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SAN QUENTIN (AP) — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity and nationalism.
Dressed in matching blue uniforms, the students only break from their discussion when a guard enters the classroom, calling out each man’s last name and waiting for them to reply with the last two digits of their inmate number.
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Named for a mountain near the prison, the college was accredited in January after a 19-member commission from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges determined the extension program based at San Quentin for more than two decades was providing high-quality education.
“This is a profound step forward in prison education,” said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, the umbrella organization for all U.S. higher education institutions.
Mitchell said Mount Tamalpais College is “an extraordinary model” that will give it autonomy not seen in prison programs attached to outside schools.
The new designation will force the school to maintain the high standards set by the college association and hopefully catch the attention of donors to help the college expand, said President Jody Lewen. While it can accommodate 300 students per semester, another 200 are on a waiting list.
The college is one of dozens of educational, job training and self-help programs available to the 3,100 inmates in the medium-security portion of San Quentin, making it a desired destination for inmates statewide who lobby to be transferred there.
“I wish I had learned this way coming up; instead I was in special ed my whole life,” said 49-year-old Derry Brown, whose English 101 class “Cosmopolitan Fictions,” was discussing “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” a novel by Mohsin Hamid.
Brown, who is serving a 20-year sentence for burglary and assault, earned his GED in prison and takes pride in now being a college student. He said he may pursue a career in music in his hometown of Los Angeles once he’s released next year.
“There is joy in learning — that’s why I want to continue,” he said. “Even when I get out, I’m going back to college.”
The college’s $5 million annual budget is fully funded by private donations, with a paid staff and volunteer faculty, many of them graduate students from top universities, including Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.
The previous program started in 1996 and was later known as the Prison University Project and it also offered associate’s degrees but Lewen, who started as a volunteer instructor in 1999, said she began the process to have an autonomous college three years ago when the university they partnered with closed.
“Very often in the field of higher ed, people will look at educational programs in prisons and they’ll say, ‘Well, that’s a program or project. It’s not a school.’ Our hope is that by being an independent, accredited, liberal arts college that operates in a prison we make it more difficult for people to overlook those inside and we help them imagine our students differently,” Lewen said.
Any general population San Quentin inmate with a high school diploma or GED certificate is eligible to attend. The prison’s 539 death row inmates are excluded.
Guards check the IDs of students coming to classes held in trailers set up on one edge of the prison’s exercise yard, where students stop to discuss their assignments — corrections officers watching from four towers above.
Overhearing those yard conversations made a big impression on Richard “Bonaru” Richardson after he was transferred to San Quentin in 2007 to finish serving a 47 years-to-life sentence for a home invasion robbery. Former Gov. Jerry Brown commuted Richardson’s sentence, and he was released last year after serving 23 years.
“In other institutions, we were used to talking about gang activity, violence, knives, drugs, the next riot,” he said.
In San Quentin, the conversations were often about what classes they were taking, how to write a thesis or how to defend an argument.
“I was taken aback. It was kind of like, ‘Hold on, isn’t this supposed to be a prison?’” he added.
READ MORE: Arson Death Of 85-Year-Old Grandmother Played Role In San Mateo Execution-Style SlayingHe decided to sign up after seeing a group of female volunteers walk across the prison yard.
“I got into the classroom for all the wrong reasons, but I realized that I was actually learning something and that there were people who believed in you more than you believe in yourself. When you see that, you start believing in yourself,” he said.
In his 14 years at San Quentin, Richardson, 47, rose to become executive editor of the inmate-led San Quentin News, a monthly newspaper distributed to California’s 35 prisons that has highlighted the prison programs and often publishes inspirational stories of men who pursued higher education while incarcerated.
He now works as an advancement associate helping the college’s communications and fundraising departments.
“Like me, some of them might be the only person in their family to ever have a college degree and that inspires your children to continue their education. For some of them, it’s the greatest achievement of their lives,” Richardson said.
Doug Arwine, a high school humanities teacher, began volunteering this year and teaches English 101, which focuses on developing critical thinking skills.
He said he cherishes helping his students “share experiences and share their humanity with one another.”
“There’s also moments of success when a student realizes that they’ve crafted a really elegant paragraph in their essay, and they’ve made some interesting points. As with any student, regardless of where you are, you can see how that helps them build confidence,” Arwine said.
Teaching at San Quentin is also a unique experience. The process of going through layers of security, teaching the two-hour class, then clearing security again at the end of the day takes about five hours, Arwine said. He invests many more hours grading papers and preparing for his twice-a-week lessons.
Many of his students dropped out of school at an early age or went to dangerous public schools, Arwine said.
“I really believe in the values that Mount Tamalpais College espouses, in terms of offering free educational opportunities for incarcerated people because as we know from social science research, the best way to reduce recidivism rates is through offering educational programming while they’re incarcerated. It’s arguably the best form of rehabilitation,” said Arwine, whose father spent time in prison.
A 2013 Rand study found that inmates who participate in correctional education programs had 43% lower odds of re-offending than those who did not and were 13% more likely to obtain employment.
Jesse Vasquez, 39, said he was serving multiple life terms for attempted murder, a drive-by shooting and assault with a deadly weapon at a maximum-security facility when he read about the program in the San Quentin News and decided he would transfer there one day.
Vasquez had taken correspondence college programs at other prisons but studying in a classroom at San Quentin helped him see his potential and he realized he was at a “hub of rehabilitation.”
The courses challenged him to question what he was learning and helped him build up critical thinking skills, which he called “a pivotal moment.”
Vasquez’s sentence was commuted by the governor in 2018 after he had served more than 19 years. He was released in 2019 and now works for Friends of San Quentin News, a nonprofit that supports the newspaper.
He said having the students be enrolled at an actual community college will be an even greater incentive for them to pursue higher education and hopefully encourage other prisons to have their own colleges.
“All of a sudden, more people might be more open to the idea of, ‘Hey, what if we try this revolutionary idea somewhere else?’” he said.
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A terrifying video shows a man blasting a shotgun towards a car in the middle of a residential London street – forcing a mum and her child to dive for cover.
In CCTV recorded in Park Lane, Tottenham, on April 8, a motorist desperately reverses into the back of parked cars before hastily driving away.
The driver appears to be trying to escape the gunman, who lifts up the weapon and fires in the direction of the vehicle as it speeds off down the road.
An innocent woman and child dive toward the ground while another pedestrian flees from the gunfire on foot.
Detective Inspector Gemma Alger said: "This terrifying incident unfolded in a residential street in broad daylight and it is incredibly fortunate that no one was seriously injured or worse.
"There were members of the public who were going about their business as usual when they were caught in the midst of a firearms discharge and feared for their lives as they dived for cover."
DI Alger appealed for information, "no matter how insignificant it may seem", to help apprehend the gunman.
Head of policing for Enfield and Haringey Detective Chief Superintendent Caroline Haines commented: "We are aware of the shocking footage that is circulating on social media.
"I can assure local residents that we are doing everything to assist our colleagues in Specialist Crime as they work to establish the circumstances and identify everyone linked to this incident.
"Whilst this incident will cause grave concern, and rightly so, fortunately, firearms discharges are extremely rare.
"We have seen a 73% reduction over the past year in the North Area boroughs, and tackling violence remains the Met’s top priority.
"You can expect to see additional patrols in the area over the coming days, and I would urge local people to approach officers on patrol to discuss any information or concerns they have with them.” | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/cctv-shows-man-shotgun-fire-26749037 | 2022-04-19T20:29:50Z | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/cctv-shows-man-shotgun-fire-26749037 | false | 1 |
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) _ Netflix Inc. (NFLX) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $1.6 billion.
The Los Gatos, California-based company said it had net income of $3.53 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 18 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.92 per share.
The internet video service posted revenue of $7.87 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Seventeen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $7.94 billion.
For the current quarter ending in July, Netflix said it expects revenue in the range of $8.05 billion. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $8.21 billion.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
358 PM EDT Tue Apr 19 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Bradford, Northern Wayne and
Susquehanna counties. In New York, Broome, Delaware, Otsego,
Northern Oneida, Cortland, Tompkins, Chenango, Tioga, Madison,
Southern Oneida, Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs will be more susceptible to being blown down due to the
coating of heavy, wet snow due the Monday night snowfall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Police arrest man in connection with Monroeville Olive Garden shooting
Police have announced that they have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that happened in March at the Olive Garden in Monroeville.
Accorie Wilder-Mack, 22, was arrested in Pitcairn Tuesday morning.
There was an arrest warrant issued for him back in March.
Police say that on March 12, Wilder-Mack caused a disturbance and was asked to leave the restaurant.
When he left, he knocked on the emergency exit window to get the attention of the victim and lure the victim to a parked car, police say.
Wilder-Mack then displayed a gun and robbed the victim, according to police. Two rounds were fired while a struggle for the gun took place.
The victim was able to flee but was shot in the leg by an accomplice of Wilder-Mack, police said.
Wilder-Mack then chased the injured victim back into the restaurant where he took back the gun and left the restaurant, police say.
On Tuesday, police went to Wilder-Mack’s girlfriend’s apartment to look for him and ultimately found him hiding in an adjacent apartment that appeared to be under construction.
Wilder-Mack is charged with carrying a firearm without a license, two counts of criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, theft by unlawful taking, robbery, defiant trespass and simple assault.
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Akshaya Patra, Huawei collaborate to distribute 9,130 family happiness kits
Nearly 74 lakh meals served since 2016 jointly by Huawei India and The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Bengaluru: Marking the sixth year of a successful collaboration, Huawei India and The Akshaya Patra Foundation are taking forward their collective war against hunger and malnutrition with the distribution of 9,130 Family Happiness Kits. Each kit, packaged to suit regional food habits, provides a family of four members with 120 meals.
The Huawei and Akshaya Patra partnership was initiated in 2016 to support the school's mid-day meal programme and has since extended its scope to provide dry ration kits to underprivileged strata of society during the two years of the pandemic. To date, the collaboration has jointly served nearly 73.9 lakh meals across geographies in Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
Acknowledging the partnership, Shridhar Venkat, CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation said, "It is our firm belief that collective effort is key to undertaking an effective and efficient service for the betterment of society. Over the years, Akshaya Patra's initiatives have been empowered and enabled by strategic collaborations and partnerships. One such significant partnership is with Huawei India. We truly appreciate and are grateful to Huawei India for their support through the years. Our partnership is aligned with our endeavour to eradicate classroom hunger by providing mid-day meals to government school children. During the pandemic, their support in our Food Relief Efforts helps bring about significant change in the lives of numerous people from vulnerable communities. We hope our collaboration with Huawei India keeps growing and continues to positively impact more lives."
Speaking on the collaboration, Huawei India CEO David Li said, "As a responsible corporate citizen, Huawei is committed to contribute to the sustained development of the society. The current scenario makes it imperative that we join hands with partners with proven track record for supporting communities in need. Our six-year long association with The Akshaya Patra Foundation has jointly worked to address malnutrition in children by eliminating classroom hunger. With the onset of the pandemic, we extended this partnership to support vulnerable sections of society with Grocery kits. As we progress, we will remain continue to expand our corporate social responsibility initiatives in India with initiatives and projects that benefit the Indian society and industry." In addition to school mid-day meals and Family Happiness Kits, the support from Huawei has also been to provide for food distribution vehicles and kitchen utensils and infrastructure. During the first wave of the global pandemic in 2020, more than 40 lakh relief meals and 8,333 grocery kits were provided to affected families under this partnership. Between 2016 and 2019, Huawei and Akshaya Patra also collaborated for the mid-day meal scheme serving nearly 60 lakh mid-day meals to school-going children. The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been concerting all its efforts towards serving children and humanity for the last 21 years through its 60 kitchens across 13 states and two Union territories. Besides, during the pandemic, the NGO stepped up and ensured that even if the kids couldn't come to school, they didn't sleep on an empty stomach. So far, Akshaya Patra has served 21.4 crore cumulative meals to those affected by the virus outbreak. | https://www.thehansindia.com/bengaluru/akshaya-patra-huawei-collaborate-to-distribute-9130-family-happiness-kits-738849 | 2022-04-19T20:35:34Z | https://www.thehansindia.com/bengaluru/akshaya-patra-huawei-collaborate-to-distribute-9130-family-happiness-kits-738849 | false | 3 |
Conditions will continue to improve as we head into this evening and into the early portions of tonight. We’ll remain on the windy side with west/southwest winds continuing to gust over 25 mph at times along with a few spot rain showers. The higher elevations of western and northern New England will continue to see snow showers tonight through the early morning hours, where we could see a coating to a couple of inches of snow.
Skies clear, temps drop overnight
Overnight, high pressure will build into the region from the south allowing our skies to clear, with the exception of the higher elevations of western and northern New England where we’ll see upsloping winds produce some snow showers. Southwest winds will turn more out of the west and continue to gust up to 25 mph. Temperatures will drop into the mid 30s to 40 south, and around freezing to mid 30s north.
Dry and sunny start to Wednesday
It will be drier Wednesday with sunshine and afternoon clouds. Winds will still be on the active side with gusts over 20 mph at times, diminishing by late in the day. Expect high temperatures to reach seasonable levels, in the 50s south, upper 40s to low 50s north.
We’re still on track to see a warming trend Thursday and Friday, but that comes with the risk of a few showers across central and northern New England Thursday as a warm front passes by. Highs will reach the 60s Thursday, mid to upper 60s Friday! Right now, the weekend is looking slightly cooler with mostly dry conditions as featured on our Exclusive 10-Day Forecast. | https://www.nbcboston.com/weather/stories-weather/skies-clear-out-overnight-for-a-drier-sunnier-start-to-your-wednesday/2697709/ | 2022-04-19T20:36:17Z | https://www.nbcboston.com/weather/stories-weather/skies-clear-out-overnight-for-a-drier-sunnier-start-to-your-wednesday/2697709/ | true | 2 |
The San Jose Sharks signed goaltender Strauss Mann to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed.
"Strauss is a quick athletic goalie with history of leadership and success exemplified by being named the first goalie Captain at University of Michigan in 78 years," Shin Larsson, the Sharks' supervisor of European scouting, said in a release. "... We look forward to adding a quality goaltender and person to our organization."
Mann played three seasons at Michigan (2018-21), represented Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and has competed professionally in the Swedish Hockey League.
Mann, 23, has appeared in 22 games for Sweden's Skelleftea AIK, posting a 13-8-1 record with three shutouts, a 2.19 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.
The Connecticut native was 1-1 at the Olympics with a 1.85 GAA and a .945 save percentage.
In 77 games with the Wolverines, Mann compiled a 34-29-9 record with 11 shutouts, a 2.14 GAA and a .926 save percentage. He was the Big Ten Goaltender of the Year in 2019-20.
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Zaheer: I am being discriminated against on clan basis
Wrangling among UDA candidates in Kisii County over clan affiliations is threatening the gains the party may have made in the region.
The party’s Nyaribari Chache candidate Zaheer Jhanda accuses UDA governor candidate Ezekiel Machogu of isolating him because he does not belong to Mr Machogu’s Boguche clan.
He said Mr Machogu is ganging up with his Boguche clansmen, who include Azimio la Umoja parliamentary candidate Richard Tong'i and Samuel Apoko, to frustrate his chances of clinching the constituency’s seat in the August elections.
"I am not one who practises clannism. Machogu, whom I’m in the same party with, goes behind my back and questions Nyaribari residents why they love me so much. He then goes on to tell them to vote for leaders from the Boguche clan, who are Richard Tong'i and Samuel Apoko," Mr Jhanda claimed recently.
Although Mr Machogu does not come from Nyaribari Chache, he belongs to the Boguche clan, which runs from Nyaribari Chache all the way to Nyaribari Masaba.
The reason is that the former Nyaribari constituency, when it was split to create Chache and Masaba, also split all its clans in the two new constituencies.
Mr Jhanda does not want to be associated with any clan.
Boguche is one of the smaller clans in both Nyaribari Masaba and Nyaribari Chache. However, it has produced some of the top leaders in Kisii who have served in key government positions for a long time.
It is home to prominent politicians and the crème of academia in Kisii, including Prof Sam Ongeri, the incumbent senator.
"Kenya is a democracy and people have the freedom to say whatever they want," said Mr Machogu in response to Mr Jhanda’s remarks.
The feud between Mr Machogu and the Nyaribari Chache UDA candidate will no doubt complicate things for the seasoned former provincial administrator-turned-politician to clinch the Kisii County governor’s seat.
Mr Machogu, soft-spoken and eschewing controversy, had been leading what initially was a mistakenly organised UDA team until the claims of clannism broke out.
Clan politics is an emotive issue in Kisii, and particularly in the two constituencies of Nyaribari Chache and Nyaribari Masaba.
Kamba nane
In the past, politics evolved around the majority clan, which is loosely christened “Kamba Nane”. This is a conglomeration of eight sub-clans bound together to form one formidable unit that usually fights to preserve the leadership among themselves against those known as “Abako” (in-laws).
The Abako clans include Boguche and Botondo. The Abako have in the past convinced the dominant “Kamba Nane” into supporting one of their own in a well-calculated political matrix of divide and rule.
For instance, Prof Ongeri was able to play on this by assuring the “Kamba Nane” that they would be safe under his leadership and ensured the sons and daughters of the clan were appointed to key positions when he served as Cabinet minister.
The other trick that worked well for Prof Ongeri’s long survival in Nyaribari politics is that while he was MP in Masaba, the late Simeon Nyachae was MP in Chache, hence balancing the clan equation.
The politics of clans will certainly be detrimental both to the MP aspirant and the gubernatorial candidate. It remains to be seen how DP Ruto will navigate the turbulent waters of Nyaribari politics to reconcile the warring factions.
Mr Machogu is one of the latest entrants in UDA from Kisii. His entry as governor aspirant and team leader rattled some former party diehards, pushing them out.
Among those who quit were the national treasurer, Omingo Magara, and Anthony Kibagendi, the former director for youth affairs in the office of the DP
Mr Magara is now seeking the Kisii senator’s seat on a Jubilee ticket while Mr Kibagendi bagged the ODM ticket for Kitutu Chache South.
Given the sensitivity of clan politics and the need to balance representation in Kisii, sharing positions before the elections has been the most harmonious way of avoiding conflict.
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MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) _ Bank First Corporation (BFC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $10.2 million.
The bank, based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, said it had earnings of $1.34 per share.
The company posted revenue of $29.5 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $27.5 million, missing Street forecasts.
Bank First Corporation shares have dropped slightly since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $72.04, a climb of 3% in the last 12 months.
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Actress Kajal Aggarwal and her husband Gautam Kitchlu have been blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday morning.
Well connected sources in the industry told IANS that both the mother and the baby were fine.
"The baby was born on Tuesday morning in a private hospital in Mumbai. Both the mother and the child are doing fine," the source said.
Kajal Aggarwal and Gautam Kitchlu got married on October 30, 2020 in a small private ceremony that was attended by only their immediate families.
The couple, who seem to be made for each other, have won the hearts of crores of fans of the actress.
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This Bakery Serves The Best Bread In Texas
By Dani Medina
April 19, 2022
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There's literally nothing on this earth that is better than a fresh, warm loaf of bread.
If we have you craving bread now (sorry, not sorry), check out this list from Love Food of where to find the best bread in every state. Here's what the food site said about its list:
The aroma of freshly baked bread is one of life’s simple pleasures, matched only by the taste of freshly baked bread. So finding an excellent local bakery, or stumbling across one on your travels, always feels special. We’ve searched across the US to pick out where to find the best bread in every state, from longstanding Jewish bakeries with incredible bagels to places that make baguettes as good as you’ll find in France. Here’s where to find the best thing since (and sometimes including) sliced bread.
In Texas, the best bakery for bread is ThoroughBread in Austin. Here's what Love Food said to back up its decision:
The huge air pockets, chewy texture and perfectly thick crust of the sourdough at ThoroughBread are just a few of the things that keep customers coming back. There are several varieties of the loaves including white, wheat, rye and olive, sold alongside traditional sandwich bread. While it's not a budget option, customers say they're happy to pay for this level of quality, and the loaves tend to be on the larger side too. Be sure to check out the burridoughs, like burritos but made of dough.
ThoroughBread is located at 1709 Bluebonnet Ln. in Austin.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has been seated and opening statements are set to begin Tuesday afternoon in a trial that pits model and former reality television star Blac Chyna against the Kardashian family, who she alleges destroyed her TV career.
After a selection process that saw many prospective jurors air their disdain for the Kardashians and the world of reality television, the two sides settled on a panel of eight men and eight women.
Four of the jurors will be alternates, but Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory W. Alarcon said he would not declare which ones until deliberations begin.
Kris Jenner and her daughters Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, are the defendants in the case. All were in court Monday and Tuesday, and all are expected to take the stand.
Chyna, whose legal name is Angela White, is the ex-fiancée of Rob Kardashian and the mother of his daughter. The two had a reality series, “Rob & Chyna,” a spinoff of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” in 2016 that was canceled as the second season was being filmed.
In 2017, Chyna sued the family for $100 million, saying they had defamed her and illegally interfered with her contracts and business dealings, using their power with producers and executives to drive her out of reality television.
The Kardashians denied any wrongdoing and said in court filings that they had legitimate concerns about Chyna and fears for the safety of their son and brother given the “violence and toxicity” of the relationship.
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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WINTER STORM WATCH
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1243 PM PDT Tue Apr 19 2022
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ABOVE 5000 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow possible above 5000 feet. Total snow accumulations
of 6-12 inches. Isolated accumulations up to 2 feet above 8000
feet. Westerly wind gusts as high as 45 mph.
* WHERE...Sierra Nevada north of Kern County above 5000 feet.
* WHEN...From early Thursday morning through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening
commute.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
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BENSALEM, Pa., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against TaskUs, Inc. ("TaskUs" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TASK).
Class Period: June 11, 2021 – January 19, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 25, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their TaskUs investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) TaskUs was experiencing severe financial strain and business challenges, particularly with its most important customer Facebook; (2) the Content Security market was smaller than Defendants represented and Defendants' representations were based on outdated market data; (3) TaskUs improperly recognized revenue from certain key contracts; (4) Defendants overstated the size of TaskUs' workforce as well as employee retention rates, and understated attrition rates; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY
OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE, AND EXTREME FIRE
DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY
OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE, AND EXTREME FIRE
DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...
* AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Dawson, Andrews, Martin, Loving,
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* WINDS...West 15 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
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* RFTI...6 to 8 or critical to extreme.
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‘Cult mum’ Lori Vallow Daybell pleads not guilty to murder
Lori Vallow Daybell has pled not guilty to the murder of her two children and the former wife of her new husband, Chad Daybell.
Ms Vallow Daybell could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted on multiple first-degree murder charges. She remained silent as her plea was entered on her behalf by defence attorneys.
Mr Daybell has pled not guilty to similar charges, with the pair scheduled to face trial in a 10-week hearing, which is set to begin on 19 October.
When asked by District Judge Steven Boyce if she remembered signing her advisement rights, Ms Daybell replied softly, “Yes, I do,” according to NBC affiliate KTVB.
The couple is charged with the murder of Ms Vallow’s two children Tylee Ryan, 16, and Joshua “JJ” Vallow, seven, after their remains were found in a shallow grave on the grounds of Mr Daybell’s property in Idaho in June 2020 – nine months after they were last seen alive.
Under Idaho law, prosecutors have 60 days following the entry of a plea to decide whether they will seek the death penalty in a case.
Prosecutors have already indicated in court documents that the death penalty would be sought for Mr Daybell “in the event of the defendant’s conviction for any of the three counts of first-degree murder”.
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Families signed up to Homes for Ukraine who are still waiting for refugees to get permission to travel to the UK want a public inquiry into the visa shambles.
Mental health nurse Lauren Corbishley, 43, of Dawlish, Devon, started a petition after fighting for four weeks to get a traumatised family safely to the UK.
They finally arrived last week, but hundreds of others are still waiting for their permission. A list of 390 families awaiting visas, compiled by Lauren, was handed in to the Home Office on Monday.
The number had risen to 514 families by tonight.
Lauren wrote to the Home Office on behalf of those families: “There really are no excuses.”
She told the Mirror: “It’s five weeks and counting, and that’s not good when you’re fleeing a war.”
One British host still waiting is mum Alex Clayton, 37, a lawyer from Ilkley, West Yorks.
Her guests Oksana and daughter Sofi got their permission to travel last Thursday but she says Oksana’s son Savellii has had nothing.
Alex said: “We feel guilty for giving the family hope when three weeks later they are still stuck there. It seems the Home Office are either so incompetent that they didn’t realise this would happen, or they don’t care.”
The Home Office said Savellii’s permission to travel had been emailed to the family.
A Government spokesman said: “In five weeks, over 56,000 visas have been issued so people can rebuild their lives in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine.
“We continue to process visas as quickly as possible. The Home Office has made changes to streamline the visa system including simplifying forms and boosting staff numbers.”
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Updated April 19, 2022 at 4:04 PM ET
Editor's note: Some of these images are graphic.
In the eighth week of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have largely focused their attention on the country's eastern Donbas region.
Their troops have reportedly taken control of the town of Kreminna in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region after weeks of bombardment. In Mariupol, Ukrainian forces are refusing to surrender, despite Russia's long and bloody siege.
Here's a look at the situation on the ground:
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<strong>April 18:</strong> Damaged and burned vehicles are seen at a destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, as smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal during heavy fighting, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Nadia (right) attends the funeral of her husband and two other victims killed during the Russian invasion. The ceremony at a cemetery in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, was officiated by Andrii Holovine (center), a priest of the church of St. Andrew Pervozvannoho All Saints.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Volunteers carry the body of a civilian killed by Russian forces in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, to a morgue for investigation.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Russian military vehicles move on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces near Mariupol, Ukraine.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Ukrainian soldiers stand next to their armored personnel carrier not far from the front line with Russian troops in the city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv Oblast, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Members of the Donetsk People's Republic militia look at bodies of Ukrainian soldiers placed in plastic bags in a tunnel, part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, the second largest metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine.
<strong>April 19:</strong> Some of the area's residents walk amid the debris of a charred Russian tank next to destroyed homes in the village of Zalissya, northeast of Kyiv.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Valentyna Volynets, 59, drinks tea made by her neighbor on a makeshift fire in a public garden near their building in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv.
<strong>April 19:</strong> Ukrainian women show their ID inside a church to receive humanitarian aid donated by the European Union in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv.
<strong>April 19:</strong> People board transport to Dnipro, in eastern Ukraine, amid an evacuation of Kramatorsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.
<strong>April 19:</strong> Interior ministry sappers collect explosives in a hole to detonate them near a mine field after recent battles at the village of Moshchun, near Kyiv.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Civilians assist firefighters working to extinguish a fire burning in a garage at a residential apartment block after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Family members grieve on the coffin of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, during his graveside funeral in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv. His body was found in Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Officials say he was one of at least 700 civilians murdered in towns around Kyiv during the Russian occupation.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Ukrainians wait as Red Cross relief workers distribute food in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> Members of the Ukrainian military walk amid debris after a shopping center and surrounding buildings were hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. After Russian forces retreated from areas around Kyiv, officials say they anticipate a new offensive in the eastern part of the country.
<strong>April 18:</strong> An interior ministry sapper collects unexploded shells, grenades and other devices in Hostomel, a suburb of Kyiv.
<strong>April 16:</strong> People evacuating eastern Ukraine board a train in Kharkiv that's bound for Lviv.
<strong>April 16:</strong> Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, cries while holding the coffin of her son Vadym, 48, during his funeral in a cemetery on the outskirts of Kyiv after he was killed by Russian soldiers on March 30 in Bucha.
<strong>April 17:</strong> A man takes a selfie as he stands in front of a ruined Russian tank in the village of Andriivka, in the Kyiv oblast.
<strong>April 18:</strong> Firefighters battle a blaze after a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile in Lviv. Officials say at least seven people were killed and another 11 wounded in missile strikes in different areas of the city overnight.
<strong>April 17:</strong> A man carries a bicycle down a street littered with ruined Russian military vehicles near Chernihiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping center and surrounding buildings after a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 17: </strong>People attend a Palm Sunday church service at a church in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> A view inside the Jehovah's Witnesses church that was destroyed by shelling earlier in the area around Horenka, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> People displaced by the war in Ukraine eat lunch at a former maternity hospital converted into shelter for internally displaced people, in Dnipro, in eastern Ukraine. The elderly are "often forgotten" and "very vulnerable" during conflicts, says Federico Dessi, the director of an NGO providing equipment and financial support to the Dnipro shelter.
<strong>April 17:</strong> Ukrainian servicemen run for cover as explosions are heard during a Russian attack in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> A view of a playhouse in a backyard in Horenka, Ukraine.
<strong>April 17:</strong> A digger and a communal worker clean debris off buildings destroyed in Russian bombardments in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka, in the Kyiv Oblast.
<strong>April 18:</strong> A woman reacts as she looks on at the destruction caused when a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile in Lviv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> A body of a civilian lies next to a damaged car near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, the second largest metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine.
<strong>April 17:</strong> A crane lifts a casket as volunteers remove the soil from a mass grave during an exhumation of four civilians killed in Mykulychi, Ukraine. All four bodies in the village grave were killed on the same street, on the same day. Their temporary caskets were together in a grave.
<strong>April 16:</strong> Smoke rises from an oil refinery in Lysychansk, about 75 miles north of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. Russia's military seems to be focused on seizing the eastern Donbas region, where Russian-backed separatists control the Donetsk and Lugansk areas.
<strong>April 17:</strong> Sergei looks out of the window of a train minutes before arriving with his family in Lviv, from Kyiv, Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> A mother hugs her daughter as they wait for a bus to flee the city of Sloviansk, in the Donetsk Oblast, to travel to Rivne, in western Ukraine.
<strong>April 16:</strong> A man crosses a river next to a ruined bridge in the village of Rusaniv, in the Kyiv Oblast.
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ROCK SPRINGS – Summer is around the corner and food trucks are sprouting up around Sweetwater County.
The Snak Shak, LLC has been serving Wyoming communities since 2014. They sell ice cream, shaved ice, popcorn and cotton candy.
“I was working at the school district and did not generate an income in the summer,” Owner Ranae Johnson said. “I thought it would be fun.”
It has grown into a side business they operate roughly from mid-April through ugh mid-October each year.
“Our main seller is shaved ice so it's not something most people want during the winter months so we don't operate while it's cold,” she shared.
Since Johnson and her family live in Green River, they do most of their events in Green River and Rock Springs but they park their truck in towns outside of Sweetwater County as well.
Her husband works at Tata Chemicals and she is a notary signing agent in addition to being a coach at Green River High School for the speech and debate team.
“I keep pretty busy!”
She said that she enjoys the food truck business because “it's a great way to meet people in the community.”
“I see people I already know as well,” she mentioned. “I enjoy interacting with people and providing a product that they love.
“I won't sell something that I wouldn't buy. I make sure my products are high quality and we try to be as reasonable as possible with our prices too.”
She added, “That has become more challenging this year since all of our costs have gone up significantly due to inflation and gas prices. Unfortunately, we end up passing some of that on to the consumer.”
According to Johnson, they have also made some great friends who are in the food truck industry as well and they help each other.
The Snak Shak will be operating the concession stands at Veterans Park and Stratton Myers Park in Green River again this year. They will be in the concession's buildings during baseball season almost every evening Monday through Friday and some Saturdays from about 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Locals and visitors can catch Snak Shak at many of the events during the summer including Swingin’ in the Springs on Saturday, May 7th. Swingin’ in the Springs takes place at Bunning Hall. Music will be provided by the Green River High School Jazz Ensembles and Jazz Choir.
Snak Shak will also be at the Green River Overland Stampede Rodeo June 3-4, the car show at Whisler Chevrolet on June 25th, and Sweetwater Speedway in Rock Springs.
They will sell treats at The Outlaw Derby Car Show on July 16th at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, River Festival in August, and the downtown Green River Street Fair as well as the Green River Farmers Market.
“I'm sure we'll add more to our schedule,” Johnson said. “We like to leave some time to enjoy the summer ourselves too.”
“We'd like to participate in the events as patrons and vendors but you can't do both!” she laughed. “One day we’ll hang up our ‘closed’ sign for good to enjoy some of these same events as a patron and support someone else's truck.
“For now, we'll continue to enjoy serving the people of this community. We've been in business since 2014 and don't have plans for retiring yet.”
Johnson pointed out that before becoming a food truck operator, it’s important to do the homework first.
“There are a TON of requirements and regulations that you have to abide by within your trailer or truck, as well as specific business licensing and insurance requirements,” she revealed. “Know what is needed before jumping in so you have all the information and can make the decision with eyes wide open, so to speak.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Anastasia, a woman who lives and works in Moscow, about what life in Russia looks like since the country invaded Ukraine.
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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) _ Fulton Financial Corp. (FULT) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $64.3 million.
The bank, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said it had earnings of 38 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 32 cents per share.
The financial holding company posted revenue of $228.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $219.9 million, which did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $222 million.
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Market Mover: Dexcom (DXCM) Gains at Midday April 19
Equities Staff Follow |Today Dexcom Inc (NASDAQ: DXCM) is trading 2.57% higher.
The latest price, as of 11:56:06 est, was $494.34. Dexcom has risen $12.37 in trading today.
161,558 shares have been traded today.
As of the previous close, Dexcom has moved YTD 10.49%. The company is set to release earnings on 2022-04-28.
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UFC Vegas 52 is down one fight.
Tanner Boser announced he was forced to withdraw from his upcoming fight with Alexandr Romanov at UFC Vegas 52 because of an undisclosed injury. The heavyweight did not provide any further details on his injury, but apologized to Romanov and the promotion.
“Hey guys, I’m injured and off the card this weekend,” wrote Boser on social media. “I pulled out of the fight late last week. I’ve fought through many injuries in the past and I’ve never pulled out of a fight before. This really sucks. Having trouble hitting that 30th pro fight. Hopefully I can soon.”
Boser has not fought since his second-round knockout of Ovince Saint Preux at UFC Vegas 30 this past June. The ‘Bulldozer’ was expected to have his 30th professional fight against Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Vegas 44, but that was canceled over reported travel issues from Boser. He was then paired against Rodrigo Nascimento, who he would have met on Saturday. However, Nascimento withdrew, and Boser was given a short-notice replacement in Romanov.
Undefeated as a professional, Romanov has finished all but one of his opponents since joining the UFC nearly two years ago. ‘King Kong’ recently stopped Jared Vanderaa via second-round technical knockout in the featured preliminary fight at UFC Vegas 39 last October. The former Eagles FC heavyweight champion was then set for a step up in competition in a returning Ilir Latifi, but that was discarded for undisclosed reasons.
With Boser now out, it is unknown if the UFC will find a replacement for Romanov before Saturday night. The Moldovan has already expressed interest in remaining on the card, telling Giorgi Kokiashvili of adjarasport he would fight anyone.
“I hope the UFC finds someone for me,” said Romanov. “I’m ready to fight this week against anyone!”
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A federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it’s really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration announced it wouldn’t enforce a January 2021 security directive that applied to airplanes, airports, taxis and other mass transit.
But the ruling still gave those entities the option to keep their mask rules in place, resulting in directives that could vary from city to city.
Passengers on an United Airlines flight from Houston to New York, for instance, could ditch their masks at their departing airport and on the plane, but have to put them back on once they land at Kennedy Airport or take a subway.
A video showed some passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight cheering and applauding as they took off their masks upon hearing an announcement that they were now optional. One man could bee seen happily twirling his mask on his finger.
In a 59-page lawsuit ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order on which the TSA directive was based. She also said the order was fatally flawed because the CDC didn’t follow proper rulemaking procedures.
Mizelle, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, said the only remedy was to throw out the mandate for the entire country because it would be impossible to end it only for the people who objected in the lawsuit.
The White House said the mask order “is not in effect at this time” and called the court decision disappointing.
The Justice Department declined to comment on whether it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order. The CDC also declined to comment.
United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines all quickly announced they were yanking the mask requirement for domestic and some international flights. So did American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
Sleepy passengers on a Delta flight between Atlanta and Barcelona, Spain, cheered, whistled and applauded when a flight attendant announced the news mid-flight over the ocean.
“No one’s any happier than we are,” the attendant says in a video posted by Dillon Thomas, a CBS Denver reporter, who was on the flight. She added that people who wanted to keep on their masks were encouraged to do so.
“But we’re ready to give ém up,” she added. “So thank you and happy unmasking day!”
Major airports dropped their requirements but sided with the CDC in recommending that people be voluntarily masked. They included Los Angeles International Airport, the world’s fifth-busiest by passenger volume, and Salt Lake City International Airport, which announced it would hand out masks to anyone requesting them.
New York City’s public transit system planned to keep its mask requirement in place. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said it would make masks optional for riders on its buses and trains.
As of Monday evening, the website of ride sharing company Lyft still said masks were required. In an email to customers Tuesday morning, Uber said masks were recommended but no longer required.
The CDC had recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S. But the court ruling puts that decision on hold.
Since the pandemic began two years ago, many state or local governments had issued various orders requiring masks to be worn inside schools, restaurants, stores or elsewhere. The rules were largely rolled back as the deadliest, most infectious months of the pandemic eased.
But the national rule for travelers remained and was arguably the most widespread, visible and irksome measure of its kind.
The wearing of masks aboard airplanes sparked online flame throwing between those who felt they were crucial to protecting people and those who saw it as an unnecessary inconvenience or even government overkill.
Some flight attendants found themselves cursed and even attacked by passengers who refused to comply.
The lawsuit was filed in July 2021 by two plaintiffs and the Health Freedom Defense Fund, described in the judge’s order as a nonprofit group that “opposes laws and regulations that force individuals to submit to the administration of medical products, procedures and devices against their will.”
Republicans in Congress waged a running battle to kill the mandate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was not directly involved in the case but has battled against many government coronavirus requirements, praised the ruling.
“Both airline employees and passengers deserve to have this misery end,” DeSantis tweeted.
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On Monday, a federal judge struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation. Less than 24 hours later, videos emerged on social media of passengers celebrating.
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On Monday, a federal judge struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation. Less than 24 hours later, videos emerged on social media of passengers celebrating.
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The high-tech car wash chain welcomes its 13th location to the tri-state area. Customers can enjoy a week-long grand opening event that offers free washes, always with free vacuums and towels.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Mount Laurel, New Jersey location will be hosting a grand opening week-long event from April 19-April 24. All customers to this location can enjoy a free wash from 9 am – 5 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. Learn more about the grand opening here: valetwash.com/locations/mount-laurel/
After the grand opening event, the Mount Laurel location hours will expand to 8 am – 7 pm for the summer season and 8 am – 6 pm in the winter season.
Mount Laurel offers an exterior auto wash in the iconic Valet Auto Wash tunnel and free use of vacuums and towels. Self-service cleaning features are accessible inside or outside with ample space for large vehicles.
Other select Valet Auto Wash locations offer additional car wash and lube services, including Brilliance Wax services and Interior Valet Cleaning. Valet Auto Wash operates 13 locations in the tri-state area with car washes in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The Valet Auto Wash mission is to reinvent the standard car wash by combining exceptional customer care, innovative car wash equipment and technology, and eco-friendly operations at every stage of the car wash process.
"We have a saying in our office from Walt Disney that says, 'You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality," said Chris Vernon, Valet Auto Wash's owner. "So, the ability to bring people, technology, and manufacturing car wash processing equipment all together is a blast."
About Valet Auto Wash
The very first Valet Auto Wash opened in 1994 in a repurposed historical trolley car barn on Lalor Street in Trenton, New Jersey. The team strives to provide customers with an excellent car wash using state-of-the-art auto washing technology and professional customer care. Today, they have locations throughout New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and offer an array of car wash and lube services.
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Mogwase police have arrested a 25-year-old man for the alleged murder of a two-year-old baby girl at Lerome East village near Mogwase outside Rustenburg.
It is understood that the toddler was with her father when the man forcefully gained entry into a shack and demanded to see his girlfriend who used to stay in the same dwelling.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Funani said the man was told by the baby’s father that he did not know the woman.
“It was at that stage that the man allegedly attacked the baby’s father who was forced to go outside. He came back moments later and found that the door was locked. As a result, he and the neighbours broke the door and found the baby lying on the bed with head injuries.”
Funani said the suspect was allegedly assaulted by members of the community.
“Subsequent to the summoning of police and paramedics, the baby was taken to hospital where she was certified dead on arrival. The suspect who sustained serious injuries was also taken to hospital and is expected to appear in Mogwase Magistrates’ Court soon after being discharged.”
The Provincial Commissioner of North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, condemned the incident describing it as appalling.
While Kwena welcomed the arrest of the suspect, he also urged the community to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.
Meanwhile, a multi-disciplinary team comprising of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Illicit Mining Team, Orkney Visible Policing, detectives including Mining Rescue Teams rescued ultimately arrested 77 illegal miners between Thursday, 14 April and Monday, 18 April 2022.
The operation followed a request to the mine management by illegal miners to be assisted to get out of the mine shaft as they were starving.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said during the operation which was conducted at Shaft no. 5, in Orkney, four decomposed bodies were brought up by the illegal miners on Friday.
“Of the 77 arrested illegal miners who were all medically examined, 60 are from Lesotho, 13 from Mozambique and four are Zimbabwean nationals. Meanwhile, formal identification process of the four bodies is underway.”
Mokgwabone said the arrested illegal miners are expected to appear before the Orkney Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday facing charges of trespassing, illegal mining and contravention of the Immigration Act.
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GAHANNA, Ohio (AP) _ Heartland BancCorp. (HLAN) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $4 million.
The Gahanna, Ohio-based bank said it had earnings of $1.99 per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $16.9 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $16.1 million, which missed Street forecasts.
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Harrisburg 2, Portland 1
Somerset 11, Erie 4
Binghamton 9, Bowie 6
Richmond 6, Altoona 2
New Hampshire 3, Hartford 0, 7 innings, 1st game
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Richmond at Erie, ppd.
Binghamton at Portland, 6 p.m.
New Hampshire at Altoona, ppd.
Akron at Bowie, 6:35 p.m.
Harrisburg at Reading, 6:45 p.m.
Somerset at Hartford, 7:05 p.m.
Richmond at Erie, 12:35 p.m.
Binghamton at Portland, 6 p.m.
New Hampshire at Altoona, 6 p.m.
Akron at Bowie, 6:35 p.m.
Harrisburg at Reading, 6:45 p.m.
Somerset at Hartford, 7:05 p.m.
Richmond at Erie, 2, 4:05 p.m.
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Binghamton at Portland, 6 p.m.
Akron at Bowie, 6:35 p.m.
Harrisburg at Reading, 6:45 p.m.
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Double-Digit Software and Consulting Growth Led by Hybrid Cloud Adoption; Strong Profit Generation
ARMONK, N.Y., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter 2022 earnings results.
"Demand for hybrid cloud and AI drove growth in both Software and Consulting in the first quarter. Today we're a more focused business and our results reflect the execution of our strategy," said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief executive officer. "We are off to a solid start for the year, and we now see revenue growth for 2022 at the high end of our model."
First-Quarter Highlights
- Revenue
- Revenue of $14.2 billion, up 8 percent, up 11 percent at constant currency (over 5 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
- Software revenue up 12 percent, up 15 percent at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
- Consulting revenue up 13 percent, up 17 percent at constant currency
- Infrastructure revenue down 2 percent, flat at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
- Hybrid cloud revenue:
-- First Quarter: $5.0 billion, up 14 percent, up 17 percent at constant currency
-- Last 12 months: $20.8 billion, up 17 percent - Free Cash Flow
- On a consolidated basis, net cash from operating activities of $3.2 billion; free cash flow of $1.2 billion
"In the first quarter we continued to strengthen the fundamentals of our business, consistent with our medium-term model," said James Kavanaugh, IBM senior vice president and chief financial officer. "We are a faster growing, more profitable company with a higher-value business mix, a significant recurring revenue base and strong cash generation."
Segment Results for First Quarter
- Software (includes Hybrid Platform & Solutions, Transaction Processing)— revenues of $5.8 billion, up 12.3 percent, up 15.4 percent at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl):
- Hybrid Platform & Solutions up 7 percent, up 10 percent at constant currency (about 1.5 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl):
-- Red Hat up 18 percent, up 21 percent at constant currency
-- Automation up 3 percent, up 5 percent at constant currency
-- Data & AI up 2 percent, up 4 percent at constant currency
-- Security up 5 percent, up 8 percent at constant currency
- Transaction Processing up 26 percent, up 31 percent at constant currency (about 28 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
- Software segment hybrid cloud revenue up 22 percent, up 25 percent at constant currency - Consulting (includes Business Transformation, Technology Consulting and Application Operations)— revenues of $4.8 billion, up 13.3 percent, up 17.4 percent at constant currency:
- Business Transformation up 15 percent, up 19 percent at constant currency
- Technology Consulting up 14 percent, up 19 percent at constant currency
- Application Operations up 10 percent, up 14 percent at constant currency
- Consulting segment hybrid cloud revenue up 24 percent, up 29 percent at constant currency - Infrastructure (includes Hybrid Infrastructure, Infrastructure Support)— revenues of $3.2 billion, down 2.3 percent, up 0.3 percent at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl):
- Hybrid Infrastructure down 5 percent, down 2 percent at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
-- IBM z Systems down 19 percent, down 18 percent at constant currency
-- Distributed Infrastructure up 5 percent, up 8 percent at constant currency
- Infrastructure Support flat, up 4 percent at constant currency (over 8 points from incremental sales to Kyndryl)
- Infrastructure segment hybrid cloud revenue down 20 percent, down 18 percent at constant currency - Financing (includes client and commercial financing)— revenues of $0.2 billion, down 26.2 percent, down 24.5 percent at constant currency
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
On a consolidated basis, in the first quarter, the company generated net cash from operating activities of $3.2 billion or $1.6 billion excluding IBM Financing receivables. IBM's free cash flow was $1.2 billion, which includes cash impacts from the company's structural actions initiated at the end of 2020.
IBM ended the first quarter with $10.8 billion of cash on hand (which includes marketable securities), up $3.2 billion from year-end 2021. Debt, including IBM Financing debt of $12.2 billion, totaled $54.2 billion, up $2.5 billion since the end of 2021. The company returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends in the first quarter.
Full-Year 2022 Expectations
- Revenue growth: The company now expects constant currency revenue growth at the high end of the mid-single digit range. The company also expects an additional 3.5 point contribution from incremental sales to Kyndryl. At mid-April 2022 foreign exchange rates, currency is expected to be a three to four point headwind.
- Free Cash Flow: The company continues to expect $10 billion to $10.5 billion in consolidated free cash flow.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on the company's current assumptions regarding future business and financial performance. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the following: a downturn in economic environment and client spending budgets; a failure of the company's innovation initiatives; damage to the company's reputation; risks from investing in growth opportunities; failure of the company's intellectual property portfolio to prevent competitive offerings and the failure of the company to obtain necessary licenses; the company's ability to successfully manage acquisitions, alliances and dispositions, including integration challenges, failure to achieve objectives, the assumption of liabilities, and higher debt levels; fluctuations in financial results; impact of local legal, economic, political, health and other conditions; the company's failure to meet growth and productivity objectives; ineffective internal controls; the company's use of accounting estimates; impairment of the company's goodwill or amortizable intangible assets; the company's ability to attract and retain key employees and its reliance on critical skills; impacts of relationships with critical suppliers; product quality issues; impacts of business with government clients; reliance on third party distribution channels and ecosystems; cybersecurity and data privacy considerations; adverse effects related to climate change and environmental matters, tax matters; legal proceedings and investigatory risks; the company's pension plans; currency fluctuations and customer financing risks; impact of changes in market liquidity conditions and customer credit risk on receivables; potential failure of the separation of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. to qualify for tax-free treatment; risk factors related to IBM securities; and other risks, uncertainties and factors discussed in the company's Form 10-Qs, Form 10-K and in the company's other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or in materials incorporated therein by reference. Any forward-looking statement in this release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required by law, the company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Presentation of Information in this Press Release
On November 3, 2021, IBM completed the separation of Kyndryl. Unless otherwise specified, results are presented on a continuing operations basis.
In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company's results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has also disclosed in this press release the following non-GAAP information, which management believes provides useful information to investors:
IBM results —
- adjusting for currency (i.e., at constant currency);
- presenting operating (non-GAAP) earnings per share amounts and related income statement items;
- consolidated free cash flow;
- consolidated cash from operating activities excluding IBM Financing receivables;
The rationale for management's use of these non-GAAP measures is included in Exhibit 99.2 in the Form 8–K that includes this press release and is being submitted today to the SEC.
Conference Call and Webcast
IBM's regular quarterly earnings conference call is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. EDT, today. The Webcast may be accessed via a link at https://www.ibm.com/investor/events/earnings-1q22. Presentation charts will be available shortly before the Webcast.
Financial Results Below (certain amounts may not add due to use of rounded numbers; percentages presented are calculated from the underlying whole-dollar amounts).
Contact: IBM
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday offered what he said was a ”wholehearted” apology for attending an illegal party during lockdown — but insisted he didn't knowingly break rules or mislead Parliament, and brushed off calls to resign.
Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that it simply "did not occur to me” that the birthday gathering, complete with a cake, was a party.
That excuse was greeted with derision by opposition politicians — and some among the governing Conservatives — who have called with increasing frustration for Johnson to quit since stories began to circulate late last year of parties in the prime minister's office and other government buildings in 2020 and 2021, when millions in the country were barred from meeting with friends and family or even attending funerals for their loved ones.
Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer branded the apology “half-hearted” and “a joke."
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Last week, Johnson was fined 50 pounds ($66)for attending his own surprise birthday party in 10 Downing St. in June 2020, making him the first British prime minister ever found to have broken the law while in office.
Speaking as the House of Commons returned from an 11-day Easter break, Johnson acknowledged people's “hurt and anger,” but added that “it did not occur to me then or subsequently that a gathering in the Cabinet Room, just before a vital meeting on COVID strategy, could amount to a breach of the rules.”
Starmer said that excuse would ring hollow with ordinary people who “understand that the rules apply to all of us,” and he challenged Conservatives to “bring an end to this shameful chapter” and jettison Johnson.
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“He knows he’s dishonest and incapable of changing," Starmer said. "So he drags everybody else down with him."
Starmer was told off by House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for accusing another member of dishonesty — a breach of parliamentary rules. Minutes later, Labour lawmaker Karl Turner also was chastised by the Speaker after branding Johnson a liar.
“I withdraw the word ‘liar,’ Mr. Speaker," Turner said. “But the electorate will already have decided.”
Labour has not given up on trying to get lawmakers to censure Johnson over the “partygate” scandal. Speaker Hoyle said he would allow Labour to hold a Commons debate and vote Thursday on whether Johnson should be investigated for allegedly misleading Parliament. Ministers found to have done that knowingly are generally expected to resign.
Johnson is due to be out of the country Thursday on a visit to India, and the big Conservative majority in Parliament means the measure is unlikely to pass. But the vote will force Tory lawmakers uneasy with the prime minister to publicly back him or criticize him.
Johnson insisted Tuesday that he was contrite, but argued it would be wrong to change leaders while Britain faces crises including the war in Ukraine and a cost-of-living squeeze driven by surging energy and goods prices.
Johnson’s grip on power had appeared to be on a knife-edge earlier this year amid police and civil service investigations into the parties, and the departure of several top aides.
Allies feared “partygate” could become a tipping point for a divisive but resilient leader who has weathered a series of other storms over his expenses and his moral judgment. Some Conservative lawmakers were openly calling for a no-confidence vote in Johnson.
But Johnson has hung on, partly because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seized public and political attention.
Johnson’s international image, battered by Britain’s messy exit from the European Union under his leadership, has been revived by his firm military, political and moral support for Ukraine. Johnson traveled to Kyiv earlier this month to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Johnson's troubles are not over and he could still face more fines. London’s Metropolitan Police force is investigating a dozen events, including “bring your own booze” office parties and “wine time Fridays,” and Johnson is reported to have attended several of them. So far at least 50 tickets have been handed out, including those to Johnson, his wife Carrie and Treasury chief Rishi Sunak.
If Johnson is sanctioned again, calls for a no-confidence vote could grow among Conservatives. For now, many are biding their time, and looking to see whether public anger translates into losses for the party at local elections across the country on May 5.
Conservative lawmaker Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said his colleagues were “withholding their judgment and waiting to see what happens.”
But fellow Conservative Mark Harper, a former government chief whip, said Johnson “broke the laws that he told the country they had to follow” and “hasn’t been straightforward about it.”
“I’m very sorry to have to say this, but I no longer think he is worthy of the great office that he holds," Harper said. | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/boris-johnson-says-sorry-for-partygate-as-critics-prep-censure-bid/2739652/ | 2022-04-19T21:30:06Z | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/boris-johnson-says-sorry-for-partygate-as-critics-prep-censure-bid/2739652/ | true | 24 |
Study: Redlining tied to more oil, gas wells in urban areas
(AP) - Minority neighborhoods where residents were long denied home loans have twice as many oil and gas wells as mostly white neighborhoods, according to a new study that suggests ongoing health risks in vulnerable communities are at least partly tied to historical structural racism.
Black and Latino residents have complained that they are disproportionately exposed to health risks — including heart and lung problems and premature births — from urban oil and gas wells, some located just a few dozen feet from homes and schools. Some studies have found hazardous chemicals near oil and gas operations at levels above what is considered safe.
But researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University wanted to determine if there was a connection to redlining — when Black and immigrant neighborhoods in the 1930s were shaded red on maps developed by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. Residents in those areas often found it difficult to find homes anywhere else.
“These are critical questions,” said David J. X. Gonzalez, an epidemiologist at UC-Berkeley and one of the study’s authors. “If we want to reduce health disparities, if we want environmental justice, these are the kinds of questions that we want to understand.”
Researchers compared the maps of 33 U.S. cities to records of oil and gas wells dating to the late 1800s. The maps graded neighborhoods A to D. Overall, redlined, or D-graded, neighborhoods not only had more wells before the maps were created, but many more wells were developed in those areas afterward, the researchers found.
The study was published last week in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
Gonzalez, who grew up in a community with oil wells and a refinery, said many policies led to race- and class-based segregation, not only redlining. The findings don’t prove that wells were intentionally located in neighborhoods because residents were Black or Latino, and there also are wells in wealthier areas.
Even so, the higher concentration in minority areas “doesn’t seem to have happened by accident,” said Gonzalez.
In Los Angeles, Black and Latino residents often were forced to live in neighborhoods with oil wells because of racially restrictive covenants, said Martha Dina Argüello, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Even more drilling got pushed into Black and Latino neighborhoods when housing developers wanted land in more affluent areas, she said.
The study “is one more piece of evidence that really bears out what the community has been saying: that having oil wells in our communities is treating us like a sacrifice zone,” she said.
Recently, some states and communities have started restricting new wells by limiting how close they can be to homes and schools.
Last fall, supervisors in Los Angeles County — home to some of the largest urban oilfields in the U.S. — voted unanimously to phase out oil and gas production and ban new wells in unincorporated areas following longstanding complaints from residents about health problems blamed on air pollution from the sites. The Los Angeles City Council voted in January to do the same, and Argüello said advocates are pushing for the state to take similar action in other urban areas.
Colorado last year required new wells to be located at least 2,000 feet from homes and schools. California has proposed a distance of 3,200 feet.
In Arlington, Texas, city officials in January refused to let a major energy company locate more gas wells near a daycare center playground. A statistical analysis by The Associated Press showed the density of Total Energies’ wells is higher in neighborhoods where people of color live, and wells are often just a few hundred feet from homes.
Longxiang Li, a postdoctoral research fellow in environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health, who was not involved in the study, said it showed a moderately strong connection between redlining and well location, and strengthens evidence that disadvantaged communities have fewer legal resources to defend themselves against drilling expansion. But he cautioned that historic redlining maps are not perfect indicators of past structural racism.
That is because discriminatory practices by private lenders and the Federal Housing Administration did not rely on the HOLC maps, and the HOLC itself did lend to Black homeowners in redlined areas, according to a recent paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Li also noted that many newer wells that use a technique called hydraulic fracturing are often clustered in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas because land leasing is inexpensive. Fracking uses a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals to released trapped oil and gas and is combined with horizontal drilling to reach formerly inaccessible reserves.
A report by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, which reviewed dozens of scientific studies, found that the public health risks associated with these sites include cancers, respiratory diseases, rashes, heart problems and mental health disorders.
Even older plugged wells may pose risks because they can leak benzene and other volatile organic compounds, as well as methane, a potent greenhouse gas, Gonzalez said.
“I think we’ve known for a long time that people of color are more likely to live near oil wells,” Gonzalez said, “It’s important... so we can make sure that as we shift the economy away from fossil fuels, that we prioritize communities” that have borne the brunt of pollution.
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Russian officials say they've begun a new phase of their invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials report fierce clashes across a wide front in the east and south.
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Russian officials say they've begun a new phase of their invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials report fierce clashes across a wide front in the east and south.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hollywood actor and “Transformers” star Josh Duhamel will continue to promote his home state of North Dakota.
North Dakota’s tourism agency confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that the star of several “Transformers” movies will be paid $75,000 to be the face of the state’s tourism campaign for the next two years.
Duhamel already has earned more than $1 million since 2013 to help lure visitors to North Dakota, a state better known for its brutal cold weather than as a vacation destination.
Duhamel is from Minot, a city in the north-central part of the state that’s about an hour’s drive from the United States border with Canada.
Past campaigns have featured the former fashion model as just a regular guy doing everything from fishing and biking to attending college football and hockey games. Some also include his son Axl, whose mother is Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie.
The campaign has included TV and print ads, as well as travel and hunting guides.
Tourism officials have said the advertising campaign featuring Duhamel has resulted in more than $100 for every dollar in state funding spent.
Tourism is the North Dakota’s third-largest industry, behind energy and agriculture. The biggest draw is Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota’s badlands. | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Josh-Duhamel-gets-new-contract-to-promote-North-17091651.php | 2022-04-19T21:35:56Z | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Josh-Duhamel-gets-new-contract-to-promote-North-17091651.php | true | 13 |
The latest weapon in the disinformation war: Fake fact checkers. Some channels on the app Telegram look like independent fact checkers, but are pro-Russian propaganda outlets spreading falsities.
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The latest weapon in the disinformation war: Fake fact checkers. Some channels on the app Telegram look like independent fact checkers, but are pro-Russian propaganda outlets spreading falsities.
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By Peter McLaren-Kennedy • 19 April 2022 • 23:26
Solar breakthrough allows energy to be stored for more than 15 years Credit: Solarcentury.
A Dutch-Chinese design team looking for a small, simple way of storing solar energy for the market of smaller electronics have engineered a molecule that changes shape when it comes into contact with sunlight, rearranging carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen, to form an isomer.
The isomer is an energy-rich molecule with a different configuration that holds its shape when immersed in liquid.
Research Leader Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University, told Euronews: “This is a radically new way of generating electricity from solar energy.
“It means that we can use solar energy to produce electricity regardless of weather, time of day, season, or geographical location.”
The technology works on the basis that as matter changes form energy is released and usually through heat. With this technology scientists harness that change to create a matter that when converted back again releases the energy stored within.
That method is behind the name of the technology “Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems.”
Researcher Zhihang Wang from Chalmers University of Technology said: “The generator is an ultra-thin chip that could be integrated into electronics such as headphones, smart watches and telephones.
“So far, we have only generated small amounts of electricity, but the new results show that the concept really works. It looks very promising.”
The concept is used in many process around the world but none have taken it to this level or managed to use the technology for this purpose.
There is extreme excitement over the solar breakthrough within the scientific community, with matter that allows energy to be stored for more than 15 years completing changing the production model currently in use through the world.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to expand a law that shields people who report drug overdoses.
Supporters said the so-called Good Samaritan law needed to be expanded as the state grapples with an epidemic of fatal overdoses that grew nearly 25%, topping 600, last year.
The original law adopted in 2019 grants immunity to a person who overdoses and to the person who calls 911 for help. The expanded bill would provide immunity to everyone at the scene with some exceptions, including evidence of crimes against children or sex crimes.
The goal is to encourage people to help instead of declining to report an overdose for fear of being arrested, supporters said.
Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, said too many people are fleeing to avoid arrest instead of staying to help. "They are caught between a punishing criminal justice system and saving a life,” she said last week.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, a former prosecutor, has expressed reservations about the bill. She proposed a more limited expansion. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-Maine-s-Good-Samaritan-law-sent-to-17091434.php | 2022-04-19T21:37:23Z | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-Maine-s-Good-Samaritan-law-sent-to-17091434.php | false | 11 |
St. John’s Lutheran Church in Stamford celebrates Easter
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Joy Corrigan leaves little of her body to the imagination in VERY skimpy bikini as she takes part in photo shoot after living it up at Coachella
Joy Corrigan took desert fashion to a whole new level as she took part in a sexy photo shoot in Indio, California on Monday.
The catwalk queen, 27, put her defined body on full display in a skimpy crochet bikini which left little to the imagination.
She flashed some underboob, her gym-honed abs, and long legs as she strutted about an idyllic property in decorative cowboy boots.
Bikini babe! Joy Corrigan took desert fashion to the next level as she took part in a sexy photo shoot in Indio, California on Monday
The beauty propped on a floppy, multi-colored hat atop her wavy blonde tresses which cascaded with the breeze.
She worked a gold shell choker necklace, a wrist full of bracelets including various event wristbands, and a delicate body chain wrapped around her abs.
Her blue eyes were accented with a slick of black eye liner and smoky eye shadow while pale pink blush was dusted over her flawless skin.
Though Coachella ended Sunday night, Joy still looked every inch the festival goer in her summery and colorful ensemble.
Working it! Corrigan flashed some underboob as she posed about the idyllic property in next to nothing
Joy has been documenting her Coachella adventures on her Instagram account, ever since jetting into the literal hotspot last week.
Joy posted photos of her entering her private jet, looking ready to party in a white mesh mini dress adorned with silver sequins.
Her various festival looks included a busty, floral print outfit she wore to the Revolve party and a hippie chic white crop top and matching shorts she posed in on a driveway.
These boots were made for walking! She flashed her backside as she strutted about in her elaborate cowboy boots
In a January interview with Maxim, the model discussed her laid back attitude towards showing her body in front of the camera.
'I love to be sexy and I love to show skin 'cause I work out really hard to get the body that I have. I've always been very free-spirited about it,' she explained.
The stunner added: 'I try to keep every shot I do very classy and a visual showcase of the beauty of what a woman can look like. That's my goal.'
She was raised on a backwoods farm, surrounded by livestock, with six brothers and three sisters in North Carolina.
So fly! Corrigan headed to the festival on a private jet
All that glitters! She rocked a sequin accessory over her mesh mini dress
'I would never have dreamed I would be where I'm at today. I knew there was something else, and something bigger, but I had no idea what it was. I just knew I had to get out of that town, and as soon as I was old enough I moved. I love my family, but I realized there's more out there,' the model explained.
When she was young, she said she 'would go to church every Sunday and every Wednesday' and wasn't 'allowed to wear skirts above' the knees.
'But there was a part of me that wanted to be free and show the world I can be sexy,' she said of bucking her strict upbringing. 'They [her parents] weren’t too proud of me ‘cause they didn’t get that I wanted to show my body and promote feeling sexy as a woman. Now they’re proud of their daughter.'
The entrepreneur, who has worked for brands like Guess, Victoria's Secret, and Jimmy Choo, has been modeling since she was 14-years-old after getting scouted in a mall in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Festival fashion! The 27-year-old showcased her abs in a white crop top and matching pair of shorts
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NASA's X-59 aircraft has a very lofty goal: it is engineered to reduce the sound of sonic booms, allowing supersonic aircraft to surpass the speed of sound (767 mph) while flying over populated areas. Last month, we reported how it was undergoing critical ground tests in Forth Worth, Texas.
Now, NASA has revealed that the aircraft has arrived back at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, after successfully completing those tests, according to a press release by the agency published on Monday.
Ground tests completed
"Ground tests on the X-59 were done to ensure the aircraft’s ability to withstand the loads and stresses of supersonic flight – or flight at speeds faster than Mach 1. The vehicle’s fuel systems were also calibrated and tested at Lockheed Martin’s Ft. Worth facilities. With its return to California, the X-59 will undergo further ground tests as it approaches full completion of its development and continues to make progress on its way to first flight," wrote NASA.
Next steps planned
The following steps in the plane's evolution will see NASA and Japanese space agency JAXA take independent measurements of a small-scale model before comparing results. If all goes well, a target date will then be set for the first flight, expected to take place later this year.
Acoustic validation flights will be further conducted in 2023, followed by the planned community overflights in early 2024. After that, "NASA plans to deliver results of the community overflights to the International Civil Aviation Organization and Federal Aviation Administration in 2027," the space agency said in an earlier statement.
"With that information in hand, regulators will be able to decide if a change should be made in rules that prohibit supersonic flight over land – a decision that would be expected in 2028."
NASA’s ultimate goal is to solve the sonic boom challenge finally and unleash a future of commercial supersonic flight over land, reducing flight times drastically. Will it prove successful? | https://interestingengineering.com/nasa-aircraft-x-59-ground-tests | 2022-04-19T21:40:49Z | https://interestingengineering.com/nasa-aircraft-x-59-ground-tests | false | 1 |
Chiefs hosting former Packers S Henry Black on a visit
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The Kansas City Chiefs continue looking at ways to improve their roster depth ahead of the 2022 NFL draft.
According to a report from Pro Football Network’s Aaron Wilson, the Chiefs hosted former Green Bay Packers S Henry Black on a free-agent visit on Tuesday. Black (6-foot, 204 pounds) is a former undrafted free agent out of Baylor, who played in 54 collegiate games, tallying 119 total tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles, six passes defended and two interceptions for the Bears. He played both safety and linebacker during his time at Baylor.
Black signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2020, but he didn’t make final roster cuts. Black spent time on the Green Bay practice squad over the past two seasons, but also appeared in 25 total regular-season games since his rookie season, recording 46 total tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two passes defended and one interception.
NFL source: Packers free agent safety Henry Black visited Chiefs today: @PFN365 #NFL #Packers #Chiefshttps://t.co/pCJ6bm3E21
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 19, 2022
The Packers utilized Black as a sub-package safety and he played over 250 snaps on defense in 2021 despite never starting a game. He played 55% and 73% of the team’s special teams snaps, respectively, over the past two years too, boasting multi-phase special teams ability.
Black looks like a potential replacement option for a player like Daniel Sorensen, who played a lot of snaps on both defense and special teams in Kansas City. He’s only 25 years old and with just two seasons in the league, there is plenty of room for growth and improvement.
Interestingly, Black was in town to visit on the same day as his former teammate, Baylor S JT Woods. The draft-eligible safety was in town for a top-30 visit with the team on Tuesday.
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217 PM PDT Tue Apr 19 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 2 AM
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In this file photo from Jan. 8, 2018, a Vermont State Trooper speaks to a homeowner near an area on Peacham Road in Barnet where the body of Gregory Davis found. Authorities have charged a man in connection with Davis's death. (Photo by Dana Gray)
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Danville resident Greg Davis.
Federal authorities say Aron Lee Ethridge conspired with Colorado resident Jerry Banks to kidnap Davis from his home on Hawkins Road on Jan. 6, 2018.
Ethridge was indicted by a federal grand jury on a felony kidnapping charge this week and is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court tomorrow.
“On or about January, 6, 2018, Banks knocked on the door of Gregory Davis’s home dressed in a manner imitating a U.S. Marshal and claimed to have an arrest warrant for Davis,” reads the indictment filed by U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest. “On January 7, 2018, Banks called Ethridge to inform him that Davis had been successfully kidnapped and murdered.”
Davis was found hand-cuffed and dead from multiple gunshot wounds near 1648 Peacham Road in Barnet.
The U.S. Marshal’s Service confirmed during the investigation that Greg Davis was not arrested by their agency and that there were no active federal warrants for Davis at the time of his death.
Davis, 49, had lived in a farmhouse on Hawkins Road with his wife and six children for about two years prior to the shooting after relocating from New Jersey.
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This innovative garlic press eliminates the hassle of peeling and pressing garlic
Peeling and pressing multiple garlic cloves is one of the more tedious kitchen tasks. Finally, there's an easier way to prep them with the GARLIC ROCKET ONE.
Make cooking with garlic easier with the GARLIC ROCKET ONE garlic press. This innovative garlic press processes a whole clove of garlic, including the skin, in just a click and a turn.
People have been cooking with garlic for at least 5,000 years. While the ingredient adds a rich, savory flavor to food, peeling and pressing individual cloves can be a hassle. Now, you can finally speed up the process with the GARLIC ROCKET ONE.
Check out this garlic press’s innovative technology
If you love cooking with fresh garlic but dread preparing it for recipes, the GARLIC ROCKET ONE’s creator, Peter Bindner, has the answer.
He’s created a new kind of garlic press with a piston “click and turn” function that easily presses a clove of garlic through holes at the bottom. Then, special pins clear out any remaining bits of garlic.
It’s a one-step process that greatly simplifies garlic preparation, helping you enjoy it in recipes every day.
Remove garlic peel easily
What’s more, this kitchen accessory takes care of the peeling, which can also get messy. Just place one unpeeled garlic clove into the chamber and turn. It peels and presses the clove in one action.
Yes, the GARLIC ROCKET ONE takes care of 2 cooking tasks at once, speeding up the cooking process. So the next time you’re in a rush while cooking, you don’t have to totally forgo the garlic. Just place a clove in this device, and twist.
Save your hands with this easy-to-use garlic press
Have you ever noticed how much force a standard, hand-held garlic press requires from your hands? If you’re pressing a larger-than-average clove, you might even need to get your arm muscles involved.
But with this innovative garlic press, you don’t have to overexert yourself. Just place an unpeeled garlic clove in the chamber and click and turn the gadget. Freshly pressed garlic is yours without any stress or grinding of teeth.
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Another issue with the standard garlic press is the mess it leaves behind. Fibers that don’t make it through the holes stay behind in the chamber which you need to clean out with a sponge under running water.
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Also, since this innovative garlic press uses the entire garlic clove, it minimizes food waste in your kitchen.
Yes, a large portion of garlic goes to waste when you use a standard garlic press. With the GARLIC ROCKET ONE, though, you get to enjoy the full flavor of each clove in your cooking.
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The scent of garlic can linger on your fingers for days if you prep garlic by hand. Luckily, since you only place unpeeled garlic in the chamber, your fingers never touch the crushed garlic when using the GARLIC ROCKET ONE.
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You get a premium-quality kitchen gadget when you go for the GARLIC ROCKET ONE. It uses high-quality materials that you can recycle indefinitely. Moreover, the metal construction meets strict requirements.
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Now that GARLIC ROCKET ONE removes most of the hurdles of cooking with garlic—time-consuming prep, smelly fingers, and cleanup—cooking with it every day is easy.
The new technology takes your home cooking to a whole new level, allowing you to add garlic’s additional vitamin and immune-boosting properties to all your savory dishes.
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Cooking should be fun, no? But if you have to overexert yourself crushing garlic cloves in a sub-par press, you probably don’t look forward to it. This innovative garlic press changes things.
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If you love the flavor and health benefits of cooking with fresh garlic, the GARLIC ROCKET ONE is a must-have addition to your kitchen gadget collection. It makes preparing fresh garlic cloves easier, from peeling to cleanup.
Best of all, this gadget helps you enjoy more garlic. Support the Indiegogo campaign to help bring this useful gadget to life.
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HOUSTON, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) ("Callon" or the "Company") plans to host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2022 financial and operating results.
Webcast:
Date: May 5, 2022
Time: 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time)
Webcast: www.callon.com
Select "News/Events" under the "Investors" section of the website.
An archive of the conference call webcast will be available at www.callon.com under the "Investors" section of the website.
The Company plans to release first quarter 2022 results after market close on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Callon Petroleum Company is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of high-quality assets in the leading oil plays of South and West Texas.
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ANDERSON — The charges against Barry Morphew in the 2020 death of his wife, Suzanne, have been dismissed.
District Attorney Linda Stanley filed the motion to dismiss the murder charge with prejudice Tuesday in Fremont County, Colorado.
By dismissing the charges with prejudice, prosecutors can refile the murder charge against Morphew in the future.
In their motion to dismiss prosecutors said law enforcement believes they’re “close to the discovery” of Suzanne Morphew’s body but said they won’t be able to complete searches ahead of the scheduled trial date due to weather and snowpack.
According to the motion, they’ve been focused on a “remote and mountainous” region near the Morphew residence that is currently covered in 5 feet of snow.
“Throughout the pendency of this case, the People and law enforcement have been unrelenting in our search for Mrs. Morphew,” the court document reads. “For some time, a single location has been the target of ongoing investigation.”
The prosecution, in requesting the dismissal of the charge, said further investigation is essential to answering the most consequential question presented by this case, how Suzanne Morphew died and the cause of death.
The court document indicates the search for Suzanne Morphew’s body would have been completed before the trial started.
“The People believe that we are close to locating the deceased victim’s body,” the motion to dismiss reads. “The People’s fundamental responsibility in the criminal justice system is not to gain a conviction, but to further the truth-seeking process and ensure equal justice.
“In a case such as this, the most influential fact of consequence is whether or not Mrs. Morphew is deceased,” the motion continues. “If the body proves to be there, further forensic examination could potentially inculpate (incriminate) or exculpate (innocence) the defendant, which is incredibly important evidence for the jury to hear in determining the merits of the case.”
Morphew, 54, is charged with the murder of his wife, Suzanne, whose body hasn’t been found after she was last seen on May 10, 2020. She is presumed dead, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office.
Suzanne Murphew, who grew up in Madison County, was reported missing by a neighbor on Mother’s Day. The 49-year-old mother of two daughters was reported missing after she did not return from a bike ride near her home in the Salida area.
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Consumers are to be better protected from fake reviews and subscription traps under new measures that give the competition watchdog greater powers to crack down directly on rogue traders.
The measures include making it “clearly illegal” to pay someone to write or host a fake review and clearer rules to make it easier for consumers to opt out of subscriptions.
Prepayment schemes like Christmas savings clubs will also have to safeguard fully customers’ money through insurance or trust accounts.
The legislation will provide protection for shoppers’ savings clubs – where consumers can pay for goods and services in instalments throughout the year – which are not currently covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
It means even if the company goes bust, shoppers’ money will still be protected and it aims to prevent issues such as the collapse of Christmas savings club Farepak in 2006, when thousands of customers were unable to pay for festive gifts.
Fake reviews will be tackled by consultation on a new law against commissioning someone to write or submit a fake review, hosting consumer reviews without taking reasonable steps to check they are genuine and offering or advertising to submit, commission or facilitate fake reviews.
‘Subscription traps’ in which businesses make it difficult to exit a contract will also be stopped. Under new rules, businesses must provide clearer information to consumers before they enter a subscription contract, send a reminder that a free trial or low-cost introductory offer is coming to an end and ensure consumers can leave a contract in a “straightforward, cost-effective and timely way”.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), instead of a court, will be able to award compensation to consumers and directly impose financial penalties worth up to 10% of global annual turnover for businesses or up to £300,000 in the case of an individual.
Consumer Minister Paul Scully said: ”We’re making sure consumer protections keep pace with a modern, digitised economy.
“No longer will you visit a five star-reviewed restaurant only to find a burnt lasagne or get caught in a subscription in which there’s no end in sight. Consumers deserve better and the majority of businesses out there doing the right thing deserve protection from rogue traders undermining them.”
The average UK household spends around £900 each year influenced by online reviews and spends £60 on unwanted subscriptions, figures suggest.
Citizens Advice director of policy Matthew Upton said: “With pressure piling on household budgets, it’s good to see action that’ll make it easier for people to protect their cash.
“The measures to deal with subscription traps are particularly welcome. We hope these will help bring unscrupulous traders to book and stop shoppers being duped by underhand tactics.”
CMA chief executive Andrea Coscelli said: “This is an important milestone towards strengthening the CMA’s ability to hold companies to account, promote fair and open markets, and protect UK consumers.
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Investigators on Tuesday confirmed the body pulled from the Susquehanna River a day earlier was Miguel Maldonado, who was shot by Harrisburg police in January.
Maldonado had a knife and was on top of his car with his wife and daughter while the vehicle was partially submerged in the water near the Dock Street Dam. The family had been in that position for at least 90 minutes before police were called at 3:28 a.m. on Jan. 16.
Officers tried to convince Maldonado to drop the knife, but two officers fired at him when he refused and they believed his wife and daughter were in danger. He fell into the water after officers fired four bullets at him, but it was unclear until this week whether he had been hit by the gunshots.
The body recovered Monday near Three Mile Island, about 11 miles downstream, had at least one gunshot wound, officials said. The body was preliminarily believed to be Maldonado, as the body had a matching tattoo, but officials waited for a fingerprint match before confirming on Tuesday.
The cause and manner of death had not yet been determined by the coroner.
Last month, District Attorney Fran Chardo announced he use of deadly force by the officers, who were not named, was justified. Chardo said they believed Maldonado, within stabbing distance of his wife and 2-year-old daughter, was an immediate threat to his family.
Just prior to ending up in the river, Maldonado had sought treatment related to a mental health crisis at a local hospital, his family said, but he left after 5 hours in the waiting room.
“It’s clear that my brother had suffered some kind of mental medical emergency,” Maldonado’s sister previously told PennLive.
Hospital surveillance video showed Miguel drove the couple away from the hospital, Chardo said. His sister said his mental situation was bad after that point.
“My brother was yelling in the car at someone that wasn’t there,” she said. “He thought someone was attacking his wife.”
Authorities aren’t sure what exactly happened next, but his wife was injured by the knife while in the car and the car eventually ended up in the river. Chardo said they believe Miguel drove it into the river since he was last seen behind the wheel.
The time they spent in the water confirms Sandra’s belief that her brother was struggling, not trying to kill his family, because he didn’t stab them during that long span alone in the river.
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The benefits of SALMON quality care within a private, homelike setting
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. , April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SALMON Health & Retirement, a trusted leader in senior living, announces the launch of SALMON Enhanced Care Neighborhoods. For those who require long-term nursing care, but would prefer a less institutionalized setting, Enhanced Care Neighborhoods expand SALMON's Continuum of Care by providing advanced care within private, residential apartments at the resort-like Natick, Westborough, and Medway campuses.
The experienced SALMON Enhanced Care staff provides a variety of care including 24/7 emergency response, two-person assist and lifts, limited medication administration and support of daily living activities like bathing and dressing. For those who may require additional assistance within the Neighborhood, SALMON Home Care Visiting Nurse Association services such as wound care or injectable medications are available to help Residents easily access the support they need.
"Our Enhanced Care Neighborhood was designed to fill a gap within the assisted living space," said Matt Salmon, CEO of SALMON Health & Retirement. "We heard from our Residents and their families the need and desire for advanced care within a comfortable, homelike setting that didn't feel overwhelmingly institutional as many nursing homes do. Paired with SALMON's unparalleled level of care, we are confident that the private, residential setting of our Enhanced Care Neighborhoods will provide the comfort of home desired by our Residents as they receive care from our dedicated team of experts."
Available within SALMON Health & Retirement's Medway, Natick and Westborough Whitney Place campuses, Enhanced Care Neighborhoods provide SALMON quality of care from within the most personalized, residential setting possible ensuring a high-quality experience for Residents and their families.
For more information visit www.SALMONHealth.com.
ABOUT SALMON HEALTH & RETIREMENT
SALMON Health & Retirement is a trusted leader in the operation of senior living communities. Founded as a skilled nursing facility in 1952 by Dan & Helen Salmon, today the third generation of the Salmon family runs the region's only complete care continuum – from active living to hospice care and everything in between. A leader in the Continuum of Care concept, the family-run company's growth has been gradual, based upon their Residents' needs that, over three generations, has evolved to a variety of services including: skilled nursing, rehabilitation, retirement communities, assisted living, and Home Care encompassing private care, VNA, and hospice care. To learn more visit www.SALMONHealth.com.
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Rita Ora is putting on a cheeky display while in a very revealing bikini. The British singer is a firm favorite with her swimwear posts on social media, and the latest one brought her living the seafront lifestyle with the outfit to match.
Rita, 31, put her buns on display in a G-string bikini while enjoying this sunshine, also going witty with her caption.
Rita Ora is sun’s out, buns out in bikini
Thrilling her 16.1 million followers, the pop sensation opened her post with a far out photo amid a huge lawn backing onto ocean waters. Rita had gone super-tiny in a barely-there and blue patterned bikini, drawing attention to her toned rear and flaunting her long legs.
The Voice Australia judge turned around to face the camera as she highlighted her backside, barely showing her face as she wore a bucket hat and dragged a blue sarong behind her.
A swipe right showed Ora frolicking on the lawn, and with one leg stretched out – the singer held her sarong and let it blow around in the breeze. The final slide showed a little literature.
“Lil old me…just minding my beeeznas,” she wrote.
Rita has been filling her Instagram with skimpy swimwear snaps as she eyes up a Hot Girl Summer 2020 and continues to make headlines for her reality appearances. Five days ago, she posed from a chic and sun-drenched terrace and showed off her rock-hard abs and golden tan while in a tiny halter string bikini in black.
With curly hair and a plump pout, Rita wrote: “Can’t wait for summer.”
Rita Ora works hard in the gym
The Poison singer has opened up on how she keeps her buns beach ready, telling Shape:
“I do circuit training. I usually work out for one or two hours, depending on how much time I have. I do three circuits and repeat that three times. I mostly focus on my thighs and my bum, so I do a lot of squats and weight lifting. And I do one circuit of cardio.”
Admitting that she used to work too hard in the gym, the beauty added: “What I’ve learned is that you can take your time with training. You don’t have to beat yourself up as long as you get in the workouts that you need. I used to push myself until I felt sick.” | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/celebrity/rita-ora-flaunts-firm-buns-in-bikini/ | 2022-04-19T22:01:50Z | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/celebrity/rita-ora-flaunts-firm-buns-in-bikini/ | true | 1 |
Apollon Limassol (APL) traded down 0.4% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on April 19th. In the last week, Apollon Limassol has traded 1.6% lower against the US dollar. One Apollon Limassol coin can now be bought for about $2.22 or 0.00005373 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Apollon Limassol has a market capitalization of $730,867.86 and approximately $280,570.00 worth of Apollon Limassol was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Avalanche (AVAX) traded 2.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $79.47 or 0.00192395 BTC.
- NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 6.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $17.08 or 0.00041342 BTC.
- Cronos (CRO) traded up 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001004 BTC.
- Algorand (ALGO) traded 2.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.76 or 0.00001832 BTC.
- Hedera (HBAR) traded up 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000479 BTC.
- Elrond (EGLD) traded up 5.1% against the dollar and now trades at $162.11 or 0.00392489 BTC.
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Vikings' Irv Smith Jr. Progressing in Rehab From Knee Injury, Excited For 2022 Return
Late last summer, Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. appeared to be in store for a huge 2021 season. Kyle Rudolph was out of the picture, meaning Smith was finally the team's unquestioned No. 1 TE heading into his third year. The 23-year-old Alabama product was having a fantastic training camp and looked poised to take off after posting a fairly quiet 66/676/7 line through his first two seasons.
Then, in the third and final preseason game, it all came crashing down. Smith suffered a meniscus injury that would require surgery and end his breakout campaign before it could begin.
"It was just kind of like a freak kind of accident that happened," Smith said on Tuesday. "It happened on one of the first drives I was in the game and I kind of felt it. I didn’t really think it was too much and we wanted to play it safe and get an MRI the next day, and I found out I had hurt my knee more severe than what we thought. So I had do what was best for myself and get it repaired, but surgery went well. My recovery has been going really well, and I’m just blessed."
Smith had to sit and watch as the Vikings went 8-9 and missed the playoffs for a second consecutive year. Tyler Conklin filled in admirably and earned a nice contract with the Jets this offseason, but then-GM Rick Spielman's panic trade for Chris Herndon after Smith got hurt was a major flop. The Vikings missed having Smith's size and athleticism in their offense; as a 6'2", 240-pound TE with 4.6 speed, he presents serious matchup problems for opposing defenses.
While he was hurt, Smith stayed as engaged as possible in meetings, helping prepare Conklin and the other tight ends. He tried to make his presence felt as a vocal leader in the locker room, even in just his third season. Still, not being able to be out there on the field with his teammates was difficult.
"It’s crazy," he said. "That’s kind of life, though. Things get thrown at you that you don’t expect. But it’s about how you bounce back. Your mentality. You can’t be down in those situations. You got to pick yourself up, your family is there for you. My team was there for me. And they believe in me, so that’s all I can ask for."
Ever since he had surgery, Smith's focus has been on getting himself prepared to have the breakout season in 2022 that he was supposed to have last year. He doesn't turn 24 until August, but as a 2019 second-round pick, this is the final year of his rookie contract. A big season could help him earn a nice second contract, whether that's in Minnesota or elsewhere.
"He had one of the best camps last year," said Vikings WR and fellow Louisiana native Justin Jefferson. "Knowing what he had in store for us last year, the things he could have done for our team last year. I’ve been talking to him, my locker is right next to him. He’s so anxious to get back on that field, get back with the team. I’m definitely ready to see what he has for us."
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Smith still has work to do in his recovery, so he won't be on the field during the Vikings' offseason program this spring. He's focused on being locked in every day and building the strength back in his knee, and he plans on being fully ready to go when training camp begins at the end of July. For now, Smith is working closely with the Vikings' medical and strength staffs, including new executive director of player health and performance Tyler Williams, who was brought over from the Rams. At the same time, he's diving into learning a completely new offense under head coach Kevin O'Connell.
“I think he’s had a great offseason so far, even before coming back here," O'Connell said. "I think he’s been right on schedule with everything that Tyler and the doctors, where they want him to be. We’re not going to push him this early on in the offseason until we get the green light from the docs, and we’ll defer to them and Tyler and (head strength coach) Josh (Hingst) — they’re the ones seeing him on a minute-to-minute basis downstairs right now. We’ll make sure that we’ve got a great plan for Irv all the way through this entire nine-week program that just puts him in a great position to have a great training camp. That’s what I’ve challenged him to do, is stressing him above the neck — making sure he’s learning the system so he’s gonna know what to do, where to line up and then when we start getting those full-speed reps for him will be great. And then on to the competitive reps when training camp comes around."
The Vikings aren't short on skill-position talent. With Dalvin Cook at running back and Jefferson, Adam Thielen, and K.J. Osborn at wide receiver, they've got a bunch of weapons. Smith's size and athleticism at TE are a perfect complement for that group, both as a receiver and as a blocker.
"All the different ways we marry the run and the pass, I think Irv has the perfect skillset to play a big role in that," O'Connell said. "Going back and watching him, I know he was feeling really, really good before the injury last year. He had a really productive camp and it was a shame to not see all of that hard work come to fruition in the season. But that’s what we’re trying to do now, get him right back to where he was, if not better, if not stronger."
The rehab process is ongoing for Smith, but he hasn't had any setbacks or complications. He's been working extremely hard and should be ready to go by training camp. When the season rolls around, fans can expect to see an extremely motivated version of Smith, who wants to prove that he can shine as a No. 1 tight end in the NFL. He should be a heavily-featured player in O'Connell's offense, considering he can line up as an in-line TE, a big slot receiver, or even out wide or in the backfield.
"I’ve worked so hard throughout my life so it’s not like this is something that we built up last camp," Smith said. "I had a great camp and was looking forward to the season, but that momentum and everything hasn’t slowed down.
"Coming out of this, it’s made me even stronger. So I’m excited, just to be back in the building, get back on the field, do what I love and be with my team, they’ve been super supportive of me, and this whole organization, everybody, has been very supportive. It’s going to be a very fun season."
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3 min read . 19 Apr 2022It is important to know the duration of the debt fund and how the duration will be managed before investing
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It is important to know the duration of the debt fund and how the duration will be managed before investing
Debt funds aren’t risk-free. They are also subject to volatility due to credit and duration risk. Duration risk represents the impact of interest rate movements on the value of assets held by the fund. Duration risk is also called interest rate risk and gains more significance in the rising interest rate scenario.
Debt funds aren’t risk-free. They are also subject to volatility due to credit and duration risk. Duration risk represents the impact of interest rate movements on the value of assets held by the fund. Duration risk is also called interest rate risk and gains more significance in the rising interest rate scenario.
In the accompanying table, we display the year-to-date (YTD) returns of some of the funds with longer maturity.
In the accompanying table, we display the year-to-date (YTD) returns of some of the funds with longer maturity.
Had you invested in any of these schemes at the beginning of the year, the returns on your investments would be negative if they were to be redeemed now. This is not to say that the funds have performed badly; in fact, most of these funds have been performing better than the benchmark. This is to highlight how the investments in debt funds can get impacted if the duration is not taken into consideration.
Bond prices fluctuate
Bond prices have an inverse relationship with interest rates. When the interest rates in the economy go up, the bond prices fall and vice-versa.
When the average maturity of a debt fund is higher, the investments will be subject to higher volatility. By selecting a fund that has a maturity close to your investment horizon, you can lower the impact of volatility on redemption.
“Though there are no standard dictums, the general understanding is, that if one holds a debt fund till its average maturity, they can expect the approximate yield (YTM- Yield to Maturity), that’s prevailing at the time of investment," said Sriram BKR, senior investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
This impact of the movement of interest rate on bond prices can also be gauged by a metric called ‘modified duration’.
For example, when the modified duration is five years, that means, for every 1% rise in interest rate, the bond prices will fall by 5% and vice versa.
In the case of debt funds with defined maturity such as fixed maturity plans and target maturity funds, “you will see that the modified duration of these funds comes down as you approach the maturity date," said Joydeep Sen, an independent debt market analyst. The impact of interest rate movement on your holdings will eventually be nil if held till maturity.
How to choose?
It is important to know the duration of the debt fund and how the duration will be managed before investing.
“A few funds manage duration dynamically while a few manage it passively. To generate alpha over the market returns, an investor will need to invest in funds that are actively managed," said Sahil Kapoor, senior executive vice-president, IIFL Wealth.
In the case of a risk-averse investor, “he/she would be better off matching the investment horizon to the duration of a passively managed fund such as target maturity funds to ensure low variability in return expectation over the investment horizon," added Kapoor.
Sebi’s categorization of the debt funds also makes it easier for investors to select funds based on duration. Referring to that, Abhijit Bhave, CEO of Fisdom Private Wealth, said, “liquid funds are ideal for short-term investing goals of up to 3 or 6 months, while ultra-short debt funds may suffice for an investment horizon of 6 months to 1 year. One can invest in short-term debt funds if the investing period is between 1 to 3 years while dynamic/medium-term bond funds, on the other hand, are better suited to investors with a 3–5-year time horizon." | https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/match-investment-horizon-with-the-maturity-of-a-debt-fund/amp-11650388812377.html | 2022-04-19T22:22:00Z | https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/match-investment-horizon-with-the-maturity-of-a-debt-fund/amp-11650388812377.html | false | 2 |
Just six shows into Lamb of God’s Spring 2022 North American tour with co-headliners Megadeth, frontman Randy Blythe has tested positive for COVID-19. Instead of canceling any shows, Lamb of God will perform on Tuesday night (April 19th) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with Chimaira singer Mark Hunter and a “few friends” on vocals.
This is the second leg of the two headliners’ “Metal Tour of the Year,” which had a successful run this past fall. The first leg went off without a hitch, but unfortunately, COVID has reared its ugly head early in the current leg.
A statement on Lamb of God’s Facebook page reads as follows:
“Grand Rapids – Randy Blythe tested positive for COVID over the weekend and has been isolating away from the rest of the band. While his symptoms have been mild and he’s on the mend, he will not be able to perform tonight at the Van Andel Arena. However, the show will go on! We are working to put together a special show with our brother Mark Hunter from Chimaira taking over the mic and a few friends helping out as well. We’ll see you tonight! We are hopeful he will be able to return later this week and will update as soon as we can.”
Following Tuesday night’s show, the tour’s next three stops are in Fort Wayne, Indiana (Thursday); Green Bay, Wisconsin (Friday); and Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Sunday). Considering that Blythe just tested positive over the weekend, it can be assumed that he’ll at least miss a few more shows. While there’s no official word beyond Tuesday’s concert, perhaps Hunter will continue to fill in until Blythe is able to return.
In addition to the co-headliners, the tour features Trivium and In Flames. Dates are scheduled through a May 15th concert in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with tickets to all upcoming shows available via Ticketmaster.
Megadeth, meanwhile, have already announced a Summer tour with Five Finger Death Punch and The HU. That outing kicks off in August. | https://consequence.net/2022/04/randy-blythe-covid-lamb-of-god-chimaira-mark-hunter-vocals/ | 2022-04-19T22:23:14Z | https://consequence.net/2022/04/randy-blythe-covid-lamb-of-god-chimaira-mark-hunter-vocals/ | true | 1 |
Price Alert: Shares of Hexcel (HXL) Trade 1.73% Higher at Midday April 19
Equities Staff Follow |Today Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) is trading 1.73% up.
The latest price, as of 12:02:21 est, was $57.05. Hexcel has risen $0.97 so far today.
232,149 shares have exchanged hands.
As of the previous close, Hexcel has a YTD change of 8.44%. The company expects its next earnings on 2022-04-25.
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About Hexcel Corp.
Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites company. It develops, manufactures, and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials including carbon fibers, specialty reinforcements, prepregs, and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, adhesives, engineered core and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, space and defense, and industrial applications.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday he was ending the state's mask mandate on public transportation a day after a federal judge overturned the government’s plan to keep restrictions in place until May 3.
Masks will no longer will be required on public transit, in public transit hubs, or at airports. However, local governments can maintain their own mask mandates on public transportation.
“I’m proud of the work our state has done to fight COVID-19 and protect our most vulnerable,” Pritzker said in a news release. “I continue to urge Illinoisans to follow CDC guidelines and, most importantly, get vaccinated to protect yourself and others.”
Acting Illinois Department of Public Health Director Amaal Tokars said the agency "is closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 throughout Illinois and working with our local public health partners to keep the public informed.” Acting Illinois Department of Public Health Director Amaal Tokars said in the release
A decision ending the federal mask mandate on aircraft and public transit was issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa. The decision said the order exceeds the authority of U.S. health officials and that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking.
Afterward, the Transportation Security Administration said it would no longer enforce a mask the mandate, and numerous airlines announced their mask mandates were ending immediately. | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Pritzker-ends-Illinois-mask-mandate-for-public-17091743.php | 2022-04-19T22:25:55Z | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Pritzker-ends-Illinois-mask-mandate-for-public-17091743.php | true | 12 |
Amber Alert canceled; Arkansas teen found safe
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - Arkansas State Police have inactivated an Amber Alert for a missing teen believed to have been kidnapped.
According to Hot Springs Police Officer Omar Cervants, 17-year-old Trynytee Case of Hot Springs was found safe Tuesday afternoon, KAIT reported.
She was alone, but he did not say where she was found.
Police said they were interviewing her Tuesday afternoon.
This Amber Alert began when Case left work at approximately 9:15 p.m. Monday.
According to Tuesday’s news release, she and a coworker were walking to their vehicles parked a block away when an unknown white female asked if she could use Case’s phone.
The woman claimed she was “lost and her parents were staying in a condo in Hot Springs.”
The woman then said she needed to use the GPS coordinates and asked Case to move closer to her car.
While this was going on, ASP said Case’s friend went to get her car parked at a nearby parking garage.
When the friend returned, Case was nowhere to be found.
After several unsuccessful attempts to contact Case by phone, ASP said her mother finally got through to her.
According to the news release, Case told her mother “everything is fine,” when a man got on the phone and demanded “$10,000 dollars for her return or they would kill and cut up the victim.”
The phone line then went dead and no one has heard from Case since.
Police pinged her cellphone which was last reported headed south on U.S. Highway 7, south of Hot Springs.
According to an updated report from ASP, police are searching for a white Nissan Versa with Tennessee license plate number 59B-D82.
Anyone with additional information can contact Sgt. Scott Lampinen with the Hot Springs Police Department at 501-651-7711.
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Gird yourselves. The summer of travel chaos just got more chaotic
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Julia Buckley, Pete Muntean and Barry Neild, CNN
Temperatures are rising, Covid cases are falling, restrictions are dropping away in the blink of an eye and summer vacations are so close you can smell the sunscreen. But getting away this year won’t be easy or relaxing.
Experts are warning that the chaos travelers endured during spring holiday getaways are a harbinger of worse to come.
Anyone thinking of traveling by air in the next few months faces potential delays or cancellations as airlines struggle to rebuild capacity and workforces that shrank dramatically during the pandemic.
Add in the latest flip-flop confusion on US airplane mask mandates, and we’re headed for a season of stress levels that would frazzle even the most experienced traveler. It’ll take more than the prospect of a fully reclining business class seat to keep aviation anxiety at bay.
While many of the problems are worldwide, it’s the United States where they’re being felt most acutely at the moment. With China still being subjected to regular lockdowns, America is likely on track to regain its crown as the busiest country for air traffic passenger numbers.
And it just experienced its busiest weekend since the arrival of Covid, with 6.5 million travelers passing through airport security checks from Friday through Sunday. However, not everyone boarded their scheduled flight.
Nearly 1,000 flights going in or out of the United States were canceled over the weekend, adding to legions that have failed to take off in the weeks prior.
Safety and reduced schedules
There’s more to come, with major US airlines saying they do not have enough pilots to fly their timetables.
JetBlue and Alaska Airlines have already reduced their summer schedules. It’s likely others will need to do likewise or play fast and loose with what they’re offering their customers.
Worse still, there could be effects on air safety.
One pilots’ union — the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, or SWAPA — recently wrote a letter to executives highlighting the rise of pilot exhaustion and warning that acute and cumulative fatigue levels were now the top risk to flight safety. Southwest Airlines has acknowledged a rise in fatigue complaints.
At the root of this issue are measures taken by airlines to stay afloat during the early days of the pandemic when fleets of passenger planes were grounded and the skies fell silent. Haemorrhaging cash, airlines quickly began offloading planes and letting go of thousands of pilots and support crews.
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota and aviation correspondent Pete Muntean discussed the issue of pilot fatigue Monday on Interview Club, one of the offerings on the new CNN+ streaming platform.
Pilot fatigue “is something that’s been bubbling up for awhile,” Mutean said. “And what that means is the system is really stressed right now. So many people are coming back to flying, especially over the Easter and Passover holiday weekend.”
“Airlines are generally smaller, and crews are struggling to keep up,” he said.
Compounding the problem: Some pilots have reached retirement age or decided to leave the profession, meaning that major US passenger airlines have been trying to cope with a return to 90% of pre-pandemic traffic levels but with fewer people to fly the planes.
And while air crew working hours are heavily regulated, the unions say that running pilots on their maximum hours means they’re not able to take time for stresses caused by other issues such as bad weather delays. Pilots calling in sick because of fatigue is another reason flights will get canceled.
‘It’s going to get worse’
To make matters worse, there have been similar problems at some airports, particularly in Europe. Scenes of chaos at UK airports over the previous couple of weeks have been partly blamed on staffing shortages as facilities struggle to fill positions that were rationalized during the pandemic.
That’s another omen of trouble ahead, says consumer advocate Christopher Elliott, who’s been monitoring the situation in the United States and Europe.
“I think it’s a preview of things to come — and I do think things are going to get worse,” says Elliott who the founder of nonprofit Elliot Advocacy.
“The summer will be chaos,” he believes — so much so that he’s advising his followers to avoid Europe in August, the peak of the peak season.
“I think we’ve been seeing some delays related to the pandemic, but I think they’re baked into the equation at this point — I don’t think that’s really a legitimate excuse,” he says.
“It’s everyone’s fault except their own. If they took a good look in the mirror, they’d realize that during the pandemic they downsized and laid staff off, and now demand has come surging back and they’re caught off guard. They haven’t been able to staff up fast enough to meet demand.”
While Alaska and JetBlue are cutting flights, the sudden surge in people wanting to buy airline tickets will present a temptation for Covid-hit airlines to try to recoup the losses of the pandemic by selling seats to meet market demands.
But while numerous airlines are currently on recruitment drives, paying top dollar to sign new pilots, there’s still the prospect that many flights in coming months simply won’t take off as scheduled.
Mass mask confusion
For passengers hoping to take a much-needed trip after two years of restrictions, the advice from experts is to buy tickets as soon as possible so that the airline is responsible even if the flight is cut.
“Just book now,” says Courtney Miller, managing director of analysis at The Air Current.
“If they cancel my flight, they have to find me a new flight; if I wait, the risk is on me,” he says.
Even if passengers do get on a plane, Monday’s cancellation of the US government’s mask mandate for airplanes could further add to confusion. Many airlines have now made masks optional onboard, but rules will differ for international flights where face coverings may still be mandatory.
There’s likely to be residual uncertainty over whether mask wearing is advisable, since the latest decision countered an earlier US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend the mask mandate and the situation is now under official review.
Common consensus is elusive
Medical experts can find themselves at odds over the need to cover up mid-flight.
Dr. Leana Wen, professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, told CNN she personally would still be wearing a mask on planes, trains and in airports.
Broadly speaking, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ chief medical officer told CNN on Tuesday that travel mask mandates should continue — at least for a little longer until the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more data on the spread of the BA.2 subvariant.
“We think that mask-wearing on interstate transportation is still an important intervention that’s worth continuing,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
“The biggest concern is, we want people to be safe and we’re concerned that we’re not through the pandemic yet as much as people want to be, and (Covid-19) rates are starting to tick back up,” Plescia said.
Tough ground game
Zane Kerby, president of the American Society of Travel Advisors, warns there could be further headaches at the destination. For instance, take car rentals — another industry struggling to handle its post-pandemic pivot.
“It could be worse than last year,” he warns. “There are popular destinations in the US — Honolulu, LA, South Florida — where prices have spiked to unbelievable levels.”
Last year, he was quoted $3,200 for a week’s rental in Hawaii.
“I didn’t want to buy the car, just rent it,” he says.
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CNN’s Gregory Wallace, Elizabeth Wolfe, Travis Caldwell, Amanda Jackson and Jacqueline Howard contributed to this story. | https://kvia.com/entertainment/cnn-style/2022/04/19/gird-yourselves-the-summer-of-travel-chaos-just-got-more-chaotic/ | 2022-04-19T22:31:23Z | https://kvia.com/entertainment/cnn-style/2022/04/19/gird-yourselves-the-summer-of-travel-chaos-just-got-more-chaotic/ | false | 10 |
April showers bring May flowers – usually. This one brings meteors.
Spring's first major sky-watching event is one of the oldest known meteor showers: The Lyrids. Accuweather says this shower began in the middle of the month but peaks from Thursday night to Friday morning -- just in time for Earth Day.
NASA says the Lyrids have been observed for 2,700 years. They're known for their fast, bright meteors (though they're still second place to the famous Perseids in August). You might count 10 to 20 meteors per hour at the peak of the Lyrids, though they can rarely surprise watchers with as many as 100 per hour.
The meteors leave behind glowing trails of dust that you can see for several seconds.
How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower:
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks from Thursday night to Friday morning. NASA says in the Northern Hemisphere, they're best viewed during the "dark hours" -- the time between moonset and dawn. The American Meteor Society says due to the bright, nearly-full moon, you might actually be best off watching from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. this year.
If you miss the peak night due to weather or, well, sleep, AMS says you can try again the next night. Things start to really wind down over the weekend with only 2-3 meteors per hour by Sunday morning.
For the best chance at seeing the meteors, NASA says you should find a spot away from city or street lights. Lie flat on a comfy blanket or lawn chair with your feet facing east, and watch as much of the sky as possible. Be patient -- it may take 30 minutes for your eyes to adjust enough to see the shower.
The Lyrids' radiant -- the point in the sky where the meteors appear to come from -- is the constellation Lyra. That's actually where the shower got its name.
Don't just focus on that one spot in the sky, though. NASA says the meteors' trails will be longer and more spectacular as they get further away.
What causes the Lyrid meteor shower?
The meteors that make up the Lyrids are actually space debris from Comet Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861. Earth's atmosphere runs into this flow of dust and other debris each April, causing a spectacular lightshow.
If you miss the Lyrids, don't worry. The next shower, May's Eta Aquarid, is only weeks away. | https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/how-to-watch-lyrid-meteor-shower-2022/507-8488744c-d8a8-462b-b34a-0596a6f0f98a | 2022-04-19T22:32:03Z | https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/how-to-watch-lyrid-meteor-shower-2022/507-8488744c-d8a8-462b-b34a-0596a6f0f98a | true | 12 |
BEAUTY
The Best New Launches From BIPOC-Owned Beauty Brands
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Just like there’s always time to find new beauty products to integrate into your skin and makeup routine, it’s important to make time to support all kinds of communities in the beauty space. With so many Black, Indigenous, and POC beauty entrepreneurs releasing new launches monthly, there’s no reason not to dip into a new product or two. (And there is never not a good excuse for finding an exceptional mask or healing overnight hair oil.) Below, we’ve highlighted some of the finest new beauty launches from our favorite BIPOC-owned brands, all of which we have deemed exceptional and absolutely worth your money. | https://www.wmagazine.com/beauty/best-new-beauty-launches-from-bipoc-owned-brands | 2022-04-19T22:32:26Z | https://www.wmagazine.com/beauty/best-new-beauty-launches-from-bipoc-owned-brands | false | null |
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors moved closer on Tuesday, April 19, to adopting a permanent outdoor dining program in unincorporated areas, following the success of temporary measures put in place to assist restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The board last year instructed its staff to outline steps required to make the outdoor dining program permanent. A subsequent report noted that a pair of ordinances would be required to amend regulations governing uses of public rights-of-way, and governing uses on private property.
The board on Tuesday instructed its legal staff to craft those ordinances, and bring them back for approval within the next six months.
According to a motion by Supervisor Holly Mitchell, the ordinance regarding public rights-of-way must address requirements “for permits, permit fees, and design plans, including standard design plans; requirements for traffic impacts and controls; standards for maintenance and repair of facilities in the public right-of-way; and procedures for alley closures and other public right-of-way vacations.”
In terms of private property uses, the ordinance must address issues such as dining area size, barriers, signage, outdoor lighting, live entertainment, amplified sounds and trash disposal, along with parking requirements.
During the pandemic, when public health regulations banned indoor dining, the county and many other jurisdictions enacted rules allowing eateries to set up temporary outdoor seating areas, often on sidewalks, in parking areas or alleyways.
Mitchell noted the success of the program for restaurants, noting it “helped keep many of their doors open during a very tough time.”
With the pandemic now waning, the outdoor dining options have remained popular, leading to calls for the program to be made permanent. In a staff report to the Board of Supervisors in September, county officials noted some potential issues — most notably the use of tents for dining areas that are sometimes placed in fire access zones. County fire officials also noted that tent structures in place for more than six months are subject to more stringent fire and structural codes.
Those issues would likely need to be addressed in ordinances brought back to the board for further review.
Mitchell noted Tuesday, however, that the range of businesses that took advantage of the outdoor dining program was not evenly distributed throughout the county. She noted that no restaurants in her district took part, and countywide, minority-owned businesses were under-represented in the program.
She said the county “must proactively reach out” to businesses to encourage them to take part in the program, particularly minority-run businesses.
“We can’t expect businesses to take advantage of these opportunities if they’re not aware of them,” she said.
In a companion motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn —who initially spearheaded the effort to continue outdoor dining — the board instructed the county’s Public Works, Public Health and Regional Planning departments to craft a joint letter to all 88 incorporated cities in the county to encourage them to also implement or extend outdoor dining programs. | https://www.dailynews.com/2022/04/19/la-county-advances-effort-to-make-outdoor-dining-program-permanent/ | 2022-04-19T22:34:08Z | https://www.dailynews.com/2022/04/19/la-county-advances-effort-to-make-outdoor-dining-program-permanent/ | true | 8 |
Disney World lifts mask requirement for all guests
Published: Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (Gray News) - Walt Disney World has updated its face mask policy for all guests.
The website for the theme park says that masks are no longer required indoors or outdoors for guests, regardless of vaccination status.
The park’s policy change comes a day after a federal judge threw out mask requirements on public transportation Monday.
Disney recommends that unvaccinated visitors continue to wear masks in indoor attractions, theaters and transportation.
It also notes that masks are not allowed on water slides or in the water at Disney World.
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New scholarship established by Cameron University Foundation
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - An endowment has been established by the Cameron University Foundation in tribute to historian John Armstrong Beckman.
The John Armstrong Beckman Endowed Scholarship in Social Sciences was established by the Cameron University Foundation through donations provided by Beckman’s family.
Beckman worked in the history field and served as a registrar for the Fort Sill Museum for 27 years. He taught at Cameron as an adjunct instructor for almost 20 years.
“John Beckman was a true historian,” Vice President for University Advancement Albert Johnson Jr. said. “Not only was he passionate about it, he had a way of bringing it to life. He was revered by so many Cameron students. We are thrilled that this endowed scholarship will allow us to be able to tell the story of what John meant in the classroom. His legacy will live on through the Cameron students who benefit from this endowed scholarship.”
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hollywood actor and “Transformers” star Josh Duhamel will continue to promote his home state of North Dakota.
North Dakota’s tourism agency confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that the star of several “Transformers” movies will be paid $75,000 to be the face of the state’s tourism campaign for the next two years.
Duhamel already has earned more than $1 million since 2013 to help lure visitors to North Dakota, a state better known for its brutal cold weather than as a vacation destination.
Duhamel is from Minot, a city in the north-central part of the state that’s about an hour’s drive from the United States border with Canada.
Past campaigns have featured the former fashion model as just a regular guy doing everything from fishing and biking to attending college football and hockey games. Some also include his son Axl, whose mother is Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie.
The campaign has included TV and print ads, as well as travel and hunting guides.
Tourism officials have said the advertising campaign featuring Duhamel has resulted in more than $100 for every dollar in state funding spent.
Tourism is the North Dakota’s third-largest industry, behind energy and agriculture. The biggest draw is Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota’s badlands. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Josh-Duhamel-gets-new-contract-to-promote-North-17091651.php | 2022-04-19T22:37:46Z | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Josh-Duhamel-gets-new-contract-to-promote-North-17091651.php | false | 13 |
The Thor: Love and Thunder teaser gave fans the new Marvel content that they have desperately asked for. While the trailer gave fans glimpses at new and returning characters, it does however not include Christian Bale's Gorr the God Butcher.
Thor's newest foe is probably his toughest, and in the comics, the Gorr definitely gave him a run for his money. In Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic's run with the character during the God Butcher saga, it took three different versions of Thor for Gorr to finally be defeated. The three versions included the young, present and old King Thor.
THATS DEFINITELY AN EDITED EMPTY SPACE
— Plathanos 🐝🇩🇴 #HIVESZN (@SavinTheBees) April 19, 2022
JANE OR BETA RAY BILL CALLING IT NOW pic.twitter.com/TO2njxzXWi
In the upcoming movie, Thor will have some help in the form of Jane Foster, who returns to the franchise with a new mantle in Mighty Thor. However, that might still not be enough, and according to fans, we might see the introduction of a third mysterious character, which might very likely be Beta Ray Bill.
It took 3 versions of Thor to beat Gorr.
— Plathanos 🐝🇩🇴 #HIVESZN (@SavinTheBees) April 18, 2022
Beta Ray Bill gotta be the third for the movie
Bruh, Thor, Jane, and Beta Ray Bill coming together vs Gorr will be top 5 MCU moment easy. Please do not fumble, Marvel 😩
In the comics, Beta Ray Bill is one of the few characters, who has wielded both the Mjolnir and Stormbreaker, and fans believe that Marvel might be hiding the character in plain sight, as seen by the amount of open space between characters in certain shots of the trailer.
With Beta Ray Bill, Mighty Thor and Thor teaming up to fight, Gorr the God Butcher will have his work cut for him, and fans definitely want to see mammoth battle take place in the movie, when it releases on July 8. | https://in.ign.com/thor-4-1/171627/news/thor-love-and-thunder-fans-speculate-that-beta-ray-bill-might-also-appear-alongside-jane-foster-in-t | 2022-04-19T22:38:46Z | https://in.ign.com/thor-4-1/171627/news/thor-love-and-thunder-fans-speculate-that-beta-ray-bill-might-also-appear-alongside-jane-foster-in-t | true | 1 |
On April 18, a federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and other forms of public transportation in the United States. By Monday evening, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it will no longer enforce the federal mask mandate on public transit or in transportation hubs due to the court’s ruling.
Following the TSA’s announcement, several major airlines, including Delta, United and American, swiftly repealed their mask requirements and made mask-wearing optional for customers and employees. After Delta Air Lines shared a link to its announcement of the mask mandate repeal on Twitter, several health officials (here, here and here) began calling the airline out for allegedly spreading misinformation, and many shared screenshots suggesting that Delta claimed COVID-19 has transitioned into an “ordinary seasonal virus” in its news release.
THE QUESTION
Did Delta Air Lines call COVID-19 an “ordinary seasonal virus” after the federal mask mandate on public transportation was lifted?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, Delta Air Lines did call COVID-19 an “ordinary seasonal virus” after the federal mask mandate on public transportation was lifted. According to the World Health Organization, the coronavirus outbreak is still classified as a pandemic.
WHAT WE FOUND
A Wayback Machine archive of Delta Air Lines' original news release shows it did include language that said “COVID-19 has transitioned to an ordinary seasonal virus” in the last paragraph of the announcement. The archive also shows the original release was published on Delta’s website on April 18 at 7 p.m. and was attributed to a staff writer.
VERIFY confirmed the news release was updated on April 19 at 10 a.m., and the claim that “COVID-19 has transitioned to an ordinary seasonal virus” was removed. The text was replaced with:
“We are relieved to see the U.S. mask mandate lift to facilitate global travel as COVID-19 transitions to a more manageable respiratory virus – with better treatments, vaccines and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness.”
A Delta spokesperson also confirmed that the company’s “news release from late yesterday has been updated this morning for clarity and accuracy” in an email to VERIFY.
Diseases, including COVID-19, are classified by how they spread, and a pandemic is declared when a disease has spread exponentially across several countries. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic after months of assessing the spread and severity of COVID-19 globally.
“Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death,” WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said following the declaration.
When the worldwide spread of a disease is brought under control in a localized area, it is no longer considered a pandemic but an epidemic, according to the WHO. Meanwhile, if a disease is still present globally, but at expected or normal levels, it is not considered a pandemic, but instead, endemic.
In March, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said in an interview that COVID-19 will “probably” be a “seasonal virus.” However, Walensky did not give a timeline on when the disease would transition from pandemic to endemic in the U.S.
On April 13, the WHO’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on COVID-19 unanimously agreed that the pandemic remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A PHEIC is defined as “an extraordinary event which is a public health risk to countries through cross-border spread, and which requires a coordinated international response,” according to WHO.
The CDC also continues to classify the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on its website as of April 19.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Maine lawmakers to review restoring parole in state prison system
In 1976, Maine became the first state to abolish parole, the conditional release of the incarcerated before they complete their prison sentences.
The state remains one of 16 in the U.S. that doesn’t offer parole, but there's now momentum in Maine to restore it.
The state legislature has created a 13-member commission to study restoring parole, which will begin meeting this summer with a December 1 deadline to make its recommendations.
“I believe in second chances,” says Rep. Jeff Evangelos, an Independent from Friendship, one of the five legislators who will be appointed to the commission.
Evangelos, who favors restoring parole, says, “This kind of redemptive justice is sweeping the nation. It’s time for Maine to get on board.”
At the maximum-security Maine State Prison for men, in Warren, inmate Charlie Jones is serving a 75-year sentence for robbery and murder with no possibility of parole.
Jones says, "I'm going to walk out of here when I'm 80? What am I going to do?"
Jones, 46, arrived at the prison when he was 20 and has 49 years left in his sentence, without any “good time” adjustments.
"I guess I kind of just accepted it," Jones says. “I have a healthy relationship with hopelessness.”
"Good time" is a formula that shaves 5 days off every month of a sentence, or 2 months off every year for good behavior, a possible 16% reduction in one’s sentence, so, for example, a 20-year sentence could be reduced to 17-years.
Another way Maine prison sentences can be shortened is through “community release" during the last 3 years of a sentence.
"That program is working very well for us," says prison warden Matthew Magnusson.
Currently, 53 of the prison’s 685 inmates are in the Supervised Community Confinement Program launched last year and available for stable inmates deemed safe and who can secure housing and a job.
"They would actually be released to an address in the community, they would check in with a probation officer once a week, they would be expected to work in that community,” Magnusson says. “And if they struggle, and if they don't follow conditions, they can come right back here to us."
The process begins with transferring those inmates to a fenceless, minimum security men’s prison, Bolduc Correctional Facility, just down the road.
“They do that for a while, then they work in the community,” says Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty. “Still in my custody, released into the community, and they’re monitored and supervised by probation. So, that’s a good step-down process that allows them 36 months of reduction in their hard incarceration to go into the community, prove themselves, and then be released on probation.”
While the program sounds like parole, an inmate sentenced to 50 years would not qualify until serving 47 years.
"People who made a mistake when they were 18-or-20-years-old that have gone through accountability and redemption, don't have a window for a second chance. We have many, many people in prison who've been there 20 or 30 years, who've earned college degrees, who have excellent records, and they don't have an exit," Evangelos said.
Evangelos advocates inmates who are serving sentences of 25 years or longer become eligible for parole after 20 years, or after 80% of their sentence, and those sentenced to less than 25 years be eligible after serving half of their sentence.
There are approximately 1,600 inmates detained in six adult prisons in Maine, and the 75 inmates serving life sentences would be permitted to apply for parole under Evangelos’ proposal, which passed the Maine House last year but not the Maine Senate.
"Parole is a method to recognize the good work done inside the prison. You've obtained your education, you've worked in the hospice program, you've mentored other young incarcerated who've come into the prison. It's not a replacement for the good time. It's in addition to it," Evangelos said.
Arthur Jette, who heads the Maine chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, generally opposes restoring parole.
"I'd love to believe in second chances. I'd love for my grandson and my daughter's best friend to get their second chance," Jette said.
In 1999, Jette's 21-month-old grandson, Treven Cunningham, and the best friend of his daughter Mindy Gould, 20, were each shot in the head and killed by Mindy's ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Cookson.
Gould was babysitting Treven in Dexter, Maine. Cookson received two life sentences.
"There's a certain sense of justice that comes from knowing that this individual will never be free for me to bump into somewhere or for me to see at a grocery store," Jette says. “We don’t want to insult the victims by granting parole to the individual that took their life, so they can live the remainder of their life in the peace and security that they stole from somebody else -- not just the victim but the victims’ families.”
In a second terrible twist of fate, in 2019, in Jacksonville, Florida, Jette’s 18-year-old grandson, Jacob Daniel Jette, was fatally shot while parked in his pickup truck in the parking lot of a convenience store that got robbed.
For Jette’s organization, opposing parole is a matter of personal security, public safety, and justice, even when the crime is less serious than murder.
However, he would be open to the possibility of parole for nonviolent crimes.
"Make if for those cases that are not the biggest public safety concerns. Make it for the cases that are not violent acts directed at people. Make it for the crimes that can be forgiven. Where the victims are alive and able to speak for themselves," Jette said.
Last year, the administration of Democratic Maine Governor Janet Mills, the state’s former attorney general and a former prosecutor, opposed Evangelos’ parole reform bill.
Though MDOC Commissioner Liberty has enhanced incentives and programs aimed at inmate rehabilitation, including opportunities for higher education and employment inside prison, he declined to weigh in on the parole debate.
“The discussion surrounding parole is a gubernatorial discussion, and it’s really up to the legislature and Governor Mills to determine whether we have parole or not,” Liberty says. “I do not have a view.” | https://www.wmtw.com/article/parole-in-maine/39765482 | 2022-04-19T22:43:14Z | https://www.wmtw.com/article/parole-in-maine/39765482 | true | 2 |
Crawford County Baseball Power Poll: Three teams battling in the top half
Both of our state-ranked teams – Wynford and Buckeye Central – have dropped out of the Top-20, but they're still hanging around receiving votes.
Three teams are above .500 for the first time this season and just one is still seeking its first win, but hasn't had the best luck getting on the field in the first place.
Let's see how the baseball teams stack up this week.
1. Wynford (6-2)
The Royals fell to Upper Sandusky for their first league loss of the season last week before rebounding with wins over Mount Gilead and Bucyrus. Wynford boasts one of the most potent offenses in the league averaging 7.00 runs with one of the top pitching rotations around with a 2.75 ERA.
Wednesday the Royals are at Mohawk, Thursday at Crestline and Friday home against Mohawk.
2. Buckeye Central (5-3)
Just two games for the Bucks last week, a 5-0 win over Mohawk and a 5-2 loss to Fremont St. Joseph in nonleague action. Like Wynford, this is a team that is equally as good offensively as it is on defense. Buckeye Central is scoring 8.13 runs per game while allowing 5.00, but just 1.87 coming as earned runs.
And only two games this week as Carey comes to town on Wednesday before the return leg away on Friday.
3. Colonel Crawford (4-3)
Two games for Colonel Crawford last week and two wins as the Eagles topped Mount Gilead 6-0 then Bucyrus 14-8 in windy conditions. The offensive is there averaging 8.14 runs – second-most in the Northern 10 – and the defensive is slowly, but surely, coming along to back it up.
This week Colonel Crawford hosts Seneca East on Wednesday, the Eagles are at Bucyrus on Thursday, at Seneca East on Friday and at Willard on Saturday.
4. Galion (2-8)
Galion picked up a big win last week knocking off Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference favorite Shelby 4-2 after falling to the Whippets 2-0 two days prior. This young group of Tigers is really stepping up early on to help the veterans string together some great performances even if the results aren't showing in the win column.
League play continues on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Tigers are at Ontario, then host the Warriors.
5. Bucyrus (1-6)
Three losses for Bucyrus last week to Fremont St. Joseph (3-0), Colonel Crawford (14-8) and Wynford (10-0) keep the team at just one win this season. They've been in striking distance a few times, so the results are bound to come soon.
Upper Sandusky comes to town on Wednesday, then Colonel Crawford on Thursday, and Bucyrus is at Upper on Friday.
6. Crestline (0-5)
Suiting up just once last week, Crestline lost to Lucas and then saw four consecutive days of games wiped out due to weather or field conditions.
The Bulldogs will try to get more games in this week with the tentative schedule at Loudonville on Tuesday, home against the Red Birds on Wednesday and home against Wynford on Thursday. | https://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2022/04/19/crawford-county-baseball-power-poll-three-teams-battling-wynford-buckeye-central-colonel-crawford/7365279001/ | 2022-04-19T22:44:19Z | https://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2022/04/19/crawford-county-baseball-power-poll-three-teams-battling-wynford-buckeye-central-colonel-crawford/7365279001/ | true | 1 |
We believe that Rihanna can master just about anything. She makes being a mother-to-be look so effortless, but taking a walk in her stilettos would be nothing short of difficult (yet epic). Since launching both of her Fenty beauty brands, she has proven time and again that she can take the industry by storm. We're grateful to not only receive the deets on what's been keeping her going through her pregnancy but also to be a witness to Fenty Beauty's and Fenty Skin's new heights — including a new home at Ulta Beauty. And alas, a new product has arrived for the latter.
Apart from what we can only assume is a pregnancy glow, we imagine that maintaining Rihanna's skin includes a strict self-care regime that includes a whole lot of Fenty Skin products. By way of Instagram on April 18, the Badgal revealed the latest Fenty Skin product to hit the market: the Cookies N Clean detox face mask.
I'd start by saying that one: I want to eat it. Two: how can a person make a spa night look this cool? Clever in its concept and packaging, the mask — pale white in color with specks of something black — does indeed look like cookies and cream ice cream. While holding the product up, she wears a simple, short, square-shaped manicure we couldn't help but notice, too, and free-fall braids in the coolest, carefree style.
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Nuggets’ perennial MVP candidate Nikola Jokic was expected to have his way in the paint during their opening round series with the Warriors. The problem? Defensive menace Draymond Green has made a return in time for the matchup and has neutralized Jokic, to say the least.
Jokic is 9 for 28 from the field with Draymond as his primary defender. Uh oh.
Jokic when defended by Draymond this series:
9-28 FG (32%)
0-8 3P
3 AST
3 TOVDraymond only had one shooting foul against him. pic.twitter.com/HiSZCZ5AAc
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 19, 2022
And we were able to find some footage on Twitter of every possession Draymond Green matched up with the Joker. Total lockdown:
Draymond’s defense on Jokic last night. 🔒🔒
(via @KevinOConnorNBA)
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 19, 2022
Nikola Jokic is one of, if not the best offensive big man in the game because he’s a natural passer that operates to perfection in space. Big men most often play him soft defensively and focus on disrupting passing lanes Jokic always manages to exploit. That strategy hasn’t worked, but that’s largely been the game plan around the league.
Draymond decided to stick to Jokic like a glove, limiting all space on the floor. Sure, crowding the Nuggets’ star creates more space for shooters elsewhere, however it’s harder for Jokic to see these openings with a defender in his line of sight. Green is essentially forcing a player that spent the entire season playing a certain way and then forcing an adjustment on the fly. It’s working since the Warriors ran the Nuggets out the building for the second game in a row to take a 2-0 series lead.
Let Jokic score a team-high 26 points and diminish his ability to be a playmaker clogging the his airspace? That’s a solid plan right there. Nikola Jokic averaged eight assists a game in 2022 yet only four helpers last night. If this trend continues the Nuggets may as well book their flights to Cancun now. They’re toast. | https://www.outkick.com/draymond-green-is-shutting-down-mvp-candidate-nikola-jokic/ | 2022-04-19T22:51:12Z | https://www.outkick.com/draymond-green-is-shutting-down-mvp-candidate-nikola-jokic/ | true | 1 |
In what is undoubtedly the most difficult of the first round series of these 2022 Playoffs, the Boston Celtics will play the Brooklyn Nets in Game 2 this Wednesday, April 20. Check out everything you need to know about this NBA Playoff game, such as the preview, information, predictions, odds, storylines, and how to watch it in the United States. You can watch it in the US on Sling (50% off your first month).
Game 1 of this series was without a doubt the most intense of all that have been played so far. So much so that the winner was defined just in the last seconds. Jayson Tatum gave the Celtics the first game of the series in a truly spectacular end. Undoubtedly a true demonstration of why this series is the toughest of the first round.
Of course, Game 2 is expected to be just as intense given what both teams have shown early in the Playoffs. On the local side, they will try to go 2-0 to Brooklyn, while the visitors, knowing that if there is a 7th game it will not be at home, they need to win at least one of the games on the road to be able to make a difference playing at home.
Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets: Match Information
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM (ET)
Location: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Live Stream: Sling
Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets: Time by State in the US
ET: 7:00 PM
CT: 6:00 PM
MT: 5:00 PM
PT: 4:00 PM
Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets: Storylines
During the regular season the Boston Celtics have won 3 of the 4 duels they had against the Brooklyn Nets. From there it is understood that favoritism is in their favor in this series, regardless of the fact that it is a game between 2nd and 7th.
On the other hand, the first game of this series showed that it will not be easy for the Boston franchise, since the Nets are not only a tough team, but after having overcome the slump they had in the middle of the regular season, they have returned to their best version that if they had not been for that fall, surely they would not have been a Play-in team.
How to Watch or Live Stream Free Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets in the U.S.
This Playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets to be played this Wednesday, April 20, at the TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts; will be broadcast in the United States on Sling (50% off your first month).
Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets: Predictions and odds
The Oddsmakers have a favorite for this game. These are the odds according to BetMGM: Boston Celtics are the favorites to take the victory with 1.62 odds, while 2.35 odds will be for the Brooklyn Nets victory.
Remember that if you live in New York, Las Vegas, Arizona, New Jersey, or any other state that allows regulated sports betting, you can bet on this fight as well as all NBA games through BetMGM.
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STOCKTON, Calif. (KTXL) — A high school in Stockton, California, was locked down Monday after a “trespasser” stabbed and killed a student, police said.
Family identified the victim as 15-year-old Aliycia Reynaga, describing her as a star in the making, a great kid with positive attitude and as someone who loved the outdoors.
Reynaga was killed after police said a trespasser entered Stagg High School campus and stabbed her multiple times. Police said they believe the attack was random, and they are trying to find out why she was targeted.
Stockton police identified the suspect as 52-year-old Anthony Gray.
“All of our softball girls are taking it pretty hard,” said Leia Madrazo, varsity softball coach.
Her family said she was always active, and that besides softball was also involved in mixed martial arts.
The community was shocked someone was able to get on campus.
“A lot of us can’t get over the fact that someone came onto campus and did such a crime,” Madrazo said.
Gray was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail. He is being held without bail and is expected to appear in court Wednesday. | https://www.wvnstv.com/news/crime/15-year-old-high-school-student-killed-by-campus-intruder/ | 2022-04-19T22:54:01Z | https://www.wvnstv.com/news/crime/15-year-old-high-school-student-killed-by-campus-intruder/ | false | 21 |
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Tuesday it will not appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that ended the nation’s federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary.
In a statement released a day after a Florida judge ended the sweeping mandate, which required face coverings on planes and trains and in transit hubs, Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said officials believe that the federal mask order was “a valid exercise of the authority Congress has given CDC to protect the public health.” He said it was “an important authority the Department will continue to work to preserve.”
Coley said the CDC had said it would continue to assess public health conditions, and if the agency determined a mandate was necessary for public health, the Justice Department would file an appeal.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
A pilot declared over the loudspeaker on a cross-country Delta Air Lines flight that passengers were no longer required to wear masks, eliciting cheers from the cabin and prompting some on board to immediately toss their face coverings onto their seats.
“Feel free to burn them at will,” a train conductor told New Jersey commuters Tuesday. Other passengers were confused, startled and angered by the abrupt change, however, especially those who booked trips in the belief that their unvaccinated children would be traveling in a masked environment.
A federal judge’s decision Monday to throw out a mask requirement on public transportation did away with the last major vestige of federal pandemic rules and led to a mishmash of new locally created rules that reflected the nation's ongoing division over how to battle the virus.
Major airlines and airports in places like Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City quickly switched to a mask-optional policy. New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Connecticut continued to require them on mass transit. But a host of other cities ditched their mandates, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continued to recommend masking on transportation.
Brooke Tansley, a television producer and former Broadway performer, boarded a flight with her 4-year-old and 8-month-old baby— neither old enough to be vaccinated — only to learn the mask mandate had ended mid-flight.
“Very very angry about this,” she said in a tweet, noting that her baby was too young to wear a mask.
For many, though, the news was welcome. A video showed some passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight cheering and applauding as they took off their masks upon hearing the announcement they were now optional. One man could be seen happily twirling his mask on his finger.
On a Southwest Airlines flight Monday from Detroit to Nashville, the change to optional status was incorporated into the safety announcements, prompting murmurs and fist pumps from some passengers and no audible complaints.
At the Seattle airport, Deb McLane continued to wear a mask because of the crowds but said she was “thankful that it’s not being forced on us anymore.”
In Portland, Oregon, transit employees were immediately working on taking down “mask required” announcements and signs, but said it would likely take several days to remove everything.
The city joined Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Kansas City, Missouri, and two of Alaska's largest cities, Anchorage and Juneau, in making masking optional on mass transit.
“We know our riders have mixed feelings about the mandate ending,” Portland’s public transit agency, TriMet, posted on social media. “We ask everyone to be respectful of others as we all adjust to this change.”
Some passengers at Chicago’s Union Station said the rules were confusing. Both Amtrak and Metra, the regional commuter rail service, said masks still are required, but some passengers walking through the station didn’t wear them.
“It’s like this patchwork of different rules and enforcement of it,” said Erik Abderhalden, who wore a mask as he waited for a Metra train to his home in suburban Naperville. “I mean, it’s like Swiss cheese ... there’s no uniformity and it seems pretty laissez faire.”
The Chicago Transit Authority also said it still will require masks on city trains and buses, for now.
Subway rider Cooper Klinges was pleased that New York City’s public transit system wasn’t following the trend and planned to keep its mask requirement in place. As he waited at a train station in Brooklyn, New York, he said he canceled a flight earlier this year over concerns about the virus.
“I don’t think we are out of the woods yet,” said Klinges, a teacher, citing concerns about the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus. “It is still around. We have to still stick it out.”
The ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber announced on their websites Tuesday that masks will now be optional while riding or driving.
The national mask rule for travelers was one of the last of the pandemic restrictions still in place. It sparked online flame throwing between those who felt they were crucial to protecting people and those who saw it as an unnecessary inconvenience or even government overkill.
Some flight attendants found themselves cursed and even attacked by passengers who refused to comply.
In a 59-page lawsuit ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order on which the TSA directive was based. She also said the order was fatally flawed because the CDC didn’t follow proper rulemaking procedures.
The Justice Department declined to comment when asked if it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order.
While airline and mass transit passengers around the country were ditching masks, the White House made clear that those traveling with President Joe Biden to New Hampshire on Tuesday would be required to keep face coverings on “in line with CDC guidance.” A Biden administration official also said there were no changes expected to the pre-departure testing requirement for international passengers bound to the U.S.
Asked Tuesday if people should still wear masks on planes, Biden replied: “That’s up to them.”
The CDC had recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S. But the court ruling puts that decision on hold.
After a winter surge fueled by the omicron variant that led to record hospitalizations, the U.S. has seen a significant drop in virus spread in recent months that led most states and cities to drop mask mandates.
But several Northeast cities have seen a rise in hospitalizations in recent weeks, leading Philadelphia to bring back its mask mandate.
The federal mask requirement for travelers was the target of months of lobbying from the airlines, which sought to kill it. The carriers argued that effective air filters on modern planes make transmission of the virus during a flight highly unlikely. Republicans in Congress also fought to kill the mandate.
“We are relieved to see the U.S. mask mandate lift to facilitate global travel as COVID-19 transitions to a more manageable respiratory virus — with better treatments, vaccines and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness,” Delta announced in a news release.
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Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas, and Crawford from Chicago. Associated Press writers David Koenig in Dallas, Michael Balsamo and Will Weissert in Washington and Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/mask-mandate-transit-judge-ruling/507-ed5908c2-db07-4bf3-8b4b-57532d68d6b0 | 2022-04-19T22:55:15Z | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/mask-mandate-transit-judge-ruling/507-ed5908c2-db07-4bf3-8b4b-57532d68d6b0 | false | 24 |
Summary
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Patrick Vieira makes two changes to the starting XI which drew with Brighton, naming Vicente Guaita and Jean-Philippe Mateta from kick-off
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Liverpool take the lead when Virgil van Dijk powerfully heads in on the end of an Andrew Robertson corner
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Palace respond well and enjoy a period in the ascendancy, pressing their hosts and forcing Liverpool’s backline into action from the wings
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The game swings back in Liverpool’s favour and they add a second through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
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The south Londoners enjoy the better of the final 10 minutes, with Conor Gallagher, Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta creating clear chances
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Half-time: Crystal Palace 0-2 Liverpool
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Palace launch forwards from the restart, creating a string of close chances within minutes
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The hosts pull one back impressively, with Jeffrey Schlupp triggering a smart link-up between Odsonne Edouard and Mateta which the former scores from
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Liverpool attempt to slow the game down as Palace push for an equaliser
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The game pauses for a lengthy VAR review at the monitor and Liverpool are awarded a penalty; Fabinho converts it
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WATCH | Community remembers eight-year-old killed in ATV accident
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A hiker fell to her death in front of her husband while walking in the Utah wilderness, police said.The Sevier County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday that Candice Thompson, 26, of Richfield, Utah, died in hospital that evening after falling between 75 and 100 feet from a cliff.Ms Thompson and her husband had been hiking in an area known as the "Bull's Head", with local search and rescue (SAR) officers receiving a distress notice at 1pm."At the time her husband was with her and called 911 while running to try to get to her," the sheriff's office said of Ms... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2575533406605/watch-community-remembers-eight-year-old-killed-in-atv-accident | 2022-04-19T22:57:10Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2575533406605/watch-community-remembers-eight-year-old-killed-in-atv-accident | true | null |
Three weeks into practice, LSU’s depth chart has begun taking shape — at least for the spring game this Saturday afternoon inside Tiger Stadium.
The two-deep for the season will surely change between now and the opener against Florida State as the rest of the transfers and freshmen arrive on campus, LSU installs more of its scheme, and players return from injuries before preseason camp.
Still, the spring has provided a solid look at where the personnel stands right now. Below is our projection for LSU’s offensive depth chart heading into the spring game. Return Wednesday for the defensive projections.
Quarterback
Starter: Jayden Daniels or Myles Brennan or Garrett Nussmeier
Backup: Walker Howard
This might look like a cop-out, but it would be impossible at this point to predict a starter in a competition that’s expected to stretch into preseason camp. All the quarterbacks have had their moments. Daniels recently went first, but no one has clearly moved ahead in the order. The most notable development has been Nussmeier, who’s in the thick of what many thought would be a two-man race.
Running back
Starter: John Emery Jr.
Backups: Tre’ Bradford, Armoni Goodwin and Josh Williams
Asked about Emery, who has a minor ankle sprain, offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock said, “I think there's a huge contribution coming from him in the fall.” The senior looks poised for a breakout year, but it’s important to note coach Brian Kelly said every running back will contribute. LSU also gets Penn State transfer Noah Cain this summer. Sophomore Corey Kiner, who had shared first-team reps with Emery, just transferred to Cincinnati.
LSU sophomore running back Corey Kiner entered the NCAA transfer portal, he announced Monday morning.
Wide receiver
Starters: Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr. and Jaray Jenkins
Backups: Jack Bech, Kyren Lacy and Chris Hilton Jr.
Though there might not be a ton of depth, LSU clearly has a talented group of wide receivers. Nabers has shined this spring. Jenkins has caught a few long touchdowns. Thomas consistently has played with the first-team offense. Bech, who missed a few practices, recently returned to the field. And that’s not to mention star Kayshon Boutte, who has been sidelined by an ankle injury.
Tight end
Starter: Jack Mashburn
Backups: Kole Taylor, Nick Storz
Denbrock, who also coaches the tight ends, said LSU’s tight ends have “a lot of technical issues” they need to work on before the season. Ideally, the coaching staff wants to add an experienced tight end through the transfer portal so Denbrock can feature the position like he has in the past. Turning the tight ends into what LSU wants them to be could take time.
Former Ohio State cornerback Sevyn Banks has signed with LSU, adding depth at a position of need and another transfer to the roster, the schoo…
Left tackle
Starter: Will Campbell
Backup: Miles Frazier
Campbell’s emergence at left tackle was probably the most important development of the spring. LSU needed clarity on the offensive line, and it found some when he moved to left tackle about two weeks ago. Ever since then, LSU hasn’t changed the first-team line much. There’s a long way to go, but Campbell — a 6-foot-6, 310-pound early enrollee — has a good chance to start this fall.
Left guard
Starter: Tre’Mond Shorts
Backup: Xavier Hill
Offensive line coach Brad Davis loved Shorts’ effort when he watched his film from East Tennessee State. LSU signed the fifth-year senior for a reason as it reshaped the offensive line, and Shorts has been the starting left guard for three straight practices. He’ll have to continue to prove he can make the jump to the Southeastern Conference.
Center
Starter: Charles Turner
Backup: Fitzgerald West
Center was the most wide-open position on the offensive line coming into spring practice, but Turner has held onto the spot for weeks. Kelly recognized him at one point, highlighting his athleticism and IQ. Turner, who underwent shoulder surgery last season, knows he needs to get stronger over the summer. Junior Marlon Martinez will compete for the job once he returns from an injury.
Near the end of his NFL career in 2015, Robert Steeples watched a game at his high school alma mater as he tried to decide what to do next. De…
Right guard
Starter: Miles Frazier
Backup: Kardell Thomas
Frazier came to LSU after starting at left tackle for Florida International last season. He has played tackle at times this spring, but he recently shifted to right guard, moving Thomas back to the second team. This looks like a spot that could change a few times between now and the first game, especially once sophomore Garrett Dellinger heals from shoulder surgery. Dellinger can play tackle and guard. He also has trained at center.
Right tackle
Starter: Cameron Wire
Backup: Marcus Dumervil
Wire opened the spring at left tackle, the position he played for most of his career, until Campbell took over midway through the spring. LSU then moved Wire across the line, which Kelly liked because it created competition between Wire and Dumervil for the spot. Wire, a senior, has made 10 career starts. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_6afd00de-c028-11ec-b6f7-b7861243bab1.html | 2022-04-19T22:58:28Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_6afd00de-c028-11ec-b6f7-b7861243bab1.html | false | 1 |
Dear Amy: Occasionally, I get together with a few of my neighbors.
Recently these people have commented negatively about people not getting the COVID vaccine. I refuse to get this shot.
Should I admit my decision not to vaccinate — and tell them about it?
Should I just not be their friend anymore?
What is your advice? I Refuse
Dear You Refuse: You have the right to roll the dice regarding your refusal to vaccinate against a highly contagious virus that is the cause of a global pandemic.
You do not have the right to withhold your decision – when you know this is important to people you have been spending time with.
You likely believe this is a personal and private decision, but – unlike other choices you might make — this is a personal choice with communal consequences.
People are also reading…
Their vaccinations would likely protect your neighbors from the more severe forms of this illness, but – they may have elders or other more vulnerable people in their circles who might not be so lucky.
Where I live, currently cases are way up and hospitalizations are down. But getting sick from this virus can have a huge impact on people who get it (and vaccinated people do get it). The symptoms can be lingering and severe, and they (and family members) will be forced to quarantine.
Whether you wish to attempt to continue on in friendship with these neighbors is up to you. But honesty is a necessary aspect of friendship, and so you should disclose your vaccination status, and give them the opportunity to reconsider in-person contact.
Given that you haven’t disclosed something obviously very important to them, they may reconsider having a friendship with you, and you should prepare yourself for that.
Dear Amy: I’m laughing about your issue with the use of the term “maiden name.”
Aren’t there bigger fish to fry? Some women, such as my daughter, took her husband’s last name when they got married, so if she’s filling out any legal paperwork, it will ask for her maiden name. What’s the issue? A Reader
Dear Reader: “Maiden” as a term refers – or implies a reference — to a woman’s presumed “maidenhood,” or virginity. Some women really don’t want our surnames characterized that way. | https://journalnow.com/lifestyles/ask-amy-non-vaxxed-neighbor-considers-options/article_e6634770-b6b8-11ec-b1d5-dba7c2fda979.html | 2022-04-19T23:00:06Z | https://journalnow.com/lifestyles/ask-amy-non-vaxxed-neighbor-considers-options/article_e6634770-b6b8-11ec-b1d5-dba7c2fda979.html | false | 2 |
The match will take place on Monday, April 25th at 20:00.
Palace v Leeds details
- Monday, April 25th
- 20:00 BST
- Selhurst Park
Ticket information
To buy tickets, supporters must have a 21/22 Season Ticket or Membership. You can purchase Memberships here, starting from as little as £10.
Sales phases
- Friday, 25th March - 10am: 21/22 Gold and Junior Eagle Gold Members
- Monday, 28th March - 10am: 21/22 Season Ticket holders and all 2021/22 Members
All sales phases are subject to availability.
When purchasing online, tickets are sold as e-tickets. These tickets can be shown on your mobile phone, or printed if you prefer (follow the fold lines and keep it dry).
Our full range of food and drink, including alcoholic beverages, will be on sale for both matches.
The best way to purchase is to click here once tickets go on sale at the above times.
New food items at Selhurst
We’re excited to offer some delicious new food at Selhurst Park.
Fans in the Holmesdale Road stand can look forward to a range of new items to enjoy. Get your hands on our new plant-based burger for a pre-match or half-time bite in the Lower Holmesdale by Blocks H and J, or try the popular new jerk chicken burger available in the Upper Holmesdale – also available in the Fanzone.
For something a little bit lighter, why not try the new sausage rolls or plant-based sausage rolls available from Johnson’s Bar?
Remember, vegan pies are also available stadium-wide to ensure that every supporter has plenty of options for a matchday meal. Plus, Brooklyn lager is available in the Arthur Wait near Entrance 4. | https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/tickets/crystal-palace-v-leeds-united-at-selhurst-park-ticket-information-sales-phases-timings-and-premium-hospiality/2022-03-23/ | 2022-04-19T23:00:18Z | https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/tickets/crystal-palace-v-leeds-united-at-selhurst-park-ticket-information-sales-phases-timings-and-premium-hospiality/2022-03-23/ | true | 1 |
Each week during the 2022 Kansas legislative session, we will provide all Shawnee Mission area legislators, both Democrats and Republicans, the opportunity to share their thoughts about what’s happening in the state capitol.
Below is this week’s submission from Democratic Rep. Stephanie Clayton of House District 19, which covers parts of Leawood, Overland Park and Prairie Village.
Republican Reps. Chris Croft and Charlotte Esau, along with Republican Sen. Kellie Warren were also offered the chance to submit columns this week.
The views expressed in each Capitol Update are solely those of the lawmaker and are not reflective of the Post’s position on any matter discussed.
The Kansas Legislature will resume our legislative session on Monday, April 25, and, as with all of our wrap-up sessions, there are a number of loose ends yet to be tied up.
The largest of these issues include the food sales tax, sports wagering and school funding.
I have hopes that we will still fully eliminate the food sales tax this year, although the issue has run into unfortunate opposition by politicians who want Kansans to be satisfied with a miniscule tax cut that will make virtually no difference in our grocery bills.
This opposition to meaningful savings is borne out of a desire to hit innocent Kansans in their pocketbooks in order to block an opponent from a political victory, which is sorely disappointing, and perhaps one of the many reasons why folks are so disappointed in the political games in Topeka.
Meanwhile, SB 84, or the Sports Wagering Act, has finally passed the House after several years of attempts. A last-minute provision was added in that would designate a significant portion of the annual revenue generated by sports wagering for an “Attracting professional sports teams to Kansas fund”, which would be around $10 million, annually, at most. This fund would be overseen by the State Finance Council.
Although I would have preferred that this type of economic development incentive be under the authority of our Commerce Department, I do trust the current State Finance Council to make wise decisions, and I supported the bill. The bill awaits Senate approval.
School funding has unfortunately been politicized, as the budget appropriations have been coupled with poor policy.
As the negotiations on school funding continue, it is my hope that the policy provisions are removed from the funding. Coupling bad policy with good funding is like putting ketchup on a steak, which, of course, no self-respecting Kansan would ever do.
In addition, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed seven bills:
- SB 160, barring transgender females from participating in sports
- SB 58, dubbed a “parents’ bill of rights”
- SB 493, prohibiting cities from regulating plastic bags and containers
- SB 161, exempting personal package delivery devices from motor vehicle regulations
- SB 199, providing for short-term, limited duration health insurance plans
- HB 2448, raising eligibility limits for federal food stamp benefits
- SB 286, extending health care providers’ immunity from civil liability during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All seven of these vetoes can be overridden, because there is a Republican supermajority. If you disagree with the content of these seven bills, and other bills like them, I strongly urge you to exercise your right to change the legislative makeup at the ballot box this November.
Remember, this government is funded by you, the taxpayers, and belongs to you. The opportunity to create change is in your hands. Please remember to vote in the primary on August 2nd and the general election on November 8th.
I work for you! You can email me at stephanie.clayton@house.ks.gov, find me on Facebook, visit my website at www.clayton4ks.com, or follow me on twitter @sscjocoks, where I live-tweet all of my votes. | https://shawneemissionpost.com/2022/04/18/capitol-update-rep-stephanie-clayton-still-has-hope-for-food-sales-tax-cut-school-funding-144782/ | 2022-04-19T23:02:28Z | https://shawneemissionpost.com/2022/04/18/capitol-update-rep-stephanie-clayton-still-has-hope-for-food-sales-tax-cut-school-funding-144782/ | true | 1 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — including likely impacts on climate change and nearby communities. The longstanding reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track projects and create jobs.
A rule finalized Tuesday will restore key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, a bedrock environmental law designed to ensure community safeguards during reviews for a wide range of federal proposals, including roads, bridges and energy projects authorized in the $1 trillion infrastructure law Biden signed last fall, the White House said.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality said the new rule, which takes effect in late May, should resolve challenges created by the Trump-era policy and restore public confidence during environmental reviews.
"Restoring these basic community safeguards will provide regulatory certainty, reduce conflict and help ensure that projects get built right the first time," said CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory. "Patching these holes in the environmental review process will help projects get built faster, be more resilient and provide greater benefits to people who live nearby."
Former President Donald Trump overhauled the environmental reviews in 2020 in a bid to accelerate projects he said would boost the economy and provide jobs.
Trump made slashing government regulations a hallmark of his presidency. He and his administration frequently expressed frustration at rules they said unnecessarily slowed approval for interstate oil and gas pipelines and other big projects. The rule change imposed in 2020 restricted the timelines for environmental reviews and public comment and allowed federal officials to disregard a project's role in cumulative effects, such as climate change.
The new rule comes as the Supreme Court reinstated a separate Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4 earlier this month, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge's order throwing out the Trump rule. The decision does not interfere with the Biden administration's plan to rewrite the Environmental Protection Agency rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until next spring. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
Contrary to frequent assertions by Trump and others in his administration, Mallory said a more rigorous environmental review will actually speed up completion of major projects, since they will be more likely to withstand a legal challenge by environmental groups or states. Many Trump-era environmental decisions were reversed or delayed by courts after findings they did not undergo sufficient analysis.
Environmental groups hailed the rule change, which they said restores bedrock environmental protections under NEPA, a 1970 law that requires the government to accept public comments and take environmental, economic and health impacts into consideration before approving any major project.
"NEPA plays a critical role in keeping our communities and our environment healthy and safe, and Donald Trump's attempts to weaken NEPA were clearly nothing more than a handout to corporate polluters,'' said Leslie Fields, the Sierra Club's national director of policy, advocacy and legal affairs.
Environmental groups and African American, Latino and tribal activists had protested the Trump-era rule change, saying it would worsen pollution in areas already reeling from oil refineries, chemical plants and other hazardous sites. The Biden administration has made addressing such environmental justice issues a key priority.
"Communities of color, especially, have relied on NEPA to make sure their voices are heard in decisions that have a profound impact on their health and their well-being," said Rosalie Winn, a senior attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, which challenged the Trump-era rule.
The White House action "reestablishes essential NEPA safeguards and ensures they will continue to protect people and communities today and in future generations,''' she said.
Business groups and Republican lawmakers criticized the rule change, saying it would slow down major infrastructure developments.
"Important projects that address critical issues like improving access to public transit, adding more clean energy to the grid and expanding broadband access are languishing due to continued delays and that must change,'' said Chad Whiteman, vice president for environment and regulatory affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman, the top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, said the White House action would "weaponize NEPA" by making it harder to navigate and more bureaucratic.
"At a time when we should be coalescing around bipartisan ways to lower gas prices, tame skyrocketing inflation and fix the supply chain crisis, President Biden is unfortunately reinstating archaic NEPA regulations that will only result in delays and red tape and feed activist litigation,'' he said. | https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/national/biden-restores-stricter-environmental-review-of-big-projects/article_b565a944-c020-11ec-b09c-9b969d821f7b.html | 2022-04-19T23:03:34Z | https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/national/biden-restores-stricter-environmental-review-of-big-projects/article_b565a944-c020-11ec-b09c-9b969d821f7b.html | false | 45 |
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