CNH announces Global Leadership Team changes Basildon, December 16, 2024 CNH (NYSE: CNH) today announces leadership changes designed to capitalize on current market opportunities in its Agriculture business in the North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. These developments will support the Company at this stage of the agricultural cycle, readying it for the upswing. Scott Harris will assume the role of President, North America, effective January 1, 2025. Markus Müller will join CNH as President, EMEA, effective March 1, 2025. The Company has selected these two new regional leaders based on their extensive experience and capabilities. Their leadership will be instrumental in executing CNH's strategic goals and driving success in these regions. With this announcement, Vilmar Fistarol is stepping down as President, North America, effective December 31, 2024, and he will remain in an advisory role with CNH during H1 2025. Furthermore, Carlo Alberto Sisto is stepping down as President, EMEA, with immediate effect. North America leadership North America is a core region, offering significant opportunities for CNH's most advanced products, technologies and services. Scott Harris brings multifaceted experience across the Company's agricultural operations, and is currently the Global Brand President of Case IH and STEYR. In North America, he has led both the Financial Services business - CNH Capital - and the Parts & Service division. Scott Harris has also helmed our CASE Construction Equipment, New Holland Construction and Case IH brands in the region. Across these leadership roles, he has gained intimate knowledge of our Case IH and New Holland brands, their dealer networks, and customers across the region. EMEA leadership Agriculture in the EMEA region is dynamic and diverse, requiring a wide range of specialized solutions. CNH's portfolio is ideally placed to increasingly serve this region across its different geographies and farm types. Starting March 1, 2025, Markus Müller will join CNH as President, EMEA. Mr. Müller arrives from the global engine manufacturer DEUTZ AG, and brings with him a wealth of relevant industrial and commercial experience. He was most recently Chief Technology and Chief Sales Officer, alongside serving as an Executive Board Member. He began his career at DEUTZ AG in 2006 where prior to his most recent appointment, he served as Senior Vice President of Product Development & Technical Customer Support, preceded by leadership roles in Research & Development. From 2016 - 2018, Mr. Müller was Managing Director of HJS Emission Technology, where he was responsible for Product Development, Operations and Sales. Stefano Pampalone, Agriculture Chief Commercial Officer, will assume the role of President, EMEA, ad interim, in addition to his current responsibility until February 28. Mr. Pampalone and Mr. Müller will work together over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition in the leadership of the EMEA region and its agriculture activities. "Vilmar is stepping down as President, North America at the end of 2024 after 34 years of outstanding service, having positively impacted many areas of our business across our global regions. He hands over the reins to Scott, who is the natural choice to lead North America,” said Gerrit Marx, Chief Executive Officer at CNH. "I would like to warmly thank Carlo for his 26 years of committed service during which he has spearheaded significant developments across our regions, most recently having taken the helm of EMEA post-COVID and navigating a challenging phase of the agriculture cycle. In Stefano, we have an experienced leader who will ensure a smooth transition until Markus's arrival on March 1. We are excited to welcome Markus to the CNH team and confident that his extensive industrial and commercial experience will drive significant progress across the EMEA region,” said Mr. Marx. CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNH) is a world-class equipment, technology and services company. Driven by its purpose of Breaking New Ground, which centers on Innovation, Sustainability and Productivity, the Company provides the strategic direction, R&D capabilities, and investments that enable the success of its global and regional Brands. Globally, Case IH and New Holland supply 360° agriculture applications from machines to implements and the digital technologies that enhance them; and CASE and New Holland Construction Equipment deliver a full lineup of construction products that make the industry more productive. The Company's regionally focused Brands include: STEYR , for agricultural tractors; Raven , a leader in digital agriculture, precision technology and the development of autonomous systems; Hemisphere , a leading designer and manufacturer of high-precision satellite-based positioning, and heading technologies; Flexi-Coil , specializing in tillage and seeding systems; Miller , providing tillage, seeding and hay & forage implements; and Eurocomach, producing a wide range of mini and midi excavators for the construction sector, including electric solutions. Across a history spanning over two centuries, CNH has always been a pioneer in its sectors and continues to passionately innovate and drive customer efficiency and success. As a truly global company, CNH's 40,000+ employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world. For more information and the latest financial and sustainability reports visit: cnh.com For news from CNH and its Brands visit: media.cnh.com Contacts: Media Relations Email: [email protected] Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Forward-looking Statements All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release including competitive strengths; business strategy; future financial position or operating results; budgets; projections with respect to revenue, income, earnings (or loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity, capital structure or other financial items; costs; and plans and objectives of management regarding operations and products, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding the future performance of CNH and its subsidiaries on a standalone basis. 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Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, among others: economic conditions in each of our markets, including the significant uncertainty caused by geopolitical events; production and supply chain disruptions, including industry capacity constraints, material availability, and global logistics delays and constraints; the many interrelated factors that affect consumer confidence and worldwide demand for capital goods and capital goods-related products, changes in government policies regarding banking, monetary and fiscal policy; legislation, particularly pertaining to capital goods-related issues such as agriculture, the environment, debt relief and subsidy program policies, trade and commerce and infrastructure development; government policies on international trade and investment, including sanctions, import quotas, capital controls and tariffs; volatility in international trade caused by the imposition of tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, and trade wars; actions of competitors in the various industries in which we compete; development and use of new technologies and technological difficulties; the interpretation of, or adoption of new, compliance requirements with respect to engine emissions, safety or other aspects of our products; labor relations; interest rates and currency exchange rates; inflation and deflation; energy prices; prices for agricultural commodities and material price increases; housing starts and other construction activity; our ability to obtain financing or to refinance existing debt; price pressure on new and used equipment; the resolution of pending litigation and investigations on a wide range of topics, including dealer and supplier litigation, intellectual property rights disputes, product warranty and defective product claims, and emissions and/or fuel economy regulatory and contractual issues; security breaches, cybersecurity attacks, technology failures, and other disruptions to the information technology infrastructure of CNH and its suppliers and dealers; security breaches with respect to our products; our pension plans and other post-employment obligations; political and civil unrest; volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, including pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), terrorist attacks in Europe and elsewhere; the remediation of a material weakness; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from our business initiatives as part of our strategic plan; including targeted restructuring actions to optimize our cost structure and improve the efficiency of our operations; our failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances or divestitures and other similar risks and uncertainties, and our success in managing the risks involved in the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions relating to the factors described in this press release, which are sometimes based upon estimates and data received from third parties. Such estimates and data are often revised. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside CNH's control. CNH expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to provide, update or revise any forward-looking statements in this announcement to reflect any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based. Further information concerning CNH, including factors that potentially could materially affect its financial results, is included in the Company's reports and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). All future written and oral forward-looking statements by CNH or persons acting on the behalf of CNH are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein or referred to above. Additional factors could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements included in the Company's filings with the SEC (including, but not limited to, the factors discussed in our 2023 Annual Report and subsequent quarterly reports). Attachment 20241216_PR_CNH_GLT_Announcement_NA_EMEA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever . Related Articles Politics | Trump’s picks for top health jobs not just team of rivals but ‘team of opponents’ Politics | Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus Politics | Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action Politics | City of St. Paul finds Council Member Anika Bowie violated workplace conduct policy in airing grievances against fellow council member Politics | A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can’t take it back on his own Clinton is being treated for the flu, Angel Urena, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, said in a statement about his release. “He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received,” Urena said. “He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all,” Urena said. The 78-year-old Democrat was hospitalized on Monday afternoon for testing and observation. Clinton served two terms as president from January 1993 until January 2001. He addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, and campaigned in the fall for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , who lost the election to Republican Donald Trump in November. Clinton recently published his newest book, “Citizen,” a memoir about his life after the White House and the role of philanthropy in it.Cardinals Place OTs Paris Johnson & Jonah Williams On IR Among Other MovesRed Cat Holdings Inc RCAT reported second-quarter financial results for fiscal year 2025 after the bell on Monday. Here’s a rundown of the report . What Happened: Red Cat reported second-quarter revenue of $1.53 million, missing analyst estimates of $4.13 million. The drone technology company reported a second-quarter loss of 18 cents per share, missing analyst estimates for a loss of eight cents per share, according to Benzinga Pro . “In the second half of 2024, our company decided to focus on the Black Widow, anticipating its success in the SRR final production contract,” said Jeff Thompson , CEO of Red Cat. “We halted production of the Teal 2 to retool for the Black Widow, prioritizing long-term growth over short-term revenue. This strategy has proven successful, enabling us to meet the demands of the new Army contract and all other Black Widow sales and programs of record while managing critical technology integration through our Red Cat Futures Initiative partners. We are now well-positioned to fulfill these demands.” Red Cat ended the quarter with $5.7 million in cash and accounts receivable. The company noted that it has closed on an additional $6 million in financing since the end of the quarter. Check This Out: Taiwan Semiconductor CEO Highlights AI-Powered Drones, Next-Gen Robots As Growth Drivers What’s Next: Red Cat expects full-year revenue for calendar year 2025 of $80 to $120 million. “We are also pleased to announce our partnership with Palantir. With Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence and visual navigation, we believe the Black Widow is one of the most capable drones ever fielded by the Department of Defense. This rucksack-portable drone, powered by Palantir’s software, will boost revenue per drone and increase gross margins,” Thompson said. Red Cat on Monday announced a partnership with Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR to integrate navigation software into its Black Widow drones. The collaboration is expected to help transform autonomous small unmanned aircraft systems operations for modern warfare. Red Cat’s management team will further discuss highlights from the quarter on a call with analysts and investors at 4:30 p.m. ET. RCAT Price Action: Red Cat Holdings shares were down 13.88% in after-hours, trading at $9.04 at the time of publication Monday, according to Benzinga Pro . Photo: MAcroEcon via Shutterstock © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
THE drums of war are beating. Vladimir Putin is threatening to incinerate all of us in a nuclear conflagration. In response, the feeble, cash-strapped European Union is struggling to raise an army after decades of feasting on an imaginary peace dividend. 11 Donald Trump wants to turn the world order on its head Credit: Getty 11 Ukraine’s war is now unwinnable for President Volodymyr Zelensky Credit: Getty 11 Even Mad Vlad Putin is not mad enough to go nuclear Credit: Reuters Alarm bells are sounding for the first time since the Cold War as Ukraine unleashes UK and US missiles deep inside Russia, raising the risk of pan-European conflict. Scary times. But are we really facing World War Three? To quote Dad’s Army’s Lance Corporal Jones: “Don’t panic!” Read More on World News EMPTY THREAT Ukraine vows to SHOOT DOWN Vlad’s new missile that he's used to threaten UK ROCKET BLAST Moment Brit pilot films Russian ROCKET soar past his plane en route to space At least, not yet. Still, frontline states such as Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland are taking the threat seriously. Peacenik Germany has finally woken up to the Russian menace and invited 800,000 Nato troops to carry out war games on its soil. In America, you can buy “affordable bunkers to survive the apocalypse now — fallout shelters that won’t break the bank” — at $140,000 a pop. Most read in The Sun CASE RULING McGregor sexually assaulted rape accuser in Dublin hotel, civil case jury rules LIGHTS OFF Scots city cancels annual Christmas festival amid amber weather warning TAN CAM RAID Scots Turkish barbers raided after 'sunbed spy cam' discovered in shop SNATCH PLOT Shocking moment man escapes being bundled into white van by thugs in kidnap bid Here in Britain, an online newspaper captures the mood with survival tips such as: “How to stop your skin melting” and “Why you should keep your mouth open so your eardrums don’t burst . . .” One misstep away from global conflict Nothing sells better than a horror story. Watch explosive moment 'British Storm Shadow missiles strike inside Russia' The truth is that the world is paying dearly for the absurd 76-day power gap between Donald Trump’s election as US President on November 5 and his inauguration on January 20. The vacuum is being filled by sabre-rattling as both sides in the Ukraine conflict strive to make irreversible gains before Trump enters the White House . The crisis has been stoked by doddery Joe Biden, who belatedly handed Ukraine the long-range missiles it might have previously used to end the war. Instead, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s attacks deep inside Russia have provoked the Kremlin into threatening nuclear retaliation. On Thursday, after hitting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a nuke-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile, Putin declared the UK and US could now be targets for Russia. We need to calm down. Even Mad Vlad is not crazy enough to nuke the West. And if he were, China wouldn’t let him. Moscow and Beijing may be joined at the hip in seeking to hobble the mighty American colossus. But Beijing dictator Xi Jinping intends to achieve this by stealth and coercion — not by letting his junior partner unleash Apocalypse Now. This is not to understate the unnervingly sinister risk to world peace. We have learned from two catastrophic world wars — and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis — that we are always just one hideous misstep away from global conflict. Amid this crisis, we find ourselves in the hands of the most unpredictable and erratic world leader of modern times. Donald Trump has stoked tensions by threatening to turn the world’s economic, diplomatic and military order on its head. 11 11 Beijing dictator Xi Jinping wants to KO the US by stealth and coercion Credit: AFP 11 Doddery Joe Biden took too long to OK the missiles to Ukraine Credit: Getty 11 Why is Sir Keir Starmer axing defence projects? Credit: PA He is ready to crack heads together in the Middle East, sink China’s exports and launch trade wars with Europe. But first up, Ukraine. The 47th President-elect is ready to walk away from a European conflict which he insists has absolutely nothing to do with the US. Yet while European Union leaders have dithered and wrung their hands, American taxpayers forked out £140BILLION in aid and arms to Ukraine. Enough is enough, says Trump. This might be a bluff by the world’s biggest bluffer. But only a fool would call it. Which explains why Kyiv leader Zelensky is grabbing every weapon he can lay hands on to beat off the Russian bear while he still has time. They include the long-range American ATACMS and, thanks to PM Keir Starmer , Britain’s lethal Storm Shadow cruise missiles , already deployed with devastating effect this week. And yet, admirable as this may be in defence of brave Ukraine, it merely prolongs an unwinnable war. Putin, himself a formidable negotiator, has raised the stakes by insisting foreign-made weapons used against Russia are grounds for nuclear retaliation . This leaves the EU dangerously exposed. Despite the overlapping membership of Nato, the EU’s 27 member states have become flabbily impotent. For half a century, taxpayers’ trillions have been lavished on social-welfare spending while mere pennies have been set aside for the military. Armies are depleted while naval and air defences are running on fumes. In the face of the biggest threat to peace since World War Two, Europe today stands effectively defenceless. During his first term of office, President Trump put a bomb under EU leaders, making them cough up more cash for military spending. But not enough. Germany, which once armed its troops with broomsticks instead of rifles, is the worst culprit. Despite its role as the EU’s economic dynamo, the Ukraine conflict has shown it was totally dependent on Russian oil and gas. Now, with the heat on, Berlin is offering to host 800,000 Nato troops on its soil to defend the Fatherland if Russia invades Finland or the Baltic states. Under Article 51 of the Nato alliance, an attack on any of its 32 member nations is deemed an attack on all. Formerly pacifist regimes now understand the only way to preserve peace is to prepare for war. In 1960s, we practised diving under the table Late in the day, Europe’s liberal elites in countries such as Sweden and Holland have ordered industrial and agricultural interests to stockpile food, fuel and vital equipment including diesel generators. Which underscores the madness of Keir Starmer’s declaration of war on Britain’s hard-pressed farmers. We may soon need every acre to plant crops and dig for victory. Nor can Labour now justify its decision to mothball our coal, gas and oil resources at a time of soaring energy prices in pursuit of Ed Miliband’s insane Net Zero deadline. Voters will also ask why this Government is scrapping five Royal Navy warships, dozens of military helicopters and drones and perhaps even our two brand-new aircraft carriers. If our plodding PM has learned anything from his never-ending overseas meetings with world leaders, it is surely that socialism is no substitute for a proper defence policy. We have been through similar crises in the past, not least the decades-long Cold War when the Kremlin really did pose a nuclear threat to our survival. In the 1960s we lived with the possibility of imminent attack, heralded only by a “four-minute warning” on old war-time sirens. 11 Government advice booklets from the 1970s Credit: Alamy 11 A nuclear device known as The Badger, a 2,000-kiloton bomb, tiny by today’s standards, detonated at the US Defense Dept’s Nevada test site in 1953 Credit: Alamy 11 Zelensky is grabbing every weapon he can lay his hands on to beat off the Russian bear while he still has time including the long-range American ATACMS Credit: Alamy 11 Britain’s lethal Storm Shadow cruise missiles have already been deployed with devastating effect this week We practised diving under the dining room table, or standing in doorways which are more likely to survive a blast. The best-selling book On The Beach portrayed Aussies awaiting their “last days on Earth” after a nuclear war in the northern hemisphere. Peter Sellers made us laugh nervously in Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. Women protesting against Polaris missiles camped out for years at RAF Greenham Common, while “Red Ken” Livingstone fatuously declared London a “nuclear-free zone”. By the 1980s, East-West negotiations reached the basis for an uneasy truce. It was literally MAD — “Mutually Assured Destruction”. Press the red button and we all die. In my early days as The Sun’s Political Editor, I accompanied PM Margaret Thatcher to Moscow for various talks with Soviet leaders. I had a ringside seat at one of the most significant disarmament summits between Russia’s Mikhail Gorbachev and American President Ronald Reagan . The superpower leaders agreed on huge, if symbolic, missile cuts, captured on Page One of The Sun by an image of nukes launched harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean. “We reaffirmed our solemn conviction that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” said the two world leaders in 1988. The Berlin Wall fell one year later, marking the so-called End Of History. But nuclear weapons cannot be disinvented. Mutually Assured Destruction remains the only bulwark against Armageddon. Luckily, Donald Trump is a master of The Art Of The Deal. Putin is desperate to be treated with respect on the world stage, not as a global pariah. For all his bombast, he knows his country has suffered disastrous losses in blood and treasure from his blundering assault on Ukraine. Tough call for so-called European superstate Sanctions have blocked Russia’s stagnant economy from Western advances in technology. A permanent ceasefire is negotiable, but only if Putin is not humiliated. There could be deals which revive Russia’s lucrative trade in oil and gas. Putin will want to be re-admitted to the top table of the world’s most powerful economies, making the G7 into the G8 once again. Brave Ukraine cannot fight on without allied support. Nor should it be abandoned to exist in a “frozen war”, perpetually intimidated by Russia. Which is where the European Union must step in. Ukraine is now Europe’s responsibility, not America’s. The EU’s member states must find the resources to guard their own borders. They can rely on Nato — which includes the US and UK — but only if they raise defence spending by billions. This is a tough call for the so-called European superstate, which has spent the past five decades effectively disarming. Read more on the Scottish Sun COMIC'S CASTLE Still Game star takes £150,000 hit to offload luxury £4m Scots castle HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Much-loved pub named best music bar in Scotland A failure of will at this crucial point would be disastrous. If Putin digs his heels in on Ukraine, we might yet find ourselves buying “affordable bunkers to survive the apocalypse”.
NC Central 131, Va.-Lynchburg 51ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Kaylene Smikle scored 16 points and made a couple key baskets down the stretch to help No. 10 Maryland hold off George Mason 66-56 in a matchup of unbeatens Saturday at the Navy Classic. The Terrapins (7-0) led by just two when Smikle stole the ball and made a layup while being fouled. The free throw pushed the lead to 58-53. Then a putback by Smikle put Maryland up by seven. The Terps won despite shooting 13 of 26 on free throws. George Mason (6-1) trailed by 10 at halftime before outscoring Maryland 18-7 in the third quarter. The Patriots' final lead was 49-48 in the fourth after a jumper by Kennedy Harris. Harris led George Mason with 26 points. Maryland is off to its best start since winning its first 12 games in 2018-19. George Mason: The Patriots have lost all nine meetings with Maryland, but it's been more competitive of late. The Terps won 86-77 last year, and this game was more competitive than the final score suggested. Maryland: After a down season by their standards, the Terps are off to a nice start, but the free-throw problems in this game nearly cost them. With the score 55-53, George Mason had a chance to tie, but the Patriots never really recovered after Smikle swiped the ball from Harris and went the other way for a three-point play with 3:08 remaining. Although Maryland was awful at the line, at least the Terps got there. George Mason was only 3 of 8 from the stripe, and the Terps held the Patriots to 32% shooting from the field. George Mason faces Navy in this event Sunday. Maryland takes on Toledo. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
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NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his arraignment on murder charges. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally, was not required to enter a plea and did not speak at the hearing in Brooklyn criminal court. Zapeta, wearing a white jumpsuit over a weathered black hooded sweatshirt, will remain jailed and is due back in court on Friday. His lawyer did not ask for bail. Zapeta is charged with two counts of murder, accusing him of intentionally killing the woman and killing her while committing arson. He is also charged with one count of arson. The top charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called the attack a “gruesome and senseless act of violence” and said it would be “met with the most serious consequences.” The apparently random attack occurred Sunday morning on an F train that was stopped at the Coney Island station. Police said Tuesday the victim's identification is still pending. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who may have been sleeping in the train, and set her clothing on fire with a lighter. Zapeta then fanned the flames with a shirt, engulfing her in fire, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said in court Tuesday. Zapeta then sat on a bench on the subway platform and watched, police said. According to Rottenberg, Zapeta told detectives that he didn’t know what happened but identified himself in images of the attack. Zapeta's lawyer, Ed Friedman, did not speak to reporters after the arraignment. Video on social media appears to show some people looking on from the platform and at least one police officer walking by while the woman is on fire inside the train. NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta said Sunday that several officers responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be" while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. “Officers who were on patrol on an upper level of that station smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate. What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. They eventually put the fire out, but “unfortunately, it was too late,” Tisch said, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Zapeta was taken into custody Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after teenagers recognized him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. The shelter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta was deported in 2018 but later reentered the U.S. illegally. The crime deepened a growing sense of unease among some New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system, amplified by graphic video of the attack that ricocheted across social media. Overall, crime is down in the transit system compared to last year. Major felonies declined 6% between January and November compared to the same time period last year, according to data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. But murders are up, with nine killings this year through November compared to five during the same period last year. Earlier this month, a Manhattan jury acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny in the chokehold death last year of an agitated subway rider. The case became a flashpoint in debates over safety, homelessness and mental illness on the system. Policing the subway is difficult, given the vast network of trains moving between 472 stations. Each stop contains multiple entry points and, in many stations, multiple floors and platforms.Why Miami’s Pop-Tarts Bowl appearance is important even after missing College Football Playoff
Demolition began last week on the old visitor center at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument near Crow Agency. The battlefield was recently awarded a construction contract to replace the 73-year-old visitor center. The National Park Service is coordinating with the park's associated tribes and stakeholders to develop interpretive exhibits that better tell the complex stories surrounding the landscape, site and people. The nearly $14 million project is funded by the Centennial Challenge program and donations through the National Park Foundation (NPF), including a lead grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The new 9,000-square-foot building will be constructed on the footprint of the old visitor center. Nomlaki Technologies LLC, based in West Sacramento, California, is a 100% tribally owned company of members of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. The new building will provide prominent views of the battlefield and will feature a roof deck, an improved parking area, accessible walkways, and enhanced visitor amenities to accommodate increased visitor use.Area officials react to layoffs at Semikron Danfoss in MarcyDon Quixote is pronounced “dawn kih hoh tee”, colonel is pronounced “kuh nuhl”. English teacher Chitra learned this only after she got a smartboard. “Switching from blackboard to smartboard is one of the major changes in the past two decades,” says Chitra who teaches at a Chennai school. Her students now make PowerPoint presentations which are captured on mobile phones and uploaded to a YouTube channel, with the link shared with all students. Technology has changed the way teachers teach and students study. And the pandemic has accelerated the change. “When I started as a teacher in the 1990s, classroom instruction relied heavily on textbooks, explanations, and exam preparation,” says G J Manohar, a retired economics teacher. “Now, if students don’t understand something in class, they go online to access videos that explain things better.” University professors say online education has flipped things around in colleges and universities. “Students come to class to discuss and clarify what they read online. Classrooms have become more interactive, less about information delivery and more about engagement,” said T R Gopalakrishnan, head of the department of journalism and communication, University of Madras . Students are more comfortable with gadgets than books; it helps that online books are more interactive. “These days, students are preparing for exams entirely based on online books on laptops and mobile phones. They also prepare their own notes as PowerPoints,” said professor D Arivudainambi, department of mathematics, Anna University . In higher education, more and more students have started to enrol for degree, diploma, and other courses in Tamil Nadu in the past two decades. The Gross Enrolment Ratio increased by around five percentage points to 47% in the last 10 years alone in Tamil Nadu. There is also a greater emphasis on employability than a couple of decades ago. But the standout change is the shift to online mode. Online courses and certifications from portals such as NPTEL and SWAYAM have more takers after the pandemic. But even legacy institutions such as IITs have embraced the change. The online BS degree in data science by IIT Madras has attracted thousands, including working professionals from across the country. “More than 35,000 students are enrolled in two BS programmes, with nearly 35% from families with less than 5 lakh a year income. This combination of access, flexibility, affordability, and value is possible only by using digital means,” said professor Andrew Thangaraj of IIT Madras. Since the turn of the century, deemed and private universities have also come into their own. “Moving away from the affiliating system of education helped us transition from ‘standardisation at scale’ to ‘quality and innovation and scale’ in education. It’s similar to moving from Henry Ford’s Model-T to the Tesla model in education in the past two decades,” said Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, partner at Catalincs and former CMD, Cognizant India. But as digital tools reshape education, experts emphasise the need for a balanced approach. “While technology has made resources more accessible, it has also shortened attention spans in classrooms,” says Dr Sangeetha Chandrasekaran, a psychiatrist at SCARF and a school counsellor in Chennai. What has changed Use of technology in classroom learning No takers for BSc maths, physics and chemistry courses More focus on skilling college students No takers for core engineering courses Online courses and accessing e-content in mobiles Attention span; excessive use of gadgets What has not changed Preference for computer science-related courses Assessment of students Teacher shortage in primary and middle schools Faculty shortage in colleges, universities Poor learning outcomes Unusable toilets and hygiene issues Events that shaped education in the past 25 years 2007 | Abolition of entrance exams On the grounds that rural students are unable to get into professional courses including BE, BTech and MBBS, BDS, then CM M Karunanidhi abolished The Tamil Nadu Professional Course Entrance Examinations. Admission was based on Class XII marks in maths, physics, chemistry & biology. 2017 | NEET-based medical admissions Introduction of NEET-based medical admissions left aspirants in shock in Tamil Nadu. Students were not used to competitive exams. The syllabus had also not been updated for more than 10years. First-year, only four students from govt schools got MBBS admissions. This led the govt to introduce 7.5% special reservation for them three years later. 2020 | Pandemic and thereafter The long period of online education and lack of in-person classes created learning gaps. Students struggled to write exams after returning to school. It took 2 years for normalcy to return. 2021 | State Education Policy Following differences with the Centre on the National Education Policy, 2020, Tamil Nadu announced that it would bring an exclusive State Education Policy. It formed a panel headed by Justice D Murugesan, which has submitted recommendations. The panel’s report is yet to be made public 2022 | Breakfast scheme A flagship scheme of the Stalin-led govt, it offers free breakfast to nearly 20lakh children in govt schools. Govt says it has improved academic performance. State govt also launched a skilling initiative called Naan Mudhalvan, Ennum Ezhuthum to ensure all children below eight age can read and write by 2025.
Massive reactions as southwest governor moves to allow Sharia court in Oyo, details emergeA woman visits an exhibition titled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art” at the National Museum of China in Beijing. — Xinhua photo BEIJING (Dec 17): “From differences results the most beautiful harmony.” Niu Dong, 13, mused before the words of Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher who lived around 500 BC. The junior high school student from Beijing was visiting an exhibition on Hellenic art and life at the National Museum of China. Though an avid enthusiast of Chinese history, Niu was amazed by the timeless appeal of Greek aesthetics. The quote, displayed prominently on a wall, seemed to set the tone for a journey into an intriguing world of pottery, gold and silverware, murals and sculptures. In China, there is rising interest in cultural things, with museums becoming increasingly popular. “The demand for a deeper knowledge of culture, history and art at museums has soared in recent years,” said Wang Xi, who works for the National Museum of China. During the summer of 2024, an average of 1.6 million people applied for the 26,000 tickets in the daily quota of the museum. People visit an exhibition titled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art” at the National Museum of China in Beijing. — Xinhua photo Cultural confidence Guan Jian, a sociology professor at Nankai University, called this phenomenon “cultural awakening.” He attributed it to the country’s economic success in recent decades, which offers more resources and opportunities for cultural pursuits. At the National Museum of China, Niu also visited an exhibition on ancient China. He was captivated by the bronze masks that dated back to around 3,000 years ago. He was amazed at the skillful use of phosphorus and welding in bronze ware, which he said shows the technological sophistication of ancient Chinese people. Li Chaoyang, a 30-year-old resident in Beijing, saw the Hellenic exhibition as an opportunity to broaden his horizons. “Exploring how other societies evolve, their perspectives on beauty, and their pursuit of it helps us see the world in a fresh way,” he said. The exhibition, themed “beauty,” showcases 279 relics that illustrate ancient Greece’s aesthetic evolution from the late Neolithic period to the first century BC. Spectators can breathe in Hellenic scents from rose and myrrh, while enjoying an art film in a small Hellenic-style theater at the exhibition’s finale. In the first three weeks since its opening on Nov. 6, the exhibition had received more than 45,000 visitors, with 62 percent of them under the age of 35. It runs until June 5, 2025. People visit an exhibition titled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art” at the National Museum of China in Beijing. — Xinhua photo Exchanges and resonance As he strolled among the exhibits, 25-year-old Zhang Guyu noticed the many parallels between Chinese and Western mythology, reminiscent of what Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung called the “collective unconscious.” Pointing to figures of Zhurong in Chinese mythology and Prometheus in Greek mythology, who are both revered as bringers of fire to humanity, Zhang said such cultural resonances reflect a universal quest to understand the world and humanity’s place within it. “Themes of love, beauty and sacrifice for the greater good run through all these myths,” said Zhang, an English interpreter. In 2023 alone, China added 268 new museums. Numerous high-profile exhibitions were held this year, including a showcase of the ancient Inca civilization in Shenzhen and an exhibition on ancient Egypt in Shanghai. Nationwide, 6,833 museums in the country logged 1.29 billion visits in 2023. A woman visits an exhibition titled “The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art” at the National Museum of China in Beijing. — Xinhua photo Many of the young visitors at the Hellenic exhibition were there in part to complement their studies. For example, Niu’s visit was inspired by the upcoming history curriculum of next semester. Similarly, Wang Yudan, a senior high school student from Chengdu in Sichuan, traveled here over the weekend to experience the artifacts firsthand. “Seeing the objects in person is more inspiring than reading about them in textbooks,” she said. “It makes history more engaging and easier to absorb.” Gao Zheng, director of the National Museum of China, emphasized the relevance of ancient civilizations to modern challenges. The wisdom contained within these artifacts holds unique value for addressing the problems of the times, he said. As one visitor wrote in the Hellenic exhibition guest book: “One can see as far into the future as one can into the past.” — Xinhua
The Miami Hurricanes, who once appeared to be a near-lock for the College Football Playoff, are not playing for a national title. Instead, they will play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando. That bowl berth against Iowa State is a let-down for fans with dreams of a sixth national title in their minds, as well as players hoping to compete for a championship. However, Miami’s trip to Orlando and the lead-up to it are still crucial periods for the Hurricanes for multiple reasons. First, it’s a chance for the program to achieve something it has not done in more than two decades: win 11 games. Although the 11th win won’t get them closer to a championship, it is a good sign of the program’s progress over Mario Cristobal’s tenure. It would also end UM’s five-game losing streak in bowls. “We’re not satisfied,” Cristobal said. “We want to win every single game. We won 10. We were close on the other two, but close isn’t good enough. We want progress. We’re hungry and driven to get better, and so that’s what our focus is on: to improving as a football program, to getting better, to moving into the postseason with an opportunity against a great football team like this and putting our best on the field.” There are signs the Hurricanes will show up at close to full strength for the bowl game. Running back Damien Martinez announced he was going to play, and star quarterback Cam Ward said in a video call posted on social media that he intends to play, as well. “We’re trying to win our first bowl game in 20 years,” Ward said in the video, mistaking the length of UM’s long bowl losing streak. “We’re going hard.” Playing in the bowl game also provides the opportunity for the Hurricanes to get in several practices between now and the game. That means Miami can develop its young players and prepare them for next season during both the practices and the bowl game itself. “It’s extremely valuable,” Cristobal said. “You really don’t have many opportunities throughout the course of the year — time is limited more and more each season with your student-athletes. I want to state this and be very clear: it’s very important, it’s ultra-important for the University of Miami to continue to develop and grow and progress by stressing the importance of offseason opportunities ... You learn a lot about your team and learn a lot about your people and your program when you head to the postseason.” Of course, there are potential negatives. Players can get hurt; Mark Fletcher Jr. suffered a foot injury in the Pinstripe Bowl last year that cost him all of spring practice. A poor performance can also potentially set the tone for next season, like how Florida State, fresh off a playoff snub last year, suffered a devastating loss against Georgia in the Orange Bowl and went on to a dismal 2-10 season this year. “This is the ending of ’24 and the beginning of ’25,” Cristobal said. “This is the last opportunity to be on the field and carry some momentum into the offseason. So it is, in essence, it is the most important game because it’s the next game. “There’s a lot of excitement in the form of opportunity for our guys. Our guys love to play football. The chance to play one more time with this special group — this is a special group of guys now. They’ve worked hard to really change the trajectory of the University of Miami, and they want to continue to elevate the status and the culture at the University of Miami. So certainly a ton to play for.” ____ Get local news delivered to your inbox!new documentary on the killing of JonBenet Ramsey is sure to become a favorite of villains eager to learn how to use slick production to distort the truth. The narrative is shameless propaganda and meretricious fiction designed to smear honest police officers who took on the Colorado establishment to get justice for a slain little girl. For decades, the Boulder Police Department has been a scapegoat because the complexities of the case are easy to misrepresent and because Colorado law prohibits investigators from revealing evidence during an ongoing criminal investigation — preventing officers from defending themselves. JonBenet was a 6-year-old beauty queen who was found dead in her home on Dec. 26, 1996, with blunt force trauma to her head and a white nylon cord around her neck, which caused asphyxiation. With his vitriolic attacks against police officers, particularly lead detective Steve Thomas, Mr. seems intent on exacting a perverse form of revenge against law enforcement consistent with his past criticism of the American justice system and his view that many innocent people are incarcerated. Mr. social justice activism notwithstanding, the officers working on the JonBenet Ramsey case were guided by the evidence. They were brave enough to ignore enormous pressure to essentially let this case disappear. It is intellectually dishonest to portray the Boulder police as incompetent for focusing on the Ramseys when parents are commonly involved when children are killed in their home. Parents such as Mark Klaas, whose daughter was murdered in 1993, are often questioned first. Unlike Mr. Klaas, who hounded police to solve his daughter’s case, the Ramseys hired a public relations firm. They waited four months to meet with detectives after intense negotiations with their defense attorneys. Their lawyers, hired within a day after JonBenet was killed, demanded that the interview be no longer than an hour, that John and Patsy Ramsey be interviewed together and that any statements they made to police previously be provided before the interview. The documentary’s thesis, that an intruder killed JonBenet, partially relies on unidentified foreign DNA found on the body but ignores the fact that many experts have assessed the biological material is so minuscule and degraded that it is most likely unrelated to the crime. A 21⁄2-page ransom note left in the Ramsey home is a crucial piece of evidence. Several experts believe that Patsy Ramsey wrote the note, including Chet Ubowski, a handwriting expert with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and FBI linguistics expert James Fitzgerald, who helped identify Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. The FBI also assessed that an intruder would never write such a lengthy ransom note nor waste time writing practice notes — all of which were drafted in the Ramsey home on a pad that belonged to Patsy. There is also a 911 call that raises questions about the original version of events provided to police. The Ramseys told authorities that their 9-year-old son, Burke, was asleep when they called 911, and that he didn’t wake up until 7 a.m. Yet an enhanced audio recording of the call — omitted by — reveals a childlike voice in the background apparently saying, “What did you find?” to which John replied, “We’re not talking to you.” Patsy then said: “What did you do? Help me, Jesus.” These comments were made after Patsy thought she had hung up, unaware that the dispatcher remained on the line. JonBenet was also a chronic bed-wetter, and according to the autopsy, there were indications that her hymen was exposed — both of which suggest she might have endured ongoing sexual abuse. The Ramseys have said they put JonBenet and Burke straight to bed when they came home from a Christmas party around 9:30 p.m. The autopsy, however, found undigested pineapple in JonBenet’s digestive tract that would have been consumed at around midnight. A bowl of pineapple in the Ramsey home that had Burke and Patsy Ramsey’s fingerprints on it was found by police. Fibers from Patsy Ramsey’s clothing matched fibers found on the duct tape on JonBenet’s mouth. I do not know who killed JonBenet Ramsey, and I would be ecstatic if anyone suspecting any of JonBenet’s family members involved is proved wrong. Still, police should not be accused of maliciously targeting the Ramseys or ignoring evidence for investigating family members. Lou Smit, a special investigator deputized by the Boulder County district attorney, believed the Ramseys were innocent. He suspected that an intruder attacked JonBenet with a stun gun as part of an attempted kidnapping. This theory has been debunked by experts, including another DA investigator, James Kolar, who not only demonstrated that stun-gun marks don’t match JonBenet’s bruises but also that they more closely resembled some items found in the Ramsey household. In August 1998, Mr. Thomas, the lead detective, issued a stinging letter of resignation, asserting that conflicts of interest between the Boulder DA and the Ramseys’ defense attorneys were hindering the investigation. Shortly thereafter, prosecutors convened a grand jury. Smit testified and presented his theory of the case to a grand jury that in 1999 voted to indict the Ramseys on two counts of child abuse resulting in death — an inconvenient truth that Mr. should have taken into deeper consideration. While consistently failing to present a fair depiction of the investigation in the documentary, this glaring omission reveals a stunning display of malice for Mr. Thomas and the other detectives who selflessly devoted themselves to getting justice for JonBenet. Ron Walker, former FBI Denver supervisory agent, was the first federal agent on the scene. While he has said that the police made mistakes, he asserts that their primary error was not being tougher by separating and interviewing the Ramseys from the beginning. No investigation is perfect, but the Boulder police worked hard to solve this case and continue to do so because their loyalty is to the slain little girl — where it belongs. . Copyright © 2024 The Washington Times, LLC. .
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This first installment of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability, version two rule finalizes updates to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and makes some administrative corrections effective Jan. 15, 2025. But it leaves questions about certifying artificial intelligence enhancements unanswered for now. WHY IT MATTERS The U.S. Health and Human Services said in Monday's publication of the new Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: TEFCA rule that while it received 270 comment submissions on the range of proposals in the proposed HTI-2 draft , it only reviewed and responded to comments on a narrower set of proposals at this time. The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office (ASTP) of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology summarized and responded to comments related to TEFCA information blocking exceptions and made a few Health IT Certification Program administrative updates on Monday. For example, HTI-TEFCA updates specific requirements related to the expired provision permitting health IT to demonstrate security tagging of Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture documents at the document level. The new final rule focuses on amended information blocking regulations that include definitions related to the TEFCA Manner Exception and implemented provisions to support the framework, according to Leigh Burchell of Altera Digital Health, who is the current vice-chair and incoming chair of the Electronic Health Records Association Executive Committee. This first portion finalizing parts of HTI-2 allows ASTP to "solidify pillars" of TEFCA that "outgoing leadership wants to leave as a legacy," said Burchell said in a statement from the HIMSS EHR Association sent to Healthcare IT News Thursday. Rounding out the updates are corrections to the ONC HTI-1 Final Rule , which add privacy and security certification requirements for algorithmic-based clinical decision support tools. While HTI-1 established a certification criterion for DSI, replacing the term "clinical decision support," the agency said it erred in neither proposing nor finalizing corresponding privacy and security requirements needed to certify DSI modules. "This omission was an oversight," the agency said. However, comments related to the Insights Measures – a key to gaining HHS certification of health IT modules – "are still being reviewed and considered, and may be the subject of subsequent final rules related to such proposals in the future," the agency said. THE LARGER TREND The HTI-1 final rule, which implements the EHR Reporting Program provision of the 21st Century Cures Act by establishing certification requirements for HIT developers, became effective in March. HTI-1 included requirements for certified health IT developers to report on metrics that provide insight into how certified health IT is used to support care delivery. Developers have long been concerned about the scope of work required for AI transparency compliance and tight timelines for compliance, which the agency did not specify in HTI-1. "We have not finalized proposed requirements that Health IT Modules clearly indicate when source attributes from other parties are unavailable," the agency said last year. "As currently drafted, the Insights Measures are likely to produce data of questionable value – something we have been stressing to ASTP since publication of the HTI-1 proposed rule in 2023," Burchell said. "As we inch closer to the January 1, 2026, start date, the uncertainty of finalized measurements creates challenges. We hope that future rules finalizing HTI-2 proposals will include helpful and necessary clarifications." The health IT industry is not the only group concerned about finalizing HTI-2. In October, The American Hospital Association expressed concern over "burdensome" encryption requirements and timelines in the proposed rule for healthcare IT interoperability. ON THE RECORD "We expect the remaining components of the HTI-2 proposed rule to be split into multiple other final rules," Burchell said in a statement. "In doing so, the EHR Association hopes that ASTP/ONC will prioritize the necessary additional technical corrections specific to health IT vendors, the most urgent of which relate to Insights Measures." Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.Trump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it?Demolition began last week on the old visitor center at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument near Crow Agency. The battlefield was recently awarded a construction contract to replace the 73-year-old visitor center. The National Park Service is coordinating with the park's associated tribes and stakeholders to develop interpretive exhibits that better tell the complex stories surrounding the landscape, site and people. The nearly $14 million project is funded by the Centennial Challenge program and donations through the National Park Foundation (NPF), including a lead grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The new 9,000-square-foot building will be constructed on the footprint of the old visitor center. Nomlaki Technologies LLC, based in West Sacramento, California, is a 100% tribally owned company of members of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. The new building will provide prominent views of the battlefield and will feature a roof deck, an improved parking area, accessible walkways, and enhanced visitor amenities to accommodate increased visitor use. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.
