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As the owners of Crane Dance Farm in Middleville, Michigan, we are troubled by the language included in the U.S. House of Representatives’ proposed Farm Bill, which threatens to undermine state agriculture laws. This provision is being touted as a “fix” to California’s Proposition 12 — a 2018 state ballot measure that established important food safety and animal welfare standards. The truth is something else: This proposal poses a grave risk to small, family-owned farms like ours. It also challenges the principles of local governance and consumer choice. For more than two decades, Crane Dance Farm has sought to be a cornerstone of our community, and we have held ourselves to a high standard. We are dedicated to sustainable agriculture, humane animal treatment and fostering strong community ties. Our focus has been on restoring soil health and ensuring that our animals lead happy, healthy lives. We are a regenerative farm, certified humane by A Greener World. We take pride in delivering clean, healthy and ethically sourced products that our customers trust and value. The proposed House Farm Bill threatens to disrupt these efforts by potentially invalidating state agriculture laws and regulations and compromising our ability to maintain high standards and provide responsibly sourced products to our community. Supporters of the proposed legislation seek to override state-level regulations designed to protect local agriculture and ensure the welfare of farm animals. States across the country have implemented specific guidelines that are tailored to address the unique environmental, economic and social conditions of their respective regions. By imposing a one-size-fits-all approach, the current version of the House Farm Bill would strip states of their ability to enact and enforce policies that best serve their agricultural communities. Whether you’re a farmer or a consumer, that’s wrong, and it’s bad for you. In contrast to the House version, the proposed Senate version of the Farm Bill, offered by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, demonstrates a strong commitment to — and a deep understanding of — sustainable agriculture. We commend Sen. Stabenow for her strong, consistent and principled history as a champion for Michigan farmers and for animal welfare. We sincerely hope she remains steadfast in her opposition to measures that would undermine state and local agricultural standards and disregard voter preferences, purely to satisfy a small faction of the pork industry that seeks to turn the clock back on humane concern for animals and better products for consumers. We urge the individual members of Michigan’s congressional delegation — and, indeed, all Members of Congress — to carefully consider the far-reaching implications of the Farm Bill, and to stand up for a final version that rejects an unnecessary “fix” for state animal welfare laws. Our nation’s Farm Bill, at its best, should affirm and support the values of local governance, consumer choice and the preservation of our diverse agricultural heritage. The future of small farms and the communities they support depends on it. About the authors: Jill Johnson and Mary Wills are the owners of Crane Dance Farm in Middleville, Michigan. They aim to provide chemical-free pork, beef, lamb, poultry and eggs.DALLAS — Hours after Stars forward Mason Marchment was rushed to the hospital for a gruesome face injury, the team didn’t have any positive news to share. “Not good,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said of Marchment’s status at practice Saturday. The forward, expectedly, was not at Saturday’s mandatory practice following the Stars’ 3-2 overtime loss to Minnesota Friday night. Marchment exited the game late in the first period after he was hit in the face with a puck, causing him to bleed profusely onto the ice. Marchment left for the hospital in the first intermission and never returned. DeBoer said the doctors are still waiting for swelling in Marchment’s face to go down to know more but that he expects the injury will leave him out for weeks rather than days. DeBoer did not provide any further details on what exactly Marchment injured. The Ontario native has been one of the Stars’ best players this season, scoring 12 goals and 15 assists in 33 games. He ranks second on the team in points, trailing only Matt Duchene. Marchment is in his third season in Dallas and has 169 points in 272 NHL games. He has now spent the majority of his career with the Stars. ©2024 The Dallas Morning News. Visit dallasnews.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Sister of Quebec man killed in Florida boat explosion also injured, friend says
Kochera's 34 lead Davidson over Eastern Michigan 86-64Steve Bannon Mocks Elon Musk In H-1B Visa War: 'Toddler'By Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald (TNS) MIAMI — As her students finished their online exam, Arlet Lara got up to make a cafe con leche . Her 16-year-old son found her on the kitchen floor. First, he called Dad in a panic. Then 911. “I had a stroke and my life made a 180-degree turn,” Lara told the Miami Herald, recalling the medical scare she experienced in May 2020 in the early months of the COVID pandemic. “The stroke affected my left side of the body,” the North Miami woman and former high school math teacher said. Lara, an avid runner and gym goer, couldn’t even walk. “It was hard,” the 50-year-old mom said. After years of rehabilitation therapy and a foot surgery, Lara can walk again. But she still struggles with moving. This summer, she became the first patient in South Florida to get an implant of a new and only FDA-approved nerve stimulation device designed to help ischemic stroke survivors regain movement in their arms and hands. This first procedure was at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Lara’s rehab was at at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, part of a partnership between Jackson Health System and UHealth. Every year, thousands in the United States have a stroke , with one occurring every 40 seconds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of strokes are ischemic, often caused by blood clots that obstruct blood flow to the brain. For survivors, most of whom are left with some level of disability, the Vivistim Paired VNS System, the device implanted in Lara’s chest, could be a game changer in recovery, said Dr. Robert Starke, a UHealth neurosurgeon and interventional neuroradiologist. He also serves as co-director of endovascular neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital, part of Miami-Dade’s public hospital system. Arlet Lara, the first patient in South Florida to get an FDA-approved nerve stimulation implant, right, runs into her rehabilitation neurology physician Dr. Gemayaret Alvarez, before her physical therapy appointment on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The implant is designed to help stroke survivors regain function in their arms. (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS) Arlet Lara, the first patient in South Florida to get an FDA-approved nerve stimulation implant designed to help stroke survivors regain function in their arms, goes through exercises while her therapist activates the device during her physical therapy appointment on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The activation works as positive reinforcement to her muscles when she completes the exercise correctly. (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS) Arlet Lara, the first patient in South Florida to get an FDA-approved nerve stimulation implant, does an exercise while Neil Batungbakal, rehabilitation therapist, activates the implant with the black trigger during her physical therapy appointment on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The implant is designed to help stroke survivors regain function in their arms. The activation works as positive reinforcement to her muscles when she completes the exercise correctly. (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS) Arlet Lara, the first patient in South Florida to get an FDA- approved nerve stimulation implant, does an exercise while Neil Batungbakal, rehabilitation therapist, activates the implant with the black trigger during her physical therapy appointment on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Arlet Lara, the first patient in South Florida to get an FDA-approved nerve stimulation implant, right, runs into her rehabilitation neurology physician Dr. Gemayaret Alvarez, before her physical therapy appointment on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The implant is designed to help stroke survivors regain function in their arms. (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS) The Vivistim Paired VNS System is a small pacemaker-like device implanted in the upper chest and neck area. Patients can go home the same day. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the stroke rehabilitation system in 2021 to be used alongside post-ischemic stroke rehabilitation therapy to treat moderate to severe mobility issues in hands and arms. Lara’s occupational therapist can activate the device during rehabilitation sessions to electrically stimulate the vagus nerve, which runs from the brain down to the abdomen and regulates various parts of the body’s nervous system. The electrical stimulation rewires the brain to improve a stroke survivor’s ability to move their arms and hands. Lara also has a magnet she can use to activate the device when she wants to practice at home. Her therapy consists of repetitive tasks, including coloring, pinching cubes and grabbing and releasing cylindrical shapes. After several weeks of rehabilitation therapy with the device, Lara has seen improvement. “Little by little, I’m noticing that my hand is getting stronger. I am already able to brush my teeth with the left hand,” she told the Miami Herald in September. Since then, Lara has finished the initial six-week Vivitism therapy program, and is continuing to use the device in her rehabilitation therapy. She continues to improve and can now eat better with her left hand and can brush her hair with less difficulty, according to her occupational therapist, Neil Batungbakal. Lara learned about the device through an online group for stroke survivors and contacted the company to inquire. She then connected them with her Jackson medical team. Now a year later, the device is available to Jackson patients. So far, four patients have received the implant at Jackson. Starke sees the device as an opportunity to help bring survivors one step closer to regaining full mobility. Strokes are a leading cause of disability worldwide. While most stroke survivors can usually recover some function through treatment and rehabilitation, they tend to hit a “major plateau” after the first six months of recovery, he said. Vivistim, when paired with rehabilitation therapy, could change that. Jackson Health said results of a clinical trial published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet in 2021 showed that the device, “when paired with high-repetition, task-specific occupational or physical therapy, helps generate two to three times more hand and arm function for stroke survivors than rehabilitation therapy alone.” The device has even shown to benefit patients 20 years from their original stroke, according to Starke. “So now a lot of these patients that had strokes 10-15 years ago that thought that they would never be able to use their arm in any sort of real functional way are now able to have a real meaningful function, which is pretty tremendous,” Starke said. Vivistim’s vagus-nerve stimulation technology was developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Texas Biomedical Device Center and is being sold commercially by Austin-based MicroTransponder, a company started by university graduates. Similar devices are used to treat epilepsy and depression . For Lara, the device is a new tool to help her recovery journey. “Everything becomes a challenge so we are working with small things every day because I want to get back as many functions as possible,” Lara said. Patients interested in Vivistim should speak with their doctor to check their eligibility. The FDA said patients should make sure to discuss any prior medical history, including concurrent forms of brain stimulation, current diathermy treatment, previous brain surgery, depression, respiratory diseases and disorders such as asthma, and cardiac abnormalities. “Adverse events included but were not limited to dysphonia (difficulty speaking), bruising, falling, general hoarseness, general pain, hoarseness after surgery, low mood, muscle pain, fracture, headache, rash, dizziness, throat irritation, urinary tract infection and fatigue,” the FDA said. MicroTransponder says the device is “covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance with prior authorization on a case-by-case basis.” To learn more about the device, visit vivistim.com. ©2024 Miami Herald. Visit at miamiherald.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
NoneSuper Micro Computer ( SMCI 11.62% ) shareholders have been through a whirlwind lately. While the stock is up 1,480% in the last two years, it has also fallen over 70% from its record high in the last eight months. As one of Nvidia 's largest partners, the server maker should benefit as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure increases, but Supermicro has also been accused of accounting manipulation. Among the 12 analysts who follow the company, the median 12-month price target of $30.50 per share implies an 8% downside from its current share price of $33. That means six analysts think the stock will fall more than 8% in the next year. Additionally, 19 analysts followed Supermicro three months ago, meaning seven have recently discontinued coverage. Wall Street is clearly shying away from the company. Here are the important details. The bull case: Supermicro is a leading supplier of AI servers Super Micro Computer builds servers, including full server racks equipped with storage and networking that provide customers with a turnkey solution for data center infrastructure. Its internal manufacturing capabilities and "building block" approach to product development let it bring new technologies to market more quickly than its competitors, often by two to six months. Indeed, earlier this year, Rosenblatt analyst Hans Mosesmann wrote, "Super Micro has developed a model that is very, very quick to market. They usually have the widest portfolio of products when a new product comes out." Those advantages have helped Supermicro secure a leadership position in AI servers, a market forecast to grow at 30% annually through 2033, according to Statista. Importantly, Supermicro is also the top supplier of direct liquid cooling (DLC) systems, which could help the company strengthen its position in AI servers. DLC systems reduce data center power consumption by 40% and occupy 80% less space than traditional air-cooled systems. AI servers generate more heat than general-purpose servers, so demand for DLC systems is expected to rise quickly. Indeed, while less than 1% of data centers have historically used liquid cooling, Supermicro estimates 15% (and maybe as many as 30%) of new data center installations will use liquid cooling in the next two years, and the company says it is positioned to "capture the majority share of that growth." The bear case: Supermicro is beset by problems As mentioned, while Supermicro shares are up 1,480% in the last two years, the stock has also nosedived more than 70% from its record high in the last eight months. Below is a month-by-month timeline detailing the events that led to that rapid decline in value. August 2024: Short-seller Hindenburg Research published a report accusing Supermicro of accounting violations, including improper revenue recognition, undisclosed related party transactions, and sanctions evasion. Subsequently, Supermicro delayed filing its Form 10-K for fiscal 2024 , but CEO Charles Liang said the Hindenburg report contained "false or inaccurate statements." September 2024: The Wall Street Journal reported that Supermicro was being probed by the Justice Department after a former employee filed a lawsuit accusing the company of accounting violations, some of which were mentioned in the Hindenburg report. Supermicro also got a letter of noncompliance from the Nasdaq Exchange , saying it had 60 days to file its 10-K or submit a plan to restore compliance. October 2024: Supermicro's auditor, Ernst & Young, resigned. "We are resigning due to information that has recently come to our attention which has led us to no longer be able to rely on management's and the Audit Committee's representations," the company wrote in its resignation letter. Ernst & Young also said it was "unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared by management." November 2024: Supermicro delayed its Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. But the company hired BDO as its new auditor and submitted a compliance plan to Nasdaq before the deadline, saying it would become current with its filings in a timely manner. Now, the Nasdaq must either approve or reject that plan. The situation is even more complicated than what I've just described because Supermicro was accused of similar accounting violations in the past. At that time, the company filed its Form 10-K for fiscal 2017 almost two years late and was fined $17.5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) . Supermicro was also delisted from the Nasdaq Exchange for about 18 months, though shares advanced 73% during that period anyway. Investors should avoid Supermicro stock right now Supermicro shares could soar if the wrongdoings outlined by Hindenburg are found to be inaccurate and then nothing comes of the Justice Department probe. But investors should be at least a little skeptical, given that the SEC has fined the company for similar violations in the past, and Hindenburg says Supermicro has rehired three senior employees involved in the previous scandal. In that context, I think prospective investors should avoid this stock right now. There are simply too many unknowns to make an educated decision, which probably explains why seven out of 19 Wall Street analysts discontinued coverage during the last three months. It may also explain why the remaining 12 analysts have set the stock with a median price target that implies an 8% downside.
Gnomes are supposed to protect gardens and homes from evil spirits and negative energy, but one gnome discovered by police was protecting good energies after officers in the Netherlands found it be made of the drug MDMA and weigh 2kg (4lb). "Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things," Dongemond police said in a translated social media post. They said the garden gnome was “in a strange place”, prompting them to test it for narcotics. The statue was then found to be made entirely of MDMA. The Netherlands remains one of the world’s top producers of MDMA, which is a synthetic party drug also known as Ecstasy. "The gnome himself was visibly startled," police said, referring to the gnome having its hands covering its mouth. It is not known which area the gnome was recovered in, but the Dongemond Police covers the municipalities of Oosterhout, Geertruidenberg, Drimmelen and Altena. MDMA - which is an illegal substance in the Netherlands - is a synthetic party drug also known as ecstasy. As of 2019, the Netherlands was among the world's leading producers of MDMA. A Dutch government commission set up to look at MDMA concluded earlier this year that the drug is “relatively safe”, with users experiencing little long-term health damage and a low incidence of addiction. However, the commission also recommended it should remain on the government’s official list of hard drugs because of its links to organised crime. “Some 90 per cent to 99 per cent of the MDMA produced in the Netherlands is exported to other countries,” Brigit Toebe, the Dutch State Commission chair, said in June, suggesting that moving it to the soft drugs list would “become more attractive for criminals to produce MDMA here. Crime is really a big problem”. Last year, a Scottish man was jailed for more than four years for trying to smuggle over £84,000 worth of MDMA that was hidden in cat food into the country. A Leeds man was also previously charged over a plot to smuggle 90kg (198lb) of the drug into the UK hidden inside pallets of frozen chicken.Apple Sued for Knowingly Hosting Child Sexual Abuse Material on Its Products, Failing to Protect Survivors
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Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Tuesday announced the government's decision to remove gutkha and liquor advertisements from state buses. The decision was taken during the recent Board of Directors (BOD) meeting of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC). Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Deputy CM Agnihotri said HRTC plans to modernise its fleet by replacing nearly 1,000 old buses. This includes the addition of 327 electric buses, 250 small buses, and 100 mini-tempo buses. He also revealed that tenders for 24 Volvo buses had been rejected due to a single bidder, and fresh advertisements would be issued. Deputy CM Agnihotri reiterated the government's commitment to reducing emissions and expanding the electric bus fleet. Highlighting social concerns, Deputy CM Agnihotri said, "The decision to remove gutkha and liquor advertisements from buses is part of the government's larger effort to curb drug addiction and promote a healthier society." He added that the changes are aimed at prioritising public welfare, improving services, and strengthening the state's transport infrastructure. In a significant relief for farmers, the Deputy CM announced an exemption from luggage charges for transporting milk and vegetables. "This move is designed to support the rural economy and uplift the agricultural sector," he said. "HRTC is dedicated to public welfare," Deputy CM Agnihotri stated. "We have introduced this exemption to help farmers bring their produce to markets, thereby strengthening the state's economy," he added. Deputy CM Agnihotri also addressed the ongoing legal challenges faced by HRTC, revealing that the corporation is involved in over 3,000 court cases. "HRTC has recorded a 14% revenue increase from April to October, reaching Rs66 crore. We are focusing on modernising and expanding our fleet, introducing new electric and diesel buses, and ensuring better services for the people of Himachal," he said. The Deputy CM highlighted the introduction of advanced technologies, including credit, debit, UPI, and National Mobility Card systems in HRTC buses. "Himachal Pradesh is the first state in India to implement such measures, benefitting the nearly five lakh passengers HRTC serves daily," he added. "HRTC cannot be run as a purely commercial entity," Deputy CM Agnihotri remarked. "We operate on loss-making routes to serve remote areas and provide essential services. Additionally, we offer significant concessions, including 50% discounts for women and rebates across 28 categories. These efforts require substantial financial assistance from the government," he explained. On infrastructure development, Deputy CM Agnihotri announced plans to establish automatic vehicle testing centres in Hamirpur and Una. He also mentioned redesigning 148 surrendered routes and reassessing the ISBT Shimla allotment under the BOT model. Responding to opposition criticism, Deputy CM Agnihotri dismissed claims about a "toilet tax" as baseless. "The BJP is spreading misinformation. If they want, they can sit in toilets all day to confirm no such tax exists. The sewerage tax, levied at 30% nationally, was introduced during BJP's tenure. Our government has merely amended it to ensure fairness for large commercial establishments using government sewerage lines," he said. The Deputy CM also highlighted reforms in HRTC to ensure timely payment of pensions, salaries, and allowances to employees. "HRTC is not just a transport corporation; it's a lifeline for the people of Himachal Pradesh," he emphasised. 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