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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
3-2-6-6, FIREBALL: 7
(three, two, six, six; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
3-2-6-6, FIREBALL: 7
(three, two, six, six; FIREBALL: seven) | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17119538.php | 2022-04-22T16:22:51Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17119538.php | true | null |
I would say that these words can be tricky because they are right there in front of you, but you can be utterly oblivious to them sometimes. The choices can be very unusual, yet it looks so obvious. The answer to April 27's Wordle is "Plant."
You get five boxes to work with on Wordle. These are empty, and you need to find a word with five letters that would fit right into these boxes. Fun part? You only get six guesses to get it right. You can start with a word like "Raise." You ask why? The term has three very common vowels and doesn't have any letters that repeat. You will have a great chance of getting it right. As soon as you hit enter, you will know which part you got right or wrong.
Now, when a box turns black, it means that the word does not contain the letter at all. When the box turns yellow, it means that the word has the letter, but the letter does not fit into that position. When the box turns green, it means that the word contains that letter, and you have guessed it in the right spot.
Repeat the process in the next row with your second guess, and you can only guess real words. You will get six attempts, and you need to hit the nail.
Josh Wardle, a software engineer, started the game Wordle for his partner because his partner loves word games, and he wanted to give his partner a surprise. The word game started spreading from his partner to his family and finally to the public.
The game spread to the masses like wildfire, and it wasn't long before the New York Times bought it for a massive seven figures.
You get five boxes to work with on Wordle. These are empty, and you need to find a word with five letters that would fit right into these boxes. Fun part? You only get six guesses to get it right. You can start with a word like "Raise." You ask why? The term has three very common vowels and doesn't have any letters that repeat. You will have a great chance of getting it right. As soon as you hit enter, you will know which part you got right or wrong.
Now, when a box turns black, it means that the word does not contain the letter at all. When the box turns yellow, it means that the word has the letter, but the letter does not fit into that position. When the box turns green, it means that the word contains that letter, and you have guessed it in the right spot.
Repeat the process in the next row with your second guess, and you can only guess real words. You will get six attempts, and you need to hit the nail.
Josh Wardle, a software engineer, started the game Wordle for his partner because his partner loves word games, and he wanted to give his partner a surprise. The word game started spreading from his partner to his family and finally to the public.
The game spread to the masses like wildfire, and it wasn't long before the New York Times bought it for a massive seven figures.
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Johannesburg — Mamelodi Sundowns are hellbent on keeping their identity when they clash with Petro de Luanda in a crucial CAF Champions League quarter-final match in Soweto on Saturday.
That they lost 2-1 away from home in the first leg is not making them quake in their boots.
Sundowns rose from their ruins to become one of the powerhouses of African football in the last decade. To an extent they even conquered the continent six years ago under the guidance of Pitso Mosimane.
While they’ve either huffed and puffed or breezed through the group stage to reach the quarter-final, they’ve failed to put another star above their crest though as they've mostly choked in the knockout stage.
This season, they seemed to be on track to dust off those misfortunes after an impressive outing in the group stage, until life in the knockout stage didn’t get off to the ideal start. They lost to Petro away at the Estadio 11 de Novembro.
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But having been part and parcel of Sundowns’ illustrious run locally and continentally, including being Mosimane deputy in 2016, co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi knows all about overturning deficits at home.
Sure, they might have come short in the quarter-final last year after losing away to eventual champions Al Ahly 2-0 before drawing 1-all at home, but Mngqithi takes confidence from the fact that they have an away goal this time around.
“I am a very positive person by nature,” Mngqithi said ahead of the return leg at the FNB Stadium this evening. “We’ve done this because I want to look at what’s positive.”
In the midst of his positive character, Mngqithi is not naïve thinking that history will repeat itself against the Angolans. After all, that they came back from a goal down to win the first leg shows that they are not to be taken lightly at all.
That’s why the Sundowns’ co-coach has relayed their perfect plan of sticking to their identity.
“We are a team that wants to dominate the field and the ball,” he said. “Dominating the pitch means dominating all the duels, aerially and on the ground, and winning all the battles, in 1v1 and in groups.
“We want to see our team giving us what we are used to. We’ve got our own averages that we normally get in terms of how many chances and passes we get in a match.”
Winning the Champions League will mean more than just conquering the continent to Sundowns this season as they'll be eager to keep their targets of winning an unprecedented quadruple alive.
They are also two matches away from winning the league and are in the Nedbank Cup semi-final where they'll face Royal AM, while they've already won the MTN8.
The Brazilians know that the road to the pinnacle is quite bumpy and difficult to navigate. So they’ve mobilised the 'Yellow Nation' to fill up the Calabash to its 50% capacity, while they also opened up their training session to the fans on Thursday morning.
“I think it’s the best decision, I don’t want to lie to you,” said Mngqithi after being quizzed about opening up their training session to the fans.
“I’ve seen it with many European teams. And I think it brings a lot of ownership on the side of the spectators because they’ve seen the preparations and they don't take things for granted. So already they start assuming this might be the starting line-up.
“When I was growing up, I used to see AmaZulu when they were training in Durban and at times, they would have 5000 to 10000 supporters in training.
"And that had a big impact on the number of people that were supporting football then.”
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RN’s bet wins a prize of R$ 1.6 million; see numbers
Lotofácil had a single winning bet in the 2501 contest. The draw was held today (20th) in São Paulo. The numbers were drawn 01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-11-19-20-22-23-25. According to Caixa, the total premium to be paid is R$ 1,699,631.72. The ticket contemplated is from the city of Pass and Stay – RN.
Today’s Lotofácil draw also included another 296 tickets with 14 hits. According to the bank, the prize pool in this range was R$ 1,719.95 per ticket.
The total collection of Lotofácil 2501 was just over R$ 19.5 million, according to Caixa. The draw also had 9,069 winners in the range of 13 hits, 113,308 hit 12 numbers and another 639,155 hit 11.
The next Lotofácil draw is now scheduled for Friday (22). The numbers of the 2502 contest will be known from 8 pm (Brasília time), with live transmission on the internet, through Caixa’s official YouTube channel. The prize is estimated at R$ 1.5 million.
Lotofácil: how to participate in the next draw?
You must register a bet on Lotofácil up to one hour before the draw at accredited lottery shops and on Caixa’s official website. The participant will have 25 numbers available to choose from 15 to 20 chosen dozens. The cheapest bet (15 numbers) costs R$2.50, while the most expensive one (20 tens) comes to R$38,700. The bettor can also let the system randomly pick the tens using the “Little Surprise” function.
What are the odds of winning Lotofácil?
There is a chance in almost 3.3 million to hit the 15 tens with the minimum bet (R$ 2.50). If the gambler adds a number to the game, the price of the bet rises to R$40, but the odds improve well and become one in just over 204,000. As Lotofácil also has prizes for those who hit 14, 13, 12 and 11 points, the chance of winning at least the prize of R$ 5 is one in 11 with the minimum bet.
And the Lotofácil pool, how does it work?
As with other lotteries, Lotofácil also has a pool for group betting. Caixa charges a minimum amount in this modality of R$10, and the odds of each participant are always priced from R$3. If the bet has only 15 numbers, the number of odds allowed ranges from two to eight. In the maximum bet scenario, with 20 tens, up to 100 odds are allowed. When tickets have 15 to 18 tens, there will be a limit of ten different bets per pool. With 19 numbers bet, the limit reduces to six. With 20 tens, only one bet is allowed.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy challenged at hearing
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was engaged in “legitimate political speech” when she called for a response to Joe Biden’s presidential victory prior to last year’s Capitol attack, her lawyer argued Friday during a hearing over her right to run for reelection.
Voters in the Georgia congresswoman’s district have said Greene helped facilitate the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that disrupted certification of Biden’s win, making her ineligible for reelection under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says members of Congress cannot engage “in insurrection or rebellion.”
Greene, who testified during Friday’s hearing, is set to appear on the Republican ballot for Georgia’s May 24 primary and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The administrative law judge overseeing Friday’s hearing is not the ultimate decider of Greene’s fate since he must present his findings to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who then must determine whether Greene is qualified.
Greene has repeatedly denied aiding or engaging in an insurrection and has filed a lawsuit alleging that the law the voters are using to challenge her eligibility is itself unconstitutional.
But Ron Fein, a lawyer for the voters who filed the challenge, said Greene took an oath and then broke it by engaging in an insurrection.
Unlike past insurrections, like the Civil War, that involved military uniforms and tactics, he said, “The leaders of this insurrection were among us, on Facebook, on Twitter, on corners of social media that would make your stomach hurt.”
While Greene wasn’t on the steps of the Capitol, she nevertheless played an important role in stoking Republican fury ahead of the Jan. 6 attack, Fein said. The day before the insurrection, Greene posted, “It’s our 1776 moment!” on the conservative-friendly social media platform Parler.
“The most powerful witness against Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy, the most powerful witness in establishing that she crossed the line into engagement in insurrection is Marjorie Taylor Greene herself,” Fein said.
As Andrew Celli, a lawyer for the voters, cross-examined Greene about the intent behind a series of her tweets, he appeared to grow frustrated at times when she didn’t directly answer his questions and said he was speculating.
“Ms. Greene, I’m just asking questions,” he said.
“I’m just answering,” she responded.
James Bopp, a lawyer for Greene, said the challengers are making a very serious charge with significant ramifications.
“They want to deny the right to vote to the thousands of people living in the 14th District of Georgia by removing Greene from the ballot,” he said.
Greene “did not engage in the attack on the Capitol,” Bopp said.
Greene met with Trump about making objections to certain states’ electoral votes because of concerns about voter fraud, Bopp said. At the time of the riot, she was in a dark hallway at the Capitol urging people via social media to be safe and remain calm, he said.
“Rep. Greene was a victim of this attack,” Bopp said, adding that the congresswoman was scared and confused and believed her life could be in danger.
When Greene attended the hearing in Atlanta on Friday, along with dozens of supporters, including U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and frequent Greene ally.
In a statement Thursday, Trump incorrectly blamed Raffensperger and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, both Republicans, for allowing the challenge against Greene, saying she is “going through hell in their attempt to unseat her.”
In fact, the challenge to Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection was filed by five voters who live in her district, and the procedure for such a challenge is outlined in Georgia law.
The law says any voter who’s eligible to vote for a candidate can challenge that candidate’s qualifications by filing a written complaint with the secretary of state within two weeks after the deadline for qualifying. The secretary of state then has to request a hearing before an administrative law judge.
Raffensperger and Kemp both attracted Trump’s wrath shortly after the 2020 election when they refused to take steps to overturn Trump’s narrow loss in the state.
The 14th Amendment says no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.” Ratified shortly after the Civil War, it aimed to keep representatives who had fought for the Confederacy from returning to Congress.
The voters’ complaint says Greene helped plan the riot and/or the demonstration and march on the Capitol that preceded it, knowing that it was “substantially likely to lead to the attack, and otherwise voluntarily aided the insurrection.”
Greene filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month asking a judge to declare the law allowing voters to challenge a candidate’s qualifications unconstitutional and to prohibit state officials from enforcing it. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta on Monday declined a request from Greene to halt the challenge process while the lawsuit plays out. Greene is appealing that ruling.
The Georgia complaint was filed on the voters’ behalf by Free Speech for People, a national election and campaign finance reform group. The group filed a similar challenge on behalf of voters in western North Carolina against Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the rally that preceded the riot.
Cawthorn sued and a federal judge last month blocked the challenge filed with the state’s election board from moving forward, writing that laws approved by Congress in 1872 and 1898 mean the 14th Amendment section can’t apply to current House members.
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Associated Press writer Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed reporting.
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DUI: On Saturday, April 16 Deputy Alison Brooks responded to the 1700 block of Highway 160 concerning a motor vehicle accident with possible injuries. Upon arrival, Brooks observed a 2004 Cadillac C/T off the right side of the highway beside a creek bed. Brooks made contact with a female subject, identified as Kristi Jordan, who advised she was the driver of the vehicle and she was ok. Brooks asked Jordan what happened and she stated that she was traveling south on Highway 160 when she veered off the right side of the roadway due to the road being slick from the rain. While Brooks was speaking with Jordan, she detected an odor of alcohol about her person. In addition, Brooks noticed her speech was slurred, she was unsteady on her feet and her eyelids were droopy. When asked if she had consumed any alcohol or taken any medication, Jordan first stated that she drank a bottle of wine last night (Friday, April 15, 2022) and that she had taken her medication earlier today. Jordan consented to a Standardized Field Sobriety Test and performed poorly on all tests given. Brooks determined that Jordan was under the influence of alcohol and placed her under arrest.
Possession of Schedule I: Deputy Jacob Damron observed a grey passenger car traveling down Hedrick Drive with a busted front windshield obstructing the driver’s view. He conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, identified as Samual Hill. While speaking with the driver, reports state that the front seat passenger, Jessica Troxell, continued to talk in an attempt to distract Damron. Damron walked back to his patrol vehicle to check the occupants through central dispatch. At that time the back seat passenger, Amanda Pope, ran from the car, but Damron was able to catch her after a short foot chase. Sgt. Dylan Norton observed Troxell throw an object inside of the trashcan in front of the vehicle while the chase was occurring. Deputies retrieved a wrapped up baggie containing a pink colored powdery substance suspected to be Heroin/Fentanyl weighing approximately 22.2 grams. Jail staff advised that Pope had two active warrants out of General Sessions Court for her arrest. After reading all occupants their Miranda rights, Troxell admitted to throwing the suspected Heroin into the garbage and told deputies they would find syringes inside the car. The backseat passenger, Melton Stelly, advised deputies they would find syringes and paraphernalia inside his backpack but stated there were no drugs. Damron searched the backpack and found a crystal like substance suspected to be Methamphetamine weighing approximately 1.3 grams along with syringes. All parties were arrested and transported to the Cocke County Jail for booking.
DUI: On Saturday, April 16, Deputy Alison Brooks was patrolling the area of East Broadway when she observed a black Chevrolet Camaro sitting at the red light at the intersection of East Broadway and McMahan Avenue. The vehicle was sitting in the lane of travel to which a vehicle would continue east on East Broadway. However, after passing the vehicle, Brooks noticed the vehicle made an abrupt left turn onto McMahan Avenue and the driver was not in the left hand turn lane. As Brooks turned around to pursue the vehicle, the driver, later identified as Spencer Kobi Seay, accelerated at a high rate of speed onto North Street. Brooks was able to catch up to Seay near Jimtown Road on North Street and paced Seay traveling at 68 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Brooks initiated a traffic stop on Highway 321 near Old Greeneville Highway. She made contact with Seay and immediately detected an odor of alcohol about his person,” according to the report. Brooks also noted Seay’s speech was very slurred and that he couldn’t keep his eyes open. Seay told Brooks he had been at Dean’s Bar and he got “punched in the mouth.” Brooks asked Seay how much he had to drink and he first admitted to consuming “one or two beers.” Seay proceeded to tell Brooks that he was not drunk and just wanted to go home. Due to Seay admitting that he left a bar and had consumed alcohol, Brooks asked if he was willing to participate in a Standardized Field Sobriety Test. The report states that Seay agreed to participate and performed poorly on all tests given. Brooks determined Seay was under the influence of alcohol and placed him under arrest. After placing Seay in the patrol car, the report states that he acted in a disorderly manner and cursed Brooks on numerous occasions. Lt. Zach Shelton arrived on scene, and Seay continued to act disorderly, becoming irate as deputies spoke to him. Shelton asked how much he (Seay) had to drink, to which he replied “about 3 beers.” While searching Seay’s vehicle, Shelton located a Canik TP9 sfx 9mm firearm behind the driver’s seat of the vehicle. Seay was taken to the County Jail on charges of Driving Under the Influence, Reckless Driving, Violation of Implied Consent and Possession of a Handgun While Under the Influence.
Possession/Theft: Sergeant Joshua Boyce responded to the Dollar General on Cosby Highway in reference to a male slumped over the steering wheel in the parking lot. When Boyce arrived on scene he walked towards the vehicle and observed a female walking towards the same car. The woman started to say the name Jason, and Boyce asked her if she knew the individual. The female who was later identified as Regina Webb, stated that she did and that he had given her a ride to the store. Boyce told Webb to stay in front of his patrol car while he checked on the male. Boyce opened the driver’s side door of the vehicle and observed a lighter in the male’s hand and a glass pipe next to the center console. Boyce was able to wake the male and place him in handcuffs. The male was identified as Michael Freeman. During a search of Freeman’s person Boyce located a .45 caliber bullet in his pocket. Boyce asked Freeman if there was a firearm in the vehicle to which he replied there was. Freeman had also stated that he was a felon. During the search of the vehicle, Boyce found that the bulb of the glass pipe was still warm to the touch. He also located the firearm in a brown case that was on the floorboard of the driver’s side. In the back seat Boyce found 3.1 grams of suspected marijuana and another glass pipe in the glove compartment. Boyce asked Webb if any bags in the vehicle belonged to her, and she had stated that there was a couple that had her make up inside. While searching one of the bags Boyce had located a cigarette pack that had four suspected Clonazepam and two pills of suspected Alprazolam. Webb was placed under arrest at that time. Boyce located several items on the suspects that did not match receipts from the Dollar General. An employee stated that video footage would be reviewed and the store would prosecute for the theft charges. Both Freeman and Webb were transported to the County Jail for processing. They face charges of Possession of Schedule VI, Theft of Property, Possession of Narcotic Equipment, Possession of Weapon by Convicted Felon and Driving Under the Influence.
Aggravated Assault: Deputy Jacob Damron was dispatched to a residence on Ramblin Road in regard to a truck that had struck an individual. Upon arrival, Damron was met in the driveway by the victim, William O’Brian. O’Brian stated while at the Riverside Saloon he was approached by an ex-girlfriend who “accused him of starting things.” O’Brian said that Dewayne Keller drove by and allegedly yelled he was going to “run him over the next time he catches him out on his bike,” according to the report. Keller allegedly turned around in the parking lot and drove back to where O’Brian and his ex-girlfriend were standing. O’Brian said Keller threatened him again and said “he was going to kill him.” According to O’Brian, Keller turned around in his vehicle, swerved and struck him with his right fender and mirror of his truck. Deputies could see red marks on O’Brian’s right arm and a black stripe across his shirt. O’Brian pulled up his shirt where the black stripe was and deputies saw a long bright red mark across the right side of his chest. Deputies were unable to make contact with Keller as he fled the scene prior to their arrival.
INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM REPORTS COMPILED BY THE COCKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. | https://www.newportplaintalk.com/public_records/article_087b1587-5768-52bb-9a70-bb6279da4750.html | 2022-04-22T16:30:08Z | https://www.newportplaintalk.com/public_records/article_087b1587-5768-52bb-9a70-bb6279da4750.html | true | 1 |
New Education Company to Deliver Scalable eCommerce Education, Certifications, and Community for Brands and Brand-Enablers to Win in eCommerce
SEATTLE, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allume Group, an eCommerce education provider for brands and brand-enablers, today announced its official launch to empower consumer brand professionals, and those who work with them, with the knowledge and community needed to sustainably win in eCommerce. The company, founded by eCommerce industry expert, top 100 Retail Influencer, and former Amazon.com executive Andrea K. Leigh, offers both online and in-person classes and workshops, professional certifications, as well as collaboration and connection opportunities with like-minded professionals through managed communities.
Allume Group packages critical and timely digital and eCommerce intelligence from industry veterans, thought leaders, and proven practitioners and delivers it at scale to professionals seeking to make a positive impact on the success of their businesses. The Allume Academy™ offers certifications in eCommerce Strategy, Amazon Strategy, and more via a course catalog over 20 eCommerce courses. Courses may be taken online (on-demand) or via private workshops delivered to organizations who seek to upskill teams or solve specific market challenges.
The company is the first of its kind in providing standardized education and certifications in eCommerce that can be delivered at scale to the market, and in delivering supportive, hands-on managed communities to empower eCommerce professionals to drive success.
"Until now, the lack of strategic industry-level, role-specific competency training and validation has created headwinds in hiring and developing talent in the highly competitive eCommerce space," says Jason Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis Groupe, a global creative agency operating in 84 countries. "Ecommerce upskilling and skills verification will be critical for talent retention, the creation of effective business growth strategies, and overall organizational success."
"As consumers have shifted spending online, consumer brands, agencies, and retailers are scrambling to fill the eCommerce talent gaps within their organizations," says Andrea Leigh, Founder and CEO of Allume Group. "We aim to support this time of transformation through educational empowerment, helping practitioners apply the learnings to real-world business challenges, and providing a collaborative community."
Brand manufacturers, brand-enablers, and individual learners can sign up for highlighted Allume Academy™ courses or contact an Allume Group learning concierge for help developing a curriculum plan.
Founded by eCommerce industry expert and educator, Top 100 Retail Influencer, and former Amazon executive Andrea Leigh, Allume Group delivers the expertise of working with thousands of successful brands to professionals at any level of experience. Through on-demand eLearning or via private corporate curriculum, Allume Group enables professionals to enhance their eCommerce careers with techniques and strategies designed to be applied to their own companies, markets, or industry dynamics. Allume Academy™ awards certifications in eCommerce Strategy, Amazon Strategy, and more.
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A massive blast rips through an Afghan mosque in northern Afghanistan killing at least 33 people, and injuring over 40. The incident took place in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, reported news agency AFP. As per reports, the blast took place during Friday prayers. Those deceased also include some students from a religious school, a Taliban spokesperson informed news agency AP.
Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted news of the devastating bombing in the town of Imam Saheb, in Kunduz Province, saying it also wounded another 43 people, many of them students.
No one immediately claimed responsibility, but Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Friday claimed a series of bombings that happened a day earlier, the worst of which was an attack on a Shiite mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif that killed at least 12 Shiite Muslim worshippers and wounded scores more. In a statement Friday, the IS-K said the explosive devise that devastated Mazar-e-Sharif's Sai Doken mosque was hidden in a bag left inside among scores of worshippers. As they knelt in prayer, it exploded.
Earlier the Kunduz provincial police spokesman put the death toll at the mosque and madrassa compound in Imam Saheb at two dead and six injured. Mujahid later tweeted the higher casualty numbers tweeting "we condemn this crime . . . and express our deepest condolences to the victims." Friday's bombing is the latest in a series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan.
Since sweeping to power last August, the Taliban have been battling the upstart Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-K which is proving to be an intractable security challenge for Afghanistan's religiously driven government. Last November the Taliban's intelligence unit carried out sweeping attacks on suspected IS-K hideouts in eastern Nangarhar province.
"When the mosque was filled with prayers, the explosives were detonated remotely," the IS statement said, claiming that 100 people were injured. The Taliban say they have arrested a former IS-K leader in northern Balkh province, of which Mazar-e-Sharif is the capital. Zabihullah Noorani, information and culture department chief in Balkh province, said Abdul Hamid Sangaryar was arrested in connection with Thursday's mosque attack.
Earlier this month two bombs exploded in Kabul's Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, killing at least seven students and wounding several others.
The IS-K also took responsibility for a brutal bombing outside the Kabul International Airport in August 2021 that killed more than 160 Afghans who had been pushing to enter the airport to flee the country. Thirteen U.S. military personnel also were killed as they oversaw America's final withdrawal and the end of its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
In recent months, the IS-K has also stepped up attacks in neighboring Pakistan, targeting a Shiite mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar in March. More than 65 worshippers were killed. The upstart affiliate has also claimed several deadly attacks against Pakistan's military .
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens after I purchase a domain name from BrandBucket?
Every name on the BrandBucket marketplace is exclusively listed with BrandBucket. That means that all of our sellers are very
responsive, making for quick domain transfers.
A dedicated BrandBucket agent will manage your domain transfer from beginning
to end, ensuring a secure and easy transaction. They will manage the receipt of the domain into one of BrandBucket’s secure registrar
accounts and then complete the transfer to you.
1. Verification and registrar choice
After we receive the payment and verify it, we will reach out via email to confirm which registrar you want the domain transferred to.
We also provide a link to our tracking system, where you can communicate with us, check on the status of your transfer, view your invoice,
and download your logo files.
In most cases, if a domain is moved between accounts at a single registrar, the transfer is quick and usually completes within 48 hours. If a domain changes registrars (in other words, you would like to move it away from where it is currently registered), the transfer is slower. The total transfer time can then be anywhere from 48 hours to 7 days.
BrandBucket has vetted and supports the following registrars:
- GoDaddy
- Namesilo
- Uniregistry
- NameCheap
- Google Domains
- Name.com
- Amazon Route 53
- 123 Reg
- Gandi
- Dynadot
2. We request the name from the seller.
Once we know where you would like the domain transferred, BrandBucket will request the domain from the seller. All of our sellers are very
responsive, making for a quick process.
3. Transfer the name into your account
As soon as we receive the name from the seller, we start the transfer into your account and guide you through the whole process.
4. Verify with the buyer that the transfer is complete
Once we confirm that you have received the name, we consider the escrow process to be complete. Only then do we release payment to the
domain seller.
What happens after I lease a domain name from BrandBucket?
The BrandBucket lease-to-own program is available as an alternative to purchasing the name outright. You're able to buy the domain name with over monthly installments, and at the end of the lease period, if all payments are complete, you would be the new owner of the domain name.
Once you complete the checkout process for a leased domain, you will be contacted by a BrandBucket agent who will help manage your lease. The domain will be transferred from the seller to a BrandBucket escrow account, ensuring a secure hold on the domain during the lease term. We will transfer the domain to you once all payments are complete.
During the lease, you're entitled to use the domain name for your website and email; your agent will guide you through that.
Each month you will continue to receive an invoice with a balance statement. You have the right to cancel the lease any time or complete all payments early to own the domain outright.
Why choose BrandBucket?
Established in 2007, we are the original business name marketplace. Every year, we sell 1000s of premium domains to entrepreneurs and businesses like you.
All of our domain names are handpicked by branding and linguistics experts based on rigorous criteria. You can rest assured that if a domain is on the BrandBucket marketplace, it is a top-tier business name.
Almost one out of every four names sold on BrandBucket is sold to a repeat buyer or a referral, which means that people who buy from us once, keep coming back for more.
Why choose a .com domain name from BrandBucket?
The .com extension is a brand in itself. As the default domain extension of the internet, having a .com domain that is an exact match to your brand
name has numerous advantages:
- Familiarity - People are familiar with .com. Most of the brands and websites they already trust, use the .com extension. Therefore, it serves as a subtle indicator that your business is a legitimate one. A recent study by the NCC Group, a global expert in cybersecurity and risk mitigation, found that roughly half of the consumers are uncomfortable visiting websites ending with a non .com extension, and only 9% are comfortable doing so.
- Brand Protection - When you own the .com version of a domain name, you have the official online version of that name. Owning an exact-match .com can protect your brand name, as it is unlikely another serious business would use the same name when the .com extension is taken.
- Easy to Communicate - .com domains are also easy to communicate. When people hear or see your business name without a TLD, they will inevitably assume it ends in .com, making it easy for them to find you online.
What can I do with the domain I purchase from BrandBucket?
Once you have received the name into your registrar account, you will be able to:
- Use the domain as your website address.
- Setup email addresses, for instance, sales@harbourcrew.com.
- Use the domain and logo on business cards and other materials.
If you don’t have a website built yet, you can put up a simple coming soon page, or you can just leave it until you are ready. You don’t need to do anything right away. Because you own the domain name, you can take your time.
Are logos included with my BrandBucket order? Can I request edits?
Our talented community of logo designers designs all logos on the BrandBucket marketplace. They are paid for their efforts, and BrandBucket owns all copyrights for the logos. We will transfer the full copyright for the logo to you upon purchase of the domain name.
Logo files are delivered to you in the following formats:
- High-resolution image file (PNG)
- Editable vector file (.AI)
Editing your design
Vector (AI) files are entirely editable in programs such as photoshop and illustrator, so you or your designer can make desired changes. If needed, we can make basic color changes/small tweaks to the logo for you after purchase. If you are looking for a complete redesign, we can connect you with a designer from our talented design community at their discretion and price.
Is a domain name from BrandBucket 100% unique?
All of our business domains are carefully chosen for their standout branding qualities. There is only one harbourcrew.com. However, there may well be other businesses that are using the same brand name. In fact, with common keyword names, it is likely. That is why owning the .com is so essential. In holding the .com, you immediately establish your business as the most official version of that name. It's unlikely any serious business is going to use a brand name where the .com domain is already in use. Many companies believe that owning the matching .com version of a business name provides more protection for their brand than a trademark.
Are BrandBucket domain names trademarked?
No, and it’s not possible for us to do so. Trademarks are industry and region-specific, and to file a trademark for a name or logo, you must already be doing business as that name. Because of this, we can't trademark a name before your company is actively using it. Therefore, you will need to apply for trademark registration after you have purchased the name.
Do I have to keep my name registered when I purchase a name from BrandBucket?
When you purchase a domain from BrandBucket, you will own it 100%. However, all domain names worldwide must be kept registered at a registrar like Godaddy or similar that you choose. You will pay the registration fees to whichever registrar you decide to use. The price of registration varies at each registrar, but it generally ends up being around $10-15 per year for a .com domain name. Registration is annual but can be paid up for years in advance, which we suggest you do.
Does BrandBucket offer refunds?
BrandBucket serves as a third-party marketplace and escrow agent for domain names. We only offer refunds if either of these two conditions are met:
- The buyer contacts us within 24 hours of purchase requesting a refund.
- The seller fails to initiate the domain name transfer within 10 business days from the time of purchase.
Buyers are advised to perform all necessary diligence prior to making a purchase.
Is my BrandBucket purchase confidential?
Your purchase is 100% confidential. Any personal information you share with BrandBucket is kept private, even from the domain seller. We never publicize any sale on our marketplace.
What's the difference between a brand name, registered name, and a domain name?
Brand Name
A brand name is a name that you use to identify a family of products, services, or a single line of products or services that a company offers. For instance, Apple is the brand name used on most products manufactured by Apple, Inc. In this example, the business name and brand name are the same, a common use case.
Your brand name is who you are to your customers. It is the pillar your business's public image will be built around. The products or services you offer can also have their own brand names. You may want to create new brand names for products or services that differ from your core business offering, for example:
- UberEats - Food delivery by Uber
- Amazon Web Services - Cloud computing from Amazon
- Google Maps - Web mapping service from Google
Registered Business Name
A business name is the legally registered name of your business. You'll use your business name to create contracts, open bank accounts, pay taxes, and any other administrative related activities. Most business names contain the business's brand name, followed by the company's chosen business structure, for example:
- Walmart Inc.
- Verizon Inc.
- Grasshopper LLC
However, they don't necessarily have to be the same. In some cases, the business name is completely different from the brand name. This is most common in large businesses that have multiple brands housed under a single parent company, for example:
- Brand Name: Google
- Business Name: Alphabet Inc.
- Brand Name: MailChimp
- Business Name: The Rocket Science Group LLC
Domain Name
A domain name is your website name - the internet address where people can access your website. Think of a domain as the address to the online version of your business. Every domain is one-of-a-kind. No website has the same web address as another website.
Ideally, your domain name should be an exact match to your brand name. Think of your favorite companies. Odds are, their domain name is identical to their brand name. Apple's domain name is Apple.com; Amazon's domain name is Amazon.com. Having a matching domain ensures that people can easily find your brand online.
What are the benefits of a premium business name?
What can a top brand name with a matching .com do for your business? Here are few of the many advantages of owning a premium business domain:
Trust - Online, there are subtle clues that all of us subconsciously take into consideration to determine whether or not a business is legitimate and trustworthy. Having a great business name paired with a matching .com (by far the most trusted domain extension) signals to customers that you care about and are willing to invest in your brand. It makes your business and your brand messaging easier to trust.
Authority - Owning a .com version of a fantastic brand name is a big signal to the world that your business means business, right out of the gate. This can lead to accelerated customer acquisition, more industry partnership opportunities, and press attention.
SEO - Having a business domain that matches what customers are using in searches can lead to increased SEO, higher page ranking, and better quality traffic.
Retention - Brand retention is critical for organically acquiring and keeping customers. A short, catchy, and unique business name makes your brand easier to remember, and having a matching .com means that consumers who hear about you offline will find you easily online.
Save on marketing spend - Investing in a premium domain can save you a fortune in marketing spend down the line. You'll spend less of your valuable marketing budget and efforts on brand awareness, as your name will do much of the work for you.
How does BrandBucket price domains?
Our customers are primarily entrepreneurs looking for a quick and easy way to find a great brand name for their company. That's why when evaluating and appraising domain names, our central focus is whether they would also make great business names.
What makes a great brand name? Here are some of the branding and linguistic traits we take into consideration:
- Length - Great names are concise and to the point. The shorter, the better!
- Common phrase/expression - Names that are based on real phrases and expressions make great brand names because of their built-in familiarity and inherent catchiness.
- Letter order - Some letters are more valuable than others and better together, especially when it comes to the first letters of a name.
- Pronunciation and spelling - Names should be easy to say and understand. It should also be spelled as it sounds.
- Industry match - Names should be a good fit for a particular industry, or be broad enough to attract buyers from multiple sectors.
- Longevity - Great brand names are broad enough in scope to grow with a company as it expands and not die when trends fade.
- Uniqueness - Great brand names are easy to spot because they stand out in a crowd.
- Memorability - A brand name is no good unless people can easily remember it.
These criteria, along with historical sales data and current marketplace conditions, are used to determine whether a name is accepted to our marketplace, and how it's priced. Every name on our marketplace must score high in most or all of these categories to even be accepted. With an acceptance rate of only 10% of names submitted to our marketplace, BrandBucket sets a very high bar for the names we select.
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Find the perfect business name for your industry, sector or style. | https://www.brandbucket.com/names/harbourcrew | 2022-04-22T16:34:19Z | https://www.brandbucket.com/names/harbourcrew | true | 7877 |
MONTREAL, QC — Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died at age 70.
A cause of death was not immediately known, but Lafleur had been diagnosed with lung cancer.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Guy Lafleur. All members of the Canadiens organization are devastated by his passing," Canadiens President Geoff Molson said in a statement.
“Guy Lafleur had an exceptional career and always remained simple, accessible, and close to the Habs and hockey fans in Quebec, Canada and around the world. Throughout his career, he allowed us to experience great moments of collective pride. He was one of the greatest players in our organization while becoming an extraordinary ambassador for our sport.”
One of the greatest players of his generation, Lafleur registered 518 goals and 728 assists in 14 seasons with Montreal.
The No. 1 pick in the 1971 NHL draft added 133 points (57 goals, 76 assists) in 124 playoff contests.
Nicknamed “The Flower,” he retired after the 1984-85 season, but returned in 1988-89 with the New York Rangers. He played the next two seasons with the Quebec Nordiques before hanging up his skates for good.
“You didn’t need to see Guy Lafleur’s name and number on his sweater when ‘The Flower’ had the puck on his stick," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “As distinctively stylish as he was remarkably talented, Lafleur cut a dashing and unmistakable figure whenever he blazed down the ice of the Montreal Forum, his long blond locks flowing in his wake as he prepared to rifle another puck past a helpless goaltender — or set up a linemate for a goal.”
Lafleur was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, when tumors were discovered by doctors performing emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery. | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/guy-lafleur-dies-at-age-70/507-0f8e22f2-2799-44db-a379-d75755ca02ed | 2022-04-22T16:37:34Z | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/guy-lafleur-dies-at-age-70/507-0f8e22f2-2799-44db-a379-d75755ca02ed | false | 21 |
What's in Store for Mid-America Apartment (MAA) in Q1 Earnings?
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. MAA — commonly known as MAA — is slated to report first-quarter 2022 results on Apr 27 after market close. MAA’s quarterly results are likely to reflect growth in revenues and funds from operations (FFO) per share.
The Germantown, TN-based residential real estate investment trust (REIT) delivered a surprise of 1.60% in terms of FFO per share in the last reported quarter. This residential REIT’s quarterly results were driven by a hike in the average effective rent per unit for the same-store portfolio.
Over the trailing four quarters, MAA surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate on all occasions, the average being 2.65%. This is depicted in the chart below:
MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise
MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc. price-eps-surprise | MidAmerica Apartment Communities, Inc. Quote
Let’s see how things have shaped up for the announcement.
Factors to Consider
For the U.S. apartment market, the first quarter — typically a slow leasing period in other years — appears to be a solid one this year, with impressive demand for rental units, due to the pandemic that disrupted seasonal behavior.
Per a report from the real estate technology and analytics firm, RealPage, the U.S. apartment market witnessed robust demand, with net demand for market-rate apartments aggregating a whopping 712,899 units nationally in the year ending the first quarter of 2022. This not only marks an 8% increase from the previous high a quarter earlier but also is 76% higher than the pre-pandemic-era highest established back in 2000. There is strong demand from young adults who are gaining from tight labor market conditions and record wage growth.
As a result of the high demand, the apartment occupancy inched up 0.1 percentage point to 97.6% instead of seasonal cooling in the first quarter. Rent growth reached another all-time high, with the new lease effective asking rents increasing 15.2% year over year through March.
With a well-diversified portfolio, MAA is likely to have benefited from this improving trend. The favorable in-migration trends of jobs and households in the Sun Belt submarkets are likely to have spurred demand and hiked the rent for MAA’s communities during the first quarter. Additionally, MAA’s focus on making strategic redevelopments augurs well.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for quarterly revenues is pegged at $473.3 million, suggesting an 11.4% rise from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure. Same-store revenues are projected at $465 million, indicating an increase from $444 million reported in the prior quarter and $407 million in the year-ago period.
For the first quarter of 2022, MAA projected core FFO per share in the range of $1.83-$1.99.
Before the first-quarter earnings release, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarterly FFO per share has remained unrevised at $1.92 over the past month. However, this calls for year-over-year growth of 17.1%.
The elevated supply might have put pressure on rental rates and affected the revenue growth tempo during the reported quarter.
Here Is What Our Quantitative Model Predicts:
Our proven model does not conclusively predict a surprise in terms of FFO per share for MAA this season. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an FFO beat. However, that’s not the case here.
Earnings ESP: MAA has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: MAA currently carries a Zacks Rank #3. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Stocks That Warrant a Look
Here are three stocks from the residential REIT sector — Equity Residential EQR, Camden Property Trust CPT and Essex Property Trust, Inc. ESS — that you may want to consider as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to report a surprise this quarter:
Equity Residential, slated to release first-quarter earnings on Apr 26, has an Earnings ESP of +0.50% and a Zacks Rank of 3 at present.
Camden Property Trust, scheduled to report quarterly figures on Apr 28, has an Earnings ESP of +1.25 % and a Zacks Rank of 2 currently.
Essex Property Trust, slated to report quarterly numbers on Apr 26, has an Earnings ESP of +0.18% and carries a Zacks Rank of 3.
Stay on top of upcoming earnings announcements with the Zacks Earnings Calendar.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represent funds from operations (FFO) — a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.
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In Red Wings Land
C More's Staffan Kronwall on Detroit & Albert Johansson:
— IcehockeyGifs (@IcehockeyG) April 20, 2022
"They break down his every game, every shift and provide feedback to him. They very much have their eyes on him."
Adds that he sees a lot of improvement in Albert's game from last year's playoffs to this year's. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/EHyyIgNG2y
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Insider Trading: NHL has no plans to ban Russian players from draft - TSN
Pierre LeBrun: It’s a question we have asked before as recently as the GM meetings in Florida and I got the same answer again on this day when I circled back to a league official in lieu of what’s happened at Wimbledon and the answer was “no.” The NHL is not contemplating barring Russian players from getting drafted on July 7 and 8 in Montreal. I guess the other thing that we’ll have to keep an eye on is whether some of those Russian prospects are downgraded in the eyes of some NHL teams when the draft arrives. I’ve talked to a few scouts in front offices that are having that internal dialogue, but for now and I don’t think it’s going to change – Russian players absolutely allowed to be drafted.
There’s not really a good point for the league to ban it. Teams know they’re taking a risk drafting a Russian player even when this genocide isn’t going on. | https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2022/4/22/23036607/quick-hits-the-no-ban-edition | 2022-04-22T16:39:16Z | https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2022/4/22/23036607/quick-hits-the-no-ban-edition | false | 1 |
One person is facing several charges after police say a suspect in a reported stolen vehicle struck three police cruisers as they fled from officers in London’s east end Thursday night.
In a statement Friday, police said officers located a stolen vehicle near Trafalgar Street and Lansdowne Avenue around 8:45 p.m. and say a man was in the vehicle’s driver seat.
Police say the man struck the cruisers as he attempted to flee and officers prevented the vehicle from leaving the scene, but the driver refused to get out.
“The male resisted arrest before police were eventually able to take him into custody. Through a search of the vehicle, officers located two sets of stolen licence plates,” police said in a statement.
A 29-year-old man of no fixed address faces charges including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, impaired operation of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.
He also faces two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 and one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, police said.
The cruisers struck in the incident sustained roughly $2,000 worth of total damage.
The accused was set to appear in court Friday. | https://globalnews.ca/news/8778174/london-police-cruisers-struck-fleeing-suspect/ | 2022-04-22T16:41:41Z | https://globalnews.ca/news/8778174/london-police-cruisers-struck-fleeing-suspect/ | false | 1 |
Sinclair and Rush to mass-produce seaweed straw with a new Sea-Tech pellet as the foremost American Manufacturer to outsource plastic-free alternatives
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LOLIWARE, the SEA Technology™ creator, announced today that they have developed the first seaweed pellet created from natural biomaterials to replace plastic at scale. The company has partnered with American manufacturer Sinclair and Rush to scale production with a leading plastic-free, high-performing seaweed straw for businesses of all sizes. This announcement is significant because it is the first U.S. production of onshore, seaweed-based product replacements and is an alternative to outsourcing plastics from China—a needed step toward reducing plastic in landfills and oceans.
Seaweed captures 5 to 20 times more carbon than land-based forests per unit area, including permanently storing some of it at depth/the seafloor. It avoids the harmful effects of common land-based ingredients like paper, corn, canola, and rice. LOLIWARE's visionary SEA Technology™ combines a proprietary blend of seaweeds, minerals, and natural colors. The technology is created using ocean-farmed seaweed that is grown without the use of fertilizers, freshwater or large swaths of land. While SEA Technology™ material can be molded to look and feel like plastic, it is made from 100% bio-based FDA-approved materials and is designed to disappear either through composting or natural processes.
"LOLIWARE's SEA Technology™ is the first seaweed-derived material to be created using entirely natural, ocean-friendly ingredients that's also suitable for large-scale production," says Dr. Carlos M. Duarte, a world-renowned marine scientist, Chief Scientific Officer of Oceans 2050, and Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology. "I'm excited to advise LOLIWARE as they expand into further applications of seaweed materials science."
SEA Technology™ can be formed into a pellet like those traditionally used to produce a wide variety of single-use plastics. What is revolutionary is that LOLIWARE's SEA Technology™ is universally compatible with existing plastic-manufacturing equipment and facilities worldwide. Because of this adaptability, LOLIWARE is partnering directly with industry leaders to produce at scale its home compostable, ocean-safe products at an affordable and competitive price.
U.S. manufacturer Sinclair & Rush will produce LOLIWARE's Blue Carbon Straw, the first seaweed-derived compostable drinking straw created at a competitive scale in their St. Louis manufacturing facility.
"We have been approached by dozens of companies who claimed that they had developed a truly compostable, non-plastic material that could be processed on our existing manufacturing equipment -- LOLIWARE® was the first company that had a material and a business model that truly seemed viable," says Brad Philip, President and CEO of Sinclair & Rush. "Utilizing our decades of experience in processing a wide variety of thermoplastic materials, we are now using LOLIWARE's seaweed-derived pellets to produce high-quality, plastic-free straws, and we're excited to partner with LOLIWARE to produce at scale using our existing machinery."
LOLIWARE's cutting-edge technology inspires optimism for a net-zero emissions future in a world where plastic is currently being replaced with high carbon footprint alternatives like paper and bio-based plastics. The Blue Carbon Straw is verified plastic-free by Oceanic Global's Blue Standard. It enables a regenerative supply chain while expanding global seaweed farming which will result in higher carbon dioxide removal rates than bioplastics. The Blue Carbon Straw is now available to order and ship in large volumes.
"Our firm is dedicated to companies at the nexus of growth, impact, and diversity, and LOLIWARE is all of the above," says Oliver Libby, managing partner at H/L Ventures, LOLIWARE's lead venture capital investor. "LOLIWARE's plastic-free material can create products that consumers love, while also combatting carbon emissions and ocean pollution: a winning combination that we are honored to support."
"In a world continually bombarded with bad news, we hope the SEA Technology™ and its use in our straws demonstrates that a plastic-free future is within reach," says LOLIWARE Founder and CEO Sea Briganti. "We invite you to join us on this journey."
There are many more applications of the SEA Technology™ in the works with the overarching mission to disrupt single-use materials. Please visit www.loliware.com to learn more, partner, and work together to solve this enormous challenge.
ABOUT LOLIWARE INC.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley and NYC, LOLIWARE Inc. is an award-winning materials tech company on a mission to replace single-use plastics with seaweed-derived products that are Designed to Disappear™. By using ocean-farmed seaweed to replace plastic at scale, LOLIWARE is harnessing its potential to regenerate our ocean and contribute to the decarbonization of our planet.
To learn more about LOLIWARE's SEA Technology™, the Blue Carbon Straw, or its latest products, please visit www.loliware.com and sign up for LOLIWARE's newsletter. Please find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.
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Atlanta rapper Archie Eversole was fatally shot in the face as he slept TMZ reports. The 37-year-old Eversole died after the shooting. According to the police report, which was viewed by TMZ, Eversole told police his bedroom door was kicked open and he woke up to a gunshot to his face on March 25. While he said he couldn’t see who shot him at the time, his brother Alexander Krause has since been charged with murder in connection with the shooting. When police found Eversole at a gas station following the shooting, he was asked if the shooter was still in his home, and he confirmed they were. Police asked him if he knew the identity of the shooter, but he initially wouldn’t answer and then began fading in and out of consciousness. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2576638516784/investigators-look-closely-at-similarities-between-i-65-and-i-70-killers | 2022-04-22T16:45:29Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2576638516784/investigators-look-closely-at-similarities-between-i-65-and-i-70-killers | true | null |
Sean Sublette, chief meteorologist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, went live at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 22, to talk about this weekend's weather.
Top five weekend events: Monument Ave. 10K, Blues & Brews in the Bottom & Unity Fest with Bernie Sanders
Richmond Restaurant Week
New dance troupe at The Hippodrome
Monument Avenue 10K
Unity Fest
Blues & Brews in the Bottom | https://richmond.com/weather/watch-now-meteorologist-sean-sublette-looks-ahead-at-richmond-s-weekend-weather/article_9f68a6be-c24b-11ec-a0f1-9fab7dfb0478.html | 2022-04-22T16:45:58Z | https://richmond.com/weather/watch-now-meteorologist-sean-sublette-looks-ahead-at-richmond-s-weekend-weather/article_9f68a6be-c24b-11ec-a0f1-9fab7dfb0478.html | false | null |
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In what it describes as its first major broadscale projector upgrade since the transition to digital, AMC Theatres has signed an agreement with Cinionic to install Barco laser projectors in 3,500 of its U.S. auditoriums through 2026. Announced just prior to the start of theater owners confab CinemaCon, which opens Monday in Las Vegas, AMC will brand these auditoriums as “Laser at AMC.”
The equipment investment is valued at about $250 million, according to the companies, though the deal has been made through Cinionic’s “Cinema-as-a-Service” program, meaning there’s a performance-driven service agreement through which Cinionic maintains ownership of the equipment.
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Projector makers have been moving toward laser-based systems, which offer brighter images and more contrast than those with xenon lamps. In addition to Laser at AMC, the theater chain offers laser projection in its Premium Large Format auditoriums: Dolby Cinema at AMC, PRIME at AMC, and select Imax at AMC, as well as in recent new-build openings.
“For the last two years as AMC has navigated its way through the pandemic, we have done so not only with the intention of survival, but with an eye to the future of moviegoing and continuing to enhance the guest experience at our theatres,” said Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of AMC. “Through our wonderful Premium Large Format partnerships with IMAX and Dolby, AMC is firmly established as the industry leader in premium experiences. Laser at AMC, powered by Cinionic, allows us to bring a premium on-screen presentation to hundreds of our theatres and thousands of auditoriums around the country, for a greener way to go to the movies, with only a minimal capital investment.”
Later this year, AMC and Cinionic will begin the installation process, with the full initiative expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
Barco partner Cinionic estimates that roughly 30,000 Barco laser projectors are currently installed in theaters worldwide. “At Cinionic, we’re in this for the long-term,” said CEO Wim Buyens. “The partnership with AMC enables a consistent, elevated, and laser-powered big screen experience for the next generation.”
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Laura Brown will soon be hosting ladies’ night on Clubhouse.
The high-profile InStyle editor-in-chief — who departed the magazine when its publisher, Dotdash Meredith, announced it was switching from print to a digital-only publication — will debut Ladies Night with Laura Brown on May 5. The limited series will find Brown engaging a slew of stars in “fun, candid conversations across a myriad of topics like ambition, relationships, and of course, style.” Michelle Dockery, Elle Fanning, Sophie Turner, Rebel Wilson and Odessa Young are booked with more names expected in the coming weeks. Joining her in the club at Clubhouse will be another well-respected InStyle vet, Glynis Costin, who is on board to produce the series.
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Chelsea Macdonald, head of entertainment partnerships at Clubhouse, said she’s admired the pair’s work over the years, citing “Laura’s magnetic interviewing style and Glynis’ eye for talent.” Macdonald added: “So when they both came on board for this show, I was elated. Both are legacy innovators within entertainment, fashion, and publishing, so we’re excited that Clubhouse can provide their next creative endeavor into social audio.”
Brown, who served as the mag’s top editor from 2016 until February, called it “thrilling” to be able to “talk to listeners in real-time, on a platform with a global reach far exceeding that of a publishing brand. And it’s always five o’clock somewhere.” Ladies Night with Laura Brown follows a similar chat show she hosted during her InStyle tenure titled Ladies First. Throughout her career, Brown has interviewed big names like Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna, Jennifer Aniston, Zendaya and countless other A-List stars. The beloved Aussie joined InStyle after a decade-plus run at Harper’s Bazaar.
Costin, who segued to launch her own firm, Costin Consulting, served as the West Coast bureau chief for InStyle for an impressive 22 years. She’s known for having a keen eye for talent and strong industry relationships thanks to booking more than 400 covers during her long tenure. She also booked A-list events like the InStyle Awards, Badass Women dinners and countless awards season parties. She also penned features on Sandra Bullock, Kerry Washington, Holly Hunter and Sterling K. Brown, among many others.
“I’m excited to be working with Clubhouse on this new series and to be partnering again with Laura who is such a natural conversationalist,” said Costin. “The show will feel like an intimate chat among friends who are out for cocktails or coffee — it’s about having fun.”
The launch and move to Clubhouse will surely be watched by media insiders. There have been a number of media moves as of late due to layoffs and publishers like Dotdash switching to digital-only. Along with InStyle ceasing its print publication, so have Entertainment Weekly, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Español.
As for Clubhouse, the pandemic phenomenon launched in March 2020 and has since hosted conversations with Adam McKay, Oprah Winfrey (recapping her Adele interview), Zoe Saldana, Reese Witherspoon, Tiffany Haddish and Snoop Dogg, to name but a few.
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Maui Surf Forecast for April 22, 2022
Swell Summary
Two north-northwest swells will affect the area over the next several days. One is currently moving through and will slowly lower into Saturday. The next, somewhat larger, swell will begin arriving Saturday, and north shore surf may approach the advisory level during its peak Sunday. This swell will gradually decline Monday and fade by Tuesday.
South shore surf will remain near to below seasonal average into Saturday. However, forerunners of a new south-southwest swell will also arrive Saturday. This swell will likely peak above seasonal average Sunday. It will gradually decrease beginning Monday.
The breezy trade winds discussed above will generate rough trade wind swell and keep east shore surf near the seasonal average.
NORTH SHORE
am pm
Surf: Knee to thigh high NE short period wind swell with occasional waist high sets.
Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with E winds 20-25mph.
SOUTH SHORE
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Glassy with N winds less than 5mph in the morning shifting WSW for the afternoon.
WEST SIDE
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean with E winds 15-20mph.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Legislature approved a congressional map Thursday pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over the strong objections of Black and Democratic lawmakers who say it will diminish the state’s Black representation in the U.S. House and benefit Republicans.
Democratic lawmakers chanted and shouted as the final vote tally was taken in the Florida House during a raucous end to a three-day special session. There was a brief delay in which Black lawmakers staged a sit-in on the chamber floor, prayed and sang “We Shall Overcome.” The measure passed 68-38 along party lines.
The protest began as debate on the bill was wrapping up. Rep. Angie Nixon marched down the center aisle of the chamber, shouting, “When Black votes are under attack, what do we do? Stand up and fight back.”
DeSantis took the unusual step of vetoing the map drawn by the Legislature earlier this year and proposing his own, calling lawmakers back into the special session to approve it. Democrats say the map strongly favors the GOP and dismantles two traditionally Black districts.
“What we see today is an overreach, and it’s something we see as unacceptable,” Democratic Rep. Kamia Brown, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus, told reporters after the session adjourned. “Today was one thing we could not just take and stand. … We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Black Floridians currently hold five seats in the state’s 27-member U.S. House delegation, including one Republican from an overwhelmingly white and Republican district.
DeSantis argued that the previous map — which kept the districts of Black representatives largely intact — represented racial “gerrymandering.” He singled out one that spanned northern Florida, saying it violated standards requiring districts to be kept compact.
The governor’s office drew up a map it described as neutral on race and party affiliation, and which it said abided by both the state and federal constitutions. But even supporters have acknowledged that it is likely to draw legal challenges.
Republican Rep. Randy Fine defended the map. As for districts drawn to give Black voters an advantage in choosing a candidate, he said, “When we guaranteed that a group of people gets to select the candidate of their choice, what we’re saying is we’re guaranteeing those who aren’t part of that group get no say. Chew on that one.”
He also dismissed accusations that the governor’s involvement in the process was an overreach.
“The second thing that I find a little bit hateful, is the notion that we violate separation of powers, that we’re mindless automatons of the governor,” Fine said. “We’re not mindless automatons. We don’t do this because we’re bullied. We do this because we think it’s right.”
The Florida congressional delegation now has 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats, and the state is poised to gain one U.S. House seat based on the results of the 2020 U.S. census. Many political observers have said the DeSantis map could give Republicans a 20-8 advantage, though Florida’s vast number of unaffiliated voters can swing elections. Such an advantage would help DeSantis, should he run for and win the White House in 2024.
Of Florida’s 14.3 million registered voters, about 36% are Republicans and 35% Democrats, while the overwhelming majority of the remainder have no party affiliation.
As Thursday’s debate was nearing an end, Nixon and Democratic Rep. Tray McCurdy opened up their suit jackets to display “Stop The Black Attack” T-shirts and McCurdy shouted the same phrase. They sat on the state seal in front of the House speaker’s rostrum and were soon joined by other supporters, including other Black Democrats.
The protest prompted the Republican-led chamber to call a brief recess during which all GOP lawmakers left the floor and the state Florida Channel temporarily stopped broadcasting.
“This is good trouble! Necessary trouble!” Nixon shouted, echoing a phrase used by the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis.
When Republican House Speaker Chris Sprowls resumed the session, Nixon and McCurdy continued to shout and refused to move.
“As is obvious, we have members who’ve decided to hijack our process today,” Sprowls said. “It is my belief and your belief that no member of this chamber has the opportunity to shut down this process. We will be concluding our business today. It is my hope our colleagues would join us and not be disruptive.”
Republican Rep. Spencer Roach said the protest quashed debate on another bill that could strip Walt Disney World of its ability to self-govern. With the protest continuing, the House passed the congressional map bill then quickly passed the Disney bill with no debate.
“I have never heard of anything like this happening in the history of Florida,” Roach said. “It was a disruption and it prevented the people’s voice from being heard.” | https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/florida-black-lawmakers-protest-desantis-congressional-map/ | 2022-04-22T16:55:00Z | https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/florida-black-lawmakers-protest-desantis-congressional-map/ | true | 34 |
FUZE Token (FUZE) traded down 3% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM E.T. on April 22nd. FUZE Token has a total market cap of $30,772.58 and approximately $52,116.00 worth of FUZE Token was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One FUZE Token coin can now be bought for about $40.77 or 0.00102441 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last week, FUZE Token has traded down 3.2% against the US dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002513 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 5.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.72 or 0.00001807 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 5.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $18.27 or 0.00045921 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 3.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 5.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2,968.37 or 0.07459000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded down 7.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0670 or 0.00000168 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded up 396,248.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded down 6.1% against the dollar and now trades at $39,910.13 or 1.00287223 BTC.
- ApeCoin (APE) traded 4.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $14.27 or 0.00035849 BTC.
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It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as FUZE Token directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade FUZE Token should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy FUZE Token using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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The summery weather during the past Easter weekend made for a lot of happy faces; also in Aywaille, where the Classic Clubman Trial took place. With no less than 220 pilots who came from all over Europe and a course that was liked by everyone, the event was a success.
“It was simply a perfect Easter weekend”, Florian Jupsin reminisces on behalf of organizer DG Sport. “The sun made sure everyone was in a good mood. The recreation center of Remouchamps turned out to be the perfect basis for the race, and the course was also unanimously appreciated. By the way, during the Bikers’Classics at Spa-Francorchamps on 2 and 3 July you can also enjoy a game of classic trial!”
If you want to participate in The Trial Classics yourself, you can register via this website† There you will also find all the results of the Classic Clubman Trial of Aywaille.
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Saliva, Emissary Echo to open for Seether Aug. 19 at Brown County Fair
The opening acts have been announced for the rock concert Aug 19 at the Brown County Fair.
Saliva and Emissary Echo will start the evening's entertainment before Seether takes the stage.
Saliva launched its career in 2001 with the release of "Every Six Seconds," a double-platinum selling album with hits that include "Click, Click Boom" and "Your Disease."
The band has toured the U.S. with Sevendust, Aerosmith and KISS. Front man Bobby Amaru was added to the mix in 2011. Saliva also includes former Shinedown and Fuel bassist Brad Stewart, Wayne Swinny and Paul Crosby.
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Grandstand entertainment tickets are already on sale and available online at https://browncountysdfair.com/.
The Aug. 17 grandstand concert will feature Wade Bowen and the Randy Rogers Band.
The Aug. 18 grandstand concert will feature Craig Morgan, Danielle Bradbery and Callista Clark.
The Aug. 20 grandstand concert will feature Scotty McCreery, with opening acts from Parmalee and Larry Fleet.
Three-day general admission passes for the Aug. 17, 18 and 20 country concerts will cost $70 before Aug. 15 and $90 after. Three-day reserved tickets for those dates will be $90 until Aug. 15, then $110.
A four-day general admission pass, which includes the Aug. 19 rock show, will cost $100 until Aug. 15, then $120. Single-concert general admission tickets will be $40 until Aug. 15, then $50. | https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2022/04/22/saliva-emissary-echo-open-seether-aug-19-brown-county-fair/7404008001/ | 2022-04-22T16:56:14Z | https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/news/local/2022/04/22/saliva-emissary-echo-open-seether-aug-19-brown-county-fair/7404008001/ | true | 1 |
Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN – Get Rating) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The industrial products company reported $1.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.86, MarketWatch Earnings reports. Insteel Industries had a return on equity of 29.04% and a net margin of 12.56%.
Shares of NASDAQ IIIN traded up $1.25 during trading on Friday, reaching $45.11. 2,930 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 109,566. The stock has a market cap of $875.77 million, a P/E ratio of 10.84 and a beta of 1.46. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $39.51. Insteel Industries has a 12-month low of $30.12 and a 12-month high of $46.50.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 10th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.27%. Insteel Industries’s payout ratio is presently 2.88%.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of IIIN. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of Insteel Industries by 83.3% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 103,453 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,327,000 after acquiring an additional 47,003 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of Insteel Industries in the third quarter valued at approximately $234,000. Millennium Management LLC lifted its stake in Insteel Industries by 27.8% in the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 11,042 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $420,000 after acquiring an additional 2,401 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Insteel Industries during the 3rd quarter worth $221,000. Finally, UBS Group AG boosted its position in shares of Insteel Industries by 105.6% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 6,032 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $230,000 after acquiring an additional 3,098 shares in the last quarter. 79.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insteel Industries Company Profile (Get Rating)
Insteel Industries, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. The company offers prestressed concrete strand (PC strand) and welded wire reinforcement (WWR) products. Its PC strand is a seven-wire strand that is used to impart compression forces into precast concrete elements and structures providing reinforcement for bridges, parking decks, buildings, and other concrete structures.
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Spain to probe COVID-19 contracts allegedly linked to ministers
MADRID, April 22 (Reuters) - Spain's anti-corruption prosecutor said on Friday it would open a preliminary inquiry into alleged corruption by companies purportedly linked to government ministers that won lucrative contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The prosecutor's office said it would assess the allegations submitted by Spain's opposition People's Party (PP) to determine whether the seven companies involved received special treatment and if there were grounds for a full investigation.
Under scrutiny are a contract for a marketing company allegedly linked to Economy Minister Nadia Calvino's husband and the awarding of government support to a business with ties to the parents of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Neither the Economy Ministry nor the Prime Minister's office responded to a request for comment.
Another supplier in question is FCS Select Products S.L., which the prosecutor said won contracts to supply face masks and surgical gloves worth 263 million euros ($284 million), having posted revenue of less than 1 million euros in 2018.
The prosecutor said the company's stated business of beverage marketing had no relation to medical supplies and cited media reports linking it to former health minister Salvador Illa.
Reuters could not independently identify any link between Illa and the company. Neither FCS nor Illa could be reached for comment.
Two years since COVID-19 swept the globe, investigators are beginning to comb through the fine print of contracts signed in the early days to determine whether politicians or entrepreneurs took advantage of the desperate situation to make a quick profit.
In February, the prosecutor opened an investigation into the brother of Madrid's regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso, of the PP, over a suspect face-mask supply contract. Ayuso denies any wrongdoing.
Separately, a court is investigating whether huge commissions charged by an aristocratic entrepreneur and his partner on the sale of masks to Madrid city hall constituted illegal profiteering.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Bubba Wallace still has the voice message Michael Jordan left him after Wallace's first Cup Series victory. His winning Toyota is currently housed at the NASCAR Hall of Fame but will eventually be his to display.
Wallace's rain-shortened win at Talladega Superspeedway last October was a career breakthrough and now Wallace wants more. He returns to Talladega for Sunday's race as a legitimate threat, but the task facing 23XI Racing is contending at every track on the NASCAR schedule.
“The opportunity is so high to go out and win any race. There's a lot more races than just Talladega and Daytona that we can look forward to,” Wallace said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We have races that we look forward to throughout the year, and that's different than years past. ... Just showing up and knowing you have an opportunity automatically makes your mind shift tenfold.”
It's been the kick in the firesuit that Wallace has needed in his fifth full season at NASCAR's premier level. In three seasons driving for Richard Petty Motorsports, Wallace accumulated a meager three top-five finishes and 34 laps led over 108 races.
But his life changed in 2020 when Wallace, the only Black driver in the Cup Series, took a public stance on social and racial justice. His position was amplified as NASCAR was one of the only major sports competing in the early months of the pandemic and companies took notice: Wallace pulled in a variety of new-to-NASCAR sponsors in DoorDash, Columbia Sportswear and Dr. Pepper, and the funding helped three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin start a race team built around the driver.
Hamlin got Jordan to come aboard as co-owner, and 23XI Racing, despite expected growing pains in its first season, helped Wallace improve his statistics across the board. He equaled his career top-five finishes with three last season, led a career-high 62 laps and finished a career-best 21st in the standings.
23XI has since expanded to two cars and added former Cup champion Kurt Busch to its lineup, and, in the new Next Gen racecar, Wallace has been racy. He opened the season with a runner-up finish to Austin Cindric in the Daytona 500 and was in contention to win at Atlanta Motor Speedway until a late crash dropped him to 13th.
Wallace said his crash at Atlanta was the hardest hit of his life. It re-triggered soreness in the shoulder he had surgically repaired during the offseason, and it took about four days of rehabilitation until his entire body felt ready to race again.
But when he got back in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace was ready to go.
It's part of an intentional shift in attitude Wallace has made this year and applied every time he shows up at the track. Be it a tire test earlier this week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, or a track where he's typically struggled, Wallace's intent is to be fully engaged with his race team.
“Since 2015, that's when my career path shifted,” Wallace said of his move from two seasons driving winning trucks for Kyle Busch Motorsports to slugging along in the Xfinity Series for Jack Roush's slumping team.
“It was just showing up and the work that you put in was good enough for 15th,” he added. “So it was like ‘Well, what’s the point of trying any harder?' I feel like I've now broken that mold and now I'm like ‘Hey man, if you put in that extra work, it’s definitely going to pay off.' I've seen it and I've lived it now and that's the confidence-booster you need.”
His journey has been aided by his fiancé, Amanda, who by nature takes a more positive approach than Wallace generally does to the speedbumps in his path. She's with him at nearly every race, was part of sponsor McDonald's launch of a new line of racing-related streetwear alongside Wallace, and has been busy planning their New Year's Eve wedding.
“I just sign the checks,” Wallace said, “but she's still looking for a photographer.”
As calming as she's been for Wallace as he's taken the biggest step of his NASCAR career, the 28-year-old can't bring himself to give Amanda all the credit.
“She should get a lot of it, but we're competitive so I won't give her 100% because, maybe she's at 99% but she's still got to work for that last little bit,” he laughed. "Sometimes she really (makes me mad) because I will be ranting about something ‘Can you believe this happened?’ and her response will be ‘Well, let’s look at why it happened this way.'
“She's always seeing things in a different light and it makes you appreciate that you can see things differently from someone else's perspective, you know? We're definitely polar opposites but it balances out really well. Life's good with her.”
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Why do we forget to drink water in the cold and how bad it is for our health – 04/21/2022
Essential for the existence of life on Earth, water covers 70% of the planet’s surface and represents 70% of the body’s weight. It is so primordial that human beings can survive for a few weeks without food, but it is impossible to survive for more than a few days without water. In other words, without water there is no life.
But if it’s so easy to drink water in summer, since the heat makes you thirsty, in colder weather this doesn’t happen so often. “Dehydration in winter is usually more serious than in other seasons, for the simple reason that the body does not perceive the sensation of thirst”, says nutritionist Marcella Garcez.
Thirst is characterized by the desire to drink water, which usually appears when the body water deficit reaches 1% to 3% and is regulated by hormonal systems. On hot days, the perception of thirst is more evident because of the sensation of heat and the thermal and physiological comfort caused by the consumption of refrigerated liquids.
When it is cold, there is usually a lower perception of the sensation of thirst, due to the low temperatures, which alter the hormonal system: blood circulation is concentrated in the central vessels, preserving body heat and inhibiting the thirst warning.
“Therefore, consuming liquids on cold days, without feeling thirsty, is as important as on hot days”, says Garcez.
dehydration x thirst
In fact, you shouldn’t wait until you feel thirsty to drink water, as feeling thirsty is one of the first signs of dehydration. “In the summer, the individual eliminates more liquids, mainly in the sweat and, thus, loses more body liquid, which does not happen during the winter”, reinforces the nutritionist Vanessa Vieira Lourenço Costa.
“A tip is to evaluate the color of the urine: it must be light yellow color to consider that the organism is hydrated”, assures the nephrologist Andrea Pio de Abreu.
Extra attention should be given to young children and the elderly, who may feel less thirsty due to the lower sensitivity of a regulatory center located in the brain. “In these groups, the perception of thirst can happen when dehydration is in more advanced stages”, warns the nephrologist.
In addition to the drop in temperatures, the relative humidity of the air is usually lower in the cold, which can favor the dehydration of the body. Another important factor is that, in cold temperatures, there is an increase in basal metabolism, so maintaining adequate hydration is essential.
Dehydration can be more severe in winter, when the air is drier and symptoms are less noticeable at an early stage, which leads to later and more serious diagnoses. Symptoms are dry skin, high body temperature, tiredness, drowsiness, less desire to urinate, dark urine, constipation, and may lead to loss of motor coordination and consciousness.
According to her, there may gradually be a drop in postural blood pressure, when the patient notices some dizziness when getting up from a lying down position to standing up. Then there is an increase in heart rate and in more serious cases, a drop in blood pressure occurs, which can progress to serious symptoms and signs, such as mental confusion, drowsiness, seizures and coma.
benefits of water
It is important to emphasize that water is distributed in two main spaces, inside and outside the cells, called intracellular and extracellular, with specific functions, conditional on life. For the maintenance of health, the human being must consume water constantly, because the intake is essential to meet the daily needs.
According to Abreu, water helps to hydrate the body and bring nutrients, oxygen and mineral salts to the cells of the entire organism. “It also acts as a vehicle in the elimination of toxic substances from the body, through sweat or urine, which is essential”, he informs.
Another benefit is that water consumption corresponds to one of the most important measures to keep the kidneys healthy, which are the organs responsible for filtering impurities from the blood. “This is so important that inadequate hydration on a daily basis is a major risk factor for the formation of calculi (stones) in the kidneys”, warns Abreu.
Costa recalls that drinking water helps to regulate the functioning of the intestine, hydrates the skin, facilitates digestion and improves blood circulation.
In addition, water is an essential component for the formation of body fluids. “Present in saliva, digestive juices, synovial fluid, vitreous humor, tears, liquor, it is essential for the maintenance of digestive, urinary and circulatory functions, in addition to allowing the fluidity and cellular perfusion of organs and tissues”, points out Garcez.
stimulate thirst
An important tip when it comes to hydration is that water should be present at all times of the day and particularly linked to the diet, as it can also be consumed with meals. “The recommendation is to eat succulent vegetables and fruits, which can be in natura or in preparations such as juices, broths and soups, because in addition to hydrating, they contribute to thermal comfort”, suggests Garcez.
In addition, the nutritionist recalls that the best options for hydration after the water itself are juices, teas, coconut water and broths.
The most important stimulus, according to Abreu, is to create the habit of drinking water. “Making this act part of the routine allows the behavior to simply flow,” he says. Another tip is to set water intake goals during the day. “Nowadays there are several digital resources that can be used to facilitate the day to day, including applications for mobile devices that advise the time to ingest liquids, according to individual needs”, he adds.
Monitoring is the watchword for Costa, and for this he must calculate how much liquid needs to be ingested and, thus, stipulate how much liquid he will consume in the morning, afternoon and evening.
“Buying bottles to put the liquids and carry them can always help in this monitoring, flavoring the water with slices of lemon, orange or tangerine can also help in increasing your consumption”, he advises.
Take care
Drinking water is a healthy habit, as is exercising and sleeping well. “However, for the organism to recognize this activity as a habit, it takes a little effort, training and discipline”, determines Garcez.
The habit of drinking water is a conditioning and one should not wait for thirst to consume it. Hydration, according to the nutritionist, can be gradually included in daily habits through strategies such as:
- Walk with a bottle of water;
- Drink a glass of water before every meal and snack;
- Drink water with natural fruit flavor and teas throughout the day;
- Use apps to remind yourself to drink water.
Anyway, whether in autumn, winter, or any time of year, drinking water regularly is essential for health.
“Don’t wait for thirst to appear, and start observing the color of your urine. Always have a bottle of water with you, and set goals throughout the day”, recommends Abreu. “And if you have heart or kidney health problems or edema, see a doctor for clinical evaluation and advice on daily fluid needs, which may be different from the general population.”
Sources: Andrea Pio de Abreunephrologist at HC-FMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo) and general secretary director of SBN (Brazilian Society of Nephrology); Marcella Garceznutritionist and director of Abran (Brazilian Association of Nutrology); Vanessa Vieira Lourenço Costanutritionist, professor at the Faculty of Nutrition at UFPA (Federal University of Pará), Master in Health, Society and Endemic Diseases of the Amazon by UFAM (University of Amazonas) and PhD in Tropical Diseases at the Nucleus of Tropical Medicine at UFPA (Federal University of Pará) ). | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/04/21/why-do-we-forget-to-drink-water-in-the-cold-and-how-bad-it-is-for-our-health-04-21-2022-2/ | 2022-04-22T17:04:10Z | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/04/21/why-do-we-forget-to-drink-water-in-the-cold-and-how-bad-it-is-for-our-health-04-21-2022-2/ | true | 4 |
COVINGTON, Ga. (NewsNation) — Two people may be dead after an unidentified plane crashed into the parking lot of a General Mills facility in Covington, Georgia Thursday, according to police.
Investigators cautioned it was too early to be sure how many people were on the plane when it crashed, but they believe there were two victims, and one of them has potentially been identified. Police did not share the person’s name.
The FAA said the plane crashed around 7:05 p.m. into trailers on General Mills’ property, but the plant was not damaged. Witnesses told police the plane was having a problem and made a sudden turn to the northeast after it took off before “immediately” coming down.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
846 AM PDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.
* WHERE...Southern Trinity and Northern Trinity Counties.
* WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and
other sensitive vegetation.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Provide
adequate shelter for outdoor pets or consider bringing them
indoors.
Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 33 possible.
* WHERE...Northwestern Mendocino Interior, Northeastern
Mendocino Interior, Southern Humboldt Interior and Northern
Lake Counties.
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In Munich, Russia’s ruler Vladimir Putin once changed his foreign policy. The head of the security conference is now making a dramatic appeal to the German public.
Munich – It was February 14, 2007. Hotel “Bayerischer Hof”. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a foreign policy speech at the Munich Security Conference that many observers interpreted as a shock. His words were intended to upset international security policy all of a sudden. Because: Putin openly attacked the USA after years of detente.
Germany’s role in the Russia-Ukraine war: Munich’s top diplomat warns the federal government
The United States had “crossed its borders in all spheres,” said Putin at the time in the middle of downtown Munich. The United States would impose its own ideas on the whole world. Putin asked: “Well, who likes that?” A year later, Wolfgang Ischinger became head of the Munich Security Conference, a Swabian who remained there until 2021. Before his engagement, Ischinger was the German ambassador in Washington DC (USA) and in British London. He is a security and foreign politician through and through.
Against the background of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ischinger, who is considered objective and level-headed, has now made a downright dramatic appeal to the German public and the traffic light federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). “Unfortunately, the international mood turned against Germany a long time ago. We need to get out of this trap fast. Because if the war were to end successfully for Russia, the search for the culprit would quickly point to Germany. The consequences for Germany and the EU can hardly be imagined!” wrote the 76-year-old on Twitter.
Germany’s role in the Russia-Ukraine war: heavy criticism of the traffic light federal government
Below Ischinger posted a tweet from mirror-Journalist Mathieu von Rohr, who, also on social media, wrote: “In Berlin you don’t seem to notice how the mood is turning against Germany – or if you do, you don’t seem to take it seriously. Otherwise there would be no performances like Scholz’s yesterday.
It can be observed that the Federal Republic and the traffic light government are increasingly being criticized internationally because Germany refuses to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine – in contrast to other NATO allies such as the Czech Republic, the Netherlands or Slovenia. All of which are much smaller and have correspondingly smaller military budgets.
Russia-Ukraine War: Germany refused delivery of heavy weapons to Kyiv
- The heavy Bundeswehr weapons that Ukraine requested from Germany:
- Panzerhaubitze 2000, self-propelled armored artillery piece rejected by the federal government
- Leopard 2, main battle tank, rejected by the federal government
- Marder, infantry fighting vehicle for armored infantry and infantry, rejected by the federal government
- Puma, infantry fighting vehicle for Panzergrenadiers and infantry, rejected by the federal government
- Fuchs, armored personnel carrier, rejected by the federal government
Sources: various media reports from the FAZ, from Bild to n-tv
Germany’s role in the Russia-Ukraine war: Chancellor Scholz is under pressure in the traffic light government
The criticism of Scholz is steadily increasing in this situation, even within the traffic light. “I and my colleagues were also very reluctant when it came to tanks,” defense politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP) told ZDF on Thursday: “Vladimir Putin is serious about wiping Ukraine off the map. That is why we are all called upon to also deliver heavy weapons now.”
Strack-Zimmermann had previously invited the Chancellor to the next meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag so that the committee could ask the Prime Minister questions about German arms deliveries.
In the video: Compact – The news about the Russia-Ukraine war
On the same day, CSU boss Markus Söder complained at a public meeting that Germany left behind a “strange feeling of instability. An internationally coordinated approach is needed,” said the Franconian. Several media outlets reported on Thursday (April 21) that the Ukrainian government had presented Germany with a wish list of heavy weapons in order to be able to defend itself against the expected major Russian offensive in the east of the country.
However, the federal government refused to supply all heavy weapons. Instead, Ukrainian soldiers, for example, are to be trained in Germany on Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery pieces, which the Netherlands in turn wants to deliver to Kyiv – from German armaments production. (pm) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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LONGVIEW, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is set to attend a Memorial Day event in Longview.
The Day of Thanks and Remembrance is scheduled May 30 at Veterans Memorial Plaza at Teague Park. According to information from event coordinator Dr. John Coppedge, the ceremony is slated to be "the biggest patriotic event in the history of East Texas."
During the ceremony, 19 honor guards will simultaneously lay floral wreaths at each of the monuments in the plaza. Singer and Longview resident Neal McCoy is set to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, buglers will sound "Taps" and bagpipes will perform "Amazing Grace," according to information from Coppedge.
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Nerve Finance (NRV) traded 2.1% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 12:00 PM ET on April 22nd. Nerve Finance has a market cap of $817,419.74 and approximately $280,369.00 worth of Nerve Finance was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Nerve Finance coin can currently be bought for about $0.0177 or 0.00000045 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last seven days, Nerve Finance has traded 3.4% lower against the US dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002528 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 2.9% against the dollar and now trades at $1.40 or 0.00003538 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002530 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $13.58 or 0.00034375 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded down 5.7% against the dollar and now trades at $41.25 or 0.00104443 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
Nerve Finance Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “NERVE is a purely decentralized network that is open source and not owned by anyone or bound to any jurisdiction. NERVE Corp only sells shares in the contract on behalf of current owners. Each NERVE (NRV) token holder receives his share according to their share of outstanding NERVE (NRV) tokens. Each token holder can redeem this amount according to their token shares at any time. The GAS costs are borne by the token holders themselves. Everyone can decide for themselves when and how much profit should be paid out. As opposed to conventional stock, the NERVE token entitles the investor to a share in total revenue rather than net profit. That’s why investors are shielded from losses. “
Nerve Finance Coin Trading
It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Nerve Finance directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Nerve Finance should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Nerve Finance using one of the exchanges listed above.
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- Normanno Pisani oversees TikTok's team of media-partnership managers in the UK.
- He helps shepherd big brands onto the app and guide them toward creating great content.
- These are his tips and best practices for boosting your brand's engagement on TikTok.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Normanno Pisani, the 28-year-old leader of the UK media-partnerships team at TikTok. Pisani recruits brands onto TikTok. The essay has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
I look after the media-partnership team here at TikTok in the UK. I've been at TikTok for four years now. As a part of the partnerships team, we work with everyone from sports organizations and entertainment companies to NGOs to support how publishers can use our platform to grow and reach new audiences.
We also work to ensure that there is momentum around their accounts when they launch on our platform and help them think about how they can constantly engage and leverage our unique creation tools on their content journeys.
Here are my inside tips for brands looking to grow on TikTok.
Step outside norms and think more like individuals
TikTok changed the way brands are approaching platforms. There is this idea of brands becoming creators themselves and acting like storytellers. Telling that story in an authentic way is extremely important.
If you think about a museum, you might not think that's the most interesting content. But some of the organizations we've been working with, like Tate Modern or the Black Country Living Museum, have been really good at being very authentic and relatable, driving audiences back to their content.
To be most authentic, we ask brands to think like individual storytellers. That way they can leverage their unique voices to be their most authentic selves on our platform.
Become a business profile
From a profile perspective, we have a creator profile, a user profile, and then a business profile. Our business profiles allow brands access to specialized analytics tools, which contain trending themes and tutorials on how to create content. It's very important to leverage that page and those materials. Those are the ABCs of how to create TikTok content.
You can tell whether something works by looking at the metrics. Comments, shares, and likes are big ones — but also how much users are co-creating, by which I mean leveraging TikTok's Q&A function or duetting and stitching your videos.
Use our music library
A big part of the TikTok experience is that it's a sound-on experience. We've been putting a lot of work into building a bespoke music library for business accounts to use.
Businesses can run into copyright claims if they use music for commercial purposes without appropriate licenses. This library is the home of music you can freely use for commercial purposes.
Bridge what's happening in-app and off-app
My team also thinks about how we can create moments in and out of the app for users.
It could be specific campaigns or events covered in a unique way. For example, we worked with Team GB at the Winter Olympics.
While people have a great understanding of what the Olympics are and the kinds of sports they do, Team GB wanted to explain things like the rules of curling. We got them to get the athletes to explain it.
We've also helped the Premier League to engage with their audiences over TikTok through Q&As. Audiences asked teams and the league questions, and they answered them through TikTok.
We try to create these moments of connection more for like-minded partners to connect and share ideas and possible collaborations. It's about how we can tell these events in a TikTok way — how can we bring our users into the front row of what is entertainment and what can be interesting for them?
Sometimes it can be tough to convince brands to leap in. But here's why they should.
TikTok is unique in that users interact with it almost entirely through the discoverability of the For You page. This allows businesses to target audiences based on their interest and allows content to travel to those that are interested.
You can tell stories and be confident your audience will find it. For brands, the best way to use TikTok is by leveraging those stories that they haven't yet told. | https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-boost-engagement-on-tiktok-2022-4 | 2022-04-22T17:15:23Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-boost-engagement-on-tiktok-2022-4 | true | 1 |
It’s back! The Slugger review of the Party Election Broadcasts.
Starting all the way back in 2014, we are returning to award the best party election broadcast of the 2022 Assembly campaign. This year we are assembling the same judges as in 2019 to help us decide who won the battle on TV. We have our own Alan Meban, the Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent, Allison Morris and Director of Brown O’Connor Communications, Chris Brown.
How does it work?
Each of us went off and watched the first Party Election Broadcast (yes, we really did) from the parties with representation in the last Assembly and scored them separately out of 10.
We then got together to discuss the messaging, camera work, drone footage and music used!
And the winner is the UUP!
You can pause our analysis and watch each PEB and give it your own score using the links below:
DUP, Sinn Fein, SDLP, UUP, Alliance, TUV, Green Party, People Before Profit …
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Napping at work? The Nap Experience wants you to do exactly that
(Gray News) - With many of us busy at work all day and dealing with stress, sometimes we just need to take a break or even better, a nap.
A couple in New York, Joel and Sandy Arcadipane, have created The Nap Experience to offer workers just that type of option.
Sandy Arcadipane said she found that after 15-20 minutes of sleep, she was re-energized, refocused and ready to face the rest of her day.
And after several years of planning, the two have brought their idea to life with a nap bus.
The bus is a travel trailer outfitted with five private, comfortable resting stations, according to the company’s description.
The trailer has warm fixtures and pictures from Buffalo, New York, where the bus is based.
Customers can reserve a 20 or 50-minute nap and the couple says the bus can meet those who make a reservation at a location.
The trailer is also available to park outside of a business and employees can come out on their breaks and rest, among other options.
The company reports it has received excellent feedback about its wellness power naps and relaxation experience.
More information about The Nap Experience can be found here.
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Expanding child care to benefit kids, families, and all Mainers
As I speak with families across Lincoln County about the challenges they’re facing, one thing I’m hearing time and again is the difficulty of securing child care. A lack of child care in Maine has been a challenge for some time, but since the beginning of the pandemic, Maine has lost...
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Sharpton demands name of Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle.
“We want his name!” Sharpton said Friday, as he spoke at Lyoya’s funeral.
He said authorities cannot set a precedent of withholding the names of officers who kill people unless the officer is charged.
“Every time a young Black man or woman is arrested in this town, you put their name all over the news. Every time we’re suspected of something, you put our name out there,” he said. “How dare you hold the name of a man that killed this man. We want his name!”
Mourners, many of whom were wearing T-shirts or sweatshirts bearing Lyoya’s picture, stood in applause.
Sharpton delivered the eulogy at the request of family members. Their lawyer, prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, also will speak at Renaissance Church of God in Christ in Grand Rapids. A program of the service, which was printed in English and Swahili, said family members and friends also planned to share reflections.
Sharpton and Crump have frequently joined with mourners to speak at the funerals of Black people killed by police. Sharpton’s eulogies have included those for George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked a national reckoning on race; Daunte Wright, who was shot during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis; Andre Hill, who was killed in Columbus, Ohio; and Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed in North Carolina.
Lyoya’s body lay in a white, open casket inside the church before the service began. Once the funeral started, the casket was closed and flag of Congo was draped over it. Below the casket, a sign bearing an image of the American flag and a photo of Lyoya said: “It’s our right to live,” in both English and Swahili. Lyoya’s parents and other family members wore black sweatshirts that had Lyoya’s picture on the front and the words “Justice for Patrick” along a sleeve.
Lyoya’s mother, Dorcas, sobbed as mourners filed in pay their respects, and tears ran down her cheek as live music played and a choir sang. U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, Michigan’s only Black member of Congress, was among those who filled the 1,000-seat church to capacity. Local elected officials, such as Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss and state Sen. Winnie Brinks, were also among those in attendance.
Outside the church, mourners were given T-shirts that read “Justice For Patrick Lyoya” on one side and “It’s our Right to Live!” on the other. Some men removed their suit jackets and slipped the shirt on over their dress shirts.
On his way inside, Crump said: “We’re here to support the family again through this very difficult time, Nobody expects their child to be taken from them before they are buried. But to have them taken by the person who’s supposed to protect and serve them is a different kind of trauma.”
An unarmed Lyoya was face down on the ground when he was shot April 4. The officer, whose name has not been released, was on top of him and can be heard on video demanding that he take his hand off the officer’s Taser.
Earlier, the officer is heard saying that the license plate did not match the car Lyoya had been driving. Lyoya, a 26-year-old father of two, declined to get back into the vehicle as ordered, and a short foot chase ensued before the deadly struggle.
On Thursday, Peter and Dorcas Lyoya joined protesters in Lansing for a march and rally, where the call was renewed for authorities to release the name of the officer who killed their son.
State police are investigating the shooting. The agency will forward findings to Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker for consideration of any charges. He has told the public to not expect a quick decision.
Attorneys for the Lyoya family have said they believe video collected and released by police shows Lyoya was resisting the officer, not fighting him. His parents have called the shooting an “execution.”
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Find the AP’s full coverage of the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya: https://apnews.com/hub/patrick-lyoya
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The government is considering bringing a policy to promote manufacturing of patented drugs in India, Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. Speaking at the curtain raiser press conference of the 7th International Conference on Pharma and Medical Device Sector 2022, Mandaviya said while the country has already established itself as the global manufacturing hub for generic medicines, there is a need to go beyond it and stamp its authority in patented drugs as well.
Today, India has the highest number of generic medicine manufacturing companies with more than 3,500 pharma firms and 10,500 manufacturing units, he said, adding one out of four pills consumed in the US is manufactured in India, while one out of five pills taken in the world is produced in the country. "But how do we promote manufacturing of patented drugs in India? We are thinking of bringing a policy to promote manufacturing of patented drugs in India," Mandaviya said.
Stating that in order to promote manufacturing of patented drugs, research and innovation is required, the minister said during the three-day event to be held from April 25-27, the government will be discussing with industry players and take their feedback on the things which are needed to be done, what role the government can play and what should be the policy to promote such initiatives.
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"So there will be brainstorming with the participation of the industry as they know what should be the outlook and futuristic plans and what type of policy would be required to support it. It is important that we get their inputs," Mandaviya added.
This conference will help in the framing the roadmap of the pharma sector for the next 25 years, he said. Reiterating that the government’s goal is to be self-reliant, he said the production-linked incentive schemes for the pharma sector have encouraged manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the country and 53 APIs, which account for 90 percent of imports, have been identified and manufacturing of some of them has already started in India.
"Our aim was to stop dependence on import for the critical requirements," the minister said, adding being in a globalised world, there could not be 100 percent ban on either import or exports of such ingredients. Mandaviya also said for the Indian pharma sector, it is about meeting the requirements of the country and serving the needs of the world as well.
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Tag Archive for : Racism on College Campuses : W. Kirsteen\nIn the Jewish weekly, ‘Timeout,’ Rabbi David Meyer writes “Sudoku, Shirley” to complain regarding some new guides created by Women of the Wall activators titled, Mivaks-Man, which, by providing questions which are in effect based around anti Jewish propaganuda, serve no religious significance – instead the guide was an obvious tzila tash JACKSON, Mich., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of CMS Energy has declared a quarterly dividend on the company's common stock.
The dividend for the common stock (CUSIP: 125896100) is 46 cents per share. It is payable May 31, 2022 to shareholders of record on May 6, 2022.
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Lopez recognized for her expertise in tax law
DALLAS, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The publishers of D Magazine have recognized Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson attorney Bridget Moreno Lopez in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in Dallas for her work in tax law.
An expert in tax litigation and litigation management, Ms. Lopez has served as the firm's managing partner of the Dallas office for the last eight years while also overseeing the New York and Boston offices. She is the youngest person appointed to the firm's management committee. Prior to her appointment to managing partner, Ms. Lopez managed the litigation division for the Dallas office, handling thousands of lawsuits.
"I am inspired by the recognition from my peers," said Ms. Lopez. "Linebarger is dedicated to our clients and their efforts to improve public service and local communities, and I'm grateful that we are recognized for our work to make North Texas a better place to live."
A national firm, Linebarger represents governmental entities in 13 states with 49 offices, recovering revenue by collecting delinquent government receivables. The firm has a history of giving back to the communities its clients serve, and Ms. Lopez's own volunteerism reflects that same commitment to helping others.
She has given her time to numerous organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including the H100 Latina Giving Circle and the Latino Cultural Center. Ms. Lopez is a former board member of the DFW International Airport and the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center.
Each year North Texas attorneys nominate D Magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas honorees. The magazine's research staff and an independent panel of distinguished lawyers make the final selections after an extensive review. Those selected are featured in the magazine's May issue and online at www.dmagazine.com.
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson is a national law firm with 49 offices across the country dedicated to representing governmental entities in collecting delinquent government receivables. For more than 46 years, Linebarger has provided customized collection programs for its public sector clients. For more information, visit https://www.lgbs.com/
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CACIQUE FOODS LLC PARTNERS WITH RENOWNED MIXOLOGIST ERICK CASTRO AND COCKTAIL COURIER TO LAUNCH "QUESO AND COCKTAILS" KITS FOR CINCO DE MAYO
Limited-Edition Kits, Available 4/25 – 5/25 on Cocktail Courier, Infuse Authenticity into Cinco de Mayo Favorites by Pairing Cacique Foods Quesos with Curated Margaritas
LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cacique, one of the country's top authentic Mexican food brands, is infusing authenticity into Cinco de Mayo favorites by partnering with celebrated Mexican American mixologist Erick Castro to launch "Queso and Cocktails" – a Cinco de Mayo fiesta in a box! The kits will be available for purchase (for those 21+) the weeks leading up to and two weeks after Cinco de Mayo through home cocktail delivery service, Cocktail Courier. The kits will retail for $169.99 and will be available from April 25 through May 25, 2022.
Cacique's limited edition "Queso and Cocktails" kits include three Cacique Quesos (cheeses) – Queso Blanco Queso Dip, Ranchero brand Queso Fresco and Oaxaca (pronounced Wah-HAH-kah) – as well as all the ingredients needed to shake up signature margaritas designed by Erick Castro to perfectly pair with each:
- "The "Blanco de Mayo" features tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice, cinnamon syrup and angostura bitters and pairs beautifully with Cacique Queso Blanco Queso Dip – one of the brand's real cheese dips made with fresh, high-quality ingredients, and no artificial preservatives.
- The "Fresco-rita" features tequila, lemon juice, peach liqueur, orgeat and angostura bitters, which perfectly complements the milky, salty, fresh flavor of Cacique Ranchero brand Queso Fresco.
- The "WOAH-aca-rita" features tequila, mezcal, lime juice, pineapple juice, grenadine and orange bitters, which is a delicious combination with Cacique Oaxaca – a queso that's similar to mozzarella, but even meltier.
"When it comes to Cinco de Mayo, we know people want delicious queso and great margaritas and, as one of the country's top authentic Mexican food brands, we're committed to infusing authenticity into these favorites," said Gil de Cardenas, CEO at Cacique Foods LLC. "Along with Family, Quality & Integrity, Authenticity is one of the core values our company is built and operated upon. We're pleased to partner with Erick Castro, a Mexican American expert in mixology, to upgrade Cinco de Mayo fans' celebrations by combining three of our favorite quesos with the outstanding margaritas he designed for the occasion."
"I've enjoyed the staples of Mexican cuisine that Cacique Foods offered in my home my whole life, so I welcomed the opportunity to partner with the brand and shake something up that will take Cinco de Mayo celebrations to the next level," said Erick Castro, who spearheads groundbreaking cocktail programs at Raised by Wolves and Polite Provisions in San Diego and hosts the highly influential "Bartender at Large" podcast.
For more than 45 years, Cacique Foods has remained a family-owned company dedicated to producing the highest-quality authentic products, including Mexican cheeses, creams, chorizos, salsas and yogurts. To learn more about Cacique Foods and find delicious recipes to enjoy with the "Queso and Cocktails" kit offerings – such as enchiladas stuffed with Queso Fresco and tacos sprinkled with this fresh cheese, gooey quesadillas made with Oaxaca, and nachos topped with Queso Dip – visit www.CaciqueFoods.com.
About Cacique Foods LLC
Family-owned and founded in 1973 on the principles of Family, Quality, Integrity and Authenticity, Cacique Foods LLC is now one of the country's top Hispanic food brands - the #1 producer of Hispanic cheeses, creams, yogurts, chorizos and salsas in the United States. Today, Cacique Foods LLC remains dedicated to producing authentic, fresh and high-quality Hispanic products. For more information about Cacique Foods LLC's line of products, please visit www.CaciqueFoods.com or call (800) 521-6987.
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Cocktail Courier offers a cocktail delivery service that includes all of the fresh ingredients and instructions needed to shake or stir professional quality cocktails in the comfort of your own home. Cocktail Courier eliminates recipe and ingredient hunting by sending you a pre-packed kit along with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, turning you into a professional bartender in a matter of minutes, giving you access to some of the best cocktail recipes in the country. For more information about Cocktail Courier, please visit www.CocktailCourier.com.
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- Dunn Paper Holdings, Inc. (Dunn Paper or the "Company") obtains forbearance related to its missed March 31, 2022 interest payment from senior lenders.
- New money financing provides liquidity to continue operating the business in the ordinary course, including maintaining valuable relationships with customers and suppliers, and runway to complete a comprehensive financial restructuring to reduce the Company's debt to a sustainable level
- Wade Kemnitz appointed to Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and is now both President and CEO.
- David Coles of Alvarez & Marsal appointed as Chief Restructuring Officer ("CRO") to assist with the financial restructuring process, enabling the remainder of the Company's officers to focus on operating the business in the ordinary course.
- The Board of Directors expands with the addition of two independent directors, Leslie Lederer and Timothy Pohl. Mr. Lederer and Mr. Pohl will join Michael Zendan on the Company's Transaction Committee, which will oversee the Company's recapitalization efforts to ensure its capital structure and liquidity position the company for long-term success
ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunn Paper, a leading paper, tissue, and packaging products manufacturer announced today that it has obtained a new credit facility in order to facilitate the financial restructuring necessary to strengthen its balance sheet and position the Company for future success. The Company has also obtained a forbearance from its senior lenders related to its missed March 31, 2022 interest payment.
Wade Kemnitz, President and CEO of Dunn said, "Today is an important first step toward a more sustainable capital structure. The new credit facility and the support shown by our lenders demonstrate the underlying value of our business as we execute our business plan and continue operating in the ordinary course with our customers and suppliers."
The proceeds of the new credit facility, together with cash generated from daily operations and cash on hand, will be used to fund operating and recapitalization-related expenses. Dunn's management team will continue to manage both the U.S. and Canadian businesses. The Company expects to use the time afforded to it under the forbearance to negotiate the terms of a value-maximizing transaction that will result in a more sustainable long-term capital structure.
Mr. Kemnitz stated, "The current and recent business environment for pulp and other key inputs has led to declining profitability. These factors, together with supply chain disruptions and contractions in trade credit, have resulted in elevated leverage. Dunn's focus has always been on serving its customers, acting as a valued partner to its suppliers, and providing a safe, engaging environment for its employees. Once our recapitalization efforts are complete, I'm confident the Company can return to profitable growth in the various segments in which we excel and where our customers rely on us to serve their packaging and absorbent tissue needs. I'd like to thank our valued customers and suppliers who have supported us over what has been a challenging last twelve months. We intend to continue honoring their ongoing support throughout this process and beyond."
In order to help facilitate the Company's financial restructuring, Dunn Paper's Board of Directors has named David Coles as Chief Restructuring Officer. Mr. Coles is a seasoned financial restructuring expert and a Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal, a leading restructuring firm.
The expansion of the Board augments the Board's capabilities with seasoned paper industry experience and additional restructuring expertise. The three-person Transaction Committee is tasked with negotiating and promptly implementing a financial restructuring that will position the Company for future success, while causing limited to no disruption to operations.
About Dunn Paper
Dunn Paper is a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced paper, tissue, and packaging products for use in food, medical, and specialty markets. The company operates 7 paper mills across the United States and Canada and focuses on eco-friendly specialty paper and tissue. Dunn Paper also works with top converters allowing their sustainable paper products to have thousands of potential applications. The company's first mill opened in 1924, and in 2016 the company was acquired by Arbor Investments, a specialized private equity firm with a focus on premier companies in food, beverage, and related industries.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to our new money credit facility and related matters. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, among other things: (i) the ability of Dunn Paper to develop, prosecute, confirm and consummate a restructuring; (ii) the ability of Dunn Paper to comply with the terms of the new money credit facility; (iii) Dunn Paper's ability to obtain additional financing, as necessary; and (iv) Dunn Paper's ability to retain key management and employees. Other factors and assumptions not identified above are also relevant to the forward-looking statements, and if they prove incorrect, could also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which the forward-looking statement is based.
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Kinsey African American Art & History Collection opens at FSU Campus in Panama City
PANAMA CITY – Florida State University Panama City is hosting a grand opening for the world-renowned Kinsey African American Art & History Collection on Friday, April 22.
The exhibit shares stories of African Americans’ resilience, creativity and achievement spanning more than 400 years through paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, rare books and documents — from a bronze bust of Frederick Douglass to letters by Malcolm X and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rare, primary source historical objects and artifacts date from 1595 to the present day, and art created by African American artists dates to 1865.
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“The story is not a Black story; it’s an American story,” said Bernard Kinsey, whose collection with his wife, Shirley, spans more than 40 years. “We are really proud of our work and believe it’s the kind of work America needs right now.”
Organized by The Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Foundation for the Arts & Education and KBK Enterprises Inc., the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection opens to the public with a grand opening ribbon cutting and exhibit tours with the Kinseys, followed by a presentation by Bernard Kinsey on the “Myth of Absence.”
Opening day culminates with an outdoor performance by pep bands featuring students from the FAMU Marching 100 and FSU Marching Chiefs at 4 p.m. Friday.
“We are honored to have an exhibit of this caliber coming to FSU Panama City,” said Dean Randy Hanna. “This collection not only documents American history but also the tremendous contribution Black artists have made to American culture.”
After opening weekend, exhibit hours will be noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, through mid-July. The exhibit also is available for showings by appointment for individuals and groups, including schools and other organizations.
The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection is sponsored by Panama City Toyota, the St. Joe Community Foundation, Walborsky Bradley & Fleming, Florida Power & Light, Visit Panama City Beach and the Charles A. Whitehead Foundation, in addition to anonymous donors and individual sponsors such as Carrie Baker.
About the Kinsey Collection
Florida natives Bernard and Shirley Kinsey met at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee in 1963, and after marrying in 1967, they set a goal of traveling to 100 different countries during their lifetime. The Kinsey Collection began with the couple’s desire to instill an appreciation for the arts from cultures throughout the world in their son, Khalil, and support up-and-coming artists.
But it was their son’s family history assignment for school, when they realized they could only trace their family tree back four generations, that led to their “rediscovering” of the African American story that had gone untold.
“Really, we feel this is a human story on the human experience and connection, illuminating the story not known,” said Khalil Kinsey, chief operating officer and curator of the collection.
Bernard Kinsey refers to the “myth of absence,” explaining contributions by African Americans, whether in science, industry, politics or art, were omitted from history books and the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection aims to provide the narrative.
The Florida Department of Education has adopted the Kinsey Collection as the basis of instruction of 3.6 million students on African American History. The Kinseys also published an accompanying book, “The Kinsey Collection: Shared treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey,” featuring items on display in the exhibit and other items of interest in their collection.
For more information, visit pc.fsu.edu/kinsey.
Grand opening schedule
Friday, April 22
10 a.m.: Grand opening ribbon cutting; exhibit tours in the Allan Bense Atrium open to the public
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Floods Heap Woes On South Africa Trading Hub
Umer Jamshaid Published April 22, 2022 | 10:10 PM
First it was Covid, then riots and now floods: KwaZulu-Natal (NZN) province, South Africa's gateway to the Indian Ocean, is reeling from a unpredented string of disasters
Durban, South Africa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2022 ) :First it was Covid, then riots and now floods: KwaZulu-Natal (NZN) province, South Africa's gateway to the Indian Ocean, is reeling from a unpredented string of disasters.
Here is factfile on the region: - Economic giant - KZN employs 2.4 million out of 14.5 million workers in South Africa's formal economy and accounts for more than a sixth of national GDP.
It is the second-largest GDP contributor after the economic hub of Gauteng which houses Johannesburg, according to global auditors PwC.
The port of Durban is the country's biggest trade platform for the agricultural, automotive and mining sectors.
Durban is the largest and busiest harbour in South Africa, handling over 60 percent of its container traffic, says PwC senior economist Christie Viljoen.
- Flood bill - Estimates of the cost of the floods that struck KZN this month, fuelled by record-breaking rains, are sketchy.
Many flooded areas remain inaccessible due to road damage.
The mayor of greater Durban, Mxolisi Kaunda says lost production alone will cost 740 million rand ($47.3 million / 44 million Euros), according to preliminary estimates.
Most of the region's 1,150 businesses are located on a flood plain and were badly battered.
But these "operational losses" do not include the cost of fixing roads, railway lines, bridges, power line, water pipes and sewerage, or damage to homes -- a bill that will be many billions of rand.
Economists and business leaders say the floods could have a potentially crippling impact on growth in 2022.
"The city will take about three months to get back to where it was to pre-flood levels and it should reduce the city's annual GDP by about 1.8 percent," said Ajiv Maharaj, a senior official in charge of local economic development.
- Pressure on exports - Experts say damage to businesses and the port of Durban, adding to the impact on the supply chain from the Ukraine war, will dampen exports.
Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Palesa Phili said road freight between Durban and Gauteng was currently at half of normal levels.
"Export shipments and revenues will be under pressure in the short term," said Viljoen.
"Damaged goods in warehouses and at ports cannot necessarily be replaced and will result in weaker export revenues." The Durban region makes food, beverage and tobacco products, textiles and leather goods and petroleum and chemical products.
Its automotive industry is also a big employer.
Toyota has temporarily suspended operations at its Durban plant, warning of delays in delivering popular models such as the Hilux pickup -- or "bakkie," as these trucks are dubbed here.
- Agriculture hit - The province is a key farming region, known chiefly for its sugarcane fields in the Tongaat region.
Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza has estimated losses in the agriculture sector to be more than 500 million rand ($32 million).
Around half of those losses will be incurred by cane farmers, although no shortages of sugar are expected.
- Tourism worried - Durban is a leading tourism destination, favoured for its warm subtropical climate, idyllic beaches and nearby wildlife sanctuaries.
The region had been hoping for a rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic for the upcoming northern hemisphere summer, but is now bracing for cancellations from both local and international travellers.
A crucial test will come next month when Durban stages an annual trade conference -- the Africa travel Indaba, for which 6,000 people had been expected.
"The show is going ahead as we had planned," said Themba Khumalo, head of SA Tourism.
"In times of crisis such as this, it is not time to lean back... it's time for us to show our economic support for Durban," he said.
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PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was living in a condominium and wanted to create a carpet to protect high-traffic areas and entryways that are close in proximity," said an inventor, from Simi Valley, Calif., "so I invented the ROUND RUG. My design would provide added protection against dirt and stains and it would eliminate the constant need to clean the floors."
The invention provides an effective way to protect the flooring/carpeting in high traffic areas. In doing so, it offers an improved alternative to traditional area rugs. As a result, it eliminates the use of multiple rugs in one area and it could save time and effort when cleaning. The invention features a durable and decorative design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, apartments, condos, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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PARTY LINES: Susie Lee sees congressional race tighten; Laxalt’s friends visit
No more leaning.
That’s the verdict from Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball rating, which tracks races across the country and tries to make predictions about who will win. On Wednesday, the Crystal Ball team updated the status in 11 races, and made changes favorable to Republicans in all.
That includes Democratic Rep. Susie Lee’s Congressional District 3, which up until then had been rated “leans Democratic.” After the change, however, it’s now rated as a “toss-up.”
Frankly, that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise: The district has gone back and forth between the two parties since it was created way back in 2001. Former Republican Rep. Jon Porter held the seat from 2002 until 2008, when he was unseated by Democrat Dina Titus, who herself was turned out two years later in a super-close election by Republican Joe Heck. Heck left the seat in 2016 to run for U.S. Senate, when Democrat Jacky Rosen took over. Lee inherited the seat in 2018 and has successfully defended it since.
The 2021 Legislature made the district slightly more competitive when it drew new district lines. Although the total Democratic advantage in actual active voters is still roughly the same, Republicans have fallen from 28 percent to 27 percent of the district’s registration, while nonpartisans have gained a percentage point and Democrats have remained steady at 34 percent.
Nevada Democratic Victory spokeswoman Mallory Payne said the campaign was always prepared for a tough race.
“Nevada remains a competitive battleground state and we know races here are won by a field margin,” Payne said. “That’s why we started earlier than ever before building a team to execute a strong ground game to win up and down the ballot in November.”
Surprise endorsement
The Vegas Chamber is one of the most establishment voices in Nevada politics, and is generally known for making careful choices in candidate endorsements. But the group announced on Tuesday that it was backing the non-establishment pick in the race for Clark County sheriff, Assemblyman Tom Roberts.
“The Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee based its recommendation on Tom Roberts’ exemplary career in public service in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Nevada Legislature, and the United States Air Force,” the group said in a statement. “He has an outstanding track record of working in a broad-based capacity to build consensus. As a legislator, he recognized the valuable role businesses play in the community, especially in creating jobs and cultivating growth and prosperity.”
Left unmentioned was the establishment’s pick, former Metro Undersheriff Keven McMahill, whose anointment to be the next top uniformed cop in town has been sullied by old allegations of abuse of a suspect in a decades-old incident, one in which he was recommended for termination after failing a polygraph examination. McMahill was never fired, however, and rose to hold every rank in the department, including its No. 2 slot. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
With friends like these
U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt clearly has friends in all the right places in the modern Republican Party. Not only does he have the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, he’s also getting some high-profile surrogate visits from top name GOP stars.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, for example, is visiting Las Vegas Friday on behalf of Laxalt, who if successful in June will go on to challenge Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto in November. According to a news release, the Cruz visit was scheduled for the ballroom at the Sun City Anthem Center in Henderson to discuss “energy and affordability issues.”
But wait, there’s more: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will take a break from his ongoing fight with the Disney corporation over an education policy bill in the Sunshine State to visit Nevada the week of April 24 to campaign with Laxalt at a Rise Up rally in Las Vegas. The pair know each other well; they were roommates at Naval Justice School in Rhode Island and served together in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps.
“Adam Laxalt understands as well as anybody how important it is for real conservative fighters to stand up against the corporate, legacy media and the insidious, woke cancel culture – whether it comes from corporate board rooms, university faculty lounges, Hollywood or Big Tech authoritarians,” DeSantis said in a statement released by the Laxalt campaign.
So far, Cortez Masto hasn’t announced any surrogate visits of her own. She’s personal friends with President Joe Biden, but given Biden’s most recent poll numbers (41 percent approval to 52 percent disapproval in the latest Real Clear Politics average) and the fact that she recently came out against his plans to repeal Trump-era border policy, that visit might be a little bit awkward.
But Cortez Masto did land an important endorsement this week: The AAPI Victory Fund backed the senator, with the group’s president Brad Jenkins saying in a statement that her “strong support of Nevada’s AAPI, immigrant, and working-class communities closely aligns with AAPI Victory Fund’s mission to mobilize AAPI voters to the ballot box and, in a state in which the AAPI community is growing the fastest, we are fortunate to call Sen. Cortez Masto an ally.”
What’s in a name?
Ballot nicknames are fairly common in Nevada, although there are rules about what you can or cannot call yourself on official election materials. Those rules, however, didn’t stop U.S. Sen. Harry Reid from running against – and beating! – someone who nicknamed himself “God Almighty.”
But one of the most frequent practitioners of ballot nicknames is perennial candidate Eddie Hamilton, who has run in virtually every election since 2006. And Hamilton is not one to stick with a single moniker, either.
He started running for Senate as a Republican by calling himself Edward “Fast Eddie” Hamilton. Edward “Mr. Clean” Hamilton ran for Congressional District 1 in 2008 and in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in 2010. Edward “Toughguy” Hamilton showed up running for Henderson City Council Ward 1 in 2011.
Hamilton’s most enduring nickname – Eddie “In Liberty” Hamilton – was his preferred name in the 2012 U.S. Senate Republican primary, the 2013 Henderson mayoral contest and the 2014 Republican governor’s race. He switched to Eddie “Eduardo” Hamilton in 2015 in Henderson’s Ward 1, and hit his highest percentage ever: 26.34 percent of the vote.
He ran without a nickname in the 2016 Republican U.S. Senate primary, before switching to Eddie “Swamper” Hamilton in the 2017 race for Henderson mayor. After being denied the nickname “Mr. MAGA” in 2018, he ran as Eddie “Mister Mago” Hamilton in the 2018 Republican primary for Congressional District 2.
Eddie “FIGHTER” Hamilton lost the Henderson Ward 1 primary in 2019. And he risked copyright violations by using Eddie “Mr.LasVegas” Hamilton in 2020’s Congressional District 1 Republican primary.
This year? Eddie “Mr. Fix It Now” Hamilton is on your Republican primary ballot for governor, although on Twitter he uses the slightly longer “your would be the first ever Nevada lawfully elected constitutional People’s Militia Governor EDDIE “MrMAGA” HAMILTON (R-NV).”
Nice. But it’s no God Almighty.
Fact check says true, but —
Gov. Steve Sisolak took to Twitter on Monday to boast about his administration’s record on taxes. “It’s Tax Day, so thought it was a good time to remind you: Since I’ve been governor, we haven’t raised one penny of new taxes on the people of Nevada. Not. One. Penny.”
And while that is a true statement, it almost wasn’t. In fact, Sisolak did sign bills that, while not raising taxes, would have prevented a scheduled decrease in the state’s payroll tax and a DMV technology fee. And while the Nevada Legislature argued forcefully before the Nevada Supreme Court that extending taxes at current levels doesn’t count as a tax increase, justices unanimously rejected that argument and voided those bills.
“Based on the plain language of the supermajority provision, we conclude that it applies to the subject bills because they create, generate or increase public revenue,” the unanimous ruling read. “Because the bills did not pass by a two-thirds majority in the Senate, those portions of the bills that would require a supermajority vote (to raise taxes) are unconstitutional.”
So, Sisolak can say nobody’s taxes were increased. But we have the Supreme Court to thank for that.
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Saving Grace will host a free community event on May 21 from 11am-1pm at Riverbend Park to celebrate the Heroes that make their life-saving work possible. In partnership with Lay It Out Events and the Happy Girls Run, the Heroes Celebration will take place immediately after the run and will include a live band, libations and food trucks, plus the presentation of awards to volunteers, community partners and survivors.
“After an unprecedented two years of impact on survivors, Saving Grace has been able to keep the community safe and support women, children and families during their most challenging times,” says Executive Director Cassi MacQueen. “Saving Grace Heroes are the incredible staff, dedicated volunteers, generous community members and resilient survivors that stand for safety, hope and healing every day.”
The day kicks off with the Happy Girls 5k, 10k and Half Marathons, starting at 9am from Riverbend Park. According to race organizers, the goal of the run is to embrace fitness while overcoming fears and obstacles. The Heroes Celebration begins at the finish line with live music from The Parnells, food trucks, beverages and presentations by Saving Grace survivors, leaders and community partners. An electric bike will be raffled off, along with a variety of other prizes. The event is free and open to the public.
Saving Grace is a 501c3 nonprofit that offers safety, hope and healing to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault and engages Central Oregon to build a life free from violence. | https://cascadebusnews.com/saving-grace-invites-the-community-to-a-free-heroes-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saving-grace-invites-the-community-to-a-free-heroes-celebration | 2022-04-22T17:39:37Z | https://cascadebusnews.com/saving-grace-invites-the-community-to-a-free-heroes-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saving-grace-invites-the-community-to-a-free-heroes-celebration | false | 1 |
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DALLAS, April 22, 2022
Carrier's annual reports highlight spirit of corporate citizenship and feature key People, Performance, and Planet initiatives
DALLAS, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announces the launch of its annual corporate social responsibility report, the Southwest Airlines One Report. This integrated corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability report is the carrier's comprehensive report that includes information on its corporate citizenship efforts. It's a snapshot of Southwest's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, which align with Southwest's three-pronged approach to the triple bottom line of People, Performance, and Planet.
"People are, and always have been, the heartbeat of what we do at Southwest," said Bob Jordan, Chief Executive Officer at Southwest Airlines. "Being a good global citizen is integral to our Purpose of connecting People to what's important in their lives, and I'm proud of the progress and accomplishments highlighted in our 2021 One Report. This includes working toward our goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and strengthening our efforts to create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive job opportunities."
New this year, the 2021 One Report includes a number of enhancements in reporting including expanded environmental, social, and governance language. The 2021 One Report also features a new governance section highlighting Southwest's Leadership transition, a new human rights policy, and a dedicated management approach to key business topics.
Additionally, the carrier continues to provide transparency to its Stakeholders by transitioning its disclosure framework to reference the new Universal Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative 2021 to demonstrate Leadership in ESG reporting, while continuing to align activities with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards.
To view the 2021 One Report and learn more about Southwest's citizenship efforts, visit southwestonereport.com.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ReportToday, the carrier also announces the launch of the Southwest Airlines Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Report. A companion piece to the One Report, the DEI Report takes a deeper dive into the Company's DEI goals, commitments, and initiatives and highlights its path forward. Southwest's motivation is to continue being a diverse and inclusive organization where Employees thrive, feel appreciated, and valued, and have an authentic sense of belonging.
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTRF) Roy Thomas Tranter, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday by Wood County Circuit Court Judge Robert Waters to three to 15 years in prison on each count for the accident that killed his 5-year-old son.
Tranter pleaded guilty in February to one count each of child neglect resulting in death and driving while under the influence of a controlled substance.
On May 5, 2021, Tranter was operating a vehicle under the influence with his 5-year-old son, who was not properly restrained, in the back seat.
Tranter ran off the road causing the vehicle to roll over causing the boy to be ejected in the crash.
First responders found the boy unresponsive and pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to newsandsentinel, a charge of third-offense driving on a license revoked for driving under the influence was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Court documents did not specify the controlled substance that impacted Tranter’s driving. | https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia/west-virginia-man-receives-up-to-15-years-in-prison-for-death-of-5-year-old-son/ | 2022-04-22T17:41:47Z | https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia/west-virginia-man-receives-up-to-15-years-in-prison-for-death-of-5-year-old-son/ | false | 1 |
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The Forum of the States Chairmen of Social Democratic Party (SDP) has urged members of the party to disregard the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Olu Agunloye.
The Forum made the appeal in a statement signed by its Chairman, Abubakar Dogara; Secretary, Wellington Odiong; and Leader of the Forum, Oke Idawene ; in Akure, Act on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Agunloye, a former Minister of Power and Steel, was suspended by the Ondo State chapter of the SDP in a letter dated March 28, over alleged anti-party activities.
In the suspension letter, Mr Agunloye was accused of bringing non-party members into the party to cause confusion and disturb the functions of the party executives at both state and local government levels.
The party stated that Mr Agunloye was suspended from his ward (ward 10) in Akoko North-west Local Government area of the state, following a resolution after a meeting of the ward executives.
According to the forum, those people who suspended the party’s national chairman are not members of the party, “not to talk of being officials of the SDP.”
“Our attention was drawn to a publication credited to the Ondo State Chapter of our great party, the SDP, on the suspension of our National Chairman, Dr Olu Agunloye, by some attention seekers.
“They are rascals hired to distract the party as it’s so glaring that Nigerians have chosen SDP as an alternative political party to vote for in the next general elections.
“The official of SDP is intact and very law abiding. The constitution of the party 2018 as amended has its provisions on the processes of suspension and or expulsion of SDP financial and legitimate member from the party.
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“And from the book of records available to the party, they are no more members of the SDP if ever been,” it said.
The forum chairmen, therefore, directed the newly elected officials of the party in the state to continue with the “good work” of mobilising people into the party, advising them not to be distracted
According to the forum, the National Working Committee (NWC) is focused and do not have time “for such shenanigans and desperados.”
“Moreover, SDP has important activities to attend to, regarding strengthening the party such as implementation of our last NEC resolutions, sales of nomination forms to aspirants and congresses all inline with the Electoral act, INEC guidelines and the party constitution,” the forum said.
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Popular landscaping trees now have invasive spawns. They have spikes that can flatten tractor tires
Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes.
Bradford pears and 24 other ornamental trees were developed from Callery pears — a species brought to America a century ago to save ravaged pear orchards. Now, their invasive descendants have been reported in more than 30 states.
"Worse than murder hornets!" was the tongue-in-cheek title of a U.S. Department of Agriculture webinar in 2020 about Callery pears including the two dozen thornless ornamental varieties sold since the 1960s.
"They're a real menace," said Jerrod Carlisle, who discovered that four trees in his yard and one at a neighbor's had spawned thousands on 50 acres he was turning from cropland to woods in Otwell, a community of about 400 in southern Indiana.
Indiana is among 12 midwestern and western states that have reported invasions, though most are in the South and Northeast.
Until 2015, Carlisle rented his field to a farmer. Then he enrolled it in a USDA crop reduction program that paid for planting 29,000 trees as wildlife habitat.
Carlisle realized the spiky flowering pears were a problem in 2019. When he cut or mowed them, new sprouts popped up. Trees sprayed with herbicide regrew leaves. Cutting off bark in a circle around the trunk kills most trees. Not these.
He and his 17-year-old son have cut down an estimated 1,400 Callery pears, applying herbicide to the stumps. But he figures there are about 1,000 more to go.
Without regular maintenance, fields near seed-producing trees can be covered with sprouts within a couple of years, said James "J.T." Vogt, a scientist at the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station in Athens, Georgia.
"If you mow it, it sprouts and you get a thicket," he said. "If you burn it, it sprouts, too."
Seedlings only a few months old bear spurs that can punch through tractor tires, said David R. Coyle, an assistant professor in Clemson University's Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation.
The stench wafting from the tree's billows of white blossoms has been compared to perfume gone wrong, rotting fish, chlorine, and a cheese sandwich left in a car for a week. The trunks branch off in deep Vs, so after 15 to 20 years they tend to break in storms.
But Frank N. Meyer, an agricultural explorer who brought 2,500 species of plants including his namesake Meyer lemon to the USDA in the early 1900s, called the Callery pear wonderful, noting that it survived drought and poor soil.
At the time, a fungus called fire blight was devastating U.S. pear orchards, University of Cincinnati researchers Theresa M. Culley and Nicole A. Hardiman wrote in a 2007 BioScience article about the plant's U.S. history.
And, just as researchers had hoped, grafting edible pears onto Callery roots produced blight-resistant fruit trees.
In 1952, USDA workers noticed a spikeless mutant growing among Callery pears started from seed. By grafting its cuttings onto roots of other Callery pears, they cloned an ornamental line they named Bradford pears. That variety was commercially available by 1962, Culley and Hardiman wrote.
Other seedlings grew into 24 more ornamental varieties. All are so pretty, hardy and insect-resistant that they were planted nationwide.
Bradford and other Callery ornamentals are the third most common trees of 132 species planted along New York City streets -- more than 58,000 out of 650,000 as of 2015, the most recent count, said city parks department spokesman Dan Kastanis.
But the city is no longer planting them, Kastanis said. Neither is Newport News, Virginia, which got rid of its Bradford pears in 2005. South Carolina, Ohio and cities including South Bend, Indiana, have banned or are banning all commercial varieties of Callery pears.
Some states, including Missouri and Alabama, are asking homeowners and landowners to stop planting them or to cut existing ones down and apply herbicide to the stumps. Several, such as North Carolina, offer free native trees to landowners who provide photos proving they have cut down Callery pears on their property.
For the USDA, which ordered Meyer to send Callery pear seeds from China, the nasty spurs and marble-sized, inedible fruit were irrelevant. What mattered was that the plant was resistant to fire blight.
Genetically identical pears don't produce seed, so botanists figured the cloned varieties were safe for ornamental use.
In 1971, the USDA even put out a brochure about their care, touting them as trees that bloom several times from spring through fall, thrive in many climates and soils, and don't attract plant pests.
Now, the USDA describes Callery pears as near ubiquitous and has been studying the best way to kill them.
Their adaptability is one reason they're so invasive. And their bug-resistant waxy leaves mean insect-eating birds don't come near them.
"They're kind of a food desert for a bird," said Coyle, who leads Clemson's annual "Bradford pear bounty," providing native saplings to landowners who have felled their Callery ornamentals.
It turned out that, although trees of the same variety cannot produce seeds with each other, two different varieties within a pollinator's range can produce fruit that squishes on sidewalks and feeds starlings and robins, which spread the seeds widely.
In addition, the root stock can send up sprouts. If those aren't regularly pruned to prevent them from blossoming, they can cross-pollinate with the grafted-on tree to produce fertile seed, noted University of Cincinnati's Culley.
"A wild population can potentially originate from a single landscaping tree that someone plants in their yard," she said in an email.
Carlisle, the Indiana landowner, thinks he's finally getting ahead of his invasion because native trees planted for reforestation, especially six oak species, are casting enough shade to inhibit Callery seedlings.
"I truly believe I'm in eradication mode now," he said. | https://www.wjcl.com/article/callery-pears-invasive-trees/39797237 | 2022-04-22T17:47:56Z | https://www.wjcl.com/article/callery-pears-invasive-trees/39797237 | false | 44 |
Wallace is CNN’s front-runner for a primetime show, but Brian Williams and Keith Olbermann are emerging as external rivals, insiders tell TheWrap
CNN’s newly named president Chris Licht is playing his cards close to the vest, with insiders saying he didn’t even give the streamer’s top hosts and producers advanced warning about his decision to pull the plug on the platform. There was also uneasiness among the staff still getting to know a new regime ushered in earlier this month by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
“No one knows anything. Truly,” said one CNN+ journalist who will remain at the network, perhaps even in an expanded role. “We’re in the dark and will probably stay there for weeks.”
Wallace might not want to pick out his new set design and sign-off tagline just yet. Top CNN officials also met with Williams and Olbermann about potential opportunities, according to two individuals with knowledge of the meetings. Described as “friendly discussions,” one took place within the last three weeks.
A representative for CNN declined to comment for this article.
The 74-year-old Wallace has been lobbying CNN bosses since March for a primetime slot amid frustrations that his million-viewer Fox audience nosedived when he joined CNN+ and its 150,000 initial subscribers. Williams, the former “NBC Nightly News” anchor who exited MSNBC last year, reportedly turned down an offer to anchor the “CBS Evening News.” Olbermann, who left CNN in 2011 as host of his highly rated “Countdown” show, recently discussed efforts to bring him back MSNBC (until, he said, Rachel Maddow vetoed any plan for him to take over her primetime slot).
But the other CNN+ hosts with live shows — Kate Bolduan, Brian Stelter, former NBC correspondent Kasie Hunt, Sara Sidner and Bianca Nobilo — are actively seeking a chance to secure a daytime slot. The problem, said one senior CNN newsroom leader, is there’s “not enough seats if you’re playing musical chairs.”
The 30-minute streaming programs were seen as an audition for CNN executives to test the hosts (and their staff’s) ability to energize a daily audience. Stelter, who hosts Sunday’s media-centric “Reliable Sources,” was once floated as a contender for Cuomo’s old primetime spot.
The lobbying started almost immediately when word got around that CNN+ was likely being sent out to pasture. Bolduan, one of the high-profile faces of CNN+ after anchoring “At This Hour With Kate Bolduan” and “State of America,” was among the first to speak up at an all-hands meeting Licht held Tuesday in CNN’s Manhattan newsroom.
The anchor addressed Licht directly to detail the hard work and sacrifices made by the 500-member CNN+ staff, and that the shows were already resonating with viewers. Many in the crowd were still in shock that the network, which pledged $1 billion to build a streaming platform and absorb a few years of losses, was cutting most of the jobs after less than a month.
“Kate made an eloquent pitch for keeping ‘Five Things’ during the noon town hall,” said one person in the room, adding that Licht seemed appreciative of her advocacy.
But in the meeting’s most direct statement, he told employees, “This is a s—ty situation.”
The town hall was also attended by some of the CNN+ hosts and staff that worked on the weekly or monthly shows added to the streaming service, which Licht said may have a home on HBO Max or another streaming platform that may be developed.
Some of the notable hosts that were new to CNN included Audie Cornish, the longtime NPR anchor who was hired to to anchor news programs and host a podcast for CNN Audio. Others included New York University professor Scott Galloway and NBA player Rex Chapman, whose programs were offered along with streaming-only shows from CNN veterans Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper. | https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-plus-hosts-broadcast-shows-chris-wallace-brian-williams-keith-olbermann/ | 2022-04-22T17:48:37Z | https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-plus-hosts-broadcast-shows-chris-wallace-brian-williams-keith-olbermann/ | true | 1 |
Murraylands trio up for Top Tourism Town awards
Meningie, Murray Bridge, and Langhorne Creek are in the running to win an SA Top Tourism Town Award.
Murray Bridge has been shortlisted in the Top Tourism Town (population 5000) category, and Meningie and Langhorne Creek in the Tiny Tourism Town (population 1500) category.
Run by the Tourism Industry Council South Australia (TiCSA), the awards celebrate towns across SA that are tourist-friendly with great experiences and attractions.
These three locations are among 20 named as finalists across three categories, TiCSA chief executive officer Shaun de Bruyn says.
"Our regions are incredibly valuable to the state's tourism industry, with over 40 per cent of visitor expenditure in South Australia coming from our wonderful regions," he said.
"Not only are the Top Tourism Town Awards excellent for celebrating our regions but they also give them the opportunity to improve their tourism marketing and visitor experiences."
The public chooses which town wins the People's Choice Award, with voting open to anyone keen to cheer on their favourite town.
Rural City of Murray Bridge mayor Brenton Lewis hopes residents and visitors vote for the town he leads.
"Our flourishing regional centre, positioned on the Murray River, is a thriving community filled with natural beauty and unique experiences that make this former gateway town a destination that can offer you adventure around every bend," he said.
"We've always known what a fantastic place this is and now the rest of the world is learning about it too."
Voters go in the running to win a two-night weekend stay at an SA Council caravan park, valued at over $500. To vote, visit ticsa.com.au/industry-programs/sa-top-tourism-town/
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Driving to Goa without permit? Be ready to pay ₹10,000 fine
Over 40 taxis touring from Bengaluru to Goa have been punched with fines of ₹10,262 every final week whereas making an attempt to cross the border with out the particular allow.
Over 40 taxis touring from Bengaluru to Goa have been punched with fines of ₹10,262 every final week whereas making an attempt to cross the border with out the particular permits. The taxi drivers could not receive the particular allow because the State Transport Authority in Bengaluru and RTOs in different districts have been closed for the lengthy weekend, a number of reviews acknowledged. In addition to that, the Karnataka transport authorities nonetheless do not have the ability to dispatch the net permits, reviews added.
The particular allow required for business vacationer automobiles usually prices within the vary of ₹100 to ₹200, and is obtainable for buy on the RTO workplace at Shanthinagar in Bengaluru and RTOs in different elements of the state. However, the taxi drivers reportedly left for Goa hoping to achieve allow instantly on the test publish, however to shock, facility of issuing particular permits on the checkpoints to grant entry into Goa ended earlier in April this yr.
The New Indian Express quoted M Ravi, the vp of the Karnataka Tourism Forum, as saying that, neighbouring states Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have been issuing particular permits on-line, nonetheless, Karnataka is but to undertake the strategy.
The penalties vary from ₹10,662 for taxis as much as ₹25,000 for vacationer buses, whereas for vans the penalty quantity has been saved at ₹17,000.
As per reviews, the transport division has already began issuing particular permits to state automobiles on-line, nonetheless connectivity on the check-posts is but not there. Also, an official from the division advised the media that the problem will likely be resolved. Presently, the State Transport Authority of Karnataka is within the means of issuing particular permits (to enter Goa) in Bengaluru and RTOs in different districts.
First Published Date: 22 Apr 2022, 06:13 PM IST | https://thewall.fyi/driving-to-goa-without-permit-be-ready-to-pay-%E2%82%B910000-fine/ | 2022-04-22T17:50:42Z | https://thewall.fyi/driving-to-goa-without-permit-be-ready-to-pay-%E2%82%B910000-fine/ | false | 1 |
Movano (NASDAQ:MOVE – Get Rating) is one of 68 publicly-traded companies in the “Electromedical equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Movano to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
16.5% of Movano shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of shares of all “Electromedical equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of shares of all “Electromedical equipment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
This table compares Movano and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Movano and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Movano’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Movano. Movano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Movano and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.
As a group, “Electromedical equipment” companies have a potential upside of 58.45%. Given Movano’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Movano has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Summary
Movano competitors beat Movano on 8 of the 9 factors compared.
Movano Company Profile (Get Rating)
Movano Inc., a technology company, develops a smart wearable and continuous glucose monitoring device. Its device enables individuals and their healthcare partners to measure and manage their health conditions. Movano Inc. was formerly known as Maestro Sensors Inc. and changed its name to Movano Inc. in August 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Pleasanton, California.
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It didn’t take long for players of Gearbox’s new loot-shooter Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands to determine a “best gun.” About a week after launch, fans settled on Liquid Cooling, a legendary-tiered pistol that can technically fire forever without reloading, provided you can reliably land critical hits. That, plus its staggering damage output, put it head and shoulders above other weapons in its strata. Then Gearbox nerfed it.
Liquid Cooling is still a tremendously effective gun. (Any gun that fires forever is pretty damn good.) But it’s no longer the boss-melting machine it was previously, with some players reporting damage reductions of up to two-thirds. It all begs one question: What the hell? Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is a cooperative game. Why make the fun weapons less fun?
“Even though it’s not PvP, we want to make sure that the harder you make the game, [the harder it] gets for you, that we want to preserve the choice between a wide variety of weapons,” Matt Cox, creative director on Wonderlands, told Kotaku in a recent video interview. “And so when we find certain weapons that might get a little out of control, we want to make sure that we rein it in so that the choice between a variety of different play styles becomes viable.”
Like Borderlands, the loot-shooting series it spun off from, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands features a setting that allows you to significantly ramp up the difficulty level. By running through Chaos Chamber, the roguelite endgame mode, you can unlock various tiers of “chaos,” each one boosting the health and damage output of enemies in exchange for increasing your chances of finding top-flight loot.
Once upon a time, Liquid Cooling cut through those higher tiers like butter. As did other legendary pistols, like Queen’s Cry and Masterwork Handbow, which were notably weakened in the same update that cooled down Liquid Cooling.
As part of yesterday’s big Wonderlands patch, Gearbox added 15 more unlockable tiers of chaos, to a max of 35. No weapons received any changes, but the update did boost the efficacy of the already powerful AF Clawbringer class.
It’s all, according to Cox, partially in pursuit of the north star of balance, sure, but mostly to ensure players are making full use of the tools at their disposal. Wonderlands is the first game in the series to feature six classes at launch, and to allow mixing and matching between two classes. It removed grenades in favor of spells, which, according to Cox, are used more by players than grenades ever were. (Grenades were limited by ammo, whereas spells, which function similarly, are tied to brief cooldowns.) He also said players tend to use melee attacks more than in prior games. (Wonderlands introduces equippable melee weapons for the first time in the series.) There are tons of methods to fine-tune a class for maximum damage, many of which are more interesting than the age-old tactic of finding the best gun in the game and using it at the expense of everything else.
“Player choice is always something that we want people to have,” Cox said. “Like, they actually have to choose between certain different guns and weapons and gameplay types and spell types or whatnot.”
Of course, there’s the school of thought that if a gun—or a spell, or anything, really—is ridiculously, comically overpowered you can just…not use it. You’d likely hear a lot less from that school were there some sort of directly competitive PvP in Wonderlands. Previous Borderlands games, for instance, had a feature where you could duel members of your co-op party. It was fun, sure, but it was also an effective method for settling who gets to walk away with loot in disputes. That’s entirely absent from Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands.
When asked why dueling isn’t part of the game and if it’s coming in a future update, Cox demurred.
“We have a certain amount of time to concentrate on certain things,” Cox said. “And so we wanted to laser-focus all of our resources on the things that we knew were going to make, you know, Wonderlands very different from a Borderlands experience and make sure that we delivered on those.” | https://kotaku.com/tina-tinys-wonderlands-nerfed-guns-liquid-cooling-queen-1848830044 | 2022-04-22T17:55:00Z | https://kotaku.com/tina-tinys-wonderlands-nerfed-guns-liquid-cooling-queen-1848830044 | false | 3 |
Stock Alert: Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) Trades 2.45% Lower April 21
Equities Staff Follow |Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (NYSE:FDP) shares moved 2.45% today on 128,187 shares - while the stock has a 30 day average of 165,193 shares traded.
After today’s close at $27.13 the company has a 50 day moving average of $26.12.
The company expects its next earnings on 2022-05-04.
Fresh Del Monte Produce has gained 1.33% so far this year.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on Fresh Del Monte Produce visit the company profile.
About Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc
Fresh Del Monte is one of the world's leading vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, as well as a leading producer and distributor of prepared food in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Fresh Del Monte markets its products worldwide under the DEL MONTE® brand (under license from Del Monte Foods, Inc.), a symbol of product innovation, quality, freshness and reliability for over 125 years. The Company also markets its products under the MANN™ brand and other related trademarks. Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is not affiliated with certain other Del Monte companies around the world, including Del Monte Foods, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Limited, Del Monte Canada, or Del Monte Asia Pte. Ltd
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Existing-home sales fell in March fell as home prices climbed to their highest level ever, according to industry data.
Sales of existing homes dipped nationally by 2.7% from the month prior to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.77 million, the National Association of Realtors said. That was in line with what the FactSet consensus expected.
The median home sold for $375,300, an increase of 15% from the year prior and a new high, according to Lawrence Yun, the trade group’s chief economist.
“Home prices have consistently moved upward as supply remains tight,” Yun said. “However, sellers should not expect the easy-profit gains and should look for multiple offers to fade as demand continues to subside.”
The rising cost of buying a home has been weighing on buyers as mortgage rates have increased this spring. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage climbed to 5% last week, the highest level in more than a decade.
As rates rise, more sales have gone to cash buyers. “Cash is king, especially in light of rising mortgage rates,” said Yun, who added that the share of all-cash buyers was 28%, the highest level since 2014.
Rising mortgage rates mean that the Covid-era housing surge is ending, Yun said. The economist said existing home sales in 2022 could sink 10% from last year’s level, and said home-price appreciation could slow to about 5% year over year by December.
Since the end of 2021, the sharp rise in mortgage rates has led to an increase of about $300 a month on the purchase of a $350,000 house, according to a Realtor.com mortgage calculator. “As Americans contend with historically high inflation, the combination of rising mortgage rates, elevated home prices and tight inventory are making the pursuit of homeownership the most expensive in a generation,”
Freddie Mac
chief economist Sam Khater said last week.
Fannie Mae
said Tuesday that higher mortgage rates would likely contribute to slowing home sales, price growth, and mortgage volume over the next two years. “If mortgage rates remain relatively elevated, we expect the added affordability constraint to price out some would-be first-time home buyers and contribute to the slowing of demand,” Fannie Mae chief economist Doug Duncan said.
The swift change in mortgage rates has likely yet to be fully reflected in home sales, the association’s Yun said. April’s sales data will be more reflective of the impact of the quick climb in rates, he added.
“We had the surge with a lower interest rate, maybe work from home, larger size home demand,” Yun said. “But I think those are now essentially coming to an end because of the higher mortgage rates.”
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Here are 5 foods that have immense benefits as a detoxifying agent.
Ghee flushes out the old bile from the liver and scrubs toxins off our intestines
Our body accumulates toxins over time. We are exposed to these toxins even in our daily life. For example, we are surrounded by environmental toxins all the time. Even the simplest of our daily routine can expose us to toxins in the form of common pollutants in the food we eat, the water we drink or the air we breathe. It is imperative then to remove these harmful compounds periodically. The liver and kidneys play a significant role in doing so. However, more is needed to be done to cleanse our body. Nutritionist Lovneet Batra, on her Instagram page ‘Nutrition by Lovneet', says food the best medicine to do that.
She has outlined 5 foods that have immense benefits as a detoxifying agent:
1) Aloe vera
The succulent plant is highly alkaline and water-dense, so it's an ideal way to prevent or treat dehydration. When you are hydrated, the impurities naturally get flushed out of the body. The nutritionist suggests a person should have one teaspoon of aloe vera gel mixed in coconut water on an empty stomach. It's far better than fancy imported alkaline water ioniser.
2) Ghee
Ghee is often misunderstood and blamed for accumulating fat in the body. Ghee flushes out the old bile from the liver and scrubs toxins off our intestines and can extract stubborn fat-soluble toxins out of the body when used in oil pulling.
3) Jamun
As an ultimate sugar detox, jamun can stabilise the sugar rush in our system. It is a natural blood purifier and cleanser.
4) Khichdi
In Ayurvedic therapy Panchakarma, a method of cleansing the body of all the unwanted waste after lubricating it, khichdi is the only wholesome food that is allowed. It's easy to digest and provides full nutrition too.
5) Curd
Curd, a probiotic, helps grow gut-friendly bacteria. Our gut is the first line of defence against harmful toxins or bacteria. So, maintaining a healthy gut is essential in helping the body naturally detox.
Here's the Instagram post:
An earlier post on the same Instagram page addressed the issue of mucus or phlegm post-COVID. To treat it, one could brew a potion at home with three basic ingredients: mulethi stick, ginger, and ajwain. Crush one inch of ginger and the mulethi stick. Then boil them with the ajwain for 15 minutes. Finally, filter the water using a sieve and consume it hot. Read more about it here.
Coming back to your detox journey, when are you starting it with the above-mentioned foods?
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Canaccord Genuity raised the price target for the Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) stock from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. The rating was released on February 25, 2022, according to finviz. In their research brief published January 13, 2021, Deutsche Bank analysts downgraded the Pan American Silver Corp. stock from Buy to Hold with a price target of $35.
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The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The share price of Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) dipped -6.35% to close Thursday’s market session at $27.30, lower as compared to yesterday’s close. The stock price fluctuated between $26.94 and $28.91 throughout the trading session with the volume trading being 3047624 shares, which represented a significant variation when compared to the three months average volume of 2.74 million shares. The firm’s stock price fluctuated -8.85% within the last five trades and -0.98% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price increased 5.41% in the last 6 months and 11.11% was added to its value over the previous 3 months. PAAS stock is trading at a margin of -3.46%, 2.91% and 7.13% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
As of the close of trading, PAAS deals in the Basic Materials domain. The stock is trading -24.46 percent below its 52-week high and 31.66 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is -11.4. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does Pan American Silver Corp.’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 19.70 percent and the profit margin is 6.00 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 22.50 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $5.76 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) is 58.96. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 22.52. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 3.53 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 2.18, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 1.60 percent of Pan American Silver Corp. shares are owned by insiders, and 60.90 percent are held by financial institutions. | https://www.bovnews.com/finance/pan-american-silver-corp-paas-stock-thought-concerns/ | 2022-04-22T17:59:26Z | https://www.bovnews.com/finance/pan-american-silver-corp-paas-stock-thought-concerns/ | false | 16544 |
NewYork Exchange (NYE) traded 5.6% lower against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 13:00 PM ET on April 22nd. One NewYork Exchange coin can currently be purchased for about $5.39 or 0.00013669 BTC on exchanges. NewYork Exchange has a total market cap of $38.21 million and approximately $533,290.00 worth of NewYork Exchange was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, NewYork Exchange has traded 3.4% lower against the US dollar.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Astar (ASTR) traded down 6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.21 or 0.00000522 BTC.
- Stratis (STRAX) traded down 2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.11 or 0.00002803 BTC.
- HedgeTrade (HEDG) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.43 or 0.00001089 BTC.
- SSV Network (SSV) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $11.84 or 0.00020890 BTC.
- ABBC Coin (ABBC) traded 2.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000273 BTC.
- Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) traded down 2.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001033 BTC.
- Navcoin (NAV) traded 6.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000360 BTC.
- CloakCoin (CLOAK) traded down 9.9% against the dollar and now trades at $1.14 or 0.00002900 BTC.
- DeepOnion (ONION) traded 25.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.12 or 0.00000295 BTC.
- Aston Martin Cognizant Fan Token (AM) traded 7.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.94 or 0.00002393 BTC.
About NewYork Exchange
According to CryptoCompare, “NewYork Exchange utilizes the blockchain technology to create a financial integration between old classic stock and commodities market with the new trend of Crypto Trading platforms. The New York Exchange Coin is dedicated to using the smart contract feature of the Blockchain technology to raise and enhance investors to see the opportunities present in the stock market and commodities. NYE uses smart contracts and secure payment integration to facilitate transparent investments and perform all transactions efficiently through distributed processing.”
NewYork Exchange Coin Trading
It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as NewYork Exchange directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire NewYork Exchange should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase NewYork Exchange using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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- Warner Bros. Discovery has pulled the plug on streaming service CNN+ just weeks after its launch.
- Insiders are laying the blame on CNN president Jeff Zucker and departed WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.
- Other observers said the service was poorly marketed and lacked unique, compelling content.
CNN+'s demise came fast, and so have the blame and recriminations.
Warner Bros. Discovery pulled the plug on the costly project less than a month after launch, with new CNN CEO Chris Licht saying in a statement that "CNN will be strongest as part of WBD's streaming strategy which envisions news as an important part of a compelling broader offering along with sports, entertainment, and nonfiction content."
Or, as Licht put it to staffers in a town hall at the company's New York headquarters on Thursday, one source told Insider, the team that created CNN+ had built "a beautiful house" when what the new owner really needs is "an apartment."
Blame for the destruction doesn't seem to be falling on new owner WBD or its emissary Licht. Instead, company insiders and industry observers are largely laying responsibility on the shoulders of former CNN president Jeff Zucker and departed WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.
"This was all ego. All a power play for a bigger job or independence. Hubris. Nothing more," said one former WarnerMedia exec of Zucker. "The only people who ever thought this was a good idea either worked at CNN or were trying to get CNN + to hire them. Nobody else."
A WBD executive called the service's failure "a combination of the wrong strategy and wrong capital allocation."
Two other people familiar with the operation previously told Insider that Kilar had insisted on sticking to the planned Q1 launch date for CNN+ instead of postponing it until after WarnerMedia's acquisition by Discovery, which closed April 8.
"It was a vanity project for [Kilar] and Zucker," an insider familiar with CNN's plans said in early April. "They wanted to launch it."
After Zucker resigned from his role in February — over his failure to disclose a relationship with a colleague — industry observers wondered if the company might hit pause on CNN+. But Kilar stayed the course.
"Frankly, I think Jason Kilar knew it was going to fail," the former WarnerMedia executive said, "and was happy to let Zucker push it out there so his last final thing at CNN was a failure."
David Zaslav, now Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO, was frustrated by Kilar's decision, according to a report in Variety, but legal considerations amid the merger process constrained him from weighing in on the strategy.
Signs of trouble dogged the pricey endeavor right out of the gate — one CNN executive told Insider that including staff, the launch budget was in the area of $250 million. A clear picture of CNN+ adoptions was hard to come by, since consumers who already had the CNN app could access the new service without downloading a separate app. But CNBC reported that two weeks in, fewer than 10,000 people were using CNN+ daily, compared to 773,000 daily viewers of the cable network in 2021.
Internally, metrics on the service were scarce, according to a former CNN employee.
"They send weekly emails about beating MSNBC or whatever," this person said. "But [they] haven't said anything about the results of the insane investment they've made." Another person familiar with the launch said the app's stats weren't as dire as they appeared in media reports.
Industry analyst Peter Csathy suggested the service's marketing did a poor job of communicating its value. "The messaging of why it was a 'must-have' was muddled," he told Insider.
"I think the big benefit is ad-free news," he said, adding that he didn't see this aspect effectively promoted. What was on offer, he added, "You could get essentially on CNN."
"They didn't build something people wanted," the former CNN employee said. "There was no evidence for any of it. And they did it anyway."
Former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, now CEO and cofounder of Agua Media, a Hispanic-aimed podcast network, said CNN's mistake was not tailoring its offering to the younger audiences it was hoping to bring in with CNN+.
"I think somewhere along the line they made people think watching old CNN but putting jeans on it would work," he said. "They were selling the personality. I think they underestimated the intelligence of viewers. The new audience in the US isn't into names; they want great stories."
Whatever audiences want from CNN on a streaming service, they won't be getting it until WBD's strategy unfolds under JB Perrette, a longtime Zaslav consigliere who's the new company's CEO and president of streaming and interactive. Perrette joined Licht for the Thursday town hall at CNN, where he spoke of Discovery's past challenges with launching streaming services, according to a New York Times report.
The shuttering of CNN+ won't be the last painful cut executed by WBD — the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger was announced with a promise of $3 billion in synergies, and the WBD executive said he's expecting more company leadership changes to be announced in the coming weeks, followed by inevitable layoffs.
"It's going to be a tough few months for the company," he said. | https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-plus-failure-blame-zucker-kilar-hubris-warner-bros-discovery-2022-4 | 2022-04-22T18:07:34Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-plus-failure-blame-zucker-kilar-hubris-warner-bros-discovery-2022-4 | true | 1 |
Silver Spruce Resources Inc. (CVE:SSE – Get Rating) shares reached a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as C$0.03 and last traded at C$0.03, with a volume of 85300 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$0.04.
The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$0.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$0.04. The firm has a market capitalization of C$5.67 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.55, a quick ratio of 4.76 and a current ratio of 4.94.
Silver Spruce Resources Company Profile (CVE:SSE)
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The latest federal budget promises just over $1 billion in funding to shore up Canada's cybersecurity, and a government agency has published new resources to help small and medium-sized organizations prevent cyberattacks.
On April 7, the Government of Canada tabled its latest budget, which pledged $875.2 million over five years, and $238.2 million ongoing, to address "the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape." The funding announcement came amid growing concerns about Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks.
The following week, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre) released updated resources to help organizations plan for and respond to cyberattacks.
Funding to Support the Communications Security Establishment
Much of the new funding announced in the federal budget will go toward the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), a government agency that aims to protect Canadians from cyberthreats, including attacks carried out by foreign actors.
The government committed $263.9 million over five years, and $96.5 million ongoing, to bolster the CSE's abilities to launch cyber operations and defend against cyberattacks. The feds also committed $180.3 million over five years, and $40.6 million ongoing, to enhance the CSE's ability to respond to cyberattacks on Canada's critical infrastructure.
Another funding announcement included $252.3 million over five years, and $61.7 million ongoing, for the CSE to make critical government systems more resilient to cyberattacks.
The government is also investing in cyber research, promising $17.7 million over five years, and $5.5 million thereafter until 2031-32, for the CSE to fund academic research. Researchers who are awarded grants will split their time between peer-reviewed publishable research and classified research into technologies relevant to the CSE's activities, according to the budget document.
The feds pledged an additional $178.7 million over five years, and $39.5 million ongoing, to enhance the cybersecurity of small departments, agencies and Crown corporations.
New Resources for SMEs
On April 11, the Cyber Centre, a federal government agency, updated its cybersecurity resources for small and medium-sized organizations.
The resources include various publications from the Cyber Centre and the Government of Canada aimed at educating organizations about cyber risks, as well as tips for preventing, detecting and responding to a variety of cyber incidents.
Notable tools include a Learning Hub for SMEs, a cybersecurity Certification Program, a Repository of Scams and Fraud and Incident Response Plan Guidance, among others.
Learn More About Cyber Risks at Our ID&T Expo
To learn more about preventing cyberattacks and other tech-related topics, join us at our inaugural Innovation, Data & Technology Expo, taking place at the Fort Garry Hotel & Conference Centre in Winnipeg from May 25 - May 26.
The two-day event, presented in partnership with Tech Winnipeg, will feature seminars, interactive workshops and networking opportunities with the lawyers from our ID&T group. We'll offer practical tips on how to proactively manage the ID&T risks your organization faces and give you the chance to meet with industry peers. We hope to see you there!
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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its stake in Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE:AUY – Get Rating) (TSE:YRI) by 81.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 18,890 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,482 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Yamana Gold were worth $80,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mraz Amerine & Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Yamana Gold in the third quarter valued at about $42,000. Hancock Whitney Corp acquired a new position in Yamana Gold during the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Yamana Gold during the third quarter worth approximately $52,000. Inscription Capital LLC acquired a new position in Yamana Gold during the third quarter worth approximately $56,000. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Yamana Gold during the fourth quarter worth approximately $63,000. 41.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of AUY stock opened at $6.05 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a market cap of $5.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.90 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $4.59. Yamana Gold Inc. has a 1 year low of $3.70 and a 1 year high of $6.40.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 31st were paid a dividend of $0.03 per share. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 30th. Yamana Gold’s payout ratio is presently 80.00%.
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Yamana Gold from C$10.00 to C$10.25 in a research report on Thursday, April 7th. StockNews.com raised Yamana Gold from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on Yamana Gold from C$8.00 to C$9.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 23rd. CSFB set a $5.25 price target on Yamana Gold and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 18th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research downgraded Yamana Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 4th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $62.23.
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Yamana Gold Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a precious metal producer. It has gold and silver production, development-stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions throughout the Americas, including Canada, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. The company was formerly known as Yamana Resources Inc and changed its name to Yamana Gold Inc in August 2003.
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With the most recent technological developments, Artificial Intelligence ["AI"] and related technologies are being deployed by governments and businesses alike in a wide spectrum of sectors. 1 With applications of AI increasing exponentially in every possible aspect of society, there is no doubt an accompanying aspect of risk, which is nearly impossible to measure. In this article, we try to focus on the possible legal ramifications and liability risks associated with AI decision-making.
While there is no widespread agreement on a set definition for AI, it can most simply be defined as "the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings". 2 Today, AI programs are utilised in a plethora of areas in varying degrees. Given enough data and an accurate initial program, an AI can be used to identify faces, predict future criminality, or carry out seemingly more innocuous tasks like driving a car or providing the results for your internet search.3
Risks Associated with AI Usage and Liability
Given its widespread usage in nearly every aspect of our society, AI, especially data-driven decision-making and profiling algorithms, poses a real and serious risk against the exercise of legally recognised rights. Hostile and malicious applications of AI technologies raise concerns of freedom of expression, right to privacy and prohibition of discrimination 4, while unintentional errors in daily AI decisions may cause serious bodily or monetary harm in cases like autonomous vehicles and medical devices.5
Taking into account that AI decisions are not ones made in an informational vacuum, but ones that exist in relation with many other actual and technological phenomena, the question of legal liability for AI actions becomes increasingly difficult to answer.6 In the world of AI and big data, there is an endless stream of data exchange and an infinitely complex chain of relationships between machines and humans, which in turn makes it that much harder to identify the responsible party for any given risk that realized. While it is sure that specific regulation about AI usage is to be made in the close future, the essential ethical and legal questions on our method of liability allocation should be asked and answered before taking legislative action.7
As scholar Peter Cane noted:
"Responsibility is not just a function of the quality of will manifested in conduct, nor the quality of that conduct. It is also concerned with the interest we all share in security of person and property, and with the way resources and risks are distributed in society. Responsibility is a relational phenomenon."8
Therefore, it is impossible to answer the question of liability allocation in a straightforward and standardised way, as the answer will inevitably be linked to every separate case in hand.9 With this in mind, as is the case with other, more conventional, conduct that is penalised in society, it would be a mistake to expect a single method of liability allocation to apply to each and every risk associated with the usage of AI and related technologies.10
Can AI Systems be Held Liable for Their Own Decisions?
The first question that comes to mind for many of us about the responsibility arising from the use of artificial intelligence technologies is whether these systems, which seem to make decisions on their own, without any human influence, should be held accountable for the consequences of their own behaviour.
Persons that can be held legally responsible, "legal subjects", primarily consist of natural persons as in human beings. However, as a result of legal developments since the middle-ages, some structures that are not actual people can be recognized as legal subjects. According to some scholars, it can be said that the recognition of public and private institutions as "legal entities" is one of the cornerstones of the development of European Law.11
Today, all around the world, legal entities as well as natural persons are seen as legal subjects. However, these legal entities are actually the sum of people who act consciously for a certain purpose and can also explain the purposes of these actions. On the contrary, artificial intelligence systems used today generally fall under the category of "narrow artificial intelligence", that is, they consist of systems equipped with the ability to make decisions in a very specific area. Therefore, since it is not possible to state that these systems act consciously and independently, it can be said that they can only be legal objects and not subjects.12 While the discussion can once again arise if and when a conscious and general artificial intelligence system is produced, today it does not seem possible to hold artificial intelligence systems responsible for their own decisions.
What is the Legal Nature of an AI?
Now we know that artificial intelligence systems cannot be held responsible for their own actions and decisions and can only qualified as legal objects, the question of who will be held liable for possible damages arises. An important aspect of the question lies on the fact that artificial intelligence systems pass through the hands of many people such as software developers, producers, and data providers before they come into use.
While seeking an answer to the question of which of these people will be held liable for possible damages, first of all, the legal nature of artificial intelligence as a legal object should be addressed, and then the responsibility should be assigned according to the conditions in which the damage occurs.
Today, while the legal nature of artificial intelligence is a point of disagreement in European Law, the dominant view is that artificial intelligence systems that are in general use are in fact a "product" offered to end users and other manufacturers.13 Although there are contrary opinions, artificial intelligence systems can be evaluated as a product in the context of Article 2 of the Product Liability Directive 85/374, adopted by the Council of Europe [the "Directive"] and therefore can be evaluated in the context of "product liability" according to the Directive.14
Among the discussions on the applicability of the Directive to artificial intelligence, a Regulation Proposal was published by the European Union in April 2021 to regulate legislation on artificial intelligence. The Proposal regulates many problems related to artificial intelligence but does not contain any regulation on liability.15 Another regulation is expected to be made regarding the question liability arising from artificial intelligence and related technologies at the end of 2021 or at the beginning of 2022.16
In Turkish law, the concepts of "products" and "producers" are not fully regulated under the Turkish Code of Obligations. "Intangible goods", which arguably include AI technologies, were first included as "goods" in an amendment to the Customer Protection Act No. 4077 and the Regulation on Liability for Damages Caused by Defective Goods in 2003. After the abolition of this law and a long period of legal gap, Product Reliability and Technical Regulations Act No. 7223 ["PLTRA"] entered into force on 12 March 2021. In this act, intangible goods and by extension AI systems were classified as "products".17
Who Can be Held Liable for AI Decisions?
AI is classified as a product both according to the Directive and the newly adopted PLTRA in Turkish law. Therefore, liability for possible damages should be assessed in accordance with this classification.
The Directive and PLTRA are compatible in many respects. Most importantly, in both regulations, it has been stipulated that the manufacturer and the importer, along with the distributor who is secondarily responsible, will be jointly liable for the damages suffered by the user and non-user third parties, for any damage caused by a defect in the product.18 Another important aspect observed in both regulations is that the manufacturers, importers, and distributors are held liable on the basis of strict liability. For strict liability to arise, the manufacturer does not need to be in fault, and can be held liable regardless of their conscious decisions or their awareness of the defect.19
Since the Directive and PLTRA adopt the principle of strict liability, it is sufficient to prove that the product is defective, the damage occurred and the causal link between the defect in the product and the damage in order for the manufacturer to be held responsible. In Turkish law, it is argued that the burden of proof regarding the defectiveness of the product should be interpreted as narrowly as possible. Even in decisions adopted prior to the PLTRA, the Court of Cassation ruled that, "Due to the complex nature of manufacturing, it will be impossible for the injured person to prove some issues, therefore the presumption of defect should be accepted as proof."20 Therefore, the damage caused by the product constituted proof in itself that the product was defective. Especially since artificial intelligence systems consist of very complex software, algorithms and databases, it may be almost impossible for the injured person to prove that the artificial intelligence that causes the damage is defective. While the PLTRA has not yet been applied broadly due to its recency, this line of reasoning will prove to be healthier for its application.
How Can Manufacturers Avoid Liability?
While manufacturers are strictly responsible for the damages caused by artificial intelligence systems as a rule, there are also situations where this responsibility will be eliminated both within the scope of PLTRA and the Directive. However, the two regulations, which are largely compatible on the establishment of responsibility, differ significantly in exceptions to the rule. According to PLTRA, the manufacturer is relieved of liability in cases where they prove that they did not put the product on the market, that the defect was caused by the distributor's or the user's intervention or that the defect in the product was caused by the production in accordance with technical regulations or other requirements. Also, even if the defect itself is not caused by the user, if the damage is caused partly by the user, the manufacturer's responsibility may be partially or completely removed.21
According to the Directive, in addition to the reasons listed in the UGDTK, the manufacturer is also relieved of responsibility if "it is not possible to recognize the defect in the product according to the level of science and technique at the time of the product's release". This provision, which is the most common reason for relief from responsibility, is frequently criticized. Since this defence can be applied especially in products using new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, many believe that a special regulation for such products is necessary.22
Can AI Decisions Result in Criminal Responsibility?
Legal liability for material and moral damages caused by artificial intelligence decisions can be largely resolved through interpretation by applying product liability law as explained above. However, it is almost inevitable that a criminal investigation will accompany the damages, especially if the decision causes death or injury.
The concept of "intent" forms the base of criminal law and focuses on the voluntariness of the action. Intention based liability only arises when (i) the agent of the action made a free and voluntary decision to act in the way that generates liability, and (ii) the agent has knowledge surrounding their action and its harmful consequences. In Turkish law, as frequently seen with other jurisdictions, criminal liability can only arise from intention as a rule. However, some crimes such as manslaughter and reckless injury can be committed without intent.23
Without a doubt, the actions of human beings who develop and deploy an AI program with the intent of inflicting monetary or bodily harm on other human beings would constitute intent, in turn making criminal prosecution or civil claims for damages against them possible.24 However, crimes of negligence are commonly observed in AI-related fields. An unfortunate event in 2018 proved to be an excellent case study for this question when an AI-powered self-driving car hit and fatally injured a woman in the USA. In the aftermath, the human operator in the vehicle ended up being prosecuted for negligent homicide.25 Therefore, in contrast to legal liability, the manufacturer would be directly held liable in criminal cases, and every case should be examined separately.
Conclusion: What Should Manufacturers and Users be Aware of?
In the light of the foregoing explanations, there are not yet concrete and specific regulations on the determination of legal and criminal liability arising from artificial intelligence decisions. However, existing legal institutions can provide guidance in this regard and provide solutions to possible problems. Manufacturers, who are the primary beneficiaries of artificial intelligence technologies, are also the primary bearers of liability and should ensure that the artificial intelligence-based software and systems they put on the market will not make decisions that may cause damage as they will be primarily responsible for the damages caused by a possible false artificial intelligence decision, even if they are not at fault. Users should also take utmost care and avoid actions that may be interpreted as user fault in a possible accident, especially when using advanced systems that may cause great damage in case of a possible error such as self-driving cars.
Footnotes
1.Forbes, How Is AI Used In Healthcare - 5 Powerful Real-World Examples That Show The Latest Advances https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/07/27/how-is-ai-used-in-healthcare-5-powerful-real-world-examplesthat-show-the-latest-advances/?sh=532205675dfb
2. Brittanica, Artificial Intelligence https://www.britannica.com/technology/artificial-intelligence
3. GIUFFRIDA, Iria, Liability for AI Decision-Making: Some Legal and Ethical Considerations, Fordham Law Review 88 (2019) p. 441.
4. YEUNG, Karen, Responsibility and AI, Council of Europe Study DGI(2019)05, pp. 28-43.
5. DEMPSEY, James X., Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to the Legal, Policy and Ethical Issues, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, 2020, pp. 10-14.
6. GIUFFRIDA, p. 442.
7. GIUFFRIDA, p. 456.
8. CANE, Peter, Responsibility in Law and Morality, 2002, p. 109.
9. YEUNG, p. 56.
10. YEUNG, p. 56.
11. HILDEBRANDT, Mireille, Human Law and Computer Law: Comparative Perspectives, 2013, p. 37.
12. HILDEBRANDT, p. 37.
13. SARI, Onur, Yapay Zekânın Sebep Olduğu Zararlardan Doğan Sorumluluk, TBB Journal 2020 (147).
14. Directive 85/374/EEC, 25 July 1985.
15. Commission Proposal 2021/0106 (COD), 22 April 2021.
16. European Commission, A European approach to Artificial intelligence, https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-approach-artificial-intelligence Last accessed on 10 May 2021.
17. KANIŞLI, Erhan, Ürün Güvenliği ve Teknik Düzenlemeler Kanunu (ÜGTDK) Uyarınca Üreticinin Sorumluluğu, İstanbul Law Journal 78 / 3 (December 2020), p. 1432.
18. KANIŞLI, p. 1422.
19. CANE, p. 82.
20. Court of Cassation 4th Legal Division, 1994/6256 E., 1995/2596 K., 27.03.1995 T.
21. PLTRA Art.21.
22. KANIŞLI, pp. 1423-1425.
23. Turkish Criminal Code Art.22.
24. Turkish Criminal Code Art.22.
25. BBC, Uber's self-driving operator charged over fatal crash https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54175359
Originally published 09 September 2022
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Pilot in I-95 Plane Crash Says Engine Failed Five Miles from Airport
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The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has called on police in Victoria to investigate an arson attack on the home of a religious leader as a hate crime.
Gasoline was poured through the mail slot of the family home of Father Yuriy Vyshnevskyy, pastor of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, the congress said in a statement on Thursday.
Five people were in the home early Wednesday when the fire broke out.
All made it out alive, although one child was injured and a woman needed to be rescued from a window ledge by fire crews, said Victoria police.
Const. Cam MacIntyre said Victoria police are investigating whether the arson was hate-motivated, but have yet to establish a motive.
“That’s something we will be looking at,” MacIntyre said in an interview. “We’re alive to the connection here between the family and the Ukrainian church.
“It’s very early in the investigation to be drawing conclusions of that nature. The motive is unknown but it is an arson. We obviously believe this fire was intentionally set.”
Police on Thursday released 16 seconds of video showing a vehicle passing through the area near the fire.
Investigators want to identify and speak with the driver and occupants.
The congress called the fire an attack on Vyshnevskyy, his wife and their three daughters, and called on police to thoroughly investigate.
“Given that Father Vyshnevskyy is a dedicated community leader, who through his work is strongly supporting the Ukrainian people and their defence of their homeland from Russia’s genocidal war, we call on local authorities to investigate this attack as a hate crime.”
Premier John Horgan offered his sympathies to Vyshnevskyy and his family during a news conference Thursday.
“We don’t know yet, as the investigation unfolds, whether it was directed at people’s faith, people’s ethnicity, we don’t know,” he said.
“But, what we do know is that all British Columbians stand with the Vyshnevskyy family today, in unison, saying with one voice, we’re with you and we’re here to help.”
—Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press
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Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. for allegedly spreading “false information” about the country’s armed forces, his lawyer said Friday.
Russian media reported that similar charges were being drawn up against outspoken tech executive Ilya Krasilshchik, the former publisher of Russia's top independent news site, Meduza. The moves against the two Kremlin critics are part of a widening crackdown against individuals speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.
Russia adopted a law criminalizing spreading false information about its military shortly after its troops rolled into Ukraine in late February. The offense is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Human rights advocates so far have counted 32 cases targeting critics of the invasion.
Kara-Murza is a journalist and a former associate of late Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015, and oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed for years in Russia. Kara-Murza himself was hospitalized with poisoning symptoms twice, in 2015 and 2017.
Lawyer Vadim Prokhorov told reporters that the false information case against Kara-Murza cited a March 15 speech to the Arizona House of Representatives as the basis for the latest charges.
In March and early April, the activist made a series of public addresses in which he denounced Russia’s actions in Ukraine. In an April 11 interview with American television network CNN, he described the Kremlin as “a regime of murderers.”
Kara-Murza was detained hours after the interview and jailed for 15 days for disobeying a police officer. Prokhorov said his client had been due to appear in court for an appeal hearing Friday but instead was taken in for questioning at the Russian Investigative Committee headquarters.
Prokhorov said Kara-Murza has maintained his innocence.
The spokespeople for a Moscow court said investigators have petitioned to place Kara-Murza in pre-trial detention for an initial period of two months. A hearing on the petition was scheduled for Friday afternoon, Prokhorov said on Facebook.
Krasilshchik, the tech executive who left Russia in early March, told Meduza that he had learnt about the case against him from news reports, which by Friday evening remained unconfirmed. Russian media have linked the charges to an Instagram post, featuring what Krasilshchik said was the photo of charred human remains in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
“You can’t recover after seeing the images from Bucha,” the photo caption read. “You feel that the army of this country of ours, it’s capable of anything … and so is the country. That we’re just an order away from mass executions.”
Also Friday, veteran Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov said in an online statement that he was “temporarily” leaving the country.
“The situation around me and my rights organizations has been frightening for a long time,” Ponomaryov announced on the website of the NGO “For Human Rights,” which he led from 2019 to 2021, when it shut down due to Russia’s controversial restrictions on entities deemed “foreign agents.”
“There have been constant provocations, spam attacks, detentions, and - I will be frank - ambiguous information from various sources regarding (authorities’) plans to do with me,” he added.
Ponomaryov, a former State Duma lawmaker who had helped found Russia’s oldest human rights organization in the 1980s, has been a vocal opponent of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and initiated multiple public petitions against it.
In his statement Friday, he claimed to be “allowing himself to take a vacation” to “look after my health …, but also think through the difficult situation in which we all find ourselves, and plan further (campaigning) activities, which we cannot stop by any means.”
“I doubt my time away will be long,” he added.
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Missouri tax credit legislation approved by House, heads to State Senate
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - Missouri’s Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would give rebates of up to $1,000 for state income taxes owed this year.
Lawmakers voted 103-44 to send the nonrefundable tax credit legislation to the GOP-led Senate, where Republican Majority Leader Caleb Rowden said it faces an uncertain path forward.
The House proposal would allow for rebates of up to $500 per individual or $1,000 for married couples.
In practice, if an individual owes $1 in state income taxes when they file, they would be repaid $1. If an individual owes $600 in income taxes, they would be reimbursed $500.
Individuals and couples who didn’t owe anything wouldn’t qualify. The legislation would set aside $1 billion in surplus revenue to pay for the tax rebates. The bill is heading to the Senate.
The tax break proposal is due to the budget surplus the State Legislature is facing. It has sparked a lot of controversy over who should actually get the money.
Lawmakers say the legislation led to loud conversations on the House Floor on Wednesday evening. Missouri State Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Greene County) is a big fan of it. He says anything that can get Missourians that money back that they paid should be a good thing.
“I love it, I think it’s a great idea,” said Sen. Burlison. ”They can’t even find enough places to spend the money. We should be sending this back to the people that paid these taxes to us, rather than waste their money.”
Democratic Missouri State Rep., Peter Merideth said while he supports giving Missourians back their money, he wants it to go to the people who truly need it. He even said it’s not about economic recovery.
“If it were, it would go to the people that need help recovering. That’s not what this is,“ said Representative Merideth.
So who would actually get this money? The Missouri Budget Project is projecting it would go to about a third of Missourians.
Sen. John Rizzo says while they will entertain the idea, he agrees it should go to those who need it the most.
”The non-refundable portion of it probably, I would say, misses the target. If you’re going to do something like that, you should probably put the most vulnerable in regards of people that need the money the most first,“ said Sen. Rizzo.
Sen. Burlison said the money needs to go towards Missourians who pay taxes.
”If it’s giving money back to people that never paid taxes, then I would not support that. I think that I’m not in the business of wanting to just redistribute wealth,” said Sen. Burlison.
Similar legislation was filed in the senate just a few months ago. It was done by Missouri State Sen. Lincoln Hough. That has not made it on the Senate floor yet.
The Senate is expected to take up budget on Tuesday. By law, a budget needs to be on Governor Parson’s desk by May 6 at 6 p.m..
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Nearly a week into a ransomware attack that has crippled Costa Rican government computer systems, the country refused to pay a ransom as it struggled to implement workarounds and braced itself as hackers began publishing stolen information.
The Russian-speaking Conti gang claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Costa Rican government had not confirmed its origin.
The Finance Ministry was the first to report problems Monday. A number of its systems have been affected from tax collection to importation and exportation processes through the customs agency. Attacks on the social security agency’s human resources system and on the Labor Ministry, as well as others followed.
The initial attack forced the Finance Ministry to shut down for several hours the system responsible for the payment of a good part of the country’s public employees, which also handles government pension payments. It also has had to grant extensions for tax payments.
Conti had not published a specific ransom amount, but Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado said, “The Costa Rican state will not pay anything to these cybercriminals.” A figure of $10 million circulated on social media platforms, but did not appear on Conti’s site.
Costa Rican businesses fretted over confidential information provided to the government that could be published and used against them, while average citizens worried that personal financial information could be used to clean out their bank accounts.
Allan Liska, an intelligence analyst with security firm Recorded Future, said that Conti was pursuing a double extortion: encrypting government files to freeze agencies’ ability to function and posting stolen files to the group’s extortion sites on the dark web if a ransom wasn’t paid.
The first part can often be overcome if the systems have good backups, but the second is trickier depending on the sensitivity of the stolen data, he said.
Conti typically rents out its ransomware infrastructure to “affiliates” who pay for the service. The affiliate attacking Costa Rica could be anywhere in the world, Liska said.
A year ago, a Conti ransomware attack forced Ireland’s health system to shut down its information technology system, cancelling appointments, treatments and surgeries.
Last month, Conti pledged its services in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move angered cybercriminals sympathetic to Ukraine. It also prompted a security researcher who had long been surveilling Conti to leak a massive trove of internal communications among some Conti operators.
Asked why Central America’s most stable democracy, known for its tropical wildlife and beaches, would be a target of hackers, Liska said the motivation usually has more to do with weaknesses. “They’re looking for specific vulnerabilities,” he said. “So the most likely explanation is that Costa Rica had a number of vulnerabilities and one of the ransomware actors discovered these vulnerabilities and was able to exploit it.”
Brett Callow, a ransomware analyst at Emsisoft, said he looked at one of the leaked files from the Costa Rican finance ministry and “there doesn’t seem to be much doubt that the data is legit.”
On Friday, Conti’s extortion site indicated it had published 50% of the stolen data. It said it included more than 850 gigabytes of material from Finance Ministry and other institutions’ databases. “This is all ideal for phishing, we wish our colleagues from Costa Rica good luck in monetizing this data,” it said.
That seemed to contradict Alvarado’s assertion that the attack was not about money.
“My opinion is that this attack is not a money issue, but rather looks to threaten the country’s stability in a transition point,” he said, referring to his outgoing administration and the swearing in of Costa Rica’s new president May 8. “They will not achieve it."
Alvarado did allude to the possibility that the attack was motivated by Costa Rica’s public rejection of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “You also can’t separate it from the complex global geopolitical situation in a digitalized world,” he said.
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Mark Meadows also registered to vote in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Meadows — a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump who was removed from North Carolina voter rolls earlier this month — is still a registered voter in two other states, according to officials.
Chris Whitmire, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Elections Commission, told The Associated Press the former Republican congressman and his wife registered as voters in the state in March 2022.
“That’s when he became active,” Whitmire said, noting that neither Meadows had yet cast a vote in the state. “From our perspective, it just looks like any new South Carolina voter.”
The South Carolina registration was first reported by The Washington Post, which noted that Meadows had been a registered voter simultaneously in three states — the Carolinas and Virginia — until North Carolina removed him from its rolls earlier this month. Meadows remains a registered Virginia voter, the paper reported.
Mark and Debra Meadows bought a home on picturesque Lake Keowee for $1.6 million in July, according to records for the property, which was listed on their South Carolina voter registration records.
The former North Carolina congressman appeared in South Carolina earlier this week with members of the state Legislature’s newly-formed Freedom Caucus, an offshoot of a similar conservative group Meadows helped found on the federal level while serving in the U.S. House.
A representative for Meadows declined comment Friday on the South Carolina voter registration.
Last month, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s office asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into Meadows’ voter registration in that state, which listed a home he never owned — and may never have visited — as his legal residence.
Public records indicated Meadows had been registered to vote in Virginia and North Carolina, where he listed a Scaly Mountain mobile home he did not own as his legal residence weeks before casting an absentee 2020 presidential election ballot in the state. Trump, for whom Meadows was serving as chief of staff in Washington at the time, won the battleground state by just over 1 percentage point.
Public records indicate Meadows registered to vote in Alexandria, Virginia, about a year after he registered in Scaly Mountain, and just weeks before Virginia’s high-profile governor’s election last fall.
Meadows frequently raised the prospect of voter fraud before the 2020 presidential election — as polls showed Trump trailing now-President Joe Biden — and in the months after Trump’s loss, to suggest Biden was not the legitimate winner.
Judges, election officials in both parties and Trump’s own attorney general have concluded there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Experts point to isolated incidents of intentional or unintentional violations of voter laws in every election.
Through the Electronic Registration Information Center, a consortium through which states exchange data about voter registration, Whitmire also said officials periodically pull voter lists and remove those who have more recently registered in a new state.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature has passed a bill to dissolve a private government controlled by Disney that provides municipal-like services for its 27,000 acres (nearly 11,000 hectares) in the Sunshine State.
The proposal, pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has largely been seen as retribution for Disney's criticism of a new state law that critics have dubbed “Don't Say Gay,” which bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The entertainment giant has not commented publicly on the proposal to dissolve its government, which has been in operation for 55 years.
WHAT DOES THE BILL DO?
The bill passed by the Legislature on Thursday would eliminate the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the Disney government is known, as well as a handful of other similar districts by June 2023.
The measure does allow for the districts to be reestablished, leaving an avenue for Disney and lawmakers to renegotiate their deal between now and June 2023.
“By doing it this early, we have until next June or July to this put together, so we’re actually giving ourselves more time to be thoughtful,” said Republican Senate President Wilton Simpson. “I don’t know how the end will come, but I know that this is a very worthy process that we’re taking and I think whatever comes out of it will be better than what we have today.”
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The bill now awaits the governor’s expected signature.
Although details are far from clear, the proposal could have huge tax implications for Disney. Democratic state lawmakers who oppose the bill also have warned that it could result in homeowners getting hit with big tax bills if they have to absorb costs the company used to pay.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, whose county is partially home to Disney World, said it would be “catastrophic for our budget” if the county had to assume the costs for public safety at the theme park resort. Reedy Creek currently reimburses the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for public safety costs.
“If that district goes away, and they no longer pay for those public safety costs, and it then has to fall to the county’s other budgets, that is a net sum loss to the rest of the taxpayers of Orange County,” Demings said.
WHY DOES DISNEY HAVE ITS OWN GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA?
The company sold the idea to Florida lawmakers in 1967 as part of its plans to build an expansive East Coast theme park that would include a futuristic city.
The city never materialized, but Walt Disney World nevertheless became an entertainment juggernaut in Orlando, while still retaining governmental powers that have allowed it to decide what and how to build and to issue bonds and provide services such as zoning, fire protection and utilities.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the Disney government is known, has been allowed to build its own roads, run its own wastewater treatment plants, operate its own fire department, set its own building codes and inspect Disney buildings for safety.
The district had $169 million in revenues and $178 million in expenditures in the current budget year.
Disney is a major political player in Florida, as well as the rest of the country. The Walt Disney Co. and its affiliates made more than $20 million in political contributions to both Republicans and Democrats in the 2020 campaign cycle, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks such spending.
That same year, Disney-related entities funneled $10.5 million to the America First Action committee, which supports Republican former President Donald Trump. Disney also contributed $1.2 million to support President Joe Biden's campaign.
In response to the gender instruction law, Disney announced it was suspending political donations in the state and would support organizations that oppose it.
WHY ELIMINATE THE GOVERNMENT NOW?
DeSantis has railed against Disney after the company's public opposition to the gender instruction law.
This week, as lawmakers were returning to the Capitol for a special legislative session focused on congressional redistricting, DeSantis issued a proclamation allowing them to also take up legislation eliminating the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
For the governor, the attack on Disney is his latest salvo in a culture war waged over policies involving race, gender and the coronavirus, battles that have made him one of the most popular GOP politicians in the country and a likely 2024 presidential candidate.
“If Disney wants to pick a fight, they chose the wrong guy” the governor wrote in a fundraising email. “As Governor, I was elected to put the people of Florida first, and I will not allow a woke corporation based in California to run our state.”
Republican Rep. Randy Fine, sponsor of the bill to scrap the district, said it is time for a change.
“You kick the hornet’s nest, things come up. And I will say this: You got me on one thing — this bill does target one company. It targets the Walt Disney Co.,” Fine said. “You want to know why? Because they are the only company in the state that has ever been granted the right to govern themselves.” | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-are-Disney-and-DeSantis-feuding-in-17119930.php | 2022-04-22T18:25:52Z | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-are-Disney-and-DeSantis-feuding-in-17119930.php | true | 35 |
When Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, a remastered collection of both Klonoa: Door to Phantomile as well as the sequel Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, was announced back in February during a Nintendo Direct, it was only confirmed for Switch on July 8. As far as other formats go, there was no information shared. Until today.
After a tweet shared by Bandai Namco, we now know that the game will be released for PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X on... the very same day as Switch. Why this information took more than two months to reveal is really strange as it's still almost three months until the release. We doubt Switch benefited from this choice and it's just confusing for the others.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Frank Reich welcomed a whole new cast to the Indianapolis Colts headquarters Monday.
Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley continued the installation of his new scheme. Cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and five-time Pro Bowler, told reporters why he signed with Indy. And Reich began the annual ritual of meeting with a new quarterback, this time 2016 league MVP Matt Ryan.
But it’s only the start — of the season and the changes that will be coming.
Reich knows more new faces will arrive after next weekend’s draft and because general manager Chris Ballard already has invested so heavily on defense, most of the additions will likely be on offense.
“I think it’s a really good draft and I think we’re going to get better when the draft is over,” Reich said. “I think we’ll be better. It’s an exciting time of year and I look forward to how it’s going to work out.”
What exactly the Colts plan to do depends largely on what happens while they wait for Day 2 to begin.
Ballard traded Indy’s first-round pick to Philadelphia in last year’s deal for Carson Wentz and isn’t scheduled to make a Day 1 selection for the third time in four years. The first of Indy’s seven selections comes at No. 42 overall.
The good news is this rookie class appears especially deep for offensive linemen and receivers, two positions the Colts need.
Indy has been searching for a long-term answer at left tackle since longtime starter Anthony Castonzo retired after the 2020 season. Last year’s starter, Eric Fisher, battled injuries and the 31-year-old, two-time Pro Bowler produced inconsistent results. He’s still unsigned.
Still, Ballard has repeatedly insisted he won’t reach for lesser value just to fill a need — which is why he didn’t draft a left tackle last April and it’s unclear who would be the favorite to start opening day.
“That’s the age-old question, do you draft for need or for value?” Ballard said Friday. “You just have to make sure you’re not passing on a great player. If it’s even then we’ll take the need. But I think you’ve always got to have enough faith and confidence when you lay your head on the pillow that we’re going to find answers between now and the start of the season.”
Indy appears better suited to fill the hole left by right guard Mark Glowinski, who signed with the New York Giants in free agency. Veterans Danny Pinter and Matt Pryor will likely battle for that job.
Whatever happens, though, Reich will have a plan to get the rookies acclimated to the new expectations, new environment and new teammates.
“I think we’ve got a solid core of guys with myself, Quenton (Nelson) and Braden (Smith) who know what the standard is we set for ourselves,” starting center Ryan Kelly said. “I know Danny’s excited to get in there.”
OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING
If Ballard doesn’t find the right offensive lineman, he could be looking for receivers.
Michael Pittman Jr. has been solid through his first two seasons, topping the 1,000-yard mark for the first time last year. But T.Y. Hilton remains unsigned, Zach Paschal left in free agency and injuries still haven’t allowed Parris Campbell to play a full season.
Another option could be tight end, where the Colts need to replace two-time Pro Bowler Jack Doyle who retired.
DEFENSIVE SHIFT
The offseason moves have created a different look for Indy’s defense.
By adding Yannick Ngakoue, getting back injured defensive tackle Tyquan Lewis and the emergence of last year’s top two draft picks, Kwity Paye and Dayo Odeyinbgo, Indy could have its best pass-rushing rotation in years. Gilmore and safety Rodney McLeod should provide an upgrade in the secondary.
But don’t be surprised if Ballard adds another defender — if there’s a game-changing cornerback or playmaking linebacker still on the board.
TRADING PLACES
Ballard had a propensity for wheeling and dealing even before making this year’s two big moves. He sent a first-round pick to San Francisco for two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner in 2020. But Ballard’s draft weekend deals have been an annual tradition.
Expect Ballard to be working the phones to acquire more bodies or more picks or both.
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Joel Diaz Jr. and Mercito Gesta met in Indio, California for a 10-round welterweight showdown on Thursday night. Gesta went into the bout with a record of 33-3-3 with 17 knockouts. Diaz had a record of 26-3 with 22 knockouts.
Gesta, who was coming off a two-and-a-half year layoff, was a major underdog going into the bout. However, he was awarded the victory by unanimous decision when the final bell rang.
Almost as soon as the first bell sounded, the fight was a toe-to-toe brawl, which quickly became one of the most exciting bouts of the year. It was yet another reminder that the best fights in boxing are often not the heavily marketed title fights between world champions.
Mercito Gesta came out of the corner with vicious intentions. He met Diaz in the middle of the ring and put him on the canvas twice in quick succession. This caused the commentators to anticipate an early knockout victory.
However, Joel Diaz Jr. did not resign himself to defeat. He got off the canvas and forced Gesta back to the ropes with furious combinations, delivering a flurry of hooks and uppercuts.
In the third and fourth rounds, Diaz managed to keep relative control of the fight by using his reach advantage to maintain range. Eventually, Gesta's infighting skills paid off as he worked his way back into the fight.
In the seventh round, Diaz was pummeled with vicious blows but stayed standing. He came back in the eighth with damaging combinations of his own. The fight was toe-to-toe until the end of the 10th round.
In the end, Mercito Gesta was the winner on all three scorecards, leading to a unanimous decision victory.
Who is Mercito Gesta?
Mercito Gesta was considered the underdog prior to the bout. Diaz Jr. was coming off a knockout victory over Francisco Gabriel Pina in 2021. Meanwhile, Gesta had not stepped into the ring since 2019. Diaz's former opponents include Regis Prograis, Tyler Asselstine, and Joaquim Carneiro.
Gesta's last bout was against Carlos Morales, which ended in a draw. Prior to that, he was knocked out by Juan Antonio Rodriguez. In 2018, he lost to Jorge Linares, who has fought the likes of Vasyl Lomachenko, Devin Haney, and Luke Campbell.
For much of his career, Gesta has been considered a fringe contender, fighting at the so-called 'B-level' in boxing. He unsuccessfully challenged for the IBF and WBA Lightweight World titles in 2012 and 2018, respectively. The 2012 challenge was against Miguel Vázquez. The fight was on the undercard of the fourth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Márquez, where the Filipino legend was infamously knocked out in the last second of the sixth round. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pro-boxing/news-mercito-gesta-vs-joel-diaz-absolute-slugfest | 2022-04-22T18:30:51Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pro-boxing/news-mercito-gesta-vs-joel-diaz-absolute-slugfest | false | 1 |
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Paul H. Williams (The Gleaner) reports that feminist scholar Verene Shepherd was elected chair of The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). She is presently professor of social history at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, and director at the Centre for Reparation Research.
On Monday, April 11, in Geneva, Switzerland, The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) elected its new bureau, with Professor Verene Albertha Shepherd of Jamaica as its chair.
It happened during CERD’s 106th session in which anti-discrimination efforts by Cameroon, Estonia, Luxembourg and Kazakhstan were slated to be reviewed. The committee also heard three newly elected members make a solemn declaration, and adopted the session’s agenda.
In speaking with The Gleaner last Monday, Shepherd, who is also the director at the Centre for Reparation Research, said, “It’s quite an honour for me to have been elected chair of this treaty body, because it’s really a historic moment.” She has been a member of that committee since 2016 and will be chair for two years.
Shepherd is the first Jamaican and CARICOM national to sit on this the UN’s oldest treaty committee, for which she has won the highest number of votes among those who competed for a seat for two consecutive years. Her candidacy was supported by CARICOM.
SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT
She was also a member of the UN’s Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, for which she was chair from 2012-14, and for which she helped to draft the programme of activities for the UN’s International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024). The CERD appointment is significant, Shepherd said, because we are still in the Decade for People of African Descent. “I’m honoured to be chair as we are still in the decade,” she shared.
CERD is one of 10 UN human-rights treaty bodies, and consists of independent experts who monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its states parties. It works to take action against the injustice of racial discrimination, and the dangers it represents.
The committee meets in Geneva and normally holds three sessions per year. The current members are from Qatar, Algeria, Poland, Republic of Korea, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Senegal, Turkey, China, USA, Mauritania, Germany, Greece, Togo, South Africa, Peru, Mauritius, and Jamaica.
The position of chair is rotated by region every two years, and this time around it was the Regional Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries’ (GRULAC) turn. This is the group to which Shepherd belongs, and though she was tapped to be the next chair, the appointment had to go through a formal process.
She was nominated by long-standing member Gay McDougall, the representative from the USA, who is also senior fellow and distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice/Center for Race, Law and Justice, Fordham University School of Law. McDougall’s proposal was supported by GRULAC and the other regional groups, and thus Shepherd was duly appointed.
A TREATY BODY WITH GENDER BALANCE
Shepherd described the moment as “moving” and “humbling”, as McDougall’s proposal was like a “tribute”. She is particularly proud because CERD “is now the only treaty body with gender balance,” and the women on the committee are happy for her.
She said she was looking forward to the appointment because it would be an opportunity to represent the region, to work for the elimination of racial discrimination, to work with states to protect the vulnerable and marginalised people of African descent, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers, victims of war, etc. “It’s a very good place to be if you are a human-rights activist, as I am,” Shepherd declared.
The social historian on a committee with mostly lawyers is up to the task, and wants to bring more visibility and awareness of CERD in GRULAC, “to show that the Caribbean has talent and we are on the international stage as academics and human-rights defenders. We in the Caribbean have a role to play in the international dialogue of the elimination of racial discrimination,” she told The Gleaner.
She said, also, there is a treaty body-strengthening process that is yet to be adopted. It is about how to make treaty bodies function more efficiently and harmoniously. She would like to see CERD sign on to that outcome document. She also wants to see non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from the region take an interest in the work of her committee, as many NGOS from other regions are involved.
For original article, see https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220418/professor-verene-shepherd-elected-chair-un-treaty-body | https://repeatingislands.com/2022/04/22/professor-verene-shepherd-elected-to-chair-un-treaty-body/ | 2022-04-22T18:32:47Z | https://repeatingislands.com/2022/04/22/professor-verene-shepherd-elected-to-chair-un-treaty-body/ | true | 2 |
Frank Lampard described Liverpool as one of the best (‘if not the’) teams in the world next to Manchester City ahead of Everton’s upcoming meeting with the Reds for the Merseyside derby.
Whilst the Blues continue their fight to retain their Premier League status, the hosts remain firmly in pursuit of the league leaders, with only a point separating Jurgen Klopp’s men from Pep Guardiola’s incumbent champions.
Though the Toffees’ form has been far from consistent of late, the German will no doubt be keen to prepare his men for a battle and a half against our city rivals in what could prove to be a potentially decisive tie for both outfits’ respective seasons.
You can catch the clip below, courtesy of @footballdaily:
🗣 "What have you been told this week about this game?"
Frank 🗣 "Not so much I've been at the training ground and my flat."
Frank Lampard is looking forward to managing Everton in the Merseyside derby pic.twitter.com/NgSoh0p1I4
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 22, 2022 | https://www.empireofthekop.com/2022/04/22/video-frank-lampard-shares-what-he-thinks-about-liverpool-ahead-of-first-merseyside-derby-we-have-two-of-them-in-the-premier-league/ | 2022-04-22T18:34:41Z | https://www.empireofthekop.com/2022/04/22/video-frank-lampard-shares-what-he-thinks-about-liverpool-ahead-of-first-merseyside-derby-we-have-two-of-them-in-the-premier-league/ | false | 1 |
HOPEWELL — Finger Lakes Community College baseball team got a five-day rest after their eight-game win streak came to a close last weekend at the hands and bats of Herkimer CC and Monroe CC.
The Lakers (23-15, 4-0) played the first and second games of a four-game series against division rival Niagara Community College. The teams played a Thursday doubleheader in Canandaigua and then travel to Niagara County on Saturday for another double dual.
On Thursday, FLCC dropped its season-worst fifth straight game after getting shutout in both games of the doubleheader. The Lakers lost 1-0 in game one and 9-0 in game two.
Freshman right handed starting pitcher Devin Georgetti pitched all seven innings in game one to take the close defeat after only allowing one earned run, four hits, one walk while striking out seven batters.
Sophomore right handed starting pitcher Tanner Frank suffered the loss in game two after throwing the first 4.1 innings while allowing six hits, six earned runs, two walks while striking out five batters.
The Lakers finish the two games with only three hits combined on offense as they look to regroup on Saturday against Niagara once again. | https://www.fltimes.com/sports/college-baseball-lakers-drop-fifth-straight/article_8e36833f-8c27-567c-8c80-26c2a041ce10.html | 2022-04-22T18:34:48Z | https://www.fltimes.com/sports/college-baseball-lakers-drop-fifth-straight/article_8e36833f-8c27-567c-8c80-26c2a041ce10.html | false | 1 |
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House committee investigating January 6, is under scrutiny for going after Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, another example of his years-long effort to discredit the Court’s most conservative member.
While Thompson is attempting to frame his attack as being about Ginni, sources in D.C. cannot but note that the man leading the charge has evinced decades of hostility toward Thomas, even calling Justice Thomas an “Uncle Tom” in the past.
Specifically, some speculated that the “House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol” — led by Thompson — is focusing on Ginni as a conduit to achieve a larger purpose: to force Thomas to recuse himself from nearly every major issue before the Court.
Ginni is a conservative grassroots activist, having founded the Tea Party-affiliated political advocacy nonprofit Liberty Central in 2009, as well as being a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.
What has particularly sparked the committee’s interest, however, was — long before the riots started — supporting attendees of Trump’s January 6 Save America rally at the Ellipse outside the White House.
Like many conservative Republicans, Ginni seemed to have unanswered questions about the 2020 election and showed up for what was intended to be a peaceful protest. As Breitbart News reported, “Ginni’s opponents tried to tie her earlier comments to the riot, despite her public statements opposing the violence.”
Ginni maintains she “played no role” in planning the January 6 rally but said she attended to support Trump and left well before chaos descended on the Capitol Building.
Another focus of the committee are text messages from Ginni to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows regarding challenging 2020 election results.
Citizens United’s documentary Rigged shows how Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) was able to spend “money on a Democrat-focused get-out-the-vote effort all under the guise of pandemic ‘election safety.'” Much of that was not widely known in January 2021.
Another reason the left targets Ginni is she has highlighted connections between the Democrat party — including people such as Hillary Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris — and George Soros, as well as Biden family corruption.
In essence, the argument from the left is that Ginni’s work with activist organizations that take positions on certain issues requires Thomas’s recusal from cases regarding those issues, such as abortion or election integrity. Further, any income she receives ought to be viewed as marital income, and is, therefore, inextricably linked the Justice’s jurisprudence.
But Ginni’s work is far less controversial than the left would have Americans believe.
As former Attorney General Ed Meese and Ken Blackwell point out, “What does Ginni do? She brings leaders and groups together to collaborate and share information and explore ways to synchronize messaging for greater impact.”
“Her focus is on coalition-building, and working in the public affairs space to maximize impact of messaging for clients and causes she believes in,” they state, continuing:
The situation might be different if Ginni were engaged in litigation, such as arguing before a court or having her name appear on legal briefs, but she does not touch the courtroom arena. No matter how strongly she feels about a matter, she steps back if it moves toward litigation, even before it reaches the Supreme Court.
Attacks on Ginni do not appear to be about her at all. Instead, the left argues her political activism — which does not directly involve legal issues, despite her being a lawyer — requires Justice Thomas’s recusal from many issues before the Court. In other words, some conservatives argue that Ginni is being used to advance a decades-long crusade against Clarence Thomas.
After all, once Ginni’s text messages were revealed, congressional Democrats overtly called for the recusal and even removal of Thomas from the Supreme Court.
“Judges are obligated to recuse themselves when their participation in a case would create even the appearance of a conflict of interest. A person with an ounce of commonsense could see that the bar is met here,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said, adding that “[Clarence] Thomas’s conduct on the Supreme Court looks increasingly corrupt.”
Justice Thomas, aside from being likely the most popular Justice among conservatives, is also well-known for having one of the most contentious confirmation processes in American history, led by then-Senate Judiciary Committee chair Joe Biden (D-DE).
Supporters of the justice insist that the left’s hatred of Justice Thomas has always had a racial undertone, stemming from an animosity toward black conservatives. Conservatives say that liberals believe, in the words of Biden himself, if a black person does not toe the party line, they “ain’t black” — or, in other words, black conservatives are inconvenient to the narrative of the radical left and must, therefore, be destroyed.
Thompson, who is himself black, has made statements similar to Biden’s in what many conservatives say is the Democrat establishment’s inability to accept the existence of black conservatives. He also has a history of attacking Thomas along racial lines with language that many consider beyond the pale.
In 2014, Thompson was speaking on a New Nation of Islam radio station when he called Justice Thomas an “Uncle Tom” — a racist trope, derived from the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, used by the left to describe black conservatives as zealously subservient and overeager to win the approval of white people.
“It’s almost to the point saying this man doesn’t like black people, he doesn’t like being black,” Thompson continued.
After facing criticism, Thompson doubled-down on his attack, saying that “for some,” it is a racially charged term, “but to others, it’s the truth.” He was allowed to use the racist trope because, he said, “I’m black.”
Breitbart News reached out to fellow January 6 Committee member Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), asking if she believes Thompson’s comments about Thomas are relevant to the committee’s attacks on Ginni as well as if she would condemn the use of the racist trope.
Cheney’s office did not respond.
During his tirade on the New Nation of Islam show, Thompson also asserted how any criticism of then-President Barack Obama was racist.
“When a black man comes with an idea [for Obamacare] there’s something wrong with it,” he said. “Again, it’s race creeping into the picture.”
Responding to criticism of government expansion, he explained the answer must be that “now all of a sudden, government is the worst thing in the world since a black man became president.”
“Thompson, Biden, and the broader left have reserved the utmost hostility for Clarence since his nomination to the Supreme Court and have sought his downfall by any means necessary,” Blackwell told Breitbart News exclusively.
“While there remains zero evidence of impropriety from Clarence, Ginni’s activities have become the new line of attack in a decades-long witch hunt to destroy one of the most consequential conservatives in the country, who just happens to be black.”
“This is the Cancel Culture taken to a level that threatens our institutions of government,” as Meese and Blackwell put it. “What began years ago as the politics of personal destruction has metastasized into attempts to delegitimize a distinguished and senior member of the best-functioning branch of the federal government by smearing his wife for making a private-sector career out of her principles and patriotism, and doing it in a manner that avoids an appearance of impropriety by not engaging in her husband’s realm of responsibility.”
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Proposed language law sends chill through some of Quebec's hospitals
By Allison Lampert
MONTREAL, April 22 (Reuters) - A planned change to French language laws in Quebec could see understaffed hospitals in the Canadian province wrestling with hiring headaches during a labor shortage while battling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, critics say.
Language remains a sensitive issue in the mostly French-speaking province, where unhappiness over the dominance of English helped fuel the rise of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) in the 1970s.
The sweeping legislation proposed by the nationalist Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government would, among other things, make it harder for hospitals to hire staff that speak languages other than French, complicating efforts to serve patients, said Eric Maldoff, chair of a coalition of healthcare institutions that supports the use of French but wants the sector exempt from the law.
Under the proposed Bill 96, administrators, for example, would need to take "reasonable means" to avoid including other languages as a job requirement.
"If you cannot recruit the people who can deliver the service, then it's hard to have the service even if it is permitted," said Maldoff, who served as an adviser to former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
Quebec, the country's second-most populous province, has one of Canada's highest job vacancy rates, with unfilled positions in the health and social assistance network especially worrisome, the non-profit Institut du Québec wrote in 2021.
The proposed law, which also would toughen French usage in smaller companies and colleges, is under review by lawmakers. It's not clear when or if it would be approved by the province's legislature.
Changes to Quebec's language laws are tricky as they have sometimes triggered constitutional challenges. Quebec's government, however, has embedded language in Bill 96 in an effort to bypass such legal issues.
Elisabeth Gosselin, a spokesperson for Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, said there was no need for worry. She said the law would not change rights set out in the province's existing health law.
"There is nothing in the bill that will prevent a citizen from receiving adequate care," she said.
'VULNERABLE POSITION'
Quebec Premier Francois Legault's government, which faces an October election, proposed the bill following concerns over a decline in French usage among downtown businesses in Montreal, the province's largest city, and among top executives.
On Thursday, Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Co came under pressure from pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over a lack of native French speakers on the company's board.
Last year, the chief executive officer of Montreal-based Air Canada apologized after suggesting he did not need to speak French, one of Canada's two official languages.
"It's important to understand that French will always be in a vulnerable position in North America," Legault, who was a PQ member of Quebec's legislature from 1998 to 2009, said on Wednesday.
While exceptions are cited for health and public safety, the bill has created confusion over who is entitled to health services in English and other languages, raising alarm for new arrivals including refugees, Maldoff said.
It also allows healthcare workers' decisions and French language skills to be challenged through anonymous complaints, which would have a chilling effect, he said.
Quebec's justice department did not answer requests on who would be able to get services in English under the proposed law. (Reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal Editing by Denny Thomas and Paul Simao) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10744219/Proposed-language-law-sends-chill-Quebecs-hospitals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-22T18:37:18Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10744219/Proposed-language-law-sends-chill-Quebecs-hospitals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true | 4 |
Which Cosori air fryer is best?
Air fryers have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Those who have one in their kitchen often wonder how they managed to cook without it. Not only do air fryers use less electricity than a conventional oven, they also use up to 85% less oil. Air fryers work by circulating hot air around the food, preparing ready-to-serve meals much faster.
Cosori makes several air fryers, and experts consistently rate them as some of the best in the industry. The company manufactures a host of electronics and kitchen gadgets but won a Red Dot Design Award in 2019 specifically for its air fryers. So, if you’re considering an air fryer, the Cosori Pro 5.8-Quart Air Fryer Max XL is an excellent choice.
What to know before you buy a Cosori air fryer
Consider your family size and capacity
Air fryers are generally available in different capacities, which should correlate to your household’s size and how many people you’re cooking for. For example, a 7-quart air fryer is probably too large for a couple, while a 4-quart fryer is too small for a family of four. Also, larger air fryers can easily handle a whole chicken, while smaller models can’t.
Temperature control
Generally, Cosori air fryers have a temperature range between 180-400 degrees, but some can go slightly higher. The advantage of higher temperatures is that the food cooks faster, but only if the fryer has an accurate thermostat and self-regulating element. It is highly advisable to use the Cosori cooking pre-sets, as these are specifically tweaked for each ingredient.
The noise of the air fryer
A common concern of users before buying an air fryer is the level of noise it emits. Fryers from a few years ago didn’t have today’s enhancements. Several Cosori air fryers now use Air Whisper Technology, a redesigned air duct that reduces the operational noise to lower than 55 decibels, the level of an electric toothbrush. However, consider that larger air fryers can naturally be louder than smaller models, as more air is needed to cook the food.
What to look for in a quality Cosori air fryer
Bluetooth connectivity
Technology drives almost everything in our busy lives, so why not use it with your air fryer? Several Cosori fryers let you connect them to your mobile device through the company’s VeSync mobile application. This has a host of features, but the most important is the ability to start and stop cooking remotely. You also can track how much cooking time is left and which mode and cycle it is on.
In addition, the Bluetooth connection lets the app send you notifications when significant events happen. And as a bonus, some Cosori models are compatible with Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, letting you operate your air fryer by using your voice.
Easy cleaning
Cooking for a large household can quickly leave the kitchen looking like a battlefield. And you already have to contend with cleaning the surfaces and meal preparation tools, so don’t let the air fryer add to the chaos. All Cosori fryers use a nonstick coating on the internal basket, ensuring that you don’t need to scrape off stubborn food particles. Instead, wiping it down with a wet cloth and a quick rinse should work.
For a thorough clean, though, all Cosori baskets are dishwasher-safe, so you never have to wash them in the kitchen sink. The air fryer itself is also easy to clean, as you can wipe it down with a cloth.
Compact for easy storage
Kitchens are often packed with gadgets and devices to make cooking more manageable, and many require significant space for storage. Cosori air fryers, on the other hand, are typically small enough to fit comfortably in a cupboard or pantry. But keep in mind that some models, such as the new Cosori Smart Air Fryer Toaster Oven, require more counter space and don’t fit in a cupboard.
How much you can expect to spend on a Cosori air fryer
The price largely depends on the fryer’s capacity and additional functions. A basic air fryer from Cosori retails for $70-$80, while a fryer with several added features such as Bluetooth can retail for $110-$130.
Cosori air fryer FAQ
What is the difference between an automatic and manual fryer?
A. Cosori makes both automatic and manual air fryers. While they function in similar ways, the operation is different. For manual fryers, you must follow the cooking guidelines on the packaging. For example, you should turn the dial to the recommended temperature and cook for the specified amount of time. With automatic fryers, on the other hand, you only need to press the corresponding button, and the fryer sets the temperature and time.
Are there foods you can’t cook in a Cosori air fryer?
A. Not just Cosori, but all air fryers can’t cook particular foods. For example, battered foods, fresh greens or cheese should never go inside an air fryer due to how the hot air circulates, or because they can cause damage.
What’s the best Cosori air fryer to buy?
Top Cosori air fryer
Cosori Pro 5.8-Quart Air Fryer Max XL
What you need to know: This air fryer has one of the largest-capacity baskets in the Pro range, with a basket large enough to fit a 5-pound chicken. It uses a “negative temperature coefficient” sensor to measure the heat accurately and automatically adjusts it to keep it within 5 degrees if fluctuations occur.
What you’ll love: There’s no need to struggle with complex cooking methods, as it has 13 fine-tuned cooking settings that activate with one press. One of the best things about this fryer is that its internal basket is square, not round like others. This creates more space for you to add ingredients, serving three to five people in one basket. In addition, it comes with a 100-recipe book.
What you should consider: While common with air fryers, some users indicated that this model creates water puddles on the countertop from the steam. An easy solution is to place a paper towel or cloth underneath. For an eco-friendly option, a slice of bread works, too.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Cosori air fryer for the money
Cosori Original 5.8-Quart Air Fryer
What you need to know: Its square basket is large enough to cook five servings comfortably. The fryer has eight cooking guides printed on the top of the lid but also comes with a recipe book to perfectly make more than 30 meals.
What you’ll love: While you can keep it clean by wiping it down, the internal basket is nonstick and dishwasher-safe. It has a temperature range of 180-400 degrees.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have a tempered-glass display on the front like others but instead has a non-slip dial. It works in much the same way, though, as the dial regulates how long to cook the food at a preset temperature.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Cosori Pro LE 5-Quart Air Fryer
What you need to know: Standing only 11 inches tall, this fryer might look small, but it packs a big punch. Its square basket is large enough to cook 3 pounds of fries perfectly or enough food for two to four people. It also has nine cooking functions that you activate with only one press of a button.
What you’ll love: The cooking functions are easily visible on the tempered glass display, which is scratch-resistant. The basket is nonstick and dishwasher-safe. The air fryer uses Air Whisper Technology to keep the operating sounds at less than 55 decibels. It ships with a cookbook that includes more than 20 recipes designed by Cosori chefs.
What you should consider: Some users mentioned that the frying basket is sometimes challenging to remove.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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University of Lausanne including Hospital forms publishing agreement with Frontiers
University of Lausanne has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.
This institutional agreement means that eligible University of Lausanne researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount.
The university library Lausanne supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage University of Lausanne researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.
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Market Mover: Studio City (MSC) Loses at Midday April 21
Equities Staff Follow |Studio City International Holdings Ltd - ADR (NYSE: MSC) shares have fallen 7.58%, or $0.36 per share, as on 10:29:56 est today. Opening the day at $4.75, 1,322 shares of Studio City have been traded today and the stock has traded between $4.50 and $4.28.
So far this year the company has moved YTD 10.88%.
Studio City anticipates its next earnings on 2022-04-27.
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About Studio City International Holdings Ltd - ADR
Studio City is a world-class gaming, retail and entertainment resort located in Cotai, Macau. Its cinematically-themed integrated resort provides highly differentiated non-gaming attractions, including the world’s first figure-8 Ferris wheel, a 4-D Batman flight simulator, an exclusive night club and a 5,000-seat live performance arena. Studio City features approximately 1,600 luxury hotel rooms, diverse food and beverage establishments and approximately 35,000 square meters of complementary retail space.
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- Data science startup Hugging Face has an enormous community, with users at Meta, Amazon, and Google.
- The company's valuation may be as high as $2 billion in a new funding round, sources tell Insider.
- Machine learning experts deploy Hugging Face models off the shelf for text analysis and other uses.
Hugging Face, a beloved platform in the machine learning community that provides quick access to a wide variety of popular tools like language analysis, is quietly raising a new funding round that could value the startup as high as $2 billion, multiple sources familiar with the deal tell Insider.
Existing investors Lux Capital and Addition are participating in the round, according to people with knowledge of the deal. The size of the funding round could not be learned, and it's possible the details may change before the round is closed.
Hugging Face, Addition, and Lux Capital and declined to comment for this story.
The round stands to bring Hugging Face into a realm of emerging big data and machine learning startups that have surged above the $1 billion valuation milestone, including DataRobot, Dataiku, dbt Labs, Collibra, and Alation.
Founded in 2016 and named for the emoji, more than 5,000 companies use Hugging Face, including Meta's AI division, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google AI. Hugging Face also offers a similar tool to Streamlit — a machine learning platform, acquired by Snowflake for $800 million — called Gradio.
Hugging Face raised $40 million last year with investors including Betaworks, Lux Capital, and NBA star Kevin Durant.
Beyond just its tools, Hugging Face was able to command a large valuation thanks to its enormous community. Hugging Face's tool, transformers, has 61,300 stars on GitHub—which is often a measure of success for developer tools. As a comparison, PyTorch, Meta's popular machine learning framework, has 55,500 stars; Google's TensorFlow has 164,000 stars. Snowflake's Streamlit has 18,700 stars to Gradio's 6,000.
Hugging Face is also seen by many industry experts as a critical part of the next-generation machine learning stack, an area where both Snowflake and Databricks have invested.
One of the heaviest lifts in machine learning is the "learning" part—training a model to understand whatever it is the company is doing. That can include teaching it how to identify people in photos or understand whether a sentence has positive or negative sentiment. This involves writing the underlying code, collecting and cleaning data, and then processing it, which can be very time- and compute-heavy.
Hugging Face has popularized a new class of machine learning tools called transformers that are machine learning models that have already been trained on large data sets. Data scientists and machine learning engineers can download a variety of these models and data sets.
By using pre-trained models, users don't have to execute that enormous lift to get started. Instead both experts and hobbyists can immediately begin analyzing text for determining sentiment or generating summaries. Rather than having to build their own models, developers can determine whether a sentence has positive or negative sentiment in just a few lines of code.
In this way, it's similar to how companies began widely adopting cloud computing. Rather than setting up their own infrastructure, which is expensive and very time intensive, companies and engineers can immediately begin using servers using Amazon Web Services, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Those same machine learning experts, however, can then re-train the models with their data, making them more accurate and useful for their own custom products. This elevates the Hugging Face models beyond just a hobbyist tool into the realm of powering more advanced machine learning modes that many companies use to improve their services.
Hugging Face offers a variety of professional services and tools, including ways to automatically train a machine learning model without ever writing any code. A Hugging Face customer can upload a data set and indicate what kind of task they want to do, such as sentiment analysis.
Hugging Face also hosts some of the most popular and widely-used machine learning models that are already trained on large existing data sets. Those include language analysis models like Google's BERT and OpenAI's GPT-2. There are also models for image recognition and audio speech recognition, among a number of others available. There are a total of 108 pre-trained models on Hugging Face. | https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-funding-round-valuation-lux-addition-2022-4 | 2022-04-22T18:46:38Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-funding-round-valuation-lux-addition-2022-4 | false | 1 |
Michael Bublé is an old soul. Growing up, he “loved” listening to jazz legends such as Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and others — and he hopes to share his appreciation of the classics with the younger crowd.
“The music I was listening to was from a different generation,” the Grammy winner told Esquire, “I just loved the music. It turned me on. And what’s even weirder was, I couldn’t understand why other kids my age didn’t feel the same way.”
Michael added, “It’s just so swingin’ and the musicians are just so bada**. That’s what I mean when I say, how can anyone not hear that and go, ‘Wow!'”
The “I’ll Never Not Love You” singer hopes his songs inspire the younger generation to preserve the spirit of jazz music. Michael is comforted that he’s not alone in the battle, citing artists such as Jon Batiste, Harry Connick Jr. and others who are “keeping the legacy alive” by acting as “custodians of this genre.”
“We admire each other and it’s not competition,” he attested. “It’s truly genuine appreciation for how each of us have sort of taken the root of jazz, and with the seeds sown by our heroes and now as the tree grows and there are different branches, and each of us have a small part in keeping it alive.”
“It’s too good to die,” Michael remarked, “When it comes to the music I take it dead serious. I feel like we all have this wonderful gift of the responsibility of honoring our heroes.”
The Canadian crooner added his children are gravitating toward older music all on their own without his influence, revealing his eight-year-old son, Noah, loves “50s-era rock and roll, like Elvis Presley.”
“I always think, could this be genetic?” Michael laughed.
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There’s long-awaited new music this week from some of the biggest names in country music including Jason Aldean, Luke Combs and Carrie Underwood in addition to Chris Janson, Brett Eldredge, Midland and more. Check out CMT’s Roundup playlist at the bottom for the soundtrack to your weekend.
Brett Eldredge, “Songs About You”: Written by Eldredge, Jessie Jo Dillion and Ben West, “Songs About You” is a jazzy mid-tempo about moving on from a relationship in a world surrounded by songs that are reminders of a lost love. Eldredge’s distinct vocals rise and glide over the lyrics that namecheck lines from classic rock songs, including Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In The Dark,” Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl.”
“There are songs that just transport you back in time to a moment with someone you love,” Eldredge said in a statement. “Even though you’ve not been with the person for a long time, these songs take hold of you. You might be having a fine day, then you walk into a store where the song is playing, and you’re transported into the past.”
“Songs About You” is the title track for Eldredge’s new album that will be released on June 17. Eldredge co-wrote 12 songs on the new album, including “Want That Back” and “Holy Water.”
“I knew exactly what I wanted to say and what I wanted the album to sound like,” he explained. “I wanted the album to be songs that connect us all in the human experience. These are emotions that are reflective of each of us. There are songs of solitude, joy and heartbreak, and I like that tension.”
Midland with Jon Pardi, “Longneck Way to Go”: Midland and Jon Pardi bring the smooth twang of California country back to the forefront of contemporary country with “Longneck Way to Go.” Written by Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Rhett Akins and Ashley Gorley, “Longneck Way to Go” is layered with dancehall harmonies, electric lead riffs and acoustic guitar runs.
“Jon knows his way around a rodeo and Bakersfield,” Midland singer Mark Wystrach says in a statement. “He’s our kind of country. His voice cuts through a track like this; you know it’s him and you wanna sing along.”
Lyrics include: With these heartbreak beers, they go down fast| But this getting over you is going down slow| It’s closing in on closing time| And I ain’t even close. I’ve got a long, longneck way to go.
“There aren’t many groups – or artists – who love the same real hard kind of country,” Pardi said in a statement. “But Midland can go lick for lick, longneck for longneck or Haggard for Haggard – so when they asked if I wanted to come sing this with them, I was all in. This is the kind of country that not only honors the past but remembers that California kind of country I was raised on.”
“Longneck Way to Go” is from Midland’s new album “THE LAST RESORT: GREETINGS FROM,” which will be out May 6.
Tenille Townes, Wrabel, “When You Need It”: “When You Need It” is a thoughtful, tender and encouraging song of assurance for anyone feeling alone.
Lyrics include: Hey, what a time to be alive| Stop, you don’t have to say you’re fine| Cause I hear all the voices in your mind.
The poignant lyrics are highlighted by minimal, solemn production, including a strings section and piano that builds as the song progresses with promises to “be there when you need it.”
“When You Need It” is from Townes’ new album “MASQUERADES” which is out today.
Travis Denning, “She’s On It“: Country music breakout star Travis Denning recently released “She’s On It,” a reflective breakup banger that was carefully tailored for his high-energy performances. Denning penned the arena-ready track alongside Jamie Paulin and Paul DiGiovanni back in 2016. Although the toe-tapper was tucked away in Denning’s back pocket for years, the rising star stamped it as his favorite single to date. The electrifying guitar riffs scattered throughout “She’s On It” and the relatable lyrics are destined to be on country music fans’ go-to joyride playlist.
“We recently played ’She’s On It’ at a live show, and the reaction felt instantaneous,” said Denning in a statement. “This track has been a favorite of mine and the team’s for a little while, and so we felt like now was the time to put it out there to a wider audience. Hopefully listeners dig it. I can’t wait to get out here and play it at more shows.”
This summer, Denning is set to bring the country radio-worthy anthem on the road with Dierks Bentley. The budding singer-songwriter will also be connecting with festival-goers at Stagecoach, CMA Fest, TidalWave Music Festival, and more.
Peytan Porter, “First Stone“: Country artist Peyton Porter may be new to the music scene, but her robust vocals and razor-sharp lyrics say otherwise. On the heels of her successful debut track “Therapy,” the songstress released “First Stone.” Porter’s latest single proves that she is wise beyond her years, as she encourages listeners to have more empathy for others while navigating the cut-throat climate we live in today. Porter’s soulful sound and classic country storytelling within “First Stone,” will send chills up any country fan’s spine.
“The day Billy [Montana]and I wrote this song, we had been talking about something we’d seen in the news, and we kept coming back to the lack of self-awareness and accountability we felt our culture, including us, had going on. I remember mentioning that I have no business bending down to pick up a stone to throw when I’ve messed up myself….and ’First Stone’ fell out of the conversation from there,” she recalled. “At first, I pictured it stripped and back-porchy sonically because it’s a bit of a heady topic with a simple melody, something I’ve always loved John Prine for. But when we got in the studio, the players breathed a new life into it that gave it two feet to stand on. This song is my ideal world wrapped up in a few minutes. I hope people listen and feel more connected for it.”
Anne Wilson And Hillary Scott, “Mamas”: Just in time for mother’s day, Christian-country singer Anne Wilson tapped Lady A’s Hillary Scott to collaborate on faith-centric melody, “Mamas.” Wilson reached mainstream success with her fast-rising single, “My Jesus” in 2021 and now she’s destined to dominate the charts with her tear-jerking track,“Mamas.” Throughout the moving duet, the two touch upon what makes a mother and daughter bond so special. The sweet single penned by Wilson, Matthew West, and Jeff Pardo lives on her recently released debut record, “My Jesus.” A rootsy-country collection that displays Wilson’s self-discovery while coping with a devastating loss.
“My debut record My Jesus is out NOW! I have spent the last two and a half years writing these songs and crafting each of them,” says Anne. “It’s been the joy of my heart to allow the Lord to work through this project and inspire these songs. I’m so excited for all The Lord will do through these songs! Beyond grateful.”
The soul-touching record proves that Wilson wears her heart on her sleeve and is truly a crossover artist in the making.
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