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SPRINGFIELD — Federal funding restrictions are hindering efforts to provide locally grown food to public school students.That was one of the issues that emerged this week when the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts held its second annual “Voices for Food Equity” event at Springfield College’s Richard B. Flynn Campus Union Building.The panel brought together Bay State experts and advocates to discuss the challenges of food insecurity, and one of the themes that emerged was food insecurity affecting children, youth and college students.Abby Getman Skillicorn, special projects manager for Massachusetts Farm to School in Boston, said federal reimbursement rates for food…
Chichen Itza’s history is recorded in ADN New research methods aim to elucidate the interpretation of sacrificial rituals and shed light on resistance to colonial epidemics. For over 100 years, the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza has been a source of archaeological fascination. Biomolecular archaeologist Christina Warinner points out that the rest of humanity is deeply involved in the inspiration principle of chapter 20 on the “hidden relationship” of virgin female sacrificial rituals, and is hopeful of the principle of chapter 21 for researchers to salvage sufficient evidence from the analysis of remains uncovered in past studies. Ahola Warinner,…
Maunjaro and Zepbound are expected to reach $5.3 billion in sales in 2023. Image: Bloomberg/Contributor (Getty Images)David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, maker of Maunjaro and Zepbound, says food, diet and fitness companies are seeking his advice about the growing popularity of his company’s diabetes and weight-loss drugs.Where did Cool Ranch Doritos come from?In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ricks said he advises these companies that they need to adapt to a less obese world. Xepbound and Maunjaro belong to a class of diabetes and obesity drugs called GLP-1, which also includes Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic. Demand for appetite…
China said it “strongly opposes” Turkey’s decision to impose an additional 40 percent tariff on all internal combustion or hybrid vehicles made in China, but called on Ankara to “immediately revoke” it. A statement from China’s Ministry of Commerce said Chinese authorities considered the measures “discriminatory against Chinese products and in violation of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules” and had “filed numerous protests with Turkey.” The statement warned: “The imposition of these additional tariffs will not only harm our partners and Turkish consumers, but will also increase Chinese companies’ concerns about Turkey’s business environment and undermine their confidence in investing…
Plus the truth – images of former Uluk Ocaklar director Tolgahan Demirbaş, one of the perpetrators of the murder of former Uluk Ocaklar President Sinan Ateş, who was killed in the middle of an Ankara street, emerged due to “tension” with the prosecution who adopted his statement and “threatened” the prosecutor.In the video provided by Face B, Demirbaş, deepening his investigation, recalls the names of dismissed prosecutors Durdu Özer and Durmuş Ali Kaya and implicitly threatens those who accept their testimony with the following words:Demirbaş: Their threatening politics are a liability.”This case is intended to be dragged into the political…
June 14, 2024, 14:16 +03Updated 46 minutes agoRussian President Vladimir Putin said Russia could immediately begin peace talks with Ukraine if preconditions were met, a move the Kiev regime called “nonsense.”Putin, in a statement at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said talks could be held if Ukrainian forces fully withdraw from the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions and if Ukraine commits not to joining NATO.Putin said Russia could immediately stop the offensive if preconditions were met and the safe withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the front line would be guaranteed.Mykhailo Podolyakh, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, argued that…
Ayse Ateş, the wife of assassinated former Ulucu Ocaklar President Sinan Ateş, wrote a letter to Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç and Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Ayşe Ateş said there was a dark hand trying to cover up her husband’s murder and demanded that this darkness be brought to light. Ankara prosecutor Ayse Ateş, Ayhan Ay, who first launched an investigation into her husband’s murder and later had the file taken away from her husband, was sent to the Ankara District Court by Ankara Deputy Prosecutor-General Durdu Özer, who dismissed the Ankara prosecutor during the investigation. The court conducted an investigation…
Burhan Seyhan/Aydin (DHA)Created on June 14, 2024 at 16:23TwitterLinkedinFlipboardEmailCopy LinkFontThe fire, which broke out in an agricultural area of Aydın’s Didim district, spread due to winds but was contained after extensive efforts, but initial investigations showed that a poultry farm and some hay were damaged in the fire. Meanwhile, the plane that intervened in the fire made a hard landing on the lake at around 16:30. Agriculture Minister Ibrahim Yumakli reported that the three staff members on board were rescued and are in good health.The fire broke out at around 13:20 in Akyenikoy district of Didim district. According to information…
Tesla (TSLA) shares appeared to lose steam Friday morning after shareholders approved a compensation package for CEO Elon Musk worth about $46 billion at the company’s annual meeting on Thursday.A number of analysts and Wall Street pundits have issued new, incredibly bullish predictions for EV companies, including Wedbush’s Dan Ives (whose latest prediction is that Tesla’s market cap will exceed $1 trillion in 2025) and Ark Invest (ARKK) founder, CEO, and CIO Cathie Wood (who sees Tesla’s stock price hitting $2,600 by 2029).But not everyone shares this enthusiasm for Tesla and Elon Musk. Per Lekander, CEO and portfolio manager at…
Aidan Lewis(Reuters) – Food supplies in southern Gaza are at risk after Israel expanded its military operations and people displaced by the offensive are facing a public health crisis, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said that while hunger and the risk of famine have been most severe in northern Gaza in recent months, the situation is also worsening in the south.In the early days of the eight-month war, the main route for aid was from Egypt to southern Gaza, but this route was all but cut…