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A mobster with a murderous past escaped from federal custody last week in Florida, according the Bureau of Prisons website.
Authorities had previously tied Dominic Taddeo, 64, to a Rochester-area crime family. He pleaded guilty in 1992 to racketeering charges that included the slayings of three men during mob wars in the 1980s.
Taddeo was imprisoned at a medium-security lockup in Florida before being transferred in February to a residential halfway house in the same state, the Associated Press reported.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson reportedly said the convict failed to return to the halfway house from an authorized medical appointment and “was placed on escape status” Monday.
Last year, a judge in western New York denied a request from Taddeo for compassionate release, which claimed hypertension and obesity put the prisoner at risk for serious complications from Covid-19.
The Democrat and Chronicle reported that in that denial, U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci Jr. noted Taddeo’s criminal record, writing: “Taddeo’s prior convictions are for crimes including assault, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and, most notably, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy arising from his employment and association with Rochester’s La Cosa Nostra organized crime family.
Prosecutors said medical records did not show that Taddeo was particularly unhealthy.
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In a major revelation, Ukraine's intelligence agency claimed that China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities on February 23, a day before Russian forces started a "special military operation" against Ukraine. According to a report published by The Times on Friday, the Chinese government was involved in facilitating a massive cyberattack on Ukrainian government websites. Citing Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, the British daily national newspaper, reported the hacking of more than 600 websites belonging to the defence ministry in Kyiv and other institutions. The report categorically claimed that the hacking attempt was coordinated by the Chinese government.
According to the agency, the hacking was started before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, held in February this year. However, the Chinese cyberattacks against Ukraine were peaked a day before the invasion, i.e. on February 23, according to the report. The intelligence agency claimed the hackers had targeted the websites of Ukrainian border defence forces, national banks and railway authorities. The agency claimed that the attacks were meant to steal data and explore ways to shut down or disrupt vital defence and civilian infrastructure.
The agency claimed they identified the Chinese attackers by the trademark tools and methods of the cyber warfare unit of the People’s Liberation Army. Apart from Chinese cyber attacks, the agency accused Russia of crippling Ukraine’s computer networks and compromising government websites before announcing the invasion. Meanwhile, when The Times asked the US intelligence sources about a possible cyberattack by the Chinese government, it said that the officials confirmed the Bejing's involvement in the attack.
Russia initiated a full-fledged war against Ukraine nearly two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognising the independence of breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk. Putin's action came despite the West's repetitive warning and speculations about his ill intention to invade Ukraine. On February 24, the Russian troops started a military operation against Ukraine. On April 1, as the ravaging Ukraine war entered its 37th day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen appealed to Beijing to uphold international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. While addressing the 23rd EU-China summit virtually on Friday, von der Leyen stressed that China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Being a respected member, it has a special responsibility. "China’s reputation is at stake," she said.
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England fans will be able to enjoy pints on the beach as Qatar eases strict alcohol rules for World Cup
ENGLAND fans will be able to enjoy a pint on the beach as Qatar’s strict alcohol rules are lifted for the World Cup.
The news the Gulf State is easing its rules will be warmly welcomed by the thousands of supporters hoping to make the journey to cheer on the Three Lions.
Putting a dampener on any celebrations while out there though is that it could cost a fortune.
Usually, alcohol is only served in licensed restaurants and hotels for those aged 21 and over, where a pint of Stella Artois costs £11.
Berthold Trenkel, Qatar Tourism’s chief operating officer, told the Sunday People: “There will be alcohol available in more places.
“We will be opening up some beach clubs where beer will also be available. Fans will also be able to buy beer at kiosks once they are inside the perimeter of the stadiums.”
But he added only zero-alcohol beer would be available inside grounds.
Fans have been warned about indulging too heavily in a drinking session and to respect local traditions.
Qatar has strict rules about public behaviour.
The news comes a day after England found out who their opponents will be in the first round of the World Cup.
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It all gets underway on November 21 and England will be in action on the opening day.
Gareth Southgate’s men were drawn in Group B along with Iran, USA and the winner of the Uefa play-offs - which will be either Wales, Scotland or Ukraine.
And England versus Iran will be the second one to take place with a 1pm kick off (GMT) at the Khalifa International Sports Stadium.
It is Friday night action next for the Three Lions, with the second group match against USA set for a 7pm start.
That one will be held at the Al Bayt Stadium on November 25.
Then England will be hoping for some Tuesday night delight in their final group clash.
The potential bumper Battle of Britain will be staged at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 29 with a 7pm kick off UK time.
Then should England qualify from the group they will be back in action that weekend.
Spurs fan Fil Sollof, 57, who booked his flights last week, welcomed the booze news.
“Getting a beer at a beach club sounds like a great idea. The vast majority of England fans will totally respect the rules and traditions of Qatar.
“Now the draw has been made I’m really excited – and think England have got a great chance.”
Earlier today a Sun investigation revealed that fans making the trip to Qatar will have to fork out more than £9,000 per night on a hotel.
Fans will also have to fork out on direct return flights costing £1,063 and £724 for match tickets.
Most hotels are already sold out and prices for the few rooms still available for the tournament starting on November 21, such as at the Four Seasons in Doha, are soaring.
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Wizkid has dropped the music video for “True Love”, one of the tracks in his “Made in Lagos” album, which features Tay Iwar and Projexx. This comes almost two years after the album was released. ‘True Love’ is his last 2020 single after the release of his previous single titled “Smile”, which he featured H.E.R.
It’s the 4th music video Wizkid has unveiled on the album, following ‘No Stress’, ‘Ginger’ featuring Burna Boy, ‘Essence’ featuring Tems and the previously released short film which consists of ‘Anoti’, ‘Steady’, and Buju-assisted ‘Mood’. The Grammy winning-artiste announced few days ago that the official video for ‘True Love’ will be out on streaming platforms and teases with snippets of the video.
The scintillating ‘True Love’ video dropped at exactly 3PM WAT on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, starring Jamaican-Canadian supermodel, Winnie Harlow as the vixen. She is known to the masses as a fashion model and also as one of many who has Vitiligo.
An excited Harlow posted this on her Instagram page shortly after the video release: “True Love music video out now. Thank you so much @wizkidayo for having me. Capturing stories in film is something that speaks to me so much so when I heard you wanted me to be a part of the storytelling for one of my favourite songs, I was overjoyed!! @nabil you killed this video and so did everyone on set, thank you all for a wonderful day I’ll always remember …”
In an exclusive interview with Complex TV, Wizkid talked about how much the 2020 album means to him. According to him, the album is special to him and every song on it was written with love. But Wizkid shook fans after he revealed the Grammy nominated hit track, ‘Essence’ wasn’t his favourite track in the album. According to Big Wiz, his favourites were ‘Blessed’ and ‘True Love’.
Where previous projects were outsized cocktails of club bangers and experimental pursuits, WizKid’s measured take on his fourth album betrays refined maturity. For a project dedicated to the Nigerian city and its country, the core of Made in Lagos highlights the cultural exchange between Africa and the Caribbean.
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Herb Saravanamuttoo: Husband. Father. Educator. Author. Born June 20, 1933, in Monkton, Scotland; died Oct. 3, 2021, in Ottawa, of natural causes; aged 88.
“Tells great jokes!” read one student’s review, and it was a fitting highlight in an academic career that included awards and accolades. Teaching was Herb’s calling. Gas turbines were his passion. He was known for happily whistling while walking the engineering building at Carleton University, telegraphing his arrival at a lecture hall. A gifted educator, he brought technology to life in an engaging and entertaining way, mixing real-world lessons with periodic harangues and quotes from Yogi Berra.
He was born in a small village near the end of the runway at Prestwick Airport. It was only natural that Herb developed an early interest in airplanes. At 6, with war looming, he could identify all of them, from Spitfires and Hurricanes to Messerschmitts and Fokkers. In 1955, with a degree in mechanical engineering from Glasgow University, Herb sailed to Canada to join the Avro Arrow Iroquois engine team.
He worked in Toronto, and one evening, Herb and a friend decided to go out to a bar to meet women, and that’s just what happened. Helen Buckner was at the bar that night. They were inseparable for the next 60 years.
A dynamic couple, they married in 1960. Herb said the secret to a happy marriage was clear decision-making. Herb made the big decisions and Helen the small ones. This worked swimmingly, although Herb often noted they had yet to require a big decision.
By 1959, Herb was one of 14,000 fired over the PA when the Arrow program was cancelled. But he smuggled out the Iroquois blueprints, later donating them to the Canada Aviation Museum.
In 1964, Herb and Helen returned to the U.K. so he could pursue graduate studies at the University of Bristol. Herb obtained his PhD in 1968, with his research resulting in a major improvement to the Concorde engine. Their sons, Colin, Malcolm and Neil, were born in Bristol.
Education was always a top priority for Herb, but he also introduced his boys to competitive sports. He never missed a game, he taught them how to kick a soccer ball with both feet and – as a keen cricketer – to catch a baseball without a glove. But he would never let them roll down the car windows on hot summer days – ever the engineer, it affected the car’s aerodynamics and gas mileage.
In 1970, the young family returned to Canada. Herb and Helen had always planned to come back for Herb’s career, but now they also saw more opportunity for the boys. In Ottawa, Herb joined Carleton University and started a five-decade teaching career. The Saravanamuttoo Family Atrium in Carleton’s new engineering building will memorialize Herb’s remarkable contribution to the university.
An internationally acclaimed gas-turbine authority – a gas-turbine rock star, according to one student – Herb literally wrote the book as the lead author of Gas Turbine Theory, now in its seventh edition and translated into five languages.
Herb was usually the smartest person in the room, but he was also humble and put others at ease. He saw the talent and the good in people, regardless of their status or education. His generosity, loyalty, ethics and endless good humour were equally worthy of recognition. Growing up with strong women, Herb was an early feminist who mentored and championed young female engineers.
He was also an immensely proud grandfather. A favourite activity for his five grandchildren was going to see “Grandpa’s engine” at the Aviation Museum.
In early summer 2021, Herb was nominated for an Order of Canada for his contributions to aerospace and powerplant technology and education. Soon after, his health deteriorated suddenly. With his days numbered, he was informed of the nomination. As an immigrant and proud Canadian, he was humbled and moved, but the award didn’t come in time. Referees, colleagues, students and friends agreed he was a great Canadian.
Colin Saravanamuttoo is Herb’s eldest son.
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WASHINGTON, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the death of photojournalist Max Levin on Friday, April 1.
"Photojournalists must be closer to military action than most because of the nature of their work. Max Levin was an experienced professional from Ukraine who knew how to keep safe. Levin was reportedly killed by Russian forces while working north of Kyiv. We ask that his death be investigated as a war crime. Targeting of civilians, including journalists, is a war crime. Mr. Levin is the 9th journalist known killed in Russia's war against Ukraine."
Founded in 1908, The National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the United States and around the world.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the club's non-profit affiliate, promotes and engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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WWE superstar Cody Rhodes appeared on the Ringer Wrestling Show shortly after his epic return at WrestleMania 38, where the American Nightmare defeated Seth Rollins in an epic encounter. During the interview Rhodes reveals details about his meeting with Vince McMahon that brought him back to WWE, and adds more information regarding his decision to leave AEW. Highlights are below.
Talks meeting with Vince McMahon and how McMahon gave him vindication for leaving and rebuilding his image:
“One of the most special parts of it was Bruce (Prichard) and the Chairman himself [Vince McMahon] flew down to meet me. Had that meeting not led to anything, had it just been a conversation about ‘wrestling, sports entertainment, so fun,’ just a conversation on that, it would have been great closure on the last loop. I left here on the worst of terms. I talked all the smack on earth, but none of it mattered. It was just, ‘you went out and did it.’ I remember saying, ‘I have to be me. It has to be Kingdom. It has to be The American Nightmare.’ To hear Vince say, ‘Well, it’s not broke. That’s what we’re buying.’ Just vindication. It felt good. You spend all the time trying to prove the people wrong who doubted you and prove people right who were on board with you. In that moment, it was closure on the first loop and excitement for what’s next. It’s pretty clear what I came to do. Pretty clear. There is unfinished business. For my family, there is something we never got, and I want to be the one to get it.”
Says he wrestled everybody he wanted to wrestle in AEW, and didn’t want to just be a 15-time TNT champion:
“I was 20-years-old, I didn’t know what a contract was. I was 19 when I went to OVW. Now, it’s a different story. It’s not so much about, ‘this has to be this way,’ it was just more of, I was the Executive Vice President of AEW, one of the founding fathers. I wanted to make sure that leaving, it was with the utmost respect and not, I hope no one is lazy enough here, which no one is, to make AEW jokes or bingo hall references or anything like that. Nothing against them, it was just time for me to move on. I had wrestled everybody that I wanted to wrestle. I didn’t want to be a 15-time TNT Champion and hold the belt hostage. I wanted to move on to a different piece of leather.”
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
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PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The San Diego Padres bolstered their rotation on Sunday, acquiring left-hander Sean Manaea in a trade with the Oakland Athletics.
San Diego got the 30-year-old Manaea and minor league right-hander Aaron Holiday from Oakland for pitching prospect Adrian Martinez and minor league infielder Euribiel Angeles.
Manaea went 11-10 with a 3.91 ERA in 32 starts last year. He had two shutouts and struck out a career-high 194 batters, ranking eighth in the American League.
The addition of Manaea could lead to another move for San Diego, which was already flush with starting pitching before the trade with Oakland.
The A’s are rebuilding after going 86-76 last year, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2017. Right-hander Chris Bassitt, slugging first baseman Matt Olson and third baseman Matt Chapman were traded last month.
Martinez played for Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso last year, going 8-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 26 games, 22 starts. The right-hander finished with 122 strikeouts in 125 innings.
Martinez, 25, missed the 2016 season following Tommy John surgery and the 2020 season because of the pandemic.
Angeles played for Low-A Lake Elsinore and High-A Fort Wayne last year, batting .329 with four homers, 64 RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 105 games. The 19-year-old right-handed hitter was signed by the Padres out of the Dominican Republic in 2018.
Manaea was selected by Kansas City in the first round of the 2013 amateur draft. He was traded to Oakland in the July 2015 deal that moved Ben Zobrist to the Royals.
Manaea is 50-41 with a 3.86 ERA and 641 strikeouts in 129 career games, including 128 starts, in six seasons. He agreed to a $9.75 million, one-year contract last month, avoiding arbitration.
Holiday, 21, was selected by Oakland in the 13th round of the 2021 amateur draft. He went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in three relief appearances with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League last year.
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Many people take probiotic supplements and cultured milk drinks, and I was quite concerned to read that the bulk of the bacteria does not reach the intestine (NTU team's coating for probiotics can better deliver health benefits, March 30).
Studies show the bulk of probiotics delivered in commercial supplements and yogurts die off within the first 30 minutes of exposure to the acidic environment of the stomach.
The Nanyang Technological University team has developed a method to encapsulate probiotics. It is slated to reach the market in about three years.
In the meantime, what is the advice on the efficacy of continuing to consume probiotic supplements and drinks?
Ang Chiew Leng
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Freshman star Lainey Stanfill and sophomore Ava Watts continue to excel for Sand Springs' girls soccer team.
Stanfill produced four goals and Watts scored a hat trick in a 9-0 home victory over Enid on Friday night.
It was the fifth consecutive win for the Lady Sandites (8-2). Alyssa Cunningham and Carson Sargent also scored goals.
“Laynie’s having a standout year,” Sand Springs coach Cisco Chavez said. “No words to describe what I’m seeing from her.
“We’ve got one of the best defenses in the state and we look to keep them healthy and just keep going forward.
On Tuesday, they won 1-0 against Ponca City, with Stanfill scoring the lone goal on an assist from Karsen Lynch.
The boys soccer team (0-6) is still looking for its first win after falling 5-0 to Ponca City (2-7) and Enid (7-2) last week.
“This is a very young team this year,” Sandites coach Brent Lollis said. “We played eight freshmen during the course of that game.
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“We knew going into this year that it would be a rebuilding year. First-year coaching staff, graduated a lot of guys who are good college-level players, so this was about taking a step forward.
“They were organized, they knew their matchup, and I told them in the locker room at halftime that was the best they’ve played all season. These freshmen are getting some valuable experience that most 6A freshmen don’t get.”
One freshman in particular stole the show for the Sandites. Midfielder Eddie Hernandez made his first appearance at goalkeeper and notched 15 saves as the aggressive Enid forwards kept him on his toes at all times.
“He came in for our senior goalkeeper who’s having some health issues," Lollis said. "And as I told him at halftime, he just played out of his mind. He led the team, made tons of saves, and kept us in the game the first half.”
The soccer teams will have home matches Tuesday against Jenks and visit Choctaw on Friday.
Track and field
Sand Springs' girls placed 13th and the boys took 16th at the Tahlequah Tiger Track Classic on Friday with one champion.
Jestin Rawlins won the boys discus throw with a mark of 143 ft. 9 in.
Layne Kirkendoll placed second in high jump with a mark of 5 feet-2 inches, and was fourth in long jump with a distance of 16 feet-10 inches.
Fishing
Sandite duo Mack Taylor and Parker Haling took second place out of 81 teams Saturday at the Oklahoma Bass Nation trail event on Lake Texoma with five fish totaling 12.1 pounds. They also had the largest single fish of the tournament at 5.45 pounds.
Cruz Norris and Gunnar Casey took 23rd place with a 3.6-pound fish, and Nathaniel Griffin and Jaxon Trotter placed 26th with a 3.15-pound fish.
Golf
The Sandite golf teams competed at the Edison Invitational in Claremore last week, with the girls playing Heritage Hill on Tuesday and the boys on Thursday.
Gina Foster shot 111 and Madison Chambers shot 114 for the girls.
Mason Ward led the boys with an 82. Zane Downey shot 87, Cameron Villines 92, Seth Benton 93 and Drew Paden 97.
Slow pitch
The No. 16 Lady Sandites (5-4) won a 6-3 battle with Berryhill on Tuesday before going 2-2 at the Haskell Tournament on Thursday. They won 7-5 against No. 4 Jenks and 12-0 against McAlester before falling 13-5 to Ft. Gibson and 12-2 to Haskell.
Tennis
The Lady Sandites competed at the Skiatook Quad on Tuesday and won a Highway 97 rivalry dual with Sapulpa.
Abbie Dunn won in No. 2 Singles, Caitlin Shipman and Daffaney Snyder won No. 1 Doubles, and Jayden Smith and Gracie Young won No. 2 Doubles against Sapulpa.
Kira Shipley won her No. 1 Singles match against Skiatook, and Shipman and Snyder won their match against Bristow.
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By Matt Taibbi / Substack
Not long ago, candidate Joe Biden’s most troubling behavioral tendency was the surprise outburst of belligerence. Campaigning, he’d challenge questioners to push-up contests, jam fingers in the sternums even of supporters, and plunge into rambling monologues about leg hairs and chain-fights.
Now, the president’s face is often a mask of terror, like a man unsure of how he came to be standing in the middle of an intersection. Mental cars racing past, he met the press Monday, to clarify a statement made last week about Vladimir Putin: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” Many interpreted this as a call for regime change. Not at all, Biden said, reading from a large-print cheat sheet — this reportedly happened — that reminded him to say he was merely expressing “moral outrage,” and “not articulating a change in policy.” When he ran out of pre-prepared remarks, he drifted back to danger, saying:
It’s more an aspiration than anything. He shouldn’t be in power.
The AP writeup offered help: “He said he was expressing an ‘aspiration’ rather than a goal of American foreign policy.” (I’m sure nuclear-armed Putin appreciated the semantic difference). When Biden moved more toward candor, saying he made “no apologies” for his remarks, another reporter quickly tried to guide him back to a safe harbor:
Q: Your personal feelings, sir? Your personal feelings?
THE PRESIDENT: Personal. My personal feelings.
Biden even offered his Princess Bride/Vizzini-esque analysis that “the last thing I want to do is engage in a land war… with Russia”:
Although administration mouthpieces Tony Blinken and Jen Psaki scrambled to reassure a nervous world that the U.S. is not intent on “doing regime change” in Russia, officials everywhere have been telling reporters the opposite on background.
This cat was out of the bag weeks ago. As Joe Lauria at Consortium points out, Biden was asked on February 24th, at the start of the invasion, what sanctions would accomplish if they hadn’t prevented war. His answer:
No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening. That has to sh- — this is going to take time. And we have to show resolve, so he knows what’s coming and so the people of Russia know what he’s brought on them. That’s what this is all about.
Biden said virtually the same thing in Brussels last week:
Sanctions never deter… The maintenance of sanctions, the increasing the pain … we will sustain what we’re doing not just next month, the following month, but for the remainder of this entire year. That’s what will stop him.
We heard this more explicitly from Boris Johnson on March 1st, “The measures we are introducing, that large parts of the world are introducing, are to bring down the Putin regime,” Johnson said. Lauria points out this was two days after British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey wrote in the Telegraph that “His failure must be complete… the Russian people empowered to see how little he cares for them. In showing them that, Putin’s days as President will surely be numbered… He’ll lose power and he won’t get to choose his successor.”
Jen Psaki’s non-committal answer to The Intercept’s question about whether or not Volodymyr Zelensky has autonomy to negotiate the end of sanctions, and the apparent disinterest of the United States in participating in peace talks, also speaks to this. Biden’s many “gaffes” on the subject have all let slip military or strategic initiatives, not diplomatic ones, like revealing that the U.S. is training Ukrainian troops in Poland.
As Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic noted, Blinken even went out of his way to throw cold water on supposed positive news coming out of Russia-Ukraine negotiations. The Secretary of State said he hadn’t seen any signs of “constructive” progress, and any indication that Moscow might be willing to pull back might be to “deceive people and deflect attention.” Even the New York Times vaporized a headline that briefly appeared Tuesday suggesting progress in negotiations.
This is the before shot:
And this is the “very shortly after” shot, hours later:
Things could change at any moment. Biden could suddenly pivot to helping Zelensky secure a diplomatic solution. But as of this writing, evidence suggests the United States is not interested in a settlement, and is gunning for a long-term play that would unseat Putin, crack the Sino-Russian alliance, and reverse the political malaise that’s beset neoliberal democracies for years, with one Rumsfeldian “big move.”
Well, you say, so what? Shouldn’t America use the occasion of Putin’s seemingly disastrous and indefensible invasion to try to force him out of power?
Sure, that makes sense. Except for two things.
One, when Biden says, “This is going to take time,” and speaks about pressure for an “entire year,” he’s referring to time that will cost piles of Ukrainian lives every day. Maybe the Ukrainian people are willing to sacrifice those lives. But Zelensky only just said, “We are looking for peace, really. Without delay.” He’s repeatedly asked for help in negotiations and expressed a willingness to embrace a future of Ukrainian “neutrality.” There’s obviously ambivalence among American pundits and politicians toward any settlement that might be seen as rewarding Putin for his aggression, but the question is if that’s our call to make, or that of the Ukrainians bearing the punishment.
Second, and more important — regime change doesn’t work! It may be the most proven hypothesis ever. Our record is so bad, the standard for measuring “regime change” isn’t even success or failure anymore. It’s more like failure, or heads-on-sticks failure. As in, “Did the intervention end in American-allied locals hurling themselves at the landing gear of departing aircraft in an effort to flee World War Z-style crowds of bloodthirsty nationalists?” Any regime change effort that ends without Americans beheaded, barbecued, or castrated — even if it accomplishes nothing — now goes in the plus column by default.
The plot is always the same. Our diplomats speak loftily of self-determination, civil liberties, and democracy. Then the local population does something daft, like attempting to nationalize their own oil or copper reserves or voting for a nationalist or socialist, at which point the CIA is forced to intervene and install a responsible leader like the Shah, Pinochet, or Suharto. If the new U.S-friendly leader hangs on, he or she over time becomes increasingly dependent on arms, “security advisors,” and World Bank/I.M.F. loans, mass-disappearing dissidents into fingernail factories or wiping them out with death squads, while also often raiding the treasury as a carrying charge for services rendered. This results in more domestic fury, leading to more calls for “aid,” until the by-now-hated U.S.-allied figure is steamrolled by a nationalist/communist/fundamentalist movement 1,000 times more hostile to the U.S. than anything that existed previously. See: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and today’s Russia (hold that thought).
In 2016, the Washington Post published an article by a Boston College professor named Lindsay O’Rourke noting the United States had either toppled or attempted to topple other countries’ governments 72 times between 1947 and 1989. The list is an astonishing compendium of disasters. We apparently can’t even murder people competently, spending taxpayer money on Dr. Evil schemes to make Castro’s beard fall out or have him walk past exploding sea shells (the CIA even spent a million in Indonesia on a failed plot to make a porno movie using a man in a General Sukarno mask) while real assassinations, O’Rourke wrote, were only ever pulled off by foreigners:
Not a single U.S.-backed assassination plot during this time actually killed their intended target, although two foreign leaders — South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem and the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo — were killed by foreign intermediaries without Washington’s blessing during U.S.-backed coups.
O’Rourke also concluded that “after a nation’s government was toppled, it was less democratic and more likely to suffer civil war, domestic instability and mass killing.” The Cato Institute came to the same conclusion, noting that regime-change efforts “are likely to spark civil wars, lead to lower levels of democracy, increase repression, and in the end, draw the foreign intervener into lengthy nation‐building projects.”
“Regime change” is a theory of pre-emptive conquest and therefore based on the same lunatic logic that drove Putin to invade Ukraine. Our version posits that all threats can be eliminated by covering the planet all over with American-style liberal democracies. It is, no joke, a version of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s famous “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention,” the idea that “No two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” This theory Friedman “confirmed” with McDonald’s for a 1996 Times column, and he wasn’t kidding. He wrote that while in the 50s and 60s developing nations thought “having an aluminum plant and a U.N. seat” made them “real countries,” having a McDonald’s was now the truer indicator:
When a country reaches a certain level of economic development, when it has a middle class big enough to support a McDonald’s, it becomes a McDonald’s country, and people in McDonald’s countries don’t like to fight wars; they like to wait in line for burgers.
The Russia-Ukraine war blew Friedman’s theory to shit, but was fun while it lasted. “Regime change” supposedly traces back over a century to Woodrow Wilson’s famous argument that the world must be made “safe for democracy,” but from the Cold War on presidents have bent it in an even more pre-emptive direction. Bill Clinton talked about “checking global threats abroad before they threaten our territory” by “enlarging the community of democratic and free market nations.” George W. Bush’s National Security Strategy described a need to “extend the peace by encouraging free and open societies on every continent,” and because “the allies of terror are the enemies of civilization,” we must “hold to account nations that are compromised” and “deny them sanctuary at every turn.”
Regime change is a uniquely American form of xenophobic naiveté. It’s not ignorance of the “Chemicals TURN THE FREAKIN’ FROGS GAY!” variety. It’s an even more dangerous type: bushy-tailed products of the Kennedy School and the Hoover Institute somehow cruising straight from top schools into positions of authority at places like the State Department and the NSC despite knowing less about the world than the average Survivor contestant or Men’s Health editor. Each may be only barely literate at graduation, but they’re all always certain of one thing: inside every foreigner lies a loyal, McNugget-loving American waiting to get out, and all the world’s problems will be solved if only they are all empowered.
I never met Victoria Nuland, but I knew scores of people like her in the expatriate community in Moscow. On Friday nights they binge-drank in clubs like the Hungry Duck like they were still on campus, often even dressing in their Harvard, Penn, and Princeton sweatshirts. The drunkenness made them like everyone else in town, only being monolingual they tended to go home mainly with each other rather than risk contamination with locals (I always imagined they read chapters of The Great Game to one another as foreplay).
These people replaced the old Sovietologists who used to populate the embassy in Moscow, all linguists and accomplished historians who’d built careers mapping the vast geography of shadows behind the iron curtain. The old guard knew a lot but hadn’t been trained in the new binary language of “freedom” versus “evil,” and could never have been convinced that trying to turn Moldova or Georgia into Nebraska overnight would work. So they were replaced en masse in the Clinton years by people like Michael McFaul, human haircuts whose knowledge level was zero and whose idea of genius was Strobe Talbott, but were game for what they thought would be a simple social engineering project: just give all the old Soviet Republics, Russia included, little junior-America starter kits — constitutions, free markets, elections — and permanent ally states would instantly materialize.
Not only did this not happen, but the champions of democracy these people chose turned out to be a rogues’ gallery of wildly creative scoundrel-failures. Georgia’s Mikhail Saakashvili, taking office after the 2003 “Rose” revolution, was hounded not only by corruption charges but by accusations that his political prisoners were sexually abused in prison. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the Tulip revolution hero, put his son in charge of business matters and was so infamous for corruption he ended up having to flee for his life to Minsk, of all places. Boris Yeltsin nearly drank the entire net worth of the Kremlin State Property committee and was so unpopular that national referendums on his rule might have been fixed twice — once in 1993, and once in the infamous “Yanks to the Rescue” election of 1996 — just to keep the locals from voting in someone else.
Yeltsin’s rep as a Western puppet who brutalized the press, blew off a national non-payment crisis suffered by miners and other working-class laborers, and didn’t crack down on years of rampant capital flight (engineered by his thieving oligarch pals) out of a starving country, led directly to the widespread support for his hand-picked successor, the vicious nationalist Putin. This raises the question: if we succeed in deposing Putin over Ukraine, what evidence is there that we won’t end up with someone even worse than Putin in the Kremlin in very short order, like we did last time? Who thinks we wouldn’t screw this up on a grand scale, given that we already botched it once? Any replacement for Putin the U.S. would find acceptable would have to evince a range of views putting him or her directly at odds with most of the population, like for instance a tolerance for NATO expansion. The seeds of reaction would be there from the jump. That’s in the lucky case we don’t provoke civilization-ending nuclear war en route to helping install a new Russian leader.
The people who run our foreign policy look back at the incredible record of failure of American regime change efforts — hundreds of thousands dead in Indonesia, maybe two million in Indochina — and are incapable of seeing the basic truth on that was on display for all the world to see in Iraq, and also now in Ukraine: people will fight to the death rather than accept any kind of foreign rule. For people like this, regime change efforts never failed because they were doomed insane paranoia, but because of overlooked logistical errors, like not sending ground troops into Laos to block the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, who became a #Resistance hero for speaking out about his differences with Donald Trump, wrote a whole book called “Dereliction of Duty” that argued America lost in Vietnam because Johnson and Kennedy wouldn’t listen to the Joint Chiefs, who “always knew what was needed to win in Vietnam,” like a “large increase in the number of advisers.” He leaves out our massacres of civilians, herding of locals into “strategic hamlets,” and use of child-disfiguring Agent Orange, and the resistance all this inspired. McMaster is now a go-to quote about the need for regime change in Russia. These people will never stop believing regime change just needs more time under the hood, and it’ll work the next time.
As was the case with Saddam Hussein, the argument here isn’t for leaving a monster like Putin in power. It’s about not inviting something worse to take his place — an Ayatollah, Islamic State, a resupplied Taliban — through inerrant arrogance and incompetence. Are we really going to do this again? How many times is enough?
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Close to 7 million records from the 1950 US census have been made public.
The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing viewers to research their family histories and backgrounds. They include 6.57 million population schedules -- many of which include multiple families and households -- and 33,360 Indian Reservation schedules for Native Americans living on reservations.
In a video celebrating the release of the archives, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero explained the National Archives has been preparing for the release for a decade. The images shown on the website are actually microfilms taken by the bureau in 1952 that had to be carefully scanned by archive staff. The original paper documents were destroyed in the 1960s.
Ferriero commended the archive's staff "for their dedication in preserving and providing access to this important set of records."
"I personally can't wait to look up my own family in Beverly, Massachusetts," he added.
The archive recommends users search for the first and last name of the head of household they're looking for; the database will return close matches even if users don't know the exact spelling. The archive used an Artificial Intelligence technique called "Optical Character Recognition" to extract names from images of handwritten text, so not all the names are perfect.
Users can refine the name index by editing and adding correct names. The National Archive also released a video explaining how amateur genealogists can explore the newly released records.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland also explained in a video the census is "particularly important to Indian Tribes, because it helps decide federal funding, which then impacts the government's trust responsibility to Native communities."
The 1950 census included 20 questions for all respondents age 14 years and older; some respondents were also asked an additional six questions.
"Since 1790, census data have painted a vivid, vibrant portrait of America," said Robert Santos, director of the US Census Bureau, in another video celebrating the publication.
Notably, the 1950 census marked the last time census takers personally visited most households. The bureau then switched to mailing households enumeration forms, and today citizens can fill out the census online, by phone, or by mail.
According to the archive, censuses from 1960 and later are not available to the public "because of a statutory 72-year restriction on access for privacy reasons," but they can be privately requested from the US Census Bureau.
"The Census is full of family stories, and we know you are eager to look for yours," said Ferriero.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several Grammy Awards performers such as Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste have a chance to carve their names in the show’s history books Sunday.
Through her song “Happier Than Ever,” Eilish could become the first artist ever to win record of the year three times in a row, and the only artist along with Paul Simon to take home the award three times. She’s in position to join Adele as the only artists to ever win three major categories — record, song and album of the year — twice. She previously won for “Bad Guy” and “Everything I Wanted.”
Trevor Noah returns for a second time as Grammys host. The ceremony shifted from Los Angeles to Las Vegas because of rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant in January, with organizers citing “too many risks” to hosting the performance-filled show at the time. It airs live beginning at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS and Paramount+.
If Eilish wins in all her seven nominated categories, she’ll be the woman with the most Grammys won in a single year (H.E.R., Doja Cat and Rodrigo could do the same). But that might be a tough feat with Eilish facing some stiff competition for the show’s top prize — album of the year — which was expanded to 10 nominees.
Eilish is up for best music film with her concert documentary “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles.” But in that same category includes Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul,” which recently won an Oscar for best documentary.
Even if Eilish comes away with six wins, she’ll be tied with Beyoncé and Adele — which is not bad company to be in.
Rodrigo has an opportunity to join Eilish and Christopher Cross as the only artists to win all four major categories (best new artist, album, record and song of the year). The 19-year-old “drivers license” singer could be following Eilish’s remarkable record by becoming the second-youngest album of the year winner with “Sour.”
The only person who could win the most Grammys in one night is Jon Batiste, who enters the awards with a leading 11 nominations. If Batiste wins in eight categories, he will tie Michael Jackson and rock band Santana for the record.
Batiste, a multi-genre performer and Oscar winner, might have a hard time pulling that off with the competition in record and album of the year categories. He could pull away in the jazz, American roots music and classical fields.
H.E.R., who won song of the year last year for “I Can’t Breathe,” could go back-to-back. She’s nominated this year for the soulful “Fight for You,” whose poignant lyrics from the “Judas and the Black Messiah” soundtrack were written by H.E.R., producer D’Mile and singer Tiara Thomas. It won an Academy Award for best original song last year.
The awards will be without several big names: Drake and The Weeknd both decided to not take part in the Grammys, at all. Ye, who changed his name from Kanye West, said he was told that his act was pulled from the show.
It might be a bittersweet moment for the Foo Fighters following the recent death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rock band could extend their record for most best rock album wins with five for “Medicine at Midnight.”
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion will battle to see who becomes the first woman to win best rap performance as a solo artist. Stallion, who won the award with Beyoncé last year, is nominated for her song “Thot S(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk),” while Cardi B is up for her crossover hit “Up.”
Mickey Guyton was the first Black woman to be nominated in best country solo performance last year, and now she’s back in the category again. If she wins, she would be the first Black woman to get that award.
In rap, Jay-Z could extend his record as the most awarded rapper of all time with 23 wins. He’s up for three nominations — two in the best rap song category for his songwriting on DMX’S “Bath Salts” and Kanye West’s “Jail.” He’s also up for album of the year for his guest appearance on West’s “Donda.”
A healthy dose of performers will hit the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, including Silk Sonic, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, Cynthia Erivo, Jack Harlow, Nas, Leslie Odom Jr. and Brothers Osborne.
Artists competing with Eilish for album of the year include Rodrigo, Jon Batiste, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, H.E.R., Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Kanye West.
On the production side, Serban Ghenea could tie Al Schmitt as the engineer-mixer with the most Grammys won with 20. He’s won a total 18 trophies in his career and enters the awards with five nominations for his work on Doja Cat’s “Planet Her” and Lil Nas X’s “Montero.” Ghenea also could extend his record as the engineer-mixer with the most album of the year wins at five.
Although 80-plus awards will be handed out — roughly 10 during the live telecast and the rest during the pre-ceremony — viewers are most likely watching for the performances.
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DALLAS — Texas Sen. John Cornyn says he is a solid “no” when the Senate Judiciary Committee decides whether to send Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, a vote scheduled for Monday, April 4.
“Frankly, I couldn’t get a good answer from her on whether she understands the difference between my job, which is to make policy, and her job which is to interpret the law, not make new judge-made law,” Cornyn said on Inside Texas Politics. “And so, because I think that was kind of a blind spot and something I didn’t have confidence in, I’m a no vote.”
Cornyn says this is his eighth Supreme Court vacancy since he’s been a member of the Senate. The Republican says compared to some of the worst examples of how nominees have been treated -- and he cited Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination hearing as a top example -- Jackson was treated with dignity and respect.
He told Inside Texas Politics she’s a seasoned lawyer and judge experienced with answering tough questions.
"Just because some of the members of the Committee were offended, or didn’t like the line of questions, for example, the sentencing practices for child pornographers, I thought the Judge was capable of answering those questions and certainly did not think the questions were out-of-bounds," Cornyn said. "If you can’t ask the Judge about her own record, I don’t know what you can ask about."
Cornyn also just returned from a trip to Poland and Germany. The Congressional Delegation met with military leaders in both countries and the lawmakers also visited a refugee processing center along the Polish-Ukrainian border.
The senator says the U.S. needs to do more and do it faster. He says while the Ukrainians have done incredibly well defending themselves, they need more weapons.
And he saw firsthand the need for more humanitarian aid, calling it a genuine crisis.
“The world now knows what Putin’s character is like and he’s unified NATO and Europe as no one else could,” said Cornyn.
There have also been recent reports that the Texas power grid faces possible cyberattacks from Russian hackers. While energy companies in our state are on high alert, in terms of protecting the grid and infrastructure against such cyberattacks, Senator Cornyn calls it a “work in progress.”
“Unfortunately, cyberattacks are part of our daily life now,” he said. “And we have to continue to up our game. We’re not where we need to be. We’re trying. But there’s more we need to do.”
As COVID subsides in the United States, the Biden Administration has talked about ending the Title 42 Program, the controversial COVID-related expulsion policy along the border. Listen to Senator Cornyn’s Inside Texas Politics conversation with Jason Whitely to hear why the Senator sent a letter to the President urging him to keep the program in place:
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This is second such instance in the recent times, the first revision test question papers were also leaked.
Chennai:
The Class 12 revision exam question paper has reportedly been leaked and has been doing rounds on social media.
The second revision exams for the upcoming board exams had commenced recently for Class 12.
This incident has created serious doubts over the mechanism to prevent question paper leaks as this is the second such instance in recent times. The Class 10 and 12 question papers got leaked in the recently concluded first revision exam.
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Pennridge 3, Central Bucks West 0 — The Rams swept the rival Bucks Thursday night, prevailing 25-16, 25-20, 25-19.
Pennridge is now a perfect 3-0 on the season heading into this weekend’s Bobcat Invitational.
Riley Kodidek had 30 assists, five blocks and four aces to lead the Rams.
Also, Thomas McKinney had 11 kills and eight digs, Jude Rotondo had nine kills, eight digs and two blocks, and Tyler Johnson added six kills and four blocks for the Rams.
Nick Smith (five kills, five blocks), Alex Derk (14 digs), Gavin Tirjan (six digs) and Ty Porter (four digs) contributed to the Pennridge victory as well.
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NEW DELHI: The open borders between India and Nepal should not be misused, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, while meeting his counterpart from Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba in Delhi.This was the Nepalese PM’s fifth visit to India.
Around 98 per cent of Nepal's transit trade takes place through India and nearly 65 per cent of Nepal's total trade is with India. So, keeping an eye on cross-border operations is crucial for security.
"We discussed that the open borders of India and Nepal should not be misused by unwanted elements. We also stressed on maintaining close cooperation between our defence and security agencies," PM Modi said, reaffirming India’s Neighbourhood First policy.
Amidst the backdrop of the meeting, a 35-km cross-border train service, Jaynagar-Kurtha section, a part of the 68.7-km Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardidas rail link built under the central government's grant assistance, was inaugurated. India also launched the RuPay card facility in Nepal and both Prime Ministers jointly inaugurated the 90 km long 132 KVDC Solu Corridor Transmission line and substation built under the Line of Credit extended by India.
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PM Deuba also brought up the controversial border issue during his talks with PM Modi.
"We discussed the boundary issue and I urged Modi ji to resolve it through bilateral mechanism," said P M Deuba.
The boundary issue arose in November, 2019, after a revised political map of India showed the area of Kalapani-Lipulek-Limpiyadhura within Uttrakhand’s territory. Nepal responded by sharing a revised political map placing the area in their country. This was to be addressed by foreign secretaries of both countries, but the meeting hasn’t been since scheduled.
"Friendly ties between India and Nepal are unique and not seen anywhere else in world. Our joint vision statement on power cooperation will prove to be a blueprint for future cooperation," PM Modi added.
The Solu Corridor Transmission Project was handed over today. "Connecting remote districts with Nepal's national electricity grid, it is one of the key infrastructure projects undertaken under India’s Line of Credit," tweeted MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
There will be greater participation by Indian companies in Nepal’s hydropower projects. Nepal is already exporting its surplus power to India.
Nepal has joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA),becoming the 105th country to become a signatory to the Framework Agreement of the ISA.
P M Deuba will be visiting the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the two countries are working on building a tourism circuit that will connect devotees to Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, will accompany PM Deuba in Varanasi.
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Says Nigeria needs a President who thinks beyond 2023
*** Urges people to stop the Smear Attack on the CBN Governor
By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- AHEAD of 2023 general and Presidential elections, a campaign group for the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to contest for the most exalted position in the land has raised the alarm that politicians are already scared of his intimidating profile to be the next President of Nigeria.
The Emefiele Support Group ESG said that there plots to smear the CBN Governor and his office as the Governor of CBN over independent activities of supports groups which are calling on him to join the race and contest for the Presidency of Nigeria come 2023.\
In a statement yesterday by the Director of Communications of the Emefiele Support Group Ms. Benigna Ejimba said that all support groups are running on voluntary donations and self-raised funds to promote the call for Emefiele to run stating that the smear campaigns were futile attempts from Panicky Politician’s to scare Emefiele from considering a Presidential bid.
According to her, Emefiele and the group will not succumb to blackmail. adding, “We are here to set the records straight on the ongoing campaign posters, Billboards and recently branded vehicles of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Dr Godwin Emefiele’s 2023 Presidential campaign.
“It is true that many Nigerians have constituted themselves into various support groups for the CBN Governor in a clamour for him to contest the 2023 Presidential elections. These groups have gone ahead to print campaign materials of all sorts in persuasion of Dr. Godwin Emefiele to listen to the voice of reason. As Emefiele Solidarity Vanguard, we have thousands of posters, T-shirts, Billboards and have branded some of our individual cars in solidarity with the CBN Governor, this has nothing to do with him in person.
“The latest campaign of calumny against the person of the CBN Governor is the branding of some Sharon mini buses with the image of Dr. Godwin Emefiele and his 2023 Presidential campaign been circulated on social media in an attempt to box him to the corner. It is an outright blackmail.
“There is doubt that Nigerians from all quarters, the North, the South, East and West are calling on the CBN Governor to run as President in the 2023 Presidential elections. We are convinced that, if he does, he will win, this is the threat where some do or die political office seekers are trying to blackmail him.
“let it be known to these greedy politicians and their allies that no single kobo from Dr. Emefiele or the CBN is part of the funds so far spent on those branded campaign materials that have started giving them sleepless nights. It is ordinary citizens like us that are contributing these funds in form of our widows might to ensure yet again that Nigeria gets it right and keeps away politicians whose only interest is the treasury of the country.
“For clarification, we are proud and bold to say that all Emefiele support groups run on voluntary contributions from eminent members of the various support groups who are desirous of a better nation for us all. Please note that these young and determined Nigerians cannot and will not be blackmailed into abandoning our commitment to a people’s agenda to convince Dr. Emefiele to step out to continue, consolidate and expand President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacies. This is a task we are committed to and have resolved to give up all, including our financial resources, to ensure that this is done.
She expressed confidence that once Emefiele answered their call and joined the presidential race, he would be the candidate to beat and claimed that these attacks are childish attacks that cannot stop the voluntary activities of advocates in calling on him to contest.
She said, ” We owe no one any apology for our conviction and at the end of the day, Nigerians will appreciate us for bearing the torch of this vision when eventually Dr. Godwin Emefiele becomes elected as the President and continues the growth and development of Nigeria.”
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Gov. Bill Lee's school funding plan advances even as it faces tough scrutiny from lawmakers
A key Senate committee advanced Gov. Bill Lee's legislative overhaul of Tennessee's school funding formula Wednesday, despite making substantial changes to the legislation.
The legislation, which cleared its first hurdle in the General Assembly a day earlier, introduces a new student-based funding formula, dubbed the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement.
TISA would allocate more than $9 billion in state and local funds toward education, including $1.8 billion for students with specific needs, such as those living in concentrated poverty or students with disabilities.
Though the legislation made major advances in the legislature this week, clearing two hurdles, it saw some of its first major revisions from lawmakers, and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn faced some of the toughest questions to date.
Key House hurdle: Gov. Bill Lee's education plan passes first hurdle in General Assembly
Five amendments to the bill were approved by members of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday, including provisions to grant the State Board of Education more authority in defining what "unique learning needs" should receive extra funding and removing charter students from the group of student subgroups that will be granted additional funding.
Both changes could hint at compromises the Lee administration has made with lawmakers and other stakeholder groups who have raised concerns about the additional funding allocated to charter school students and how 10 unique learning needs, known as weights, will be determined.
State will still bear the brunt of additional charter school costs
Funding for charter schools would now come entirely from the state, rather than through a combination of state and local funds under one of the amendments.
The change doesn't decrease the amount of money appropriated for charter schools.
The bill's sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, said the change was in response to feedback and concerns.
"We had feedback from some of our local stakeholders that were concerned about having that appropriation in a weight which makes it part of the base," Johnson explained in response to a question.
Local funding: How much will local communities contribute under the new education plan? It's complicated.
"In theory, if we, as a General Assembly, at some point wish to change that amount of money, it could have implications throughout the rest of the formula. And so by being in the direct funding component, if we want to put more money in there we can and it doesn't alter the rest of the formula."
But charter proponents, including the Tennessee Charter School Center, have argued the weighted funding allocation is necessary to make up for the inadequate funding the publicly funded but privately run schools receive across the state.
"Although Tennessee’s public charter schools are serving thousands of public school students, they do not have access to any local funding for school buildings and facilities like traditional schools do," Elizabeth Fiveash, chief policy officer for the center, said in a statement Wednesday. "Without adequate facilities funding, charter schools are forced to use operating dollars for facilities rather than devoting that funding for teachers and students."
Efforts to strengthen charter schools' ability to expand and have access to facilities have largely stalled in the legislature this year, with a bill that would allow charter schools to bypass local school boards now unlikely to advance this year.
Commissioner faces tough questions
Schwinn faced few questions from senators Wednesday — she already addressed members of the Senate education and finance committees during a joint hearing last week. But she did answer several from Sen. Joey Hensely, R-Hohenwald, including how the state came up with the $6,860 base per-student amount and how the state could guarantee money allocated for individual students are spent on that student.
"Let's say that there are 500 students at a school. We now know how much funding is generated for each of those students. So as a parent, you have that information, as a school, you know the aggregate of those students and certainly at a district level," Schwinn said.
The commissioner fielded more pointed questioning on Tuesday in the House K-12 subcommittee, particularly from Rep. Scott Cepicky, R-Culleoka, and Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville.
The subcommittee also heard public testimony on the bill. David Connor, executive director of the Tennessee County Services Association, said he wanted to address lawmakers about concerns from the county and metro governments TCSA represents.
Connor said he wasn’t taking a pro or con position, but he hoped lawmakers would proceed with caution when considering such a major overhaul.
Connor said there are concerns some existing Basic Education Program problems aren’t addressed in the new TISA formula, including pathways to get real raises to teachers and guarding against “monetizing” students by incentivizing schools to overidentify children with certain needs.
"If you look at the BEP, one of the biggest complaints from the local government side is we don't feel like it funds all the positions. Depending on the year, there are 10,000 or 11,000 positions outside of the BEP that local school systems fund,” Connor said. “It takes a huge amount of money to cover all of those positions, and that's not entirely getting resolved under this.
Clemmons on Tuesday pushed Schwinn on whether local governments will be stuck with a higher bill at the end of the day, which Schwinn has denied.
"It seems like the biggest argument for passage of this is this is going to delay the inevitable, but the inevitable could be avoided if we could spend some time addressing the fundamental problems,” Clemmons said.
But Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, the chair of the Senate Education Commission who was previously skeptical of the proposed formula and the legislation's timeline, praised it Wednesday.
"Over these eight weeks, in a great deal of discussion [and] dialogue, not only amongst ourselves, with the department and with our LEAs, I feel well satisfied that we have done well and put together a really solid plan," he said. "So I think we have done our due diligence."
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This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee's proposed school funding plan advances despite scrutiny
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Long wait for Secunderabad Cantonment Board polls: none to take up residents issues
A senior SCB officer says the Cantonment Bill-2021 is still pending. The Bill was aimed at greaterdemocratisation, modernistion and overall improvement in the governance of the Cantonment. Once it gets passed in Parliament the elections will be conducted
Hyderabad: It has been almost two years since the Secunderabad Cantonment ward members' tenure has been completed, without a public representative in eight wards.
Local residents allege that there is no clarity on when the election will be held in the SCB, as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not issued a notification so far for the SCB. Due to that they are facing hardships to raise their issues. Also, no development activities are taking place in the SCB areas.
They point out that the last SCB election was held in 2015. Also, the ward members have completed their five-year tenure. After that there has been no clarity when an election to this body will be held. Because of this many issues are being neglected. It is taking time for each issue to get resolved. Last year the board nominated a civilian, Ram Krishna, as a member. It is unfortunate that nothing has been done for the benefit of people, allege locals.
Said S Ravi, a resident of Secunderabad Cantonment, "it is almost two years that the SCB is without public representatives. Also, there is no clarity on how the polls will be conducted — on party lines or on free symbols. We are finding it difficult to approach the concerned officials. As summer is on the 'bastis' and residential areas are facing water shortage. Water is being supplied once in four days. Due to lack of concerned representatives, we don't know whom to complain."
Another resident, Suresh Kumar, stated, "there is no direct contact with the concerned officials of the SCB. In the absence of local representatives, the residents are facing hardship to raise their issues. All development activities are taking place at a snail's pace. Presently no development activities are progressing. It will be better if MOD takes the decision of conducting the SCB elections as soon as possible for betterment of the Cantonment."
On condition of anonymity, a senior SCB officer said " the Cantonment Bill-2021 is still pending. The Bill was aimed at greater democratisation, modernistion and overall improvement in the governance of the Cantonment. Once it gets passed in Parliament the elections will be conducted".
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Laramie County sheriff's deputy is expected to recover from a gunshot wound he sustained in an exchange of fire with a person suspected of assaulting and robbing a student at Laramie County Community College, the sheriff's office says. The suspect was killed in the exchange, which occurred off-campus.
Sheriff's Capt. Don Hollingshead told The Wyoming Tribune Eagle that the deputy, whose name was not released, was wounded after a brief vehicle chase in Cheyenne following the alleged assault and robbery on Saturday. The deputy was listed in stable condition at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and is expected to recover, Hollingshead said.
The name of the person killed and other information about the incident were being withheld Sunday, the sheriff's office said. The state Division of Criminal Investigation was investigating the officer-involved shooting.
The incident began when a community college student reported a robbery and assault to campus police. Campus safety officials asked the alleged assailant, who was not a student, to leave the college grounds, then notified the sheriff's office, said college spokesperson Lisa Trimble.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Jayhawks jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead over Villanova in front of 73,000 fans inside Caesars Superdome.
Some of those fans knew more about what the current players were feeling than others.
A number of former KU players were in crowd for Saturday’s Final Four game, including Danny Manning, a member of the 1988 National Championship Team.
Wayne Simien, Jr., was also in attendance, he played for the Jayhawks from 2001-2005 before going on to win an NBA Title with the Miami Heat.
A member of the 2008 National Championship team, Russell Robinson had tickets to KU’s Final Four game, as did former KU point guard Jeff Hawkins.
Other players apparently wished they could be at the game.
Paul Pierce shared a celebratory picture holding a glass of champagne.
Scot Pollard tweeted a picture of himself wearing a blue “Jayhawk Guy” tank top while watching the game in Cancun.
Kansas will face North Carolina in the National Championship game Monday night.
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NEW ORLEANS, La. — There a huge party on Bourbon Street in New Orleans Saturday night and it’s full of KU fans.
Thousands of Jayhawks fans packed the Superdome Saturday afternoon, hoping to see KU earn a little redemption.
In 2018, the Jayhawks lost to the Villanova Wildcats in San Antonio, and they’ve lost two title games in the Superdome over the years. In 2003, the program lost to Syracuse with Roy Williams as the coach. Then nine years later in 2012, they lost to Kentucky under Bill Self.
Fans say they’d like to end that streak.
In all, fans seemed relieved with the victory.
“Amazing game. Amazing performance by Kansas best game ever. Glad to be here for sure.”
“We came out here and it’s our time. Let’s go!”
Fans showed their excitement with the Rock Chalk Chant as the game wound down, and it carried over into concourse after the game.
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Acutus Medical, Inc. ("Acutus" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AFIB) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-00388, is on behalf of a class consisting of all purchasers of Acutus common stock between May 13, 2021 and November 11, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Acutus common stock during the Class Period, you have until April 18, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Acutus designs and manufactures a range of tools for catheter-based ablation procedures and markets and sells its products to hospitals and electrophysiologists that treat patients with arrhythmias. The Company's primary product is its AcQMap imaging and mapping system, which consists of a console, workstation, proprietary software algorithms, and a single-use catheter that contains ultrasound transducers and electrodes which collect the data required to create a comprehensive map of a patient's cardiac anatomy and electrical propagation pathways and patterns.
To gain a market foothold, Acutus initially lent its first-generation AcQMap console and workstation to users free of charge to facilitate the sale of its disposable products. In late 2019, Acutus began to install its second generation AcQMap console and workstation products with potential purchasers under evaluation arrangements. Pursuant to these agreements, Acutus places the AcQMap console and workstation with potential customers free of charge for a specified period. The Company then attempted to sell the console and workstation to the potential customers in exchange for a cash payment, or a contractual commitment to purchase a minimum amount of its disposable products.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) a material percentage of the AcQMap systems under evaluation had been randomly installed at sites with little, if any, consideration given to whether the healthcare providers at the selected locations were likely to adopt, or desire, the Company's products; (ii) a material percentage of the AcQMap systems under evaluation had been installed in locations where the Company did not possess the infrastructure necessary to appropriately educate, train, and support medical service providers on the system's operations; (iii) as a result of (i) and (ii) above, Defendants were in the process of designing a strategic plan to terminate and relocate approximately 20% of then-existing AcQMap systems evaluation arrangements; (iv) the Company's management discussion and analysis was materially false and misleading and failed to disclose that the termination and relocation of approximately 20% of existing AcQMap systems evaluation arrangements was reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's 2021 financial results; (v) the Company's risk factor discussions were materially false and misleading and made reference to potential risks without disclosing that such risks were then-existing or adequately describing the specific nature of the risks then facing the Company; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On November 11, 2021, Acutus announced that it had slashed its 2021 revenue guidance due, in part, to a strategic decision by Defendants during the third quarter of 2021 to relocate approximately 20% of AcQMap systems installations under then-existing evaluation arrangements to address meaningfully lower-than-expected product adoption. Further, contrary to Defendants' representations during the Class Period, Defendants revealed that Acutus needed to relocate AcQMap systems that had been placed in improper locations, thereby negatively impacting customer uptake.
On this news, the Company's stock price fell $3.02 per share, or 45.35%, to close at $3.64 per share on November 12, 2021.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ("Ericsson" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ERIC) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-01167, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Ericsson securities between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Ericsson securities during the Class Period, you have until May 2, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Ericsson, together with its subsidiaries, provides communication infrastructure, services, and software solutions to the telecommunications and other sectors. The Company operates in, among other countries, the Republic of Iraq ("Iraq").
Ericsson has a well-documented history of using bribes to secure business in countries throughout the Middle East and Asia. For example, in December 2019, Ericsson was the subject of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") action alleging, among other things, that the Company used third party consultants and illicit payments from 2011 through early 2017 to access business in Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, and China. The Company also entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") the same month for its illicit business dealings.
Following the foregoing regulatory enforcement actions—which resulted in Ericsson being fined over $520 million and nearly $540 million by the DOJ and SEC, respectively—Ericsson repeatedly assured investors that the Company had a "zero tolerance" stance for bribery and was making significant investments in related programs. For example, in a December 2019 press release, the Company asserted that it was "[e]nhancing . . . internal anti-corruption and compliance related awareness campaigns (including the Company's zero tolerance for corruption)." Likewise, in its 2019 annual report, the Company asserted that it has "zero tolerance for corruption" and "work[s] hard every day to build a culture of compliance, anchored securely within the organization, to ensure that such an event will never happen again."
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Ericsson overstated the extent to which it had reformed its business practices to eliminate the use of bribes to secure business in foreign countries; (ii) Ericsson had paid bribes to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ("ISIS" or the "Islamic State") to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq; (iii) accordingly, the Company's revenues derived from its operations in Iraq were, in at least substantial part, derived from unlawful conduct and thus unsustainable; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On February 15, 2022, during intraday trading hours, Ericsson issued a press release disclosing media inquiries into its business dealings in Iraq. That press release assured investors of the Company's "transparency" regarding these inquiries, while vaguely alluding to having undertaken its own investigative and compliance efforts.
Then, on February 16, 2022, Ericsson's Chief Executive Officer told a Swedish newspaper that the Company may have made payments to ISIS to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq, noting that the Company had identified "unusual expenses dating back to 2018" but had not yet determined the final recipient of the funds for those expenses, although Defendants could "see that it disappeared[,]" and that Ericsson has spent "considerable resources trying to understand this as best we can."
Following these disclosures, Ericsson's American Depositary Share ("ADS") price fell $1.44 per ADS, or 11.57%, to close at $11.01 per ADS on February 16, 2022.
Finally, on Sunday, February 27, 2022, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ("ICIJ") published a report on Ericsson's alleged dealings with ISIS in Iraq, citing a leaked internal investigation that revealed that Ericsson had reportedly made "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" over nearly a decade to keep its business in the country. The ICIJ report also alleged that "a spreadsheet lists company probes into possible bribery, money laundering and embezzlement by employees in Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Croatia, Libya, Morocco, the United States and South Africa[,]" which "have not been previously disclosed."
On this news, Ericsson's ADS price fell $0.84 per ADS, or 8.3%, from its closing price on February 25, 2022, to close at $9.28 per ADS on February 28, 2022, the next trading day.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Josh Norris scored three goals for his first career hat trick and the Ottawa Senators completed a sweep of their home-and-home series with the Detroit Red Wings with a 5-2 win Sunday.
Artem Zub and Nikita Zaitsev also scored for the Senators, and Anton Forsberg made 30 saves.
The 22-year-old Norris, who reached the 30-goal milestone for the first time in his young NHL career, also scored in Ottawa's 5-2 victory in Detroit on Friday night.
Michael Rasmussen and Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings, who have lost six straight. Thomas Greiss stopped 31 shots.
The Senators honored late owner Eugene Melnyk before the game. Melnyk, 62, died last Monday after a lengthy illness. The tribute included a video montage of Melnyk through the years since he purchased the Senators in 2003. Players will wear a commemorative patch with the initials “EM” on their jerseys for the rest of the season.
Ottawa forward Tyler Ennis left early in the second period and didn't return after he was hit by Gustav Lindstrom. It was the 700th NHL game of Ennis' career.
Detroit opened the scoring at 7:21 of the opening period when Rasmussen slipped the puck through Stutzle’s legs and beat Forsberg to the blocker side.
Zub beat Greiss through the legs to tie it at 1 with less than two minutes remaining in the first.
Norris scored twice in the second period to give the Senators a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes. His first goal came on the power play off a feed from Tim Stutzle. Norris beat Greiss to the blocker side from the left faceoff circle at 2:32. Norris’ 15th power-play goal this season made him the first Senators player to reach that mark since Dany Heatley in 2008-09.
He scored his second goal at even-strength at 14:16 when he jumped on Nick Holden's rebound from the slot.
Trailing 3-1, Larkin gave the Red Wings some life with a pretty goal off his backhand with just over seven minutes remaining in regulation.
But Detroit failed to capitalize on a number of good chances during a power play in the final minutes of the game. Norris and Zaitsev sealed the win with empty-net goals.
NOTES: The Red Wings were without LW Tyler Bertuzzi, who's unable to travel to Canada because he’s unvaccinated.
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Red Wings: Host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
Senators: Travel to Montreal to take on the Canadiens on Tuesday night.
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MRT-3 logs another record-high ridership with 294K passengers
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has reached a daily ridership of 294,621 on Thursday, beating the previous day’s record of 293,290.
This is the highest since the rail service resumed operations amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in June 2020.
In a Facebook post, the MRT-3 said the increase in the number of passengers may have been the result of its “Libreng Sakay (free ride)” program and its increased maximum passenger capacity through the addition of two four-car Czech CKD trains and one Chinese Dalian train, aside from 18 three-car CKD trains regularly in operation.
Each four-car train, it said, is capable of carrying up to 1,576 passengers, an increase of 394 passenger capacity from its three-car trains.
On average, it said 18 to 21 trains are running at the MRT-3 at any given time.
After the completion of the MRT-3’s rehabilitation, its trains are now running at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour—reducing the time between trains to 3.5 to 4 minutes from the previous 8.5 to 9 minutes.
The MRT-3’s free ride program–meant to celebrate the completion of the MRT-3’s rehabilitation and ease the burden of rising fuel prices on the public–began on Monday and will end on April 30.
All passengers are eligible to receive the free service during all operating hours of the MRT-3.
In May 2020, right before the public transportation shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an average of 250,000 to 300,000 passengers take a ride at the MRT-3.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with the Migration Policy Institute's Europe Director Hanne Beirens about how the influx of Ukrainian refugees may reshape Europe.
The population of Poland's second-largest city, Krakow, has grown 20% in the last month as 150,000 displaced Ukrainians have arrived seeking housing, jobs and schools.
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Ramadan: Pray for peace, Apatira urges Muslims, Christians
- Hon (Dr.) Ahmed Apatira has charged Muslims in the country to pray for peace across the country during the Ramadan period
- The Executive Chairman of Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area made the call in a statement to mark the holy month
- Apatira, however, expressed concerns over the security situation in some parts of the country at the moment
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Lagos - The Executive Chairman of Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area, Hon (Dr.) Ahmed Apatira has urged Muslims in his district, Lagos state and the country to devote the blessed month of Ramadan to pray for peace in the troubled zones across Nigeria.
Apatira made the call in his congratulatory message to Muslims on the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast.
He noted that insecurity, kidnapping and armed banditry are fast becoming an albatross threatening the peace and unity of the country.
While being thankful to almighty Allah for counting him and his other Muslims worthy of witnessing 2022 Ramadan fast despite the obvious challenges, he urged Muslims to seek Allah’s forgiveness and pray fervently for the return of peace to troubled zones and an end to insecurity.
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His words:
“All praises and adoration to Almighty Allah for counting us among the living to witness the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast.
“The blessed month is a month of forgiveness and acceptance of prayers. And as we begin yet another 29 or 30 days journey of spiritual cleansing and soul purification, I am urging fellow Muslims to make the best use of this season to pray for the country and it’s leadership.
“Importantly, Muslims should pray for an end to insecurity and armed banditry which is gradually tearing apart our garment of unity, love and harmony.
Anti-government sermon: Abuja Mosque suspends Chief Imam for criticising Buhari's administration, he reacts
“That Christians' Lent coincide with Muslims’ Ramadan fast points to one thing and that is God’s unalloyed love for Nigeria and Nigerians.
“I am therefore calling on adherents of the two faiths to pray for God’s interference in Nigeria’s project.
“We should pray to God to guide our leaders to the right path and be good and just leaders whose hearts will be full of love for the masses.
“As Muslims, we must ensure that our actions and inactions follow the dictates of Allah and His messenger, (SAW).”
Ramadan: Pray for peace in Nigeria - President Buhari tells Muslims
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had charged Muslims in the country to pray for peace across the country during the Ramadan period.
Buhari made this known in a statement released on Friday, April 2, by the senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu.
He urged Muslims to devote themselves to praying to the Almighty Allah to address the problems facing the country.
Ramadan is a time to touch lives of the less privileged, Uba Sani tells Nigerians
On his part, Senator Uba Sani representing Kaduna Central district in the National Assembly has joined other world leaders in felicitating with Muslims across the globe on month of Ramadan, while urging special attention to the poor.
Sani recalled that Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, stressing that it is a time to apply effectively the key values of self-tolerance, forgiveness, sacrifice and love.
He also stated that it is a time to touch the lives of the less privileged and vulnerable in society through acts of charity.
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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.
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Cavs Final Injury Report Against The 76ers
The Cleveland Cavaliers have announced their finalized injury report for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are hosting the Philadelphia 76ers in Ohio on Sunday evening, and for the game they have announced their final injury report.
Their original injury report can be seen in the screenshot that is captured below from the NBA's official injury report.
Rajon Rondo has been upgraded form questionable too available for the contest (see tweet below from Underdog NBA).
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A shooting in the downtown Albuquerque area early Sunday left three men wounded, police said.
Officers responded to a shots fired call around 2 a.m.
Police said when they arrived on the scene, they found three men with gunshot wounds.
All were transported to hospitals. Their conditions weren't immediately known.
Police said the names and ages of the men haven’t been released.
A search for possible suspects in the shooting was ongoing, according to police.
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Kyle Lowry: ‘I miss everything about this city, this country, this organization'
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Raptors legend Kyle Lowry returned to Toronto on Sunday for the first time since being traded to the Miami Heat. He discussed what he misses about playing in Toronto, how impressed he’s been with the Raptors this season, what the transition to Miami has been like for him and his family, and much more.
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Rafa Nadal predicts that Carlos Alcaraz will go on to win "many more titles" following his triumph at the Miami Open.
By winning the event - Alcaraz beat Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final - the 18-year-old became the third-youngest winner of an ATP Masters 1000 event in the format's history, with the only men younger being Michael Chang and Nadal himself.
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Nadal therefore is well qualified to comment on the potential of his up-and-coming compatriot, who will now enter the clay-court season - the surface he grew up on - as one of the favourites for the swing's main tournaments.
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'The sky is the limit' - Henman on why Alcaraz win is a huge moment in tennis
Writing in Spanish on his social media, Nadal said: "Many congratulations Carlitos for your HISTORIC win in Miami.
"It's the first of many more titles to come, I'm sure!"
Nadal also sent words of consolation to Ruud after a fine run on the American hard courts.
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The 20-time Grand Slam winner said: "And congrats Casper for an amazing tournament and result. Great swing!!!"
Ahead of the Miami final, Rafa's uncle Toni was another knowledgeable figure to heap praise on Alcaraz, stating his view that the prodigy "has become a complete player and very difficult to overwhelm".
Until last month, it was 35-year-old Nadal who had been the dominant figure on the men's tour this season following his wins at the Australian Open and in Acapulco, and a final appearance in Indian Wells.
But with Nadal absent from Miami with a rib injury, Alcaraz has quickly muscled in on the act to announce his coming-of-age.
It promises to be some battle on the clay, with Nadal potentially able to return at the Madrid Masters in May.
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What's Being Found in the Wake of Russia's Retreat Called a '21st Century Hell'
The grisly aftermath of Russia’s retreat from its attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was on full display for the world with images of butchered and executed civilians from the town of Bucha shown Sunday across multiple social media platforms.
A report by Reuters said that its reporter in Bucha witnessed multiple dead unburied civilians on the streets and that “a mass grave at one church ground was still open, with hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped on top.”
A BBC report based on reporting from Bucha noted that “At least 20 dead men were lying in the street as Ukrainian troops entered the town. Some of them had their hands tied behind their backs.”
Despite that, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said images from Bucha that showed dead civilians with their hands tied behind them were “staged” and insisted “not a single” civilian was injured, according to The New York Times.
In the woods outside Bucha today we met Maria, 80, who hadn’t minded the Russian soldiers so much when they turned up at her house. It was only after they withdrew that she found out they had tied up and executed her neighbours. https://t.co/v0saCk4z6p
— Louise Callaghan (@louiseelisabet) April 2, 2022
The scale of the reported atrocities was unclear Sunday. A report in The Wall Street Journal put the death toll of civilians at about 100.
Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk told The Washington Post that 270 local residents were buried in two mass graves.
Regardless of the scale, the results were the same, Ukrainian spokesman Mykhailo Podolyak posted on Twitter.
(Due to the grisly nature of the images, the Western Journal will not reproduce them.)
“Kyiv region. 21st century Hell. Bodies of men and women, who were killed with their hands tied. The worst crimes of Nazism have returned to [the EU]. This was purposely done by [Russia]. Impose an embargo on energy resources, close seaports. Stop the murders!” he posted.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the slaughter, regardless of its scale, showed “that Russian hatred towards Ukrainians is beyond anything Europe has seen since WWII.”
“The only way to stop this: help Ukraine kick Russians out as soon as possible,” he tweeted.
Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said the killing of civilians could “only be described as genocide,” according to The Washington Post.
Genocide & war crimes committed against innocent civilians by the Russian troops in #Bucha #Ukraine must be met with new sanctions & increased military assistance to Ukraine. #Latvia will continue insisting on full EU energy sanctions against Russia & port closures #BuchaMassacre
— Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) April 3, 2022
Britain castigated Russia for its apparent actions, according to The Washington Post.
“As Russian troops are forced into retreat, we are seeing increasing evidence of appalling acts by the invading forces in towns such as Irpin and Bucha,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Sunday.
“Their indiscriminate attacks against innocent civilians during Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes,” Truss said, adding that Britain would “not allow Russia to cover up their involvement in these atrocities through cynical disinformation.”
and let’s respond to the urgent requests by Ukraine to facilitate getting Soviet-era tanks from countries in the region into Ukrainian hands.
— Rob Portman (@senrobportman) April 2, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the images cannot be only a gone-tomorrow blip on the world’s emotional radar screen.
“You can’t help but see these images as a punch to the gut, and look, we’ve said before Russia’s aggression that we thought it was likely that they would commit atrocities,” he said, according to The Times. “We can’t become numb to this. We can’t normalize this. This is the reality of what’s going on every single day.”
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You’ve died (of course), finished the tutorial, and finally taken your first steps out into the open world of Elden Ring. …Now what?
While Elden Ring does give you a little trail of light showing you what’s next in the story, it’s usually a good idea to do something else instead — the first bosses of the game will probably crush you unless you spend a bit of time getting ready, leveling up, and finding out how the world works. Here’s what to do once you’ve stepped out into the vast world for the first time!
Further reading
- The best settings for Elden Ring: PC performance guide
- Elden Ring beginner’s guide: 8 tips and tricks to get started
- Elden Ring’s launch is 2nd-most successful in past 12 months
Look for your primary Site of Grace
When in doubt at any point in Elden Ring, it’s a good idea to search around for a Site of Grace. These are the “bonfires” of the game, acting as checkpoints, a way to level up, and a way to restore your health and reusable items (in exchange for respawning most of the monsters in the world). Perhaps most importantly, they also act as waypoints that you can teleport to at any time when in the open-world map.
Sites of Grace are everywhere, so you can’t really go wrong looking for them. The first should be straight ahead of you past the Tree Sentinel (we’d don’t advise fighting this guy anytime soon), in a ruined church called the Church of Elleh. You’ll also find a blacksmithing anvil here for upgrading and your first merchant of the game, so it’s an excellent first stop.
Sites of Grace that you haven’t found yet will typically have trails of gold flowing through the air toward them, which makes them particularly easy to see at night. Once a Site of Grace has been activated, it will be a small flame of light that you can return to at any time.
Find your maiden and your horse
While the first NPC will joke about you being “maidenless” it’s actually a very important prompt for the game. You need to find your maiden — and that’s done by discovering more Sites of Grace in the open-world map. The easiest path to do that is to explore east, where you can find swampy ruins (and a number of unpleasant surprises). Skirt the ruins and look for more Points of Grace: There are several in the area to find. Once you find one, rest at it, and your maiden should appear.
You will gain the ability to level up, and a ring to summon your magic steed, Torrent. We suggest binding the ring to your shortcut menu, which you can customize on the right side of your main menu. Torrent is an excellent companion to explore the world with, and he can make many (not all) open-world fights much easier during your first hours.
Get your Spirit Calling Bell
When you receive Torrent, waste no time teleporting back to the Church of Elleh. The Church should now be filled with a strange mist, and you will be able to speak to a witch named Renna there. The witch will give you a Spirit Calling Bell and the Ashes of some wolves. You can use Ashes like these to summon familiars during boss battles (it costs some FP). They are excellent at distracting the boss, and a huge help for tougher boss battles. Look for more spirit Ashes around the world to learn more summons. Eventually, you will be able to level your favorite summons up.
Buy crafting equipment
Stay at the Church of Elleh a bit longer and take a look at the merchant’s inventory. He sells both a Cracked Pot and a Crafting Kit, for 300 runes each. Gathering 600 runes should not be difficult if you don’t already have them, and these items are vital for your playthrough. They give you the ability to craft a wide variety of items from materials you find throughout the game. These items can do everything from cure poison to hurt enemies, and you can craft them at any time now that you’re prepared.
Find a map fragment
Around this time, it’s also a good idea to follow the trail of Grace for a little bit. It should take you to a Site of Grace for the Gatefront Ruins and a camp of soldiers. The camp of soldiers will be tough but a good way to practice sneaking, learning movesets, and different types of combat. There’s also a cellar with a chest hidden in the camp, a common feature of camps throughout the game.
But most importantly, you should find in this area an obelisk with a soft glow, especially noticeable at night. Go to the base and you will be able to pick up a map fragment for West Limgrave. Every region in the game has these map fragments to find. They make navigation much easier and often point out important landmarks where you search for new goodies.
Find key merchants
The early game’s merchants are a vital source of new weapons and spells, so finding them immediately is a good choice. Two great merchant additions are the seaside merchant you can find close to the Coastal Cave site of Grace, and the merchant in the Waypoint Ruins in the eastern part of your now-uncovered map. Northeast you can also find a merchant in Murkwater Cave, as long as you don’t fully kill the boss there. Merchants will also often sell books to upgrade your crafting options and tips that can point you in valuable directions or let you know about enemy weaknesses.
Beat a mini-boss
If you haven’t already, now is an excellent time to beat a miniboss. These bosses should be well within your reach (well, some of them), and will help teach you how to read moves, dodge, use your summons, and much more. Plus, it feels great when you do it. A few early locations for minibosses include Groveside Cave, Coastal Cave, Waypoint Ruins, and Limngrave Tunnels.
Almost every boss in the game has a nearby Stake of Marika you can activate. These will automatically save your progress so you can start over here when a boss kills you. They are also gathering places for summoning friendly players to help tackle the boss (this also increases boss health), which you can do with a craftable item called a Tarnished’s Furled Finger.
Reach Margit
It’s time to get serious. If you continue following the trail of Grace and exploring, you will eventually reach Stormveil castle and the Castleward Tunnel Site of Grace. Remember, it’s okay to ride Torrent through blockades and other obstacles that you wouldn’t be able to survive!
At Castleward Tunnel, you will find your first major boss, Margit the Fell Omen. He’s sort of a gatekeeper, and not very happy to see you.
The vast majority of Elden Ring players are going to get stomped by Margit, with his broad moveset, nimbleness, and new capabilities he adds as the fight goes on. That’s fine — the point of this battle is to teach you what to expect from real bosses, and if things feel unfair then it’s working. You now have a choice: You can either stay and start memorizing Margit’s moves as well as using your summons to try and beat the boss, or you can jump back into exploring the world, leveling up, and finding new sources of power.
Unlock the Roundtable Hold
Around this time, your next goal should be to unlock your home base, called Roundtable Hold. Rest at enough new Sites of Grace, and eventually, your maiden will appear again and invite you to Roundtable Hold. Afterward, you can teleport back to it at any time.
In Roundtable Hold, you’ll find plenty of NPCs to talk to. Some will help you upgrade weapons, some conversations will start questlines, some will allow you to buy your first new incantations, and so on. It’s a great place to explore, and there’s a lot to find here, including some great items for sale and more than a few secrets. NPCs you meet throughout the game may eventually set up residence in Roundtable Hold and offer new services.
Head south for a while
Is Margit getting you down? Don’t worry — try heading southeast instead! Here you can unlock a whole new area called the Weeping Peninsula. This area is designed for new players looking to level up to fight Margit on their own terms. Enemies are relatively as easy here as they are in West Limgrave, and it’s packed full of new weapons, sorceries/incantations, and merchants to find (as well as additional bosses to practice against). You can spend plenty of time here before getting ready to tackle your next big challenge.
Upgrade your armaments
You need to upgrade your armaments whenever possible in Elden Ring, especially after you’ve found a weapon or other armament that you particularly like. You do this via a blacksmith’s anvil and Smithing Stones, which come in different qualities. You can find a ton of early Smithing Stones in Limgrave Tunnels near the starting area. You can upgrade your shields as well, but generally, weapons should get a higher priority. Additionally, upgrading staffs and seals will increase the power of your sorceries and incantations, so it’s important for magic users, too.
When you start finding Ashes of War and whetstones, you can start enchanting your weapons in all-new ways that add extra capabilities. Either way, you should be feeling pretty confident about beating Margit and finally entering the mazes of Stormveil Castle!
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Belated Class of 2020 commencement ceremony to be held this August
The weekend of graduation festivities, from Aug. 5 to Aug. 7, will include a procession, barbecue and a keynote speaker, according to the College. The belated Class of 2020 commencement ceremony will be held between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7, the College announced. These plans, which include a keynote speaker address...
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A Committee of Parliament tasked with examining all papers laid on the table of the House has for the first time summoned the national auditor to explain the “unreasonable delays” in submitting annual reports and audited accounts.
Officials of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) will appear before the Committee on Papers Laid (Lok Sabha) on the Table on Monday to discuss ways to ensure compliance from the more than 1,000 autonomous bodies, Public Sector Units (PSUs) under various ministries, which have not submitted their accounts in time.
“We have called the CAG, and it is sending its officials to find ways to facilitate various autonomous bodies that are availing grants from the consolidated fund of the Government of India to have their accounts audited in time so that the people of this country know how their money is spent by these bodies,” Ritesh Pandey, Committee chairman, told The Indian Express.
“As per records, there is no precedent regarding the working of this Committee (on Papers Laid) when the CAG has been called to inquire into the delays by ministries/ PSUs/ autonomous bodies etc., while clarifying audit objections. I do not think any other Parliamentary Committee other than the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ever summoned the CAG,” Pandey, the BSP MP from Ambedkar Nagar, said.
The PAC is the oldest Parliamentary Committee, and is tasked with scrutinising the appropriation accounts of the Government of India and the reports of the CAG thereon.
Deputy CAGs G Vishwanathan and Rakesh Mohan, DG-Commercial Ritika Bhatia, DG-Parliamentary Committees Shailendra Vikram Singh, Principal Director-ABs Nameeta Prasad, and DG of Audit Manish Kumar will appear before the Committee on Monday.
Being like a mini Parliament, a Parliamentary Committee has the power to call representatives of any ministry/ department/ organisation/ PSU, and even autonomous organisations to get information, Pandey said.
The Committee on Papers Laid has been summoning representatives of organisations, and their administrative ministries and departments, who have not laid their papers on time, and giving directions and suggestions, and making observations and recommendations.
In the course of these discussions, the Committee has found that some of these bodies were “ignorant, some were not interested while some bodies blamed the C&AG for not sending the auditors in time”. Pandey had a meeting with CAG Girish Chandra Murmu, who expressed willingness to work with the panel to expedite the process.
“The CAG was kind enough to extend its support to chalk out ways to get the auditing done and see that the papers are laid on the table of both the Houses in time,” Pandey said.
The Committee has suggested that ministries should create a dashboard for each autonomous body that is receiving funds or grants from the Consolidated Fund of India to show accounting at every step, so that the required process can be completed on time.
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Calls for the West to step up sanctions on Russia as shock images show 'civilian' bodies strewn across Ukraine road
Volodymyr Zelensky has hit out at the mothers of thousands of Russian troops as devastating images and footage surfaced from his besieged country. Warning: Graphic images.
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Russia has denied claims of “civilian massacre” from Ukraine despite horrific images showing a number of bodies laying in the middle of the street in a town just outside the capital of Kyiv.
Reporters on the ground of the besieged country witnessed at least 20 bodies, all in civilian clothing, scattered along a road in Bucha as the death toll rose to more than 400 people.
A couple of the corpses had their arms bounded by white cloth.
Other images showed a man next to his bike after he was reportedly shot and a number of cars burnt or flattened by tanks, with at least one person killed while driving.
Russia’s defence ministry denied the allegations, claiming the footage and pictures were “yet another provocation” by the Ukrainian government.
The shock images and clips coming from Bucha has renewed calls for the West to respond with more sanctions against Moscow as the deadly war entered its 40th day.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the “massacre” in the town was “deliberate” and argued it is “worse than Islamic State”.
“Russians aim to eliminate as many Ukrainians as they can,” he wrote on Twitter.
“We must stop them and kick them out. I demand new devastating G7 sanctions NOW.”
Mr Kuleba wants sanctions on oil, gas, coal, to close all ports to Russian vessels and goods and disconnect all banks from SWIFT.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes Vladimir Putin’s soldiers have committed war crimes.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has deployed investigators to help Ukraine’s case in the International Criminal Court.
Britain Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was “appalled by atrocities in Bucha and other towns in Ukraine”.
“Reports of Russian forces targeting innocent civilians are abhorrent,” she wrote on social media.
“The UK is working with others to collect evidence and support @IntlCrimCour war crimes investigation. Those responsible will be held accountable.”
Spoke with @melaniejoly on the need for even tougher sanctions on Russia.
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French President Emmanuel Macron described watching the scenes from Bucha as “unbearable” and stressed Moscow “will have to answer for these crimes”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called out Russian mothers of soldiers for not stopping or pleading with their sons from joining the invasion.
“Mothers of Russian soldiers should see that,” he said in reference to images of burnt bodies, piles of corpses in mass graves and the devastation of millions of families being displaced.
“See what b*****ds you’ve raise. Murderers, looters, butchers.”
Over the weekend, Ukraine officials claimed the region of Kyiv had been liberated from Russian forces with “more and more Ukrainian flags” being flown in previous occupied areas.
President Zelensky declared he was not letting Moscow’s forces withdraw without a battle and claimed it was “destroying all those we can reach”.
He said Ukraine’s forces will strengthen defences in the eastern part of the country.
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Close to 7 million records from the 1950 US census have been made public.
The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing viewers to research their family histories and backgrounds. They include 6.57 million population schedules -- many of which include multiple families and households -- and 33,360 Indian Reservation schedules for Native Americans living on reservations.
In a video celebrating the release of the archives, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero explained the National Archives has been preparing for the release for a decade. The images shown on the website are actually microfilms taken by the bureau in 1952 that had to be carefully scanned by archive staff. The original paper documents were destroyed in the 1960s.
Ferriero commended the archive's staff "for their dedication in preserving and providing access to this important set of records."
"I personally can't wait to look up my own family in Beverly, Massachusetts," he added.
The archive recommends users search for the first and last name of the head of household they're looking for; the database will return close matches even if users don't know the exact spelling. The archive used an Artificial Intelligence technique called "Optical Character Recognition" to extract names from images of handwritten text, so not all the names are perfect.
Users can refine the name index by editing and adding correct names. The National Archive also released a video explaining how amateur genealogists can explore the newly released records.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland also explained in a video the census is "particularly important to Indian Tribes, because it helps decide federal funding, which then impacts the government's trust responsibility to Native communities."
The 1950 census included 20 questions for all respondents age 14 years and older; some respondents were also asked an additional six questions.
"Since 1790, census data have painted a vivid, vibrant portrait of America," said Robert Santos, director of the US Census Bureau, in another video celebrating the publication.
Notably, the 1950 census marked the last time census takers personally visited most households. The bureau then switched to mailing households enumeration forms, and today citizens can fill out the census online, by phone, or by mail.
According to the archive, censuses from 1960 and later are not available to the public "because of a statutory 72-year restriction on access for privacy reasons," but they can be privately requested from the US Census Bureau.
"The Census is full of family stories, and we know you are eager to look for yours," said Ferriero.
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Cambridge got the scoreboard moving early with two converted tries, but Tykes’ stand-off Tighe Maxwell-Whiteley kicked a 22nd-minute penalty to narrow the gap.
A third try for Cambridge extended their lead to 21-3, but prop Dominic Hardman’s 32nd-minute try was converted by Maxwell-Whiteley to make it 21-10 at half time.
Cambridge secured the four-try bonus point with a 52nd-minute try which made it 28-10, but Leeds hit back with converted tries on 57 and 62 minutes from Harry Jukes and Maxwell-Whiteley respectively to close the deficit to 28-24.
But two more tries for the visitors ended Leeds’ hopes of snatching victory, with just one penalty in the final 20 minutes which left them without even a bonus point.
Leaders Hull ran in six tries as they steam-rollered their way to a convincing 40-14 victory at Bournville in National Two (North).
No 8 William Hall scored two tries in the first 12 minutes to get them off the mark, stand-off Simon Humberstone kicking both conversions.
Full-back Reece Dean added a third on 15 minutes, and they secured the four-try bonus point in the 22nd minute with wing forward Greg Jones touching down, Humberstone on target again with the extras as they went 28-0 ahead.
Bournville pulled one back on the half-hour, but Hull weren’t to be denied and in the second half they added further tries from right winger Mike Adlard and flanker Laurence Cowen.
Second-placed Rotherham Titans remain six points adrift of Hull following a 47-17 victory over Loughborough Students.
The win maintained their unbeaten record at Clifton Lane with captain and No 8 Zak Poole scoring a hat-trick of tries, while others came from scrum-half Sam Boxhall, winger Tom Lewis, stand-off Joseph Carlisle and winger George Tucker, while Carlisle also kicked six conversions.
Hull Ionians secured a narrow 21-17 victory over Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Tigers. Winger Sam Wilson and scrum-half Sam Pocklington scored tries converted by full-back Lewis Minikin, but Tigers led 17-14 at half time with full-back Greg Mellor and centre Jamie Broadley touching down and stand-off Mark Ireland converting both and adding a penalty. But centre Josh Britton scored early in the second half, Minikin converting to put Ionians ahead.
Huddersfield came away with a 21-13 victory in another Yorkshire derby, at Harrogate.
Harrogate led 13-7 at half-time with winger Ben Raubitschek’s 33rd-minute try being converted by scrum-half Kit Keith who also added two penalties.
For Huddersfield flanker Harvey Keighley-Payne touched down and inside centre Will Milner converted. But after the break it was all Huddersfield, with winger Sam Nunn scoring a try while Milner added three penalties to clinch the win.
Wharfedale had to be content with two bonus points after losing out 42-37 at home against Tynedale.
Otley remain top of the North Premier table with two league games left after a 33-22 victory at Burnage. The five-try victory leaves them three points ahead of second-placed Preston Grasshoppers.
York were 57-0 winners against struggling Northwich, while Sandal drew 17-17 with Rossendale.
It’s also tight at the top of North One East, with Driffield’s 37-11 win at Morley keeping them top of the table.
But Ilkley have a game in hand and are only one point behind after their narrow 19-15 win at Malton and Norton.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self finds himself in the same situation that longtime North Carolina coach Dean Smith once did.
Both had won national championships at their respective schools, two of the proudest in the history of basketball, and both had piled more Final Four appearances on top of them. Along the way, each slipped into a coveted gold jacket from the Hall of Fame, something meant to represent the crowning achievement for a college coach.
Yet it took Smith, who grew up in southeast Kansas and played for the Jayhawks, more than a decade to win a validating second national championship with the Tar Heels. And it has likewise been 14 years and counting since Self captured his first with the Jayhawks.
Perhaps fittingly, Self will get another crack at his second against the Tar Heels on Monday night at the Superdome.
“Coach doesn’t need to do anything to be one of the greats,” said the Jayhawks’ Mitch Lightfoot, “but I think we would all like to win another, as any coach in America would like to win another.
“We want to go out there and fight for him,” Lightfoot said. “He means the world to us and we want to go fight for him.”
Unlike so many coaches who seek the spotlight, Self would rather do just about anything than talk about himself. He has an uncanny ability to take any question about him, or his legacy, and deflect it entirely or spin the answer in the context of his program, for which he routinely calls himself nothing more than “a caretaker.”
But he’s also the first to admit that hanging one national title banner since 1988 in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse is not enough. Nor are three NCAA titles in the history of the program. And the long period since Self’s own in 2008 doesn’t cut it for the school that produced Wilt Chamberlain whose first coach, James Naismith, invented the game.
“At most places winning one national championship would be quite an accomplishment,” Self said Sunday, one day after Kansas beat Villanova in the Final Four. “I think as many good teams as we’ve had, one’s not enough. And so I don’t think that I personally feel pressure that we have to win, but I do know that when you have a chance to coach at a place where you have an opportunity to be in the game most years, you need to take advantage of that more than we have.”
Indeed, Self has won 762 games during his career, including his time at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois, and given another year he is certain to pass Lou Henson, Lute Olson and Lefty Driesell and approach the top 10 on the career list.
As it stands, nine of the 15 ahead of him have won multiple titles. That includes Roy Williams, who led Kansas to four Final Fours but did not win a championship until returning to North Carolina, where he won three before retiring last year.
The coaches who have won multiple championships, who took the leap from being a great coach to one of the all-time greats: John Wooden at UCLA and Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, Adolph Rupp at Kentucky and Bob Knight at Indiana. And yes, Smith, whose two titles with the Tar Heels matches such luminaries as Henry Iba and Denny Crum.
That is the the rarified company that Self is still trying to join.
“He’s a part of that group. He just is,” Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis said. “The job that he’s done throughout his entire career, not just on the court, but in the classroom, in the community, the way that he loves his players, how hard his players play for him, the impact that he’s made for his players, not only in basketball but in life, that’s the determining factor to me on a really good coach. That it’s not just about basketball. It’s about people. It’s about relationships.”
Self is in many ways a complex person.
He’s intensely competitive yet knows when to put the game into proper perspective. He’s a natural charmer with an “aw shucks” attitude that serves him well in the kitchen’s of recruits, yet he can also cuss like a sailor when there is a missed call — or at least one he thinks was missed — during a critical juncture of a game.
He’s also a family man who loved nothing more than coaching his son, Tyler Self, and still catches himself seeking advice from his father, a longtime coach and educator, even though Bill Self Sr. passed away in January.
“I actually probably have talked to him more in the last couple of months than I probably did when he was still living,” Self said. “I don’t know there’s any specific things. I know when we get in a bind, ‘All right, what do you think? What do we need to do here.’ Stuff like that. But everybody goes through stuff. And certainly my stuff isn’t bigger than anybody else’s.”
There is some stuff that looms quite large over Self and his program.
The past few years, the Jayhawks have played amid the shadow of an NCAA investigation that found five Level I infractions within the program, including a charge leveled directly at the head coach. It was part of a larger FBI probe into college basketball corruption that ensnared several big-time programs, and that has left Kansas awaiting its fate from independent arbitrators that were empaneled in part because of the legal complexity of the case.
The potential for serious and lasting NCAA penalties has not made it any easier for Self to win another championship.
“We’ve been dealing with some stuff off the court for a while,” he admitted, “but there was never a doubt that we didn’t have the potential to get back here because two out of the last three years we’ve been arguably as good as anybody.”
Three years ago, the Jayhawks had a team built to win in March, featuring imposing Udoka Azubuike, the dynamic Devon Dotson and a cast of characters that seemed destined to cut down the nets. They were unbeatable from January on, winning all but one game in the Big 12 and positioning themselves for the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
It finally took COVID-19 to stop them. The pandemic abruptly ended the season and their championship hopes.
Now, with several of the same players on the team, the Jayhawks are within one win of finishing the job.
If they can beat North Carolina on Monday night, Lightfoot and Christian Braun and Ochai Agbaji will finally get to cut down those nets, and Self will finally have the second national championship that has so long eluded him.
“It’s time. We got here. This was the goal all along,” Braun said. “We always say, ‘We come to Kansas to play in big games,’ but we come to Kansas to play in national championship games. Everybody is feeling good right now. We are all confident. It’s time to put another national championship banner up.”
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Jeremiah Jenkins hit two of Maine’s four home runs, and the Black Bears scored nine runs in the third inning en route to a 13-2 win over UMBC in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joe Bramanti and Jordan Schulefand also homered for Maine (10-13, 7-2 America East), which scored 45 runs in its three-game series sweep. Schulefand finished with three RBI, while Jenkins, Bramanti, Jeff Mejia, Scout Knotts and Connor Goodman each drove in two runs.
Brett Erwin struck out seven in five scoreless innings to earn the win.
SOUTHERN MAINE 4, WHEATON 1: Janek Luksza hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Jonathan Wilson added a two-run double as the Huskies (6-12) beat the Lyons (9-7) in Gorham.
Cam Seymour got the win in relief of James Sinclair, who took a shutout into the eighth before allowing the tying run.
ST. JOSEPH’S SWEEPS: Matt Thibault led off the seventh inning with a pinch-hit, tiebreaking home run as the Monks (10-9, 3-1 GNAC) finished a doubleheader sweep against Norwich (11-7, 2-4) with a 6-3 victory, after taking a 5-1 win in Game 1 at Norwich, Vermont.
Dawson Gundlah led St. Joseph’s with three RBI in the opener. Ryan Tessier had an RBI single and solo home run, and Samuel Jalbert pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts.
BATES 11, TRINITY 10: Tyler Attal, Christopher Cimino, Bryan Gotti and Drew Fallon each had two RBI for the Bobcats (3-14, 1-2 NESCAC), who broke a 6-6 tie with a four-run sixth inning against the Bantams (8-6, 2-1) in Hartford, Connecticut.
Fallon singled home the go-ahead run after Trinity erased an early 6-0 deficit.
THOMAS 6, BOWDOIN 5: Devin Grindle hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Terriers (4-13) rallied past the Polar Bears (7-9) in Brunswick.
Thomas trailed 5-2 before starting its comeback with RBI singles by Jake Lacroix and Tommy Smith in the seventh.
Gabe Peckler had a two-run single for Bowdoin.
SOFTBALL
ST. JOSEPH’S SWEEPS REGIS: Paige Connery and Rebecca Fleming each drove in two runs in Game 1, and Hannah Gower and Riley Page had two RBI apiece in Game 2 as the Monks (8-8, 4-0 GNAC) picked up 8-3 and 12-0 wins against the Pride (1-11, 1-3) in Standish.
Meredith Pence pitched a three-hitter in the five-inning second game, with four strikeouts and no walks.
UNE SWEEPS: Makenzy Herron and winning pitcher Alie Martell each had three RBI in Game 1, and the University of New England (9-13, 2-2 Commonwealth Coast) used a four-run seventh inning in Game 2 to secure a doubleheader sweep against Salve Regina (8-9, 0-4), winning 10-6 and 8-4 at Newport, Rhode Island.
UNE held a 4-3 lead going into the seventh inning in the second game, then broke it open with the help of RBI doubles by Megan Chamberlain, Sami Groves and Abby Walsh.
BOWDOIN SWEEPS: Lilly Armstrong collected five RBI in the opener and Caroline Sablone drove in a total of seven runs in the doubleheader as the Polar Bears (8-9) won twice against UMaine-Presque Isle (1-17) in Brunswick, 21-3 and 8-0.
Sablone had four RBI in Game 1 and a bases-loaded triple in Game 2.
TRINITY 7, BATES 4: Alyssa Gasivoda and Kennedy Rogers each had two RBI to lead the Bantams (8-6, 3-0 NESCAC) over the Bobcats (3-8, 0-3) in Hartford, Connecticut.
Cassidy Musco drove in two runs for Bates.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
COLBY 21, ENDICOTT 7: Ally Franz scored five goals, and Gianna Bruno had three goals and eight assists as the Mules (8-1, 5-0 NESCAC) cruised past the Gulls (5-4, 1-1) in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Annie Eddy and Grace Toner also tallied three goals apiece.
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Rainicorn (RAINI) traded up 1.6% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM E.T. on April 3rd. Rainicorn has a market cap of $45.34 million and $709,136.00 worth of Rainicorn was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Rainicorn coin can now be bought for $0.0907 or 0.00000195 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last week, Rainicorn has traded up 10.9% against the US dollar.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002146 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.84 or 0.00001810 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 0.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $23.22 or 0.00049805 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0733 or 0.00000157 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $3,529.70 or 0.07572497 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded 396,248.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded up 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $46,623.77 or 1.00024930 BTC.
- Internet Computer (ICP) traded 5.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $22.52 or 0.00048306 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 38 points, 18 rebounds and six assists, and the Denver Nuggets moved into fifth place in the Western Conference with a 129-118 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Will Barton scored 25 points and Aaron Gordon added 24 points and eight rebounds for the Nuggets, who capitalized on LeBron James' absence with a fourth-quarter surge to grab their fourth win in five games. Denver moved a half-game ahead of Utah for the fifth spot in the playoff picture, getting further insurance against being forced into the play-in tournament.
Anthony Davis had 28 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the 11th-place Lakers, whose play-in hopes waned further with their sixth consecutive loss. Los Angeles has lost 28 of 38 since Jan. 7. Russell Westbrook added 27 points and Carmelo Anthony had 17.
The Lakers were competitive against a superior opponent, yet couldn't overcome the absence of the NBA's leading scorer, who sat for the fourth time in six games to rest his sprained left ankle. James dropped 38 points in the Lakers' loss to New Orleans on Friday night, but determined he couldn't recover from that exertion quickly enough to face the Nuggets in an early game. T
The 37-year-old James has to play in at least two of the Lakers' final four games to qualify for the scoring title, which would be only the second of his career and first since 2008. He began Sunday ahead of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid by a fraction of a point.
Jokic committed turnovers on the Nuggets' first two possessions in their first game since they made 18 turnovers in an ugly home loss to Minnesota — after which the MVP quipped: “How good are we at turning the ball over? We’re so good that it’s crazy.”
Jokic scored 24 points in the second half, including 14 points in the third quarter, as the Nuggets nursed a small lead.
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Nuggets: Coach Michael Malone reiterated his dislike for the play-in tournament before the game and believes it should be used only when the ninth- and 10th-place teams are extremely close to the teams above them. ... DeMarcus Cousins had 14 points against his former team.
Lakers: The Lakers began Sunday one game behind San Antonio for 10th place in the West and the final spot in the play-in tournament. The Spurs also hold the tiebreaker over LA, meaning the Lakers face long odds. ... Anthony returned from a non-COVID illness. ... Davis had his first back-to-back 20-point games since Feb. 8.
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In two pregame ceremonies, the NBA unveiled the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, which will be given annually to the league's “Social Justice Champion.”
Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's career scoring leader and a lifelong advocate for social justice and equality, was on hand for the first public presentation of the trophy. Anthony won the award last year and appeared on court with Abdul-Jabbar before tipoff.
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LaGRANGE, Ga. (WRBL) – The LaGrange Police Department has seen significant decreases in various areas like property crime and violent crime since last year.
Robert Kirby, the Lieutenant of Patrol at the LaGrange Police Department, said the department is down in property crimes by 37% as opposed to 2021. Violent crimes have also decreased since last year and the numbers are down 12% year-to-date.
“I think we’re seeing the numbers fall off because people are seeing us. We’re more engaged than we used to be and what is going on in the community I think, so it’s not all about going out and writing tickets and arresting people,” said Lt. Kirby.
Property crimes include burglaries, entering autos and auto thefts where the victim is not hurt however, their property is taken from them. Violent crimes include aggravated assaults, rapes, murders and robberies where a victim is hurt as a result.
Although violent crimes as a whole have decreased since last year the department has had a few crimes break even with the numbers from last year. The number of homicides, rapes and aggravated assaults have all broken even this year compared to last year’s numbers.
Lt. Kirby said the department has been using several initiatives to bring the number of crimes down in the area.
One initiative is the use of “Gotcha Tickets”, the tickets are used as warnings from police in areas that have a lot of property crime, specifically entering autos. Officers surveil the area and will leave the tickets on the cars that have personal items like computers or phones in plain sight or have doors open. There are no repercussions to the tickets and are simply used as a warning.
Another initiative LaGrange PD officers are using is analyzing the areas in the city that have frequent crime and increasing surveillance there. The areas are evaluated by several categories like the number of complaints coming in, high number of traffic issues or lots of debris. Once officers recognize a problem they can use any resources to improve it like organizing a monthly little cleanup. Officers must then document the activities they have done and supervising officers evaluate the improvements.
“We found this to be pretty effective so far, we have really cranked it up so to speak in the past month or so and I think we’re already seeing some results from it. I think some of these lower numbers may indicate that it’s being effective,” said Lt. Kirby.
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Raymond “Buster” Edward Gue (1976 – 2022)
Raymond “Buster” Edward Gue, 46, of Luray, Virginia passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 8, 2022, at 11 am at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, Virginia with Sammy Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Bentonville Cemetery.
Buster was born on March 8, 1976, in Front Royal to Clyde “Ed” and Rebecca “Tootie” Weatherholt Gue.
Surviving along with his parents are his wife of 27 years, Shannon Gue; daughter, Brooklyn Gue (Casey Smith); three sons, Christian Gue (Leigha Shane), Nicholas Edward Gue, and Jacob Gue; sister, Priscilla “Prissy” Jones (Jeff Carter); four grandchildren, Cali Laing, Lillian Smith, Reagan Gue, and Mason Gue and two nephews, Andrew Weatherholt and Hunter Jones.
Pallbearers will be Dave Determan, Ricky Smoot, Josh Neale, Terry Weatherholt, Harry Good, Tyler Geiger, DeVonne Gaillard Jr., and Erik Frate.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home.
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Owner of “Roadside Zoo” and nephew plead no contest to animal cruelty charges
Keith Wilson and his nephew Christian Dall’Acqua pled no contest today in Frederick County Circuit Court to 27 and 19 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, respectively. This follows a 2019 investigation by the Virginia Office of the Attorney General’s Animal Law Unit, where 119 exotic and agricultural animals were seized due to animal cruelty at Wilson’s “roadside zoo” in Frederick County.
In Virginia, animal cruelty is a class one misdemeanor.
The animals included lions, tigers, bears, camels, goats, water buffalo, and more.
Keith Wilson was sentenced to 12 months with 12 months suspended on each count of animal cruelty, for a period of 5 years on the following conditions:
Wilson will not work, own, possess, broker, buy, sell, trade, transfer, or barter any exotic animals, which includes non-human primates, birds, and reptiles, for five years.
He will have no more than 125 agricultural animals and will practice good animal husbandry. Wilson is allowed one dog, and the Commonwealth will consider increasing the cap after one year if he maintains clean inspections and good animal husbandry.
He will allow unannounced inspections by law enforcement, investigators, and a licensed Virginia veterinarian for a period of 5 years. There will be up to 5 inspections per year.
Wilson agrees to waive his 4th Amendment rights to search and seizure for law enforcement or Animal Control to only inspect to ensure he is not owning any exotic animals and that he has no more than 125 agricultural animals and a dog.
Wilson must also keep the peace and be of good behavior during that period.
Christian Dall’Acqua was sentenced to 12 months with 12 months suspended on each count of animal cruelty for a period of 5 years on the following conditions:
Dall’Acqua will not work with, own, possess, broker, buy, sell, trade, transfer, or barter any exotic animals, which includes non-human primates, birds and reptiles for five years.
Dall’Acqua agrees to waive his 4th Amendment rights to search and seizure for law enforcement or Animal Control to inspect to only ensure he is not owning any exotic animals.
Dall’Acqua must also keep the peace and be of good behavior during that period.
Dall’Acqua also agrees to waive any appeal rights pursuant to this plea agreement.
If Wilson or Dall’Acqua break any of the conditions of their agreement, they could respectively serve 27 or 19 years in prison.
The case was handled by Senior Assistant Attorney General K. Michelle Welch, head of Attorney General Miyares’ Animal Law Unit, and Assistant Attorney General Kelci Block. The Office of the Attorney General would like to thank the Frederick Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, Shenandoah Sheriff’s Office, Powhatan Sheriff’s Office, Caroline Sheriff’s Office, Virginia Animal Fighting Taskforce, Attorney General Miyares’ Computer Crimes Unit, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Halifax Sheriff’s Office, Dr. Ernesto Dominguez, Dr. Samantha Moffit, Dr. Tony Poutous, Dr. Mindy Babitz of the Bear Care Group, Darren Minier of the Oakland Zoo, The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Angels of Assisi and the Richmond SPCA for their help and assistance in this case and taking care of the seized animals.
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Which NCAA team has the most men’s basketball national championships? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will end with a blue blood battle in the bayou.
Kansas and North Carolina, two of the most storied programs in college hoops history, will face off in Monday’s national championship game. The No. 1 Jayhawks beat Villanova in the first Final Four game, while the No. 8 Tar Heels beat rivals Mike Krzyzewski and Duke in an instant classic Saturday night.
One program will add to its all-time legacy with a win on Monday, but where do the two teams stack up when it comes to national titles?
Here are North Carolina, Kansas and other prominent programs with the most championships:
1. UCLA – 11
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
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John Wooden’s team ran college basketball in the 1960s and 1970s. The team won 10 of 12 titles, including four undefeated seasons and a championship sendoff for Wooden in his final season.
Twenty years after Wooden’s departure, UCLA earned its 11th national title by winning the 1995 NCAA Tournament.
2. Kentucky – 8
1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012
Next up is another blue blood program.
Adolph Rupp led Kentucky to four national championships during his 41-year tenure as head coach. Since Rupp left the school in 1972, four different coaches have led the Wildcats to their four most recent titles.
3. North Carolina – 6
1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017
Regardless of how Monday’s game ends, North Carolina will have the third-most national championships in history.
The Tar Heels won their first title in 1957 and didn’t win another until Michael Jordan and James Worthy came along. UNC claimed its third championship in 1993 and won three more in the Roy Williams era, which began with the 2004-05 season.
On Monday, Hubert Davis has a chance to follow in Williams’ footsteps and bring a national title back to Chapel Hill in his first season as the Tar Heels’ head coach.
T-4. Duke – 5
1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015
Duke had just two title game appearances before 1980. Then, Coach K arrived.
After a decade at the school, Krzyzewski and Co. won their first title in 1991 and won it again the next season. The Blue Devils collected three more trophies in the 21st century, with the most recent coming in 2015. Duke is the only school with five or more championships since 1990.
T-4. Indiana – 5
1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
Indiana won the second ever national championship game in 1940. It took 13 years before it won a second title and had an even longer stretch before getting a third. Bob Knight then led the Hoosiers to three championships from 1976 to 1987.
Of the eight schools that have won three or more titles, Indiana has the longest active title drought.
6. UConn – 4
1999, 2004, 2011, 2014
The UConn Huskies won all four of their titles over a 16-season stretch. Jim Calhoun was in charge for the first three championships, while Kevin Ollie was the head coach for the most recent one in 2014.
UConn has one thing the five teams higher on this list do not: an undefeated championship game record. The Huskies are the only team to play in four or more national title games and win each one.
T-7. Villanova – 3
1985, 2016, 2018
Villanova’s first championship was one of the most improbable in NCAA Tournament history. The 1984-85 Wildcats remain the lowest seed to ever win the national title, accomplishing the feat as a No. 8 seed.
Twenty-one years later, the school won its second championship thanks to an unforgettable buzzer-beater from Kris Jenkins. It didn’t take long for Villanova to get a third one, either, as it rolled to a national title game win over Michigan in 2018.
T-7. Kansas – 3
1952, 1988, 2008
Kansas has a chance to move up the list on Monday and join UConn in a tie for sixth place in all-time national championships.
While Kansas is one of the most storied programs in NCAA history, its three titles are spread out. Its second title came 36 years after its first, and its third came 20 years after its second. With a win on Monday, the Jayhawks would raise the national championship trophy for the first time in 14 years.
T-9. Cincinnati, Florida, Louisville, Michigan State, NC State, Oklahoma State, San Francisco – 2
Seven schools have won two national titles.
Of those seven programs, four defended their first title. Oklahoma State (1945 and 1946), San Francisco (1955 and 1956), Cincinnati (1961 and 1962) and Florida (2006 and 2007) earned their two championships in back-to-back years.
Louisville won three national championship games, but its 2013 title was later vacated by the Committee on Infractions.
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As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and increasing the penalties for dealing fentanyl or mixing it with other drugs. Meanwhile, Republican state attorneys general are calling for more federal action, while some GOP governors are deploying National Guard units with a mission that includes stopping the flow of fentanyl from Mexico.
“It’s a fine line to help people and try to get people clean, and at the same time incarcerate and get the drug dealers off the streets,” said Nathan Manning, a Republican state senator in Ohio who is sponsoring legislation to make it clear that materials used to test drugs for fentanyl are legal.
The urgency is heightened because of the deepening impact of the drugs. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the nation had hit a grim milestone. For the first time, more than 100,000 Americans had diedof drug overdoses over a 12-month period. About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, which can be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, heroin or prescription opioids.
The recent case of five West Point cadets who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine during spring break in Florida put the dangers and pervasiveness of the fentanyl crisis back in the spotlight.
The chemical precursors to the drugs are being shipped largely from China to Mexico, where much of the illicit fentanyl supply is produced in labs before being smuggled into the U.S.
While users sometimes seek out fentanyl specifically, it and other synthetics with similar properties are often mixed with other drugs or formed into counterfeit pills so users often don’t know they’re taking it.
Advocates say teststrips can help prevent accidental overdosesof drugs laced with fentanyl. The strips are given out at needle exchanges and sometimes at concerts or other events where drugs are expected to be sold or used.
Thomas Stuber, chief legislative officer at The LCADA Way, a drug treatment organization in Ohio that serves Lorain County and nearby areas, has been pushing for the test strip legislation. It also would ease access to naloxone, a drug that can be used to revive people when they’re having opioid overdoses.
“This is a harm-reduction approach that has received a lot of acceptance,” he said. “We cannot treat somebody if they’re dead.”
Since last year, at least a half-dozen states have enacted similar laws and at least a dozen others have considered them, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In West Virginia, the state hardest hit by opioids per capita, lawmakers passed a bill this month to legalize the testing strips. It now heads to the governor.
The measure was sponsored by Republican lawmakers. But state Delegate Mike Pushkin, a Democrat whose district includes central Charleston, has also been pushing for more access to fentanyl strips. He said the situation got worse last year when a state law tightened regulations on needle exchanges, causing some of them to close.
Pushkin, who also is in long-term addiction recovery, is pleased with passage of the testing strip bill but upset with another measure passed this month that would increase the penalties for trafficking fentanyl. That bill also would create a new crime of adding fentanyl to another drug.
“Their initial reaction is, ‘We have to do something,’” he said. “It’s not just about doing something, it’s about doing the right thing that actually has results.”
But for many lawmakers, making sure that tough criminal penalties apply to fentanyl is a priority.
California Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen, a Republican, introduced a measure that would make penalties for dealing fentanyl just as harsh as those for selling cocaine or heroin. The Republican represents Orange County, where there were more than 600 reported fentanyl-related deaths last year.
“This is sending messages to those who aren’t afraid of selling these drugs that there’s a longer, bigger penalty than you might think,” said Nguyen, whose bill failed to advance from her chamber’s public safety committee in a 5-2 vote last week. She said after the bill failed that she was considering trying again.
She said committee members stressed compassion for drug users, something she said she agrees with.
“The less available these pills are out there, the better it is,” Nguyen said. “And that is going after the drug dealer.”
The same day her measure failed to advance, a Democratic lawmaker in California announced a different billto increase fentanyl-dealing penalties.
The National Conference of State Legislatures found 12 states with fentanyl-specific drug trafficking or possession laws as of last year. Similar measures have been introduced or considered since the start of 2021 in at least 19 states, the Associated Press found in an analysis of bills compiled by LegiScan. That does not include measures to add more synthetic opioids to controlled substance lists to mirror federal law; those have been adopted in many states, with bipartisan support.
Fentanyl has been in the spotlight in Colorado since February, when five people were found dead in a suburban Denver apartment from overdoses of fentanyl mixed with cocaine.
Under state law, possession with intent to distribute less than 14 grams of fentanyl is an offense normally punishable by two to four years in prison. But fentanyl is so potent that 14 grams can represent up to 700 lethal doses, under a calculation used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
“It’s making it impossible to hold the dealer accountable for the deadliness of the drugs they’re peddling,” Colorado House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Democrat, said in an interview.
He and a bipartisan group of lawmakers last week unveiled a bill also backed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis that would increase penalties for dealers with smaller amounts of fentanyl and in cases where the drug leads to a death. The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs.
Maritza Perez, director of national affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for harm-reduction measures, is skeptical of the legislation that would increase criminal penalties.
“We have the largest incarceration rate in the entire world and we’re also setting records in terms of overdose deaths,” she said.
Democratic governors are focusing primarily on harm reduction methods. Among them is Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker, who released a broad overdose action plan last month.
Several Republican governors and attorneys general have responded to the rising death toll with administrative enforcement efforts and by pushing for more federal intervention.
Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey called for states to help secure the border with Mexico. Along with trying to keep people from entering the U.S., stopping the flow of fentanyl was cited as a reason. Several other Republican governors have sent contingents of state troopers or National Guard units.
The Texas Military Department said that from March 2021 through earlier this month, its troops near the border confiscated more than 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms) of fentanyl. By comparison, federal authorities reported confiscating about 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms) in 2021 — still a fraction of what entered the country.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice filed about 2,700 cases involving crimes related to the distribution of fentanyl and similar synthetic drugs, up nearly tenfold from 2017. Even so, Republican state officials are critical of federal efforts to stop fentanyl from entering the country.
In January, 16 GOP state attorneys general sent a letterto U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to exert more pressure on China and Mexico to stop the flow of fentanyl. Those are steps that Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of National Drug Control Policy, said are already being taken.
In March, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for more enforcement on fentanyl trafficking and harsher penalties.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans of all walks of life in unprecedented numbers,” Morrisey said in a statement emailed to the AP, “and the federal government must respond with full force, across the board, using every tool available to stem the tide of death.”
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against C3.ai, Inc. ("C3.ai" or the "Company") (NYSE: AI) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-01413, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) C3.ai Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about December 9, 2020 (the "IPO" or "Offering"); and/or (b) C3.ai securities between December 9, 2020 and February 15, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Plaintiff pursues claims against the Defendants under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired C3.ai Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the IPO; and/or securities during the class period, you have until May 3, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
C3.ai operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence ("AI") software company. The Company offers a variety of software-as-a-service applications for enterprises and software solutions and integrated turnkey enterprise AI applications for oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, manufacturing, financial services, defense, intelligence, aerospace, healthcare, and telecommunications market segments. The Company also purports to have strategic partnerships with Baker Hughes related to oil and gas markets; FIS related to financial services markets; Raytheon; and AWS, Intel, and Microsoft.
The complaint alleges that the Offering Documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Offering Documents and Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) C3.ai's partnership with Baker Hughes was deteriorating; (ii) C3.ai's was employing a flawed accounting methodology to conceal the deterioration of its Baker Hughes partnership; (iii) C3.ai faced challenges in product adoption and significant salesforce turnover; (iv) the Company overstated, inter alia, the extent of its investment in technology, description of its customers, its total addressable market, the pace of its market growth, and the scale of alliances with its major business partners; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On February 16, 2022, during pre-market hours, Spruce Point Capital Management ("Spruce Point") issued a report and strong sell research opinion regarding C3.ai (the "Spruce Point Report"). Specifically, Spruce Point alleged that it had uncovered, inter alia, "[e]vidence of a severely challenged partnership with Baker Hughes, a related-party and C3.ai's largest customer"; "[s]igns of problematic financial reporting and accounting regarding the Baker Hughes joint venture and a revolving door in C3.ai's Chief Financial Officer position"; that "[c]hallenges in product adoption and significant salesforce turnover make it unlikely that C3.ai will meet aggressive analyst estimates"; "[e]vidence of exaggerated or irreconcilable claims made by C3.ai[,]" including "numerous discrepancies" regarding "the value of and cumulative investment made by C3.ai in its technology, description of its customers, its total addressable market, the pace of its market growth and the scale of alliances with companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Google Cloud, Intel and Amazon Web Services"; and "[w]orrisome corporate governance practices and insider enrichment." As a result, Spruce Point "conservatively estimate[d] 40% - 50% downside risk to C3.ai's share price."
Following publication of the Spruce Point Report, C3.ai's stock price fell $1.01 per share, or 3.93%, to close at $24.70 per share on February 16, 2022.
As of the time this Complaint was filed, the price of C3.ai Class A common stock continues to trade below the $42.00 per share Offering price, damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Russian missiles destroyed fuel depots in the port of Odessa, as well as an oil refinery in the Poltava region of central Ukraine, local authorities reported.
So far, the historic city of Odessa, a UNESCO heritage site, has been relatively unaffected by the fighting.
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Missiles hit a Ukrainian refinery near the port of Odessa – Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters
The entire eastern coast of the country, from the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, to the pro-Russian breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the eastern Donbass region, is occupied by Russian forces, except for part of the city of Mariupol. , where the Russians still face resistance from the Ukrainian army.
Makeshift grave in Bucha, Ukraine — Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
People flee Kramatorsk for fear of Russian offensive
They were hundreds of people, especially women, children and the elderly. Everyone was trying to catch a train at the station in Kramatorsk, a city under the control of the Kiev government.
Boarding was done in an orderly manner and with the help of volunteers. However, the mood of sadness, resignation and a lot of anguish was evident.
“I’m sending my children to the west (of the country) to a safer place, like everyone else,” Andrei told AFP, whose wife and two daughters were boarding a train bound for Lviv. “Many people have already left. Two or three days ago, our families are leaving, we men are staying (…), the situation is bad”, he explained.
Ukrainian soldiers look at wreckage in Bucha, near Kiev, Ukraine’s capital (Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)
Russia has already announced that it wants to “focus its efforts on liberating the Donbass” in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev said it feared a worsening situation. This is where Donetsk and Lugansk are located, the capitals of the two pro-Russian “breakaway republics” recognized only by Moscow.
De facto regional capital, since October 2014, of the territory still under Kiev’s control, Kramatorsk is located in the center of the region and would then be surrounded by this movement of Russian troops, raising fears of a similar fate to that of Mariupol, further south.
“The children are gone, we have to stay with my husband to take care of my mother,” said Svetlana, a 50-year-old volunteer who helped organize the crowd on the train station platform.
With a suitcase, a sports bag or a few plastic bags for the children’s snacks, many of these families held their pet dogs and cats in their arms or on a leash. “The last few days, the station was full every day… Rumors say something terrible is coming here,” added Svetlana.
A street in the city of Bucha, near Kiev, still contains the wreckage of a Russian convoy destroyed by a Ukrainian ambush. — Photo: BBC/ Lee Durant
Explosions on the Russian side of the border
Two explosions were heard on Sunday in the Russian city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, two days after an air strike, blamed by Moscow on Kiev, on a vast fuel depot in the city used by the Russian military, according to witnesses. .
The origin of the explosions is still unknown.
On Sunday morning, the Russian Defense Minister confirmed the destruction of fuel depots in Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine.
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NEW ORLEANS — For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him.
After that, he found his wife, Mickie, and they made the slow, sad walk, hand-in-hand, off the Superdome floor. Saturday night’s 81-77 setback in the national semifinal showdown between archrivals marked Coach K’s last loss, and one of his toughest losses, too.
And thanks to the Tar Heels — those dadgum Tar Heels — the 75-year-old coach will have plenty of time to get over it.
“I’m sure at some time, I’ll deal with this in my own way,” said the coach, who had announced before the start of the season that 2021-22 would be his last.
Krzyzewski’s remarkable career came to gut-wrenching close after Caleb Love made a key 3-pointer and three late free throws to lift the Tar Heels to their thrill-a-minute victory.
This was the 258th, most consequential and maybe, just maybe, the very best meeting between these teams, whose arenas are separated by a scant 11 miles down on Tobacco Road.
The eighth-seeded Tar Heels (29-9), of all teams, pinned the 368th and final loss on Krzyzewski. He finished with 1202 wins. His lifetime record against North Carolina fell to 50-48. Losses No. 47 and 48 are ones Carolina fans will treasure forever. They were partying early into Sunday morning on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. This latest win came exactly four weeks after the Tar Heels ruined the going-away party in Coach K’s final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
That loss hurt. “Unacceptable,” he called it, still knowing there was time to regroup for one last run into March Madness. They made that run, but the last loss stopped that all in its tracks — one agonizing win short of a title game and a chance at his sixth championship.
Krzyzewski said he had a locker room full of crying players when it was over.
“It’s not about me,” he insisted. “Especially right now. I’ve said my entire career that I wanted my seasons to end where my team was either crying tears of joy or tears of sorrow. Because then you knew that they gave everything.”
They gave everything all the way through the nip-and-tuck contest — neither team led by more than seven — that concluded with an edge-of-the-seat stretch run that Duke played without a timeout. When the final buzzer of his career blared, Krzyzewski shook the hand of Carolina’s rookie coach, Hubert Davis.
Instead of Krzyzewski going for his sixth title, on Monday, Carolina will try to win its seventh. It will be Davis, Love, who led the Tar Heels with 28 points, and R.J. Davis, who scored 18, going against Kansas, which beat Villanova 81-65 earlier in the undercard.
“Dwelling on the two wins against Duke doesn’t help us against Kansas,” said Hubert Davis, who took over for Roy Williams this season and has now brought Carolina to its 12th title game.
Maybe not, but what a game — as good as any these teams have played in an ancient rivalry that has so-often determined conference titles, or, at the very least, bragging rights in a state where basketball is king. Their first-ever meeting in the NCAA Tournament, this one, featured 18 lead changes and 12 ties.
It also featured another breakout performance from Love, whose 28 points after an 0-for-4 start were one more than what he put up in the second half of a win last week against UCLA in the Sweet 16.
“It means everything to me,” Love said of his key 3 with 25 seconds left.
There was so much to talk about in this instant classic, one that Krzyzewski, clad in his blue pullover with a “D” embroidered on the chest, watched most of while perched on a stool situated on the sideline above the Duke bench.
At around the 2-minute mark, the teams traded three straight 3s. Wendell Moore Jr.’s 3-pointer with 1:19 left ended the flurry and gave Duke a 74-73 lead. It was the last lead of Krzyzewski’s career.
R.J. Davis came back with two free throws, then after Duke’s Mark Williams, in foul trouble all night, missed a pair from the line, Carolina worked the ball around the perimeter.
Tar Heels guard Leaky Black set a pick — make that threw a block — on Trevor Keels to free up Love, who drained a 3 from near the top for a 78-74 lead and what felt like breathing room in this one.
Love made three more free throws down the stretch, and then it was over. Krzyzewski and his wife walked off the floor together, same as they had after four wins during the run to his record 13th Final Four.
Near the other bench, Hubert Davis was crying again — just like Ol’ Roy — much as he did last weekend when North Carolina punched its ticket to its record 21st Final Four.
“I felt like over the last two or three years , North Carolina wasn’t relevant,” said Davis, whose biggest win came a year to the date Williams announced his own retirement. “North Carolina should never be irrelevant. It should be front and center with the spotlight on them.”
Freshman Paolo Banchero led the Blue Devils with 20 points and his classmate, Keels, had 19. Another freshman, A.J. Griffin, never really got untracked, finishing with only six points.
Chances are Griffin and Banchero will be following Krzyzewski out the door. They are the latest in his revolving door of “One and Done” players, though neither they nor Zion Williamson in 2019 could lead Duke back to the promised land.
North Carolina is back on the verge again, playing in its third final since 2016 and looking for its second title since 2017 Win or lose, though, 2022 will always be remembered as the year North Carolina sent Coach K packing for good.
One team’s joy is another team’s pain.
“When you’re in the arena, either you’re going to come out feeling great or feel agony, but you always will feel great about being in the arena,” Krzyzewski said. “I was in the arena for a long time, and these kids made my last time in the arena an amazing one.”
FOUL TROUBLE
Carolina big man Armando Bacot finished with his seventh straight double-double — 11 points and 21 boards — despite fouling out down the stretch. Duke’s Williams played the entire game in foul trouble. He finished with four buckets for eight points — all of them on dunks.
FAMILIAR FOES
Monday will mark the fourth meeting in the season’s final week between Kansas and North Carolina, but the first in the national final since 1957, before the tournament had become what it is today.
Carolina won the title game in triple overtime over Wilt Chamberlain and the Jayhawks. The Tar Heels won in 1993 on the way to the title and Kansas returned the favor in 2008, then also went on to take the championship.
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Chrissy Teigen Turns Heads In Bright Pink Strapless Gown At 2022 Grammy Awards: Photos
Chrissy Teigen looked incredible on the red carpet of the 2022 Grammy Awards in a bright pink gown, as she posed for gorgeous photos.
Chrissy Teigen, 36, turned heads in a gorgeous fashion choice at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Apr. 3! The pretty model showed off in a pink strapless dress that was reminiscent of the bridesmaids dress Jennifer Aniston wore as Rachel Green in Friends, and we love it.
Chrissy’s appearance at this year’s Grammys is an important one since her husband John Legend was a large part of Grammy week due to being honored for his achievements with the Recording Academy Global Impact Award. The singer received the prestigious honor during the inaugural Black Music Collective event on Apr. 2 and it was a true testament to how he’s worked hard as an artist, philanthropist, and activist over the years.
Last month, shortly after it was announced that John would be getting the award, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Co-President of the Recording Academy, released a statement. “It is our distinct honor to celebrate John Legend as the inaugural recipient of the Recording Academy Honors’ Global Impact Award. John is one of the most important artists of our time, someone who leads by example and pushes important boundaries consistently across music, philanthropy and activism. His contributions and impact to music and our culture are unparalleled,” the statement read.
When Chrissy and John are not making headlines for attending fancy events or making a mark on the music industry, they’re doing so for their loving marriage and family. The lovebirds, who share daughter Luna, 5, and son Miles, 3, together have been trying for another baby after the loss of their third son Jack in 2020, as Chrissy undergoes IVF. The doting mom confirmed the news through an Instagram post in Feb. and revealed she’d like for people to “stop asking” if she’s pregnant.
“hiiii. I posted about it in my stories, but I wanted to let you guys know I’m balls deep in another IVF cycle to save as many eggos as I possibly can and hopefully make some strong, healthy embryos,” she wrote in the caption, which was accompanied by a photo of her working out in front of a stunning beach view.
“I honestly don’t mind the shots…they make me feel like a doctor/chemist…but the bloating is a bitch, so I humbly beg you to stop asking if I’m pregnant because while I know it’s said with excited, good intentions, it just kind of sucks to hear because I am the opposite of pregnant!” she continued. “But also like please stop asking people, anyone, if they’re pregnant. I said this in the comments and got yelled at because the internet is wild but I’d rather be the one to tell you and not some poor woman who will look you in the eyes through tears and that’s how you finally learn. Anyhow, Iove youuuuu??”
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March is Texas History Month, and our state’s rich heritage is as much a path forward as a look back. Just ask youngsters taught their unique heritage in fourth and seventh grades or adults who kept those childhood history lessons close to their hearts throughout their lives.
Appreciating Texas history has contributed to the enduring pioneer spirit of Texans who believe ours is a land of opportunity and the sky is the limit whether you were born here or came along as soon as you could.
Our hard-fought independence was observed this month with Texas Independence Day and Texas Flag Day March 2, coincidentally Sam Houston’s birthday; Alamo Heroes Day March 6; and Goliad Heroes Day March 26.
Of course, we also celebrate on April 21 the defeat of Santa Anna at San Jacinto in 1836. From that day forward, the people of the Republic of Texas would forever be synonymous with bravery, honor, tenacity, guts, grit and dedication to a worthy cause. That fabled fortune spilled over into the creation of the state of Texas, the 28th to join the USA, and its shadow fell on generations to follow.
Our heroic ancestors fought to preserve the rights of Texans — relative newcomers and long-established Tejanos — to seek fruitful lives in this gigantic and geologically diverse state with hills, prairies, deserts, piney woods, rivers, beaches and a plateau so flat you can see forever.
Some of the state’s most successful natives credit, at least in part, their success to growing up in this land of possibility with a melting pot of courageous, bigger-than-life role models.
A “sense of place” is the way former CBS News anchor Dan Rather phrases it in an interview for “Growing Up in the Lone Star State: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods,” a recently published compilation of oral histories of well-known natives.
They recalled just what it was about growing up in Texas that inspired them to follow their dreams. Not surprisingly, studying Texas history ranks high in their memories.
Wharton-born Rather said, “One of my earliest memories from first or second grade is learning all the words to ‘Texas, Our Texas,’ which is the state song. And certainly, learning Texas history. That’s part of giving you a strong sense of place. We had the American flag, and we had a Texas flag. As you get older, it all fits into this good, strong sense of belonging. If you don’t belong anywhere else, you belong in Texas.”
Dr. Lauro Cavazos, the first Hispanic appointed to a U.S. Cabinet post, shared that same love of learning Texas history in a two-room schoolhouse on the sprawling King Ranch.
“My favorite subject was history. Oh, I loved it. In fact, when I was in grade school, I told one of my teachers that I liked history so much that I may teach it someday. I remember that was my first ambition before I got into biology, sciences, anatomy, health care and all that other stuff.”
All that other stuff led him to become the first Hispanic president of TexasTechUniversity and dean of the school of medicine at TuftsUniversity.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan, born in Refugio, still remembers the only field trip during his school days. It was to the San JacintoMonument, and the trip was a big deal.
He said: “When you don’t go anywhere in your life, that’s pretty special. It’s been a lifelong pursuit of mine to read Texas history and to have kind of an understanding about how Texas developed.”
While the Republic of Texas is the heart of our history, we know it’s not the beginning or the end. The diverse story of Texas encompasses dinosaurs, indigenous peoples, ranching, cattle, small towns, big cities, oil, wind, entrepreneurs, politics, football and much more.
More recent history continues with space exploration, a literal sky-is-the-limit enterprise. Remember, Neil Armstrong’s first word transmitted when the Apollo 11 lunar module touched down on the surface of the moon was “Houston,” as in “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
Obviously, not all our history is that inspiring, but it is our history and Texans wear it as a badge of pride.
Teaching Texas history in schools is an imperative we must continue no matter how the winds of education flutter.
If highly accomplished Texans were inspired to work hard to reach their potential because of the example of their forebears’ courage and sacrifice, we must make sure young Texans also learn to take pride in their heritage and have the daring to reach for the stars.
Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom co-authored “Growing Up in the LoneStarState: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods.” July 2021, Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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By Sudarshan Varadhan
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Reuters) - India's southern Andhra Pradesh has cancelled bids made for two separate tenders by India's Adani Enterprises ADEL.NS to supply imported coal as the prices quoted were too high, two state government officials told Reuters.
It is the first time in recent years that a major government tender for imported coal has been cancelled over high prices. Details on the cancellation have not been previously reported.
India has asked utilities to step up coal imports to address a domestic shortfall. However, expensive imports could add to the financial woes of state government-owned, debt-laden power distributors, which have overdue payments of nearly $15 billion to power generators.
Adani, India's largest coal trader, offered to supply last month 500,000 tonnes of South African coal at 40,000 rupees ($526.50) per tonne and another 750,000 tonnes at 17,480 rupees ($230.08) in January, the officials said.
Benchmark South African coal prices FMFc1 started rising in January to hit a monthly high of $176.50 per tonne in the wake of an export ban by Indonesia, extending the rise to a record $441.65 per tonne in March due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Both tenders were cancelled because the prices quoted were too high, the officials said. Adani was the only bidder for the 500,000 tonnes tender, while Agarwal Coal, which had also bid for the 750,000 tonnes tender, had quoted a higher price than Adani, they said.
Adani and Agarwal Coal did not immediately respond to emails and calls seeking comment on Sunday.
India has cut supplies to the non-power sector as it faced two of its worst power shortages in recent years in October and March, despite record production by state-run near-monopoly Coal India Ltd COAL.NS.
One of the officials, B Sreedhar, managing director at Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp Ltd, said the current power shortage was not as bad as the one in October, but said the state was living a "hand-to-mouth existence".
"We have not been able to build up stocks. Even though coal is available locally because of more mining, transportation is an issue," Sreedhar told Reuters.
Andhra Pradesh, which faced an electricity deficit of 7% during the last three days of March, floated a tender this week "for urgent procurement" of 100,000 tonnes of imported coal, the officials said.
Indian state government-owned utilities could import at least 2.6 million tonnes in the coming months to address summer power demand, equalling total buying in the last 24 months, other state government officials said.
The western Maharashtra state has floated a tender to procure 2 million tonnes of coal, while southern Tamil Nadu state could float tenders to procure 480,000 tonnes, senior officials there said.
Federal government-run NTPC Ltd NTPC.NS floated a tender last month to import 1.25 million tonnes of coal.
($1 = 75.9731 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Sudarshan Varadhan; Ediitng by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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Getty Image / Rob Carr Congress expanded its investigation into the Washington Commanders this week Today it was reported that they have received information that the Commanders had withheld ticket revenue Read more BroBible articles here Everything is still a mess for the Washington Commanders.
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Miami Marlins adding to bullpen ahead of Opening Day by acquiring two Orioles relievers
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The Miami Marlins are adding to their bullpen less than a week before Opening Day.
Miami is acquiring two relievers from the Baltimore Orioles — righty Cole Sulser and lefty Tanner Scott — in exchange for Competitive Balance B draft pick, reliever prospect Antonio Velez, outfielder prospect Kevin Guerrero and a player to be named later, a source confirmed to the Miami Herald on Sunday. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand was first to report the trade, which has not been confirmed or announced by either club.
One the trade is official, the Marlins will need to clear two spots on their 40-man roster.
Sulser, 31, had a breakout 2021 season for the Orioles, pitching to a 2.70 ERA with 73 strikeouts against 23 walks over 63 1/3 innings spanning 60 relief appearances. He converted eight saves in 11 opportunities and was projected to be Baltimore’s closer. He provides the Marlins more high-leverage depth, which is good considering projected closer Dylan Floro is going to start the season on the injured list with arm soreness.
According to Statcast, Sulser ranked in the top 20 percentile of qualified pitchers last season in expected ERA (3.13, 86th percentile), expected batting average against (.208, 85th percentile), chase rate (31.5 percent, 83rd percentile), and strikeout percentage (28.4 percent, 80th percentile). His fastball averages 93.2 mph and all four of his pitches (fastball, changeup, slider and curveball) had at least a 25-percent swing and miss rate in 2021. His changeup, which had a 34.1 percent whiff rate last season, is his primary putaway pitch (24 percent).
Sulser, Anthony Bender and Anthony Bass will now be the Marlins’ top closer candidates until Floro returns.
Scott, 27, has a career 4.73 ERA in 170 appearances over five big-league seasons, all with Baltimore. He stood out in the shortened 2020 season, pitching to a 1.31 ERA with 23 strikeouts against 10 walks in 20 2/3 innings but regressed in 2021 (5.17 ERA in 54 innings over 62 games).
Scott has big swing-and-miss stuff — his 36.8-percent whiff rate in 2021 ranked in the 98th percentile among qualified pitchers — but command is an issue. He had a 14.7-percent walk rate last season and his career walk rate is 13.6 percent. His four-seam fastball averaged 96.8 mph last season and his mid-80s slider had a 46-percent whiff rate.
He gives the Marlins a third lefty in their bullpen to go along with Richard Bleier and Steven Okert. Sean Guenther, another lefty, is going to miss significant time to start the season with an arm injury.
What does the Marlins’ Opening Day bullpen look like now?
Marlins manager Don Mattingly said multiple times in spring training the team will likely carry 15 pitchers on their initial 28-man roster. That points to 10 bullpen arms.
With the addition of Sulser and Scott, seven bullpen slots appear set: Sulser, Scott, Bender, Bass, Bleier, Okert, and Zach Pop.
That leaves two spots up for grabs, with Louis Head as well as non-roster invitees Shawn Armstrong and Grant Dayton the main contenders for short-relief roles and Cody Poteet, Paul Campbell and Daniel Castano contenders for long-relief roles.
Floro will assume one of the late-inning roles once he is healthy and cleared to join the roster.
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Kansas cruises to 81-65 win over Villanova in Final Four
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ochai Agbaji followed a celebrating stream of Kansas players off the floor at the Final Four, their shouts of “One more!” echoing all the way up the tunnel of the Superdome and right to the door of their locker room.
One more game awaits, the biggest of their careers.
The Jayhawks earned a trip back to the national championship Saturday night with a shooting performance that will go down in history. David McCormack muscled his way to 25 points, Ochai Agbaji hit six 3-pointers and had 21, and the only No. 1 seed to reach the national semifinals rolled to an 81-65 victory over Villanova before a huge crowd that packed the home of the New Orleans Saints one year after the pandemic kept just about everyone away.
“That’s everyone’s attitude — even after this game, even after last weekend, the weekend before that — everyone’s attitude was on to the next one,” Agbaji said, “and not looking too far ahead at what’s going on Monday.”
Well, they can look forward to a big-time showdown now: The Jayhawks, the winningest program in Division I history, will face North Carolina, which sits at No. 3 on the list and has been to more Final Fours than anyone.
The Tar Heels sent Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski into retirement with an 81-77 victory in their semifinal Saturday night.
The Jayhawks (33-6) hope a familiar pattern holds, too: The last three times Kansas and Villanova have met in the tourney, the winner has gone on to cut down the nets, including their lopsided Final Four matchup four years ago in San Antonio.
“You come to Kansas for big games,” said Christian Braun, who had 10 points against the Wildcats, “but you don’t come to Kansas to play in the Elite Eight. You don’t come to Kansas to play in the Final Four. You come to play for a championship.”
Playing without injured guard Justin Moore, the Wildcats (30-8) watched as Kansas scored the game’s first 10 points and eventually built a 19-point cushion Saturday night. And despite big performances from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back.
Gillespie, playing in his 156th and final game for the Wildcats, hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, while Slater hit four 3s and had 16 points. Samuels finished with 13 points in the final game of his career.
“They played great. They were well-prepared. They really executed,” Villanova coach Jay Wright said. “We did a lot of things wrong, but we want to make sure they get the credit they deserve. They played a great game.”
Each team finished with 13 made 3-pointers, and the 26 total shots from beyond the arc set a record for a Final Four game, topping the 25 that the same two teams made in 2018 at the Alamodome.
Unlike that night, though, it was the Jayhawks who pounced on Villanova at the start, trying to run ragged a team whose depth problems were only compounded by the loss of Moore, who tore his Achilles tendon in the regional finals.
The Jayhawks applied pressure the moment Villanova inbounded the ball. They unleashed traps in half-court, something they rarely did in the regular season. And they twice picked the pocket of Gillespie, a two-time Big East player of the year, leading to easy baskets and a 10-0 lead before some of the 70,000-plus fans had even found their seats.
“We got off to such a great start in large part because of how we shot the ball,” Kansas coach Bill Self said.
Whenever Agbaji, the Big 12 player of the year, wasn’t enjoying the soft rims of the Superdome to knock down 3s, the 6-foot-10, 250-pound McCormack was having his way with the undersized Wildcats in the paint.
The Jayhawks’ lead soon stretched to 15 midway through the first half before Wright finally called timeout.
His counterpart could probably relate: In a game that Self has been loath to re-watch, the Wildcats raced to a 22-4 lead out of the gates four years ago and cruised to a Final Four blowout and eventually their third national championship.
“This is legit revenge for 2018,” tweeted the Mavericks’ Jalen Brunson, who had a big role for Villanova that night.
Daniels and Gillespie did everything they could to rewrite the finish.
Daniels, the New Orleans native who began his career down the road at Tulane, kept making hustle plays around the hoop, and Gillespie, the blue-collar kid from Philadelphia, was able to knock down a couple of contested 3s.
The Jayhawks still led 50-34 early in the second half when Wright went to a smaller lineup and ramped up the pressure on defense. The result was three consecutive turnovers, and quick 3-pointers by Slater and Antoine — the seldom-used guard who absorbed many of Moore’s minutes — that allowed Villanova to trim the lead to single digits.
“We felt like we were right there,” Gillespie said. “It’s a long game, it’s a 40-minute game, and we pride ourselves on playing 40 minutes every night. And we were just talking about dig, scrap and claw and try to steal it in the end.”
McCormack finally made Villanova pay for going small with a rim-rattling dunk with 10:25 to play.
And when the Wildcats made one last run, getting a three-point play from Samuels to close within 64-58 with just over 6 minutes left, McCormack and Braun answered again. The latter’s deep fadeaway 3 as the shot-clock expired gave Kansas some breathing room again, and the Big 12 champs coasted from there into Monday night’s title game.
“You knew Villanova would make a run and we just kind of held on and responded,” Self said, “but I thought we played great. I thought we were disciplined defensively. I thought we stayed down on shot fakes, basically, for 40 minutes. And with the exception of defending the arc, I thought that we just played terrific.”
WELCOME BACK
The Jayhawks will play for the championship on the same Superdome floor where they lost to Kentucky in the 2012 title game. Kansas allowed the Wildcats to build a big early lead that night before its comeback bid fell short.
FAMILIAR FOES
Kansas and North Carolina will play for the seventh time in the NCAA Tournament, and five of those games have occurred on the final weekend. That includes the triple-overtime 1957 title game won by the Tar Heels in Kansas City, Missouri.
STATS AND STREAKS
Kansas committed just seven turnovers while Villanova had nine. ... Self coached his 75th tournament game, breaking a tie with Michigan State’s Tom Izzo for fifth on the career list. ... Villanova dropped to 5-6 when its opponent scores at least 70 points this season. ... Gillespie and Slater were 9 of 15 from beyond the arc; the rest of the Wildcats were 4 of 16.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — As much as Kirill Kaprizov has been compared to Alex Ovechkin throughout his rise up the ranks — and for good reason — he’s entering Sunday’s game at Capital One Arena never having played against his childhood idol.
The 24-year-old Kaprizov made his NHL debut last season smack dab in the middle of the pandemic, and thus, the temporary realignment prevented the Wild from playing the Washington Capitals. Then, earlier this season, Kaprizov suffered a minor injury ahead of his highly anticipated matchup with Ovechkin.
All of it paved the way for Sunday’s game between the Wild and Capitals. It marked the first time Kaprizov and Ovechkin went to battle, and while it wasn’t exactly a passing of the torch, it felt like a glimpse into the future.
“Everybody knows he’s a talented player with lots of skills,” Ovechkin said of Kaprizov. “It’s great for the game.”
Though he was obviously excited to play Ovechkin at the highest level, Kaprizov noted how he’s friends with other Russian players on the Capitals, including center Evgeny Kuznetsov, defenseman Dmitry Orlov, goaltender Ilya Samsonov.
“I know all these guys really well,” Kaprizov said through a translator. “I grew up with a lot of these guys. Some of them are from the same town as me, so we stayed in the same village. It’s going to be great. It’s going to be great to play against the team.”
Still, at the end of the day, the matchup between Kaprizov and Ovechkin was the main event.
Asked if he sees any similarities between Kaprizov and Ovechkin, coach Dean Evason praised both players for their physical nature. Remember, long before Evason became the head coach of the Wild, he was an assistant coach with the Capitals when Ovechkin was breaking into the league.
To this day, Evason has vivid memories of Ovechkin never wanting anyone else to fight his battles, much like how Kaprizov is more than willing to stick up for himself night in and night out.
As for Ovechkin’s scoring prowess, Kaprizov is hoping he breaks Gretzky’s record for goals in a career. He is currently 122 goals behind Gretzky and has shown very little signs of slowing down.
“I’m happy that he’s pursuing that,” Kaprizov said of Ovechkin. “It’s just a matter of time before he actually breaks the record, and I think it’s going to be good for the game and for all of hockey as a whole for him to do that.”
BRIEFLY
Matt Boldy missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury. Though his status is unclear for the rest of the road trip, Evason confirmed that Boldy will participate in the morning skate ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Nashville Predators. Asked if that would be enough to determined if Boldy was ready to go, Evason replied, “Absolutely.”
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Denzel Washington speaks publicly about Will Smith Oscar slap
By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN
Denzel Washington spoke publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.
Washington was a guest and speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday. During the two-hour discussion about faith and his award-winning acting career, Washington was asked about the infamous slap and what happened afterward.
“Well, there’s a saying when the devil ignores you, then you know you’re doing something wrong,” Washington said in video of the exchange posted on Jakes’ verified Twitter account.
“You know, the devil goes, ‘Oh, no, leave him alone, he’s my favorite. Don’t bother him.’ Conversely, when the devil comes at you, maybe it’s because you’re trying to do something right. And for whatever reason, the devil got a hold of that circumstance that night.”
At the Academy Awards, Smith walked to the stage and slapped Chris Rock, who was presenting at the time, after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
Shortly after the incident, Smith won his first Academy Award and offered his apologies to the Academy and others for the earlier incident.
During his acceptance speech, Smith said that prior to his win, fellow nominee Washington shared some wisdom with him: “At your highest moment be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.”
Washington said during Saturday’s discussion that he, along with actor and producer Tyler Perry, prayed with Smith after the incident.
“Fortunately, there were people there, not just me, but others in the gap,” Washington told Jakes. “Tyler Perry came right immediately, right over there with me.”
Washington would not say what the three men spoke or prayed about after the incident.
“Who are we to condemn?” Washington asked. “I don’t know all the ins and outs of the situation, but I know the only solution was prayer.”
Smith issued an apology on Monday in a statement on Instagram, calling his behavior “unacceptable and inexcusable.”
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On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Times released the results of its investigation that may have prompted Willis' family to announce the 67-year-old movie star was "stepping away" from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis. "According to those who have worked with the elder Willis on his recent films, the actor has been exhibiting signs of decline in recent years. In interviews with The Times this month, nearly two dozen people who were on set with the actor expressed concern about Willis’ well-being," report the Times' Amy Kaufman and Meg James. "These individuals questioned whether the actor was fully aware of his surroundings on set, where he was often paid $2 million for two days of work, according to documents viewed by The Times. Filmmakers described heart-wrenching scenes as the beloved Pulp Fiction star grappled with his loss of mental acuity and an inability to remember his dialogue. An actor who traveled with Willis would feed the star his lines through an earpiece, known in the industry as an 'earwig,' according to several sources. Most action scenes, particularly those that involved choreographed gunfire, were filmed using a body double as a substitute for Willis." Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent recalled Willis accidentally firing a prop gun on set in 2020 while she played her daughter in the film Hard Kent. She recalled how they were filming a scene in which he was to protect her with a gun when he fired a blank on the wrong cue -- not once, but twice. “I’m supposed to think my life is about to end, and then my dad steps in to save the day,” Kent said, describing how her back was to Willis in the scene. Willis was supposed to deliver a line that would prompt Kent to duck. Instead, he fired the blanks with her back to him, so she was unable to duck each time. As The Times notes, Willis filmed 22 movies in four years -- an unusually large number for any actor.
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Cooking With The Stars has been recommissioned for a second series, ITV has announced.
Emma Willis and Tom Allen will return as hosts of the six-part cooking series which will air in summer.
The series will again feature eight celebrities who will be paired with an accomplished chef who will mentor them towards becoming restaurant-standard cooks.
The celebrities will be trained by their mentors to produce dishes which will be judged by the remaining professionals, with the bottom two battling it out to remain in the competition as they create a dish without help from their mentor.
The eliminator round will be decided by a blind tasting from the chefs, in which they may unknowingly turn on their mentee if they vote for them to leave the show.
Professional chefs taking part in the new series include Rosemary Shrager, chef and business owner Ronnie Murray and Jack Stein, son of famous chef Rick Stein.
Joining them is Korean-American chef Judy Joo, Michelin-starred French chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, Scottish chef Tony Singh, as well as This Morning’s Clodagh McKenna and TV personality Mike Reid.
Willis said: “Tom and I had so much fun last series and I’m looking forward to getting back into the kitchen. The pressure the celebs are under is real and once the competition starts heating up everybody wants to win, but I’m hoping there isn’t as much blood as last series!”
Comedian Allen said: “Last series was so exciting! Emma Willis and I have been polishing our frying pans in preparation – we have so much fun working together.
“The celebrities are being trained by some of the best chefs in the business and with the clock ticking it’s always tense to see if they’ll improve their cooking enough each week to measure up to the judges’ high standards.”
The celebrity line-up for the series is to be announced in due course.
Katie Rawcliffe, head of entertainment commissioning at ITV, said: “With the warmth of Emma and the wit of Tom I’m excited to see what culinary delights this year’s cooking novices bring to the table.
“The series not only entertained but inspired our viewers to get into the kitchen and try restaurant-worthy dishes from the comfort of their own homes.
“We are delighted to have some of the best chefs in the country guiding our celebrities who will be put through their paces in this intense, exciting and fast paced environment.”
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, DJ and I’m A Celebrity star Naughty Boy and TV presenter and Strictly star AJ Odudu were among the celebrities featured in the first series, with McFly star Harry Judd crowned the winner.
The series is a partnership between Marks & Spencer, ITV and independent production company South Shore.
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Researchers from UNAM and environmental organizations ask the federal government to suspend the section 5 of the Maya Train project until they have the necessary environmental studies to determine if construction is feasible or not, because a great affectation to the ecosystem could be done in some sections of the railway project.
(Sipse).- Through the Maya Train forum: Analysis of impacts from the Academy, experts such as Ana Esther Ceceña from the Economic Research Institute of the Autonomous Mexican University of Mexico, Luisa Falcón, from the UNAM Institute of Ecology, agreed that in the case of the Maya Train, specifically on section five (between Playa del Carmen and Tulum), it is a fact that there could be a significant negative impact and therefore there should be train on that section.
UNAM experts consider that the project needs to be suspended until all the studies that guarantee the correct lines and the least impact on the environment are obtained.
Yucatan Peninsula.
It is an urbanization project that is being presented, however, in the case of Quintana Roo in Playa del Carmen and Cancun, there has already been significant demographic growth, going from 3,000 inhabitants in 1980, to more than 252,000 today, and the Cancun-Playa del Carmen area from 167,000 to 1.3 million inhabitants. , respectively, which brings a problem.
When at the beginning of the project it was warned that it would affect caves, aquifers, and now in section five it was evidenced because the first cave was deforested, which affects the ecosystem.
There is already experience with the potholes that have been had on the road and this, being a very fragile region as it has underground rivers and when dismantling without previous studies, there is a risk of affecting them, which is why the importance of the previous studies.
Injunctions are still waiting to be admitted
Gustavo Alanís, a representative of the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (Cemda), said that there are protections presented that have been waiting to be admitted for about a year and a half, which does not help to add to this situation in which the environmental legal framework is being violated. However, they continue to fight so that the “Amparo” (injunction) can be eventually accepted.
“One of the proposals is to connect Cancún with Progreso and Mérida and then go down to Campeche. There is already an advance through the highway, with this the first stage is considered and thus end this six-year term with the infrastructure project since the territory is not known and this will only be determined with the studies”, added Luisa Falcón.
The environmental organization Amigos de Sian Ka’an considered that the federal government should have the Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) for the construction of section five of the Maya Train, in order to know the risks and effects on the environment, due to the realization of this project.
“What is sought is not to cancel it but to suspend it in order to have the technical and scientific studies, especially from sections four to seven, with greater emphasis on section five, which do not have an Environmental Impact Statement (MIA)”, he explained.
Gonzalo Merediz Alonso, president of this non-governmental organization, said they are joining the request of other organizations to demand an evaluation of the possible risks and environmental damage. However, unlike other organizations, he made it clear that he is not calling for the project to be stopped.
“Our position is that an MIA is needed. We cannot say ‘stop it’, because it would be necessary to see in detail where there is MIA and where there is not, but where it is needed it is essential.
Mayan Train Project, unknown environmental impact
He recognized that “the great problem of the Mayan Train” is that it is not known what that environmental impact will be and the risks that carrying out this project entails.
“The route is changed and there are no environmental impact studies that really allow us to say what the impact will be on those underground rivers, on that jungle and that allows Semarnat to give an authorization – and if it does, with what series of conditions that help reduce that environmental impact – or deny it”
He said that first the federal government should focus on complying with the regulations, with environmental impact studies, so that later the routes can be determined, whether a bridge should be built or not, and precautionary measures that should be taken.
Merediz Alonso recognized that a train could be contributing to road and road safety, but first feasibility studies need to be established to know what will happen to the vegetation and what animal species will be affected, if these are protected by law, the impact on the caves, and the risks of this work.
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HSE stops trans group’s funds
The HSE has suspended all funding to the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland (Teni), the largest Irish lobby and support group for transgender people, after it missed a deadline to file its accounts.
The HSE provided €1.24 million to Teni between 2017 and 2021, including €230,000 last year. The organisation, which has five full-time staff, has repeatedly failed to file audited annual accounts in the time required by company law. Its 2020 accounts have been overdue since September. The HSE had given Teni until last Thursday to submit its paperwork. Lynne Tracey, Teni’s director and acting interim chief executive, said on March 19 that it would meet this deadline.
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Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues.
FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as Baltimore, New York and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit and American Airlines were most affected, according to FlightAware, with JetBlue and Spirit canceling one-third of Sunday’s scheduled flights. Local news reported storms in Florida on Saturday. Several airlines said Sunday that operations are returning to normal.
The spate of cancellations arrived as air travel is rebounding from the pandemic, with strong demand for spring-break flights. People on social media complained about waiting on hold or in lines for hours to get their canceled flights rescheduled and being stranded for days.
“Severe weather in the Southeast and multiple air traffic control delay programs have created significant impacts on the industry,” a JetBlue spokesperson said in an email. “Today’s cancellations will help us reset our operation and safely move our crews and aircraft back in to position.”
Southwest Airlines also cited “weather and airspace congestion” Saturday in Florida, as well as a “technology issue.” It canceled about 1,000 flights over the weekend but said that as of 1 p.m. Eastern, it had no more cancellations on Sunday.
American said Florida weather Saturday affected its operations, and it was recovering today.
Alaska Airlines seemed to be dealing with a separate issue. The airline said Sunday that weekend flight cancellations that began Friday have affected more than 37,000 customers and, further cancellations were possible. The airline declined to say why it canceled flights but referred in its statement to contract negotiations with its pilots. Off-duty pilots picketed in several U.S. cities Friday over stalled negotiations. They have been without a new contract for three years.
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The National Fraternal Order of Police reports that in the first quarter of 2022, 101 police officers were shot in the line of duty, 17 fatally. That represents a 43% increase over the same time period in 2021, and a 63% increase over 2020.
I think it is fair to infer that the [Only] Black Lives Matter scam and associated anti-police sentiment is responsible for increased violence against law enforcement, along with the general atmosphere of lawlessness that prevails in many large cities as a result of left-wing prosecutors and other city officials.
It is also worth asking how many of the 17 officers murdered so far in 2022 you can name. I can’t name one. I don’t suppose any will have monuments erected to them, or streets and college scholarships named after them like the career criminal and drug addict George Floyd.
We live in a sick society, and it is increasingly reasonable to ask why people should put their lives on the line to defend it.
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Ravens HC John Harbaugh gives update on OT Ronnie Stanley
The Baltimore Ravens played all but one game without All-Pro offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley during the 2021 season due to the former Notre Dame star needing another surgery on his ankle from an injury he suffered in 2020. His absence was clearly felt on the Baltimore offensive line, as the unit struggled to play at a high level consistently over the course of the year.
On Monday, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh spoke to the media at the 2022 NFL owners meetings about numerous different topics. One of the questions he was asked was about Ronnie Stanley, the coach made clear that he wasn’t aware of a timeframe, but did say that the Pro Bowler is doing well.
Stanley tried to come back and play on his ankle in Week 1 of 2021 against the Las Vegas Radiers, but didn’t look like himself and struggled in multiple areas. He then missed a few weeks before subsequently opting for a second ankle surgery in hopes of being ready for 2022. Stanley is working hard to get back, and it’s the right approach for Baltimore to not hurry him along, instead letting things play out at the offensive tackle’s pace.
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Amid the war in Ukraine, it was inevitable that a meeting in China to discuss Afghanistan would become a platform for geopolitical posturing.
Russia used the talks with Afghanistan’s neighbours and regional powers to caution that it would not tolerate the presence of US or Nato military infrastructure in Central Asia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also seized the opportunity to issue one of his regular alarmist warnings about extremist activity on the borders of Central Asia that he says could pose a threat to Russia.
His remarks were a pointed reminder that the Kremlin still considers Central Asia its backyard, as Moscow wages war on the other side of the former Soviet Union.
As Russia hijacked the proceedings to deliver broadsides against the US and the West, Uzbekistan issued a heartfelt plea to stop Afghanistan from dropping off the international agenda as global attention remains riveted on Ukraine.
“In connection with known events in the world, we are unfortunately observing a certain decrease in the international community’s attention to Afghanistan,” Vladimir Norov, Uzbekistan’s deputy foreign minister said.
“The Afghan question has basically taken a back seat in world politics. This cannot be permitted.”
Norov was standing in for his boss at the meeting of foreign ministers from Afghanistan, China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Tunxi. Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov is officially undergoing medical treatment abroad for an unspecified “chronic illness.”
Gossip-mongers have linked Komilov’s disappearance to a recent statement he made on Ukraine, although it is not ruled out that the 74-year-old minister is sick.
On March 17, Komilov overtly set out Uzbekistan’s position on the war for the first time, with an assertion that Tashkent is neutral and will not recognise the Russia-backed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. That may have raised hackles in Moscow.
As Norov pleaded for the international community to “take responsibility for the present and future” of Afghanistan, Lavrov was busy blaming Russia’s Western enemies for the ills of both that country and Ukraine.
Following the “total failure of the experiment to impose alien recipes and values on the Afghan people, the ‘collective West’ bears direct responsibility for today’s humanitarian situation and the pitiful state of the Afghan economy,” he complained.
Likewise, “the main reason for the crisis in Ukraine is the policy pursued over several decades by Nato under the leadership of the USA.”
The West should therefore “bear the main financial burden for overcoming the crisis and stabilising the situation” in Afghanistan.
China agreed that the US and Nato should “assume the primary responsibility for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan,” The Associated Press reported, quoting its Foreign Ministry.
The joint statement issued after the meeting “urged the countries mainly responsible for the current predicament in Afghanistan to earnestly fulfil commitments on the economic recovery and future development of Afghanistan.” It did not name them.
China led calls for the return of frozen assets to Afghanistan, the AP reported.
Uzbekistan has been pushing for sanctions relief since soon after the Taliban takeover. Tashkent recently joined forces with Pakistan to lobby for the lifting of sanctions.
Afghanistan is now at a “decisive stage,” Norov warned.
“Either this country will, with the assistance of the international community, create the pre-conditions to lay the foundations for a normal economy and development, or it will again become a refuge for terrorist and extremist organisations.”
Tashkent is to host the next ministerial meeting to discuss Afghanistan in the first quarter of 2023.
Joanna Lillis is a journalist based in Almaty and author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan.
This article originally appeared on Eurasianet here.
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Jersey Shore, Pa. —A child told authorities during an interview a relative had hit them and thrown various items inside a home.
According to an affidavit, Daisy Almeda Edmonds, 23, of Jersey Shore was initially accused of an abuse incident on Sept. 16, 2021 when a family member observed injuries to the head and face of two children. Edmonds allegedly jumped out a vehicle and left her children with the relative after being accused.
An interview was conducted on March 22, 2022 with the relative, who told authorities they observed hand marks on the children’s faces. Investigators also reviewed Lycoming Child and Youth documents and said they discovered several instances of the children admitting to being struck.
“She (Edmonds) yells a lot, just yells at us all the time,” one of the children allegedly told an investigator with Children and Youth.
Edmonds was charged with third-degree felony endangering the welfare of children and first-degree misdemeanor simple assault for the alleged abuse of the minors. Judge Denise Dieter ordered Edmonds held on $85,000 bond at the Lycoming County Prison.
Court records show Edmonds will appear before Dieter on May 11 for a preliminary hearing.
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Apollo Currency (APL) traded 1% higher against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 20:00 PM ET on April 3rd. One Apollo Currency coin can now be purchased for $0.0015 or 0.00000003 BTC on major exchanges. Apollo Currency has a total market capitalization of $32.39 million and $951,879.00 worth of Apollo Currency was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last week, Apollo Currency has traded down 3.6% against the US dollar.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Avalanche (AVAX) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $97.22 or 0.00209464 BTC.
- Cronos (CRO) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.48 or 0.00001034 BTC.
- NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded 14.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $17.06 or 0.00036765 BTC.
- Algorand (ALGO) traded 2.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.94 or 0.00002015 BTC.
- Hedera (HBAR) traded up 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.25 or 0.00000535 BTC.
- Elrond (EGLD) traded up 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $194.74 or 0.00419579 BTC.
- Helium (HNT) traded up 8.5% against the dollar and now trades at $26.45 or 0.00056987 BTC.
- Theta Fuel (TFUEL) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000468 BTC.
- Kava (KAVA) traded 3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $4.62 or 0.00009953 BTC.
- Kava.io (KAVA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.62 or 0.00012724 BTC.
Apollo Currency Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “Apollo is an online decentralized payment platform. Apollo aims to become the first all-in-one cryptocurrency, incorporating every ability that could be beneficial in a digital currency. Furthermore, a crypto wallet is available for the platform users. Apollo Currency (APL) is an Olympus-based protocol cryptocurrency. Its main objective is to become the all-in-one cryptocurrency, powered by the Apollo platform. Official statementInitial Supply30,000,000,000 APLNXT Airdrop Jan 14, 20183,000,000,000 APLBurning8,834,903,469 APLNew Total Supply21,165,096,531 APLCurrent Circulating Supply21,165,096,531 APL”
Apollo Currency Coin Trading
It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Apollo Currency directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Apollo Currency should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Apollo Currency using one of the exchanges listed above.
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Shares of Nintendo Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:NTDOY – Get Rating) have earned an average rating of “Buy” from the eight analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $284.35.
Several brokerages recently weighed in on NTDOY. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Nintendo from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $74.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 24th. Macquarie raised shares of Nintendo from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Nintendo from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 16th. Finally, Nomura began coverage on shares of Nintendo in a research note on Thursday, January 27th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.
Shares of Nintendo stock traded up $1.93 on Friday, hitting $64.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 284,044 shares, compared to its average volume of 386,636. Nintendo has a 52-week low of $52.95 and a 52-week high of $78.89. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $63.18 and a 200-day moving average price of $59.29. The company has a market capitalization of $67.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.49.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Nintendo during the 4th quarter worth about $3,607,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Nintendo by 677.4% in the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 58,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,439,000 after acquiring an additional 51,343 shares during the period. Todd Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Nintendo in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,577,000. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky purchased a new position in Nintendo in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,577,000. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Nintendo in the 4th quarter worth approximately $952,000. 0.04% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Nintendo Company Profile (Get Rating)
Nintendo Co, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and distributes electronic entertainment products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, and internationally. It offers video game platforms, playing cards, Karuta, and other products; and handheld and home console hardware systems and related software.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 31 points and Fred Jackson had 19 to lead the sharpshooting Detroit Pistons past the Indiana Pacers 121-117 on Sunday.
Bey hit 11 of 18 shots, including shooting 7 of 9 on 3-pointers, in 23 minutes. The Pistons, who have won three games in a row, sank 21 of 41 3-pointers and set a team record for 3s in a half with 13 in the opening two quarters.
Oshae Brissett scored 20 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Pacers, who have lost seven straight games. Tyrese Haliburton flirted with a triple-double with 19 points, a career-high 17 assists and nine rebounds. Buddy Hield and Isiah Jackson also scored 19 each for the Pacers, who held a 58-38 rebounding edge.
Detroit, which shot 43.4% overall from the field, erased a 66-62 halftime by outscoring the Pacers by 11 in the third quarter to take a 98-91 lead.
Bey scored 15 of Detroit’s first 17 points, finishing with 20 points in the first quarter as the Pistons led 38-34 lead after the first quarter.
The Pistons hit their first eight 3-point shots and 10 off their first 11 3-pointers.
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Pistons: Cade Cunningham missed the game with right hip soreness. ... Carsen Edwards, who averaged 26.7 points with the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League, signed a two-year deal Sunday. The former Purdue standout scored 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting off the bench. ... Braxton Key signed a two-way deal with the Pistons and scored 12 points. ... Detroit released Chris Smith, who recently had ACL surgery.
Pacers: Chris Duarte remained sidelined with a sore left big toe. The rookie hasn’t played since March 15 and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said it’s likely Duarte will miss the last three games. ... Reggie Miller was a surprise guest to help celebrate media relations director David Benner’s retirement after 28 years.
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Pistons: Hosts Dallas on Wednesday night.
Pacers: Hosts Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored 31 points and Fred Jackson had 19 to lead the sharpshooting Detroit Pistons past the Indiana Pacers 121-117 on Sunday.
Bey hit 11 of 18 shots, including shooting 7 of 9 on 3-pointers, in 23 minutes. The Pistons, who have won three games in a row, sank 21 of 41 3-pointers and set a team record for 3s in a half with 13 in the opening two quarters.
Oshae Brissett scored 20 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Pacers, who have lost seven straight games. Tyrese Haliburton flirted with a triple-double with 19 points, a career-high 17 assists and nine rebounds. Buddy Hield and Isiah Jackson also scored 19 each for the Pacers, who held a 58-38 rebounding edge.
Detroit, which shot 43.4% overall from the field, erased a 66-62 halftime by outscoring the Pacers by 11 in the third quarter to take a 98-91 lead.
Bey scored 15 of Detroit’s first 17 points, finishing with 20 points in the first quarter as the Pistons led 38-34 lead after the first quarter.
The Pistons hit their first eight 3-point shots and 10 off their first 11 3-pointers.
TIP-INS
Pistons: Cade Cunningham missed the game with right hip soreness. ... Carsen Edwards, who averaged 26.7 points with the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League, signed a two-year deal Sunday. The former Purdue standout scored 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting off the bench. ... Braxton Key signed a two-way deal with the Pistons and scored 12 points. ... Detroit released Chris Smith, who recently had ACL surgery.
Pacers: Chris Duarte remained sidelined with a sore left big toe. The rookie hasn’t played since March 15 and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said it’s likely Duarte will miss the last three games. ... Reggie Miller was a surprise guest to help celebrate media relations director David Benner’s retirement after 28 years.
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Pistons: Hosts Dallas on Wednesday night.
Pacers: Hosts Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
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Knicks hand Magic sixth straight loss with road win
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Immanuel Quickley came off the bench to post his first career triple-double, RJ Barrett scored 27 points and the New York Knicks stopped a two-game losing streak with a 118-88 win over the host Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
New York, which won on the road for the fourth straight time, played its second straight game without Julius Randle. The All-Star power forward remained out due to a sore right quadricep tendon, but the Knicks (35-44) easily sent the Magic to their sixth consecutive loss.
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Quickley scored 20 points, 13 in the first half, on 8-for-19 shooting to go with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Obi Toppin cleared eight rebounds and tied his career-high with 20 points and Alec Burks finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Mitchell Robinson controlled the post with 12 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and three steals. New York recorded eight blocks and outrebounded the Magic 56-40.
Burks scored 12 third-quarter points as the Knicks outscored Orlando 37-15 for a 94-62 lead. New York made 12 of its first 13 field goals during the period after the Knicks ended the first half on a 13-2 run en route to a 57-47 advantage.
The Knicks finished 15-for-44 from 3-point range. New York made a franchise-record 24 threes in its only other visit to the Amway Center this season on Oct. 22.
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Moe Wagner (nine rebounds) scored 18 points to pace five players in double figures for Orlando (20-59), which trailed by as many as 35 points. Ignas Brazdeikis scored 13 points in his first career NBA start, Mo Bamba had 13 points and 12 rebounds and Markelle Fultz and Terrence Ross each added 11 points in reserve roles.
Orlando’s Franz Wagner (left ankle sprain) was ruled out for the first time during his successful rookie season after starting each of the Magic’s opening 78 games. The 6-foot-10 Wagner, who is averaging 15.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, was injured during the opening minute of Friday’s home loss to Toronto.
Magic starting guard Cole Anthony played less than three minutes after aggravating his sprained left big toe. The former North Carolina Tar Heel missed his only shot attempt before being replaced at the 9:22 mark by Devin Cannady.
Orlando also played without Wendell Carter Jr. (wrist), Jalen Suggs (ankle) and Admiral Schofield (knee).
–Field Level Media
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Shares of Solo Brands, Inc. (NYSE:DTC – Get Rating) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $24.17.
DTC has been the subject of a number of research reports. Credit Suisse Group dropped their price target on Solo Brands from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on Solo Brands from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 11th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Solo Brands from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 15th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their target price on Solo Brands from $20.00 to $16.00 in a research report on Wednesday.
Shares of DTC traded down $0.32 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $8.21. The stock had a trading volume of 424,288 shares, compared to its average volume of 495,417. Solo Brands has a 12 month low of $7.80 and a 12 month high of $23.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 4.98. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $9.98.
Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DTC. Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in shares of Solo Brands in the 4th quarter valued at about $42,000. Citigroup Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Solo Brands in the 4th quarter valued at about $51,000. California State Teachers Retirement System acquired a new position in Solo Brands during the 4th quarter valued at about $100,000. Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new position in Solo Brands during the 4th quarter valued at about $111,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN acquired a new position in Solo Brands during the 4th quarter valued at about $113,000. 2.02% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Solo Brands, Inc operates a direct-to-consumer platform that offers outdoor lifestyle branded products in the United States. The company provides camp stoves under the Solo Stove Lite brand name; fire pits under the Solo Stove brand name; grills, cook tops, and tools; kayaks under the Oru brand name; paddle boards under the ISLE brand name; and storage solutions for fire pits, firewood, and other accessories.
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Rommel Welch will now carry the title of Minister, in addition to husband, father, son, brother, nephew and colleague.
Loop Community will embark on articles this month to highlight unsung heroes across the island since the country observes National Heroes Day in April, and we start with this man of God.
at this season, God’s purpose will be manifested in his life” and he said, “To God be the glory
A prison officer by profession, Welch has not only led the technical ministry at Dunamis Outreach Ministry over the past five years, but in his career he has taken time to share the word of God with inmates and with young children who found themselves as wards at the Government Industrial School (GIS).
The congregants at his consecration ceremony, held at Dunamis today, Sunday, April 3, 2022, heard that Welch joined the Barbados Prison Service at 18 years old and although some situations were difficult God continued to protect and covered him in every respect.
He endeavoured to obey Jesus’ mandate, even in the work place. When he was seconded to Government Industrial School commonly known as Dodds at the time, he was privileged to plan for his wards to learn more about Christ. Bro Rommel was able to accompany some of the wards, both boys and girls, to the Social Hall Church on several occasions. The youth of the church were also able to pay reciprocal visits under his guidance. He considers this to be one of his greatest achievements.
Social Hall was Welch’s childhood church and some of his Sunday School and childhood friends had nothing but glowing remarks for him.
Minister Welch was baptised at his family church – Social Hall under the leadership of Pastor Smith at age 16 and was the Youth President in his early teens. Today, for the teen who regularly attended Bible schools and church camps, as well Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night Youth Services through his younger years and for the man who never turned his back on religious activities, it has all come full circle, when he received his flowers before his loved ones and friends.
His former Sunday School classmate Barbara Scott told Loop that he is an example others should follow.
Loop also interviewed his aunt and uncle who are true people of faith. Minister Ivan Moore affectionately known as ‘Uncle Sam’ said that Welch deserves the honour. Moved to tears as the leaders of Dunamis prayed over Welch, his aunt Eudene ‘Mother Moore’ Moore told Loop that she was overflowing with joy at his becoming a deacon. She wept as Pastor Carlos Brathwaite ordinated the ceremony.
Welch, whose favourite scripture is ‘Psalm 116:12 – What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?’, thanked God for keeping him all these years. He thanked his parents Maxine and Kirkland Welch and he paid tribute to his sister Sophia who passed away, saying that she, who was a woman of strong faith, must be with the angels rejoicing today. Minister Welch, along with his late sister Sophia and brother David were raised at Uncle Sam and Mother Moore’s residence.
Minister Welch believes that “at this season, God’s purpose will be manifested in his life” and he said, “To God be the glory”.
To submit a recommendation for this series, email us at [email protected] with the name and contact information for the suggested unsung hero in your community.
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Oil extends losses on reserves release, Yemen truce
By Florence Tan
SINGAPORE, April 4 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended losses on Monday as investors eyed the release of supplies from strategic reserves from consuming nations, while a truce in Yemen could ease supply disruption concerns in the Middle East.
Brent crude futures fell 79 cents, or 0.8%, to $103.60 a barrel by 0037 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $98.45 a barrel, down 82 cents, or 0.8%. Both contracts slipped $1 when markets opened on Monday.
The United Nations has brokered a two-month truce between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Iran for the first time in the seven-year conflict. Saudi oil facilities have come under attack by the Houthis during the conflict, adding to supply disruption from Russia.
"This was a threat to supply, and a ceasefire would reduce that threat to supply," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group.
Oil and gas condensate production at the world's No. 2 exporter fell to 11.01 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, from an average output of 11.08 million bpd in February, industry sources said. Russian oil refining and exports have been hit by Western sanctions and buyer aversion following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Estimates of the Russian oil supply loss ranges from 1 million to 3 million bpd.
Oil prices slumped about 13% last week after U.S. President Joe Biden announced that up to 1 million bpd of oil will be sold from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for six months starting in May. Biden said the release, the third in the past six months, will serve as a bridge until domestic producers can boost output and bring supply back into balance with demand.
The U.S. Energy Department formally outlined a sale of oil from emergency reserves while members of the International Energy Agency also agreed to release more oil on Friday.
"The joint efforts of the US and its allies could temporarily balance off the supply shortfalls in 2022, but it might not be a long-term solution," said Tina Teng, a markets analyst at CMC Markets APAC & Canada in a note.
"Also, the U.S. oil producers may be reluctant for an output increase to keep profit high."
Despite calls from Biden for U.S. energy firms to ramp up production, growth in rig count remains slow as drillers continue to return cash to shareholders from high crude prices rather than boost production.
Demand concerns at China, the world's top oil importer, persist as its most populous city Shanghai has extended COVID-19 lockdowns.
China's transport ministry expects a 20% drop in road traffic and a 55% fall in flights during the three-day Qingming holiday due to a flare-up of COVID-19 cases in the country. (Reporting by Florence Tan in Singapore; Additional reporting by Stephanie Kelly in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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Kumasi Asante Kotoko ended their bad run against city rival King Faisal in week 23 at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The league leaders did not waste time announcing their intent, scoring three minutes after kick-off.
Asante Kotoko was given a free kick on the left side of the box. Imoro Ibrahim stepped up and converted to make it 1-0.
In the 39th minute, Imoro Ibrahim nearly scored again, but his free-kick sailed off the crossbar. Mfegue followed and found Fabio Gama, but he couldn't make the final connection.
King Faisal came dangerously close to equalizing, but Ortiz Sam's attempt was blocked by goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim.
After halftime the Porcupine Warriors made some changes to their squad Emmanuel Keyekeh replaced the injured Mudasiru Salifu.
King Faisal got an opportunity to score through a free-kick but that was wasted.
The game ended 1-0 with Kumasi Asante Kotoko extending the gap at the top.
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Former Ghana Football Association Communications, Director Sannie Daara believes the Black Stars can progress from their group in the 2022 World Cup tournament with the right preparation.
On Friday, April 1, 2022, the world football governing body held the draw for the 2022 World Cup tournament to be staged in Qatar later this year where the Black Stars were paired against Portugal, Uruguay, and Korea Republic.
According to Saanie Daara, who is a CAF Senior Media Officer believes Ghana had a good draw and is confident about the Black Stars' chances at the Mundial.
"Portugal was in pot 1 and, therefore, we obviously expect them to be one of the best teams in the world, but they are no longer the giants they were a few years ago. Most players are aged", he began by saying in statements to the "Top Story" portal.
"Players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, and company have already passed the best phase of their careers. So, when they face young players, it's very, very difficult for them", he continued, before saying that Ghana "had a good draw".
"We've played with all three teams before. When we played with them, we took a good look at ourselves and I think that with the right preparation, with the right analysis and praying that we don't get injured, we can qualify for stage a eliminate", he concluded.
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Hope Solo, a former soccer star who won two gold medals with the United States Women's National Team, was arrested in North Carolina for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, according to TMZ Sports. Solo, 40, was taken into custody in a Walmart parking lot off Parkway Villiage Circle in Winston-Salem, North Carolina before being taken to the Forsyth County jail for processing. Police told TMZ Sports that Solo was arrested for impaired driving (DWI), resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse as two children were in the car.
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Hawks All-Star Guard Trae Young Awarded Jason Collier Memorial Trophy
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks today announced guard Trae Young has been awarded the Jason Collier Memorial Trophy for the 2021-22 season. The award is earned annually by the Hawks player who most closely exemplifies the characteristics of a community ambassador displayed by Collier, the late Atlanta center who passed away in 2005. Young becomes the 15th player to receive the award.
“It’s an honor to receive the 2022 Jason Collier Award,” said Young. “I’m grateful to be amongst a group of diligent people who continue to help meet the necessary needs of the local community. I strive to positively impact the mental health of children and adults from all walks of life every single day.”
Since joining the Hawks, Young has shared his passion for raising mental health awareness. He has held conversations about the cause and continues to engage in key initiatives on the topic. Most recently, Young lent his voice as part of a multi-initiative campaign with the Hawks and ‘Silence the Shame’, a nonprofit organization that focuses on education and awareness around mental health. The two-time All-Star and five-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter Chlöe Bailey participated in a ‘Teen Mental Wellness Courtside Chat’ to share and bring awareness to their experiences with mental health and wellness.
Additionally, Young is committed to community work throughout the city of Atlanta. In Nov. 2021, Young donated 500 Thanksgiving meals for underserved men to Atlanta Mission. In Dec., he donated $10,000 to the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District’s holiday coat drive to impact those in need during the winter months.
“On behalf of my family and daughter, Ella, I am beyond honored and thrilled that Trae Young was this year's recipient of the Jason J. Collier Memorial Trophy,” said Katie Collier. “This award is presented every year to the player who best exemplifies the characteristics of my husband off the court as a community ambassador. We appreciate Young's commitment to serving the Atlanta community through the Trae Young Family Foundation. My family continues to be grateful for the Atlanta Hawks organization in their support in keeping Jason’s legacy alive through the presentation of this award every year.”
Young has also been focused on being an active part of his community back home in Norman, Okla. Founded in 2019, the Trae Young Family Foundation was formed with the goal of continuing education for mental health problems, particularly cyber and social media bullying. In July 2021, he and his family opened The Young Family Athletic Center, which includes facilities provided by Norman Regional Health Systems, as well as an aquatics center, 12 volleyball courts and eight basketball courts. The Trae Young Family Foundation also provides scholarship opportunities, ensuring that local children will have the opportunity to utilize the facility in a recreational manner as well as receive the necessary equipment to participate in sports regardless of their families’ financial background.
Past recipients of the Jason Collier Memorial Trophy include: Josh Childress (2005-06 and 2006-07), Marvin Williams (2007-08 and 2010-11), Al Horford (2008-09), Josh Smith (2009-10), Zaza Pachulia (2011-12), Devin Harris (2012-13), Kyle Korver (2013-14), DeMarre Carroll (2014-15), Mike Muscala (2015-16), Paul Millsap (2016-17), Malcolm Delaney (2017-18), Kent Bazemore (2018-19), John Collins (2019-2020) and Cam Reddish (2020-21).
Visit Hawks.com/community to learn more about Atlanta Hawks community efforts.
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