- Horror Inc. Issues Cease and Desist for ‘Friday The 13th: The Game – Resurrected’ Fan Mod Bloody Disgusting
- Friday the 13th’s New Game Is Canceled Because of Cease & Desist Order 80.lv
- Friday the 13th: Resurrected Canceled Following Copyright Infringement Claim IGN
- Friday the 13: The Game has been killed one more time: Fan-made ‘Resurrection’ project derailed by lawyers over ‘cavalier disregard of copyright law’ Yahoo! Voices
- Friday the 13th isn’t coming back after all, as ambitious fan remake gets canceled due to cease and desist order PCGamesN
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Valve asks Portal 64 developer to cease project following Nintendo concerns – Eurogamer.net
- Valve asks Portal 64 developer to cease project following Nintendo concerns Eurogamer.net
- That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: ‘They have asked me to take the project down,’ creator says PC Gamer
- As Team Fortress 2 and Portal fan games are hit with copyright requests, acclaimed sandbox game dev behind Garry’s Mod says the decision is “hardly surprising” Gamesradar
- Valve squashes Team Fortress 2 and Portal fan projects after years of leniency Engadget
- ‘Save Team Fortress 2’ campaign explodes after Valve DMCAs fan remake PCGamesN
Gaza’s two biggest hospitals cease operations as WHO warns of rising deaths – Al Jazeera English
- Gaza’s two biggest hospitals cease operations as WHO warns of rising deaths Al Jazeera English
- Israel-Hamas war live: al-Shifa hospital ‘no longer functioning’, says WHO, as aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop The Guardian
- Israel escalates ground operations in Gaza with intense fighting around al-Shifa hospital FOX 5 Washington DC
- Israel-Hamas war live: Gaza’s two largest hospitals shut amid nonstop raids Al Jazeera English
- Israel-Palestine war | Tayyip Erdogan calls out on the US to stop Israel’s offensive in Gaza | WION WION
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Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Chastain, Quinta Brunson & More Call On Biden To Propose Cease Fire In Gaza & Israel – Deadline
- Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Chastain, Quinta Brunson & More Call On Biden To Propose Cease Fire In Gaza & Israel Deadline
- Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and More Stars Demand Joe Biden Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: ‘Compassion Must Prevail’ Variety
- Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac and More Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza and Israel: “Stand for Our Common Humanity” Hollywood Reporter
- ‘History is watching:’ Hollywood stars urge Biden to press for Israel, Gaza ceasefire Reuters
- Letter from 2,000 actors and musicians slammed for accusing Israel of ‘war crimes’ while ignoring Hamas terrorist slaughter New York Post
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Canopy Growth to Cease Funding BioSteel Business Unit Furthering Business Transformation and Focus on North American Cannabis Leadership – PR Newswire
- Canopy Growth to Cease Funding BioSteel Business Unit Furthering Business Transformation and Focus on North American Cannabis Leadership PR Newswire
- Canopy Growth’s BioSteel sports drink unit files for bankruptcy in a move to stem cash burn MarketWatch
- Canopy Growth seeks bankruptcy protection for BioSteel to trim costs Yahoo Canada Finance
- Cannabis producer Canopy subsidiary BioSteel enters ‘hibernation’ ahead of planned sale Marijuana Business Daily
- BioSteel Files for and Obtains CCAA Creditor Protection PR Newswire
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GOP lawmakers demand answers over Walter Reed’s ‘cease and desist’ order to Catholic priests at hospital during Holy Week – New York Post
- GOP lawmakers demand answers over Walter Reed’s ‘cease and desist’ order to Catholic priests at hospital during Holy Week New York Post
- Walter Reed ‘cease and desist’ order for Catholic priests violates the First Amendment, GOP lawmakers say Fox News
- Lawmakers demand answers after priests booted from Walter Reed campus Military Times
- Critics Chide Military Hospital After Shift Away from Care Contract with Catholic Priests Military.com
- Walter Reed says Catholic pastoral care contract under review amid archdiocese criticism Fox News
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3M to cease making and using dangerous ‘forever chemicals’
“With these two actions, 3M is committing to innovate toward a world less dependent upon PFAS,” the release said.
Tuesday’s announcement comes as 3M is facing an onslaught of lawsuits from states and individuals who are claiming contamination from PFAS harmed their health. Bloomberg Intelligence estimates long-term legal liabilities could wind up costing the company $30 billion or more. 3M’s current annual net sales of manufactured PFAS are approximately $1.3 billion, according to the company.
Exposure to certain levels of PFAS chemicals has been linked to infertility, developmental issues or delays in children, and several types of cancer, among other health concerns. Despite these known risks to humans, the chemicals, which help make consumer goods resistant to water as well as stains and grease, continue to show up in products such as cosmetics, dental floss, food packaging and clothing.
The Biden administration has taken steps to regulate PFAS in various ways. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency said it would set enforceable drinking water limits on certain compounds.
Since then, the EPA has publicly warned that the chemicals pose a greater danger to human health than regulators previously thought. In August, the agency also proposed classifying two of the most common of these chemical compounds — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan tweeted Tuesday afternoon that “protecting people from PFAS pollution is one of my top priorities,” and he vowed “to hold polluters accountable and protect public health.”
Major U.S. manufacturers including 3M have long agreed to stop making PFOA and PFOS after their health risks became clear. 3M committed in 2000 to phase out the two chemicals, but it continued to use other types of “forever chemicals,” of which there are thousands with varying properties.
In Tuesday’s announcement, 3M argued the class of chemicals continues to be “essential for modern life.” The latest decision “is based on an evolving external landscape,” the company said, pointing to regulatory crackdowns as well as pressure from consumers and investors.
“While PFAS can be safely made and used, we also see an opportunity to lead in a rapidly evolving external regulatory and business landscape to make the greatest impact for those we serve,” 3M chairman and chief executive Mike Roman said in the news release.
The company did not say exactly how it plans to achieve its targets, noting, “We have already reduced our use of PFAS over the past three years through ongoing research and development, and will continue to innovate new solutions for customers.”
John Rumpler, senior clean water director for Environment America, called 3M’s announcement “great news for clean water.”
“For the sake of our health and our environment, we hope 3M will phase out PFAS production before 2025 and that other companies will follow suit,” he said in a statement.
Others questioned the company’s motivation.
Erik Olson, a senior strategic director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in an interview that 3M’s announcement almost certainly stems in part from the “massive liability” the company is facing.
“Virtually every American is walking around with PFAS in their bodies,” Olson said. “The handwriting is on the wall that continuing to make these chemicals is putting their shareholders and their company at risk.”
Olson and other environmental advocates are hoping 3M’s decision to move away from PFAS chemicals sends a powerful signal to other companies to “follow suit and get out of this dangerous chemistry,” he said. But he is skeptical that will happen quickly.
“There is a risk that others will see a void to be filled,” he said.
Dino Grandoni contributed to this report.
Ukraine-Russia war: Boris Johnson and NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg say western support for Kyiv must not cease
In separate comments published Sunday, Stoltenberg and Johnson also reiterated that Western governments must continue to support Ukraine to deter future aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Stoltenberg told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that nobody knew how long the conflict would last but “we need to prepare for the fact that it could take years.”
“We must not cease to support Ukraine. Even if the costs are high, not only for military support, but also because of rising energy and food prices.”
Boris Johnson, writing in the Sunday Times after his second visit to Kyiv on Friday, said Western allies must “steel ourselves for a long war, as Putin resorts to a campaign of attrition, trying to grind down Ukraine by sheer brutality.”
Johnson said that seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas, which covers much of eastern Ukraine, had been Putin’s objective for the last eight years “when he ignited a separatist rebellion and launched his first invasion.”
While Russia was still short of this goal, “Putin may not realise it but his grand imperial design for the total reconquest of Ukraine has been derailed. In his isolation, he may still think total conquest is possible.”
Both men stressed the need to avert future Russian aggression.
Stoltenberg said: “If Putin learns the lesson from this war that he can just carry on as he did after the Georgia war in 2008 and the occupation of Crimea in 2014, then we will pay a much higher price.”
Johnson asked what would happen if President Putin was free to keep all the areas of Ukraine now controlled by Russian forces. “What if no one was willing to lift a finger as he annexed this conquered territory and its fearful people into a greater Russia? Would this bring peace?”
Johnson said that through firm long-term support for Ukraine, “we and our allies will be protecting our own security as much as Ukraine’s and safeguarding the world from the lethal dreams of Putin and those who might seek to copy them.”
Johnson wrote: “Time is the vital factor. Everything will depend on whether Ukraine can strengthen its ability to defend its soil faster than Russia can renew its capacity to attack. Our task is to enlist time on Ukraine’s side.”
‘Strategic advantage’
On Sunday, Ukrainian officials said heavy fighting continues in the city of Severodonetsk — the epicenter of the bloody battle for Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region — and surrounding communities as Russian forces try to break the resistance of Ukrainian defenders and capture parts of the eastern Luhansk region they don’t already control.
Serhii Hayday, head of the regional military administration, said the “battles for Severodonetsk continue,” and that the sprawling Azot chemical plant, where some 500 civilians are sheltering, had been shelled again.
Russian operations appear designed to break Ukrainian defenses to the south of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, cutting off Ukrainian units still defending the two strategically important cities.
To the west, in the Donetsk region, also in the Donbas, the Ukrainian military reported further shelling of Ukrainian positions near Sloviansk. There was also a missile strike in the area, according to an operational update by the Ukrainian General Staff. But there appears to have been little change in frontline positions.
Stoltenberg was cautiously optimistic that Ukraine could turn the tide of the war. “Although the battle in Donbass is being waged more and more brutally by Russia, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting valiantly. With more modern weapons, the probability increases that Ukraine will be able to drive Putin’s troops out of Donbas again.”
Ukraine’s military has been burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems. While Western weapon systems are arriving, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned this week that they needed to come faster as Russia amasses a significant artillery advantage around the two cities in eastern Ukraine.
US officials insist that Western arms are still flowing to the front lines of the fight. But local reports of weapons shortages — and frustrated pleas from Ukrainian officials on the front lines — have raised questions about how effectively supply lines are running.
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was providing an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, a package that includes shipments of additional howitzers, ammunition and coastal defense systems. While the UK “plans to work with our friends to prepare Ukrainian forces to defend their country, with the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers every 120 days,” Johnson said.
While Russia has been making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine, Johnson stressed the attrition of Russian forces in the grinding battles, saying Russia would need “years, perhaps decades, to replace this hardware. And hour by hour Russian forces are expending equipment and ammunition faster than their factories can produce them.”
In late May, Ukrainian officials said Russian units were being reinforced by mothballed Soviet-era T-62 tanks, which appeared to have been brought out of storage.
The British Prime Minister added: “The UK and our friends must respond by ensuring that Ukraine has the strategic endurance to survive and eventually prevail.”
He laid out four essential steps to support Ukraine, which included: preserving the Ukrainian state which includes: ensuring the country receives “weapons, equipment, ammunition and training more rapidly than the invader and build up its capacity to use our help;” a “long-term effort to develop” alternative overland routes to overcome Russia’s “stranglehold on Ukraine’s economy by blockading its principal export routes across the Black Sea.”
This weekend, Zelensky visited the frontlines in the coastal city of Odesa and southern city of Mykolaiv, which are both Russian targets in its attempt to seize the Black Sea coast.
Johnson added that Russian blockade of Black Sea ports meant that some “25 million tonnes of corn and wheat — the entire annual consumption of all the least developed countries — is piled up in silos across Ukraine.”
On the forthcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Stoltenberg said that a new strategy concept will be adopted “will declare that Russia is no longer a partner, but a threat to our security, peace and stability.”
He said that “Russia’s nuclear saber rattling is dangerous and irresponsible. Putin must know that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be waged.”
CNN’s Tara John, Barbara Starr, Jeremy Herb and Oren Liebermann contributed to this piece.
All These Activision Blizzard Studios Will Likely Cease PlayStation Development
Sony’s slate of PlayStation Studios was once regarded as the strongest in the industry, but even with recent additions like Housemarque and Firesprite, it’s now dwarfed by Microsoft following its publisher shopping spree. So, we’ve already looked at the brands and franchises that will almost certainly cease to exist on PS5 and PS4 once the buyout clears, but what of the development teams?
Below is a full list of all developers who will likely become Xbox Series X|S console exclusive in the near-future, although it’s worth keeping in mind that not all of these make games for PlayStation currently. The likes of King, for example, are laser-focused on the mobile market, so there’s no real loss for Sony there.
Nevertheless, here’s the complete roster:
- Beenox
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Digital Legends Entertainment
- High Moon Studios
- Infinity Ward
- King
- Raven Software
- Sledgehammer Games
- Solid State
- Toys for Bob
- Treyarch
- Vicarious Visions (Part of Blizzard Entertainment)
Microsoft will also obtain some software providers, like Demonware, although it’s probably safe to assume these companies will continue to operate independently and will offer their services to anyone who requires them. Which of these developers do you think is the biggest loss overall? Let us know in the comments section below.
Colorado AG Issues Cease & Desist Orders For Some COVID Testing Sites – CBS Denver
(CBS4) – The Colorado Attorney General’s Office ordered the closure of several COVID testing locations for “failing to report COVID-19 testing results and cases to CDPHE as required by state law.” The locations operate under Center for COVID Control and other were operated by Macagain Corporation.
AG Phil Weiser says CCC misrepresented the certification and approval of each of their testing sites which is in violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.
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“A well-documented investigation by CDPHE concluded that the Center for COVID Control has failed to obtain all necessary licensing required to perform COVID-19 testing in Colorado. Our consumer protection section also has received a significant number of complaints about safety conditions at their testing sites, including concerns about the appropriate use of personal protective equipment. By violating these licensing requirements and ignoring health and safety protocols, the Center for COVID Control is putting Coloradans at risk and we’re taking action to protect public health,” Weiser said.
Weiser says that the company has not reported all test results, test result information, and cases of disease to CDPHE which is in violation of state public health orders.
“We need people to know that when they’re tested, they’re going to be safe,” Weiser said in an interview with CBS4. “When people are working to make a quick buck potentially, or cutting corners or not following the law, that endangers that trust and that could hurt people.”
The following locations were issued a cease and desist order:
- 6460 E Yale Ave Denver 80222
- 4775 S Broadway Englewood 80113
- 1750 Blake St. Denver 80202
- 1546 28th St, Boulder 80303
- 3250 W 72nd St, Westminster 80030
- 155 Cook St, Denver 80206
- 620 Miller Ct, Lakewood 80215
- 1700 S College Ave. Fort Collins 80525
- 6830 S Yosemite Ct, Centennial 80112
- 3629 Betty Dr. Colorado Springs 80917
- 2910 Wood Ave, Colorado Springs 80907
On CCC’s website, it says they plan to reopen testing sites on Jan. 22.
“Center for Covid Control is committed to serving our patients in the safest, most accurate and most compliant manner. Regrettably, due to our rapid growth and the unprecedented recent demand for testing, we haven’t been able to meet all our commitments,” said CCC founder and CEO Aleya Siyaj. “We’ve made this difficult decision to temporarily pause all operations, until we are confident that all collection sites are meeting our high standards for quality.”
CCC says it will use this time for additional staff training and helping ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines.
This week, several other states took similar actions against the company, which manages more than 300 sites across the country.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) currently has several complaints and negative reviews about the company on its website. The Center for COVID Control currently has an F rating with the BBB.
The companies have until January 21 to respond to the cease and desist letters, Weiser said.
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