic,” CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.
Measles is mostly spread through direct contact or in the air and causes symptoms including fever, muscle pain and a skin rash on the face and upper neck. Most measles-related deaths are caused by complications including swelling of the brain and dehydration. The WHO says serious complications are most serious in children under five and adults over 30.
More than 95% of measles deaths occur in developing countries, mostly in Africa and Asia. There is no specific treatment for measles, but the two-dose vaccine against it is about 97% effective in preventing severe illness and death.
In July, the U.N. said 25 million children have missed out on routine immunizations against diseases including diphtheria, largely because the coronavirus disrupted routine health services or triggered vaccine misinformation.
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Associated Press (AP) — Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s president on Monday during a period of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, leaving some citizens hopeful for a better life and others skeptical that his government would perform better than the one he succeeded.
Thousands of Nigerians and several heads of government attended the swearing-in ceremony for the 71-year-old Tinubu in the country’s capital, Abuja. He succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari to lead a country that by 2050 is forecast to become the third most populous nation in the world, tied with the United States after India and China.
Tinubu — the former governor of Lagos, which is Nigeria’s economic hub — has promised to build on Buhari’s efforts to deliver democratic dividends to citizens in a country where deadly security crises, widespread poverty and hunger have left many frustrated and angry. And with his election still being contested in court by opposition parties and among many young Nigerians, Tinubu has also pledged to reunite the country.
In his first comments as president, Tinubu, also from Buhari’s party, declared that “hope is back for Nigeria” and said he would work beyond improving the economic and security conditions to unite a deeply divided nation and ensure fairness and justice for aggrieved groups.
“We have endured hardship that would have other societies crumble,” said Tinubu. “Our mission is to improve our ways of life in a manner that nurtures our humanity, encourages compassion towards one another and duly rewards our collective efforts.”
Symbolic of a transition of power and loyalty to the new president, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, presented old national and defense flags of Nigeria to Buhari and received new ones from Tinubu, who is also the Chief of the Armed Forces.
Following the national elections in February, newly elected governors also took their oath of office in many Nigerian states on Monday.
At the inauguration venue, neither of the two main opposition candidates challenging Tinubu’s election in court was present and many Nigerians tweeted in protest to Tinubu’s inauguration. The outcome of the court challenge is due in about three weeks. If the opposition challenges are upheld, it would be the first time a presidential election would be nullified by the court in Nigeria’s history.
Tinubu’s manifesto of “renewed hope” prioritizes the creation of sufficient jobs and ramping up of local production of goods, investing in agriculture and public infrastructure, providing economic opportunities for the poorest and most vulnerable as well as creating better national security architecture to tackle all forms of insecurity.
However, Tinubu’s ambitious plans could be threatened in his first 100 days in office by a mountain of challenges, from insecurity to a fiscal crisis, poverty and deepening public discontent with the state, said Mucahid Durmaz, Senior West Africa Analyst at risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft.
Some analysts also say the promises made by Tinubu and the hope they bring are reminiscent of when Buhari was first elected president in 2015 as a former military head of state. His priorities were to fight insecurity and build the economy but he ended up failing to meet the expectations of many.
“No Nigerian president has come into office with so much goodwill from citizens as President Buhari but no other president has squandered it as quickly as President Buhari did,” said Dr Seun Kolade, a Nigerian development expert. “In terms of expectations and what is possible, this is a very mediocre eight years, to put it mildly.”
In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, locals identified economic hardship and insecurity as the biggest challenges they struggled with during Buhari’s eight-year rule. “People have really suffered (during) this period. People have been dying because of a lack of money, and I pray and hope we should not experience this kind of thing again under the new president,” said Princess Taiwo, a fruit seller.
Long before Buhari came to power in 2015, Nigeria’s development has for many years slowed under the weight of poor governance and endemic corruption, making it difficult for citizens to benefit from the country’s high earnings as Africa’s top oil producer.
Though he has whittled down the power of Islamic extremists in the northeast and has built key infrastructure with the aid of foreign loans, many believe the quality of life and standard of living has reduced under Buhari. They cite widening insecurity in other parts of the country, growing poverty as well as an economy struggling with record unemployment, inflation at an 18-year high of 22.2%, and rising debt.
“When you combine the lack of opportunities in an environment that is disabling with a strong youth population that is frustrated, that is a ticking time bomb and that is the story of Nigeria over the past 50 years and Buhari has made it worse,” said development expert Kolade.
Coming from the ruling All Progressives Congress, which has been dogged with allegations of corruption, Tinubu’s emergence as Nigeria’s president-elect has also drawn concerns about how transparent he would be in office.
Although he has often talked about assembling the best hands to lead Nigeria, the nation’s problem has never been about the quality of public officials but about accountability, said Leena Koni Hoffmann-Atar, associate fellow in the Africa program at the Chatham House think tank.
“What we underestimate is that for state institutions to be strengthened, beyond the character and competence of the individuals, you have to have processes of accountability. And it remains to be seen whether accountability in state institutions will be strengthened under his administration,” said Hoffmann-Atar.
Tinubu must also act quickly and decisively to tackle Nigeria’s security crises with the country already in a critical situation, analysts said.
“There is already a very substantial loss of confidence in the government as a protector of citizens,” said Nnamdi Obasi, senior adviser for Nigeria at the International Crisis Group. “If the new government fails to act very decisively, we would have more people seeking their own self-help and protection.”
Among those now contemplating self-protection are villagers in north central Plateau state’s Mangu district where gunmen killed more than 100 people in a late-night attack earlier in May. Yaputat Pokyes, one of the survivors, said all that they want from the incoming president is to help them stay alive.
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The 2023 Mexico Open At Vidanta Odds & Preview: Akshay Bhatia
The Mexico Open at Vidanta is entering the final round, and Akshay Bhatia is currently in second with a score of -17.
Looking to place a wager on Akshay Bhatia at the Mexico Open at Vidanta this week? Read on for the betting trends you can use before you make your picks.
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Akshay Bhatia Insights
- Over his last 14 rounds, Bhatia has scored under par seven times, while also carding six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has registered the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five twice and with a top-10 score in three of his last 14 rounds played.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Bhatia has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on seven occasions.
- In his past five tournaments, Bhatia has finished in the top five once.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut three times.
- In his past five appearances, Bhatia has finished within five shots of the leader one time and with a better-than-average score twice.
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Mexico Open at Vidanta Insights and Stats
- Bhatia finished fourth in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2023).
- At 7,456 yards, Vidanta Vallarta is set up as a par-71 for this tournament. In the past year, tournaments on the PGA Tour have been played on courses with an average distance of 7,295 yards.
- Vidanta Vallarta checks in at 7,456 yards, 161 yards longer than the average course Bhatia has played in the past year (7,295 yards).
Bhatia's Last Time Out
- Bhatia finished in the 27th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the RBC Heritage, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- His 4.18-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the RBC Heritage was poor, putting him in the eighth percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at the RBC Heritage, Bhatia shot better than just 15% of the field (averaging 4.83 strokes).
- Bhatia did not have a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage (the other golfers averaged 1.5).
- On the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, Bhatia recorded one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 2.0).
- Bhatia recorded fewer birdies or better (four) than the tournament average of 6.2 on the 22 par-4s at the RBC Heritage.
- At that most recent competition, Bhatia's showing on the 22 par-4s included a bogey or worse six times (compared to the field's better average, 5.1).
- Bhatia finished the RBC Heritage with a birdie or better on one par-5 hole, while the field averaged 3.8 on the six par-5s.
- The field at the RBC Heritage averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Bhatia finished without one.
Mexico Open at Vidanta Time and Date Info
- Date: April 27-30, 2023
- Course: Vidanta Vallarta
- Location: Vallarta, Mexico
- Par: 71 / 7,456 yards
- Bhatia Odds to Win: +900 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The first time Cameron Young played the Old Course at St. Andrews was one of his best moments in golf. The most recent one was even better.
In his British Open debut, Young plotted his way around the course in a gentle breeze and finished with a long two-putt birdie for an 8-under 64 for a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy among the earlier starters.
Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. He played some of the fabled courses in the area — St. Andrews, Carnoustie, North Berwick — not knowing then that he would even pursue a career in golf.
“Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. “And it’s certainly been a goal to get to an Open Championship. And for my first one to be here is a little bit extra special for me.”
He’s not even sure he played his best for his opening round. His tee shots weren’t always going where he was looking. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine.
Young went out in 31. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. A record score at St. Andrews on a good day for scoring was within reach.
But he three-putted for par on the 14th. His 10-foot birdie chance on the 15th spun out of the cup. He missed another good chance from 15 feet on the next hole.
Even so, the 25-year-old New Yorker had few complaints. He loves links golf.
“I don’t think I’ve figured that much of it out, honestly,” Young said. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. There’s so many humps and bounds and little nuances to the golf course that we could never know in the four or five days that I’ve had to prepare.”
As for that trip? He still has great memories, none that top St. Andrews.
“My dad asked for permission to play from the back tees. I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly,” he said. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. And I’m glad I didn’t know. I’m sure I would have been nervous out of my mind.”
It’s hard to detect a pulse from Young now. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. This is an ideal start, and for now, that’s all it is.
“I’m happy I shot 64. I’m happy that, as far as I know, I’m still leading The Open Championship, but it’s not going to change how I feel an hour from now,” he said.
His rookie year on the PGA Tour is among the best, though Young is not satisfied because he hasn’t won. He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills.
Now he can only hope for another chance in the year’s final major.
His father, David Young, is a master professional with the PGA of America. He thought the trip to Scotland was critical in his son finding a real passion for golf.
“It rained like the first four days we were there, and I have these pictures of him wearing my raingear down to his knees, soaking wet,” David Young said at the PGA Championship. “I’m thinking, ‘After this trip, this kid is never going to want to play golf again.’ But it did just the opposite. It got him excited about it.”
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Former Vice President Pence filing paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is filing paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years after their time in the White House ended with an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Pence fleeing for his life.
Pence, the nation’s 48th vice president, will formally launch his bid for the Republican nomination with a video and kickoff event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, which is his 64th birthday, according to people familiar with his plans. He was set to file papers making his candidacy official with the Federal Election Commission.
While Trump is currently leading the early fight for the nomination, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis polling consistently in second, Pence supporters see a lane for a reliable conservative who espouses many of the previous administration’s policies but without the constant tumult.
While he frequently lauds the accomplishments of the “Trump-Pence administration,” a Pence nomination in many ways would be a return to positions long associated with the Republican establishment but abandoned as Trump reshaped the party in his image. Pence has warned against the growing populist tide in the party, and advisers see him as the only traditional, Reagan-style conservative in the race.
A staunch opponent of abortion rights, Pence supports a national ban on the procedure and has campaigned against transgender-affirming policies in schools. He has argued that changes to Social Security and Medicare, like raising the age for qualification, should be on the table to keep the programs solvent — which both Trump and DeSantis have opposed — and criticized DeSantis for his escalating feud with Disney. He also has said the U.S. should offer more support to Ukraine against Russian aggression, while admonishing “Putin apologists” in the party unwilling to stand up to the Russian leader.
Pence, who describes himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order,” has spent months laying the groundwork for an expected run, holding events in early voting states like Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire, visiting churches, delivering policy speeches and courting donors.
Pence’s team sees Iowa and its evangelical Christian voters as critical to his potential path to victory. Advisers say he plans to campaign aggressively in the state, hitting every one of its 99 counties before its first-in-the-nation caucuses next year.
The campaign is expected to lean heavily on town halls and retail stops aimed at reintroducing Pence to voters who only know him from his time as Trump’s second-in-command. Pence served for more than a decade in Congress and as Indiana’s governor before he was tapped as Trump’s running mate in 2016.
As vice president, Pence had been an exceeding loyal defender of Trump until the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump falsely tried to convince Pence and his supporters that Pence had the power to unilaterally overturn the results of the 2020 election.
That day, a mob of Trump’s supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol building after being spurred on by Trump’s lies that the 2020 election had been stolen. Many in the crowd chanted “Hang Mike Pence!” as Pence, his staff and his family ran for safety, hiding in a Senate loading dock.
Pence has called Trump’s actions dangerous and said the country is looking for a new brand of leadership in the 2024 election.
“I think we’ll have better choices,” he recently told The Associated Press. “The American people want us to return to the policies of the Trump-Pence administration, but I think they want to see leadership that reflects more of the character of the American people.”
Pence has spent the 2 1/2 years since then strategically distancing himself from Trump. But he faces skepticism from both anti-Trump voters who see him as too close to the former president, as well as Trump loyalists, many of whom still blame him for failing to heed Trump’s demands to overturn the pair’s election defeat, even though Pence’s role overseeing the counting of the Electoral College vote was purely ceremonial and he never had the power to impact the results.
Pence joins a crowded Republican field that includes Trump, DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen Tim Scott of South Carolina, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to launch his own campaign Tuesday evening in New Hampshire, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will announce his bid Wednesday in Fargo.
With Trump, a thrice-married reality star, facing skepticism among some Republicans during his 2016 run, his pick of Pence as a running mate assuaged concerns from evangelical Christians and others that he wasn’t sufficiently conservative. As vice president, Pence refused to ever criticize the former president publicly and often played the role of emissary, trying to translate Trump’s unorthodox rhetoric and policy proclamations, particularly on the world stage.
After Trump’s legal efforts to stave off defeat of the 2020 election were quashed by courts and state officials, he and his team zeroed in on Jan. 6, the date that a joint session of Congress would meet to formally certify President Joe Biden’s victory. In the weeks leading up to the session, Trump engaged in an unprecedented pressure campaign to convince Pence he had the power to throw out the electoral votes from battleground states won by Biden, even though he did not.
As the riot was underway and after Pence and his family were rushed off the Senate floor and into hiding, Trump tweeted, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.” Video footage of the attack shows rioters reading Trump’s words aloud and crowds breaking into chants of “Hang Mike Pence!” A makeshift gallows was photographed outside the Capitol.
Pence has said that Trump “endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day” and that history will hold him accountable.
Despite his harrowing experience, Pence fought efforts to testify in investigations into Trump’s actions on and in the lead-up to Jan. 6. He refused to appear before the House committee investigating the attack, and fought a subpoena issued by the special counsel overseeing numerous Trump investigations, though he did eventually testify before a grand jury.
Only six former U.S. vice presidents have been elected to the White House, including Biden, who is running for a second term.
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LIVE: Biden to talk expanded veterans benefits in Delaware
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday is visiting a Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son as he encourages veterans to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August.
The law, known as the PACT Act, helps veterans get screened for exposure to toxins. Those include Agent Orange, which was used for deforestation during the Vietnam War, and burn pits, where trash was destroyed on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The administration has been hosting scores of events around the country to draw attention to the new benefits. More than 730,000 veterans have already received screenings, according to the White House.
Beau Biden, the president’s elder son, served as a major in the Delaware National Guard. He died of brain cancer in 2015, and the president has suggested that exposure to burn pits on his base in Iraq may have been the cause.
The legislation, the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, was passed by Congress after years of advocacy by veterans.
In addition to the screenings, the law directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to assume that some respiratory illnesses and cancers are connected to burn pits. This allows veterans to receive disability benefits without needing to prove direct causation.
Before the law, about three-quarters of disability claims involving burn pit exposure were denied by the government.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Gennady Burbulis, a top aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who helped prepare and sign the 1991 pact that led to the formal breakup of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 76.
As secretary of state and first deputy chairman of the government from 1991-1992, Burbulis was instrumental in steering the new, post-Soviet Russian state.
With Yeltsin, he was a signatory for Russia to the agreement reached on Dec. 8, 1991, with the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus to disband the Soviet Union. The pact was signed in the Belovezha forest, in what is now Belarus.
Burbulis is the third key player to the agreement who has died in the past several weeks. Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and former Belarusian President Stanislav Shushkevich both died in May.
The hopes of peaceful coexistence among the three former Soviet republics have been dashed since Russia’s military operation in Ukraine began in February. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address then that the Soviet collapse followed “historic, strategic mistakes” by Communist leaders.
Burbulis died in Baku, where he had flown for a conference.
“He was not sick, he felt great, and he just took part in the IX Global Baku Forum, which discussed the issue of the `Threat to the Global World Order,’” his press secretary, Andrey Markov, told the Interfax news agency.
Burbulis was born on Aug. 4, 1945, in Pervouralsk. He aided Yeltsin during his rise to lead Soviet Russia in 1990 and then independent Russia in 1991, as its first president.
From 1993 to 1999, Burbulis was a member of parliament, and later was vice governor of the Novgorod region.
“Another of the key persons in the European transformation has left us. Burbulis was influential as few others in breaking with the Soviet past and trying to build a new and democratic Russia,” Swedish diplomat Carl Bildt tweeted Sunday.
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- FTX, the bitcoin exchange founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is set to buy Voyager Digital's assets after winning a bankruptcy auction.
- FTX's bid was valued at roughly $1.4 billion, the companies said in a statement late Monday.
- Voyager has hinted at a possible transition of its customers over to FTX U.S.
Customers of beleaguered cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital may find some solace in the news that FTX, the bitcoin exchange founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is set to take on the company's assets after winning a bankruptcy auction.
After several rounds of bidding, FTX's U.S. subsidiary was selected as the highest bidder for Voyager's assets, the companies said in a statement late Monday. The bid was valued at roughly $1.4 billion, a figure that includes $1.3 billion for the fair market value of Voyager's digital assets, plus a $111 million "additional consideration" in anticipated incremental value.
Voyager declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July after a tumultuous drop in digital currency prices left it unable to redeem withdrawals from its customers. The firm's demise stemmed in part from the collapse of Three Arrows Capital, a so-called hedge fund that took loans from other institutions, like Voyager, to make risky gambles on tokens — including the collapsed stablecoin terraUSD. In June, 3AC defaulted on borrowings from Voyager worth $670 million.
Voyager hinted at a possible transition of its customers over to FTX U.S., saying the exchange "will enable customers to trade and store cryptocurrency after the conclusion of the Company's chapter 11 cases." The asset purchase deal will be presented to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for approval on Oct. 19. The sale of Voyager's assets to FTX U.S. is dependent on a vote by creditors, as well as "other customary closing conditions," according to the statement.
The move marks a potential step toward compensating users of Voyager, who have few legal avenues in getting paid the crypto they stored on the platform before it froze customer withdrawals. In bankruptcy proceedings, customers of crypto platforms are treated as unsecured creditors, meaning they're not actually entitled to the crypto they purchased, and like other creditors would need to go through the courts to try to get their money back. Creditors of Mt. Gox, which went under in 2014, are still waiting to get repaid.
Money Report
Previously, Voyager claimed on its website and in marketing materials that users' funds were protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, but this technically wasn't true — Voyager's cash deposits are kept with Metropolitan Commercial Bank, a New York-based lender. FDIC insurance only covers the event of failure of the bank, not Voyager. In July, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve sent Voyager a cease and desist letter ordering it to stop claiming it was FDIC-insured.
In the crypto winter of 2022, Bankman-Fried has emerged as a savior to numerous firms that fell victim to the plunging value of digital tokens and resulting liquidity issues at their platforms. The 30-year-old quant trader-turned-crypto extraordinaire has been shopping for bargains amid the industry's recent carnage.
In July, FTX signed a deal that gives it the option to buy lender BlockFi after providing a $250 million line of credit. Bankman-Fried says he still has plenty cash to spend on further deals. And he may soon receive even more, with sources telling CNBC FTX is raising another $1 billion from investors in an upcoming financing round.
— CNBC's Kate Rooney contributed to this report.
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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania voters almost certainly will not see a package of proposed constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot in May’s primary election after a deadline set by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration came and went Friday for lawmakers to pass the measures.
The amendments include a long-awaited bipartisan effort to give victims of child sexual abuse a new chance to sue perpetrators, plus two Republican-backed measures to expand voter-identification requirements and empower lawmakers to cancel regulations without facing a governor’s veto.
The Republican-controlled state Senate gave its approval earlier this month, although GOP lawmakers isolated Democrats by combining the measures into one bill.
The state House had not taken action on it amid a political paralysis over which party is in control.
Both chambers are, for now, adjourned until Feb. 27.
The deadline in the constitution to pass and advertise the proposed amendments in newspapers is Feb. 16, three months before the primary election. Shapiro’s Department of State said the Legislature needed to pass it no later than Friday to provide time for the agency to set up advertising in newspapers around the state.
It will otherwise be “exceedingly difficult” for the department to meet the Feb. 16 advertising deadline, the agency said Friday.
The next opportunity for the amendments to appear on a statewide ballot is in the November general election, but the proposals must first pass both chambers.
For sexual assault survivors and advocates who have been waiting for the lawsuit window legislation to pass since the earliest introduction years ago, it’s a struggle to watch, said Mike McDonnell, a spokesman for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. He called it “disgusting” to package the measure with the others.
“The Legislature is inflicting more pain on victims rather than trying to compromise and work towards a solution that protects other children, allows predators to become exposed, as well as any institution that may have covered up for them,” he said. “Some things in my view are more important than any political shuffling and this is certainly one of them.”
House Speaker Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, canceled session days in January after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on his legislative priority, the lawsuit window for victims of child sexual abuse.
The Senate passed the package on a nearly party-line vote on Jan. 11, sending it to the House for further action. Republican leadership in the House said it would be easy to pass, and blamed Democrats for keeping them out of session until after a Feb. 7 special election will determine who has the majority in the chamber. Democrats narrowly took the House in November, but three Democratic vacancies created 101-99 Republican majority.
Senate Republican leader Joe Pittman said the Senate is “adamant the House needs to pass” the bill as presented.
“It is unfortunate the House has yet to organize their chamber and take action to give voters a voice on these significant matters,” he said.
But Democrats are pushing for the lawsuit window to be considered on its own.
Nicole Reigelman, a spokeswoman for the House Democratic leadership, called Republicans in both chambers “disingenuous” and “more concerned with scoring political points early in the legislative session by leveraging survivors of childhood sexual abuse for their own partisan gain.”
“It is shameful to make that commitment contingent on partisan policy agendas because survivors have waited too long for justice,” she said.
The lawsuit window measure originally passed both chambers in two consecutive legislative sessions, but a state misstep meant it couldn’t go before voters, so the process had to start over.
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First quarter 2023 revenue of $336.5 million, representing an increase of 14% year-over-year, and adjusted EBITDA(1) of $73.2 million
Operating cash flow from continuing operations of $30.6 million and cash on balance sheet of $115.8 million
NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis, today reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. All financial information is reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and is provided in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
Executive Chairman Boris Jordan said, "2023 is off to a strong start for Curaleaf, with first quarter year-over-year revenue growing 14% to $336.5 million, beating our guidance of low double-digit growth. Adjusted gross margin was 48% and adjusted EBITDA margin was 22%. We ended the quarter with $116 million of cash on our balance sheet and generated $31 million in operating cash flow from continuing operations. We continue to optimize our U.S. assets for responsible growth and are very excited about the investments we are making internationally, setting the stage for robust growth in '24, '25, and '26 as cannabis adoption accelerates across Europe. We've entered 2023 from a position of strength with ample cash on hand, and will be investing in our business, setting us up for years of market share expansion."
Matt Darin, Chief Executive Officer of Curaleaf, stated, "Since I moved into the CEO role one year ago we've moved decisively to maximize opportunities in high growth markets while scaling back from unprofitable markets. We are laser focused on operating efficiencies in every aspect of our business both in the U.S. and Europe, establishing a lean asset base from which we will drive margin improvements, operating leverage, and cash generation. Our focus is on profitable, responsible growth as we continue to innovate new products, strengthen our brand portfolio and deliver a best in class retail experience."
First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
- Net Revenue of $336.5 million, a year-over-year increase of 14% compared to Q1 2022 revenue of $296 million, which excludes discontinued operations
- Gross profit of $160.8 million and gross margin of 48%
- Adjusted gross profit net of add-backs of $162 million, adjusted gross margin of 48%
- Net loss attributable to Curaleaf Holdings, Inc., including discontinued operations, of $54.4 million or net loss per share $0.07
- Adjusted net loss from continuing operations attributable to Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.(1) of $46 million or adjusted net loss per share1 of $0.05
- Adjusted EBITDA of $73.2 million or 22% of revenue
- Cash position at quarter end totaled $115.8 million
First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
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First Quarter 2023 Operational Highlights
- Exceeded expense reduction plan by $20 million to realize annual gross run rate savings of $60M.
- Opened three additional dispensaries in Florida, totaling 58 in the state.
- Proactive closures of operations in California, Colorado and Oregon which will result in anticipated costs savings and an improved inventory position.
- Launched JAMS, a flavor-forward cannabis edibles brand designed to meet the needs of new cannabis consumers, in Arizona and Florida.
- Expanded Grassroots and Find brands to New Jersey and B Noble brand to Florida.
- Began adult-use sales cannabis at Stamford and Hartford, Connecticut locations.
- Closed Amesbury facility in MA, repurposed the Bellmawr facility in NJ, and closed the Homestead outdoor grow in Florida, three older sites that have been replaced by newer, more efficient facilities.
Post First Quarter 2023 Operational Highlights
- Completed the acquisition of Deseret Wellness in Utah, giving Curaleaf three additional stores for a total of four in a market of 15.
- Continued to strategically expand retail footprint in Florida, opening two additional stores reaching 60. As of May 17, 2023, Curaleaf retail operations totaled 152 nationwide.
- Achieved record breaking sales on 4/20, led by New Jersey sales marking a 77% increase over 2022 and single highest day of sales in New Jersey ever.
- Launched new Curaleaf mobile app and loyalty program which has 1.9 million members to date.
- Expanded Grassroots brand to Florida.
Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2023
Revenue
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Total revenue was a record $336.5 million in the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 2% from $344.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and an increase of 14% from $296.1 million in the first quarter of 2022. The Company's year-over-year revenue growth primarily reflects continued organic growth driven by new retail store openings and the significant focus on research and development, resulting in the introduction of 171 products in 2022, three new brand launches, and the contributions from Tryke and Four 20 Pharma.
Retail revenue was $273.0 million, compared with $276.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, and up 21% from $225.1 million in the first quarter of 2022. Retail revenue represented 81% of total revenue. Curaleaf's year-over-year retail revenue growth was supported by 28 new stores added in 2022, and the further expansion of adult-use cannabis around the country.
Wholesale revenue was $62.1 million, a decrease of 8% from the fourth quarter of 2022 and represented 18% of total revenue. Wholesale revenue declined 11% year-over-year due to price compression, a proactive reduction of wholesale accounts in California, Colorado, and Oregon and an intentional reduction of low profit raw material sales.
Net Income Loss
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Net loss attributable to Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. was $54.4 million, compared with a net loss of $260.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and $36.5 million in the first quarter of 2022. The year-over-year degradation in net loss was mainly due to reduced gross margin rate stemming from price compression.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $115.8 million of cash and $593.8 million of outstanding debt net of unamortized debt discounts.
During the first quarter of 2023, Curaleaf invested $26.0 million, net in capital expenditures, focused on cultivation, processing, and selective retail expansion in strategic markets.
Shares Outstanding
For the first quarter of 2023 and 2022, the Company's weighted average subordinate voting shares plus multiple voting shares outstanding amounted to 718,117,628 and 708,897,273 shares, respectively.
As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company's issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares plus multiple voting shares amounted to 718,611,821 and 717,490,830 shares, respectively.
Conference Call Information
The Company will host a conference call and audio webcast for investors and analysts on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 5:00 P.M. ET to discuss Q1 2023 earnings results. The call can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2926 in the U.S., internationally 1-412-317-6300, or from Canada 1-416-639-5883. The conference ID # is 5395830.
A replay of the conference call can be accessed at 1-877-344-7529, or internationally 1-412-317-0088, or from Canada 1-855-669-9658 using the replay ID # 2106379.
A webcast of the call can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Curaleaf website at ir.curaleaf.com. The teleconference will be available for replay starting at approximately 7:00 P.M. ET on May 17, 2023, and will end at 11:59 P.M. ET on May 24, 2023.
Non-GAAP Financial and Performance Measures
Curaleaf reports its financial results in accordance with GAAP and uses a number of financial measures and ratios when assessing its results and measuring overall performance. Some of these financial measures and ratios are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. Curaleaf refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures and ratios such as "adjusted gross profit", "adjusted gross margin", "adjusted net loss", "adjusted net loss per share", "adjusted EBITDA", and "adjusted EBITDA margin". These measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company defines "adjusted gross profit" as gross profit net of cost of goods sold and related other add-backs. "Adjusted gross margin" is defined by Curaleaf as gross profit net of add-backs divided by total revenues. "Adjusted net loss" is defined by Curaleaf as Net Loss less other add-backs. "Adjusted net loss per share" is defined by Curaleaf as Adjusted Net Loss divided by the weighted average shares outstanding. "Adjusted EBITDA" is defined by Curaleaf as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization less share-based compensation expense and other add-backs related to business development, acquisition, financing and reorganization costs. "Adjusted EBITDA margin" is defined by Curaleaf as adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. Curaleaf considers these measures to be an important indicator of the financial strength and performance of our business. We believe the adjusted results presented provide relevant and useful information for investors because they clarify our actual operating performance, make it easier to compare our results with those of other companies and allow investors to review performance in the same way as our management. Since these measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, our reported results as indicators of our performance, and they may not be comparable to similarly named measures from other companies. The tables below provide reconciliations of Non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures
Adjusted Gross Profit from Continuing Operations (Unaudited)
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Gross profit from continuing operations was $160.8 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared with $116.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. Adjusted gross profit from continuing operations net of add-backs for the first quarter was $162.2 million compared with $168.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. Adjusted gross margin for the first quarter of 2023 was 48.2%, a decrease of 80 basis points compared with the fourth quarter of 2022. The decrease in gross margin was largely due to price compression in certain markets.
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Adjusted EBITDA was $73.2 million for the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 5% from $76.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and an decrease of 4% from $76.1 million in the first quarter of 2022. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21.7%, a decrease of 60 basis points from 22.3% in the prior quarter and an decrease of 400 basis points from 25.7% in the first quarter of 2022. The sequential decrease in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflects lower gross profit margin driven primarily by pricing pressure in certain markets.
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About Curaleaf Holdings
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 19 states with 152 dispensaries, and employs nearly 5,500 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com.
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Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
Camilo Lyon, Chief Investment Officer
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This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and United States securities laws ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based on management's current beliefs, expectations or assumptions regarding the future of the business, plans and strategies, operational results and other future conditions of the Company. In addition, the Company may make or approve certain statements in future filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities, in press releases, or in oral or written presentations by representatives of the Company that are not statements of historical fact and may also constitute forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, made by the Company that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as "assumptions", "assumes", "guidance", "outlook", "may", "will", "would", "could", "should", "believes", "estimates", "projects", "potential", "expects", "plans", "intends", "anticipates", "targeted", "continues", "forecasts", "designed", "goal", or the negative of those words or other similar or comparable words. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, disclosure in this press release as well as statements regarding the Company's objectives, plans and goals, including expectations regarding benefits of recent or future acquisitions, restructuring and cost-reduction efforts of the Company, as well as future operating results and economic performance are forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as at the date they are made and are based on information currently available and on the then current expectations.
Holders of securities of the Company are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but instead are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time they were provided or made and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, as applicable, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: the impact of any restatement of financial statements of the Company or other actions that may be taken or required as a result of such reviews, including the reaction to any such restatement by Curaleaf's shareholders, the possibility that the ongoing review may identify further errors, which may be material, in the Company's accounting, any potential inquiry by Canadian and/or U.S. securities regulatory authorities with respect to the review of the Audit Committee, the risks of litigation and of governmental investigations or proceedings arising out of or related to any accounting irregularities or any restatement of the financial statements of the Company, including the direct and indirect costs of such investigations and restatement, and additional information arising from the Company's continuing analysis and review of its historical recognition of revenue and its prior financial statements and the performance of additional work in this regard; risks and uncertainties related to the legality of cannabis in the U.S., including the fact that cannabis is a controlled substance under the United States Federal Controlled Substances Act; anti-money laundering laws and regulations; the lack of access to U.S. bankruptcy protections; financing risks, including risks related to additional financing and restricted access to banking; general regulatory and legal risks, including risk of legal, regulatory or political change; general regulatory and licensing risks; limitation on ownership of licenses; risks relating to regulatory action and approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; loss of foreign private issuer status in the U.S.; risks related to internal controls over financial reporting; litigation risks; increased costs as a result of being a public company in Canada and the U.S.; environmental risks, including risks related to environmental regulation and unknown environmental risks; general business risks including risks related to the Company's expansion into foreign jurisdictions; future acquisitions or dispositions; service providers; enforceability of contracts; the ability of our shareholders to resale their subordinate voting shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange; the Company's reliance on senior management and key personnel, and the Company's ability to recruit and retain such senior management and key personnel; competition risks; risks inherent in an agricultural business; unfavorable publicity or consumer perception; product liability; product recalls; results of future clinical research; dependence on suppliers; reliance on inputs; risks related to limited market data and difficulty to forecast; intellectual property risks; constraints on marketing products; fraudulent or illegal activity by employees, consultants and contractors; information technology systems and cyber-attacks; security breaches; the Company's reliance on management services agreements with subsidiaries and affiliates; website accessibility; high bonding and insurance coverage; risks of leverage; management of the Company's growth; the fact that past performance may not be indicative of future results and that financial projections may prove materially inaccurate or incorrect; risks related to conflicts of interests; challenging global economic conditions; business structure risks; including the status of the Company as a holding company; no dividend record; risks related to the senior secured notes of the Company; concentrated voting control; risks related to the sale of a substantial amount of the Company's subordinate voting shares; the volatility of the market price for the subordinate voting shares; liquidity risks associated with an investment in the subordinate voting shares; enforcement against directors and officers outside of Canada may prove difficult; and tax risks; as well as those risk factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated May 1, 2023 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and additional risks described in the Company's Annual Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2022 (both of which documents have been filed on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and on its EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov/edgar/html), and as described from time to time in documents filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. 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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO (NASDAQ: INO), a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and prevent infectious diseases, cancer, and diseases associated with HPV, today announced that it has agreed with its collaborator, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), to discontinue development of product candidates targeting Lassa Fever (INO-4500) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) (INO-4700), following initial analyses of data from studies conducted by INOVIO and funded by CEPI.
Dr. Jacqueline Shea, INOVIO's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "For the past four years, we have been pleased to collaborate with CEPI on its mission of accelerating the development of vaccines against epidemic and pandemic threats so that they can be accessible to all people in need. Although INO-4500 and INO-4700 were well-tolerated by participants in our clinical trials and generated immune responses, the two-dose regimen did not meet CEPI's selection criteria for further development. We continue to believe in the potential of our DNA medicine candidates based on their characteristics, including the ability to elicit durable T-cell responses, which could be important in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. INOVIO welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with CEPI in the future."
The INO-4500 Lassa Fever trial was a Phase 1b study involving 220 participants in Ghana. With this trial, INO-4500 was the first product candidate to enter human clinical trials in West Africa targeting Lassa Fever. The INO-4700 trial was a Phase 2 study targeting the prevention of MERS. The first cohort of the trial involved 192 participants in Jordan, Kenya, and Lebanon. INOVIO intends to publish data to aid subsequent research.
About INOVIO
INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-associated diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases. INOVIO's DNA medicines in development are delivered using its investigational proprietary smart device to produce immune responses against targeted pathogens and cancers. For more information, visit www.inovio.com.
Contacts
Investors & Media:
Gene Kim, (267) 589-9471, gene.kim@inovio.com
Thomas Hong, (267) 440-4298, thomas.hong@inovio.com
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to our business, our expectations regarding our research and development programs, including the planned publication of data from clinical trials. Actual events or results may differ from the expectations set forth herein as a result of a number of factors, including uncertainties inherent in pre-clinical studies, clinical trials, product development programs and commercialization activities and outcomes, the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery mechanism or develop viable DNA medicines, our ability to support our pipeline of DNA medicine products, the ability of our collaborators to attain development and commercial milestones for products we license and product sales that will enable us to receive future payments and royalties, the adequacy of our capital resources, the availability or potential availability of alternative therapies or treatments for the conditions targeted by us or collaborators, including alternatives that may be more efficacious or cost effective than any therapy or treatment that we and our collaborators hope to develop, issues involving product liability, issues involving patents and whether they or licenses to them will provide us with meaningful protection from others using the covered technologies, whether such proprietary rights are enforceable or defensible or infringe or allegedly infringe on rights of others or can withstand claims of invalidity and whether we can finance or devote other significant resources that may be necessary to prosecute, protect or defend them, the level of corporate expenditures, assessments of our technology by potential corporate or other partners or collaborators, capital market conditions, the impact of government healthcare proposals and other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, and other filings we make from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that any product candidate in our pipeline will be successfully developed, manufactured, or commercialized, that the results of clinical trials will be supportive of regulatory approvals required to market products, or that any of the forward-looking information provided herein will be proven accurate. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
12-18-22-26-42
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Estimated jackpot: $350,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
12-18-22-26-42
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson is stepping down as the leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition after more than a half century of activism.
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson is stepping down as the leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition after more than a half century of activism.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asiatelco Technologies, Inc., ATEL announces the launch of their FWA routers and POTS Replacement devices. The lineup includes broadband data for primary and failover along with VoLTE and HD voice support.
- AXIS V810V - Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) replacement
- AXIS+ V810VD - POTS and Internet Support
- AXIS 1 V810A - Broadband Internet Router
These products solve the leading issues affecting businesses today such as POTS line sunset for the Home office, Point of Sale, Elevators, ATM, Fire, and Security Panel connectivity.
The V810 product line is based on the 4G LTE network which still provides the largest cellular footprint of coverage throughout North America and allows users to utilize high-speed Internet and HD Voice services. It even supports conference calling for up to 6 callers and is fax capable. It's the perfect solution to your POTS (plain old telephone line) replacement needs. Whether you are looking for a simple home phone hub or something to support a small business, such as a salon or work site, these devices have you covered.
"Our launch of this product line is only the beginning of great things to come from ATEL," says Terence 'TC' Caston, VP of Product Marketing.
The V810 series allows us to address real-world concerns in the wireless industry today such as broadband Internet service in hard-to-reach areas outside of the developing 5G networks. Our goal is to ensure POTS customers large and small have a robust set of devices to ensure they remain connected as they transform their landline services to an IP-based network. The product line is supported with web and mobile device applications for full remote management access.
All devices have received or are in the process of completing FCC, PTCRB, RoHS, NFPA, UL, and US wireless carrier network certifications.
To learn more, head over to our website at https://www.atel-usa.com/v810v. You'll find device details, support materials, and information on where the device is available for purchase.
© 2022 Asiatelco Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. The ATEL and AXIS name and logo are trademarks of Asiatelco Technologies, Inc.
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4611 Teller Ave., Suite 110
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Leading Swimming Pool Service Franchise Expands into New Communities Throughout Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and the Midwest
MACON, Ga., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Swimming Pool Company (ASP), the nation's leading swimming pool service franchise, is expanding rapidly throughout the country, opening 10 new locations in the first half of 2022. This growth includes the brand's first-ever territory in Michigan and a second in New York, as well as new franchises in key states such as Texas, Florida, New Jersey and Missouri. Each location provides swimming pool maintenance, repair, remodeling and cleaning programs to its respective cities and surrounding communities.
ASP openings in the first half of 2022 include the following:
Texas
- ASP of Central Texas is owned and operated by Michael Blackburn and serves Temple and the surrounding area.
- ASP of East Fort Worth is owned and operated by Niyi Uthman and is serving the eastern area of Fort Worth.
- ASP of West Fort Worth is owned and operated by Jeff Jerousek and serves the western area of Fort Worth. Jerousek is also planning to open an ASP retail location in 2023.
- ASP of Flower Mound is owned and operated by Nick Makhani and is serving Flower Mound and the surrounding area. This is the third ASP franchise purchase for Makhani, who opened ASP of McKinney in fall 2019 and recently acquired the ASP of Dallas franchise.
Florida
- ASP of Lakeland is owned and operated by Tom and Danelle Geraci and is serving Lakeland and the surrounding area.
- ASP of Wesley Chapel is owned and operated by Joey Wilkinson and serves Wesley Chapel and the surrounding area.
New York
- ASP of Dutchess County is owned and operated by Lazare Pouani and is serving Dutchess County and the surrounding area. This is the second ASP to open in New York.
New Jersey
- ASP of Northeast Jersey Shore is owned and operated by Steve Fischetti and is serving the northeastern area of the New Jersey shore. This is the second ASP franchise purchase for Fischetti, who opened ASP of Monmouth County in spring 2021.
Midwest
- ASP of Innsbrook is owned and operated by Dustin Loeffler and is serving Innsbrook, Missouri, and the surrounding area.
- ASP of Troy is owned and operated by Dave and Danielle Boddington and is serving Troy, Michigan, and the surrounding area. This is the first location for ASP in Michigan.
"It has been a very successful 2022 summer season, but our momentum started even earlier in the year with these fantastic new franchise owners joining the ASP family," said Stewart Vernon, COO and founder of America's Swimming Pool Company. "We are thrilled to be expanding in the Midwest and doing business in Michigan for the first time, as well as continued growth in established states like Texas and Florida. It's a testament to the strength of the pool care industry and the ASP business model that continues to attract top-notch talent to seize the opportunities in their markets."
Since its inception in 2002, ASP has continued to set a higher standard of performance and stability within the industry. The company has since cemented itself as the largest and most trusted swimming pool service in the country, with over 382 franchise locations sprawling across 23 states. Swimming pool owners nationwide trust ASP for its affordable, reliable and knowledgeable service—including maintenance, inspections, repairs and renovations.
ASP is currently looking for qualified individuals who are ready to dive into a successful swimming pool service franchise opportunity. The company has regularly been featured as a best franchise to buy and publicly recognized for its leadership, performance, and growth. Franchise opportunities are available in markets throughout the United States. For more information and to find an open ASP market by state, visit aspfranchising.com/available-territories or call (800) 734-7886.
ASP is the largest swimming pool cleaning, repair, and renovation franchise system in the nation. Founded in 2002 by Stewart C. Vernon, the company is based on the belief that by providing a higher quality pool service at a reasonable price, the brand would raise the industry standards for pool service. In 2005, ASP began franchising and now covers 23 states across the nation. For more information on ASP's swimming pool franchise opportunities, click here. For more information on ASP - America's Swimming Pool Company, visit the website or find us on Facebook @asppoolco.
Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands' companies include 12 leading home service franchisors: America's Swimming Pool Company, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, The Cleaning Authority, Color World Housepainting, DoodyCalls, Homewatch CareGivers, Mister Sparky, Monster Tree Service, Mosquito Squad, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, STOP Restoration, and Woofie's. Together, these brands provide home services through more than 1,900 territories operated by more than 1,000 franchise owners. Authority Brands is dedicated to supporting individual franchise owner growth by providing strong marketing, technology, and operational support. See www.authoritybrands.com for more information.
CONTACT:
Stephanie Fritz
478-254-4495 EXT. 113 (Office)
478-320-1284 (Cell)
sfritz@asppoolco.com
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It happened with the push of a button, the collapse of a smoke stack and the sounds of applause.
Another chapter of New Jersey’s reliance on coal power plants to generate electricity came to a noisy end Friday morning.
The state’s two remaining coal-fired plants in South Jersey — the Logan Generating Plant and Chambers Cogeneration Plant — ceased operations in June. The Logan plant in Gloucester County was imploded Friday morning as part of a ceremony, attended by various officials. Officials did not immediately clarify any plans to demolish the Chambers plant in Carneys Point, Salem County.
“The Logan demolition today marks the end of the coal era in New Jersey and a major step towards the state’s clean energy future,” said Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz.
Starwood Energy, an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group that focuses on energy infrastructure investments and owns both facilities, announced Friday that the company will build grid-scale “battery storage projects” at both the Logan and Chambers plants. The projects will support offshore wind transmission lines.
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory “battery storage” allows power system operators and utilities to store renewable energy, such as solar or wind power, for later use. Supporters say not only does the storage better the planet, it saves customers money and can prove useful during inclement weather, which is more common due to climate change.
“Battery storage will play an instrumental role in bolstering a clean grid, all without polluting our air or endangering the health of vulnerable communities,” Cruz added. “Sierra Club encourages other states to follow this example. By continuing to act now, New Jersey can be a national leader on clean energy and ensure a just transition for all.”
Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this spring called the move a “very good step in the right direction” as the state continues to shift away from fossil fuels and toward renewable, or greener, energy sources. The Democratic governor, who did not immediately respond for comment Friday, has set a goal for the Garden State to use only carbon-free — or “clean” — energy sources by 2050.
When the state announced the plants would stop running this summer, officials said it marked the end to decades of polluting air and damaging public health in the nearby Gloucester County communities. Starwood Energy led Friday’s implosion, which was triggered by Joseph Fiordaliso, board president of the Bureau of Public Utilities, at a press briefing.
Sierra Club members said the organization pushed throughout 2021 for the BPU and Atlantic City Electric, a local utility, to close the power plants they claimed “locked rate-payers into above-market prices.” In March, the state Board of Public Utilities approved a deal ending the agreement — making way for Starwood Energy to transition them for clean energy purposes.
“This is a moment of positive change and we need to carry this momentum forward and transition to 100% clean energy as soon as possible. It will better our communities now and for generations to come,” Anjuli Ramos-Busot, Director at the Sierra Club, NJ Chapter, said in a statement.
Total Wrecking & Environmental, a power plant demolition company based in Buffalo, New York, was contracted for the demolition. A representative from the company said three months of preparation culminated in the implosion of the Logan plant’s 430-foot stack and 190-foot boiler on Friday.
A number of other coal plants in New Jersey have closed in recent years. PSE&G shuttered facilities in Hamilton and Jersey City in 2017. The B.L. England plant in Upper Township ceased operation in 2019.
The U.S. and other countries in general have been moving away from coal the last few decades. The use of coal to generate electricity in America dropped in half between 2005 and 2019, according to he U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Energy experts say coal is a particularly expensive and “dirty” fossil fuel, producing much more air pollution than other sources. An online map, provided by the Sierra Club, shows all the existing coal plants throughout the nation.
NJ Advance Media staff writer Brent Johnson contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Figue announced a partnership with the coveted East Hampton restaurant Moby's, which is celebrating its 10th year. Moby's hosts will be dressed in Figue to greet their guests every weekend. Each hosts will identify pieces aligned with their personality and style, which will highlight Figue's versatility as well as the diversity and effortlessness of the collection.
CEO and Creative Director Liz Lange said "It is wonderful to have Figue at Moby's, my favorite restaurant in the Hamptons. Our collections and inspirations have always been intertwined with my Hamptons lifestyle and aesthetics and the relaxed atmosphere, hip crowd and great food at Moby's makes it a delightful place to see some of the pieces."
Founded in New York City in 2012 and acquired by current CEO and Creative Director, Liz Lange, in December 2020, Figue is a dreamy combination of luxe and laid back. Figue's free spirit-meets-sophisticate line of ready-to-wear, handbags, footwear, accessories and home design is proudly infused with bohemian gorgeousness. Our soulful spirit and global sensibility are expressed through our mix of unique prints, layered textures, pom poms, hand-cut tassels and artisanal beadwork. Welcome to the multi-colored magic of Figue.
@figuelove #figuelove #summeroffigue
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Company acquires exclusive audio rights to Lightlark series
LANDOVER, Md., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced that it has acquired the exclusive audio rights for "Lightlark," the debut young adult fantasy novel from author and TikTok sensation Alex Aster. "Lightlark" will be published in the UK and Commonwealth by the company's international publishing brand and UK's leading audiobook publisher, W. F. Howes Ltd, and throughout the rest of the world by Recorded Books—the company's flagship imprint and audiobook home for the author's award-winning Emblem Island series.
"Lightlark," the first audiobook in the series, follows the story of six rulers competing in a grand high-stakes game set on a lush magical island, with 100 days to break the deadly curses that have plagued their realms for centuries.
Alex Aster said, "I am thrilled to continue working with RBmedia on the 'Lightlark' audiobooks. Audio is such an important part of TikTok, and RBmedia's innovative marketing, as well as incredible narrator casting, make it the perfect home for 'Lightlark.' In fact, their first suggestion for narrator casting was so spot-on, I enthusiastically agreed within seconds of listening to the sample. I couldn't be more excited for my audience to see (or hear!) everything that we're working on."
The Emblem Island series author, whose first middle-grade novel "Curse of the Night Witch" was chosen as one of Amazon's Best Children's Books of 2020, has become one of the most successful young writers on TikTok with over 800,000 followers.
Her first "Lightlark" trailer post on TikTok garnered 1.6m views and 350k likes, followed by a Times Square cover reveal for the book with a combined 3m views and 400k likes.
Director of Children's and Young Adult Publishing at RBmedia Andrea Wollitz commented, "Alex is a rare and unique talent. Not only is she an incredibly gifted writer, whose captivating and imaginative novels are attracting both rave reviews and reader plaudits alike, but she is also somebody who has clearly demonstrated the indisputable power of BookTok. She has a deep-rooted understanding of her audience, readers, and fanbase and takes them with her on every step of her writing journey in a natural and engaging way. We are delighted to continue working with Alex to bring her fantasy worlds to life for audio fans around the world."
Publishing Director at W. F. Howes Dominic White added, "'Lightlark' is pitch perfect for audio, a dazzling fantasy world filled with romance and dark twists—we can't wait to introduce Alex Aster to audio fans internationally."
"Lightlark" will be available everywhere audiobooks are sold in fall 2022, with the sequel to follow. Following a multiple publisher auction, the company secured the audio rights for "Lightlark" from Talia Behrend-Wilcox, Subsidiary Rights Senior Manager at Abrams Books.
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RBmedia is the largest audiobook publisher in the world. With nearly 60,000 exclusive titles, our audiobooks continually dominate key literary awards and bestseller lists. The company's powerful digital retail and library distribution network reaches millions of listeners around the globe—at home, in the car, and everywhere their mobile devices go. Our titles are available on leading audio platforms, including Audible, iTunes, Google Play, Audiobooks.com, OverDrive, Hoopla, and many more. RBmedia is owned by KKR, a leading global investment firm. Find out more at rbmediaglobal.com.
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W. F. Howes Ltd is the UK's leading audiobook and large-print publisher, distributing its content through all leading consumer and library vendors. The company is known for publishing bestselling authors such as Danielle Steel, Val McDermid, Dan Jones, and V. E. Schwab. W. F. Howes is the UK subsidiary of RBmedia. For more information visit http://www.wfhowes.co.uk or email info@wfhowes.co.uk.
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Recorded Books is RBmedia's flagship audio brand for bestselling authors and content spanning all high-demand fiction and nonfiction genres. Our exclusive catalog of premium titles, narrated by award-winning actors, includes works by Brandon Sanderson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Diana Gabaldon, Sarah J. Maas, Jenny Han, Jeff Kinney, and many other leading authors. Since our founding in 1979, we have been a pioneer in the industry and, as part of RBmedia, have achieved thousands of industry honors, including the National Book Award, Audiobook of the Year, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Hugo Award, and many more.
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The Ravens and their backup quarterback have a deal.
Tyler Huntley will sign his restricted free agent tender on Monday, a source with direct knowledge of the agreement confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. The Ravens had placed a right-of-first-refusal tender on Huntley last month, which meant any team could have signed him to an offer sheet, and if Baltimore didn’t match, it wouldn’t get any compensation in return.
The 25-year-old will earn $2.627 million for the 2023 season before becoming a free agent.
The Ravens’ starting quarterback, Lamar Jackson, has yet to sign his $32.4 million nonexclusive franchise tag. Should he sign an offer sheet with another team, the Ravens can match it or choose to let the 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player walk in exchange for two first-round draft picks.
While the situation with Jackson remains unresolved, bringing back Huntley for what will be his fourth season in Baltimore provides at least some stability at the position. Anthony Brown, a rookie last season, is the team’s only other quarterback.
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Over the past two years, Huntley has started nine games for the Ravens while Jackson was injured. That included last season’s AFC wild-card game against the Cincinnati Bengals, when Huntley had the ball knocked out of his hands by linebacker Logan Wilson on third-and-goal from the 1-yard-line early in the fourth quarter and watched defensive end Sam Hubbard return it 98 yards for the winning touchdown.
Huntley, who signed with Baltimore as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2020, has played in 15 regular-season games for the Ravens and proven to be a capable backup, completing 65.6% of his passes for 1,754 yards with five touchdowns and seven interceptions. He has also rushed for 454 yards and three scores.
Last season, Huntley was named to the Pro Bowl for injured Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen as the fourth alternate after completing 67% of his passes for 658 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions and rushing for 137 yards and a score in six regular-season appearances.
As for Jackson, the Ravens’ addition of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. could help the sides come together on an agreement, though they have been unable to do so for the past two years. Jackson, who does not have an agent, on March 2 told the Ravens that he wants to be traded, five days before the team put the franchise tag on him.
The Ravens and Jackson have until July 17 to work out a long-term contract. After that, a new deal can’t be signed until after the season. Jackson could then play the 2023 season on the franchise tag or hold out.
While uncertainty around a long-term deal for Jackson remains, the Ravens at least know who their backup quarterback will be.
NFL Network first reported the deal.
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ST. PAUL — Seventy-one seconds was all it took for Hermantown to seize control of its state quarterfinal matchup against Luverne Wednesday at the Xcel Energy Center.
Senior Aaron Evjen scored at the 6:28 mark to put the Hawks in front, with River Freeman and Evan Gunderson each adding goals at the 7:09 and 7:39 mark of the first period to put Hermantown in command.
The Hawks allowed just one shot in the first period and the defense dominated the Cardinals’ in possession the entire game. After allowing eight shots in the second period, Hermantown allowed just five shots in the other 34 minutes of play.
Luverne settled in after the first-period rush by Hermantown, but Wyatt Carlson struck put a shot past Cardinals’ goalie Tyler Arends to make the score 4-0 early in the third period.
Dallas Vieau scored on a power play at the 14:38 mark and George Peterson had a goal 26 seconds later to finish the scoring.
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Evjen, who had just four goals in the regular season, has scored five in the Hawks’ four postseason games, including the game-winner against Hibbing/Chisholm in the Section 7A semifinal Feb. 27.
Hermantown will face the winner of Mahtomedi and Alexandria in the state semifinal at 11 a.m. Friday at the Xcel Energy Center.
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Office of Police Accountability is investigating after body camera footage revealed what the department admitted were inappropriate items displayed in the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) East Precinct breakroom.
Braden Pence, an attorney for MacDonald, Hoague, and Bayless released the body camera footage that was discovered while working on a separate graffiti lawsuit. Pence said they released the footage, first through the Seattle Times, because the people of Seattle have the right to know about their police department.
The body camera footage from Jan. 1, 2021, showed officers responding to a call and on the wall, a “Trump 2020” flag was on display.
As officers are leaving the room, the body camera catches a mock gray tombstone above the microwave with the name Demarius Butts, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed by Seattle police.
“I was horrified and I was disgusted,” said Joel Merkel, co-chair of the Seattle Community Police Commission.
The Seattle Community Police Commission is a voice for the community and part of the department’s accountability system. The commission makes recommendations to the Seattle City Council on SPD policy. Merkel said the display of a campaign flag violates policy.
“They're entrusted to provide constitutional policing services, they serve the public, they take an oath to serve the public. There should be no politicking, at their job, their worksite,” Merkel said.
The commission is calling for accountability and looking to see if policies need to be changed.
In a statement, attorneys for MacDonald, Hoague, and Bayless said in part:
“Casually displaying the tombstone of a person you killed in your break room is disgusting. The Butts family is owed a deeply felt apology for the horrific disrespect shown by SPD. The East Precinct break room hints at a deeper problem than a 'few bad apples.' Precinct leadership either tacitly approved or willfully ignored what was happening in the breakroom.”
Butts was shot and killed in 2017, during an exchange of gunfire when police responded to a robbery. Three officers were hurt in the shooting. In March 2022, an inquest jury found officers used appropriate force, but the inquest was still underway when the body camera video was taken.
“They knew at the time that the inquest had already begun, and should have been a lot more sensitive to the fact that this was very disrespectful and grotesque, really to his family,” Merkel said.
La Rond Baker, ACLU-WA legal director and attorney representing Damarius Butts’ family said in a statement:
“We are extremely horrified by the behavior of the individual SPD officers responsible for this demonstration of deep disrespect of Damarius Butts’ life. We are even more disturbed that SPD allowed such a culture to flourish so openly in its ranks and in its precinct facilities. Seattle deserves so much better from an agency sworn to protect Seattle residents.”
In a statement, the Seattle Police Department said, “While we do not know the origin or intent behind items observed in the East Precinct Bicycle Repair Room, there is no question that they are inappropriate and have no place in a City facility.”
The video also showed a protester's sign saying “Stop killing us.” The East Precinct was at the center of protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
“It's hard for the public to have trust in their police department and police officers when they see things like this,” Merkel said.
In a statement, SPD said it’s reviewing policies and procedures and said “Commanders are also instructed to conduct thorough inspections of precincts and office space to ensure any decor is appropriate under City standards and aligns with our core values and mission of public service.”
“I know this happened under a previous police chief, but I want to know how Chief Diaz would handle this if it happened today,” said Merkel.
SPD said in a statement:
“2020-2021 was a pivotal moment in the history and social science of policing, not just in Seattle, but across most of the western hemisphere. Much has changed in 2 ½ years since this footage was recorded, including a renewed commitment to relational policing and proactive engagement across all of Seattle’s diverse communities, but we know that it takes time to build trust, that trust is fragile, and that incidents like this are entirely self-inflicted wounds that set us back in those efforts and undermine the dedicated work of our members to promote the safety and wellbeing of our city.”
Merkel said Chief Adrian Diaz will be at the next Seattle Community Police Commission meeting on Wednesday, July 19.
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Sen. Casey pushed taxpayer funding for LGBTQ center that hosted youth drag shows, promoted communist events
Sen. Bob Casey said recently that the William Way LGBT Community Center provides 'lifesaving services' for the Philadelphia community
A pro-LGBTQIA+ center in Pennsylvania that hosted youth drag shows and promoted Young Communist League of Philadelphia events has received the support of Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who has pushed federal funding for the group.
Throughout 2023, Casey has voiced support for additional funding for the Philadelphia-based William Way LGBT Community Center. Earlier this year, the senator requested a $1 million earmark in the FY 2024 appropriations bill for the organization.
The nonprofit, according to its website, has embarked "on a daring and visionary project to transform and rebuild our existing community center into a more expansive, inclusive, colorful, and unabashedly queer space for all LGBTQIA+ individuals to gather, celebrate, learn, and find life-giving support."
Earlier this month, according to Pennsylvania Gay News – a local outlet covering LGBTQ issues in the city – William Way was allocated $2 million in Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s city FY 2024 operating budget. Those funds, the outlet noted, will "go toward expanding and improving spaces for the center’s 1315 Spruce Street headquarters."
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"In addition to the $2 million allocation, several politicians in Pennsylvania also voiced their support for additional funding," the outlet reported. "Congressman Brendan Boyle, Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. John Fetterman all recommended the center for Federal Community Project Funding from the Appropriations Committee."
"For nearly half a century, the William Way Community Center has connected Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community to resources ranging from nutrition to housing to mental health and more," Casey told the outlet. "I am advocating for federal funding for the Center so it can grow and continue to provide lifesaving services to the community."
Casey's request for the $1 million in funding for the organization came in April 2023, two months after William Way hosted "Regeneration: A Global Eco Drag Show."
The event, according to the Philly Gay Calendar, highlighted "drag performers, who share cultural, environmental, queer and decolonial visions of a future," and "the way colonialism affected both land and people."
The event was touted as an opportunity "to discuss issues of colonialism, the climate crisis and a regenerative future with local drag performers of first-generation and immigrant experience."
In 2016, William Way also hosted a youth drag show featuring performances from children.
Described by the same pro-LGBT outlet in a September 2016 article titled "Youth celebrate the art of drag at William Way," the venue looked "like any other town hall" two hours prior to the show.
"Feather fans begin to cover a table. Dozens of curling irons, combs, make–up mirrors and brushes emerge on another, along with make–up and glitter in every color, and a Hello Kitty box. A bearded man in studded leather platform boots approaches and begins to apply make–up to the face of a little boy," the outlet reported from the event.
Esai – an 11-year-old child at the time – was a drag performer at the event whose mother is a drag performer and producer of drag shows for kids.
"According to his mother, Dre, he has been sneaking her heels into his bedroom since he was much younger," the outlet reported. "Dre is a drag performer herself, having produced another drag show by the name of 'Fierce' – the only queer burlesque festival in the world. She also produced the first non–gender binary talent show for kids, 'Twinkle.'"
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Two other children – Sofia, age 12 at the time, and Max, then 8 – were also involved in the drag show and had "their own drag personas."
The outlet – which described the event as "just kids dancing around, playing dress–up, having fun" – also noted that Max occasionally dropped "into the splits in his long red dress" while performing for those in attendance.
One drag performer connected to the event suggested that exposing children to drag "offers young children a chance to explore and gain a ‘wider understanding’ of gender," the outlet stated.
In addition to the drag shows it has supported in the past, William Way has also supported the Young Communist League of Philadelphia, a group that has pushed for socialism in the United States.
The Young Communist League of Philadelphia, according to its website, is "dedicated to the revolutionary cause of the working class of our country and the transformation of the United States through mass democratic struggle into a socialist society."
In a June 29 post shared to Facebook, William Way highlighted a series of events hosted by the Young Communist League of Philadelphia to protest parents rights group Moms for Liberty's conference in Philadelphia.
"Below is a list of events you can attend, support our communities and show this hate group that their views are NOT welcomed," the group wrote on Facebook. The Young Communist League had several dance party protests scheduled during the Moms for Liberty conference.
Moms for Liberty is a conservative-aligned group "dedicated to fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government."
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The Philadelphia Young Communist League has touted its "deep friendship" with China in the past, writing in a July 2021 tweet: "The Communist Party USA is the officially recognized communist party by the socialist world. We have a deep friendship with Vietnam and China in particular. So join the party to show your solidarity!"
Casey – who has represented the Keystone State in the upper chamber since 2007 and is up for re-election next year – announced in April that he was launching a re-election campaign in hopes of securing his fourth term representing the battleground state.
"I’m running for re-election because with so much on the line for Pennsylvania’s working families, I want to keep delivering results for Pennsylvania," Casey said in a statement at the time.
Casey's office and William Way did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
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TSX.V:OIII | OTCQX:OIIIF – O3 Mining
TORONTO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - O3 Mining Inc. (TSXV: OIII) (OTCQX: OIIIF) ("O3 Mining" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the results of its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held earlier today. A total of 45,072,231 common shares of the Corporation were represented at the Meeting, representing approximately 65.8% of the total number of common shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding.
All matters presented for approval at the Meeting were duly authorized and overwhelmingly approved, as follows:
(i) election of all management nominees to the board of directors of the Corporation (details in table below);
(ii) appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorization of the directors to fix their remuneration;
(iii) approval of the Corporation's amended 10% rolling Stock Option Plan;
(iv) approval of the Corporation's Employee Share Purchase Plan;
(v) approval of the Corporation's amended RSU Plan; and
(vi) approval of the Corporation's amended DSU Plan.
O3 Mining Inc., an Osisko Group company, is a gold explorer and mine developer on the road to produce from its highly prospective gold camps in Québec, Canada. O3 Mining benefits from the support, previous mine-building success, and expertise of the Osisko team as it grows towards being a gold producer with several multi-million-ounce deposits in Québec.
O3 Mining is well-capitalized and owns a 100% interest in all its properties (66,000 hectares) in Québec. O3 Mining trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: OIII) and OTC Markets (OTCQX: OIIIF). The Corporation is focused on delivering superior returns to its shareholders and long-term benefits to its stakeholders. Further information can be found on our website at https://o3mining.com
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation that is based on expectations, estimates, projections and interpretations as at the date of this news release. The information in this news release about O3 Mining; the projects being focused on by O3 Mining; the timing and ability (if at all) of O3 Mining to become a producer; he previous successes of the Osisko team, including mine production, having any correlation to the future success of O3 Mining; the capitalization of O3 Mining; the ability of O3 Mining to deliver returns to its shareholders; and any other information herein that is not a historical fact may be "forward-looking information". Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, interpretations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "interpreted", "management's view", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information and are intended to identify forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Corporation, at the time it was made, involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the companies to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Although the forward-looking information contained in this news release is based upon what management believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the parties cannot assure shareholders and prospective purchasers of securities that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and neither party nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any such forward-looking information. Neither party undertakes, and assumes no obligation, to update or revise any such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required by law.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 28, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
201 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 109.
* WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Louisiana,
southeast Oklahoma, south central and southwest Arkansas and
east and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity will
increase the risk for heat-related illnesses to occur,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and MINNEAPOLIS, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC), a leading national land developer and homebuilder, and Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, are pleased to share that they have quickly scaled their Build-to-Rent joint venture. In the first several weeks since the venture's inception, it has closed on nine assets across Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Arizona.
As previously announced in April, the joint venture was established to develop rental properties as a part of Taylor Morrison's Build-to-Rent program. The venture includes $850 million in equity commitments, funded 60 percent by Värde Partners and 40 percent by Taylor Morrison. The agreement provides Värde with the exclusive opportunity to invest in the acquisition and development of Build-to-Rent projects identified by Taylor Morrison that meet the venture's investment guidelines.
The capital will help finance the ongoing expansion of Taylor Morrison's Build-to-Rent program, which began in 2019 through a branding and servicing relationship with Christopher Todd Communities, a successful early adopter of innovative, luxury rental communities.
"The growth in demand for rental housing in high quality suburban areas continues to outpace supply, creating substantial opportunities for institutional capital," said Brendan Bosman, Senior Managing Director at Värde Partners.
"This vehicle offers the ability to efficiently scale our Build-to-Rent platform to capitalize on the attractive market dynamics in the horizontal rental arena with a known and respected capital partner. We believe we are in early innings of the evolution of this attractive space and remain very excited about its growth prospects," said Erik Heuser, Taylor Morrison EVP and Chief Corporate Operations Officer.
In July 2021, the firms also entered into a land banking facility agreement to acquire and develop residential lots across the homebuilder's markets of operation. Värde and Taylor Morrison have closed on 6,800 lots under the arrangement in 11 markets.
Värde Partners has 28 years of experience investing in real estate with substantial equity and credit investments in residential land development and homebuilding transactions. The Build-to-Rent joint venture and land banking facility will further increase Värde's U.S. housing footprint in its target markets.
About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is one of the nation's leading homebuilders and developers. We serve a wide array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury, and 55-plus active lifestyle homebuyers under our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade, Darling Homes Collection by Taylor Morrison, and Christopher Todd Communities built by Taylor Morrison. From 2016-2022, Taylor Morrison has been recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by Lifestory Research. Our strong commitment to sustainability, our communities, and our team is highlighted in our latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report on our website. For more information about Taylor Morrison, please visit www.taylormorrison.com.
About Värde Partners
Värde Partners is a leading global alternative investment firm with roots in credit and distressed. Founded in 1993, the firm has invested $90 billion since inception and manages over $13 billion on behalf of a global investor base. The firm's investments span corporate and traded credit, real estate and mortgages, private equity and direct lending. Värde has offices in Minneapolis, New York, London, Singapore and other cities in Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit www.varde.com.
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia on Wednesday inaugurated the three members of its new presidency, which for the first time in over a decade is dominated by non-sectarian leaders.
The three officials - representing the country's Bosniak, Serb and Croat populations - took their oaths inside Sarajevo’s Presidency Building before several dozen ambassadors and politicians.
The presidency is part of the complex administration established in peace accords that ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war by creating Bosniak-Croat and Serb entities joined by central institutions.
The presidential body holds little formal power but sets the tone of the country’s general policy. Its Bosniak, Croat and Serb members rotate as chairperson every eight months and make decisions by consensus.
The politicians inaugurated Wednesday were elected in an Oct. 2 general election.
They include Bosniak Denis Becirovic and Bosnian Croat Zeljko Komsic, from the multi-ethnic SDP and DF political parties, and Zeljka Cvijanovic from the sectarian Bosnian Serb party SNSD.
Civijanovic said in her inaugural speech that she was "assuming the post with good intentions and with hope that we will work for the benefit of both entities and all citizens,” regardless of their ethnicity.
A bid by nationalists to divide Bosnia along ethnic lines was at the core of the war that killed some 100,000 people and left millions homeless. The ethnic divisions remain alive despite Western efforts at reconciliation.
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Looking cool is just the tip of the iceberg for Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. ski team when they debut new race suits at the world championships.
Even more, they want everyone thinking about climate change.
The team’s predominantly blue-and-white suits depict an image of ice chunks floating in the ocean. It's a concept based on a satellite photo of icebergs breaking due to high temperatures. The suit was designed in collaboration with Kappa, the team’s technical apparel sponsor, and the nonprofit organization Protect Our Winters (POW).
The Americans will wear the suits throughout the world championships in Courchevel and Meribel, France, which start Monday with a women’s Alpine combined race and end Feb. 19.
“Although a race suit is not solving climate change, it is a move to continue the conversation and show that U.S Ski & Snowboard and its athletes are committed to being a part of the future,” said Sophie Goldschmidt, the president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Global warming has become a cold, hard reality in ski racing, with mild temperatures and a lack of snow leading to the postponement of several World Cup events this winter.
“I’m just worried about a future where there’s no more snow. And without snow, there’s no more skiing,” said Ganong, who grew up skiing at Lake Tahoe in California. “So this is very near and dear to me."
What alarms Ganong is seeing the stark year-to-year changes to some of the World Cup circuit's most storied venues.
“I mean, it’s just kind of scary, looking at how on the limit (these events) are even to being possible anymore,” said Ganong, who's been on the U.S. team since 2006. “Places like Kitzbuehel (Austria), there’s so much history and there’s so much money involved with that event that they do whatever they can to host the event.
“But that brings up a whole other question about sustainability as well: Is that what we should be doing? ... What kind of message do we need show to the public, to the world, about how our sport is adapting to this new world we live in?"
The suits feature a POW patch on the neck and the organization's snowflake logo on the leg.
“By coming together, we can educate and mobilize our snowsports community to push for the clean energy technologies and policies that will most swiftly reduce emissions and protect the places we live and the lifestyles we love,” according to a statement from executive director Mario Molina, whose organization includes athletes, business leaders and scientists who are trying to protect places from climate change.
Ganong said a group of ski racers are releasing a letter to the International Ski Federation (FIS), with the hope the governing body will take a stronger stance on sustainability and climate change.
“They should be at the forefront of trying to adapt to this new world, and try to make it better, too," Ganong said.
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Linda Black Horoscopes
Today’s Birthday (04/28/23). This year favors creativity, invention and organization. Coordination and teamwork can move mountains. Imagine and plot for a bold vision this spring. Summer changes require adjustments with your partner, energizing your autumn work and health. Winter inspires shedding outworn ideas. Make plans to realize dreams.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Clarify misunderstandings or misinformation. Notice the bright side. Make lemonade from an abundance of lemons. Discover beauty hiding beneath changes. Focus on love.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Home improvement projects provide lasting family benefits. Put things away to clear space for what’s ahead. Share love, support and good food.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — You may need to repeat your message until it gets through. Let others know they’ve been heard. Patiently manage surprising news or delays.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — A financial challenge requires adaptation. New possibilities stretch old boundaries. Generate the income to meet priorities and deadlines. Keep your eyes on the prize.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Imagine perfection. Build your vision, step by step. Listen carefully to avoid miscommunications. You’re especially strong. Use your power and confidence for good.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Finish old projects and process where you’ve been. Organize for what’s ahead. Notice hidden potential and options. Consider the situation from another angle.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Misinformation and misunderstandings abound in your social networks. Share support for a team goal despite obstacles. Patience and a sense of humor work wonders.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Don’t get too hasty with a professional project. Make sure all lines of communication are open, before launching. Get clear on the desired result.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Adapt studies and research for changes. Discover a hidden mess or breakdown. Simplify and clarify. Find inventive solutions. Repeat conclusions. Patience and persistence pay off.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Provide reliable support. Miscommunications could affect shared accounts. Maintain a philosophical attitude about money. Patiently coordinate with your partner. Money saved is easier than earned.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Direct complaints to someone who can do something about them. Avoid automatic reactions, especially with your partner. Clarify misunderstandings right away. Focus on shared commitments.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Nurture your health and energy. Patiently navigate a challenging situation. Physical action gets beautiful results. Keep doing what’s working. Eat and rest well.
Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @LindaCBlack. For more astrological interpretations like today’s Gemini horoscope, visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes, or go to www.nancyblack.com.
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...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...West to northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to
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* WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
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* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
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VENUS, Fla., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 23, 2022, the Governor and Cabinet announced an option agreement for the state to acquire a conservation easement of 1,883 acres within Archbold's Buck Island Ranch.
Buck Island Ranch lies in the Headwaters of the Everglades, just 15 miles northwest of Lake Okeechobee. The proposed easement will protect valuable grassland habitat and provide connectivity for wildlife, contributing to the Florida Wildlife Corridor by linking conserved land.
Funding comes from the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program and from a grant awarded to FDACS from the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service under the USDA Grasslands of Special Significance easement program. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) will monitor the easement.
The 1,883 acres lie in two parcels on the western and eastern boundaries of Buck Island Ranch. Dr. Betsey Boughton, Archbold's Director of Agroecology Research at the Ranch, describes these grasslands as "a stunning mosaic of species, rich prairies, and wetlands that [exemplify] the imperiled grassland region of south-central Florida." (You can view some of the ranch habitats in Archbold's short film Cowboys and Scientists.)
Buck Island Ranch is a 10,500-acre working cattle ranch, home to 2,800 head of cattle. It serves as the living laboratory for Archbold's Agroecology Research Program and as a site for the USDA Long-term Agroecosystem Research LTAR network. The easement is designed to protect the open grasslands and its threatened species, while allowing for continued grazing and ranch operations.
"We appreciate the public support under the state's RFLPP program and the USDA for the conservation value of Buck Island Ranch," said Dr. Hillary Swain, Archbold's executive director. "Our goal is to protect and enhance Florida's grasslands. This easement will contribute towards Archbold's ability to sustain Buck Island both as a protected working landscape and as a vital research center serving Florida agriculture and environment."
Added Gene Lollis, ranch manager at Buck Island and a former president of the Florida Cattlemen's Association: "Cattle have been part of the Florida landscape for 501 years and cattle ranching has played an integral role in Florida's history. My hope is that this purchase, and many more easements like this, can be concluded soon to preserve this history. I pray that these lands, waters, and wildlife will exist forever for the generations to come."
Lela Love, chair of Archbold's Board added, "This easement is a win for Archbold, for Florida, and for all who care about the beauty of our lands and their wild inhabitants."
Archbold Biological Station's mission is "to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of Florida." It is located 8 miles south of Lake Placid at 123 Main Drive, Venus, FL 33960.
For more information, call 863-465-2571 or visit us at www.archbold-station.org.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler defeats fellow Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney in primary for New York's 12th District
The race for the 12th District pitted two Democratic leaders against one another in the race
New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler has defeated Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., in the primary race to represent New York's newly drawn 12th Congressional District.
Nadler and Maloney, both leading Democrats in the House, were forced into a competition to represent the Manhattan district after their respective New York City districts were combined in the state's redistricting process following the 2020 census.
Nadler, first elected to Congress in 1992 to represent the state's 17th Congressional District, has served as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee since 2019 and largely represented the city's Upper West Side.
Aiming to defeat Maloney in the election, Nadler received endorsements from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the New York Times.
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Nadler took aim at Maloney on a number of fronts during his campaign, claiming that he is the more progressive candidate in the race. He criticized Maloney for her support of the Iraq War and the Bush-era Patriot Act, as well as her opposition to the Iran nuclear deal during former President Barack Obama's tenure in the White House.
Maloney, however, insisted during her campaign for the seat that Nadler, who's 75, may be too old to continue serving in Congress and inflated concerns about his stamina.
Earlier this month, citing "tons of rumors out there," Maloney, 76, expressed concern over the notion about whether "for some reason, someone will not serve their term."
"If, for some reason, someone will not serve their term — and there are tons of rumors out there — then there should be an election, not an appointment," Maloney told NY1. "I think the voters should have [a] chance [to] make that selection, not the old boys’ club."
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In response to Maloney's remarks, Nadler said in an interview, "It's obviously not true that I'm half dead, it's obviously not true that I'm senile. But I'm not going to comment on other campaigns. Let them flail away."
Maloney, first elected to Congress in 1992 to represent the Empire State's 14th Congressional District, has served at the helm of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform since 2019 after she was tapped by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to become acting chair of the committee after the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Maloney won the election to succeed Cummings later that year in November.
During a primary debate earlier this month, Maloney said she "didn’t want to run" against Nadler and called him a "good friend."
Largely serving in a district that comprised the Upper East Side of New York City, Maloney received endorsements in the race from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Human Rights Campaign and EMILY's List.
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Both Nadler and Maloney faced a primary challenge from another Democrat, 38-year-old lawyer Suraj Patel, who called for "generational change" and a new approach to representing the district rather than the "status-quo" ahead of the election.
Patel ran against Maloney in the 2020 Democratic primary election to represent the state's 12th Congressional District, losing by a little more than 3,000 votes.
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Fully managed solution provides subscribers with more TV viewing choices
MARKHAM, ON, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Enghouse Networks, a leading global telecommunications technology and streaming TV solutions provider, announced today that its SaaS IPTV platform, EspialTV, has been chosen by GVTC Communications to bring video streaming services to its customer base.
The Enghouse solution allows GVTC to provide more options to its subscribers, including the ability to record and view shows on any connected device, including Amazon's Fire TV, Roku, AppleTV, phones and tablets. Subscribers will also benefit from the ability to watch TV programs and movies in leading-edge quality and enjoy new features like voice-enabled remote control, plus easy access to popular OTT streaming services.
The new GVTC system also relies on Broadpeak's content delivery network (CDN) and cloud DPVR solutions. Broadpeak is a leading provider of CDN and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide. "Enghouse and Broadpeak have many successful joint deployments," said Mario Rainville, Vice President, North America, Broadpeak. "Our solutions work together to ensure a more personalized, state-of-the-art experience for subscribers."
GVTC has looked to Enghouse and Broadpeak to upgrade its current Cable TV offering to a fully managed streaming TV platform hosted in the cloud. With superior image and sound quality, plus enhanced network security, Enghouse Networks' EspialTV and Broadpeak will deliver video content (including live, catch-up, digitally recorded (NDVR), and Video-on-Demand) to all of GVTC's stream subscribers.
"We are committed to empowering the communities in our service area with leading-edge technology for today's interconnected world," said Ritchie Sorrells, President and CEO, GVTC. "Our continued partnership with Enghouse Networks and Broadpeak allows us to deliver on this promise. With IPTV, our customers will now be able to access all their favorite shows on their favorite devices."
"As the TV experience evolves, so does GVTC," said Josh Pettiette, Vice President, Product Business Development and Strategic Planning, GVTC. "In the 1980s, we built the infrastructure for cable TV, then high-speed internet in the '90s, and then Netflix's #1 ranked Fiber Internet in the 2000s. EspialTV allows us to provide the next step in this journey with its hosted IPTV platform."
"We are gratified that GVTC selected Enghouse's EspialTV for this project, based on our track record of delivering outstanding television experiences," said Mick McCluskey, Vice President, Product Management, Enghouse Networks. "Enghouse is renowned for being flexible in meeting operators' needs. Our operations and deployment team has a unique skill set and thorough understanding of the video streaming environment that will aid us in providing GVTC with a market-leading and highly flexible TV solution."
The Enghouse SaaS EspialTV platform offers GVTC a full set of content management capabilities, deep insight through analytics, and flexibility to easily segment and target various markets. It supports operators of all sizes -- and its flexible, cloud-based architecture will allow GVTC to control operational costs as their TV customer base grows.
Enghouse Networks is a reliable global telecommunications technology and solutions provider. Our commitment is to successfully deliver solutions that can enable digital transformation, ultimately building a connected global community. From edge to cloud, our applications reliably enable next-generation communications and media companies, defense, public safety agencies and utilities to plan, design, engineer, monitor, protect and simplify network complexity, in a vendor-agnostic 5G, IoT, Cloud, AI, NFV and SDN ecosystem. The Enghouse Networks technology portfolio spans Network Infrastructure, Business Support Systems (BSS), Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Digital Transformation solutions. For further information, visit www.enghousenetworks.com. Enghouse Networks is a unit of Enghouse Systems Ltd. of Markham, Ontario.
Broadpeak® designs and manufactures video delivery components for content providers and network service providers deploying IPTV, cable, OTT, and mobile services. Its portfolio of solutions and technologies powers the delivery of movies, television programming, and other video content over managed networks and the Internet for viewing on any type of device. The company's systems and services help operators increase market share and improve subscriber loyalty with superior quality of experience. Broadpeak supports all its customers worldwide, from simple installations to large delivery systems reaching capacities of several million of simultaneous streams. The company is headquartered in Cesson-Sevigne, France.
Broadpeak is listed on Euronext Growth Paris (code ISIN: FR001400AJZ7; ticker: ALBPK)
GVTC is an award-winning fiber optics communications provider delivering high-speed Internet, digital cable TV, phone, and interactive smart security to residential and business customers in far north San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country, and South Central Texas. GVTC offers Internet connection speeds up to 1 Gbps. GVTC's wholesale carrier transport network delivers Ethernet data delivery between San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Lubbock, and Houston, with access to remote Texas markets. The company's philanthropic arm, The GVTC Foundation, celebrates 17 years of charitable giving. More than $6 million in contributions have been given throughout GVTC's service area.
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Shareholders who purchased shares of AUPH during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 7, 2021 to February 25, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Aurinia was experiencing declining revenues; (ii) Aurinia's 2022 sales outlook for the Company's only product which it offers for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis, LUPKYNIS, would fall well short of expectations; (iii) accordingly, the Company had significantly overstated LUPKYNIS's commercial prospects; (iv) as a result, the Company had overstated its financial position and/or prospects for 2022; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 14, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/aurinia-pharmaceuticals-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28162&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of AUPH during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 14, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Bear gets in garage, sets off alarm as couple sleeps
ARNOLD, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) - A California couple woke up to an uninvited guest in their home in the wee hours of the morning.
They say a hungry bear wandered into their garage while they were sleeping.
Nicole and Larry Collum got an unexpected alarm at 2 a.m. from their home’s security camera. What they saw on the screen was quite a surprise.
The black bear made its way in through the garage door that had accidentally been left open.
“It was huge! That bear was very big,” Nicole Collum said.
The couple said they have seen bears around the town before but never so close to home.
“He definitely could have done some damage, and he definitely wasn’t afraid of me,” Larry Collum said.
The Bear League says encounters with people are a growing problem in California’s mountain and foothill communities.
“There is not a day that goes by that the Bear League doesn’t receive a call about, ‘I’ve got a bear under my deck,’ or ‘I’ve got a bear under my house,’” said Ann Bryant with the Bear League.
Wildlife officials say this year’s record-breaking weather is also affecting the bears’ food source.
Higher-elevation vegetation is still covered with snow, so they’re instinctively coming down the hill to find fresh greens.
In this case, the Collums think the bear was after their garbage can inside the garage.
“A bear that size could and would easily shred me to get to that trash can,” Larry Collum said.
It was a close encounter with a wild new neighbor. From now on, they’re not leaving any door even barely open.
“It was very alarming, but it was beautiful to look at,” Nicole Collum said.
Wildlife officials say never feed bears. They urge people not to leave out garbage, pet food or anything else that might attract animals.
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NBC’s Hoda Kotb off ‘Today’ show due to family health issue
Published: Mar. 1, 2023 at 9:40 AM CST|Updated: 29 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s “Today” show is without both of its hosts and addressed Hoda Kotb’s absence on the program Wednesday.
Kotb is dealing with an unspecified “family health matter,” the show’s Craig Melvin said. She’d been absent from the network morning show last week and this week without any explanation.
Meanwhile, co-host Savannah Guthrie tested positive for COVID when she wasn’t feeling well Tuesday, leaving mid-show. News anchor Melvin, Sheinelle Jones and Al Roker were on the set Wednesday.
“We look forward to seeing Hoda and Savannah back here at the desk very, very soon,” Melvin said.
There’s no specific estimate on when either might return, a “Today” spokeswoman said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Devin Booker scored 21 points and Chris Paul chipped in 19 as the Phoenix Suns cruised past the Indiana Pacers 117-104 on Friday night.
Playing one day after their blockbuster trade for four-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant, the Suns led by as many as 26 and never trailed in a game they outrebounded the Pacers 64-45.
"It’s exciting times for the Phoenix Suns,” Booker said. “You have one of the best players to ever touch a basketball coming. He’s going to fit right in.”
Durant, acquired from Brooklyn on Thursday, hasn't played since Jan. 8 when he sustained a knee injury in a game against Miami. Durant, who was not with the Suns in Indiana, is expected to be healthy enough to play at some point after the All-Star break.
Bennedict Mathurin posted 22 points for the Pacers, while All-Star Tyrese Haliburton finished with 18 points and five assists. Indiana, which has lost 14 of its past 16 games, shot 42% from the field and committed 15 turnovers.
“Rebounding has been a challenge for us all year long,” Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. “They had 19 offensive rebounds. Rebounding is an attention-to-detail and effort area.”
Phoenix shot 46% and capitalized on ball movement with 25 assists on its 43 baskets. Paul had nine assists and Booker five. Josh Okogie finished with 17 points and six boards, while former Pacer Torrey Craig started at power forward and racked up 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Phoenix, which has won six of its past eight, led 30-24 after the first quarter, 60-47 at halftime and 95-77 entering the final period. The Suns bounced back from Thursday night’s loss in Atlanta.
“We had a trade, emotions, travel,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “(Thursday night) on the bus, plane, gave us a chance to get back to normal. Sometimes it takes you a minute to process whatever is going on.”
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Suns: Film study will play a “huge” role in determining how to work Durant into Phoenix’s offense, according to Williams. “Huge as far as us figuring out what’s the most important thing to run,” he said. “Right now, it’s the old (Gregg Popovich) saying: less is more.” ... Cameron Payne (right foot sprain) and Landry Shamet (right foot soreness) sat out Friday’s game. T.J. Warren, reacquired before the trade deadline, was not yet with the team.
Pacers: Indy native George Hill, acquired Thursday from Milwaukee in a four-team trade, chose to begin a second stint with the Pacers rather than be waived to pursue opportunities to join a contender, president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard said in a pregame news conference. “It’s totally up to you,” Pritchard recalled telling the 36-year-old guard. “He immediately said, ‘I want to come back and teach.’ I don’t know if he’s going to coach, but he’s got valuable insights.” … Big man Serge Ibaka, sent to Indiana in the same deal, will be waived, Pritchard said. The 33-year-old has played in only 16 games this season, averaging 11.6 minutes. … Hill and forward Jordan Nwora, the third player obtained from the Bucks whom coach Rick Carlisle said will receive a “great opportunity” to play in Indiana, should be ready to suit up for the Pacers next week, Carlisle said.
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Suns: Return home to face the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
Pacers: Play at the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
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HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Keegan Records had 18 points in Colgate's 62-61 victory over American on Saturday.
Records finished 9 of 13 from the floor for the Raiders (14-7, 8-0 Patriot League). Oliver Lynch-Daniels shot 4 for 5, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc to add 10 points. Ryan Moffatt recorded nine points and finished 4 of 5 from the field. The Raiders picked up their eighth straight win.
Colin Smalls led the way for the Eagles (12-7, 4-4) with 15 points. Johnny O'Neil added nine points and two blocks for American. In addition, Jermaine Ballisager Webb had nine points.
Colgate went into the half ahead of American 32-31. Records scored 10 points in the half. Colgate took the lead for good with 2:00 left in the second half on a free throw from Tucker Richardson to make it a 62-61 game.
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Colgate next plays Monday against Boston University on the road, and American will host Army on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — Actor Ashton Kutcher is opening up about a frightening medical situation that left him unable to see, hear or walk.
During an appearance on National Geographic's "Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge," the "That 70s Show" star explained that a couple years ago he was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder.
"Like two years ago I had this weird, super rare form of vasculitis, that like knocked out my vision, it knocked out my hearing, it knocked out like all my equilibrium," Kutcher explained in a clip of the show shared online by Access Hollywood.
According to the Mayo Clinic, vasculitis involves inflammation of the blood vessels. The inflammation can lead to restricted blood flow, which can lead to organ and tissue damage.
Kutcher went on to explain that it took him about a year to build everything back to where it was.
"You don't really appreciate it until it's gone," Kutcher described. "Until you go, I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to see again, I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to hear again, I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to walk again."
He added that he feels "lucky to be alive."
"Running Wild" features survivalist Bear Grylls taking Hollywood celebrities with him into "some of the most extreme environments in the world."
During the clip, Grylls reflected on Ashton's ordeal and said that the frightening journey is one of the reasons why the actor is so "strong and resilient."
Back in March, Kutcher and wife Mila Kunis announced they had surpassed a $30 million fundraising goal to support Ukrainian refugees. The celebrity couple have been married since 2015 and co-starred together on "That 70's Show." They recently confirmed they'd be returning for the upcoming Netflix spinoff, "That '90s Show."
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man who immigrated to the U.S. and built a successful food business was named Monday as the National Small Business Person of the Year.
The honor for Abdirahman Kahin, CEO and owner of Afro Deli & Grill in St. Paul, was announced at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. marking National Small Business Week.
Kahin, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1996, opened Afro Deli & Grill in 2014 as a fast-casual restaurant serving healthy, fresh African fusion cuisine.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the restaurant to close and change to grab-and-go products, according to a news release from the Small Business Administration.
Afro Deli & Grill now supplies eight stores in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and 15 other stores across the Twin Cities area, and has expanded to four locations. The business also partners with Meals on Wheels and Minnesota Central Kitchen to provide home-delivered meals to vulnerable community members.
Juanny Romero, of Mothership Coffee, which operates multiple cafes and a coffee roasting business in Nevada, was named national runner-up for the award.
Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman will travel to Minneapolis on Wednesday to have a roundtable discussion with small business community leaders and present the award to Kahin.
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Federal investigators blamed a deadly 2019 helicopter crash in Hawaii on the pilot’s decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and in a report Tuesday they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours that are popular among tourists to the islands.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that the Federal Aviation Administration had delayed installing aviation weather cameras that might have alerted the pilot to the fog-shrouded conditions in a mountainous region on the island of Kauai. The board also said the FAA failed to do enough to ensure that tour pilots in Hawaii are trained in handling bad weather.
Safety board Chair Jennifer Homendy said some will be quick to single out the pilot for causing the crash, which killed all seven people on board, but that she was trouble more by the FAA’s role.
“The fact is that this tragedy should never have occurred. It was 100% preventable,” Homendy said. “There was minimal FAA oversight of the safety of air tour operations in Hawaii. The FAA should be leading on safety, not ceding their responsibility to the industry that they are charged with regulating.”
Kauai, with its steep sea-side cliffs and mountainous terrain, often experiences fast moving weather systems that can change conditions quickly, especially in winter months.
The tour helicopter operated by Safari Aviation was carrying the pilot and six passengers — three adults and three children, the youngest was 10 — when it crashed in turbulent weather near the famed Na Pali Coast. Witnesses and other pilots reported fog, rain and low visibility around the time of the crash, and some pilots had turned around.
The pilot, 69-year-old Paul Matero, had his license revoked in 2010 after testing positive for marijuana, but his certificate was reinstated in 2012. A toxicology report after the crash found no drugs in Matero’s system. Matero was not licensed to fly solely by instruments.
The FAA said it has installed weather cameras at five locations in Hawaii including two on the island of Kauai — although none in the area of the crash — and it plans to install 21 more across six islands by the end of next year. The FAA has been operating weather cameras in Alaska for more than 20 years.
The NTSB said it found no mechanical problems with the helicopter, but it said Safari Aviation’s lack of a formal process to identify safety hazards contributed to the accident.
The FAA said it has started writing regulations to require tour and charter operators to adopt safety-management systems to identify and minimize risks — a longtime NTSB recommendation.
“Air tour operators today can apply to the FAA’s voluntary Safety Management System program, and we have rule making underway to make these systems a requirement,” the FAA said in an emailed statement.
The safety board voted 4-0 to adopt a staff-written outline of the probable cause of the crash, along with 10 safety recommendations, eight of them directed at the FAA.
The board also renewed nine other past recommendations to the FAA, including requiring tour helicopters to be retrofitted with so-called black boxes that would aid investigators after crashes.
Currently, FAA requires the devices on air ambulance helicopters, and manufacturers include them on some models. The agency said it encourages air tour operators to equip their aircraft with flight data recorders and is considering requiring the devices.
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CAMDEN. N.J. (AP) - Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers says NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid is doubtful for Game 1 of the playoff series against the Boston Celtics with a sprained right knee.
Embiid was examined by doctors this week and has yet to practice ahead of Monday’s Eastern Conference semifinals opener at Boston.
The Sixers have had the longest break of any NBA team after they swept the Brooklyn Nets last Saturday. Embiid was hurt in Game 3 and missed the next game.
“If I was a betting man, I would probably say doubtful for at least Game 1, but we’ll see,” Rivers said Saturday at the 76ers’ facility in New Jersey. “He has to get better. He did nothing (today). Just wasn’t able to and obviously we were hopeful for today.”
The 29-year-old Embiid, from Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points this season to win his second straight scoring title. He also averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. He played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career.
Embiid missed two games in the second round last year and another in the first round in 2021 with various injuries, on top of the two he missed to begin the 2018 playoffs with an orbital fracture and another in 2019, also with a knee problem.
Embiid averaged 36.8 points and 11.8 rebounds in four games this season against the Celtics.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Climate Solutions Prize (CSP), powered by JNF Canada in partnership with Start-Up Nation Central, and KKL-JNF, is an annual initiative to incentivize climate innovation and academia by granting over $2.3 million in prizes to researchers and startups developing solutions to help solve the global climate crisis. Launched in 2020, CSP is the most comprehensive initiative established to support Israeli research and innovation addressing climate change.
The Breakthrough Research Prize proposes to galvanize Israel, also known as the Start-Up Nation, to curb the climate crisis. It aims to support and inspire increased research and development for breakthrough climate solutions by awarding the best and the brightest not-for-profit researchers and/or organizations throughout Israel with the prize's funding and recognition. The prize of $1-Million USD will be granted to a maximum of three (3) researchers, annually, in recognition of their work on promising solutions to our climate crisis.
The Startup Track component of this initiative includes an investment of $1M from Capital Nature aiming for tomorrow's best-in-class Israeli Climate-Tech companies. In addition to the two main prizes, a series of challenges that offer investment, cash prizes, and exposure to Israeli tech companies are launched. Each Startup Challenge is led by a different industry leader including: Continental, E.ON, ESIL, Italgas, Takeda and The Temasek Foundation. Significant support to the initiative is provided by AWS, Bidra VC and Skipso who will be force multipliers in the process and in the value proposition for applicants.
Israeli companies are invited to submit their breakthrough, innovative solutions by applying here.https://climatesolutionsprize.com/competitions.asp?id=84 Applications will be accepted until July 31st and the winners will be announced at the Climate Solutions Festival set to be held in Israel at the end of November.
This year's CSP Startup Track and challenges are:
- Capital Nature $1M Flagship Investment companies with innovative solutions validated outside the lab addressing climate needs in the fields of New Energies, Sustainable Mobility, Built Environment and Circular Economy.
- Disruptive Decarbonization Prize led by Temasek Foundation looking for innovative decarbonization solutions to help urban cities remove carbon emissions at scale.
- Energy Solutions for Industry & Buildings led by E.ON looking for new and innovative solutions to help drive the decarbonization journey for the company's customers.
- Italgas Challenge: Decarbonizing Energy Distribution Infrastructure looking for innovative technologies to decarbonize distribution infrastructure, including analytics and data management tools, new materials and processes, network wide monitoring, sustainability and energy management, and more.
- Sustainable Materials for Automotive Applications Challenge led by Continental AG: looking for innovative sustainable plastics for automotive applications.
- Takeda Challenge: Addressing Plastic Waste in the Plasma Industry - looking for solutions that reduce single-use plastic waste, including both medical waste and non-hazardous waste.
- ESIL Early-Stage Funding Competition - for early-stage Climate Tech startups looking to scale. ESIL offers an initial NIS 1 million in investment with follow-on investment opportunities, pilot and POC opportunities, a funded visit to COP28, and more.
"We are proud to spearhead this concept and are incredibly pleased with the strong support from our partners in government, industry, and academia to make this a game-changing initiative," said Jeff Hart, Executive Chair of the Climate Solutions Prize.
Galith Levy, Chief Climate Solutions Prize Officer, added: "The world needs a diversity of solutions to reverse climate change, and we believe Israel can be a world leader in this area. The Climate Solutions Prize can help accelerate the development of Israel-made solutions that have a global impact."
"Our mission is to introduce and advance Israeli innovation to global leaders while responding to pressing challenges, including climate change. Currently, Israel is home to more than 850 technology companies that are already developing solutions for climate challenges, including energy transition, carbon tech, transportation, logistics, cleaner industry tech, food and land use, water solutions and many more," said Start-Up Nation Central CEO, Avi Hasson. "As a recognized leader in developing advanced solutions to global challenges, Israeli innovation is at the forefront of the fight against climate change. By offering diverse solutions, we aim to tackle one of the most urgent crises of our time."
"KKL-JNF has decided to be proactive in the battle against the Climate Crisis" said KKL-JNF's Chief Scientist, Dr. Doron Markel. "The Climate Solution Prize, a wonderful collaboration between JNF Canada and KKL-JNF, is part of these efforts. The prize will be awarded to break through research that has a significant impact on reducing Green House Gas emissions or increasing its absorption. Last year winners were at the highest scientific level internationally, I am waiting in anticipation to see who will win this year's prize and what contribution the winning research will have to the fight against the Climate Crisis".
The 2023 Israeli Climate Tech Landscape Map details leading companies with solutions addressing the climate crisis. Full report on the activity of the climate sector in Israel is available here.
For all information about the Climate Solutions Prize, please visit www.climatesolutionsprize.com
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats looking to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson focused their attacks on him Sunday, and not each other, as the eight candidates made their case to party activists at the state convention held six weeks before the primary.
The Democratic Senate candidates blasted Johnson for his attempt to deliver fake Republican Electoral College ballots to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, his skepticism over COVID-19 vaccines, his voting for a tax law that benefited him, and his support for overturning Roe v. Wade.
The race in Wisconsin, which Donald Trump carried in 2016 but President Joe Biden won in 2020, could determine which party control the Senate. Polls show a tight Democratic primary between Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and Alex Lasry, who is on leave from his job as an executive for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Barnes highlighted his upbringing in a “hard working union household” in Milwaukee and contrasted that with Johnson, who is a millionaire and former owner of a plastics company.
“It feels like the deck is stacked against us,” Barnes said at the convention in La Crosse. “We don’t want a hand out, we just want a fair shot. And we know we will never get that fair shot as long as Ron Johnson is in the Senate.”
Lasry, a millionaire, touted his union support, his work to build the Fiserv Forum where the Bucks play and his role getting the Democratic National Convention to be in Milwaukee in 2020. He also contrasted himself with Johnson and blasted him for not fighting to persuade Oshkosh Defense to locate 1,000 jobs in Wisconsin rather than South Carolina.
“He’s attacked organized labor,” Lasry said. “Spread lies about COVID. Tried to overthrow the government. And he’s even advocating to ship Wisconsin jobs to South Carolina.”
Other candidates include state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson, political organizer Steven Olikara, restaurant owner Kou Lee, state emergency management administrator Darrell Williams and attorney Peter Peckarsky.
Godlewski, the only woman in the race, said she would work to pass a law legalizing abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.
“If we had more Democratic women at that U.S. Senate table, we would have gotten this done a long time ago,” Godlewski said.
Nelson, who has tried to run a humor-infused, folksy campaign similar to former Sen. Russ Feingold’s first bid for office 30 years ago, had some of the strongest words for Johnson, calling him a “lying, treason-loving, woman-hating, Putin stooge.”
He likened his own candidacy to a “strong Wisconsin beer,” holding up a bottle of Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co. and compared the other Democratic candidates to a bottle of Bud Light.
Olikara, running his first campaign for office, emphasized his work leading the Millennial Action Project, which lobbied Congress to enact bipartisan legislation. He said the best ideas in Congress should be coming from regular people, “not the big money special interests.”
The candidate were largely united on the issues, voicing support not for abortion rights, also gun control, ending the Senate filibuster, expanding voter rights and fighting climate change.
The winner of the Aug. 9 primary will advance to face Johnson, who is seeking a third term after previously promising to not run again. Johnson is also one of Trump’s loudest backers and has been endorsed by the former president. He has espoused conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and attempted to shift blame for what happened away from Trump supporters.
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Firm's wealth business thriving with another national accolade
MILWAUKEE, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With another prestigious industry recognition, Northwestern Mutual continues to reaffirm its status as a top-tier provider of wealth management strategies.
Northwestern Mutual announced today it has moved up into the top five of independent broker-dealers based on gross revenue, according to the latest ranking from InvestmentNews.1 A 10-percent year-over-year increase in gross revenue lifted the Milwaukee-based firm into the fifth spot.
"Northwestern Mutual's wealth management business is growing quickly – and so is our reputation in the marketplace," said Aditi Javeri Gokhale, the company's chief strategy officer, president of retail investments and head of institutional investments. "We're proud to be named one of the nation's top independent broker-dealers – a recognition that validates our strategy to deliver truly comprehensive financial planning to our clients. Our unique approach – combining investments with insurance and annuities – is helping millions of Americans protect the wealth they have built, generate superior financial outcomes, achieve their life goals, and build generational prosperity."
At the close of the first quarter of 2023, Northwestern Mutual held $243 billion in retail investment client assets.2 The firm and its advisors have earned a variety of awards and accolades in 2023. In April, 134 Northwestern Mutual financial advisors were recognized on Forbes' Best-In-State Wealth Advisors list. Additionally, Financial Advisor magazine ranked Northwestern Mutual Investment Services as the sixth largest independent-broker dealer by 2022 revenue.
About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what's most important. With more than $558 billion of total assets being managed across the company's institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, nearly $35 billion in revenues, and $2.2 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 97 on the 2022 FORTUNE 500.
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment advisory and trust services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance). Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only those representatives with "Advisor" in their title or who otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment advisory services.
1Ranking for Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC. Measured by 2022 revenue. Source: InvestmentNews, May 2023.
2 Combined client assets of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (NMWMC). The advisory programs offered by NMWMC are in conjunction with brokerage services from NMWMC's affiliate, NMIS. NMIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual.
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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 39 cents over the past three weeks to $5.10 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the price jump comes amid higher crude oil costs and tight gasoline supplies.
The average price at the pump is $1.97 higher than it was one year ago.
Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $6.55 per gallon. The lowest average is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $4.43 per gallon.
According to the survey, the average price of diesel rose 20 cents over three weeks, to $5.86 a gallon.
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It’s not like we can just afford to install a casual second oven when the holiday cooking prep gets going, but another place to cook things when the kitchen heats up? We’re all for it, especially when it involves air frying to make crispy things their optimum level of crunch. Right now, you can nab an Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven in the roomy 6-quart size — and it does way more than air-fry.
Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven for $97.95 at Amazon
This handy device can dehydrate, bake, roast, broil, air fry, and reheat everything from roast veggies to cinnamon buns. And it makes meals healthier, too: This handy machine uses 95% less oil compared to deep frying. It just takes a little breaking in — you’ll do a few foodless test cycles to get it going and then start cooking from there.
Because this is 2022 and everything comes with an app, you can also download the Instant one to find new recipes and techniques for using the appliance — just when you don’t have a full slate of things to cook, of course.
Pick up the air fryer for less than $100 while it’s on sale, and then get cooking with a whole new world of crispy, crunchy recipes opened up.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have conceived a sibling for their 4-year-old daughter via surrogate, but don’t count on a reunion for mom and dad.
“We can confirm True will have a sibling who was conceived in November. Khloe is incredibly grateful to the extraordinary surrogate for such a beautiful blessing. We’d like to ask for kindness and privacy so that Khloe can focus on her family,” a representative for Kardashian said Thursday in a statement.
The 38-year-old reality star and Good American clothing brand co-founder started dating the Chicago Bulls player in 2016 and they’ve had a rollercoaster relationship ever since. In December, it was revealed that Thompson was having a baby with fitness model Maralee Nichols, who he’d slept with around his 30th birthday in March 2021.
Nichols filed a paternity lawsuit against Thompson last year. The baby, a boy, is now 7 months old. Thompson, 31, is also the father of a 5-year-old son he had with ex Jordan Craig.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Today is the day! The Puritan Cleaners 100,000 Meals Pizza Party is here, and the weather looks fantastic. I’m hoping that the great weather will entice many of you to come on by and help us out.
We will be at the Puritan Cleaners location at 1807 Staples Mill Road in the city of Richmond, where — between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — we will be giving away pizza. Of course, there’s a catch — we’re looking for you to donate to the 100,000 Meals Campaign. All the money we raise goes directly to Feed More. Can you help us out Central Virginia?
There are so many people in our community who don’t know where their next meal is coming from. In fact, one-in-nine people in Central Virginia are “food insecure.” Meaning they can pay their bills, but are often just short of being able to buy groceries.
One-in-six children don’t know where their next meal is coming from. We are entering a very critical point in the year where schools are ending and many children in our community, who receive free or reduced breakfast, lunch, and dinner through school will see that come to an end. So this is a great time to help Feed More continue to provide meals to those families and need.
We have something called “food math” where $1 donated can be turned into four nutritious meals. Today we’re asking you to donate your lunch money in exchange for those slices of pizza. If you were to go out today for lunch, you may spend $15, $20, or maybe even $25. That could be 60 to 100 meals so please stop by and help us out.
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AP sources: Fickell on verge of becoming Wisconsin coach
Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell has informed his team that he is leaving the school, paving the way for him to become the next head coach at Wisconsin
Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell informed his team on Sunday that he is leaving the school, paving the way for him to become the next head coach at Wisconsin.
A person with knowledge of Fickell's decision told The Associated Press that Fickell was leaving and veteran assistant coach Kerry Coombs was being named interim coach of the Bearcats.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Wisconsin was still finalizing approval of Fickell's contract.
Wisconsin’s Board of Regents scheduled a special closed meeting for Sunday afternoon “to consider employment and additional compensation agreements for the UW-Madison head football coach,” according to a meeting notice posted online.
Another person familiar with the situation told the AP earlier Sunday that Wisconsin and Fickell were progressing in negotiations toward a deal.
Fickell, 49, has posted a 57-18 record in six seasons at Cincinnati and helped the Bearcats earn a College Football Playoff berth last year. The former Ohio State linebacker went 6-7 as the Buckeyes’ interim head coach in 2011, after Jim Tressel’s resignation.
Fickell will take over for interim coach and former Badgers star player Jim Leonhard, who replaced Paul Chryst on Oct. 2.
Chryst went 67-26 in 7 1/2 seasons. He was fired one day after the Badgers lost 34-10 at home to an Illinois team led by former Badgers coach Bret Bielema.
Wisconsin (6-6, 4-5 Big Ten) is awaiting its bowl assignment. A loss in their bowl game would cause the Badgers to finish below .500 for the first time since 2001.
Leonhard was promoted from defensive coordinator after Chryst’s firing and led Wisconsin to a 4-3 record over the final seven games of the regular season. Leonhard said Saturday after the Badgers’ 23-16 home loss to Minnesota that he had interviewed with athletic director Chris McIntosh earlier in the week.
“I think whoever hires coaches is going to be an idiot if they don’t hire coach Leonhard,” safety John Torchio said after the Minnesota game. “I don’t know if I should say that, but I’ll say it.”
The Badgers instead are hiring the guy who led Cincinnati to the first CFP berth for any Group of Five school. Fickell won several national coach of the year awards last season for helping Cincinnati go 13-0 before losing to Alabama in a Cotton Bowl semifinal.
That 2021 Cincinnati team produced nine draft picks for the third-highest total of any school, behind only Georgia’s 15 and LSU’s 10. Five Cincinnati players were selected among the top 100 overall picks.
After replacing all that NFL talent, Cincinnati has gone 9-3 this season. The Bearcats didn’t qualify for the American Athletic Conference championship game that takes place Saturday.
Cincinnati went 4-8 in Fickell’s debut season of 2017 but has gone 53-10 since.
Fickell’s Cincinnati players also succeeded in the classroom. Heading into this season, Cincinnati had a 100% graduation rate among players who had stayed in the program for four years under Fickell.
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AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee contributed to this report.
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The company aims to bring to market the world's first honeybee vaccine to improve the health and productivity of honeybee colonies.
ATHENS, Ga., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dalan Animal Health, Inc., a biotech company focused on insect health, announced today that it will relocate its headquarters to Athens, Georgia. The company is anticipated to create 20 new jobs over the next five years.
Dalan Animal Health (www.dalan.com) seeks to prevent diseases that affect beneficial insect populations to increase the profitability and yield of pollinated crop farms worldwide. Dalan's first product to market is a honeybee vaccine for American Foulbrood, a highly contagious disease threatening beehives worldwide. The company will expand its product development to other honeybee diseases as well as underserved industries, such as shrimp, mealworms, and grasshoppers used in feed and food production.
Company CEO Dr. Annette Kleiser brings over 20 years of experience in business development, start-up formation, corporate strategy development, and alliance management, both in university technology transfer as well as the biotechnology industry.
"Athens is the ideal location to build an innovative biotechnology company focused on sustainable agriculture," explains Dr. Annette Kleiser, CEO of Dalan Animal Health. "We're excited to be a part of this community and take advantage of its many benefits to achieve significant and sustained growth."
Dalan Animal Health has already begun collaborations with UGA faculty, including Dr. Keith Delaplane, Director of the Honeybee Program in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the College of Veterinary Medicine's Dr. Jörg Mayer. The company also plans to engage with UGA students and alumni as they develop a talent pipeline.
The company's headquarters is located in the University of Georgia's Innovation Hub, within the growing Innovation District in downtown Athens.
"We are proud to welcome Dalan Animal Health to Athens-Clarke County, and there could be no better fit, as our shared focus on innovation, resilience, and long-term quality of life is perfectly in harmony," said Mayor Kelly Girtz. "I am confident that making their home in Athens will offer a host of collaborative opportunities, from world-class University of Georgia research and development units to a number of peers in our private-sector bioscience community."
The Athens-Clarke County Economic Development Department worked with the Georgia Department of Economic Development and University of Georgia Economic Development and Innovation Gateway on the company's relocation.
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The criminal charges that Donald Trump is now facing in New York stem from three separate instances in which the former president and his associates are accused of making hush money payments during his 2016 campaign: to two women to suppress information about extramarital sexual encounters they said they had with years earlier, and to a onetime Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child he alleged Trump had out of of wedlock.
Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He surrendered earlier Tuesday in Manhattan and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A look at the three cases cited by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who outlined the charges:
TRUMP TOWER DOORMAN
Bragg first listed the incident involving a former Trump Tower doorman who was paid $30,000 after he claimed he had information about a child who Trump had out of wedlock. That doorman, Dino Sajudin, received the payment from the parent company of the National Enquirer in exchange for signing over the rights, “in perpetuity,” to a rumor that the president had fathered a child with an employee at Trump World Tower, a skyscraper he owns near the United Nations.
The contract between Sajudin and the American Media Inc. would penalize Sajudin for $1 million if he disclosed either the rumor or the terms of his agreement with the tabloid’s parent company. In an interview with The Associated Press in August 2017, the woman at the center of the rumor denied that she had had an affair with Trump.
KAREN MCDOUGAL
The prosecutor also cited the case of Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who received $150,000 from American Media after claiming she had a 10-month affair with Trump in the mid-2000s. The money was to gain the rights to McDougal’s story but to never run it — a practice known as “catch and kill.” The National Enquirer’s parent company has acknowledged that the payments were done specifically to help Trump’s presidential campaign.
Bragg said Trump “explicitly” directed lawyer Michael Cohen, then working for the Trump Organization, to reimburse American Media in cash, then Cohen indicated to Trump that the payment should be made instead by a shell company. The alleged relationship between McDougal and Trump remained concealed until a Wall Street Journal report days before Election Day in 2016. Trump has denied her allegation.
STORMY DANIELS:
The third case involves the porn actor Stormy Daniels, who was paid $130,000 in exchange for her silence about a sexual encounter with Trump at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 2006. Trump has denied the encounter.
Bragg said that 12 days before the election on Nov. 8, 2016, Cohen had wired $130,000 to Daniels’ lawyer by using a shell corporation funded through a Manhattan bank. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was paid after indicating she was willing to speak to either the National Enquirer or on television confirming the encounter.
Trump insisted to reporters on Air Force One in April 2018 that he didn’t know about the payment made to Daniels through Cohen. But Bragg said Tuesday that Trump reimbursed Cohen after his 2016 victory with money from two sources: a trust that held the Trump Organization’s assets and from his personal bank account.
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PayPal to cut 2,000 jobs in latest tech company cost-cutting
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — PayPal said Tuesday it will trim about 7% of its total workforce, or about 2,000 full-time workers, as the digital payments company contends with what it calls “the challenging macro-economic environment.”
PayPal said it will make the cuts over several weeks, with some of its organizations affected more than others. The company did not further specify. PayPal is the parent of Venmo, Xoom and Honey, among other brands.
The company based in San Jose, California, is the latest in the technology sector to trim its headcount. During the month of January alone, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce announced tens of thousands of layoffs.
Last summer activist investor Elliott Management bought a stake then worth about $2 billion in PayPal, which said it had entered into an “information-sharing agreement” with Elliott “to continue collaboration across a range of value-creation opportunities.”
“Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment while continuing to invest to meet our customers’ needs,” PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman said Tuesday in a statement. “While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.”
PayPal Holdings Inc. is scheduled to report quarterly results Feb. 9.
Shares of the company are down about 53% in the past year. They rose 2.3% to close Tuesday at $81.49.
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Roger Federer will be celebrated at Wimbledon. A pregnant Serena Williams declined an invitation
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer will be back on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Not to compete. He’ll be feted for his record-setting career at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Federer announced his retirement last year. He won eight of his 20 Grand Slam singles championships at the All England Club. That is the most ever by a man and a mark that Novak Djokovic will try to equal this year. Martina Navratilova set the overall standard by claiming nine women’s singles titles at Wimbledon. The head of the All England Club says Serena Williams also was invited but will not attend because she is pregnant. Williams won seven Wimbledon singles trophies.
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Philanthropic commitment seeks to support a clean energy future for people and countries on the frontlines of climate change
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of leading climate philanthropies today announced an investment of $500 million over the next three years to accelerate a just and equitable energy transition in low and middle income countries, while boosting sustainable development and creating new economic opportunities.
This catalytic philanthropic support will assist efforts by governments alongside civil society organizations and others that give momentum to new and emerging energy transition plans in the Global South. This partnership will build on existing and future multi-donor efforts that are ratcheting ambition and supporting government, community-level and corporate actions to mitigate climate change.
"This is a crucial time for philanthropy to scale its support to southern partners working to lead during remarkably challenging times," said Izabella Teixeira, former Minister for the Environment of Brazil, Co-Chair of the International Resources Panel - UNEP and UN-DESA Board member. "The world needs southern leadership to prove that development priorities and climate priorities go hand in hand and build precedents for a truly just and equitable clean energy transition."
"This mobilization of pooled funds to support climate action goes a long way to fill the gap of climate philanthropy funding in the south," said Saliem Fakir, CEO of the African Climate Foundation, an African-led strategic grant-maker and think-tank working at the nexus of climate change and development. "It will strengthen southern leadership and localization of solutions especially in Africa where the gap of funding is the biggest."
The partnership will support work that includes technical assistance and building the capacity needed to scale up renewable energy while transitioning away from fossil fuels, including through multi-donor initiatives. The aim of the investments is to support implementation in countries that have already made ambitious plans and to encourage more countries to develop high-ambition plans that will serve as the blueprints for the next decade.
"This funding is intended to support countries to implement their ambitious, just and equitable clean energy agendas," said Christie Ulman, President of Sequoia Climate Foundation. "Philanthropy can and will play a key role in catalyzing a step change in support for energy and economic transitions. We recognize that the international community continues to fall unacceptably short of its promises for financial support to tackle climate change and its impacts. While this investment cannot and is not intended to make up for it, we are working to support countries in addressing their challenges and commitment to a clean energy transition. This commitment should be seen as a floor, not a ceiling, for what philanthropy can do to support a just and equitable future."
The philanthropies involved recognize the bold leadership by many low and middle income countries in setting ambitious goals even in the face of profound climate impacts. Importantly, the commitment is not a replacement for the billions already committed to developing countries, but not yet delivered, by developed countries who have the responsibility, the ability and the funds to move much faster and scale action globally. Another key priority for philanthropies is to scale civil society efforts as they continue to be driving forces for a just transition.
"For any country's energy transition effort to be just, legitimate, and ultimately effective, it will require sustained engagement and participation from affected communities and civil society actors on the ground," said Jamie Choi, CEO of Tara Climate Foundation, a regional philanthropic foundation aiming to accelerate Asia's energy transformation. "Resourcing national and subnational civil society partners to play a proactive role in spurring their country's clean energy transition will ensure that solutions stick."
The announcement contributes momentum towards other philanthropic efforts to support the Global South in a critical moment as countries face compounding food, energy, and cost of living crises in addition to the ongoing impacts of the climate crisis.
The following philanthropic organizations are part of today's announcement:
- Ballmer Group
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Children's Investment Fund Foundation
- Good Energies by Porticus
- Growald Climate Fund
- High Tide Foundation
- Oak Foundation
- Sequoia Climate Foundation
- Three Cairns Group
About Sequoia Climate Foundation
The Sequoia Climate Foundation is a philanthropic organization on a mission to avert the worst impacts of climate change. A 501(c)(3) based in California, we support ambitious, evidence-based strategies aimed at accelerating the clean energy transition.
About Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in 941 cities and 173 countries around the world to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health. Bloomberg Philanthropies encompasses all of Michael R. Bloomberg's giving, including his foundation, corporate, and personal philanthropy as well as Bloomberg Associates, a pro bono consultancy that works in cities around the world. In 2021, Bloomberg Philanthropies distributed $1.66 billion. For more information, please visit bloomberg.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion euros (dollars) in funding to Hungary over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money.
The European Commission, which proposes the bloc’s laws and ensures that they are respected, said it was acting “to ensure the protection of the EU budget and the financial interests of the EU against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary.”
EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said that despite measures Hungary has proposed to address the deficiencies, the commission is recommending the suspension of funds “amounting to an estimated amount of 7.5 billion euros.”
The money would come from “cohesion funds” granted to Hungary. This envelope of money, one of the biggest slices of the bloc’s budget, helps countries to bring their economies and infrastructure up to EU standards.
EU countries pay around 1% of their gross national income into the budget. Hungary is slated to receive at least 50 billion euros in all from the 2021-27 budget, according to commission estimates.
Any action to suspend the funds must be approved by the EU member countries, and this requires a “qualified majority,” which amounts to 55% of the 27 members representing at least 65% of the total EU population.
They have one month to decide whether to freeze Hungary’s funds, but can in exceptional circumstances extend that period to two months. The commission is recommending that the member countries take until Nov. 19 to allow Hungary more time to address the concerns.
The commission has for nearly a decade accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of dismantling democratic institutions, taking control of the media and infringing on minority rights. Orban, who has been in office since 2010, denies the accusations.
Speaking after a meeting of EU commissioners in Brussels, which unanimously endorsed the move, Hahn welcomed Hungary’s offer to fix the problem, saying that its proposed remedial action goes “in the right direction.”
He said the measures could address some of the commission’s concerns if they are followed up, and properly acted upon. But he said that “a risk for the budget at this stage remains, therefore we cannot conclude that the EU budget is sufficiently protected.”
The commission’s fears focus on public procurement — purchases by the state of goods and services or for the execution of projects using EU funds. Critics say the awarding of such contracts have allowed Orban’s government to channel large sums of EU money into the businesses of politically connected insiders.
A senior EU official pointed to “systematic and systemic irregularities, deficiencies and weaknesses in public procurement related to very high rates of single bidding.” Officials estimate that around half of Hungary’s public tenders are granted after single bidder processes.
The commission also has “serious concerns regarding the detection, prevention and correction of conflicts of interest,” as well as about a number of public interest trusts which manage significant funds, and notably in the area of education.
Hungarian media has reported that Orban’s nationalist government is set to announce new legislation as soon as Monday. EU lawmakers expressed concern last week that this may just be a ploy to gain time.
In a resolution on Thursday, the lawmakers said that Hungary’s nationalist government is deliberately trying to undermine the bloc’s democratic values.
They said that the government in Budapest — which Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy.” In part, they blame EU member countries for this, for turning a blind eye to possible abuses.
The French Greens parliamentarian who chaperoned the resolution through the assembly, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, said that “for the first time, an EU institution is stating the sad truth, that Hungary is no longer a democracy.”
The case, launched by the commission against Hungary in April, is a fresh step in the use of a new mechanism allowing the EU to take action to protect its budget. It does not target member countries for general breaches of EU law.
The mechanism is seen as the EU’s most potent weapon to prevent a worsening anti-democratic drift in some countries. Commission officials have said that Hungary has consistently failed to implement EU recommendations for more than 10 years.
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The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday:
1-1-2
(one, one, two)
05-15-31-39-40
(five, fifteen, thirty-one, thirty-nine, forty)
01-04-14-17-18-25-29-32-45-46-49-52-53-57-60-61-62-64-66-71
(one, four, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-two, forty-five, forty-six, forty-nine, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-seven, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-six, seventy-one)
01-04-17-23
(one, four, seventeen, twenty-three)
01-08-16-17-19-22
(one, eight, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-two)
5-7-1
(five, seven, one)
7-4-4-0
(seven, four, four, zero)
03-04-05-07-08-12-15-16-17-19-20
(three, four, five, seven, eight, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty)
01-04-05-06-09-10-12-13-15-18-19
(one, four, five, six, nine, ten, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, nineteen)
8-4-8
(eight, four, eight)
6-1-9-1
(six, one, nine, one)
03-07-22-24-29-38, Doubler: N
(three, seven, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-eight; Doubler: N)
09-13-23-25-28
(nine, thirteen, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-eight)
0-4-5
(zero, four, five)
4-7-7-5
(four, seven, seven, five)
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
07-15-36-46-67, Powerball: 7, Power Play: 2
(seven, fifteen, thirty-six, forty-six, sixty-seven; Powerball: seven; Power Play: two)
Estimated jackpot: $251,000,000
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BALTIMORE — A fiery explosion in March at the Baltimore City owned Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant has been deemed accidental.
The Baltimore City Fire Department recently released an investigative report into the incident.
It determined the explosion began inside a dryer used to convert sewage sludge into pellets for agricultural use.
Dust inside the dryer was found to be the original source of ignition which led to the combustion of thermal oil.
RELATED: Fiery Explosion reported at Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant in Dundalk
The part of the facility where the explosion occurred is run by Synagro Technologies, a private third-party biosolids treatment company.
According to investigators employees tried extinguishing the fire before 911 was called.
It was previously reported that seven people were inside the building at the time. None were injured.
Investigators estimate the total damage to be around $20 million.
Following the incident Maryland's Department of Environment issued a progress report suggesting drying operations had been slowing prior to the explosion.
"Normally the Synagro Facility was processing 55-58 dry tons/day. However, during the month before the explosion it was down to about 40 - 45 dry tons/day." the report stated.
After the fire all operations were suspended for a prolonged period.
The fire was just the latest setback at the waste water plant.
Last summer the state took over operations after the plant repeatedly discharged sewage raising environmental concerns.
Although improvements have been made, the state remains on site.
The State says it wants the plant to comply with certian permit limits for three consecutive months.
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New Joint Commission will foster science and technology partnerships based on principles of competitiveness, resilience, invention, innovation, sustainability, inclusivity, and shared democratic values
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Building off the success of the U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience Partnership (CoRe), launched last April, the Council on Competitiveness (Council) and the Japan Innovation Network (JIN) are today announcing a new initiative: The U.S.-Japan Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness.
The Commission is established to promote the objectives of the CoRe Partnership and to advance joint research and development and collaborative innovation initiatives, as well as new business models, across the two nations' advanced science and technology ecosystems. CoRe provides a framework for U.S. and Japanese collaboration, uniting the world's two largest democratic economies as they work toward generating greater prosperity in their own nations and around the world. President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida both confirmed their commitment to the CoRe partnership during their recent summit in Tokyo.
The U.S.-Japan Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness will elevate CoRe's goals across both nations by bringing together leaders from the private sector and key communities, including firms, research institutions, academia, and laboratories to accelerate understanding of each other, and to help identify and provide pathways for potential partnerships based on principles of competitiveness, resilience, invention, innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity. The Commission will anchor the nations' relationship in their shared democratic values.
Deborah Wince-Smith, President & CEO of the Council, and Hiro Nishiguchi, Chief Executive Officer of the JIN, submitted letters to President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida commending the Administrations' commitment to the CoRe Partnership based upon multiple discussions among the Cabinet Office of Japan, the Council and JIN, and expressing their intention "to engaging with [the] Administrations to fulfill this ambitious agenda that is so important to our nations' global competitiveness, and economic and national prosperity and security."
"The Council on Competitiveness, having long defined and shaped a private sector innovation agenda in the United States – from the local, to the regional, to the national levels – is honored to join with the Japan Innovation Network in launching this distinctive, joint commission. Our Council members, spanning a broad cross section of our economy, are poised to contribute our experience and capabilities, and we will exercise leadership in the private sector to advance the CoRe agenda," said Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President & CEO of the Council.
"Japan Innovation Network was established in 2013 based on a research project of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to transform Japan into an Innovation Nation. As such, JIN has been proactively promoting and bringing forth the concept of the Innovation Management System and achieving Sustainable Development Goals through innovation-based activities among Japanese organizations. We are honored to join with the Council on Competitiveness to design and operate this Commission to advance the private-sector driven innovation agendas in both nations through the implementation of systematic, cross-border, innovation management systems," said Hiro Nishiguchi, the CEO of JIN.
For more than three decades, the Council has championed a competitiveness agenda for the United States to attract investment and talent and spur the commercialization of new ideas. While the players may have changed since its founding in 1986, the mission remains as vital as ever—to enhance U.S. productivity and raise the standard of living for all Americans.
The members of the Council—CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national lab directors—represent a powerful, nonpartisan voice that sets aside politics and seeks results. By providing real-world perspective to policymakers, the Council's private sector network makes an impact on decision-making across a broad spectrum of issues—from the cutting- edge of science and technology, to the democratization of innovation, to the shift from energy weakness to strength that supports the growing renaissance in U.S. manufacturing. The Council firmly believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the U.S. economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans.
JIN's mission is to transform Japan into an Innovation Nation where innovation arises from every organization. Working in tandem with countries across the world, JIN improves the success rate of our innovation activities by accelerating employee growth and organizational reform backed by our innovation management and project support. JIN represents Japan in the technical committee of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for Innovation Management Systems (IMS) as the exclusive national institution. In this capacity, JIN takes an active part in developing international standards for innovation management, local opinion gathering, and international negotiations.
As the scheme owner of the ISO 56000 series in Japan, JIN has accumulated many successful cases in IMS Design and Implementation and Innovation Projects with executive, middle and junior managers by exploiting our international network and expertise in supporting the acceleration of innovation in large enterprises. JIN firmly believes that every organization needs an excellent management system to unleash the potential of all employees to go through this age of great uncertainty.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant amid heightened regional and international tensions engulfing the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian Defense Ministry offered no information on who it suspected carried out the attack, which came as a refinery fire separately broke out in the country's northwest and a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck nearby, killing two people.
However, Tehran has been targeted in suspected Israeli drone strikes amid a shadow war with its Mideast rival as its nuclear deal with world powers collapsed. Meanwhile, tensions also remain high with neighboring Azerbaijan after a gunman attacked that country's embassy in Tehran, killing its security chief and wounding two others.
Details on the Isfahan attack, which happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, remained scarce. A Defense Ministry statement described three drones being launched at the facility, with two of them successfully shot down. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said.
Iranian state television's English-language arm, Press TV, aired mobile phone video apparently showing the moment that drone struck along the busy Imam Khomeini Expressway that heads northwest out of Isfahan, one of several ways for drivers to go to the holy city of Qom and Tehran, Iran's capital. A small crowd stood gathered, drawn by anti-aircraft fire, watching as an explosion and sparks struck a dark building.
“Oh my God! That was a drone, wasn’t it?" the man filming shouts. "Yeah, it was a drone.”
Those there fled after the strike.
That footage of the strike, as well as footage of the aftermath analyzed by The Associated Press, corresponded to a site on Minoo Street in northwestern Isfahan that's near a shopping center that includes a carpet and an electronics store.
Iranian defense and nuclear sites increasingly find themselves surrounded by commercial properties and residential neighborhoods as the country's cities sprawl ever outward. Some locations as well remain incredibly opaque about what they produce, with only a sign bearing a Defense Ministry or paramilitary Revolutionary Guard logo.
The Defense Ministry only called the site a “workshop," without elaborating on what it made. Isfahan, some 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of Tehran, is home to both a large air base built for its fleet of American-made F-14 fighter jets and its Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center.
The attack comes after Iran's Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. A segment aired on Iranian state TV in October included purported confessions by alleged members of Komala, a Kurdish opposition party that is exiled from Iran and now lives in Iraq, that they planned to target a military aerospace facility in Isfahan after being trained by Israel's Mossad intelligence service.
Activists say Iranian state TV has aired hundreds of coerced confessions over the last decade. Israeli officials declined to comment on the attack.
Separately, Iran’s state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. It said the cause was not yet known, as it showed footage of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze. Tabriz is some 520 kilometers (325 miles) northwest of Tehran.
State TV also said the magnitude-5.9 earthquake killed two people and injured some 664 more in rural areas in West Azerbaijan province, damaging buildings in many villages.
Iran's theocratic government faces challenges both at home and abroad as its nuclear program rapidly enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels since the collapse of its atomic accord with world powers. Nationwide protests have shaken the country since the September death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the country's morality police. Its rial currency has plummeted to new lows against the U.S. dollar.
Israel is suspected of launching a series of attacks on Iran, including an April 2021 assault on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges. In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that killed its top military nuclear scientist.
Israeli officials rarely acknowledge operations carried out by the country’s secret military units or its Mossad intelligence agency. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently re-entered the premiership, long has considered Iran to be the biggest threat his nation faces.
Meanwhile, tensions remain high between Azerbaijan and Iran as Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Iran also wants to maintain its 44-kilometer (27-mile) border with landlocked Armenia — something that could be threatened if Azerbaijan seizes new territory through warfare.
Iran in October launched a military exercise near the Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijan also maintains close ties to Israel, which has infuriated Iranian hard-liners, and has purchased Israeli-made drones for its military.
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SANIBEL, Fla. — Those wishing to get a closer look at the damage caused by Hurricane Ian can now use a tool by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to view aerial images of some of the hardest hit areas.
After a major weather event, NOAA's aircraft fly over specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with FEMA and other state and federal partners
The images are then compiled into a mapping tool used by emergency and coastal managers to develop recovery strategies, aid in search and rescue efforts, identify hazards to navigation, and provide documentation of damage assessment by comparing before-and-after imagery.
The general public can also take advantage of the tool to get a big-picture look at the damage done to their homes and communities.
Here are some images of southwest Florida before and after Hurricane Ian swept through.
Sanibel Causeway
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The Island at Shell Point
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Causeway Islands Park
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Lofton's Island
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"Aerial imagery is a crucial tool to determine the extent of the damage inflicted by flooding, and to compare baseline coastal areas to assess the damage to major ports and waterways, coastlines, critical infrastructure, and coastal communities," the NOAA website reads. "This imagery provides a cost-effective way to better understand the damage sustained to both property and the environment."
To check out the mapping tool, click here. You can also click here for tips on how to use the tool.
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Re: “Being a Trump backer in a sea of blue” [Nov. 25, Northwest]:
Our democracy will only thrive when we have at least two strong political parties that foster opposing views. A strong, liberal Democratic Party and a strong conservative Republican Party are, and always have been, absolutely essential to the health and vitality of our democracy.
What we must demand from all of our politicians, regardless of their views and opinions and the causes they support or condemn, is a high standard of character including honesty, morality, trust and respect. Former President Donald Trump has never measured up to these essential standards in either his long business career or during his brief time in public office.
To all those ardent “Trump supporters,” I say hang on to all your conservative beliefs and vote accordingly but please focus your energies on candidates who we can all trust and respect including Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Rick Scott, Chris Sununu, Mike Pompeo, Tim Scott, Glenn Youngkin, Liz Cheney and Mike Pence.
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Family looking for man who pulled son from burning car
BATESVILLE, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - A couple from Arkansas is searching for a man who saved their son’s life.
Randy Seale’s son was involved in a significant three-car accident on Highway 167 north of Batesville, Arkansas, last Monday.
The car his son was in started smoking and eventually caught fire, and had it not been for “Steve from Texas,” the situation could’ve ended much worse.
Seale said that morning began like any other.
“I got up on Monday morning and was scrolling through newsfeeds like I normally do. Just a regular Monday morning,” he said. “All of a sudden, I get a notification from Life360 that my son had a sudden stop. You pray that it’s, ‘OK, he dropped his phone.’ You don’t really want to think the worst, but sometimes that happens.”
Then, just a few moments after the Life360 notification, Seale’s wife, Summer, received a call from their son.
“My wife gets a phone call from my son’s phone, and it’s a gentleman,” Seale said. “We can hear my son Dyllan in the background. She puts him on speaker, and she can hear him in the background. She’s not necessarily talking to him, she’s talking to a gentleman named Steve, and he’s asking us questions about who we are and what happened.”
Seale explained he wanted to thank the man and possibly even give him a hug for his heroic actions.
“If it wasn’t for this man named Steve, I don’t necessarily think my son would be with me today,” he said.
The family is asking anyone who knows who the man may be to email Randy.Seale@ARUMC.org.
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Esteemed oncologist to advise on imaging efforts
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imaging Endpoints (IE) announced today that Dr. Antonio Fojo was chosen to join their Scientific Advisory Board, a global group of leading medical professionals appointed to provide strategic insight and imaging-related expertise for optimizing the opportunity to demonstrate efficacy in clinical trials.
Dr. Fojo is currently a professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the co-director of the Carling Adrenal Surgery Center, the world's largest endocrine surgery center. Known for his research toward reversing cancer chemotherapy resistance, Dr. Fojo's work in tumor growth kinetics (TGK) has been instrumental in advancing the field. His work has shown how a drug's anticancer properties are better demonstrated by tumor growth rate and fraction of tumor killed (as compared to indirect measures such as response rate or progression-free survival).
Dr. Fojo's expertise in adrenocortical cancer, thyroid cancer, and neuroendocrine malignancies — coupled with his involvement in the design, management, and interpretation of clinical trials — makes him particularly passionate about developing additional therapies and expanding treatment options for patients with these cancers.
Dr. Fojo is also particularly interested in the molecular basis of drug resistance and has been integral to several important discoveries in the matter, including the identification of molecular events shown to be influential in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Additionally, as a Principal Investigator for the Medicine Branch of the National Cancer Institute, he established a successful translational clinical program to develop therapeutic treatments for endocrine and neuroendocrine cancers.
Dr. Fojo's new board colleagues are an acclaimed group of clinical experts, including Daniel Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P.; David Sidransky, M.D.; Elliot Fishman, M.D.; Bruce Cheson, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.S.; Manuel Hidalgo, M.D., PhD.; and Axel Hanauske, M.D., Ph.D., MBA. The Scientific Advisory Board leverages their expertise to advise Imaging Endpoints on the imaging design for global clinical trials wherein IE is providing its Imaging CRO services.
For more information on the Imaging Endpoints Scientific Advisory Board, visit https://imagingendpoints.com/meet-our-team/scientific-advisory-board/
IE team will be in Paris for ESMO 2022! Schedule a time to meet us at ESMO from Sept. 9th-12th.
Imaging Endpoints (IE) is one of the largest iCROs globally, and the largest focused in oncology. IE is passionately dedicated to its vision to Connect Imaging to the Cure. Every day, IE teams are advancing imaging science, technology, and services to bring curative technologies to humankind.
Having supported many of the most impactful new drug approvals in oncology, IE's experience spans the customization of imaging to facilitate regulatory approval in hundreds of trials across all phases of development. IE also provides additional data to support trial efficacy by integrating advanced imaging technologies such as CD8 imaging, tumor growth kinetics, radiomics, and artificial intelligence — areas in which over fifty peer-reviewed publications have established the company as the industry leader.
Imaging Endpoints is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, with offices in Cambridge, MA; London, UK; Leiden, Netherlands; Basel, Switzerland; Hyderabad, India and Shanghai, China. IE is an affiliate of HonorHealth, one of the largest healthcare systems nationally, and an affiliate of Southwest Medical Imaging, Ltd. (SMIL/RadPartners), part of the largest private radiology group in the U.S.
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What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill?
That’s a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled criticism by those who advocate for wider weight acceptance. Soon, it may be a reality.
High-dose oral versions of the medication in the weight-loss drug Wegovy may work as well as the popular injections when it comes to paring pounds and improving health, according to final results of two studies released Sunday night. The potent tablets also appear to work for people with diabetes, who notoriously struggle to lose weight.
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the pills later this year.
“If you ask people a random question, ‘Would you rather take a pill or an injection?’ People overwhelmingly prefer a pill,” said Dr. Daniel Bessesen, chief of endocrinology at Denver Health, who treats patients with obesity but was not involved in the new research.
That’s assuming, Bessesen said, that both ways to take the medications are equally effective, available and affordable. “Those are the most important factors for people,” he said.
There have been other weight-loss pills on the market, but none that achieve the substantial reductions seen with injected drugs like Wegovy. People with obesity will be “thrilled” to have an oral option that’s as effective, said Dr. Katherine Saunders, clinical professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Health and co-founder of Intellihealth, a weight-loss center.
Novo Nordisk already sells Rybelsus, which is approved to treat diabetes and is an oral version of semaglutide, the same medication used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and Wegovy. It comes in doses up to 14 milligrams.
But results of two gold-standard trials released at the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting looked at how doses of oral semaglutide as high as 25 milligrams and 50 milligrams worked to reduce weight and improve blood sugar and other health markers.
A 16-month study of about 1,600 people who were overweight or obese and already being treated for Type 2 diabetes found the high-dose daily pills lowered blood sugar significantly better than the standard dose of Rybelsus. From a baseline weight of 212 pounds, the higher doses also resulted in weight loss of between 15 and 20 pounds, compared to about 10 pounds on the lower dose.
Another 16-month study of more than 660 adults who had obesity or were overweight with at least one related disease — but not diabetes — found the 50-milligram daily pill helped people lose an average of about 15% of their body weight, or about 35 pounds, versus about 6 pounds with a dummy pill, or placebo.
That’s “notably consistent” with the weight loss spurred by weekly shots of the highest dose of Wegovy, the study authors said.
But there were side effects. About 80% of participants receiving any size dose of oral semaglutide experienced things like mild to moderate intestinal problems, such as nausea, constipation and diarrhea.
In the 50-milligram obesity trial, there was evidence of higher rates of benign tumors in people who took the drug versus a placebo. In addition, about 13% of those who took the drug had “altered skin sensation” such as tingling or extra sensitivity.
Medical experts predict the pills will be popular, especially among people who want to lose weight but are fearful of needles. Plus, tablets would be more portable than injection pens and they don’t have to be stored in the refrigerator.
But the pills aren’t necessarily a better option for the hundreds of thousands of people already taking injectable versions such as Ozempic or Wegovy, said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine expert at Massachusetts General Hospital.
“I don’t find significant hesitancy surrounding receiving an injection,” she said. “A lot of people like the ease of taking a medication once a week.”
In addition, she said, some patients may actually prefer shots to the new pills, which have to be taken 30 minutes before eating or drinking in the morning.
Paul Morer, 56, who works for a New Jersey hospital system, lost 85 pounds using Wegovy and hopes to lose 30 more. He said he would probably stick with the weekly injections, even if pills were available.
“I do it on Saturday morning. It’s part of my routine,” he said. “I don’t even feel the needle. It’s a non-issue.”
Some critics also worry that a pill will also put pressure on people who are obese to use it, fueling social stigma against people who can’t — or don’t want to — lose weight, said Tigress Osborn, chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
“There is no escape from the narrative that your body is wrong and it should change,” Osborn said.
Still, Novo Nordisk is banking on the popularity of a higher-dose pill to treat both diabetes and obesity. Sales of Rybelsus reached about $1.63 billion last year, more than double the 2021 figure.
Other companies are working on oral versions of drugs that work as well as Eli Lilly and Co.’s Mounjaro — an injectable diabetes drug expected to be approved for weight-loss soon. Lilly researchers reported promising mid-stage trial results for an oral pill called orforglipron to treat patients who are obese or overweight with and without diabetes.
Pfizer, too, has released mid-stage results for dangulgipron, an oral drug for diabetes taken twice daily with food.
Novo Nordisk officials said it’s too early to say what the cost of the firm’s high-dose oral pills would be or how the company plans to guarantee adequate manufacturing capacity to meet demand. Despite surging popularity, injectable doses of Wegovy will be in short supply until at least September, company officials said.
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‘Do you need help?’: California family find man in their chimney
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK) – It’s not your typical 911 call.
A California couple called for help after they found a man trapped in the chimney of their Bakersfield home.
“What I saw was chaos, drama, and a man stuck in the chimney,” Taylor Alvarez, a witness, said about the situation.
A family was woken up Tuesday night by an unusual sound coming from their chimney.
“As my nephew was bringing the dog in, the dog stated barking as she was inside. We didn’t know why, and then my nephew started hearing pounding from the chimney,” witness Vincent Alvarez said.
They went to go take a closer look. To their surprise, they heard a man’s voice asking for help.
“My father-in-law went over, yelled out, ‘Hello, hello, are you there?’ ‘Yes!’ The voice answered back. ‘Do you need help?’ ‘Yes!’” Taylor Alvarez described.
They immediately called 911.
Deputies, police and firefighters arrived at the scene to rescue the trapped man from inside the family’s chimney.
How he got there is a bit of a mystery, but the family says they have an idea of how this man ended up there in the first place.
“He was, literally, came from the top and went all the way to the bottom here. We do not know how he got on the roof,” Vincent Alvarez said.
Before this ordeal, at around 8 p.m., the family said they heard someone running on their roof.
They called Bakersfield police to report the noise but realized officers were already chasing a man that fled from his car close by.
“They blocked off the area and did the search for 30 minutes and didn’t find him, so they called the search off,” Vincent Alvarez added.
Two hours later at 10 p.m., they head noise coming from their fireplace.
They think the man was looking to hide from law enforcement when he decided to go feet first into the chimney, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Firefighters struggled to get the man out.
“I don’t know how many patrol cars were here, how many fire vehicles. There was probably 50 people here trying to assess the situation,” Taylor Alvarez said.
They knocked off a brick to allow some air in so the man could breathe. They also removed the fireplace entirely.
“For a while he wasn’t speaking, so we were worried that he was gone,” Taylor added.
The man was finally freed during the rescue operation that took around four hours.
The man was covered from head to toe in soot and taken by first responders to a hospital.
The family has a message for the unidentified man: “All we can hope is he turns his life around after this and hopefully doesn’t jump into any more chimneys.”
The man was placed in police custody. It’s unclear what charges he could be facing.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian ballistic missiles slammed into an apartment complex and a university building in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown Monday, killing six people and wounding 75 others as the blasts trapped residents beneath rubble, Ukrainian officials said.
One of the two missiles that hit the central city of Kryvyi Rihon destroyed part of an apartment building between the fourth and ninth floors, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Video showed black smoke billowing from corner units and burned out or damaged cars on a tree-lined street.
The dead included a 10-year-old girl and her mother, according to Zelenskyy. More than 350 people were involved in the rescue operation, he said in a Telegram post.
The morning attack also destroyed part of a four-story university building.
The strike on Zelenskyy's hometown, which has been hit in the past, happened a day after the Ukrainian president warned that the fighting was drawing closer to Russian land.
“Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia — to its symbolic centers and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process,” Zelenskyy said Sunday in his nightly video address.
It was not clear whether the missile strikes were in retaliation for his comments.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian artillery strike on the partially occupied Donetsk province killed two people and wounded six others in the regional capital, according to Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed leader of the illegally annexed province.
A bus was also hit as Ukrainian forces shelled the city of Donetsk multiple times Monday, Pushilin said.
Neither side's claims could be independently verified.
A recent Ukrainian counteroffensive, deploying weaponry supplied by Kyiv's Western allies and aimed at driving Russian forces out of occupied areas, intensified last week. At the same time, Ukraine has sought to take the war deep into Russia, reportedly using drones to hit targets as far away as Moscow.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia and Moscow-annexed territory, especially Crimea, have become more frequent. The latest strike, on Sunday, damaged two office buildings a few miles (kilometers) from the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials did not acknowledge the attack.
Russia tightened security in the aftermath of that attack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, describing the assault as an “act of desperation.”
“The Kyiv regime is in a very, very difficult situation,” Peskov said, “as the counteroffensive is not working out as planned.”
“It’s obvious that the multibillion-dollar resources that have been transferred by NATO countries to the Kyiv regime are actually being spent inefficiently,” Peskov said.
“This raises big questions in Western capitals and great discomfort among taxpayers in Western countries.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, analysts say, is wagering that Western support for Kyiv will wane as the war drags on and costs mount.
Another Ukrainian drone targeted a district police department early Monday in Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, but there were no casualties, the local governor said.
Bombarding populated areas with missiles, artillery and drones has been a hallmark of Moscow’s military strategy throughout the war, and that approach has continued during the Ukrainian counteroffensive that started in June.
Russian officials insist they take aim only at legitimate military targets, but Ukraine and its supporters say mass civilian deaths during previous attacks are evidence of war crimes.
“In recent days, the enemy has been stubbornly attacking cities, city centers, shelling civilian objects and housing,” Zelenskyy said. “But this terror will not frighten us or break us.”
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday that his forces have increased the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian military facilities.
It was not immediately clear which military facilities he was referring to, as Russia's recent missile strikes have hit civilian infrastructure.
In the southern city of Odesa, Russian strikes in recent weeks targeted port infrastructure and grain silos, after Moscow broke off an export agreement for Ukrainian grain. The Ukrainian foreign ministry estimated Monday that about 180,000 metric tons of grain have been destroyed by Russia in the past nine days.
Russian shelling Monday also killed four civilians and wounded 17 in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. A 70-year-old woman was killed by shelling in her home in a Kharkiv province village near Izyum, authorities said.
In eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk province, one person was reported killed and seven people were injured after Russia shelled 12 cities and villages, according to Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko.
In other developments Monday, China introduced restrictions on the export of long-range civilian drones. Authorities cited the war in Ukraine and concern that drones could be converted for military purposes.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government is friendly with Moscow, but says it's neutral in the war. It has been stung by reports that both sides might be using Chinese-made drones for reconnaissance and possibly attacks.
Meanwhile, Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Monday that his Wagner Group is not currently recruiting fighters.
In an audio message published on a Telegram channel associated with the Wagner chief, Prigozhin said the company had suspended recruitment as there is currently “no shortage of personnel.”
Prigozhin previously agreed with Western estimates that he lost more than 20,000 men in the long battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Prigozhin last month led a short-lived mutiny against Moscow, demanding a leadership change in the Russian military. In an attempt to control him, Russian authorities insisted that Wagner fighters can only return to Ukraine if they join Russia's regular army.
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- Swaps service opens, supporting game token transactions based on immediate interactions
- REFLECT listed on WEMIX.Fi to establish a shared growth structure for WEMIX ecosystem
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WEMIX PLAY, the blockchain gaming platform by Wemade, is releasing an expanded GameFi service to promote the growth of the ecosystem.
The swap service has been added for various game tokens that make up the liquidity of the ecosystem of WEMIX PLAY.
The swap service of GameFi allows users to instantly exchange game tokens to pWEMIX$ based on immediate interaction with changes in the value of WEMIX employed in WEMIX PLAY. Users can also increase assets by obtaining a certain ratio of the transaction fee from staking game tokens and pWEMIX$.
In addition, REFLECT, a synthetic token of WEMIX PLAY, was listed on WEMIX.Fi as the first game token.
REFLECT is a synthetic token that can be created by fusing tokens that are registered in the REFLECT Alliance.
The newly registered game token can be received through Airdrop, and REFLECT, whose value increases accordingly, aims to generate the growth of both the synthetic token and individual tokens. It has a unique characteristic of linkage where the growth of the game leads to the growth of REFLECT, then to the growth of the platform.
By listing REFLECT on WEMIX.Fi, Wemade will connect the interoperability of WEMIX's mega-ecosystem and the economy across ecosystems to create a framework for shared growth.
WEMIX PLAY, on the other hand, which aims to be an open blockchain gaming platform is a web platform that provides a wide range of blockchain-based services including information of onboarded games, NFTs, auctions, and DeFi services such as tokens, REFLECT, swap, and staking.
Since its launch in July 2022, it continues to present P&E games of diverse genres, maintaining its position as the world leader in blockchain gaming platform. There are plans to release WEMIX PLAYER, an app player and a donation system that allows users to donate various tokens to influencers.
About WEMIX
WEMIX is a blockchain gaming platform developed by WEMIX Pte. Ltd, providing services including cryptocurrency wallet, decentralized exchange, NFT item marketplace, WEMIX staking and the game gateway. WEMIX Pte. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Wemade, the developer and owner of "The Legend of Mir" IP, a highly successful game with over 500 million users.
About Wemade
Wemade is a pioneer in game development from Korea. Their focus is ever-shifting towards metaverse and blockchain (NFT, DeFi) technology with an emphasis on personalizing the gaming experience. Wemade strives to transform everyday games with blockchain technology and establish its WEMIX as a key currency in the gaming industry.
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Big changes are coming to California solar credits.
The new net energy metering rate, NEM 3.0, goes into effect on April 15, 2023 and will slash current solar credits from public utility companies, but there’s still time to be grandfathered into the NEM 2.0.
Stephen Saeger, from SunPower by Quality Home Services, joined the show with more info.
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When I taught environmental science at Emerson College in the early 1980s, global warming was a relatively new concept, and population growth became a discussion point. At that time, there were fewer than 5 billion people on Earth; 50 years later, there are more than 8 billion people alive. The root cause of climate change is, and remains, the rapid rise in the human population over the past 70 years, with 9.7 billion projected by 2050. Their associated needs for food, energy, housing, and more are the drivers of climate change.
As before, the United Nations has avoided mentioning population growth in its recommendations following the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. There can be no solution to climate change until there is strategic planning based on the stabilization of the human population. Every day wasted ignoring this uncomfortable truth further jeopardizes our children’s lives and the lives of future generations and assures further ecological and environmental disasters.
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CRT ban-related rules to be implemented in new year
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - At the start of the new year, school boards across the state will have to adopt new policies regarding critical race theory.
At the special session in November, the State Legislature banned the teaching of CRT, which is the idea the nation’s institutions are systemically racist.
The ban went into effect in August, but the Department of Public Instruction’s rules guiding district policy were only just approved on Monday.
“Legislators have the opportunity and authority to enact or pass any law that they feel. If they feel that the ban has gone far enough, or if it has gone too far, whatever they decide to do. As we always say at the Capitol, the legislators create the law, the agencies implement the law as they intended it to be created,” said Kirsten Baesler, superintendent of schools for the state of North Dakota.
The new rules that will be implemented in the new year require schools to adopt policies to determine if the ban has been violated and to deal with complaints from community members.
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New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation by the U.S. House Ethics Committee.
On Wednesday, the committee confirmed in a statement that they were investigating the Congresswoman after an undisclosed matter was referred to them by the Office of Congressional Ethics on June 23. The committee did not disclose why they were investigating Ocasio-Cortez.
"The mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred or reflect any judgment on behalf of the committee," the committee said in a statement.
The committee said it would announce its “course of action” after the 118th Congress convened.
“The Congresswoman has always taken ethics incredibly seriously, refusing any donations from lobbyists, corporations, or other special interests," the lawmaker's spokesperson said in a statement, USA Today and Forbes reported. "We are confident that this matter will be dismissed.”
According to its website, the Office of Congressional Ethics, established in March 2008 by the U.S. House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan, independent entity that reviews misconduct allegations against House members and its staff.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media accounts for a review of their “character and conduct.”
It’s an approach applauded by many Democrats and national gun control advocacy groups, but some experts have raised questions about how the law will be enforced and address free speech concerns.
Some of the local officials who will be tasked with reviewing the social media content also are asking whether they’ll have the resources and, in some cases, whether the law is even constitutional.
Sheriffs haven’t received additional money or staffing to handle a new application process, said Peter Kehoe, the executive director of the New York Sheriffs’ Association. The law, he asserted, infringes on Second Amendment rights, and while applicants must list their social media accounts, he doesn’t think local officials will necessarily look at them.
“I don’t think we would do that,” Kehoe said. “I think it would be a constitutional invasion of privacy.”
The new requirement, which takes effect in September, was included in a law passed last week that sought to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection. It was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, who noted shooters sometimes telegraph their intent to hurt others.
Increasingly, young men have gone online to drop hints of what’s to come before executing a mass killing, including the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Under the law, applicants have to provide local officials with a list of current and former social media accounts from the previous three years. It doesn’t specify whether applicants will be required to provide access to private accounts not visible to the general public.
It will be up to local sheriff’s staff, judges or county clerks to scroll through those profiles as they check whether applicants have made statements suggesting dangerous behavior.
The law also will require applicants to undergo hours of safety training, prove they’re proficient at shooting, provide four character references and sit for in-person interviews.
The law reflects how the Supreme Court ruling has shifted responsibility to states for vetting those who carry firearms in public, said Tanya Schardt, senior counsel and director of state and federal policy for gun control advocacy organization Brady.
Her group said it was not aware of any other states requiring gun permit applicants to submit social media profiles.
The new approach, however, comes amid growing debate over the policing of social media posts and a legacy of unwarranted surveillance of Black and brown communities.
“The question should be: Can we do this in an anti-racist way that does not create another set of violence, which is the state violence that happens through surveillance?” said University of Pennsylvania social policy, communications and medicine professor Desmond Upton Patton, who also founded SAFElab, a research initiative studying violence involving youths of color.
Meanwhile, gun rights advocates are blasting the law.
“You’re also going to have to tell them your social media accounts because New York wants to thoroughly investigate you to figure out if you’re some of those dangerous law-abiding citizens who are taking the country by storm and causing crime to skyrocket,” Jared Yanis, host of the YouTube channel Guns & Gadgets, says in a widely viewed video on the new law. “What have we come to?”
Hochul, who also has tasked state police with routing out extremism online, didn’t immediately respond to a list of questions about the social media requirement, including how the state will address free speech and privacy concerns.
“Often the sticking point is: How do we go about enforcing this?” Metro State University criminal justice professor James Densley, cofounder of research initiative The Violence Project, said. “I think it starts to open up a bit of a can of worms, because no one quite knows the best way to go about doing it.”
It can be tricky, he said, to decode social media posts by younger people, who could simply be expressing themselves by posting a music video.
“Where this will get tricky is to what extent this is expression and to what extent is this evidence of wrongdoing?” Densley said.
Spokespeople for the social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, 4Chan and Parler didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
New York should instead consider giving the job to a trained group tasked with figuring out how to best reach out to people online who are showing signs of radicalization or trauma and may need help, Patton said.
“There’s a lot of nuance and contextual issues. We speak differently; how we communicate, that could be misunderstood,” Patton said. “I’m concerned we don’t have the right people or the right tools in place to do this in a way that’s useful in actually preventing violence.”
Adam Scott Wandt, a public policy professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that he supports gun control, but that he worries the New York law could set a precedent for mandatory disclosure of social media activity for people seeking other types of licenses from the state.
New York’s law is rushed and vague, said Wandt, who teaches law enforcement personnel how to conduct searches on people through social media.
“I think that what we might have done as a state here in New York is, we may have confirmed their worst fears — that a slippery slope will be created that will slowly reduce their rights to carry guns and allow a bureaucracy to decide, based on unclear criteria, who can have a gun and who cannot,” Wandt said. “Which is exactly what the Supreme Court was trying to avoid.”
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Make your road trip comfortable and stress-free with these must-have items
When gas prices seemed to increase by the hour earlier this summer, a getaway in the car was too big a splurge for most people. Now that prices are finally starting to come down, it’s the perfect time to hit the road.
But you need more than a suitcase and a full gas tank for a successful road trip. If you want to make sure that everyone is comfortable and entertained during those long hours in the car, you’ll need to have a few key essentials for your vacation.
Here are some last-minute road trip must-haves you’ll definitely want in your car when you hit the highway this summer.
Road trip essentials
Car organization items
Lusso Gear Front Seat Car Organizer
Prevent the backseat of your car from getting messy with this convenient organizer that attaches to the back of the front seat. It can fit nearly any vehicle and offers pockets for a laptop, tablet, phone, water bottle and more. It also has a security flap that hides the items inside to discourage theft.
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WixGear Universal Air Vent Magnetic Phone Holder
Use your phone hands-free on your road trip with this magnetic phone holder. It easily attaches to most vents and swivels, so your phone’s display is easier to see. It’s compatible with most smartphones, too.
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This sturdy trash bag keeps your car neat and clean, even on long rides. It offers a 2.5-gallon capacity and is waterproof and leakproof. The adjustable strap can fit around multiple areas in your car, including the headrest or gearshift.
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FOVAL 200W Car Power Converter with USB Charging Ports
Make sure your smartphone, tablet and other devices stay charged on your trip with this handy car converter. It’s as small as a credit card and offers two standard AC outlets and four USB charging ports. The cigarette lighter adapter works in most cars, too.
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Car comfort items
Everlasting Comfort Car and Truck Seat Cushion
Made of premium memory foam, this car seat cushion can keep you comfortable no matter how long your road trip is. The support it offers can even help alleviate pain in your back, hips and legs. It also has a non-slip bottom to keep it from shifting around.
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Your car will stay smelling fresh even after hours on the road with this car essential oil diffuser. It’s lightweight and compact, fitting in most car cup holders. The control buttons are also positioned on top to make operation easier. Best of all, it offers both a continuous and an intermittent mist and can double as a humidifier.
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Safety items
Top Gear Premium Roadside Assistance Kit
This roadside assistance kit can give you peace of mind if you have car issues on your road trip. It comes in a convenient carrying bag and features items you might need on the side of the road like an LED flashlight, reflective safety vest and battery booster cables. It fits easily in most trunks, too.
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Coleman All Purpose Basic First Aid Kit for Minor Emergencies
Be prepared for minor accidents and injuries on your road trip with this first aid kit. It contains over 200 pieces, including bandages, antibiotic ointment, medical tape and a cold pack. The kit is also compact and lightweight, so it’s easy to pack in your car.
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Food and drink items
Stay stocked with fresh food and cold drinks on your road trip with this generously-sized hard cooler. With extra-thick walls and PermaFrost insulation, it can hold ice for four to five days. It also has a heavy-duty rubber latch to keep the items inside secure and offers excellent durability for camping or picnicking off-road.
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Klean Kanteen Classic Stainless Steel Water Bottle
This durable stainless steel water bottle ensures you stay hydrated on your car trip. It has a slim, lightweight design that fits most car cup holders. Its wide mouth also allows you to add ice, while the spill-proof lid prevents leaks. It’s available in several fun colors, too.
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Rubbermaid 14-Piece Brilliance Food Storage Containers with Lids
With this food storage container set, you can protect all your road trip snacks and meals. The containers are made of BPA-free plastic and entirely clear to let you see the contents. The included lids are air-tight, too, so they keep your food fresh.
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Stasher Silicone Reusable Storage Bag, 4-Pack
For food items that aren’t too delicate, these reusable silicone bags are an ideal way to pack snacks for your road trip. The bags are BPA-, PVC- and latex-free and dishwasher- and microwave-safe. This set includes bags in various sizes, too.
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AeroPress Go Portable Travel Coffee Press
If you’re not a fan of drive-thru or gas station coffee, you can enjoy a flavorful cup every morning on your road trip with this travel coffee press. It makes up to three cups at a time and can brew hot coffee or espresso in just a minute. It can also make cold brew and has 350 micro-filters to keep grounds out of your coffee.
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Kids’ items
Tryone Car Headrest Tablet Mount
Make sure the kids are entertained in the backseat with this tablet mount. It connects to the front seat’s headrest, positioning it right where passengers can watch their favorite movies and TV shows. It takes only seconds to install and adjusts to work with most tablets and smartphones.
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This foldable travel tray makes it easy for kids to color, draw, do puzzles and more in the backseat. The surface has a dry erase board that kids can write on, and the built-in tablet holder has a touch-sensitive cover to protect the screen from damage.
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Highlights Hidden Pictures 20220 Special Edition Activity Books
This set of four activity books can keep kids ages 6 and up busy in the backseat on your road trip. Each book contains 32 pages of Highlights’ famous hidden picture puzzles, but the pages are black-and-white, so kids also can color them in.
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Briarpatch I SPY Travel Card Game for Kids
Keep children busy on your road trip with this game that helps them appreciate the scenery. It calls for kids to identify items with a certain shape or color and find specific words or letters. It can be played by one or more players and is perfect for kids ages 4 and up.
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Pet items
This seat belt tether keeps your dog safe and secure on road trips. It connects to existing seat belts and prevents pets who can’t stay still from moving around too much. It even works well for large breed dogs.
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This travel pet bag is made of durable polyester material and EPE foam, so it’s tear- and abrasion-resistant. It can hold up to 30 pounds and is available in several colors. It even comes with two collapsible pet bowls and pet food storage containers.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal ocean regulators say a new fishing plan has a chance to rebuild the New England cod stock, which is a goal even many commercial fishermen have long regarded as far fetched.
Atlantic cod were once a cornerstone of the New England economy, but the catch has plummeted after years of overfishing, environmental changes and restrictive quotas. Most of the cod sold in the U.S. comes from overseas because many American fishermen avoid the fish-and-chips staple altogether.
But the regulatory New England Fishery Management Council has approved a new strategy that it said has a 70% chance of rebuilding the stock by 2033. The proposal, which is awaiting final approval from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, would use 10 years of low catch limits to try to rebuild the cod population in the Gulf of Maine.
The council said in a statement that the new plan will lower the fishing mortality rate for the fish over the next decade to “offer more protection for Gulf of Maine cod and give the stock a better chance of rebuilding.” But some fishermen are unconvinced cod are ever coming back.
Fishermen have grown used to choking quotas on cod catch and have moved on to other species, said Terry Alexander, a longtime fishermen from Harpswell, Maine, who targets haddock and monkfish these days.
“I would like to have my codfish back, for sure. We could make some money on them. But that's never going to happen," Alexander said. “Codfish is a dead issue with me because we're never going to get them back. If they were jumping out of the water at the dock, we wouldn't get them back.”
U.S. fishermen caught more than 100 million pounds of cod per year in the early 1980s, but that number fell to about 1.3 million in 2021 — the lowest haul in recorded history.
The vast majority of codfish that still comes to the docks in the U.S. does so in Massachusetts. Tens of thousands of pounds of the fish also come to land in Maine and New Hampshire. Foreign catch from countries such as Iceland and Norway dominates the U.S. market.
Environmentalists have pushed for regulators to take a new approach to save the cod stock because of the historic nature of the cod-fishing industry and the fish’s importance to ocean ecosystems. The council’s new plan has a higher chance of success than previous efforts, said Allison Lorenc, senior policy analyst with Conservation Law Foundation.
“This new plan will reduce fishing pressure to help cod recover while supporting fishing communities. Our hope is that this is the first of many decisions that will set cod on a path to a healthy population,” Lorenc said.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries and negotiators from the EU’s parliament reached a provisional deal Thursday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc’s energy mix, another step to accelerate its green transition.
The European Council, which represents the 27 member nations, said the agreement reached after all-night negotiations would raise the renewable energy target to 42.5% of total consumption by 2030. The current goal is 32%.
To meet the EU’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050, the EU’s executive commission supported a target of 45%. The council and the European Parliament left a door open for such an increase, agreeing on “an additional 2.5% indicative top up that would allow to reach 45%.”
Russia’s war in Ukraine has accelerated the EU’s green transition. The bloc reduced its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increased its renewable energy use over the past year.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the agreement announced Thursday would allow “for more ambition and faster roll-out of renewables,”
“This will help us progress towards climate neutrality, strengthen our energy security and boost our competitiveness, all at once,” von der Leyen said.
According to EU data, the bloc’s gas consumption dropped 19.3% during August 2022-January 2023 compared to the average for the same months between 2017 and 2022.
A review by global energy think tank Ember showed that wind and solar generated a record 22% of the EU’s electricity last year and for the first time overtook gas, which accounted for 20%. Coal power accounted for 16%.
The negotiations between the European Parliament and the European Council dragged on into the night because of a rift between two groups of countries over the role of nuclear energy in the production of hydrogen.
In the end, the agreement gave nations the possibility of using nuclear technology.
Under the deal, 42% of the hydrogen used in industry should come from renewable fuels of non-biological origin by 2030 and 60% by 2035. EU countries producing hydrogen from nuclear power would be able to reduce their overall renewable hydrogen production target by 20% if they also reduce the share of hydrogen from fossil fuels.
The deal still needs formal approval to take effect.
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Published by a360media, the magazine empowers readers to embrace more creativity, art, and fun at home
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Available today at more than 35,000 newsstands across the U.S. and Canada, FEEL FREE by interior designer Leanne Ford gives readers the inspiration and confidence to bring more of what they love into their own homes.
"Our world is opening up again, and in new ways — making this a great time to create," said Leanne Ford. FEEL FREE is here to encourage free thinking, free living, and the joy of creating a home YOU love. Throughout my career, I've always encouraged people to create, saying 'here are the ideas, the possibilities, and the tools to play. Now it's YOUR turn.'"
In each issue, Leanne will introduce her favorite artists and destinations to show how creative people live, work and play. The debut issue features:
- An exclusive tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
- A "hand-drawn home" Leanne designed and accented with modern trompe l'oeil
- Artist Heather Chontos' gorgeous, rustic home and studio in France
- A profile of Sister Mary Corita, a groundbreaking screenprint artist
Readers can also look forward to maker how-tos, design tips, quizzes, "before and afters", even tear-out artwork for their walls.
"Leanne's elevated, funky and joyful design aesthetic makes her the ideal editor and curator for a publication like FEEL FREE," said Doug Olson, president & chief media officer of a360media. "There's a certain magic in her design philosophy that empowers everyone to throw away the rules of design to find their own inspiration."
FEEL FREE will be published quarterly by a360media and available in print for purchase anywhere magazines are sold across the U.S. and Canada and online at Magazine Shop. a360media is a leader in celebrity entertainment and produces more than 150 special interest publications a year, covering topics such as celebrity news, home lifestyle, health and wellness, food, and entertainment.
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Leanne Ford is an American interior designer admired for her modern yet lived-in aesthetic and signature "white on white" palette. Sought after by media and consumers alike for her accessible design expertise, Ford and her work are frequently featured in titles such as Architectural Digest, Domino, House Beautiful and The New York Times. Television audiences will recognize Ford from HGTV's Restored by the Fords and Home Again with the Fords, the home renovation series she co-hosted with brother Steve. Ford is equally known for her product collaborations with global brands such as Crate&Barrel and Target. With the launch of FEEL FREE, Ford continues to expand her creative mission, inspiring readers everywhere to embrace the joy of creating. To learn more, visit leanneford.com.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had intended to release a draft report later this year on how the proposed tunnel beneath Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac would affect the environment. Enbridge Energy wants it to house a section of its Line 5 oil pipeline that crosses the bottom of the straits connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
But under the new timeline, the report won’t be issued until spring 2025. An approval decision would be expected in early 2026.
The Corps’ Detroit district office said it revised the schedule after receiving more than 17,000 public comments during an initial “scoping” period. The agency in December ordered Enbridge to redo measurement of wetlands that could be damaged from roads and structures for tunnel construction.
“We greatly appreciate the meaningful input received throughout scoping and will use this information to shape studies and continuing consultations throughout development of our draft environmental impact statement,” District Commander Lt. Col. Brett Boyle said.
The slowdown is a setback for a project that Enbridge originally planned to complete as early as next year, spending about $500 million. Mike Fernandez, a senior vice president of the Canadian company based in Calgary, Alberta, told The Associated Press the cost has risen but did not have a new estimate. The new timeline could push tunnel completion to 2030.
“It’s really, really disappointing,” Fernandez said in an interview ahead of the Corps’ announcement, adding that the delay “flies in the face” of the Biden administration’s pledge to quicken environmental permitting for infrastructure projects.
“To borrow a phrase from the president when he was running, we want to build back better and sooner,” Fernandez said. “But right now, it appears that the federal government, or at least the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has not gotten that message.”
He said Enbridge remains committed to the tunnel for the underwater segment of Line 5 that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, environmental groups and Native American tribes want shut down.
They contend the nearly 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) section is vulnerable to a rupture. Line 5 moves about 23 million gallons (87 million liters) of oil and natural gas liquids daily between Superior, Wisconsin, and Sarnia, Ontario.
Enbridge insists the nearly 70-year-old dual pipes are in good condition and monitored regularly. But the company agreed in 2018 with Whitmer’s predecessor, Republican Rick Snyder, to drill a tunnel that would encase a new pipeline section in concrete.
Many Line 5 critics also oppose the tunnel, even though Whitmer’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy granted a permit. Opponents say it would risk water pollution and promote continued reliance on fossil fuels, which generate planet-warming gases.
The Bay Mills Indian Community, based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, says construction near the straits would harm sensitive wetlands, rare plants and cultural artifacts. Tribal aquatic biologist Brad Wesolek said he raised concerns with the Corps during a September visit to the area and was convinced Enbridge had undercounted wetlands that would be affected.
“It’s a very unique site,” Wesolek said. “It has plants and animals that are only found in the Great Lakes.”
The shorelines host a plant community called limestone bedrock glade, he said, which the Michigan Natural Features Inventory labels imperiled. The plants include the dwarf lake iris and Houghton’s goldenrod, both listed as threatened.
The proposed construction zone has resources of cultural significance, said Whitney Gravelle, the Bay Mills tribal president.
“It’s where we went historically for trade,” she said. “It’s where we performed ceremony. It’s where we would have our fishing camps and our hunting camps.”
Enbridge says its onshore work would damage less than a half-acre of wetlands. But in a Dec. 21 letter, the Army Corps said its September inspection and other evidence showed more work was needed to confirm that.
Fernandez said the Enbridge will conduct another survey but said the initial one was thorough.
The tribe recently asked an administrative law judge to invalidate the state tunnel permit, saying it had relied on faulty wetlands information.
“It needs to be redone or completely thrown away,” said Debbie Chizewer, an attorney with Earthjustice, an environmental law firm representing Bay Mills.
Enbridge also awaits a ruling from the Michigan Public Service Commission on its request to relocate the underwater pipeline segment. The commission last July requested more information about tunnel engineering and hazards.
“As we continue to delve into this permit process, we’re going to find more evidence of why this tunnel should not be built,” Gravelle said.
Fernandez said impeding the tunnel project will only lengthen the time that oil flows through the straits pipes. The company has rejected Whitmer’s order to shut down Line 5. Two lawsuits over its future are ongoing.
Pro-tunnel groups criticized the Corps’ new schedule.
“Every month the project is delayed pushes this important economic and environmental investment down the line,” said Brian Calley, president and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of certain Waste Management redeemable senior notes between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 8, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Waste Management, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the U.S. Department of Justice had indicated to Waste Management that it would require Waste Management to divest significantly more assets than the $200 million indicated in the merger agreement between the Company and Advanced Disposal Services; (ii) as a result, the merger would not be completed by July 14, 2020, the end date under the merger agreement; and (iii) the Waste Management redeemable senior notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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A missing New Jersey State Police trooper who was last seen walking away from a health facility was found safe in Pennsylvania, State Police said Friday.
Jason Dare, 46, of Cumberland County, was reported missing after he was last seen leaving the facility in Media, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
State Police previously described Dare as being an "endangered person."
Pension records show Dare has been a member of the State Police since at least 2004.
— Eric Conklin
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(NewsNation) — The world said a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died earlier this month at age 96 after 70 years on the throne.
A 2,000-strong congregation ranging from King Charles III and other royals to world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden to members of the British public who helped battle the COVID-19 pandemic were in Westminster Abbey for the state funeral.
The queen’s closest relatives were ashen-faced as they followed her coffin to Westminster Abbey for her funeral on Monday, in a meticulously choreographed procession that nevertheless betrayed the high emotions of the day.
After 11 days of momentous change and activity since his mother died, Charles looked distraught and exhausted as the pall bearers carried the coffin into the abbey through the Great West Door for the funeral service.
William and Kate had their children between them as they walked, and could be seen touching their shoulders to support them.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S COFFIN
The queen’s coffin was taken in a procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy.
Her coffin is draped with the Royal Standard, and the Instruments of State, the Imperial State Crown and regalia, which are are laid upon it along with a flower wreath.
2,868 diamonds, along with 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls and 4 rubies, sparkle in the Imperial State Crown.
Queen Elizabeth II and her grandfather, King Geroge V, both used the same vast, medieval Westminster Hall with the coffin resting on a royal purple platform in the middle. A brass cross is at one end of the coffin, the royal standard is draped on top, and tall candlesticks and scarlet- and gold-clad ceremonial guards are carefully placed around it.
The tradition of lying in state stretches back to the time of the Stuarts — who reigned from 1603 to 1714 — when sovereigns lay in state for a number of days. But Edward VII was the monarch who set the modern tradition of lying in state in Westminster Hall in 1910. Archival footage showed that just like today, crowds formed huge lines snaking through central London for a chance to file past their sovereign’s coffin.
ROYAL PROCESSION
King Charles III led the royal family on foot behind the Queen’s coffin. The king walked in a line with his siblings, Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward. Behind them was William, the Prince of Wales, Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Peter Phillips, Princess Anne’s son. They were followed by Princess Anne’s husband Vice Admiral Tim Laurence, the Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester and the Queen’s nephew the Earl of Snowdon.
Camilla, the Queen Consort, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent joined the royal procession behind the coffin as it made its way through the aisle of Westminster Abbey
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY DELIVERS SERMON
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivered the sermon at Westminster Abbey.
“Come holy spirit, and fill our hearts with the balm of your healing love. Amen,” he said.
“Her Majesty famously declared on a 21st birthday broadcast, that her whole life would be dedicated to serving the nation and Commonwealth. Rarely has such a promise being so well kept, few leaders receive the outpouring of love that we have seen,” Welby continued.
HYMN PERFORMED AT PRINCE WILLIAM’S WEDDING SUNG
The choir and congregation sang the third hymn — “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” a Welsh tune which was also performed in 2011 at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey, CNN reports. The arrangement was written by James O’Donnell, a former organist at Westminster Abbey.
TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE
Toward the end of the service, the church and much of the nation fell silent for two minutes. Trumpets rang out before the congregation sang “God Save the King”. The queen’s piper brought the service to an end with a lament that faded to silence.
It followed a rendition of “The Last Post,” a short fanfare played at remembrance services and military funerals.
Crowds outside Westminster Abbey paused to stand in silence, alongside mourners inside the building.
Afterwards, the coffin began its journey through central London, past the queen’s Buckingham Palace home to the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, with the monarch and the royal family following on foot during the 1.5 mile procession.
MEDALS WORN BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S CHILDREN
King Charles wore a Royal Navy no. 1 tailcoat with a sword. His military uniform includes the following medals:
- Queen’s Service Order (New Zealand)
- Coronation Medal
- Silver Jubilee Medal
- Golden Jubilee Medal
- Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Platinum Jubilee Medal
- Naval Long Service Good Conduct
- Canadian Forces Decoration
- The New Zealand Commemorative Medal
- The New Zealand Armed Forces Award.
The Princess Royal also wore a Royal Navy full ceremonial uniform in the rank of admiral. She wore full size medals including:
- Queen’s Service Order
- Coronation Medal
- The Silver, Gold, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals
- Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Royal Navy)
- Canadian Forces Decoration
- Order of St John Service Medal
- New Zealand 1990 Medal
The queen will make her final journey from Westminster Abbey toward Windsor, where she will be buried with her husband, Prince Phillip who died in 2021.
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MIAMI, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand Institute is proud to announce its work in developing the brand name Opvee™ (nalmefene) Nasal Spray from Indivior (through its wholly owned subsidiary, Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 22, 2023.
Opvee is indicated for the emergency treatment of known or suspected overdose induced by natural or synthetic opioids in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression. Opvee is the first FDA-approved nasal spray formulation of nalmefene.
In a recent press release, FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. stated, "The availability of nalmefene nasal spray places a new prescription opioid reversal option in the hands of communities, harm reduction groups and emergency responders."
"The entire Brand Institute and Drug Safety Institute team congratulates Indivior on the FDA approval of Opvee," said Brand Institute's Chairman and C.E.O., James L. Dettore. "The rising overdose rates in the US is alarming and we hope Opvee's innovative nasal spray format helps fight this growing addiction crisis."
About Brand Institute and its wholly owned subsidiary, Drug Safety Institute
Brand Institute has a portfolio of over 5,000 marketed healthcare and consumer brands for more than 1,600 clients. The company partners on over 75% of pharmaceutical brand and nonproprietary name approvals globally every year. Drug Safety Institute is composed of former naming regulatory officials from global government health agencies, including the FDA, European Medicines Agency (EMA), Health Canada, American Medical Association (AMA), and the WHO. These regulatory experts co-authored the name review guidelines with their respective agencies, with many responsible for ultimately approving (or rejecting) brand name applications. Now working for a private company, these professionals provide Brand Institute's clients with industry-leading guidance pertaining to drug name safety (i.e., preventing medication errors), packaging, and labeling.
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BEIRUT — Morocco’s fans in the Arab world took the North African team’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff philosophically. The team had already made history, becoming the first Arab and first African team to reach the semifinals in the international soccer tournament.
In the Moroccan capital, national team’s fans were disappointed by Saturday’s loss, but pointed with pride to the team’s historic performance.
“They remain champions in our eyes,” said Soukaina Makkaoui, a fan in Rabat. “They are now among the four top teams in the world.”
Ali Hachimi, another Moroccan fan, was both proud and sad.
“We would have liked to finish third because the players deserved it after giving their all,” he said.
Along the way, the Moroccan team charmed many Arab soccer fans who saw in the team a reflection of themselves, with players waving the Palestinian flag after their wins and celebrating on the field with their mothers and children.
Seeing Palestinian flags fluttering in the stadium “was an indescribable feeling,” said Ibrahim al-Lilli, who was among thousands of fans in the Gaza Strip who gathered to cheer for Morocco on Saturday.
The games affirmed that the Arab street “supports the Palestinian cause regardless of what their governments do,” he said, referring to the Abraham Accord normalization agreements that four Arab countries — including Morocco — signed with Israel in 2020.
Fans in the besieged Gaza enclave found a bitter solace in the fact that the northern Africa Arab country got as far as it did.
“It’s a defeat, albeit with a taste of victory and joy,” said Ahmed al-Najjar, another fan in Gaza.
In Beirut’s Tarik al-Jdideh neighborhood, where fans were also rooting for Morocco, Muhammad Shaalan said the team’s fourth-place finish is still a point of pride for the Arab world.
“They arrived to the final games and they defeated three of the best big European teams (Belgium, Spain and Portugal),” he said. “I bow my head in respect to them as an Arab team.”
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Associated Press writers Fadi Tawil in Beirut, Tarik El Barakah in Rabat, Morocco, and Wafaa Shurafa in Gaza City contributed to this report.
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Cities across the northeast are seeing a spike in complaints about rats. With high-tech traps and carbon monoxide gas, the Boston area is taking on its growing problem.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Cities across the northeast are seeing a spike in complaints about rats. With high-tech traps and carbon monoxide gas, the Boston area is taking on its growing problem.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-7-2, FIREBALL: 3
(two, seven, two; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-7-2, FIREBALL: 3
(two, seven, two; FIREBALL: three)
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The streak of Mega Millions drawings without a winner continued Friday, pushing Tuesday's projected jackpot to $790 million.
No one matched all six numbers of 14-40-60-64-66 and Mega Ball of 16 in Friday's drawing worth $660 million.
The expected jackpot of $790 million would make the drawing the lottery’s third-largest ever. It would also mark the largest jackpot for the multi-state lottery since January 2021, when it reached $1.05 billion.
It has been over three months since Mega Millions has produced a winner.
Mega Millions has produced four winners so far in 2022. This year's largest jackpot came in January when a $426 million jackpot was claimed in California.
Mega Millions is played in all states except Hawaii, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, and Alabama. The odds of drawing all six numbers in Mega Millions are 1 in nearly 302 million.
Even just matching five numbers is worth $1 million.
Tuesday's drawing will be held at 11 p.m. ET. If a winning ticket is not sold Tuesday, next Friday's jackpot would grow even larger.
Tuesday's drawing also ranks fourth as the largest lottery in U.S. history.
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