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North West 200: Alastair Seeley targets 'magical 34' after Thursday double
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Alastair Seeley says he is targeting 34 victories after winning Thursday's two races at a wet North West 200.
Seeley holds a record 26 victories around the Triangle Circuit following his Supersport and Superstock wins.
The 42-year-old is aiming to match his iconic 34 race number, which he said would be "magical".
"If I get there that will be a special occasion and that might be the time to hang up the leathers," he said.
"God knows where it is going to stop. 34 would be a magical number, but obviously we won't get there this year.
"We have four more on Saturday and if they happen then I'll be up to 30. I'll need another year or two to get to 34."
Seeley added he has no plans to retire and said his IFS Yamaha team-mate Jeremy McWilliams, who shared the podium with Seeley in Thursday's opening Supersport race, has given him reason to keep racing.
"Me and him would play golf together, cycle together and it's nice to see the two of us on the Supersport podium. He certainly hasn't lost it and I know from being around him that age is just only a number.
"He is winning races at Daytona, getting podiums here, so there is no point about me thinking of packing in racing bikes when he is going strong at 58.
After a disappointing 2019 without a podium and two years without the race taking place due to Covid, Seeley said it was a "nice feeling" to get back on the top step.
"It is nice to get two wins and if Covid had not have come then who knows where we could be - we could have been on that magical 34," he said.
When asked if he felt any additional pressure after his winless event in 2019, Seeley responded with: "Not really, I just done what I do.
"I went out and enjoyed the races. It's all about having a good team and a good package."
Seeley could ride Superstock in Superbike race
Seeley collected his 25th North West 200 victory after edging out Todd and McWilliams however he dominated the following Superstock race with a near 13-second victory, again over Padgetts Honda rider Todd.
"In the wet you have to be really smooth, really calm and search for the grip - and to be honest there wasn't a lot of grip out there," he said on the conditions,
"I had a couple of moments and I knew if I pushed the envelope a little bit more I would have ended up crashing.
"Everybody wants to see a bit of a ding-dong, especially the fans who were hanging about in that cold, wet weather - they want to see a bit of action but the Superstock race was a bit of a procession with me checking out and clearing off.
"It was full concentration for those six laps, I was sliding and backing in to a lot of the corners so I had to be on the ball and not go in too hot. That would have been my lead gone but we brought it home."
Seeley added that Saturday's racing "will be more of a dog fight" and that he may ride his Superstock bike in the Superbike races after qualifying in 11th position.
"I qualified the 600 [Supersport] and Superstock on the front row and that is where you want to be. For the Superbike we need to see what bike we want to ride in it.
"Unless the characteristics and handling drastically change on the Superbike I'd say we won't be riding it and get the Stocker out.
"It looks like that will be the direction we go in. We haven't had a lot of time on the Superbike as it was a late deal, and the way the Stocker has been handling it is more to my liking.
"Davey and Richard [Cooper] were saying the drive I was getting on the straights was immense so that bike is good and the team around me obviously makes a massive difference." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/61431086?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | 2022-05-13T07:30:21Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/61431086?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | false | 3 |
Social commentator and novelist Jane Caro and former Greens senator and author Scott Ludlam are among the speakers who will appear at the South Coast Writers Festival in June.
The festival, hosted by the South Coast Writers Centre, will take place in Wollongong from June 3 to June 5.
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The program includes a number of local writers, including Christine Sykes, Jackie Bailey and Hayley Scrivenor.
There are events for children and teenagers, including a fantasy-writing workshop, a reading and an author talk.
In the week before the festival kicks off there are also three satellite events taking place with partner organisation: a poetry slam, a creativity event featuring bestselling novelist Kate Forsyth, and a publishing masterclass.
For more information and tickets, visit the event website.
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French Open 2022: Struggling Nadal not ready to give up dream of winning 14th crown
10-time Italian Open champion Rafael Nadal suffered a 1-6, 7-5. 6-2 defeat at the hands of Dennis Shapovalov in the last-16 round in Rome on Thursday.
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Spanish ace Rafael Nadal suffered a shock defeat against Denis Shapovalov in the last-16 round at the Italian Open on Thursday, leaving fans worried if the 21-time Grand Slam winner is in his best shape to clinch his 14th French Open crown later this month. However, the tennis great is unwilling to give up on the goal despite being hampered by a chronic foot injury in Rome.
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Nadal, who recently returned to action following a six-week break owing to a rib injury, struggled at the back end of his match against the Canadian as he went down 1-6, 7-5. 6-2 in the last-16 at the Foro Italico.
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Following his exit from the Rome Masters, Nadal said that regular training was a challenge, and he would take a doctor with him to Roland Garros to help him achieve a goal that he has his eyes set on.
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"I had my foot again with a lot of pain. I am a player living with an injury - it is nothing new. It's something that is there. Unfortunately, my day-by-day is difficult, honestly… it's difficult for me to accept the situation sometimes. Today at half the second set, it started, and then it wasn't playable for me. I don't want to take away anything from Denis. Today is for him. Well done for him," Nadal, a 10-times champion in Rome, told reporters.
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The 35-year-old missed the bulk of last season due to a foot problem before mounting a remarkable comeback to win the Australian Open in January and prevailing in Acapulco.
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"Since I came back, the foot has been tough. It's tough for me to be able to practise the proper way days in a row. So then you need to move well to compete at the highest level, something that I am not able to practise. The toughest thing for me today is honestly I start to feel myself play much better. I started the match playing much better. My practice was much better, the warmup than the other day," Nadal added.
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With Roland Garros beginning May 22, the King of Clay was asked whether his foot would allow him to mount a serious bid for a record-extending 14th title at the clay-court major. "What can happen in the next couple of days, I don't know. What can happen in one week, I really don't know now," he said.
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"It's the time to accept the situation and fight. That's it… I don't know if rest, I don't know if maybe practice. But I still have a goal in one week and a couple of days. I'm going to keep dreaming about that goal," the Spanish ace asserted.
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"First thing that I need to do is to don't have pain to practise, that's it… It's true that during the French Open, Roland Garros, I'm going to have my doctor there with me. That sometimes helps because you can do things. In the positive days and in the negative days, you need to stay and to value all the things that happened to me in a positive way. Then days like today, just accept and try to keep going even if sometimes it's not easy for me," Nadal concluded. | https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/sports/tennis-french-open-2022-struggling-rafael-nadal-not-ready-to-give-up-dream-of-winning-14th-crown-snt-rbt8oh | 2022-05-13T07:43:08Z | https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/sports/tennis-french-open-2022-struggling-rafael-nadal-not-ready-to-give-up-dream-of-winning-14th-crown-snt-rbt8oh | false | 1 |
Transfer news: Rice turns down eight-year contract worth £83m
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West Ham will not hold further talks with midfielder Declan Rice until the summer transfer window has closed, after the 23-year-old turned down an eight-year contract worth £83m. (Sky Sports), external
Meanwhile, David Moyes wants to unite Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips, 26, with his England central midfielder partner Rice at London Stadium. (Sun), external
The Hammers retain an interesting in signing Manchester United's 29-year-old England attacking midfielder Jesse Lingard, who spent a season on loan with the club and is out of contract this summer. (90 Min), external | https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/czvr041qjddo | 2022-05-13T07:43:26Z | https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/czvr041qjddo | false | null |
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In Uganda, 80 per cent of households in the country are involved in agriculture, with rural communities having even bigger numbers, however, only a fifth of these receive extension services, according to FRI. The inadequate extension services make it difficult for farmers in Uganda to get access to reliable, up-to-date information about regenerative and circular agriculture.
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In a strong pitching battle from both sides, the No. 10 Washington softball team took on No. 4 Arizona State at home in the final series of the regular season, looking to bounce back from its series loss against Utah last weekend.
With the help of flawless defense and contributions from up and down the lineup, the Huskies rallied behind fifth-year senior pitcher Gabbie Plain in what was one of her best starts of the year, striking out 13 batters en route to a 3-1 win.
“It’s kind of like in football, you want all the phases of the game,” head coach Heather Tarr said. “And it was awesome that our team was able to do the pitching, the defense, and the hitting piece.”
Plain (18-5) started the game hot, striking out a pair of batters in the first inning and retiring the side in order. The Huskies (35-13, 14-8 Pac-12) were able to pick up a couple of hits in the first but could not put any early runs on the board as the Sun Devils’ (37-9, 18-4 Pac-12) starter Lindsay Lopez (11-3) pitched four innings.
The punchouts continued to pile on for Plain in the second inning, walking one but striking out three Sun Devils to retire the side. UW was unable to capitalize on the offensive end as the game remained scoreless heading into the third.
The defense delivered for Washington in the third inning, with Plain tallying another strikeout and a diving catch from senior shortstop Baylee Klingler to rob a hit at shortstop. Klingler’s diving play was reflective of her great defense all season, earning her All-Defensive team honors in the Pac-12.
“That was so cool, I literally turned around and I’m like ‘Oh my gosh Baylee!’ as she is full-on Superman in the air,” freshman third baseman Rylee Holtorf said. “She is so awesome and it is so much fun to play with her.”
After another quick scoreless inning offensively for the Huskies, the Sun Devils entered the top of the fourth looking to get their first hit on the board.
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Cydney Sanders delivered for Arizona State.
After a leadoff walk to start the inning, Sanders hit a double to right-center field to drive in the first run of the game for either team off the Sun Devils first hit. With no outs and runners on second and third base, the Huskies needed Plain to come up clutch in the circle, and she did just that.
Plain got the first out with a strikeout and then in the ensuing at-bat, Sanders was caught in a rundown between home and third base for the second out, before the Huskies escaped the inning with Plain’s eighth strikeout.
“We needed to do whatever we could to keep [Sanders] there and make sure the next two, three whatever it was that came up, didn't get anything that was going to score them,” Plain said.
The action began to pick up for the Huskies’ offense in the bottom of the fifth inning, with a leadoff double from junior Kelley Lynch.
The freshmen in the bottom half of the lineup came up with big at-bats for the Huskies in the fifth, with an RBI single from Holtorf followed by an infield single from Kinsey Fiedler.
After a walk from sophomore Jenn Cummings, a pitching change was made by the Sun Devils as the Pac-12 Player of the Year Baylee Klingler came up to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs. A grounder to the pitcher led to a 1-2-3 double play, leaving runners on second and third with two outs.
With two outs and two strikes, senior Madison Huskey hit a hard-hit single that skipped by the third baseman to drive in two runs to give the Huskies a 3-1 lead entering the sixth inning.
Plain continued to produce in the circle for UW in the sixth, striking the leadoff batter out and forcing back-to-back groundouts to end the inning, needing three more outs to put the game away.
Plain proceeded to strike out the side to secure the victory, giving UW a huge boost to open the series. Plain allowed only two hits, two walks, and one earned run, and a whopping 13 strikeouts, her highest total since striking out 14 on March 12 against Colorado State.
The Huskies will look to carry this momentum over as they face the Sun Devils in Game 2 of the final regular season home series on Friday, May 13 at 5 p.m.
Reach reporter Vinny Speziale at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @vinnyspeziale
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For the quarter ended 31-03-2022, the company reported a Consolidated Total Income of Rs 2713.65 Crore, down -.50 % from last quarter Total Income of Rs 2727.28 Crore and up .32 % from last year same quarter Total Income of Rs 2704.90 Crore. The bank reported net profit after tax of Rs 164.77 Crore in latest quarter.
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MANILA, Philippines – Neil Gaiman had two words to say on the red-tagging of Adarna House: “Not good.”
The writer – who is also known for his children’s books like Coraline, Blueberry Girl, and M is for Magic – said so in his retweet of a link to a May 12 Rappler story reporting that Adarna House had been accused of “radicalizing” children against the government by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Paul Monteagudo.
Monteagudo’s accusation came after Adarna House announced on May 11 that they were taking pre-orders at 20% for their #NeverAgain bundle, which includes five illustrated children’s books that talk about the Martial Law era.
Adarna’s announcement came two days after the presidential elections that saw late dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. emerging as the presumptive winner.
The five titles on sale are meant to teach children about of the rule of Bongbong’s later father, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Marcos ruled the Philippines under Martial Law from 1972 to 1981, and held power until he was deposed in 1986, following the historic EDSA People Power Revolution. The Marcos regime is considered to be one of the darkest periods in Philippine history, with rampant human rights abuses, widespread corruption, and the oppression of critics. – Rappler.com | https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/literature/neil-gaiman-tweet-red-tagging-adarna-house/ | 2022-05-13T07:49:15Z | https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/literature/neil-gaiman-tweet-red-tagging-adarna-house/ | false | 1 |
Photos: Disney's MARY POPPINS Opens May 19 At Beef & Boards:
Based on one of the most popular Disney films of all time, this musical is nothing short of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Bring the family and get swept up with Disney's high-flying Mary Poppins, live on stage starting May 19 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Based on one of the most popular Disney films of all time, this musical is nothing short of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Bert, a jack-of-all trades, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again.
The musical is based on the beloved Disney film. Nominated for seven Tony Awards, Mary Poppins includes a score filled with timeless classics such as "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Step in Time" and the Academy Award-winning "Chim-Chim Cher-ee."
The New York Daily News called Mary Poppins ''Magical! A roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!'' and USA Today called the show ''Irresistible," adding it's "a fresh fountain of youth that will make many a grown-up feel like a kid again.''
Cara Statham Serber returns to reprise the title role from our 2015 production. Also returning from that popular production are Buddy Reeder as Bert, Eddie Curry as George Banks, and Heather Patterson King as Winifred Banks.
Mary Poppins is on stage for 54 performances through July 10 in the intimate space of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Tickets range from $51 to $76 and include Chef Larry Stoops' buffet and select beverages.
Plus, as Beef & Boards' 2022 Family Show, Mary Poppins tickets are discounted $10 for children ages 3-15.
For reservations, call the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Box Office at 317.872.9664 anytime between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays. Discounts are available to groups of 20 or more; contact the Group Sales Department for more details.
For more information, including complete show schedule, visit beefandboards.com. Mary Poppins is sponsored in part by Indy's Child.
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Kabul Can Fight ISIS On Its Own, Outside Help Not Needed - Charge D'Affaires In Moscow
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 13, 2022 | 11:30 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th May, 2022) The authorities in Kabul control the territory of Afghanistan and can fight the Islamic State (ISIS, terrorist group banned in Russia) themselves, Afghan Charge d'Affaires to Moscow Jamal Nasir Garhwal said in an interview with Sputnik, ading that any outside help, including from Russia, is not needed.
"Media reports that we cannot control the ISIS threat is all propaganda. Our government can control our country, our territory. So do not worry about it ... It (ISIS) is not strong enough so that we ask someone for help.
We can deal with this problem ourselves," Garhwal said when asked whether Kabul will request assistance from Rusia in the event of an uncontrolled escalation by ISIS, including in the north of the country.
The diplomat expressed confidence that the situation will not reach such a level that the terrorist group can intensify so much that Kabul asks for help.
In early May, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said that the US sees signs of attempts by the IS and similar groups to restore influence in Afghanistan.
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With the war in Ukraine forcing at least 2.8 million children to flee the country, child refugees from three of the toughest conflict zones across the world have shared their advice on how to cope with the trauma of war, urging them to be positive.
Refugees from Syria, Myanmar, and South Sudan each shared their experiences of the devastating impact that conflict has had on their lives, but crucially how they managed to find hope even in the darkest of times.
Over 450 million children now live in areas affected by conflict across the world, roughly 1 in 6 children, according to the latest statistics. Many have known nothing but war, which has had a devastating impact on both their physical and mental health.
In Save the Children’s latest needs assessment of families in Ukraine, 85% of the respondents said they needed psychosocial support. The report also revealed heartbreaking accounts of children unable to sleep, being constantly afraid, crying and not wanting to leave bomb shelters.
Two-thirds of the 7.5 million children in Ukraine have been forced from their homes since the war escalated on 24 February.
Globally the charity estimates 24 million children living in high intensity conflict could be experiencing significant distress and mental health disorders. Despite this, child protection in emergencies, education in emergencies and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) are critically underfunded.
Each of the children shared how they coped with their experiences such as support from close family, sport and support from organisations like Save the Children:
Ghaith-, 18, Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan.
Ghaith- and his family fled Syria at the height of the brutal war in 2013. He witnessed things no child ever should, such as shelling, and his uncle and four cousins being murdered. He is now part of Save the Children and The Arsenal Foundation’s "Coaching for Life" programme in Zaatari refugee camp, where bespoke football coaching sessions help him to process his emotions and improve his mental wellbeing.
" What helped me the most was having my family close to me, and someone older than me to guide me.
"We should provide them (refugees from Ukraine) with help, such as Save the Children, that changes the lives of children, and promises children better days in the future.
" They need support, and education and to have better prospects, like playing sports, and whatever they need to forget about their past and to hope for a better future."
Fatima-, 14, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
Fatima- was forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh when she was nine years old after her home was burnt to the ground when her village was attacked. She was given psychosocial support to help her recover from the horrors she had witnessed. For over a year she struggled to cope. She is now in school living in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar.
" Do not be afraid, believe in yourself. I have been through this; I can feel what is going through you. Everything will be fine and one day you will be back to your home like you used to be. We should keep hope alive and try to be positive.
"Children should be kept away from things which remind them of the sorrow and horrors of conflict. The sound of (loud bangs) like gun shots affect children the most who have been in war."
Daniel-, 16, Northern Uganda
Five years ago, at the age of 11, Daniel- was forced to flee his home in South Sudan due to conflict.
Speaking of what he witnessed, Daniel- said, "Sometimes I break down and cry. You cry from within because of the things that have happened. I have been through it. I also ran away like you and I have made it through.
" I advise the children f rom Ukraine to forget about all the challenges they have faced … playing football, netball, and drawing or painting helps me forget about the past."
Pete Walsh, Save the Children’s Ukraine Country Director, said;
" These stories are a powerful reminder of the devastating impact conflict has on children’s lives, not just in Ukraine but across the world. Each one has been shared in solidarity to give children in Ukraine hope, from those who have lived through the horrors of war themselves.
"Hundreds of millions are living in conflict across the world, robbing them of the childhood they deserve. All children should be given the right support to recover from the pain of what they have witnessed during war."
Save the Children staff and partners working in Ukraine and neighbouring countries are seeing the psychological and emotional impacts of war on the children they are meeting with children arriving at reception centres showing worrying signs of severe distress.
Save the Children has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, delivering essential humanitarian aid to children and their families. With the help of local partners, Save the Children is providing shelter, food, cash, fuel, psychosocial support, baby, and hygiene kits to displaced families.
Save the Children has also set up safe spaces for children where they can play as well as emergency distribution tents at border crossings, transportation hubs, and reception centres in Romania, Poland, and Lithuania. Save the Children is also helping to provide child friendly space, emergency accommodation, psychological first aid, support for parents and reception centres in about 10 other European countries.
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Boo2Bullying wants Coachella Valley kids to be heard and feel safe
Bullying affects everyone, a sobering fact that Dimitri Halkidis sees all too clearly and has dedicated his life to raising awareness about.
In 2011, Halkidis founded Boo2Bullying in response to the challenging issues today's youth experience due to bullying. His efforts began as an online youth empowerment organization, but the ripple effects spread far and wide, propelling the group to establish a model consisting of community outreach — going to schools, meeting with various youth groups and the like.
Since that time, Halkidis estimates the organization has reached nearly 27,000 kids in the Coachella Valley between the three school districts.
"The most important thing that Boo2Bullying does is speak from the heart and create a dialogue and an atmosphere in which kids can feel safe," Halkidis says. "A lot of times, you're going to school and your friends don't really know who you are — whether that be something like wanting to come out and you're scared, or whether you come from an abusive family. There are so many dynamics to kids and why they don't open up and trust."
The organization has many noteworthy programs, including school assembly, community outreach, Empowerment Through Art, Mothers Against Bullying and mentoring.
Often, a triangle approach is implemented when working with others. This involves working with the bullied party, the individual who has been bullied and those who are standing by and doing nothing. Working with these core groups of kids, parents and teachers and educating them about the effects of bullying is vital. The organization provides practical tools for all parties to eradicate bullying.
Recently Boo2Bullying received a grant from the Inland Empire Community Foundation through the 150 Circle of Giving Fund, which Halkidis calls "a wonderful surprise" that will aid in day-to-day operations and fuel short- and long-term goals.
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One aim is to rev up for summer after-school programs in the valley in the hopes of going "full force" in the new school year — key after a swirl of pandemic-era unpredictability.
"We definitely want to continue creating a social environment on school campuses that's talked about after we leave," Halkidis says.
Another goal includes raising awareness about the potential effects bullying has if it's left unattended. One recent Health Assessment and Research for Communities study, for instance, reports that in Coachella Valley, one out of three children ages 6 to 17 have had two conversations with their parents/guardians about suicide.
"Having these kinds of important conversations opens us up more to ongoing dialogues," Halkidis says.
The organization's ambassadors, particularly youth and student ambassadors, are also a significant organizational focus. This enterprising mix of young people connects with others by sharing the organization's message and impact.
Halkidis cites Cassandra Scerbo as one success story. The star of ABC Family's "Make It or Break It" began as an ambassador and is now Boo2Bullying's vice president and brand ambassador.
"The No. 1 thing that kids are influenced by are ballplayers, then actors and musicians, so to have Cassie join us inspired other kids," Halkidis says. "We started getting referrals and applications, with young people saying, 'I want to be an ambassador and do what Cassie does.'
"So, we want people to get involved and help us make kids feel they're not alone, which they're not," he says. "We've all experienced some sort of discrimination and intolerance in some capacity in our life, or we've witnessed it with others. We are all about outreach. We're here to help."
For more information on Boo2Bullying, visit boo2bullying.org.
The Inland Empire Community Foundation works to strengthen Inland Southern California through philanthropy. Learn more at iegives.org.
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has slammed Act candidate Cameron Luxton’s call for an apology following the party's decision not to field a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election because of white supremacists attacking its leaders.
In a statement, Luxton said Te Pāti Māori was "caught in a lie, trying to bad-mouth Tauranga by spreading misinformation and they owe our city and (sic) apology".
“There is absolutely no evidence to back up this claim. I grew up in this city and I’m raising my family here. It’s full of wonderful, hard-working and caring people.”
The ACT candidate says an earlier version of Māori Party Che Wilson's announcement that the party was not fielding a candidate because of racism referred to a Department of Internal Affairs report, which allegedly fingered Tauranga as a hotspot of racism for white supremacists. However, the party president later withdrew that allegation.
Luxton says the Maori Party should therefore apologise to Tauranga.
However, Waititi questions Luxton’s qualification to speak on people’s experiences of racism and said, "he's full of it".
“Kaore te Pākeha e kai ana i te Pākeha. Ko tōna kai, he Māori. Wāna nei hoki.”
“Pākeha aren't attacking Pākeha, they're attacking Māori - the cheek of it,” he said.
Back in April, leaflets were delivered to Tauranga residents bearing messages such as 'Save the White Race'. Rāwiri Waititi says that is the tip of the iceberg
“Te tahuna i te tahi rau rima tekau marae. Me te whakamate, kōhuru i te nui o ngā rangatira Māori i roto i o rātou kāinga, nō roto o Tauranga hoki, Pāpāmoa”
“A threat to burn down 150 marae and kill off Māori leaders in their homes - that person was from Tauranga, Pāpāmoa,” he said.
Ripped off
Co-leader Debbie Ngārewa Packer said threats of violence and racism occurred daily and they had adjusted their security strategies to keep themselves safe. She is disappointed the party is not fielding a candidate bu,t for safety, she supports the move.
“We feel ripped off in the fact that we should not be having to make a principled stand like this. We should have been able to guarantee safety for a candidate. We should have been able to guarantee that to their whānau,” she said.
Party president Che Wilson said safety was the determining factor.
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DC United (4-5-0, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Inter Miami CF (3-6-1, 13th in the Eastern Conference)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Inter Miami CF +153, DC United +175, Draw +235; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out the Houston Dynamo 2-0, D.C. United visits Inter Miami.
Miami is 2-3-1 in Eastern Conference play. Miami has a 1-3-0 record in games it scores just one goal.
United is 3-4-0 in conference matchups. United is 2-3 in one-goal games.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Leonardo Campana has scored five goals with one assist for Miami. Gonzalo Higuain has two goals and one assist.
Ola Kamara has four goals for United. Michael Estrada has three goals.
SEASON SO FAR: Miami: Averaging 0.9 goals, 4.0 shots on goal and 3.3 corner kicks through 10 games while allowing 1.9 goals per game.
United: Averaging 1.3 goals, 3.2 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks through nine games while allowing 1.4 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Miami: Ryan Sailor (injured), Ian Fray (injured), Edison Azcona (injured), Bryce Duke (injured), Robbie Robinson (injured), Joevin Jones (injured), Victor Ulloa (injured), Nick Marsman (injured), Kieran Gibbs (injured).
United: Moses Nyeman (injured), Adrien Perez (injured), Chris Odoi-Atsem (injured), Nigel Robertha (injured), Bill Hamid (injured), Andy Najar (injured).
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CAXIAS DO SUL, Brazil, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Randon S.A – Implementos e Participações (B3 - RAPT3 and RAPT4), reports its results for the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), ended in 03/31/2022. The financial and operating information of the Company, except when otherwise stated, are consolidated in accordance with the international standards of IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards and the monetary values are denominated in Reais.
HIGHLIGHTS
The main highlights of the 1Q22 are as follows:
- Consolidated Net Revenue amounted to R$ 2.5 billion in 1Q22, 29.5% up from 1Q21.
- International market revenues amounted to US$ 99.9 million in 1Q22, 48.2% up from the same period in 2021.
- Consolidated EBITDA reached R$ 401.4 million in 1Q22, 15.0% up from 1Q21, with a consolidated EBITDA margin of 16.2%.
- Net Profit amounted to R$ 130.1 million, with net margin of 5.3% in 1Q22.
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Global deployment of proprietary emissions-free recycling technology to add over 30,000 tonnes of annual recycling capacity in move towards global electrification
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US-based recycling technology company, ACE Green Recycling (ACE) announces its plans to build and operate four new lithium-ion battery recycling facilities with a planned total annual capacity of over 30,000 tons. The four locations will tap into previously underserved recycling markets and provide regional markets with an emissions-free, carbon-neutral recycling solution to support the global adoption of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are currently employed in most of the world's portable electronic devices and electric vehicles, as well as potentially serving as grid energy storage solutions.
ACE is currently planning for facilities in Thailand, India, and USA, with planned capacities of 10,000 tons between India and Thailand and 20,000 tons in the USA. Operations in India are expected to commence by the third quarter of 2022 with initial processing capacity of 1800 tons per year, while Thailand and USA would come online in 2023 with full operational capacity planned to be achieved across all facilities by 2025.
ACE recently announced its flagship combined lead-acid and lithium-ion battery recycling park in Texas, USA. With the announcement of plans to simultaneously set-up facilities in Asia, ACE is working towards being a global player for Li-ion battery recycling. The company will be deploying its proprietary hydrometallurgical recycling process that combines a completely emissions-free, low temperature process with market-leading recovery rates in excess of 98%. ACE can also successfully reclaim valuable metals like copper and aluminum , while also being able to handle a wide variety of the world's most utilized lithium-ion battery chemistries. In line with its environmental ethos, the process also produces zero toxic solid waste or effluent.
In addition to copper and aluminum, materials recovered also include a variety of sulphates and carbonates of cobalt, manganese, and nickel, all of which leave ACE's facility "user-ready" for use in the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.
"With the set-up of these four new facilities we would strategically leverage our global supply chain experience to not only cater to the North American markets but also Asia where we have a very strong on the ground experience and existing relationships," said Nishchay Chadha, ACE's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. ACE is already in discussions with potential partners for various battery waste supply and product off-take arrangements to guarantee a steady inflow of recyclable batteries and a ready customer for its market-grade battery materials.
When fully operational, ACE expects to provide up to 100 direct and indirect jobs to the local economy.
While the global market for lithium-ion battery recycling currently remains relatively low, key OEMs, EV manufacturers, and strategic investors remain bullish on the need for a sustainable and environmentally responsible recycling solution due to three key reasons.
The exponential growth in the adoption of lithium-ion batteries – from the already ubiquitous portable electronic devices to the widespread and growing popularity of electric vehicles – is heralding an unprecedented uptick in demand. Further, government mandates for "producer responsibility" require battery manufacturers to rapidly identify sustainable recycling solutions which can minimize the overall environmental footprint of battery manufacturing. With the continual fragility of global supply chains causing extreme price shocks , players across the value chain(s) are looking to diversify their sources of battery materials away from regions of heightened political instability.
"By providing a zero emissions lithium-ion battery recycling solution, ACE solves all of these concerns and provides the necessary supply chain localization and reliability of the valuable battery materials. Global scale up of our technology will provide vital support for a sustainable electrification of mobility and manufacturing." said Dr Vipin Tyagi, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of ACE.
ACE will deploy its capital and collaborate with several strategic and financial investors to set up the envisioned facilities.
ACE is already a leading pioneer in the hydrometallurgical recycling of lead-acid batteries, having already deployed its technology on a commercial scale with leading recyclers and industry players with many new facilities set to come online across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East by early 2023.
About ACE Green Recycling Inc
ACE Green Recycling is an American green recycling technology company with global operations across Southeast Asia and India. The company has successfully commercialized its proprietary recycling process for used lead-acid batteries that releases no greenhouse gas emissions and is currently scaling up its zero-emission technology to recycle lithium-ion batteries. ACE is also simultaneously working on clean technology solutions for other metallic waste streams. The team behind ACE has decades of recycling, technology and scrap supply chain experience, making them poised to become a leader in global recycling.
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Wallaroos captain Shannon Parry expects more money for female players as Rugby Australia cashes in on hosting the men's and women's World Cups in 2027 and 2029.
RA chief Andy Marinos estimates the two tournaments will generate a windfall of between $50 and $60 million for the cash-strapped governing body.
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As well as putting RA back in the black after years fighting financial peril, Parry says the cash influx will offer major benefits for Australian women's stars, who lag behind the men on the pay front.
"It definitely will and I think with the announcement of the 2029 World Cup at home we will see those resources and that funding support of the women's programs," Parry said.
"What that looks like now, I'm not sure.
"But there's no doubt there's conversations in the background at Rugby Australia to financially support the players and the staff so that we can bring home that 2029 World Cup, something Australia has never been able to do."
Australia will host a women's World Cup for the first time and Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper agrees his female counterparts should fight for a better deal.
"For professional sport, the more money that we can get everyone obviously it would be great," he said.
"How it looks, I don't know. How the nuts and the bolts work, that's for Rugby Australia and World Rugby to organise.
"But everyone wants to see everyone doing well and enjoying the game they love to play and getting paid well to do it."
Hooper is confident that more money for RA will also slow the exodus of Test players to cashed-up overseas clubs and keep local talent in Australia to chase World Cup glory, as well as feature in the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour.
"This has a knock-on effect," he said.
"Not only the want to play is something that is intangible. There's that level. Then with the financial boost it gives, you're able to marry that up so you've got extra reasons to stay.
"So it's an awesome time to be a young player. If you're like in that 16-years-old slot, you're right in the hitting zone there."
Ultimately, Hooper believes Australia hosting World Cups two years apart will also attract more juniors to the code.
"It's an opportunity to set it up and have some real longevity in the game," he said.
"With the Lions, we know that's going to be massive. Then the World Cup, then the women's World Cup so you start to create a runway.
"Not only for this 10 years but then further for hopefully my little boys if they want to play the game and if there's an opportunity there to play at a professional level.
"It's such a great sport at so many levels but the ability to play for a living, how good would that be?
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"That's literally what this has the opportunity to do and to bring the enjoyment and bring fans back to loving the game because it's a unique game and a brilliant game."
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Barbie Drops First Doll With Hearing Aids & A Prosthetic Leg In Inclusive Collection
Mattel has released a very cool line of diverse Barbie and Ken dolls.
The new collection features a Barbie with hearing aids and a Barbie with a prosthetic leg. Meanwhile, the collection also features a Ken with vitiligo – it’s all about Barbies and Ken’s representing more people and it is fabulous.
Ready to make waves? 🌊🕶️ Dip into new #Barbie Fashion Dolls – our most diverse and inclusive doll line, offering a variety of skin tones, eye colors, hair colors and textures, body types, disabilities, and fashions, to inspire even more stories! https://t.co/k2mKw8VhG8 pic.twitter.com/voglMMZgvE
— Barbie (@Barbie) May 11, 2022
Via Instagram Mattel wrote, “Ready to make waves? Dip into new #Barbie Fashion Dolls – our most diverse and inclusive doll line, offering a variety of skin tones, eye colours, hair colours and textures, body types, disabilities, and fashions, to inspire even more stories!
“We are proud to introduce the first Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids, giving kids the chance to imagine even more amazing possibilities.
“The power of play is shaping what we imagine to be possible – which is why it’s important that kids can play out stories with dolls that reflect themselves and the world around them.”
What’s good y’all?
Here’s something.❤️
New inclusive Barbie’s representing children from diverse backgrounds and communities, including dolls with hearing aids and prosthetics. pic.twitter.com/gZaxCe6m2t
— Christopher 🇺🇸 Is Pro-Choice (@cwebbonline) May 12, 2022
It’s fabulous to see Barbie keeping up with the times.
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This new system is a vast improvement for U.S. companies, which in turn helps repatriate their foreign profits here. However, it does put pressure on politicians to further lower tax rates and diminish incentives for corporations to locate their production abroad or shift reported profits overseas. Don’t forget that there are still plenty of nations with corporate tax rates lower than those imposed in the United States.
It’s worth noting that in 2017, the United States also adopted a minimum tax called Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income, or “GILTI,” for companies that earned a high rate of return yet also paid low taxes overseas. It wasn’t a good idea, but it had more merit than what Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen now has in mind — namely, to impose a minimum tax based on a company’s worldwide average tax rate instead of on a country-by-country basis.
If Yellen truly believes what she says about taxing U.S. corporations, all she has to do is convince Congress to implement these alleged improvements. But she likely knows that raising rates here would lead to more capital flight out of the United States, so she’s resorting to coercing other governments to make their tax regimes less appealing to U.S.-based companies. Hence, the idea of cajoling other governments to impose a global 15% minimum tax rate on foreign companies’ incomes earned within their borders.
Under this cartel of countries, with foreign governments committed to refusing to compete for capital by cutting tax rates, the incentives for U.S. companies to avoid high U.S. taxes are seriously reduced. So are the incentives for governments to keep their own tax systems modest.
Whether Yellen can convince countries like China and India to go along is an open question. The proposal also faces political headwinds in the European Union, which usually supports any attempts to hinder tax competition.
Finally, it’s unclear that Yellen can convince Congress to go along with her scheme. The reason, in part, is that enough legislators are skeptical of whether a global minimum tax will truly increase Americans’ prosperity, especially given the current fragility of the global economy.
Such skepticism is in order. First, economists at the Organization for International Cooperation and Development, who examined the effects of various types of taxes on the economic growth of developed nations, found corporate taxes “to be most harmful for growth, followed by personal income taxes, and then consumption taxes.”
Second, while legal liability for these taxes is placed on corporations, several academic studies have found that the vast majority of the costs are passed along to workers in the form of lower wages.
Third, while the argument for raising more revenue is often presented as a tool of fiscal responsibility, the reality is quite different. Countless studies show that feeding the government beast with more corporate-tax revenue increases spending rather than reduces government budget deficits. And as my recent review of the literature with Mercatus Center economist Garett Jones reveals, more deficit spending will likely hinder economic growth.
Under these circumstances, why not give the hammer a rest and for a change try a new tool? A nice, sharp saw, for instance, could help slice from the budget unnecessary spending and reduce the constant need for more revenue, which drives away American companies.
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Explained: Covid-19 in North Korea - how many cases, details on vaccines
North Korea on Friday said at least one person had died of Covid-19 and hundreds of thousands had shown symptoms, including fever, as concerns grow over a potentially 'explosive' outbreak in a population over 26 million with under-resourced healthcare systems, limited testing capabilities and no known vaccination programme. Confirmation of its first case also comes after the North Korean regime - admittedly already largely isolated from the world - insisted there was no sign of the virus even as the others battles multiple waves of a deadly virus that has killed over 6.2 million people so far.
This morning North Korea media said six had died of a fever 'whose cause couldn't be identified' and that at least one of the six had tested positive for Covid -19, specifically the BA. 2 omicron sub-variant.
The brewing health (Covid) crisis in North Korea spells potential trouble for the rest of the world, which can ill afford yet another wave of infections. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's comment about a 'gravest state emergency' and ordering of a national lockdown reveals the possible size of this outbreak.
How bad is the Covid situation in North Korea?
State-run Korean Central News Agency says around 187,000 people are currently in isolation and are being treated for 'a fever of unidentified origin' that has 'explosively spread nationwide' since late April.
In addition, around 350,000 others have shown signs of contracting that fever, KCNA said.
State media also said around 162,000 have been treated so far - although it is unclear if this means they have recovered and been removed from quarantine.
North Korea enveloped in health crisis: 10 global Covid updates
On Thursday another 18,000 people reported symptoms.
There have been no reports on how many of these people have tested positive for Covid-19.
What are the testing and vaccination options?
Limited and none, respectively.
The World Health Organization believes North Korea is one of two countries - the other is Eritrea in Africa - to not have an active Covid vaccination programme.
In fact, it is unclear if North Korea has vaccines at all.
COVAX - the global vaccine-sharing programme - did offer doses but the allocation failed to ship because the country did not arrange shipment, reportedly over international monitoring requirements.
It is not known if Kim Jong Un will revisit the offer of vaccines at this time.
Vaccines from China were also offered - and refused.
The United States, at this time, has ruled out sending vaccines.
Covid hits North Korea: 6 die of 'fever', US says no plans to send vaccines
As far as Covid testing capabilities are concerned, North Korea said last year it had home-grown PCR kits in addition to a few delivered by Russia.
Is Kim Jong Un vaccinated?
Also unknown; in July last year South Korea's spy agency said 'no'.
How fast is the 'fever' spreading?
At this time, experts say the pace of testing suggests North Korea cannot handle the number of symptomatic cases it has reported.
WHO data indicates that less than 65,000 - around 0.25 per cent of the population - were tested for Covid by the end of March.
"… been testing around 1,400 people each week. Assuming they were at peak capacity, they can perform 400 tests per day max - not nearly enough to test 350,000 people with symptoms," Harvard Medical School’s Kee Park, who has worked on health care projects in North Korea, told Reuters.
North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles after reporting Covid outbreak
On potential deaths, Park said: "Using a conservative case fatality rate of 1 per cent, and assuming the surge is due to an Omicron variant, North Korea can expect 3,500 deaths from this outbreak."
How good (or bad) is North Korea's healthcare system?
North Korea ranks last in the world for its ability to rapidly respond to and mitigate the spread of an epidemic, according to the latest Global Health Security Index in December.
It has a high number of trained doctors and the ability to rapidly deploy and organise staff… but the healthcare system is chronically under-resourced.
South Korea believes the North lacks even the most basic medical supplies - such as painkillers and disinfectants - and suffers from poor sanitation and irregular power and water supply to hospitals.
In fact, a North Korean diplomat who defected in 2016 told Reuters Kim Jong Un had 'ordered mobilisation of reserve medical supplies…. which means hospitals have run out of medicines…'
What are the Covid safety protocols in North Korea?
Unclear.
There appears to be no clear rule on face masks, for example. Citizens have been seen wearing masks, but also going mask-free at major political events that mobilised tens of thousands of people.
Kim Jong Un was seen in a mask for the first time on Thursday during an emergency meeting.
What does all this mean for the world?
That the outbreak could pose a political challenge for North Korea and a health challenge to the rest of the world, apart from being a potentially dire humanitarian catastrophe.
North Korea shares land borders with South Korea and China, both of whom are battling Covid waves of their own. An increasingly grim situation in that country could lead to a greater influx of people looking to defect to either of the other two, and potentially lead to the virus spreading further.
With input from AFP, Reuters
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1 killed, 13 injured in Karachi blast, second in as many weeks
One person died and 13 were left injured in a blast inside a market area in Pakistan's Karachi on late Thursday night, according to local media reports. The blast occurred two weeks after a suicide bombing in the Pakistani port city killed four people, including three Chinese nationals. The explosion occurred in the commercial locality of Saddar.
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UN holds emergency meeting on Taliban crackdown on women
The U.N. Security Council held emergency closed consultations Thursday on the Taliban's latest crackdown on Afghan women as it considered a presidential statement that would express deep concern at the new ban by Afghanistan's rulers on women leaving home “without necessity” and wearing head-to-toe clothing when they do go out in public. The Norwegian-drafted statement would also call for a reversal of policies that restrict the rights of women and girls.
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North Korea enveloped in health crisis: 10 global Covid updates
Often referred to as “the hermit state”, North Korea - after claiming to have zero Covid cases for nearly two years - on Thursday recorded its first patient and within a few hours the country seems to have been enveloped by a health crisis. Several other countries including China, Italy, and the United States have registered a surge in cases since March, with China going through one of its worst Covid outbreaks after 2020.
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Trump slams Biden's giant Ukraine aid bill, urges Europe to pick up the check
Former US President Donald Trump in a statement slammed the United States for working to provide more than USD 40 billion in assistance to Ukraine amid Russia's special military operation and urged Europe to do more to deal with its regional concerns. Trump said he was able to get European countries to pay their fair share to NATO and the Biden administration should do the same.
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Ukraine war week 11: Food crisis, child rights, energy row among global concerns
Europe's worst conflict in decades is set to complete three months in another ten days and there has been no moment of breakthrough even as the world awaits with a bated breath for an end to the violence in Ukraine. Here are ten points on the Ukraine war: 1. Apart from this another global challenge that has been emerging from the war is the food crisis. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/north-korea-covid-cases-explained-how-bad-is-covid-in-n-korea-things-to-know-101652426067524.html | 2022-05-13T08:06:48Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/north-korea-covid-cases-explained-how-bad-is-covid-in-n-korea-things-to-know-101652426067524.html | true | 1 |
POLICE have put out an urgent appeal to help find a missing man.
North Yorkshire Police say Jason Johnson is missing from his home in Hunmanby near Filey.
He was last seen leaving home on his bicycle at 9.30pm on the night of Wednesday (May 11) and has failed to return home.
A police spokesman said: "We are becoming very concerned for his welfare.
"Jason is described as white, 5’5" in height and slim. He is believed to be wearing a blue and black off-road motorcross type jacket and riding a black mountain bike.
"Jason has links to Filey, Scarborough and Bridlington.
"If you have seen him since Wednesday evening or know where he is now, please get in touch.
"Please call 101 with any information or 999 if you have an immediate sighting.
"He may not respond if spoken to."
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Work Session
Clinton City Council will conduct 2 meetings May 16 - one on the budget.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CLINTON
Mayor – Bob McLean
Danny Cook – Ward 1
Shirley Jenkins – Ward 2
Robbie Neal – Ward 3
Gary Kuykendall – Ward 4
Mayor Pro Tem-Ronnie Roth- Ward 5
Megan Walsh – Ward 6
City Manager- Tom Brooks
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Council Work Session
May 16, 2022 6:00 PM
P.S. Bailey City Council Chambers
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- 211. N. Broad Street
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1 Meeting called to order by Mayor McLean
2. Invocation – Councilmember Walsh
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1. Personnel matters regarding the Court System.
5. CITY COUNCIL to approve A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX (LOST) PROPERTY TAX PROGRAM.
6. CITY COUNCIL to consider TOM BROOKS AS DIRECTOR ON THE PMPA BOARD.
- CITY COUNCIL to approve A RESOLUTION FOR EXTENSION OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
- CITY COUNCIL to approve A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE LAURENS COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
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9. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
- City Manager Report and Recommendations
- Standing Committees of City Council - Reports and Recommendations
- City Attorney’s Reports and Recommendations
- Council Members Reports and Recommendations
- Mayor’s Reports and Recommendation
- Adjournment
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CITY OF CLINTON
Mayor – Bob McLean
Danny Cook – Ward 1
Shirley Jenkins – Ward 2
Robbie Neal – Ward 3
Gary Kuykendall – Ward 4
Mayor Pro Tem-Ronnie Roth- Ward 5
Megan Walsh – Ward 6
City Manager- Tom Brooks
Agenda
Budget Workshop
May 16, 2022 Immediately Following Council Work Session
P.S. Bailey City Council Chambers
M. S. Bailey Municipal Center
- 211. N. Broad Street
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1. BUDGET WORKSHOP
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India, Oman to Begin Accepting Each Other's Domestic Card Payment Networks: Indian Envoy
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Since the beginning of 2022, a string of high-level visits of ministers of Oman indicate India's deepening interests in the Gulf country, which is home to around 620,000 Indian professionals and workers.Sputnik spoke with India's envoy to Oman, Amit Narang, on a range of issues discussed between the two countries during the tenth session of the India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) held on 11 May.Sputnik: A high-level multi-sectoral delegation led by Oman's Commerce, Industry, and Trade Minister Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef has concluded a visit to India. What are the significant outcomes of bilateral engagements held during the visit?Amit Narang: Trade and investment ties between India and Oman go back several decades and are very deep. We touched around $10 billion in bilateral trade in 2021 ($5.7 billion in 2020). We have over 6,000 Indian companies invested in Oman with an investment worth over $7.5 billion. India is one of the largest investors in Oman, and there is an Oman-India joint fund that is investing Omani funds into India.So there is already a good platform for relationships.The Joint Commission meeting, which was convened on Wednesday, looked at all these areas, and ministers discussed how to take them forward. Of interest to Oman and, of course, to our side is the so-called preferential trade agreement, a limited trade deal between the two countries. The technical discussions on this proposed deal will begin now, and we will see how they go; that will benefit both sides.Sputnik: Can we expect the conclusion of this limited trade deal by the end of this year?Amit Narang: Timeframes are difficult for me to predict because technical discussions will now begin. All I can say is that between the two ministers, there was a meeting of minds, and there were very productive and forward-looking discussions. The way our minister works, I have no doubt that it (conclusion of the deal) will be sooner rather than later.Sputnik: India has proposed using the RuPay Card— the country's indigenous card payment network (a rival to America's MasterCard and Visa) in Oman. Can you provide some details on this?Amit Narang: RuPay card acceptance in Oman is being discussed with the technical teams of the Central Bank of Oman, and that discussion has been going on for some time. My assessment is that it is at a very advanced stage. Hopefully, in the next few months, it is not just accepting RuPay Card in Oman; it is also reciprocal acceptance of their equivalent of RuPay Card in India. So that discussion should conclude soon.Sputnik: Given the disruption in the supply chain that has erupted because of the crisis in Eastern Europe, can you share details about what kind of commodities Oman is looking to import from India?Amit Narang: Agri products form an important part of our trading basket. There is potential to do more. India is the largest exporter of food products to Oman, especially rice. In the context of the current conflict in Europe, there were some doubts about their wheat imports because of their dependency on Russia and Ukraine. We have had some discussions with them, and I am happy to report that Indian consignments of wheat have already reached Oman. Hopefully, we will be able to encourage them to import more wheat from India.
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India has deepened its strategic ties with Oman by signing a maritime pact in 2018 that allows the Indian Navy to use Duqm port for logistics and support. The presence of a force at a strategically crucial point in Oman, from where the Indian Navy can oversee the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, also provides security to commercial vessels.
Since the beginning of 2022, a string of high-level visits of ministers of Oman indicate India's deepening interests in the Gulf country, which is home to around 620,000 Indian professionals and workers.
Sputnik spoke with India's envoy to Oman, Amit Narang, on a range of issues discussed between the two countries during the tenth session of the India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) held on 11 May.
Sputnik: A high-level multi-sectoral delegation led by Oman's Commerce, Industry, and Trade Minister Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef has concluded a visit to India. What are the significant outcomes of bilateral engagements held during the visit?
Amit Narang: Trade and investment ties between India and Oman go back several decades and are very deep. We touched around $10 billion in bilateral trade in 2021 ($5.7 billion in 2020). We have over 6,000 Indian companies invested in Oman with an investment worth over $7.5 billion. India is one of the largest investors in Oman, and there is an Oman-India joint fund that is investing Omani funds into India.
So there is already a good platform for relationships.
The Joint Commission meeting, which was convened on Wednesday, looked at all these areas, and ministers discussed how to take them forward. Of interest to Oman and, of course, to our side is the so-called preferential trade agreement, a limited trade deal between the two countries. The technical discussions on this proposed deal will begin now, and we will see how they go; that will benefit both sides.
Sputnik: Can we expect the conclusion of this limited trade deal by the end of this year?
Amit Narang: Timeframes are difficult for me to predict because technical discussions will now begin. All I can say is that between the two ministers, there was a meeting of minds, and there were very productive and forward-looking discussions. The way our minister works, I have no doubt that it (conclusion of the deal) will be sooner rather than later.
Sputnik: India has proposed using the RuPay Card— the country's indigenous card payment network (a rival to America's MasterCard and Visa) in Oman. Can you provide some details on this?
Amit Narang: RuPay card acceptance in Oman is being discussed with the technical teams of the Central Bank of Oman, and that discussion has been going on for some time. My assessment is that it is at a very advanced stage. Hopefully, in the next few months, it is not just accepting
RuPay Card in Oman; it is also reciprocal acceptance of their equivalent of RuPay Card in India. So that discussion should conclude soon.
Sputnik: Given the disruption in the supply chain that has erupted because of the crisis in Eastern Europe, can you share details about what kind of commodities Oman is looking to import from India?
Amit Narang: Agri products form an important part of our trading basket. There is potential to do more. India is the largest exporter of food products to Oman, especially rice. In the context of the current conflict in Europe, there were some doubts about their wheat imports because of their dependency on Russia and Ukraine.
We have had some discussions with them, and I am happy to report that
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It’s been a long, winding, and occasionally very bumpy road to get to this point, but in only two weeks, Ewan McGregor will finally slip back into his beige robes when Obi-Wan Kenobi debuts on Disney Plus with a bumper two-episode premiere.
Star Wars fans had never let go of their hopes to see the actor return as the iconic Jedi ever since Revenge of the Sith ended, but things took a turn for the worse when any plans for a standalone feature film were abandoned once Solo wound up ending the Anthology offshoots altogether.
Even when Obi-Wan Kenobi was announced as a streaming series, extensive rewrites and production delays caused plenty of concern, but the finishing line is finally in sight. In an interview with Total Film, McGregor joked that the single biggest driving force behind the project was him begging Lucasfilm for work.
“It started to look like I was knocking at Disney’s door, going, ‘Can I have a job?’. They got me in, and I sat down with [Kathleen Kennedy], and she said, ‘It’s all over social media all the time. We just wanted to know if you mean it.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I do think it would be an interesting prospect.'”
Good things come to those who wait, then, with Obi-Wan Kenobi comfortably the single most hotly-anticipated film or television title set in a galaxy far, far away since The Force Awakens. The only thing it needs to do now is live up to the sky-high expectations, which is much easier said than done. | https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/ewan-mcgregor-jokes-that-obi-wan-kenobi-is-the-result-of-him-begging-for-a-job/ | 2022-05-13T08:17:39Z | https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/ewan-mcgregor-jokes-that-obi-wan-kenobi-is-the-result-of-him-begging-for-a-job/ | true | 1 |
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PITCHING IN
Cleveland pitching coach Carl Willis will serve as the team's acting manager when the coronavirus-hampered Guardians start a three-game series against the Twins at Target Field.
The Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a day off for them. Their game Wednesday in Chicago against the White Sox was called off because of an outbreak — the first postponement in Major League Baseball this season caused by virus concerns.
Manager Terry Francona has been placed in health and safety protocols along with bench coach DeMarlo Hale, first-base coach Sandy Alomar, third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh, hitting coach Chris Valaika, assistant pitching coach Joe Torres and hitting analyst Justin Toole.
To this point, no players have tested positive with the virus.
Willis pitched for the Twins from 1991-95. The Guardians are expected to bring up some minor league coaches and instructors to fill out the major league staff in the interim.
NO THROW
Phillies slugger Bryce Harper has a small tear in his right elbow and won’t throw for four weeks. The reigning NL MVP, however, will stay in the lineup as Philadelphia’s designated hitter for the next month.
Manager Joe Girardi says Harper will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection Sunday and won’t play that day at Dodger Stadium. Harper was hitting .269 with six home runs and 19 RBIs going into the series opener at Los Angeles, then homered in the first inning Thursday night.
The 29-year-old star has spent most of his time at DH this year because of his elbow trouble. The small tear in Harper’s ulnar collateral ligament was revealed during a visit with Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles earlier in the day.
WINDY CITY RETURN
New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is back in Chicago this weekend. Rizzo played for the Cubs for 10 years before he was traded to New York in July. He helped the Cubs win the World Series in 2016 for the franchise's first title since 1908.
With the Yankees visiting the White Sox, it's Rizzo's first major league action in Chicago since last year's trade. He was a free agent over the winter, but he finalized a $32 million, two-year contract with New York in March.
“I think once I signed again I was really able to shift to being able to root for the Cubs again and root for everyone there,” Rizzo said before the series opener Thursday night. “I have a lot of friends that still work there. I helped build that culture and a lot of things there, so it's cool to see the traditions that were built during our whole time there still go on.”
CLASSIC CLAYTON
Clayton Kershaw is looking as sharp as ever heading into his start at Dodger Stadium against the Phillies.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA, striking out 32 and walking just three in 30 innings. The 34-year-old lefty has permitted more than one run only once in five starts.
Kyle Gibson, 3-1 with a 2.94 ERA, starts for the Phillies.
MAX VS. MARINERS
Max Scherzer faces the Seattle Mariners for the first time in eight years when the New York Mets open a homestand on Friday. The NL East leaders have played 10 series this season, winning nine and splitting the other.
Scherzer is 4-1 with a 2.92 ERA in his first season with the Mets, coming off a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia on Sunday when he allowed nine singles and a home run.
Scherzer is 4-2 against the Mariners, all of those decisions coming when he pitched for the Detroit Tigers. He lost 4-0 in his last start on June 1, 2014, at Seattle when he allowed four runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings.
BIT BY BIT
Hard-throwing Jordan Hicks pitches again for the Cardinals as they keep trying to stretch him out as a starter.
The 25-year-old righty is aiming to cement a spot in the St. Louis rotation. A reliever until this year, the oft-injured Hicks is 1-2 with a 3.78 ERA in six games. He's made four starts, not going more than 4 1/3 innings in any of them.
Hicks is set to face the Giants at Busch Stadium.
Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright, meanwhile, threw a bullpen session Thursday and could start Sunday against San Francisco. The 40-year-old righty was put on the COVID-19 IL on May 6, two days after he started at Kansas City.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Arooza was furious and afraid, keeping her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a friend shopped Sunday in Kabul’s Macroyan neighborhood.
The math teacher was fearful her large shawl, wrapped tight around her head, and sweeping pale brown coat would not satisfy the latest decree by the country’s religiously driven Taliban government. After all, more than just her eyes were showing. Her face was visible.
Arooza, who asked to be identified by just one name to avoid attracting attention, wasn’t wearing the all-encompassing burqa preferred by the Taliban, who on Saturday issued a new dress code for women appearing in public.
The edict said only a woman’s eyes should be visible.
The decree by the Taliban’s hardline leader Hibaitullah Akhunzada even suggested women shouldn’t leave their homes unless necessary and outlines a series of punishments for male relatives of women violating the code.
It was a major blow to the rights of women in Afghanistan, who for two decades had been living with relative freedom before the Taliban takeover last August — when U.S. and other foreign forces withdrew in the chaotic end to a 20-year war.
A reclusive leader, Akhunzada rarely travels outside southern Kandahar, the traditional Taliban heartland. He favors the harsh elements of the group’s previous time in power, in the 1990s, when girls and women were largely barred from school, work and public life.
Like Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, Akhunzada imposes a strict brand of Islam that marries religion with ancient tribal traditions, often blurring the two.
Akhunzada has taken tribal village traditions where girls often marry at puberty, and rarely leave their homes, and called it a religious demand, analysts say.
The Taliban have been divided between pragmatists and hardliners, as they struggle to transition from an insurgency to a governing body. Meanwhile, their government has been dealing with a worsening economic crisis. And Taliban efforts to win recognition and aid from Western nations have floundered, largely because they have not formed a more representative government, and restricted the rights of girls and women.
Until now, hardliners and pragmatists in the movement have avoided open confrontation.
Yet divisions were deepened in March, on the eve of the new school year, when Akhunzada issued a last-minute decision that girls should not be allowed to go to school after completing the sixth grade. In the weeks ahead of the start of the school year, senior Taliban officials had told journalists all girls would be allowed back in school. Akhunzada asserted that allowing the older girls back to school violated Islamic principles.
A prominent Afghan who meets the leadership and is familiar with their internal squabbles said that a senior Cabinet minister expressed his outrage over Akhunzada’s views at a recent leadership meeting. He spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely.
Torek Farhadi, a former government adviser, said he believes Taliban leaders have opted not to spar in public because they fear any perception of divisions could undermine their rule.
“The leadership does not see eye to eye on a number of matters but they all know that if they don’t keep it together, everything might fall apart,” Farhadi said. “In that case, they might start clashes with each other.”
“For that reason, the elders have decided to put up with each other, including when it comes to non-agreeable decisions which are costing them a lot of uproar inside Afghanistan and internationally,” Farhadi added.
Some of the more pragmatic leaders appear to be looking for quiet workarounds that will soften the hard-line decrees. Since March, there has been a growing chorus, even among the most powerful Taliban leaders, to return older girls to school while quietly ignoring other repressive edicts.
Earlier this month, Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirajuddin, who heads the powerful Haqqani network, told a conference in the eastern city of Khost that girls are entitled to education and that they would soon return to school — though he didn’t say when. He also said that women had a role in building the nation.
“You will receive very good news that will make everyone very happy... this problem will be resolved in the following days,” Haqqani said at the time.
In the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, women wore the customary conservative Muslim dress. Most wore a traditional hijab, consisting of a headscarf and long robe or coat, but few covered their faces, as directed by the Taliban leader a day earlier. Those wearing a burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and hides the eyes behind netting were in the minority.
“Women in Afghanistan wear the hijab, and many wear the burqa, but this isn’t about hijab, this is about the Taliban wanting to make all women disappear,” said Shabana, who wore bright gold bangles beneath her flowing black coat, her hair hidden behind a black head scarf with sequins. “This is about the Taliban wanting to make us invisible.”
Arooza said the Taliban rulers are driving Afghans to leave their country. “Why should I stay here if they don’t want to give us our human rights? We are human,” she said.
Several women stopped to talk. They all challenged the latest edict.
“We don’t want to live in a prison,” said Parveen, who like the other women wanted only to give one name.
“These edicts attempt to erase a whole gender and generation of Afghans who grew up dreaming of a better world,” said Obaidullah Baheer, a visiting scholar at New York’s New School and former lecturer at the American University in Afghanistan.
“It pushes families to leave the country by any means necessary. It also fuels grievances that would eventually spill over into large-scale mobilization against the Taliban,” he said.
After decades of war, Baheer said it wouldn’t have taken much on the Taliban’s part to make Afghans content with their rule “an opportunity that the Taliban are wasting fast.” | https://lufkindailynews.com/article_b6391d63-cdc7-5909-b544-c5c709715816.html | 2022-05-13T08:21:31Z | https://lufkindailynews.com/article_b6391d63-cdc7-5909-b544-c5c709715816.html | false | 38 |
The Great Inflation Trade-Off
Leading central banks are now deploying tools that should help to contain growing price pressures. But these measures will impose a high economic cost, and could push the most vulnerable economies into recession.
CAIRO – On May 4, the United States Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point in an aggressive attempt to curb surging US annual inflation, which currently stands at a four-decade high of 8.3%. And eurozone inflation reached a record 7.5% year on year in April, according to preliminary estimates.
These sharp, sizeable price increases – accelerated by the war in Ukraine – are raising the specter of stagflation and may significantly erode households’ purchasing power. Vulnerable lower-income groups are likely to be most severely affected because they have limited access to financial markets, making it difficult for them to smooth their consumption. Furthermore, because prices increase more for the basic goods which dominate low-income households’ consumption basket, the rich-poor inflation gap – a phenomenon economists call “inflation inequality”– could widen further.
Just a few months ago, the price stability objective was exceptionally low in the growth-inflation trade-off. Central banks, it was argued, should continue to focus on supporting the post-pandemic economic recovery. But now the critical question is whether monetary policymakers are doing enough to fight inflation. In the case of systemically important central banks, it is difficult to argue convincingly that they are considering the risks which have emerged. | https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/central-banks-combat-inflation-economic-cost-by-hippolyte-fofack-2022-05?barrier=accesspaylog | 2022-05-13T08:24:25Z | https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/central-banks-combat-inflation-economic-cost-by-hippolyte-fofack-2022-05?barrier=accesspaylog | true | 1 |
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Musk disclosed a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 4, a delay of at least 10 days since surpassing the five per cent threshold for revealing a shareholding, the report said ...
U.S. regulators are investigating Elon Musk's delayed disclosure of his sizable stake in Twitter Inc last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Musk disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 4, a delay of at least 10 days since surpassing the 5% threshold for revealing a shareholding, the report said.
An investor who crosses a 5% stake must file a form with the SEC within 10 days. It serves as an early sign to stakeholders that a big investor could seek to control the company.
The SEC declined to comment on the report and the Tesla Inc top boss did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Apart from the delay, Musk's April 4 filing also characterized his stake as passive, meaning he did not plan to take over Twitter or influence its management or business.
The next day, however, he was offered a position on Twitter's board, and a couple of weeks later, the world's richest man had clinched a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant.
Musk, known for his candid Twitter posts, has a long history of skirmishes with the SEC.
Most recently, a U.S. judge slammed him for trying to escape a settlement with the SEC requiring oversight of his Tesla tweets.
In April, the Information reported that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Musk violated a law that requires companies and people to report certain large transactions to antitrust-enforcement agencies.
This week Musk is again keeping people guessing. First he embraced a European measure to keep hate speech and misinformation off social media. Less than 24 hours later, he announced that he'd reverse Twitter's ban of former President Donald Trump, who was kicked off the platform for inciting violence. Meanwhile, doubt remains about whether Musk will even go through with the deal. He could still walk away by paying Twitter a $1 billion termination fee, a huge figure yet a fraction of his total fortune...
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Ukraine shuts off Russian pipeline amid talk of annexation
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin entertained the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the...
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Bomb Blast Leaves 14 People Killed, Injured in Pakistan's Karachi
Story Code : 993966
An improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted in a motorbike went off on a crowded street in the city's downtown Saddar area, Asad Raza, a senior police official, told reporters.
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TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, May 12, 2022
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159 FPUS54 KHGX 130757
ZFPHGX
Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
TXZ211-132100-
Austin-
Including the cities of Sealy and Bellville
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ237-132100-
Inland Brazoria-
Including the cities of Pearland, Alvin, and Angleton
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs around 90.
South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs around
90. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ196-132100-
Brazos-
Including the cities of College Station and Bryan
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ195-132100-
Burleson-
Including the cities of Caldwell and Somerville
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ214-132100-
Chambers-
Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell,
and Old River-Winfree
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ210-132100-
Colorado-
Including the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and Weimar
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ227-132100-
Fort Bend-
Including the cities of Missouri City, Mission Bend, Sugar Land,
Rosenberg, First Colony, and Pecan Grove
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ238-132100-
Inland Galveston-
Including the cities of League City and Friendswood
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to
around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ198-132100-
Grimes-
Including the city of Navasota
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ213-132100-
Inland Harris-
Including the city of Houston
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to
around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ163-132100-
Houston-
Including the city of Crockett
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs around
90. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ235-132100-
Inland Jackson-
Including the cities of Edna and Ganado
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to
around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ200-132100-
Northern Liberty-
Including the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy
fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ176-132100-
Madison-
Including the city of Madisonville
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ236-132100-
Inland Matagorda-
Including the city of Bay City
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs around
90. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ199-132100-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Conroe and The Woodlands
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ179-132100-
Polk-
Including the cities of Livingston and Corrigan
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ178-132100-
San Jacinto-
Including the cities of Shepherd and Coldspring
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ164-132100-
Trinity-
Including the cities of Trinity and Groveton
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ177-132100-
Walker-
Including the city of Huntsville
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ212-132100-
Waller-
Including the cities of Hempstead, Prairie View, Brookshire,
and Waller
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the mid
90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ197-132100-
Washington-
Including the city of Brenham
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
around 5 mph, increasing to around 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ226-132100-
Wharton-
Including the cities of El Campo and Wharton
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ300-132100-
Southern Liberty-
Including the city of Devers
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Mostly sunny. Highs around
90. Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
around 70. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ313-132100-
Coastal Harris-
Including the cities of Pasadena and Baytown
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the
upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ338-132100-
Coastal Galveston-
Including the cities of Texas City, Dickinson, and La Marque
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ337-132100-
Coastal Brazoria-
Including the cities of Lake Jackson, Freeport, and Clute
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ336-132100-
Coastal Matagorda-
Including the city of Palacios
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ335-132100-
Coastal Jackson-
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ436-132100-
Matagorda Islands-
257 AM CDT Fri May 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Near steady temperature in the upper
70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
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OTTAWA - The capital budget for Canada’s national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency’s assets remain in poor or very poor condition.
Parks Canada is also coming off a second year of lost revenues thanks to COVID-19’s effect on visitor numbers.
The government’s main estimates published this spring allocate a capital budget of $138 million, down from $448 million spent last year and $556 million in 2020-21.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault told the House of Commons environment committee last week a “time-limited” infrastructure program for the agency to bring its assets up to par has ended.
“The agency is developing a long-term plan for the management and sustainability of its infrastructure,” he said.
A 2021 Parks Canada report on the state of its assets says the agency has a portfolio of $26.6 billion in assets, including everything from historic buildings and structures to highways, bridges, canals and lighthouses.
An assessment in 2012 identified that more than half the agency’s assets were in poor or very poor condition. A second assessment, completed in 2018, said that had improved but still 40 per cent were in poor or very poor shape. The other 60 per cent were considered to be in fair or good condition.
Guilbeault said last week the number in fair or good is now up to 69 per cent. That leaves 31 per cent in a poor or very poor state.
In 2020, Parks Canada reported that 274 heritage assets, including 145 buildings, were in poor or very poor shape. Another 1,697 contemporary assets, including 198 bridges, 47 roads, 685 buildings and 149 roads, were in poor or very poor condition.
Parks Canada said in a statement it has spent $4.2 billion since 2015 on 1,000 projects to fix 5,000 of its assets. Projects include $91.8 million to completely overhaul Province House in Charlottetown, $57.3 million to repair and stabilize lockstations, canal walls, wharfs and buildings along the Rideau Canal, and $5.9 million to repair walls, buildings and the water and wastewater system at Lower Fort Garry in Manitoba.
The 2018 report, done by a New Zealand consultant company, suggested Parks Canada needed to invest $9.5 billion to repair its assets, and also needed between $1.6 billion and $3.3 billion to ready its parks and sites to withstand the increased rainwater, flooding, fires and other damage expected due to climate change.
The agency said in its 2021 statement on its assets that it had done a climate change risk assessment. Its parks have been hit hard by extreme weather in recent years, including 19,303 hectares of Waterton Lakes National Park burned by a wildfire in 2017, almost 38 per cent of the park.
The fire damaged roads, bridges, picnic and parking areas, affected 80 per cent of the hiking trail network and destroyed campgrounds, stables, staff housing, water and electrical systems.
In 2019, post-tropical storm Dorian destroyed 80 per cent of the trees in Cavendish Campground in Prince Edward Island National Park, and eroded two to four metres of its coastline. The same storm damaged 97 km of background trails in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site in Nova Scotia.
Before the pandemic, Parks Canada was averaging more than 24 million visitors a year, not including the record-breaking 2017-18 year when free admission for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration drew more than 27 million tourists to parks and historic sites.
In 2020, when Canada shut the border to most international visitors and some provinces rolled up their welcome mats even for tourists from other provinces, park attendance fell 27 per cent and historic site visitors fell 39 per cent. Parks were closed for two months in 2020, and many historic sites were closed the entire year.
Attendance bounced back last year, but is still well below pre-pandemic levels at 21.5 million total visitors.
The 2020 drop-off meant revenues from admission fees, accommodations, guided tours, rentals and retail sales, fell 37 per cent to just over $100 million. Revenues for 2021-22 have yet to be reported.
Parks Canada President Ron Hallman says it is difficult to predict what will happen this summer because international tourism is still a big unknown.
“We’re looking forward to a good year coming up,” he said last week. “It’s hard to predict what it will be with international travel, but domestic use has been strong.”
International travellers to Canada fell from 31.6 million the year before the pandemic to 1.5 million in 2020-21 and about five million in 2021-22. The border is now open to fully vaccinated visitors and travel is starting to rebound.
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The first consignment of the wheels of the Vande Bharat train has been airlifted to India from Romania. Due to roadblocks in the procurement of wheels from war-torn Ukraine, the trial run of the train has been delayed, and now it will be conducted in the month of August instead of later this month, according to sources quoted in a PTI report. A batch of 128 wheels of Vande Bharat train was transported from Ukraine to its neighbouring country Romania by road and the wheels are now being airlifted to India. The Vande Bharat wheels will reach Chennai Airport in three lots. The first, which comprised around 42 wheels, arrived on Wednesday. The other two lots will reach Chennai on May 13 and May 14, they said.
The wheels will be taken from Chennai to the Hyderabad-based company- Medha Servo Drives, which won the contract for designing as well as manufacturing propulsion, control along with other equipment needed for the production of 44 Vande Bharat-type trainsets’ rakes. The firm has been asked by Indian Railways to deliver the complete assembled bogie, not merely the design. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget speech that in the next three years, 400 Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured. This also comes with a plan, which was announced by PM Modi, to run as many as 75 Vande Bharat trains across the country by Independence Day in 2023.
The original plan, the report said, was to start rolling out these Vande Bharat trains from May this year. According to the report, the first one was scheduled to undergo testing and trials in the month of May and the second in the month of June. From th period August-September, five to seven Vande Bharat-type trainsets will be produced per month in ICF Chennai, RCF Kapurthala and MCF Rae Bareli, as per the plan.
According to officials, Indian Railways is set to meet the target set by the PM with orders for wheels that were given to a Ukraine-based company being routed to other firms. An official said the work is going on at different production units simultaneously and since the other parts are here already, there should not be any other delays. The official believes that the target can be achieved before August 15 next year. | https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/first-consignment-of-vande-bharat-wheels-airlifted-to-india-from-romania-trial-run-to-be-conducted-in-august/2523190/ | 2022-05-13T08:56:19Z | https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/first-consignment-of-vande-bharat-wheels-airlifted-to-india-from-romania-trial-run-to-be-conducted-in-august/2523190/ | true | 1 |
Uncovering reasons, steeped in history, why date scares superstitious among us
Many people are superstitious and one of the dates they would most rather avoid is this week’s Friday the 13th!
If so, you’re not alone. But why is this date considered unlucky? Laura Steele of education resource experts PlanBee digs deep for some clues.
Many people are wary of Friday the 13th while others outright dread it, even going so far as to change their normal routines and any plans they may have. The 13th falls on a Friday at least once a year, and can occur up to three times a year.
Any month that begins on Sunday will have a Friday that falls on the 13th.
Thankfully for those who are superstitious, there is only one Friday 13th this year.
Look Norse
One possibility for its origins lies in Norse myth. Twelve gods held a feast. Loki, the trickster, was not invited, but turned up as 13th guest. He tricked blind god Hodur into shooting an arrow that killed god Baldur. This event caused the date to be considered unlucky.
Rooted in religion
Others believe that it has biblical origins – there were thirteen guests at the Last Supper before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, which took place on a Friday.
A further idea traces the roots of this fear back to France in 1307, when King Philip VI ordered the arrest, torture and execution of hundreds of Knights Templar, a powerful religious and military order whose mission it was to defend the Holy Land.
A good day to travel?
While the origins of this belief are unclear, many people do have a real fear of Friday the 13th. This condition even has a name – friggatriskaidekaphobia. Frigg is the Norse Goddess of wisdom, after whom Friday is named, triskaideka is Greek for 13 and phobia translates as fear in Greek..
It is thought that this fear can have an adverse effect on some businesses, especially airlines, as people are reluctant to fly on the date. However, many studies have shown that there is no significant increase in the number of accidents, hospital visits or natural disasters on past Friday 13ths.
Even more people fear the number 13 specifically. This fear is called triskaidekaphobia. This is so widespread many high-rise buildings do not have a 13th floor (they go from 12 to 14, skipping the feared number altogether). Lots of airports do not have gates numbered 13 while some airlines do not have a row numbered 13 on their planes.
Unlucky Tuesday?
However, Friday the 13th is not considered unlucky by everyone. For example, in Spanish-speaking countries and Greece, Tuesday 13th is actually the unlucky date! This is because in Greek mythology, Ares, the God of war, is associated with Tuesday.
In Italy, Friday 17th is unlucky - in Roman numerals, 17 is XVII. These letters can be rearranged into the word ‘VIXI’, which means ‘I have lived’, implying death is imminent.
Debunking superstition
Captain William Fowler founded the Thirteen Club in New York in 1882 in order to debunk the theory that Friday 13th, and the number 13 itself, was unlucky.
There were only 13 members at any one time. They dined together at 8.13pm on the 13th day of each month in room 13 of Knickerbocker Cottage, a popular tavern. Before sitting down to a 13-course meal, they each walked under a ladder!
Whether or not you believe that Friday the 13th is unlucky, superstitions themselves are fascinating to many people. You may agree with poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, who said: “I love superstitions. They are the opponent of common sense”. | https://www.farminglife.com/read-this/does-2022s-only-friday-13th-fill-you-with-horror-3692487 | 2022-05-13T09:01:13Z | https://www.farminglife.com/read-this/does-2022s-only-friday-13th-fill-you-with-horror-3692487 | true | 19 |
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Mumbai: One of the most loved couples of B-Town Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal have been painting the town red with their love ever since they tied the knot on December 9, 2021. The couple got married in a hush-hush ceremony at Hotel Six Senses Fort Barwara, Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.
The IT couple has been quite active on their respective Instagram handles, be it with their romantic posts on Instagram or any update about their upcoming projects. Do you know how much Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, considering their popularity, charge per promotional post on the photo-sharing app? Scroll ahead to find out.
How much does Katrina Kaif charge per Instagram post?
Katrina Kaif is quite famous for endorsing national and international brands such as Reebok India, Zomato, Lino Perros and Titan watches. In addition, she launched her own beauty line ‘Kay by Katrina’ in September 2019.
Katrina Kaif enjoys more than 64 million followers on Instagram. According to a report by ScoopWhoop, the ‘Bang Bang’ actress charges a whopping Rs 97 lakhs for a sponsored Instagram post.
Vicky Kaushal’s fee per Instagram post
The ‘Uri’ actor, although fairly new to Bollywood, has created his own space in the industry by delivering several hit flicks.
With a following of more than 13 million on Instagram, Vicky Kaushal charges approximately 20-30 lakhs for one Instagram post, according to Rapid Kings, a celebrity management agency.
On the professional front, Katrina Kaif is all set to be seen in ‘Merry Christmas’ while Vicky Kaushal is busy with ‘Govinda Naam Mera’. | https://www.siasat.com/vicky-kaushal-katrina-kaifs-fee-per-instagram-post-is-huge-2326122/ | 2022-05-13T09:15:50Z | https://www.siasat.com/vicky-kaushal-katrina-kaifs-fee-per-instagram-post-is-huge-2326122/ | true | 1 |
THE government plans to amend the National Educational Act, 1978 for the major objective of preventing government officials from carrying out unplanned changes on the country's education system and structures.
Minister for Education, Science and Technology Prof Adolf Mkenda spoke of the government's determination when winding up the debate for the ministry's 2022/2023 budget estimates in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
According to the minister, the government plans to carry out historic reforms on the country's education by reviewing the policy, National Education Act, 1978, Curriculum, including assessing education infrastructure, distribution and the number of teachers in the country and the teaching and learning facilities.
Speaking on the reviewing of the National Education Act, 1978 Prof Mkenda since the country's education endured turbulent moments by imposing some changes, some of which were perceived to be carried out without research and consultations, the envisaged amendments will prevent the practices.
It would be recalled that former education ministers including the late Joseph Mungai, Prof Juma Kapuya and Dr Shukuru Kawambwa made some changes to the education system, some of which attracted mixed reaction from the public.
The minister also announced that his ministry has allocated 1bn/- in the next financial year for awarding lecturers from higher learning institutions, who will publish research papers in highly respected international journals in the world.
According to the minister, each research publication will fetch 50m/- in award. He said the publication of research papers in highly respected international journals contributes to raising the academic ranking of universities in the world.
In his winding up remarks, the minister said the government has also allocated 3bn/- for scholarships to be offered to best Form Six performers in selected fields, especially in science subjects.
The funds will also finance scholarships for best performers for individuals with special needs and lecturers.
The minister said in the envisaged education reforms vocational and technical education will be given special emphasis.
The House yesterday endorsed over 1.4tri/- budget estimates for the next financial year.
Earlier, a heated debate on education ensued in the House with legislators calling upon the government to carry out major reforms in the sector, so that it keeps pace with the changes occurring in the world.
They said since the country has been coming up with new aspects in its development vision, including industrialisation agenda, the education offered must also be redefined so that the two can be harmonious.
Almost all legislators, who were granted opportunity to contribute to the new education budget estimates, said it is high time the new education curriculum which is under review, placed much emphasis on technical and life skills education.
Musoma Urban CCM MP Vedasto Manyinyi said for the country to move away from knowledge based, strong emphasis must be placed in strengthening middle level cadre education and training colleges such as VETA centres for provision of technical education.
According to the MP, more courses to cover a variety of professions must be added to the vocational education and training programmes to take on board emerging careers.
Special Seats MP Ester Maleko supported Manyinyi's comment, saying it is useless to spend billions of taxpayers' money financing education for students who, upon completing studies, become idle at their homes since they can't employ themselves.
"Youths nowadays find bodaboda business as the only opportunity because the kind of education we offer does not make them creative. The influx of graduates into the streets will, in the near future, become a time bomb," she said. | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205130093.html | 2022-05-13T09:29:45Z | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205130093.html | true | 1 |
A domestic violence charity has slammed the ‘circus’ surrounding the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial since proceedings started last month.
The Aquaman actress took to the stand last week to detail the alleged abuse she experienced at the hands of the 58-year-old during their relationship, and broke down as she claimed that he penetrated her with a bottle during a row.
Footage from the trial – which is currently on a week-long hiatus – is streamed on YouTube daily, and his team later accused Heard of giving the ‘performance of her life’ in her emotional testimony.
Spice Girl singer Mel B recently declared her fear that the huge public reaction to the case could deter other victims from coming forward.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, Ruth Glenn – the CEO for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) – shared similar worries for what this could mean for the future.
‘I think that this particular case, like some that have come before it, and particularly because it is not a criminal case, can certainly have a chilling effect,’ she told us.
‘Particularly for those who live in a high profile world, to come forward and say, “I’ve been abused”, or “I think I’ve been abused and how do I even think about coming forward when I may be the subject of ridicule?” “I may experience backlash from the other party’s supporters”, the list goes on and on.
‘Take that as just a small example of what those who don’t aren’t high profile might be experiencing when they think about coming forward. So the ripple effect, and the chilling effect, will be felt, absolutely.’
Depp brought a $50million (£40.6m) lawsuit against Heard over an op-ed she wrote in the Washington Post, titled ‘I spoke up against sexual violence – and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change’.
In the 2018 article, she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse, but did not name her ex – however, his team argued this implies that he was physically and sexually abusive towards the actress over the course of their relationship, allegations he has denied.
Heard is countersuing for $100m (£81.2m), alleging that he libeled her by calling her a liar.
The case, which began last month at the Fairfax County Courthouse, is expected to continue next week after a brief break – with Glenn slamming the ‘circus atmosphere’ for distracting everyone from ‘something that is so very serious for both parties involved’.
She shared her shock at how much the proceedings were centered around the allegations of abuse, something she described as ‘triggering’.
‘I had to disconnect from it. It’s triggering. I don’t see it as entertainment and so I’ve had to just take it in small doses,’ she continued. ‘I was expecting a “show trial”.
‘What I was not expecting was this layer of domestic violence that seems to be at the forefront, and I certainly was not expecting the bias from the general public that we’ve seen.
‘There’s two things, we haven’t heard everything of the current trial, the current court proceedings, because they’re not done. We also don’t have a criminal case.
‘So, from my perspective, without having the final on this case, and not having a criminal case, the conclusions that are being drawn from our perspective can only be that… One of the parties has such a huge fan base, that [the public have] made their conclusions already.’
The NCADV seeks to be the voice for survivors of domestic abuse, instilling projects and programs to support survivors and advocates, and working in policy to ensure victims are not harmed.
While they are a ‘small team’, Glenn insisted they ‘work really hard to do what we can to try to eliminate domestic violence’, and offer services to sufferers where possible.
When asked what she would like to see happen in the future, regardless of the outcome, she added: ‘I guess what I’d like to see from it is that we walk away not having watched the “show trial”, but understanding the importance of understanding the dynamics of domestic violence.
‘And in the future, when we have such a case, [to] make sure that if there is going to be domestic violence discussed in any proceedings, that you have people as a part of that, whether it’s on defense or prosecution, that are learned, experienced, understand and know about the dynamics of domestic violence.’
The trial continues.
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Sonos launches cheapest ray soundbar yet – here’s how to pre-order it
It’s one of the company’s most affordable all-in-one models
After much speculation, Sonos has officially unveiled its new line of affordable sound bars and they will be available to purchase soon.
The Ray is the latest all-in-one soundbar solution offering from the audio giant, aimed at people looking to improve the quality of their television audio in a relatively discreet set up that can sit snugly in your TV stand.
The Ray is designed to upgrade TV, music, and gaming audio without breaking the bank. Plus, it can be easily controlled with the Sonos app, an existing TV remote, Apple AirPlay 2, music service apps, and more.
The new offering from the premium speaker company will be coming in at around £279 (Sonos.com). This may sound like a lot for a new speaker system, but when compared to the company’s other lines, it’s a significant decrease. For example, the Sonos second generation Beam currently comes in at £449 (Sonos.com), with the high-end Arc coming in at a massive £899 (Sonos.com) so this could be an affordable way to make a significant upgrade.
If you want to find out how to pre-order the affordable soundbar then keep reading below.
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Sonos Ray all-in-one soundbar: £279, Sonos.com – pre-order now
- Dimensions: 559mm x 95mm x 71 mm
- Speakers: 4 internal
- Weight: 1.95kg
- Connections: Optical, ethernet, wifi, HDMI ARC and eARC, AirPlay 2
- Sound formats: Stereo PCM, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Digital Surround
As with all of Sonos’s products, the Ray can work alongside other speakers within your home using an internet connection to creat an even larger surround system.
While Sonos simulteanously announced an improvement to its voice-control and a suite of other products, the Ray will unfortunately not have voice-features included – likely another reason why this unit is is markedly cheaper than its other soundbar siblings.
Sonos is also showcasing its dialogue-boosting tech in this modest offering, which should help to improve the clarity of vocal frequencies. If you’ve ever struggled to hear the dialogue in films like Tenet because of badly balanced sound levels, this should help make voices more distinguishable in the mix.
The Sonos Ray is also being offered in two different colourways – black and white – and will be available in the UK from 7 June 2022.
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A federal judge late Thursday ruled that the troubled Oakland Police Department (OPD) in California can take a big step toward ending nearly two decades of federal oversight created in the wake of a police corruption scandal in 2000.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick ruled that Oakland can now enter a one-year probationary period after meeting dozens of reform measures required in a consent decree that followed lawsuits related to abuses by members of a West Oakland police anti-gang unit who called themselves "The Riders."
Scores of victims in 2000 alleged the Riders routinely planted drugs on suspects and occasionally dished out beatings alongside falsified police reports, unlawful arrests and obstruction of justice. A rookie officer blew the whistle; 119 Oakland victims filed suit.
For nearly two decades a court-appointed monitor has overseen whether the OPD is meeting more than 50 reform mandated actions. The monitors reports are then reviewed by a judge.
While acknowledging there's much work still to do, the city's mayor Libby Schaaf and Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong welcomed the end of federal oversight as a sign of real progress.
"I committed to the city of Oakland that I was going to do everything I could to get this department into full compliance with all 51 tasks and that we wouldn't see regression under my leadership," the chief told NPR. "I believe that we've gotten there because we've worked even harder," he said, calling the news "a testament to the high level of accountability" now in place in Oakland.
But critics say OPD's progress is fragile. And they think the fact that basic reforms took 20 years as scandalous in itself.
"It's shameful. It's shameful that it has taken this long," says Rashidah Grinage with the Oakland Coalition for Police Accountability. "It only underscores the level of resistance to making these changes."
And those changes resulted from hard-fought and arduous pressure from lawyers and activists. "I would say [in] the first nine years there was zero progress," says lawyer Jim Chanin who along with fellow civil rights attorney John Burris were the lead attorneys who pursued the Riders case. "And then the last 10 they've come up to the point where they are now on the cusp of compliance."
Now with Oakland entering a yearlong probationary, or "sustainability," period to fully remove federal monitoring, police watch groups are worried the department will backslide.
"It scares me," says Cat Brooks the co-founder and executive director of the Oakland-based Anti-Police Terror Project. "It scares me that we're going to learn that they weren't ready when the federal oversight is done and they revert to the police department they have been."
The effectiveness of consent decrees is still up for debate
Across the country, federal consent decrees like the Oakland agreement remain a key oversight tool, despite limited evidence they're actually effective and useful. Critics say they're costly, often open-ended and end up benefiting court-appointed consultants and have little lasting impact.
There was optimism when Oakland's oversight first launched. Attorneys Chanin and Burris made it clear they wanted more than a settlement and money for their clients. Burris says they saw the rogue cop scandal as an opportunity to try to change an entrenched police culture of impunity in Oakland.
"For me, it was an opportunity to really put in place reforms that would affect people for a generation or more," Burris tells NPR.
At the start, he says, they wanted to "figure out where it was that these problems originated from ... We were interested in the force questions. What kind of force is being used? How is it being recorded? What kind of investigations were taking place in the internal affairs. And that was a big deal."
The police department has slowly checked off the federally-mandated reforms. The OPD improved its use of force policies and practices, worked to reduce racial profiling in traffic stops - and more. Today, among the 40 largest police departments in America, Oakland has among the lowest incidents of officer involved shootings - fatal and non-fatal. Allegations and payouts for brutality and excessive force are down dramatically.
"Unfortunately, it has taken 20 plus years to get it done and at a great deal of cost to everyone," Burris says.
Many still question whether the department's culture has changed
And what progress has been made is seen as highly precarious. The city has gone through 11 police chiefs in just over 20 years. Last year homicides here soared yet again and the mayor called for reversing planned cuts to the police.
Today, Oakland officers are leaving the department in record numbers, creating a staffing crisis. Debate rages over how to reduce gun violence, homicides and robberies. Four people have been murdered in a short period in one part of Oakland's Lake Merritt, a very popular gathering spot for families, runners and dog walkers.
"These senseless acts of violence of homicide will not be tolerated. We all deserve safe neighborhoods," says Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, who represents the area.
And there have been half a dozen new scandals since the Riders case, including in 2016 when multiple OPD officers were criminally charged for sexually abusing an underage girl and continued to exploit her after she turned 18. The city settled for nearly $1 million and officers were fired. An independent report ruled the department failed to adequately investigate those sex crimes – a violation of federal Task No. 5.
It's always been lawyers, journalists or victims who've exposed corruption and abuse within the OPD. And lawyer Chanin is worried that when federal monitors pack up, the department could easily regress.
"We've gone 20 years. They've got a perfect record of never discovering and remedying a single scandal on their own. So, I'm concerned about that. That's bad. It is worrisome," Chanin says.
Grinage, with the Coalition for Police Accountability, is worried, too. But she says the creation of the city's independent, civilian-run Police Commission just a few years ago is one key safeguard to protect against relapse since the Riders scandal. The commission has some investigative and oversight powers.
"Trust but verify, right," Grinage says. "We have a police commission that will verify that they are in compliance and will take the necessary steps to make sure that if they fall out of compliance, that there are repercussions."
Repercussions like when the commission fired police chief Anne Kirkpatrick in 2020. The former chief is now fighting her dismissal in court.
Police chief acknowledges that "Oakland is a challenging city"
"Oakland is a challenging city," chief Armstrong acknowledges. He's been police chief here for just over 15 months. "I think those 15 months where we haven't had a scandal or any issues come out of the department that would cause anybody to be concerned about our ability to remain in compliance [with the consent decree] and practice constitutional policing is the beginning of us building a new history," he says.
Activists who pushed for greater racial justice after George Floyd's murder at the knee of a Minneapolis policeman say any progress in Oakland was not the work of federal monitors or lawyers.
"It was the work of the people in the streets that forced OPD to shift," says activist Cat Brooks. She's not convinced OPD has changed much at all. Its culture of violence and recklessness, she alleges, runs too deep.
"If you go to East Oakland, they are still profiled and they are still harassed and tormented by OPD. So, right on, I'm glad they ticked off all the boxes. But they are not a police department that this community trusts or should trust," Brooks says.
After two decades, the last of the 51 reforms was improving racial disparities in disciplinary policy as more Black officers were facing discipline than their white counterparts.
For years Oakland had no policy to collect and break down basic discipline data based on race. "We now have a system in place where we can collect that data or we can track that data on an ongoing basis," chief Armstrong says. "And so what we'll be doing is continuous analysis. Looking at that data, trying to better understand if we see disparities, what are driving those disparities" and change policies as needed he says.
Attorney John Burris is cautiously optimistic the reforms will stick. "I'm hopeful that what we put in place will last beyond one year [of probation], that it will last a generation," he says, "otherwise to me it would not be worth it."
In the end, the city paid out some $11 million to 119 people to settle the class-action Riders corruption and brutality case. None of the four officers in the Riders scandal was convicted. One was acquitted of all charges. Two had hung juries. The DA later dropped the charges. They all left the department. Two went into private security. One became a cop in Southern California.
And the alleged ring-leader of the Riders gang, former officer Frank Vazquez? He skipped bail and fled the country on the eve of his trial. To this day former officer Vazquez remains a fugitive, his case open with the FBI.
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– Words by Angela Cowan Photography by Don Denton
Deep in Cordova Bay, perched on a cliff overlooking a spectacular view of the San Juan Islands, sits a house that’s been given an entirely new life. With its bright exterior, large tiled patio and open breezeway connecting the garage and main building, the entire home is immediately welcoming, with an airy, beach-house vibe. But it was a journey to get it there.
“We touched every surface, removed every window and ripped all the siding off,” says Chris Lacey, owner of Bowcey Construction, explaining that the entire house was gutted and rebuilt from the ground up, with the renovation taking about a year to complete.
Built in 1969, the three-bedroom house needed an enormous amount of work, but the location was compelling enough that it warranted the undertaking. With cedars, firs and one lone arbutus tree framing the view behind the house, the property is the epitome of a west coast vista, and it’s breathtaking.
“You’d never expect you’d get the views you get here,” says Chris, who grew up in the area. “The sunrises and sunsets are spectacular, and the eagles flying through here are just unbelievable.”
Moving inside the home, Chris leads the way through the walk-in pantry that also serves as a mudroom. We duck around a corner and emerge into the wide open space that houses the kitchen, dining area and sunken living room, all of it suffused in an incredible amount of bright, natural light. It’s a typical grey Victoria day, but between a bright palette, a wall of glass overlooking the ocean, vaulted ceilings and skylights, it’s cheery enough to dispel any early spring blahs.
The overall vibe of the design is light, airy and beachy, a perfect meeting of homeowner and designer visions.
“The homeowner really wanted to create a home that was relaxing and a bit of a blank slate, not too much pattern, contrast or busyness,” says Adrienne Hempstock, interior designer with Jenny Martin Design.
“Given the original era of the home—the tail end of the mid-century modern era—it was important that we worked within the existing feeling of the home, namely its beams, vaulted ceilings and cedar paneling. Whatever we added had to feel cohesive with the original bones, but also updated, fresh and new. And this is also a beach house…With these aspects in mind, much of the inspiration came from Australian design, which is inherently light and bright and beachy, but still warm and sophisticated.”
The kitchen embodies that “warm and sophisticated” aesthetic particularly well. Multiple subtle texture changes throughout create a homey atmosphere while keeping it from feeling too slick or modern. Slatted cabinet doors call to mind a hint of a more traditional era, while the light quartz countertops provide a clean and uncluttered look. Behind the impressive six-burner range, bold marble tiles done in a herringbone pattern stretch from counter to ceiling, creating a gorgeous feature wall set off with two display shelves and a unique—but very effective—use of desk lamps as spotlights.
The island extends gently past the border of the kitchen, easing the eye and body into the dining area. Just beyond, two small steps lead down into the living room, where one of the biggest transformations of the renovation took place.
“The view was incredibly important to the homeowner, so where possible we oriented aspects towards the view, added windows or expanded them,” says Adrienne.
The living room sliding doors were expanded and a Cero wall installed, allowing two of the three panels to slide fully open and extend the living space out onto the extended deck.
In the original build, a massive rock fireplace also dominated the south-east exterior wall, creating an incredible focal point for the room, but completely blocking the view. Built from Vancouver Island blast rock, it was an incredible piece of craftsmanship, but the wood-burning fireplace was too old and too inefficient to be saved, says Chris. When it was taken down, the view suddenly opened up in an incredible panorama.
A new gas fireplace, surrounded by small white vertical tiles and a songbird marble hearth, was installed instead on the opposite wall, preserving the view and adding a more unobtrusive cosy and grounding feel to the space.
The lighting throughout the home and the living room in particular was a bit of a challenge, adds Adrienne.
“We needed to incorporate lighting in the vaulted areas that didn’t include recessed downlights [potlights], as there wasn’t sufficient space between the cedar ceilings and the roof,” she explains.
Instead of dropping the roof down to build out the space, indirect uplighting was installed to shine up at the now-painted cedar ceilings, as well as lighting along the two steps leading to the sunken living room, resulting in a soft, warm glow in the entire main living area of the home.
On the other side of the main floor, the master bedroom received a significant facelift with bright whites, larger windows and automatic blinds. But it’s the en suite that amounts to the biggest change. Formerly an office space, the en suite was expanded with an addition specifically to house a soaker tub, and framed in with huge windows to capitalize on the view.
Heated porcelain tiles ground the space while the vaulted ceiling and high windows preserve the airy feel.
Downstairs, two spare bedrooms also sit along the south side, their expansive windows taking advantage of the ocean view. A large bathroom with double sinks provides ample space for guests, and the office has been outfitted with a Murphy bed as well.
“The media room downstairs was given a major facelift, with a linear fireplace, custom millwork housing a large-screen TV for watching games, and a wet bar,” adds Adrienne.
The black Carmanah marble hearth here is the darker foil to the songbird marble upstairs, creating a sense of continuity through the design. And the cabinetry and millwork, done in black downstairs, echoes that same slatted texture of the kitchen cabinetry.
At the end of the massive overhaul, the house stays true to its mid-century foundations even as it’s been brought up to a contemporary, fresh finish, and now has a long life ahead.
Suppliers’ List:
Construction & Interior Finishing:
Bowcey Construction Ltd.
Architect/Design: Step One Home Design
Interior Design: Jenny Martin Design
Interior Drywall: Definitive Drywall
Painting: Amira’s Painting
Cabinetry & Millwork: Splinters Millworks, Dave Sheridan
Flooring: Hourigans Flooring
Tiling: Hourigans Flooring
Interior Doors: Slegg Lumber
Front Door: Karmanah Wood Design
Windows: Marvin Windows and Doros
Lighting: Supplied by Jenny Martin Design; Custom chandelier made by Bocci Lighting
Plumbing Fixtures: Brizo, Kohler, Blanco, Blu Bathworks
Bathroom Hardware: Rejuvenation
Countertops: Caesarstone
Fireplace Hearth & Bar: Songbird Marble, and Vancouver Island Black Carmanah Marble
Fireplaces: Valor Fireplaces, installed by Ark at Home
Exterior Siding: Mudslingers Stucco and Bowcey Construction Ltd.
Home Automation and Electrical: Gorge Electric
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A defensive coordinator trying to put together a game plan to stop Justin Herbert or Patrick Mahomes has an easier task than the NFL trying to put together the schedule for Thursday Night Football.
There's trying to put together intriguing matchups, only four teams can play multiple Thursday games, and there are the considerations of who and where teams are playing the week before because of the short turnaround.
Add into it a new television partner paying $1.2 billion a season to carry those games for 11 years, and the pressure is ratcheted up even more.
Yet, despite all the hurdles. Amazon Prime Video is pleased about its slate of games for its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football.” The Los Angeles Chargers-Kansas City Chiefs matchup on Sept. 15 was announced two weeks ago, while the remaining 14 games were unveiled on Thursday as part of the full rollout of the NFL regular-season schedule.
“We're very excited. We think we have some can't-miss games. A lot of these are all about the matchup,” said Marie Donoghue, Amazon's vice president of Global Sports Video.
Donoghue said Amazon made their first formal pitch to the league's broadcasting department the week before the Super Bowl to let them know about their focus and priorities. As with all of the networks, discussions continued up until the final schedule was set.
Even though Amazon is the league's first new broadcast partner since Fox in 1994, Donoghue is familiar with the process as a senior VP at ESPN for 19 years. Jeffrey Kaiser, Amazon's head of US Sports Programming, was with NFL Network for five years.
Hans Schroeder, the executive vice president of NFL Media, also noted there was a little bit of a familiarity process with Amazon because they had partnered with CBS, Fox and NFL Network on a tri-cast model for Thursday night games for five seasons.
Still, there was a little bit of a “getting to know you” period for both sides.
“There's a lot that everyone was going through for the first time, but there was great collaboration and cooperation between the teams,” he said. “I think we’ve put ourselves in a really good position for a strong launch of TNF.”
The package gets off to a strong start. After Chargers-Chiefs, Pittsburgh goes to Cleveland on Sept. 22 which could be a matchup between Steelers' first-round pick Kenny Pickett and the Browns' DeShaun Watson, who was acquired in a mega-trade with Houston.
On Sept. 29, it's a matchup of 2020 first-round quarterback draft selections when Miami and Tua Tagovailoa head to Cincinnati to face the defending AFC champion Bengals and Joe Burrow. The following week has two signal callers in new places with Indianapolis' Matt Ryan visiting Denver and Russell Wilson.
“You've really got a long and strong runway of great games, hopefully, that help build that behavior and customer awareness that Thursdays are now on Amazon,” Schroeder said.
The headline game on the schedule is Oct. 27 and the second matchup between Baltimore's Lamar Jackson and Tampa Bay's Tom Brady. Other games of note are Tennessee at Green Bay (Nov. 17), Buffalo at New England (Dec. 1), Las Vegas at Los Angeles Rams (Dec. 8) and Dallas at Tennessee (Dec. 29).
“I was really pleasantly surprised. I think there’s some real major attractions on this schedule,” executive producer Fred Gaudelli said. “The quarterback matchup is so critical because good quarterback play usually means good competitive football. I did Brady against Jackson when Brady was with New England a few years back (on Sunday Night Football). That’s a great quarterback matchup just because of the contrasting styles.”
Every team will play on Thursday, but the New York Giants, Minnesota and Detroit will not appear on the Amazon package. All three are playing on Thanksgiving. Buffalo and New England are also playing on Thanksgiving before meeting each other the next week.
As with every league partner, Amazon also will have a preseason game when San Francisco faces Houston on Aug. 25.
Donohue and Schroeder said that there will be plenty of opportunities to notify people where and how to tune into the games. They will also be available on stations in the participating teams’ markets, which is the same practice when they are on ESPN and NFL Network.
While Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit have been announced as the broadcasting team, along with Tony Gonzalez as an analyst on its pregame, halftime and postgame shows, the process of putting together the rest of the team is proceeding. Gaudelli said they are in the process of finalizing who will be the sideline reporter.
Gaudelli spent a couple days earlier this month meeting with Amazon executives in Los Angeles, and said getting everything together continues to progress, even though the first game is three months away.
“I can tell you, people are going to have options and enhancements that they haven’t had with NFL games. And, for someone like me that’s been at this for a while, it’s just been a great jolt of energy,” he said.
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(Reuters)Four times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said on Thursday that climate change had made him question his job as a driver traveling the world to race cars.
Speaking on BBC Question Time, a television panel show mixing politicians and celebrity guests, the German was asked whether his position on the environment made him a hypocrite considering he was part of a "gas-guzzling" sport.
"It does, it does, and you're right when you laugh," the 34-year-old father-of-three replied. "There's questions I ask myself every day and I'm not a saint.
"Certain things are in my control and certain things are not. It's my passion to drive a car, I love it and every time I step in the car I love it.
"When I get out of the car, of course I'm thinking as well 'Is this something that we should do, travel the world, wasting resources?'"
The Aston Martin driver wore a T-shirt before last weekend's Miami Grand Prix with the slogan "Miami 2060 - first grand prix underwater - Act Now or Swim Later" to highlight the effects of climate change.
He has also been outspoken about the environment and renewable energy as well as addressing human rights and LGBTQ+ issues.
Vettel said Formula One, which is making a big push for sustainability, also played an important social role as entertainment.
"There's things that I do because I feel I can do them better. Do I need to take a plane every time? No, not when I can take the car," added the driver, who is out of contract with his team at the end of the year.
Formula One is aiming to achieve a net zero-carbon footprint by 2030, with 100% sustainable fuels from 2026 when a new engine is introduced.
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WEISSENHAUS, Germany (AP) — The European Union is giving Ukraine another 500 million euros ($520 million) to buy heavy weapons to fend off the Russian invasion, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Friday at a gathering in Germany of top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy nations.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign policy, said he was also hopeful of getting the bloc's member nations to agree to an oil embargo against Russia soon, despite misgivings from some countries.
“We will provide a new tranche of 500 more millions to support the military of Ukraine,” Borrell told reporters ahead of the G-7 meeting in Weissenhaus, on Germany's Baltic Sea coast. The funds would be allocated for the purchase of heavy weapons and take the EU's total financial support for Ukraine to 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion), he added.
Top diplomats from Germany, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United States also are attending the meeting. They plan to seek more ways to pile pressure on Russia through economic sanctions, isolate Moscow internationally and to counter disinformation spread by Russia, Borrell said.
EU diplomats are scheduled to hold talks Monday on a possible embargo of Russian oil. Hungary has resisted the move because of its heavy dependence on Russian imports, but Borrell expressed optimism.
“We need this agreement, and we will have it,” he said.
“We have to understand the specific circumstances of every one of the 27 member states,” he added. “But if there is not agreement at the level of the ambassadors Monday, the ministers, when they gather for the Foreign Affairs Council, they have to provide the political impetus.”
Borrell said it was important for the G-7 meeting to present a “united front” - a sentiment echoed by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
“It’s very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and by increasing the sanctions,” she said. “G-7 unity is vital during this crisis to protect freedom and democracy."
Among the issues on the agenda in Weissenhaus is how to unblock millions of tons of grain stuck in Ukraine, a major agricultural exporter, that are urgently needed to ease food shortages around the world.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his counterpart from neighboring Moldova, Nicu Popescu, were invited to attend the meeting as guests.
About 3,500 police officers were deployed at the event site northeast of Hamburg to provide security.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, May 13, 2022
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National Weather Service Binghamton NY
452 AM EDT Fri May 13 2022
...ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD AGAIN IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
Relative humidity values this afternoon are expected to be higher
than the last several days, ranging from around 35 to 45 percent
along and north of the New York Thruway Corridor to 45 to 60
percent across the rest of Central New York. Winds will also be
generally 5 to 10 mph through the day. However, very dry fuels
continue to contribute to an elevated risk for wildfire spread
this afternoon across most of Central New York. This is especially
the case across areas where full green up has not yet occurred.
This statement has been issued in coordination with the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation, which has
determined a high fire danger for today. The annual statewide burn
ban is in effect until May 14. No burn permits are issued.
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Series: The Price Kids Pay
How Schools and Police Work Together to Punish Students
This story was co-published with the Chicago Tribune.
Illinois’ top financial official has banned local governments from using a state program to collect debt from students who have been ticketed for truancy, eliminating a burden for families struggling to pay steep fines.
A number of school districts around the state, meanwhile, have begun to scale back and reevaluate when to involve law enforcement in student discipline, among them a suburban Chicago high school where Black students have been disproportionately ticketed. That school, Bloom Trail High School in Steger, said Thursday that it will stop asking police to ticket students and move to other methods of discipline.
The moves come after an investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica, “The Price Kids Pay,” found that school officials and police were working together to ticket students for misbehavior at school, resulting in fines that could cost hundreds of dollars per ticket. When students or their families failed to pay, local governments sometimes turned to the state for help collecting the money.
The state told municipalities that beginning June 11 they no longer may submit truancy ticket debt for collections, according to an email from the Illinois comptroller’s office to municipalities that participate in the state’s Local Debt Recovery Program. Through that program, the state helps local governments collect on unpaid penalties for ordinance violations, unpaid water and sewer bills and other municipal debts by withholding money from people’s tax refunds, their lottery winnings or even their paychecks if they are state employees.
School and police officials have also responded to the investigation. Among those districts is Elgin-based U-46, the second largest in the state, which has stopped working with police to fine students for truancy and is reviewing whether police should be involved in fewer situations overall.
The U-46 superintendent, Tony Sanders, said he thinks the widespread school-related ticketing revealed by the Tribune and ProPublica should prompt “school leaders across Illinois, and across the nation, to reflect on our current systems related to student behavior” and find alternatives that keep students in school and don’t punish families financially.
The investigation found that punishing students with tickets violates the intent of a state law that bans schools from issuing fines as discipline. While not fining students directly, schools have been involving police so students can be ticketed and, in most cases, fined.
Another state law prohibits schools from notifying police about truant students so officers can ticket them. The investigation found dozens of school districts where students received tickets for truancy since the law went into effect in 2019.
A spokesperson for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said her office decided to prohibit collections on truancy ticket debt because state law is clear that schools aren’t allowed to seek fines for truant students. At this point the comptroller’s office has not stopped collecting other types of student ticket debt, the spokesperson said.
Officials at Bloom Trail High School in Chicago’s south suburbs, featured in “The Price Kids Pay” for its racial disparities in ticketing, said they will work with students to resolve differences when they get in trouble instead of calling the police to request that tickets be written.
The school “is committed to no longer seeing students receive police citations,” according to an emailed response on behalf of the district. “In order to prevent this, we are developing alternative approaches that will reduce the number of circumstances in which we will involve the local police.”
Police had issued 178 tickets to Bloom Trail students from the start of the 2018-19 school year through March. Almost all of the tickets were for fighting, and almost all went to Black students.
The police chief in the village of Steger said that if the school asks for help with a more serious matter, officers with juvenile training will work with students and try alternatives such as requiring community service. Until now, students who have gotten tickets have been required to attend municipal hearings, and they typically got fined.
“They are going to try to do more in-house with the kids, which is good for us because we are there all the time,” Steger Police Chief Greg Smith said. He also said that after receiving the comptroller’s directive, Steger will not submit to the state collections program any unpaid debt from truancy tickets.
“We will stop doing that,” Smith said.
The investigation documented at least 11,800 tickets issued over the last three school years to students in public schools across the state. Most of the tickets identified were for violating local ordinances against fighting, tobacco or vape possession or use, having small amounts of cannabis or truancy.
The Tribune-ProPublica investigation documented 1,830 truancy tickets issued during the past three school years across about 50 school districts. Police continued to ticket students for truancy in more than 40 districts after the 2019 law went into effect.
For instance, at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, police issued 649 tickets for truancy from January 2019 through Dec. 7, 2021, the largest number of truancy tickets that reporters documented. At $75 each, the tickets totaled nearly $50,000, police records show.
A spokesperson for Community Unit School District 300, which includes Dundee-Crown, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
At nearby Wauconda High School, almost all of the nearly two dozen truancy tickets issued to students came after the state banned schools from referring truant students to police. One student got a ticket after leaving “to go to McDonald’s and go home,” according to the ticket. Another was ticketed for missing the first three class periods, and a group of boys were ticketed after they “left and tried to return to school for lunch,” the tickets stated. Each ticket came with a $50 fine that doubled if not paid within a couple of weeks. District officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Local governments can try to collect debt from unpaid student tickets through private collection agencies or the state collections program. Municipalities that use the state program send debt information to the comptroller’s office without indicating the reason for the fine or the age of the debtor. Since the state does not know if it is pursuing debt from a young person or whether it was related to truancy, the onus is on local governments to follow the comptroller’s directive.
The ban on truancy debt collections applies to tickets issued by police to students or to their parents or guardians.
“The General Assembly has made clear its intention that schools not fine students for misbehavior, though they did leave the door open for schools to let police fine their parents for some activity,” comptroller’s office spokesperson Abdon Pallasch wrote in an emailed statement. “But the legislators put serious restrictions on schools’ ability to let law enforcement fine students’ parents for truancy. We agree with that policy.”
Samantha Corzine had about $800 withheld from her state tax refund in 2020 because of debt owed by her daughters for tickets — including for truancy — that they received while students at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in Bradley. She said the comptroller’s decision to stop collecting on some student debts is a step in the right direction.
“I’m glad they actually did that,” she said. “The state should not be able to take any money from parents.”
A clerk at the village said debt from students’ truancy tickets would not be pursued through the state program. The Bradley-Bourbonnais high school principal has said that it’s school administrators’ responsibility to alert police if students violate local ordinances.
Just hours after the investigation was published last month, Illinois’ top education official, Superintendent Carmen Ayala, told school leaders to “immediately stop” working with police to ticket students, saying that “the only consequences of the tickets are to impose a financial burden on already struggling families and to make students feel even less cared for, less welcome, and less included at school.” Gov. J.B. Pritzker, meanwhile, said conversations were already underway with legislators “to make sure that this doesn’t happen anywhere in the state of Illinois.”
One district superintendent contacted by reporters, however, said that he would continue to support involving police to either arrest or ticket students when their behavior is violent or extremely disruptive. Without police intervention, “schools will become the most violent, drug-filled places students attend,” said Jacksonville School District 117 Superintendent Steve Ptacek. “We owe it to our communities to keep schools safe, free from drugs, and focused on our academic atmosphere.” Officers wrote about 20 tickets at Jacksonville High School, west of Springfield, in the past three school years, according to Jacksonville Police Department records. Most were for student fights, though some were for truancy. None was for drugs.
But several school districts have begun to make changes in response to the investigation and Ayala’s plea.
In Harvard Community Unit School District 50, northwest of Chicago in McHenry County, Superintendent Corey Tafoya wrote in an email that an internal review of practices was underway. The deputy police chief in Harvard also said officers would immediately stop ticketing students for truancy.
Police had ticketed students at the high school and junior high at least 231 times over the past three school years, according to police records. At least 67 of the tickets were for truancy, and most of those had been issued since the state banned schools from referring truant students to police for fines.
“In light of the article being written, we decided we are not going to issue truancy tickets anymore. The school can handle it,” said Harvard Deputy Chief Tyson Bauman. He said school resource officers — police stationed at the schools — will still write citations for other local ordinance violations, including possession of tobacco or vaping materials and fighting.
Superintendent Jesse Brandt of Hall High School District 502, a one-school district of about 400 students in rural Bureau County, said school employees will no longer refer truant students to police. At least 10 truancy tickets were written to students there after the state truancy law was enacted.
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Arguments set on whether pandemic asylum restriction can end
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge hears arguments Friday on whether the Biden administration can lift pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants requesting asylum later this month.
Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times since March 2020 under federal Title 42 authority, which has denied migrants a chance to request asylum under U.S. law and international treaty on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The administration’s plan to end the Title 42 authority was announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced April 1. The plan has drawn criticism from Republicans and some Democrats fearing a flood of new migrants.
Louisiana, Arizona and Missouri quickly sued and were later joined by 18 other states in the legal challenge being heard Friday. Texas sued independently.
U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, in Lafayette, Louisiana, is the judge in the case. After the administration acknowledged last month that it had already begun phasing out the pandemic restriction by processing more migrants under immigration law instead of Title 42, Summerhays ordered the phaseout stopped.
An appointee of President Donald Trump, Summerhays wrote last month that winding down restrictions before May 23 would inflict “unrecoverable costs on healthcare, law enforcement, detention, education, and other services” on the states seeking to keep the policy in effect.
He also said the administration likely failed to follow federal rule-making procedures in planning the May 23 end of the policy. Friday’s arguments are on whether to keep restrictions in place beyond May 23 while litigation proceeds. It was unclear how quickly Summerhays would rule.
Separately, Congress presents another potential obstacle to ending Title 42. Several moderate Democrats have joined Republicans to voice concern that authorities are unprepared for a widely anticipated influx of migrants.
Large numbers of illegal crossings have emboldened some Republicans to try to make the border and immigration an election-year issue. U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 221,000 times at the Mexican border in March, a 22-year-high, though many were repeat crossers because Title 42 carries no legal or criminal consequences.
Title 42 authority has been applied unevenly across nationalities. Mexico has agreed to take back migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico -- and limited numbers from Cuba and Nicaragua. High costs, strained diplomatic relations and other considerations have made it more difficult to remove migrants from other countries, who must be flown home.
Title 42 is one of two major surviving Trump-era policies to deter asylum at the border. Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to allow the U.S. to force asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
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Gen Bipin Rawat's appointment, first as army chief superseding two other army commanders, and then as CDS, was the consequence of his close personal rapport with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
Now, with General Rawat gone and nobody named to replace him as CDS, it is evident that no other top military officer enjoys that relationship with Doval, observes Ajai Shukla.
Five months have elapsed since a helicopter crash claimed the life of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, but the Indian military continues to remain headless and directionless with no successor to General Rawat.
While each of the three services -- the army, navy and air force -- has its own chief, General Rawat's elevation as the tri-service chief on January 1, 2020, had been expected to improve inter-service coordination, cooperation and operational integration.
As CDS, General Rawat was also responsible for creating the structures of the geographical integrated theatre commands, with each one containing elements of all three services, enabling cohesive and effective operations. All this now hangs in the balance.
The apex structures of tri-service command were first proposed by the Kargil Review Committee in 1999 and echoed in a group of ministers report two years later.
However, neither the first full-term Bharatiya Janata Party-led government (1999-2004), nor the two Congress-led governments (2004-2014) that followed, took any concrete action to bell the cat.
The creation of a CDS was eventually left to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's government, a year into its second term, after the first term saw significant groundwork that underpinned the tri-service structures.
General Rawat's appointment, first as army chief superseding two other army commanders, and then as CDS, was the consequence of his close personal rapport with National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval.
Now, with General Rawat gone and nobody named to replace him as CDS, it is evident that no other top military officer enjoys that relationship with Doval.
The NSA argues that there is no hurry in appointing a CDS since it is not an operational appointment.
The army chief's post is an operational one that cannot be kept empty and so, with army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane's retirement, General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande, the senior-most officer after him, has been duly appointed army chief.
However, Doval knows that the appointment of a CDS and the implementation of tri-service theatre commands would almost certainly dilute the NSA's power. The NSA has no defined charter, whereas a CDS would have one. A strong CDS would assert himself within that charter.
Initially, none of the key stakeholders -- the NSA, service chiefs, the ministry of defence bureaucracy -- were keen on a CDS.
However, Modi, who is convinced of the utility of a tri-service commander, went beyond the Naresh Chandra committee's recommendations of a 'permanent chairman, chiefs of staff' and appointed not just a CDS but also a department of military affairs, which was anathema to the Indian Administration Service lobby, especially within the defence ministry.
A whisper campaign in the corridors of power also cites a political rationale for not announcing a new CDS.
The system is not ready for a navy or an air force CDS, and the two army candidates, Generals Pande and Naravane, are both Maharashtrians with rumoured linkages to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Nitin Gadkari -- who are both regarded by Modi and Home Minister Amit Anilchandra Shah as rival power centres.
In the circumstances, neither General Pande nor General Naravane can be regarded as a suitable candidate for the CDS post.
While Doval will have a major role in shortlisting candidates for top military posts, the final decision, with veto power, will lie with Messrs Modi and Shah.
Meanwhile, Modi has invested time and effort into getting to know his top generals, admirals and air marshals -- one of whom he must elevate to the CDS.
Just four months after his election in May 2014, he attended his first annual combined commanders conference in Delhi, where he received briefings from the three service chiefs. An unimpressed PM told confidants that his service chiefs were lacking in imagination. That combined commanders conference saw no substantive discussion about creating a CDS.
Always one for a spectacle, Modi ordered that the next combined commanders conference, scheduled for December 2015, be held on board the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, off Visakhapatnam.
However, the briefings he received from the service chiefs were again unimaginative and hackneyed, causing him to give the combined commanders a sharp rap on their collective knuckles.
He acidly stated that, instead of insignificant inanities, he wanted the service chiefs to spell out their vision for jointness. He wanted to be briefed on where each service had stood 20 years ago, where they were today and what their targets were for the next 20 years.
Rattling the commanders-in-chief with his penchant for details, the PM demanded to know when and how the services had last modified their training standards.
He asked how services were selecting their defence advisors for the embassies abroad.
He ordered the selection of ambassadors and defence advisors five years before they reached their duty stations so that they had time for preparation.
However, there was no substantive discussion on jointness.
This changed dramatically in 2017, when the prime minister's office stepped in to impose a clear theme for the combined commanders conference.
Riding roughshod over the Integrated Defence Staff, which traditionally organised the combined commanders conference, the PMO testily ordered that discussion be centred around tri-service jointness and theaterisation.
The discussion started in the morning and continued till 4 pm.
Modi sat with rapt attention, allowing each commander-in-chief to speak without interruption.
A key participant described it thus: "The discussion between 22 theatre commanders, all pulling in opposite directions, was utterly pedestrian. It must have been absolutely clear to the PM that the commanders had not met and had a proper discussion earlier."
Another participant conveyed his personal impression in these words: "Modi had come with the clear intention of announcing the CDS. But the pathetic level of debate indicated that the services were not ready."
At the end of the day Modi gave directions: 'The three service chiefs will stay here and talk amongst yourselves and within one month, give me six actionable points towards jointness.'
The commander-in-chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (the only existing tri-service structure) put his job on the line by telling Modi: 'The three chiefs seldom meet and never send up contentious issues to you. Only the lowest common denominator points come to you.'
The PM was reportedly shocked.
Yet, months later, there was no progress towards jointness. One of the service chiefs admitted that the PM was completely fed up with the military brass.
Modi, at that stage, had lost interest in CDS and jointness.
In April 2018, one of the participants said a disgusted "PMO ne moonh mord liya hai fauj se (the PMO had turned its face away from the military)."
With the 2019 elections looming, Modi put the CDS issue on the backburner.
But with a stronger mandate in those elections, the prime minister felt he could push through the CDS appointment.
General Rawat was appointed CDS, but his untimely demise has sent the issue back to the start line.
Where is theaterisation going?
An influential school of thought is arguing for three theatre commands, one with each service: A Pakistan Land Theatre with an air force commander; a China Land Theatre with an army commander; and a Maritime Theatre commanded by the navy.
However, the army demands a separate Northern Command, which encompasses the insurgency-roiled areas of Kashmir.
General Rawat dangled the carrot of an Air Defence Theatre command for the IAF that covers the entire country's air space, but the air force rejected that, arguing that it was already in charge of the entire country's air defence.
This infighting needs to be resolved by the PM, who must ensure the three chiefs take ownership of the CDS project.
Modi should tell them: 'Take over a theatre each, and we'll make it a four-star appointment. Vice chiefs will stay back and continue handling the service. Those who oppose the concept may please resign.'
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Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, who was recently appreciated for his performance in Thar, recently gave a tour of his home and his sneaker closet to a YouTube channel. In the video, Harsh also gives a tour of the outdoor space that’s surrounded by greenery and the actor says it “feels like Goa almost.”
Moving on to his sneaker closet, which Harsh has organised quite aesthetically, he shows off some of his best finds. One of the sneakers, he says, is likely a pair that was previously owned by pop star Justin Bieber, though Harsh isn’t certain. “I like used stuff. I think it has character, it’s good for the environment, it’s cheaper,” he said earlier in the video.
Harsh showed off a few sneakers that are said to cost Rs 12 lakh, Rs 11 lakh, Rs 10 lakh each, among hundreds in his collection. “I like to collect things that I love. The value of it is an afterthought. It’s not the first parameter of why I buy them,” he previously said in the video.
Harsh, in an earlier interview with Mashable India, had spoken about his love for pre-owned cars and said that he wants to buy a pre-owned Lamborghini that will cost him around Rs 1 crore. He said that he has looked into newer models as well but those will cost him around Rs 3 crore.
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He also clarified that he pays for his own stuff. He said, “I hate to break it to the audience, but the reality is that my parents have no interest in paying for my sh*t.”
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Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall opened their week with steady rounds of one-under 71 each to lie Tied-14th after the first day of the Flumserberg Ladies Open here.
The Indian duo, who plans to play as many LET Access events in the weeks they do not get into the main draw of the Ladies European Tour events, had contrasting rounds.
Vani, starting from the 10th, had two birdies against one bogey on the front nine of the GAMS-Werdenberg Golf Club. She then parred all nine holes of the back nine.
Amandeep, on the other hand, had a roller coaster of a round. She birdied 12th, bogeyed 14th and then dropped a double bogey on Par-5 16th before picking a birdie on 18th to turn in one-over.
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On the second nine, the front stretch of the course, Amandeep birdied second, fourth, seventh and ninth and dropped shots on third and fifth to take her total to 71.
Three players share the lead after day one with Michelle Forsland, Gemma Clews and Lauren Holmey all shooting opening rounds of four-under 68 in Switzerland.
The trio sit one shot ahead of a group of four players, who are on three-under after the first day of action.
Norwegian Forsland shone in the afternoon with five birdies on her card, with her only dropped shot of the day coming on the third, albeit with a birdie either side.
Further birdies on nine, eleven and 16 put her into a commanding position in the early stages of the competition, and the 25-year-old was pleased with her day’s efforts.
Holmey, 18, is competing in her first LETAS event of 2022 and Clews had a topsy-turvy start.
Zhen Bontan and Anna Magnusson are among the quartet who are one shot behind heading into Friday’s action, with the duo firing rounds of 69 (-3) as they made the most of the early morning conditions.
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Following a week of protests after the leaking of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the governors of Maryland and Virginia are urging the Justice Department to provide security at the homes of the Supreme Court justices who live in their states.
In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia called on the Justice Department to send adequate resources and tighten security for the justices.
The governors hope that doing so will keep the conservative justices and their families safe as abortion-rights supporters continue to protest outside their homes.
Hogan and Youngkin, both Republicans, said the recent demonstrations outside the houses of the justices — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett — are "markedly different" from those taking place on the steps of the Supreme Court or at other public spaces.
Part of the reason for the difference is a law passed in 1950 during the Truman era when Congress was worried about picketing and parading around the justices' houses. This is a law that Margaret Russell, associate professor of constitutional law at Santa Clara University in California, is familiar with.
"There is a lot of protection under the First Amendment for picketing on public sidewalks, for marching, protesting — and that includes public sidewalks in the neighborhoods where these individuals live," Russell told NPR.
What is prohibited under the law, however, is targeted picketing, she said.
"Whether that is stopping outside of someone's house and actually seeking to have an impact on that person ... the law is pretty clear on that," Russell said.
Today, @GovernorVA and I sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to provide adequate resources to keep the Supreme Court justices and their families safe amid ongoing protests at their homes. pic.twitter.com/6D0bMGSp3q
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) May 11, 2022
The governors said they want federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.
"It is critical that our Department acts to preserve the safety and standards of the highest court in the land. There is simply too much at stake," Hogan and Youngkin wrote.
The governors emphasized in their letter that under federal law, anyone who "pickets or parades" inside or outside a building or residence of a judge with the "intent of influencing" the judge can be fined and/or face up to a year in prison.
Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley released a statement Wednesday in regards to security for the Supreme Court and the justices:
"Attorney General Garland continues to be briefed on security matters related to the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Justices. The Attorney General directed the U.S. Marshals Service to help ensure the Justices' safety by providing additional support to the Marshal of the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Police."
Demonstrations taking place outside the homes of the justices come after a draft majority opinion was leaked last week suggesting the Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the United States.
On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the Supreme Court's potential move to issue rulings that are in conflict with a majority of Americans' views on abortion rights. In an interview with NPR's Deirdre Walsh, McConnell said that this is a feature of the system.
"So for the Supreme Court to on any issue, to reach a decision contrary to public opinion, it is exactly what the Supreme Court is about," he said. "It's to protect basic rights, even when majorities are in favor of something else — that happens all the time."
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BALYO Announces the Renewal of Its Cooperation Agreement With the KION Group for the Next 4 Years
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BALYO (FR0013258399, Ticker: BALYO, eligible for PEA-PME savings schemes), a technological leader in the design and development of innovative robotic solutions for material handling trucks, today announces the renewal of its cooperation agreement with the KION Group, its historical partner, until May, 8th 2027.
Established in May 2017, the cooperation between BALYO and KION has been renewed by mutual agreement for a period of four years, starting from May 2023, on the same terms as initially.
At the end of last year, BALYO and Linde Material Handling, a subsidiary of the KION Group, announced the signing of a contract of orders for 2022 for the third year in a row. The four-year extension of the contract governing the partnership between the two parties confirms Linde Material Handling's confidence in BALYO's technology solutions.
Pascal Rialland, CEO of BALYO, said: "We are delighted that the KION Group has decided to renew, as planned in the contract signed in 2017, the partnership agreement until May 2027. This long-term commitment illustrates the added value of BALYO solutions, especially for high bay applications, as well as the technological and operational progress made in recent years. This renewal also reflects the trust between the two companies' teams and allows both companies to pursue and initiate the operational projects essential to accelerate the conversion of the manual handling market to autonomy.”
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Doctor in COVID battle recalls the heartbreak and hope of early pandemic
A parking lot became a battlefield hospital.
The sound of construction around Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital is hard to miss. Crews are essentially building a new hospital because the old one, just south of Los Angeles, isn’t big enough. For the staff, it is a sign of rebirth after an exhausting two years. The long-delayed construction is finally underway, after being postponed due to COVID-19, and it is a sign that the fight against the virus is better.
Only a few months ago, the parking lot outside of Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey was essentially a battlefield hospital. There was a giant tent used for patient triage. Today, the big tent is gone and once again cars are filling parking spots.
The doctors and nurses at Cedars-Sinai, like their counterparts around the country, have seen the worst of the pandemic. They have witnessed countless patients unable to breathe and the heartbreaking goodbyes of family members to their loved ones who were dying from the coronavirus.
Now that the United States has hit 1 million dead, the staff at Cedars-Sinai is remembering the battle they have gone through.
“Certainly there were a lot of patients that were waiting to be seen,” said Dr. Oren Friedman, a pulmonologist and medical director of the Cedars-Sinai ICU. “Just the amount of patients that we had that needed hospital support and ICU support. There’s never been anything like that. It was just such a huge number. We never felt that way before.”
The staff remembers the early months when there was no test for the virus and treatments were extremely limited. Their colleagues were getting seriously ill. Patients were streaming in unable to catch their breath.
“It was overwhelming, I think, for anyone in the health care field. However, we relied on each other. We relied on as much of the literature that was coming out,” Friedman explained during a recent visit to the hospital. “We formed groups and committees of people who constantly reviewed the literature and the latest. I don’t think any of us have ever been in a situation where so many people that we were taking care of with a disease that was so novel and the information was coming out at lightning speed.”
Friedman, 44, has a unique perspective. Not only is he a pulmonologist who could see what was happening to patients’ lungs as they suffered with COVID-19, but he caught the virus early in the pandemic while on the job and struggled for weeks to recover. And once he was feeling better he went to New York City to help while the region was being overwhelmed by the virus.
“The last two years have been the most challenging time for anyone, certainly in my generation, in pulmonary and critical care medicine,” he said. “In some sense when we all look back at it, it’s like being in an alternate universe. I don’t think any of us ever saw so many patients coming in with such a volume of one particular disease. And certainly none of us ever saw the health care system so impacted and so overwhelmed.”
In the early months, so much was unknown. The virus was spreading so rapidly without a vaccine and without many precautions being taken by the American public. In mid-March of 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency. Medical experts’ predictions that 100,000 people could die were instantly discounted by skeptics. But the numbers of people dying kept growing. Doctors and nurses on the frontlines were at war, while politics played out in the national spotlight.
“In the last two years it’s been very overwhelming and frightening,” said ICU nurse Morgan Roverud. “At the beginning of the pandemic everything was unknown. So we didn’t know how to deal with COVID.”
“It was definitely scary,” Roverud remembered. “A lot of the times I felt like: ‘How can I do this?’ But I think with the teamwork aspect here at [Cedars-Sinai] Marina del Rey and the friendships that you form with the staff and other leadership it just makes everything easier.”
It was that teamwork that hospital staff says got them through it. The staff became one, working around the clock. Doctors and nurses were perpetually exhausted as they worked to save lives. Still, many patients would be overtaken by the virus.
“There was a cohesiveness, I suppose, because everyone was on the same mission together to take care of all of these patients. But it was also sad and, at times, it felt hopeless,” said Friedman.
Friedman said he knew the wave of death that he witnessed in New York was likely heading to California and elsewhere. He was right. The halls at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey became full during several waves of the pandemic. The sound of ventilators pumping air into patients’ lungs filled the hallways. COVID-19 was killing Americans.
“We had never seen that many patients who were that critically ill on ventilators,” Friedman said. “It was exhausting. The days were long. Everybody was working extra shifts, extra hours. People were doubling up on shifts. People had to be creative marshalling resources.”
As the pandemic claimed more victims, there were the doubters, including high-profile politicians and media figures, who claimed COVID-19 wasn’t real or wasn’t serious. For the health care providers in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai, there was nothing more aggravating than those who claimed the virus was not serious.
“There was a temptation from all of us to run out there and scream and shake people and tell people, ‘do you realize how bad this could be? Do you realize what it looks like inside of the hospital? You should be wearing masks, you should be getting vaccinated.’ It was enormously frustrating,” said Friedman.
Friedman said after the first surge, medical staff could feel that the general population wanted to move on from the virus but the virus was not done with Americans. “It made our jobs that much more difficult. It felt like you were fighting a war, but when you returned home from the battle people just simply didn’t believe that war was even occurring,” he said.
Today, after so much heartache and after so many Americans were lost to the virus, maybe the worst of COVID-19 is over and now we must learn to live with it.
“With the vaccines that still work well against variants, and the increase in antiviral medications that we now have,” Friedman said, “we should be able to control some of those numbers better than we have in the past.”
Now with the large tent gone and fewer COVID-19 patients, things are quieter at the hospital. But the team has scars from the past two years or so and the 1 million lives lost in the U.S.
“It’s a staggering number. It’s a number that most people have a hard time fathoming,” Friedman said. “Even what a million would look like. It’s also really disappointing as a medical provider to realize that many of those probably didn’t need to have happened.” | https://abcnews.go.com/US/doctor-covid-battle-recalls-heartbreak-hope-early-pandemic/story?id=84669299 | 2022-05-13T10:15:37Z | https://abcnews.go.com/US/doctor-covid-battle-recalls-heartbreak-hope-early-pandemic/story?id=84669299 | true | 2 |
Randy Weaver, who was at the center of a standoff with federal agents decades ago that continues to inspire antigovernment and paramilitary sentiment on the far right, has died at age 74.
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With thousands of international students still recovering from post-pandemic financial and mental strain, the Indian Students’ Association of Victoria (ISA) has been a ray of hope.
It was their ground-breaking work which contributed to the Federal Government announcement in November 2021 to extend the stay of Temporary Graduate visas from two to three years for master’s coursework, along with amendments to facilitate Vocational Education Training sector graduates to receive a two-year temporary graduate visa. A replacement visa was also announced for students who were unable to return to Australia due to border restrictions.
According to ISA President Karan Mehta, this was a “massive win” for the ISA.
“Throughout last year, we were receiving high volumes of calls from students, stuck offshore as well as those onshore, who were reaching out for help,” he told Indian Link. “We conducted an online survey, and the findings were then sent to the High Commission of India. Conclusions from the same study were drafted in the form of recommendations and passed to the Federal Government.”
That the Government based its new announcements on the ISA’s initial spadework, is a “definite gamechanger”, Karan added.
The ISA’s work in this area, however, began much earlier. Another success was ISA Care, which provided international students with an opportunity to avail mental health services by professional counsellors, free of cost.
It came about after the ISA’s yearly conference in the presence of Mr Raj Kumar Consul General of India (Melbourne) along with VicVise President, Manorani Guy and IndianCare Coordinator, Jyothsna Rao. The aim of the conference was to facilitate dialogue towards supporting international students post COVID-19 through various programs.
“We were able to jointly identify that along with homesickness, academic pressure, unemployment and financial limitations, what students feared the most was instability and uncertainty,” Karan noted.
“It was disheartening to see that students had been suffering for so long with no place to vent out their issues. We were glad that with ISA Care, they finally had a positive and confidential forum to open up and seek assistance.”
The response has been overwhelming and ISA Care has now extended the program by another year.
“The journey as an international student was never easy in Australia. The pandemic just made it even worse,” Karan observed. “Some of the measures we have helped put in place will provide some degree of relief to thousands of international students questioning the worth of their psychological strain, struggling to find jobs, and facing massive financial investments towards their studies.”
READ ALSO: International students guide: using public transport
The idea of Indian Students’ Association Victoria was first mooted in 2019 when various international student leaders from universities across Victoria met at the governor’s house.
“We realised that there existed a huge gap in the representation and advocacy for our Indian student community,” Karan recalled.
The non-profit organisation now registered under Consumer Affairs Victoria collaborates periodically with nine major Indian Clubs from Australian Universities including Monash, RMIT, Deakin – Geelong and Burwood, Melbourne University, Victoria University Swinburne and Latrobe.
The key players involved in ISA are past or present international students, who have foundational knowledge and first-hand experiences in the aspects of employment, permanent migration, and student rights. Support from community platforms and from Indian government bodies are also doing their bit.
“We believe that cross-unit collaborations, the executives and individual support from our affiliated members are the driving force behind ISA,” Karan added.
With the Indian student numbers growing so strongly, it was a matter of time before they organised into a forum like the ISA.
“It would not be completely wrong to say that Indian international students today are fighting a battle to revive their identity as a community,” Karan noted. “Right from retail and hospitality to white-collar jobs, we contribute our best to run the economy.”
The international education sector contributes more than $40 billion to Australia’s economy. Recent figures show that India remains the second largest source of international students, with nearly 70,000 enrolled in Australian universities as of 2022.
Upcoming challenges
Karan sees the role of the ISA extending beyond university.
“Thousands of Indian students come to Australia every year, a large chunk of who aspires to settle here permanently. However, the road to permanent residency is not that easy,” he explained.
“If we look at the concept of ‘skill assessment’ for instance, they are directed to take the assessment to prove that they possess the required skill for the occupation one applies for. Why do I have to give another exam to prove the legitimacy of my learning, after graduating from a certified Australian University despite my professional experience? Why is there a cost associated with it? These are some of the questions we are yet to seek a response for.”
It seems the Indian Students’ Association of Victoria is quickly headed towards become a one-stop platform for all Indian students, giving them their ‘home away from home’.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, May 13, 2022
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...Please check with state and local authorities regarding
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* The warm air temperatures today in the upper 80s may cause people
to underestimate the dangers of the cold water temperatures which
are currently only in the upper 40s across Lake Champlain, and in
the mid 50s in the regions smaller lakes and rivers.
* The cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia to
anyone immersed in the water. According to the US Coast Guard,
when the water temperatures are below 50 degrees, the chance of
immediate incapacitation due to cold shock is extremely high.
Anyone on small boats, canoes or kayaks should plan accordingly
if recreating this weekend and use extreme caution to avoid this
threat. Paddle smart from the start and always wear your life
jacket!
* Gusty winds are also expected today up to 20 mph from the south. If
boating on large bodies of water, these winds can increase the
likelihood of overturning your boat, canoe or kayak due to
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’
Published: May. 13, 2022 at 2:13 AM AKDT|Updated: moments ago
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform.
It’s another twist after signs of internal turmoil amid the Tesla billionaire’s planned buyout of the company, including that Twitter fired two of its top managers Thursday.
It wasn’t clear whether the fake account issue could scuttle the deal.
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’
Published: May. 13, 2022 at 5:13 AM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform.
It’s another twist after signs of internal turmoil amid the Tesla billionaire’s planned buyout of the company, including that Twitter fired two of its top managers Thursday.
It wasn’t clear whether the fake account issue could scuttle the deal.
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BENGALURU - India's annual retail inflation accelerated to 7.79% in April from a year ago, remaining above the tolerance limit of the central bank for a fourth month in a row, government data released on Thursday showed.
Analysts in a Reuters poll had predicted annual inflation to touch 7.50%, higher than the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of India's 2% to 6% target, and above 6.95% in March.
COMMENTARY
PRITHVIRAJ SRINIVAS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, AXIS CAPITAL, MUMBAI
"April CPI inflation came a notch above expectations due to headline items such as food, cooking gas and petrol. Within food it is primarily vegetables and cereals. Inflation also picked-up in most core CPI components, particularly clothing, footwear and household goods & services."
"This is the highest CPI print since May 2014 (8.3%) nearly eight years ago. Faster withdrawal of monetary accommodation is called for and justified. The RBIs off-cycle rate hike last week was prescient."
SAKSHI GUPTA, PRINCIPAL ECONOMIST, HDFC BANK, GURUGRAM
"Today's inflation print was higher than expected and clearly justifies the out of cycle rate hike by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) last week. The increase was broad based across food, fuel and core inflation. We could see higher prints of close to 8% by September due to a base effect which is likely to be the peak for inflation."
"Overall, inflation readings are expected to remain above 7% over the course of the next 6-7 months. The RBI is likely to respond with a rate hike at the June meeting by 25-35 basis points (bps) and follow it up with further rate hikes taking the repo rate to pre-pandemic levels of 5.15%."
KUNAL KUNDU, INDIA ECONOMIST, SOCIETE GENERALE, BENGALURU
"A headline inflation print of a whopping 7.8% YoY for April (higher than the highest forecast by analysts polled) could be the peak of the current inflation cycle but prices are expected to stay elevated for months to come, likely prompting further upward revision in RBI's inflation forecast for FY23."
"It is all the more so as passthrough of surging input costs to output prices remain inadequate and it still has longer runway to cover especially as demand is expected to recover, albeit at a much weaker pace."
"It is now imperative for the RBI to engineer a growth slowdown to contain inflation and prevent deeper scarring of the economy as inflation shoots through the roof. And, with the core inflation likely at 6.8%, we expect RBI to up the repo rate by between 25-50bps during its next meeting in June."
(Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) | https://www.zawya.com/en/markets/indias-april-retail-inflation-accelerates-to-779-y-y-uhjv7gzx | 2022-05-13T10:24:05Z | https://www.zawya.com/en/markets/indias-april-retail-inflation-accelerates-to-779-y-y-uhjv7gzx | false | 1 |
A federal judge late Thursday ruled that the troubled Oakland Police Department (OPD) in California can take a big step toward ending nearly two decades of federal oversight created in the wake of a police corruption scandal in 2000.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick ruled that Oakland can now enter a one-year probationary period after meeting dozens of reform measures required in a consent decree that followed lawsuits related to abuses by members of a West Oakland police anti-gang unit who called themselves "The Riders."
Scores of victims in 2000 alleged the Riders routinely planted drugs on suspects and occasionally dished out beatings alongside falsified police reports, unlawful arrests and obstruction of justice. A rookie officer blew the whistle; 119 Oakland victims filed suit.
For nearly two decades a court-appointed monitor has overseen whether the OPD is meeting more than 50 reform mandated actions. The monitors reports are then reviewed by a judge.
While acknowledging there's much work still to do, the city's mayor Libby Schaaf and Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong welcomed the end of federal oversight as a sign of real progress.
"I committed to the city of Oakland that I was going to do everything I could to get this department into full compliance with all 51 tasks and that we wouldn't see regression under my leadership," the chief told NPR. "I believe that we've gotten there because we've worked even harder," he said, calling the news "a testament to the high level of accountability" now in place in Oakland.
But critics say OPD's progress is fragile. And they think the fact that basic reforms took 20 years as scandalous in itself.
"It's shameful. It's shameful that it has taken this long," says Rashidah Grinage with the Oakland Coalition for Police Accountability. "It only underscores the level of resistance to making these changes."
And those changes resulted from hard-fought and arduous pressure from lawyers and activists. "I would say [in] the first nine years there was zero progress," says lawyer Jim Chanin who along with fellow civil rights attorney John Burris were the lead attorneys who pursued the Riders case. "And then the last 10 they've come up to the point where they are now on the cusp of compliance."
Now with Oakland entering a yearlong probationary, or "sustainability," period to fully remove federal monitoring, police watch groups are worried the department will backslide.
"It scares me," says Cat Brooks the co-founder and executive director of the Oakland-based Anti-Police Terror Project. "It scares me that we're going to learn that they weren't ready when the federal oversight is done and they revert to the police department they have been."
The effectiveness of consent decrees is still up for debate
Across the country, federal consent decrees like the Oakland agreement remain a key oversight tool, despite limited evidence they're actually effective and useful. Critics say they're costly, often open-ended and end up benefiting court-appointed consultants and have little lasting impact.
There was optimism when Oakland's oversight first launched. Attorneys Chanin and Burris made it clear they wanted more than a settlement and money for their clients. Burris says they saw the rogue cop scandal as an opportunity to try to change an entrenched police culture of impunity in Oakland.
"For me, it was an opportunity to really put in place reforms that would affect people for a generation or more," Burris tells NPR.
At the start, he says, they wanted to "figure out where it was that these problems originated from ... We were interested in the force questions. What kind of force is being used? How is it being recorded? What kind of investigations were taking place in the internal affairs. And that was a big deal."
The police department has slowly checked off the federally-mandated reforms. The OPD improved its use of force policies and practices, worked to reduce racial profiling in traffic stops - and more. Today, among the 40 largest police departments in America, Oakland has among the lowest incidents of officer involved shootings - fatal and non-fatal. Allegations and payouts for brutality and excessive force are down dramatically.
"Unfortunately, it has taken 20 plus years to get it done and at a great deal of cost to everyone," Burris says.
Many still question whether the department's culture has changed
And what progress has been made is seen as highly precarious. The city has gone through 11 police chiefs in just over 20 years. Last year homicides here soared yet again and the mayor called for reversing planned cuts to the police.
Today, Oakland officers are leaving the department in record numbers, creating a staffing crisis. Debate rages over how to reduce gun violence, homicides and robberies. Four people have been murdered in a short period in one part of Oakland's Lake Merritt, a very popular gathering spot for families, runners and dog walkers.
"These senseless acts of violence of homicide will not be tolerated. We all deserve safe neighborhoods," says Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, who represents the area.
And there have been half a dozen new scandals since the Riders case, including in 2016 when multiple OPD officers were criminally charged for sexually abusing an underage girl and continued to exploit her after she turned 18. The city settled for nearly $1 million and officers were fired. An independent report ruled the department failed to adequately investigate those sex crimes – a violation of federal Task No. 5.
It's always been lawyers, journalists or victims who've exposed corruption and abuse within the OPD. And lawyer Chanin is worried that when federal monitors pack up, the department could easily regress.
"We've gone 20 years. They've got a perfect record of never discovering and remedying a single scandal on their own. So, I'm concerned about that. That's bad. It is worrisome," Chanin says.
Grinage, with the Coalition for Police Accountability, is worried, too. But she says the creation of the city's independent, civilian-run Police Commission just a few years ago is one key safeguard to protect against relapse since the Riders scandal. The commission has some investigative and oversight powers.
"Trust but verify, right," Grinage says. "We have a police commission that will verify that they are in compliance and will take the necessary steps to make sure that if they fall out of compliance, that there are repercussions."
Repercussions like when the commission fired police chief Anne Kirkpatrick in 2020. The former chief is now fighting her dismissal in court.
Police chief acknowledges that "Oakland is a challenging city"
"Oakland is a challenging city," chief Armstrong acknowledges. He's been police chief here for just over 15 months. "I think those 15 months where we haven't had a scandal or any issues come out of the department that would cause anybody to be concerned about our ability to remain in compliance [with the consent decree] and practice constitutional policing is the beginning of us building a new history," he says.
Activists who pushed for greater racial justice after George Floyd's murder at the knee of a Minneapolis policeman say any progress in Oakland was not the work of federal monitors or lawyers.
"It was the work of the people in the streets that forced OPD to shift," says activist Cat Brooks. She's not convinced OPD has changed much at all. Its culture of violence and recklessness, she alleges, runs too deep.
"If you go to East Oakland, they are still profiled and they are still harassed and tormented by OPD. So, right on, I'm glad they ticked off all the boxes. But they are not a police department that this community trusts or should trust," Brooks says.
After two decades, the last of the 51 reforms was improving racial disparities in disciplinary policy as more Black officers were facing discipline than their white counterparts.
For years Oakland had no policy to collect and break down basic discipline data based on race. "We now have a system in place where we can collect that data or we can track that data on an ongoing basis," chief Armstrong says. "And so what we'll be doing is continuous analysis. Looking at that data, trying to better understand if we see disparities, what are driving those disparities" and change policies as needed he says.
Attorney John Burris is cautiously optimistic the reforms will stick. "I'm hopeful that what we put in place will last beyond one year [of probation], that it will last a generation," he says, "otherwise to me it would not be worth it."
In the end, the city paid out some $11 million to 119 people to settle the class-action Riders corruption and brutality case. None of the four officers in the Riders scandal was convicted. One was acquitted of all charges. Two had hung juries. The DA later dropped the charges. They all left the department. Two went into private security. One became a cop in Southern California.
And the alleged ring-leader of the Riders gang, former officer Frank Vazquez? He skipped bail and fled the country on the eve of his trial. To this day former officer Vazquez remains a fugitive, his case open with the FBI.
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Newcastle United will wear a change kit which shares the same colours as Saudi Arabia next season.
An image of the purported green and white kit leaked on Thursday. The Athletic can now confirm that the kit, designed by Castore, is understood to be genuine.
Green and white are the only colours on the Saudi flag.
The kit features a green crest, kit makers' badge and trim on a white shirt. This is remarkably similar to the kit worn by the Saudi national team.
Newcastle were taken over in a £305 million purchase by the Saudi Public Investment Fund in October last year. At the time, they told the Premier League there was no connection between the PIF and Saudi state.
Since the takeover, Newcastle have gone from being threatened with relegation to a comfortable place in mid-table. The appointment of Eddie Howe as manager and a £94 million January spend had a significant impact.
They are 14th going into Monday's game against Arsenal.
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Morwincha, Qld: Dramatic vision of flood rescue of two men and their dogs
Police cameras have captured the moment two men and their dogs were plucked to safety from floodwaters in Queensland.
Heavy rains have inundated several areas west of Brisbane and the Gold Coast, with warnings of more to come over the weekend.
Flood warning were in place for areas surrounding Brisbane, Ipswich, the Lockyer Valley, Darling Downs, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay-Burnett, Bundaberg and Gladstone.
Hundreds of residents evacuated on the advice of authorities, while businesses and homes were sandbagged and prepared.
Fire and Rescue swiftwater technicians assisted to evacuate residents from homes in Warwick who had become trapped by floodwaters on Friday afternoon.
With hundreds of roads affected, residents were told to reconsider their need to travel and never drive into floodwaters.
On Thursday, police responded to a vehicle that was swept away by floodwaters at Morwincha, south of Ipswich
The officers waded more than 100m to reach the small van that had been washed off a flooded bridge and was wedged against a tree.
One man was clinging to the passenger door, while inside an elderly man and three dogs were trapped.
A puppy and the more mobile passenger were led to higher ground while the elderly man was helped out of the vehicle.
An officer carried the elderly man on his back to higher ground while the other coaxed the dogs, a kelpie and a great dane, out of the submerged van and carried them out.
Large parts of South East Queensland received more than 100mm throughout Thursday and into Friday morning.
The largest recording was 290mm, which fell on Wilsons Peak, 80km west of the Gold Coast.
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JSE strengthens as Jerome Powell sticks to policy script
The US Fed chair temporarily dispelled 0.75% rate-hike nerves, calming the markets
The JSE was firmer on Friday morning, along with its global peers, although global markets remained in choppy conditions driven by the tightening of monetary policies.
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Does Friday, 13th fill you with dread?
With Friday the 13th just around the corner, the superstition savants behind educational mobile card trading card game www.cardstheuniverseandeverything.com have revealed the origin behind one of Western culture’s most notorious superstitions, so that your readers can draw their own conclusions on whether it really is a day of doom or just another day.
The research explores the rare condition of paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th, and reveals some truly shocking facts and statistics surrounding the day, such as a study published by the British Medical Journal recommending that UK residents stay at home on Friday the 13th due to an increased risk of hospitalisation.
This begs the question, what exactly is paraskevidekatriaphobia and why are people afraid of Friday the 13th?
The superstition savants behind the educational mobile trading card game www.cardstheuniverseandeverything.com have put together a crash course guide to the spookiest day(s) of the year so that you can decide for yourself if Friday the 13th really is a day of doom.
What’s the origin of Friday the 13th?
The origin of number 13’s unlucky nature can be linked back to Norse mythology. According to one myth, 12 gods had a dinner party in Valhalla when the trickster god, Loki (the inspiration behind Tom Hiddleston’s character in the Marvel cinematic universe) arrived as an uninvited 13th guest. Upon arrival, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.
After the death of Balder, folklore historian Donald Dossey notes that the entire Earth was shrouded in darkness due to mourning and 13 was permanently associated with bad luck. If the myth sounds vaguely familiar, the Last Supper might be on your mind. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper – the final meal that Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.
When does Friday the 13th happen?
The 13th day of the month falls on a Friday at least once per year, but can also occur up to three times per year. In 2022, it only happens once: May 13th. If you want to mark your calendar, it’ll next fall on January 13 and October 13 in 2023. Fear not, though, as Friday the 13th isn’t slated to occur three times in a single year until 2026.
What’s the impact of Friday the 13th?
A study by the British Medical Journal in 1993 found that Friday the 13th is truly unlucky for some. Yes, the published findings really stated that Friday the 13th is unlucky! By examining the relation between health, behaviour and superstition surrounding Friday the 13th in the United Kingdom, the study found that the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident increased by as much as 52 per cent compared with Friday the 6th. The British Medical Journal even went as far as to recommend staying at home on Friday the 13th due to the increased risk of hospitalisation*.
What can people afraid of Friday the 13th do?
If you feel spooked, you might suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia. Yes, it’s a word, and yes, it’s the fear of Friday the 13th. Symptoms of paraskevidekatriaphobia can range from mild anxiety to full-blown panic attack and it can also be an extension of triskaidekaphobia – fear of the number 13. Richard Wiseman, professor at the University of Hertfordshire, opined that people who consider themselves unlucky are more likely to believe in related superstitions (like Friday the 13th) and that luck is a magical force which can ruin lives**.
How can people overcome paraskevidekatriaphobia?
While paraskevidekatriaphobia is an incredibly niche phobia, almost all phobias can be successfully treated and cured. Cognitive behavioural therapy, exposure therapy and psychotherapy are among the leading treatments for most phobias and a mental health professional can advise you on the best course of action.
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Jullien reveals Celtic frustration and considers summer transfer away from Scottish champions
Celtic defender Christopher Jullien has admitted he is frustrated at his lack of game time in Glasgow and is considering leaving the newly-crowned Scottish champions this summer.
Jullien spent nearly 10 months out after a knee injury in December 2020, and during his time out Celtic brought in a new manager in Ange Postecoglou, who has wrestled the league title back from rivals Rangers.
This has been done almost entirely without Jullien, however, who has played just 16 minutes this season in a Scottish Cup game against Raith Rovers on February 13.
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How does Jullien feel about his lack of minutes?
Jullien can understand why Postecoglou has not picked him - with Celtic lifting their 10th Scottish Premiership title in 11 seasons this year - but personally admits the lack of opportunities has been galling.
He has rarely even been named on the bench by the Australian coach, with just three unused sub roles in the league to his name in 2021-22.
Speaking exclusively to GOAL, Jullien said: "Since mid-January, I feel 100%, after that it is the choices of the coach. It belongs to him and he is successful: we have been champions since Wednesday and in December we won the cup.
"For my part, I told the coach in January that I was ready to go. Now it's his choice and sometimes he doesn't name me on the bench because he prefers to take a midfielder who can play in central defence. I'm unsatisfied with my playing time this season because it's frustrating and all I want is to be on the pitch."
Will Jullien move on from Celtic?
Jullien was an important player under Postecoglou's predecessor Neil Lennon, after being signed from Toulouse in a £7.2 million deal in July 2019.
The 29-year-old centre-back helped Celtic win the domestic treble in 2019-20, but now he is on the outside, he feels he may have given all he can in Glasgow and is willing to accept a new challenge.
He said: "Despite the fact that I gave everything for this club and I would have liked to bring more to the team this year, the playing time is not there at all.
"I still have a year left of my contract here and I would like to continue playing but my priority is to be on the pitch. In my situation and with this current playing time, it is not possible." | https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/jullien-celtic-frustration-summer-transfer/blt8d2064a806d23e21 | 2022-05-13T10:32:18Z | https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/jullien-celtic-frustration-summer-transfer/blt8d2064a806d23e21 | false | 10 |
"North Korean comrades are well aware of our various inoculations, they are aware of our extensive experience with COVID," Peskov said. "If there are appeals from Pyongyang, they will be dealt with promptly."
At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of the country's first confirmed outbreak of the pandemic.
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Oxbull.tech (OXB) traded 1.1% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 0:00 AM ET on May 12th. In the last seven days, Oxbull.tech has traded 39% lower against the U.S. dollar. Oxbull.tech has a total market capitalization of $2.52 million and approximately $114,077.00 worth of Oxbull.tech was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Oxbull.tech coin can currently be bought for $0.34 or 0.00001104 BTC on major exchanges.
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IRNT SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Jakubowitz Law Reminds Ironnet Shareholders of a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of June 21, 2022
NEW YORK, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Ironnet, Inc. (NYSE: IRNT).
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According to a filed complaint, Ironnet, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had materially overstated its business and financial prospects; (ii) the Company was unable to predict the timing of significant customer opportunities which constituted a substantial portion of its publicly- issued FY 2022 financial guidance; (iii) the Company had not established effective disclosure controls and procedures to reasonably ensure its public disclosures were timely, accurate, complete, and not otherwise misleading; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false, misleading, and/or lacked any reasonable basis in fact at all relevant times.
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Skba Capital Management LLC cut its position in Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA – Get Rating) by 1.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 264,960 shares of the cable giant’s stock after selling 3,900 shares during the quarter. Comcast accounts for 2.5% of Skba Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Skba Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Comcast were worth $13,335,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Viking Global Investors LP acquired a new stake in shares of Comcast during the third quarter worth $569,179,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in Comcast by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 143,483,719 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $8,025,044,000 after buying an additional 7,794,333 shares in the last quarter. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. grew its position in Comcast by 22.6% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 24,557,276 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $1,373,488,000 after buying an additional 4,523,041 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in Comcast by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 40,850,065 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $2,329,271,000 after buying an additional 3,998,777 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in Comcast by 17.8% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 20,962,324 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $1,061,112,000 after buying an additional 3,162,019 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.33% of the company’s stock.
Several research analysts have commented on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Comcast from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Comcast from $60.00 to $55.00 in a report on Friday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Comcast from $60.00 to $52.00 in a report on Friday, April 29th. Bank of America cut shares of Comcast from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $67.00 to $50.00 in a report on Friday, April 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their target price on shares of Comcast from $75.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, fifteen have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $59.46.
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 28th. The cable giant reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.06. Comcast had a net margin of 11.96% and a return on equity of 15.92%. The business had revenue of $31.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $30.40 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.76 earnings per share. Comcast’s revenue was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that Comcast Co. will post 3.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 6th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 5th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.61%. Comcast’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.84%.
In other news, CEO David N. Watson sold 65,410 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $45.69, for a total value of $2,988,582.90. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.04% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL – Get Rating) had its target price upped by Credit Suisse Group from $275.00 to $300.00 in a report released on Monday morning, The Fly reports.
Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of Carlisle Companies from $260.00 to $290.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 15th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Carlisle Companies from $300.00 to $315.00 in a report on Friday, April 29th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Carlisle Companies from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Friday, April 29th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Carlisle Companies from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating and set a $306.00 price target on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 4th. Finally, Loop Capital raised their price target on shares of Carlisle Companies from $285.00 to $305.00 in a report on Friday, April 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Carlisle Companies currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $295.86.
CSL stock opened at $244.01 on Monday. Carlisle Companies has a 12-month low of $178.73 and a 12-month high of $275.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The company has a market cap of $12.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.00, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a 50 day moving average of $245.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $238.15.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 17th will be issued a $0.54 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 16th. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.89%. Carlisle Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.36%.
In other news, insider John E. Berlin sold 6,192 shares of Carlisle Companies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.94, for a total transaction of $1,467,132.48. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Douglas Charles Taylor sold 13,070 shares of Carlisle Companies stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.73, for a total transaction of $3,080,991.10. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CSL. Sciencast Management LP bought a new position in Carlisle Companies during the 4th quarter valued at about $945,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in Carlisle Companies by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 66,254 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $16,439,000 after purchasing an additional 4,528 shares during the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its holdings in Carlisle Companies by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 27,888 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $6,920,000 after purchasing an additional 1,022 shares during the last quarter. Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Carlisle Companies during the 4th quarter valued at about $248,000. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Carlisle Companies by 23.4% during the 4th quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 12,611 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $3,129,000 after purchasing an additional 2,394 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.68% of the company’s stock.
About Carlisle Companies (Get Rating)
Carlisle Companies Incorporated operates as a diversified manufacturer of engineered products in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Carlisle Construction Materials, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, and Carlisle Fluid Technologies.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering. Unfortunately, these adjustments have come with increased risks. According to a 2022 report from Barracuda, a cloud and networks
security company, small businesses with fewer than 100 employees receive 350% more social engineering attacks - like phishing, scamming or email compromise - than larger businesses.
Learn how to protect your small business from
cyberattacks with these four tips.
1. Evaluate your online systemsBefore you can effectively protect your business from cyberthreats, you should have a complete understanding of your current ecosystem of online computer operations. You can ask: "What do we do on any machine that's connected to the
internet whatsoever?" says
Andrew Lipton, vice president, head of cyber claims at AmTrust Financial Services, a small-business insurance company.
Business owners should understand where their data lives and classify what types of data they store - for example, names, addresses,
Social Security numbers.
Lipton suggests reaching out to a legal expert, especially if you're handling sensitive information like Social Security or credit card numbers, to get a better understanding of the consequences of a data breach and get a professional opinion on how to protect your data.
Then, you're in a good position to talk to your internet service provider to find the best way to secure your most important information.
2. Implement cybersecurity best placesEven without the firepower of larger companies, small businesses can create a defense that discourages cybercriminals from carrying out their attacks, said
Najma Sultana by email . Sultana is the chief security officer at Veem, a global payments provider for small businesses.
As a business owner, you can implement basic security and hygiene practices, such as:
Installing firewalls to prevent unauthorized access to your networks.
Using antivirus software and ensuring that it's updated regularly.
Regularly backing up data and storing it offline or in another location, not just in the cloud.
Creating strong passwords and not using the same password across different accounts.
Requiring multifactor authentication, which asks for two identifying factors, like a password and a code, to access accounts and systems.
Some of these security features may already be at your disposal. "Many of the applications and software your company already uses will have built-in security features, but they won't necessarily be turned on by default," said
Lauren Winchester, vice president of risk and response at Corvus Insurance, by email.
You can enable these features to quickly and easily add an extra layer of security to your business.
3. Train your employees and yourselfYou and your employees are often the first line of defense in protecting your business from cyberattacks. In fact, according to the 2022 Global Risks Report by the World Economic Forum, 95% of cybersecurity issues can be traced to human error.
Receiving basic cybersecurity training can help you and your employees learn to identify common threats, such as phishing emails or suspicious downloads, as well as develop online best practices, like safe browsing and strong passwords.
And with employees working remotely or in different office locations, it's particularly important to create and review cybersecurity policies for your business, including safety guidelines and what to do in the event of a data breach.
The Federal Communications Commission offers a free online tool to help you create a customized cybersecurity plan based on your unique business needs. Free virtual and in-person cybersecurity training events are available from the U.S. Small Business Administration and its partners. Your internet systems and cyber insurance providers may also offer these types of training.
4. Invest in cybersecurity insuranceCybersecurity insurance can help protect your business from financial losses caused by incidents such as data breaches, ransomware attacks and hacking.
If, for example, your point-of-sale system is hacked and the hackers release the stored credit card information of your customers, this policy would cover the cost of notifying your customers, investigating the incident and providing credit monitoring services. It would also cover legal fees or settlements if a customer sues your business as a result of the incident.
The best cyber insurance carriers in the market today, however, are more than a backstop to financial loss, says Lipton of AmTrust Financial Services. These insurance companies will not only provide a comprehensive policy, but will also help evaluate your systems, offer advice on how to better protect your data, and connect you with additional security partners or vendors in their network.
Look for a carrier that's volunteering to be your partner in cybersecurity strategy, Lipton says. Insurance is "a critical component of the cybersecurity strategy, but it's just one piece." | https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/digital-security/4-ways-to-protect-your-small-business-from-cyberattacks/91534051 | 2022-05-13T10:49:18Z | https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/digital-security/4-ways-to-protect-your-small-business-from-cyberattacks/91534051 | false | 10 |
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Exhausted fire crews are hoping to catch a weather break soon from relentless wind as they try to contain a massive and growing wildfire in northern New Mexico that is on track to soon become the state's largest in history.
"This is definitely a remarkable wind event fighting this fire and it's not showing like it's going to slow down," says Ryan Berlin, a fire information officer on what's known as the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire, after two wildfires merged into one giant blaze. "We don't have any predicted moisture coming in over the next seven to ten days," Berlin says. "So we need a little help from Mother Nature to shut the wind down, and a little rain."
The fire, so far, has burned more than 260,000 acres and has already burned more total acreage than all of the acreage lost to wildfire across the state in 2021. The fire is just 29% contained, and has grown by about 90,000 acres in just the last week, officials here say.
The largest wildfire in modern New Mexico history, the lightening sparked Whitewater-Baldy Fire Complex, burned just under 300,000 acres in 2012.
The winds have wreaked havoc on attempts to control the fire
There are worries that this, the largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S., will continue to be almost impossible to contain. Decades of mega-drought in the southwest, combined with a century plus of federal fire suppression policy has left forests full of bone dry fuel. And the impacts of human-caused climate change are fueling more mega-fires like this one burning in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just south of the Colorado border.
The winds have wreaked havoc on attempts to control it. Firefighters have seen day after day of powerful "red flag" winds – dangerous winds with gusts up to 50 and 70 mph at times since the fire started in early April. In one recent stretch, red flag wind conditions lasted 59 hours nonstop.
"It is pretty extraordinary to have a red flag warning to last for 59 hours," fire meteorologist Bladen Breitreiter says. "It is, as far as my memory goes back, unprecedented."
New crews are on their way. The nearly 1,900 fire personnel and support staff battling this fire hope this weekend brings some measure of relief. Winds are forecast to die down a little Friday and throughout the weekend.
But meteorologist Breitreiter warns that winds will still likely gust 20 to 28 MPH. "Anything feels better when you're not gusting to 55 mph," Breitreiter says. "We still might get into some critical fire weather wind conditions and we are still exceptionally dry so we will still see elevated fire conditions," he says.
In all, Breitreiter says the fire zone area has seen red flag wind conditions in 26 of the 36 days since the fire erupted April 6. Across the state, New Mexico has seen 30 red flag days since April 1.
"Man I tell you that's been a huge challenge for us," says incident commander Dave Bales, a veteran wildland firefighter. "I've been doing this for, oh, about three and a half decades and I have not seen that many red flag events in a row, especially this last event when we had up to five days straight of a red flag – day and night."
Unpredictable "spot" fires, where winds carry embers ahead of the fire front and start new blazes, have been especially difficult in this fire, Bales says. "Trying to go on a direct fire edge with a dozer or a hand crew or retardant line, a two-mile spot (fire) is gonna jump that," he says. "So that has been our biggest challenge so far."
On many days howling winds have grounded fire-fighting aircraft and started spot fires one to two miles away beyond hard-fought fire containment lines.
Crews got a tiny bit of good news Wednesday as fire officials were able to get some helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping water and fire retardant on the southern edge of the stubborn blaze for a short period of time, despite more red flag warnings and winds gusting in some areas above 45 mph. Aircraft were grounded, however, for other sections of the fire on Wednesday and strong More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orderswinds again grounded aircraft on Thursday.
More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orders
More than 4,000 homes in the four counties affected by the fire are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thousands more are under voluntary evacuation orders, officials here say.
Getting some citizens to heed evacuation orders has been a challenge. Some ranches and farms have been in the same family for multiple generations. Many Native American residents see the forested and rocky landscape as sacred.
"It's very difficult for these people, for some of them their homes are generational," San Miguel County Sheriff Chris Lopez says. "When we go in there to do evacuations you really have to talk with them. I try to do it very systemic, especially with our 'ready set go' process it helps them to prepare," he says.
Lopez says those who choose not to leave are potentially endangering themselves and first responders. "We want them to get out, as property and homes can be replaced, but lives can't."
A Red Cross assessment shows the fire has destroyed more than 300 structures, including an unknown number of homes. But that figure has stayed static for days. Fire officials believe the real number of homes and buildings destroyed will rise substantially once it's safe to enter and fully assess areas burned by the fire.
Part of this fire that started at Hermits Peak was sparked by an intentional or "prescribed" burn set by the U.S. Forest Service that got out of control. Such fires are set to thin forests of built-up fuel, restore forest health and prevent bigger fires.
New Mexico's governor and Congressional delegation have called for a full investigation.
"It's negligent to consider a prescribed burn in the windy season in a state that is under an extreme drought warning statewide," said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Gov. Grisham called on the federal government to accept significant liability for this blaze. While generally supportive of prescribed burns, the Democrat also has previously called on the federal government to change its rules around intentional fires in the southwest especially during the windy season.
Many residents are angry and frustrated wondering why the Forest Service went ahead with an intentional blaze
Santa Fe National Forest ranger Steven Romero apologized at a recent online meeting. "We take full responsibility, and with a heavy heart, we are really sorry for what happened." Romero added that the agency's "burn plan" was well-prepared and favorable weather conditions were forecasted. High winds, he said, had sprung up unexpectedly.
But many residents are angry and frustrated. They want to know why the Forest Service chose to go ahead with an intentional blaze despite wind warnings. There are reports that the Forest Service team that ignited the intentional burn had been warned beforehand of poor weather, including potential wind gusts up to 25 mph and very low humidity.
"I want - we want to know why. Like, what made you decide that was OK?" Sophia Romero told Member Station KUNM's Alice Fordham. Romero fled the fire from her home in Mora County with her children. "They know New Mexico weather, especially northern New Mexico weather. We had a very dry winter."
The fire has, so far, spared population centers and larger towns in the state. It does have the potential to burn towards more populated mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico including Angel Fire ski resort and Taos Canyon. Those areas were told to be ready to go, if evacuations are ordered.
"There is a possibility with the models that we're running, that those areas are going to see fire," says Todd Abel, Southwest Area Incident Management Team operations section chief.
The fire is, as of now, burning away from Taos, a popular tourist area 40 miles south of the Colorado state line.
Abel says crews are doing all they can to protect homes in the blaze's path, including prepping the perimeters of properties via brush clearing and water systems, when they can safely do so.
But Abel also warns residents that there is a limit. This is a fast-moving, unpredictable fire, he says, adding, "We will not put firefighters in front of the fire especially with the way it's moving these days with the amount of wind and fire behavior" for a month straight now.
"They wouldn't survive. We would have fatalities of our firefighters," Abel warns. "They have a family," he says, "and we need to make sure they go home safe at the end of the day."
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The clean energy unit of Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. is considering building a green hydrogen facility near Washington State’s last operating coal-fired power station.
Fortescue Future Industries entered into a binding exclusivity agreement with an industrial park near TransAlta Corp.’s Centralia facility, which is scheduled to close in 2025, the Perth-based company said Friday in a statement. FFI said it intends to seek to employ the existing coal workforce for the proposed project.
Metals miner Fortescue and its biggest shareholder, billionaire Andrew Forrest, have announced a slew of potential investments in a bid to become one of the world’s biggest clean energy producers over the next decade. The world’s fourth-biggest iron ore exporter has a line-up of multibillion-dollar projects to reach that goal, ranging from a plan to supply Europe together with German energy giant EON SE to buying Williams Advanced Engineering Ltd.
“FFI’s goal is to turn North America into a leading global green energy heartland and create thousands of green jobs now and more in the future,” Forrest said. “Repurposing existing fossil fuel infrastructure to create green hydrogen to power the world is part of the solution to saving the planet.”
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Fashion meets hi-tech features in this affordable new smartphone
The covetable HONOR X8 has been designed with style-conscious users in mind
Fashion meet hi-tech features in the HONOR X8, the newest addition to the brand’s reliable X series of smartphones.
This elegant device is available in a choice of two chic and versatile colours — Titanium Silver and Midnight Black — making it the perfect complement to any outfit.
Its stylish, flat-edged design with rounded corners makes it comfortable to hold and, as it’s ultra-slim, it’s easy to slide into pockets and the smallest handbags.
No matter what size bag you use, the HONOR X8 won’t weigh you down as it’s super lightweight: it barely tips the scales at a mere 177g.
Another aspect of the HONOR X8's design, style-conscious users are sure to approve of is the incredibly narrow bezel (frame) surrounding its generous 6.7″ LCD display.
Not only does this add to the device's sleek good looks, it gives it a category-leading screen-to-body ratio of 93.6%. This means there's a larger screen to make online shopping or browsing the web for outfit inspiration even more enjoyable.
Fashionistas who love to show off their #ootd on social media are also sure to adore the HONOR X8’s powerful rear quad camera system, which allows you to capture every aspect of your look in vivid detail — day, night or in lowlight.
This quad camera system includes a 64MP ultra-clear main camera, which is equipped with an intelligent multi-frame synthesis algorithm and x8 digital zoom, so you can shoot clearer pictures at a distance and snap photos with incredible clarity at night or in lowlight conditions.
There's a 5MP wide-angle camera to make it easier to fit more of your friends and their fabulous outfits in the frame, and a 2MP Macro Camera designed to capture those all-important details (think jewels and shoes).
Meanwhile, the 2M Sensing Bokeh Camera is perfect for shooting portraits; it allows you to achieve a shallow depth of field and blur the background so that you and your stunning ensemble stand out as the stars of the show.
Speaking of portraits, the HONOR X8 also has a 16MP front camera with an image resolution of 4,608 x 3,456 pixels, allowing you to snap stellar selfies with enhanced image quality.
For more information about the affordable HONOR X8, which is priced at R4,999, visit hihonor.com/za
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Florence + The Machine has caught dance fever, and it’s contagious.
The British alternative pop outfit returns with its fifth studio album Dance Fever, produced by band leader Florence Welch, Jack Antonoff and Dave Bayley.
Spanning 14 tracks, the new set dropped at midnight and contains the previously-released numbers “My Love,” “Free,” “King” and “Heaven is Here,” all of which were released into the world with music videos helmed by Autumn De Wilde.
Florence and Co. cut Dance Fever in London over the course of the pandemic in anticipation of life returning to normal, with clubs and festivals at the front of mind.
“I started working on it in 2019, as soon as the last album cycle ended,” she told Jimmy Fallon in a sit-down interview for The Tonight Show. “The album is kind of about the fever of creativity, so as soon as I’d finished playing those last shows all these songs arrived in 2019.” She then set off to New York in early 2020 thinking, “this is going to go so well.” The rest is, as they say, is history.
Florence + The Machine are chart heavyweights in U.K., with two No. 1 singles and three consecutive leaders on the national albums chart, starting with their 2009 Brit Award-winning set Lungs. Dance Fever is the followup to 2018’s High as Hope, which reached No. 2 in the U.K.
The Brits warmed up for their latest release with a performance of “King” and “My Love” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Tour dates in support of the new LP kick off June 4 at Orange Warsaw Festival in Poland, with North America shows starting in September.
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Musk Says Twitter Deal On Hold Due To Calculation Of Spam, Fake Accounts
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 13, 2022 | 03:20 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th May, 2022) SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the deal to buy the social network Twitter is put on hold due to the calculation of fake accounts in it.
"Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," Musk said on Twitter.
Twitter shares fell by 20% in early trading after this announcement.
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- LEGOLAND California Resort kicks off biggest tourism season with an official grand opening ceremony for its newest attraction, LEGO Ferrari Build and Race, on May 12th
- Cutting-edge digital technology lets guests build, test and race their very own LEGO Ferrari
- Life-size Ferrari F40 LEGO model built out of more than 350,000 LEGO pieces was on display at the event and will become a permanent centerpiece of the attraction
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Start your engines! Yesterday, LEGOLAND® California Resort debuted its newest attraction, LEGO® Ferrari Build and Race. Capitalizing on the increased popularity of Formula 1 racing (with viewership up 56% compared to 2020), the new attraction puts visitors in the driver's seat with cutting-edge digital technology that guests have never experienced at any other LEGOLAND theme park in the world.
"Kicking off what is anticipated to be one of the biggest vacation seasons to date, LEGOLAND California is thrilled to bring this first-of-its-kind attraction to Carlsbad, California," said President of LEGOLAND California Resort Kurt Stocks. "On the heels of Miami's Grand Prix, we know what a thrill the Formula 1 races can be, and we're excited to give our guests a taste of that experience here at the Park."
The centerpiece of the opening was a life-size, bright red Ferrari F40 model developed by the LEGO Group, the only model of its kind in the world. The LEGO model took a team of Master Model builders more than 3,800 hours and more than 350,000 LEGO elements to create. It stands at 14 feet long, 6 ½ feet wide, 4 feet tall, and weighs more than 3,000 lbs. A permanent, visual centerpiece of the attraction's "garage," guests can sit in the full-scale Ferrari F40 model and have their photos taken.
LEGO® Ferrari Build and Race lets guests build, test, and race their very own LEGO Ferrari. Drawing inspiration from Ferrari fun facts, race history and awards featured in the "garage", Young racers get to tap into their creativity as they head into the build and test area to construct their own LEGO Ferrari car to race at one of three test tracks which include the test zone, steering test track and speed test track. Each track offers guests different obstacles, challenges and a chance to clock in the fastest time.
Once guests have fine-tuned their vehicles, they will then head into the race area and use digital technology developed by Dimensional Innovations, a leader in immersive and engaging experiences, to digitally scan their cars and virtually race them in an effort to capture the fastest lap time. A fully customizable experience, guests will be able to digitally modify their LEGO car down to its engine size, tire specs, power, and aerodynamics, plus personalize the license plate and even add stickers.
Once on the "track," LEGO Ferrari Build and Race is designed to be interactive and challenging as racers adapt to changing racecourse conditions due to weather, wind, temperature, and wind speed. Guests will have three laps to set their fastest time using touchpads to give their car extra acceleration and to pass competitors through straghtaways. Families can join in the fun by viewing overhead monitors with a bird's eye view of the action and leaderboards displaying the status of current races and highlighting top performers of the day.
The journey continues in the DUPLO® build zone where younger guests have the chance to drive their imagination and design their creations out of bigger bricks. A LEGO pit crewmember will also be on hand to share Ferrari fun facts, race history, and showcase themed LEGO race gear and awards.
LEGO Ferrari Build and Race is included in the price of admission to LEGOLAND California Resort. It joins other new additions to the Park this year, including the brand new SoFi Stadium LEGO model in MINILAND U.S.A. For LEGOLAND California Resort ticket prices, operating schedule, and additional information, visit www.LEGOLAND.com or call 760-918-LEGO (5346).
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Google's Satyajeet Salgar posted a photo of an official NBA game ball he found sitting in a meeting room at the Google / YouTube offices. It is in a glass mounted case, so I assume it is worth something? I am not sure why it was in that room and I don't think Salgar knew either...
He shared this on Twitter and said "This is just lying on the floor in this meeting room at YouTube..."
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS JUNE 14, 2022
NEW YORK, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP reminds investors that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Aurinia" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AUPH) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Aurinia securities between May 7, 2021 and February 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period").
All investors who purchased the shares of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and incurred losses are advised to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action or join the case on our website, www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., you may, no later than June 14, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Aurinia is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes therapies to treat various diseases with unmet medical need in Japan and the People's Republic of China. The Company's only product is LUPKYNIS, which it offers for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that:
- Aurinia was experiencing declining revenues;
- Aurinia's 2022 sales outlook for LUPKYNIS would fall well short of expectations;
- accordingly, the Company had significantly overstated LUPKYNIS's commercial prospects;
- as a result, the Company had overstated its financial position and/or prospects for 2022; and
- as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On February 28, 2022, Aurinia issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. Among other items, Aurinia reported a year-over-year revenue decline and announced a lower-than-expected sales outlook for 2022.
On this news, Aurinia's common share price fell $3.94 per share, or 24.26%, to close at $12.30 per share on February 28, 2022.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
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Höegh LNG Names New President & CEO
Oslo-listed LNG FSRU specialist Höegh LNG has appointed Erik Nyheim as the new President & CEO, effective from mid-August this year.
Nyheim comes from the position as Partner of Boston Consulting Group's Norwegian office where he has successfully led their maritime practice since 2019. Prior to this, he worked for more than 15 years with the Wilhelmsen group.
Nyheim holds a BSc Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Business and Administration (NHH) in Bergen.
Chairman of the Board, Morten W. Høegh said Wednesday: "We are very pleased to welcome Erik to lead the company at a very exciting time. He will bring important and relevant experience for the role as President & CEO, enabling us to successfully realize our vision of enabling the transition to clean energy."
Erik Nyheim added: "It is a great honor to be appointed as the next President & CEO of Höegh LNG. I am impressed by how the company has developed to become the world's leading owner and operator of FSRUs and look forward to leading the next phase of the company's development in a period when the security of supply and energy transition is high on the agenda. I am excited about getting to know the business and all its people when I join later in the summer." | https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegh-lng-names-new-president-ceo-496325 | 2022-05-13T11:12:42Z | https://www.marinelink.com/news/hegh-lng-names-new-president-ceo-496325 | false | 3 |
Why are those speaking Hindi selling ‘Paani Puri’ in Tamil Nadu, asked the state’s higher education minister Dr K Ponmudy as he questioned the rationale behind the argument that learning Hindi could open more employment opportunities.
Speaking at a convocation event in Coimbatore’s Bharathiar University, Ponmudy said English was more valuable than Hindi as a language, claiming those who speak Hindi are engaged in menial jobs. “…If the argument that learning Hindi could open more employment opportunities was true then why are those speaking the language selling ‘Paani Puri’ here?” Ponmudy asked.
He added that Tamil students were willing to learn any language but Hindi should be optional and not compulsory.
The minister’s statement comes amid a raging debate over Hindi ‘imposition’, which was recently reignited after a Twitter war of words between actors Ajay Devgn and Kichcha Sudeepa.
In response to a statement by south star Kichcha Sudeep that “Hindi is no more our national language", Devgn said if Hindi was not the national language of India, why were movies made in different languages and eventually dubbed in Hindi.
At a film launch event, Sudeep was asked how he viewed the record-breaking pan-India success of the Kannada film KGF: Chapter 2, the Hindi version of which alone has over Rs 350 crore since its April 14 release.
Devgn, who recently starred in filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s pan-India blockbuster RRR, tagged the Karnataka-based actor on Twitter and wrote, “Hindi was, is and always will be our national language." “My brother, according to you if Hindi is not our national language then why do you release your mother tongue movies by dubbing them in Hindi?" Devgn wrote in Devanagari, the Hindi script. “Hindi was, is and always will be our mother tongue and national language. Jana Gana Mana," the actor-filmmaker added in his tweet.
Addressing the media in Kannada, Sudeep had said, “Hindi (filmmakers) should say they are making pan India movies. They have been dubbing those (Bollywood) movies into Tamil and Telugu, etc and they are struggling. They are not able to. Today, we just make films that reach everywhere."
The issue soon turned political as Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and former CMs Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy insisted that Hindi is like any other language in India and not the national language.
Earlier in April, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee in Delhi, Shah had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided that the medium of running the government is in the official language and this would definitely increase the importance of Hindi.
There is no mention in the Constitution that Hindi is the national language. According to the Constitution, India doesn’t have a national language as Hindi is among the 22 languages listed in the eighth schedule. However, the notion of Hindi being the national language is widespread.
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To the editor:
On May 16, at the Special Town Meeting, Rockport residents will be voting on new zoning provisions that will have a direct and positive impact on the future of the town. For more than a year, the Planning Board and its consultant, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) have drafted the most comprehensive changes to the town’s zoning since the zoning law was first adopted decades ago. The Planning Board has sought input from other boards, other departments, and from members of the public. Many had insightful comments that have helped shape the final document. The existing zoning bylaw has inconsistent and outdated language. It fails to address the acute shortage of market rate, affordable housing in the town. The proposed changes are long overdue.
In 2021 the median single family home price in Rockport rose to more than $800,000. Young families with children cannot afford Rockport, and affordable, decent rental housing is scarce. Not surprisingly, the student population in the Rockport schools has been steadily declining. Many of the proposed bylaw changes follow the lead of the Baker administration’s 2020 state-\wide legislation to encourage more market-rate, affordable housing in the commonwealth.
There are four zoning warrant articles to be voted on at Town Meeting. They are listed as Articles B through E. They are within the same zoning bylaw, but we have broken them down into four separate votes. The first article we call the “nuts and bolts” amendments. These require the customary two-thirds vote to be adopted. The other three articles are zoning changes that the commonwealth wants towns to adopt to promote more market-rate, affordable housing. To encourage adoption of these articles, the commonwealth in section 5 of the Massachusetts Zoning Act has lowered the threshold for approval of the three articles from the two-thirds majority to a simple majority.
The nuts and bolts changes, Article B: These amendments are to existing zoning bylaw provisions. The changes are too numerous and diverse to review in this letter. They have been posted on the Planning Board webpage. Here are several examples. A number of definitions in the beginning of the bylaw are never mentioned in the body of the bylaw. Other definitions were moved within the Bylaw to more appropriate locations. Archaic language such as “boarding house” or “tourist court” or the reference to obsolete “microwave antennas” have been eliminated. The parking space requirements for many uses were updated to avoid the need to pave large areas because of outmoded parking requirements. The definition of “gross floor area” was revised and illustrated with a diagram. The building inspector has been given beefed up enforcement powers.
Accessory dwelling units, Article C: Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are secondary dwellings either within or detached from the principal dwelling. Sometimes people refer to them loosely as “mother-in-law” apartments. As recognized by the Baker administration, expanding the number of ADUs would increase the town’s housing capacity. The Baker administration seeks ADUs to be allowed “as of right” in more zoning districts to promote market-rate, affordable housing. The Planning Board follows the governor’s lead. Except in the SRAA zoning district, where they would remain prohibited, ADUs under the current zoning proposal would be allowed as of right everywhere.
The new ADU proposal creates new requirements for ADUs. The current ADU bylaw has no written standards governing ADUs. The proposed bylaw has four pages of regulations governing the size, construction, design and operation of ADUs. The Planning Board had a strong concern that ADUs not be used for short-term, vacation rentals. Under the current bylaw, there is no limit on how ADUs can be used. The Planning Board has created strong and time-tested provisions that would prohibit ADUs except for use in long-term rental commitments.
Open space residential development, Article D: The proposed Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) bylaw replaces the existing Open Space Residential Development bylaw. It requires a simple majority vote. An OSRD is a subdivision that promotes the clustering of houses and the preservation and conservation of open space. The current OSRD bylaw requires that a developer of an OSRD go through a cumbersome process to be issued a special permit. Nevertheless, it allows conventional subdivisions — with their cookie-cutter lots, cul de sacs, and no open space requirements — to be built as of right.
The new OSRD bylaw reverses this preference. An OSRD subdivision can be developed as of right. The application process is streamlined and comprehensive. It will promote intelligent subdivision design and preserves open space. Under the new bylaw, a conventional subdivision would require a special permit from the Planning Board.
Transit-oriented village overlay district, Article E: The proposed Transit Oriented Village Overlay District (TOVOD) is the fourth warrant item. Under section 5 of the 2020 Massachusetts Zoning Act, Rockport is an “MBTA Community.” Within a half mile of the train station, Rockport must have a multifamily zoning district with a minimum density of 15 units per acre. The TOVOD is such a district. It has the two-fold goal of increasing housing options in Rockport and promoting the use of mass transportation over cars.
The TOVOD is shown on a zoning map that is part of the warrant article. It is an overlay zoning district of just over 12 acres in an area immediately surrounding the Rockport MBTA train station. Because it is an overlay district, the TOVOD does not change the underlying residential zoning district. The TOVOD allows but does not require a property owner to build multifamily dwellings with at least three or more dwelling units. The TOVOD design guidelines promote the location of commercial establishments on the ground floor levels with apartments located above. The TOVOD contains design requirements to assure that any new multifamily housing will be in harmony with the historic, low rise character of the downtown Rockport area. This is much like many of the small towns that some of us grew up in. The goal of the TOVOD is to increase available and market driven affordable housing for families with children and older people who want to downsize.
The Planning Board has worked hard on multiple revisions of these zoning proposals. We also recognize that the zoning bylaws are a living document and that future changes, revisions, and corrections are inevitable. We believe these four warrant articles are a good start.
Jason Shaw
Chairman
Rockport Planning Board | https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/letter-considering-rockport-zoning-changes/article_f64eff42-d203-11ec-a547-5fa417257974.html | 2022-05-13T11:18:29Z | https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/letter-considering-rockport-zoning-changes/article_f64eff42-d203-11ec-a547-5fa417257974.html | true | 1 |
Manchester City unveil Aguero statue on 10th anniversary of '93:20'
Manchester City unveiled a statue of former striker Sergio Aguero outside the Etihad Stadium on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of his winning goal that gave them their first league title in 44 years.
Aguero netted a dramatic 94th-minute winner against Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the 2011-12 season to beat cross-town rivals Manchester United to the title.
Often dubbed the "93:20" goal in reference to the time it was scored, Aguero's strike set City on their way to domestic dominance in the years that followed.
"Truthfully, it is a very beautiful thing for me, to see myself 10 years ago is very moving," said Aguero, who scored a club-record 260 goals before moving to Barcelona and retiring last year at the age of 33 due to a heart condition.
"In those 10 years I was able to win a lot of trophies and was able to help the club become one of the most important in the world... it is something very special."
The former Argentina international won five league titles, an FA Cup and six League Cups over a 10-year period at City.
The statue, created by sculptor Andy Scott, joins those of Aguero's former team mates Vincent Kompany and David Silva that were unveiled at the Etihad last year.
"Sergio Aguero's contribution to Manchester City in a defining era for the club cannot be overstated," added City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
"When our fans think of Sergio, they are immediately drawn to the iconic moment of 93:20... it is only fitting that Sergio has been recognised with a statue of his own." | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/manchester-city-unveil-aguero-statue-10th-anniversary-9320-2683681?cid=cna_flip_070214 | 2022-05-13T11:21:56Z | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/manchester-city-unveil-aguero-statue-10th-anniversary-9320-2683681?cid=cna_flip_070214 | false | 6 |
As Philly gets knocked out of the playoffs, Ben Simmons liked an old tweet about the Philadelphia 76ers winning the James Harden trade.
With Jimmy Butler putting up 32 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in a 99-90 Game 6 win, the Miami Heat have successfully managed to knock the Philadelphia 76ers out of the playoffs, winning the series 4-2.
Peace out, Philly ✌️
On to the Eastern Conference Finals! pic.twitter.com/Spl099Yuaq
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 13, 2022
With Joel Embiid and co. getting eliminated from the postseason, Ben Simmons couldn’t be any happier.
After the conclusion of the series, the Australian star was petty enough to like an old tweet that stated how the Sixers won the Harden-Simmons trade.
Petty Ben Simmons 👀 pic.twitter.com/JK1fWOfz7m
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 13, 2022
Also Read: NBA Twitter goes wild post Sixers exit from playoffs
NBA Twitter reacts as Ben Simmons continues to troll the Sixers after their loss to the Heat
As soon as Simmons liked the 4-day-old tweet, NBA Twitter blew up with reactions.
Ben after seeing the Sixers eliminated pic.twitter.com/QUfkvPfrFq
— kalid 🍇 (@kingkaIid) May 13, 2022
Why is Simmons acting like he didn’t finesse his team and not play a single game this year
— Za Mörant (@i0vemark0) May 13, 2022
The Harden-Simmons trade was a rare lose-lose situation for both teams lol
— Hot Takes (@HotTakes12345) May 13, 2022
Simmons beefing with Harden pic.twitter.com/lQ6lN9kROk
— Burgan™️ (@itsburgan) May 13, 2022
Some days I dislike Simmons some days I love him lmao https://t.co/YbbL6QfedP
— Mike Lewis (@BlastaMike_) May 13, 2022
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published Friday by a team of leading international scientists said.
The study by the World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of weather data relating to the catastrophic rainfall last month, which triggered massive landslides in South Africa's Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces, and p and concluded that climate change was a contributing factor to the scale of the damage.
“Human-induced climate change contributed largely to this extreme weather event,” Izidine Pinto, a climate analyst at the University of Cape Town and part of the group that conducted the analysis, said. “We need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a new reality where floods and heatwaves are more intense and damaging.”
The scientists said that extreme rainfall episodes like those in April can now be expected about every twenty years, doubling the number of extreme weather events in the region if human-caused climate change had not been a factor. Rainfall is also expected to be about 4 to 8% heavier, the report said.
The floods resulted in the deaths of more than 400 people and severely affected 40,000 others, with thousands now homeless or living in shelters and property damages estimated at $1.5 billion. The floods also led to the shut down of the Port of Durban for several days, disrupting supply chains.
“The flooding of the Port of Durban, where African minerals and crops are shipped worldwide, is also a reminder that there are no borders for climate impacts. What happens in one place can have substantial consequences elsewhere,” said Friederike Otto, a climate researcher at Imperial College in London, who wasn't part of the study.
The South African weather service's Vanetia Phakula said that even though the warning systems that are in place to alleviate the most severe impacts on human life issued an early warning on time, the coordination with disaster management agencies had challenges. The report authors noted that those living in marginalized communities or informal settlements were disproportionately affected by the flooding.
Christopher Jack, the deputy director of the Climate System Analysis group at the University of Cape Town, who participated in the study, says the event exposed and magnified the “structural inequalities and vulnerabilities” in the region.
The analysis used long-established and peer-reviewed climate models to account for various levels of sea surface temperatures and global wind circulation among other factors. The results are consistent with accepted links between increased greenhouse gas emissions and greater rainfall intensity, the scientists said. As the atmosphere warms, it’s able to hold more water, making heavy rainfall more likely.
Earlier this year, as the floods were devastating South Africa, the World Weather Attribution group released another rapid assessment analysis on the intensity of cyclones in southern Africa which concluded that human-caused climate change was also largely to blame.
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