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HUMBLE, Texas – A judge set bond at $1 million dollars for the man accused of killing his 16-year-old stepdaughter who was reportedly held captive inside her northeast Harris County home.
Van Brisbon, 60, is charged for murder in the death of his stepdaughter, 16-year-old Lauren Juma, a junior who attended Nimitz High School in Aldine ISD in the 2400 block of Canton Trace Lane Friday morning.
Before the court session began, the presiding judge said Brisbon had waived his right to appear.
Officials in court revealed that Brisbon had displayed erratic behavior prior to the shooting.
Police found Lauren dead “with her pants down to her knees” and with multiple gunshot wounds, according to court records. Brisbon’s pants were “also down” when deputies took him into custody.
Bond conditions given include no contact with family members, no weapons or firearms, subject to random urine analysis, GPS monitoring, and 24-hour house arrest.
Lauren had aspirations to become a police officer and enter the military after high school, her father told KPRC 2 on Friday.
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2022 NFL draft picks: Team-by-team look at all 262 selections April 30, 2022 by Claudia Bergnaum Here is a team-by-team look, including analysis, for all the 262 selections in the 2022 NFL draft. Claudia BergnaumClaudia has worked as a journalist for various print-based magazines for more than 5 years. She brings together substantial news pieces from various parts of the US and rest of the World. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/2022-nfl-draft-picks-team-by-team-look-at-all-262-selections/167038/ | 2022-04-30T17:35:09Z | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/2022-nfl-draft-picks-team-by-team-look-at-all-262-selections/167038/ | true | null |
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Nikola Koprivica is accused of involvement in the killings of 44 Bosniaks in the village of Novoseoci near Sokolac during the war in September 1992.
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The State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has urged Ugandans to spend less but save every day to ensure they become rich.
“Spend only when you must. I teach you this so that you save. Saving is the major point. For anyone to become rich, you must have a business that gives you money every day. If you are a man or woman, and you wake up to do nothing, I don’t what to call you. Every human being must save money every day. Even beggars on the streets earn money every day, but for you, you are not earning anything. Vend sugarcanes or fry chapati, but to get out of poverty, you must have a business that earns you money every day. Other than that, you are off track,”Kasolo said.
He was speaking to Emyooga beneficiaries in Kyegegwa district as part of the monitoring of the program.
Minister Kasolo urged members of the public, especially those who earn salary at the end of the month to get at least side businesses where they can earn daily.
“Salary earners who don’t have daily income generating activity always forms long lines at the bank to withdraw money at the end of the month. They are badly off. A salary can never make you rich. A person’s wealth is determined by their daily saving. So, if you don’t have a business that earns you money every day, after here, go and start it. Stay home women, make sure you have a project at home that earns you money every day,” he urged.
District performance
The minister was informed that Kyegegwa district has so far received shs1.68 billion as seed capital distributed to 54 Emyoga saccos with 1,094 Associations across the district.
The amount of loans so far disbursed to the entire district total to shs1.25 billion and of this, shs960 million has been recovered.
The Kyegegwa district LC 5 Chairman, John Byamukama Kisoke however told the minister that many leaders shunned the Emyooga program but are now slowly appreciating it.
“The challenge is that Emyooga was introduced during campaigns, and most leaders disassociated with the programme because they were not even sure whether it would be implemented or not. But after elections, we have also joined as political leaders to support the Emyooga, and also sensitize the communities that it is a very good Programme.”
“However, in Kyaka South, the sacco for leaders was not formed but the money came, and we still have it on the account. Therefore, I am calling upon the leaders of Kyaka South to organize themselves, form groups, and they are able to qualify for funds.”
The Kyegegwa district RDC, Monica Karungi warned she would arrest defaulters of Emyooga funds.
“What we have gotten is that you (beneficiaries) are doing well but to the defaulters, you are cheating yourselves. CDOs, we need to sensitize these people. I will do periodic monitoring and whoever wants to default Emyooga funds, I am going to work with the DPC and the DISO to look for you.” | http://nilepost.co.ug/2022/04/30/spend-less-save-every-day-you-will-soon-become-rich-advises-minister-kasolo/ | 2022-04-30T17:43:40Z | http://nilepost.co.ug/2022/04/30/spend-less-save-every-day-you-will-soon-become-rich-advises-minister-kasolo/ | false | 1 |
Ancelotti becomes first manager to claim titles in Europe's top five leagues
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April 30 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's LaLiga triumph capped a remarkable milestone for Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday as the Italian became the first manager to capture titles in each of Europe’s top five leagues — England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
Real clinched their 35th league crown following a thumping 4-0 win against Espanyol, clinching the title with almost a month of the season remaining.
The 62-year-old Ancelotti has one of the most-decorated CVs in world football and when he was lured back to Madrid for a second spell last June following the departure of club great Zinedine Zidane, he knew that his only mission was to increase Real's trophy haul.
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To do that Ancelotti has not only shown astute tactical nous on the pitch but he also knows how to bring out the best in his players, both the young and experienced.
Many thought 36-year-old Croatian midfielder Luka Modric and French striker Karim Benzema, 34, were well past their prime but under Ancelotti's calm guidance, they have once again prospered.
Benzema is the league's top scorer this season with 26 goals -- his tally already more than his 2020-2021 haul.
At the other end of the spectrum, Ancelotti has also boosted the confidence of 21-year-old Vinicius Jr, who has become an integral part of a squad not only as a winger but also with his ability to score goals. Only Benzema has netted more goals than the Brazilian for Real in LaLiga this season.
Ancelotti's meticulous planning and nurturing of players paid off on Saturday when he completed his collection of titles from the top five leagues.
His winning run began with steering AC Milan to the Serie A title in 2004, before triumphs in the Premier League with Chelsea in 2010, Ligue 1 with Paris St Germain in 2013 and Bundesliga with Bayern Munich in 2017 followed.
While winning LaLiga would be considered as a huge achievement for many clubs and managers, for Ancelotti it only signals a job half done.
Having already won the Champions League with Real in 2014, helping the Spaniards to their fabled ‘Decima’ (10th) European crown before being sacked 12 months later, he now also stands on the cusp becoming the most successful manager in the tournament's history.
Along with Bob Paisley and Zidane, Ancelotti has won the European Cup or Champions League on three occasions as a manager, having also led AC Milan to glory in 2003 and 2007.
With Real battling it out against Manchester City in the semi-finals of this year's tournament, the Italian will be determined to take sole ownership of that record.
To do that, however, he will first need Real to overturn a 4-3 first-leg deficit against City on Wednesday as the Spaniards chase a 17th appearance in the final of Europe's premier club competition.
It would be a remarkable achievement for a coach who arrived at Real under much scrutiny after three uninspiring seasons while in charge of Napoli in Serie A and Everton in the Premier League.
In fact, if Real president Florentino Perez had had his way, Ancelotti would not have even been at the club. However, after Perez was frustrated in his attempts to sign Massimiliano Allegri, Mauricio Pochettino and Antonio Conte, he had to settle for his fourth-choice pick.
If Ancelotti pulls off the LaLiga-Champions League double this season, club faithfuls will be thanking their lucky stars that their top-three picks were unavailable.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were shot and killed when gunfire erupted in a crowd at a business park in North Carolina’s largest city, police said.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers and homicide detectives responded to a call early Friday evening and found two people suffering gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene, a police news release said.
The shooting occurred in west Charlotte in a parking lot next to a building that contains a barbershop, day spa and other businesses, WSOC-TV reported. One victim was found in a car, police said.
“There were several events going on,” police Maj. Ryan Butler said. “There were several crowds of people. (We are) trying to determine what the relationship was with the events going on here, and the dispute that ultimately resulted in the two homicides we’re investigating now.”
No additional information had been provided as of early Saturday, including the names of the victims. Police were asking anyone who had information about what happened to contact the department. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Charlotte-police-2-dead-after-gunfire-at-17138832.php | 2022-04-30T17:47:57Z | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Charlotte-police-2-dead-after-gunfire-at-17138832.php | true | 12 |
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Report: Kingdom Hearts III Could Be At E3, But Won’t Release This Year
Square Enix will probably have a full plate of games set to go at the Electronic Entertainment Expo next month, but there's only one that devoted fans will truly care about – Kingdom Hearts III. That said, there appears to be some good news surrounding that – along with slight bad news.
Several online reports – including this one from WCCFTech – indicate that a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts III was supposed to debut last month, but Square Enix hesitated, and now will show the game in action at E3 during some sort of presentation, probably something at its booth.
However, you probably shouldn't expect the game later this year. Reports are indicating that the game will make its way out in 2018, and producer Tetsuya Nomura, alongside his team, are likely going to make a few cuts to the game to assure that it releases on time, as Disney is probably growing as impatient as we are with the game's release.
What kind of cuts these will be is anyone's guess – we could possibly see a couple of worlds being left out at the time of the game's release, only to be added later down the road – just to assure that the wait isn't too much longer. Then again, that may leave fans feeling slightly bummed, even though they'll still have access to their beloved sequel.
The publisher hasn't said a peep regarding the game, since its initial reveal a couple of years back, but we're due for some news on the title, so it probably wouldn't surprise us if Square Enix popped a surprise trailer introducing new levels that will be featured in the game, leading up to even more reveals during GamesCom and Tokyo Game Show. As it stands now, however, we can only take the news with a grain of salt, until we officially see it in action.
As for the rest of the company's roster, we could see anything from new Final Fantasy VII Remake gameplay to a new teaser for the next Tomb Raider game to possible new titles for the Switch, like that Secret of Mana Collection that we want so badly. We'll let you know what the company reveals.
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The Browns on Saturday selected DT Perrion Winfrey with the 108th pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Winfrey is a two-time Second Team All-Big 12 selection at Oklahoma and totaled six sacks and 42 tackles in his last two college seasons. He was the MVP of the Reese's Senior Bowl. A native form Maywood, Illinois, Winfrey started his college career at Iowa Western Community College before transferring to the Big 12 and solidifying himself as a big, strong tackle who has starting-caliber traits in the league.
"I am going to come in and work every single day until I can't work anymore," Winfrey said. "They will feel me every single day, sir. I am going to give it my all on and off the field. Anything that is a negative in my game, I will turn it into a positive by the beginning of the season."
Winfrey is the third Browns defensive tackle to be drafted under Andrew Berry, following Jordan Phillips in 2020 and Tommy Togiai in 2021. The defensive tackle room now consists of Winfrey, Phillips and Togiai, as well as Sheldon Day and offseason free-agent acquisition Taven Bryan.
"It is time to work," Winfrey said. "From this point on, I am going to work because once I get in there, they are going to have to drag me up out of there. I am coming in every single day and putting my best foot forward every single day from this point on."
The Browns have five more picks left in the draft, including two more in the fourth round at 118th and 124th overall. They also have a sixth-round pick (202) and two picks in the seventh round (223 and 246).
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CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
DIVISION 1
Wild-card game, Tuesday, May 3, 3:15 p.m.
A: Cypress at Valley View
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Winner WC A at Oaks Christian
Saugus at Chino Hills
Norco at California
Ayala at Murrieta Mesa
Sultana at Beaumont
Los Alamitos at Grand Terrace
Esperanza at Mater Dei
Downey at Camarillo
Upland at Eastvale Roosevelt
Whittier Christian at La Mirada
Great Oak at Pacifica/GG
Valencia at South Torrance
La Serna at Huntington Beach
Westlake at Gahr
Orange Lutheran at Riverside Poly
Vista Murrieta at Villa Park
DIVISION 2
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Centennial/Corona at Diamond Ranch
Louisville at Royal
North Torrance at Redondo
Oxnard at Warren
San Dimas at La Habra
Crescenta Valley at Millikan
Bishop Amat at Segerstrom
West Ranch at South Hills
Torrance at Rio Mesa
Glendora at Hart
Charter Oak at Etiwanda
Summit at Yucaipa
JSerra at Don Lugo
St. Paul at Arcadia
Sonora at Beckman
El Segundo at Mission Viejo
DIVISION 3
Wild-card game, Tuesday, May 3, 3:15 p.m.
A: Long Beach Wilson at El Rancho
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Winner WC A at Bonita
Coachella Valley at Kennedy/LP
Sunny Hills at Sierra Canyon
Capistrano Valley at El Modena
Heritage at Cerritos
Culver City at Western Christian
Arlington at Temescal Canyon
Long Beach Poly at Notre Dame/SO
San Juan Hills at Ramona
Aquinas at Carter
Agoura at Grace Brethren
Chaminade at Tesoro
Lakewood at St. Anthony
Los Altos at Quartz Hill
Hemet at La Quinta
Chino at West Torrance
DIVISION 4
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
San Marcos at Moorpark
Woodbridge at Anaheim
Colton at Oak Hills
Alhambra at La Canada
Arroyo at Heritage Christian
Buena at Highland
Lompoc at Santiago/GG
Twentynine Palms at Newport Harbor
Burbank at Temple City
Mayfair at South El Monte
Jurupa Hills at Schurr
Village Christian at Orange Vista
Burbank Burroughs at Santa Clara
Lancaster at Dos Pueblos
Palm Desert at Santa Rosa Academy
Irvine at Yorba Linda
DIVISION 5
Wild-card games, Tuesday, May 3, 3:15 p.m.
A: Ontario Christian at Barstow
B: El Monte at La Puente
C: Banning at Canyon Springs
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Winner WC A at Fountain Valley
La Quinta/W at Rio Hondo Prep
Winner WC B at Santa Paula
San Marino at Vasquez
Winner WC C at San Jacinto
Artesia at Calvary Chapel/SA
Apple Valley at Silverado
Cajon at University Prep
Northwood at Garey
Fillmore at Bishop Montgomery
Sacred Heart of Los Angeles at Flintridge Sacred Heart
Cobalt at Walnut
Burbank Providence at Norwalk
Victor Valley at Montclair
Paraclete at St. Monica
Rancho Alamitos at El Toro
DIVISION 6
Wild-card games, Tuesday, May 3, 3:15 p.m.
A: Nordhoff at Foothill Tech
B: West Valley at Arrowhead Christian
C: Miller at Magnolia
D: Bell Gardens at Downey Calvary Chapel
E: Viewpoint at Beverly Hills
First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Santa Monica at Edgewood
Cantwell-Sacred Heart at Savanna
Winner WC A at Da Vinci
Winner WC B at Indio
Pioneer at Elsinore
Winner WC C at Eisenhower
Costa Mesa at San Jacinto Valley Academy
Southlands Christian at Shadow Hills
Garden Grove at Serra
Sierra Vista at Academy of Careers & Exploration
Winner WC D at Hawthorne
Hillcrest at San Bernardino
Faith Baptist at Nogales
Winner WC E at Alverno
Mayfield at Redlands Adventist
Lakeside at Katella
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First round, Thursday, May 5, 3:15 p.m.
Rosemead at Cornerstone Christian
California Lutheran at Lennox Academy
Linfield Christian at Noli Indian
Littlerock at Hesperia Christian
St. Pius X-St. Matthias at Leuzinger
Marymount at Oakwood
Pacific at Rim of the World
Bishop Conaty-Loretto at Duarte
Avalon at Ramona Convent
Estancia at La Verne Lutheran
Animo Leadership at Tahquitz
Keppel at Coastal Christian
La Salle at Archer
Big Bear at Bethel Christian
Nuview Bridge at Anza Hamilton
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said Pradesh Congress president D K Shivakumar is finding it uncomfortable when he am running a simple administration.
Bommai was speaking to media persons after attending the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of all the states.
Reacting to the KPCC President's statement on irregularities in PSI recruitment, Bommai said, "he is feeling uncomfortable under my administration which is simple. He is trying all his tricks and not succeeding. He will not be able to withstand it if I turn the administration tough."
Responding to Shivakumar's allegation, Bommai said there is a system for conducting the investigation. It would proceed according to the laws. "If you do not have the guts to face it you should not try to mislead. Whatever information you are talking about, we have only requested them to furnish it for investigation. There is no need to make it a big issue. Those whose names have surfaced would have to be questioned. It has happened in the past too. So the Congress leaders would not be able to indulge in hit and run", Bommai said.
"The irregularities in PSI recruitment cannot be termed as failure of the government. In the past too exams were held on the UPSC model. For the first time bluetooth technology has been used in the irregularities at an education institution in Kalaburagi. There is a need to introduce a fool-proof system of examination. In the past question papers were leaked. There are 2-3 instances of re-examinations in recruitment of police personnel in the past too. I have instructed for changes and reforms in the examination process. Re-exam would be conducted without any scope for irregularities soon," Bommai said.
Reacting to allegations from the Opposition, Bommai said, "they are baseless. They are trying to mislead the investigation by hurling such baseless charges. The raids were conducted on the basis of an FSL report. An impartial investigation is on. The opposition is not able to tolerate it. They indulge in such talk when they themselves feel the heat. Re-examination is held whenever question papers are leaked in SSLC, PUC and other examinations. This has been usual practice over the past 30-40 years. We have done just that. We have not cancelled the notification of the earlier exam. The same candidates would be provided with a fresh chance to take the exam," Bommai said.
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Robbie Neilson admits a stalemate with Ross County wasn't the send-off which stadium tannoy announcer Scott Wilson deserved.
The Hearts boss was left frustrated with a blank afternoon which had Liam Boyce passing up two glorious chances to seal the win.
But with Wilson hanging up his microphone for a final time, Neilson was left frustrated despite making it ten games without defeat.
He said: "It’s nice to have that record but we wanted to win and we didn’t do it. There is a quietness in the dressing room.
"We had all the fans coming, paying for their tickets, it was Scottie’s last day and we wanted to get the win but we didn’t quite get it. There’s a disappointment there.
"We huffed and puffed a wee bit. The start of the game was 200 miles per hour, we kick it, they kick it and they was no real control. I thought once we got some control in the game there were opportunities to score, opportunities to make that final pass and we just weren’t quite there today.
"Liam is our top goal scorer and he’s a top player, but you get days like that. We had it earlier in the season as well. We had a wee period in January time when it wasn’t quite clicking and hopefully it will click next week
"Ross County defended really well, they had loads of blocks around the box. Although they never created a lot of chances they had some counter attacks.
"It’s up to us to score a goal, they’re coming to Tynecastle and I’m sure Malky will be delighted with the point with the position they’re in. We’re disappointed not to take the three. Sometimes that happens." | https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-neilson-insists-hearts-stalwart-26840742 | 2022-04-30T18:13:18Z | https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-neilson-insists-hearts-stalwart-26840742 | false | 1 |
Airdrie boss Ian Murray says the 1-1 draw was all that mattered as his side set a new club record of 20 games unbeaten at New Broomfield this afternoon.
Murray, who was sitting the game out due to suspension, admitted he made seven changes with a view to Tuesday's Championship play-off semi-final first leg at Montrose, but they still got over the line to close the league campaign.
Airdrie's play-off destiny is now in their own hands, and though they were far from their best against Peterhead this afternoon, Murray was still pleased.
He said: "The result is all that matters. We kind of felt we had it, because the previous record was over two seasons, but it's a great record, to beat the one from Sandy Stewart's title-winning side [in 2004].
"The result is all that matters. To surpass the record is satisfying for this group of players, for myself and the staff, and also the football club.
“But records are there to be broken, maybe one day our record will be broken as well, but we want to keep that going now, and get to 21 on Tuesday night.
“It was a bit sticky in the first half, I didn’t feel we played very well, we were too rushed going forward and not patient enough in the final third.
“But we were also too slow at the back, not moving the ball quickly enough, so that was frustrating for myself."
Murray added: "The players were eager to impress in the game, end of season matches are very difficult, and you could say we had more to lose than Peterhead.
“We were going for that record, but fair play to Peterhead, they’re in a decent run and they've had a right few games undefeated in the last few weeks.
"We had changed formation at half-time to a 4-1-3-2 to try and get us back into the game. Obviously the own-goal was a bit different and the penalty miss obviously helps us.
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California Water Service Group (CWT) CEO Marty Kropelnicki on Q1 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call April 28, 2022 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
David Healey - Vice President, Controller
Marty Kropelnicki - President and Chief Executive Officer
Tom Smegal - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Shannon Dean - Vice President, Customer Service and Chief Citizenship Officer
Conference Call Participants
Ben Kallo - Baird
Jonathan Reeder - Wells Fargo
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the California Water Service Group First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. David Healey, Vice President, Controller. Thank you. Please go ahead, sir.
David Healey
Thank you, Jeff. Welcome everyone to the 2022 first quarter earnings results call for California Water Service Group. With me today is Marty Kropelnicki, our President and CEO; Tom Smegal, our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; and Shannon Dean, our Vice President of Customer Service and Chief Citizenship Officer.
Replay dial-in information for this call can be found in our first quarter earnings release, which was issued earlier today. The replay will be available until June 26, 2022. As a reminder, before we begin, the company has a slide deck to accompany the earnings call this quarter. The slide deck was furnished with an 8-K this morning and is also available at the company’s website at www.calwatergroup.com.
Before looking at this quarter’s results, we would like to take a few moments to cover forward-looking statements. During the course of the call, the company may make certain forward-looking statements. Because these statements deal with future events, they’re subject to various risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from the company’s current expectations. Because of this, the company strongly advises all current shareholders as well as interested parties to carefully read and understand the company’s disclosures on risks and uncertainties found in our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, press releases and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I am going to pass it over to Tom to begin.
Tom Smegal
Thank you, Dave. Good morning, everybody, from San Jose where we’re having a nice spring day in California, and we’ll talk about a number of things that are going on this year for us nationally and in California and some of the things that might affect us over the course of the year.
The quarter itself, I will talk about first and I am going to jump to Slide 5 to just do the comparative financials for the quarter versus last year, and it was a good quarter for us. We had higher revenue, of course, higher expenses related in some cases to that revenue. And the net effect of all of that was our net income was up $4.1 million to an income of $1.1 million as compared to a loss of $3 million in the first quarter of 2021 and our earnings per share was $0.02 for the quarter as compared to a $0.06 loss in the first quarter of 2021. And as everyone on the call, I am sure knows, this is our lightest quarter. We are mostly in the business of selling water and a lot of that water comes in the summer in California and Washington and Hawaii and so most of our revenue and profits tend to be in the second and third quarter of the year. And so a relatively quiet first quarter for us. Our CapEx improved over last year, very slightly, $1.7 million increase there, about 2.5%.
Flipping to Slide 6, a couple of the other highlights for us as far as business operations go for the quarter. We were really excited to be able to apply to our customer bills, the amounts that the state of California, have provided to us for customers who had become delinquent during the COVID pandemic. And so we have received about a little bit over $20 million in relief from the state, and we’ve now applied that to our customer bills. So we’ve seen a pretty big reduction in the amount of customer delinquencies. We talked about that a little bit in the last quarter. We had a couple of factors that do impact us from time to time, and that is our unbilled revenue. We saw a little bit of an increase there over last year, $2.3 million. And then this mark-to-market of our nonqualified plan assets was negative in the quarter, as you might expect, as the stock market in general was down for the quarter.
And then on Slide 7, just a graphical representation of some of those things. Key thing I would want to focus on, on Slide 7 is that our revenue increases, $0.12 a share, are higher than our core operating expense increases of about $0.09 a share. We had a very favorable third year rate increase in the California escalation process. And so that’s helping us. Remember, it is the third year of the California general rate case. So our opportunities for rate increases are limited. And so the other factors that you can see there are some of the other factors that I discussed on the prior slide.
Next, I would like to jump in on Slide 8 to give a quick California regulatory update. There’s a lot going on in California with 2 big cases for the company. There’s not a lot to report right now as far as progress. So expect that in the second quarter and the third quarter, there’ll be a lot more tangible information to report. But let me just give you a quick update here. So the California general rate case is continuing. We filed our rebuttal testimony earlier in April. And we’ve actually been having informal settlement discussions with the public advocate last week and this week. Those are confidential and cordial I think it’s fair to say. So, good conversations going on there, but nothing to report out of those sessions.
The California general rate case seems to be on schedule. And so we will – we are in a wait-and-see mode. Obviously, the schedules of general rate cases for water and electric utilities in California tend to slip. But in this case, we seem to be moving along pretty well. The issues in the GRC, as I talked about last quarter, are primarily due to the capital investment budgets. There is a big difference there in what the staff would like to see and what we proposed. Rate design is an issue and some of our expenses as is typical are issues. Not a major difference, again, as I had mentioned last quarter between the parties’ positions, are on our sales and on our water production mix. Those are two big factors that are going to hopefully help allow us to continue to earn fair authorized recover returns after the RAM balancing account mechanism goes away next year. And so that, combined with hopefully a good outcome on rate design will go a long way toward making a fair regulatory environment for us in California.
The second case that’s ongoing is the cost of capital case. We did file our rebuttal testimony in March in that case. And there have been some dialogue of potential settlement there. But generally speaking, we’re going to hearing and the hearings are actually next week. So we’ll start hearings next week in cost of capital. Remember, that’s a case that we filed with 3 other California water utilities and we are all asking for cost of capital for the same time period. That hearing in that case is delayed. That would have been decided by January 1 of this year, but the commission delayed that process. So we don’t know exactly when that’s going to become effective, when exactly we might get a decision in the case. It’s unlikely that we get a decision at this point before the end of Q3. But that’s the time frame. Maybe October, November, December is what we’re thinking right now in terms of the timing of a decision.
The issues for Cal Water are the capital structure and the cost of equity. And again, we talked about that on the last quarter call. If the CPUC were to adopt the company’s proposed cost of debt and there is no issue from the advocate on that, and accept the other things as no change, if you will, the annual impact would reduce revenues by about $11 million once rates become effective. So, keep in mind that we lowered our cost of debt by doing financing and refinancing at lower values and this is the proceeding where we’re passing on those benefits to our customers in California.
So next, I would like to turn it over to Shannon Dean to talk about ESG.
Shannon Dean
Thanks, Tom. I am pleased to report that we continue to make significant progress on our ESG efforts in 2021 and Q1 2022. First, we added ESG to our strategic framework, which is the touchstone for all employees that includes our mission, values, strategic priorities, and success drivers. We found that making ESG a part of our corporate planning process has provided the emphasis for engaging all employees in ESG and showing them how they play a critical role in helping us achieve our ESG goals. It’s also enabled us to work with subject matter experts throughout the organization to set meaningful, measurable short and long-term ESG objectives, which will drive further progress.
Just a few examples of our ESG objectives for 2022 and beyond, investing no less than $5 million in emissions reducing energy solutions over the next 10 years, increasing the use of recycled water in our operations to no less than 5% of total water supply to customers by 2035 and developing an enterprise-wide renewable power purchasing strategy by 2023 to help us lower Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions. You can see more in our ESG report, which is now available on our group site. I will note that our objectives might not seem too flashy, but we want to be very disciplined about ensuring there is a feasible path to success rather than setting unrealistic or unattainable goals.
So that addresses planning. On the execution side, earlier this month, we published a SASB-aligned ESG report that references both GRI and TCFD. In the report, we highlight numerous projects that reflect our commitment to executing our ESG strategy, a few of which you see listed here. I’ll call out one of them, the climate risk assessment and adaptation framework. It’s an extraordinarily granular look at every one of our water infrastructure facilities throughout California.
And importantly, it does three things. One, it enables us to develop adaptation strategy, prioritize infrastructure investments, and address risks to disadvantaged communities. Two, it identifies varying climate risks in each of our service areas. And three, it provides the foundational framework for prioritizing risks and mitigation measures on an ongoing basis. Again, for more detail on these projects and many others, I do encourage you to take a look at our 2021 ESG report, which is available on our group website.
And with that, I will turn the call over to Marty.
Marty Kropelnicki
Alright. Good morning, everyone. Thank you. Before I jump into Slide 11, I want to give a little bit of background information. There has been a lot of things happening politically in California that affect the drought and how we respond to the drought. First and foremost, some of you may have noticed on March 29, there was a headline out there that the California state government, the federal government reached a voluntary agreement with water suppliers amid droughts. And that’s a fairly significant point to highlight for everyone.
While it did not include all the water wholesalers in the state, it does include about 66% of them. And we’re hoping to see the rest of them kind of get on board as we go through the summer months, and we know more work is being done to get more of the other wholesalers on target to sign the voluntary agreements. This allows something called voluntary agreements we put in place versus kind of forced allocations between the environment and making sure we have adequate water supply. The other thing it does, it puts about $2.9 billion on the table between state and federal funding. And so for those of you that have followed the water debate in the state of California, there is been a lot of tension between ag, urban, and the environment.
So by getting these two-thirds of the people signed up for this voluntary settlement agreement, it’s starting to put money on the table, which will allow us to move forward with things like restoring the habitat, allocating more monies to farmers if they need to allow the land to go fallow, and also sets up for the project, which is the Bay Delta tunnels, which will allow the state to divert more water when we have these intense storms that happen with climate change. So that’s a very significant event that took place at the very end of March. Again, it’s not a complete document. They are still working on getting other suppliers on board, but it is a big step in the right direction. So we were very encouraged to see that.
The second thing that happened on April 14 is Governor Newsom for the state of California, signed an executive order N-7-22. And this really does three things. One, it sets up the State Water Resources Control Board to have responsibility for turning out the executive order and overseeing the drought. And two, it sets up the possibility that urban water suppliers may be required to adopt more stringent water conservation strategies, including – this is the second point – the ban on irrigating nonfunctional turf.
So if you noticed this sets up the possibilities of, but the significance of it, these two events is more steps the state has taken to be better prepared for the drought and to deal with climate change more long-term. So the executive order sets up kind of the next stages of the drought, which are important, and that’s why we will move on now to Slide 11. So where are we with all this? Well, we had an extremely dry January and February and March. We were having a very dry April as well. But last week, we did receive a couple of feet of snow in the Sierras. While that sounds like a lot, it doesn’t move the needle a whole bunch. So if you look at where we were on our snowpack averages. Prior to the snowfall last week, we were about 26%, 27% of normal. After the snow that fell last week, we went to about 35%, 36% of normal.
So certainly, it will help a little bit, but we are certainly in the third year of our drought in the state of California, Hence, the Governor’s N-7-22 executive order, which is now pushing us forward into our drought mitigation plans. So what does that mean? 14 of our districts in the state of California are in a Stage 2 drought. We have filed to have the rest of our districts in a Stage 2 drought by the end of June. Just to remind everyone, one of the strategies that the state has adopted is a 6-stage drought strategy program. So whether you’re talking to San Jose Water, Golden State Water, Cal-Am, East Bay MUD, we’re all on the same definition of what our drought is.
So a Stage 2 drought essentially is up to a 20% drought reduction in water supply. It has penalties for waste to water. It’s a $50 penalty for the first violation, it’s $100 for the second violation. And it starts limiting the use of water for irrigation purposes between 1 and 3 days a week. And this – it made the New York Times this week, the L.A. Times are talking in Southern California, how Metropolitan Water is now limiting water irrigation for yards one day a week.
So again, it’s all contained in the staging process the state has put in place. What does it mean for Cal Water? Clearly, all of our districts will be on a Stage 2 plan here in the next 6 weeks. Our drought team has been meeting every 2 weeks since May of 2021. We also, if you recall, have a drought memorandum account that the commission authorized in June of last year that allows us to track the incremental costs associated with the route and apply for recovery at a later date. So we have been well on our way for some time preparing to go to Stage 2, Stage 3, and the potential for Stage 4 this year with the drought.
So we continue to move ahead with our plans. We continue to look at water supply at every district every couple of weeks. The executive team meets with the water supply team looking at water supply throughout the state. And we will continue to march along with our drought response plans as we go into the summer months. So there’ll be more to come on this regularly. Obviously, it’s going to be a topic that’s going to be around for the rest of this year, and we will update you every quarter as things change.
I want to move over to Slide 12 to talk a little bit about CapEx. Certainly, the $68.5 million in construction spending is I believe our second all-time high during the first quarter of the year. The team has done a very good job at mitigating some of the supply chain risks that have been common in the news for a number of months. I just want to point out that Cal Water, although the team has done an outstanding job at mitigating those risks to date, the longer the supply constraints stay active and continue to grow, the probability of effectiveness will continue to grow. So as of right now, we haven’t seen any delays in our capital programs. But certainly with inflation, some of the ability to get pipe, parts, fittings, etcetera. As we go out into 2022 and there are continued delays, it will start to affect our capital program. We don’t know how yet again. We have an excellent team that’s working on mitigating the supply risks.
But it’s going to catch up with us here at some point. So we are going to continue to do all that we can to keep our capital program on track. We will continue to closely monitor. But certainly, it’s a macroeconomic issue. That’s a global supply chain set of events, and we’re not going to be immune from that. So we will look to later this year to give more coverage on that as we see how things unfold here in the second quarter.
Tom, I am going to hand it over to you to talk about the ATM equity renewal we’ve been working on.
Tom Smegal
Thanks, Marty. So I just wanted to let everyone know today that we expect to renew our ATM equity program in the near-term. We expect that this program will allow us to raise up to $350 million over a 3-year period. And if you’ll recall, the last ATM program that we ran starting in 2019, raised $300 million and was completed in Q4 of 2021. The proceeds, obviously, will be used for general corporate purposes, all the plans and everything that we talk about from time to time. We will continue to issue long-term debt as a way of balancing the capital structure between debt and equity. So you’ll continue to see us with long-term debt issuances as well. Marty, you want to talk about business development.
Marty Kropelnicki
So our business development pipeline continues to be robust. We did announce three new deals in the first quarter. Driftwood Valley, which is in Washington, that was a small system; Stroh’s Water, which is a fairly good sized system, 900 connections. It’s a system that we’ve operated on behalf of the owners for a year to 2 years that they ultimately have sold their system to us. That will add 900 connections.
And then KSSCS, which is a wastewater business on the island of Kauai. That’s our second acquisition on the island of Kauai. So if you look at where we are year-to-date with the two deals that closed, Valencia Water in New Mexico and Animas Valley Water in New Mexico, that’s about 3,500 new connections that we’ve added so far year-to-date. If you include the ones in the middle of that chart, which are awaiting regulatory approval and you add up all the total connections, that’s about 7,200, 7,300 connections so far kind of year-to-date that we have on the books.
The business development team continues to be very, very busy in all of the states that we operate in, Texas, Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington, and California. It appears that the market is going to stay strong for a while. Again, none of these are really big acquisitions, but we’re coming across some really nice kind of tuck-in acquisitions like the Stroh’s Water System or the second system that we’ve acquired on the island of Kauai.
So I think it will continue to be a good year for business development as we move forward in the second and third quarters. Tom, do you want to talk about the capital investment?
Tom Smegal
Yes. So as everyone knows, I think by now, we’re – we permanently have added these slides on Slide 15 and 16 to just show the recorded and projected CapEx and on Slide 16 is the rate base. The only change here is to update the quarterly CapEx for 2022. You can see the $68.5 million year-to-date CapEx. And just to remind everyone that these bar charts, the yellow represents what we requested in the California rate case our projections in the other states that we operate in. And so that does not reflect any settlement. That does not reflect any change as a result of the processing of the case. And obviously, that is all subject to regulatory approval and potential settlement in that case.
Flipping to Slide 16. The same thing applies. We actually have not changed Slide 16 at all. These are the numbers that we had shown you at the end of the year. But just to remind everyone that these are the projections if the rate case were adopted as filed and in California and all other things as estimated. And so, those will continue to be revised as we get regulatory approvals and through the passage of time as well.
So Marty, I’ll let you wrap up on Slide 17.
Marty Kropelnicki
Great. Thanks, Tom. Well, solid first quarter. I think we’re glad it’s done and dusted, in the books. Obviously, we’re in the third year of the rate making cycle. So it’s always the toughest year in terms of rate relief. So, happy that we had good performance in the first quarter. As Tom mentioned, the majority of our revenue and net income fall in the second and third quarter. But overall, happy with the overall performance.
Also very happy with the ESG report that Shannon talked about. This is our second report. Obviously, we’re taking ESG very seriously. We are trying to make sure that we pick targets that are very marked and measurable that we can report back on a normal basis that we think are achievable. And so I encourage everyone to look at our ESG report and the progress that we’ve been making as a company.
As I mentioned, we continue to grow through acquisition, and we see the business development pipeline still strong as we move into the summer months of 2022. And the company is really focused on a couple of things, right. As Tom mentioned, on the regulatory front, we have the cost of capital proceeding, and we have the California general rate case, which has taken up a lot of time for the regulatory affairs team. We’d like to get those wrapped up this year and working through that with minimum disruptions. The other thing we had going on is obviously fire season, and the operating teams have already launched their fire response teams for the year. We’ve done all our training for the year in anticipation of another hot dry season going into the summer months.
So certainly, we have a lot to work on in the second and third quarter. Focus is going to be on the regulatory side. And hopefully, we will have more news on the general rate case and cost of capital at the end of our conference call in the second quarter.
So Jeff, with that, I’m going to turn it over to you, and we will open it up for questions, please.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Ben Kallo from Baird. Your line is open.
Ben Kallo
Hello, how are you, guys?
Marty Kropelnicki
Good morning, Ben.
Tom Smegal
Good morning, Ben.
Ben Kallo
Thanks for taking my question. Maybe – I hope all of you guys are well. Tom, maybe just to talk about cadence and seasonality again, just to remind us all for this year and into next year. And does the – if you have delays because of supply chain issues and CapEx, does it impact this year at all or how does that flow through or is it more of a next year type of hit? Thank you.
Tom Smegal
Yes. That’s a good question, Ben. So really, what we focus on with CapEx is the continuing effort over the long period of time. Because really what we’re talking about is infrastructure replacement, reliability, water quality, and the things that our customers are hoping to get out of the water systems. And so if we tend to have disruptions and have a lower CapEx spending this year, it’s not going to affect us. It’s not really going to affect us next year because of the first year of the general rate case. But it will start to affect the revenue in that first escalation year if that continues, if we are unable to meet the expectation that’s set in the California general rate case. So, that would start to impact the ability to earn additional money in 2024 and 2025. That’s where you would see it if we can’t recover and get back up to speed through some of these disruptions. Hopefully, that answers the question.
Ben Kallo
It does. And then, Marty, you talked about this $2.9 billion of Federal state funding. How would that impact you if that moves forward?
Marty Kropelnicki
It’s more an indirect effect for us. Obviously, it affects how the water is captured and moved throughout the states and that water goes to wholesalers. And then we – half of our water, we buy from wholesalers, half of that water we produce through our own wells. So, this really centers around the Bay-Delta arguments and the Delta Tunnel project, where you just have – you have had that constant tension – a lot of tension between the environmentalists, the farmers, and urban water users. So, that money going on the table goes to help mitigate issues that each of those parties have that have kept them from getting into agreement on how to fix these things. So, obviously, environmentalists want to have a minimum amount of water flow for the salmon and salmon spawning. The farmers want to make sure they have enough water to water their crops or at least have a crop rotation program where they are compensated for not planting crops in certain years. And urban water users like Cal Water, want to make sure we get enough water from our suppliers that we can make sure we have adequate supply for our customers. So, it’s really – Ben, it’s really a lot of State and Federal projects that get those three parties aligned to come together to find a long-term solution to the ecosystem issues that have been affecting the State over a number of years, and it helps us better prepare for climate change. So, there is no direct “dollars” that will affect Cal Water, but it will affect how we get water and who we get water from.
Ben Kallo
Alright. Thank you. And then just on the cost of the capital, what does the impact of the delay going from you guys talked January to October, September-October timeframe. What was that and how does that impact you?
Tom Smegal
Ben, it’s really uncertain right now. One thing that we don’t know is when the rates will become effective. And so that’s key, obviously, the overall package that the Commission comes up with in terms of return on equity and cap structure determines what kind of a revenue change there might be coming out of this. But as far as the timing goes, it matters as to when that starts accruing to us either positively or negatively. And I will say, just in general, we asked for no rate increase as a result of the lower cost of debt. And we had asked for a higher cost of equity. And so there is limited potential for rate increase out of this and more likely would be flat rates or rates that would be decreasing. So, we will have to wait and see on the timing. That is the open question right now.
Ben Kallo
Okay. Thank you very much.
Tom Smegal
Okay.
Marty Kropelnicki
Thanks Ben.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Jonathan Reeder from Wells Fargo. Your line is open.
Jonathan Reeder
Hey. Thanks for taking my question.
Marty Kropelnicki
Hi Jonathan.
Jonathan Reeder
Ben has asked my questions already, but I wanted to just stick with the cost of capital for a couple more. You mentioned that there has been some settlement dialogue on the cost of capital. Can you expand on that a bit? Like has the potential for settlement increase, potentially driven by the recent increase in interest rates and stock market volatility?
Tom Smegal
Well, Jonathan, it’s a good question. As you know, we as a company and the California Commission are very encouraging of settlements and settlement discussions. I think probably ever since we – the company has filed their rebuttal testimony, there has certainly been – in any case, you would expect there to be settlement dialogue. I think that one thing that you should take is that we are starting hearings, I think next Tuesday. There is no settlement announced yet. So, it’s not – we are running out of time. If someone is going to come up with a settlement, you would expect it to be coming in the next day or two days. And so nothing has happened. Nothing has happened yet that’s been announced. And so I can’t really comment obviously about the internal workings of settlement. But I know that all parties have worked in good faith to see if there is a potential for a settlement.
Jonathan Reeder
Okay. So, in terms of the way we should view it, if the hearings take place then the settlement is kind of off the table. I thought you could still potentially file a settlement.
Tom Smegal
You can. But typically, we see settlements before hearing or we see a request to delay hearing in order to continue settlement. So, those are the kinds of things I would look for. But you are right. I mean as there could always be a settlement afterward. And just to your other comment, I think that the thing that’s a little bit tricky here is that a lot of the movement in the capital markets has happened since all of the testimony was produced. And so the real question is whether the commission itself and the administrative law judge are going to look at the testimony of the experts, which really relies on 2020 data and some 2021 data, or whether they are going to look up from the table, look up from their desk a little bit and notice that the capital markets have really shifted in the last four months or five months and whether to take that into account or not. We do have – or we have had and have requested again, cost of capital adjustment mechanism that would adjust the returns on equity if the Moody’s AA utility bond curve goes up or down more than 100 basis points. So, there is that opportunity if that gets included in the next cost of capital as well.
Jonathan Reeder
Okay. I haven’t actually looked at that, the Moody’s and the cost of capital. If we were using, I guess the test period, which I guess what would it end up being perhaps for the October 2020 through September 2021 could perhaps be the test period? Would it be first trigger just...
Tom Smegal
So, if that’s the test period, what we have internally calculated and this is updating every day, obviously, as the rates change every day. It does not appear – the rate is 100 basis points higher than it was at the end of that period, but it hasn’t – but it’s a weighted average. So, it wouldn’t necessarily trigger. If rates continued from today through October, it wouldn’t necessarily trigger this year, but it would theoretically trigger next year in that next evaluation for the period of 2024, I guess. But that’s asking a lot to assume that interest rates are going to be in a particular place for 16 months, 17 months or whatever that number is. So, there is a lot of uncertainty about that. But certainly, the rates have gone up pretty considerably. And the question is, again, ultimately, is the commission going to be more interested in adopting a little bit higher return on equity as a result of the change in the capital markets. And we are certainly hopeful that that is the case. But obviously, the commission does what the commission does here.
Jonathan Reeder
Yes. No, I was kind of thinking back to whatever it was, 2012 or whatever, where the order finally came out, but then the mechanism triggered it down. If we might have something similar, if we have an order late in the year, but maybe you get a trigger up then or something.
Tom Smegal
I think just with the math, I think in order to trigger up this year for 2023, you would have to have an additional increase in rates, so that that weighted average over the 12 months period, it gets above the trigger point. We just don’t see that happening at the current level of interest rates. But it certainly is off quite a bit and that’s certainly a story to be aware of, yes.
Jonathan Reeder
Right. Okay. No, I appreciate the color there. And then I guess given the uncertainty of the effective date of the cost of capital order, including whether it’s retroactive at the beginning of 2022. I am guessing Q1 doesn’t reflect any revenue adjustment from the lower cost of debt.
Tom Smegal
That’s correct.
Jonathan Reeder
Okay. Alright. Thanks for the details and good luck as you deal with both the water supply challenges out there as well as the CapEx supply challenges, I guess you would call it.
Tom Smegal
Great. Thanks Jon.
Marty Kropelnicki
And I think we are in for a fun summer.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Ben Kallo from Baird. Your line is open.
Ben Kallo
Hi. I just wanted to follow-up, because I received this question about, I don’t know how closely you are watching this, H.R. 3404, FUTURE Western Water infrastructure and drought resiliency. Is that what you were speaking of, Marty, and does it have any legs since the bill was introduced?
Marty Kropelnicki
If it was just introduced, Ben, I am sure our government affairs team is watching it. But bills in the California, it has to go through the Senate. It has to go to the assembly. It has to go through the two appropriations committees and they can move around quite a bit.
Tom Smegal
So Ben, I think I was alerted to this yesterday. Sorry, Marty didn’t know about my conversation yesterday. That’s a Feinstein-Padilla bill. I believe that was introduced in the U.S. Senate. And the one thing to take away is that the way that Federal Legislation works, there are only a very few pieces of legislation that ever get adopted out of the U.S. Congress and Senate. And so if we see these provisions, they will be part of some larger bill at some later date. And really what we are expecting and what the bill introduced was the notion of money, and that’s similar to what you are talking about, Marty, as far as – so it’s a little bit different story than the money that Marty was talking about with respect to the Delta settlement. But really, when you think about the infrastructure problems in the U.S., any amount of additional money on that wholesale supply side is going to be valuable to us in increasing our reliability to our customers. Obviously, we are in the business of investing capital in our systems, but there is a lot of capital to invest in our systems. And as you know, we have been investing about $300 million a year and we expect to be able to continue to do that for the foreseeable future that there is that amount of need there. But really, we are talking about the infrastructure, particularly in California that gets water to us that we can buy water from, for the San Francisco Peninsula and all of these other places that import water.
Marty Kropelnicki
Yes. I know I haven’t read the details of the bill, Ben. But in my discussions with Senator Feinstein and Senate Padilla, the two big things they were focused on really pertain to wildfire. And federal wildfire fighters make $15 an hour. And so what’s been happening when we have these wildfires is they don’t – and they have happened more on federal property is they don’t have appropriate resources to fight those fires. And so I got a hunch what’s in this bill is raising the wage of the firefighters to a livable wage in the State of California. So, when you have people graduating from the wildfire academies, which is typically taught at the junior college level, that they stay in the job for a while. What happens is they get their training and then they end up going to a city or municipal firefighting district and the Feds don’t have resources. If you remember the fires last year that we had, they were predominantly on federal territory.
Ben Kallo
Thank you very much guys.
Tom Smegal
Thanks Ben.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] There are no questions at this time, presenters. Please continue.
Marty Kropelnicki
Okay. Thanks Jeff. Well, everyone, thank you for your time today to go through our Q1 results. Obviously, Q1 is always a pretty kind of benign quarter for us coming out of year-end and coming off of a fresh 10-K. We will look forward to giving everyone a detailed update on our cost of capital, general rate case, and drought conditions in the state at the second quarter earnings conference call scheduled at the end of July. So, until then, be safe, thank you for joining us, and we will talk to you again soon. Thank you.
Operator
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Joseph Portelli enjoyed a scoring debut for his hometown club Nadur Youngsters on Saturday, converting a penalty 11 minutes from time to help the newly-crowned GFA Division One champions to a 1-1 draw against Kerċem Ajax.
Portelli, who is currently the president of Premier League side Ħamrun Spartans, enjoys a long-standing relationship with the Youngsters. He previously played for the club and also served as its president, leading the club to several honours in Gozitan football.
Saturday’s final match was the coronation day for Nadur Youngsters who have already been assured of winning the GFA Division One title after opening an unassailable 17-point lead over nearest challengers Għajnsielem.
For this final match of the season, Nadur registered Portelli as a player, with the developer taking his place on the bench.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Fort Wayne man to 150 years in prison for a shooting and fire that left three other men dead.
Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull sentenced 33-year-old J. Trinidad Ramirez II on Friday after a jury on April 1 found him guilty of murder, felony murder and a firearm enhancement.
During a fight on April 10, 2020, Ramirez shot Marcos I. Casares, 37, eight times with a gun he took from Casares, court records said. Ramirez then set fire to a blanket, killing Kyle Gregory Call, 32, who was sleeping after fighting with Ramirez.
A third man in the house, Doak Stanley McBride, 51, was asleep on the couch in the room where Ramirez started the fire, records said. An autopsy showed signs of smoke inhalation and suffocation in McBride’s lungs but also a lethal amount of alcohol.
Ildefonso Casares, the father of Marcos Casares, reading a statement at the sentencing hearing, saying his son's death affected the whole family and that many still cry two years later.
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Water System Integration Market, Global Outlook and Forecast 2022-2028
This report contains market size and forecasts of Water System Integration in Global, including the following market information:
Global Water System Integration Market Revenue, 2017-2022, 2023-2028, ($ millions)
Global top five companies in 2021 (%)
The global Water System Integration market was valued at million in 2021 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2028, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $ Million in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $ Million by 2028.
Data Layer Segment to Reach $ Million by 2028, with a % CAGR in next six years.
The global key manufacturers of Water System Integration include IESLAB, WPG (Shanghai) Smart Water Public Co.,Ltd., Sanchuan Wisdom, HXCX, Suntront Technology Co.,Ltd, Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co.,Ltd., Wuhan Sentai Environmental Protection Engineering Co.,Ltd., Nari Technology Co.,Ltd. and Dayu Water-saving Group Co., Ltd. and etc. In 2021, the global top five players have a share approximately % in terms of revenue.
MARKET MONITOR GLOBAL, INC (MMG) has surveyed the Water System Integration companies, and industry experts on this industry, involving the revenue, demand, product type, recent developments and plans, industry trends, drivers, challenges, obstacles, and potential risks.
Total Market by Segment:
Global Water System Integration Market, by Type, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ millions)
Global Water System Integration Market Segment Percentages, by Type, 2021 (%)
Data Layer
Processing Layer
Service Layer
Application Layer
Global Water System Integration Market, by Application, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ millions)
Global Water System Integration Market Segment Percentages, by Application, 2021 (%)
Rural Drinking Water
Smart Water Management Platform
Smart Water Plant Equipment
Others
Global Water System Integration Market, By Region and Country, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions)
Global Water System Integration Market Segment Percentages, By Region and Country, 2021 (%)
North America
US
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
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Nordic Countries
Benelux
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Asia
China
Japan
South Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Rest of Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Rest of South America
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Israel
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Rest of Middle East & Africa
Competitor Analysis
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Key companies Water System Integration revenues in global market, 2017-2022 (estimated), ($ millions)
Key companies Water System Integration revenues share in global market, 2021 (%)
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IESLAB
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Sanchuan Wisdom
HXCX
Suntront Technology Co.,Ltd
Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co.,Ltd.
Wuhan Sentai Environmental Protection Engineering Co.,Ltd.
Nari Technology Co.,Ltd.
Dayu Water-saving Group Co., Ltd.
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KYIV: A Russian missile destroyed the runway at Odessa airport in southern Ukraine on Saturday but there were no victims, the regional governor Maxim Marchenko said on his Telegram account.
"Today, the enemy struck with a Bastion coastal defence missile launched from Crimea. Odessa airport runway has been destroyed. Thank God there were no victims," the governor said in a video.
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Mobility Managed Service Market, Global Outlook and Forecast 2022-2028
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Global Mobility Managed Service Market Revenue, 2017-2022, 2023-2028, ($ millions)
Global top five companies in 2021 (%)
The global Mobility Managed Service market was valued at million in 2021 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2028, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $ Million in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $ Million by 2028.
On-premises Segment to Reach $ Million by 2028, with a % CAGR in next six years.
The global key manufacturers of Mobility Managed Service include IBM Corporation, Orange SA, Vodafone Group, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Wipro and Accenture, etc. In 2021, the global top five players have a share approximately % in terms of revenue.
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Global Mobility Managed Service Market Segment Percentages, by Type, 2021 (%)
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Global Mobility Managed Service Market, by Application, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ millions)
Global Mobility Managed Service Market Segment Percentages, by Application, 2021 (%)
Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
Retail
IT & Telecommunication
Transportation & Logistics
Medical & Healthcare
Manufacturing
Others
Global Mobility Managed Service Market, By Region and Country, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions)
Global Mobility Managed Service Market Segment Percentages, By Region and Country, 2021 (%)
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Canada
Mexico
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Germany
France
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IBM Corporation
Orange SA
Vodafone Group
AT&T
Cisco Systems
Fujitsu
Hewlett Packard Enterprises
Wipro
Accenture
Telef?nica
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For nine years, I lived in a giant apartment complex called the Summit with hundreds of other people in the city of Shanghai.
My family and I left China months before the pandemic, but I still stay in touch with some of my former neighbors through the group messaging platform WeChat, which is where I saw this video.
As seen on Weibo: Shanghai residents go to their balconies to sing & protest lack of supplies. A drone appears: “Please comply w covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.” https://t.co/0ZTc8fznaV pic.twitter.com/pAnEGOlBIh
— Alice Su (@aliceysu) April 6, 2022
That's a government drone elsewhere in Shanghai, warning people who were singing from their balconies. The message says: "Please comply with COVID restrictions. Control your soul's desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing."
As China continues to pursue a zero-COVID strategy, the 26 million citizens of its most populous city are subject to various degrees of lockdown amid a surge of the coronavirus.
Coming up with coping strategies
When a drone blasts out a recorded warning against singing, sometimes all you can do is laugh.
"One of the only ways, honestly, to survive this lockdown is to have to see it through some kind of humor. These get circulated, and we almost laugh at them," says Ha Chuong, who was one of my neighbors in the Summit.
She and her husband, Nadav Davidai, and their two kids have had to maintain a healthy sense of humor lately as Shanghai approaches its sixth week of the citywide COVID lockdown. They haven't been able to leave their apartment building since April 1.
Since then, the Summit apartment's WeChat group has taken on a new life as an information hub for food delivery and required COVID testing, and as a place to complain together and help each other out.
"It's been really a kind of lifeline. We had no connection to the outside world," Chuong said. "We even started a Friday night trivia group, which was quite nice."
For Davidai, the WeChat group has two speeds right now.
"There's these nice moments, of kind of levity and community, mixed in with what the heck is going on-type of stuff," he said.
Life inside the Summit means near-daily COVID testing, done by medical teams in full Tyvek suits. What was initially going to be a four-day lockdown has dragged on. And on.
It became a meme that riffs on the "+4" card in the popular card game Uno, and that in turn became another laugh-to-keep-from-crying crutch.
It was also a helpful way to conceptualize the issue for Chuong and Davidai's two young children.
"It's been tough for them," Chuong said. "And so our oldest, who is 9 years old, she had heard about this meme through her friends. And that actually, in the end, really helped her mentally get through ... because she's thinking about that Uno meme and saying, 'Plus four, plus four, plus four.'"
Hitting a breaking point
The upbeat attitude hasn't always held, however.
In a video shared on the Summit WeChat group, workers in blue Tyvek suits began to erect metal barriers at the entrance to the Summit tower earlier this month because somebody tested positive the day before.
Dozens of people can be heard screaming from their windows in protest. It worked — and the barriers were taken down.
"When they brought the fencing in, that was, for me, like, one of the lowest points so far in this lockdown," Chuong said. "They were going to fence us in, and it was just all that pent-up frustration inside of us."
In another part of Shanghai, Ming is also struggling to reconcile this new life. She is a nanny in a fairly well-to-do area who asked that we only use her first name for her own safety.
Ming said she was "yearning for freedom" but was also worried about the risks as Shanghai still records about 2,000 infections a day after living without any surges for the last two years.
"I'm kind of on both sides, because I have my grandparents, which are old, and I have little kids within my family. I don't want to take the risk of losing my family," she said.
Still, she isn't sure where to get her information from and is skeptical of how the government is handling the outbreak. She said her friend lives in a building where residents ran out of food and weren't able to get any more supplies.
"And they had, like, the whole building screaming, 'We need food!' But it didn't go on the news ... But after that, they got, like, several times of food from the government," she said.
For Chuong and Davidai, they are aware they are more fortunate than many in the city. In fact, a month ago at the beginning of the lockdown, when Summit residents discovered that there were building staff who were stuck at their workplace after the complex's lockdown was announced, they came together on the Summit WeChat group to organize a donation drive that resulted in bedding and other daily necessities for Summit employees who were sleeping in the basement of the complex.
And Chuong and Davidai also have another way of looking at the pandemic as a whole.
"One perspective that I think maybe people back in the U.S. don't get very much is, they see this [lockdown] and this makes for horrible optics," Davidai said. "But we felt incredibly lucky to be in China. From March 2020, when we came back from Singapore, until a month ago, it was the best place to be in the world."
The zero-COVID policy had been working, and his family had been able to live normal lives: Going on vacation and keeping the kids safely in school throughout the pandemic.
"And so, I mean, the zero-COVID policy was really beneficial to us," Davidai said. "It was a real boon for us for a long time. And it feels very different now, obviously, but kind of on balance, I don't know."
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How to Watch Cleveland Guardians at Oakland Athletics: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
The Guardians snapped a seven-game losing streak on Friday when they came back to beat the Athletics in the first game of a three-game set with Oakland.
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Cleveland trailed 8-5 heading into the seventh inning before José Ramírez hit a two-run double and then scored when Josh Naylor hit a home run five pitches later.
The four-run inning gave the Guardians the lead that they wouldn't relinquish in the 9-8 win.
It was a disappointing loss for the Athletics who were coming off a big 1-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday.
The loss was the fourth in the last six games for Oakland and dropped it back to .500 overall at 10-10.
Saturday, the Athletics will turn to Cole Irvin as they look to even the series with Cleveland. Irvin has been good this year going 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA. He has given up just one total run in his last two starts.
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Delhi reports over 1,500 COVID cases, one death in last 24 hours
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The national capital reported over 1,500 cases for the second continuous day in a row with 1,520 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government on Saturday.
The national capital reported over 1,500 cases for the second continuous day in a row with 1,520 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government on Saturday.
Delhi reported 1,607 COVID-19 infections on Friday.
With this, the active cases in the city went past the 5,700 mark and currently stand at 5,716 which is the highest since February 9. The number of active cases on February 9 was 6,304.
With 29,775 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate on Saturday has been 5.10 per cent.
As many as 1,412 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic in the city to 18,51,184.
One patient succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours taking the COVID death toll in Delhi to 26,175.
Under the vaccination drive in the city, 40,132 new beneficiaries received the COVID shots taking the cumulative vaccine doses jabbed so far to 3,34,41,371.
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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) Power load-shedding will decrease by 50 per cent in most parts of the country from May 1, owing to addition of 2,000 MW into the system.
The load-shedding would further gradually decrease in most parts of the country except feeders of low recovery, a Power Ministry spokesperson said Saturday.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Steve Stricker played his first round in 201 days and it seemed as though he was healthy as ever, opening with a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the lead in the Insperity Invitational on the PGA Tour Champions.
Stricker dropped only one shot on a windy day at The Woodlands and was tied with Steven Alker and Ernie Els, who drove into a hazard and took bogey on the final hole.
Stricker, captain of the winning U.S. Ryder Cup team at Whistling Straits last year, went through a health scare six months ago that left him hospitalized for nearly two weeks and caused him to lose 25 pounds.
It was his first time playing since he tied for seventh on Oct. 10 at the Furyk & Friends Invitational in Florida.
“It was a little up and down, not going to kid you,” Stricker said. “It was good some shots, some wayward shots that I got away with. I just don’t have my legs yet, I think is what I’m really feeling, but I managed to get it around there.”
Stricker opened with back-to-back birdies, three-putted for bogey on the par-3 third hole, and that was the last bogey he made. He birdied the 17th hole to get a share of the lead.
Alker also dropped only one shot, while Els birdied all four of the par 5s.
Eight players were at 68, including Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Angel Jimenez. Fred Couples was part of the group at 69.
“The wind’s been a factor today, so that’s why the scores aren’t low-low,” Els said. “I think 67 was a really good score. Obviously, it’s leading, but it’s tough to go really low because there’s a lot of wind.”
Stricker was most concerned with his endurance after being out for so long and still 10 pounds lighter than before he got sick. He practiced hard for three days leading into the tournament, and he thinks that only added to the fatigue he was feeling when he finished.
There was also the matter of not competing for the longest stretch of his career.
“I didn’t commit to very many shots. That was the hardest part,” he said. “I didn’t feel very comfortable over it, didn’t really commit at times. And when you don’t commit, typically you hit some bad shots. And I did, but I got away with them and live to fight another day kind of thing.
“It was good get out there, finally, though.”
Stricker said he only got emotional at the start of the round, mostly from seeing so many friends after such a long time away and feeling their support.
“You get all this outpouring of support from people. And then John Cook (with Golf Channel) askes you a question right after you first your first tee ball to go on air and it kind of hits home kind of what I went through for a period of six months,” Stricker said. “But again, I’m glad I’m out here and feeling better.” | https://cw39.com/sports/stricker-shares-the-lead-and-looks-like-he-was-never-away/ | 2022-04-30T18:58:00Z | https://cw39.com/sports/stricker-shares-the-lead-and-looks-like-he-was-never-away/ | false | 21 |
Cade Otton comes from a football family.
His grandfather, Sid, is the winningest coach in Washington high school football history. His dad, Tim, is currently an assistant coach at Tumwater High. His uncle, Brad, was the starting quarterback at USC. His brother, Ryan, is a four-star tight end recruit who will enroll at Washington this summer.
Cade’s success, then, should come as no surprise.
But that doesn’t make it any less impressive.
The 6-foot-5, 247-pound tight end and four-year starter in Seattle was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the first pick of the fourth round — No. 106 overall — in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft on Saturday. He was the fifth college tight end to be drafted this week.
"There was a little bit of erratic play at quarterback and he was a little banged up. But when he was at his best, Cade Otton put up solid numbers at 6-5 and nearly 250 pounds," ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said after the selection. "Now, his in-line blocking is just average. He can improve in that area. But catching the football in short intermediate areas, he does that very effectively. He's got that frame, 6-5 and nearly 250 pounds.
"I saw one bad drop this year. That was it for Cade Otton. He's not going to stretch the deep middle that often but he has the capability after the catch to do some damage in the open field."
In Tampa Bay, Otton will join a pair of former Husky first-round draftees in outside linebacker Joe Tryon (No. 32 in 2021) and nose tackle Vita Vea (No. 12 in 2018).
Otton is the third Husky to be picked this week, trailing corners Trent McDuffie (Kansas City Chiefs, No. 21) and Kyler Gordon (Chicago Bears, No. 39). He's also the third UW tight end drafted since 2014 — joining Austin Seferian-Jenkins (2014), Will Dissly (2018) and Drew Sample (2019). In five seasons and 39 career games in Seattle, he recorded 91 catches for 1,026 yards and nine touchdowns.
That college career ended abruptly on Nov. 13, when Otton sustained a broken fibula and a high ankle sprain in a 35-30 loss to Arizona State.
“(It was my) first major injury. Obviously that will test you a little bit,” Otton said at his pro day last month. “It really illuminated to me how much I love football and how much I want to be a part of it. It motivated me to really work hard to get back, and I’m in the process of doing that.”
Due to his injury, Otton posted 17 bench press reps of 225 pounds at UW’s pro day but was unable to participate in the other drills.
Still, his film showed plenty.
(He’s a) four-year starter who will be next up from a program with a history of turning out NFL talent at tight end,” NFL.com analyst Lance Zierlein wrote in a pre-draft scouting report. “Otton is an instinctive route-runner with agile feet in tight quarters and a great feel for changing speeds inside the route. He has sudden, reliable hands, and is skilled and athletic enough to shine against man or zone coverages. As with all UW tight ends, Otton was expected to block for the run game and did so with adequate technique.
“He will need to bolster his play strength and aggression levels to better execute his blocking itinerary at the next level. He's an ascending combination tight end with starting talent."
Added Fox Sports draft analyst Rob Rang, prior to the NFL Combine: “He’s just a really good football player. He kind of reminds me in some ways of Will Dissly, in that he’s got some of the softest hands of any tight end or pass-catcher in this draft class. He’s not as big or physical at the point of attack as Dissly. But like Dissly, I don’t expect him to run particularly well. With so many tight ends in this era being those seam threats, I don’t know that he is going to wow people with his athletic traits as much as he’s really going to impress people with his interview process and how well he catches the ball.”
That, and his bloodlines.
The Otton family loves football, and Cade is next in line to make a name for himself. | https://www.union-bulletin.com/seattle_times/uw-tight-end-cade-otton-taken-by-tampa-bay-buccaneers-in-fourth-round-of-2022/article_5ac47cce-5f49-59ad-b263-17a6cd0291bf.html | 2022-04-30T18:58:28Z | https://www.union-bulletin.com/seattle_times/uw-tight-end-cade-otton-taken-by-tampa-bay-buccaneers-in-fourth-round-of-2022/article_5ac47cce-5f49-59ad-b263-17a6cd0291bf.html | false | 2 |
Love Island's Kaz Kamwi displays her ample assets in a lilac lace mini dress as she enjoys a night out with co-star Liberty Poole in Los Angeles
Kaz Kamwi displayed her ample assets in a lilac lace mini dress as she enjoyed a lavish night out with co-star Liberty Poole in Los Angeles on Friday.
The 27-year-old Love Island star donned a lilac lace corset style dress which contained her ample assets.
The reality star posed up a storm for her Instagram followers as she turned to the side revealing her peachy behind as well as triangle cut out detailing.
Stunning: Kaz Kamwi displayed her ample assets in a lilac lace mini dress as she enjoyed a lavish night out with co-star Liberty Poole in Los Angeles on Friday
Kaz looked sensational in the eye-catching outfit which boasted sheer sleeves and ruching detailing down the back.
The beauty styled her dark tresses in a centre parting in loose waves which cascaded down her back.
Kaz carried her personal belongings for the night out in a white handbag and accessorised wearing silver hoop earrings and rings.
Looking good: The 27-year-old Love Island star donned a lilac lace corset style dress which contained her ample assets
Sensational: The reality star posed up a storm for her Instagram followers as she turned to the side revealing her peachy behind as well as triangle cut out detailing
She opted for a glam face of makeup including a pink lipstick, pink blush, matching eyeshadow and a pair of fluttering lashes.
Kaz completed the look by adding some height to her frame in a towering pair of lace up heels.
The reality star captioned the post: 'This is your sign to leave him sis x.'
Wow: Kaz looked sensational in the eye-catching outfit which had sheer sleeves and ruching detailing down the back
Taking to her Instagram Story, she shared several clips dancing in the stunning ensemble including with Liberty, 22 who looked glam in a white cut out dress.
The pair jetted off to LA earlier this month and have been documenting their trip as they enjoyed the sunshine, sightseeing and the music festival Coachella.
Kaz showed off her sensational figure as she shared a string of snaps from the star-studded weekend at the festival.
Posing: The beauty styled her dark tresses in a centre parting in loose waves which cascaded down her back
Stylish: She opted for a glamorous face of makeup including a pink lipstick, pink blush, matching eyeshadow and a pair of fluttering lashes
The reality star donned a mint green silk halterneck top that barely contained her ample assets.
She teamed it with a pair of white shorts which she wore unbuttoned to show off her toned stomach and abs.
She toted her festival essentials in a beige handbag, and added a pair of white cowboy boots as she posed in front of the famous Ferris wheel.
Girls night out: Taking to her Instagram Story, she shared several clips dancing in the stunning ensemble including with Liberty, 22 who looked glam in a white cut out dress
Shielding her eyes from the sun behind a pair of shades, she styled her tresses in cute space buns.
Captioning the slew of shots, she wrote: 'Coachella was cute'.
The third day outfit comes after Kaz flaunted her figure in a sexy festival-inspired crop top and mini skirt co-ord on the Saturday.
Wow! Kaz jetted off to LA earlier this month and documented the trip as they enjoyed the sunshine, sightseeing and the music festival Coachella
Had a blast: Captioning the slew of shots, she wrote: 'Coachella was cute'.
She wore a tan coloured long sleeved top with flared sleeves and a criss cross style neckline displaying her cleavage.
Kaz paired the top with a barely-there mini skirt as she posed up a storm in the snaps she posted on Instagram.
Kaz's ensemble was complete with white heeled cowboy boots and a 1990s inspired tan handbag.
Pose girl: The third day outfit comes after Kaz flaunted her figure in a sexy festival-inspired crop top and mini skirt co-ord
The Love Island star had her hair flowing straight with two space buns embracing the festival vibe.
Ready to party Kaz had a full face of glam with lashes and lippy evident in her lip pout.
Kaz also showed off another outfit to keep up with the ongoing changes to the festival lifestyle.
The updated party ensemble left little to the imagination with a sheer black mini dress showing off her curvaceous figure.
The dress was a flattering shape with a low cut neckline and covered in diamantes.
Pout: Kaz paired the top with a barely-there mini skirt and made her booty pop in her Instagram photoshoot
Sheer: The updated party ensemble left little to the imagination with a sheer black mini dress showing off her curvaceous figure | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10770831/Love-Islands-Kaz-Kamwi-displays-ample-assets-lilac-lace-mini-dress.html | 2022-04-30T19:02:54Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10770831/Love-Islands-Kaz-Kamwi-displays-ample-assets-lilac-lace-mini-dress.html | false | 2 |
Beloved 36-year-old Black Rhino Dies at Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, TX
Christa, the beloved black rhinoceros at Caldwell Zoon in Tyler, TX, was diagnosed with a terminal tuberculosis, and according to reports was euthanized this morning (April 26). ”The public was not at risk of contracting TB from the rhino due to the way TB is transmitted,” said Texas Department...
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A nominee for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education says he's divested himself of family businesses that contract with OSRHE's digital communications network.
Dustin Hilliary of Lawton provided the Tulsa World with a copy of a letter dated April 25 in which Hilliary says he had "completely divested my ownership interest in any contract or services from OneNet" as of April 20.
The letter is addressed to the state Senate Education Committee, which must confirm Hilliary's nomination by Gov. Kevin Stitt. The letter says Hilliary took the action to comply with the state constitution's conflict-of-interest provision.
Operated by the state regents, OneNet provides internet connections to colleges, universities, schools and libraries throughout the state.
Hilliary is an officer in Hilliary Communications, a multigenerational family-owned company that operates telephone systems and related services, mostly in rural areas, through several operating affiliates. Documents obtained from OSRHE indicate some of these companies have had OneNet-related contracts with the state regents.
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Hilliary said these amount to several hundred thousand dollars a year. Purchase orders provided by OSRHE show payments totaling more than $1 million over several years.
But, Hilliary said, "No company I have an interest in is participating because I divested myself. I hated to do that, but being a state regent is important to me."
Hilliary's nomination raised some eyebrows, particularly around Tulsa, because the position has been held by a Tulsan since the 1970s, and also because Hilliary does not have a college degree. Neither, however, are requirements.
Hilliary attended but did not graduate from Cameron University, choosing instead to enter the family business full-time.
"I am confident my life experiences will bring perspective to … (the) Board of Regents," Hilliary said in the April 25 letter, "and I will work hard to ensure Oklahoma is delivering a quality public education system that serves all people, no matter their life situations or circumstances." | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/state-regent-nominee-divests-of-family-businesses-to-avoid-conflict-of-interest/article_54ef7742-c7e7-11ec-8239-a734371bd119.html | 2022-04-30T19:10:57Z | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/state-regent-nominee-divests-of-family-businesses-to-avoid-conflict-of-interest/article_54ef7742-c7e7-11ec-8239-a734371bd119.html | false | 1 |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
9-6-9-9, WB: 4
(nine, six, nine, nine; WB: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
9-6-9-9, WB: 4
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended a search of the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey for a crew member missing off a ship.
Officials of the Coast Guard's 5th District said the 590-foot Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Weco Josefine reported at about 7 a.m. Saturday that a crew member was no longer on the vessel. A search was launched of the river in the vicinity of the Central Waterfront area of Camden, New Jersey.
Officials were told that the 30-year-old man was last accounted for on the ship between 5:12 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Saturday after the vessel had already left port.
The Coast Guard said a 29-foot boat from Coast Guard Station Philadelphia and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City searched 87 square miles. The 3 1/2-hour search was conducted between the Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross bridges.
No other details about the missing crew member were immediately released. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Search-for-missing-crew-member-in-Delaware-River-17138927.php | 2022-04-30T19:16:41Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Search-for-missing-crew-member-in-Delaware-River-17138927.php | false | null |
The Cleveland Browns decided to make an addition to their running back room as they landed Jerome Ford with the No. 156 pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. Ford played two years with the Alabama Crimson Tide before transferring to play his last two college football seasons with the Cincinnati Bearcats, coming off a fantastic final season. He’ll join Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt in Cleveland to continue in Kevin Stefanski’s tradition of rushing dominance.
Scouting Report
Ford has excellent size for an NFL running back and exploded for 1,319 yards and 19 touchdowns with Cincinnati in 2021. He is a fantastic athlete for the position and shouldn’t have too difficult of a time adjusting with his speed and power. Ford will need some NFL coaching to turn that athleticism into being more of a complete running back because he has traits of a player who could last a while in this league.
Career statistics
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Fantasy football impact
Everybody knows how stacked the Browns running back room is with Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, and even D’Ernest Johnson making big strides this past season. Jerome Ford is a speed back who can have a big impact for the Browns. I would expect Ford to be a role player for his first few seasons in Cleveland. Look for him to play on special teams a lot with the hope that he can take on a role on the offense in a few seasons when the running back room isn’t as crowded. | https://dknation.draftkings.com/2022/4/30/23020567/2022-nfl-draft-results-jerome-ford-browns-pick-156-rb-depth-chart-nick-chubb-kareem-hunt | 2022-04-30T19:19:03Z | https://dknation.draftkings.com/2022/4/30/23020567/2022-nfl-draft-results-jerome-ford-browns-pick-156-rb-depth-chart-nick-chubb-kareem-hunt | false | 1 |
Mother’s Day gardening gifts
Is your mom most commonly found digging beds, mowing the lawn and talking to plants? If so, your mom will be thrilled to receive a gardening-related gift this Mother’s Day — or for any other special occasion.
Picking gifts for mothers who love gardening seems straightforward at first, but it can be tough to find something your mom needs and doesn’t already have. Thankfully, there are plenty of unusual and thoughtful options once you know where to look.
How to find the best gifts for mothers who love gardening
Consider their gardening interests
Does your mother love growing vegetables, producing the biggest and most beautiful blooms, tending houseplants or keeping a kitchen garden of herbs and spices? Gardening is broad, and therefore not every gardening-related gift will suit every gardener. Think about what areas of gardening your mother is interested in to help find the perfect gift.
Think about what they have and what might need upgrading
It can be hard to know what to buy for someone if you don’t already know what they have. If you aren’t able to do any in-person reconnaissance, it’s safe to assume any avid gardener already has the basics, such as gardening tools, watering cans and so on. However, an upgrade could be in order, so if your mom’s gardening gloves have seen better days, consider buying an upgraded version.
Look at popular types of gardening-related gifts
If you’re stuck, you can find inspiration from some of the most popular types of gifts for gardeners. Most fall into one of these three broad categories: practical gifts, fun gifts and aesthetic gifts.
- Practical gifts: Any practical items for gardening fall into this category. This could include seeds, plants, watering cans, garden trugs, gardening apparel, tools and planters.
- Fun gifts: If your mom resides on the whimsical end of the spectrum, consider fun gardening-related gifts. These are items like cute garden statues, garden-themed jigsaw puzzles or novelty gardening-related mugs.
- Aesthetic gifts: These gifts are all about the way they look. They could include jewelry, prints and other decorative items related to gardening.
Best gifts for moms mothers who love gardening
This gorgeous basket is handmade in the USA and is ideal for moms who are into growing their own vegetables. Since the body is made from wire, it’s easy to hose down produce before bringing it inside to minimize mess.
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Perfect for growers who love to keep records, this garden journal has pages for memorable plantings, to record growing notes, to plan and keep track of seasonal tasks and much more. It also includes growing tips and other handy information all in a great-looking package.
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Sunday Afternoons Garden Visor Hat
This lightweight visor hat not only has that classic gardener aesthetic, but it also keeps the sun off the wearer’s face without causing their head to feel too hot. If your mom has ever complained about catching too much sun out in the yard, this might be the perfect gift.
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Digz High-Performance Gardening Gloves
While it might not be the most exciting gift ever given, if your mother needs new gardening gloves, you can’t go wrong with these. They offer protection yet are flexible enough to preserve the dexterity needed for all kinds of gardening tasks. The fingers are touch screen friendly so wearers don’t have to take off their gloves to snap photos of their yard.
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With its vintage cactuses and succulent design, this is a perfect choice of present for moms who love jigsaw puzzles almost as much as they love gardening. With 1,000 pieces, this will keep even keen jigsaw fans entertained for hours.
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This folding seat has integrated tool storage. Gardeners can keep their tools close at hand and nicely organized while having a convenient place to rest when they need to. It feels durable and is made from water-resistant nylon with a steel frame.
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MudMountainWorks Cactus Watering Spike
This is a great choice of gift for moms who are more into indoor gardening than tending a yard. This watering spike slowly releases water into the soil of a planter for more effective hydration. It’s shaped like a cactus, so it’s great for anyone who likes whimsical designs.
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It might look like a mysterious glass orb, but the purpose of this item is to catch small drops of water from rain or a hose to provide a spot for bees and other pollinators to drink. If your mom cares for all wildlife, large and small, in their yard, they’ll be pleased with this gift, but you might have to explain what it is.
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Part of the magic of growing everything from fruits and vegetables to flowers and shrubs is that they produce seeds that let you grow more in the years to come. If your mother is new to saving seeds or doesn’t have a particularly organized method, this seed-saving kit is an excellent choice.
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Microfleur Max Microwave Flower Press Kit
This handy little device makes it quicker and easier to press flowers with the help of a microwave. It’s a great choice for any mothers who like to save their favorite blooms.
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Lonna and Lilly Gold-Tone Flower Slider Bracelet
If your mother doesn’t need anything practical for her yard, she might still want to show her love of gardening through this bracelet with a floral design. It’s understated and part of a collection with other matching pieces if you want to buy more than one item.
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Rainbow Glass Infinity Sculpture
After putting so much effort into their yard, your mom deserves to sit out and enjoy it looking its best. This beautiful glass garden sculpture adds to the ambiance of an outdoor space.
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Pennsylvania’s 2022-23 migratory game bird seasons have been set.
Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Game Commission selections were made after reviewing last year’s hunter harvests, population survey data and public input.
“There are two significant changes to Pennsylvania waterfowl seasons this year,” said Wildlife Operations Division Chief Ian Gregg. “The first change eliminates the Southern James Bay Population Canada goose zone and incorporates the area into the Resident Population zone. The Southern James Bay Population has been shifting its wintering areas west over the last four to five decades.”
“With very few Southern James Bay Population geese wintering in northwestern Pennsylvania, it is no longer necessary to have a zone to specifically manage for them,” Gregg said. “We believe hunters in this area will appreciate the higher bag limits allowed in the Resident Population zone. Please note, however, that more restrictive regulations remain in place in portions of Crawford and Mercer counties surrounding Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area; consult the Hunting and Trapping Digest for details.”
The other change removes the separate lower hooded merganser bag limit. Hunters may now harvest any combination of common, red-breasted or hooded mergansers as part of the five-merganser daily bag limit. Hooded mergansers have been generally stable or increasing in recent decades.
“This change will simplify regulations and should allow for some additional opportunity for those hunters who want to target hooded mergansers,” said Waterfowl Program Specialist Nate Huck.
The other change not related to frameworks relates to mourning dove seasons. The second portion of the season will be shifted back a week and run from Dec. 21 through Jan. 7.
“This shift is to accommodate public desire to remain open through the first week of January,” said Dove and Quail Biologist Andrew Ward.
The early portions of the season will remain similar to last year.
Other migratory game bird seasons are similar to last year’s seasons.
Hunters encouraged to
report banded birds
Migratory game bird hunters are encouraged to report banded ducks, geese, doves and woodcock they harvest online at reportband.gov. Hunters will be requested to provide information on where, when and what species of migratory birds were taken, in addition to the band number. This information is crucial to the successful management of migratory birds.
Huck also stressed that reporting leg bands helps the Game Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service learn more about migratory bird movements, and survival and harvest rates, which are critical to population management and setting of hunting regulations. Last year, over 6,000 migratory game birds, including more than 5,000 waterfowl, were banded in Pennsylvania.
“Pennsylvania continues to monitor migratory game bird populations in cooperation with other wildlife management agencies across North America,” Huck explained. “Information provided by hunters is essential to manage migratory game bird populations and support sustainable hunting opportunities through time. By reporting the recovery of a leg band, hunters not only assist in managing the resource, but also have an opportunity to learn interesting facts about the bird they harvested.”
Pa. Fish Commission
holds quarterly meeting
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) began its quarterly business meeting by thanking anglers, agency staff, and volunteers for a safe and successful start to the 2022 trout season, setting the stage for yearlong fishing and boating adventures.
“We were thrilled to welcome volunteers back in full force to help deliver a successful trout season,” said Tim Schaeffer, PFBC Executive Director. “We received numerous compliments on the quality of the trout we stocked this year, which is a testament to the dedication and diligence of our hatchery staff all year long. Opening day was just the beginning, and in-season stockings will continue through the end of May. The combination of stocked trout, our phenomenal wild trout streams, panfish and catfish action that is starting to pick up as the water warms, and the opening of Walleye season on May 7 make spring the perfect time to hit the water in Pennsylvania. If you fish from a boat, please remember to always wear your lifejacket.”
Schaeffer reminded boaters that the PFBC’s cold water life jacket requirement for anyone aboard boats less than 16 feet in length, including all canoes and kayaks, remains in effect through April 30. In addition, The PFBC will partner with the National Safe Boating Council to celebrate National Safe Boating Week from May 21-27, 2022.
Fisheries
The Board approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking pertaining to the propagation, introduction, and transportation of live fish into Commonwealth waters. Under this proposal, two chapters of the Pennsylvania Code (58 Pa. Code § 71 and § 73) would be combined into a single chapter (58 Pa. Code §71a) to address current conservation challenges, improve fisheries management and fish health, and simplify the code.
In Pennsylvania, thousands of lakes, ponds, and stream sections are stocked by private individuals each year with fish purchased from commercial fish producers and dealers. To properly manage and protect the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources while addressing increased risks associated with aquatic invasive species and pathogens, there is a need to ensure that all proposed stockings of fish into waters of the Commonwealth are reviewed, considered for their ecological risk, and where appropriate, authorized for stocking. As such, PFBC staff have undertaken an effort to improve management, oversight, and regulation of fish and aquatic life transportation and stocking in Pennsylvania through the development of a stocking authorization application and review system, including fish health requirements.
In the United States, over 30 states have requirements (stocking authorizations or regulations) for determining how and when fish are stocked in state waters. All states in the Northeast, except Pennsylvania, require individuals to obtain some form of authorization or permission to stock fish.
In addition to a proposed stocking authorization, other regulatory sections within the new chapter would prohibit the release or disposal of live bait fish into waters of the Commonwealth, with narrow exceptions; create a fish health inspection protocol to provide additional protection to the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species and pathogens; and create watercraft inspection requirements to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species by watercraft throughout the Commonwealth. At least 19 other states already have watercraft inspection requirements in place.
If adopted on final rulemaking at a future meeting, these amendments will go into effect on January 1, 2023.
Law enforcement
Commissioners approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking pertaining to the unlawful taking of fish using nets. In recent years, PFBC waterways conservation officers have noticed an increase in individuals using nets to attempt to take fish.
The Board also approved changes pertaining to snatch fishing, foul hooking, and snag fishing.
Over the last several years, anglers have asked the PFBC whether devices such as trout beads are a legal device for use in Commonwealth waters. These devices consist of a small bead that sits several inches above the hook and generally hook a fish on the outside of the mouth.
Under the current regulations, any fish not hooked inside the mouth must be released. Under this proposal, the Pennsylvania Code (58 Pa. Code § 63.9) would be amended to include language that clarifies that devices such as trout beads are not prohibited so long as the eye of the hook is no more than two inches below the device. If approved on final rulemaking at a future meeting, the amendment will go into effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Boating
The Board approved the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking pertaining to boat-towed watersports. Under this proposal, language contained within several sections of the Pennsylvania Code would be updated to better reflect safety issues and current trends and ensure consistency when referring to in this type of recreational boating activity.
Upon reviewing model language adopted in 2021 by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, the PFBC identified opportunities to update language to better include modern boat-towed watersport activities and devices and clarify the regulations, but not modify currently prohibited or allowable activities.
If adopted on final rulemaking at a future meeting, these amendments will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.
• The next meeting of the PFBC Board of Commissioners is scheduled for July 25-26, 2021 at the PFBC’s Harrisburg headquarters.
DCNR to begin spraying forests
in Spongy Moth suppression effort
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn this week announced the start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar, formerly known as the gypsy moth) populations poised for spring outbreaks in many sections of Pennsylvania.
“Suppression efforts will begin in early May as these insects emerge and begin feeding,” Dunn said. “Our cool, wet springs had helped limit the impact of the spongy moth in recent years past, but the pests’ populations again climbed in many areas in 2021 and 2022 to a point where aerial spraying is needed to keep this invasive pest in check and protect the trees from defoliation.”
In 2021, spongy moth defoliated 326,124 acres in Pennsylvania.
DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry will oversee spraying of 220 sites totaling 209,838 acres. Included will be portions of 13 state forests, 10 state parks, and sections of the Allegheny National Forest in 20 counties located in southcentral, central, northcentral, northwest, and northeast Pennsylvania.
Targeted sites are determined by surveys of egg masses and other indicators across the state indicating populations are increasing and have the potential to cause major defoliation. | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1553456/outdoors-roundup-pa-game-commission-sets-migratory-bird-season-for-2022-23 | 2022-04-30T19:19:58Z | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1553456/outdoors-roundup-pa-game-commission-sets-migratory-bird-season-for-2022-23 | true | 1 |
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mississippi edge rusher Sam Williams is the Dallas Cowboys’ latest second-round pick with an off-field issue, drafted Friday night just a few days after owner Jerry Jones said he was getting more conservative about such choices.
The Cowboys took Williams with the 56th overall pick in the draft after losing defensive end Randy Gregory to Denver in free agency when Dallas was confident it could re-sign the 2015 second-rounder.
Like Gregory coming out of Nebraska, Williams joins Dallas with a question about character. He was suspended at Ole Miss in July 2020 after being charged with sexual battery. Williams was reinstated two months later after the charge was dropped.
“It’s the past. Obviously I didn’t do anything,” Williams said. “It’s a new life, just a whole new start ahead of me. And that’s what I’m looking forward the most is a new start in a new area with great coaches, great teammates and my family.”
Last year, Dallas drafted cornerback Kelvin Joseph in the second round out of Kentucky, where he ended up after leaving LSU over off-field issues. Joseph is part of a Dallas police investigation into a fatal drive-by shooting in March.
Joseph’s attorney has said his client was an unarmed passenger in the vehicle and “found himself in a situation that escalated without his knowledge or consent.” The NFL is investigating the case under its personal-conduct policy.
Asked before the draft about taking fewer risks more recently in 33 years as owner and general manager, Jones said, “That type of thing, that decision on off-the-field issues, I’m probably a little more conservative than I was 15 years ago.”
Pressed on how comfortable he was with the Joseph selection last year, Jones said, “Let’s be real clear, I haven’t said if I was comfortable or uncomfortable.”
Jones revisited those thoughts after drafting Williams, saying he felt he didn’t have to take as many risks because scrutiny of players makes clubs more aware of off-field issues.
“The risks or the kinds of things that you should have been looking for 20, 30 years ago, you’re not even turning the lights on if you don’t look for that,” Jones said. “To sum it up, I’m confident when we know about a young man today coming in here that, boy, we’ve covered the ground and we’ve got it all out there. After having seen it all out there, we drafted Sam. And I’m confident we’ve got everything.”
Williams was a third-team All-American last season after setting an Ole Miss record with 12 1/2 sacks. He tied for 10th nationally with four forced fumbles.
The defensive pick by the Cowboys came after they took Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith in the first round. Dallas drafted South Carolina receiver Jalen Tolbert with the 88th overall pick in the third round.
The Dallas defense had a dramatic turnaround under first-year coordinator Dan Quinn last season. The opportunistic unit led the NFL with 34 takeaways.
Williams could have a chance to start opposite DeMarcus Lawrence, a 2014 second-round choice who is returning on a reworked contract three years after signing a $105 million, five-year deal.
“They’re going to get a player that wants to play, wants to win, wants to do his job, wants to go over and beyond,” Williams said. “I’m just ready. I can talk about it, but I’m just ready to show it.”
The Cowboys added free agent defensive end Dante Fowler, a 2015 first-rounder, and have high hopes for Dorance Armstrong after re-signing one of their fourth-round picks from 2018.
Williams joined Ole Miss after recording 17 1/2 sacks at Northeast Mississippi Community College in 2018. He led the Rebels in sacks his first year with six.
Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said he was comfortable with how Williams addressed the off-field issues.
“To see how he interacted with everybody, whether it’s teammates and how everybody went to bat for him,” McCarthy said. “Sam made a big impression on all of us. I think the thing that I appreciated the most is his honesty, his vulnerability that he expressed going through his history.”
Tolbert was the Sun Belt Conference player of the year last season after finishing sixth in FBS with 1,474 yards receiving while setting school record with 82 catches and eight touchdowns. He’s the South Alabama career leader in catches (178) and yards (3,140).
Tolbert got a strong hint the Cowboys might take him when quarterback Dak Prescott called before the draft, and the pair had a 20-minute conversation revolving mostly around Xs and Os.
“For a minute it was like a surreal moment because I never knew quarterbacks would call prospects,” Tolbert said. “But it was an awesome, great experience.”
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | https://cw39.com/sports/ap-sports/cowboys-test-character-again-with-ole-miss-rusher-williams/ | 2022-04-30T19:22:03Z | https://cw39.com/sports/ap-sports/cowboys-test-character-again-with-ole-miss-rusher-williams/ | false | 30 |
'Shoes off if you hate Man U' - Why do Leeds fans take off their footwear and chant about Manchester United?
Some football chants have strange back stories - and the one involving Leeds United fans removing their footwear as they sing their dislike for Manchester United is one of them.
The song is often heard at Leeds games, regardless of who they are playing - for example a loud chorus was performed on Saturday before their Premier League meeting with Manchester City.
So why do Leeds United fans take their shoes off if they hate Man Utd? GOAL explains here...
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What are the lyrics of the chant?
They are very simple: "Shoes off, if you hate Man U", repeat ad nauseum.
Where does the "Shoes off" chant come from?
It has its roots in Middle Eastern culture, where showing the sole of a shoe is considered an insult, as the sole is constantly in contact with dirt on the floor.
It became better known in western culture when a reporter threw his shoes at former US President George Bush in a show of disgust over the invasion of Iraq, and has since been co-opted into football fandom.
Leeds fans have used this custom to their own ends on a few occasions, including a "shoes off if you hate Ken Bates" chant directed at their unpopular former owner.
The first time the Man Utd version was heard was in 2013, and it has regularly done the rounds in the stands at Elland Road since. | https://www.goal.com/en/news/shoes-off-if-you-hate-man-u-leeds-chant/bltcac587fb25e27ad6 | 2022-04-30T19:24:41Z | https://www.goal.com/en/news/shoes-off-if-you-hate-man-u-leeds-chant/bltcac587fb25e27ad6 | true | 10 |
SUNDAY, May 1: Spring Fling Tricky Tray supporting the West Essex High School Classes of 2023 and 2024 in middle school gym, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell. Doors open at noon; prize drawings begin at 2 p.m. Free admission.
Baseball/Softball Opening Day at 1 p.m. at O'Beirne Field, Roseland.
22nd annual Spring Open Studio from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lisa Palombo Studios, 55 Mountain Ave. in Caldwell. Free and open to the public. For information, go online to lisapalombo.com.
MONDAY, May 2
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting will be livestreamed at https://youtu.be/SwDZXvwYXmQ Public hearing on budget.
Roseland Planning Board holds special meeting online at 7 p.m. To access the meeting, go to https://zoom.us/j/97448870014?pwd=L2phYllFN3JhdDhEeVNlTEQyV1JLZz09 or call (646) 558-8656 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID: 974 4887 0014 Password: 130002
West Essex Regional Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell. Public hearing on budget.
TUESDAY, May 3
2nd annual Book Swap at Jefferson School, 85 Prospect St., West Caldwell. Donated books for grades K-5 may be left in bin at front door April 26-28. For information, sent email to MeryJGKing@gmail.com
West Caldwell mayor and council meet at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 7 p.m. at 19 Harrison Ave. Public hearing on budget. To access the meeting online, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88059666053 or call (646) 558-8656 or (312) 626-6799. Webinar ID: 880 5966 6053
Essex Fells mayor and council meet at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Caldwell mayor and council meet online at 7:15 p.m. To access the meeting, look for link on borough's website at https://caldwell-nj.com/ or call (646) 558-8656 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID: 812 0553 8791
WEDNESDAY, May 4
Free blood-pressure screening from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road.
2nd annual Book Swap at Jefferson School, 85 Prospect St., West Caldwell. Donated books for grades K-5 may be left in bin at front door April 26-28. For information, sent email to MeryJGKing@gmail.com
Carnival from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, Fairfield. Rides, games, food and fun.
Yoga at James Caldwell High School at 6:30 p.m. on front lawn of school, 265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell. Sponsored by Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Foundation. For ages 16 and older. $15 a session or $50 for four classes. Must bring a mat; may bring blocks and straps.
Essex Fells Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in media center at Essex Fells School, 102 Hawthorne Road. Budget presentation.
THURSDAY, May 5
2nd annual Book Swap at Jefferson School, 85 Prospect St., West Caldwell. Donated books for grades K-5 may be left in bin at front door April 26-28. For information, sent email to MeryJGKing@gmail.com
Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex 98th Charter Night at Calandra's Italian Village in the tent. For information, contact Jessica Almeida at jessicacmalmeida@gmail.com or (862) 812-5377.
Carnival from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, Fairfield. Rides, games, food and fun.
FRIDAY, May 6
Spring Clothing Drive fundraiser, organized by Roseland Home and School Association. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Noecker School parking lot, 100 Passaic Ave.
Carnival from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, Fairfield. Rides, games, food and fun.
SATURDAY, May 7
8th annual Meghan Doyle '05K at Mount St. Dominic Academy, 3 Ryerson Ave., Caldwell.
Troop 9 Mother's Day Flower Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Washington School, 201 Central Ave., West Caldwell. Rain or shine.
Essex County Recycling Day: Hazardous Household Materials from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 99 W. Bradford Ave., Cedar Grove. Free to all county residents, who must provide proof of residency. For information, call (973) 792-9060.
Fishing Derby at Pond #2 at 55 Livingston Ave., Roseland. Check-in from 8 to 9 a.m. Derby from 9 to 11:30 a.m., with awards ceremony immediately following. Free event but registration through Community Pass required by April 7. Participants must bring fishing pole, tackle, bucket and chair. They are asked to release fish back into the pond after catching them. Rain date is May 8.
Plant sale by the Master Gardeners of Essex County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Essex County Environmental Center’s Garibaldi Hall, 621A Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland.
Shredding Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind Borough Hall, 1 Provost Square. Sponsored by Caldwell Environmental Commission and James Caldwell High School Scholarship Committee. Reuseable shopping bags will be available.
Derby Day from 4 to 7 p.m. at Great Meadow, Grover Cleveland Park, Brookside Avenue, Caldwell. Streaming of Kentucky Derby on Jumbotron. Food and drinks from Cloverleaf Tavern. Themed games and crafts for children.
Carnival from 5 to 11 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church, Fairfield. Rides, games, food and fun.
SUNDAY, May 8
Troop 9 Mother's Day Flower Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Washington School, 201 Central Ave., West Caldwell. Rain or shine.
MONDAY, May 9
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
West Caldwell Planning Board meets online at 7 p.m. To access the meeting, go to https://zoom.us/j/91547694536?pwd=enRqeUVRODd5VndrOCtPQWpadUlIZz09 or call (312) 626-6799 or (929) 205-6099. Webinar ID: 915 4769 4536 Passcode: 437746
Essex Fells Planning Board reorganization meeting online at 7 p.m. Log in to www.zoom.us, click on "Join a Meeting," then use this log in info: Meeting ID: 892 4575 6375 Passcode: 984014 or call (646) 558-8656.
Doug Tallamy, a professor at the University of Delaware, will give an online talk about his recent book, "The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees" at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Caldwell Environmental Commission.
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
TUESDAY, May 10
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
North Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Borough Hall, 141 Gould Ave. Also accessible online.
WEDNESDAY, May 11
Yoga at James Caldwell High School at 6:30 p.m. on front lawn of school, 265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell. Sponsored by Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Foundation. For ages 16 and older. $15 a session. Must bring a mat; may bring blocks and straps.
THURSDAY, May 12
Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex meeting at 12:10 p.m. at the Cloverleaf Tavern, 395 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell. Speaker is a representative of St. Barnabas Medical Center, discussing "Fact or Fiction: How to Find Accurate Health Information Online." For information, contact Jessica Almeida at jessicacmalmeida@gmail.com or (862) 812-5377.
Parents' Night Out, sponsored by the North Caldwell Partnership for Education, at 7 p.m. at Franklin Steakhouse, 318 Passaic Ave., Fairfield. DJ and live music. Tickets are $55, which includes one drink and unlimited appetizers. For information, send email to fundraising@ncpenj.com
FRIDAY, May 13
60th reunion of James Caldwell High School Class of 1962 at noon at Cloverleaf Tavern, 395 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell. Buffet lunch is $40 a person with cash bar. Checks should be made out to "Class of 1962 Reunion" and mailed to Peter McBrair, 11 William St., Harvey Cedars, NJ 08008.
SATURDAY, May 14
Paper Shredding from 8 a.m. to noon at DPW Garage, 230 Fairfield Road, Fairfield, behind municipal building. Limit of five file boxes or 100 pounds per resident. Staples and paperclips do not have to be removed. For information, call (973) 882-2700 ext. 2504.
SUNDAY, May 15
Caldwell University graduation ceremonies.
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Calandra's Bakery's three locations, including in Caldwell and Fairfield, will sell French bread for 22 cents a loaf. Limit is two per person.
2022 Fashion for Education fundraiser at 4:30 p.m. on football field at West Essex High School. Sponsored by the West Essex Foundation for Education. For information, contact Michielle Kupferberg at kupspec@optonline.net.
MONDAY, May 16
Roseland Planning Board meets at 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, May 17
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Voter registration deadline for primary election.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
WEDNESDAY, May 18
West Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department presentation on fire prevention at 8 a.m. for students at James Caldwell High School.
Yoga at James Caldwell High School at 6:30 p.m. on front lawn of school, 265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell. Sponsored by Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Foundation. For ages 16 and older. $15 a session. Must bring a mat; may bring blocks and straps.
THURSDAY, May 19
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex meeting at 12:10 p.m. at the Cloverleaf Tavern, 395 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell. Speaker is Cpl. Steven Huster of the West Caldwell Police Department, discussing "Safe Selling on the Internet and Scams to Avoid." For information, contact Jessica Almeida at jessicacmalmeida@gmail.com or (862) 812-5377.
Annual Essex County Fishing Derby at Grover Cleveland Park, Caldwell.
Spring concert featuring bands, chorus and orchestra at 7 p.m. at James Caldwell High School.
FRIDAY, May 20
Roseland Senior of the Year Holiday Luncheon at Hanover Manor.
"Shrek the Musical Jr." at 6 p.m. in Grover Cleveland Middle School auditorium. Tickets are $5.
SATURDAY, May 21
Essex County Recycling Day: Computers & Electronics from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 99 W. Bradford Ave., Cedar Grove. Free to all county residents, who must provide proof of residency. For information, call (973) 792-9060.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Foundation's 5K and fun run at 9 a.m. at James Caldwell High School, 265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell. Must register by May 1.
"Shrek the Musical Jr." at 1 and 6 p.m. in Grover Cleveland Middle School auditorium. Tickets are $5. Meet the cast after the 1 p.m. performance.
SUNDAY, May 22
"Shrek the Musical Jr." at 1 p.m. in Grover Cleveland Middle School auditorium. Tickets are $5. Meet the cast after the 1 p.m. performance.
MONDAY, May 23
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
TUESDAY, May 24
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
WEDNESDAY, May 25
Yoga at James Caldwell High School at 6:30 p.m. on front lawn of school, 265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell. Sponsored by Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Foundation. For ages 16 and older. $15 a session. Must bring a mat; may bring blocks and straps.
THURSDAY, May 26
Adult Canteen pizza party for West Caldwell residents with special needs at Crane Park.
Voter registration from 1 to 4 p.m. at Jack's Super Foodtown, 370 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell.
MONDAY, May 30
Memorial Day holiday.
TUESDAY, May 31
Second annual Peter Hollander Sporting Clay Classic, benefiting the North Caldwell Police Foundation, at the Hudson Farm Club in Andover. Cost covers all course fees for a round of Sporting Clays (20 stations, 100 clays), shooting instructor, ammunition and shotgun rental. New this year is the Introduction to Fly Fishing package. For information, go online to https://form.jotform.com/220344532047144?fbclid=IwAR2axdL4rZtJi1iUq9a2Tihw_XSXLFP-P282OxXKptP1CJm0-XLmQj9Twn8
WEDNESDAY, June 1
Free blood-pressure screening from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road.
FRIDAY, June 3
Early voting for primary elections.
SATURDAY, June 4
Early voting for primary elections.
Annual Street Fair at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Essex Fells.
SUNDAY, June 5
Early voting for primary elections.
Annual Pancake Breakfast, hosted by North Caldwell Fire Department, from 8 a.m. to noon at firehouse, 131 Gould Ave. Pancakes and sausage cooked and served by firefighters.
MONDAY, June 6
Casino Night fundraiser for Team 94 of Roseland, which benefits people on the autism spectrum. 6:30 p.m. at the Highlawn, 1 Crest Drive, West Orange. Cost is $150, including cocktail party and $100 in play money. Tickets sold online at www.team94.org
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
TUESDAY, June 7
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Primary elections.
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
MONDAY, June 13
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, June 14
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
Annual James Caldwell High School Senior Awards Program at 7 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 7:15 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
SATURDAY, June 18
Family Day picnic with fishing, hiking and other activities at Camp Wyanokie in West Milford.
TUESDAY, June 21
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
WEDNESDAY, June 22
West Essex High School graduation at 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, June 23
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
James Caldwell High School graduation at 6 p.m.
MONDAY, June 27
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education holds special meeting at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, June 28
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, June 29
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
July 4 fireworks celebration in Fairfield.
WEDNESDAY, July 6
Free blood-pressure screening from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road.
TUESDAY, July 12
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, July 13
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
Jersey Sound to perform summer concert at 7 p.m. in Roseland.
SATURDAY, July 16
Dual Wetdown from 3 to 9 p.m. at West Essex First Aid Squad, 642 Bloomfield Ave., West Caldwell. Celebrate the christening of the two newest ambulances 771 (received in 2020) and 775 (received in 2022). Beer/Food: $15; Food: $10. Free for children age 10 and younger. All proceeds will be donated to the squad and used for operating expenses and equipment.
TUESDAY, July 19
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, July 20
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
MONDAY, July 25
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
Filing deadline for school board candidates.
TUESDAY, July 26
The Kootz to perform summer concert at 7 p.m. in Roseland.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
TUESDAY, Aug. 9
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
TUESDAY, Aug. 16
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
Soul Cruisers to perform summer concert at 7 p.m. in Roseland.
THURSDAY, Aug. 18
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
MONDAY, Aug. 22
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Aug. 23
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
MONDAY, Sept. 5
Labor Day.
TUESDAY, Sept. 6
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 7:15 p.m.
MONDAY, Sept. 12
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Sept. 13
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 AT 12 PM
SATURDAY, Sept. 17
St. Al's School multiyear reunion at noon. More details to come.
MONDAY, Sept. 19
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Sept. 20
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
THURSDAY, Sept. 22
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
SATURDAY, Sept. 24
Community Block Party celebrating the 100th anniversary of the North Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department from 1 to 7 p.m. on Gould Avenue.
MONDAY, Sept. 26
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
SUNDAY, Oct. 2
Caldwell Street Fair.
MONDAY, Oct. 3
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Oct. 4
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
SATURDAY, Oct. 8
Swap meet in West Caldwell. Sports equipment and other items for free. More details to come.
MONDAY, Oct. 10
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Oct. 11
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 7:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, Oct. 15
Shredding Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Truck will be parking at 19 Harrison Ave. near tennis courts in Roseland. Free and open to Roseland residents only. All shredded paper will be recycled.
MONDAY, Oct. 17
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
TUESDAY, Oct. 18
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Voter registration deadline for general election.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
THURSDAY, Oct. 20
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
SATURDAY, Oct. 22
Roseland Mayor's Ball. Proceeds will go to the Roseland Free Public Library and the Roseland First Aid Squad.
MONDAY, Oct. 24
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
TUESDAY, Oct. 25
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, Oct. 29
Early voting for general election.
Wrensch Park cleanup behind Cinar Restaurant, West Caldwell.
SUNDAY, Oct. 30
Early voting for general election.
MONDAY, Oct. 31
Halloween.
Early voting for general election.
TUESDAY, Nov. 1
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Early voting for general election.
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 7:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2
Early voting for general election.
THURSDAY, Nov. 3
Early voting for general election.
FRIDAY, Nov. 4
Early voting for general election.
SATURDAY, Nov. 5
Early voting for general election.
SUNDAY, Nov. 6
Early voting for general election.
MONDAY, Nov. 7
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Nov. 8
Election Day. Polls open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
MONDAY, Nov. 14
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Nov. 15
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
THURSDAY, Nov. 17
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
TUESDAY, Nov. 22
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
MONDAY, Nov. 28
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
MONDAY, Dec. 5
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
TUESDAY, Dec. 6
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Roseland mayor and council caucus meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 7:15 p.m.
MONDAY, Dec. 12
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
West Essex Regional Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in middle school auditorium, 65 W. Greenbrook Road, North Caldwell.
TUESDAY, Dec. 13
Caldwell Board of Health meets at 6:15 p.m.
West Caldwell mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m. at municipal building, 30 Clinton Road.
Fairfield Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in gym of Churchill School, 233 Fairfield Road.
North Caldwell Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Grandview School, 35 Hamilton Drive East. Visitors should enter the building through the side entrance by the library. Online access also will be provided.
THURSDAY, Dec. 15
Roseland Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Noecker School, 100 Passaic Ave.
TUESDAY, Dec. 20
Essex Fells mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 255 Roseland Ave.
Roseland mayor and council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Caldwell mayor and council conference meeting at 7:15 p.m.
MONDAY, Dec. 27
Fairfield mayor and council meeting at 7 p.m. at municipal building, 230 Fairfield Road.
TUESDAY, Jan. 3, 2023
Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Harrison School, 104 Gray St., West Caldwell. Meeting also will be livestreamed.
THURSDAY, Jan. 5
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A radical overhaul of the working practices in Westminster is being demanded by the House of Commons Speaker, in the wake of a series of scandals over sexual harassment and bullying that have rocked parliament.
After a week in which MPs and staff have spoken out over their treatment in the Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that a review of how parliament functions was now “urgently needed” following the damaging revelations.
In what would be a major restructuring of how parliament operates, Hoyle wants to look at ending the current arrangements under which MPs employ their staff directly. Instead, he wants to create a system with an outside body employing staff. It would in effect provide an independent body to help MPs and staff with concerns.
Writing in the Observer, Hoyle states: “I believe it is time we reviewed our working practices, and particularly whether it is right that individual MPs are the employers of their staff. Should someone else – or an outside body – employ the staff, as long as the MP has the right to choose them?
“In my opinion, it is time to consider radical action, and review structures and processes that could make a difference. Some serious allegations have been made, and we must address them as a matter of urgency. It is imperative we do the right thing by staff and MPs as well.
At the end of the day, I want to make sure that everyone feels they have support and somewhere to turn – and to make this house not only a safe and inclusive place to work, but a model for other legislatures.”
The proposals come after a dismal few weeks for parliament’s reputation. Tory MP Neil Parish resigned on Saturday for viewing porn in the Commons chamber. Last week, Labour MP Liam Byrne was found to have bullied a former member of staff and will be suspended from the Commons for two days as a result. Earlier this month, Tory MP David Warburton was suspended from the parliamentary party after allegations relating to sexual harassment and cocaine use. Meanwhile, another Tory MP, Imran Ahmad Khan, has resigned after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
Commons staff have been pushing for an overhaul for some time. They have raised concerns that the independent complaints and grievance scheme (ICGS), set up in the wake of sexual harassment and bullying claims, remains a complicated, slow and often intimidating process. About 43 complaints against MPs have been investigated by the service in the past three years. It is understood that the number for the current year is similar to last year’s figure of 15 MPs.
Hoyle is working to form a “Speaker’s conference” – essentially a cross-party committee – to examine swift reforms and back an overhaul. Such a conference was last called in 2008 to examine the representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in the Commons. The committee will hear expert evidence before finalising the reforms. It would have to be formally approved by the government and the Commons.
Jenny Symmons, chair of the GMB branch for members’ staff, said: “The current complaints procedure has brought us forward a long way as a workplace, even with its issues. But it hasn’t changed the culture of bullying and harassment that goes on in MPs’ offices. It’s time to address the issue further up the river. MPs are not in an appropriate position to manage staff and be responsible for their entire employment.
“We must bring in a new employment structure for parliament, where one overall body hires staff; [where] there is a formal HR department; and while MPs can still choose who they hire, they are no longer in the position of unabated power over their staff.” | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/30/speaker-calls-for-overhaul-of-uk-parliament-after-series-of-scandals | 2022-04-30T19:27:47Z | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/30/speaker-calls-for-overhaul-of-uk-parliament-after-series-of-scandals | false | 1 |
The NHL Players’ Association is looking for a new leader after the union’s executive board voted to begin a search for Don Fehr’s successor.
There is no timetable for that decision, and Fehr will continue to serve in his current role until a replacement is found by a search committee that was announced Friday night.
Fehr has been executive director for more than a decade and guided the NHLPA through two collective bargaining negotiations with the league. He turns 74 in July and began laying the framework for a succession plan last fall when talking to players early in the season.
The seven-player committee made up of Carolina’s Ian Cole, Buffalo’s Kyle Okposo, Anaheim’s Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis’ Justin Faulk, Detroit’s Sam Gagner, Edmonton’s Zach Hyman and Winnipeg’s Nate Schmidt is expected to provide an update on its search to the executive board at its annual meeting in Toronto in June.
Fehr spent 23 years as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association before retiring from that post in 2009. He joined the NHLPA in December 2010 and negotiated a CBA with Commissioner Gary Bettman and other league officials in 2013 and an extension in 2020 that gave hockey labor peace through at least 2025.
“The many players who have played in the NHL over the last eleven years greatly appreciate the significant accomplishments under the leadership of Don Fehr,” members of the search committee said in a statement. “Don joined the NHLPA after a long and successful career as executive director of the MLBPA and quickly stabilized the union following a very difficult period. … We look forward to continuing to work with Don as we go through the succession process.”
Players also said Fehr played an important role in bringing back the World Cup of Hockey in 2016 and helping shepherd them through the COVID-19 pandemic with the CBA extension that paved the way for the 2020 playoffs to take place in quarantined bubbles.
Fehr was put in the spotlight last fall when a Chicago Blackhawks player who alleged he was sexually assaulted by a video coach said in a television interview the NHLPA was made aware of his case. An investigation recently found Fehr was not at fault for how the union handled Kyle Beach’s situation.
A law firm hired to look into the Fehr and the union’s actions in 2010 and 2011 concluded miscommunication and misunderstanding were behind the lack of action after Beach reported being assaulted by Brad Aldrich.
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings fired Jeff Blashill on Saturday, moving on from the coach tabbed to guide the storied NHL franchise through a long rebuilding process.
General manager Steve Yzerman said the team was not renewing the contracts of Blashill, assistant Doug Houda and goaltending coach Jeff Salajko.
Blashill spent the past seven seasons behind the bench for the Red Wings, who have missed the playoffs the past six seasons while transitioning into a youth movement. They last qualified for the postseason in 2015-16 when they lost in the first round.
The previous regime led by Stanley Cup-winning GM Ken Holland hired Blashill as Mike Babcock's replacement, a natural selection given his reputation of developing young talent. Blashill has been with the organization for 11 years, including one season as an assistant on Babcock's staff and three as coach of the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins.
The Red Wings went 204-261-72 with Blashill at the helm. That .447 points percentage is second-worst in the league since then, not counting the expansion Seattle Kraken that debuted this season.
Detroit improved drastically in 2021-22 behind rookies Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond, finishing 12th in the 16-team Eastern Conference. The Red Wings could now be ready to take the next step back toward playoff contention with a new coach in charge.
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The state’s governor has an upcoming fundraiser event early next month in The Villages at the Brownwood Hotel and it struck me that those ponying up their hard-earned cash to attend may not realize that they are spending good money after bad in order to back a political candidate that just signed a whopper of a foolhardy piece of legislation that in 2023 takes away the Reedy Creek District that the Florida Legislature established in the 1960s to enable the Disney Co. to operate as, basically, its own municipality and taxing body, including the provision of essential services like fire and police.
But now DeSantis has told residents – a lot no doubt his voters – of the two counties where Disney operates that they will have to fork over thousands more in property taxes that the Disney Co. has paid itself, amounting, according to published reports, to some $163 million annually. But the carnage does not stop there. The law that Florida legislators also passed creating Reedy Creek provides that it cannot be eliminated unless and until all debt obligations are retired. The debt presently is $1 billion, again per published reports.
So Mr. Governor, how do you intend to tell your voters, including those that will be attending your funder here next month, that taxpayers already socked with high inflation, gas prices, etc., can also afford an increase in property taxes plus retiring the Disney debt bill? All this is best captured by the famous line from the Tom Hanks’ movie, Forest Gump: “Stupid is as stupid does.” PS, I will NOT survey anticipated legal challenges since the DeSantis bill is unconstitutional.
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Though Kelowna residents have been encouraged to get outside to the local parks and beaches throughout the pandemic, fingers will be crossed in the coming months that a much cooler and clearer summer is on its way, following a smokey 2021.
A total of $31.1 million is being invested into Kelowna’s outdoor spaces in 2022.
Parks and Buildings Planning manager Robert Parlane said that approximately $21.3 million of the money will be allocated towards the development of new park projects, while the remaining $9.8 million will go towards the revitalization of existing parks.
“Dynamic and attractive public space is a need that grows as Kelowna grows, and we are excited to continue developing and creating new parks and spaces to build community,” said Parlane.
There are over 200 parks, beaches and green spaces within the city.
Among the new spaces coming this spring is Tallgrass Park in the Tower Ranch development, which will include a playground, small entry plaza, pathways, park furnishings and more.
Along the lakefront, Pandosy Waterfront Park is allegedly ahead of schedule in construction, with the first phase expected to be completed in 2023. Plans for upgrades to the property, which is set to feature an urban lakefront, paddle sport launch area, pedestrian promenade, pathways, a bike maintenance station, and even a foot-washing station.
Down south in Lower Mission, a new park titled DeHart Park is in the process of engaging with the community to come up with the park’s design.
In terms of upgrades to current park and beach facilities, North Glenmore will soon be privy to a host of new amenities at Ballou Park, perhaps most prominently a trail connection to Knox Mountain Park, as well as what is being called an ‘adventure playground.’
Lastly, City Park, perhaps the most prominent park in Kelowna, will be seeing a whopping $2.1 million improvement to the beach and walkways.
Get out and explore, Kelowna.
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Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX – Get Rating) issued an update on its FY22 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.45 to $5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.13. Hologic also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.67 to $0.72 EPS.
NASDAQ:HOLX traded up $0.59 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $71.99. The stock had a trading volume of 3,171,469 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,864,434. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 2.34 and a current ratio of 2.74. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $74.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.27. Hologic has a 12-month low of $60.10 and a 12-month high of $81.04. The stock has a market cap of $18.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.12.
Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 27th. The medical equipment provider reported $2.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.47. Hologic had a return on equity of 43.74% and a net margin of 28.79%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.59 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that Hologic will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
In other Hologic news, insider Sean S. Daugherty sold 2,179 shares of Hologic stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.14, for a total transaction of $155,014.06. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.54% of the company’s stock.
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC lifted its stake in Hologic by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC now owns 695,835 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $53,273,000 after purchasing an additional 60,151 shares during the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its stake in Hologic by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 445,931 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $34,140,000 after purchasing an additional 4,483 shares during the last quarter. Toroso Investments LLC lifted its stake in shares of Hologic by 19.6% in the 4th quarter. Toroso Investments LLC now owns 30,140 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,308,000 after acquiring an additional 4,947 shares during the last quarter. Allstate Corp lifted its stake in shares of Hologic by 199.8% in the 4th quarter. Allstate Corp now owns 28,621 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,191,000 after acquiring an additional 19,073 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY increased its holdings in Hologic by 17.1% during the 4th quarter. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY now owns 28,528 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,184,000 after purchasing an additional 4,158 shares during the period. 93.12% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Hologic, Inc develops, manufactures, and supplies diagnostics products, medical imaging systems, and surgical products for women's health through early detection and treatment in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Diagnostics, Breast Health, GYN Surgical, and Skeletal Health.
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Janet Goodwin of Waltham, Massachusetts and Lady Lake, Florida, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2022.
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada to Guy and Carrie Smith, Janet was third of six siblings; Reginald Smith, Inez Smith, Edsel Smith, Dorothy Amisson and Joseph Smith.
Janet started her working career at the local movie theater in Amherst, Nova Scotia before moving to the states where she worked at several high tech companies before retiring from BLH Electronics in Waltham, MA.
She is survived by her daughter Sheree and son-in-law Rusty Murchie, daughter-in-law Linda Goodwin; grandchildren Tim McIver, Paul McIver, Jodi Vigeant, Chris Goodwin and Matthew Goodwin; great grandchildren Ada McIver and Connor Goodwin.
She was predeceased by her husband Carmen Goodwin, son Brian Goodwin and daughter Gail McIver.
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Down in Benton Harbor, customers store their compostable kitchen scraps in specially designed buckets that are picked up by Turtle Ridge Compost and deposited at its farm.
The Ottawa County Department of Public Health said Friday that it will launch a new residential Food Composting Program beginning Monday, May 2.
The program is unique to Ottawa County and is the only local public health-led residential composting program of its kind in the West Michigan region, the health department said.
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Nominate best and brightest for Aiken Standard's Young Professionals 2 Follow
The Aiken Standard is accepting nominations for the 2022 class of Young Professionals 2 Follow.
The paper is looking for early- and mid-career professionals who make Aiken great by making a difference and impacting the community in positive ways.
Nominations can be made online at aikenstandard.secondstreetapp.com/Young-Professionals-to-Follow-2022. The nomination period for the 2022 class of YP2F is open through Friday, May 27.
The Aiken Standard is looking to honor Aiken County's best and brightest young people, said Publisher Rhonda Overbey.
"Today's multi-generational workplaces are full of innovation and energy," she said. "This is a great opportunity to recognize the next generation of top performers bringing fresh ideas and making real contributions to Aiken's workforce."
Each nomination must include the nominee’s name, age, profession and employer, and charitable or community involvement. The nominator also should explain in writing why the nominee is exceptional.
The Aiken Standard will publish a special section showcasing the top 10 young professionals selected from the nominees for recognition and will hold an event honoring them.
Nominees must be residents of Aiken County under the age of 40.
This year will mark the seventh year 10 outstanding young professionals will be honored by the community.
“Last year, we received over 40 applicants,” said Diane Daniell, advertising sales and marketing manager for Aiken Standard. “These are young professionals who lead, nurture and create ways to make our community one of the best places to live.”
Nominations can come from employers, places of worship, friends or family.
“We encourage the business community and leaders to celebrate your young professionals," Daniell said.
There will be a special ceremony honoring the 2022 class of young leaders this summer.
All nominations must include the nominee or nominator’s contact information, including a telephone number and email address.
Nominations must be uploaded to aikenstandard.secondstreetapp.com/Young-Professionals-to-Follow-2022 or be mailed to Aiken Standard – Young Professionals, 326 Rutland Drive N.W., Aiken, SC 29801.
The deadline for nominations is May 27.
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Asensus Surgical (ASXC) Loses 3.70% for April 29
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Asensus Surgical Inc (NYSE:ASXC) traded 3.70% down on April 29 to close at $0.45.
2,020,260 exchanged hands. Their current average 30 day volume is 2,235,876 shares.
Asensus Surgical has moved 57.59% year-to-date in 2022.
The company is set to release earnings on 2022-05-03.
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About Asensus Surgical Inc
Asensus Surgical, Inc. is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery by unlocking the Clinical Intelligence to enable consistently superior outcomes and a new standard of surgery. This builds upon the foundation of Digital Laparoscopy with the Senhance® Surgical System powered by the Intelligent Surgical Unit™ (ISU™) to increase surgeon control and reduce surgical variability. With the addition of machine vision, augmented intelligence, and deep learning capabilities throughout the surgical experience, we intend to holistically address the current clinical, cognitive and economic shortcomings that drive surgical outcomes and value-based healthcare.
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings fired Jeff Blashill on Saturday, moving on from the coach tabbed to guide the storied NHL franchise through a long rebuilding process.
General manager Steve Yzerman said the team was not renewing the contracts of Blashill, assistant Doug Houda and goaltending coach Jeff Salajko.
Blashill spent the past seven seasons behind the bench for the Red Wings, who have missed the playoffs the past six seasons while transitioning into a youth movement. They last qualified for the postseason in 2015-16 when they lost in the first round.
The previous regime led by Stanley Cup-winning GM Ken Holland hired Blashill as Mike Babcock's replacement, a natural selection given his reputation of developing young talent. Blashill has been with the organization for 11 years, including one season as an assistant on Babcock's staff and three as coach of the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins.
The Red Wings went 204-261-72 with Blashill at the helm. That .447 points percentage is second-worst in the league since then, not counting the expansion Seattle Kraken that debuted this season.
Detroit improved drastically in 2021-22 behind rookies Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond, finishing 12th in the 16-team Eastern Conference. The Red Wings could now be ready to take the next step back toward playoff contention with a new coach in charge.
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Paris Jackson arrived on the blue carpet in her usual bohemian-chic style in support of the Hilton family’s art show at Casa Del Sol on Thursday in Los Angeles.
The star wore a blue lacy dress with shoulder straps to the big event. Jackson wore a tan bralette underneath the dress to provide extra coverage, while amping up the layers. The dress featured lacy tiers that added volume. The top half is see-through while the bottom half is opaque thanks to all the voluminous layers.
Jackson accessorized with beaded colorful necklaces and stacked bracelets, along with chunky gold rings. The daughter of Michael Jackson continued to accessorize with a couple of ankle bracelets in turquoise and silver just above her shoes, and she finished the look out strong with gold hoops. The maximalism is truly a key trait of boho style. The texture of the lace, as well as the layering details, made for a standout red carpet style statement.
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BJ`s Wholesale Club (BJ) Drops in Light Trading for April 29
Equities Staff Follow |BJ`s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE:BJ) shares have fallen 4.31% today on 1,445,357 shares - compared to the 30 day average of 1,706,698 shares traded.
As of today’s closing price of $64.35 the company has a 50 day moving average of $66.64.
The company is set to release earnings on 2022-05-19.
BJ`s Wholesale Club has gained 0.42% so far this year.
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About BJ`s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc
Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. is a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs in the Eastern United States. The company currently operates 219 clubs and 149 BJ's Gas® locations in 17 states.
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South Africa Likely in New COVID Wave, Says Health Minister
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
A woman wearing a mask walks past a mural of former South Africa's president Nelson Mandela, in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, April 29, 2022. South Africa's health minister says it is likely the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has likely entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks, the country’s health minister said on Friday.
The increase in new cases has been dominated by the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the omicron variant which dominated the country’s earlier wave of the virus.
“Whichever way you look at it, it does suggest that we may actually be entering the fifth wave much earlier,” Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Friday at a televised press briefing.
He said officials will be watching carefully over the next few days to determine if the increase is sustained which would confirm a new wave.
The country’s new infections are now several thousand per day, up from a few hundred a few weeks ago.
According to Phaahla, there was currently no information indicating the emergence of a new strain, which scientists had earlier suggested may drive the country’s fifth wave, expected during the country’s upcoming winter season from May into June.
“We have always been informed that when a new wave comes, it will be driven by a new variant, but at this stage we have not been alerted to a definite new variant except changes in the omicron,” said Phaahla.
Three South African provinces — Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape — currently are accounting for 85% of new infections, with the positivity rate in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal above 20%, he said.
Hospitalizations from the new cases are increasing but are still relatively low, Dr. Waasila Jassat from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, said.
“We are starting to see a small rise in hospital admissions in the private and public sector,” said Jassat. “Since around the 17 of April, we are seeing a sharp increase in hospital admissions.”
South Africa has experienced the highest number of infections in Africa since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, accounting for more than a quarter of the continent’s 11.4 million cases.
More than 252,000 people in South Africa have died from the virus, but the numbers are considered to be much higher when considering the number of excess deaths recorded since the pandemic compared to the same periods before the pandemic.
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Despite 2nd booster this month, vice president positive for COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen said neither President Joe...
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A Holocaust Remembrance Day event was canceled due to low registration. So hundreds showed up on Zoom to hear survivor’s story
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
On one of the most solemn days on the Jewish calender, Holocaust survivor Arnold Fridland would not be silenced.
Sydney Goldstein, 28, with a little help from others, saw to it.
Fridland, 86, was supposed to speak Thursday evening in Boulder, Colorado, at a Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, event — a day of reflection on the horrors of the Nazi slaughter of six millions Jews and the millions who lived on.
Goldstein said she tried to register for the event but the online link didn’t work. She later learned the program had been canceled because of low registration, she said.
“This kind of sparked a fire in me,” Goldstein recalled on Saturday. “There will be a time soon unfortunately where Holocaust survivors aren’t going to be around any longer and so we can’t waste a single year.”
As the Holocaust fades from public memory and anti-Semitism is on the rise, Goldstein was determined to allow Fridland to share his story.
She tracked down Fridland’s number and left a message to see if he could attend a last-minute event she hastily put together. Fridland, a retired scientist, had to call her back because he was on a bike ride.
“You know I live in Colorado,” Fridland joked in an interview with CNN. “I’m forced to try and pretend I’m still 25.”
Word spread, and Zoom call reached capacity
Goldstein, a doula, was a nanny for Gal and Maya Weinstock, who agreed to host the event at their home.
“We just started rapid fire messaging everyone to really show support,” said Goldstein, adding that the Weinstocks also reached out to Israeli friends living in Boulder.
She also announced the event on Instagram and received about 50 messages. Goldstein said she set up a Zoom video conference for the talk. About 30 people showed up at the Weinstock home.
“I thought like tops 20 people were going to show up on the Zoom,” Goldstein said.
Fridland began to speak and soon the Zoom reached a capacity of 300 people, Goldstein said.
“I kept getting messages from people: It’s at capacity. What do we do? So I went on Instagram Live and we had over 600 interactions on that. Someone from Bangkok had joined. It was like a worldwide event.”
Fridland spoke about walking the streets of Belgium as a boy, his father tightening the grip on his hand as lines of German soldiers walked past.
“It was exciting to watch. It was scary to watch but all the time I realized they were dangerous,” he said.
He talked about being separated from his Jewish parents at the end of 1942 — he was just 6 — and being taken in by another family. After the war, he learned his parents were killed at Auschwitz, where more than a million people were murdered. Until the beginning of 1945, he said, he still expected his parents would return for him.
“As my mother told me before, ‘We’ll be together soon — again,'” he told CNN. He recalled that dozens of Jewish children were taken in and saved by many non Jewish families.
“People who had very little themselves were still willing to help a Jewish child,” he said.
The evening was one of the most unforgettable experiences of Goldstein’s life, she said.
“It’s just so beautiful how the community came together to really show Arnold that we care and that we know this is something that’s very important and we’re invested in his story and we want to listen, and show him we’ll never forget,” she said.
“It was a beautiful example of the power of community, the power of a spark and a few people who wanted to make a difference and then that caught like wildfire.”
‘It was extremely inspiring’
One of the people on the Zoom call was Jonathan Allen, a manager with the Anti-Defamation League in Washington, DC. He learned about the talk from a friend’s social media post.
“When I joined … there were only around seven people on and so I immediately went and shared it on my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to hopefully get more people on — and I’m sure others did as well,” he said. “And just 20 minutes later the Zoom hit its capacity at 300 people, with people pouring in from around the world and around the US.”
Allen said the ADL in 2021 counted more than 2,700 ant-Semitic incidents across the US — a 34% increase from the previous year and the highest number since the organization began keeping track in 1979.
“The opportunity to interact with survivors, to directly hear from them and their stories, is only going to become fewer and fewer as the survivors get older unfortunately,” he said. “And even now, we have Holocaust deniers while there are still living survivors, and so it’s on us, the next generation, to continue to pass along stories like Arnold’s — which is why I think it resonated with so many people.”
At the end of his presentation, Fridland politely thanked his audience. There was a round of applause.
Goldstein stepped forward and said of Fridland’s story: “It’s all over America. It’s all over the world.”
“Amazing,” he said, with a slight smile.
“He was able to live such a beautiful, full, happy and successful life after experiencing such darkness at such a young age,” Goldstein said Saturday.
“It was extremely inspiring and made me realize even more deeply what an honor it was to get to meet Arnold and have him share his story.”
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By Chris King • 30 April 2022 • 21:43
Credit: Facebook - Maya Pidhoretska
Hollywood film star Angelina Jolie made a visit to the city of Lviv in Ukraine today, Saturday, April 30. The 46-year-old was there in her capacity as a special envoy with the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency.
An unexpected moment of panic occurred as air raid sirens started to sound. Video footage of Jolie hurriedly moving to safety, accompanied by her entourage, was uploaded onto social media. Members of the public were eventually warned off by a female member of staff who asked them to stop filming the actress.
Ms Jolie did take the time to graciously acknowledge her fans though, waving to them and insisting, ‘I’m okay’, when she was asked. The reasons behind today’s trip to the country have not been revealed, but the Hollywood actress has been involved for several years with the UN’s Refugee Agency.
Maya Pidhorodetska, the Ukrainian woman who earlier posted another video in Facebook, captioned it, in her own language, “Nothing special. Just Lviv. I just went to have coffee. Just Angelina Jolie’, adding, ‘Ukraine is simply supported by the whole world’.
Her footage captured a casually-dressed Angelina Jolie happily walking the streets of the city, chatting to residents of Lviv. MsPidhorodetska’s video, which also shows the actress signing a piece of paper, has notched up more than 19,000 shares on the platform.
Lviv is certainly not the best place to go walkabout having recently come under bombardment by the Russian forces outside the city. Seven people were killed there earlier this month in a missile strike, as reported by dailymail.co.uk.
Here is one video of Angelina Jolie in a cafe in Lviv. Video credit: Maya Pidhoretska via Facebook.
⚡️ Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie was spotted at a cafe in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 30. Jolie is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Video: Maya Pidhoretska via Facebook. pic.twitter.com/CBtR4HBMNR — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2022
⚡️ Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie was spotted at a cafe in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 30.
Jolie is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Video: Maya Pidhoretska via Facebook. pic.twitter.com/CBtR4HBMNR
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2022
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The Reds fell to a third straight defeat as goals from Theo Archibald and Aaron Drinan saw Orient come away with a 2-0 hard-fought victory.
However, the game should’ve finished so differently when to everyone’s bemusement in the crowd, Tilley’s late strike was not seen to have crossed the line by any of the officials as it cannoned down off the underside of the bar.
Crawley saw a number of yellow cards handed out as they protested, with one going to Young on the touchline. “I’ve seen it back already and it’s two yards over the line.
"I don’t really want to get another booking and cause more controversy but I think everyone bar four people in the ground could see it was over the line but what can you do?” he said.
The hosts fell behind after only seven minutes and suffered a poor first half performance before coming out a different side in the second. “It shouldn’t have to take some choice words at half-time and obviously decisions made during the first half to come out and have to do that second half.
"I stand here really gutted more for the first half regardless of what we done second half because we couldn’t get any words in terms of everything, our approach, our execution.
“I’m more disappointed with the first half than positive for the second half but it was only three points, we have to pick ourselves up, we’ve still got one more game and that game may mean the difference between us finishing in the bottom half of the table or top half.
"We’ve got to dust ourselves down but at the minute it just feels disappointing.”
“The intensity we played at, our willingness to run forward, to pass forward, look and think forward, that was different, and then ultimately just down to having the bravery at times to play. It’s hard to motivate at the end of the season when in the back of your mind ultimately, it’s just three points and not a massive league position on it.
“It’s still the same players that have got us 60 points this season which is still a fantastic effort with some of the things that have been thrown at us. I still think these are really good players and that’s why I say I’m disappointed more so as I know their quality and I know the group itself are a lot better than we have shown in the first half.
“We still have to see it as being a positive season, even though it doesn’t feel like it today but it definitely has been in terms of we’ve got 60 points and one point off last season and still with the chance to better that.
"Definitely we’ve got to take positives off that, and I stand here as an ex-player and I wish I was in that group with the quality and with the people in there.”
This afternoon’s game was the first one attended by new co-owner Preston Johnson, amid the on-going investigation against John Yems, Young was unable to say what will happen next season. “I can’t say much on what’s going to happen next season, I suppose in the next couple of weeks decisions will be made and one way or another, if that means changing playing squad or whatever else then that’s out of my hands, that’s not for me to comment on.” | https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/i-think-everyone-bar-four-people-in-the-ground-could-see-it-was-over-the-line-but-what-can-you-do-crawley-towns-lewis-young-after-denied-goal-against-leyton-orient-3676345 | 2022-04-30T20:10:15Z | https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/i-think-everyone-bar-four-people-in-the-ground-could-see-it-was-over-the-line-but-what-can-you-do-crawley-towns-lewis-young-after-denied-goal-against-leyton-orient-3676345 | false | 1 |
An adult ballet class liberated me from my body image struggles
By Alice Robinson
I’m wearing a black Lycra catsuit to the first ballet class I’ve attended in more than 15 years. The suit fits so poorly that the manufacturer I ordered it from has partially refunded my payment, which is lucky because we are broke and, ill-advisedly, I ordered two of them in a spur-of-the-moment flurry late at night. Now I’m wearing the terrible outfit because I don’t own anything else that works with my scars.
It has been years since I have exercised in any determined way: the span of my motherhood. But I know from everyday experience that leggings and tights will perform poorly. Leggings will roll down because of the shape of my stomach, or else sit precisely on the tender hatch of scar tissue beneath its overhang.
Among the users of pregnancy and motherhood forums online, this part of my post-partum body – the place where my stomach, misshapen by surgery, cuts back to muscle – is known, colloquially, as The Ledge. I need to wear the suit because it covers me securely. I’ve had two babies: two caesarean sections.
The ballet school is in the main street of town. I’ve googled their timetable several times over the years looking for classes suitable for my kids. I’ve looked for adult dance classes on occasion, but the combined logistics of limited income and the time demands of raising small children always conspired to put me off a thorough search. In fact, until it occurred to me that dancing again was something I could seriously consider, my state of mind was such that I’d never found any appropriate classes. They must have been there, but I literally didn’t see them.
I park the car and find the street-level door to the school. It’s a cold night and I’m glad to leave it behind me as I clomp up the stairs in my Birkenstocks. At the top, a pretty woman with sleek blonde hair is welcoming. I introduce myself.
The teacher, Jane, is brisk. The class consists of only four women. All of them fit and slender in outfits far more seriously balletic than I had imagined. One of them is wearing black leggings, but the others have on the regulation pink tights and black leotards and floaty chiffon skirts and pink ballet shoes I wore to class as a child.
I am surprised to find the sight of their costumes galvanising rather than embarrassing. I am long practised at being the odd one out; but now my bizarre catsuit is less humiliating than it should be. There should be something vaguely ridiculous about these women – as there is about me. But the seriousness with which they have prepared for the class matches something yearning in me, too.
I had prepared for the class with the understanding I would be attempting to move my body through humiliation, because this is what I am used to.
Since having the children, growing larger and losing fitness, being cautious about my scars, losing faith in the ability of my body, I’ve become used to being underestimated – and in underestimating myself. But looking at these middle-aged women in their serious ballet uniforms, I suddenly feel that I am in the right place. They, like me, want to be ballerinas, and they have come dressed for the part.
Stepping onto the glossy boards in my new, pale-pink canvass slippers, I see only bravery. These women will never be professional dancers. They may never even be good. But they are here.
I am the oldest and the largest. The others are preparing for an exam and a large part of the class consists of watching pre-teen dancers enact the steps they will be assessed on, before the class practises those same steps.
For some reason, the teacher positions me as her shadow. We stand side by side at the barre. I find myself lengthening, shifting my shoulders back. The huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors do not extend all the way to where I am standing, so I am blessed with blindness at this first class, having to rely on the shapes my body makes in the space, to my knowledge of form, deep-folded like veins of gold in rock, to determine whether I am creating the shapes as I should.
It isn’t as hard as I’d feared. My hips are stiff and resist turning out. My muscles are weak and shriek; I get cramps in my calves. But my arms find the shapes easily, remembering.
Unbelievably, I am finding the class almost easy even as I fumble the steps. I feel graceful. I feel a kind of potential I never felt as a young woman, as a child. How is this possible? More thrilling: I am enjoying myself. “Four weeks earlier and you could have joined in the exam,” Jane says approvingly.
Unbelievably, I am finding the class almost easy even as I fumble the steps. I feel graceful. I feel a kind of potential I never felt as a young woman, as a child. How is this possible?
Writing this, I can conjure a host of reasons for the level of pure joy and ease I found in that first class – the simplest of which is that in some profound ways, largely attributable to life experience, I’m a different person now to the person I was at 20, or 10, or five. I have many of the same hang-ups I had as a young person, but rather than wishing them away, squashing them down, I have accepted them now as a core part of my identity.
When I was young, dancing had been a distraction from what I considered my real life. It had been uncool to try too hard; the last thing I wanted back then was to be seen to be trying at something I would clearly never succeed at.
But having forged a writing career and struggled in a very different but equally gruelling way to raise small children, allowing myself the privilege of attending the dance class to struggle and potentially fail was liberating.
I came to the first class humbled by my shortcomings rather than eviscerated by my attempts to suppress them. I came with back pain from a jellied core, in possession of very little downtime, cracked open by the cataclysm of early parenthood. I came having lived for a decade or so with the certainty that I would never dance again.
After the class I rush to the front of the room to ask Jane how to formally enrol. I feel taller and stronger already, liberated by surprise: my body can do something. I can’t wait to come again. She directs me to a form on a clipboard. I stand at the empty reception counter to fill it in on the spot: name, address, date of birth – and emergency contact.
On the back of the form is a medical release, asking me whether I have asthma or hearing issues, heart problems or dizziness. Have you had major surgery? I hesitate, then tick “yes”. It asks me to clarify, and I write “Caesarian sections x 2″, accidentally misspelling the name of the lifesaving procedures that have shaped the person I am and the body I’m in.
I don’t want to take off my new ballet shoes, but I do. My children will wake early the next morning, and the first thing they will do is call for me.
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19 Movies To Watch After ‘Pulp Fiction’ That'll Give You The Same Criminal Vibes
Yes, there are more Quentin Tarantino options in here.
Cult classic film Pulp Fiction is arguably one of Quentin Tarantino’s most popular projects. The 1994 movie has an all-star cast that includes John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis, and more. Along with winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes, it earned a slew of Academy Award nominations as well. The film itself is quintessential Tarantino — it’s a unique storytelling structure that’s not chronological, it combines dark humor and crime, and it’s incredibly violent (off-screen) in a way that just makes sense for a mob movie by Tarantino. While this film is extremely highly regarded, there are some other movies like Pulp Fiction you can add to your watch list to experience some of the same flavors as this one, whether it’s movies written or directed by Tarantino, L.A. noir flicks, or other humorous crime movies. Check out our list of what movies to watch after Pulp Fiction.
True Romance
True Romance should feel a lot like Pulp Fiction actually. Tarantino’s co-writer on Pulp Fiction, Roger Avary, originally wrote True Romance before working on Pulp Fiction and when it came time for the two to work on the latter film, Tarantino pulled some things from Avary’s previous film. True Romance came out the year before Pulp Fiction and has all the trappings of a Tarantino film — it follows a former call girl (Patricia Arquette) who is on the run from the mafia with her husband (Christian Slater) after stealing drugs from her former pimp.
Reservoir Dogs
Tarantino’s film before True Romance was Reservoir Dogs. Another crime film, this one was actually Tarantino’s full-length directorial debut, so if you love the Tarantino aspect of Pulp Fiction, this film is a must-watch. It was with this film about a diamond heist that Tarantino really created his hallmarks — crime movies that feature a lot of profanity and don’t follow a chronological storyline. This film, for example, tells you what happened before the heist and after, though not necessarily in a linear fashion, and leaves some of it up to you.
In Bruges
Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges is an award-winning comedic crime film. After accidentally killing a child, Farrell’s character, Ray, and his mentor Ken (Gleeson) are sent to Bruges as punishment, and what follows is a violently hilarious roller coaster of a little bit of romance, a lot of miscommunication, and — much like Pulp Fiction — a lot of profanity. Trust us when we tell you that you won’t stop saying “F*cking Bruges” for a very long time.
Goodfellas
Goodfellas will take you more on a crime journey than an eccentric Tarantino journey, but you’ll still experience that mob story. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci, this 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese is the true gangster tale of a man who gets caught up in a robbery and has to decide if the answer to his troubles is bringing down his conspirators. While far less humorous than a Tarantino film, Goodfellas is still just as heavy on the subject matter.
Kill Bill Vol. 1
This film, as well as its sequel Kill Bill Vol. 2 will feel a lot like Pulp Fiction, not only because they’re Tarantino films but because they all star Uma Thurman. However, Kill Bill isn’t a sequel to Pulp Fiction. It carries a lot of similarities — it is Tarantino after all — and sees Thurman’s character, the Bride, escaping her life as a killer after she finds out she’s pregnant with Bill’s baby. When he wreaks havoc on her life, though, she seeks revenge, and thus, the story of Kill Bill is born.
The Godfather
You can’t discuss crime movies without mentioning The Godfather. The original Francis Ford Coppola film from 1972 is a quintessential mob drama. As the leader of the Corleone family, Marlon Brando’s Don “Vito” Corleone keeps the peace with those who respect him — until a mafia war between families puts him to the test. The Godfather is required to watch for anyone who has an interest in the mafia and who wants to be in the know on some of the most well-known lines in movie history.
The Boondock Saints
We’re heading to Boston for this crime film starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Reedus. Brothers Conor and Murphy (Flanery and Reedus) are on a mission to wipe out crime in Boston — and detectives can’t decide if they actually want to put a stop to it. It’s a bit of a twist on the typical crime film, considering it’s more of a vigilante storyline, but this is a decent palate cleanser from some of the heavier crime dramas.
Jackie Brown
Another of Tarantino’s crime films starring a strong woman is Jackie Brown with Pam Grier at the helm. As a stewardess who gets caught smuggling drugs, Jackie Brown (played by Grier) finds herself down on her luck and at risk of completely being offed. She’s smarter than the other guys, though, and flips the whole operation around to her advantage. It’s definitely a thrilling story with Tarantino’s touches as far as a vibrant production, profanity, and crime with a light and violent touch.
Scarface
This iconic film takes place in 1980s Miami and tells the story of a Cuban immigrant and his journey to becoming a rich and powerful drug dealer. He takes over a drug cartel and eventually gets into deep trouble. This movie is filled with romance, murder, and betrayal. Al Pacino’s character struggles along his way to the top and makes many sacrifices in order to survive the cartel life.
Other Movies Like Pulp Fiction
- The Departed
- Snatch
- Casino
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Get Shorty
- Made
- Inglorious Bastards
- Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
- Once Upon A Time In America
- Uncut Gems
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Google Chrome has announced a significant update for its more than three billion users after detecting 30 security vulnerabilities on its browser — seven of which were deemed highly severe — just weeks after issuing an update for a zero-day vulnerability that hackers exploited.
The company issued a press release on April 26 announcing that it will promote Google Chrome 101.0.4951.41 in the coming days or weeks to the stable channel for Mac, Windows, and Linux, which will offer protection from the dozens of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) found on the browser, which Statista reports is used by 3.2 billion people.
“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix,” Chrome said in its release.
“A vulnerability is a mistake in software code that provides an attacker with direct access to a system or network,” CSO reported, citing the CVE website. “It could allow an attacker to pose as a super-user or system administrator with full access privileges.”
The company noted that hackers had not yet exploited the vulnerabilities, WIRED reported. However, on April 14, Google Chrome announced a patch that corrected the high-risk CVE-2022-1364, which hackers did exploit, according to WIRED. The browser updated the stable channel to 100.0.4896.127 for Mac, Windows, and Linux users.
“The technical details aren’t currently available, but the timing of the fix—just a day after it was reported—indicates it’s pretty serious,” WIRED wrote.
The incident followed another high-threat CVE patch announced on March 25, in which Google said attackers were already exploiting CVE-2022-1096. Forbes noted the fact that the company corrected a single vulnerability, emphasizing the severity of the issue. The bug was fixed when the stable channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux was updated to 99.0.4844.84. | https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/04/30/google-chrome-warns-users-of-dozens-of-security-vulnerabilities/ | 2022-04-30T20:17:28Z | https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/04/30/google-chrome-warns-users-of-dozens-of-security-vulnerabilities/ | true | 1 |
Best Professional (Individuals) Category
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Bartender
Winner: Jordan Colling, Copperfields
- 13 E 21 Street
- (308) 237-9259
- Facebook @copperfieldsbarkearney
Favorites
Jody Spilde, The Church Key
- 1912 Central Avenue
- (308) 455-3227
- thechurchkey.business.site
Ryan Pierce, The Cup
- 12 East 21 Street
- (308) 708-0831
- thecupofkearney.com
Car Salesperson
Winner: Tim O’Brian, Tim’s Auto
- 825 E 25 Street
- (308) 237-7100
- timsauto.com
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Thank you for naming us Best of Kearney! Please stop into see us and let us show you why so many people use us for their car buying needs. Thank you Kearney!
Favorites
Justin Martin, Midway
- 515 2nd Avenue East
- (308) 210-3212
- midwaychevybuickgmc.com
Nick Mortensen, Midway
- 515 2nd Avenue East
Chiropractor
Winner: Nathaniel Gaunt, Schrock Chiropractic
- 1616 W 39th Street
- (308) 236-6499
- schrockmedical.com
Thank you to all that voted for our clinic under Chiropractic Offices and for Best Professional Chiropractor (Dr. Gaunt). We appreciate serving central NE in our Integrative Medical Clinic for the past 24 years and hope to further serve this area for many more to come! We love our patients and do our best to stay innovative in the world of health care and joint/muscle pain relief.
Favorites
Cory Stickney, Elite Health and Wellness
- 4715 2nd Avenue
- (308) 455-1500
- elitekearney.com
Reese Florang, Florang Chiropractic
- 2214 2nd Avenue
- (308) 455-3300
- florangchiropractic.com
Dentist
Winner: Dr. Walter Martin, Fort Theatre Dentistry
- 2205 Central Avenue
- (308) 237-5853
- fabulousfangs.com
“Tooth” be told, our customers are the best. Thank you Kearney Community!
Favorites
Jordan Cochran, Cochran Dental
- 2501 30th Avenue suite A
- (308) 338-2050
- jordancochrandds.com
Katherine Goodwin, Kearney Dental Clinic
- 4106 6th Avenue
- (308) 237-3479
- kearneydentalclinic.com
Eye Doctor
Winner: Betsy Turk, Lind Eyecare
- 4107 7th Avenue
- (308) 236-8500
- lindeyecare.com
Favorites
Dr. Kyle Craw, Kearney Eye Institute
- 411 W 39 Street
- (308) 865-2760
- kearneyeye.com
Mandy Johnson, Optical Gallery
- 220 W 39th Street
- (308) 234-9913
- opticalgalleryofkearney.com
Financial Planner
Winner: Gary Barth, Barth Financial
- 2202 Central Avenue #8
- (308) 234-6502
- barthfinancial.com
Barth Financial’s mission is to help our clients in central Nebraska build, protect and preserve their assets. Since 1994, we have been working to help our clients achieve their financial aspirations through income planning, asset allocations and wealth management.
Favorites
Emily Jameson, Barney Financial
- 5508 N Avenue
- (308) 237-9167
- barneyfinancial.net
Kristina Hoelting, Barth Financial
- 2202 Central Avenue #8
- (308) 234-6502
- barthfinancial.com
Hairstylist
Winner: Mindy Gronewoller, Black Diamond Salon
- 2000 Central Avenue
- (308) 455-1179
- Facebook @blackdiamondsalon
Black Diamond Salon is a small, intimate salon downtown on the bricks. Even though there are are only two of us that work there, we do our best to make every single one of our guests feel welcome when they walk in, and feel beautiful when they walk out. Having only been open for 2 years, Mindy and I are truly blessed to have such amazing support from this community! We can’t thank all of our friends, family, and clients enough!
Favorites
Shelly Temme, The Razors Edge
- 2004 Central Avenue
- (308) 338-0067
- the-razors-edge-salon.com
Tyler Eddy, The Razors Edge
- 2004 Central Avenue
- (308) 338-0067
- the-razors-edge-salon.com
HVAC Technician
Winner: Kent Reinke, Reinke’s Heating and Air
- 4120 Airport Road
- (308) 234-3003
- reinkeshvac.com
Thank you, Kearney! We are humbled and grateful to be chosen as the best Heating & Air Company. We appreciate you supporting us for over 50 years! We look forward to serving you for many more!
Favorites
Branighan Johannsen, Double J
- 1206 A Avenue
- (308) 293-1446
- Facebook @jjplmbing
Jack O’Connor, Fiddelke HVAC
- 104 E 11 Street
- (308) 234-2141
- fiddelkehvac.com
Insurance Agent
Winner: Cory Kruse, State Farm
- 3320 2nd Avenue
- (308) 234-2740
- corykruse.com
Favorites
Matt Pawloski, State Farm
- 216 W 42 Street
- (308) 233-3276
- mattp.biz
Brian Blakely, Stonebridge Insurance
- 3800 A Avenue suite A
- (308) 698-0144
- stonebridgeiwm.com
Lawyer
Winner: Elizabeth Klingelhoefer, Jacobsen Orr Lindstrom Holbrook
- 322 W 39th Street
- (308) 234-5579
- jacobsenorr.com
Thank you for voting us Best Law Firm, Best Lawyer and Best Place to Work. Since 1978, Jacobsen Orr has proudly served the needs of the Kearney community & Greater Nebraska. We are honored and humbled to be recognized.
Favorites
Loralea Frank, Bruner Frank Schumacher Husak
- 5804 1st Avenue
- (308) 455-1046
- brunerfrank.com
Brad Holbrook, Jacobsen Orr Lindstrom & Holbrook
- 322 W 39th Street
- (308) 234-5579
- jacobsenorr.com
Mortgage Lender
Winner: Annemarie O’Connor, Bruning Bank
- 1110 17th Avenue
- (308) 455-3072
- bruningbank.com
Bruning Bank’s primary mission is to assist clients to Build and Maintain Wealth. Our vision is to help our customers Build, Grow and Thrive. We offer full-service banking products at our locations in Bruning, Hebron, Broken Bow, Holdrege and Kearney. Our home mortgage team provides excellent local service and experience. We also offer a Wealth Management team and an Insurance Agency.
Favorites
Laura Bailey, FNBO
- 2223 2nd Avenue
- (308) 234-7206
- fnbo.com/mortgage/lbailey
Alex McGinley, NebraskaLand Bank
- 4615 2nd Avenue
- (308) 698-2280
- nebraskalandbank.com
OB/GYN
Winner: Dr. Amie Jorgensen, Contemporary OB
- 101 W 24 Street suite 1
- (308) 865-2740
- cobgyn.com
Favorites
Dr. Gina Torpin, Contemporary OB
- 101 W 24 Street suite 1
- (308) 865-2740
- cobgyn.com
Dr. Keri Philpot, Contemporary OB
- 101 W 24 Street suite 1
- (308) 865-2740
- cobgyn.com
Orthodontist
Winner: Peter Longo, Longo Orthodontics
- 5409 E 55 Street
- (308) 224-2292
- longobraces.com
Favorite
Steven Swenson, Swenson Orthodontics
- 408 W 39 Street
- (308) 234-9226
- kearneybraces.com
Personal Trainer
Winner: Amy Barth, Just for Ladies
- 1540 W 56 Street suite B
- (308) 237-4949
- justforladiesfitness.com
Just for Ladies Fitness would like to thank our members and others that voted for your support! Every day our goal is to provide the women of the Kearney area with an inspiring, safe and positive atmosphere to accomplish their health and wellness goals. Our community of women encourage and support one another through all stages of fitness and life. From the group fitness classes, to Kids’ Club, the infrared sauna, tanning and much more, we invite you to check out why JFL is unlike any other fitness facility in Kearney!
Favorites
Johanna Wagner, Anytime Fitness
- 810 E 56th Street
- (308) 233-5500
- anytimefitness.com
Alex Weaver, YMCA
- 4500 6th Avenue
- (308) 237-9622
- kearneyymca.org
Photographer
Winner: Kirstina E Photography
- 123 W 21 Street
- (402) 641-0597
- kirstinaephotography.com
Because of you I can be ME! Thank you for your continued support Kearney! ”Your Forever Photographer” - Kirstina.
Favorites
Brian Baer, Baer Studios
- 8470 2nd Avenue
- (308) 234-2601
- baerphoto.com
Bronwyn Gillespie Photography
- (308) 991-3056
- bronwyngillespiephotography.com
Radio/TV Personality
Winner: Scott ORourke, Y-102
- 2223 Central Avenue
- (308) 698-2100
- krny.com
Y102 Thanks our loyal listeners for making us a Kearney favorite again this year. We LOVE interacting with all of you and look forward to seeing you out and about at concerts and events all over Central Nebraska this Spring & Summer. NRG Media operates five market leading radio stations in Central Nebraska. We are a community focused Media company with local employees who believe in GREAT LOCAL RADIO.
Favorites
Jayson Jorgensen, KRVN FM The River
- 1007 Plum Creek Pkwy Lexington
- (844) 931-9000
- Facebook @931TheRiver
Doug Duda, Power 99 / ESPN Superstation
- 403 E 25 Street
- (308) 236-9900
- central.newschannelnebraska.com
Real Estate Agent
Winner: Amir Rizik, Keller William’s Heartland
- 5617 2nd Avenue
- (308) 293-6830
- amirrizik.kw.com
Keller Williams Heartland & Rizik Realty Group are proud to serve the Kearney area by providing the best Real Estate tools and outstanding customer service.
Favorites
Wendy Kreis, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
- 5609 1st Avenue suite D
- (308) 338-8100
- bhhs.com
Matt Meister/Jillian Epley, Coldwell Banker
- 4503 2nd Avenue #110
- (308) 236-5466
- coldwellbankerkearney.com
Tattoo Artist
Winner: Scott Clevenger, Old Towne Tattoo
- 2007 Central Avenue
- (308) 455-1122
- Facebook @oldetownetattooandpiercing
Favorites
Justin Saddman, Babalu’s
- 1220 Central Ave #2
- (308) 325-8872
- babalustattoo.wixsite.com/babalusprofessionalt
Matty Madson, Old Towne Tattoo
- 2007 Central Avenue
- (308) 455-1122
- Facebook @oldetownetattooandpiercing
Veterinarian
Winner: Brandon Beebout, Hilltop Pet Clinic
- 4507 1st Ave Place
- (308) 236-5912
- hilltoppetclinic.com
Favorites
Valerie O’Connor, Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic
- 5912 2nd Avenue
- (308) 234-8118
- cottonwoodveterinaryclinic.com
Dr. Allen Stones, Northgate Veterinary Clinic
- 404 E 56th Street
- (308) 234-9512
- Facebook @Northgate-Veterinary-Clinic-195914887117230
Wait Staff (Workplace)
Winner: Cunningham’s Journal On The Lake
- 610 Talmadge Street suite A
- (308) 237-5122
- cunninghams-journal.com
Cunningham’s Journal would like to thank each of our guests for standing by our side and supporting us, yet another year. It is a privilege and an honor to serve our local community as well as the surrounding areas. Patio season is approaching and we cannot wait to serve you in the courtyard and on the patio! We hope to see you! Visit us at cunninghams-journal.com to make your resrvation!! Stay tuned for our sister location coming soon, ‘Fyre Modern Grill’.
Favorites
Alley Rose
- 2013 Central Avenue
- (308) 234-1261
- alleyrose.com
Jersey’s Sports Bar & Grill
- 5012 3rd Avenue
- (308) 234-3979
- Facebook @JerseysKearney
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Canterbury may escape the sudden downturn in housing market value experienced elsewhere around the country.
The latest OneRoof-Valocity House Value Index figures show the average property value in the region grew 2.9 per cent ($22,000) over the quarter to $787,000.
That is only slightly down on the 3.2 per cent recorded in the three months to the end of March.
OneRoof editor Owen Vaughan said this suggests the overall market may escape the sudden downturn experienced elsewhere.
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Strong value growth in Selwyn and Waimakariri, 5.7 and 5 per cent respectively, has helped pull up the overall figure, Vaughan said.
Christchurch's average property value was up 2.3 per cent over the quarter, and 26.8 per cent over the year, to $791,000, and even accounting for the slowdown, it is likely the city will cross the $800,000 mark in coming months.
However, house prices in some of the city's more populated, higher-value suburbs dropped over the quarter, including Fendalton (-$25,000), Merivale (-$15,000) and Kennedys Bush (-$11,000).
Meanwhile, property values barely changed in Timaru (up 0.4 per cent over the quarter) and dropped more than 1 per cent in the Kaikoura and Mackenzie districts.
Upper South Island
At the top of the South Island, house price growth was strongest in Marlborough. The region's average property value grew 2.8 per cent over the quarter, just slightly down on the 3.2 per cent growth rate recorded in the three months to the end of March.
Nelson's average property value was up just 1.8 per cent over the quarter while Tasman's barely grew at all.
Both are likely to see value declines in the months ahead, although any dips will only knock the regions back to levels seen in the closing months of 2021, Vaughan said.
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Homeowners in the upper south* enjoyed value growth of 7.9 per cent, with Carters Beach (up 12.7 per cent) and Karamea (up 10.6 per cent) the standout locations.
Vaughan said the Grey District's value growth over the quarter was a solid 3.1 per cent, although unlike Buller, its housing market is showing signs of fatigue, with value growth clearly slowing from the 7.5 per cent seen in the three months to the end of March.
Westland is the region's weakest market. Its rate of decline accelerated from 1.8 per cent in the first three months of the year to 2.3 per cent now.
Lower South Island
Value growth in Otago has slowed from nearly 7 per cent six months ago to 2 per cent in the three months to the end of April.
The story is the same in Southland, where the growth rate has tumbled from just over 6 per cent to 2.9 per cent.
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Top of the watch list in Otago are Dunedin and Queenstown-Lakes. Dunedin's average property value didn't budge over the quarter, and house prices dropped in almost half of the city's suburbs.
Value growth in Queenstown-Lakes was 3.6 per cent over the quarter, and while that would normally be cause for celebration, the growth rate is well down on the 9.6 per cent recorded in the three months to the end of March.
"The sharp slowdown could, however, be a blip and it's possible the opening up of New Zealand's borders and lifting of Covid restrictions will halt any further declines."
Also showing weakness in Otago is Clutha, where the average property value dropped 0.45 per cent to $451,000.
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Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK – Get Rating) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The software maker reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.04, MarketWatch Earnings reports. The company had revenue of $34.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.02 million. Mitek Systems had a net margin of 7.42% and a return on equity of 15.74%. Mitek Systems’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.11 EPS.
Shares of Mitek Systems stock traded down $1.83 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $11.17. 2,425,028 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 349,568. Mitek Systems has a twelve month low of $10.35 and a twelve month high of $23.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $494.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.57 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $13.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $16.02. The company has a current ratio of 5.75, a quick ratio of 5.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88.
A number of equities analysts have commented on MITK shares. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Mitek Systems from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 18th. Northland Securities cut their price target on shares of Mitek Systems from $24.00 to $20.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 20th. Maxim Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $28.00 price target on shares of Mitek Systems in a report on Friday. HC Wainwright cut their price target on shares of Mitek Systems from $27.00 to $22.00 in a report on Friday. Finally, Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Mitek Systems from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $22.25.
A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Mitek Systems by 112.4% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 538,572 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $9,560,000 after acquiring an additional 285,029 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG grew its position in Mitek Systems by 14.3% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 459,628 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $8,158,000 after acquiring an additional 57,424 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Mitek Systems by 46.9% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 331,329 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $5,881,000 after acquiring an additional 105,735 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in Mitek Systems by 6.4% in the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 171,979 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,182,000 after acquiring an additional 10,352 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its position in Mitek Systems by 34.6% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 134,227 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,483,000 after acquiring an additional 34,538 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.20% of the company’s stock.
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Mitek Systems, Inc develops, markets, and sells mobile image capture and digital identity verification solutions in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. The company's solutions are embedded in native mobile apps and web browsers to facilitate digital consumer experiences.
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Rochester school officials are investigating allegations that a white teacher told his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton and put on handcuffs during lessons on slavery in a seventh-grade social studies class.
“It made me feel bad to be a Black person,” student Jahmiere O’Neal told news outlets.
The teacher has been put on leave while the school system investigates the allegations. They came to light after an appalled parent posted on Facebook that her daughter was confronted with the cotton-picking lesson Tuesday.
“He made a mockery out of slavery,” the mother, Precious Tross, who also goes by Precious Morris, told news outlets later.
“I don’t have a problem with you teaching our kids about slavery and what our ancestors went through and how they had to pick cotton,” she said. “Our teachers back in the day told us that, but they don’t bring in cotton and make you pick cotton seeds out of cotton.”
School officials haven’t identified the teacher. Teachers union President Adam Urbanski told WXXI-AM that “if someone departs from what they should be doing, they should suffer the consequences, but due process has to be allowed first.”
Tross and Vialma Ramos-O’Neal, who is Jahmiere’s mother, said the teacher let white children refuse to take part in the cotton-picking while not letting kids of color opt out.
“I immediately was like, ‘Oh, I’m not doing that,’” said Morris’ daughter, Ja’Nasia Brown. “And then he was like, ‘Do it. It’s for a good grade.’”
On another occasion, the teacher brought in handcuffs and shackles, according to the students. Tross said that when her daughter balked at putting them on, the teacher threatened to send her to the principal’s office or the school counselor.
The parents are calling for the teacher’s firing and for his teaching license to be revoked.
School Principal Kelly Nicastro told parents in a letter that school leaders “take these allegations very seriously,” and a statement from the school board called them “extremely troubling.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams reacquired Troy Hill on Saturday, sending a fifth-round pick in 2023 to the Cleveland Browns in a trade for the versatile defensive back.
Hill spent five seasons with the Rams after their return to Los Angeles in 2016, and he became a key component of their secondary as their top slot defender and nickel back. He started 39 games — including all 16 in the 2020 season — and made seven interceptions, returning two for touchdowns.
He left the Rams as a free agent in March 2021 for a two-year, $9 million contract with Cleveland. Hill was a solid presence on an inconsistent Browns defense, making 49 tackles and two sacks in 12 games despite missing time with a knee injury and a sprained neck.
Cleveland drafted Mississippi State’s Martin Emerson in the third round on Friday, adding youth and depth to its secondary while possibly decreasing Hill's role.
The 30-year-old Hill seems likely to reassume his role as a key defensive back for the Rams, who lost starting cornerback Darious Williams to Jacksonville in free agency last month.
The Rams won the Super Bowl in their first season without Hill, whose base salary is $1.5 million for 2022. Hill attended high school in Ventura County, where the Rams' training complex is located.
The Rams also lost safety John Johnson as a free agent to Cleveland before last season, but Los Angeles' championship defense thrived despite a secondary that didn't have the overall talent of the 2020 group. David Long, Dont'e Deayon and rookie Robert Rochell all had little consistent success in Hill's former role as the Rams' fifth defensive back.
The Rams announced the deal during the fourth round of the NFL draft, moments after choosing cornerback Decobie Durant of South Carolina State.
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This weekend, Jupiter and Venus will be very close together, providing a spectacle in the night sky from April 30th. It will not be necessary to use binoculars or a telescope, but observers will have to wait until late at night. The last time such a close conjunction happened was in 2016, and it won’t repeat until March 2023.
At dawn on April 30th (Friday to Saturday), the pair of planets will be separated by only 31 arcminutes apart, and will be easiest to observe after 5:00 am, when they are about 20° above the horizon. If you are in an area with good visibility and an unobstructed horizon (not covered by trees or houses), it is worth starting to observe at 4:00 am.
In the following morning (May 1, at 4:40 am), they will be even closer, with a distance of only 27 minutes of arc. To give you an idea of how close the Full Moon, for example, occupies 30 minutes of arc in the sky. That is, just a little wider than the distance that will separate the two planets at this conjunction. The Moon will not appear on that date.
The observation window is short, as sunlight begins to appear just below the planets at around 6 am. However, the Sun only rises at 6:40 am, so there is some chance of getting a nice view of Venus at the very beginning of dawn (as it usually is). Jupiter will be considerably dimmer than Venus, so it will be interesting to see how these worlds fade as the Sun takes over.
Even after May 1st, the alignment of the planets towards the East will continue, with the distance between some of them increasing more and more. At the end of May we will have other conjunctions such as Mars and Jupiter and Venus and Moon.
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'True love': Holly Willoughby shares sweet snap of her parents Linda, 73, and Brian as they celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary
Holly Willoughby shared a gushing tribute to her parents as they marked their 45th wedding anniversary.
The This Morning presenter, 41, took to Instagram on Saturday to mark the occasion as she said her parents Linda, 73, and Brian had found 'true love' with each other.
She shared a sweet snap of the happy couple lounging outside, with Brian wrapping his arm around Linda as she sat snuggly wrapped in a lilac blanket.
Sweet: Holly Willoughby shared a gushing tribute to her parents as they marked their 45th wedding anniversary
Alongside the picture, Holly gushed that her parents were 'couple goals' in a sweet caption as she marked their sapphire wedding anniversary.
She also revealed her mother said she knew Brian loved her when gave her his warm slippers to wear when she was cold, with Holly sweetly telling others to 'find a man who shares his slippers'.
She penned: 'Happy 45th wedding anniversary… when my mum woke this morning she said to me… "I know he loves me, because after I watered the garden this morning my feet where so cold so he took his warm slippers off and gave them to me".'
'Life lesson… find a man who shares his slippers… #truelove #couplegoals.'
'Couple goals': The This Morning presenter, 41, took to Instagram on Saturday to mark the occasion as she said her parents Linda and Brian had found 'true love' with each other
Romance: She revealed Linda said she knew Brian loved her when gave her his slippers to wear when she was cold, with Holly sweetly telling others to 'find a man who shares his slippers'
The photograph was originally shared to Instagram by Holly's author sister Kelly, who described her parents as 'the couple who showed the rest of us how to do it'.
Holly's heartwarming post comes after it was revealed that her company has earnings of more than £305,000.
The TV star departed from YMU Entertainment, which also represents her co-host Phillip Schofield, Ant and Dec and Davina McCall, after 13 years in 2020 to establish her own company.
And earlier this week, she filed the first annual accounts for her all-female company Roxy Management, which sees her manage herself.
Finances: Holly's heartwarming post comes after it was revealed that her company has earnings of more than £305,000
The books, which were published on Companies House on Wednesday, show that Holly boasted assets of £305,081 before deductions.
The accounts for the 12 months leading up to July 2021 also showed creditors of almost £240,000, with the firm's net assets standing at £46,553 after deductions.
Holly has also raked in a further £4.5million through her media company Roxy Media Ltd in the last three years.
She runs Roxy Media with her television producer husband Dan Baldwin and figures filed in December showed the firm had a cash pile of £1.6million as of February 2021.
Independent: Holly departed from YMU Entertainment, which also represents her co-host Phillip Schofield, after 13 years in 2020 to establish her own company
The assets were up from £1.4million in 2020 and £1.5million in 2019, totalling earnings of around £4.5million across the three years, before any deductions.
Holly, who controls 80 per cent of the firm, paid out £261,002 in Corporation Tax for the 12 months leading up to the end of February 2021.
In 2020, she also paid £132,441 to the exchequer and £407,850 in Corporation Tax the year before.
MailOnline has contacted Holly's representatives for comment.
Career: The TV personality earns around £600,000-a-year fronting ITV shows including This Morning and Dancing on Ice
She also has advertising deals with household store Dunelm and high street giant M&S, and she charges £25,000 for speaking engagements, plus has lucrative deals for ads on social media.
And she shows no signs of slowing down as she has also launched her own lifestyle brand called Wylde Moon in September.
The online store began taking orders in October and its launch coincided with the new moon.
In February, Holly celebrated the launch of the brand's first fragrance - The Wild - which retails at £42.
Holly has described Wylde Moon as an online space to empower women, explore crystal energies and offer fashion and beauty tips.
Explaining her hopes for her website, Holly wrote for the launch: 'I want WYLDE MOON to be a place where I can share the things that I love, the lessons that I've learnt, the things I see and instantly want to share with others.'
Elsewhere, Holly has been fronting Freeze The Fear With Wim Hof with Lee Mack and was blasted with snow by giant cannons in her first harsh challenge, Snow Storm.
Ouch: Elsewhere, Holly has been fronting Freeze The Fear With Wim Hof with Lee Mack and was blasted with snow by giant cannons in her first harsh challenge, Snow Storm
Holly and comedian Lee, 53, braced themselves for the 'bone-chilling' blizzard in which they were tasked with walking along icy logs as a demonstration to the contestants.
Carrying a giant flag each, they were to mark their place in the race by planting it in the ground before withstanding 10 seconds of the storm face-on.
Lee explained: 'It's been designed with Wim's blessing of course to build up your tolerance to the cold as you'll be entering what can only be described as a bone-chilling snow storm.'
Holly changed into a white and black bobble hat, black leggings, and a soaking wet white T-shirt featuring the text, 'What would Wim do?'
Wow! Holly and comedian Lee, 53, braced themselves for the 'bone-chilling' blizzard in which they were tasked with walking along icy logs as a demonstration to the contestants
Wrapping up: Holly changed into a white and black bobble hat, black leggings, and a soaking wet white T-shirt featuring the text, 'What would Wim do?'
Clad with protective goggles, giant boots and thick gloves, she braced herself for the snow storm, she grimaced as the comedian said: 'This is horrible!'
The model won the race since her co-star lost his balance and was forced to begin again, before a horn sounded to confirm her victory.
Ripping off her hat and goggles off, she shouted, 'Brain freeze! I'm out of breath!' with Lee agreeing, 'That's hard right?
Holly then told the celebrity contestants: 'You're going to hate it!' before revealing they would be split into two teams and forced to emulate the hosts - but in their swimwear.
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Stock Alert: CDW (CDW) Trades 3.24% Lower April 29
Equities Staff Follow |CDW Corp (NASDAQ:CDW) shares have fallen 3.24% today on 861,557 shares - in comparison to their 30 day average of 932,556 shares traded.
After closing today at $163.18 the company has a 50 day moving average of $174.22.
The company anticipates its next earnings on 2022-05-04.
CDW has moved 17.40% so far this year.
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The Yankees entered the offseason with more question marks than answers. Uncertainty surrounded the starting pitching depth, the defense was suspect, and far too many offensive contributors had regressed the prior season. They needed to add impact players from a free agent and trade pool loaded with talent. Therefore, when they announced the acquisition of Josh Donaldson from the Twins, I experienced the extreme ends of the fan reaction spectrum.
In Donaldson, the Yankees were acquiring a former MVP who still hit the ball as hard as anyone in baseball. He was a professional hitter who at the very least would work counts and not give away any ABs. He still possessed adequate range and a cannon arm from third, and could be counted on to make all the defensive plays that were expected of him. And if you’re into this kind of thing, he brought an edge to the team that was noticeably absent from the previous few campaigns.
On the flip side, Donaldson was entering his age-36 season with signs of decline from the previous two years. For a team that professed its desire to become faster and more athletic, Donaldson checked neither of those boxes. And as a high on-base, exit-velo hitter with plenty of swing and miss in his game, I worried New York was increasing an excess already present on the roster. The final kicker, with hindsight providing the prescription-strength clarity that it does — it appeared the Twins leveraged Donaldson’s salary dump to sign Carlos Correa. As the Yankees’ marquee addition of the offseason, and in the context of all the younger impact players who swapped teams either via trade or free agency, it was hard not to feel... underwhelmed.
Through the first week of games, I feared the pessimistic outlook was proving true. Sure, the triple slash line and elevated strikeouts didn’t look great, but that was far from what troubled me most. No, what really raised my hackles was degradation in two areas considered hallmarks of his game.
I’m talking about chase rate and groundball rate. For most of his career, Donaldson has sat among the league’s best at controlling the zone, in particular laying off pitches out of the zone. Additionally, as one of the progenitors of the modern flyball revolution, groundballs have always been anathema to the righty slugger. That is why it was so alarming to see Donaldson post uncharacteristically high chase (52.8 percent) and groundball (43.8 percent) rates through the first two series.
Have no fear, my friends, for it appears these trends were only a temporary blip in the road. Over his next 12 games, Donaldson got those numbers back under control. Yes, the 34.2 percent chase rate is still high, but that’s a residual effect from the ungodly amount of chasing he did in the first handful of games. As for the groundball rate, not only has he wrangled it in, it would represent a new career-low at 30.2 percent.
Wouldn’t you know it, the more the chase and groundball rates fell, the better the results became at the plate. Even more encouraging, it appears Donaldson has exchanged all of those groundballs for line drives, also reflected in a career-best 34.9 percent flare/burner rate. Flares/burners are considered the second-best type of batted ball after barrels — hit with slightly lower launch angle and exit velocity. It’s the salmon-colored area in the batted ball diagram below.
In short, Donaldson is hitting the ball like, well... Josh Donaldson. And that’s why I was never really worried about Donaldson, nor would I have been worried if the poor process had continued to the present day. He’s just too good a hitter to have remained in that funk. Indulge me, if you will, while I take a few moments to explain why I remain so confident in his swing.
These are the prototypical backspun home runs that hitters dream about. Such flyballs carry that extra bit farther because of the ideal way in which Donaldson has impacted them.
In contrast, two weeks ago, Esteban penned a thorough piece examining how Joey Gallo’s propensity to topspin his hardest-hit balls robs the lefty slugger of a ton of potential production. In some respects, Donaldson’s swing is the polar opposite of Gallo’s. Gallo’s extreme uppercut swing leaves him a tiny window for ideal impact of the baseball. It also effectively creates a gaping hole at the top of the zone for pitchers to exploit. Donaldson on the other hand is among the golden standards for a level swing.
Look how level his swing is through the zone! Fastball, breaking ball, and offspeed thrown to different quadrants of the zone — Donaldson perfectly matches his swing plane to the vertical approach angle of the pitch. That he is able to keep his swing on plane for so long through the hitting zone allows him a much wider window to barrel the ball. (As an interesting aside, both Donaldson and Gallo routinely sit among the league leaders in barrel rate despite their vastly divergent swings — goes to show there is no one correct way to swing the bat.)
Of course, there is always room for improvement. I lauded him for working deep counts, but that alone doesn’t guarantee success. There’s no sugarcoating this, Donaldson has been getting torched in two-strike counts. He is 1-for-38 with a .115 wOBA with two strikes on him, and that has to improve. My other concern is that Donaldson is hitting underneath the baseball at 32.6 percent clip, easily the highest rate of his career. These types of batted balls yield popups and lazy flies, so I’d love to see that percentage come down.
So what are we to take away from all this? Honestly, I think Donaldson was pressing in his first week in pinstripes, and lately has gotten back to the hitter he’s been for the better part of the last decade. He was trying to force results, perhaps chasing pitches he normally would lay off, and when you swing at pitches you shouldn’t you generally make poor contact (thus the elevated groundball rates). It’s nice to see him finally start to settle down — the Yankees lineup is all the more dangerous with a raking Donaldson at its heart. | https://www.pinstripealley.com/2022/4/30/23048705/yankees-mlb-analysis-josh-donaldson-slump-pressing-chase-ground-ball-rate-launch-angle-statcast | 2022-04-30T20:58:01Z | https://www.pinstripealley.com/2022/4/30/23048705/yankees-mlb-analysis-josh-donaldson-slump-pressing-chase-ground-ball-rate-launch-angle-statcast | true | 1 |
New Delhi : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took part in a joint conference of Chief Ministers of states and Chief Justices of High Courts held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the conference and also addressed it. Chief Justice of India Shri NV Ramana and Law and Justice Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju also addressed the conference.
Prime Minister Shri Modi said, “While the role of the Judiciary in our country is that of the guardian of the Constitution, the Legislature represents the aspirations of the citizens. I am sure that the confluence and this balance of these two Articles of the Constitution, will prepare a roadmap of an effective and time bound judicial system. He said that these 75 years of independence have continuously clarified the roles and responsibilities of both judiciary and executive. He said that whenever and wherever necessary, this relation has continuously evolved to give direction to the country.
Prime Minister Shri Modi said that mediation is also an important tool for settlement of pending cases in the courts, particularly so at the local level. There is a thousands of years old tradition of settlement of disputes through mediation in our society. He said that mutual consent and mutual participation is a different human concept of justice in its own way. With this thought in mind, the Prime Minister said, the government has introduced the Mediation Bill in Parliament as an umbrella legislation. He said, “With our rich legal expertise, we can become a world guru in the field of settlement by mediation. We can present a model to the whole world.” This conference was organized for effective coordination of efforts to ensure speedy justice to the citizens of the country. During the day-long conference, the ways of finding common ground for synergizing efforts in this direction by the executive and the judiciary were discussed at length.
The joint conference was a valuable opportunity to bring the executive and the judiciary on one platform. The conference discussed the steps needed to prepare a roadmap to make justice accessible to the people in a simple and convenient manner as well as to deal with the various challenges before the justice system.
In the conference, discussion was held on the establishment of such a judicial system which provides for easy justice, speedy justice and justice for all. The conference also discussed the possibilities of technology in the judicial system with the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts to take it further.
Discussion was also held with the Chief Ministers of the states on how extremely important it is for courts to function in a safe environment to ensure free and fair justice and about ensuring adequate security in judges and court premises.
Discussion was also held in the conference, on how the judicial process of the country was operated by the courts of the country by conducting hearings through digital medium during the Corona pandemic. It was told that the Corona virus pandemic had badly affected the justice delivery system, but the courts met these challenges through digital means. The High Court and the subordinate courts together heard about two crore cases digitally. | https://orissadiary.com/our-vision-in-amrit-kaal-should-be-of-such-a-judicial-system-which-provides-easy-justice-speedy-justice-and-justice-for-all-prime-minister-modi/ | 2022-04-30T20:58:06Z | https://orissadiary.com/our-vision-in-amrit-kaal-should-be-of-such-a-judicial-system-which-provides-easy-justice-speedy-justice-and-justice-for-all-prime-minister-modi/ | false | 1 |
WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 1, 2022
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...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
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* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday.
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Ludhiana MC starts drive to clean main roads in Zone D
The municipal corporation initiated a special drive on Saturday to clean the main roads in areas falling under Zone D.
The drive was started on the directions of zonal commissioner Jasdev Sekhon from Keys hotel road leading towards Lodhi Club from Phullanwal Chowk and MLA (Ludhiana west) Gurpreet Gogi inspected the work. The drive was conducted jointly by different departments of MC including bridges and roads department and horticulture wing.
A special team of around 50 sweepers has been formed and regular cleanliness drives will be organised to ensure the sanitation of main roads.
Sekhon stated that he has been receiving complaints of filth and growth of wild grass and the drive was started to address these issues. “MC has been getting a few roads cleaned through mechanical sweeping and the others will be cleaned manually,” he said.
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Patiala violence: Key conspirator Parwana not new to controversies
A self-styled head of Damdami Taksal Rajpura and, Barjinder Singh Parwana a “prime conspirator” of Friday violence in Patiala, is not new to controversies. After a call by US-based radical organisation Sikh for Justice's legal adviser Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to observe “Khalistan day” on April 29, self-styled Shiv Sena leader Harish Singla announced his “anti-Khatilstan” protest at a press conference on April 17. On July 8, 2021, Mohali police arrested Parwana for promoting enmity.
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Ludhiana MC staff directed to clean drain lines by June 15
To deal with water accumulation during the upcoming monsoons, municipal corporation commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal has directed civic body officials to get drain lines (road gullies) cleaned by June 15 and replace broken manholes across the city . The directions were issued during a meeting held at the MC's Zone-A office on Friday evening. As per MC officials, there are around 40,000 road gullies across the city.
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Patiala violence: Is Mann capable of handling law and order, asks Anurag Thakur
Hitting out at the AAP over violence in Patiala, I&B minister Anurag Thakur wondered who was in-charge of law and order in Punjab as chief minister Bhagwant Mann “spent more time outside the state”. The BJP leader demanded to know what kind of ideology was the AAP trying to promote in Punjab. “The BJP wants development, peace, and brotherhood in Punjab, and stern action should be taken against the rioters,” Thakur said.
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Ludhiana logs 5 fresh Covid cases
Five fresh Covid cases were reported from the district in the last 24 hours, as per the bulletin released by district health department on Saturday. Till now, 1,09,861 cases have been reported from the district, out of which 1,07,558 patients have recovered and 2,280 succumbed to the virus. There were 23 active cases in the district on Saturday and all were under home isolation. The administration appealed to the residents to continue taking precautions.
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Ludhiana man booked for furnishing fake documents in court
The Division number 5 police have booked a Kuliyewal resident for furnishing fake documents in the court for the 'supardari' of a vehicle seized by Meharban police in a case of liquor smuggling on Friday. Narinder has been identified as Narinder Singh. The FIR has been lodged following the order of civil judge Rajvir Kaur. ASI Sukhpal Singh said that the Aadhar Card presented in court by Narinder had been forged. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/ludhiana-mc-starts-drive-to-clean-main-roads-in-zone-d-101651350073152.html | 2022-04-30T21:00:01Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/ludhiana-mc-starts-drive-to-clean-main-roads-in-zone-d-101651350073152.html | false | 1 |
Here’s what Elon Musk says he wants to change about Twitter
(NEXSTAR) – It’s official: Elon Musk has reached a deal to bu y Twitter for about $44 billion. The move not only makes the social media platform a privately owned company, it could also spell out big changes for Twitter users.
After news of the purchase broke Monday, Musk released the following statement:
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated. I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”
Musk, an avid user of Twitter with more than 83.5 million followers, has previously suggested these changes . Here’s what we know about them.
An edit button
On April 1, Twitter said it was working on an edit button, a feature that would allow users to change or correct tweets after they are posted. While some users chalked it up as an April Fools’ joke, Musk – then the platform’s largest outside stakeholder – tweeted a poll asking followers if they wanted an edit button .
Of the more than 4.4 million voters in his poll, 75% said they wanted the option. The next day, Jay Sullivan, head of consumer product for Twitter, tweeted, “We’ve been exploring how to build an Edit feature in a safe manner since last year and plan to begin testing it within Twitter Blue Labs in the coming months.”
Twitter confirms an edit button is in the worksTwitter Blue, a paid subscription option on Twitter, allows users to cancel a tweet before anyone else sees it, but even being a paying subscriber doesn’t yet give you access to an edit button.
Twitter co-founder and Musk friend Jack Dorsey said in a 2020 interview with Wired that the company would “probably never” create an edit button, noting that while it would be helpful for some errors, it could give way to malicious changes to tweets. Dorsey stepped down as Twitter’s CEO in 2021.
No more ads or Bots
In a series of tweets earlier this month, Musk suggested multiple changes to Twitter, including dropping ads and bots from the platform.
“The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive,” Musk said at the time. Nearly 90% of Twitter’s revenue in 2021 came from advertising. Twitter did announce last week , on Earth Day, that it would no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change.
Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate changeWhile he didn’t touch on ads in his statement released Monday, Musk did state that he wants to “[defeat] the spam bots” on the platform. Twitter recently reported about 5% of its users are bots, but noted “not all bots are bad” and that “good bots” are being labeled.
Musk previously suggested improving Twitter’s authentication of verified user accounts, saying it would discourage the proliferation of spam accounts by making them too expensive to maintain .
Opening the algorithm
Ever felt like your algorithm has somehow sucked you into staying on Twitter or any other social media platform? Musk wants to tackle that, too.
Last month, Musk tweeted the “Twitter algorithm should be open source.” Dorsey even expressed his agreement . Twitter did roll out a feature in early March allowing users to alternate their timelines between seeing posts in chronological order and an algorithmic order. Just a few days later, Twitter walked back the change .
The B-52s to launch a US farewell tour this summerMusk hasn’t offered many details about an open-source algorithm but explained during a recent TED Talk that users should be able to see if tweets have been promoted or demoted. He also said users should be able to view the algorithm and offer improvements to it. A former Twitter employee told The Washington Post that the company has already considered an “algorithm marketplace” that would allow users to choose how their feed looks.
Free speech
Musk has previously asked followers in a Twitter poll if they believed the platform was protecting free speech. About 70% of the 2 million who responded said “no.” In his statement Monday, Musk called free speech “the bedrock of a functioning democracy” with Twitter serving as “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”
Censorship on social media has been a major talking point, especially among right-leaning users. A recent study by MIT and Yale researchers found more Republican users were suspended within a six-month period, but that these users tended to share “more news from misinformation,” which Twitter has been working to remove from its site.
Is Twitter really biased? This study takes a lookMusk has detailed some specific potential changes surrounding free speech on Twitter — like favoring temporary rather than permanent bans — but has mostly described his aim in broad and abstract terms. He has described himself as a “free-speech absolutist” but is also known for blocking other Twitter users who question or disagree with him.
Sources told Bloomberg Monday that any changes to Twitter itself have been “locked down” through Friday, meaning any updates to the product aren’t allowed unless they are “business critical.”
The Associated Press and Nexstar’s Jeremy Tanner contributed to this report.
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Tiger Woods played with his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS putter on Thursday. That was expected. Banks Cozby did too. That maybe wasn’t. Woods was scouting Southern Hills ahead of next month’s PGA Championship, and perhaps this is the best way to describe both how his day went and how his surgically repaired right leg held up:
Even before Bryson DeChambeau decided to transform himself into one of the pro golf’s longest bombers, he had made a name for himself as the Tour’s “mad scientist,” using his exacting nature to squeeze every possible ounce of advantage out of both his equipment and his swing.
The 1969 Ryder Cup was a turning point for Jack Nicklaus. A rookie on the U.S. team, Jack played 18 holes on Thursday and Friday, then 36 holes of singles on Saturday (as was the format back then). He was just 29 years-old, but admitted that was “the first time in my life I got tired.”
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Through 36 holes at the Mexico Open, Jon Rahm leads by two. But at the casinos?. There, he’s practically already won. “Yeah, pretty crazy,” said Brady Kannon, a golf betting analyst for the Vegas Stats and Information Network. Here’s why. According to odds from BetMGM, Rahm opened as...
Anna Davis has a flair for the dramatic. Just a month after her ANWA triumph, Davis yet again used a late rally to pen another chapter to her growing lore. This time, it came in her first ever start on the LPGA Tour. Standing on the 16th tee of her... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2583945762028/how-tony-finau-and-his-coach-built-one-of-the-game-s-strongest-swings-swing-whisperers | 2022-04-30T21:05:36Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2583945762028/how-tony-finau-and-his-coach-built-one-of-the-game-s-strongest-swings-swing-whisperers | true | 1 |
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Olivia Rodrigo & Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” Duet Even Wowed Gwen Stefani
Stefani thought their Toronto surprise was “soooo cute!!”
Chill out, what ya yellin’ for? Olivia Rodrigo gifted Sour concertgoers in Toronto a sweet treat when she brought Avril Lavigne on stage for a surprise “Complicated” duet on Friday, April 29. Fan Twitter videos showed Rodrigo on stage gushing about a woman who “broke down so many barriers and opened so many doors for girls like me,” adding that she “can’t sing her praises enough.” After hinting that this artist was from Canada, cheering fans caught on to what was happening when the “Drivers License” singer excitedly announced that she felt “so, so, so lucky” to welcome Lavigne to the stage to sing her 2002 hit “Complicated.”
After the performance at Toronto’s Massey Hall concluded, Lavigne posted on Instagram that she’d just “jumped up to sing ‘Complicated’” on stage with Rodrigo, adding, “It was very sweet to perform with you tonight on your SOUR tour!!” Tagging her duet partner, she also wrote, “Have an incredible tour gurl. Keep killing it. Sending you so much love.” In the post’s comments section, even fellow “pop-punk princess” Gwen Stefani chimed in, “this is soooo cute!!”
The next morning, Rodrigo also posted about the “special” night, thanking “dearest” Lavigne for singing with her. The three-time Grammy winner addressed her friend directly, adding, “look up 2 u so much,” in the Instagram caption.
As photos and videos of the surprise performance began flooding the internet, fans lost their collective minds, with one tweeting that Rodrigo and Lavigne “are the duo the world needs right now.” Others even pointed out that the performance was the perfect follow-up to Billie Eilish and Paramore remixing “Misery Business” at Coachella.
Though this marked their first joint performance, it was not the women’s first time sharing the stage. Lavigne presented Rodrigo with the Songwriter of the Year award at the December 2021 Variety Hitmakers Brunch in Los Angeles. “This year, we were introduced to a new artist whose debut album marked a major return for rock ’n’ roll on the charts,” Lavigne said in her introduction, per People. “Olivia’s singles from her album Sour have been a part of the collective psyche of 2021, and she wrote every single one of them. Her songs are personal, her songs are raw, and her songs are relatable.”
Rodrigo, in return, paid homage to Lavigne’s artistry while accepting the award. “First of all, I want to thank Avril for coming here today. I am such a massive fan of you,” the singer, who’s covered “Complicated” at each Sour tour stop (though typically without a special guest) so far, exclaimed. “I look up to you so much. So, this is so surreal for me. Thank you for the love and support.”
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Mayorkas won’t name 1 domestic terror, White supremacy case referred to DOJ
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas on Thursday failed to name a case of domestic terrorism that his department referred to the judiciary.
Rep. Greg Steve, R-Fla., Pressured Mayerkas for information on any referrals made to the DOJ on the grounds of domestic terrorism. Mayorkas did not provide the information, saying he would provide it after the hearing.
“Congressman, I’ll give you that information after this hearing,” Meirkas replied to Steve. “I don’t have those statistics. I’ll give you the information.”
Fame. ISSA accuses DHS chief mayor of secretly ending title 42 too soon
The pair continued to quarrel over the issue, preventing Steve Meyercas from naming such a case over his head. Myorcas refuses to answer.
“Despite claiming that domestic terrorism is the # 1 threat to our country, [Secretary Mayorkas] He cannot name a case he mentioned in the DHS to the DHS for white supremacy or domestic terrorism, “Rep. Greg Steve later said of his exchange with Mayercas.
Mayercas testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, where he was expected to face tough questions about the Biden administration’s plan to lift Title 42, the Trump-era public health order that was used to expel most immigrants at the border. Covid 19 Worldwide.
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He is a professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. His research is mainly in the areas of international trade and finance. He is one of the founders of an economic postulation called the "new trade theory." Krugman has also written and edited many books. His most recent is Fuzzy Math, on the Bush tax cut.
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‘Racial equity’ a ‘central tenet’ in dispersing American Rescue Plan funds at state, local level: US Treasury
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The U.S. Treasury has created a “central policy” to “advance ethnic equity” in deciding to spend billions of dollars on state and local aid from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021.
After Biden signed the 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law in March 2021, মার্কিন 350 billion was allocated for state and local assistance administered by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Two months after the plan became law, the Treasury issued interim rules on how funds should be spent, saying it was “targeting relief” in low-income areas to address the unequal effects of the epidemic, which it argued was “aligned”. With Biden’s executive order to advance racial equity, which he signed after entering office.
That September, the Treasury released a report, “The American Rescue Plan: Centering Racial Equity in Policymaking.” The Treasury report states that it has “made the advancement of ethnic equity a central policy in deciding how these funds can be spent at the state and local levels” and “when state and local governments report on how they are available.” The Treasury will ask them to discuss how to increase their spending to improve accountability for this critical purpose. “
“The American Rescue Plan, and the Treasury’s vision for its implementation, has embodied racial equality as a top priority,” the report said. “We are already beginning to see progress on this front, from equity-centric investments by state and local governments to support tenants in the color community who can stay in their homes.”
In February of this year, the Treasury issued its “Guidelines for Recipient Consent and Reporting Responsibilities,” which requires “authority to describe efforts to promote equitable results, how programs were designed with equity in mind.”
An example of how these rules worked came from Baltimore, Maryland, which received $ 641 million in COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan.
In September 2021, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s Office of the Recovery Program released a fact sheet for organizations seeking relief funds, stipulating that all applicants must establish an “equity framework” for consideration.
“Equity should be a central principle of all proposed projects,” the document said. “Institutions should consolidate an equity framework for all projects from planning to implementation.”
A performance report released by the city the same month revealed that the proposals, which carry the maximum weight on a 100-point scoring rubric, would be evaluated against seven different criteria. According to the report, the equity is worth 20 points, while criteria such as “clearly defining the objectives of the project and the benefits of the outcome” and identifying and analyzing “public risk” are responsible for only 15 points.
“Equity is the scoring criterion with the highest weight among the seven criteria for evaluating proposals,” the report said. “All proposals must answer the question, ‘How will this project incorporate equity and move forward?'”
“All applications must include an equity impact assessment,” it continues, adding that “all applications must include a performance measurement plan, which specifies applicants to specify that data race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, income.” , Whether it can be distinguished across religions. Affiliations, and other features. “
The city explains that its focus on ethnic and socio-economic equity is not only driven by Biden’s executive order and treasury rules, but also by the still structural and historical challenges facing the city. “
Shamia Carney, chief recovery officer and director of the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Program, cited the Treasury’s final rules on recovery funds, which were released in January, in response to Gadget Clock Digital.
The US Treasury Department explicitly states that the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) states and local financial recovery funds (SLFRF): ‘ensures that state, local and tribal governments have the resources needed to fight the epidemic, sustain it and strengthen the economy. Recovering, maintaining vital public services and investing in ways that support long-term growth, opportunity and equity, “Carney wrote.
It is no secret that COVID-19 public health urgency adversely affects the health and well-being of black and brown communities, and in line with federal guidelines, Mayor Scott has made it a clear priority to correct these discriminatory consequences by investing in targets. He wrote.
The US Treasury did not immediately return a request for comment from Gadget Clock Digital.
The American Rescue Plan Act, which Democrats passed without any Republican support, has come under intense scrutiny for its impact on the U.S. economy since inflation rose to 8.5% last month. Some economists, including a former economic adviser to the Obama administration, have blamed the 1.9 COVID-19 relief package for overheating the economy.
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Any parent understands the frustration of having to repeat over and over the things that they want their kids to do. All of us who have more miles behind us than ahead of us feel the same way.
We are in another election season and to quote Yogi Berra “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
Every election politicians in blue states promise the same things. They always promise a women’s right to choose. Roe v. Wade brought laws that allowed abortion for up to 90 days after conception. As usual for the Democratic left, that wasn’t good enough. They pushed and pushed until they wanted abortions for full-term babies.
Another exaggeration is that the Republican’s want to gut Medicaid. What most people don’t know is that Medicaid is a federal program that the states must help enforce and partially pay for. It is the governors of the states that want Medicaid reformed because it is overwhelming their budgets.
We want to raise teacher salaries. This point is the most outrageous. They want the taxpayers to believe that raising teachers’ pay will improve schools. Blue state teacher salaries are higher than most citizen’s pay, and not only do they get the summer off but every holiday also.
Pre-pandemic research shows that American students were 30th in math, science, and reading among industrialized nations, but we pay more money per student than all those other nations. Imagine how far we have dropped during the last two years.
Why do the Democrats keep saying the same things every election season? They don’t want you to use your brain, they want you to use your emotions to keep them in power.
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Hunters group should support local permission law
The 2022 NC Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations Digest contains a half-page code of ethics sponsored by three dog hunting associations.
A key ethic is the associations will only release dogs on property on which they have permission to hunt. At the bottom of the ad they say, “What you do today will determine what you will do tomorrow.”
The members of the Albemarle Houndsmen Association for more than 35 years have released hunting dogs on private property without permission. They have fought landowners’ requests for a local law that would stop the harassment and trespassing done by their dogs when they trespass.
The NC Bear Hunters, NC Fox Hunters and Eastern Carolina Houndsmen Alliance understand correctly that without land they cannot hunt. They also understand that by hunting respectfully and lawfully they protect their sport.
The Albemarle Houndsmen Association needs to support a local law that would require landowner permission to dog hunt. The Albemarle Houndsmen says it is only a few hunters who hunt unethically. If that is true, why does the majority not support ethical hunting by supporting a local law?
What you do today will determine what you are allowed to do tomorrow.
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GALVESTON, Texas — Two children were killed early Saturday when their Galveston home caught fire, officials said.
Galveston firefighters were called to the home on Avenue K near 21st Street around 2:40 a.m., but there was no immediate word on the circumstances surrounding the fire.
The children are believed to be a four-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl.
They were pulled from the home by firefighters and were taken to UTMB Health's Trauma Center at John Sealy Hospital where they both died.
The children were in a back bedroom of the house at the time, according to a neighbor.
The father of the children was able to escape and was not hurt, Galveston Assistant Fire Chief Richie Pearson said.
It wasn't immediately clear how the fire started. The Galveston Fire Marshal is investigating the cause.
A relative told KHOU 11 that the family is working to pick up the pieces.
"I'm not doing okay, I'm just trying my best to keep going," he said.
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NCIS season 19 episode 19: ‘The Brat Pack’ sneak peeks!
Monday night on CBS you’re going to have a chance to see NCIS season 19 episode 19, but why not prepare more with some sneak peeks now?
There are some things to be very-much excited about when it comes to this episode, and they begin with, of course, getting to see Sean Murray with his real-life daughter Cay Ryan. The two share a lot of screen-time together in “The Brat Pack,” and her character Teagan Fields’ skills could actually be useful on some level to the case.
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Despite being a teenager, the first sneak peek below shows that Teagan has a real knack for hacking, and she’s figured out how to do it across a number of different applications. She’s also been a self-proclaimed military brat, traveling from one city to the next and constantly getting enrolled in new schools. It’s something that McGee can relate to, given that he had a similar experience when he was young.
Can these two develop enough of a bond for her to be useful when it comes to the case? Most signs seem to suggest so right now, but we’re going to wait and see just how things pan out here in the end.
As for the second sneak preview, let’s just say there’s a small NCIS: Hawaii cameo in this episode, as well! Ernie is going to be turning up in video form to give some additional insight to Palmer and Parker, but we feel like he’s mostly interested in Jessica Knight — who alas, is nowhere to be seen here.
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