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☆ Saint Vincent Court Rejects Challenge to Colonial-Era Anti-Gay Laws
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Robertson S. HenryKINGSTOWN (Reuters) - The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to anti-gay laws dating to British colonial rule on Friday, leaving the Caribbean country among a handful that still prescribes harsh criminal penalties against gays and lesbians. Local laws call for up to ten years incarceration for anyone who has same-sex relations, under a 1988 criminal code that upheld laws from the colonial era. In her ruling, Judge Esco Henry held that Johnson and Macleish did not have the standing to challenge the laws since they do not live in the country. Activists argue that the laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations between adults encourage physical abuse and discrimination, even though they are rarely if ever enforced. But elsewhere in the Caribbean, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados have decriminalized gay sex in 2022, while Trinidad and Tobago struck down its ban altogether in 2018.

Persons: Robertson S, Henry KINGSTOWN, Javin Johnson, Sean Macleish, Judge Esco Henry, Johnson, Macleish, Cristian Gonzalez, Saint Vincent, Henry, Sarah Morland, David Alire Garcia, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, Activists, Rights Watch Locations: Saint Vincent, Grenadines, Caribbean, Jamaica, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Guyana, Grenada, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Kingstown, Mexico City

☆ What we'd like to see from 3 economic readings and 2 earnings reports next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The major averages advanced again this week as earnings results came in largely better than expected, interest rates stabilized and oil prices dropped below $80 a barrel. Looking ahead, we'll get a couple more earnings results and some key inflationary data to chew on. In this past week, we bought 150 shares of DuPont (DD) and added 75 shares of Wynn Resorts (WYNN). As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Stocks, Wynn Resort's, WYNN, we'll, That's, —, we're, it's, PANW, Tyson, Henry Schein, Spero, Sanara, Sara Lee Corp, JD.com, Woodward, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Mario Anzuoni Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Coterra Energy, Emerson, Disney, PPI, TJX, Palo Alto Networks, DuPont, Wynn Resorts, WYNN, Tyson Foods, TSN, Tower Semiconductor, Partners, Genius Sports, Spero Therapeutics, Star Bulk Carriers Corp, Beauty Health, Asure, Gladstone Capital Corp, TeraWulf Inc, Harrow Health, Afya, Sea, Paysafe Group Holdings, Solar Inc, Aramark Holdings Corp, Lending, Holding, BioXcel Therapeutics, IHS Inc, Rewalk Robotics, Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Energizer Holdings, Power Solutions, Rekor Systems, Wine Estates, Momentus Inc, SIGMA Lithium Corporation, AlTi, QuickLogic Corporation, Arcturus Therapeutics, Dada Nexus, Solutions, Target Corp, Parts, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Alto Networks, Cisco Systems, Chemical & Mining Co, PennantPark Investment Corp, Copa Holdings S.A, Walmart, Arcos Dorados Holdings, ARCO, NICE, Body, Warner Music Group Corp, Ross Stores, Homes, Dolby Laboratories Inc, American Software, ESCO Technologies, ZTO, International, BJ's Wholesale, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Maxx Locations: Macau, Chile, Cayman, Pasadena , California

☆ Vaping Declines Among High School Students, Survey Shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Christina Jewett | More About Christina Jewett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

About 90 percent of the students who reported vaping said they used flavored products, citing favorites that tasted like fruit and candy. Public health experts also linked other state and local flavor bans and education campaigns to the falling high school vaping rate, which is the lowest in nearly a decade. In all, about 2.1 million middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes, down from 2.5 million last year. While the agency has authorized about two dozen vaping products for sale, thousands of illicit candy-colored flavored vapes have flooded the country and are top sellers. Other researchers noted that the combined general use of tobacco products by middle and high school students barely fell, to 10 percent this year from 11 percent last year.

Persons: vaping, Juul, Brian King, There’s, Dr, Neff, “, ” Dr, ”, Karen Knudsen Organizations: Public, ., Food and Drug Administration, Federal, University of Southern, American Cancer Society Locations: California, University of Southern California

☆ E-cigarette use declines among high school students, FDA and CDC say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elf Bar disposable vape flavored vaping e-cigarette products are displayed in a convenience store on June 23, 2022 in El Segundo, California. The findings, a part of the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, showed that from 2022 to 2023 e-cigarette use among high school students declined to 10% from 14.1%, a drop representing about 580,000 fewer high schoolers. Current use of any tobacco product by high school students declined by an estimated 540,000 students, to 1.97 million in 2023 from 2.51 million in 2022. E-cigarette usage has been the most commonly used tobacco product among both high school and middle school students for a decade. "The FDA remains concerned about youth tobacco product use, and we cannot and will not let our guard down on this issue," King said.

Persons: Patrick T, FALLON, PATRICK T, Brian King, King, we're Organizations: Juul Labs, US Food and Drug Administration, Getty, Tobacco Survey, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, FDA, Esco Locations: El Segundo , California, AFP

But the recent shift toward e-cigarettes that can’t be refilled has created a new environmental dilemma. U.S. teens and adults are buying roughly 12 million disposable vapes per month. But the quantities used in vaping devices are too small to warrant salvage. Disposable e-cigarettes currently account for about 53% of the multi-billion U.S. vaping market, according to U.S. government figures, more than doubling since 2020. The company has incinerated more than 1.6 million pounds of vaping waste in recent years, mostly unsold inventory or discontinued products.

Persons: ”, Yogi Hale Hendlin, Michael Garland, ” Garland, Brian King, “, New York Sheriff Anthony Miranda, Bob Cappadona, Daniel Ryan, Shelly Fuller, ” Fuller, Joseph Frederick, Matthew Perrone Organizations: WASHINGTON, University of California, Environmental, Agency, EPA, FDA, Regulators, New, Veolia, Centaurus High, ”, Twitter, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: U.S, San Francisco, Monroe County , New York, Arkansas, New York City, New York , California, Monroe County, “, New York, Gum Springs , Arkansas, Boulder County , Colorado, Boulder

☆ How surgeons in Ukraine are saving soldiers' lives with a simple tube grown from human cells
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's a small tube called the human acellular vessel (HAV) designed to treat traumatic vascular injuries mostly due to blasts and shrapnel. Why vascular injuries are so dangerousVascular injuries are a leading cause of preventable death in military combat and a leading cause of amputation. They're lab-grown from human vascular cells in about eight weeks and then sanitized to be ready as an off-the-shelf replacement blood vessel. HumacyteVascular surgeons often treat traumatic vascular injuries with grafts. Humacyte plans to file an application with the FDA later this year for HAVs to treat traumatic vascular injuries.

Persons: HAVs, —, Oleksandr Sokolov, Sokolov, Humacyte, Laura Niklason, they're, Niklason, Niklosan, Jeffrey Lawson Sokolov, HAVs aren't, Miechia, Esco, What's Organizations: Service, FDA's, International, Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Humacyte, Humactye, FDA, HAVs Locations: Ukraine, It's, Afghanistan, Russia

☆ Buy this renewable energy stock that has as much as 47% upside, UBS says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

UBS is initiating coverage of a key renewable energy company with a buy rating thanks to projects it's involved in that will benefit from the Biden administration's environmental efforts. The firm has a price target of $60 on Ameresco , which represents 47% upside against the stock's Monday closing price of $40.78. Ameresco is a diversified player in the renewable space with projects that range from solar power to landfill gas capture to battery storage. AMRC YTD mountain Shares of energy company Ameresco have declined roughly 18% from the start of 2023. "While this presents a near-term risk for AMRC, we ultimately expect the IRA to drive increased demand and lower project costs."

☆ Gourmet fish bladder races chicken, beef to profitability in Singapore's lab meat push
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Chen Lin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Two years after Singapore greenlighted lab-grown meat for human consumption, mass production has yet to start. The technological, regulatory and scale barriers to entry for cultivated meat are very high compared to plant-based meat, said Didier Toubia, chief executive of Israel's Aleph Farms, which makes cultivated beef steak. "It's too high and it's embarrassing ... We lose money every time someone enjoys our cultivated chicken," Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick said. Hong Kong-based Avant Meats is more bullish than Eat Just, with ambitions to make a premium food, cultivated fish maw. Fish maw is the swim bladder of a fish, a delicacy prized in China that could fetch up to thousands of dollars per kilogram, depending on its grade.

☆ India's utility vehicles sales rise in Dec, demand for entry-level cars muted
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Nandan Mandayam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - India's top automakers in December reported a double-digit rise in the sale of the more expensive utility vehicles, while entry-level cars saw muted demand despite discounts. Auto sales numbers are keenly watched as they are among the key indicators for assessing private consumption, which has more than 50% weightage in calculating the country's economic growth. Utility vehicles (UV), among the fastest-growing segments, saw a 22.3% rise in sales at Maruti Suzuki India (MRTI.NS) and 62.2% at Mahindra and Mahindra (MAHM.NS). Hero MotoCorp (HROM.NS), the world's largest bikemaker, reported a marginal fall in sales, while Bajaj Auto's (BAJA.NS) two-wheeler sales dropped 22%. The commercial vehicles (CV) segment reported a double-digit growth for December, with sales at industry leaders Eicher Motors (EICH.NS) and Ashok Leyland (ASOK.NS) rising 17.3% and 44.9%, respectively.

☆ Man who punched 67-year-old Asian woman 125 times in N.Y. gets 17 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A New York man who was caught on video punching an elderly Asian woman 125 times earlier this year was sentenced to over 17 years in jail in connection with the hate crime attack, officials announced Tuesday. In the brutal assault he called the woman of Filipino descent an “Asian b----” and she was left suffering bleeding on her brain and multiple facial fractures. She said the victim and her family worked with the district attorney's office all while recovering from her injuries. Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said there was no relationship between the two, and the incident was an isolated attack. "As the attack happened, all I could think was, ‘Please Lord let me live, please Lord my daughters need me,'" she continued.

☆ New York Man Who Violently Attacked Asian Woman Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A man has pleaded guilty to a state hate-crime charge in Westchester County after being caught on video in March punching and stomping on a woman of Filipino descent. A New York man accused of punching an Asian woman more than 100 times in an unprovoked attack has pleaded guilty to a state hate-crime charge, prosecutors said Tuesday. Tammel Esco , 42 years old, was caught on video surveillance in March in Yonkers, N.Y., repeatedly punching and stomping on a 67-year-old woman of Filipino descent.

☆ Man accused of punching 67-year-old Asian woman 125 times in NY pleads guilty to hate crime
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The New York man who was caught on video punching an elderly Asian woman more than 100 times earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday to a hate crime charge, officials announced. Tammel Esco, 42, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime, a violent felony, said a statement from the Westchester County District Attorney’s office. In a plea deal, he'll be sentenced on Nov. 29 to 17 1/2 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision, the statement said. The plea comes seven months after the brutal March 11 attack, in which Esco called the 67-year-old victim, a woman of Filipino descent, an “Asian b----." An image from a security camera shows a man about to attack an Asian woman in the lobby of a building in Yonkers, N.Y. Yonkers Police Dept.

☆ Interviu cu Vlad Burac, CEO Renergy Solutions: Linia de credit GEFF și Selectorul de Tehnologii Verzi ale BERD au potențialul de a accelera dezvoltarea pieței energiei verzi în Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Ion Ceban | ) unimedia.info time to read: +13 min

Bun, revenind la energie verde, noi Renergy, acoperim tot segmentul. Totodată, înțelegem perfect că interesul sporit pentru proiecte de energie verde este uneori indirect proporțional cu gradul de realizare. Oamenii trebuie să înțeleagă ca 5-7 ani e ok pentru recuperarea investițiilor. Nu au trecut nici 5 ani și deja vorbim despre panouri de 500, 600 și chiar 800 de wați. Cu oameni vizionari, avem foarte multe șanse să ajungem din urmă țările dezvoltate din lume.

Organizations: Economiei Verzi, Banca Europeană, BERD, Green Technology Locations: Moldova, auzisem, 400kw, Republica Moldova, GTS, SUA

☆ Александру Чудин: Умный город – это умные люди
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-21 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +17 min

О потенциале Молдовы в развитии умных городов мы поговорили с директором Агентства энергоэффективности Александру Чудиным. Умные города должны внедрять новейшие технологии, чтобы создавать и улучшать качество жизни для всех, а не только для определенной группы людей. Если мы сравним европейский город 2000-х годов и город 2020 года, мы заметим, что 20 лет назад инфраструктура была цифровой. Город Вена построил умный район – Асперн, который также имеет сложную систему общения с горожанами по вопросам развития города. Очевидно, что нам предстоит пройти долгий путь, прежде чем мы сможем построить настоящие умные города, но хорошо, что мы сделали первые шаги.

Persons: — –, Александр Чудиным Organizations: Smart, Агентство энергоэффективности Locations: Молдова, Кишинев, Амстердам, Вена, Асперн, Лондон, Европа, Республика Молдова

☆ Alexandru Ciudin: Chișinăul nu trebuie să ia exemplu de la alte orașe, ci să fie inteligent în măsura în care să rezolve problemele locuitorilor săi
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-21 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Ion Ceban | ) unimedia.info time to read: +17 min

Un oraș inteligent este mai întâi de toate format din oameni inteligenți. Totodată, cred că cel mai inteligent oraș este Amsterdam. Integrarea acestor sisteme de sănătate în conceptul general al unui oraș inteligent este foarte interesantă. Această abordare creează oportunități pentru dezvoltarea orașelor inteligente și o atitudine pozitivă a locuitorilor față de soluțiile inovatoare. Multe localități au elaborat planuri de dezvoltare, inclusiv planuri de acțiuni, unde cu siguranță au prevăzut și o componentă de smart city.

Organizations: Smart City Locations: Republica Moldova, Chișinău, Amsterdam, Viena, Aspern, Londra, străinătate, Europa, Moldova

☆ Căutăm o clădire publică în Chișinău pentru implementarea unui proiect de modernizare a sistemului de iluminat (proiect ESCO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

Acest proiect se propune a fi realizat prin aplicarea metodei noi de finanțare a proiectelor Contract de Performanță Energetică (ESCO). ESCO – este un contract între un beneficiar și un prestator de servicii energetice care propune implementarea măsurilor de eficiență energetică, verificate și monitorizate pe toată perioada contractului. Astfel, fără a investi fonduri proprii, Beneficiarul va primi următoarele avantaje:Reducerea facturilor la electricitate; Un spațiu de lucru sănătos cu o distribuție a luminii naturale. În acest context, căutăm o clădire publică (clădiri ale instituţiilor de învăţămînt sau cu destinația sportivă) în or. Chișinău care necesită înlocuirea sistemului de iluminat, care s-ar plia pe următoarele criterii:Instituția este la auto-gestiune.

Organizations: PNUD Locations: Alianţa, Chișinău

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