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Russia’s oil revenues expected to soar
Samizdat | May 2, 2022
Russia will see its income from the oil sector rise sharply this year and reach more than $180 billion, despite production cuts related to international sanctions, suggests a report published by independent research house Rystad Energy on Monday.
Thanks to the rising oil prices, Russia’s tax revenues will be 45% higher than last year and a whopping 181% higher than in 2020, Rystad Energy says.
“Europe’s dependence on Russian energy has been a deliberate and decades-long and mutually beneficial relationship. In this early phase of sanctions and embargoes, Russia will benefit as higher prices mean tax revenues are significantly higher than in recent years.” says Daria Melnik, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy.
According to the firm, the initial issues Russia had with its oil exports when European customers started shunning its oil were quickly resolved and loadings began to recover in late March, supported by orders from China and India. Russian crude exports remained resilient in April.
The EU, the US and their allies imposed sanctions against Russia with the aim of starving the country of cash and forcing it to abandon its military operation in Ukraine. However, Europe’s high dependence on Russian oil and gas has meant that turning away from it has proven problematic. The EU has pledged to phase out Russian gas by 2030.
If the EU decides to further restrict energy imports from Russia and impose an oil embargo, something that’s reportedly being considered by the bloc, Russia will be forced to cut oil production further as it lacks storage capacity for extra crude volumes and may not be able to quickly redirect the unwanted cargoes, Rystad Energy explains. In the long-term, Russia’s crude output will continue to decline more steeply than was estimated before the Ukraine crisis. | https://alethonews.com/2022/05/02/russias-oil-revenues-expected-to-soar/ | 2022-05-02T19:58:37Z | https://alethonews.com/2022/05/02/russias-oil-revenues-expected-to-soar/ | true | 2 |
Our council house is so cramped my son hasn’t learned to walk, my daughter can’t play and I can’t even stay overnight
A DESPERATE dad has told how his family’s council house is so cramped his son can't learn to walk while his four-year-old daughter has no room to play.
Mark Croft, 39, says partner Chloe Odell's two-bed house in Luton, Beds., is a living "nightmare" for their kids - and is so small he can't even stay the night.
The dad, who is a live-in carer for his cousin in London, said it is difficult for him to sleep at the property as it means squeezing into a bed with son Luca, 11 months, Carys, four, and mum Chloe, 34, at night.
Meanwhile, Chloe’s older kids, Jean-Paul, 12, and daughter Leah, 16, must pack together in the "box room" like sardines.
Despite repeatedly begging Luton Council for help, Mark says little is being done - and as Chloe's older kids battle more space of their own, the dad is desperate for a solution.
"It’s a nightmare," Mark told the Sun Online.
“There is one adult and four kids living in a two bedroom terrace.
“The living room is the size of a porch, it’s got a stairwell in the middle of it and you can’t fit anything in there.
“My daughter’s toys are under the stairs but she can’t even get them out - there’s no space for her to play with them."
He added: “My son is 11 months old now and he still can’t walk. It’s because he hasn’t had the space to get up and move around.”
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Mark said the sardine-can house is far from suitable for teen Leah, who needs to study for her GCSEs while 12-year-old Jean-Paul is being made to keep quiet.
Meanwhile the one-bed flat he shares with his cousin in London is much more spacious than Chloe's two-bed house.
When little Luca stays with him in the capital, the tot "tries to move around as much as possible" while he can.
But Mark said his son's health is worsening from being in the Luton house and he "coughs his guts off" whenever he is there.
My daughter’s toys are under the stairs but she can’t even get them out - there’s no space for her to play with them.
Mark Croft
"There’s mould, there’s no bath panels on the bath and the wooden frame under the bath has come away," he said.
“The front door's been broken since the Christmas before last and there’s plaster falling off the wall.
"One time the kids were getting in the bath and the tiles were falling off the wall into it."
Mark said the council "mended it with plaster" but failed to put the tiles back up.
He also claims the authorities "keep making excuses" every time he asks for help.
The disgruntled dad explained: “The council do inspections, they come out and nothing gets heard of it after.
"Chloe got a discretionary housing payment about two or three years ago so she could move.
“But then they found other excuses."
Mark said Chloe is waiting on the support payment to help her pay her rent arrears.
She has been told once it is paid, the council can "look into sorting a new house".
Mark, however, believes this is unlikely.
He insisted: "As soon as the rent arrears are cleared there will be another reason [why they can't help]."
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THE GLAMOROUS image associated with Marilyn Monroe's life continues to live on.
Decades after Marilyn's death, the mystique surrounding her relationship with John F Kennedy is making the rounds again due to pop culture fans' curiosity about her Happy Birthday Mr President dress.
How much is Marilyn Monroe's John F Kennedy birthday dress worth?
On May 19, 1962, several politicians, celebrities, and noteworthy figures attended JFK's 45th birthday celebration at The White House.
Taking place 10 days before the late former president's actual birthday, Marilyn Monroe was among the famous faces in attendance that night.
During the birthday soiree, the singer and actress put a spin on the traditional Happy Birthday song and coined her own version of it.
In her bedazzled, flesh-toned dress, Marilyn sang Happy Birthday Mr President to then-president JFK.
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The star's gown was crafted by French costume designer, Jean Louis.
Jean was an Oscar-winning costume designer for many golden-era Hollywood celebrities.
In addition to Marilyn, he's designed for Lucille Ball, Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and others.
The late designer created the gown based on a sketch by one of his employees at the time, Bob Mackie.
Mackie found fame after designing for Cher, Diana Ross, Joan Rivers, and Liza Minelli.
At the time, Marilyn paid $1,440 for the dress, which is an estimated $12,400 in modern pricing, according to Antique Trader.
In 1999, the much sought-after gown was sold by Christie's Auction in New York for $1,267,500.
In 2016, California-based Julien's Auctions sold the dress again for a higher amount of $4.8million.
Where is Marilyn's JFK birthday dress?
Martin Nolan, the executive director at Julien's, said of the transaction: "The dress is so much more than just an item of clothing."
On the company's official YouTube, Martin added: "It’s historical, it’s political, it’s a work of art. It’s Hollywood, it’s Marilyn Monroe. It’s the Kennedys."
"It’s everything wrapped up into one piece of fabric soufflé gauze."
"This dress, this moment in time is one of the reasons why Marilyn Monroe remains one of the greatest inspirations to contemporary artists today."
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"This dress, this story, this momentous occasion represents a defining moment in history."
After selling for millions at Julien's, the dress was put on display by Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, where it currently resides.
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This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series from the Hidden Brain team about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
For as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lila Hoffa has struggled to express herself in writing.
Her handwriting is sometimes messy and disorganized, and she used to have trouble holding a pen. In her first years at school, her teachers didn't notice that anything was wrong. But that changed when she met her third-grade teacher, Valerie Holmgren.
"She realized that there was something more going on than just the typical writing problems," Lila said.
Lila was diagnosed with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that affects fine motor skills, and impairs your ability to write legibly. So her teachers and her parents held a meeting to figure out what to do next.
"We were all sitting around a long table," Lila recalled. "And Mrs. Holmgren pulled out a computer and opened it to Google Docs, and said that there was this cool thing that she wanted to show me."
Holmgren opened up a speech-to-text program that instantly converts spoken words into typed text. For Lila, a creative student and passionate storyteller, it felt like an epiphany.
"This was just an overwhelming moment for me because I realized all of the stories and the ideas that I had stuck in my head – there was an easy way to get them down onto paper," Lila said. "And I just threw my head back and said, 'I could write a thousand stories.'"
"It was just an amazing moment. And everybody seemed to be thinking like, 'Yes, this is going to work, like we've made a difference.'"
Lila now uses speech-to-text software every day to type up emails, write essays in class, and of course, write stories. The first story she wrote with the program was called "The Girl Would Couldn't Stop Reading — AKA Me!", which was featured on the popular kid's podcast, Story Pirates.
If Holmgren were standing in front of her today, this is what Lila would say:
"Thank you for noticing my potential and noticing that there was so much more to me," she said. "You knew that there was so much inside my head that needed to get out."
My Unsung Hero is also a podcast — new episodes are released every Tuesday and Thursday. To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.
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Is there anything quite as nice as a good affirmation? It’s an unsurprising fact that I am the kind of gal who has affirmations written on Post-Its on my wall, repeating them throughout the day into the mirror like a relaxing robotic mantra. I know I’m not alone in doing so, which is why learning about writer, mental health advocate, and historian Blair Imani's Fempower Beauty — and that each lip color comes with an affirmation, a reminder, right there on the package — you know, I was all on board.
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Imani is most known for her activism and thought-out educational videos on Instagram and TikTok. She identifies as queer, black, bisexual, and Muslim. Her social-media-first content covers a wide spectrum of topics, all sans judgement, and visually, always through lips rocking a bright, colorful shade. A beauty line that isn’t just about beauty is the perfect endeavor for Imani — lipstick is just as much of a part of her outward identity as all of the important topics she covers. As a lipstick lover until the end of time, I had to try them.
I’ve always been obsessed with the process of lipstick application. Reading Emma Forrest’s Cherries In The Snow in my formative years and reading her prose on how good lipstick should take a minimum of ten minutes to apply, changed my life. It’s the cap, the finish. It’s devastatingly emotional at times, and it can be therapeutic. Imani agrees.
"Applying makeup is such an intimate process, and I hope that everyone does it with the mindset of self-love and affirmation instead of feeling like you’re ‘correcting’ your face or 'hiding' perceived imperfections," Imani tells me. "The beauty industry encourages so many of us to buy products because we have some sort of flaw that only their products can solve, but that’s not what Fempower Beauty is about. We believe that beauty standards are exclusionary, but beauty itself is not, and everyone deserves to receive that message."
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I tried Fempower Beauty’s newest product, the Smarter Lip Set: a dual-ended lip set with a mousse-like matte and a glossy shine intended to be buildable and long-wearing. Intentionally designed, each Lip Set duo corresponds to a chapter in Imani’s book, Read This to Get Smarter, which covers identity, relationships, class, disability, race and racism, and sex, gender, and sexual orientation. Each shade correlates to a concept covered in the book: Self; mutual respect through the approach of Ubuntu; cooperative economics through the concept of Ujamaa; Access; the construct of race through Monstrosus, and the celebration of gender expression through Euphoria. The Duos are sold as three-piece sets in nude and bold. Or, you can also purchase all six as a set.
"Education should not be controversial," Imani explains. "But across the country, the right to teach young people about the fact that LGBTQ+ people exist is being attacked. I was honored to collaborate with Fempower to continue their mission to make the ritual of beauty one that is educational."
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Trust me, I loooove the idea of a dual-ended lip, because I am a) indecisive, and b) forgetful. With two options, I can either wear each shade on their own, or a bright, glossy lip for when I’m feeling especially wild. For the purposes of this story, I tried out three different shades of the six available: Ubuntu, a blue-toned lavender, matte, pinky-lilac gloss pair that reminds me of MAC's legendary purple, Heroine (remember Heroine?!?!?!); Self, a dusty-mauve, matte, champagne-pink gloss; and Euphoria, watermelon-orange slash peach-orange gloss. The corresponding affirmations? "I am Loved" ; "I am Authentic" ; "I am Valid," respectively, all of which I repeated three times before, during, and after application. Why? Because I wanted to, and I make the rules in these parts!
Describing the matte side of the lipsticks as having a "mousse-like texture" is accurate — if you’re expecting one-swipe, full-pigment, spackle, you won’t get that here. You’ll definitely have to build them to the shade of your choice, and they’ll never dry down completely in the way other matte lipsticks might. But that’s not a bad thing — an application of Euphoria, with both the lipstick and the gloss, survived a subway ride with my mask on, smudge-free. Euphoria was easily my favorite, with Self as a quick second. I will say, I highly recommend using a lip liner with these, just to add a bit of extra depth and dimension to your lips. But that’s only if you want to. The whole point is to feel your best and to make sure you’re always doing what makes you happiest, especially in your beauty routine.
"Whether you express yourself as feminine, neutral, masculine, none of the above, or somewhere in between, you belong in the Fempower community," says Imani. "At Fempower we are committed to replacing beauty standards and practices that harm with ones that heal, uplift, and affirm."
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More than 500 burglaries are going unsolved every day, official figures show, as the proportion resulting in a charge has fallen to a record low of just one in 33.
Home Office data reveal that 241,736 burglary cases were closed in 2021, of which 190,895 had no suspect identified. That equates to 523 unsolved burglaries a day, or 3,661 every week.
It means that nearly 1.5 million burglaries have gone unsolved in the past six years amidst warnings that cuts to neighbourhood policing are leaving homeowners at the mercy of criminals.
Despite the devastating impact break-ins can have on victims, former police officers said that burglary is not regarded as a policing priority, with some forces no longer routinely dispatching an officer to investigate the crime.
If there is no CCTV or forensic evidence readily available, the case will often be closed within hours, leaving victims with no prospect of bringing burglars to justice and little chance of recovering treasured personal items.
‘Government letting criminals get away with it’
The Home Office data show that the proportion of burglaries where a criminal has been charged or summonsed has halved from 6.8 per cent in 2016 to 3.3 per cent in the year to Dec 2021.
The figures were unearthed by the Liberal Democrats who said it showed that the Government was being “soft” on crime and “letting far too many criminals get away with it”.
“As a result, too many people’s lives are being ruined by burglaries,” said Alistair Carmichael, the Lib Dems’ home affairs spokesman.
The 190,895 unsolved burglaries where no suspect was identified accounted for 79 per cent of the total 241,736 thefts in 2021.
It ranged from a low of 64.1 per cent for Cumbria police to 86.1 per cent for the West Midlands, 85 per cent for Hampshire and 84.3 per cent for the Metropolitan Police.
‘Disgraceful’ attitude towards burglary
David McKelvey, a former Met police detective chief inspector, said that some forces had stopped treating burglary as a priority, which was a “disgrace”, as they focused resources on complex safeguarding cases such as sexual offences including rape, domestic abuse and child abuse.
“Historically, a police officer would attend, carry out house to house inquiries, and examine CCTV. A scene of crime officer would turn up and take fingerprints. There was a real push to try to identify and catch the offenders,” he said.
The Government, which has pledged to recruit an extra 20,000 officers, has urged police chiefs to adopt a policy of having an officer attend the scene of every break-in.
The move came after forces that introduced the policy saw burglaries fall by half and detection rates treble.
Impact of burglaries ‘underestimated’
Northamptonshire Police set up a dedicated burglary team three years ago, which it revealed last month had led to a 50 per cent cut in domestic break-ins and a near-60 per cent fall in thefts at commercial properties.
It meant that in three years, there have been 3,800 fewer victims of burglaries, both domestic and commercial, with victim satisfaction levels for house theft at 79 per cent, the second-highest behind domestic abuse.
Detective Superintendent Emma James, Northamptonshire’s head of crime, said: “Burglary is a crime people often underestimate just how much it affects victims. Everyone’s home is the one place that we are meant to feel safe and being burgled completely violates that feeling of security.
“That’s why burglary is so important to us, and my message to burglars in this county is simple: we have made Northamptonshire a hostile place for you and our Burglary Team detectives remain solely dedicated to catching you and putting you behind bars.”
Similar pledges to attend every burglary have been made by Greater Manchester Police and Bedfordshire Police, where clear-up rates rose, as the proportion of thefts unsolved fell from 79.6 per cent unsolved in 2016 to 82.3 per cent in 2020. | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/02/police-fail-solve-500-burglaries-day/ | 2022-05-02T20:11:00Z | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/02/police-fail-solve-500-burglaries-day/ | true | 1 |
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Chase Elliott snapped a 26-race winless streak when the 2020 NASCAR champion pulled away down the stretch to win the Cup Series race on Monday at Dover Motor Speedway.
Elliott, who led the final 53 laps, won his 14th career Cup race and gave Hendrick Motorsports another victory on the mile concrete track. Elliott followed teammate Alex Bowman’s checkered flag a year ago, and a Hendrick driver won for the 22nd time at Dover.
Hendrick swept the top four spots last season, but Monday’s race — with a finish delayed a day because of rain — had four different teams in the top four spots. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was second and had his first top-five finish of the season for JTG Daugherty Racing. Ross Chastain, last week’s winner at Talladega, was third for Trackhouse Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell finished fourth.
Elliott, who leads the points standings, hopped on the window ledge of his No. 9 Chevrolet and pointed toward a solid crowd at Dover for a weekday race.
“We just had some good circumstances, finally,” Elliott said. “We’ve had some tough races over the last four, five months. This one means a lot in so many different ways. Hope to see this big crowd here next year.”
Martin Truex Jr. spun himself out on the last lap while racing for a top-five finish when he appeared to get boxed out by Chastain. Chastain and Truex argued on pit road after the race.
“We were talking about where we were going to go fishing next week,” Chastain cracked. “I’m racing with champions and I got beat.”
The race was red-flagged Sunday with Hendrick teammates Kyle Larson and Elliott sitting first and second. Elliott controlled the race late and Hendrick now has had all four drivers win a race this season. Elliott was building toward the win after three straight top-10 finishes at Martinsville, Bristol dirt and Talladega.
“Those guys, they’ve been deserving of one for a while,” Elliott said. “Glad we could get across the line first. We’ll enjoy it for a few days and go to work next week.”
TIRED OUT
Denny Hamlin, who won the first stage of the race, lost serious ground after a left-front tire wasn’t properly attached to his No. 11 Toyota and rolled down the track. Hamlin apologized this week for posting a crass anti-Asian meme on Twitter.
Hamlin worked his way back into fourth when he connected with Cody Ware and brought out the caution on Lap 242.
Larson also spun on the frontstretch and blew the front and rear right tires on his Chevrolet. AJ Allmendinger also lost a tire.
DOVER FUTURE
Dover wrapped its only NASCAR weekend of the season. The track traditionally held two NASCAR weekends but moved one race date last season to Nashville Superspeedway. Dover hosted one race weekend in 1969 and 1970 and then held two races every season from 1971 to 2020.
Speedway Motorsports bought the track (Dover Motorsports) late last year. Speedway Motorsports President Marcus Smith worked the Dover gates and greeted fans Monday with the track short-staffed because of the postponement.
“I think it’s a great event and I hope we continue to race there for a long time. It’s definitely a cool place,” Bowman said.
UP NEXT
The Cup Series races next Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Truex is the defending race winner. Toyota is set to celebrate its 1,500th NASCAR race during Darlington’s annual Throwback Weekend.
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Harris negative for COVID-19 after taking antiviral pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative on Monday for COVID-19, six days after she tested positive for the virus, and has been cleared to return to the White House on Tuesday.
Harris press secretary Kirsten Allen said Harris, who was prescribed the antiviral treatment Paxlovid last week, was negative on a rapid antigen test. Allen said Harris would continue to wear a “well-fitting mask while around others” in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines until through her tenth day after her positive test.
CDC guidance allows people to leave isolation on the sixth day after they tested positive, as long as they wear a mask around others. The White House exceeds those guidelines, requiring a negative rapid test before people who have been infected are allowed to return to the complex.
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A local family of five has finally gotten the home it always wanted. On Friday morning, Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter and members of the Construction Management Academy at The Villages High School presented the keys to a brand new home in Wildwood to Shane Thomas, Nicole Brandon and their three children. Thomas addressed the crowd at the dedication ceremony. “This means a lot to my family,” he said. “We struggled a lot for a long time, so to be able to have a home that we can call our own — it’s hard to put it into words.” All 13 VHS seniors in the construction academy were involved in various capacities throughout the build, from flooring to the roof’s trusses, to help them get a real feel for the work.
The Construction Management Academy is just one of multiple academies available at The Villages High School that prepare students for post-secondary education and the workforce.
“These are kids building a home like this,” Thomas said. “It’s amazing, guys.”
During the ceremony, each student was introduced, and construction academy instructor Bruce Haberle commented on their performance in the program. VHS Principal Rob Grant also was in attendance.
“It’s one of my favorite days of the year as a principal — being able to come out and see the accomplishments of our kids,” Grant said.
Danielle Stroud, president and chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter, spoke about what building and dedicating a home means for students and the community.
“What you guys built here today will last past your time in school,” Stroud said. “And it will continue to invest in families just like you guys.”
The Brandon family put in more than 200 “sweat equity hours,” which included helping out with the build and taking financial literacy courses, Stroud said.
Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter makes sure the housing is affordable with a manageable mortgage.
Citizens First Bank was the build’s sponsor this year.
“There are over 400 of us at the bank,” said Citizens First Bank Executive Vice President Brad Weber. “It’s not just the bank that sponsors this. There are 400 of us that represent over 400 families that actually care about sponsoring this house and doing work on this house. So there is a whole lot of love that goes into this.”
Munn’s Air Conditioning & Heating, Hess Construction, T&D Concrete, DZ Concrete and many other partners made up the team of contractors and subcontractors that helped with the build in various capacities. Students worked alongside them, learning insulation and electrical work while doing other tasks, such as hammering nails and putting up heavy trusses and walls.
At the end of Friday’s ceremony, Weber had Haberle and his students pass the family’s new house key and say a few words.
Student Madison Seitzler said it was one of the biggest moments of their lives.
“It’s joyful — a lot of excitement and relief knowing this day has finally come,” Seitzler said.
Seitzler plans to continue to pursue a career in construction while studying at the College of Central Florida in Ocala.
In addition to the home, the family also received other gifts. The Villages Home Decorating Club decorated the house, the Lake-Sumter chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution donated an American flag and Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter gave the family a toolbox and a Bible.
Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter also partners with Leesburg High School, Eustis High School and South Lake High School to build homes for families in those areas.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A three-story residential building has collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, killing at least five people with many feared trapped, emergency response services said Monday.
“Twenty-three people have been rescued alive including seven children and 16 adults,” said Ibrahim Farinloye of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency. “Nine of those rescued alive have been treated and discharged.”
Among the dead are a mother and her son, said Farinloye.
The residential apartment building collapsed late Sunday night in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial center and most populated city with more than 14 million people.
Residents and passersby gathered before dawn as they joined a team of emergency and aid workers who searched through the rubble in search of survivors. It is not clear how many occupants were in the apartment building located in a densely populated area of the city.
Building collapses in the West African nation are frequent, including in Lagos which recorded five such incidents last year, including in November when more than 40 people died when a high rise still being constructed crumbled on workers.
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UP logs 193 new Covid-19 cases; over 1500 under home isolation
Uttar Pradesh reported 193 new Covid-19 cases on Monday from 96,242 samples tested in the past 24 hours. The state has 1,621 active cases of which 1,556 are under home isolation.
“The state has tested a total 11,15,11,795 samples till now,” said Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary, medical and health, in a press statement.
Till now, 20,49,679 patients have recovered in the state. According to the data from the state health department, Gautam Budh Nagar reported 66 new cases, Ghaziabad 36, Agra 6, Varanasi and Prayagraj 5 each, Meerut 18, and Lucknow 21 on Monday.
“New daily Covid-19 cases are rising in Lucknow too, though slowly. At present there are 128 active cases under treatment while a week before on April 26 there were 70 active cases in the state capital, which is a rise of over 80%,” said Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary general, Association of International Doctors. The state’s recovery rate is 98.78%.
Among total active cases, Gautam Budh Nagar has 701, Ghaziabad 334, Agra 82, and Meerut 52. The state has reported a total 20,74,808 Covid-19 cases and 23,508 deaths till now. In all, 17 districts have zero active cases, 8 districts have one active case each, and six districts have two active cases each.
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Heartbreaking tributes to ‘warrior’ Scots teen, 17, after brave cancer battle
TRIBUTES have poured in for a “warrior” Scots teen who tragically lost her battle with cancer.
Leah Rogan from Dalkeith, Midlothian, passed away on Saturday after being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma three years ago.
The 17-year-old was a keen footballer and used to coach Dalkeith Thistle Community Football Club under 10s.
She was known to her loved ones as "The Lioness" for her strength and had a smile that "lit up any room she walked into".
Friends have taken to social media since her passing to pay tribute to the youngster who "put a smile on everyone's face".
One friend, Sophie Smith, shared images of the pair together on Facebook yesterday, writing: ”Never thought I’d be here writing this post.
“Yesterday our warrior Leah grew her wings, the most beautiful girl with the kindest heart.
“Words can’t describe the heartbreak. I will forever cherish all of our memories together, I will love and miss you always, gorgeous girl.”
Laura Thomson said: “Utterly devastating, sending all my love.”
Donna Dolly Smith said: “Beyond broken for all who knew and loved this amazing, beautiful soul. Fly high angel, you will be in our hearts forever.”
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Marie Kenny said: “So sorry to hear this, my heart goes out to you all.”
Angela Inglis said: “So sad to hear this. Thinking of all the family.”
Dalkeith Thistle Community Football Club released a statement yesterday, saying: “It's with a heavy heart that I share this news.
"Leah Rogan our u10 girls coach and ex player/captain grew her angel wings after a brave battle with cancer.
“Rest in peace our little warrior.”
A close friend, Hannah Forbes, also set up a GoFundMe page yesterday to give Leah a special send off and help her family with any costs.
The fundraiser smashed its £10,000 target within hours and currently sits at over £16,000.
Hannah said: “Leah was one of a kind, the girl that lit up any room she walked into, put a smile on everyone’s face.
"For everyone who knew her knows she was full of happiness, joy and laughter.
“Her laugh was very much contagious. Her beauty was breathtaking.
"She had the biggest heart, she loved being with her family and friends and her dog Duke more than anything.
“It is with a very heavy heart to say that after being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma cancer three years ago Leah took her last breath last night.
“She fought so hard everyday and still lived life to the fullest.
"We all called her The lioness, our warrior because that is exactly what she was. The strength and determination behind her was amazing.
“We are setting this page up to give our Leah the send-off she deserves.
"Anything that is left over is to support the family in these hard times. Any donation is so appreciated.
“Leah Rogan the girl that touched all our hearts, she will now be the brightest star in the sky.
“She may be gone but will never be forgotten.
“Love you forever Leah.”
Ewing sarcoma is an extremely rare form of cancerous tumor which grows in bones or their surrounding soft tissue.
It mainly affects children and young people, but is also seen in adults.
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SCANDIA, Minn. (WCCO) — The bodies of two men have been recovered from a popular central Minnesota lake after authorities say their boat capsized and they were thrown into the frigid water.
READ MORE: Flooding Affecting Travel In Parts Of Minnesota, North DakotaThe Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that deputies responded shortly after 2 p.m. Friday to Big Marine Lake near Scandia, which is roughly 40 miles northeast of Minneapolis. A caller told officials that they saw boaters in distress on the north side of the lake.
Witnesses reported said they saw two men lose control of a boat shortly after departing the landing. The boat overturned and the men were thrown into the cold water.
Bystanders heard the men calling for help and attempted to save them. However, the good Samaritans could not find them.
READ MORE: Report Calls Out Abuse Of Social Media By Minneapolis Police Dept.A dive team, a water recovery team, state troopers and DNR officers responded to the lake to help in the search, which after an hour turned into a recovery effort.
Shortly after 7 p.m., crews found the body of one of the men. The body of the second man wasn’t found until around 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner identified the men as 45-year-old Richard Thomas Gannon of Centerville and 55-year-old Tony Randall Boyce of Hugo.
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Are These The Best Biotech Stocks To Buy Right Now?
In the stock market, many investors bank on the prospect of a company rather than what it currently has to offer. Biotech stocks would be a prime example for this investment approach. The industry includes companies that develop drugs and diagnostic technologies for the treatment of diseases. These products would often require rigorous and costly trials before potentially obtaining regulatory approvals. As such, some may find it puzzling that biotech companies can go public without much revenue if any at all.
Well, this is because there is still an abundance of unmet medical needs in the world today. Any new medical breakthrough will likely change the fortune of the company. Hence, it should not come as a surprise that biotech companies would continue to invest in research to improve the chance of producing successful products. For instance, Beigene (NASDAQ: BGNE) recently announced the groundbreaking of its flagship U.S. manufacturing and clinical R&D center in New Jersey. The company believes that this is an excellent location for a thriving life science community, with a deep talent pool that will contribute to its pipeline of innovative cancer medicines.
Elsewhere, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) also unveiled its J&J Satellite Center for Global Health Discovery in Cape Town, South Africa. This marks the company’s latest expansion in research collaborations between leading research institutions around the world. In conclusion, the biotech sector is full of high-risk but high-return prospects. Thus, investors should take stock of their risk appetite before diving into the sector. With that in mind, here are some of the top biotech stocks to check out in the stock market now.
Biotech Stocks To Watch In May 2022
- Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY)
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO)
- Seagen Inc (NASDAQ: SGEN)
Incyte
Incyte Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics. The company has a portfolio of drugs targeting a variety of liquid and solid tumors, as well as dermatologic conditions. INCY stock has been trading sideways since the start of the year. However, several recent positive developments may be sparking the interest of investors.
For starters, the company and Maruho Co announced last week that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement. Under which, Maruho will make an upfront payment to Incyte for the development, and commercialization of ruxolitinib cream in Japan. The cream is a novel formulation of Incyte’s selective JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory dermatological diseases. Now, judging by the cream’s effectiveness in the U.S. for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, investors appear to be optimistic that this new collaboration will be a success.
Furthermore, the European Medicine Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) also issued a positive opinion regarding the company’s capmatinib (Tabrecta). The CHMP recommends granting marketing authorization for the drug to be used as a monotherapy for the treatment of adults with METex14 advanced non-small cell lung cancer. All things considered, would you consider adding INCY stock to your watchlist?
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Novo Nordisk
Following that, we have a global health care company that primarily engages in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk. The company also dwells in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceutical products. Novo’s diabetes and obesity care segment covers insulin, GLP-1, other protein-related products, such as glucagon, protein-related delivery systems and needles, and oral anti-diabetic drugs. Impressively, NVO stock has climbed more than 50% over the past year.
Last week, the company announced headline results from its ONWARDS 2 trial. The trial is a 26-week efficacy and safety treat-to-target trial investigating once-weekly insulin icodec versus insulin degludec in patients with type 2 diabetes switching from daily insulin. It appears that the once-weekly insulin icodec is superior in reducing the HbA1c levels as compared to insulin degludec. Overall, this should not come as a surprise as the company has a strong record of over a century in developing insulin treatments.
On top of that, Novo Nordisk also announced its financial results for its first quarter of 2022. The company’s net sales stood out at $5.95 billion, up 24% year-over-year. Out of which, obesity care sales improved by 119%, driven by Wegovy’s sales of $198 million. Meanwhile, its operating profit came in at $2.7 billion, representing an increase of 28% year-over-year. Now, all this sales momentum has allowed Novo to raise its outlook for the full year. With that said, would you still consider NVO stock as a top biotech stock to watch?
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Seagen
To sum up the list, we will be looking at another top biotech company, Seagen. For those unaware, this is a company that develops and commercializes targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer. Some of its notable programs include ADCETRIS and PADCEV which are based on its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), technology that utilizes the targeting ability of monoclonal antibodies to deliver cell-killing agents directly to cancer cells. For most parts, oncology is still deemed as an unmet medical need. Hence, investors eyeing the sector may often have SGEN stock on their radars.
In April, the company announced plans to build a new facility in Everett, Washington. As it stands, the company expects the 270,000-square-foot facility to be operational by 2024. Thus, expanding the company’s biomanufacturing capacity while providing greater control and flexibility over its production of medicines. Seagen also believes that it will put the company in a favorable position to attract top-flight talents to drive its business priorities.
Not to mention, Seagen also recently announced its first-quarter financials and provided updates on its diverse oncology pipelines. Its net product sales increased to $383 million, representing an increase of 27% compared to the prior year’s quarter. This reflects the overall growth across its portfolio of approved products. Additionally, the European Commission also approved PADCEV for previously treated metastatic urothelial cancer last month. All in all, there are many reasons for optimism around Seagen right now. If you share the sentiment, would you bank on the future of SGEN stock?
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The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) is set to begin a prescribed burn in the McLeod Creek area, beginning Tuesday, May 3.
The burn is happening in order to help reduce wildfire threat.
BCWS is supporting Interfor with the burn, covering up to 20.5 hectares in the McLeod Creek area.
The burn site is around four kilometres north of Nakusp, BCWS said in a release, and smoke will be visible from Nakusp and surrounding communities. It might also be visible along Hwy 6.
The exact timing of the burn will depend on weather and site conditions, says BCWS.
The release was initially issued on April 24, 2022, but likely did not proceed because of unfavourable conditions. It has been released with a new date of May 3.
Burning will move forward if conditions are suitable and allow for smoke dispersal, though smoke may linger for a few days.
The goal of this prescribed burn is to improve community wildfire protection by reducing fuels in the wildland urban interface, BCWS adds.
Key goals include:
• reducing accumulations of dead wood and other combustible material,
• delaying the growth of competing vegetation, and
• decreasing the risk of future catastrophic wildfires in the area.
Prescribed burns near #NakuspBC in the McLeod Creek and Birnam Creek areas could begin as early as Tuesday, May 3, 2022, though the exact timing of these burns will depend on weather and site conditions.
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Despite payment, investors brace for Russia to default
NEW YORK — (AP) — Prices for Russian credit default swaps — insurance contracts that protect an investor against a default — plunged sharply overnight after Moscow used its precious foreign currency reserves to make a last minute debt payment on Friday.
The cost for a five-year credit default swap on Russian debt was $5.84 million to protect $10 million in debt. That price was nearly half the one on Thursday, which at roughly $11 million for $10 million in debt protection was a signal that investors were certain of a eventual Russian default.
Russia used its foreign currency reserves sitting outside of the country to make the payment, backing down from the Kremlin's earlier threats that it would use rubles to pay these obligations. In a statement, the Russia Finance Ministry did not say whether future payments would be made in rubles.
Despite the insurance contract plunge, investors remain largely convinced that Russia will eventually default on its debts for the first time since 1917. The major ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s have declared Russia is in “selective default” on its obligations.
Russia has been hit with extensive sanctions by the United States, the European Union and others in response to its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and its continuing military operation to take over Ukrainian territory.
The Credit Default Determination Committee — an industry group of 14 banks and investors that determines whether or not to pay on these swaps — said Friday that they “continue to monitor the situation” after Russia's payment. Their next meeting is on May 3.
At the beginning of April, Russia’s finance ministry said it tried to make a $649 million payment due April 6 toward two bonds to an unnamed U.S. bank — previously reported as JPMorgan Chase.
At that time, tightened sanctions imposed for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prevented the payment from being accepted, so Moscow attempted to make the debt payment in rubles. The Kremlin, which repeatedly said it was financially able and willing to continue to pay on its debts, had argued that extraordinary events gave them the legal footing to pay in rubles, instead of dollars or euros.
Investors and rating agencies, however, disagreed and did not expect Russia to be able to convert the rubles into dollars before a 30-day grace period expired next week.
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Senegal handed £143,000 fine by Fifa after Salah was targeted with lasers in World Cup play-off & missed crucial penalty
SENEGAL have been handed a whopping £143,000 fine by Fifa after Mohamed Salah was targeted with lasers in March's World Cup play-off game.
Fans shined the laser in the Liverpool star's eye before his crucial penalty miss for Egypt, while he and his team-mates were also pelted with objects as they went down the tunnel.
The Egyptian FA also alleged that their players were the victims of racist abuse.
Sadio Mane converted the winning penalty after the African countries drew 1-1 over two legs to send Senegal into the 2022 World Cup.
But Senegal have now been punished for the behaviour of its fans.
Fifa's disciplinary committee has investigated the lasers, the pitch invasion by Senegal fans at the final whistle and the national federation's "failure to ensure that law and order are maintained in the stadium".
Along with the £143,000 fine, Senegal will be forced to play one competitive game behind closed doors.
The punishments come weeks after the controversial ending to the World Cup qualifier game, which meant Salah and Co would not be traveling to Qatar in November.
They had won the first game 1-0 but lost the second leg by the same scoreline.
Three of Egypt's four penalty takers missed their spot-kicks while fans continued to shine lasers at them as a distraction.
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Salah blasted his effort well over the bar before his Liverpool colleague Mane converted his.
The fallout from the game was not the only high-profile fan incident Fifa were having to investigate after the last round of international fixtures.
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Forte Upstream Services receives ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management
Forte Upstream Services Limited has received the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system.
The certificate was presented by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the company on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at an event held at the Lagos State Civic Centre.
The award which was issued as a result of the conformity of the company’s Quality Management System to the requirements of the standard ISO 9001:2015.
According to the Standard Organization, the systems of Forte Upstream were subjected to rigorous certification assessment by auditors, after which the system was adjudged to have conformed to the requirements of the International Standards.
The certification is in accordance with the companies drive to improve its processes, procedures, and quality delivery of its services and product.
While speaking to members of the press, the managing director of Forte Upstream, Mr Doyin Ogun said that the certification is a confirmation of its company’s effective quality management system, which has been tested by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON).
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“The audit process looked at the people, policies that we have, and look at the system that we use to drive them, and put them to test. This essentially factors in what and how in terms of our policy implementation in order to reach quality levels for our stakeholders, current customers, internal stakeholders, and ultimately our potential customers,” he said.
“What we believe is that, when clients see the ISO certification, it means our system have gone through the right kind of tests. It gives us impetus to work with people that we would ordinarily have not been able to work with. It also gives us a better selection chance, when we go out there to look for partners.”
He also added that the certification is now a standard for the company as it is imperative to keep to the level by ensuring adequate feedback system with its clients and other stakeholders.
Forte Upstream Services Limited (F.U.S.L) is a wholly-owned Nigerian oilfield services company, providing solutions over the years to the Nigerian energy sector. The company traces its origin to the early 90s, operating as Star-AP Joint Venture, which at that time was a joint venture between Star Oilfield Supplies Services Limited and the African Petroleum Plc.
The ISO 9001 is defined as the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). Most organizations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements.
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Jaylen Brown of Boston Celtics to play in Game 1 vs. Milwaukee Bucks despite lingering hamstring injury
BOSTON -- Celtics star Jaylen Brown plans to play in Sunday's Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks as he battles a right hamstring injury. Brown aggravated the injury Monday in his team's close-out Game 4 victory over the Brooklyn Nets and needed the time off and...
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I taught myself and my kids to save lives and you should too, says Myleene Klass
MUM-of-three Myleene Klass believes life-saving lessons should be taught in school – and that it’s a scandal they are not.
In her latest book, the musician and radio presenter explains some vital emergency techniques.
Myleene, who lives in North London with her children Ava, 14, Hero, 11 and two-year-old Apollo and partner Simon Motson, says: “My kids have learned plenty of first-aid techniques. To them it’s a game.
“It’s doctors and nurses. But the point is, they know what to do if it’s needed, and it makes a difference.”
She adds: “After working with St John Ambulance, the girls and I made videos of what to do and put them on TikTok.
“Just a day after I posted, I received this message — ‘I watched your choking video yesterday. I’ve just carried out the abdominal thrusts manoeuvre on my wife who was choking on a piece of chicken. Between you and me, we just saved a life’.”
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Myleene, 44, is speaking from experience, revealing that she has saved both her daughters from choking incidents.
In an exclusive extract from her book They Don’t Teach This At School, we reveal Myleene’s rescue remedies . . .
What to do if someone faints
WHEN a famous pop star fainted near me, I cleared a space and undid her bra, making sure she was comfortable.
I could see she was about to pass out and asked if she was pregnant, but then down she went, before she could answer.
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She was breathing normally so I put her in the recovery position and she was fine afterwards (and she was pregnant!).
If they can’t be woken within a minute, are having a fit or seizure, or hurt themselves when they fall, call an ambulance.
Get them to lie down with their legs raised (which helps the blood flow to the head).
If this isn’t possible, they should sit and lower their head between their knees.
Give them water to sip or get them to try to eat something.
Get them to take deep breaths.
How to recognise a stroke
STROKES are very common. They affect people of all ages and one happens every five minutes in the UK.
A speedy response is crucial. The Stroke Association charity recommends using the FAST technique:
- FACE — Ask the person if they are able to smile and check whether their face has fallen on one side.
- ARMS — Ask the person if they can raise both arms and keep them there.
- SPEECH — Check whether they can speak clearly and understand what you are saying to them. Check if their speech is slurred.
- TIME — This is crucial, so if you see any of the three things above, dial 999 as quickly as possible.
How to treat a jellyfish sting
HERO was swimming in front of me and I suddenly saw an imprint on her skin and blood rising up to the surface.
Then I saw the jellyfish swim off.
The screaming! I couldn’t calm her down, it was awful.
The best thing to do is find either a lifeguard or someone else who has first-aid training.
Otherwise, rinse the affected area with sea water (not fresh water), then remove any spines left in the skin.
You can use tweezers if you have them, otherwise the edge of a bank card should do the trick.
Soak the area in water that is as hot as can be tolerated for at least 30 minutes.
If soaking it isn’t possible, use flannels or towels soaked in hot water and replace when they start to cool.
Take painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen.
What to do if someone's clothes catch fire
I’VE put this into practice twice — once to a woman at the launch of one of my classical albums.
There were candles everywhere, and she had extensions and backed into one of the candles.
Her hair caught fire instantly.
I pushed her to the ground and rolled on her to put it out.
It also happened in a nightclub, to a member of a rival band, again because of hair extensions.
I pushed her on to the floor and rolled her too.
The advice is simple:
- STOP Don’t run. It will make the flames worse.
- DROP Lie on the ground as quickly as you can.
- ROLL In heavy fabric or a fire blanket to smother the flames, though if none is available, just rolling on the ground helps.
What to do if someone is choking
A COUPLE of years ago we were relaxing on holiday and my defences were down, so when Ava started to choke on calamari I didn’t immediately realise.
I jumped over the table and whacked her three times on the back.
She sprang back to life, then carried on eating like nothing had happened.
Hero choked on a small plastic star when she was one and a half.
I lay her on her front, angled along my arm, and hit her hard five times on her back.
It wasn’t until the third attempt that it worked.
DON’T use your finger to fish around in their mouth to try to remove the obstruction — you might push it further down.
DO ask them if they are choking and if they can cough and clear the blockage themselves.
If they can’t do this, here’s what you need to do: Help them to lean forward, then support their upper body.
Using the heel of your hand, administer five sharp blows on their back between their shoulder blades.
If that doesn’t work, do five abdominal thrusts.
Stand behind them and place your hands under their chest, just above the belly button.
Clench your fist, then wrap your other hand around it. Pull sharply inwards and upwards five times.
If they haven’t coughed up whatever was obstructing their airway, call an ambulance and continue with the blows and the thrusts.
If they are unresponsive, start CPR while you wait for the ambulance to arrive.
How you can help out
IF you are inspired by Myleene and want to make a difference in your community, the charity St John Ambulance can help.
This year its #AskMe campaign will showcase young lifesavers.
The health and first aid organisation runs six youth programmes to help young people build confidence, gain important life skills and have the knowledge to know what to do in an emergency.
St John relies on the public’s donations to equip and train the next generation of young lifesavers.
Sign up or donate at sja.org.uk.
How to perform CPR
YOU should only perform CPR on someone who is unresponsive.
To determine this, shake the patient by the shoulders and shout loudly: “Can you hear me? Can you open your eyes? Can you squeeze my hand?”
If there is no response, act as fast as possible.
If you’re in a public place that is likely to have a defibrillator — such as a leisure centre, shopping centre or airport — use it.
Unless you’ve been fully trained and are confident in rescue breaths with CPR, you should only attempt chest compressions
Place the heel of your hand in the centre of the patient’s chest.
Put your other hand on top and interlock the fingers so that you are using both arms for the compressions.
Keeping your arms straight, push the breastbone down firmly and smoothly, and release.
Aim for 100–120 compressions per minute, or around two per second.
Make sure the pace is correct by singing Stayin’ Alive (by the Bee Gees) and doing your compressions in time to the beat.
Keep going until professional help arrives or until the patient shows signs of regaining consciousness.
What if they are a child?
MAKE sure the child is lying flat on their back.
Open their airway by tilting the head back gently, placing one hand on their forehead and two fingers under their chin.
If you can clearly see an obstruction and can remove it safely (with no danger of pushing it further in), do so carefully.
Pinch the soft part of their nose, form a seal around their mouth, and give five breaths (with a pause between each). You should see their chest rise.
The rescue breaths should be followed by chest compressions.
On children you should only use one hand to do the compressions.
Place the heel of your hand in the centre of the child’s chest.
Keep your arm straight and press down 30 times.
After 30 compressions, do two more rescue breaths.
Repeat this 30:2 ratio until help arrives.
Since the Covid-19 outbreak, the advice on giving rescue breaths has changed.
Now the recommendation is that it’s safest to avoid putting your face close to the patient’s and to find some light material, such as a T-shirt or tea towel, to cover their nose and mouth to prevent droplets reaching you.
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GOOD Morning Britain viewers were left unimpressed this morning as Richard Madeley appeared sympathetic towards porn watching MP Neil Parish.
The presenter returned to the morning TV show today alongside Kate Garraway and kicked off discussing the latest Commons scandal.
Richard asked the panellists: "All jokes aside do we see it as a watershed moment in this country and the way people behave in the Commons?"
He added: " Do you feel sorry for him?"
Explaining his stance on the situation, Richard said: "I don’t know about you but I was sort of inclined to take that at face value because there is no suggestion that he had a track record for doing this. It’s not like he was always looking furtively at his phone in the Commons.
"It seems to have been his first and second offence. I think for a politician, if you saw the whole interview, it was quite a mea culpa."
Those watching at home were unimpressed and took to Twitter to discuss it.
One person wrote: “#GMB Madeley kicks off the week with ‘do you feel sorry for him?’”
A second added: “#GMB Richard Madeley making a good start to the week. Neil Parish ‘no suggestion he had a track record’ of looking at porn. Because Parish always tells Madeley and @GMB when he is about to log on to a porn site.”
While a third remarked: “#GMB allowing an apology from a Perv MP 😂 Why is Madeley sounding sympathetic to the MP??”
Last week Tory MP Neil Parish quit after he was caught watching porn in the Commons.
Neil insisted he stumbled across the X-rated video by mistake while searching online for tractors for his family farm.
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But he told how in a “moment of madness” he deliberately watched the seedy scene again while sitting at the side of the chamber waiting to vote.
Mr Parish, 65, finally bowed to pressure and announced he will stand down — three days after being spotted ogling the video on his phone by two horrified Tory colleagues.
He choked back tears as he told how the sordid saga had besmirched his reputation and brought his 22-year career in politics to an abrupt end.
Dad-of-two Mr Parish said: “I’ll have to live with this for the rest of my life. I made a terrible mistake and I’m here to tell the world.
“The situation was, funnily enough, it was tractors I was looking at, so I did get into another website with sort of a very similar name and I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn’t have done.
“My crime — my biggest crime — is that on another occasion I went in a second time — and that was deliberate. That was sitting waiting to vote.”
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CARLINVILLE, Ill. (KTVI) — A seller’s market is spurring homeowners to get creative when listing their houses. A Macoupin County, Illinois, woman’s love of all things horror helped spark an idea to showcase her family’s home online for potential buyers.
Danielle Sullivan had her son, Cole, dress up as “Halloween” slasher Michael Myers and pose for photos around their house on E. Hoehn Street in Carlinville.
The four-bedroom, four-bath residence has a finished basement, a detached garage, a large rear deck and a spacious backyard.
Sullivan and her husband Owen say they’ve done a family costume for the last 22 years and always go big for Halloween.
You won’t have to worry about running into Michael if you buy the house. The Sullivans have already moved. Their new home, ironically, is located a few blocks away on Elm Street.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Midday" game were:
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Not all plants wither when faced with harsh conditions. Extremophyte plants not only survive in dry, salty or cold places, but actually thrive in them.
One of these plants flourishes in a place with extremely high salt content, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Plants.
Understanding what makes extremophyte plants tick could help researchers to engineer a similar response in crucial crops that are at risk due to the climate crisis.
"With climate change, we can't expect the environment to stay the same," said lead study author Ying Sun, a postdoctoral researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, in a statement. "Our crops are going to have to adapt to these rapidly changing conditions. If we can understand the mechanisms that plants use to tolerate stress, we can help them do it better and faster."
Built for harsh conditions
Typically, plants slow things down metabolically when the conditions around them don't support normal growth. They grow fewer leaves and roots. The plants' pores close to retain water. This strategy works for a short duration, but if harsh conditions prevail, the plants die.
Extremophytes are the opposite -- especially a raggedy-looking member of the mustard plant family called Schrenkiella parvula.
It is found growing along the shores of Lake Tuz in central Turkey in conditions that would kill most plants. The lake's salt content can be six times higher than in the ocean, and yet this plant grows faster in the face of such stressful conditions and a lack of rainfall.
"Most plants produce a stress hormone that acts like a stop signal for growth," said senior study author José Dinneny, an associate professor of biology at Stanford University. "But in this extremophyte, it's a green light. The plant accelerates its growth in response to this stress hormone."
Stress response
Plants release a hormone called abscisic acid, or ABA, when they encounter certain harsh conditions, and the hormone kicks some of the plant's genes into high gear so it knows how to respond.
Schrenkiella parvula is a member of the larger Brassicaceae plant family, which includes crops like cabbage, broccoli and turnips, and other important food crops. The researchers compared how different plants within this family responded to the release of abscisic acid.
The other plants slowed or stopped their growth, but the roots of Schrenkiella parvula accelerated in growth.
"S. parvula has taken this 'warning signal' that the plant uses to avoid stress and has transformed it into a robust growth-inducing signal," said Dinneny, who is also the director of graduate studies and chair of the Graduate Studies Committee in Stanford's department of biology. "This tells us that environmental conditions that are dangerous to some plants can be inviting to others. Our study shows that rewiring the gene networks that respond to these stress cues is one way that plants can change the way that they respond to their world."
The team also studied Eutrema salsugineum, another extremophyte plant found growing along salty shorelines in China. This plant has evolved its own independent traits for thriving in a similar environment, so it provided a good comparison with Schrenkiella parvula.
Bioengineering crop resilience
"With advances in genome sequencing, it is now possible to study these plants and unlock the genetic mechanisms that allow these plants to grow in extreme environments," Dinneny said.
Breaking down how plants cope with stressful conditions could aid scientists in introducing ways to help crops adapt through plant breeding to improve their resilience.
Engineering this same stress response could help crops thrive in periods of drought, which are expected to worsen in the future due to the climate crisis. And it could also be applied to plant species that could be used for sustainable jet fuel or biofuel.
"You want to be growing bioenergy crops on land that is not suitable for growing food -- say, an agricultural field that has degraded soil or has accumulated salinity because of improper irrigation," Dinneny said. "These areas are not prime agricultural real estate, but land that would be abandoned otherwise."
The research was partly funded by the US Department of Energy to better understand how plant genetics can lead to better bioenergy crops for sustainability, Dinneny said.
Next, Dinneny and his team want to tweak genes activated by abscisic acid in different plants to see how they respond. And ultimately, the researchers want to know how extremophytes evolved to develop their traits for tolerating harsh environments.
"We're trying to understand what the secret sauce is for these plant species -- what allows them to grow in these unique environments, and how we can use this knowledge to engineer specific traits in our crops," Dinneny said.
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A feasibility study investigating a multi-use stadium for Tauranga has identified a preferred location and recommended an initial concept of the project be brought forward for further analysis and consultation.
The study is being undertaken through Western Bay economic development agency Priority One, in collaboration with Tauranga City Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Sport New Zealand.
Wharepai Domain, inclusive of Tauranga Domain, has been identified as the site of focus for the study, and the feasibility study outlined the central portion of the domain as the best location.
Priority One chief executive Nigel Tutt said in a statement released today this was a positive step forward but: "We still have a significant amount of work to do including further consultation, design, funding and a business case."
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While this has been a partnership approach, the stadium would be located on city council land. Once plans have been sufficiently developed, there will be public engagement as part of the next annual plan process.
City council commission chairwoman Anne Tolley said: "Ensuring the community-led space represents the wants and needs of the community is vital."
"We know it is important that green spaces are retained, and the rich culture of our region highlighted, and we look forward to having further discussions about how we might be able to make that happen."
Tangata whenua representative Buddy Mikaere said the site was an area of cultural significance, and it would be important that any concepts put forward enhanced the unique whenua on which an arena might be built.
"We're really looking forward to having a suitable venue to host mana whenua, and local events, with pride."
Ngāti Ranginui chairwoman, and member of the governance group overseeing the feasibility study, Donna Gardiner, said: "We, the iwi, support the local hapū in their vision and aspirations for the new stadium facility.
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KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) _ Monolithic Power Systems Inc. (MPWR) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $79.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the Kirkland, Washington-based company said it had profit of $1.65. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.45 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.26 per share.
The chipmaker posted revenue of $377.7 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $360.3 million.
For the current quarter ending in July, Monolithic said it expects revenue in the range of $420 million to $440 million.
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Our favorite worlds are colliding.
Bling Empire fan favorite and fashion obsessive Kane Lim is an employee at Jason Oppenheim's brokerage—so does that mean there's a Selling Sunset crossover about to happen?
The Oppenheim website describes Kane as "an experienced Real Estate Developer and agent [who has] sold three properties in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice Beach" and "has recently focused his attention on Residential projects and Commercial properties in Asia."
His Oppenheim Group profiles continues, "Kane takes pride in his interpersonal skills and his ability to know what the wants and needs of buyers and sellers are. He possesses an innate understanding of market trends and enjoys the challenges and rewards of real estate transactions." The website does not mention how long Kane has been working for the agency.
This is what our Netflix collab dreams are made of—though fans are understandably surprised by the news.
One user wrote on Twitter, "What the f––k? How?" with another adding, "I was wondering why they never show any guys on the show."
But this isn't the first time Kane has worked with the Selling Sunset crew.
Last month, Kane put his L.A. home on the market for $1.8 million and Chrishell Stause was his agent, according to People.
The listing described the 1,516-square-foot property as a "tranquil Mount Washington oasis," with "emotionally compelling" design and "sophisticated details and materials."
Season two of Bling Empire—which focuses on the lives of wealthy East Asian and East Asian-American socialites based in Los Angeles and stars new cast members Dorothy Wang and Mimi Morris—drops May 13 and season five of Selling Sunset premiered April 22.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New lobster fishing rules intended to protect a rare species of whale are now in effect, but enforcement has yet to begin.
The rules are designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 340 in the world and is vulnerable to lethal entanglement in fishing gear. The rules took effect Sunday and require lobstermen in some parts of the ocean to start using weakened rope or special inserts to weaken existing rope.
However, the federal government has acknowledged fishermen's complaints that supply chain issues have prevented many harvesters from acquiring the gear yet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said it would use “graduated enforcement effort” until those problems have been resolved.
Many public officials in Maine, including Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, have said the deadline for the new rules should have simply been delayed. Members of industry have also charged that the new rules could make fishing more difficult, more expensive and more dangerous.
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Authorities in Alabama have issued a warrant for Vicky White, the Lauderdale County assistant director of corrections who went missing with an inmate Friday.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said White is being charged with first-degree permitting or facilitating an escape.
"We know she participated," Singleton said at a press conference on Monday. "Whether she did that willingly or if she was coerced, threatened somehow to participate in this case, not really sure."
White went missing after telling jail staff on Friday that she was transporting inmate Casey White to the local courthouse for a mental health evaluation. Singleton said no court appearance was scheduled, according to AL.com. Officials say Casey White and Vicky White are not related.
The U.S. Marshals Service announced on Sunday that it was offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of Casey White, who is facing two counts of capital murder.
"Casey White is believed to be a serious threat to the corrections officer and the public," U.S. Marshal Marty Keely said in a statement. "Do not attempt to apprehend this fugitive."
Singleton said Vicky White had recently sold her home and was scheduled to retire on Friday. Authorities are still investigating whether the two had any prior contact before they disappeared. "We will capture them," Singleton added.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post on Friday that the vehicle the pair used to leave the detention center was found in a local shopping center parking lot.
Casey White, 38, was charged with two counts of capital murder in the fatal stabbing of 59-year-old Connie Ridgeway after he confessed to the killing.
He had already been serving time for what officials described as a "crime spree" in 2015 that included home invasion, carjacking and a police chase.
Officials say anyone with information about the disappearance of Casey White and Vicky White should contact law enforcement or make an anonymous tip to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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As China Maintains Ties With Russia, Europe Turns To Japan And India
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo
Tokyo and New Delhi become the EU’s Asian destinations of choice because Beijing is so closely linked to Moscow.
While China doubles down on its strategic partnership with Russia, Europe is looking for allies elsewhere in Asia.
Next week, European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to travel to Tokyo to co-host an EU-Japan summit, two diplomats said on condition of anonymity, confirming a Japanese media report. This will be the first time the duo has flown to East Asia together since they took the helm of the EU shortly before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Last week, Olaf Scholz made his first trip to Asia since becoming German chancellor and skipped China, heading instead to Japan, a departure from his predecessor Angela Merkel's preference for cultivating personal ties with the Communist leadership in Beijing.
Days before, von der Leyen attended the Raisina Dialogue, a key foreign policy event in India, where she made explicit warnings about the "no limits" partnership between Beijing and Moscow.
The upcoming Czech presidency of the Council of the EU, which starts in June, plans to host a series of events with Indo-Pacific partners, even as the Russian war on Ukraine takes up most of the political energy in Europe.
In short, an unexpected war on European soil is prompting the bloc to take a fresher look at China — which happens to be Russia's seemingly unbreakable partner.
For two decades, China reaped enormous benefits after joining the World Trade Organization. Numerous European multinational corporations treat China as the market and profit engine. Despite recent calls from President Xi Jinping to focus more on domestic innovation and consumption, foreign trade — especially with the EU and the U.S. — still accounts for an outsize role in China's economic development. Indeed, European governments had largely been on the side of their businesses that favoured going deeper into the world's second-largest economy, paying lip service to warnings about national security threats, cyberattacks, and human rights violations from the U.S. and advocacy groups.
Both U.S. President Joe Biden and the Commission's von der Leyen warned Beijing of "consequences" and "reputational risks" should it help Russia circumvent sanctions or provide it with weapons. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss went further, saying last week: "By talking about the rise of China as inevitable we are doing China’s work for it. In fact, their rise isn’t inevitable. They will not continue to rise if they don’t play by the rules."
The fast-hardening rhetoric on China hasn't gone unnoticed in the business sector. With Western companies cut off from Russia, concerns are rising in the business community in China, especially as Beijing makes little effort to distance itself from what looks increasingly like a pariah state. "The Germans did a survey about the impact the Ukraine war has on business in China," said Jörg Wuttke, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, saying that the survey "clearly indicated" that businesses would be prepared to put "everything on hold."
"They say, 'oh boy, we have this Russia situation, would China be the same?'" Wuttke said.
Tilt To Japan
As Scholz admitted, the choice of Japan as the first Asian destination since becoming German chancellor was "no coincidence."
While he refrained from any direct criticism of China, Scholz highlighted the need for diversification on the part of German businesses. Ensuring supply chains are less dependent on individual countries, he added, is "a task that is more relevant than ever." China will have had no problem working out whom Scholz was talking about.
"We are against all ideas of decoupling," Scholz said. "But one thing is clear: Our companies and we ourselves will do everything we can to ensure that nobody is dependent on supply chains from one country at a time. That is the experience we have now had with the Ukraine crisis. It will take time, but will have to play a big role for us."
Japan has been hailed as a close partner with the West since the war started. It became one of the few Asian countries (alongside South Korea and Singapore) to join in with the sanctions introduced by Europe and the U.S., while Scholz's return flight also carried some aid donated by Japan for Ukraine.
When it comes to Japan's handling of China, its chief regional foe, Tokyo by and large relies on U.S. security cooperation. For instance, it has conducted war games and joint military exercises with the U.S. in the event of a conflict with China over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported last year. Still, there's a role for the EU to play.
"Even though they [Japan] realize that Europeans cannot make up for the alliance with the United States, it still serves, I think, as an additional assurance," said Dietmar Schweisgut, former EU ambassador to Japan and to China.
That's a far cry from the past, Schweisgut said, when Japan and Europe viewed the Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific theatres, respectively, as largely irrelevant. "The friendship between China and Russia without limits and their stated commitment to work together to change the international order ... led to the realization that a closer relationship between Japan, India and Europe is not just a luxury or something nice to have. It’s seen as a bit more indispensable than before."
India, The Swing State
The next few months will be crucial to see whether Europe could multitask by focusing on both Russia and China. "While dealing with the Ukraine war, [Europe] also has to continue to focus on its Indo-Pacific approach, because the future of the global order is not only decided in Ukraine," said Janka Oertel, Asia chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
By some measures, though, India is more reminiscent of China than Japan. It's defied Western pressure and abstained in United Nations votes condemning Russia's war. It remains a massive importer of Russian arms. Human rights groups constantly voice concerns about the treatment of minorities.
Still, the U.S. considers India a key partner in its Indo-Pacific strategy, forming together with Australia and Japan the "Quad" security network, currently considered by Beijing's strategists to be a top threat. After the humiliating "AUKUS" snub over a lucrative submarine deal, France has also sought to deepen naval ties with India.
During her visit to New Delhi, von der Leyen lashed out at China for its partnership with Russia, while hailing India as the world's largest democracy and vowing to deepen trade ties. In a bid to convince India to ditch Russia, she added: "The outcome of the war will not only determine the future of Europe but also deeply affect the Indo-Pacific region and the rest of the world."
One major issue in EU-India relations is the lack of a free-trade agreement. A previous, seven-year attempt to strike a deal resulted in a deadlock, though both sides are now trying to revive the talks. Yet thorny issues such as agriculture, standards and labour rights remain unresolved.
Like von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also visited India in recent weeks, where he focused on defence cooperation with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi. At the press conference, Johnson had to defend the defence scheme when asked whether India might become a channel for Western arms to be smuggled into Russia.
In a symbolic move, India also decided to open a new embassy in Lithuania — the EU country currently targeted by Beijing's trade embargo — after the Baltic state spent a decade lobbying for one.
Both Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are coming to Europe this week. Their ideas on China will surely reach receptive ears — but it remains to be seen if any action is taken as a result. | http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2022/05/as-china-maintains-ties-with-russia.html | 2022-05-02T20:47:33Z | http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2022/05/as-china-maintains-ties-with-russia.html | false | 3 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-6-0-9, SB: 7
(eight, six, zero, nine; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-6-0-9, SB: 7
(eight, six, zero, nine; SB: seven) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17142360.php | 2022-05-02T20:51:17Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17142360.php | false | null |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
01-02-07-10-11-12-16-17-18-19-21-23
(one, two, seven, ten, eleven, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-three) | https://www.nhregister.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Day-game-17142345.php | 2022-05-02T20:51:38Z | https://www.nhregister.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Day-game-17142345.php | false | null |
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DoorDash driver saves unconscious customer’s life during delivery
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (Gray News) - A DoorDash delivery driver rushed into action when she found her customer unconscious and bleeding on the ground outside her house. Police say she saved the woman’s life.
The Fairhaven Police Department honored Sophia Furtado with a Life Saving Award for “her courageous actions that directly resulted in a life saved” on April 20, according to a department Facebook post.
While working for DoorDash in February, Furtado found a woman, later identified as Caryn Sullivan, on the ground and alone outside a house she was delivering to around 10 p.m., CNN reports. Sullivan was unconscious and bleeding from her head, police say.
Sullivan told CNN that while waiting for her order, she fell and hit her head on the way down.
“I just remember laying on my driveway, thinking, ‘This is pretty much over,’” she said. “I was laying there and saw a lot of white clouds.”
But when Furtado arrived, she sprang into action. She had previously spent time training as an emergency medical technician, according to CNN.
After calling 911, police say Furtado wrapped a blanket around Sullivan’s head and applied direct pressure to the bleeding wound. She kept Sullivan stable and updated dispatchers on her condition.
When first responders arrived, Furtado continued helping until Sullivan was taken to the hospital.
Police say Sullivan went into emergency surgery at 2 a.m. for severe brain bleeds. Her doctor says if there had been any delay in her care, she would have died.
“Any first responder can tell you, what Sophia did that night was not something anyone would just do,” wrote police on Facebook. “She saved a life.”
Sullivan spent weeks in the hospital after the incident and months recovering. She credits Furtado with saving her life.
“I am so thankful for her. She’s my guardian angel,” Sullivan told CNN. “Thank God, she was there. If she wasn’t there, I’d be dead.”
DoorDash awarded Furtado a $1,000 educational grant. She hopes to use the money toward more EMT school, CNN reports.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.fox19.com/2022/05/02/doordash-driver-saves-unconscious-customers-life-during-delivery/ | 2022-05-02T20:54:02Z | https://www.fox19.com/2022/05/02/doordash-driver-saves-unconscious-customers-life-during-delivery/ | true | 22 |
By FELIPE DANA
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The outskirts of Kharkiv have the feel of an open-air morgue, where the dead lie unclaimed and unexplained, sometimes for weeks on end, as Ukrainian and Russian forces fight for control of slivers of land.
There is the charred body of a man, unidentifiable, propped on an anti-tank barrier made of crossed I-beams outside a town that has been under the control of both sides in recent days. There are the dead soldiers, apparently Russian, four of them arranged in a Z like the military symbol found on Russian armored vehicles, visible to the Russian drones that continuously buzz overhead. The door to an apartment opens to three bodies inside.
Precisely how any of this happened will likely never be known.
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has been under sustained Russian attack since the beginning of the war in late February. With the Russian offensive intensifying in the east, the Russian onslaught has grown fiercer.
Considered a strategic and industrial prize, territory on the eastern city’s outskirts has gone back and forth between Russian and Ukrainian forces for weeks now as the fighting shifts from village to village. Many, but by no means all, of Kharkiv’s 1 million residents have fled.
Associated Press journalists saw the bodies formed into a Z, wearing the white arm bands commonly used by Russian soldiers, and with some Russian medical kits alongside. They were found on a front line where fighting had been taking place for days. They, along with the burned man, were taken to a morgue on Monday. There was no explanation for the Z formation — a symbol of the Russian invasion — nor the burned body propped on the barrier. Either could be considered a war crime, for disrespecting the dignity of the dead.
Next will come the investigation into their identities, maybe an attempt to notify family.
But even that is hard to untangle. The body of a man with Ukrainian insignia turned out to have the identity papers of a Russian soldier. The apartment where the three bodies were found had been badly shelled, but it wasn’t clear what killed them.
Shelling and airstrikes are a daily threat everywhere here, to everyone. And, as long as that remains true, death can come at anytime, without anyone around to answer why.
It was a rare glimpse into the death and atrocities of the war. Getting a full picture of the unfolding battle in eastern Ukraine has been difficult because airstrikes and artillery barrages have made it extremely dangerous for journalists to move around. Russia has severely restricted reporting in the combat zone; Ukraine’s government has imposed fewer limits, mostly on how quickly material can be published or about military installations.
According to the Red Cross, mutilating dead bodies in international armed conflicts is covered by the war crime of “committing outrages upon personal dignity” under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, which according to the Elements of Crimes also applies to dead persons. | https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/02/death-in-ukraines-kharkiv-is-everywhere-rarely-explained/ | 2022-05-02T20:56:41Z | https://www.dailynews.com/2022/05/02/death-in-ukraines-kharkiv-is-everywhere-rarely-explained/ | true | 17 |
A Town of Tonawanda man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle Saturday on Niagara Falls Boulevard, according to Niagara Falls police.
Police said 20-year-old Westley Quintern was eastbound on Niagara Falls Boulevard at 8:15 p.m. when his motorcycle collided with a westbound vehicle driven by a Niagara Falls woman who was attempting to turn left onto 71st Street.
Quintern was transported to Erie County Medical Center where he died from his injuries on Sunday.
The other driver, whose identity was not released by police, was not injured. Her vehicle was towed from the scene for inspection.
The Niagara Falls Police Department Crash Management Team is continuing its investigation of the crash. | https://buffalonews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/motorcyclist-dies-following-niagara-falls-boulevard-collision/article_be3cc0ec-ca44-11ec-8f3a-bbacbb8b8258.html | 2022-05-02T21:00:21Z | https://buffalonews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/motorcyclist-dies-following-niagara-falls-boulevard-collision/article_be3cc0ec-ca44-11ec-8f3a-bbacbb8b8258.html | true | null |
The Judds Singer Naomi Judd Dead at 76
Naomi Judd, who shot to fame alongside her daughter Wynonna as one-half of the mother-daughter country duo the Judds, has died at the age of 76. Bloomberg News reports that Wynonna and her sister, actor Ashley Judd, broke the news of their mother's death in a statement to the Associated Press...
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Vicy Arvella Terry, age 80, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Friday, April 29, 2022. Arvella loved her family dearly. She dedicated her entire lifetime to her children.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Charles and Minnie Arletta Duncan; Son, Donald Richard “Ricky” Young Jr.; special friend, Patricia Goad, all of whom she missed very much.
Arvella left behind two daughters, Katherine “Kathy” Arletta Lykins and Donna Renee Roberts; son-in-law, Randy Ray Roberts
Sisters:
Dorothy (Dick) Edwards, Joyce (Clarence) Northrup, Carolyn (Charles) Northrup
Grandchildren:
ReShea Roberts; Richard, Ryan and Emma Young; Jessica Young, Amanda Silviera (Arron), Leah Norris, Dillon Woodward
Great Grandchildren:
Taylor, Thomas, Tarah; Miranda, Ethan, Ehren, Evan; Mason, Paxton, Quinton
Great Great Grandchildren: Kamdyn, Kyah, Zylah
Special Kitty: Holly
And many special lifetime friends, extended family and coworkers.
The family will receive friends, Monday, May 2, 2022, from 4-6 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home in Sunbright. Funeral Service follows at 6:00 p.m., with Bro. Charles Northrup and Bro. Herb Judkins officiating. Graveside to follow in the Sunbright Cemetery in Sunbright, TN.
Schubert Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Vicy Arvella Terry.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Arvella Terry, of Sunbright, please visit our flower store. | https://www.bbbtv12.com/2022/05/vicy-arvella-terry-sunbright/ | 2022-05-02T21:06:17Z | https://www.bbbtv12.com/2022/05/vicy-arvella-terry-sunbright/ | true | 1 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-6-6
(nine, six, six)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-6-6
(nine, six, six) | https://www.newstimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17142339.php | 2022-05-02T21:09:50Z | https://www.newstimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17142339.php | true | null |
Services for Bill D. Cofer, 83, husband of Nancy Cofer, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Clark Funeral Home, Rose Hill. Visitation will be noon until 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Cofer died Saturday.
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LOS ANGELES, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dabble & Dollop™, creators of natural, USA-made children's bath & body products, announce the launch of their new Dabble Ducky™ line of infant & baby products. Designed for infant skin, eczema-prone skin, and dry or irritated skin, Dabble Ducky's Infant Wash, Infant Balm, and Infant Face & Neck Wipes are fragrance-free, essential-oil free, and feature the company's proprietary Beta-Baby™ beta-glucan ingredient. Beta Baby nourishes the stratum corneum (the outer-most layer of skin), helps reduce redness, irritation, and assists in soothing even the most sensitive skin types.
Created by Dabble & Dollop founder, Stephanie Leshney, a 20+ year veteran of the cosmetic and personal care ingredients space, Dabble Ducky products feature 10 or fewer ingredients and, in addition to being vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and cruelty-free, underwent rigorous testing with third-party laboratories to ensure they are Certified Tear-Free, ultra-mild, and infant safe. The product line's austere formulations highlight the company's "Less is More" ethos.
"Having sold ingredients for over two decades, I know all too well that most brands load up their products with unnecessary fillers designed to appease marketers, not improve efficacy," stated Ms. Leshney. "Our focus was to support the delicate infant skin barrier while using a minimal number of components. We omitted fragrance, essential oils, and any other ingredient that did not directly improve our product's function or safety," she concluded.
Dabble Ducky's key innovation is the use of its Beta-Baby beta-glucan ingredient. Beta-glucan is clinically proven to help soothe and protect skin – and infant skin can be 20% - 30% thinner than child or adult skin. Beta Baby boosts short and long-term hydration and helps maintain the integrity of this critical skin barrier.
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About The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society has been the world’s largest and most effective space advocacy group for more than 40 years. Co-founded by Carl Sagan and now led by Bill Nye, The Planetary Society’s mission is to empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration. We offer a supportive and collaborative work environment and operate with a high level of mutual trust. We are passionate about our mission and committed to continual organizational improvement while also respecting and protecting work/life balance. Our team is strengthened by its diversity of talents, experiences, and perspectives. We foster mutual respect and a sense of belonging for all people in our work.
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Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and working with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads all financial and human resource functions for The Planetary Society. The CFO sets the organization’s financial policy and direction and is an active participant in, and driver of, the organization’s overall strategy. The CFO is a member of the senior leadership team and serves as the staff liaison to the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors.
Roles & Responsibilities
Strategy and Leadership
- Provide vital input into short- and long-term strategic and operational planning within the organization.
- Provide strategic recommendations based on financial analyses and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
- Oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with the Society's strategy and priorities.
- Work with the Chief Development Officer to align financial management with short- and long-term financial planning and projections.
- Inform the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors about issues, trends, and changes in the operating model and operational delivery.
- Work with the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors to establish and maintain sound investment policies.
Department Development and Oversight
- Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and laws.
- Work with CEO/COO to manage annual planning and budgeting for the organization and develop financial forecasts and cash flow projections to ensure availability of funds for the organization’s programs, general operations, and long-term stability and growth.
- Oversee the implementation of budgets, to monitor progress and present operational metrics both internally and externally.
- Ensure that finance staff maintains financial record systems in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and monitor the use of all funds.
- Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting materials and metrics for funding organizations and The Planetary Society's Board of Directors; prepare and communicate monthly and annual financial statements.
- Manage cash flow and forecasting; direct all financial, project-based, and departmental accounting.
- Ensure timely completion of annual audits, financial statements, and ensure proper filing of tax returns and state registrations.
- Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.
- Coordinate all audit activities.
- Foster smoothly operating finance and HR functions through timely and effective resolution of disruptions.
- Evaluate current financial processes and tools and implement improvements as needed.
- Ensure finance and HR technologies are used efficiently, cost-effectively, and securely.
- Evaluate and oversee all benefits negotiations.
- Manage banking and investment manager relationships.
- Ensure vendors are paid on-time and services remain within budget.
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- Plan and direct the work of the organization's finance and HR employees and contractors, and establish overall objectives and priorities for finance and HR.
- Recruit, onboard, manage, and mentor finance and HR team members, including leading regular one-on-one meetings, encouraging professional development, setting and monitoring annual goals, conducting performance reviews, and administering salary adjustments for all direct reports.
- Embody and promote The Planetary Society's core values: passion, credibility, optimism, integrity, effectiveness, and inclusion.
- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
- Engage other members of the staff leadership team to facilitate cross-department collaboration that ensures that all financial and HR solutions positively support the organization's evolving strategy, operations, and data collection needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in progressively responsible financial leadership roles.
- Excellent working knowledge of financial software such as Quickbooks.
- Advanced spreadsheet (Excel) skills with experience building complex budgets and models.
- Demonstrated experience in managing finance, accounting, compliance, budgeting, internal control, fund accounting, and financial and investment reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and relate well to staff, Board members, advisers, members, donors, and others.
- Experience with examining, developing, reengineering, and recommending financial and HR policies and procedures and maintaining HR compliance.
- Integrity, honesty, and a strong commitment to maintaining confidentiality.
- A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality.
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Law & Order Thursdays are about to see a big crossover this week.
While the mothership Law & Order focuses on a tricky murder, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime have Stabler and Benson teaming up again for a complex case.
That promises to spark the night up as the May sweeps lead to the season finales.
How did Law & Order Thursdays do in the ratings?
After a week off from fresh episodes, Law & Order Thursdays returned this past week with ratings showing some improvement.
The mothership Law & Order had an uptick to 4.05 million viewers with a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demo. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit had 4.74 million viewers with a 0.6 rating, while Law & Order: Organized Crime also saw a bump to 3.18 million viewers and a 0.5 demo rating.
The mothership Law & Order focused on a controversial case involving a student shooting a teacher. Price tried to argue that the shooter’s father was responsible for his son’s crime for a dramatic conclusion.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit had the main plot involving the return of Chief Garland (Demore Barnes), who needed the SVU team’s help solving an old case of his.
The secondary plot was Benson outraged that a detective (Ofreh) was using a database of rape victims to find suspects, which was a huge invasion of privacy.
Law & Order: Organized Crime had Stabler organizing an attempted theft of an illegal banker holding money stolen from Webb. But someone got to the vault first and framed Stabler for the theft, putting him in danger.
Also, Bell was upset her wife took a job working at Congressman Kilbride’s firm, while Jet was shaken after shooting a suspect but comforted by Malachi.
That promises some bigger drama this week which will have a crossover of shows.
What’s coming on Law & Order Thursdays this week?
The night begins with the mothership Law & Order as Severance has a complex prosecution for what should be an open and shut case of the murder of an executive.
“When the CFO of a Fortune 500 company is found strangled in her home, Bernard and Cosgrove work to connect multiple dead ends to find her killer. The prosecution is faced with an uphill battle as McCoy and Price butt heads over a choice that could cost them the case.”
It’s been announced the Season 21 finale will have Benson joining on a case, while this story appears dramatic in its own right.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit then begins the crossover as Did You Believe in Miracles has the squad tracking down a missing girl, which coincides with Stabler’s case.
“When a student’s school reports a girl missing, the squad must track down a trusted family friend for answers. Benson gets a Mother’s Day surprise.”
The crossover concludes on Law & Order: Organized Crime as Lost One reveals the kidnapping is connected to the Brotherhood, so the SVU team joins with the Organized Crime squad.
“When a 9-year-old girl is kidnapped in connection with the Brotherhood, Stabler and the task force must work together with Benson and the SVU to track down the culprits before it’s too late.”
The promos show a thrilling case of the two units joining forces, and Stabler and Benson working together again should be great.
That crossover promises a thrilling night as all three series begin the march to their season finales with a lot of drama to come.
Law & Order Thursdays begins with Law & Order Season 21 at 8/7c on NBC. | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/law-order-thursdays-preview-benson-and-stabler-reunite-for-a-crossover-case/ | 2022-05-02T21:23:03Z | https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/law-order-thursdays-preview-benson-and-stabler-reunite-for-a-crossover-case/ | true | 1 |
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ Kaman Corp. (KAMN) on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Bloomfield, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 14 cents. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs and non-recurring costs, came to 15 cents per share.
The industrial distribution aircraft components company posted revenue of $158 million in the period.
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More than 130,000 UK manufacturing jobs have been lost since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, shock figures reveal tonight.
Analysis by Labour shows every part of the country apart from Scotland suffered a fall in the number of workers employed in the sector.
Party researchers who examined Office for National Statistics data found a total of 2,675,387 people worked in British manufacturing in December 2019 - just as Covid-19 was beginning to be diagnosed in China.
But two years later, the numbers employed in the industry had plunged by 4.88% to 2,544,909.
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The toll was greatest in the East of England where 27,273 jobs went, followed by 26,207 in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Some 25,250 were lost in the South West, 21,696 in the East Midlands and 17,790 in the West Midlands.
The analysis comes as employers grapple with a national insurance hike which has hit bosses and workers.
Experts believe the rise will cost manufacturing firms a combined £853million.
Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, who addresses Tuesday's Make UK conference at the QEII conference centre in London, said: “Manufacturing is picking up a billion-pound tax bill for the Conservative Government’s failure to grow our economy.
“This is a tax on jobs at the worst possible time.”
He added: “Britain deserves better than this reckless Tory Government’s approach to business and the economy.”
In his speech to manufacturing chiefs at their annual summit, Mr Reynolds is expected to claim that “British manufacturing’s best days lie ahead”.
He is due to say: “Manufacturing provides not just jobs, but good jobs - the kind of job you can raise a family on.
“Labour will never be passive about what needs to be done to retain and grow jobs like these across the UK.
“Our plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain will bolster British manufacturers and get our economy growing again.”
Ministers have branded the national insurance hike, which is a 1.25% rise both for workers and employers, the “Health and Social Care Levy”.
A Government spokesman said: “The Health and Social Care Levy is a necessary, fair and responsible way of raising billions to help tackle Covid backlogs and reform the adult social care system.
“We continue to support UK manufacturing with tax incentives like the Annual Investment Allowance and the super-deduction - the biggest business tax cut in modern British history - as well as an increase to the Employment Allowance, a fuel duty cut and an extension to the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme for three years to help manufacturers with high energy bills.”
A Tory source said: “Under the last Labour government, 1.7million jobs were lost in our manufacturing sector, decimating industrial communities.
“To reverse the trend, we’re doubling support for industrial energy costs to protect jobs and stop factories moving abroad.”
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State legislators are making a last-minute push to pass legislation that would help return millions of dollars in uncashed checks, forgotten security deposits, unclaimed insurance policies and other misplaced financial assets to Connecticut residents.
The Democratic leadership in the legislature tucked several reform measures for the state’s Unclaimed Property Program into this year’s budget implementer bill, which lawmakers sometimes use as a vehicle to pass a variety of legislation that didn’t gain traction during the session.
That effort could salvage proposals that are meant to make the state’s unclaimed property program more efficient and user-friendly.
Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden asked lawmakers earlier this year to pass a bill that would overhaul several aspects of the unclaimed property program, which the state uses to accumulate millions of dollars from banks, utilities, insurance companies and other financial institutions every year.
Wooden, who is not seeking reelection this fall, advocated for changes to the program after the Connecticut Mirror published an investigation that highlighted how the state had returned less than 37% of the $2.3 billion in unclaimed property it collected in the past two decades.
Lawmakers want to improve that return rate by giving people more notice when the state takes possession of their money.
The language that is wrapped into the budget bill would require the treasurer’s office to mail notices to anyone who has unclaimed property that was seized by the state within the past year.
Those changes could help to make more individuals, businesses, nonprofits and local governments aware that the state is in possession of their cash and enable them to file a claim with the treasurer’s office.
But the pending legislation will likely fail to accomplish one of Wooden’s primary goals this session: to enable the treasurer’s office to return money to individuals even if they didn’t formally file a claim.
The budget bill includes a section that gives the treasurer permission to issue checks to anyone with unclaimed property valued at $2,500 or less. But that change won’t do much in practice, since lawmakers don’t intend to give the treasurer’s office the tools it needs to locate individuals and verify their current addresses.
The legislation that Wooden initially requested this year would have allowed the treasurer’s office to cross-check the list of unclaimed property with data from the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Revenue Services and the Department of Labor.
State lawmakers, however, stripped that data-sharing requirement out of the current budget bill. And without it, the treasurer’s office won’t be able to track down people in order to return their money.
Gabriella Martin, a spokeswoman for Wooden, said it is unlikely that the treasurer’s office will be able to automatically issue checks to a large number of people without receiving additional data from other state agencies.
“The treasurer made his recommendations clear in his proposed language to the Legislature, but it is ultimately up to legislators to set the legal parameters of the program,” Martin said. “By removing the requirement for certain state agencies to confirm or provide the current address for rightful owners, our ability to expand the pool of potential automatic payments will be limited.”
During an earlier committee hearing, Sen. John Fonfara, D-Hartford, said he was concerned about the treasurer’s office automatically mailing payments to people because he was not certain the addresses would be accurate.
Fonfara could not be reached immediately for this story.
Ron Lizzi, a Connecticut resident who has lobbied for improvements to the unclaimed property program for years, said the bill lawmakers are currently considering is a step in the right direction.
But he wished Connecticut would join the growing number of other states that are proactively returning money to people.
“I’m happy that we finally made some progress on this issue, but I’m disappointed that automatic return of money was essentially disabled in the bill,” Lizzi said. “If we are going to reform the program, we should look at what other states are doing and adopt best practices.” | https://www.ctpublic.org/news/state/2022-05-02/ct-legislators-package-unclaimed-property-reform-into-budget-bill | 2022-05-02T21:28:50Z | https://www.ctpublic.org/news/state/2022-05-02/ct-legislators-package-unclaimed-property-reform-into-budget-bill | false | 3 |
MADRID (AP)Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic criticized Wimbledon’s decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from taking part in this year’s tournament following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The two tennis greats said Sunday that Wimbledon had acted unfairly.
”I think it’s very unfair of (on) my Russian tennis mates, my colleagues … it’s not their fault what’s happening in this moment with the war,” Nadal, a 21-time Grand Slam winner, said in Spain where both he and Djokovic are preparing to play in the Madrid Open.
”I’m sorry for them,” Nadal said. ”Wimbledon just took their decision … the government didn’t force them to do it.”
Nadal added: ”Let’s see what happens in the next weeks, if the players will take some kind of decision in that regard.”
The ATP and WTA tennis tours have both publicly criticized the All England Club’s decision which was announced April 20.
Wimbledon starts on June 27.
The prominent players affected by the ban include reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, and French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who are all from Russia. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, which has aided Russian forces, would also be unable to play.
Djokovic compared the situation of the excluded players to what he went through in January when he was unable to play the Australian Open. He was deported from Australia for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.
”It’s not the same thing, but going through something similar earlier this year for myself, it’s frustrating knowing that you’re not able to play,” Djokovic said. ”I still stand by my position that I don’t support the (Wimbledon) decision. I think it’s just not fair, it’s not right, but it is what it is.”
The All England Club had justified its action in a statement first posted on Twitter.
”In the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with The Championships,” the statement said.
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BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A southeastern Nebraska police officer shot and wounded a man in a confrontation in which police say the man yelled he had a gun and reached for his waistband, according to officials.
The shooting happened late Saturday night following a high-speed chase in Gage County, radio station KWBE reported. Beatrice Police Chief Bruce Lang said the incident began when a Gage County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull the man’s car over, and a chase of more than 100 mph at times ensued.
Once police disabled the vehicle, the driver fled on foot, Lang said, and was later confronted by a Beatrice officer, who said the man yelled that he had a gun. An officer tried unsuccessfully to use a stun gun on the man, police said. When the man reached into his waistband, an officer fired several shots, hitting the man several times.
The man was taken to a Lincoln hospital, and police later said he was in critical but stable condition. No gun was found on the man after the shooting, police said.
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The East and West Lane County Commission districts offer a wealth of opportunities for leadership. Each district stretches from the more densely populated areas of the central county over half its long span, one from the Willamette Valley west to the Pacific and the other east to the Cascades. West Lane residents are fishers, farmers, and foresters, with a strip of high-traffic tourist destinations and a concentration of health care providers along the coast, several small school districts, and a few rural towns surrounded by sparsely populated miles of woodlands and family farms. East Lane surrounds Eugene, encompassing the bigger towns like Cottage Grove and Creswell, and then stretches into the Cascades. It also has a few small towns (some recovering from recent fires) and school districts, vast tracts of productively harvested forests, some river sport hubs, and skiing on the slopes at the eastern end—many economic activities that are weather dependent. Somehow, the East and West Commissioners have to master the intricacies of the core social and economic needs of these diverse regions and figure out how to work with the other three commissioners to create policies and programs that work for the whole county. This is no small assignment!
Anyone who wins 51% of the vote in this local race gets the position; if no one does, the race continues in November.
In this program, the four candidates for the West County seat being vacated by the incumbent and the two candidates for the East County seat will describe their ideas and priorities for serving the people of Lane County and their qualifications for leading. A fifth candidate, Rodney Graves, dropped out of the race.
KLCC News Director Rachael McDonald moderates this forum. This program aired on KLCC Monday, May 2nd. | https://www.klcc.org/show/city-club-of-eugene/2022-05-02/city-club-of-eugene-candidates-forum-east-and-west-lane-county-commissioners | 2022-05-02T21:41:31Z | https://www.klcc.org/show/city-club-of-eugene/2022-05-02/city-club-of-eugene-candidates-forum-east-and-west-lane-county-commissioners | false | 1 |
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If the phrase “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” had any use in the esports world, the Atlanta Reign could have adopted it during the 2021 Overwatch League season.
The team, full of standout talents like Rookie of the Year Pelican, made it to three of the season’s four monthly tournaments, traveling to Hawaii every five weeks like clockwork. Each time, the Reign roster was sent home, sometimes with nothing but a suntan.
Atlanta’s methodical aggression paid off by the end of the season as they rushed through the playoff bracket, dismantling favorites like the Dallas Fuel and Chengdu Hunters. Once they hit the wall that was the Shanghai Dragons in the 2021 Grand Finals, however, that momentum stopped. With a 4-0 walloping handed down by the Dragons, Atlanta once again felt the sting of defeat.
For 2022, the Reign chose to revamp most of its roster with Overwatch Contenders talent, banking on the hunger and drive of the next generation to finally take the team to victory.
Players
Over the 2021 offseason, Atlanta lost some of the core talent that brought it success, with players like Pelican heading elsewhere. Despite this, two of the team’s biggest stars stuck around: tanks Gator and Hawk will remain steadfast under Atlanta’s banner, likely bringing a healthy dose of big plays and good-natured toxicity to the league.
The Reign’s support line might be its biggest boon heading into the 2022 season, with Overwatch Contenders dynamos and longtime teammates Ojee and UltraViolet finally making their league debuts. With cohesion and clutch plays, they’ll likely support the team’s penchant for fast-paced tactics.
Atlanta’s damage lineup has also been mostly revamped, aside from terrifying sniper Kai Collins, who will likely cause serious destruction on Sojourn this season. The Reign recruited one of the San Francisco Shock’s flex DPS stars, nero, to its roster and will no doubt have him playing any hero necessary in Overwatch 2’s quickly-shifting metas.
More Contenders talent will also be rounding out the Reign’s damage lineup. Tracer expert Venom–formerly known as Sigma, who had to change his name for obvious reasons–ran circles around teams in the minor league and will bring his hitscan finesse to Atlanta. As if three DPS weren’t enough, flex phenom Speedily, who will be eligible to play in August, is waiting in the wings if Atlanta needs him in the latter half of the year.
2022 outlook
Even without some of the high-profile players that brought it success last year, this roster is Atlanta’s best chance to bring home some tournament wins and possibly get revenge against the Dragons. Management went a little heavy-handed on the damage dealers, but this ensures that the Reign is ready for any meta that arises as Overwatch 2 makes unpredictable balance changes.
Atlanta’s issue certainly won’t be a lack of talent, but its concerns should be about balance. With a number of rookies on the team, there’s always a worry of cold feet and nerves getting to them, especially when live events and high-pressure tournaments inevitably return. On the other end of the spectrum, veterans like Gator and Hawk have a history of letting their egos run too hot. Overconfidence can be just as destructive as a lack of experience.
Unless a meta is catastrophically bad for the team, though, Atlanta should easily be able to rise to the top of the West Region. The Reign’s real test will come in the Midseason Madness tournament and the playoffs, where the East Region’s tenacity may defeat them once again.
The Atlanta Reign’s first game of the 2022 Overwatch League season will be against the Florida Mayhem at 5pm CT on May 5. | https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/flying-higher-atlanta-reign-2022-overwatch-league-team-preview | 2022-05-02T21:42:41Z | https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/flying-higher-atlanta-reign-2022-overwatch-league-team-preview | false | 1 |
OGMS student wins first place, scholarship in state art contest
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - An Oak Grove Middle School student was announced as a first-place winner in a statewide art contest Monday.
State Treasurer David McRae announced the winners of the 2022 College Savings Mississippi Art Contest with a reception at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The contest is an annual event put together by the State Treasurer’s Office.
Oak Grove Middle School student Abigail Zariah Moore won first place in the Middle School age group (Grades 6-8).
More than 1,700 students competed for 12 scholarships this year by submitting a drawing of what they wanted to become when they grow up.
First-place winners will get a $500 scholarship in the form of a Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) account. Second place winners get a $250 scholarship, and third place gets a $100 scholarship.
“In these students’ artwork, we saw the beauty of their creativity, but also a snapshot of their dreams,” said McRae. “I am excited to see where these dreams will take them, and I’m thrilled to help them along with a scholarship from College Savings Mississippi.”
MACS is a Mississippi 529 College Savings plan offered through the State Treasurer’s Office that allows families to open a tax-advantaged savings account for educational expenses. The money in the accounts can be used for college tuition and expenses.
Funds from the account can also be applied to secondary and elementary private tuition, apprenticeship programs, student loans and more.
Below is the list of winners in this year’s art contest:
Age Group: Early Elementary (Pre-K – Grade 2)
- Brandon Chapman, Flowood Elementary School in Flowood
- Allegra Browne, First Presbyterian Day School in Jackson
- Atharva Mantri, Northeast Elementary School in Meridian
Age Group: Elementary (Grades 3-5)
- Amaan Jes Jemsheer, Pillow Academy in Greenwood
- Hudson Presley, Ida B Wells APAC in Jackson
- Abigail Carroll, Ocean Springs Upper Elementary in Ocean Springs
Age Group: Middle School (Grades 6-8)
- Abigail Zariah Moore, Oak Grove Middle School in Hattiesburg
- Jaliyah Bell, Ida B Wells APAC in Jackson
- Andre Clay, Ida B Wells APAC in Jackson (Award was accepted by teacher Renna Moore on behalf of Andre Clay)
Age Group: High School (Grades 9-12)
- Lillianna Johnson, Harrison Central High School in Gulfport
- Ashton Watson, Starkville Academy in Starkville
- Ella Frances Parker, Saltillo High School in Saltillo
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — DNA from a coyote that bit a girl on Southern California’s Huntington Beach last week matched samples from one of two coyotes shot and killed following the attack, authorities said Monday.
The 2-year-old child was hospitalized with bites to her head and face that were not considered life-threatening after she was attacked near the Huntington Beach Pier last Thursday night.
Huntington Beach police responded and shot two coyotes found in the coastal area south of Los Angeles, police Lt. Shawn Randell said.
Samples taken from the girl’s wounds were used to confirm that the animal that bit her had been killed, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Capt. Patrick Foy said.
The girl was with her mother on the sand when she wandered “a mere few feet” and was attacked, Foy said last week.
The coyote came out of the dark, hit and knocked over the girl and attacked her for 12 seconds before her cry alerted adults and the animal ran off, Foy said.
However, it stayed around, pacing, before finally fleeing, Foy said.
The family did nothing to antagonize the coyote, he added.
Coyotes are found almost everywhere in California, including cities, and authorities have long warned that small children and pets can be at risk. Last year, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife began workshops to help communities deal with coyotes because of an increase in the number conflicts with people.
Foy said coyotes usually are shy and try to avoid humans. He estimated there are only about 10 to 12 attacks per year around the state, mostly involving smaller children but full-grown adults were attacked in a few cases. | https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/dna-confirms-coyote-that-attacked-2-year-old-is-dead/ | 2022-05-02T21:46:24Z | https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/dna-confirms-coyote-that-attacked-2-year-old-is-dead/ | true | 31 |
By JIM SALTER
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to halt the upcoming execution of Missouri inmate Carman Deck, and Republican Gov. Mike Parson said he will not grant clemency.
Deck, 56, is scheduled to die by injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing a couple while robbing their rural home in July 1996.
“Mr. Deck has received due process, and three separate juries of his peers have recommended sentences of death for the brutal murders he committed,” Parson said in a statement. “The State of Missouri will carry out Mr. Deck’s sentence according to the Court’s order and deliver justice.”
Deck’s attorney, Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, declined to comment.
Only four executions have been carried out in the U.S. so far in 2022, and the 11 last year were the fewest since 1988. Earlier Monday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee paused executions for the rest of the year to enable a review of the state’s lethal injection procedures. That decision came after a testing oversight forced the state to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die on April 21.
Deck, of the St. Louis area, admitted that he killed James Long, 69, and his 67-year-old wife, Zelma, while robbing them at their home in the eastern Missouri town of De Soto in July 1996.
Deck’s death sentence was thrown out three times due to procedural errors before a federal appeals court panel restored it in 2020.
The clemency petition on behalf of Deck cited abuse he suffered as a child, including sexual abuse and beatings. It also said he and his siblings often were left alone without food.
The number of executions in the U.S. has declined significantly since peaking at 98 in 1998. The drop has coincided with a decline in public support for capital punishment that has fallen from a high of 80% in 1994 to 54% in 2021, according to Gallup polls. Since the mid-1990s, opposition to capital punishment has risen from under 20% to about 45%. | https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2022/05/02/supreme-court-governor-decline-to-stop-missouri-execution/ | 2022-05-02T21:48:13Z | https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2022/05/02/supreme-court-governor-decline-to-stop-missouri-execution/ | false | 13 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Providence Police Department has received five new bicycles in a bid to bolster the capital city’s community policing initiative.
The bike patrol unit has been nonexistent for some time due to low staffing levels and a lack of funding, according to Providence Police Col. Hugh Clements.
“Years ago, we had bike patrols and foot patrols throughout the city’s nine districts,” Clements said. “There’s been a need for awhile to revamp our bike unit.”
Clements said three officers have been assigned to revive the bike patrol unit, thanks to a bump in staffing from the 70th class of graduates from the Providence Police Academy.
The return of the bike patrol unit was also made possible by the Providence City Council, which provided the department $8,000 in funding to purchase the new bicycles.
“This is great because at the end of the day, our officers are showing they’re here to serve and protect and become part of our community … part of making our city and our streets safer,” Providence City Council President John Igliozzi said.
Right now, the bike patrol unit will focus on downtown Providence, though Clements said it will eventually be utilized citywide alongside foot patrols, motorcycle patrols and the Mounted Command.
“These bikes will be utilized in all districts, depending on the need,” Clements said.
Officers Andre Elie and Alex Diaz have been assigned to the bike patrol unit.
Elie expects to ride up to 10 hours per shift.
“I think it will be good for accessibility, and we can respond to calls a lot more rapidly than if we were on foot,” Elie said.
“It’s just faster and easier for us [to get around],” Diaz added.
Clements said the bike patrol unit will consist of two shifts: a dayside shift from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a nightside shift of 3–11 p.m.
He hopes that, as time goes on, the department will be able to add more bicycles and officers to the bike patrol unit so there’s a presence in every district.
“It’s part of our playbook,” Clements said. “It’s part of our template on community-oriented policing within the districts.”
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Right now, Clements said the bike patrol unit has room for up to six officers.
“In years past, we had foot men in every district,” Clements said. “Right now, we have foot men downtown. So, the foot post can either walk a foot post or ride a bike. They can mix and match, depending on the weather and depending on the circumstance.”
The bicycles will also be utilized by the department’s family service clinicians.
“It really bolsters our presence in the community and the work we do every single day,” Clements said of the bike patrol unit. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/providence-police-revives-bike-patrol-unit-thanks-to-increased-staffing-funding/ | 2022-05-02T21:54:10Z | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/providence-police-revives-bike-patrol-unit-thanks-to-increased-staffing-funding/ | true | 1 |
April marked the beginning of service for the 2022–2023 Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) Board of Directors.
The Alliance welcomed new board members: Dan Gleason, Pro-Tech Auto Repair, Corcoran, (Mechanical seat); Aaron Swanson, LaMettry’s Collision, Eden Prairie, (Collision seat); and Paul Yager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Eagan (Associate Division Director).
They join other members of the Board, which include:
- Jesse Jacobson, Heppner’s Auto Body, Woodbury, President
- Tom Archambault, BLVD Autoworks, St. Anthony, Immediate Past President
- Mike McLynn, Automotive Electric, Grand Rapids, Secretary/Treasurer
- Travis Doyle, Arrowhead Auto Body, Hermantown, Collision Division Director
- Jeremy Nordgren, Nordgren Automotive, Medina, Mechanical Division Director
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Company's first quarter comparable store sales increased 9.4 percent
SUNBURY, Pa., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weis Markets, Inc. (NYSE: WMK) today reported its financial results for the 13-week first quarter ended March 26, 2022.
"We continued to build on our momentum in the first quarter, when we generated strong comparable store sales and net income increases. Despite significant inflationary pressures, we were able to maintain stable gross profit margins and effectively manage expenses," said Weis Markets' Chairman, President and CEO Jonathan H. Weis. "These results reflect the hard work and dedication of associates at every level of our company. They have helped us navigate the challenges of a pandemic-impacted marketplace while generating first quarter results that exceeded last year's performance and our current year expectations."
Net sales totaled $1.1 billion for the 13-week first quarter ended March 26, 2022, compared to $1.0 billion for the same period in 2021, up 9.7 percent. First quarter comparable store sales increased 9.4 percent on an individual year-over-year basis (accelerating sequentially from the fourth quarter 2021 increase of 6.9 percent) and increased 10.8 percent on a two-year stacked basis.
The Company's first quarter net income totaled $31.4 million compared to $24.3 million in 2021, up 29.4 percent. First quarter earnings per share totaled $1.17 compared to $0.90 per share for the same period in 2021.
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid Atlantic food retailer operating 197 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia. For more information, please visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets.
In addition to historical information, this news release may contain forward-looking statements, which are included pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For example, risks and uncertainties can arise with changes in: competitive and reputational risks; financial, investment and infrastructure risks; information security, cybersecurity and data privacy risks; supply chain and third-party risks; risks created by pandemics (including the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and the related responses of governments, consumers, customers, suppliers and employees); and legal, regulatory and other external risks. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Management is also providing a two-year stacked comparable store sales analysis, a non-GAAP measure, because management believes this metric is useful to investors and analysts. It is not recommended that the two-year-stacked analysis be considered a substitute for the Company's operating results as reported in accordance with GAAP.
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Colombia presidential candidate Petro says gang planned to attack him on campaign trail
Gustavo Petro, the leftist front-runner in Colombia's presidential election, on Monday canceled events in the country's coffee region because of what his office said was a plot by a crime gang to attack him.
Gustavo Petro, the leftist front-runner in Colombia's presidential election, on Monday canceled events in the country's coffee region because of what his office said was a plot by a crime gang to attack him. Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla and mayor of Bogota, was scheduled to travel to the region, including the city of Manizales, on Tuesday and Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled vote on May 29.
But the visit has been called off after Petro's security team got information the La Cordillera crime gang was planning an attack, his office said in a statement. "According to work carried out by the security team, which received first-hand information from sources in the area, the criminal group La Cordillera was planning to make an attempt on the life of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro," said the statement, the authenticity of which was confirmed by press officers from the campaign.
The national police said they would give a statement on the case later on Monday afternoon. La Cordillera, which operates largely in the coffee region, was blamed by police for the death of a local organizer of anti-government marches which swept the country a year ago.
Petro lead an opinion poll last week with 43.6% of prospective first-round votes, while his closest rival, the center-right Federico Gutierrez, tallied 26.7%. Petro has attracted support on his promises to right profound income inequality in the Andean country, including via a redistribution of pension savings. But investors have warned the pension plan and his pledge to halt new oil projects could put the country's economic stability at risk.
The 62-year-old will face a divided congress if he wins the presidency, with centrist and right-leaning parties largely throwing their support behind Gutierrez.
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UPDATE: One person sent to the hospital after fire at fourplex
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IDAHO FALLS — One woman was sent to the hospital and is in stable condition after a structure fire early Monday morning.
The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to the call around 8:10 a.m. on the 200 block of West 20th Street.
According to a news release from the Idaho Falls Fire Department, the reporting person reported smoke coming from the kitchen of a fourplex. A construction worker driving by the area noticed the smoke and flames, ran up to the apartment, kicked the door open and found one adult female standing by the door. He was able to assist her to safety.
The release said when firefighters arrived at the multifamily dwelling, one of the second-story apartments was fully engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished quickly, keeping it from extending into the other apartments and surrounding structures.
The second-story apartment had smoke and heat damage throughout, with damages estimated at $75,000. The apartment directly below had significant water damage and is unlivable, according to the release.
The Law Enforcement Chaplains of Idaho were dispatched to provide assistance to the two residents who were displaced from their homes.
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Kris Covi makes a lot of funny and fanciful claims about the powers that come from growing a mustache.
That if you have a mustache, police officers can’t stop you, unless they, too, have mustaches.
That a Gallup study found having a mustache makes you 18% sexier.
That a mustache will give you mechanical skills.
“I recently rebuilt a carburetor, and I don’t even know what a carburetor is,” Covi said.
While none of those things are true, mustaches have undoubtedly proved to be a powerful force for good in Omaha.
Since launching in 2009, Omaha’s Mustaches for Kids affiliate has raised nearly $5 million to help a variety of charitable causes in support of children. The kickoff of this year’s annual drive is set for Thursday.
Mustaches for Kids chooses new kids-related charities to support each year. The beneficiaries of this year’s drive will be the Child Saving Institute and Kids Can Community Center.
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“Absurdity meets philanthropy” is how Covi likes to describe Mustaches for Kids, in which men sign up to spend a month growing a mustache from scratch, collecting pledges for their efforts.
It’s been so phenomenally successful, Omaha’s Mustaches for Kids chapter has become the nation’s largest, with Covi now serving as president of both the local affiliate and the national organization.
It all started when a friend of Covi’s brother heard about the national Mustaches for Kids organization and talked to the Covis about it.
“We realized if we grew mustaches and said it was for kids, our wives would have to let us do it,” he said.
Those staches raised lots of cash. That first year in 2009, about 30 participants raised a total of $20,000 for a summer camp for kids fighting cancer.
But the Omaha charity was just getting started. Last year’s drive, which had 260 participants, raised $835,000 for two different charities.
Here’s how it works.
It starts with an annual kickoff party, which this year is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Two Fine Irishmen. Participants start off there clean-shaven and begin growing their mustaches.
There are rules: No facial hair below the mouth, meaning no beards, Van Dycks or Fu Manchus. Just a straight-line mustache, as thick as you can grow it.
The participants use a variety of means to collect pledges for their efforts. They hit up family, friends, co-workers or anyone else who asks them about the new mustache they seem to be growing.
Some hold special side events. One established an unhealthy running event called the “Beer and Bacon .5K,” in which paying participants meet in a bar parking lot, walk a half-kilometer, and then eat some bacon. Covi, a 49-year-old Omaha attorney who is a stand-up comedian on the side, does a comedy show to raise money.
The participants regather each week to monitor their progress in growing their mustaches — checkpoints that Covi insists “are not an excuse to get together once a week to drink beer.”
The whole thing culminates with the Stache Bash, a final costume party where awards are handed out for the most fundraising and the best and nastiest mustaches.
“The reason it is so successful, as much as I’d like to say it’s the altruistic nature of these fine men, is because it’s a blast,” Covi said. “We talk about how to make this fun, and the money just finds us.”
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'Liberals proved her point': Bill Burr slams cancel culture in Disney's decision to fire conservative actress Gina Carano
Carano sparked the ire of the cancel culture mob, ultimately leading to her firing by sharing a screenshot of another person's post on her Instagram account, which compared the politically divisive culture in the United States to Nazi Germany.
“The Mandalorian” actor Bill Burr disagrees with Disney’s decision to fire Gina Carano from the hit Disney+ series, saying it wasn’t a “fair move” and that “liberals proved her point,” before blasting cancel culture.
Speaking in an interview with Hollywood Reporter, the comedian was asked about Carano’s unceremonious dismissal from the show, asking if the actor believed the firing was a “fair move.”
Burr responded by saying, “No. I thought it was funny that the liberals proved her point. They just use outrage because they don’t like your politics. As someone who considers himself liberal, it’s disappointing to see the left become how the right used to be when they went after the Dixie Chicks after they criticized George W. Bush.”
“There’s not a lot of people like that — most are just trying not to get in trouble — but there’s this small collection of lunatics — either on the right or the left, at any given moment — that cause hysteria,” he said, “and now there’s so many [media outlets] that want eyeballs, they make money off advertising, that they give attention to these crazy fringe people.”
Bill Burr on cancel culture: “You can't take one incident or one quote and say, ‘That's who you are.’ It took me 50 years to figure out who I am and I've been with me for 50 f---ing years. How are you gonna figure out who I am in a joke?” https://t.co/C4L8MHYcH7
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 28, 2022
“The whole thing with Gina [Carano]: You can’t chime in when the s***’s happening, because then you cause static for other people on the [show]. That somebody’s opinion — or their political beliefs — makes people try to destroy their ability to make a living, it’s f***ing bizarre to me.”
Carano sparked the ire of the cancel culture mob, ultimately leading to her firing by sharing a screenshot of another person's post on her Instagram account, which compared the politically divisive culture in the United States to Nazi Germany.
Burr continued to blast the cancel culture mob and how woke social media activists comb through their victims' social media history to nitpick and find something to be used as leverage to ruin careers.
He mocked the idea of people going “back eight years in somebody’s Twitter feed and be like, ‘What about this?’”
“And nobody says, ‘You had to go back eight years to find something?!’” the comedian noted. “‘Sounds like this is a pretty good person if you had to go back eight f***ing years!’ Meanwhile, there are people who get paroled from prison every day who have done so much worse and they’re allowed to put their lives back together.”
“You can have 20-year wars, you can create synthetic heroin, you can f***ing poison the food supply,” he said. “You can do all of that sh*t and it’s barely going to read. They did a study the other day that 85 percent of people have plastic in their body — horrifying. Who’s going to be held accountable for that? Nobody. But I could tell you five different topics that if I did jokes about, I would get more in trouble than the people who caused that.”
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Solana (SOL-USD) is one of the blockchain industry’s leading layer-1 networks. It has become a major player in the non-fungible token (NFT) trend, helping to steal some of Ethereum’s (ETH-USD) dominance over the space. However, the network is known for its frequent outages. While the platform has already experienced a multitude of these outages this year, this past weekend’s Solana outage is one of the worst in recent memory and drove significant SOL losses.
High performance is Solana’s calling card; in fact, the network’s scalability is one of the components primarily driving Solana’s success. A proof-of-stake network, Solana is not plagued by the slow throughput of proof-of-work networks like Ethereum. Developers say the network is capable of handling 710,000 transactions per minute, or nearly 12,000 transactions per second. This is vastly larger than the few dozen transactions Ethereum can handle per second. Currently, the network is handling between 1,000 and 3,000 transactions, according to consumer demand.
However, Solana has picked up a reputation since its launch in 2019 for frequent outages. Indeed, while it seems as though the network is advertised as one of the highest-scaling options for dapp users, it has shown a tendency to shut down with rushes of traffic. This weekend, that uglier side of the network is showing through once again.
Solana Outage Holds Down Network for Seven Hours, Tanks SOL Prices
The most recent Solana outage occurred between Saturday and Sunday. It saw the network shut down for a whopping seven hours. The event barred users from trading across the Solana network entirely while nodes went to work trying to restore activity.
According to the network, an army of bots caused the outage, flocking to an NFT-minting platform called Candy Machine. The massive rush of artificial traffic led to a bottlenecking of transactions on the network. Of course, being bots, most of the traffic consists of invalid transactions. As a result of the fiasco, network operations didn’t resume until early Sunday morning.
This event makes for Solana’s seventh outage in 2022. The seven-hour turmoil was one of Solana’s longer outages since September’s catastrophic network failure that suspended operations for nearly a full day. Naturally, the Solana outage is drawing criticism from users. It is worth noting, however, that Solana isn’t the only network to suffer high transaction volume woes this past weekend. Ethereum saw gas fees on transactions rise by thousands of dollars in the wake of Yuga Labs’ Otherside metaverse land auction.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Brixmor Property Group Inc. (BRX) on Monday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations.
The New York-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $145.4 million, or 49 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 47 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $79.5 million, or 26 cents per share.
The owner and operator of shopping centers posted revenue of $298.6 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $292.3 million.
Brixmor expects full-year funds from operations to be $1.88 to $1.95 per share.
The company's shares have decreased almost 2% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $24.93, a rise of 12% in the last 12 months.
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We Have Overcome Discrimination, Says Megastar Chiranjeevi On Southern Films' Pan-India Success
Ajay Devgn and Kannada actor Sudeep Sanjeev's Twitter banter around Hindi being a national language has sparked a nationwide debate. Actors have been sharing their two cents on the term 'pan-India' used for films.
While some think it's actually a compliment for Indian films, actor Sidharth who has done films in many languages, recently called the term 'disrespectful'.
Recently, Chiranjeevi had shared that it was "humiliating" for him as an artiste from the South to see Indian cinema being defined just by Hindi films.
Recalling an incident in 1988, Chiranjeevi had flown down to Delhi for the National Film Awards and found that the organizers knew little about South cinema. Even the hoardings were dominated by Bollywood stars.
"It was very humiliating for me. I felt insulted, very hurt that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema and was projected thus for a long time. But films like 'Baahubali' and 'RRR' overcame barriers and proved they are also Indian cinemas,"
Chiranjeevi was present at a pre-release event of his latest film 'Acharya' when he shared how he had visited Delhi to attend the National Film Awards as his co-co-production 'Rudraveena,' was to be given the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
"We were sipping tea in the hall adorned with posters highlighting the glory of the Indian cinema. There were some footnotes for the posters put up on the walls. There were photos of Prithiviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, and Dharmendra. They glorified various directors and heroines, and we thought they would also talk about South Indian cinema in such great detail.
"But they just displayed a huge still of MGR (M G Ramachandran) and Jayalalithaa dancing and described it as South Indian cinema. Besides, a picture of Prem Nazir, who played a hero in the highest number of films in the history of Indian cinema, was shown," he said.
Chiranjeevi, the star of films such as 'Indra,' 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy,' 'Tagore' and 'Gang Leader,' said it was "sad" to see that greats like Dr. Rajkumar, A Nageswara Rao, and NT Rama Rao couldn't find a place among the posters of the famous Indian film stars displayed at the venue.
"They were like demigods (South stars). Their photos did not find a place there. Even those of Sivaji Ganesan of the Tamil film industry could not be found. It was so humiliating for me at that time. I felt insulted and very sad. They projected only Hindi films as Indian cinema and dismissed other films as if they were regional language films. They didn't even bother to acknowledge or respect our contribution."
However, the actor is happy that the recent box office success of films from the South has altered people's perceptions.
"I feel so proud that our film industry has proved that we are no longer regional cinema, and Telugu cinema removed the barriers and made it as Indian cinema... Everyone is amazed at our success. Thanks to 'Baahubali,' 'Baahubali 2', and 'RRR,' we have overcome the discrimination. These films have helped us a great deal. We are so proud that the Telugu industry has made these films," he said.
Bollywood films have been facing tough competition from southern films on the box office front.
In recent months, 'Pushpa' (Telugu), 'RRR' (Telugu), and 'KGF: Chapter 2' (Kannada) have emerged as pan-India blockbusters earning more than Hindi films like 'Gangubai Kathiawadi,' 'Jersey,' and 'Runway 34' among others.
(With PTI inputs)
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Jersey Numbers Revealed for Georgia's Five NFL First Rounders
Day one of the NFL Draft was as historic for the University of Georgia as many could've dreamed. The Bulldogs heard five names called on Thursday night in Las Vegas, all of which came from the historic 2021 Georgia defense. It is the first time in the Draft's history that five defenders from the same school were taken in the first round. It could've been six if not for the transfer of edge rusher Jermaine Johnson to Florida State following the 2020 season.
With all five first-round selections having held their introductory press conferences with their new teams, numbers have been revealed.
Travon Walker: Jacksonville Jaguars #44
Walker will keep the same number he wore at the University of Georgia, #44, as he begins his career in the National Football League. Walker became Georgia's fifth player to go number one overall in the NFL Draft.
Jordan Davis: Philadelphia Eagles #90
Davis wore #99 in his time in Athens and will now wear the #90 in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles selected the former Georgia nose tackle with the 13th pick in the draft.
Quay Walker: Green Bay Packers #7
Quay Walker will keep the single-digit jersey number he wore in his final season at Georgia, thanks to the new rule from an offseason. The Packers selected Walker with the 22nd pick.
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DeVonte Wyatt: Green Bay Packers #95
Walker will also keep his same number with the Green Bay Packers, who selected him 6 picks, following Quay Walker at 28.
Lewis Cine: Minnesota Vikings #6
Not only was Cine the final Bulldog selected on the first day of the Draft, but the final first round pick as he went at number 32 to the Minnesota Vikings. Cine removed the one from his Georgia jersey number and will now wear #6 with the Vikings.
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Hellenic Bank, Cyprus’ second-largest commercial bank, is reducing its staff by some 300-350 people to bring down operating costs.
According to news site Stockwatch, Hellenic’s CEO Oliver Gatzke has sent letters to labour unions PEO, SEK, and the Union of Bank Employees ETYK informing them of the bank’s intentions to let around 350 staff go.
The bank informed unions it is determined to go ahead with its new business plan to reduce operating costs, calling them to the negotiation table under the Labour Relations Code.
According to Stockwatch, HB’s CEO warned the redundancy process was inevitable unless a collective agreement considered the bank’s revenue, expense ratio and the percentage of wage claims.
Gatzke argued the bank should gradually get rid of “outdated”, as he characterised it, the practice of horizontal promotion and compensation schemes.
He ruled out the possibility of handing out compensations of around €200,000 to each employee who decides to press the exit button, as was the practice in previous voluntary exit plans.
Gatzke had announced redundancy plans in the bank’s annual report for 2021.
According to the report, Hellenic Bank is now turning its attention to the transformation plan, highlighting the reduction of the high cost/return ratio as key.
“We are focusing our efforts on both increasing interest income through new lending and generation of miscellaneous income, as well as containing all administrative expenses,” Gatzke noted in the report.
“And the plan for this year is basically to reduce the number of staff between 300 and 350 people, and we plan to do it through redundancies.”
Last year, the bank recorded losses of €11.7 mln, mainly related to the forecasts of the Starlight project, with which HB will be offloading €1.3 bln in toxic loans.
Hellenic agreed to sell its last Non-Performing Loans after sealing an agreement to sell a package of NPLs worth over a billion euros and its debt servicing platform APS to Oxalis Holding SARL, an entity managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO).
The bank made significant progress in reducing the risks to its balance sheet and is now within touching distance of its medium-term target to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) to 3% of its loan portfolio.
Trade union officials told Stockwatch that Gatzke’s letter would be reviewed, and a reply letter would be sent.
ETYK urged Hellenic Bank staff to go on the offensive in response to mass redundancy plans, which it deemed the “easy solution”. | https://www.financialmirror.com/2022/05/02/hellenic-bank-to-make-350-staff-redundant/ | 2022-05-02T22:24:31Z | https://www.financialmirror.com/2022/05/02/hellenic-bank-to-make-350-staff-redundant/ | false | 1 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Melissa Gruys, Christian Hardigree, Kanika Tomalin and Bjong Yeigh are the remaining candidates in the race for the regional chancellor position at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus after the search committee reduced the list of potential nominees to four on Saturday.
Beginning Monday, the university will be conducting a multi-day town hall event, giving each of its candidates the chance to answer questions from the public.
The elected nominee will serve as the USF St. Pete campus' chief executive officer and report to USF president Rhea Law, who was recently chosen for that position back in late March.
"The university seeks a dynamic and visible leader who is passionate about student success, research and innovation, and the opportunity to serve as an advocate for the university that is deeply embedded in the St. Petersburg community and the region," USF wrote on its website.
Here's a rundown of each candidate according to the university's website
Melissa Gruys
Gruys has experience in academic and administration roles in higher education.
She's currently the dean of the Richard T. Doermer School of Business at Purdue University Fort Wayne and supervises more than 100 workers. Gruys also runs the Student Success Center for professional development, community outreach and academic advising.
Before her time at PFW, she was the chair of the Department of Management and International Business at Wright State University's Raj Soin College of Business. Gruys also led accreditation activities and curriculum development.
Gruys served as a professor at Washington State University-Vancouver, University of Minnesota and Wright State University.
Christian Hardigree
Hardigree is the dean of the School of Hospitality at Metropolitan State University in Denver.
She helped secure more than $3 million in external funds to help the school and faculty with redesigning curriculums of six degrees and majors.
Hardigree was the founding director and professor at the Michael A. Leven School of Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality at Kennesaw State University before her time at MSU.
She also has experience as a senior litigation attorney at Parnell & Associates where she concentrated on employment discrimination, arbitration, labor-management relations and mediation.
Kanika Tomalin
Tomalin is a former deputy mayor for the city of St. Petersburg from 2014 to 2021.
She was also the vice president for strategy and chief operating officer at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.
Tomalin held the position as a regional vice president of external affairs for the Bayfront Health Network and was director of strategy for Health Management Associates' 23- hospital Florida Group.
Former St. Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman appointed Tomalin as deputy mayor in 2018 where she was in charge of administrative and operations in the city.
Bjong Yeigh
Yeigh is a former chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell where he saw the school expand from 30 programs to 55.
Before his position at UW, he was the president at the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome. Here, he helped the school receive funding for regional economic development projects.
Yeigh served as a former professor at Oklahoma State University and Yale University.
His other experiences include being the vice president for academic affairs at Norwich University and the dean of the College of Engineering at Saint Louis University.
To learn more about each candidate and the chancellor search, click here.
The search committee consists of deans, professors, executive directors and chief executive officers.
"The regional chancellor of USF’s St. Petersburg campus will have the opportunity to lead a growing campus with a distinctive culture and close ties to the surrounding community," said the university on its website. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/education/usf-chancellor-candidates-st-pete/67-ff53e04b-b052-462d-9a99-71ca92bb9063 | 2022-05-02T22:26:25Z | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/education/usf-chancellor-candidates-st-pete/67-ff53e04b-b052-462d-9a99-71ca92bb9063 | false | 1 |
The war in Ukraine has the cost of bread skyrocketing in places like the Middle East By Peter Granitz Published May 2, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:47 The war in Ukraine has exacerbated inflation in the Middle East, where countries rely on Russia and Ukraine for imported wheat. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2022-05-02/the-war-in-ukraine-has-the-cost-of-bread-skyrocketing-in-places-like-the-middle-east | 2022-05-02T22:27:07Z | https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2022-05-02/the-war-in-ukraine-has-the-cost-of-bread-skyrocketing-in-places-like-the-middle-east | true | null |
Biden to meet with parents of missing journalist Austin Tice
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said he was meeting Monday with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria 10 years ago.
The meeting with Marc and Debra Tice is expected to take place at the White House.
Debra Tice was introduced Saturday night as being in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, where Biden paid tribute in his remarks to journalists who are missing or detained. Biden also said at the event that he wanted to meet with the Tices to speak about their son.
“After the president made those comments, obviously we went into action to work to set up the meeting,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, adding that the White House has “been very closely engaged with the family.”
Tice, who is from Houston and whose work had been published by The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and other outlets, disappeared in August 2012 at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus.
A video released weeks later showed him blindfolded and held by armed men and saying, “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since. Syria has never acknowledged holding him.
In the final months of the Trump administration, two U.S. officials — including the government’s top hostage negotiator, Roger Carstens — made a secret visit to Damascus to seek information on Tice and other Americans who have disappeared in Syria. It was the highest-level talk in years between the U.S. and the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, though Syrian officials offered no meaningful information on Tice.
Psaki said there have been multiple meetings between members of the Tice family and administration officials since December, when Debra spoke with Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser. The most recent one was last week.
Debra Tice has previously been critical of her lack of direct White House access, saying at a National Press Club event last December that she had not met with Biden since he became president and that he has never said Austin’s name publicly.
“The hurdle I’m having is the White House,” she said then.
Last week, the U.S. secured the release of Trevor Reed, a U.S. Marine veteran detained in Russia for nearly three years, as part of a prisoner swap.
Relatives of Reed and other detained Americans are holding a news conference near the White House on Wednesday to advocate for their loved ones’ release.
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Associated Press writer Chris Megerian contributed to this report.
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LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech Men’s Basketball player Marcus Santos-Silva signed with the Cleveland Browns as a tight end, according to a release Monday from the Browns.
Santos-Silva played with Texas Tech for two years. He announced the switch from basketball to football in a tweet April 25 and said he was “excited about the next part of [his] career.” | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/red-raider-nation/ttu-basketball-player-marcus-santos-silva-signs-on-with-cleveland-browns/ | 2022-05-02T22:32:36Z | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/red-raider-nation/ttu-basketball-player-marcus-santos-silva-signs-on-with-cleveland-browns/ | true | null |
Rapper Rod Wave has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of battery in Florida and shared the experience on Instagram.
The musician, whose real name is Rodarius Green, uploaded the video to the social media website and footage showed the moments leading up to his arrest.
The rapper was dealing with the police and he caught a clip of the altercation, in which he can be heard saying: "This is lame, this is why I don’t even come here."
Rod Wave was reportedly taken into custody in St Petersburg on Monday 2 May after he was arrested for "battery by strangulation," according to his booking document.
The 23-year old had announced the release of his latest album just days before the arrest, which is titled Beautiful Mind.
On 29 April, Rod tweeted from his verified account: "Tell my fans wait for me," with a broken heart emoji and ended with: "‘Cause I waited for y’all," and signed off with a pen and paper emoji.
Fans replied to the tweet asking him to "drop" his latest album and begged him to “hurry up” with its release as it is “taking too long”.
One fan even told him that his followers were “impatiently waiting” for his new music.
A day prior, he also tweeted: “But I love you doe, I can’t lie,” and: “I don’t like nobody and I been like dat”.
He is well known for his “emotionally charged” music and is credited for his “strong voice,” “incorporation of hip-hop and R&B” and is recognised as a “trailblazer of soul-trap”.
Rod was arrested in his hometown and it is believed that he is still in police custody and has not made any public comments on the matter.
He has previously been arrested before this, once in 2014 for burglary when he was just a teenager.
Eventually the charge against him was dropped.
Wave was then jailed in 2016 after it was discovered that he had a pellet gun in his possession, stored in his backpack.
He took a picture with the gun and after this his entire school went into lockdown.
Rod was arrested once again in 2018, this time for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Shares of Lennar Corp. Cl A
LEN,
+1.82%
rallied 1.82% to $77.88 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.57%
rising 0.57% to 4,155.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.26%
rising 0.26% to 33,061.50. Lennar Corp. Cl A closed $39.66 short of its 52-week high ($117.54), which the company achieved on December 13th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as D.R. Horton Inc.
DHI,
+1.68%
rose 1.68% to $70.76, NVR Inc.
NVR,
+1.29%
rose 1.29% to $4,432.65, and PulteGroup Inc.
PHM,
+1.63%
rose 1.63% to $42.44. Trading volume (2.7 M) remained 292,702 below its 50-day average volume of 3.0 M. | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lennar-corp-cl-a-stock-rises-monday-outperforms-market-01651525557-f8b195a734fe | 2022-05-02T22:40:14Z | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lennar-corp-cl-a-stock-rises-monday-outperforms-market-01651525557-f8b195a734fe | false | null |
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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (WXYZ) — This year will mark the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder, which took place in Highland Park on the eve of his bachelor party.
The incident played a significant role in driving Detroit’s Asian American civil rights movement over the years. That’s why to keep the momentum going, a coalition of national and local groups announced plans for a four-day commemoration.
"We cannot talk about hate crimes and senseless killing without talking about Vincent Chin," said Rebeka Islam, Director, Vincent Chin 40th Committee.
Politicians and Asian American community leaders joined hands on May 2nd in Detroit’s historic Chinatown to honor Chin’s life and legacy.
"This is the place to really have these movements and educate people and what does that mean for tomorrow," said Rebeka Islam, Director, Vincent Chin 40th Committee.
Executor of Chin’s Estate, Helen Zia says the current climate of anti-Asian hate spurred by COVID-19 has rekindled interest in the 1982 case.
"The horrific baseball bat killing of Vincent Chin on the eve of his bachelor party, and the miscarriage of justice that followed, and allowed his two white killers to be freed without spending a single night in jail because the judge then said these are not the men you send to a Detroit jail," said Helen Zia, Executor - Estate of Lily and Vincent Chin.
The assailants were sentenced to three years’ probation, and fined $3,000. Mayor Dugan says the case impacted everybody and even brought reforms to Michigan’s legal system.
"The justice system changed, the way cases were handled after that and I think it’s a great thing to remember the impact the way the Asian American Community came together," said Mike Duggan, Detroit Mayor.
The 4-day commemoration will kick off on June 16th and feature a national conversation on democracy, racial justice, and Asian American culture. It will also launch the Vincent Chin 40th Commemorative Film Series along with two nights of cultural and art performances. Murals have also been commissioned for old Chinatown.
"There is just so much rich history here in Michigan of Asian American Activism, that does not get talked about a lot. But a movement was born here and that needs to be respected and lifted up as well, and that could be something that brings us some more energy and enthusiasm for the fight that we need to continue to fight," said Stephanie Chang, Michigan Senator. | https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/vincent-chin-40-years-later-remembrance-and-rededication-event-set-for-june-16-19-in-detroit | 2022-05-02T22:42:38Z | https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/wayne-county/vincent-chin-40-years-later-remembrance-and-rededication-event-set-for-june-16-19-in-detroit | false | 2 |
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Joseph Madzimure
Senior Reporter
THE Zanu PF Youth conference set to be held this week will help to consolidate intra party unity and democracy, while also serving as a building block to party rejuvenation, modernisation and growth.
The last elective conference was held in 2014 which was won by Cde Kudzanai Chipanga as the deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs with the current executive co-opted following the 2017 events most of the current executive above age limit. President Mnangagwa who is the First Secretary of the party, insisted that the youth league should be composed of youth under the age 35 to ensure the interest of the youth are represented Our Senior Reporter Joseph Madzimure (JM) caught up with Zanu PF acting Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Cde Tendai Chirau (TC) to give an insight of the 7th Youth League Congress.
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JM: What are your expectations from the newly elected Youth League executive nominees?
TC: The most important thing is to stay committed and abide by the values and ethos of the party, which have a history from the liberation struggle. Remember that most of us were born after independence. This party which we are talking of is a revolutionary party which was founded on the premises of Unity, Peace and Development. It is meant to ensure that the voice of the indigenous people is heard and the control of our God given resources is in the hands of the black majority. I expect them to hold sacrosanct values and embrace the ideological framework which have been set by His Excellence President Mnangagwa who is the First Secretary of the party. There are three critical issues which the youth league need to look at, access to resources, the issues of skill development, embracing the skills taking advantage of the skills provided at our tertiary institutions, special role in mobilising the 5 million votes for 2023 harmonised elections.
JM: How is this going to be achieved?
TC: The Youth League should ensure that they promote young people who have got skills, they impart the required skills that are needed in the country. They also make sure they fight any vagrants that are against the dictates of this country.
JM: some youths are now abusing drugs? What do you think should be done to stop this practice?
TC: The issue of drugs is a national problem which requires urgent attention from all stakeholders. The new executive needs to play a central role in terms of making sure that there is drastic policy formulation. We are happy with the drug policy which have been put in place to ensure the pandemic is dealt with.
There is need to line up a number of programmes to educate the youth on the dangers associated with drugs. One of the policy intervention has to do with including the issues of drug abuse subjects in the education curriculum from primary education to tertiary education. There is need to look at policy intervention and increasing recreation facilities for young people so that they have sporting activities which will occupy them during spare time.
It’s unfortunate in most urban areas where the opposition led councils have turned recreational centres to housing stands.
The recreational centres belong to the community. These are areas where young people spent most of their time playing. The urban and rural councils must ensure that they avail land for recreational facilities.
JM: Corporal punishment has generally been used as a disciplinary measure for ill behaviour in Zimbabwe before it was outlawed in 2017 through a High Court ruling that declared article 60(2) (c) of the Educational Act unconstitutional. Do you think corporal punishment is necessary as a way of enforcing discipline among the youth?
TC: It is up to the legislators to weigh the pros and cons, it’s a two-way scenario. There are some people who were abusing corporal punishment, thereby abusing children both at home and in schools. During our days it was working because it was meant to enforce discipline. There is need to re-look at the Act. Discipline starts within the family set up.
JM: In terms of gender, are you satisfied with the number of women who were elected to the Youth League, if not how can female representation be improved?
TC: The party constitution requires equal representation from both men and women in any position. Out of the 40 nominees, we have 12 young women. It means that women were included.
We are happy with that and wish that we can have more women. Women also need to compete for positions with their male counterparts though we gave a special waiver where we say some of the seats should be reserved for women. Out of the four in each and every province, one should be a girl. In Masvingo, you can see there are two women. Mashonaland East also has two women. Positions are obtained on merit not only on gender.
JM: Do we have any prospects of having a girl child as a Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs.
TC: I am not sure yet. They are going to express their willingness to contest for the position through applications but they also need to contest.
TC: Its clear, one of the roles of the youth is to defend the ethos of the revolution.
Number two is to make sure that we represent the youth in each and every social political sphere and also open up opportunities for young people, in other words we are saying we are the advocates of youth empowerment. We are the advocacy to ensure that we sustain and defend the independence. Those are some of the key roles that we do as a revolutionary youth league. We also bring policy formulation ideas, but as guided by our principals who guide us.
JM: Do youths have access to land ?
TC: This is a policy intervention, where the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development was saying that 20 percent of the land is going to be given to the youth. That’s now a policy issue. We also requested that each and every land allocation committee there must be a youth. This is slowly being implemented. The youth need land. We are happy we managed to push this drive to capacitate our youth.
Thank You to the youth. That’s now a policy issue.
We also requested that each and every land allocation committee there must be a youth. This is slowly being implemented. The youth need land. We are happy we managed to push this drive to capacitate our youth.
JM: Thank You | https://www.herald.co.zw/zanu-pf-youth-league-upholding-ethos-of-party/ | 2022-05-02T22:43:10Z | https://www.herald.co.zw/zanu-pf-youth-league-upholding-ethos-of-party/ | false | 1 |
YCSO AND PANT ARE AT IT AGAIN!
PANT CONFISCATES DEADLY DRUGS. KEEPS THEM OFF THE STREETS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. In the past 2 weeks alone, Yavapai...
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RUSHVILLE - This week I’m going to share some of the wisdom of a man most people have never heard of before, but who deserves our attention. Thomas Sowell, born June 30, 1930, is an American economist, historian, social theorist and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is a National Humanities Medal recipient for innovative scholarship which incorporated history, economics, and political science.
Born in poverty in North Carolina, Sowell, an African American, grew up in Harlem, New York. Due to financial issues and deteriorated home conditions, he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. Upon returning to the United States, Sowell enrolled at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1958. He earned a master's degree in economics from Columbia University in 1959, and earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968. So, to say that he knows what he’s talking about is probably an understatement.
What follows are a series of thought-provoking quotations from Dr. Sowell (his name is pronounced as though it was “soul”), that all of us should find enlightening.
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children.” I’m sure he’s referring to college students in this quotation, not high school or elementary children.
Here’s another quotation from Dr. Sowell worth thinking about, “One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”
“Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same, but today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.”
“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how conservatives there are in the sociology department.”
In another quotation, Dr. Sowell asks, “What exactly is your ‘fair share’ of what ‘someone else’ has worked for?”
In a particularly timely quotation, Dr. Sowell states, “We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did, but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”
“Too much of what is called ‘education’ is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.”
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” I think he may have elected and appointed people in Congress and downward in mind here.
Before you read this next quotation, it’s important to realize that it’s just a little caustic. “One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel society owes them something apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.”
I particularly like this next quotation. “Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what works with what sounded good.”
“I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to keep the money you earned, but not greed to take somebody else’s money.”
To add even more credibility to Dr. Sowell’s reputation and accomplishment, until the spring of 1972 Sowell was a registered Democrat, after which he then left the Democratic Party and resolved not to associate with any political party again, stating, "I was so disgusted with both candidates that I didn't vote at all."
Though he is often described as a Black conservative, Sowell said, "I prefer not to have labels, but I suspect that 'libertarian' would suit me better than many others, although I disagree with the libertarian movement on a number of things.”
In a particularly timely comment about Dr. Sowell, it was written about him, “Sowell primarily writes on economic subjects, generally advocating a free market approach to capitalism. Sowell opposes the Federal Reserve, arguing that it has been unsuccessful in preventing economic depressions and limiting inflation.” Just as a point of reference, that’s exactly what is happening now at the Federal Reserve
Lastly, in 2020, when he was 90-years-old, Sowell wrote, “If Biden became president, the Democratic Party would have an enormous amount of control over the nation, and if this happened, they would join with the ‘radical left’ and ideas such as defunding the police could come to fruition.”
I think Dr. Sowell is a very, very smart man!
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