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ROCK HILL, S.C., Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 3D Systems Corporation DDD announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Third Quarter Highlights (All numbers are unaudited and are presented in millions, except per share amounts or as otherwise noted) Revenue of $112.9 million decreased 9% year-over-year primarily driven by macro weakness in printer sales, partially offset by approximately 10% growth in consumables sales Healthcare Solutions revenue of $55.1 million grew 5% year-over-year, led by strong growth in Dental and Personalized Healthcare solutions Customer interest in 3D printing applications continued to gain momentum, with revenues in the Application Innovation Group (AIG) growing over 26% year-to-date versus prior year across industrial markets Q3'24 gross profit margin of 36.9% and Non-GAAP gross profit margin (1) of 37.6% included a $3 million headwind related to an increase in inventory reserves - if excluded, Non-GAAP gross profit margin was 40.2% Q3'24 net loss of $178.6 million, diluted loss per share of $1.35, which includes $143.7 million associated with the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets. Non-GAAP diluted loss per share (1) of $0.12 Q3'24 negative Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $14.3 million Updating guidance for remainder of FY'2024 to now include expected full-year revenues within the range of $440 million - $450 million Unaudited Three Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30, (in millions, except per share data) 2024 2023 Revenue $ 112.9 $ 123.8 Gross profit 41.7 55.4 Gross profit margin 36.9 % 44.7 % Operating expense 222.5 68.9 Loss from operations (180.8 ) (13.6 ) Net loss attributable to 3D Systems Corporation (178.6 ) (11.7 ) Diluted loss per share (1.35 ) (0.09 ) Non-GAAP measures for year-over-year comparisons: (1) Non-GAAP gross profit margin 37.6 % 44.8 % Non-GAAP operating expense 61.4 55.8 Adjusted EBITDA (14.3 ) 4.7 Non-GAAP diluted (loss) income per share $ (0.12 ) $ 0.01 (1) See "Presentation of Information in this Press Release" below for a description, and the Appendix for reconciliations of non-GAAP measurements to the most closely comparable GAAP measures. Summary Comments on Results Commenting on third quarter results, Dr. Jeffrey Graves, president and CEO of 3D Systems said, "As recently shared, our third quarter revenues continued to be impacted by sluggish capital investments by our customers for new production capacity, particularly in the Industrial markets, impacting the sale of new printing systems. On a positive note however, capacity utilization for our installed printer fleet broadly increased, translating into an increase in consumable revenues, which grew nearly 10% on both prior year and sequential comparisons. While 2024 has been a challenging year for new printer system sales, we are increasingly encouraged about the future, driven in large part by customer demand for our Application Innovation Group, a group of highly skilled process specialists who assist customers in developing new applications for 3D printing. Year-to-date this group, which spans both polymer and metal solutions, has experienced a rise of over 26% in revenues derived from new application development, particularly in highly regulated markets such a semiconductor equipment manufacturing, oil & gas, aerospace & defense markets, and our medical markets. Much of this performance, and the future growth potential it implies, has been fueled by an aggressive cycle of innovation at our company, enabled by our sustained focus on new product innovation across all of our major polymer and metal printing solutions. As a result of this sustained focus, which we believe differentiates us from many others in our industry, we are on pace to deliver nearly 40 new products to market since the third quarter of last year, and 25 in calendar 2024 alone. We believe no other company in our industry has matched this output that we expect will pay dividends in growth and profitability improvements as the economy rebounds in the future." Dr. Graves continued, "Given our strong focus on new product innovation, over the last two years we've also completely altered our manufacturing model from nearly 100% outsourced, to taking full responsibility for our integrated supply chain by in-sourcing procurement, assembly operations and logistics. This transition is now virtually complete, and, while it required short-term increases in expenses and working capital, we believe it is absolutely essential in driving smooth new product introductions, high quality product and delivery performance and, importantly, long-term customer satisfaction and gross margin improvements as factory efficiencies increase. While weakness in our end-markets over the last several quarters has muted these benefits, as volumes recover we expect to realize them increasingly over time. With our in-sourcing efforts now close to completion, our near term focus has shifted to managing working capital and capex spend to improve cash performance. This has been increasingly effective as we entered the second half of the year, as demonstrated by the stabilization of our cash reserves in the third quarter. We were also pleased to deliver a sequential reduction in operating expenses, in line with our previous expectations, and expect the benefits of restructuring actions previously taken to positively impact our cost structure in the quarters ahead." Dr. Graves concluded, "As we look to the end of the year, the consistent fueling of our R&D engines as we moved through a tougher macro environment period is now driving an acceleration of exciting new customer applications, supported by outstanding new products spanning from new printer hardware to advanced engineering materials, to enhancement of our software capabilities. We believe this positions us well as the geopolitical and economic headwinds of the last 18 months ultimately begin to recede. Given timing uncertainties and normal quarter-to-quarter inventory management at year-end, we believe it is prudent to be conservative in our outlook for the full year. As such, we are updating our revenue expectations for the full year 2024 to be between $440 million and $450 million. From an OPEX perspective, we expect to see continued improvement consistent with our prior comments, namely that OPEX will decrease again in Q4, to below $60 million. These combined factors should yield a sequential improvement in Adjusted EBITDA and will place us on a trajectory towards profitability in the quarters ahead. We will continue our balanced view of short-term focus on cash performance and improving profitability, while meeting the longer-term needs of our customers from a technology and service perspective. In keeping our customers' production goals clearly in our sites each day, we believe that substantial long-term value will be created for all of our stakeholders in the years ahead." Summary of Third Quarter Results Revenue for the third quarter of 2024 decreased approximately 9% to $112.9 million compared to the same period last year, primarily driven by lower printer sales, partially offset by approximately 10% growth in materials. Gross profit margin for the third quarter of 2024 was 36.9% compared to 44.7% for the same period last year. Non-GAAP gross profit margin was 37.6% compared to 44.8% for the same period last year. Gross profit margin decreased primarily due to unfavorable absorption associated with lower volumes and approximately $3 million associated with an increase in inventory reserves, partially offset by favorable mix. In addition, gross profit margin from the prior year period includes approximately $4.5 million of incremental revenue recognized by our Regenerative Medicine business at 100% margin related to incremental milestone recognition which did not repeat in the third quarter of 2024. Operating expense for the third quarter of 2024 was $222.5 million compared to $68.9 million for the same period last year and includes $143.7 million associated with the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets taken during the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP operating expense of $61.4 million increased $5.6 million compared to the same period last year, while improving $2.7 million on a sequential basis. The sequential improvement was primarily driven by benefits associated with prior restructuring actions. Net loss attributable to 3D Systems Corporation for the third quarter of 2024 was $178.6 million compared to a net loss of $11.7 million for the same period last year. The decline from prior year was primarily impacted by the previously referenced $143.7 million associated with the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets taken during the third quarter of 2024. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $19.1 million to a loss of $14.3 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflects lower revenue, lower gross margin and higher operating expense. As previously noted, the third quarter of 2023 also included the benefit of approximately $4.5 million of incremental milestone recognition by our Regenerative Medicine business at 100% margin that did not repeat in the third quarter of 2024. Updating 2024 Outlook Based on current macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, 3D Systems is updating its financial guidance for the remainder of 2024 as follows: Revenues for the full-year 2024 within the range of $440 million - $450 million Non-GAAP gross profit margin for the full-year 2024 within the range of 38% - 40% Maintain the expectation for Non-GAAP operating expense of less than $60 million for Q4'24 Adjusted EBITDA to improve sequentially Financial Liquidity At September 30, 2024, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $190.0 million, a decrease of $141.5 million since December 31, 2023. The decrease resulted primarily due to cash used in operations of $37.1 million, capital expenditures of $10.8 million, and repayment on borrowings of $87.2 million. At September 30, 2024, the company had total debt, net of deferred financing costs of $211.7 million. Q3 2024 Conference Call and Webcast The company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss these results on November 27, 2024, which may be accessed as follows: Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Time: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time Listen via webcast: www.3dsystems.com/investor Participate via telephone: 201-689-8345 A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the live presentation at www.3dsystems.com/investor . Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements made in this release that are not statements of historical or current facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from historical results or from any future results or projections expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In many cases, forward looking statements can be identified by terms such as "believes," "belief," "expects," "may," "will," "estimates," "intends," "anticipates" or "plans" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based upon management's beliefs, assumptions and current expectations and may include comments as to the company's beliefs and expectations as to future events and trends affecting its business and are necessarily subject to uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of the company. The factors described under the headings "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other factors, could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected or predicted in forward-looking statements. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not, and should not be relied upon as a guarantee of future performance or results, nor will they necessarily prove to be accurate indications of the times at which such performance or results will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included are made only as the date of the statement. 3D Systems undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements made by management or on its behalf, whether as a result of future developments, subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law. Presentation of Information in this Press Release 3D Systems reports its financial results in accordance with GAAP. Management also reviews and reports certain non-GAAP measures, including: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross profit margin, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP diluted income (loss) per share, and Adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that management does not view as part of 3D Systems' core results as they may be highly variable, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Management believes that the non-GAAP measures provide useful additional insight into underlying business trends and results and provide meaningful information regarding the comparison of period-over-period results. Additionally, management uses the non-GAAP measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and financial performance, including allocating resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. 3D Systems' non-GAAP measures are not calculated in accordance with or as required by GAAP and may not be calculated in the same manner as similarly titled measures used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. To calculate the non-GAAP measures, 3D Systems excludes the impact of the following items: amortization of intangible assets, a non-cash expense, as 3D Systems' intangible assets were primarily acquired in connection with business combinations; costs incurred in connection with acquisitions and divestitures, such as legal, consulting and advisory fees; stock-based compensation expenses, a non-cash expense; charges related to restructuring and cost optimization plans, impairment charges, including goodwill, and divestiture gains or losses; impact of equity method investments; certain compensation expense related to the 2021 Volumetric acquisition; and costs, including legal fees, related to significant or unusual litigation matters. Amortization of intangibles and acquisition and divestiture-related costs are excluded from non-GAAP measures as the timing and magnitude of business combination transactions are not predictable, can vary significantly from period to period and the purchase price allocated to amortizable intangible assets and the related amortization period are unique to each acquisition. Amortization of intangible assets will recur in future periods until such intangible assets have been fully amortized. While intangible assets contribute to the company's revenue generation, the amortization of intangible assets does not directly relate to the sale of the company's products or services. Additionally, intangible assets amortization expense typically fluctuates based on the size and timing of the company's acquisition activity. Accordingly, the company believes excluding the amortization of intangible assets enhances the company's and investors' ability to compare the company's past financial performance with its current performance and to analyze underlying business performance and trends. Although stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to certain of our employees, the expense is non-cash in nature, and we continue to evaluate our business performance excluding stock-based compensation; therefore, it is excluded from non-GAAP measures. Stock-based compensation expenses will recur in future periods. Charges related to restructuring and cost optimization plans, impairment charges, including goodwill, divestiture gains or losses, and the costs, including legal fees, related to significant or unusual litigation matters are excluded from non-GAAP measures as the frequency and magnitude of these activities may vary widely from period to period. Additionally, impairment charges, including goodwill, are non-cash. Furthermore, the company believes the costs, including legal fees, related to significant or unusual litigation matters are not indicative of our core business' operations. Finally, 3D Systems excludes contingent consideration recorded as compensation expense related to the 2021 Volumetric acquisition from non-GAAP measures as management evaluates financial performance excluding this expense, which is viewed by management as similar to acquisition consideration. The matters discussed above are tax effected, as applicable, in calculating non-GAAP diluted income (loss) per share. Adjusted EBITDA, defined as net income, plus income tax (provision) benefit, interest and other income (expense), net, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, depreciation expense, and other non-GAAP adjustments, all as described above, is used by management to evaluate performance and helps measure financial performance period-over-period. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is provided in the accompanying schedules. 3D Systems does not provide forward-looking guidance for certain measures on a GAAP basis. The company is unable to provide a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP gross profit margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and non-GAAP operating expense to the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP measures without unreasonable effort because certain items, including litigation costs, acquisition expenses, stock-based compensation expense, intangible assets amortization expense, restructuring expenses, and goodwill impairment charges are difficult to predict and estimate. These items are inherently uncertain and depend on various factors, many of which are beyond the company's control, and as such, any associated estimate and its impact on GAAP performance could vary materially. About 3D Systems More than 35 years ago, 3D Systems brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing industry. Today, as the leading additive manufacturing solutions partner, we bring innovation, performance, and reliability to every interaction - empowering our customers to create products and business models never before possible. Thanks to our unique offering of hardware, software, materials and services, each application-specific solution is powered by the expertise of our application engineers who collaborate with customers to transform how they deliver their products and services. 3D Systems' solutions address a variety of advanced applications in Healthcare and Industrial Solutions markets such as medical and dental, aerospace & defense, automotive and durable goods. More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com . Tables Follow 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands, except par value) September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 190,005 $ 331,525 Accounts receivable, net of reserves — $2,137 and $3,389 99,224 101,497 Inventories 134,926 152,188 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 35,858 42,612 Total current assets 460,013 627,822 Property and equipment, net 53,907 64,461 Intangible assets, net 20,961 62,724 Goodwill 14,967 116,082 Operating lease right-of-use assets 49,384 58,406 Finance lease right-of-use assets 9,185 12,174 Long-term deferred income tax assets 4,041 4,230 Other assets 45,818 44,761 Total assets $ 658,276 $ 990,660 LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST AND EQUITY Current liabilities: Current operating lease liabilities $ 9,628 $ 9,924 Accounts payable 42,414 49,757 Accrued and other liabilities 44,882 49,460 Customer deposits 8,655 7,599 Deferred revenue 33,336 30,448 Total current liabilities 138,915 147,188 Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs 211,682 319,356 Long-term operating lease liabilities 51,000 56,795 Long-term deferred income tax liabilities 5,214 5,162 Other liabilities 31,340 33,400 Total liabilities 438,151 561,901 Commitments and contingencies Redeemable non-controlling interest 2,093 2,006 Stockholders' equity: Common stock, $0.001 par value, authorized 220,000 shares; shares issued 134,826 and 133,619 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively 135 134 Additional paid-in capital 1,588,911 1,577,519 Accumulated deficit (1,328,536 ) (1,106,650 ) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (42,478 ) (44,250 ) Total stockholders' equity 218,032 426,753 Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders' equity $ 658,276 $ 990,660 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended (in thousands, except per share amounts) September 30, 2024 September 30, 2023 September 30, 2024 September 30, 2023 Revenue: Products $ 72,968 $ 80,415 $ 208,752 $ 253,968 Services 39,972 43,376 120,345 119,253 Total revenue 112,940 123,791 329,097 373,221 Cost of sales: Products 47,533 47,427 129,571 153,442 Services 23,694 21,014 69,793 67,315 Total cost of sales 71,227 68,441 199,364 220,757 Gross profit 41,713 55,350 129,733 152,464 Operating expenses: Selling, general and administrative 57,974 33,355 166,772 150,623 Research and development 20,764 21,982 66,260 66,953 Asset impairment charges 143,733 13,597 143,733 13,597 Total operating expenses 222,471 68,934 376,765 231,173 Loss from operations (180,758 ) (13,584 ) (247,032 ) (78,709 ) Non-operating income (expense): Foreign exchange loss, net (1,960 ) (2,202 ) (774 ) (3,847 ) Interest income 1,550 5,841 5,800 15,730 Interest expense (606 ) (932 ) (1,944 ) (2,612 ) Other (loss) income, net (51 ) (105 ) 21,719 420 Total non-operating (loss) income (1,067 ) 2,602 24,801 9,691 Loss before income taxes (181,825 ) (10,982 ) (222,231 ) (69,018 ) Benefit (provision) for income taxes 4,343 (174 ) 2,496 (404 ) Loss on equity method investment, net of income taxes (1,254 ) (605 ) (2,403 ) (747 ) Net loss before redeemable non-controlling interest (178,736 ) (11,761 ) (222,138 ) (70,169 ) Less: net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest (109 ) (57 ) (252 ) (149 ) Net loss attributable to 3D Systems Corporation $ (178,627 ) $ (11,704 ) $ (221,886 ) $ (70,020 ) Net loss per common share: Basic $ (1.35 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (1.69 ) $ (0.54 ) Diluted $ (1.35 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (1.69 ) $ (0.54 ) Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic 132,235 130,263 131,621 129,780 Diluted 132,235 130,263 131,621 129,780 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 Nine Months Ended (in thousands) September 30, 2024 September 30, 2023 Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss before redeemable non-controlling interest $ (222,138 ) $ (70,169 ) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Depreciation, amortization and accretion of debt discount 28,837 27,054 Stock-based compensation 17,339 15,140 Loss on short-term investments — 6 Non-cash operating lease expense 7,370 6,552 Provision for inventory obsolescence 10,332 6,061 Provision for bad debts 148 197 Loss on the disposition of businesses, property, equipment and other assets 1,649 51 Gain on debt extinguishment (21,518 ) — Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes and reserve adjustments 451 141 Loss on equity method investment, net of taxes 2,403 747 Asset impairment charges 143,733 14,856 Changes in operating accounts: Accounts receivable 2,594 (11,706 ) Inventories 5,972 (23,106 ) Prepaid expenses and other current assets 6,831 (2,790 ) Accounts payable (7,201 ) (7,717 ) Deferred revenue and customer deposits 4,533 1,351 Accrued and other liabilities (9,843 ) (16,066 ) All other operating activities (8,601 ) (12,495 ) Net cash used in operating activities (37,109 ) (71,893 ) Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of property and equipment (10,798 ) (20,995 ) Sales and maturities of short-term investments — 180,925 Proceeds from sale of assets and businesses, net of cash sold 96 — Acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired (2,450 ) (29,241 ) Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (13,152 ) 130,689 Cash flows from financing activities: Repayment of borrowings/long-term debt (87,218 ) — Taxes paid related to net-share settlement of equity awards (2,526 ) (4,752 ) Other financing activities (1,003 ) (463 ) Net cash used in financing activities (90,747 ) (5,215 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (530 ) 1,561 Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (141,538 ) 55,142 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the year (a) 333,111 391,975 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period (a) $ 191,573 $ 447,117 (a) The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total of such amounts reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. (in thousands) September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 September 30, 2023 December 31, 2022 Cash and cash equivalents $ 190,005 $ 331,525 $ 445,554 $ 388,134 Restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets 122 119 118 114 Restricted cash included in other assets 1,446 1,467 1,445 3,727 Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows $ 191,573 $ 333,111 $ 447,117 $ 391,975 Amounts included in restricted cash as of September 30, 2024, December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023 primarily relate to guarantees in the form of a standby letter of credit as security for a long-term real estate lease. Amounts included in restricted cash as of December 31, 2022 primarily relate to $3,435 deposited into an escrow account relating to the initial investment in the National Additive Manufacturing innovation ("NAMI") joint venture. The remaining amounts in restricted cash in all periods presented relate to collateral for letters of credit and bank guarantees. Appendix 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 , 2023 Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin (1) Three Months Ended September 30, (in millions) 2024 2023 Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin GAAP $ 41.7 36.9 % $ 55.4 44.7 % Amortization expense included in Cost of sales 0.3 0.1 Severance accrual adjustment 0.5 — Non-GAAP (2) $ 42.5 37.6 % $ 55.5 44.8 % (1) Amounts in table may not foot due to rounding (2) Calculated as non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of total revenue Nine Months Ended September 30, (in millions) 2024 2023 Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin GAAP $ 129.7 39.4 % $ 152.5 40.9 % Amortization expense included in Cost of sales 0.8 0.1 Severance accrual adjustment (0.5 ) — Non-GAAP (2) $ 130.0 39.5 % $ 152.6 40.9 % (1) Amounts in table may not foot due to rounding (2) Calculated as non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of total revenue Non-GAAP Operating Expense (1) Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, (in millions) 2024 2023 2024 2023 Operating expense $ 222.5 $ 68.9 $ 376.8 $ 231.2 Amortization expense (8.1 ) (3.1 ) (12.4 ) (9.6 ) Stock-based compensation expense (5.8 ) 3.1 (17.4 ) (15.1 ) Acquisition and divestiture-related expense (0.6 ) 4.1 (0.8 ) (0.1 ) Legal and other expense (2.6 ) (2.1 ) (9.2 ) (4.9 ) Restructuring expense (0.2 ) (1.5 ) (1.4 ) (6.7 ) Asset impairment charges (143.7 ) (13.6 ) (143.7 ) (14.2 ) Non-GAAP operating expense $ 61.4 $ 55.8 $ 191.9 $ 180.6 (1) Amounts in table may not foot due to rounding Appendix 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 , 2023 Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA (1) Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, (in millions) 2024 2023 2024 2023 Net loss attributable to 3D Systems Corporation $ (178.6 ) $ (11.7 ) $ (221.9 ) $ (70.0 ) Interest (income) expense, net (0.9 ) (4.9 ) (3.9 ) (13.1 ) Provision for income taxes (4.3 ) 0.2 (2.5 ) 0.4 Depreciation expense 4.6 5.1 14.5 15.7 Amortization expense 8.4 3.2 13.3 9.7 EBITDA (170.9 ) (8.2 ) (200.5 ) (57.4 ) Stock-based compensation expense 5.8 (3.1 ) 17.4 15.1 Acquisition and divestiture-related expense 0.6 (4.1 ) 0.8 0.1 Legal and other related costs 2.6 2.1 9.2 4.9 Restructuring expense 0.7 1.5 0.8 6.7 Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest (0.1 ) (0.1 ) (0.3 ) (0.1 ) Loss on equity method investments, net of tax 1.3 0.6 2.4 0.7 Gain on repurchase of debt — — (21.5 ) — Asset impairment charges 143.7 13.6 143.7 14.2 Other non-operating expense (income) 2.0 2.3 0.6 3.4 Adjusted EBITDA $ (14.3 ) $ 4.7 $ (47.3 ) $ (12.3 ) (1) Amounts in table may not foot due to rounding Appendix 3D Systems Corporation Unaudited Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 , 2023 Diluted Loss per Share (1) Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, (in dollars) 2024 2023 2024 2023 Diluted loss per share $ (1.35 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (1.69 ) $ (0.54 ) Stock-based compensation expense 0.04 (0.02 ) 0.13 0.12 Amortization expense 0.06 0.02 0.10 0.07 Acquisition and divestiture-related expense — (0.03 ) 0.01 — Legal expense 0.02 0.02 0.07 0.04 Asset impairment charges 1.09 0.10 1.09 0.11 Restructuring expense 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 Gain on repurchase of debt — — (0.16 ) — Loss on equity method investment and other 0.01 — 0.02 0.01 Non-GAAP diluted loss per share $ (0.12 ) $ 0.01 $ (0.42 ) $ (0.15 ) (1) Amounts in table may not foot due to rounding © 2024 Benzinga.com. 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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid the same amount for starring in the movie musical “Wicked,” Universal Pictures said in a statement Tuesday to Variety . “Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,” a spokesperson for the studio said, according to Variety. “The women received equal pay for their work on ‘Wicked.’” It had been reported by some outlets that Grande, who plays Glinda in “Wicked,” was paid $15 million, while Erivo, who plays Elphaba, was only paid $1 million ― claims that appear to have originated on social media. The statement from Universal did not specify how much the actors were paid. “Wicked” earned $112 million during its opening weekend in the U.S. and $162 million worldwide, according to Deadline . The movie beat 2012’s “Les Miserables” for the biggest global and domestic opening for a movie based on a Broadway show. “Les Miserables” earned $103 million worldwide on its opening weekend, according to Deadline. Other news outlets have retreated behind paywalls. At HuffPost, we believe journalism should be free for everyone. Would you help us provide essential information to our readers during this critical time? We can't do it without you. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give once or many more times, we appreciate your contribution to keeping our journalism free for all. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give just one more time or sign up again to contribute regularly, we appreciate you playing a part in keeping our journalism free for all. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. “Wicked” is based on the musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, which is itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” Jon M. Chu, who directed the movie adaptation, implied to HuffPost that he sees parallels between the film’s plot and the current political environment, given that the story involves “an older man gaslighting a whole nation that this woman is wicked because she’s standing up for a community that’s being silenced.” Related From Our PartnerNone
Photos: Remembering former President Jimmy CarterMelbourne, Dec 30 (PTI) Skipper Rohit Sharma's ultra-defensive approach and Virat Kohli's unending saga of failures outside the off-stump left India reeling at 33 for 3 at lunch after Australia set the visitors a challenging 340-run target on day five of the fourth Test here on Monday. Rohit (9 off 40 balls) did all the hard work during the first hour before opposition skipper Pat Cummins (2/10) got his bunny for the tenth time in Test matches. Also Read | LeBron James: Five Unforgettable Performances From Age-Defying Basketball Megastar. Kohli (5 off 29) could never control his urge of playing the cover drive again and was caught at first slip after Mitchell Starc pushed one across with the angle. Rahul was out without troubling the scorers after getting a second good ball in the game. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who didn't look convincing at all, survived 83 deliveries to score 14 going into lunch. Also Read | Magnus Carlsen To Participate at FIDE World Blitz Championship 2024 After Dispute Over Jeans is Resolved. The approach by the Indian team was also a reflection of its mindset as a slim chance of victory evaporated in the morning session. Shortly after play began on day five, Jasprit Bumrah completed his 13th five wicket haul in Test cricket as Australia were all out for 234 in their second essay. One would have expected to Rohit to play his natural aggressive game at the top of the order but in the middle of a lean run, he tried to get into a safety first mode that did not work. At the other end, even Jaiswal curbed his natural instincts. He got one delivery from Pat Cummins that moved a shade late as he shaped for a whip down the square leg with the leading edge flying to Mitchell Marsh at gully. Cummins then produced another delivery with late away movement to consume Rahul. PTI (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Indonesia’s BRICS agenda: 2 reasons Prabowo’s foreign policy contrasts with Jokowi’sPete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet as he speaks with reporters after meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks with reporters after meeting with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be defense secretary, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be defense secretary, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet as he speaks with reporters after meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he pushed to win enough votes for confirmation. He said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Related Articles National Politics | Donald Trump will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell. It’ll be a first for him National Politics | The Trump and Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises National Politics | ‘You don’t know what’s next.’ International students scramble ahead of Trump inauguration National Politics | Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back National Politics | Trump won’t be able to save the struggling US beef industry Collins said after the hourlong meeting that she questioned Hegseth about the allegations amid reports of drinking and the revelation that he made a settlement payment after being accused of a sexual assault that he denies. She said she had a “good, substantive” discussion with Hegseth and “covered a wide range of topics,” including sexual assault in the military, Ukraine and NATO. But she said she would wait until a hearing, and notably a background check, to make a decision. “I asked virtually every question under the sun,” Collins told reporters as she left her office after the meeting. “I pressed him both on his position on military issues as well as the allegations against him, so I don’t think there was anything that we did not cover.” The meeting with Collins was closely watched as she is seen as more likely than most of her Republican Senate colleagues to vote against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks. She and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow moderate Republican, did not shy from opposing Trump in his first term when they wanted to do so and sometimes supported President Joe Biden’s nominees for the judicial and executive branches. And Hegseth, an infantry combat veteran and former “Fox & Friends” weekend host, is working to gain as many votes as he can as some senators have expressed concerns about his personal history and lack of management experience. “I’m certainly not going to assume anything about where the senator stands,” Hegseth said as he left Collins’ office. “This is a process that we respect and appreciate. And we hope, in time, overall, when we get through that committee and to the floor that we can earn her support.” Hegseth met with Murkowski on Tuesday. He has also been meeting repeatedly with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a military veteran who has said she is a survivor of sexual assault and has spent time in the Senate working on improving how attacks are reported and prosecuted within the ranks. On Monday, Ernst said after a meeting with him that he had committed to selecting a senior official to prioritize those goals. Republicans will have a 53-49 majority next year, meaning Trump cannot lose more than three votes on any of his nominees. It is so far unclear whether Hegseth will have enough support, but Trump has stepped up his pressure on senators in the last week. “Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!” Trump posted on his social media platform last week.
He is not yet in power but President-elect Donald Trump rattled much of the world with an off-hours warning of stiff tariffs on close allies and China -- a loud hint that Trump-style government by social media post is coming back. With word of these levies against goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China, Trump sent auto industry stocks plummeting, raised fears for global supply chains and unnerved the world's major economies. For Washington-watchers with memories of the Republican's first term, the impromptu policy volley on Monday evening foreshadowed a second term of startling announcements of all manner, fired off at all hours of the day from his smartphone. "Donald Trump is never going to change much of anything," said Larry Sabato, a leading US political scientist and director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "You can expect in the second term pretty much what he showed us about himself and his methods in the first term. Social media announcements of policy, hirings and firings will continue." The first of Trump's tariff announcements -- a 25 percent levy on everything coming in from Mexico and Canada -- came amid an angry rebuke of lax border security at 6:45 pm on Truth Social, Trump's own platform. The United States is bound by agreements on the movement of goods and services brokered by Trump in a free trade treaty with both nations during his first term. But Trump warned that the new levy would "remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country" -- sowing panic from Ottawa to Mexico City. Seconds later, another message from the incoming commander-in-chief turned the focus on Chinese imports, which he said would be hit with "an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs." The consequences were immediate. Almost every major US automaker operates plants in Mexico, and shares in General Motors and Stellantis -- which produce pickup trucks in America's southern neighbor -- plummeted. Canada, China and Mexico protested, while Germany called on its European partners to prepare for Trump to impose hefty tariffs on their exports and stick together to combat such measures. The tumult recalls Trump's first term, when journalists, business leaders and politicians at home and abroad would scan their phones for the latest pronouncements, often long after they had left the office or over breakfast. During his first four years in the Oval Office, the tweet -- in those days his newsy posts were almost exclusively limited to Twitter, now known as X -- became the quasi-official gazette for administration policy. The public learned of the president-elect's 2020 Covid-19 diagnosis via an early-hours post, and when Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani was assassinated on Trump's order, the Republican confirmed the kill by tweeting a US flag. The public and media learned of numerous other decisions big and small by the same source, from the introduction of customs duties to the dismissal of cabinet secretaries. It is not a communication method that has been favored by any previous US administration and runs counter to the policies and practices of most governments around the world. Throughout his third White House campaign, and with every twist and turn in his various entanglements with the justice system, Trump has poured his heart out on Truth Social, an app he turned to during his 20-month ban from Twitter. In recent days, the mercurial Republican has even named his attorney general secretaries of justice and health via announcements on the network. "He sees social media as a tool to shape and direct the national conversation and will do so again," said political scientist Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University professor.
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Salesforce Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 ResultsVan Nistelrooy has replaced Steve Cooper at the King Power Stadium and saw Jamie Vardy open the scoring after just 98 seconds. Bilal El Khannouss and Patson Daka added goals after the break to ensure the Dutchman started with three points in style. Starting with a win! 🤩 Delivered by — Leicester City (@LCFC) His task is to keep the Foxes in the Premier League this season and after ending a five-game winless run they moved up to 15th, four points clear of the relegation zone. West Ham’s hierarchy will have seen what impact a managerial change can have as the jury remains out on Lopetegui, with away fans making their feelings clear by chanting “You’re getting sacked in the morning”. Niclas Fullkrug scored a consolation goal at the death but it counted for nothing and forthcoming games against Wolves, Bournemouth, Brighton and Southampton could determine the Spaniard’s future. When Van Nistelrooy went to bed last night, even he would not have dreamt of his side starting as well as they did as they went ahead with less than two minutes on the clock. One of the Dutchman’s first conversations following his appointment was to take Vardy to task for breaking his record for scoring in the most consecutive Premier League games nine years ago. And the veteran striker rolled back to the years as, living on the shoulder of the West Ham defence, he raced clear from El Khannouss’ through-ball and slotted into the corner. The linesman’s flag immediately went up but a lengthy VAR review ruled Vardy had timed his run perfectly and the goal stood. Vardy could have added a second from a similar move but this time Lukasz Fabianski denied him. The Dutchman quickly learned about the frailties of his side as West Ham created a raft of chances in search of an equaliser. Jarrod Bowen forced Mads Hermansen into a stretching save when he cut in from the right before Ings’ header crashed into the post and Max Kilman slipped at the crucial point from the rebound. Bowen, a constant threat, sent a ball across face of goal which evaded everyone before the England international was denied by a reflex save from the busy Hermansen. The Danish goalkeeper needed to be alert to tip over Mohammed Kudus’ deflected effort early in the second half before he was saved by the referee’s whistle after after his attempted punch went into his own goal, Tomas Soucek the man penalised. Leicester remained a threat on the counter-attack and that is how they doubled their lead just after the hour. Kasey McAteer was set clear down the left and his ball inside was perfect for El Khannouss to find the bottom corner from 15 yards. It was almost three as Fabianski produced an acrobatic save from Wilfred Ndidi’s header before Leicester needed a heroic piece of defending to keep their 2-0 lead intact. Crysencio Summerville bundled the ball goalwards and it was heading over the line until Conor Coady adjusted his feet and poked it clear. The Foxes, who also had a goal from substitute Bobby De Cordova-Reid chalked off by VAR, wrapped things up in the 90th minute when Daka broke clear and emphatically converted into the roof of the net. West Ham did get on the scoresheet when Fullkrug headed a corner home, but the game was already done.
Might that prospect perhaps goad Mr. Trump into putting "America First" in this domain, too? More and more governments and major corporations are shifting investment to green projects. And, more importantly, China has launched a huge wave of investment in green energy sources and other environmentally responsible technology. Beijing's goal is clearly to be the leading global player in a postcarbon world economy. But further down the road, the outlook may be less discouraging. The short term looks dark. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the Paris Agreement in his first term, and seems likely to do the same this time, boosting oil production to boot. Is the fabric of international cooperation resilient enough to forestall the irreversible symptoms of an overheating planet? Delegates to the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan are finding it difficult to agree on how much money poor countries need to deal with climate change. That's partly because some leading countries appear not to believe any longer in shared global climate action. In the new mood of climate nationalism, key carbon dioxide emitters such as India, China, and the United States seem to be set on charting their own course. This year's COP climate summit is having difficulty deciding how much money rich countries should stump up to help developing countries cope with the effects of global warming. But delegates face an even bigger challenge – to the very idea of shared global climate action, as it was laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The conference held this week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, has been the very definition of international diplomacy. Delegates from nearly 200 countries have been addressing the perils of climate change and trying to find the huge sums of money needed to slow, and cope with, its damaging effects across the planet. Yet even as COP29, the annual United Nations climate conference, sought to produce a new, multi-trillion-dollar... Ned Temko
Police in the US hunting for the man who shot dead United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York street have found money from the Monopoly board game inside a backpack they believe the gunman used. Two knowledgeable sources told NBC News, Sky News' US partner, that the fake bank notes were discovered in the bag, which police found in Central Park after Mr Thompson was killed on Wednesday . Police still have no idea of the gunman's name or whereabouts or his motive for the killing but believe the man likely took a bus out of New York soon after the brazen ambush. On Friday, detectives found the backpack in the park , but no weapon has been recovered from it or from other searches carried out by officers, two senior law enforcement officials close to the investigation told NBC News. Their enquiries, though, remain very much ongoing and fluid, they said. Other sources familiar with the case told NBC a jacket was found inside the bag, but it is unclear if it is the one worn at time of the shooting. NYPD officers have returned to Central Park to search near where the backpack was found and also in wooded sections and fountain areas for other evidence, according to three sources who spoke to NBC. Atlanta, from where the gunman travelled to New York by bus, is one focus of the investigation, with detectives searching for video from that bus station and others along the Greyhound Bus route, three sources close to the investigation told NBC. Mr Thompson, head of the US's largest health insurer, was gunned down outside his company's annual investor meeting at a hotel near to Radio City Music Hall and the Rockefeller Centre in midtown Manhattan. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Video found by detectives shows the man riding a bicycle into the park and later taking a taxi to a bus station from where he could travel to New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington DC, according to the city's chief of detectives, Joseph Kenny. Read more: New clues in hunt for gunman Backpack found in search for New York shooter Gunman filmed moments before shooting Be the first to get Breaking News Install the Sky News app for free Otherwise, the gunman hid his identity with a mask during almost all of his time in the city, including during the attack and even while he ate. On Friday, the FBI announced it was offering a $50,000 (£39,100) reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Overhauls of 'heritage brands' raise the question: How important are our products to our identities?WILMINGTON, Mass., Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symbotic Inc. (Nasdaq: SYM ), a leader in A.I.-enabled robotics technology for the supply chain, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of OhmniLabs, a Silicon Valley-based innovator in the field of robotics solutions for health care. “Combining Symbotic’s expertise in large-scale automation with OhmniLabs’ ground-breaking mobile robots, vision and A.I. solutions will enable the development of unparalleled automation innovations across different settings,” said Rick Cohen, Executive Chairman and CEO of Symbotic. “We were drawn to OhmniLabs for its impressive talent and industry experience that will enable our expansion beyond the four walls of the warehouse.” Founded in 2015 by robotics experts, OhmniLabs has pioneered a fully in-house development and manufacturing model, enabling rapid innovation and speed-to-market for cutting-edge robotics solutions. The company is best known for its autonomous disinfection and telepresence robots, which create safer and healthier environments globally. With the strategic acquisition of OhmniLabs’ industry expertise and talented robotics team, Symbotic will be better positioned to both expand its leading automation capabilities for supply chain customers while delivering enhanced innovation to customers in the health care industry. “OhmniLabs’ mission has been to develop meaningful robotics to provide real-world solutions, and we have made significant progress with the support of our loyal team members and customers. Being a part of Symbotic, a true leader in robotics innovation, will propel this vision forward to deliver cutting-edge solutions that redefine what’s possible in health care, logistics and beyond,” said Jared Go, Co-founder and CTO, OhmniLabs. ABOUT SYMBOTIC Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, A.I.-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-generation technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce, Symbotic transforms the flow of goods and the economics of the supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com . FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, but not limited to, statements about Symbotic’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of OhmniLabs and Symbotic’s expectations or predictions of future financial or business performance or conditions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. Certain of these risks are identified and discussed in Symbotic’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 4, 2024. These forward-looking statements are expressed in good faith, and Symbotic believes there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that the events, results or trends identified in these forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on that date. Symbotic is not under any obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers should carefully review the statements set forth in the reports that Symbotic has filed or will file from time to time with the SEC. INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT Charlie Anderson Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Development ir@symbotic.com MEDIA INQUIRIES mediainquiry@symbotic.comNone
TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Base Carbon Inc. (Cboe CA: BCBN) (OTCQX: BCBNF) with operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Base Carbon Capital Partners Corp. (together, with affiliates, “ Base Carbon ”, or the “ Company ”), is pleased to announce the Company will host an investor update call on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (EST). The management team will provide a business update and respond to investor questions via Zoom Webinar. Registration instructions are published below. The Company invites current and prospective shareholders to attend this business update call and Q&A session. DATE: Monday, December 16, 2024 TIME: 11:00 a.m. EST LOCATION: Zoom Webinar. To receive the meeting link and passcode, please register here . QUESTIONS: Please submit questions ahead of time to: investorrelations@basecarbon.com . About Base Carbon Base Carbon is a financier of projects involved primarily in the global voluntary carbon markets. We endeavor to be the preferred carbon project partner in providing capital and management resources to carbon removal and abatement projects globally and, where appropriate, will utilize technologies within the evolving environmental industries to enhance efficiencies, commercial credibility, and trading transparency. For more information, please visit www.basecarbon.com . Media and Investor Inquiries Base Carbon Inc. Investor Relations Tel: +1 647 952 3979 E-mail: investorrelations@basecarbon.com Media Inquiries E-mail: media@basecarbon.com
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. on prisons, police stations and the main international airport had crippled the country’s capital and forced the prime minister , plunging Haiti into an unprecedented crisis. But the crisis has only deepened since the international policing contingent arrived. The main international airport this year after gangs opened fire on commercial flights in mid-November, striking a flight attendant. Gunmen also once-peaceful communities to try and seize control of the entire capital, taking advantage of political infighting that led to the of the prime minister earlier this month. Now, a new prime minister is tasked with turning around a nation that sees no escape from its troubles as Haitians wonder: How did the country reach this point? ‘No functioning authority' Bloody coups, brutal dictatorships and gangs created by Haiti's political and economic elite have long defined the country's history, but experts say the current crisis is the worst they’ve seen. “I’m very bleak about the future,” said Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia. “The whole situation is really collapsing.” The government is anemic, the U.N.-backed mission that supports Haiti's understaffed police department lacks funding and personnel, and gangs now control 85% of the capital. Then, on Wednesday, another blow. Doctors Without Borders announced it was suspending critical care in Port-au-Prince as it accused police of targeting its staff and patients, including threats of rape and death. It’s the first time the aid group has stopped working with new patients since it began operating in Haiti more than 30 years ago. “Every day that we cannot resume activities is a tragedy, as we are one of the few providers of a wide range of medical services that have remained open during this extremely difficult year,” said Christophe Garnier, mission director in Haiti. Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, did not return messages for comment. Neither did officials with Kenya’s mission when asked about the surge in gang violence. In a recent statement, the Kenyan-led mission said it was “cognizant of the road ahead that is fraught with challenges." But it noted that ongoing joint patrols and operations have secured certain communities and forced gangs to change the way they operate. André François Giroux, Canada’s ambassador to Haiti, told The Associated Press on Saturday that his country and others have been trying to bolster the Kenyan-led mission. “They’ve done miracles, I think, considering all the challenges that we’ve been facing," he said. “What we have to keep in mind is that it’s still very much in deployment mode,” Giroux said. “There are not even 400 on the ground right now.” A spokesman for Haiti’s new prime minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, did not return messages for comment. In a statement Thursday, his administration said authorities were strengthening security along the capital's main roads and had formed a special security council. “The prime minister renews his commitment to find lasting solutions to current problems,” it said. The statement was issued just days after gangs launched a pre-dawn attack Tuesday around an upper-class community in Haiti’s capital, forcing residents armed with machetes and guns to fight side-by-side with police to repel gunmen. At least 28 gang members were killed, but not before some reached an area near an upscale hotel long considered safe. “It tells you that there is no functioning authority in Haiti," Fatton said. Dwindling aid and growing isolation A main concern in the ongoing crisis is the temporary closure of the main international airport in Port-au-Prince. It means critical aid is not reaching those who need it the most in a country and nearly half of the more than 11 million inhabitants are experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse. Gang violence also has left more than 700,000 people homeless . “We are deeply concerned about the isolation of Port-au-Prince from the rest of Haiti and the world,” said Laurent Uwumuremyi, Mercy Corps’ country director for Haiti. The aid group helps people including more than 15,000 living in makeshift shelters, but persistent gang violence has prevented workers from reaching a growing number of them in the capital and beyond. Basic goods also are dwindling as the suspension of flights has delayed imports of critical supplies. “Before, there were some neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince that we considered safe that the gangs had never reached, but now they are threatening to take over the control of the entire capital,” Uwumuremyi said. At least 150 people were reported killed in the capital and 20,000 forced to flee their homes in the second week of November alone. Overall, more than 4,500 people were reported killed in Haiti so far this year, the U.N. said. Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer who became a gang leader known as Barbecue, warned that a gang coalition known as Viv Ansanm will keep attacking as they demand the resignation of a transitional presidential council tasked with leading the country along with the new prime minister. The council also is supposed to organize general elections for the first time in nearly a decade so voters can choose a president, a position left empty since President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. ‘What else are you left with?’ The U.S. and other countries pushed for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti at a U.N. Security Council meeting this week. Only about 400 officers from Kenya have arrived, along with a handful of police and soldiers from other countries — way short of the 2,500 personnel slated for the mission. “This is not just another wave of insecurity; it is a dramatic escalation that shows no signs of abating,” Miroslav Jenča, U.N. assistant secretary general for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, said Wednesday at the meeting. But Russia and China , leaving many to wonder what other options are left for Haiti. Giroux, the Canadian ambassador, said his country supports a peacekeeping operation “when the time is right.” “Everybody is looking at a peacekeeping mission as a silver bullet,” he said, adding that even if that were to happen, it wouldn’t be able to deploy for another six to 12 months. “We need to be realistic.” Giroux said he is hopeful that some 600 Kenyans will arrive in Haiti in upcoming weeks, but added that "none of this matters if the political elite doesn’t get its act together.” The nine-member transitional presidential council has been marred by and infighting and was criticized for firing the previous prime minister. “I’m at a loss for any short-term solution for Haiti, let alone any long-term solutions,” Fatton said. “The gangs have seen that they shouldn’t be afraid of the Kenyan mission.” He said one option may be for the government to negotiate with the gangs. “At the moment, it is perceived as utterly unacceptable," he said. 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Of the many countries of the Global South that maintain cordial ties with Russia, Iran happens to be one of the few outliers where the public doesn’t hold predominantly positive views of the Eurasian heavyweight. Anti-Russia sentiments have snowballed in Iran since the start of the Ukraine war, and as reflected in an October 2022 Cambridge University study , unfavorable perceptions of Russia are more widespread in Iran than in Bulgaria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, North Macedonia or Armenia. The sympathy of a sizable portion of Iranian society with Ukraine as it fights a war that NATO leaders have described as a confrontation between the West and the rest, is a surprising finding given the government’s unchanged resolve to sustain a foreign policy built on opposition to the Western powers, especially the United States. It might also be unexpected for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As he seeks to diversify his lineup of benefactors, Zelenskyy has lost sight of a contingent of sympathizers in Iran sticking up for his country despite the two nations not having a lot in common culturally and historically. The spillover effects of the war are also unlikely to have reverberations in the daily lives of Iranians, rendering their sympathies even more authentic. In the initial stages of Russia’s deadly campaign, voices from Iran’s intelligentsia condemning Vladimir Putin were common and posed a challenge to the state narrative that openly downplayed Russia’s atrocities. Yet the Islamic Republic emerged as a consistent provider of military support to Russia. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion through September 13 this year, Russia has fired 8,060 Iran-made Shahed drones at Ukraine. Over time, Zelenskyy escalated his Iran-bashing rhetoric, culminating in remarks in October, when he called Iran, China and North Korea a “coalition of criminals.” To be sure, Zelenskyy’s skepticism of Iran had begun to surface after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) downed the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 on January 8, 2020, killing 176 passengers and crew. The Islamic Republic made a bad situation worse by denying wrongdoing for three days and then refusing to investigate the case. After Russia started the war, Zelenskyy was largely focused on strategizing national mobilization and an effective defense against the aggressor. As Tehran sought to ingratiate itself with Moscow, the Ukrainian leader upped the ante against Iran piecemeal. One of his first periodic Twitter (X) castigations of Iran was a message on Nov 6, 2022, when he wrote he had “discussed increasing sanctions & opposing actions of Iran, which supports aggression” in a meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. It is not surprising that he intensified his opprobrium of Iran to draw attention to the alliance of Tehran and Moscow, which has damaged his war effort. But the flip side has been that he fell out of favor with many Iranians who otherwise championed his cause. Zelenskyy has nurtured a public aversion to Iran, which can be beneficial domestically from a rally-round-the-flag point of view, but it is also alienating potential companions. When the Ukrainian powerlifter Ivan Chuprinko refused to shake hands with his Iranian opponent Amir Reza Mesforoosh during the International Powerlifting Federation world championship awards ceremony in Sun City, South Africa, last May, a large chorus of Iranians criticized what they said was his unsporting conduct. Several social media users accused Zelenskyy of being ignorant about the reality of Iran and agitating his people against the wrong enemy. The Ukrainian president, who has crisscrossed countries far and wide to enlist support for his people, hasn’t shied away from appealing to undemocratic leaders who hadn’t shown any inclination to denounce Russia or aid Ukraine. In June of this year, he traveled to Jeddah to meet the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite the kingdom’s longstanding affinity with Russia, including their more recent coordination to stabilize the energy market with Iran’s output being excluded due to the sanctions. Zelenskyy also phoned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leadership several times, courting the Persian Gulf kingdom after it abstained from voting on a February 2022 Security Council resolution censuring Russia’s aggression. UAE had also refused to vote in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution suspending Russia’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council and another nonbinding resolution calling on Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine. But with Iran, where a spontaneous outpouring of pro-Ukraine solidarity had markedly distinguished the mood of the country from its neighbors, Zelenskyy has shut the door to diplomacy. His impatience with Tehran supplying weaponry to Moscow has foreclosed the possibility of engagement, even with a new president inaugurated in Tehran. In October 2022, in one of his early decisions to drive home his anger at the Islamic Republic, Zelenskyy expelled scores of Iranian students studying in Ukraine, revoking their government scholarships. There’s little clarity as to how many students were removed, but those who shared their stories with the media recounted being accosted and chastised by Ukraine’s immigration officers. Targeting one of the most vulnerable demographics — students untethered from the politics of their government — was not the smartest idea for low-cost muscle-flexing. In doing so, Zelenskyy glossed over decades of economic and academic partnership between the two countries, one that bloomed whenever pro-reform administrations were in power in Iran. Under the former President Hassan Rouhani, for example, several Iranian and Ukrainian universities had developed joint projects and student exchange programs. In one case, the Kharkiv National Medical University had signed cooperation agreements with five major Iranian universities. During a trip to Ukraine by the other former reformist president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, in October 2002 to meet his counterpart Leonid Kuchma, the two leaders signed an agreement on setting up an airplane construction consortium. The first Antonov-140 regional airliners were licensed to be manufactured at the HESA facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan in 1996, and the Islamic Republic was eyeing an even closer industrial collaboration. There have been points in time when Ukraine’s trade surplus with Iran was even greater than its trade balance with Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In 2016, shortly after the nuclear deal normalized international trade with Iran, it became one of Ukraine’s top 15 trading partners . However, Zelenskyy’s initiative in May 2023, enforcing economic sanctions that prohibited trade between the two countries for the next 50 years will compromise these links and likely fail to bring about any win-win outcome. In a span of 50 years, all sorts of fundamental political changes can occur in Iran, and it is not a stretch to describe the decision by Kiev, with all the sweeping impacts it can have, as a spur-of-the-moment reaction to the current downturn in bilateral relations. To be sure, Russia’s full-scale invasion has made some existing political and security alliances more explicit and unfiltered than before. Russia’s traditional partners condoned its military expedition, rationalizing the war as either acceptable or inevitable. Nations that have traditionally been part of the Western political orbit sided with Ukraine, even if they previously lacked close ties with the Eastern European nation. Under its now-deceased president Ebrahim Raisi, Iran didn’t hesitate to pledge allegiance to the aggressor. Raisi picked up the phone to call Putin hours after the invasion began, deploring NATO’s eastward expansion and committing support for Moscow. He said he hoped “what is happening ends up to benefit the nations and the region.” As a neophyte politician, the hardline jurist was inordinately dependent on Putin to carve out a foothold on the world stage. As his administration actively antagonized Europe, Raisi was left with few options, and his outreach to Russia often seemed obedient as much as it was preordained. In his three years as president, Raisi never traveled to any European country, and didn’t receive any European leader in Tehran — other than Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus. And he oversaw day-to-day microaggressions in relations with the European Union, a case in point being the closure of the French cultural center in Tehran in 2023 after a skirmish with the government of Emmanuel Macron. Upon Raisi’s first Moscow visit on January 19, 2022, for an audience with his Russian counterpart, the lukewarm reception at the Kremlin took even the hardliners in Tehran aback. What was described as a state visit wound up being a diplomatic faux pas: the guard of honor was missing; Putin didn’t even leave his room to greet the visiting dignitary, and eventually met him at his famous “long table.” Lastly, there was even no trace of the two nations’ flags in an event that ended without a press conference. The Islamic Republic understood that it was too vulnerable to dispute the absence of these optional niceties. On a different note, even after Russia threw its weight behind the United Arab Emirates on two occasions in 2023, signing statements that questioned Iran’s sovereignty of three islands in the Persian Gulf claimed by UAE, there wasn’t much that the Islamic Republic could do. It was a fait accompli — being let down by a power that was supposed to be an ally. The broader public, however, has been skeptical of embracing Russia, even for a lack of alternatives. Owing to a blend of historical grievances and new fault lines, perceptions of Russia among Iranians have been deteriorating steadily. A 2022 survey by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation showed 50 percent of Iranian people had negative views toward Russia. Only 15 percent said they viewed Russia’s influence favorably. One catalyst of the lingering bitterness is Russia’s imperial footprint during the 19 th century, when it annexed large swaths of Iran’s territory through a trio of peace treaties , all of which Iranians recollect as episodes of indelible national humiliation. Many understand the Russian Empire as having been an opportunistic neighbor. Today, Iranians also begrudge Russia’s endorsement of punitive UN Security Council resolutions between 2006 and 2010, which opened the floodgates to an avalanche of economic sanctions on the country. The Security Council members’ consensus to treat Iran’s nuclear program under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, which addresses threats to global peace and acts of aggression, communicated the urgency of countering Iran to all member states. Russia didn’t use its veto power then to shield a putatively strategic ally, and what was marketed as a special relationship remained Iran’s unrequited love. Still, at the height of the Islamic Republic’s tensions with the United States and Europe, the ruling elite in Tehran insisted that the Kremlin was a robust security anchor. When the war broke out in Ukraine, Iranians found a new reason to be resentful of Putin’s sprawling empire. Having endured eight years of occupation by the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, they recognized what it meant to be caught in the crosshairs of a foreign adversary’s wrath and bear witness to the unchecked loss of life and decimation of one’s country’s infrastructure. The Islamic Republic’s position from the onset was to soft-pedal the war on Ukraine and implant Moscow’s framing of the invasion as a “special military operation” in the local media coverage. Yet, Russia’s expansionist project struck a chord only with an enclave of hidebound government patrons. Independent journalists have been among the most outspoken groups in Iran, facing government backlash for criticizing Russia and covering the unfolding crisis without abandoning their ethical standards. The nation’s most hardline newspaper, Kayhan , run by a representative of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, routinely pillories the Iranian supporters of Ukraine, including newspapers denouncing Russia, as traitors besotted by the West. But solidarity with Ukraine has also been expressed by the nation’s religious-minded communities. Ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan in 2022, a religious congregation in Tehran caught the worshippers and observers off-guard by erecting flags of Yemen and Ukraine together as part of its setting design, predicated on the belief that Shia Islam is supposed to aid and honor the oppressed. Around the same time, in an interview with Asia Newspaper , Ukraine’s then-ambassador in Iran Sergey Burdylyak, said his observations in Tehran reflected strong support for Ukraine as it defended itself against Russia. He said he was heartened to see people waving the Ukrainian flag everywhere. On February 26, 2022, a group of Tehran residents gathered in front of the Ukrainian embassy, carrying the flag of Ukraine and vigil candles. Security forces didn’t take long to disperse them forcibly, but the protesters still chanted “Death to Putin,” calling the Russian embassy a “den of espionage.” Against this backdrop, as President Zelenskyy ups the war of words with Tehran, Iranians are also asking questions they previously hadn’t reckoned with: Has Ukraine ever called for the removal of the economic sanctions inflicting despair on Iranians’ lives? Has Zelenskyy voiced support for the pro-democracy, women’s rights movement in Iran that has inspired millions worldwide? Has he called for the release of Iranians who, like him, have been fighting for the liberty of their people, such as the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi, who is now behind bars in the Iranian capital? Tehran’s continued provision of armaments to Russia is not only objectionable — it marks the hypocrisy of a government that had for years boasted of its opposition to militarism and oppression. Iranian drones and ballistic missiles have fueled a war machine that has subdued the Ukrainian people and upended their lives. The magnitude of damage wrought by these weapons has been documented in detail. But with the understanding that Iranians aren’t a monolith and that the government’s unilateral outreach to Putin is an unpopular position domestically, couldn’t Ukraine’s president chart a different path that would bolster his defense against Russia while giving him the chance to play the long game on ties with Iran? It wouldn’t have been costly for Zelenskyy to talk to Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian in the same vein he engaged the leaders of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Since the day he came to power, Pezeshkian made it clear that he was in favor of peace, that he wished to restore normalcy in Iran’s foreign relations, and that he wanted to turn the tide domestically and contain religious extremism. In Pezeshkian, Zelenskyy could find a partner for understanding. The Ukrainian president’s anti-war platform could also benefit from keeping the Iranian people onboard. They seem to be losing interest as he has.
“There’s no place like home,” and Dorothy Gale’s ruby slippers are set to have a new one in three days. The ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being auctioned off for $1.15 million, nearly two decades after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota. The sparkly pair of heels are currently bidding at $1.15 million, with the next minimum bid at $1.2 million, according to Heritage Auctions . There are three days remaining in the auction, which will conclude on Dec. 7. Judy Garland’s character, Dorothy Gale, wore the iconic red slippers in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Michael Shaw purchased the slippers in 1970 , but former mobster Terry Jon Martin stole them in 2005 while they were on loan at the Judy Garland Museum. The FBI found the shoes in 2018 in Minneapolis while investigating “a scheme to defraud and extort the Markel Corporation, the owner of the slippers,” according to a press release from the agency. RECOMMENDED • nj .com Nordstrom has this cozy UGG slipper on sale for only $75 in a massive Cyber Monday deal Dec. 2, 2024, 12:15 p.m. UGG has these 8 Black Friday deals still in stock, with up to 30% off the Ultra Mini Platform Dec. 4, 2024, 2:45 p.m. The Shaw slippers are a match to the sequin and rhinestone pair that are currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History . Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com . Katherine Rodriguez can be reached at krodriguez@njadvancemedia.com . Have a tip? Tell us at nj.com/tips .
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The California Coastal Commission has approved two additional rounds of dredging for Carlsbad’s Agua Hedionda Lagoon, one to be completed this winter and another in the 2027-28 season. The outer basin of the lagoon just south of Tamarack Avenue has been dredged periodically since the mid-1950s, first to supply a reliable source of seawater for the Encina power plant, and now for the seawater desalination plant that operates at the lagoon’s edge. Sand dredged from the lagoon is used to widen three different sections of the nearby Carlsbad State Beach, from about Pine Avenue to below the southern edge of the lagoon near the end of Cannon Road. The lagoon was last dredged in the winter of 2020-21, when about 300,000 cubic yards of sand were removed and piped onto the beach. This winter’s operation is expected to produce at least 400,000 cubic yards of material. The lagoon maintenance was first done by the owners of the power plant, which used the seawater for cooling. However, a new, more efficient power plant that went online Dec. 12, 2018, doesn’t need seawater, and the old plant was demolished. Now the lagoon is kept open for the desalination facility, and it’s owners are responsible for the maintenance dredging. The two dredge cycles were approved Thursday without comment as part of the Coastal Commission’s consent calendar. Along with the desalination plant, several other commercial, recreational and environmental preservation activities benefit from keeping the lagoon open. One is the Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute’s fish hatchery that has raised white seabass on the edge of the lagoon’s outer basin, between Carlsbad Boulevard and the railroad trestle, since the 1980s. The fish are released into the ocean to supplement the stock taken by commercial fishermen. And until this year, the Carlsbad Aquafarm grew shellfish, primarily oysters and mussels, for 70 years before losing its lease with the property owner, NRG Energy. The North Coast YMCA operates a water park with kayaking, paddleboards and other activities in the lagoon’s middle basin, between the railroad trestle and Interstate 5. And the inner basin has a private business, California Watersports, that rents personal watercraft, kayaks and other aquatics gear.
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Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products. “We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir’s loved ones during this difficult time,” said a statement from OpenAI. Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said “appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation.” The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide. His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a “happy, smart and brave young man” who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends. Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT. “Suchir’s contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn’t have succeeded without him,” said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what made him such an exceptional engineer and scientist was his attention to detail and ability to notice subtle bugs or logical errors. “He had a knack for finding simple solutions and writing elegant code that worked,” Schulman wrote. “He’d think through the details of things carefully and rigorously.” Balaji later shifted to organizing the huge datasets of online writings and other media used to train GPT-4, the fourth generation of OpenAI's flagship large language model and a basis for the company's famous chatbot. It was that work that eventually caused Balaji to question the technology he helped build, especially after newspapers, novelists and others began suing OpenAI and other AI companies for copyright infringement. He first raised his concerns with The New York Times, which reported them in an October profile of Balaji . He later told The Associated Press he would “try to testify” in the strongest copyright infringement cases and considered a lawsuit brought by The New York Times last year to be the “most serious.” Times lawyers named him in a Nov. 18 court filing as someone who might have “unique and relevant documents” supporting allegations of OpenAI's willful copyright infringement. His records were also sought by lawyers in a separate case brought by book authors including the comedian Sarah Silverman, according to a court filing. “It doesn’t feel right to be training on people’s data and then competing with them in the marketplace,” Balaji told the AP in late October. “I don’t think you should be able to do that. I don’t think you are able to do that legally.” He told the AP that he gradually grew more disillusioned with OpenAI, especially after the internal turmoil that led its board of directors to fire and then rehire CEO Sam Altman last year. Balaji said he was broadly concerned about how its commercial products were rolling out, including their propensity for spouting false information known as hallucinations. But of the “bag of issues” he was concerned about, he said he was focusing on copyright as the one it was “actually possible to do something about.” He acknowledged that it was an unpopular opinion within the AI research community, which is accustomed to pulling data from the internet, but said “they will have to change and it’s a matter of time.” He had not been deposed and it’s unclear to what extent his revelations will be admitted as evidence in any legal cases after his death. He also published a personal blog post with his opinions about the topic. Schulman, who resigned from OpenAI in August, said he and Balaji coincidentally left on the same day and celebrated with fellow colleagues that night with dinner and drinks at a San Francisco bar. Another of Balaji’s mentors, co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, had left OpenAI several months earlier , which Balaji saw as another impetus to leave. Schulman said Balaji had told him earlier this year of his plans to leave OpenAI and that Balaji didn't think that better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence “was right around the corner, like the rest of the company seemed to believe.” The younger engineer expressed interest in getting a doctorate and exploring “some more off-the-beaten path ideas about how to build intelligence,” Schulman said. Balaji's family said a memorial is being planned for later this month at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, not far from his hometown of Cupertino. —————- EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. —————-- The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives.
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Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products. “We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir’s loved ones during this difficult time,” said a statement from OpenAI. Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said “appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation.” The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide. His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a “happy, smart and brave young man” who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends. Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT. “Suchir’s contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn’t have succeeded without him,” said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what made him such an exceptional engineer and scientist was his attention to detail and ability to notice subtle bugs or logical errors. “He had a knack for finding simple solutions and writing elegant code that worked,” Schulman wrote. “He’d think through the details of things carefully and rigorously.” Balaji later shifted to organizing the huge datasets of online writings and other media used to train GPT-4, the fourth generation of OpenAI's flagship large language model and a basis for the company's famous chatbot. It was that work that eventually caused Balaji to question the technology he helped build, especially after newspapers, novelists and others began suing OpenAI and other AI companies for copyright infringement. He first raised his concerns with The New York Times, which reported them in an October profile of Balaji . He later told The Associated Press he would “try to testify” in the strongest copyright infringement cases and considered a lawsuit brought by The New York Times last year to be the “most serious.” Times lawyers named him in a Nov. 18 court filing as someone who might have “unique and relevant documents” supporting allegations of OpenAI's willful copyright infringement. His records were also sought by lawyers in a separate case brought by book authors including the comedian Sarah Silverman, according to a court filing. “It doesn’t feel right to be training on people’s data and then competing with them in the marketplace,” Balaji told the AP in late October. “I don’t think you should be able to do that. I don’t think you are able to do that legally.” He told the AP that he gradually grew more disillusioned with OpenAI, especially after the internal turmoil that led its board of directors to fire and then rehire CEO Sam Altman last year. Balaji said he was broadly concerned about how its commercial products were rolling out, including their propensity for spouting false information known as hallucinations. But of the “bag of issues” he was concerned about, he said he was focusing on copyright as the one it was “actually possible to do something about.” He acknowledged that it was an unpopular opinion within the AI research community, which is accustomed to pulling data from the internet, but said “they will have to change and it’s a matter of time.” He had not been deposed and it’s unclear to what extent his revelations will be admitted as evidence in any legal cases after his death. He also published a personal blog post with his opinions about the topic. Schulman, who resigned from OpenAI in August, said he and Balaji coincidentally left on the same day and celebrated with fellow colleagues that night with dinner and drinks at a San Francisco bar. Another of Balaji’s mentors, co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, had left OpenAI several months earlier , which Balaji saw as another impetus to leave. Schulman said Balaji had told him earlier this year of his plans to leave OpenAI and that Balaji didn't think that better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence “was right around the corner, like the rest of the company seemed to believe.” The younger engineer expressed interest in getting a doctorate and exploring “some more off-the-beaten path ideas about how to build intelligence,” Schulman said. Balaji's family said a memorial is being planned for later this month at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, not far from his hometown of Cupertino. —————- EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. —————-- The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives.In a closely watched race, State Representative Court Boice has won reelection to represent Oregon's 1st House District, which encompasses parts of Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties. The Republican incumbent secured his position for another two-year term, reinforcing his commitment to addressing the region's pressing issues. Boice, a native Oregonian with deep roots in the district, campaigned on a platform emphasizing forest management, fire prevention, and economic development for the rural communities he represents. His victory comes as no surprise to many local observers, given his long-standing ties to the area and his reputation for hands-on involvement in community affairs. Throughout his campaign, Boice highlighted his experience in catastrophic fire awareness and prevention, positioning himself as a leader in addressing what he considers "the most defining natural resource and community safety issue of our time". This focus resonated with voters in a region that has grappled with the increasing threat of wildfires in recent years. The representative's background as a county commissioner and his involvement in various local boards and committees over four decades likely contributed to his appeal among constituents. Boice has often emphasized his deep understanding of the district's needs, stating, "No one will outwork me, and no one will care more!" In his upcoming term, Boice is expected to continue his efforts to reverse what he describes as "40 years of damaging Legislative Policies in Oregon". He has been vocal about his desire to protect the district's natural resources while promoting economic stability, a balance that many in the timber-dependent region view as crucial. In his campaign Boice also campaigned on economic development for rural communities, emphasizing his commitment to the needs of rural Oregon and its need for education reform. Boice advocated reversing what he saw as damages to education from lowering academic standards and eliminating political and social indoctrination from public schools. This fits in with his Pro-life stance. Boice describes himself as solidly pro-life, except in cases of risk to the mother's life, rape, or incest. He supported a top-down audit of Oregon's election processes. The reelection of Boice comes at a time when Oregon's political landscape is experiencing significant shifts. The state recently saw a Supreme Court decision barring several Republican senators from seeking reelection due to their participation in a prolonged walkout last year. While this ruling does not directly affect Boice, it underscores the heightened tensions in Oregon politics and the challenges facing lawmakers as they navigate partisan divides. As he prepares for another term in Salem, Boice will likely face pressure to deliver on his promises of economic revitalization and improved forest management practices. His constituents in the "beautiful Southwest Corner of Oregon," as he affectionately refers to his district, will be watching closely to see how he addresses their concerns in the state capitol. With the political dynamics in Oregon continuing to evolve, Boice's role as a Republican in a Democrat-dominated legislature will be scrutinized. His ability to work across the aisle while maintaining his conservative principles will be key to his effectiveness in the upcoming legislative sessions. As Oregon grapples with issues ranging from housing affordability to climate change, Boice's reelection ensures that the voice of rural Oregon will continue to be heard in the state's policy discussions. The coming term will test his skills as a legislator and his capacity to bring about the changes he has promised to his constituents.
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Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco, and his last known address is in Honolulu, Hawaii, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing. Here's the latest: Freddie Leatherbury hasn’t spoken to Mangione since they graduated in 2016 from Gilman School in Maryland. He said Mangione was a smart, friendly and athletic student who came from a wealthy family, even by the private school’s standards. Man in custody had a gun, mask and writings tying him to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a suspect Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon, mask and writings linking him to the ambush. The chance sighting at the restaurant in Altoona led to a dramatic break in a challenging but fast-moving investigation that had captivated the public in the five days since the shooting that shook the health insurance industry. The suspect, identified by police as 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione, had a gun believed to be the one used in last Wednesday’s shooting of Brian Thompson, as well as writings suggesting anger with corporate America, police said. Mangione was taken into custody about 9:15 a.m. after police got a tip that he was eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, police said. "He is believed to be our person of interest in the brazen, targeted murder of Brian Thompson,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were back at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country's public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt." Meanwhile, streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighboring countries, hoping for a more peaceful future and looking for relatives who disappeared during Assad's brutal rule. There were already signs of the difficulties ahead for the rebel alliance now in control of much of the country. The alliance is led by a former senior al-Qaida militant who severed ties with the extremist group years ago and has promised representative government and religious tolerance. The rebel command said Monday they would not tell women how to dress. “It is strictly forbidden to interfere with women’s dress or impose any request related to their clothing or appearance, including requests for modesty,” the command said in a statement on social media. As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel. After fighting wars on multiple fronts for months, Israel is now concerned that unrest in Syria could spill over into its territory. Israel also views the end of the Assad regime as a chance to disrupt Iran's ability to smuggle weapons through Syria to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli military over the weekend began seizing control of a demilitarized buffer zone in Syria created as part of a 1974 ceasefire between the countries. It said the move was temporary and meant to secure its border. But the incursion sparked condemnation, with critics accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire and possibly exploiting the chaos in Syria for a land grab. Israel still controls the Golan Heights that it captured from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed — a move not recognized by most of the international community. Here’s a look at recent developments along the Syrian frontier. Trump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it? WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It's been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country. It's not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. But others say this is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult to overturn and even if it's possible, it's a bad idea. Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely ’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week because the jury deadlocked on that count. Penny, who had shown little expression during the trial, briefly smiled as the verdict was read. While celebrating later with his attorneys, he said he felt “great.” Both applause and anger erupted in the courtroom, and Neely's father and two supporters were ushered out after audibly reacting. Another person also left, wailing with tears. “It really, really hurts,” Neely’s father, Andre Zachery, said outside the courthouse. “I had enough of this. The system is rigged." Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he's open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia. The deployment would be a step toward Ukraine joining NATO, Zelenskyy said in a post on his Telegram channel. “But before that, we must have a clear understanding of when Ukraine will be in the European Union and when Ukraine will be in NATO,” Zelenskyy said. His proposals tread a delicate diplomatic path amid international efforts to find a way of ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II at a time when Russia has gained an upper hand in the fighting. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seeking to bring about a ceasefire and met with Zelenskyy in Paris on Saturday. But Zelenskyy said Monday that he would approach outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden about Ukraine’s possible NATO membership because he's still in office, while Trump doesn't yet have “legal rights” to decide on the matter. Jay-Z says lawsuit accusing him of raping a child at awards after-party is part of an extortion ploy NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z says a rape allegation made against him is part of an extortion attempt. A woman who previously sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging she was raped at an awards show after-party in 2000 when she was 13, amended the lawsuit Sunday to include a new allegation that Jay-Z was also at the party and participated in the sexual assault. The 24-time Grammy award winning rapper, producer and music mogul called the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature" in a statement released by Roc Nation, one of his companies. His lawyer also argued Monday that his accuser, who is only identified as Jane Doe, should have to reveal her identity, or have her lawsuit dismissed outright. Attorney Alex Spiro said in a filing in Manhattan federal court that the woman hasn’t provided any specific evidence to justify her anonymity and that her “vague assertions of potential harm fall far short of the stringent requirements” under law. Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as he wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges. Netanyahu is on trial at home on accusations of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate matters. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing, but his appearance on the witness stand will be a low point in his decades-long political career, standing in contrast to the image of a sophisticated, respected leader he has tried to cultivate. The trial will take up a chunk of Netanyahu's time at a crucial point for Israel. While he makes his case for weeks from the stand, he will still be tasked with managing the war in Gaza, maintaining a fragile ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and keeping tabs on threats from the wider Middle East, including Iran. It will be the first time an Israeli prime minister has taken the stand as a criminal defendant. Netanyahu has repeatedly sought to delay the proceedings, citing the war in Gaza and security concerns. The judges ordered the trial to resume Tuesday, moving the proceedings to an underground chamber in a Tel Aviv court as a security precaution. Netanyahu's appearance in the courtroom will also draw attention to other legal issues in the Israeli leader's orbit. Close advisers in his office are embroiled in a separate series of scandals surrounding leaked classified information and doctored documents. While Netanyahu is not suspected of direct involvement in those, they could weaken his public image. 'Emilia Pérez' leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by 'The Brutalist' and 'Conclave' Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave” and the postwar epic “The Brutalist.” The nominations for the Globes, which will be televised by CBS and streamed on Paramount+ on Jan. 5, were announced on Monday morning by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut. The embattled Globes, which are no longer presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are still in comeback mode after years of scandal and organizational upheaval. Working in the Globes favor this year: a especially starry field of nominees. Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Glen Powell and Selena Gomez all scored nominations. The young Donald Trump drama “The Apprentice” also landed nominations for its two central performances, by Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. The president elect has called “The Apprentice” a “politically disgusting hatchet job" made by "human scum.” How much the recent president election will figure into Hollywood's awards season remains to be seen. In the season's first awards ceremony, the Gotham Awards, Trump went unmentioned but sometimes alluded to. Stan also received a nomination Monday for the dark comedy “A Different Man.”
Monday’s game between the San Francisco Dons (4-1) and Clemson Tigers (4-1) matching up at Ocean Center has a projected final score of 73-71 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of San Francisco, so expect a competitive matchup. The game will begin at 6:30 PM ET on November 25. Based on our computer prediction, San Francisco projects to cover the 2.5-point spread in its matchup against Clemson. The over/under is listed at 143.5, and the two teams are projected to hit the over. Watch men’s college basketball, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up for a free trial. Place your bets on any men’s college basketball matchup at BetMGM. Sign up today using our link. Clemson has compiled a 2-3-0 record against the spread this season, while San Francisco is 3-1-0. The Tigers have a 3-2-0 record hitting the over, while games involving the Dons have a record of 1-3-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The teams combine to score 160.8 points per game, 17.3 more points than this matchup’s total. Bet on this or any men’s college basketball matchup at BetMGM. Rep your favorite players with officially licensed gear. Head to Fanatics to find jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER .
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins were ready to deal veteran defensive tackle Calais Campbell to the Baltimore Ravens ahead of the Nov. 5 trade deadline until Mike McDaniel stepped in. “I may or may not have thrown an adult temper tantrum,” Miami's coach said, confirming the news first reported by NFL Network Sunday morning. The Dolphins were 2-6 and had lost three straight at that point. They'd played four uninspired games without their starting quarterback, going 1-3 after Tua Tagovailoa went on injured reserve on Sept. 17 with a concussion. Campbell would have had a chance to rejoin the contending Ravens, and Miami would have received a 2026 fifth-round pick in return, NFL Network reported. McDaniel argued that Campbell was too valuable to lose. “I was happy that they brought me into the conversations," Campbell said after Miami's 34-15 win over the New England Patriots . “They didn't have to say anything to me at all. We had a really good conversation about what we think about this team, where we are. We felt like we had a good shot to get back into the fight.” Added McDaniel: “I think it wasn’t like it was (GM) Chris (Grier) versus me. ... That’s the tricky thing about Chris’ job is he has to look long-term and short-term at the same time, what’s the best for the organization.” Campbell, a 17-year veteran, signed with the Dolphins after playing for Atlanta last season. Players and coaches have praised the 38-year-old's contributions on the field and in the locker room. “There’s no one’s game I’ve come to respect more than Calais up front on the D-line,” defensive tackle Zach Sieler said, “being with him this year and just the energy, the attitude and the mindset he brings every week. It can’t be matched, and that’s the reason why he is who he is today and doing what he’s doing at 17 years.” Campbell leads the team with four sacks. With back-to-back sacks in Weeks 10 and 11, he became the eighth player 38 or older to record sacks in consecutive games since the 1970 merger. He also has nine tackles for loss, giving him at least five tackles for loss in 15 of his 17 seasons. He played for Baltimore from 2020-2022, totaling 11 sacks and 113 tackles. “I think he means a great deal to not only the defensive line room, but the entire defense as well as the entire team,” McDaniel said earlier this week. “It’s rare for a guy to get here when he did, and then be voted, with such conviction, captain. I think the way that he operates to be a pro, I think has had a substantial impact on a lot of players that hadn’t been fortunate enough to be around someone with sustained success like he’s had.” The Dolphins have won three straight games since the deadline. Miami's defense held the Patriots scoreless until the fourth quarter on Sunday. Campbell broke down the team's pregame huddle as he has done before most games this season. He was also seen coaching up rookie linebacker Chop Robinson, who is always seeking pointers from the six-time Pro Bowler. “My job is to speak on behalf of what’s the best thing for the 2024 Dolphins,” McDaniel said. “I’m just fortunate to work in an organization where myself and the GM can be transparent and work together. “And he didn’t want to see any more adult temper tantrums.” AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stressed the need for institutional collaboration in driving National development. Air Marshal Abubakar during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect Sonny Echono in Abuja, also expressed his appreciation for the Fund’s transformative contributions to Nigeria’s education sector, particularly through its infrastructure and research-focused initiatives. Air Marshal Abubakar while commending TETFund’s impact on the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), particularly through its support of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, highlighted TETFund’s sponsorship of research projects, provision of research grants, development of ICT facilities, and staff training programmes, which have collectively enhanced AFIT’s capacity to deliver world-class education and skills development. He added that these contributions align with the NAF’s broader vision of fostering capacity building for national progress. He said: “As we navigate the complex challenges of today’s world, partnerships between institutions like TETFund and the Nigerian Air Force remain crucial. Together, we can build a stronger and more secure Nigeria, where education and defence work hand in hand to shape a prosperous future.” In response, Architect Echono praised the NAF for its dedication to advancing education and pledged TETFund’s continued support for initiatives that promote research, innovation, and National development. Echono while commending the efforts and sacrifices of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in restoring peace and security, to create the enabling environment for development, noted that the visit reaffirmed the mutual commitment of both institutions to leveraging education as a tool for a stronger and more secure Nigeria.Ron Roberts Founder and CEO of Roberts Retirement Group, Interviewed on the Influential Entrepreneur Podcast Discussing Guaranteed Retirement Income Planning
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A rape allegation against rapper Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation has produced some of the NFL’s entertainment presentations including the Super Bowl halftime show, will not affect the league’s relationship with the music mogul. “We’re aware of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s really strong response to that,” NFL (National Football League) commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday after the conclusion of the league’s winter meetings. “We know the litigation is happening now. From our standpoint, our relationship is not changing with them, including our preparations for the next Super Bowl.” A woman who previously sued musician Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging she was raped at an awards show after-party in 2000 when she was 13 years old, amended the lawsuit on Sunday to include a new allegation that Jay-Z was also at the party and participated in the sexual assault. Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, said the rape allegation made against him is part of an extortion attempt. The 24-time Grammy Award winner called the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in a statement released by Roc Nation. The NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019 for events and social activism. The league and the entertainment company extended their partnership a few months ago. Kendrick Lamar will perform the Super Bowl halftime show at The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9. Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show. Beyonce, who is married to Jay-Z, will perform at halftime of the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game at Christmas. “I think they’re getting incredibly comfortable not just with the Super Bowl but other events they’ve advised us on and helped us with,” Mr Goodell said. “They’ve been a big help in the social justice area to us on many occasions. They’ve been great partners.”Even with access to new obesity drugs, some people don’t lose weight
A patient holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a blockbuster drug used for weight loss. —AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File NEW MEXICO, United States — Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock. And her health insurance covered all but $25 to $50 of the monthly cost. For Griffin, the hardest part of using the new drugs wasn’t access. It was finding out that the much-hyped medications didn’t really work for her. READ: My life on Ozempic, the so-called weight-loss ‘miracle drug’ “I have been on Wegovy for a year and a half and have only lost 13 pounds,” said Griffin, who watches her diet, drinks plenty of water and exercises regularly. “I’ve done everything right with no success. It’s discouraging.” In clinical trials, most participants taking Wegovy or Mounjaro to treat obesity lost an average of 15 percent to 22 percent of their body weight—up to 50 pounds or more in many cases. But roughly 10 percent to 15 percent of patients in those trials were “nonresponders” who lost less than 5 percent of their body weight. Now that millions of people have used the drugs, several obesity experts told The Associated Press that perhaps 20 percent of patients—as many as 1 in 5—may not respond well to the medications. It’s a little-known consequence of the obesity drug boom, according to doctors who caution eager patients not to expect one-size-fits-all results. “It’s all about explaining that different people have different responses,” said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity expert at Massachusetts General Hospital The drugs are known as GLP-1 receptor agonists because they mimic a hormone in the body known as glucagon-like peptide 1. Genetics, hormones and variability in how the brain regulates energy can all influence weight — and a person’s response to the drugs, Stanford said. Medical conditions such as sleep apnea can prevent weight loss, as can certain common medications, such as antidepressants, steroids and contraceptives. “This is a disease that stems from the brain,” said Stanford. “The dysfunction may not be the same” from patient to patient. Despite such cautions, patients are often upset when they start getting the weekly injections but the numbers on the scale barely budge. “It can be devastating,” said Dr. Katherine Saunders, an obesity expert at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of the obesity treatment company FlyteHealth. “With such high expectations, there’s so much room for disappointment.” That was the case for Griffin, who has battled obesity since childhood and hoped to shed 70 pounds using Wegovy. The drug helped reduce her appetite and lowered her risk of diabetes, but she saw little change in weight. “It’s an emotional roller coaster,” she said. “You want it to work like it does for everybody else.” The medications are typically prescribed along with eating behavior and lifestyle changes. It’s usually clear within weeks whether someone will respond to the drugs, said Dr. Jody Dushay, an endocrine specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Weight loss typically begins right away and continues as the dosage increases. For some patients, that just doesn’t happen. For others, side effects such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea force them to halt the medications, Dushay said. In such situations, patients who were counting on the new drugs to pare pounds may think they’re out of options. “I tell them: It’s not game over,” Dushay said. Trying a different version of the new class of drugs may help. Griffin, who didn’t respond well to Wegovy, has started using Zepbound, which targets an additional hormone pathway in the body. After three months of using the drug, she has lost 7 pounds. “I’m hoping it’s slow and steady,” she said. Other people respond well to older drugs, the experts said. Changing diet, exercise, sleep and stress habits can also have profound effects. Figuring out what works typically requires a doctor trained to treat obesity, Saunders noted. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . “Obesity is such a complex disease that really needs to be treated very comprehensively,” she said. “If what we’re prescribing doesn’t work, we always have a backup plan.”Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles claims she was HACKED after shock social media move amid Jay Z and Diddy dramaTottenham star DEACTIVATES his social media account after abuse from fans for post in aftermath of Chelsea defeat Tottenham threw away a two-goal lead against London rivals Chelsea on Sunday Brennan Johnson quit Instagram in September after receiving similar abuse LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! , available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday By DAVID KENT Published: 23:00 GMT, 9 December 2024 | Updated: 23:03 GMT, 9 December 2024 e-mail View comments A second Tottenham player has been forced to close a social-media account this season after receiving abuse from fans in the wake of a London derby defeat. Brennan Johnson quit Instagram after receiving online criticism for his perceived poor performance in September's North London derby defeat by Arsenal . Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou leaped to the defence of his player, saying that the online trolls deserve a 'punch in the nose'. And, after Tottenham threw away a two-goal lead against Chelsea on Sunday to lose 4-3, one of Johnson's team-mates has followed suit in closing his social media account - this time after receiving a backlash to one of his posts. Pedro Porro reshared a statistic posted on X by stats account Squawka which stated: 'Pedro Porro is the only defender to be directly involved in 20+ Premier League goals since he made his debut in the competition in February 2023.' In response, the Spaniard received a barrage of abuse from fans angry at the post in the wake of defeat by their rivals. Pedro Porro (second right) decided to close his X account after receiving abuse from fans Supporters reacted poorly to this post from Pedro Porro in the wake of the defeat by Chelsea Brennan Johnson quit Instagram in September after also being a victim to a similar backlash @FUTSPY wrote: 'What an embarrassment, his defensive negligence removes all of his attacking contributions so he's at a net zero contribution.' While @jackcolegolf posted: 'Needs to be more proud of trying to keep clean sheets as he is a "defender". All well and good going forwards but do your job first and foremost.' Porro, who played every minute of the home loss, then decided to close his X account. Next up for Tottenham is a all-British clash with Rangers at Ibrox in the Europa League on Thursday before a trip to face Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday. Brennan Johnson Tottenham Hotspur Ange Postecoglou Share or comment on this article: Tottenham star DEACTIVATES his social media account after abuse from fans for post in aftermath of Chelsea defeat e-mail Add comment
ATLANTA, Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (“Streamline” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: STRM), a leading provider of solutions that enable healthcare providers to proactively address revenue leakage and improve financial performance, today announced that it will release its financial results for the three month period ended October 31, 2024 on Monday December 16, 2024 after the close of the financial markets. The Company will conduct a conference call on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 9:00 AM ET to review results and provide a corporate update. Interested parties can access the call by joining the live webcast: click here to register . You can also join by phone by dialing 877-407-8291. A replay of the conference call will be available from Tuesday December 17, 2024, at 12:00 PM ET to Thursday December 24, 2024, at 12:00 PM ET by dialing 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 with conference ID 13750374. An online replay of the presentation will also be available for six months following the presentation in the Investor Relations section of the Streamline website, www.streamlinehealth.net . About Streamline Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM) enables healthcare organizations to proactively address revenue leakage and improve financial performance. We deliver integrated solutions, technology-enabled services and analytics that drive compliant revenue leading to improved financial performance across the enterprise. For more information, visit www.streamlinehealth.net . Source: Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. Company Contact Jacob Goldberger Vice President, Finance 303-887-9625 jacob.goldberger@streamlinehealth.net'Democracy and freedom': Jimmy Carter's human rights efforts in Latin America
AP Business SummaryBrief at 5:13 p.m. ESTJimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’Britain's finance ministry has announced plans to clamp down on wasteful expenditures, urging government departments to align their spending with policy priorities. In a bid to overhaul the public sector, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is implementing strategies to ensure each pound is spent efficiently and effectively. The move includes resurrecting the 'zero-based review' of public spending, last undertaken 17 years ago, to bring transparency and accountability to government expenses. Finance minister Rachel Reeves emphasized the importance of reforming public services to meet modern demands, ultimately saving money while improving service delivery. Letters have been dispatched to each department, advising that 'difficult' decisions may be needed to halt spending not aligned with government priorities. The finance ministry's comprehensive review, set for next year, will form part of their strategy to balance day-to-day spending with tax revenues, setting strict budget limits for public services. (With inputs from agencies.)
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Jets running back Breece Hall dealing with a knee issue, left tackle Tyron Smith could go on IRChina is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. China's tech giants have launched their own AI models. Niphon | Istock | Getty Images China's race to develop smarter-than-human artificial intelligence may put it ahead of the U.S., but such ground-breaking technology could also risk lessening the stronghold that the ruling Communist Party has over the world's second-largest economy. That's the view of prominent AI scientist Max Tegmark, who told CNBC artificial general intelligence (AGI) is closer than we think and the narrative of a geopolitical battle between the U.S. and China racing to build the smartest AI is a "suicide race." While there is no singular definition of AGI, it is broadly taken to refer to AI that can outsmart humans. Applications like ChatGPT — that allow users to prompt a chatbot for answers — have exploded in popularity. But many AI companies are racing to develop the next level, with AI that has human-level intelligence. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has said that AGI could be achieved by 2025. While there are other major names in the tech sector who also think AGI is close, many others think true AGI is still very far away . As well as competition between technology companies, there is also the geopolitical battle taking place between the U.S. and China for dominance in realms from AI to chips. While this is often portrayed as a race to be first to the latest technology, Tegmark said this is not the right framing. "I think of this battle, this geopolitical battle to build AGI first as a 'hopium war'," Tegmark told CNBC in an interview last month. " I call it the 'hopium war' because it's fueled by ... delusional hope that we can control AGI." Tegmark is the president of the Future of Life Institute, a thinktank which penned a letter last year calling for AI labs to pause the development of advanced AI systems . The letter was signed by major tech names including Tesla CEO Elon Musk . Tegmark's concern is that AI is advancing rapidly with very few guardrails in place, and no way to control it should it begin to outsmart humans. "We are much closer to building AGI than figuring out how to control it. And that means that the AGI race is not an arms race, it's a suicide race," Tegmark said. Is China worried about AGI? China has little incentive to build AGI, according to Tegmark. The AI scientist recalled a story in which Elon Musk told him about a "high level meeting" the Tesla boss had with Chinese government officials in early 2023. Musk said to the Chinese government that if AGI is built, China "will not be controlled by the Communist Party, but by the super intelligence," Tegmark said. "[Musk] got a very strong reaction. Some of them, really hadn't thought about that, and with less than a month from that, China came out with their first AI regulations," Tegmark said, referencing new regulation governing generative AI . China's ministry of foreign affairs was not immediately available for comment on the anecdote. CNBC also contacted Tesla for a response from Musk. "The U.S. doesn't need to convince China to not build AGI. Even if the U.S. didn't exist, the Chinese government would have an incentive to not build it because they want to be in control," Tegmark said. "[The] last thing they want is to lose that control." China's approach to AI AI is a strategic priority for the Chinese government. The country's biggest firms such as Alibaba , Huawei and Tencent have been developing their own AI models . The capabilities of those models are also advancing. China was also among the first countries in the world to bring in regulation around various aspects of AI . The country's internet is heavily censored and any information that appears to go against Beijing's ideology is blocked. OpenAI's ChatGPT is banned and it is well-noted that chatbots in China won't answer questions related to politics and topics deemed sensitive by the Communist Party. The country's approach to AI is therefore an attempt to push innovation while also balancing its own interests. When it comes to AGI, China is likely to pursue a similar approach, according to analysts. "I would not count on China to limit its own AI capabilities due to fears that such technologies would threaten Party rule. Similar predictions were made about the internet, they all proved to be false," Kendra Schaefer, a partner at consultancy Trivium China," told CNBC. "China will attempt to dominate AGI while creating a techno-regulatory apparatus that limits what AGI is permitted to do domestically." U.S.-China AI battle Despite Tegmark's view that the the race to build AGI is a "hopium war," geopoltiics remains front and center between the U.S. and China when it comes to development of the technology. "Right now, China is viewing AI through a dual-lens: geopolitical power and domestic growth," said Abishur Prakash, founder and geopolitical strategist at Toronto-based strategy advisory firm, The Geopolitical Business. watch now VIDEO 3:04 03:04 Underestimating China in the AI 'multi-decade arms race' would be a mistake Street Signs Asia "With AI, China hopes to shift the balance of power around the globe, like creating a new export model. And, in parallel, China wants to power its economy in new ways, from government efficiency to business applications," Prakash told CNBC. The U.S. has pursued a policy of attempting to restrict China's access to key technologies, mainly semiconductors like those designed by Nvidia , that are required to train more advanced AI models. China has responded by attempting to build its homegrown chip industry. Will the U.S. and China partner on AI rules? Technologists have warned of some of the risks and dangers when AGI does finally arrive. One theory is that without guardrails, AI will be able to improve itself and design new systems independently. Tegmark believes that any such risks will be realized by both the U.S. and China, which will force both countries' governments to individually come up with rules around AI safety. "So my optimistic path forward is the U.S. and China unilaterally impose national safety standards to prevent their own companies from doing harm and building uncontrollable AGI, not to appease the rivals superpowers, but just to protect themselves," Tegmark said. "After that happens though, there's this really interesting stage where the U.S. and China will be like, wait, how can we guarantee that North Korea doesn't build AGI or someone else? And then the U.S. and China have an incentive now to push the rest of the world to join them into an AGI moratorium." Indeed, governments are already trying to work together to figure out how to create regulations and frameworks around AI. Last year, the U.K. hosted an AI safety summit, which the U.S. and China were both in attendance, to discuss potential guardrails around the technology. But regulation and rules around AI are currently fragmented. This year, the European Union enacted the AI Act , the first major law globally governing the technology. China has its own set of rules, while many other countries have not yet moved to create any regulation. Tegmark's hope of co-ordination around AI safety is echoed by others. "When the dangers of competition are greater than the rewards, nations will ideally be motivated to come together and mutually self-regulate," Trivium China's Schaefer said. "Indeed, some Chinese policymakers have advocated for getting out ahead of that potential issue and establishing an international governance body under the UN – similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency – so there is desire on Beijing's side to establish a global governance body," she said.Stalled engines? Driverless routes and roboshuttles
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RTE star Sinead Kennedy has opened up on her Christmas plans and revealed the reason she doesn't share her kids on social media. The Today Show star and her husband Conor Kirwan share two kids together, daughter Indie and baby Theo. In a recent interview with RSVP Live , Sinead revealed her family's plans for the festive season. The Cork native said: " We are going to go home to Brussels before Christmas to get a few days at the Christmas markets. My in-laws will be there so it will be a lovely family time. " For actual Christmas Day and week, we will be in Ireland between Cork and Dublin. We used to split our time, so we would spend the morning together and then head to our families, but it is different when you have kids. " The 40-year-old also spoke about her sister's recent wedding and told how it has added to the chaos. She said: "My sister Aisling also got married a few weeks ago which has added to the chaos. I was the only bridesmaid, so there was fierce excitement. We had the most incredible time and she was sensational. "I think this Christmas, it will be nice to chill together as a family and chat about the wedding as she is only back from her honeymoon so we all need to decompress and re-live it." The popular presenter also revealed the reason herself and Conor have decided to keep their kids off social media. The mum-of-two explained: " Conor is so chilled and while we talk about everything, this was not something we discussed prior to having kids , it is just the way it is. Before I was pregnant, I finished a documentary about online child sexual abuse, so I had my mind long made up before I had the kids. "It just wasn’t for me, it was very obvious that I was never going to share them anywhere. I think their image and privacy is theirs. I want to safeguard that, and that’s my job. If they want to be all over social media when they’re of age, that’s completely within their right, and that’s their call. But as their parents, this is the decision we have made for them. I don’t even share them in WhatsApp groups – once it is out there, it is out of your control." For the Christmas week in work, Sinead and her co-host Daithi O Se got all dolled up to go out on air. The RTE stars were presenting special episodes for the festive season all week. On Monday's show, Daithi looked dapper wearing a black t-shirt, grey jeans and a brown suede blazer. While Sinead stunned in a sparkly silver sweater and a pair of metallic jeans. The Cork native took to Instagram after the programme to share her outfit details with fans. Sinead and Daithi posed for smiling selfie on set in the RTE studio with the incredible festive decorations behind them. The mum-of-two captioned her post: "Christmas week in work. The countdown is officially on!!" Sinead's friends and fans all loved her snap as they raced to the comment section with compliments. Michael said: "Sinead you are such fun on the Today show you honestly make it all worthwhile." Mary commented: "You're a little pocket rocket @imsineadkennedy and dah-hay as the other one calls Daithi."
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