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HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June after 42 years in government service, ending with a tumultuous 5-year term as the city's chief executive. Some highlights of Lam's life and career:
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May 13, 1957: Born Cheng Yuet-ngor in Hong Kong. She attends St. Francis' Canossian School, a Catholic girls' school, where she failed only once to finish at the top of her class, and later said she cried because of it.
1980: Graduates from the University of Hong Kong and joins the Hong Kong government as a civil servant. During her career, she is known for having a strong work ethic.
1982: Studies at the University of Cambridge, where she meets her future husband, mathematician Lam Siu-por.
1984: Marries Lam Siu-por.
July 1, 1997: Britain returns Hong Kong to China. Under the one-China, two-systems framework, Hong Kong becomes a special administrative region with its own laws and system of government.
July 1, 2007: Appointed secretary for development. Renounces her British nationality as required under Chinese rule for senior officials of the Hong Kong government.
July 1, 2012: Appointed to the city's No 2 position, chief secretary for administration.
July 1, 2017: Sworn in by Chinese President Xi Jinping as Hong Kong's chief executive after winning 777 votes in March from a 1,194-member elections committee.
Feb. 2019: The Hong Kong government proposes amendments to the city's laws that would allow extraditions on a case-by-case basis to mainland China.
March 2019: Thousands take to the streets of Hong Kong to protest the extradition bill.
June 9, 2019: A massive protest against the bill draws more than 1 million people by organizers' estimates. Protests and political strife shake the city for more than six months.
Sept. 2019: Lam announces her government will withdraw the extradition bill. The protests continue over other issues, turning increasingly violent at times as demonstrators battle police in the streets.
June 2020: Beijing imposes a national security law on Hong Kong, outlawing secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign powers to intervene in the city's affairs.
July 31, 2020: Lam invokes an emergency regulations ordinance to postpone Legislative Council elections by a year, citing public health risks from the pandemic. The opposition pro-democracy camp accuses her of using the pandemic to delay a vote in which it expected to make gains.
Aug. 2020: The U.S. imposes sanctions on Lam and other Chinese and Hong Kong officials "for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly of the citizens of Hong Kong." Lam later says she had to store "piles of cash" at home as she had no access to banking services.
May 2021: China revises Hong Kong's election laws, reducing the proportion of those directly elected by voters to the legislature and ensuring that only those loyal to Beijing are allowed to run for office.
Dec. 2021: Voter turnout sinks to 30% in the delayed Legislative Council election, which returns a heavily pro-Beijing majority after the pro-democracy camp doesn't field any candidates.
Jan 2022-present: An omicron-driven outbreak overwhelms the health system, leading to more than 8,000 deaths. Lam's government is widely criticized for mishandling the outbreak.
April 4, 2022: Lam announces she will retire after her five-year term expires on June 30.
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Could the Warriors survive if Stephen Curry misses a few playoff games?
The Warriors have just three games left to play in the regular season, but the implications of each could have them seeded as high as No. 3 or as low as No. 6 in the Western Conference playoffs.
The regular season still holds high stakes, which makes Stephen Curry’s absence for the remaining games sting. Hope for his return was dashed last week with news that his sprained left foot would be reevaluated a day after the Warriors’ final game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday.
And while it was no surprise that Curry would get that extra time to heal, it has become clear the Warriors offense is inconsistent without him.
They desperately need his gravity and scoring in the playoffs. There is optimism that Curry will be cleared to play for Game 1 of the playoffs on April 16, but no assurances have been made.
“I’m not going to speculate as far as how many weeks he misses because we just don’t really know,” coach Steve Kerr said earlier this week. “Because he has a foundation of 70 games underneath him, and seeing him in the past, I think he will respond quickly.”
Curry has a history of playing through injuries during the playoffs. He sprained his MCL twice, forcing him to miss significant chunks of the 2016 and 2018 postseason. But he was impactful as ever — sometimes with minutes restrictions — when he returned to action. Curry’s performance individually may not be a huge concern for the team if and when he returns.
“Steph has been injured many times during and before the playoffs in the past and he’s always returned well. I’m not concerned about him,” Kerr said. “All it takes is one shot and he’s back in rhythm. We’ll see how it goes over the next few weeks, but following the advice of the training staff and we’ll go from there.”
But how might the team fare if Curry can’t play a few playoff games?
Statistically, the Warriors are simply incomplete without him. They’re 5-10 this season in games he’s missed. The offense holds a team-worst 105 offensive rating when he’s off the court and a team-best 114 offensive rating with him on court.
The eye test backs those numbers: Golden State’s offense is clogged without Curry and exceptional with him in the rotation. Without Curry’s off-ball abilities, Kerr’s motion offense doesn’t quite flow at its best and the Warriors often fall short on firepower needed to keep up.
Sure, Jordan Poole has done his best Curry impression; his 67 3-pointers led the NBA in March and fueled a streak of 17 games with at least 20 points scored. He’s been nails from beyond the arc, maintaining a 45% rate over that 17-game span while mixing up his scoring game with impeccable and impossible-looking moves to the rim.
Klay Thompson adds a special kind of firepower, too, despite coursing through more extreme lows than highs since his return on Jan. 9. His 36-point, eight 3-pointer explosion against the Utah Jazz in Saturday’s win shows why — despite those valleys — he remains one of the most dangerous shooters in NBA history.
Assuming the Warriors will play the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz or Denver Nuggets in the first round, Poole and Thompson may not be enough firepower in certain matchups without Curry.
The Mavericks may be the worst matchup — even with Curry. With stretch five Dwight Powell and considerable length with wings such as Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber and Reggie Bullock, Dallas has players that double as smothering defenders and capable shooters. Their offense is headed up by 6-foot-7 superstar guard Luka Doncic, a relentless bully against Golden State this year.
A first-round series against Denver or Utah would be a different story. Though Nikola Jokic is a scary opponent for any team in a best-of-seven series, Draymond Green can help neutralize that threat and the Warriors should have them beat on talent — even without Curry — with Denver presumably missing Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. in the playoffs.
If the Jazz continue to play center Rudy Gobert in drop coverage next to a porous perimeter defense, the Warriors sans Curry could actually enjoy a series against Utah. Poole, Thompson and Andrew Wiggins could walk into a handful of scoring opportunities with the wide-open spaces in the midrange and beyond the arc.
Some of these first-round matchups could be winnable without Curry — and imagining any scenario without him could be moot if he returns for Game 1 — but Curry is the Warriors’ offense. They’ll need him back to make a deep postseason run.
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NJPW Statement On Minoru Suzuki Winning ROH Television Championship
Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 06, 2022
New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following press release concerning the recent big win for Minor Suzuki at ROH Supercard of Honor, where the King defeated Rhett Titus to become the new ROH Television champion.
April 1 in Dallas saw the revival of the Ring of Honor promotion with Supercard of Honor, and a surprise for fans in attendance and watching worldwide as Minoru Suzuki became ROH Television Champion for the first time.
Just hours after battling Killer Kross at lonestar Shootout, Suzuki appeared to take on TV Champion Rhett Titus. Quickly ignoring the Code of Honor to crack Titus across the face, Suzuki nonetheless found himself pressured by Titus before catching the champion in the ropes with an armbar and negotiating a Fujiwara inside the ring.
Titus battled back with elbows and a belly to belly, before getting two off a back suplex to his challenger, but a half crab attempt was quickly countered into a knee bar. Titus escaped one attempt at the Gotch Style Piledriver, but not a second, and Suzuki walked away with the W and the gold.
Minoru Suzuki wrestles Tomohiro Ishii at Windy City Riot on April 16.
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The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – Fauci gives his COVID-19 vaccine estimate
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The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Fauci testifies | Says he’s ‘Cautiously optimistic’ about a vaccine by end of the year | Says 250+ have signed up for clinical trials | 6 MLB teams no longer playing today | $600 unemployment benefit expires at midnight | Duckworth in the running for Biden VP | National Avocado Day
ON CAPITOL HILL
Anthony Fauci, talk us down, please:
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield are testifying today before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus.
NEWS FROM THE HEARING:
Fauci on when we will have a vaccine: “The response that was induced [from one of the vaccine trials] was really quite favorable … There’s never a guarantee that you’re going to get a safe and effective vaccine, but from everything we’ve seen now in the animal data, as well as the early human data, we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021.”
Fauci on the rapid pace of the vaccine development: “I know to some people this seems like it is so fast that there might be compromising of safety and scientific integrity. I can tell you that is absolutely not the case.” (Via CQ’s Mary Ellen McIntire) https://bit.ly/2D5RoWb
Redfield on schools reopening: “It’s in the public health best interest of K-12 students to get back in face-to-face learning.” More from Redfield on schools: https://bit.ly/3jYsjxa
Fauci on Americans’ willingness to help with the vaccine trials: “There is a website called coronaviruspreventionnetwork.org where individuals can actually indicate their willingness to participate in the clinical trials and to make sure we have a diverse representation.” Wow: Fauci said as of last night, more than 250,000 people have signed up.
WATCH THE HEARING:
Here’s the livestream: https://bit.ly/3i6qrRh
Happy Friday! Today is the last day of July. Wow. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook.
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NEWS THIS MORNING
Another MLB game has been postponed today:
Via ESPN, “The St. Louis Cardinals have had two players test positive for COVID-19, resulting in Major League Baseball postponing Friday afternoon’s game at the Milwaukee Brewers, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.” https://es.pn/3k1pUBw
This is not a good sign — six teams are no longer playing today: “That brings the number of teams being held out of action on Friday to six. The Brewers and Cardinals will join the Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays in teams affected by the fallout from positive tests.”
LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF NEGOTIATIONS
At midnight tonight — the enhanced unemployment benefits expire:
Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, the $600 additional unemployment benefit passed by Congress in March is expiring tonight at midnight as lawmakers are in a standoff over the next coronavirus relief package. https://bit.ly/2Pe58k0
Welp: “Lawmakers had hoped the deadline, which was known for months, would result in the kind of eleventh-hour agreement that was once commonplace in Washington. But in a sign of how far apart negotiators are, the Senate left town for the week on Thursday, ensuring Congress will careen over the fast-approaching unemployment cliff.”
This is a pretty big deal: “The consequences of inaction are severe: After trending downward since March, unemployment claims rose for the second week in a row, according to Labor Department data released Thursday morning. Roughly 30 million Americans have filed jobless claims since the pandemic began.”
LAST NIGHT — DEMS REJECTED A SHORT-TERM DEAL:
“Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday night that Democrats rejected a short-term deal as negotiators remain at loggerheads over the next coronavirus relief bill.” https://bit.ly/2DoN7wG
THE CORONAVIRUS RECESSION HAS HIT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND HIGHWAY FUNDING:
Via The Hill’s Niv Elis: https://bit.ly/2ECQ5hY
Soooo, what about August recess:
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said his chamber will not leave Washington without a coronavirus deal.
Hoyer said on the House floor this morning: “We will not start the August District work period until we pass appropriate COVID-19 relief to meet the current health and economic crisis confronting our people and our country.” https://bit.ly/2DhH9xL
He added: “Members are further advised as conversations surrounding [additional] coronavirus relief legislation continue, it is expected the House will meet during the month of August…No one should schedule themselves for next week or until such time as we adopt COVID-19 legislation.” https://bit.ly/2PiE2It
THE NUMBERS:
Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 4,496,737
U.S. death toll: 152,074
Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y
DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING TO GO ON OFFENSE OVER REOPENING SCHOOLS THIS FALL:
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ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Duck, duck, Duckworth, duck, HARRIS:
Via The Hill’s Amie Parnes and Alexander Bolton, don’t count out Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. https://bit.ly/2EwiBBG
The other top contenders on Biden’s list: “Biden likes Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) ideas and proposals. He admires Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-Calif.) lawyerly straightforwardness and moxie. Susan Rice, President Obama’s former national security adviser, worked alongside him in the White House and Biden has seen her work ethic up close.”
But what Duckworth: She “represents something close to Biden’s heart: She’s an American hero. The Illinois Democrat, a veteran who lost both legs in the Iraq war and received the Purple Heart, is on Biden’s shortlist. And some in Biden World who know the former vice president will say Duckworth is exactly the kind of partner who is well-suited to the former vice president.”
NOTABLE TWEETS:
Um, seriously…?:
What, are they going to figure out Apple’s face recognition next?
Watch: https://bit.ly/3faTVLO
ON TAP:
The House is in. The Senate is out. President Trump is in Tampa, Fla. this afternoon. Vice President Pence is in Washington, D.C.
10 a.m. EDT: First votes in the House.
11:30 a.m. EDT: President Trump met with The National Association of Police Organizations Leadership in the Cabinet Room.
Noon – 2 p.m. EDT: Last votes in the House. The House’s full schedule today: https://bit.ly/3hRDshg
1 p.m. EDT: President Trump leaves for Tampa, Fla.
2:30 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence leads a White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting in the Situation Room.
3:30 p.m. EDT: President Trump participates in a campaign coalitions event with Florida sheriffs.
3:50 p.m. EDT: President Trump leaves for Belleair, Fla.
5 p.m. EDT: President Trump participates in a roundtable with supporters, followed by speaking at a fundraising dinner in Belleair.
5 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence hosts a call with “Law Enforcement for Trump.”
10:05 p.m. EDT: President Trump arrives at the White House.
WHAT TO WATCH:
10:30 a.m. EDT: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/2EDHZWj
4:30 p.m. EDT: President Trump participates in a roundtable on COVID-19 and storm preparedness. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3jWy9io
11 p.m. EDT Monday: Axios’s exclusive interview with President Trump airs on HBO. Preview: https://bit.ly/33f0evs
NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF…:
Today is National Avocado Day! And for weekend planning purposes, tomorrow is National Mustard Day and Sunday is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!
And to get your weekend off on the right foot, here’s a baby deer chomping on some snacks: https://bit.ly/314ea8R
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Elon Musk was late filing a form and made $208 million
By Reed Albergotti
Elon Musk was eleven days late in publicly declaring he had amassed a large stake in Twitter. That omission may have earned him $US156 million ($208 million) , according to a half dozen legal and securities experts.
That’s because of a 50-year-old law that requires investors notify the Securities and Exchange Commission when they surpass a 5 per cent stake in a company. Musk reached that benchmark on March 14, according to the filings. But he only made his public disclosure on Monday.
In between, he continued to buy stock at the price of around $US39 per share, bringing his total stake to 9.2 per cent. After his disclosure, Twitter’s share price rose roughly 30 per cent and is now above $US50 per share.
The late filing netted Musk $US156 million, said David Kass, a finance professor at University of Maryland’s business school. “I really don’t know what’s going through his mind. Was he ignorant or knowledgeable that he was violating securities law?” he said. Whoever was handling the trades for Musk should have known, Kass said.
The disregard for securities laws - whether intentional or accidental -- highlights the way billionaires and powerful individuals can skirt federal rules and even tax code to continue to build their wealth.
Musk’s windfall may come with a slap on the wrist in the form of a fine from the SEC, but will likely be limited to hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the legal and security experts.
The SEC could also argue in court that Musk needs to part with the theoretical profit, but that would be a long shot, said Adam Pritchard, a professor of securities law at University of Michigan’s law school.
The SEC “would have to be really angry with him to try that because they would have a good chance of a court rejecting that argument,” he said.
Individual shareholders, Pritchard said, have no right to sue Musk, because the public disclosure is a regulatory requirement and not something he legally owes to Twitter’s shareholders.
Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment, nor did securities lawyers working for him. The SEC declined to comment.
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has proposed new rules that would halve the amount of time investors have to disclose after crossing the five per cent threshold, from ten days to five.
“It is important that shareholders get that information sooner,” he said in a statement.
Musk has drawn scrutiny from the SEC in the past. In 2018, he entered into a consent decree with the SEC for allegedly misleading investors when he tweeted that he had gathered enough funding to take Tesla, where he’s CEO, private. Musk paid a $US20 million fine and agreed to step down as chairman and vet his tweets with lawyers. Last month, he asked the SEC to scrap that agreement.
Musk has continued to push the rules, polling his Twitter followers in November on whether he should sell a 10 per cent stake in Tesla, potentially influencing the market.
The Wall Street Journal also reported in February that the SEC was investigating a stock sale by Musk’s brother a day before that tweet.
It isn’t clear why Musk, who is the world’s richest man valued at $US276 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, missed the deadline. The gains of $US156 million represent a drop in the bucket for the PayPal co-founder, who also owns and runs rocket company SpaceX.
In addition to missing the deadline to disclose his position, Musk may have also filed a misleading report to the SEC, claiming he is a “passive investor” with no aims to change or influence ownership of the company.
Musk polled his Twitter followers on March 25 about whether they thought Twitter was protecting free speech. “The results of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” By that time, he had already purchased 63.5 million shares of the company’s stock.
The disregard for securities laws - whether intentional or accidental -- highlights the way billionaires and powerful individuals can skirt federal rules and even tax code to continue to build their wealth.
Securities lawyers and finance experts say that if Musk had been planning to join the board or to influence the company’s decision-making by leveraging the voting power of his stock, he probably should have filed a different disclosure indicating he was an “active investor.”
When Musk was appointed to Twitter’s board of directors on Tuesday, he filed a different form, changing his status from a passive investor to an “active” one.
The potential abuse of passive investor status has been a subject of debate in securities law for two decades, and Musk’s choice has drawn more scrutiny to an area of finance the SEC has rarely policed.
The disclosure requirements were first implemented in 1968 to help warn investors of a potential hostile takeover bid, an increasingly common occurrence at the time.
Activist investors often buy up as much stock as possible in secret, using several brokerage firms to cover their tracks. The secrecy typically serves two purposes: To keep the stock price from going up, which would make the effort prohibitively expensive, and to keep the company’s board in the dark as long as possible.
For now, Musk has agreed to limit his stake in the company to 14.9 per cent, so long as he sits on the board.
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It used to take a while to amass $5 billion in assets under management. Not so for Lead Edge Capital, a 12-year-old California- and New York-based growth-equity firm that just surpassed that amount, closing its sixth and newest fund with a whopping $1.95 billion in capital commitments from roughly 500 investors.
The pool follows a $950 million fund that Lead Edge closed in October 2020 — also from around 500 investors — and which brought the firm’s assets at the time to $3 billion. (Lead Edge also runs a $150 million “public-only” fund that it created at the behest of its investors last year, according to firm founder Michell Green.)
Even in a day and age where money is flowing freely to tech investors — as mentioned on Monday, venture firms are managing more money than outsiders may realize — the amount is notable.
The firm credits recent exits in part, including the fashionable medical-wear retailer Figs, which went public last May; the direct listing of workplace collaboration software company Asana last September; the highly successful IPO of dating service Bumble in February of last year; and the sale in October 2020 of the security monitoring company Signal Sciences to the publicly traded outfit Fastly for $775 million in cash and stock. (According to Crunchbase data, Signal Sciences had raised roughly $60 million from investors.)
Earlier returns came via Alibaba’s IPO, Spotify’s IPO and the sale of Duo Security to Cisco, companies on which Lead Edge made big bets. Green has said the firm invested $300 million into Alibaba in the years leading up to its IPO; more than $150 million into Spotify in the years leading up to its IPO; and more than $90 million into Duo.
Big bets aren’t unusual for Lead Edge, which has long prided itself on leaning into the investments it makes. “In the private world, we’ll run a fund with, like, 20 investments in it,” Mitchell told us during a podcast conversation in January. When it comes to public companies — which Lead Edge backs with its public company fund, the occasional special purpose vehicle, and also up to 25% of its main fund — the team takes an even more distilled approach. “You should think of our public fund as wanting to own 5 to 10 positions. We run it concentrated.”
Not all of these investments have panned out as planned. Though Lead Edge poured $160 million over the years into the Alibaba affiliate Ant Group — which was expected to become the world’s largest IPO in the fall of 2020 — that offering was completely derailed by China’s securities regulator and it’s unclear if Lead Edge will ever get its money out.
Green says he isn’t concerned — that Lead Edge has not sold any shares and has no interest in selling its shares.
On the contary, he told us in January that he sees China-based startups as a massive buying opportunity precisely because they’ve been so hard hit by China’s tech crackdown.
He said at the time that he was buying secondary shares of TikTok’s parent company Bytedance from earlier backers and investing more money in Alibaba, which is “ridiculously cheap right now.” (At the time of our chat, Alibaba’s shares were trading at $113 per share, the same price where they traded two months after the company’s 2010 IPO; days before China yanked the $37 billion IPO of Ant Group in November 2020, they were trading at $310 per share.)
Clearly, that kind of gun-slinging approach appeals to Lead Edge’s many backers, including former Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy, former Charles Schwab CEO David Pottruck, and former ESPN CEO Steve Bornstein.
Even a neighbor of this editor, upon hearing that recent podcast, disclosed that Green is managing some of his money — and that he has been happy with his returns.
As Bill Grabe, a retired managing director at General Atlantic, told the WSJ in 2017 of Green: “It’s the energy, right? I have never met a guy that talks so fast and seems to make sense.” He has “made me a lot of money.”
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College coach cuts entire volleyball team; players left scrambling without scholarships
GRAMBLING, La. (KSLA/Gray News) - Grambling State University’s new head volleyball coach Chelsey Lucas has decided to cut the entire team.
KSLA reports Lucas notified the 19 players about the roster change on Monday. She has been the coach of the team since February.
GSU Athletics Communications Director Brian Howard said athletic leaders knew Lucas would be making some changes to the roster, but not to what extent.
“It’s her decision to make, and she’s got some quality players coming on board. I think 13 or 14 are coming on board. So, I hate to say out with the old, but in with the new a little bit,” Howard said.
According to the players, Lucas called individual player meetings and told them their scholarships would not be renewed.
Maurisa Harris, a junior at GSU, said players were advised that their scholarships would not be renewed based on their performance at recent practices held this semester.
Harris said the coach’s decision has left many of her teammates scrambling to find another program to transfer to in the off-season.
GSU Athletic Director Trayveon Scott issued the following statement:
“Just as the transfer portal empowers student-athletes, our coaches are also empowered to make the decisions they deem necessary to advance their programs.”
According to Howard, athletic leaders wish the players whose scholarships were not renewed future success.
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In a time when the 8th Parliament of Ghana has seen grave misconduct from its members, it is uniquely rare to find people admiring the Legislative House as some critics believe intensely that Ghanaians have lost confidence in Parliament and its members.
The 8th Parliament led by Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin has been characterized by violent acts from Members of Parliament trading blows in the chamber to removing the Speaker's chair to prevent the Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, from acting as Speaker of Parliament among other unparliamentary incidents in the August House.
But even if Ghanaians have indeed lost confidence in the House, Parliament can however be happy to note that all hope is not lost yet.
Parliament has a number one fan in the person of seasoned journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako.
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, has expressed his unquenchable adoration for Parliament in the wake of the brouhaha happening in the House.
Contributing to Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'' Wednesday morning, Kweku Baako stated emphatically that, among the three arms of government, Parliament is his favorite.
Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi, Mr. Baako confessed his deep love saying, "My favorite arm of government is Parliament. It's the Legislature and this is because, perhaps, where I grew up and how I grew up, I just love Parliament to bits.
"And we all know that when there are unconstitutional disruptions, the first casualty is the Legislature and as long as the unconstitutionality prevails, the Legislature is missing from the political landscape.
"This is all part of the reasons we feel the Fourth Republic is more or less a blessing in the sense that the more legislative experience we have, the more we can consolidate that culture of governance and in the process make a lot of progress."
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Great Outfits in Fashion History: Lana Condor in Perfect Valentino Polka Dots
There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In 'Great Outfits in Fashion History,' Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time favorite lewks.
Lana Condor's latest press tour is underway (viva la romcom!), and it's had some pretty stand-out fashion moments, including a Christopher John Rogers strawberry skirt, some fresh-off-the-runway Christian Siriano patent and a pretty pink Valentino set. And it's got us thinking back to the many sweet looks the actor wore while promoting the "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" trilogy over the years — and to one Valentino dress, specifically, that's been one of her best yet.
To the (oh lord) February 2020 red carpet premiere of "To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You" in L.A., Condor wore a black and white-spotted, long-sleeved, bubble-hemmed mini from the Italian fashion house. The dress is all about proportion: The puff sleeves add a lot of shape, but are cinched at the forearm in a shirting-esque cuff; the skirt, meanwhile flares out, with the bubble draping creating more structure. She cinched it with a wide, black leather logo belt and pointed-toe black patent pumps. The perfect cherry on top was the black velvet bow on her high ponytail.
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Overall, the look marries Lara Jean's sweetness with Condor's Hollywood glamour. And since then, bubble hems have continued to have a resurgence on the runway (who would've thought!) — so, the actor was onto something.
Because polka dots are an evergreen print in our wardrobes, we've rounded up some sweet spotted dresses that are perfect for spring in the gallery, below.
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Smart technologies and innovation remain hallmarks for the list's only primary care practice with decades of successes as a value-based care pioneer.
MIAMI, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hernando Celada, chief innovation and strategic initiatives officer at ChenMed, is among Modern Healthcare's 2022 class of Top Innovators. Modern Healthcare, the leader in healthcare business news, research and data, annually recognizes leaders who are instituting innovation and leading transformative programs that improve care by achieving measurable results and contributing to the clinical and financial goals of their organization. A proven market disruptor, ChenMed is the largest and fastest growing primary care medical practice included in the new Top Innovators list.
"The healthcare industry is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by innovations in digital health technology and demand for alternative care models. This year's Top 25 Innovators not only have the courage to try new ideas and approaches, but they also have the vision to turn them into tangible improvements in patient outcomes and experiences, population health, efficiency and cost-effectiveness," Fawn Lopez, Publisher shares. "Their innovative leadership serves as a model to aspire to, and we congratulate them for their achievements."
ChenMed CEO, Christopher Chen, M.D. says, "Our amazing clinicians and care teams are truly empowered by the visionary and intuitive technologies created and continuingly enhanced by Hernando Celada and his highly regarded Curity software team. Constant innovation with resolute focus on helping doctors transform care of the neediest populations makes it possible for ChenMed to fuel vital hyper growth while maintaining best in primary care patient satisfaction and health outcomes."
Celada is responsible for leading the innovation arm that identifies and creates new lines of business for ChenMed, and he also drives enterprise-wide strategic initiatives. In addition, Hernando leads Curity, ChenMed's software company that has developed a technology platform which includes the electronic health record (EHR) used in nearly 100 ChenMed centers operating in 12 states. Before joining ChenMed, Celada worked at several Fortune 1000 companies, beginning his career in technology. He has a proven track record of creating business value and building a great company culture.
"Our 'everyone wins' approach makes Curity technology careers really special," explains Celada, noting that he's currently working to fill several challenging and rewarding roles from software engineering to product management, all with the goal of enhancing technology to drive the best outcomes for our providers and patients. "We are excited to be helping Miami become a destination for the nation's best technology professionals seeking unrivaled opportunities for career growth (watch 2022 Cafecito Tech Talk with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez). Curity offers unparalleled opportunities to help reshape healthcare in America."
This year's honorees are profiled in the April 4 issue of MH magazine and online at Modernhealthcare.com/awards/top-25-innovators-2022
About ChenMed:
ChenMed, headquartered in Miami, is a privately owned medical, management and technology company that delivers the high-touch and personalized primary care Medicare-eligible seniors need to enjoy better health. The company operates nearly 100 senior medical centers in 12 states. Named a Fortune 2020 "Change the World" company, a "Most Loved Workplace" by Newsweek Magazine, and a certified Best Place to Work® by the Best Place to Work Institute, ChenMed brings concierge-style medicine and better health outcomes to the neediest populations. ChenMed brands include Chen Senior Medical Center, Dedicated Senior Medical Center and JenCare Senior Medical Center. Thanks to its nimble and growing software entity, Curity, ChenMed also was recently named "A Best Place to Work in IT" by IDG's Insider Pro and ComputerWorld.
Contact for information or questions on the Top Innovators recognition program: Carly Rick, Carly.rick@modernhealthcare.com.
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Teen facing murder charges after woman dies in hit and run involving stolen vehicle
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) - An Indiana teenager is in jail after a deadly hit and run incident Sunday night.
Officers in Evansville, Indiana, were called to an intersection near a gas station where they found the victim of the hit and run lying on the parking lot with severe injuries from being run over by a car.
Authorities told WFIE she was taken to the hospital, where she died.
The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Officer identified her as 33-year-old Megan Schaefer. Her cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma to the head.
According to an affidavit, she was hit by a white Honda Civic that was stolen while parked at the gas station.
Authorities say video footage showed two people standing outside of the gas station when the woman with the Civic pulled in, parked and left the car running to go inside the store.
Officers say the suspect then backed into another vehicle with Schaefer inside.
The affidavit states she got out of her car to block the white Honda Civic from leaving.
That’s when Evansville police say the car accelerated and hit Schaefer and ran over her.
“As she was walking over to the vehicle that just hit her vehicle, the suspect put the car in drive, accelerated and deliberately hit her,” Sgt. Anna Gray said.
By examining surveillance footage, investigators were able to match the suspect’s description with 16-year-old Mateo Rodriguez.
An investigation led officers to Rodriguez’s home where he was taken into custody. He faces several charges, including murder.
“A 16-year-old, when you see someone in front of your car and you deliberately accelerate, you know what you’re doing,” Gray said. “And the fact that once he struck her with the vehicle, he didn’t stop. He just kept going.”
Officials with the Evansville Police Department says Rodriguez is being charged as an adult.
At this time, police say the stolen Honda Civic has been found at a home.
The second male seen in the surveillance video has not been found. Authorities say he is a person of interest in this case.
If you have any information you are urged to call EPD at 812-436-7979.
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PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE — Ryleigh Petrey continues to swing a hot bat, delivering three hits which included a home run, four RBI and two runs scored as Whitley County put an end to its three-game losing skid by defeating Elliott County, 10-3.
The Lady Colonels (8-5) scored seven runs in the first inning while never looking back. They added three more runs in the seventh inning and finished with 10 hits.
“The last four games we have struggled to get the bats rolling and that creates extra pressure for our defense and pitcher,” Whitley County coach Angela Singleton said. “Today, we got the bats rolling in the first inning so our defense and pitcher had some wiggle room and could play a little more relaxed.”
Kara Canada delivered two hits and one RBI while Addison Siler finished with two hits and two runs scored. Amber Brown and Charley Chaney each turned in a one-hit, one-RBI effort while Jayce Monhollen drove in two runs while finishing with a hit. Makenzie Lunsford also drove in a run in the win.
Canada picked up the win in the pitcher’s circle, tossing six and two/thirds of an innings while allowing only five hits and one earned run. She also struck out four batters.
Whitley County will play Hickman County Thursday at 1 p.m.
Tuesday’s Game
Bath County 11, Whitley County 0
The Lady Colonels were shut out for the second consecutive game after finishing with only one hit during their 11-0 loss to Bath County.
Bath County took a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning and added two runs in the fourth inning and six in the fifth inning to cruise past Whitley County.
Charley Chaney finished with the Lady Colonels’ lone hit.
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Cancun Airport pax up 12% to 2.7m in Mar-2022, compared to Mar-2019
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By Tom Gilbert
There is a new virus going around – one that people should be aware of, but not necessarily worried about catching. No, it Is not another COVID-19 variant.
New Jersey wildlife and agriculture officials are keeping their eyes on an outbreak of a bird flu that is affecting wild and domestic birds in 20 states; mostly along the “Atlantic flyway” migration corridor, including this state we’re in.
So far, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has not resulted in any confirmed bird deaths in New Jersey, but it may just be a matter of time.
Dr. Nicole Lewis, pathologist for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, is testing a group of brant geese recently found dead.
“We know we have it here,” Lewis said, explaining that wild waterfowl and shorebirds are considered “natural reservoirs” of avian influenza, but they often do not develop symptoms.
For example, a sampling of wild ducks in New Jersey that were trapped for testing came back positive for the bird flu. However, the ducks showed no signs of being sick.
But, as with COVID-19, infected individuals without symptoms can still spread the disease to others.
Lewis was first alerted to the HPAI a few months ago after a mixed flock of about 300 birds in Newfoundland, Canada, was struck by sudden illness.
“It was a menagerie of birds and they all died,” she said.
The bird flu causes neurological symptoms, including seizures, falling over, twitching and having difficulty flying. Most birds that display symptoms perish within 24 to 48 hours.
The wild birds considered most at risk include eagles, snow geese, snowy owls, mergansers, swans, mallard ducks, vultures, hawks, gulls and shorebirds.
In eastern Pennsylvania, the HPAI virus was just confirmed in a bald eagle found dead in Chester County.
A diagnosis is pending on five hooded mergansers recovered in a northwestern Pennsylvania lake; four were found dead and the fifth was euthanized after showing neurologic symptoms.
Cases have also been reported in wild birds in New York and Maryland.
Fortunately, the disease does not seem to affect backyard feeder birds like chickadees, cardinals and finches, according to Lewis.
“Songbirds tend to be resistant, so we don’t need to worry about them being impacted,” she said.
Perhaps the most vulnerable bird populations are domestic poultry – chickens, ducks and turkeys – including flocks that many New Jerseyans raise in their backyards to produce eggs.
“HPAI spreads through contact with bodily secretions, including feces and ocular, nasal or oral secretions from infected birds,” according to an advisory from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. “The virus can be spread on vehicles, equipment, shoes, etc. Practicing good biosecurity can help prevent the spread of HPAI onto your farm.”
Droppings from wild birds flying over domestic poultry flocks are believed to have contributed to the spread of the disease.
While HPAI can potentially infect humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined the current bird flu outbreak poses little risk to the health of the general public.
“There is always the risk, but it is quite low,” Lewis said.
The people most likely to contract cases of avian influenza, she said, are those who work in close contact with birds.
New Jersey volunteers who work with birds – or even just observe them – are being made aware of the disease as a precaution.
For example, biologist Larissa Smith of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey is alerting volunteers who monitor bald eagle nests throughout the state.
“We just want everyone to know the disease is out there and they have got to be careful,” Smith said, especially if they come across dead or injured birds.
What should members of the public do if they encounter sick or dead birds?
“If you find a bird that seems very depressed or down, or if you approach them and they don’t fly away, that could be a neurological symptom,” said Lewis.
For sick or injured birds, search online for “New Jersey wildlife rehabilitators” and call the facility nearest the location of the sick bird.
To report dead birds, call the state Department of Environmental Protection hotline at 1-877-WARNDEP. Dead birds should not be touched or picked up.
Tom Gilbert is a co-executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Far Hills.
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ATLANTA, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Witherite Law Group, 1-800-TruckWreck, Frank Ski, legendary media personality and philanthropist, and Nina Brown, radio veteran and community advocate, both of The Frank Ski Show with Nina Brown, are joining together to provide meals for Atlanta area families this Easter. Five-hundred $100 Honey Baked Ham gift cards will be provided. The gift cards will be given to families financially impacted by the current state of the economy, including rising gas costs, inflation, the pandemic, and unemployment.
Witherite Law Group, 1-800-TruckWreck, Frank Ski and Nina Brown will host the ham giveaway in person on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Honey Baked Hams, 6175 Old National Highway, Suite 204, Atlanta, GA 30349. The event will start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 a.m. EST. The Easter gift card giveaway is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Gift cards will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Families across the nation are feeling constrained by the rising cost of groceries and gas, as well as economic hardships caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Witherite Law Group and 1-800-TruckWreck have joined forces with Frank and Nina to support families by offsetting a portion of their Easter holiday meals.
"Food insecurity has been on the rise since early 2000, and today's rising costs make it more difficult for families to access food for quality meals each day. Some are forced to decide between purchasing groceries, medicine or paying for housing each month," said Amy Witherite, founder of Witherite Law Group and 1-800-TruckWreck. "Our goal is to offer some relief to as many families as possible during this Easter holiday."
According to Deloitte, the US economy is on a path to recover from the pandemic, unemployment, and businesses are beginning to profit again, but the war between Russia and Ukraine will drive inflation; therefore, US citizens will continue to be impacted by increased prices for the foreseeable future.
"People need support year-round -- some for reasons completely out of their control. Providing assistance during this difficult time in our country is the least we can do help the members of our community," said Frank Ski, media personality and philanthropist. "I'm honored to partner with Witherite Law Group to help meet this need today and in the future."
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Witherite Law Group is a personal injury law firm founded in 2001 with offices in Atlanta (also serving Columbus and Macon), Dallas, and Fort Worth. The firm's attorneys specialize in helping those injured in a car or truck accident and can be reached by calling 1-800-TruckWreck or 1-800-CarWreck, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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- Nina Brown - radio veteran and community advocate
Please contact Kayla Tucker Adams, KTA Media Group, for interviews and onsite media coverage at info@kaylatuckeradams.com or 214-403-9852.
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Cash App data breach could have affected over 8 million users
(Gray News) – A data breach committed by a former employee of the company which owns the mobile payment app Cash App could have affected over 8 million users.
According to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, Inc. announced that it determined a former employee downloaded reports containing U.S. customer information from its subsidiary Cash App Investing LLC in December 2021.
Although the former employee had access to the information during their employment, the data was accessed without permission after they were no longer with the company, the filing says.
Only customers who used Cash App’s stock function are affected by the breach, according to the report. The information included the full name and brokerage account number, brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and stock trading activity.
Downloaded data did not include usernames and passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, bank account information or any other identifiable information.
Customers outside of the U.S. were not affected, the filing says.
When it made the discovery, Block launched an investigation in partnership with a forensics firm. The company has notified regulatory authorities and law enforcement of the breach.
The filing says the company “takes the security of information belonging to its customers very seriously and continues to review and strengthen administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information of its customers.”
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It may be a high-flying, speed-kills, and “defense wins championships” league, but nothing is possible without a competent offensive line. It may have been 16 years since Blindside came out, but little has changed the importance of quality offensive linemen.
The Texans have invested mightily in their offensive line. They are 11th in the league in salary cap allotment for their offensive linemen, according to Spotrac, at $40 million, just above the league average of $35.4 million. But it’s not the capital expended. It’s the draft picks spent.
Laremy Tunsil, along with Kenny Stills, and several lower round picks, cost the Texans Julie’n Davenport, Johnson Bademosi, first-round picks in 2020 and 2021, and a second-round pick in 2021. Essentially Tunsil cost the Texans a first, a second, and a good right tackle for the 19 games he’s participated in since arriving in Houston.
The year before, the Texans previously doubled-down and selected Tytus Howard and Max Scharping with their first and second round selections in the 2019 NFL Draft. Stylistically, it was a fantastic idea, but Scharping has not lived up to his draft pedigree. Throw in Martinas Rankin in 2018 and Charlie Heck in 2020, and the Texans have spent a legitimate amount of draft stock to be this bad at the position.
Unfortunately, the Texans are in a ‘why stop now?’ mode as they do not have clear cut answers at four of the five offensive line positions. Interior linemen are a problem entering 2022 unless Tytus Howard moves inside again.
The Texans can solve their most of their offensive line concerns in one fell swoop later this month. They own the third and thirteenth picks in the draft and could feasibly select two instant impact starters. A pair from Evan Neal, Ikem Ekwonu, Tyler Linderbaum, and Zion Johnson would alter the team’s offensive line for the foreseeable future. It would also send a clear message to the league about the team’s new identity and priorities. Davis Mills, or his future replacement, will be well protected behind a competent offensive line.
Boston College G/C Zion Johnson (@_ZJ77) was named 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl Practice Player of the Week. This is an overall game week honor awarded to one position player on both American & National rosters. #TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️#BestoftheBest pic.twitter.com/W61G0rU8ED
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) February 5, 2022
All four players are multi-year starters at their college with position versatility. Linderbaum would start at either guard or even center. Neal was quoted this past week saying he ‘can make an impact at any position except center’. Ekwonu would be the baddest man on the offensive line and grades out as a Pro-Bowl caliber right tackle. Zion Johnson is a pass blocking machine and hard-nosed run blocker.
With the infinite amount of holes on this team, being above average in one department could lift the woeful tide in the others. Better protection and blocking opens up the offense, even with lesser talent at the skill positions. It gives young prospects time to grow and shine. It creates salary cap flexibility for other high-impact positions.
My personal preference would be for Evan Neal and Tyler Linderbaum to become Texans in a few weeks. Neal is simply too polished to pass up, and Linderbaum is a picture perfect (though small) center. Both would IMMEDIATELY be improvements and require less development than Ekwonu or Johnson. These are the two players who could be long-term solutions, perhaps even with All Pro upside. That’s putting a lot on guys who haven’t even been drafted, but the early first round is for generational talent, and these guys are it.
Alabama OL Evan Neal can MOVE.
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) March 30, 2022
*whispers* he’s 6’7 337lbs btw
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It may not be sexy, but I’ll bite the bullet if it isn’t logical. When the rebuild happens, look to the new offensive line to be the cornerstone of the process.
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LONDON (AP) — Qatar World Cup organizers have admitted that workers were exploited while contracted for FIFA's preparation tournaments in the Gulf State.
The acknowledgement of failings came after an investigation by Amnesty International which said security guards were forced to work in conditions it called “forced labor" by exceeding the 60-hour maximum work week and not having a day off for months or even years.
Qatar provided no details of the abuses that involved subcontractors working on the Club World Cup and Arab Cup in 2021.
“Three companies were found to be non-compliant across a number of areas,” Qatar World Cup organizers said in a statement. “These violations were completely unacceptable and led to a range of measures being enforced, including placing contractors on a watch-list or black-list to avoid them working on future projects – including the FIFA World Cup – before reporting said contractors to the Ministry of Labor for further investigation and punitive action.”
The exploitation of workers continues in Qatar despite World Cup organizers saying it has introduced measures since 2014 — four years after FIFA awarded it hosting rights — to protect health and safety.
“Many of the security guards we spoke to knew their employers were breaking the law but felt powerless to challenge them," said Stephen Cockburn of Amnesty International. “Physically and emotionally exhausted, workers kept reporting for duty under threat of financial penalties — or worse, contract termination or deportation.
“Despite the progress Qatar has made in recent years, our research suggests that abuses in the private security sector — which will be increasingly in demand during the World Cup — remain systematic and structural."
The draw for the World Cup took place in Doha last week ahead of the Nov. 21-Dec. 18 tournament.
“FIFA must focus on doing more to prevent abuses in the inherently perilous private security sector, or see the tournament further marred by abuse,” Cockburn said. “More broadly, FIFA must also use its leverage to pressure Qatar to better implement its reforms and enforce its laws."
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China's JD.com appoints president Lei Xu as CEO
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April 7 (Reuters) - JD.com Inc (9618.HK) said on Thursday Lei Xu, president of the Chinese e-commerce giant, has been appointed as the chief executive officer and will succeed Richard Liu, effective immediately.
Xu will also join the company's board as an executive director, while Liu will retain his title as the board chairman, JD.com said.
Last year, the company said Liu would step away from the day-to-day operations, handing those responsibilities over to Xu and switching his focus to JD.com's long-term strategy. read more
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TORONTO, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Abraham Reichmann is very pleased to announce that he has reached a private and confidential settlement of the Reichmann v Reichmann et al lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice concerning Ralph and Ada Reichmann.
Tom Curry, Partner at Lenczner Slaght LLP, counsel for Abraham Reichmann comments: "Abraham is glad that the litigation has concluded without the need for a trial and that the matter is now resolved."
No further comment will be made about the settlement or the issues in the lawsuit.
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Canada Plans to Green-Light Equinor's Bay du Nord Offshore Project
The government of Canada is planning to green-light Equinor's Bay du Nord offshore oil project, according to Canada's CBC.
The controversial $12 billion development would unlock about 0.3-1.0 billion barrels of oil from several fields off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. It would create at least $2.8 billion in revenue for Canada's government, according to Equinor, and would lead to the creation of thousands of jobs in politically important regions of Atlantic Canada. Survey data suggests that the overwhelming majority of voters in the region support the project.
The development consortium, consisting of Equinor, Cenovus and BP, plans to use an FPSO to bring the project into commercial production. It would be the first offshore development off Newfoundland since the commissioning of the Hebron project in 2017.
Equinor has expanded its portfolio of discoveries in the Bay du Nord area since 2013, with additional finds in 2015, 2016 and 2020. All are in water depths of 2,100 to 3,800 feet, and there are additional possibilities for exploration wells nearby. Assuming a positive final investment decision, first oil would be produced towards the end of the decade.
Environmental groups in Canada have opposed the project, noting that the production of one billion barrels of oil is equal to a year's worth of emissions from 7-10 million cars. The administration of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to argue that the production-related emissions from Bay du Nord will be relatively low when compared with oil from other sources.
Equinor had additional positive news to report this week. Together with its partners, it has discovered an oil and gas reservoir of "excellent quality" at the Kveikje field in the Norwegian North Sea. Equinor holds a 51 percent stake in the project and serves as the operator.
The partners estimate that the recoverable resources are in the range of 28-48 million barrels of oil equivalent at Kveikje. Since it is located near Equinor's Troll B and Troll C platforms, it could be developed as a tie-back, along with a cluster of other recent finds in the area.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premier human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera — just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body.
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Cash App data breach could have affected over 8 million users
(Gray News) – A data breach committed by a former employee of the company which owns the mobile payment app Cash App could have affected over 8 million users.
According to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, Inc. announced that it determined a former employee downloaded reports containing U.S. customer information from its subsidiary Cash App Investing LLC in December 2021.
Although the former employee had access to the information during their employment, the data was accessed without permission after they were no longer with the company, the filing says.
Only customers who used Cash App’s stock function are affected by the breach, according to the report. The information included the full name and brokerage account number, brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and stock trading activity.
Downloaded data did not include usernames and passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, bank account information or any other identifiable information.
Customers outside of the U.S. were not affected, the filing says.
When it made the discovery, Block launched an investigation in partnership with a forensics firm. The company has notified regulatory authorities and law enforcement of the breach.
The filing says the company “takes the security of information belonging to its customers very seriously and continues to review and strengthen administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information of its customers.”
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Who’s Who: Jayne McGivern, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Sports Boulevard Foundation
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Jayne McGivern was recently appointed CEO of the Sports Boulevard Foundation.
A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, McGivern has more than 35 years of experience in overseeing infrastructure megaprojects which act as catalysts for urban redevelopment.
She joined the Sports Boulevard Foundation from Madison Square Garden Co., a global entertainment business, where she was president of development and construction, with responsibility for overseeing the construction and delivery of the MSG Spheres, and integrating groundbreaking technology into large scale venues around the world from 2018.
McGivern was given a place on the board of directors of Skanska AB, the fifth-largest construction company in the world in 2015, according to Construction Global magazine. In 2019, Cairn Homes, a leading Irish homebuilding company, announced McGivern’s appointment as one of three new independent non-executive directors.
She also served as a non-executive director for a three-year term on the board of Crossrail, a railway construction project in central London, from 2014.
Australian firm Multiplex also appointed her as its UK chief executive to oversee the construction of Wembley Stadium in the British capital in 2008.
McGivern spearheaded the creation and delivery of several large development projects, including in her prior roles as CEO of the European Division of Multiplex, and managing director of Anschutz Entertainment Group in London, during its acquisition and redevelopment of The O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome), which remains the single largest planning application ever granted in the UK.
How charitable giving became reliable and transparent in Saudi Arabia
State-regulated online platforms have revolutionized the way public donations are collected and used
Awareness campaigns have aided efforts to make sure donations do not end up lining the pockets of criminals
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Rawan Radwan
JEDDAH: Charity is part and parcel of Ramadan for any Muslim who can afford to donate to the needy. In fact, zakat, as it is known, is one of the five pillars of Islam.
However, this spirit of generosity is all too often exploited by criminals who mobilize women, children, the elderly and the disabled to enrich themselves.
In Saudi Arabia, the government has responded to the problem by launching a number of state-regulated charity platforms as well as public-awareness drives whose objective is to prevent such exploitation and ensure that donations do not end up financing terrorism.
The Kingdom’s Presidency of State Security recently launched a powerful social-media campaign featuring a video in which a woman coerces three children to beg in the streets.
When a passer-by hands the women money, she places it in her shirt pocket, exposing an assault rifle and a suicide vest hidden beneath her black garb.
The woman then removes her veil to reveal she is in fact a man in disguise. The message is simple: “Donating to unknown individuals increases the possibility of terrorist financing.”
Make donations through authorized entities as they may be more dangerous than you think. pic.twitter.com/2iwjuQpNbg
— The Presidency of State Security (@pss_en) April 4, 2022
Saudi Arabia introduced a new anti-beggary law in 2021. Under its provisions, anyone who engages in begging, incites begging or helps begging in any way can face up to six months in jail, a fine of SR50,000 ($13,329), or both.
Culprits within an organized group that engages in begging, meanwhile, can face up to a year in jail, a fine of $26,659, or both.
Under the anti-begging law, anyone who asks for money directly or indirectly, fakes injuries or disabilities, or uses children to influence others into giving them money is considered a beggar.
Non-Saudi offenders can be deported after serving their sentence and can be banned from re-entering the Kingdom. A newly revised statute also considered begging through social-media platforms to be equal to traditional begging.
While there are genuinely needy people in the relatively affluent Arab Gulf countries who beg during the holy month of Ramadan, criminal groups have been known to run elaborate syndicates, trafficking vulnerable people into Saudi Arabia to collect money on their behalf.
Ali, a Yemeni boy who claims to be 12-years-old but looks much younger, spends his days with two other boys of a similar age begging and cleaning car windshields on one of Jeddah’s main bridges.
“I came less than a year ago,” Ali told Arab News, squeegee and soap bottle in hand on the busy roadside. “I just want to help my family. I can’t go home now without making any money. I have a family. Please help.”
On a nearby street corner, elderly men and women in wheelchairs wait for passing motorists to stop to give them food or money, clutching papers claiming they cannot afford their medical expenses.
At the traffic lights, disheveled children holding infants on their hips tap on the windows of passing vehicles, open palms upturned begging for loose change.
The sight is familiar throughout the Middle East. But even the most trusting of people can be left with the nagging doubt: Where does the money go? Could this scene, which never fails to tug at the heartstrings, have been staged by an unseen handler? Are the motorists only fueling the problem by handing out cash?
The Kingdom’s countermeasures are not confined to street-level begging. Saudi authorities have for some time focused on combating criminal gangs and extremist groups fraudulently posing as legitimate charitable organizations.
In 2016, the Interior Ministry said that it was illegal for organizations to raise funds without first obtaining a permit from the relevant authorities.
Charitable organizations have also been called on to become more transparent about how they collect and use public donations. The government’s own digitalization drive has greatly improved transparency and increased efficiency in the delivery of e-services.
The digital transformation is expanding in the charitable sector with the creation of new regulated services, including Ehsan, Shefaa, KSrelief, and the National Donations Platform, developed and supervised by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.
Ehsan, a platform launched in 2021, enables philanthropists and donors to choose from a selection of charitable causes that they deem close to their heart, from social and economic issues, to health, education and the environment.
By focusing on individual values and specific societal issues, Ehsan aims to encourage a greater sense of social responsibility among the general public and private-sector organizations, while also promoting a culture of transparency in charitable giving.
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$1.4 billion - Donations made through the KSrelief platform.
$386.5 million - Donations through the Ehsan platform.
$25.9 million - Donations through the Shefaa platform.
One of Ehsan’s services, the Furijat initiative, is a debt-repayment scheme for people convicted of financial crimes who are released from prison once their debt is paid off. Another initiative called Tyassarat helps debt-burdened citizens to rearrange their finances and get back on track.
Donors using the Ehsan platform can choose how much they would like to give and can pay by debit or credit card or with Apple Pay.
Donations became even easier in early February this year through the Tawakkalna smartphone app, the official Saudi Contact Tracing service launched to trace the spread of COVID-19.
Last year, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made multiple donations via Ehsan that pushed the platform’s total figure past the SR1 billion mark. Since its launch, Ehsan has received more than SR1.4 billion ($373.2 million) in donations and handed them out to more than 4.3 million beneficiaries.
On Wednesday King Salman approved the launch — for the second year in a row — of the National Campaign for Charitable Work through the Ehsan platform.
The National Donations Platform likewise provides easy solutions to connect donors with needy individuals across the Kingdom, while ensuring a reliable and secure digital donation process supervised by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
To date, more than 3.5 million people have benefited from money gifted through the National Donations Platform, including orphans, the sick, the elderly and people living in substandard housing.
Those wishing to contribute to overseas aid projects can do so through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, KSRelief, which works in 79 countries, supporting everything from the provision of specialist surgeries to landmine clearance.
As of February this year, $5.6 billion has been spent on the implementation of some 1,919 projects, many of them relating to food security and public health campaigns. Yemen, Palestine and Syria are its top three beneficiaries.
With many Arab countries struggling to overcome the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inflationary impact of the war in Ukraine on food and fuel prices, charitable donations are needed now more than ever to support those in need.
Fortunately, public outpourings of generosity, even before the holy month of Ramadan, have allowed aid agencies in the Kingdom and beyond to provide relief where it is needed most.
By regulating donations and ensuring transparency, Saudi authorities can now ensure this assistance does not end up lining the pockets of criminals or funding acts of terrorism but instead reaches those who are genuinely in need.
Al-Musaharati: A centuries-old Ramadan tradition now just a tale
Technology, new generation adopting other professions leave no place for age-old Ramadan ritual
Updated 07 April 2022
SALEH FAREED
JEDDAH: Over centuries, Ramadan has witnessed numerous traditions, some of which are still alive and have been passed down from one generation to the next, while others have faded with time.
One such past tradition associated with Ramadan is Al-Musaharati; a person who would walk around a neighborhood beating his drum and chanting poetry to wake people up for suhoor.
“These centuries-old traditions are becoming rarer in Jeddah,” said Ahmed Abdo, who has been living in the old district of Jeddah for over five decades.
Speaking of Al-Musharati while drinking tea and chatting with old friends on one of the oldest Al-Mirkaz (public council) in Balad, Abdo said: “There used to be Al-Musharati in every district but now many of them have gone. The younger generations have adopted other professions.”
He misses the Ramadan of yesteryear, when he would wake up to the sound of Al-Musharati for suhoor. Al-Musharati would be chosen by the people of each district, and would be diligently perform his duty until the last day of Ramadan. He would often sing and eloquently call to people by their names, and often people would offer him suhoor in return.
Abdo said: “Al-Musaharati used to play a big and beautiful role in the neighborhood … the people of that time used to sleep immediately after tarawih prayers, and at pre-dawn, Al-Musharati would beat his small drum to wake up people for their suhoor.
“Al-Musharati is now just an old, beautiful tale,” said Abdo, shaking his head. “People are not what they used to be, they do not sleep early. Therefore, Al-Musaharati no longer plays a role and has completely faded away.”
With time, Abdo and his friends have moved into different neighborhoods, but they still gather at Al-Mirkaz of Al-Sham district to drink tea, talk and relive their memories of the old days.
Abdo’s 59-year-old friend Abdulrahman Al-Awfi said that the role of “ Al-Musaharati is one of the oldest, most deep-rooted traditions found during Ramadan. However, the tradition has faded ever since technology entered people’s homes. There is television, alarm clocks and mobiles, which have replaced Al-Musaharati.”
He added: “Today, we depend on TV and alarm clocks to know when it is time for suhoor. In the past, people used to sleep all night knowing that Al-Musaharati would wake them up.
“As times change, traditions naturally evolve, but it is important to pass on the significance of the day to younger generations,” said another resident of the old Jeddah district.
Saudi Arabia launches digital initiative to promote dates globally
Saudi Arabia is one of the world leaders in date production, with more than 31 million palm trees and a production volume of more than 1.5 million tons of different date varieties
Updated 07 April 2022
SALEH FAREED
JEDDAH: The National Center for Palms and Dates has officially launched the “Saudidates” platform, an innovative, convenient and efficient business-to-business electronic market where buyers across the globe can buy dates in bulk from sellers in the Kingdom.
The platform was launched recently under the slogan “The Homeland of Dates,” which depicts dates as a national product closely related to the history of Saudi Arabia and aims to showcase the Kingdom’s long history in this sector.
On his Twitter account, Dr. Mohammed Al-Nuwairan, CEO of NCPD, said: “We are launching the ‘Saudidates’ platform, which gathers the best palm fruits within one electronic market, to reach our heritage to the world.”
He said that the launch of the platform was to support and enhance the ability of the Kingdom’s national exports to access global markets.
The platform is comprised of three technical components: A marketing outlet that includes all date traders who have the “Saudidates” brand, in addition to their products and derivatives; a store for selling dates and their products to the consumer; and a warehouse to store the merchants’ products and deliver them to the consumer.
The Kingdom is now taking important steps to place itself as the world’s largest exporter of dates by penetrating the global consumer market to achieve the Kingdom’s vision of increasing non-oil exports.
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s leaders in date production, with more than 31 million palm trees and a production volume of more than 1.5 million tons of different date varieties. Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan, the owner of Dates Palms stores in Jeddah, welcomed the NCPD’s decision to export Saudi dates internationally through an official local platform.
He told Arab News: “Yes, the Saudi dates with all its types have already reached the international markets, but that was done through various efforts by local traders and private companies. Now, the ‘Saudidates’ platform will help us sell our products abroad with a guarantee.”
He said that the export of dates abroad would revitalize date farmers in Saudi Arabia, explaining that exporting any product was a good step for the development of agriculture on one hand, and the revival of the Saudi economy on the other.
Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Olayan, an academic, said: “We are very proud of launching the ‘Saudidates’ platform, the trusted government platform that contributes to linking farmers and date producers with consumers all over the world.”
He said that the platform’s goal was to enhance marketing and provide investors and buyers with product choices and information about dates, including their type and origin.
According to a recent report from the NCPD, the Kingdom’s total palms reached 31,234,153, date total domestic production was 1,539,755 tons, and exports increased to 215,343,005 kgm, while Saudi dates were exported to more than 107 countries.
The NCPD has launched many initiatives and programs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, such as registering dates as a super fruit with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in 2019. NCPD is contributing, on behalf of Saudi Arabia, to approve the International Year of Dates, in 2027. The NCPD is also working with the FAO to announce the International Day of Dates.
More than 1,500 students place victories at Saudi Arabia’s Kangaroo Mawhiba math contest
Competition aims to uncover talent, help students apply math concepts in daily life
Updated 07 April 2022
Hebshi Al-Shammari
RIYADH: More than 1,500 students won the three most important medals at the Kangaroo Mawhiba Math Competition 2022 in Saudi Arabia. There were 282 gold medalists, 493 silver medalists and 745 bronze medalists.
Speaking to Arab News, the students expressed pride in their accomplishments and described the competition, in which they had to solve math problems in a short amount of time, as enjoyable.
Saud Al-Mathami, secretary-general of the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, also known as Mawhiba, said the foundation is proud of its collaboration with the Ministry of Education to discover and nurture Saudi Arabia’s talented human capital.
The successes, he noted, are a testament to the Kingdom’s commitment to progress and quality of education, which are reflected in the country’s ambition to develop the best educational system in the world by 2030.
This year’s mathematics competition saw 30,458 Saudi students enroll, including 17,685 male students and 12,773 female students.
The competition aims to encourage male and female students to develop mathematical skills and apply these in their daily lives.
Bandar Mamdouh, a member of the Saudi Association for Mathematical Science, said many people do not like mathematics and believe it is difficult to understand. Many students, he added, wonder why they have to take mathematics as a subject in schools.
“Math is the mother of science and the language of the times. It is also the language of accuracy and conciseness,” he said, adding that math has contributed to much of humanity’s modern technology and entertainment and is directly applicable in daily life.
Mamdouh applauded Mawhiba’s efforts to foster students’ interest in mathematics by hosting competitions.
“We have seen an increase in the number of participants and the number of winners every year through modern teaching methods, including the use of modern technology in teaching. This has proved effective in developing students’ science skills in general, mathematics in particular,” he said.
Ayedh Al-Qahtani, an intermediate third-grade student at Manarat Al-Riyadh School in Riyadh and a contender for Saudi Arabia’s 2022 gold medal in the competition, first learned about it from his colleagues. He then read up on it on the Mawhiba website.
“I joined in the Kangaroo competition in order to strengthen my math skills and solve problems as rapidly as possible, and the competition has helped me apply math in my daily life,” Alqahtani said.
The biggest challenge, he noted, was solving math problems in a limited amount of time, but he acknowledged that this was useful in building his skills.
Mahdi Al-Baik, who won the gold medal, is a secondary second grade at Dar Al-Hekma School in Qatif, located in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. A math lover, this is his fifth time participating in the competition. He described the contest as fun and enjoyable, agreeing that solving math problems as quickly as possible was certainly a skill that students who wished to participate needed to develop.
‘Glimmer of hope’ for Makkah hotels as Ramadan occupancy rises
Establishing a minimum room price would ensure a stable tax return and increase hotel demand
Updated 07 April 2022
Tareq Al-Thaqafi
MAKKAH: Occupancy rates at leading hotels in central Makkah rose to 95 percent in the first week of Ramadan, a sign that the holy city’s hospitality sector is recovering from the economic shock of the pandemic, observers say.
Aziz Awliyaa, former head of the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s tourism and hotels committee, said that the gradual, safe return of the hotel sector comes as pilgrims from countries around the world prepare to visit Saudi Arabia.
The hospitality sector, a key segment of Makkah’s economy, was badly hit by pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions, he said.
However, five-star hotels are gradually returning to life, thanks to Makkah residents’ long-held belief in “refadah,” or showing hospitality to pilgrims, Awliyaa said.
The Saudi government’s renewal of licenses for the coming period has also helped to revive the sector in the wake of the pandemic.
Awliyaa said that the COVID-19 pandemic had turned Makkah’s 300,000-plus hotel rooms into “lifeless concrete blocks” after employees and hospitality professionals were forced to leave the industry. About 55,000 hotel professionals lost their jobs, according to Makkah Chamber of Commerce statistics.
The hospitality sector is still grappling with a shortage of skills as well as demand, Awliyaa said.
Today, there are about 2,000 hotels in Makkah and Madinah with 384,500 hotel rooms and almost 1.5 million beds, he added.
Calling for a clear strategy to increase hotel demand, Awliyaa said that establishing a minimum room price would ensure a stable tax return, as well as protect job security and guarantee reliable service — one the most important practices worldwide in creating a sustainable and prosperous sector.
Fadel Manqal, a tourism and hotel specialist, said that hotels in Makkah face big challenges in restoring life to one of the Kingdom’s most important economic sectors.
Thousands of men and women lost their jobs amid the fallout from the pandemic, he said.
Manqal told Arab News that with the easing of pandemic restrictions and the resumption of international flights, many people want to visit Makkah to perform Umrah rituals.
Redeployment of trained national cadres is essential as the sector redoubles its efforts to return to a sound economic footing, he said.
Occupancy rates at central Makkah’s five-star hotels during the first weekend of Ramadan reached 95 percent, Manqal said.
“We are witnessing a gradual return in the sector, a glimmer of hope that the entire sector will be able to recover, especially since we have more than 1,300 hotels in Makkah, and they represent a huge economic force.”
Restoring traveler confidence and providing advanced services will help to build a comprehensive, more resilient and reliable tourism sector, he said.
Manqal said that Makkah has many tourist attractions, and a strong and well-organized infrastructure.
The holy city also has extensive experience dealing with large crowds, organizing tourist trips, and serving pilgrims from the time of their arrival until their departure.
He predicted that the number of Umrah pilgrims from all over the world will continue to rise as initiatives to increase demand bear fruit.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
01-05-16-17-21-23, Bonus: 11
(one, five, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-three; Bonus: eleven)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
01-05-16-17-21-23, Bonus: 11
(one, five, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-three; Bonus: eleven)
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DETROIT (AP) — Luka Doncic had 26 points, 14 assists and eight assists to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 131-113 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
The Mavericks are 20 games above .500 for the first time since 2011, when they went on to win the NBA title. They're set up to earn home-court advantage in the playoffs for the first time since coach Jason Kidd was their point guard during the championship season.
Dallas reached the 50-win mark for the first time in seven years, and just the second since winning their only NBA title.
Jalen Brunson had 24 points for the Mavericks, who have won five of their last six to build momentum going into the playoffs next week.
Rookie of the Year candidate Cade Cunningham had 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Pistons, who had won three straight to match what was their longest winning streak of the season.
Dallas led by as much as eight in the first, but trailed 34-32 after Donic and Cunningham each had their fourth assist over the last 3.4 seconds of the quarter.
The Mavs moved back ahead in the second quarter and led 65-58 at halftime Donic scoring 16 points, making six assists.
Donic was called for his fourth foul at the 8:05 mark of the third. Kidd left him in the game and it turned out to be a wise move as Donic was dominant, making a 3-pointer and assist that put the Mavs ahead 93-77 late in the quarter.
Dallas didn't have any trouble keeping its comfortable cushion in the fourth.
CROSSOVER
Kidd is among the many marveling that Tiger Woods is teeing off at the Masters on Thursday morning, 14 months after a car crash left him in a hospital bed for three months.
“What Tiger is doing has already broken the internet,” Kidd said. “If he’s in the running for winning it, he definitely will shut down the internet. What he’s done to just come back, is incredible. I think everyone will be watching.”
TIP-INS
Mavericks: Reserve Sterling Brown missed the game for personal reasons. ... Forward Maxi Kleber (right ankle) missed a second straight game. ... The Mavs have won five straight against Detroit, winning each game by double digits.
Pistons: The banged-up, rebuilding team was without several injured players Marvin Bagley (hip), Hamidou Diallo (finger), Jerami Grant (calf), Cory Joseph (back), Rodney McGruder (hip) and rested Kelly Olynyk. “I think we have a couple of coaches, and we are ready to go," coach Dwane Casey joked. ... Faces in the crowd included Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, sitting with former players Mateen Cleaves and Mat Ishbia, who has courtside seats.
UP NEXT
Mavericks: Close the regular season at home against Portland on Friday night and San Antonio on Sunday.
Pistons: End the regular season against Milwaukee on Friday night at home and at Philadelphia on Sunday.
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New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America to jointly realise a satellite mission named 'NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)' for scientific studies of Earth, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
The minister gave the details of the upcoming ISRO space missions planned for 2022 in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Also Read | Rajasthan Cabinet Approves Film Tourism Promotion Policy 2022.
He also informed that Government intends to establish more research centres in the country to support the research of ISRO.
Singh said that the existing Space Technology Incubation Centre, Regional Academic Centre for space will get a grant of Rs 200 lakhs per year maximum and new proposed cells also will adopt the same guidelines.
Also Read | QS World University Rankings 2022: IIT-Delhi’s Electrical Engineering Programme Ranked 56th Globally.
"Government pursues collaborative projects with foreign space research organizations with the objectives of enhancing the capacity of the Indian space programme for advancing programmatic priorities, augmenting space science and earth observation database, widening ground station networks, bettering products and services through joint experiments and creating platforms for inflow of expertise," he added. (ANI)
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Evening" game were:
3-3-3
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¶ Ticket-holders with all three winning numbers in the order given win the top prize. Lesser amounts are also awarded to ticket-holders with other varying combinations of the winning numbers.
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Junior League of Greenwich Announces Bike Rodeo for Kids and Teens
On May 1, 2022, the Junior League of Greenwich will join Greenwich Police, Pedal Greenwich and River Bicycles to offer a “Cycle Safety Academy,” a free, fun educational bike rodeo for kids and teens. The idea of the event is to encourage biking and bike safety in...
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Amir Locke: No charges filed in Minneapolis 'no-knock' police shooting
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No criminal charges will be brought against a Minneapolis police officer who shot dead a 22-year-old man in an apartment during a "no-knock" raid.
Amir Locke was at his cousin's apartment on 2 February when a Swat team entered the home.
Prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to charge officer Mark Hanneman, who fired the fatal shot.
They also said they did not have enough evidence to prove criminal wrongdoing by any of the other officers involved.
Mr Locke was sleeping in a couch in his cousin's apartment when a nine-member Swat team entered the home.
In bodycam footage released by the police after the incident, he is under a blanket on the couch holding a gun - for which he had a permit - in his hand. He was shot three times by Mr Hanneman.
His family has said they believe he was startled and reached for the weapon in self-defence.
A judge had approved a warrant for the raid, which was conducted as part of an investigation into a fatal shooting in the neighbouring city of St Paul. Mr Locke was not a suspect in the killing or named in the warrant, and his death prompted outrage and protests in Minneapolis.
On Wednesday, County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement that there was "insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case".
The circumstances in the case "are such that an objectively reasonable officer in Officer Hanneman's position would have perceived an immediate threat of death or great bodily harm" the statement said, adding that "an objectively reasonable officer would not delay in using deadly force".
The statement also said that Mr Locke, an aspiring musician, was a victim and that his life mattered. "He should be alive today, and his death is a tragedy".
Mr Locke's mother Karen Wells said in a news conference following the announcement that she was "disgusted with Minneapolis, Minnesota".
Her son's death drew comparisons to the case of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was shot and killed in her Louisville, Kentucky home by US police in March 2020 during another no-knock raid, which allows police to access without announcing their presence before entering.
Ms Wells vowed to "continue the fight for the no-knock warrant bans in honour of his name [and] for Breonna Taylor".
"This cannot happen to anybody else," she said.
As of Friday, Minneapolis police will no longer be allowed to apply for or execute no-knock warrants or respond to such requests from other police forces, barring certain '"exigent" circumstances, the mayor's office said this week. Under the new policy, police must repeatedly knock and announce their presence and purpose prior to entry.
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Williamsport, Pa. — During an interview with State Police on March 2, 2022, a 14-year-old accuser detailed what authorities described as several instances of sexual assaults with an older man.
According to an affidavit, Steve Randal Guthrie, 36, of Williamsport engaged in several sexual acts with the accuser, who authorities said was between 9-12 at the time.
Troopers said the alleged abuse started in March of 2016 and continued to 2020. The alleged assaults took place at a residence on the 1500 block of Mount Carmel Street in Williamsport and the 1800 block of Log Run Road in Loyalsock.
According to the report, Guthrie had access to the accuser through a person he was dating at the time. Guthrie would allegedly offer the accuser gum and money in exchange for sexual acts.
“Over the course of the described three years, the victim performed numerous acts of oral sex and digital stimulation against her will,” wrote State Trooper Matthew Miller.
Guthrie was charged with multiple counts of felonies for his alleged interactions with the minor.
Court records show Guthrie was given 11 counts of first-degree felony rape of a child, 10 counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, and five counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child.
Guthrie was also charged with one count each of third-degree felony endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors along with first-degree misdemeanor corruption of minors.
Guthrie is being held on $200,000 monetary bail at the Lycoming County Prison. A preliminary hearing with Judge William Solomon is scheduled for April 20.
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Texas governor says state will bus migrants from border to Washington
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Texas governor says state will bus migrants from border to Washington
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Gov. Greg Abbott also announced new “enhanced safety inspections” of vehicles crossing into Texas from Mexico. Full story: …
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A home in Pinnacle West looks to be destroyed and two others damaged by a fire. The Grande Prairie Fire Department is responding to the blaze at 69 Avenue and 115 Street Wednesday evening.
Black smoke could be seen billowing from the area from across the city. Crews remain on the scene at of 6:30 p.m.
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The Miami Heat hasn’t had a successful season yet.
magic number for heat of miami 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. This can be achieved in a number of ways, but winning just one of your last two matches against the Atlanta Hawks or Orlando Magic will also get the job done.
At this point, it would be surprising if the Heat didn’t enter the NBA playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the East standings. Considering that prior to the season, not many had even a heat finish as a top 4 seed in the conference, this is a huge win for the team overall.
However, the Heat isn’t just about appreciating the regular season. It’s never been. Particularly for this core group, this season will not be successful until they are able to produce during the playoffs.
It was not hot…
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Fei Protocol (FEI) traded flat against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 21:00 PM Eastern on April 6th. During the last week, Fei Protocol has traded flat against the US dollar. Fei Protocol has a market capitalization of $426.10 million and $46.61 million worth of Fei Protocol was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Fei Protocol coin can currently be bought for approximately $1.00 or 0.00001696 BTC on exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002313 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 5.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.77 or 0.00001770 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 7.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $19.89 or 0.00046002 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 7.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 6.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0631 or 0.00000146 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 4.5% against the dollar and now trades at $3,179.16 or 0.07351886 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded 396,248.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $43,146.94 or 0.99778300 BTC.
- Filecoin (FIL) traded down 11.3% against the dollar and now trades at $21.84 or 0.00050496 BTC.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was struck by debris falling from a building Wednesday evening on Chicago's Northwest Side, police said.
The 22-year-old woman was walking about 6 p.m. in the Wicker Park neighborhood when she was struck by the debris from a commercial building, Chicago police said.
She suffered a laceration to the head and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
No other injuries were reported.
Video from the scene showed pieces of the building’s stone facade and a sign had fallen to the sidewalk.
A vehicle also was struck by the debris but the driver was not injured, police said.
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China iron ore futures jump to over 8-month high on improving consumption
Benchmark iron ore futures in China jumped 4% on Wednesday, hitting their highest level in more than eight months, as trading resumed after the Tomb Sweeping Festival holidays.
The most-active iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange DCIOcv1, for September delivery, rose as much as 4.1% to 945 yuan ($148.49) per tonne, as demand at steel producers recovered from pandemic disruptions. They ended up 2.2% at 927 yuan a tonne.
Spot prices of iron ore with 62% iron content for delivery to China SH-CCN-IRNOR62, compiled by SteelHome consultancy, stood at $159.5 a tonne on April 2.
“Currently, the sluggish property market in China has dented steel and iron ore consumption… but iron ore destocking has started,” analysts with Huatai Futures wrote in a note.
Portside iron ore inventories in China were at 155.6 million tonnes in the week ended April 1, down by 4 million tonnes from a week earlier and 3.3% from the peak in mid-February, according to SteelHome.
With expectations that China will stabilise its economy and stimulate the real estate sector, iron ore demand is seen to be rising, the Huatai analysts said.
Other steelmaking ingredients on the Dalian bourse also gained. Coking coal DJMcv1, for May delivery, inched up 0.7% to 3,241 yuan a tonne and coke prices DCJcv1 leaped 2.8% to 4,075 yuan per tonne at close.
Construction material steel rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange SRBcv1, for October delivery, increased 0.2% to 5,121 yuan a tonne.
“Downstream demand (of steel rebar) has been postponed due to the pandemic,” SinoSteel Futures said in a note, adding that consumption would recover amid relatively easy credit
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Min Zhang in Beijing and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Amy Caren Daniel)
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — As Costa Rica’s future president cast his ballot at a school in the capital, a young woman stood on the sidewalk outside shouting, “Harasser!”
She was surrounded and drowned out by Rodrigo Chaves’ supporters, but stood her ground, a purple handkerchief that read, “For our right to decide” tied around her neck. Chaves ignored her if he noticed at all.
The heckling was a public display of concerns held by some Costa Rican women about the conservative economist who won Sunday’s election and will take office May 8.
In socially conservative Central America, Costa Rica has shown signs of more progressive tendencies in recent years. Abortion remains illegal except in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk, but two years ago it became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.
Chaves has drawn women’s ire because the World Bank found that he sexually harassed various women while he was employed there. Ultimately, he was sanctioned for misconduct, demoted and pushed out. He has continually denied the allegations and misstated the actions taken against him.
That history was highlighted repeatedly by his opponent, Jose María Figueres, during a bruising two months between the first round of voting and Sunday’s runoff.
Figueres, however, was seen as the face of a disliked political establishment and was fighting allegations of corruption, leaving Costa Ricans with two unappetizing choices.
Montserrat Sagot, a feminist and sociologist at the University of Costa Rica, said she worried about the message sent by Chaves’ election despite his record of harassment.
She noted that polling indicated that Chaves’ conduct toward women was not relevant for 45% of people when they voted.
“In the experience of other countries like the United States, electing a person like Chaves or (Donald) Trump legitimizes sexual violence against women,” Sagot said.
Sagot also expressed concern that Chaves’ government could threaten progress made on women’s rights.
“It’s very concerning that Chaves has said that he’s going to review the technical standard for abortion, the standard for in-vitro fertilization,” Sagot said. “That’s worrisome because they are standards that have been imposed by the Inter-American System of Human Rights and could cause us problems before the Inter-American Court.”
In a March 29 poll conducted by the Center for Political Research and Studies at the University of Costa Rica, 34% of those who indicated they would vote for Chaves were women, while 42% of those planning to vote for Figueres were women. The intention of male voters was the inverse, with far more saying they planned to vote for Chaves. The survey of 1,019 Costa Ricans was conducted via cellphone March 24, 25 and 28. It had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
There has not been a breakdown by gender of Sunday’s voting results.
Mayra Bonilla, a 33-year-old stylist exiting a supermarket Tuesday in San Jose, said it was an “embarrassment” having a president accused of harassment. “You don’t feel safe in the street because they say all kinds of vulgarities to you,” Bonilla said. “We can’t walk alone and now the harassers see that they can be president. This election made me really sad.”
Chaves would not be the first Costa Rican president to face such allegations.
Former two-term President Oscar Arias, a Nobel peace laureate, was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2019. Arias denied the allegations. In 2020, two women withdrew their complaints without explaining why.
Chaves has brushed the allegations aside as cultural misunderstandings. At a news conference Monday, he said he would not discuss the cases further.
The World Bank’s administrative tribunal last year noted that an internal investigation found that from 2008 to 2013, Chaves leered at, made unwelcome comments about physical appearance, repeated sexual innuendo and made unwelcome sexual advances toward multiple bank employees. Those details were repeated by the bank’s human resources department in a letter to Chaves, but it decided to sanction him for misconduct rather than sexual harassment.
“The facts of the present case indicate that (Chaves’) conduct was sexual in nature and that he knew or should have known that his conduct was unwelcome,” the tribunal wrote. The tribunal also noted that in the proceedings, the bank’s current vice president for human resources said in testimony “that the undisputed facts legally amount to sexual harassment.”
Chaves has called for unity after the election and expressed a desire to address corruption and inequality. He acknowledged Monday that much of his support had come from people of few resources and he has said a top priority is lowering the cost of living, targeting electricity and gasoline. He also wants to thin government bureaucracy to promote job creation.
He cast himself as an outsider, despite having served as finance minister for six months in the outgoing government of Carlos Alvarado. His relatively new Social Democratic Progress Party had never won public office and he is fond of reminding people that he is the son of a bodyguard for former President José Figueres Ferrer, the father of the man he defeated Sunday.
So far, Chaves has struck a more conciliatory tone than the combative one he displayed during the campaign.
Political analyst Francisco Barahona said that’s necessary, noting that Chaves’ party will control only 10 of the 57 seats in the new congress.
“This month he has to have success with the opposition parties and try to honor more than one campaign promise,” Barahona said. The challenge will be overcoming the rather authoritarian character he showed during the campaign to find a way to negotiate with not only the political opposition but with the technocrats he’s placing in his cabinet, Barahona added.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
05-21-26-31-33
(five, twenty-one, twenty-six, thirty-one, thirty-three)
¶ The numbers are listed in sequential order, but any combination wins.
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ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol put the number of civilians killed there at more than 5,000 Wednesday, as Ukraine collected evidence of Russian atrocities on the ruined outskirts of Kyiv and braced for what could become a climactic battle for control of the country’s industrial east.
Ukrainian authorities continued gathering up the dead in shattered towns outside the capital amid telltale signs Moscow’s troops killed civilians indiscriminately before retreating over the past several days.
In other developments, the U.S. and its Western allies moved to impose new sanctions against the Kremlin over what they branded war crimes.
And Russia completed the pullout of all of its estimated 24,000 or more troops from the Kyiv and Chernihiv areas in the north, sending them into Belarus or Russia to resupply and reorganize, probably to return to the fight in the east, a U.S. defense official speaking on condition of anonymity said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow is now marshaling reinforcements and trying to push deeper into the country’s east, where the Kremlin has said its goal is to “liberate” the Donbas, Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking industrial heartland.
“The fate of our land and of our people is being decided. We know what we are fighting for. And we will do everything to win,” Zelenskyy said, six weeks into the war.
Ukrainian authorities urged people living in the Donbas to evacuate now, ahead of an impending Russian offensive, while there is still time.
“Later, people will come under fire,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, “and we won’t be able to do anything to help them.”
A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence estimates, said it will take Russia’s battle-damaged forces as much as a month to regroup for a major push on eastern Ukraine.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko said that of the more than 5,000 civilians killed during weeks of Russian bombardment and street fighting, 210 were children. He said Russian forces bombed hospitals, including one where 50 people burned to death.
Boichenko said more than 90% of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed. The attacks on the strategic southern city on the Sea of Azov have cut off food, water, fuel and medicine and pulverized homes and businesses.
British defense officials said 160,000 people remained trapped in the city, which had a prewar population of 430,000. A humanitarian relief convoy accompanied by the Red Cross has been trying for days without success to get into the city.
Capturing Mariupol would allow Russia to secure a continuous land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.
In the north, Ukrainian authorities said the bodies of least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv, victims of what Zelenskyy has portrayed as a Russian campaign of murder, rape, dismemberment and torture. Some victims had apparently been shot at close range. Some were found with their hands bound.
At a cemetery in the town of Bucha, northeast of Kyiv, workers began to load more than 60 bodies apparently collected over the past few days into a grocery shipping truck for transport to a facility for further investigation.
In his nightly address, Zelenskyy accused Russia of interfering with an international investigation into possible war crimes by removing corpses and trying to hide other evidence in Bucha.
“We have information that the Russian troops have changed tactics and are trying to remove the dead people, the dead Ukrainians, from the streets and cellars of territory they occupied,” he said. “This is only an attempt to hide the evidence and nothing more.”
Switching from Ukrainian into Russian, Zelenskyy urged ordinary Russians “to somehow confront the Russian repressive machine” instead of being “equated with the Nazis for the rest of your life.”
He called on Russians to demand an end to the war, “if you have even a little shame about what the Russian military is doing in Ukraine.”
More bodies were yet to be collected in Bucha. The Associated Press saw two in a house in a silent neighborhood. From time to time there was the muffled boom of workers clearing the town of mines and other unexploded ordnance.
Police said they found at least 20 bodies in the Makariv area west of Kyiv. In the village of Andriivka, residents said the Russians arrived in early March and took locals’ phones. Some people were detained, then released. Others met unknown fates. Some described sheltering for weeks in cellars normally used for storing vegetables for winter.
The soldiers were gone, and Russian armored personnel carriers, a tank and other vehicles sat destroyed on both ends of the road running through the village. Several buildings were reduced to mounds of bricks and corrugated metal. Residents struggled without heat, electricity or cooking gas.
“First we were scared, now we are hysterical,” said Valentyna Klymenko, 64. She said she, her husband and two neighbors weathered the siege by sleeping on stacks of potatoes covered with a mattress and blankets. “We didn’t cry at first. Now we are crying.”
To the north of the village, in the town of Borodyanka, rescue workers combed through the rubble of apartment blocks, looking for bodies. Mine-disposal units worked nearby.
The Kremlin has insisted its troops have committed no war crimes, charging that the images out of Bucha were staged by the Ukrainians.
Thwarted in their efforts to swiftly take the capital, increasing numbers of President Vladimir Putin’s troops, along with mercenaries, have been reported moving into the Donbas.
At least five people were killed by Russian shelling Wednesday in the Donbas’ Donetsk region, according to Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko, who urged civilians to leave for safer areas.
In the Luhansk region of the Donbas, Russian bombardment set fire to at least 10 multi-story buildings and a mall in the town of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor reported. There was no immediate word on deaths or injuries.
Russian forces also attacked a fuel depot and a factory in the Dnipropetrovsk region, just west of the Donbas, authorities said.
Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas since 2014. Ahead of its Feb. 24 invasion, Moscow recognized the Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states.
In reaction to the alleged atrocities outside Kyiv, the U.S. announced sanctions against Putin’s two adult daughters and said it is toughening penalties against Russian banks. Britain banned investment in Russia and pledged to end its dependence on Russian coal and oil by the end of the year.
The European Union is also expected to take additional punitive measures, including an embargo on coal.
Meanwhile, the United States and the United Kingdom boycotted an informal meeting of the Security Council called by Russia to press its baseless claims that the U.S. has biological warfare laboratories in Ukraine.
The meeting was the latest of several moves by Russia that have led Western countries to accuse Moscow of using the U.N. as a platform for disinformation to divert attention from the war.
Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador Dmitry Polyansky, who presided over the meeting, asserted that Ukraine, supported by the U.S., was implementing what he claimed were dangerous projects and experiments as part of a military biological program.
The allegations have previously been debunked. Ukraine does own and operate a network of biological labs that have received funding and research support from the U.S. and are not a secret. The labs are part of a program that aims to reduce the likelihood of deadly outbreaks, whether natural or man-made.
The U.S. efforts date back to work in the 1990s to dismantle the former Soviet Union’s program for weapons of mass destruction.
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Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Cara Anna in Bucha, Ukraine, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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Cash App data breach could have affected over 8 million users
(Gray News) – A data breach committed by a former employee of the company which owns the mobile payment app Cash App could have affected over 8 million users.
According to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Block, Inc. announced that it determined a former employee downloaded reports containing U.S. customer information from its subsidiary Cash App Investing LLC in December 2021.
Although the former employee had access to the information during their employment, the data was accessed without permission after they were no longer with the company, the filing says.
Only customers who used Cash App’s stock function are affected by the breach, according to the report. The information included the full name and brokerage account number, brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and stock trading activity.
Downloaded data did not include usernames and passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, bank account information or any other identifiable information.
Customers outside of the U.S. were not affected, the filing says.
When it made the discovery, Block launched an investigation in partnership with a forensics firm. The company has notified regulatory authorities and law enforcement of the breach.
The filing says the company “takes the security of information belonging to its customers very seriously and continues to review and strengthen administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information of its customers.”
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Icemen Clinch Berth in 2022 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs
April 6, 2022 - ECHL (ECHL) - Jacksonville Icemen News Release
The Jacksonville Icemen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack are pleased to announce that the team has clinched a berth in the 2022 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs, presented by Bold City Tattoo.
The Icemen punched their ticket to the 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Florida Everblades and Atlanta Gladiators have also clinched playoff spots in the South Division.
Playoff package information will be announced in the coming days. Single game tickets for the first round of the playoffs will go on sale on Tuesday, April 12. Opponent and dates will be announced at a later date. Single game tickets may be purchased online on Ticketmaster.
All 904 Club Members will soon receive information for reserving their seats for the playoffs prior to tickets going on sale to the general public.
The Icemen are back home on Wednesday, April 13 when they battle the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at the Veterans Memorial Arena. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at Jaxicemen.com.
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ECHL Stories from April 6, 2022
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The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
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Letters: Britain’s best in class NFT
[Re: Sunak sets out plan to turn UK into ‘global hub’ for crypto, April 4]
Rishi Sunak’s plans to turn the UK into a ‘global hub’ for crypto are a much-welcomed step in the right direction if Britain’s financial services industry is to remain world class – but we need to make sure our country’s educational efforts do not lag behind our regulatory ones.
We’re seeing the ranks of forward-thinking, financially-minded British people getting involved and deriving real value from blockchain technology swell by the hour. Indeed over 2.7m Brits have visited our platform this year alone, doing their research, discussing it with others, and making sensible investment decisions as a result.
Yet, much of our storied press and institutions remain dismissive of crypto, calling it a fad at best, and decrying it as a den of thieves and money launderers at worst. Is it any wonder then, that much of the general public still associates cryptocurrency with scams, get-rich-quick-scheme, and coins named after dogs?
If we’re serious as a nation about continuing our long-held tradition of innovation, and being at the forefront of development – especially within the financial services – then we also need to get serious with our efforts to educate people about the intrinsic, significant benefits that come with blockchain technology. And stop all the cynicism just because something’s new.
James Maddison
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Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation
Those who initiate wars often begin with an overly optimistic assumption that the fighting will be quick, controllable and that casualties will be low. When many bodies start coming home or are left on the battlefield, it is a sign that the war is none of those things.
The Kremlin’s first statement on Russian military casualties in their invasion of Ukraine, on March 2, 2022, noted that 498 soldiers had been killed and 1,597 wounded. And for weeks Russian media continued to suggest, without giving actual figures, that very low numbers of their soldiers have been killed and wounded in Ukraine.
But on March 21, Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that 9,861 Russian troops have been killed and 16,153 wounded. The report only appeared for a short time before it was removed, and the pro-government newspaper said the numbers were not real but rather the result of a hack.
Nonetheless, just days after that report came out, the Kremlin came out with its own new tally, stating that 1,351 soldiers had been killed and 3,825 injured.
Meanwhile, on March 24, NATO officials estimated that there have been between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian military deaths. Ukraine officials suggest the true figure is 15,000.
While these estimates vary widely, what isn’t in doubt is that people – both in the military and among the general population – are dying and suffering wounds in the fighting. We just don’t know how many.
This is not unusual in war. Indeed, there is often nearly as much argument during and after a war about how many soldiers and civilians have been killed and injured, as about any other aspect of a war – including its causes.
So why is it difficult to get an accurate figure for how many people have been killed and injured? And is tracking casualties in this war different from other wars?
Undercounting the dead
Even though the immediate tactical aim of war is to kill and injure members of the other side’s military while avoiding harming civilians in accordance with international law, it is rarely easy to get accurate, timely figures about civilian and military harm. Estimates often remain just that, estimates. This is true even when militaries keep good records of their own killed and wounded.
The number and the perpetrator of civilian casualties is also often contested. Nongovernmental and international organizations have, since the early 2000s, developed methods and attempted to count and sometimes name every civilian casualty.
The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner gives regular reports of the number of civilians killed in Ukraine. It reported that in the first month of the war – from Feb. 24, 2022, to midnight on March 23 – 1,035 civilians were killed, and 1,650 injured.
But the U.N. notes that “the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration.”
As the U.N. suggests, its figure is an undercount. In late March, the mayor’s office in Mariupol, the place where Russia bombed a maternity hospital on March 9, said that nearly 5,000 people had been killed there alone.
Who is a civilian, who a combatant?
It is often difficult in the conditions of a hot war zone to count the dead — their bodies may not be recovered in a timely way or even at all.
And when it comes to counting dead, there are many other reasons the numbers may be off. For instance, it may be the case that some soldiers who have been presumed dead – because they could not be accounted for – had actually deserted, were captured or have been wounded and are being cared for in hospitals or in the field.
Then there are questions of who belongs in which category. Civilian deaths are sometimes simply denied, as Russia did in its campaign in Syria, and civilians are sometimes counted as combatants.
In fact, countries that are seeking to avoid the appearance that they have been reckless or committed a war crime – which involves deliberately targeting civilians – may claim that all those killed and injured in a particular strike were combatants.
During the war in Afghanistan, for example, international and Afghan forces sometimes said that all those killed in an attack were militants, although later investigation showed that some or all of those killed were civilians. One of the most famous of these incidents occurred in September 2009, when German forces called in a U.S. airstrike on two fuel tankers surrounded by people attempting to siphon the fuel that had been stolen by the Taliban. NATO said all or most of those killed were militants: “A number of Taliban were killed and there is also a possibility of civilian casualties.”
It later emerged that 91 civilians were killed, and compensation was paid to their families.
Why Russia is hiding military casualties
While there are some genuine reasons for uncertainty or inaccuracy in reporting casualties, there are also strategic or political reasons governments might have for publishing misleading figures.
In order to maintain morale, countries have an incentive to say that they lost few and the other side lost many. And there are reports that the Russian military, suffering fuel and food shortages as well as stiffer than expected resistance, are struggling with morale.
It isn’t just the total number of Russian soldiers who have died in Ukraine but who is being killed that may be of concern to Russian officials. At a recent count, of the 20 or so Russian generals who were sent to Ukraine, at least six have been killed, a devastating blow to the Russian ability to command its forces in the field.
Ukrainian military casualties have likewise varied. Earlier in the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that around 1,300 Ukrainian fighters had been killed. More recently, a Ukrainian government spokesperson suggested that the military death toll would not be disclosed until after the conflict ends.
Counting indirect deaths
There is another, more subtle, problem with understanding the wages of war: the difference between counting direct deaths in war and counting indirect deaths. Direct deaths are those that occur when people are killed by violent means — such as bombs, bullets and the collapse of buildings that result from an attack.
Indirect deaths occur when people die because their access to essentials such as food, water, medicine and medical care has been disrupted or lost in a war zone, or when power has been cut or they have been forced to flee and they are left exposed to the elements.
People in Ukraine have been displaced at the tail end of winter and left with little food or water. Hospitals appear to have been targeted. Yet, because the causal pathways are sometimes not obvious, or because the chain of events that lead to the harm is long –deaths may occur well after the cessation of fighting – it can be hard to estimate how many indirect deaths have resulted from a particular war.
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The ratio of direct to indirect deaths in war varies, but it is increasingly clear that, in most wars, especially where infrastructure is heavily damaged and destroyed, indirect deaths tend to outnumber direct war deaths.
As the war in Ukraine progresses, there will be a lot of casualty numbers floating around, with varying degrees of accuracy. But for every person killed or injured by bombs, bullets and fire, more will die because of the effects of war on the country’s infrastructure. And that harm will continue well after the end of the fighting, whenever that might be.
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XENIA — Greene County Farm Forum will award up to $6,000 in scholarships to deserving current year graduating high school students or college freshmen pursuing higher education in a field related to agriculture.
Farm Forum is an organization promoting fellowship among citizens of Greene County with programs emphasizing subjects pertinent to agriculture.
Scholarship applications are due April 15 and can be obtained by contacting Farm Forum Scholarship Chair Jim Byrd at 937-429-1805 or [email protected]
As of 2022 Farm Forum will have awarded more than $29,000 in the last 13 years to students pursuing a course of study related to agriculture.
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Retailer sell off drags down London indexes
A retailer sell off caused by concerns over a pull back in spending amid a tight cost of living squeeze led London’s top indexes lower today.
The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index dropped 0.34 per cent to 7,587.70 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, dropped 1.2 per cent to 21,100.73 points.
High street and luxury retailers were the worst performers in the City as investors ditched holdings in the sector over concerns they could be hit by an expected slowdown in spending in the year ahead.
High street retailer JD Sports was among the worst performers on the FTSE 100, dropping 5.1 per cent.
Fashion retailer Next lost 3.8 per cent, while luxury goods firm Burberry had 3.43 per cent shaved off its share price.
Economists expect Brits to cut back on discretionary spending amid the worst fall in living standards since the mid-1950s, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Experts have slashed growth forecasts for the year ahead on fears over the spending cool down.
Concern about a rapid tightening from the US Federal Reserve also weighed on market sentiment.
Meanwhile, on the FTSE 250, retailers also drove the morning’s losses.
Card maker Moonpig fell over seven per cent, while Marks and Spencer lost 4.74 per cent.
Housebuilders offset some of the losses on the FTSE 100, building on this week’s rally triggered by reports of the sector being let off the hook for a £4bn cladding bill by the government.
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Ethan Groff and Luis Aviles each hit home runs in an eight-run second inning as Tulane stayed hot with a 19-5 victory against Southern at Lee-Hines Field on Wednesday.
The victory was the 10th in 13 games for Tulane (20-9-1), and its fourth straight going into a home weekend series against South Florida.
The loss for Southern (9-19) ended a three-game winning streak as the Jaguars go on the road for a three-game series at Alcorn State. The game was shortened to seven innings by a run-rule agreement between the teams.
“This is the start of our eighth week, and other than for a skid in week four or five this group has won all the weeks,” Tulane coach Travis Jewett said. “The ability to stay momentary, get up off the ground, dust off and get back to doing what we’re capable of, the kids have rebounded well.
“We’ve been playing pretty good baseball. This gives us another start to a winning week. We just have to finish it off.”
Groff and Aviles went back-to-back with homers in the second inning, with Groff hitting a two-run shot. Aviles added to his team-leading total with a three-run shot for his seventh in a five-run fifth inning. Both batters had three hits and knocked in four runs, and Groff scored five times.
Chandler Welch pitched five innings for the Green Wave and allowed two hits and one run while facing three batters over the minimum.
Southern fell behind 10-0 after two innings and committed four errors. Starter Khristian Paul was ineffective and gave way to freshman Perry Kyles in the second. Kyles allowed six hits and all eight runs.
The Jaguars scored four runs in the sixth. Justin Henry hit a two-run double, and two more runs came home on wild pitches. Rashard Grace had a run-scoring single in the second inning, and Jahli Hendricks had two hits for Southern.
“It wasn’t a bad finish,” Southern coach Chris Crenshaw said. “Second inning with a freshman on the mound, freshman behind the plate, trying to get them some experience. Fourth and fifth innings, a freshman on the mound ... three of those guys it was their first time out.
“We put together some at-bats at the end, got the ball rolling to be more productive hopefully toward the weekend. Midweek games are to get reps to get ready for the weekend. Do I want to win them? Yes. It’s more important for me to get some guys out there in case we get banged up.”
Southern did get some strong pitching at the end from Nick Wilson and Caleb Washington, who each threw a 1-2-3 inning.
“Nick Wilson has to put it together on the weekend,” Crenshaw said. “He goes out on the midweeks and gets the job done. We’ve got to figure out what going on on the weekend. He was lights out the first three or four times and last couple of times.”
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VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver mayors are asking the provincial government for more support to provide affordable housing in the region.
Housing Minister David Eby acknowledged when he spoke to the mayors committee meeting Wednesday that there is an "endless appetite" for the provincial and federal governments to provide more support for affordable housing.
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley told Eby the Metro Vancouver 10-year housing plan will provide a "meaningful contribution" to addressing the housing crisis by adding 2,000 new or redeveloped units, but says they can't do it alone.
He says they want $190 million in grant funding and additional loan financing from the provincial government, and the same amount from the federal government to meet their targets.
Eby, who's also the attorney general, says there's a need for cities and municipalities to work with the provincial and federal governments to reach the housing goals.
The minister says one of his main concerns is getting faster approval from local governments to build to meet the needs of the "population explosion" in B.C.
Statistics released Wednesday by the Jobs Ministry show more than 100,000 people moved to B.C. in 2021,the highest annual total since 1961, which Eby says is exacerbating the already challenging housing crisis.
"These numbers are not going to go down. We expect they're going to stay at that level or even increase, especially with the possibility of people joining us from Ukraine, so that is the urgency that I feel around housing supply and the challenge that faces us in terms of the availability of rental housing as well as housing stock generally."
He says he plans to tackle the issue collaboratively with Nathan Cullen, the newly appointed municipal affairs minister, and municipal leaders.
"Metro Vancouver's a great place to have this discussion because this is a regional issue," Eby says. "This is not a bunch of small municipalities (making) their own decisions about whether or not to allow housing. This is a regional challenge. Regional growth is exploding and ... we need to respond at a regional level."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 6, 2022.
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This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Meta and Canadian Press News Fellowship.
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TORONTO - Canadian welterweight Rory (The Red King) MacDonald will meet American Brett (Fudoshin) Cooper at PFL 3 on May 6 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas.
Lightweight champion Kayla Harrison takes on Russia's Marina Mokhnatkina in the main event. Welterweight title-holder Ray Cooper III will meet undefeated Russian Magomed (Prince) Umalatov in the co-main event.
The Professional Fighters League card will also see former UFC champion Anthony (Showtime) Pettis fight Ireland’s Myles Price in a contest which was rescheduled from PFL 1.
“The return of the most dominant woman in MMA Kayla Harrison, Anthony (Showtime) Pettis seeking redemption, and the greatest welterweight division in the entire sport led by Ray Cooper III and Rory MacDonald makes this one of the best MMA cards of the year,” PFL CEO Peter Murray said in a statement.
The 2022 PFL season kicks off April 20 with the remaining regular-season events scheduled for April 28, May 6, June 17, June 24 and July 1.
The Professional Fighters League offers mixed martial arts competition in a regular-season and playoff format. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points during the regular season advance to the playoffs, which culminates with the PFL World Championship where the two finalists in each division meet for the title and US$1 million.
MacDonald, a B.C. native who fights out of Montreal, lost a unanimous decision to Cooper in the 2021 PFL playoffs. The 32-year-old lost a controversial decision to Brazil's Gleison Tibau before that.
MacDonald (22-8-0) has won just two of his last seven fights (2-4-1) albeit against elite opposition.
Cooper (28-15-0) won his PFL debut last August, knocking out Tyler (The Zombie) Hill in the first round. He has had his hand raised in five of his last seven bouts.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan jury found rapper Kidd Creole guilty of manslaughter Wednesday in connection with the 2017 fatal stabbing of a homeless man on the street.
The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, had gone on trial last month for the death of John Jolly, who was stabbed twice in the chest with a steak knife in midtown Manhattan in August 2017.
Prosecutors accused Glover, a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, of stabbing the other man after becoming enraged because he thought Jolly was gay and hitting on him.
Glover's attorney said it was out of self-defense. An email seeking comment was sent to the rapper's attorney.
Glover, who had faced a murder charge, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 4.
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five formed in the late 1970s in the Bronx. The group's most well-known song is “The Message” from 1982. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, the first rap group to be included.
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Director SS Rajamouli's RRR is a raging hit across the globe. The Hindi version of RRR is performing exceptionally well. On April 6, the Hindi version of RRR crossed the Rs 200 crore-mark in India and is still going strong. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, RRR is the second film to achieve this milestone in the post-pandemic era. Earlier, Allu Arjun's Pushpa: The Rise minted over Rs 100 crore in the North belt.
RRR HINDI CROSSES RS 200 CRORE IN INDIA
RRR is a war drama featuring Jr NTR and Ram Charan in lead roles. The film hit the theatres on March 25 in multiple languages. RRR registered a thunderous opening at the box office by collecting Rs 257 crore worldwide.
In just 13 days, the Hindi version of RRR surpassed the Rs 200 crore-mark in India and achieved a new milestone. This is the second film to achieve this feat in the post-pandemic era.
Trade analyst Ramesh Bala took to Twitter and wrote, "#RRR Hindi has crossed Rs 200 Cr Nett at the All-India Box office. (sic)."
#RRR Hindi has crossed 200 Cr Nett at the All-India Box office..
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) April 7, 2022
On April 6, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, "#RRR is steady on weekdays... Will cross Rs 200 cr today [second Wed]... An open week - till the biggies arrive on 14 April - will help accumulate a strong total... [Week 2] Fri 13.50 cr, Sat 18 cr, Sun 20.50 cr, Mon 7 cr, Tue 6.50 cr. Total: Rs 198.09 cr. #India biz (sic)."
#RRR is steady on weekdays... Will cross 200 cr today [second Wed]... An open week - till the biggies arrive on 14 April - will help accumulate a strong total... [Week 2] Fri 13.50 cr, Sat 18 cr, Sun 20.50 cr, Mon 7 cr, Tue 6.50 cr. Total: 198.09 cr. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/FWB7zJmGAT
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 6, 2022
#RRR will cross *lifetime biz* of #Sooryavanshi today... Will cruise past 200 cr tomorrow [Wed; Day 13], thus becoming the second #Hindi film to hit 200 cr mark [post pandemic]... [Week 2] Fri 13.50 cr, Sat 18 cr, Sun 20.50 cr, Mon 7 cr. Total: 191.59 cr. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/JpMkPBMqC7
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 5, 2022
JR NTR HINTS AT RRR SEQUEL
In an interview to Variety, Jr NTR revealed that he expected RRR to be a blockbuster. He also added that he is happy to be part of the 'RRR franchise.' The Aravinda Sametha actor hinted at a possible sequel to RRR.
Jr NTR said, “I’ve used the word franchise thinking, hoping that there would be another world of ‘RRR’ again. Sometimes you just hope and you say a few words hoping it would happen, it will happen. It’s just a way of positive thinking, wanting for more."
Director SS Rajamouli's RRR is a war drama made on a mammoth budget of Rs 450 crore. Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Alison Doody, Ray Stevenson, Olivia Morris and Shriya Saran play key roles in the war drama.
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Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend
Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues.
FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as Baltimore, New York and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit and American Airlines were most affected, according to FlightAware, with JetBlue and Spirit canceling one-third of Sunday’s scheduled flights.
Local news reported storms in Florida on Saturday. Several airlines said Sunday that operations are returning to normal.
The spate of cancellations arrived as air travel is rebounding from the pandemic, with strong demand for spring-break flights. People on social media complained about waiting on hold or in lines for hours to get their canceled flights rescheduled and being stranded for days.
US passport applications will soon have a third gender option“Severe weather in the Southeast and multiple air traffic control delay programs have created significant impacts on the industry,” a JetBlue spokesperson said in an email. “Today’s cancellations will help us reset our operation and safely move our crews and aircraft back in to position.”
Southwest Airlines also cited “weather and airspace congestion” Saturday in Florida, as well as a “technology issue.” It canceled about 1,000 flights over the weekend but said that as of 1 p.m. Eastern, it had no more cancellations on Sunday.
American said Florida weather Saturday affected its operations, and it was recovering today.
Alaska Airlines seemed to be dealing with a separate issue. The airline said Sunday that weekend flight cancellations that began Friday have affected more than 37,000 customers and, further cancellations were possible. The airline declined to say why it canceled flights, but referred in its statement to contract negotiations with its pilots. Off-duty pilots picketed in several U.S. cities Friday over stalled negotiations. They have been without a new contract for three years.
“Alaska Airlines failed to properly plan for increased travel demand and take the steps necessary to ensure it attracted and retained pilots,” the pilots union said in a Friday press release
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Hungary said on Wednesday it was prepared to pay roubles for Russian gas, breaking ranks with the European Union which has sought a united front in opposing Moscow's demand for payment in the currency.
Hungary will pay for shipments in roubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference on Wednesday in reply to a Reuters question.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Europe it risks having gas supplies cut unless it pays in roubles as he seeks retaliation over Western sanctions for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
With weeks go to before bills are due, the European Commission has said that those with contracts requiring payment in euros or dollars should stick to that.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto earlier said that EU authorities had "no role" to play in its gas supply deal with Russia, which was based on a bilateral contract between units of Hungarian state-owned MVM and of Gazprom.
ALSO READ | US, allies ready new Russia sanctions targeting banks, officials after Bucha killings
The European Commission does not comment on declarations from national authorities, a spokesperson said.
Hungary has been one of a few EU member states that have rejected energy sanctions against Moscow in response to the invasion, which Russia terms a "special military operation".
Orban, whose government has pursued close business relations with Moscow for over a decade, swept to power for a fourth consecutive term in elections on Sunday, partly on a pledge to preserve security of gas supply for Hungarian households.
RELIANT ON RUSSIAN GAS
While Putin's demand has raised hackles in many of Europe's capitals, its governments - which on average rely on Russia for more than a third of their gas - are discussing the issue with energy companies.
On Monday, Slovakia said it will act in unison with the EU, while Poland's dominant gas company PGNiG has maintained that its original contract with Gazprom which expires at the end of this year is binding on both parties.
Austria's OMV (OMVV.VI) and Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) have had initial contact about paying for gas in roubles, a spokesperson for OMV said on Friday, though the government in Vienna said there was no basis for payment in any currency other than euros or dollars.
ALSO READ | Putin wants 'unfriendly' countries to pay for Russian gas in rubles
Ukraine's foreign minister insisted an embargo on Russian gas and oil is needed but the European Union has so far stopped short, while preparing to propose a ban on coal imports and other products.
European buyers are increasing shipments of coal from across the globe against a backdrop of a proposed EU ban on Russian imports and the scramble to relieve tight gas supplies, according to data and shipping sources.
The European Commission’s intention "that there should be some kind of common response from countries importing Russian gas" was not considered necessary, Hungary's Szijjarto said, adding that nations had individually signed bilateral contracts.
"And no one has a say in how we modify our own contract."
Hungary, which is heavily reliant on Russian gas and oil imports, signed a new long-term gas supply deal last year under which Gazprom is expected to ship 4.5 billion cubic metres of gas annually.
ALSO READ | Our response will follow: Russia warns EU over expulsion of diplomats
Meanwhile, Putin has discussed expanding Moscow's economic cooperation with Belgrade, including in the energy sector, with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.
Serbia's contract for Russian gas expires on May 31. "Talks about the new contract need to be launched as soon as possible," a statement from Vucic's office said.
Latvia's largest gas trader, which is a third owned by Gazprom, has said it is considering whether it should pay in euros or roubles for Russian gas but a Latvian foreign ministry spokesman said: "Latvia does not support paying in roubles and there has to be a common EU approach."
Lithuania has said it will no longer import Russian gas to meet its domestic needs, becoming the first country in Europe to have secured its independence from Russian supplies.
Russian gas deliveries to Europe via three key pipeline routes were broadly steady overall on Wednesday.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. — According to Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis, election workers pray for two things on all election nights — huge turnouts and wide margins.
On Tuesday night, Davis and his crew saw neither, which will leave a touch of uncertainty until after noon Friday, when the election results are certified and sent to the Missouri secretary of state’s office.
Davis said an unprecedented three races in Jasper County ended with one-vote margins, and a number of others ended with margins almost as narrow.
It’s a result that proves the old adage that many still forget at election time — every vote counts.
“Absolutely, these are prime examples why voter turnout is important and why everybody needs to understand your vote, especially in smaller towns, smaller elections, absolutely counts,” Davis said. “When you have low turnout, things like this happen where an election can be won by one vote, six votes, 12 votes, very small margins, and it shows how important it is to get out and vote.”
1-vote races
Of the one-vote races, two were in Carterville, where incumbent Chris “Hamsher” Henkle got 40 votes to Alison Pendergrass’ 39 votes in the City Council Ward 4 race, and Bryan Crane got 22 votes to Justin Lawson’s 21 votes and Laura Evens’ single vote in the Ward 3 race.
The third was the Jasper Board of Education, where voters were asked to select two candidates and the difference between second and third places was just a single ballot. In that race, incumbent Chris Lehman got 175 votes, incumbent Matthew Dumm got 146 votes and challenger Jamie Kaderly got 145 votes.
Justin Lawson, who lost by one vote in Carterville City Council Ward 3 race, said losing by such a tight margin is tough, but he’s glad to see revived interest in his hometown’s leadership.
“To say that I wasn't a little bit disappointed, I absolutely was,” Lawson said. “But here’s the thing that we have to remember, especially in Carterville: Last year, I think there were like 53 votes in the whole town, so for us to go from that to over 200 ... that’s a win for Carterville.”
Voter turnout in Carterville was 242 people in 2022, up from 53 in 2021 and 40 in 2020.
A big difference, Davis said, was the fact that in 2021 and 2020, none of the candidates for the four seats on the City Council had an opponent.
This year, there was more than one candidate in all but one ward.
Davis said the results still show how important it is to vote, especially in the April elections which are reserved for the local city council or school board ballots and other local issues, and typically feature smaller voter turnout.
“It is critical because one vote always counts, but we very seldom see those close races in those larger turnout elections in August and November,” Davis said.
Davis said voter turnout in Jasper County on Tuesday was 10.06%, much lower than the 30% to 50% typically seen in the later elections and the up to 75% seen every four years during a presidential election.
Final tally
But the election results are not final until Friday, and there’s still a slim chance that the vote tallies could change between now and then.
Davis said his office still has to go through provisional ballots and confirm identifications of those who cast those ballots.
If those identifications are confirmed, they will be added to the tally.
Also, his office has to wait for any absentee ballots cast by members of the military who are overseas.
Davis said he doesn’t know if anyone from Jasper County requested an overseas absentee ballot, but state law requires he wait until noon Friday for those to be delivered.
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A look at what’s happening in the Champions League on Tuesday:. Liverpool will continue its quest for a quadruple of major trophies when it visits Benfica, considered one of the easiest teams in the draw for the last eight. Jurgen Klopp will have a full squad available for the first time since he took charge of the team in 2015. Right back Trent Alexander-Arnold was rested against Watford on Saturday in the Premier League after injury but is expected to return. Benfica is considered an underdog but has already finished ahead of Barcelona in the group stage and won in the last 16 against Ajax, another team with a free-flowing attack like Liverpool’s. Benfica coach Nélson Veríssimo also is expected to have all his players available for the first leg at the Estádio da Luz, including Morocco international Adel Taarabt, who had been out injured. Benfica had been unbeaten in nine straight matches in all competitions before losing at Braga in the Portuguese league on Friday.
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Draft prospects from small schools typically have to dominate their competition in order to get recognition from scouts.
South Dakota State running back Pierre Strong Jr. did just that.
Strong rushed for 4,495 yards in four collegiate seasons, including three 1,000-yard campaigns, with 40 rushing touchdowns at a whopping 7.1 yards per carry. He was a bully out of the backfield with five games of at least 150 yards last season, and he ranked first in the FCS with 30 carries of 15-plus yards, according to Pro Football Focus.
After an impressive week at the East-West Shrine Bowl, he turned heads at the NFL scouting combine by recording the fastest 40-yard dash time (4.37 seconds) among all running backs in the 2022 NFL draft class.
Strong had an impressive college career and although he’s flying under the radar of many observers, his skill set on film shows why he shouldn’t be overlooked.
Outside zone
Strong is not a push-the-pile running back. He’s a speed back who maintains patience behind his blockers. He can get skinny through the middle but often looks to use his speed to the outside. Strong can perform in a gap-style offense, but he thrives in a zone-blocking scheme — more specifically outside zone.
In the play below, South Dakota State called an outside-zone run play to the left side. Strong found his center’s back, then cut upfield behind his guard, who did a great job blocking at the second level.
Strong often performs well when there is misdirection motion to open up the linebackers. This gives the play-side guard a one-on-one matchup, and it’s up to the tailback to locate the lane and press the edge. Then he has the option to bounce outside or cut back inside.
Strong is methodical when making his way upfield. In the clip above, he runs to the outside, cuts back inside and ultimately gains a big chunk of yardage by beating the defenders to the edge.
In the clip below, the outside zone is now going to the right. Once the defensive end works his way to the inside to clog the middle, it leaves the right tackle to pick up the outside linebacker.
The Jackrabbits offensive line provided outstanding blocks, and Strong used his vision and speed to elude and outrun opponents.
That said, Strong doesn’t often make something out of nothing. If he’s unable to get to the edge on an outside-zone run play, and none of his blockers win up the middle, he tends to remain too patient — which can lead to negative plays. This is why using motion and misdirection is important for Strong’s success.
In the clips above, the defense funnels Strong toward the middle and stuffs the running lanes. He doesn’t juke defenders behind the line of scrimmage. He waits and reacts when lanes open up.
Last year, against FCS power North Dakota State, Strong racked up 156 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries. Outside-zone runs by Strong often led to chunk plays, including 10 career rushing touchdowns of at least 50 yards.
The bottom line is when Strong finds the edge, he’s as good as gone.
Inside lanes
Speed backs often will dance east and west at the line of scrimmage, looking for the edge, even if the play is up the middle.
Not Strong.
He finds inside lanes quickly in an inside-zone run scheme.
In the clips below, Strong doesn’t wait at the line of scrimmage to get to the edge. He trusts the play call and the blockers in front of him, makes his plant quickly and gets upfield.
In an inside-zone blocking scheme, the offensive line doesn’t move horizontally, just vertically. The linemen block the defenders in front of them, and it’s up to the tailback to navigate his way to the second level using twitches and jukes. Strong looks for his center and play-side guard to help spring him for a chunk of yards up the middle.
In open space
The most enjoyable part of Strong’s game is the way he beats defenders in open space, navigates through the second level of the defense and keeps his balance and speed through attempted tackles reminds me of LeSean McCoy.
In the first clip below, Strong stretches the play out wide while waiting for his pullers from the offensive line to get upfield. Then, after he baits a defender, he gets low, puts his hand on the turf for balance and quickly gets north and south.
Strong can change direction on a dime or juke a defender in the middle of the field while maintaining his speed and outrunning defenders to the end zone.
He’s not an easy guy to bring down.
In the East-West Shrine Bowl clip below, he scored a 65-yard touchdown after catching a pass in the flat.
Of course, Strong has a lot of work ahead if he expects to have a career similar to McCoy’s, but his style of play at the second level is very similar. Strong runs hard through the middle of the field, cranks up his speed quickly on the outside and is capable of making catches in the flat.
Expect Strong to come off the board in the third or fourth round to a team that already has an RB1. He likely can thrive when paired with a bigger, bruising type of back similar to the Alvin Kamara-Mark Ingram duo in New Orleans.
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Missing person: Regis “Eddy Branch” Simon
Published: Apr. 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM CDT|Updated: 5 hours ago
AVOYELLES PARISH, La. (KALB) - The Mansura Police Department is asking for your help locating Regis “Eddy Branch” Simon, 36, who was reported missing back on March 17, 2022.
MPD said he was last seen on March 15 at 5 a.m. on Canon Street in the Marksville area.
If anyone has any information on his location, you are asked to contact Mansura police as soon as possible at 318-264-8991 or Chief John Johnson at 318-359-3166 or message them on Facebook.
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ALLENTOWN - Darick Hall drove in a pair of runs and five pitchers combined on a two-hitter as Lehigh Valley downed Columbus 6-1 on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Park.
Hall delivered an RBI single in the third inning and also drove in a run with a groundout in the seventh. Michael Mariot started and allowed only an unearned run over four innings for the IronPigs. Jeff Singer pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.
It is the second win over the Clippers to start the season for Lehigh Valley and the two teams are scheduled to continue the series on Thursday.
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The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – Coronavirus relief negotiations underway with lawmakers back in Washington
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–> A midday take on what’s happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.*
*Ha. Haha. Hahah. Sniff. Haha. Sniff. Ha–breaks down crying hysterically.
IN CONGRESS
McConnell gives a lil teaser of his coronavirus relief bill:
Speaking on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gave a few details of the soon-to-be-released Republican coronavirus relief proposal.
WHAT WE KNOW:
It will include another round of stimulus checks: “Speaking of building on what worked in the CARES Act, we want another round of direct payments, direct payments to help American families keep driving our national comeback,” McConnell said.
^What we know about those stimulus payments: “McConnell, during his floor speech, did not provide details on who would be able to qualify for the next round of stimulus checks. But traveling across Kentucky during the two-week July 4 recess he repeatedly referenced individuals who make up to $40,000 per year, suggesting Republicans could place a lower income ceiling to qualify for the direct assistance in the fifth coronavirus bill.”
Money for schools: McConnell said the Republican coronavirus relief bill will also include $105 billion for schools. https://bit.ly/2E6GD6f
Happening this afternoon — a little pow-wow:
Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) are meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to begin negotiating the next coronavirus relief bill face-to-face. https://bit.ly/2WGw4NG
Timing of the next bill: “Administration officials have said they want a deal by the end of the month, to line up with the soon-to-expire federal increase in unemployment benefits. The Senate is scheduled to leave town on Aug. 7, giving negotiators more flexibility.”
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE $600 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS?:
Via CNN’s Tami Luhby, “Congressional lawmakers are beginning to work this week on the next economic stimulus package. But it’s unlikely they’ll agree on — much less approve — the next step to help unemployed Americans before the payments lapse.” What we know: https://cnn.it/32GFWuo
HOW TRUMP’S PAYROLL-TAX CUT PUSH IS CREATING A NEW HEADACHE FOR REPUBLICANS:
Via The Hill’s Naomi Jagoda: https://bit.ly/32IQQzU
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Facebook launches Global State of Small Business Report
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LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 3,832,714
U.S. death toll: 140,937
Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y
INTERESTING READ — THE FUTURE OF CITIES:
Via The New York Times’s Eduardo Porter, “Coronavirus threatens the luster of superstar cities: Urban centers, with a dynamism that feeds innovation, have long been resilient. But the pandemic could drive a shift away from density.” https://nyti.ms/30Mvkb9
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
The GOP is a melting snow cone in Trump’s hands:
Via The Hill’s Niall Stanage, “President Trump faces the prospect of growing dissent within his own party unless he can arrest his slide in the polls.”
How so: “Trump has fallen a significant distance behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in recent weeks, as the coronavirus has become resurgent. Republicans are eyeing their electoral futures with increasing nervousness.”
How this could play out: https://bit.ly/2E57HCS
2020 is the year of ‘add tele- to the beginning of any regular activity and we’ll pretend it’s all normal and dandy’:
Via The Hill’s Brett Samuels, President Trump began holding “tele-rallies” last weekend for his reelection campaign as the coronavirus outbreak has impeded the feasibility of large in-person rallies. https://bit.ly/32EyfVN
Details of the tele-rallies: “Trump held virtual rallies targeted at supporters in Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan and North Carolina across three days, speaking over the phone for roughly 25 minutes in each case. The events were broadcast live on Facebook … The initial slate of virtual rallies targeted four critical swing states in the upcoming election. Each drew roughly 1 million viewers on Facebook.”
Facebook helps small businesses with the Summer of Support Program
As many storefronts remain closed, Boost with Facebook’s Summer of Support program is helping millions of people and small business owners gain skills and find resources they need to grow and transition online.
IN OTHER NEWS
An update to the horrible story in New Jersey:
The suspect in a shooting at U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’s New Jersey home was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Monday.
The suspect: “Anti-feminist” lawyer Roy Den Hollander
What to know about Hollander: “Hollander gained a level of notoriety having sued over ladies’ night drink specials, which he claimed were discriminatory. He also had a years-long case before Salas in which he was contesting the government’s refusal to allow women to register for the military draft.”
What happened: The gunman dressed as a FedEx delivery person and shot and killed Salas’s 20-year-old son Daniel. The jurist’s husband, 63-year-old Mark Anderl, was shot and injured.
What we know, from The Washington Post: https://wapo.st/3jxzXyn
Anthony Fauci wearing Washington Nationals face masks has finally paid off:
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, will throw the opening pitch for the Washington Nationals at Thursday’s Opening Day game. https://nbcnews.to/2WEMqq8
NOTABLE TWEETS:
This is pretty wild:
Watch: https://bit.ly/32H0UcU
In Orlando:
Full size photos: https://bit.ly/30seA8M
ON TAP:
The House and Senate are in. President Trump is in Washington, D.C. and Vice President Pence is visiting South Carolina today.
9:25 a.m. EDT: Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence left for Columbia, S.C.
11:30 a.m. EDT: Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence participated in a COVID-19 briefing with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) and his wife Peggy McMaster.
12:15 p.m. EDT: President Trump signed a memorandum in the Oval Office.
1:30 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence holds a press briefing in Columbia, S.C.
3:15 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence leave for Charleston, S.C.
5:05 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence campaigns for Nancy Mace in Charleston. Details: https://bit.ly/39dvsnM
7:50 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence land in Washington, D.C.
Invite for Thursday, July 23: The Hill is hosting a virtual event, “Diabetes and the COVID Threat.” Featured speakers: Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Diabetes. Details and how to RSVP: https://bit.ly/2DMi7XK
WHAT TO WATCH:
11 a.m. EDT: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held a press conference. Livestream: https://bit.ly/39dJCoX
1 p.m. EDT: The Hill is hosting a virtual event, “Advancing America’s Economy: The Role of Private Capital.” Featured speakers: Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) Livestream: https://bit.ly/3hhRF6I
1:45 p.m. EDT: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers remarks in New Castle, Del., on economic recovery. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3eQi75X
2:30 p.m. EDT: A Senate hearing on COVID-19 scams. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2ZMI4yX
5 p.m. EDT: President Trump holds a news conference. Livestream: https://bit.ly/39egBJA
NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF…:
Today is National Junk Food Day … which is every day since the pandemic started, tbh.
This is too real:
Via The Washington Post’s Maura Judkis, “The inflatable pool is the official symbol of America’s lost summer.” The full story: https://wapo.st/39dKnOP
And because you made it this far, here’s a dog who CANNOT be bothered: https://bit.ly/2E5f6SG
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Under: 6.5 (-128) *Watch NHL Games LIVE with fuboTV (click for free trial) After a hot four-game win streak, the Lightning have been struck by two losses in a row, as they got dropped by the Montreal Canadiens last Saturday in a 5-4 shootout loss and then again at home by the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday, 6-2. The Bolts can pick up the pieces this Wednesday night against a team they have already victimized twice this season. Tampa Bay defeated the Capitals on the road in October, 2-1, and then again in November at home, 3-2. Those are two tight contests the Lightning survived thanks in large part to the admirable job of their goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is still one of the best in the business. In those two meetings with the Caps, Vasilevskiy made 63 saves off the 66 shots he faced.
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At one point in March, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had just two quarterbacks under contract, one of whom was apparently headed into retirement. Now they've got the whole gang back together.
On Wednesday, the Buccaneers announced the re-signing of 12th-year quarterback Blaine Gabbert, who has spent the past two seasons as Tom Brady's primary backup. This is the third straight year that Gabbert has re-upped with Tampa Bay after originally signing with the team in March of 2019.
The Buccaneers now have all four quarterbacks they carried on the active roster and the practice squad back in the fold. Brady chose not to retire in the end and 2021 second-round pick Kyle Trask will be going into his second season. Ryan Griffin, who was on the Bucs' active roster for most of the 2015-20 seasons before spending last year on the practice squad, also re-signed with the team last week.
Gabbert has extensive experience in the offense developed by former Buccaneers Head Coach Bruce Arians and now run by Offensive Coordinator Byron Leftwich, having played for that duo in both Tampa and Arizona. He signed with the Cardinals in 2017 and made five starts, compiling a 2-3 record. He has appeared in 10 games over the past two seasons with the Buccaneers, completing 16 of 27 passes for 210 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Much of that action came in a Week 16 win at Detroit in which Brady was given the second half off and Gabbert came in to complete nine of 15 passes for 143 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 125.8.
In all, Gabbert has played in 60 games and made 48 starts. He has completed 858 of his 1,525 pass attempts for 9,273 yards, 50 touchdowns and 47 interceptions. In the Arians-Leftwich system he connected on 102 of 182 passes for 1,153 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions.
The 6-5, 235 Gabbert initially entered the NFL as a first-round pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars, selected 10th overall in 2011 out of the University of Missouri. He played three seasons in Jacksonville and made 27 starts, including 14 in his rookie campaign. The Jaguars traded Gabbert to San Francisco in March of 2014 and he made 13 more starts over three seasons with the 49ers.
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Syscoin (SYS) traded 9% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 23:00 PM Eastern on April 6th. Syscoin has a total market capitalization of $381.40 million and $13.50 million worth of Syscoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Syscoin coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.60 or 0.00001385 BTC on popular exchanges. In the last seven days, Syscoin has traded 15.2% lower against the dollar.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Dogecoin (DOGE) traded down 11.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000329 BTC.
- Litecoin (LTC) traded 7.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $111.76 or 0.00258501 BTC.
- UNUS SED LEO (LEO) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $5.83 or 0.00013489 BTC.
- Polymath (POLY) traded 7.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.43 or 0.00000991 BTC.
- ConstitutionDAO (PEOPLE) traded 6.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0560 or 0.00000130 BTC.
- Hellenic Coin (HNC) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3.68 or 0.00010892 BTC.
- Verge (XVG) traded down 8.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0113 or 0.00000026 BTC.
- Presearch (PRE) traded down 10.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.16 or 0.00000374 BTC.
- XeniosCoin (XNC) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.65 or 0.00001503 BTC.
- Bytom (BTM) traded 6.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0242 or 0.00000056 BTC.
About Syscoin
According to CryptoCompare, “SysCoin is a proof of work based alternative crypto currency with a block time of sixty seconds and 2 billion total currency units to be produced. “
Buying and Selling Syscoin
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
2-4-9, Fireball: 5
(two, four, nine; Fireball: five)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
2-4-9, Fireball: 5
(two, four, nine; Fireball: five)
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Elon Musk made another billion dollars from his Twitter stake
Elon Musk has gotten a lot of attention from buying a 9.2% stake in Twitter, along with landing a seat on the company's board. He's also worth an additional $1 billion.
In a new filing late Tuesday, Musk disclosed how much he paid for the 73 million shares he started purchasing in late January and completed with a final buy Friday. The average price was $36.16 per share.
The news of his Twitter investment sent shares up 27% Monday, and another 2% by Tuesday's close, before slipping slightly in Wednesday trading. But even with that step back in price, Musk is looking at an on-paper profit of roughly $1.1 billion on his $2.6 billion investment. That equates to a return of about 40%. Not bad for a two-month investment.
Of course, that amount is essentially sofa cushion change for the world's richest human being. Musk's initial investment represented less than 1% of his net worth, which Forbes estimates at $282 billion. A $1 billion profit? Call it a rounding error.
The Federal Reserve estimates that the U.S. median household net worth is $121,700. So if a typical family had the same percentage increase in their net worth that Musk just got from his Twitter windfall, it would total $461. Not exactly earthshaking.
So given his vast wealth, it's fairly safe to say that no person on the planet has ever needed an extra $1 billion less than Elon Musk.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A plant that was once considered to be extinct is now flourishing thanks to help from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The rare plant, called the running buffalo clover, is now officially off the endangered species list thanks to the work from ODNR. “This is...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – A homegoing celebration in honor of Mrs. Pauletta D. Boudrey will be held Saturday, March 19, 20212 at 11:00 a.m. at Union Baptist Church, 528 Lincoln Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs. Boudrey departed this life Sunday, March 13, 2022 at St. Elizabeth’s Health Care Center...
Ohio State cornerback Lejond Cavazos has entered the transfer portal, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Per Thamel, Cavazos is seeking more playing time after registering eight tackles and two passes defended in six games with the Buckeyes last season. Cavazos, a four-star recruit from San Antonio, Texas, redshirted in...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State men’s basketball forward Justin Ahrens is transferring from the Buckeyes, according to a school spokesperson. Ahrens also announced the news on Twitter where he thanked head coach Chris Holtmann and Buckeye nation for his four years in Columbus. “I’m extremely grateful for my teammates, all the relationships I have […]
Ohio State then-freshman pitcher Allison Smith (22) Ohio State-Iowa game Feb. 26, 2021. Ohio State split the series. Credit: Ohio State Athletic Department. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Allison Smith is finding her groove in her second season as a Buckeye.
The owner of a West Virginia coal-fired power plant says it will be sold or retired next year. Akron, Ohio-based Energy Harbor announced the plan this week for the Pleasants Power station along with a coal and diesel facility in Stratton, Ohio. Energy Harbor says the plan is part of its commitment to become carbon-free. […]
DELAWARE, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) — RiverWest Partners’ plans for the historic Delaware train depot are chugging along. https://nbc4i.co/3D540Hu.
WESTWOOD, Ohio (WKRC) - You know it's spring when all the ice cream stands and creamy whips begin opening up in Cincinnati. Putz's will open up for the season on March 28. To make sure it's ready, it'll be testing its ice cream machines and giving out free cones on Wednesday, March 23 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – While it didn’t sell for $1, a historic home in the city of Delaware did sell to a couple who feel they just made the deal of the century. The 1870s Italiante property was put up for auction during Tuesday’s Delaware County Auditor’s auction. The three-story building sits on a large […]
As we all know, Ohio, which is consistently ranked as one of the best states for business, also provides people with a reasonable cost of living, excellent schools, and various recreational chances, but when it comes to food, nobody knows about it. So today, we will discuss romantic restaurants in Ohio that we think you'll truly appreciate.
North Carolina’s Brady Manek had a very uplifting message for his Twitter followers, despite losing in the National Championship on Monday night. The Tar Heels were up 15 at halftime but saw that lead erased in the second half. The Kansas Jayhawks came all the way back and won, 72-69 to clinch their first National Championship since 2008.
Cleveland, Ohio, is a major city In the state of Ohio along the southern shore of Lake Erie. This city is packed full of cultural institutions that will keep you busy during your entire visit. When you’re finished sightseeing, go stop at one of the many restaurants specializing in classic American cuisine. With our top five list of American restaurants in Cleveland, you’ll never go hungry.
Just two days ago, Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks added another national title to the school’s illustrious history. Kansas used an historic comeback to take down the North Carolina Tar Heels on Monday night. After falling down 40-25 in the first half, the Jayhawks erased a 15-point deficit en route to a 72-69 victory.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Seven Ohioans are billionaires as of March 31, according to rankings from Forbes. Stacker compiled a list of the wealthiest billionaires who are residents of Ohio, using the data from Forbes. Billionaires are ranked by net worth. Les Wexner, from the Columbus suburb of New Albany and...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In the 1980s, Ohio officials considered an industrial site hugging the Cuyahoga River as their preferred location for a state prison – until concerns about the cost and scope of environmental cleanup sent them elsewhere. We’re talking about how Cuyahoga County missed this history in its...
It's spring, and that means the weather is supposed to be warmer. But with the unpredictability of Ohio's weather, that hasn't always been the case (my town got a little snow this weekend! In April!).
Amidst a wave of conference realignment around the NCAA, rumors regarding a possible Big East expansion have begun to swirl. The most intriguing name mentioned as a possible program to join the conference’s current 11-team field is the mid-major powerhouse Gonzaga Bulldogs. But on Wednesday, college basketball insider Jeff...
AKRON, Ohio – Each year, the Akron RubberDucks offer a few new things – usually several food items, maybe extra creative promotional giveaways. This year, there are 7,630 changes. That’s the capacity for the seating bowl in the ballpark that sits along Main Street in downtown Akron. Every...
An Ohio man is doing an all-beer diet not only for Lent but for charity. Del Hall started his journey this year on the first day of Lent and plans to only drink beer during the 46 days. Hall is an army veteran and brewery owner that created SgtDel’s Virtual Tip Jar” where 100% of […]
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By: Anthony Pritchard, Keith Davey . 1st Edition, 2nd hand book in good condition
Maserati, Lancia, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo — the leading Italian sports cars and names to conjure with — are the main subject of this book.
The history and development of these superbly constructed and beautifully engineered cars is carefully traced with a full narration of their racing history, their virtues and their faults and a balanced assessment of their merits. A comprehensive specification table is given for every important model.
The full histories of the products of the Lancia and Maserati factories are published for the first time, and the complicated history of Ferrari cars is unravelled and presented in a manner that is both lucid and logical. In addition, the sports car and racing car products of the Fiat factory, together with many other lesser known Italian high-performance cars such as the Cisitalia, Osca, Isotta-Fraschini and Diatto are described in detail.
Anthony Pritchard is the author of Formula One, and both he and Keith Davey are contributors to the Profile Publications series and leading motoring magazines.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses return to in-person meeting for first time in 2 years
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - After two years of virtual, Jehovah’s Witnesses returned to in-person meetings Saturday for all congregations across the world and here in Southern Nevada. A public communications coordinator with Jehovah’s Witnesses United States of America said there are 13,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Southern...
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Bitcoin conference Miami 2022 – Logic, Steve Aoki, and Run The Jewels to play at Sound Money Fest crypto conference
THE "world's first Bitcoin music festival" and "Shark Tank" will be held at the 2022 Miami crypto conference, which started on Wednesday.
The music festival is called Sound Money Fest, and it will feature several artists, including Logic, Steve Aoki, and Run the Jewels. The festival will close out the conference on April 10.
The Bitcoin conference is being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from April 6 to April 9, and on the first day, a techy version of Wall Street’s Charging Bull was unveiled and stole the show, tweets from the conference revealed.
More than 6,000 industry leaders, 80 different speakers, and more than 4,000 companies are set to take part in the event, according to the conference website.
The conference will also feature a "Comedy Hour," starring Hannibal Buress.
Interestingly, on the event's first day, the price of Bitcoin was down. Bitcoin saw a price change of -3.66 percent over the past 24 hours as of Wednesday morning and had a price of $44,941.97, according to Coinbase.
Read our Bitcoin 2022 live blog for the latest news and updates...
Fake websites and crypto
One fairly widespread scamming technique involves websites that appear to be a new cryptocurrency mining operation or investment opportunity.
The sites encourage investors to wire in money, sometimes offering investment “tiers” and promising greater returns.
But when users attempt to withdraw their cash, they are unable to and told to input even more cryptocurrency.
What are red flags of scams?
Gizmodo shared that other red flags of the SQUID coin being illegitimate was that the website that the creators launched was filled with spelling and grammatical errors.
The crypto’s telegram channel also did not allow comments from outsiders, and its Twitter account did not allow users to reply to posts, which Gizmodo flagged as suspicious.
How to check for blockchain scams
Cryptocurrencies operate on blockchain networks.
Scammers often claim their blockchain is “in development” or “about to be released,” but all legitimate cryptos will have an accompanying website to verify the currency.
Users can type the name of the crypto into any search engine with the phrase “blockchain explorer” or “blockchain scan” to find the connected blockchain, if it even exists.
Man loses $1.6million, part three
The app demanded $1.5million from the victim and threatened to freeze his account if he didn’t pay.
“I go look on the FBI site and lo and behold, there’s this public alert about this type of scam,” he told the news outlet. “I’m 52, my entire life savings, gone in a matter of a month.”
The common scam, which involves meeting someone on a dating app, depositing money into a fake investment app (which is constantly changed, renamed or deleted) then losing it all, is called the “Pig Butchering Scam,” KMGH-TV detailed.
Man loses $1.6million, part two
The man said he successfully deposited funds into the account, including money from his retirement accounts.
He was reportedly able to withdraw cryptocurrency too, until he attempted to take out more.
A “customer service agent” with the app told him “you need to repay the loan before you can withdraw cash from your account,” KMGH-TV reported.
Man loses $1.6million in scam
A man says he lost his life savings in a scheme dubbed the “Pig Butchering Scam.”
The 52-year-old told Denver ABC affiliate KMGH-TV that he met a woman on a dating app who appeared to have similar interests to him.
The conversation turned to cryptocurrency, something he’d made about $70,000 on in a few years.
The man told the news outlet that the woman he fell for online convinced him to invest in a mobile and web app that seemed legitimate to the software engineer.
Crypto scams and dating apps
Some cryptocurrency scam operations have started using dating apps to reel in potential targets.
In some reports, scammers pose as a long-distance love interest sharing a hot new cryptocurrency opportunity.
About 20 percent of the money lost through dating scams in the last year reportedly involved cryptocurrency.
$7.7billion lost to scammers in 2021
More than $7.7billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen worldwide in 2021.
The revelation came in a report by blockchain data firm Chainalysis, which also found scams involving crypto are up 81 percent over last year.
Scams were the largest crypto-based crime with fewer individual scam victims in 2021 but a higher average loss per victim, Yahoo Money reported.
What are Altcoins, continued
Simon Peters, crypto-asset analyst at eToro, said: “They build on the success of bitcoin by slightly changing the rules, economics or use cases to appeal to different users.”
“Altcoins vary greatly in their use cases and practical application. They typically have a form of technology they underpin or provide a liquidity solution to a product or service.”
What are Altcoins?
Altcoin stands for alternative coin, a type of virtual currency that uses the so-called blockchain to allow secure transactions.
Altcoin is a category of cryptocurrency rather than a currency itself, and there are more than 900 different altcoins available.
Gear up at the conference store
A merchandise store is being featured as part of the Miami Bitcoin conference.
Attendees can purchase Bitcoin merch, including shirts, books, hats, and hardware wallets.
'The Future of Financial Forecasting'
On Friday, April 8, four speakers will host a presentation called, "The Future of Financial Forecasting."
It will take place at 1.05pm, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami.
Catching a glimpse
Take a look at what GA ticket holders are experiencing this week at the Bitcoin 2022 conference.
Is there a Bitcoin 2022 live stream?
There is a live stream for Bitcoin 2022 that people can watch if they can't make it to Miami.
Bitcoin Magazine is running a live stream of the event on YouTube.
Is Serena Williams speaking at Bitcoin 2022?
Serena Williams is indeed scheduled to speak at the Bitcoin 2022 cryptocurrency event in Miami this year, according to the event's speaker list.
'The future of finance is in Miami'
Miama Mayor Francis Suarez unveiled the Bitcoin 2022 version of a Charging Bull at the convention on Wednesday and tweeted, "The future of finance is in Miami and the Capital of Capital now has its own bull."
Who created the Bitcoin 2022 bull?
The CEO of Plantation, Florida-based TradeStation, John Bartleman spoke with Bloomberg and said of Miami, "It’s hard to deny this is an amazing opportunity for companies to come here and build out their project in crypto."
It was his company that commissioned "an 11-foot (3-meter) robot-like statue of a bull meant to emulate Wall Street’s 'Charging Bull,'" the outlet reported.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez revealed the artwork Wednesday to the crypto-loving crowd as the conference kicked off in Miami Beach.
President Bukele's possible announcement
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference last June, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced his plans to make Bitcoin legal tender in his country, according to Coindesk.
He was expected to make an announcement this year as well, which the site noted was expected to include a progress report on El Salvador's plans for the sale of $1 billion of Bitcoin bonds.
President Nayib Bukele calls off appearance
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cancelled his appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.
A letter from Bukele, shared by the Bitcoin Conference Twitter account, cited "unforeseen circumstances in El Salvador which require his urgent attention."
Bitcoin price soared in March
However, despite that prediction, the value of Bitcoin actually went up in March 2022.
Bitcoin prices soared after Russia said it could try to dodge current sanctions by selling oil and gas in cryptocurrency instead.
Its value shot up around five percent on March 27 after Putin's energy chief Pavel Zavalny said it could be used by friendly countries.
Some experts think Bitcoin will 'crash' soon
In late December, some experts predicted Bitcoin would crash in 2022.
Carol Alexander, professor of finance at Sussex University, thought the value of Bitcoin could soon fall.
She previously told CNBC that Bitcoin will "probably crash" in 2022.
The professor warned last year: “If I were an investor now I would think about coming out of Bitcoin soon because its price will probably crash next year."
She referred to Bitcoin as more of a "toy" than an investment.
Bitcoin price decreases
The price of Bitcoin decreased slightly more as the first day of Bitcoin 2022 continued.
According to Coinbase, Bitcoin was down -4.29 percent in the past 24 hours as of 3pm Wednesday, as compared to -3.66 percent that morning.
Comparing the bulls
The Charging Bull at the Bitcoin 2022 event is clearly stealing the show.
One Twitter user shared photos of the Bull with its more famous counterpart in New York City.
Is the US considering banning crypto?
The United States is not one of the countries looking to fully ban cryptocurrencies — at least not yet.
In fact, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell previously said that there are no intentions of banning cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin.
So, for now, events like the Bitcoin 2022 conference can go off without a hitch.
Can governments ban cryptocurrency, continued
China’s government, for instance, claimed it was concerned that people were using digital assets for fraud and laundering and ended up banning crypto.
That country and its government have also expressed concerns over the impact on the environment, as well as the potential of the destabilization of the country’s financial system.
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Worst driver EVER? Watch as a motorist illegally overtakes a car, sends another spinning and speeds down a footpath - before it all ends in disaster
- A black van caused scenes of destruction in Concord, in Sydney's inner west
- Honda family car crossed double lines in a dangerous overtake before crashing
- Hit Mini Cooper, struck a power pole, catastrophically flipped onto its back
Footage shows the wild moment an impatient driver illegally overtakes another car, before speeding down a footpath, spinning around and flipping on its back.
Dash-cam video has resurfaced showing the black Honda family car racing up the back of a white Mini Cooper in Concord, in Sydney's inner west.
The car then swerves back onto the correct side of the road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic, with the Mini left spinning in the middle of the road.
As the Honda sped up further it smashed into a power pole and flipped over onto its roof.
A white Mini Cooper span 180 degrees facing back up the road (pictured) after the Honda hit its from behind and continued up the road before flipping (pictured in background)
The Honda's outrageous get away attempt was caught on footage submitted to Dash Cam Owners Australia.
The incident on Concord Road caused backed up traffic in the two northbound lanes.
In the video a witness can be heard swearing as he watches the car first smash into the back of another vehicle then go flying.
The clip is understood to have been filmed in mid-2021.
The Honda was left upside down and smashed up (pictured) after running into a power pole
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WILDBRAIN CPLG EXPANDS INTO ASIA PACIFIC
New offices opening in Singapore, Taipei and Seoul;
existing Shanghai licensing team expanding under agency
Opportunities open for licensing professionals to join our world-leading team
LONDON and SHANGHAI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WildBrain CPLG, a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency, is continuing to strengthen its global footprint with expansion across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and the launch of new dedicated offices in Singapore, Taipei and Seoul. Additionally, the licensing team who are part of WildBrain's existing Shanghai operations will be expanded and renamed WildBrain CPLG China. The new and existing operations will service the entire APAC region across approximately a dozen countries.
Maarten Weck, EVP & Managing Director of WildBrain CPLG, will lead the APAC expansion and be responsible for the management and growth of WildBrain CPLG's team and business across the region. WildBrain's current licensing team in Shanghai, managed by Jianbo Wei, Managing Director for China, will be integrated into WildBrain CPLG and expanded. Wei will also continue to oversee WildBrain's content business in China.
The agency is now looking to rapidly build its leadership, management and wider marketing and licensing teams to drive the expansion, with new positions open in APAC and London. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids' and family entertainment with 360-degree IP-management capabilities across content production, distribution and consumer products licensing.
Maarten Weck said: "With the expansion of our business across the greater APAC region, we'll offer both existing and potential new partners a truly global licensing solution, not only through a broadened footprint in the territory, but also through access to our wider network of global offices and integrated way of working. We're looking to rapidly grow our team in APAC, with support in London, and we look forward to receiving interest from talented professionals who want to join our world-leading team at this exciting time."
While offering existing licensors access to new markets, WildBrain CPLG's expansion into APAC will also aim to build the agency's portfolio with new representation for local brands and licensors. WildBrain CPLG in APAC currently represents and manages WildBrain-owned brands, such as Strawberry Shortcake, In the Night Garden, Inspector Gadget and Teletubbies, as well as select existing third-party IP rights across its entertainment and lifestyle portfolios, including SEGA, Sauber Motorsport, Absolut, Malibu, Parental Advisory, The Master Lock Company, Yale University and the University of Southern California, with more to come.
To learn more about opportunities to join WildBrain CPLG's world-leading team, please contact: APAC.careers@cplg.com
About WildBrain CPLG
WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency, with offices in the UK, Benelux, Nordics, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Greece & Turkey, Russia, India, the Middle East and the US. With 50 years of experience in the licensing industry, WildBrain CPLG provides its clients with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated product development, legal and accounting services. WildBrain CPLG believes that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and is widely known for its no-nonsense, straightforward approach. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids' and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: www.cplg.com.
Visit WildBrain online at wildbrain.com or wildbrain.com.cn
Media inquiries, please contact: Aimée Norman at The DDA Group, aimee.norman@ddapr.com , +44 (0) 7957 564 050; Chris Chen at WildBrain (Shanghai) Consulting Company Limited, Chris.Chen@wildbrain.com, +86 138 1815 4588
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OKARA (Dunya News) – A man and his grandson died while condition of three other children deteriorated after eating jujube in a village near Okara on Tuesday, Dunya News reported.
According to police sources pesticide was sprayed on jujube recently due to which two persons died. However, police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of deaths.
Police sources also informed the three affected children have been shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in critical condition.
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Trinamool Congress VP Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday lost his cool and called a Twitter user ‘ch*tiya’.
On Wednesday evening, Sinha tweeted an incoherent tweet where he talked about how some people say they’d vote for Modi even if petrol prices reach Rs 200 per litre. He then talked about those who stand up when their Indian passports get checked in America and also said these people are also there in other countries.
To that, one Twitter user asked him what is the trying to say, while referring to the MP as ‘ch*tiya’. To which, the TMC leader appeared to have lost his cool and answered back that he wanted to say by his incoherent message that the Twitter user who could not decipher his cryptic tweet was a ch*tiya.
Ch*tiya is a derogatory term which is often used as an insult. It also makes a reference to female genitalia. This is not the first time he has been abusive. Back in 2014 he had said that any ch*tiya can become the chief minister of Jharkhand.
Recently, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had also used the same term for a BJP woman leader and then defended it by saying ch*tiya means ‘stupid’. He had earlier referred to Kangana Ranaut as ‘haramkhor’ (another derogatory term) and claimed it meant ‘naughty’.
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Formation Fi (FORM) traded 2.8% higher against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 23:00 PM Eastern on April 6th. During the last week, Formation Fi has traded 40.6% higher against the dollar. Formation Fi has a total market capitalization of $1.49 million and $3.22 million worth of Formation Fi was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Formation Fi coin can now be purchased for $0.0187 or 0.00000043 BTC on major exchanges.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002313 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 5.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.77 or 0.00001774 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded down 7.4% against the dollar and now trades at $19.92 or 0.00046066 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 6.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded down 5.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0637 or 0.00000147 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 5.2% against the dollar and now trades at $3,168.51 or 0.07328991 BTC.
- EarnX (EARNX) traded up 396,248.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000002 BTC.
- stETH (Lido) (STETH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $3,479.19 or 0.06807369 BTC.
- Bitcoin BEP2 (BTCB) traded 4.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $43,316.42 or 1.00194102 BTC.
- Filecoin (FIL) traded down 10.6% against the dollar and now trades at $21.89 or 0.00050632 BTC.
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Jalandhar: S. Ramanujan Society of Mathematics of PCM SD College for Women organised a PowerPoint presentation competition to commemorate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Students of BSc Semester II took avid participation in the same. They gave presentation on the topic ‘The Great Indian Mathematicians’. Contributions made by various exemplary Indian Mathematicians like Aryabhatta, Bhaskara, S. Ramanujan and Shakuntla Devi were depicted through their presentations. Anuradha, Head of Department of Chemistry was the judge. Nisha of BSc Non Medical bagged first position. Ritika of BSc Computer Science and Jeenat of BSc Economics made it to second and third positions respectively.
Orientation session organised
An orientation session was organised by Emm Aar International School, Adampur, under the supervision of Principal Navdeep Vashista in the audio-visual hall. A flair and experiential learning pattern were discussed for the new session. Magnificent teaching strategies were discussed to ensure the overall development of the children. In this training, all teachers and group staff participated enthusiastically and presented their ideas as well. All teachers attended the session and were served snacks. The session was quite thought-provoking and helped teachers absorb relevant concepts with inspiring teaching.
Pariksha pe Charcha organised
Ivy World School organised a live telecast of the “Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022” session in the school auditorium. The session began with the interaction of PM Narendra Modi with the students, teachers, and parents on handling board examination stress. It was conducted by the department of school education and literacy, ministry of education. This session primarily focused on the offline mode of examination in India in the wake of reducing Covid cases. It empowered the students about memory power, the role of technology in student life, depression, best use of free time, concentration, achieving goals, choosing the right career, time management, self-confidence, and many more.
University positions
Brahamsewak Singh and Jaspreet Kaur of Lyallpur Khalsa College have bagged second positions jointly in GNDU exams of MA (Political Science)-I semester by getting 372 marks out of 400, whereas Livpreet, Charanjeet Kaur and Deepak Bains have bagged 3rd, 5th and 6th positions in the same class by getting 367, 363 and 362 marks out of 400 respectively. This information was given in a press release by the Principal of the College Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra. He also said the college was committed to provide quality education to its students. President of the college governing council Balbir Kaur congratulated the students and wished them success in life.
Workshop on school counsellor
The Freudian Psychological Society of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a one-day workshop on ‘School Counsellor: Their role in school’. Resource person Manmeet Sawhney discussed the significance of a school counsellor. Sawhney emphasised on how “the school counsellor is the heart of the institution”. She further elaborated on how the school counsellor plays a part in every sphere of a student’s life – from academics, to socio-emotional growth, tackling developmental issues, shaping the student’s career and instilling self-esteem and confidence, while providing support to the parents. The do’s and don’ts that every counsellor must adhere to like, confidentiality, being non-judgmental and why it is important, along with an array of case studies were also discussed.
Prayer for new session
‘Sarav Dharam Prayer’ – Beginning of New Session at Cambridge (Co-ed) Cambridge (Co-Ed) conducted a special assembly to commence the new session. Morning assembly is an integral part of the school’s schedule. It is not just about standing in long queues and singing prayers or national anthem, but it’s something beyond just prayers. All the activities carried out in morning assembly by the school staff and students have a great impact on everyone’s day to day life. Cambridge Co-Ed commenced the new session seeking blessings of the Almighty. A special assembly with ‘Sarav Dharam’ prayer was conducted with the aim to make the children understand that all the religions are equally respectful.
Tribute paid to martyrs
The Department of Social Sciences of Apeejay College of Fine Arts paid a tribute to the nation’s great martyrs as one of the events of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘ as proposed by government of India to commemorate 75 years of Independence. Principal Dr Neerja Dhingra was the chief guest of the day and putting forth her views on the occasion, she said the main motive of this event was to aware our youth with the freedom fighters, the value of freedom which we are having today and the history of how it was earned. On this occasion the competitions as costume parade, face painting were organised for the students. A short play and a choreography on the theme of sacrifice and patriotism was presented by the students of theatre and dance.
Kids have intro party
To increase friendship among the children, an intro party with music was organised at DIPS School, Bhogpur. Teachers welcomed the children of pre primary wing by music. In the party children enjoyed various fun games and danced with their classmates on the party music. After this, one by one the children told about themselves and their families to their classmates. After the dance games, the children had lunch together and shared with each other while spending time with their new classmates.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
0-4-8-0, SB:
(zero, four, eight, zero; SB: zero)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
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Central Baptist College hosted its third annual Scholarship Gala on April 2. The black-tie optional event featured keynote speaker, Alex Kendrick, and was held at the Conway Expo Center.
The proceeds of the event benefit student scholarships, and CBC President Terry Kimbrow announced $510,100 had been raised through event sponsorships and private donations.
The theme of the event was “Courageous Faith” and the program focused on the mission and ministry of Central Baptist College which is “the integration of Christian faith and academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment.” The emcee for the night was Yalanda Merrell, Lifeword director of audience.
The highlight of the evening was Alex Kendrick, who shared his amazing story on the founding of Sherwood Pictures. Kendrick shared many stories of how God has worked in his life as a writer and director. Throughout the night, he encouraged the audience in many ways.
“We must fight for the hearts and minds for the next generations to love the Lord, to know the Lord, and to make truth the foundation of education which comes from God’s word,” Kendrick said.
In his closing comments, he reminded everyone to live the life of Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
After the keynote speaker, the CBC Fine Arts department provided the entertainment. The CBC Band was led by Danielle Hodges. The band performed “Havana Nights” featuring soloists Jarett Maxwell, Jeremiah Dodson, and Emily Owen and “Such Small Things,” featuring soloist Abigail Weihe. The CBC Choir, under the direction of Jim Turner, sang “Daniel, Servant of the Lord” featuring soloists Caleb Allen and A.J. Woodraska. The piano used in the performance was provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of Little Rock.
After his closing comments, President Kimbrow asked the CBC Choir to sing one more song – “Courageous Faith.” Words were written by Christine Harris, wife of alumnus David Harris, and Assistant Professor of Music Jim Turner.
In his announcement of the $510,100 total that had been raised through this event for student scholarships, President Kimbrow acknowledged 65 event sponsors, and many additional individuals and businesses who made contributions towards the total.
“I am beyond grateful for the generosity of so many,” said President Kimbrow. “The Central Baptist College Board of Trustees, businesses, not only in Conway, but across the state of Arkansas, and other individuals who are such faithful supporters of Central Baptist College all came together to make this an unforgettable night for the support of Christian Higher Education.”
Contributions are still being accepted. To contribute visit cbc.edu/gala and complete the online giving form. Checks may be mailed to Central Baptist College, 1501 College Avenue, Conway, AR 72034 with “2022 Scholarship Gala” on the memo line of the check. For more information contact Jessica Faulkner, Director of Alumni and Public Relations at jfaulkner@cbc.edu or 501-205-8800.
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A thief has been caught on camera stealing a motorbike after tracking the rider along a residential street. Shocking CCTV footage shows the owner riding his motorbike down the Coventry street - but doesn't realise a Ford Fiesta is following closely behind him.
He parks his motorbike in his front garden and enters his property, not knowing thieves were spying on him and waiting to steal his prized possession. Moments later, a man is seen walking along the street suspiciously before the Ford Fiesta parks right beside him and he enters the vehicle.
The same man later walks towards the parked motorbike and in a matter of seconds, makes off with the stolen vehicle. The theft happened on Sunday at around 2.20pm along Elm Tree Avenue in Coventry.
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And it also has a hefty price tag, with a make of the model costing up to £1,750. Lawrence Borg, the owner of the motorbike, said he was 'gutted' that his prized possession was taken after spending months fixing it up, only for it to be stolen just three weeks later.
He told Coventry Live : "I felt absolutely gutted. The amount of work me and my mate had put into the bike for it to be gone just three weeks of it being on road. We built it from the ground up and I know everything about that bike. I was really surprised I was followed."
Coventry Live has contacted West Midlands Police for comment.
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The first U.S. hypersonic weapon will be delayed for as long as a year under a new schedule, even as lawmakers protest that the Pentagon is lagging behind in a new technology that Russia has already used in Ukraine and China has demonstrated in a space launch.
The goal to declare an “early operational capability” for the Lockheed Martin Corp. missile by Sept. 30 has been moved back to sometime in the next fiscal year, according to an Air Force statement. The Pentagon has said the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is expected to be the “nation’s first operational hypsersonic weapon.”
Hypersonic weapons are hard to track and destroy because they fly five times the speed of sound and can be maneuvered. Last month, Russia debuted a hypersonic air-to-ground missile in its attack on Ukraine, and in July China hit a demonstration target on Earth with a weapon in orbit. Adversaries don’t have to meet the rigorous standards set under the U.S. defense acquisition system or face public scrutiny over delays and failure.
The Lockheed missile failed three consecutive booster motor tests last year, leaving it behind in passing two additional motor tests and at least one of a fully assembled missile.
Now, “due to recent flight test anomalies,” the first test of the entire missile has shifted to the period between Oct. 1 and Dec. 30 with additional tests planned later in the next fiscal year, according to the Air Force statement. It said the service intends to declare an early operational capability “after successful demonstration of operational utility” through tests of the complete missile after the booster demonstrations.
If the weapon is deemed to have a nascent combat capability, leftover test missiles could be used in an emergency because the Air Force has delayed a formal production decision.
The Air Force weapon was thought to be further along in development than either Army or Navy programs. Those services are using a shared two-stage booster to launch the warhead into hypersonic flight and haven’t been flight-tested yet.
With the delays, “DoD officials now seem to be signaling that ARRW will not be the first hypersonic weapon fielded by the United States,” said Kelley Sayler, a Washington-based missile technology analyst who follows the program. The latest delay “suggests that the Air Force may be struggling to address the findings of the failure review board” after the most recent test failure in December, she said.The slower pace of U.S. hypersonic programs prompted a number of heated exchanges when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee.
“You recently called in the defense industrial community that were involved in the hypersoncics development as to how we can speed that up,” Republican Representative Mike Turner of Ohio said. “We’re behind our adversaries.”
Without denying that, Austin said “we have to be careful” because “hypersonic is a capability, sir, but it’s not the only capability.” He said “I have engaged industry” to “make sure that they’re leaning into” hypersonic development.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has signaled impatience with what’s now a $1.4 billion development effort. The service has budgeted only $46 million in procurement funding in the fiscal 2023 request and none through 2027, according to the service’s five-year plan. With congressional approval, the $46 million would be shifted into continued research.
“Despite the setbacks, significant learning from each test event” has taken place, and the Air Force “plans to revisit a procurement decision in fiscal 2024 once specific programmatic milestones have been achieved,” according to the service’s statement.
Lockheed-Aerojet Hypersonic Missile Tops Mach 5 in Test-Firing
Jay Pitman, Lockheed’s vice president for strike weapons, said in a statement that the company “understands the urgent need for hypersonic capabilities” and “to fulfill that need, we are committed to developing ARRW at a highly accelerated pace while building on our history of developing first-of-its-kind technology.”
Lockheed was awarded an initial $480 million development contract in April 2018 that was broadened in December 2019 to $986 million.
The ARRW’s delays so far haven’t revealed a fundamental problem but rather difficulty with how the weapon works with the B-52H bombers that would launch it. After it’s dropped by the bomber, the ARRW is supposed to be accelerated by its booster motor before a solid glide body separates and flies at hypersonic speeds to its target.
The December failure, for example, was caused by a design interface issue resulting in a “voltage instability during transfer from aircraft power to missile batteries” that led to a mission abort, according to the Air Force.
Separately, Lockheed and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. recently completed a second flight test for a different hypersonic weapon in early development with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that might replace the ARRW if its canceled.
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Father writes Tahoe Tessie book to help daughter overcome fear
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — What started as a father writing a book to help his daughter overcome her fear of water has grown into a series featuring Lake Tahoe’s favorite cryptid, Tahoe Tessie, and her friends. It all started when Juliet was 4 and she and...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a campaign-season fight over the incendiary issue of immigration.
There was abundant finger-pointing Wednesday but no signs the two parties were near resolving their stalemate over a bipartisan pandemic bill that President Joe Biden and top Democrats wanted Congress to approve this week. With Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., prioritizing the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson by week's end — quite possibly Thursday — the COVID-19 bill seemed sure to slip at least until Congress returns after a two-week recess.
A day earlier, the GOP blocked the Senate from even beginning debate on the bill, which would increase funding for COVID-19 treatments, vaccines and testing. Republicans were demanding that Democrats allow a vote on an amendment preserving immigration curbs imposed by President Donald Trump that the Biden administration is slated to end on May 23.
“Why did Republicans say no? Because they wanted to cripple COVID funding legislation with poison pills that they knew would derail this bill,” Schumer said Wednesday.
Schumer and a team of GOP negotiators led by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney struck a deal Monday on the pandemic bill. Democrats say Republicans are walking away from that agreement.
“The question we have is whether Republicans are acting in good faith to provide the resources we need to save American lives, or if they’re just playing politics," said White House press secretary Jen Psaki. “The virus is not waiting for Republicans in Congress to get their act together.”
While there would likely be at least the 10 GOP votes needed to push the pandemic bill through the 50-50 Senate, overall Republican support for it is tepid. And the GOP’s effort to refocus the fight to immigration — an issue that polls show hurts Biden — has clearly put Democrats on the defensive.
A vote on extending the immigration restrictions would expose Democratic senators, especially those facing tight reelections in November, to dangerous fissures. Liberal immigration advocates want Biden to erase the curbs, but doing that is expected to prompt an explosion of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico that could trigger a voter backlash.
“We can win it," No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Thune of South Dakota said about a potential immigration vote. “They've got a number of Democrats who are for it. But their leadership is adamantly opposed, I would say hostile to the idea” of a vote.
When the pandemic was full-blown in 2020, Trump began letting authorities immediately expel asylum seekers and other migrants, citing the threat to public health. COVID-19's intensity has since waned in the U.S., though BA.2, a new omicron variant, is beginning to spread widely here.
Even GOP supporters of the pandemic bill say Democrats must resolve the legislative roadblock.
“They’re in the majority. And the administration says they need this money. And I actually agree with the administration,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who helped negotiate the package. “And the majority has to figure out how to get this done.”
Among Democrats who favor retaining the immigration restrictions for now is Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is facing reelection. He and several others cite a need for federal officials to gear up staffing and facilities to handle the expected influx of migrants.
“I have not seen a plan for how the administration will deal with what I think is a pretty predictable surge on the border," he said Wednesday in a brief interview.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declined to discuss what she would do if the Senate sent her chamber a pandemic measure that also extended Trump's immigration strictures.
“Is that even something that the Senate would do?" she told a reporter. “When they send something, I'll let you know what we would do with it."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., bristled when asked why Democrats wouldn't simply accept the immigration restrictions as the price for winning the pandemic spending Biden says is needed.
“Your premise is whatever they put in there, take,” Hoyer said. “Uh uh, we’re not going to play that game.”
That reflects a Democratic view that the Republican effort to force an immigration vote is all about setting a political trap.
“Trust me, this is one of the pillars of their reelection campaign, immigration," said No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois. “The numbers appearing at our border are a real challenge, and I’m sure they’re going to make an issue of it.”
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Associated Press writer Chris Megerian contributed to this report.
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The two columns in the April 3 newspaper from California 100 are two of the most blatantly liberal money-grabbing, and, more importantly, freedom-grabbing “solutions” I’ve ever read.
According to the “data” the so-called transportation and housing experts have decided that driving a car and having the freedom to go where you want, when you want, is somehow a bad thing because it apparently doesn’t provide enough “social equity” and of course adds to climate change.
It also claims that those who chose to live in a “sprawling development with it wide streets and ubiquitous free parking” with “garages and driveways that occupy more land than the house” are also creating unjust social inequality on some people and should be stopped.
The only solution according to them is to build more taxpayer-subsidized high-density housing, so people don’t have to drive and can walk to where they have to go. According to the dozens of “housing experts from across the state” they interviewed, any answer to the housing shortage must include “social equity and housing abundance” or our future in California will be a “bleak” one. It goes on to say that everyone has a right to “safe, dignified housing” and if that isn’t provided (by the government of course, meaning taxpayers) then “California will abandon its most vulnerable residents and ultimately undermine its economic strength as well as its moral standing.”
That’s an amazing statement from these educators and one that involves taking/confiscating other people’s money and freedom to make their everything-has-to-be-fair, utopian dream come true. The liberal educational elites that sit in their taxpayer-funded ivory towers and determine all the problems in the state can be fixed by taking yet more of other people’s freedom and money are the ones who need to be reevaluated. Stop the insanity. Its should be obvious to anyone who been in the state the last 20 years that the consequences of continuously electing liberal leadership has largely failed and has led to most of the issues effecting all of us more and more on a daily basis. Are any of the issues present 20 years ago any better today? The answer is no.
Maybe a common sense approach from voters would be to elect some leaders who would provide some solutions — not involving further erosion of our freedoms and taking of our money would be something to consider.
— Chas Hamann, Yorba Linda
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Can Chester die in Don’t Starve?
Do all Chesters go to heaven?
While wandering around the World of Don’t Starve & Don’t Starve Together, you may find a strange-looking bone with an eye atop it; this is an eye bone whose purpose is to summon Chester. Chester is a friendly mob who acts as a moving chest which you can place items into. If you want more space and don’t want to carry a backpack, Chester will be a constant companion. Like many other things in Don’t Starve, how he works can be confusing.
When travelling the different Biomes of Don’t Starve, you may run into mobs who attack you and Chester. You’ll notice that Chester can take a lot, if not a staggering amount of punishment, but can he die? Yes, he can, but he has a ton of health that regenerates quickly. Chester has 450 health and regenerates 22.5 health every 3 seconds. Even though he can die if attacked enough, he is resurrected after one in-game day, returning to wherever his Eye Bone is.
Chester has other uses besides storing everyday items, though, as he is great for pulling aggro while fighting mobs like spiders or killer bees. He can also transform depending on what things you put inside his nine slots. If you place nine individual Nightmare Fuel within him, he will transform into Shadow Chester and have three extra inventory slots, but food with spoil 50% quicker within him. If you give him nine blue gems, he will turn into Snow Chester, and food will last twice as long inside of him. He will return to normal upon resurrection if he dies while in any of these forms.
The only difference with Chester between Don’t Starve & Don’t Starve Together is that he will not follow you into the caves, and his Eye Bone will drop next to the sinkhole you entered.
Where Chester spawns is completely random, but it is important to look for his Eye Bone. Just remember to treat him right and not subject him to too much abuse as he can die, and he will drop all of your items.
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The Sensex and Nifty opened in the red in early morning trade on Thursday. Shares fell for a third straight session as global sentiment soured after minutes of the US central bank's last policy meeting pointed to aggressive rate hikes and investors awaited cues from the Reserve Bank of India's policy meeting on Friday.
The equity benchmark BSE Sensex fell 0.55 per cent or 325.85 to 59,284.56, the NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.48 per cent or 85.55 at 17,745.
Minutes of the Fed's March 15-16 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed deepening concern among policymakers that inflation had broadened through the economy and the need for tighter monetary policy.
Investors now await the outcome of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) three-day monetary policy meeting due Friday morning amid rising concerns of surging inflation.
Shares of Zee Entertainment fell more than 1 per cent after US investment firm Invesco said it plans to cut its stake in Zee by more than a third to 11 per cent.
The Nifty Bank index fell 0.5 per cent and the finance index dropped 0.7 per cent. Both the indexes were down for a third straight day after gaining more than 4 per cent on Monday.
On Wednesday, the 30-share BSE barometer tanked 566.09 points or 0.94 per cent to settle at 59,610.41 as 20 of its constituents closed in red. During the day, it plunged 666.66 points or 1.10 per cent to 59,509.84.
The broader NSE Nifty declined by 149.75 points or 0.83 per cent to settle at 17,807.65 with 30 of its stocks ending with losses.
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By Sopani Ng’ambi
Learners at Kaswiti Primary School in Mzimba District are at risk of not meeting their academic goals as they are failing to access quality education due to poor learning environment at the school.
Kaswiti Primary School, which is under Mzimba North Education Division, has two iron sheet roofed classroom blocks and one grass-thatched block which leaks when it rains.
According to the school’s headteacher, Pius Tembo, learners from different classes are forced to use same classroom due to the challenge.
“We meet a lot of challenges here. For instance, during lessons, Standard 4 and 5 learners use one classroom, same as those of Standard 7 and 8,” Tembo said.
“When the rains come, things get worse. Our grass-thatched classroom block leaks heavily, a situation that disrupts lessons hence spoiling learners’ brighter future,” Tembo added.
Apart from having few dilapidated blocks, the school also has inadequate staff houses, as there is only one small house.
“The school does not have enough teachers’ houses, so we live far from it hence facing travelling problems as roads here are in bad condition especially during rainy seasons,” Tembo explained.
Also, hygiene wise, the school is in sorry state as learners use poorly constructed and unclean toilets, hence putting their lives at risk as the situation would lead to disease outbreaks.
Meanwhile, in line with Sustainable Development Goal Number 4, Access to Quality Education, a Mzuzu based non-governmental organisation called Citizen Impact, together with the Kaswiti community have launched a fundraising campaign for materials to build the school block and other needed structures at the school.
Citizen Impact Organisation founder, Chimwemwe Banda, who also spoke on behalf of Kaswiti residents, said after realising the importance of education, they deemed it fit to embark on the fundraising initiative.
“Knowing that education is important and requires good learning environment, we decided to engage the community in building and rehabilitating needed structures at the school,” Banda said.
“So far, we have managed to make some bricks for the school block and toilet but we still need more support from different stakeholders,” Banda added.
Kaswiti Primary School has 330 learners and among them, 176 are girls while 154 are boys.
If Malawi is to address challenges schools like Kaswiti meet, then recruiting more teachers, building and rehabilitating school infrastructure as well as making sure there is good teachers’ welfare, would be necessary.
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The key benchmark indices started lower on Thursday. At 09:16 IST, the Sensex was down 300.99 points or 0.50 per cent at 59309.42, and the Nifty was down 73.70 points or 0.41 per cent at 17734. About 1565 shares have advanced, 548 shares declined, and 84 shares are unchanged.
HDFC twins, Maruti, Titan, Wipro, Reliance, TCS, Kotak Bank and Infosys were the top Sensex losers. Dr Reddy’s, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, and Tata Steel, meanhwile, were the top gainers.
Sectorally, Nifty Financials, IT, Banks and Auto were the top laggards, while Nifty Realty, Pharma and FMCG pack were firmly higher.
Among stocks, state-run telecom firm MTNL was up 4 per cent. The government has deferred the merger of BSNL and MTNL due to financial reasons.
Back home, the yield on the 10-year government bond also inched up to nearly 7 per cent ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy review scheduled for Friday on fears that the central bank may raise the inflation forecast.
Dr. V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said: “Markets, globally, have again turned choppy with sharp rise in the volatility indexes. Recent market weakness is partly due to the increasingly hawkish commentary from the Fed. The market now expects the Fed to hike rate by 50 bp in its next meeting and around a 200 bp hike for 2022. This along with the expected balance sheet reduction of the Fed will be a headwind for equity markets globally. Whether the markets can remain resilient even amidst this strong headwind depends on the Fed’s ability to manage a ‘soft landing’ of the US economy preventing it from slipping into recession. A significant recent trend in the Indian market is the midcaps outperforming the large caps by around 3% so far this month. This trend is likely to continue"
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Morning brief: Assam CM Sarma reacts to Al-Qaeda video praising Indian student Muskan Khan, and all the latest news
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion at 9am. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Al-Qaeda won't but Indian Muslims will…: Himanta Biswa on Karnataka hijab row
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the significance of uniform is there is no difference between Hindu, Muslim; rich and poor in schools, which al Qaeda will not understand. Read more
‘Immediately revoke arbitrary travel ban’: Amnesty International to India on Aakar Patel
Patel, a former head of Amnesty International's now-closed India arm, said a day ago authorities at the Bengaluru airport stopped him from flying to the United States. Read more
Karishma Tanna's leg day at the gym is full of fitness inspo
"After 2 weeks of gap. Let’s work out," Karishma shared fresh fitness motivation for us with a snippet fresh off her leg day at the gym. Take a look at the routine she performed. Read more
'Thanks for spoiling a really good game of cricket': Ravi Shastri on Pat Cummins' 'bizarre', 'unreal' IPL fifty vs MI
Pat Cummins equalled the record for the fastest-ever IPL half century and finished with an eye-watering 56 off just 15 balls to help KKR chase down a target of 162 with four overs to spare. Read more
Man walks on a rope tied between two hot air balloons to create world record
Guinness World Records (GWR) often takes to Instagram to share such videos of records which are astonishing, shocking or awe-inspiring. Chances are this video will make you feel all of these things at once. Read more
‘100 BJP workers murdered': Amit Shah slams Left over Kerala political killings
Shah was responding to CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoi Viswam who slammed Modi government in the House on Wednesday over Crininal Procedure (Identification) Bill and the alleged misuse of Sedition law by the Centre. Watch
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HANOI, Vietnam, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The top fashion brand in Vietnam – IVY moda – will host a digital fashion show – “Mo Nhuom Nang” (Dreams glowing in the light of hope) Spring-Summer 2022 to celebrate its 17th year in business. This would be IVY moda's first digital fashion show ever that will mark a new milestone for the brand to be the frontrunner in the trend of combining fashion and technology in Vietnam, where digital fashion shows are still a new concept.
“Mo Nhuom Nang” will be the first big hit in the wave of merging technology and fashion from IVY moda. This would be the statement of digitalization from the brand, fashion enthusiasts can expect a leveraged and distinctive viewing experience. IVY moda’s CEO – Nguyen Le Vu Linh – is the mind behind the stage this time. Born in a family of fashion designers and business people, educated in the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) New York, he is now leading IVY moda using his experience in the international fashion industry. “I want to keep up with current trends in global fashion and blend them with the Vietnamese women's style and desire to dress well,” he shared. “Establishing a style for our customers with fashion statements is what IVY moda aims for.”
This SS-2022 digital fashion show is the show of motivation, love and adoration channelled through statement pieces that curate a personal style for Vietnamese ladies. IVY moda hopes that every woman will be confident and beautiful in their clothes and continue their dreams. When aspiration meets aspiration, luck and vitality will bloom.
Digital fashion shows will be the premise for IVY moda's series of activities in an effort to quickly reach fast-growing fashion markets such as The US and Korea from 2022. In the future, IVY moda's ambition is to pioneer the high-tech wave in Vietnamese fashion. IVY moda intends to become the first Vietnamese fashion brand to hold a show in Metaverse with VR models. The digital collection is also expected to be released as NFTs, with unique code for each outfit.
Digital Fashion Show “Mo Nhuom Nang” – Spring Summer 2022
Will be broadcast on IVY moda's official Fanpage, Youtube channel and VieON at 20:00 on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
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PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite in France’s presidential race, yet a big unknown factor may prove decisive: an unprecedented proportion of people say they are unsure who to vote for or don’t intend to vote at all, bringing a large dose of uncertainty to the election.
The pro-European centrist is still comfortably leading 11 other candidatesin the polls ahead of Sunday’s first-round vote. His main challenger, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, appears on the rise in recent days. Both are in good position to reach the runoff on April 24, which would make them replay the 2017 election that Macron won handily.
There’s “no certainty,” Macron warned during his first big rally on Saturday near Paris.
“Don’t believe in polls or commentators who would sound definitive and tell you that … the election is already done, that everything is going to be all right,” he told his supporters. “From Brexit to so many elections, what seems unlikely can happen!”
Scenarios for the this year’s second-round vote show that Le Pen has significantly narrowed the gap with Macron compared to 2017 — when she lost with 34% support to his 66%.
Polls still place her behind Macron, but much closer, apparently showing the wisdom of her longstanding strategy to soften her rhetoric and image — allowing her to capture the anti-Macron vote as well as far-right support.
In recent days, Macron’s campaign has also hit a speed bump dubbed “the McKinsey Affair,” named after an American consulting company hired to advise the French government on its COVID-19 vaccination campaign and other policies. A new French Senate report questions the government’s use of private consultants and accuses McKinsey of tax dodging. Financial prosecutors announced Wednesday that a preliminary investigation has been opened into suspected tax fraud.
The issue is energizing Macron’s rivalsand dogging him at campaign stops.
Many in Macron’s camp fear that his supporters may not go to polling stations because they already think he will win, while those angry at his policies will make sure to vote.
“Of course I have concerns,” said Julien Descamps, a 28-year-old member of Macron’s party, stressing that some people in his circle “don’t know what to do.”
“They are not fully convinced by Macron, but if they reject the extremes, they should vote for him,” he said.
Macron called on voters to get mobilized against both France’s far-right and the far-left. “Don’t boo them, fight their ideas,” he said.
In third position according to the polls is far-left figure Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has increased his support but still is a distance behind Le Pen. Another far-right candidate, Eric Zemmour, and conservative contender Valérie Pécresse are amid other key challengers. Sunday’s first round will qualify the two top candidates for the runoff.
The presidential election is the one that attracts French voters the most.
Yet the turnout has decreased from 84% in 2007 to about 78% in 2017, and studies show that abstention may be higher than five years ago. In particular, young and working-class people appear less certain to go to the polls than retirees and upper-class voters.
A low turnout could have a major impact on the vote, pollsters say. They note that a greater proportion of people don’t know yet for whom they will vote — or whether they will vote at all.
That’s the situation of managing assistant Liza Garnier, 45, who lives in the wealthy suburb of Montmorency, north of Paris.
“I don’t believe in what politicians say anymore. They make a lot of promises, they say candidates’ words, and once in power, we are disappointed,” she said. “I get the impression that more and more people think it’s useless: voting for who? For what?”
Garnier feels politicians are too far away from the reality of French daily life. She said she may just pick a blank vote, even in the second round if Macron is facing Le Pen.
“I want to show I’m not happy with it,” she said.
The sinking purchasing power of French families is one of voters’ top concerns amid rising food and energy prices, along with social payments, security, immigration and the environment. But many feel these issues have not been addressed as much as they should in this year’s campaign, partly because the war in Ukraine is overshadowing all other issues.
Kevin, a 26-year-old history and geography teacher in a public middle school who has worked in an impoverished suburb north of Paris, deplored a lack of political debate in this campaign. Describing himself as a “leftist,” he said he feels “very disillusioned” by the current French political scene.
Kevin, who cannot be identified by his last name because state employees are required to be neutral ahead of elections, said he is still hesitating. But in any case, he won’t vote for Macron or Le Pen, and considers a blank vote an option.
Macron, who has dedicated most of his time recently to diplomatic talks trying to end the war in Ukraine, is seeking to boost his short campaign ahead of Sunday’s vote, giving several interviews in the French media and putting campaign activities on his agenda almost each day.
“Friends, you got it: It’s now time for mobilization. It’s now time to fight,” he told supporters Saturday.
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Follow AP’s France election coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/french-election-2022
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CASTLETON — The Norwich University and Castleton women's lacrosse teams were locked in a game that had the earmarks of a classic at halftime, the Cadets leading Castleton 5-4.
And then it didn't. Norwich was dominant in the second half, outscoring the Spartans 10-1 during those final 30 minutes for a 15-5 victory.
Starting Norwich defender Addison Reil, a Spaulding High graduate, said the Cadets simply began rediscovering what they are capable of in the second half.
"We came out flat footed in the first quarter," Reil said.
"We knew what we had to work on and in the second half we exploded. We started executing what we do in practice. We started to pass the ball and move it up the field."
The Spartans were playing with a short bench and were worn down by the Cadets as the game progressed.
"We have had some injuries and illness," Castleton coach Jamie Blake said.
The Spartans could not have gotten off to a better start, energizing the home crowd at Dave Wolk Stadium by taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Maddie Brasser and Kimberly McCarthy. It was McCarthy's team-leading 21st goal of the season.
Lacey Greenamyre picked up the assist on Brasser's score, just a slice of her big game. The midfielder from Middlebury had a goal, an assist and unloaded eight shots at goalie Katie Bishop-Mannin.
"She was our player of the game," Blake said.
Greenamyre and her teammates would have liked to have been able to sustain that fast start but with a short bench, that was a difficult task.
"If we had more legs,..." Greenamyre said. "The first half we played pretty well. We played our game."
The Cadets, though, scored the next three and had a 3-2 lead at the end of the first quarter. Michaila Furchak scored the first two and then Maddie Etherton put in the next one.
Etherton and Furchak were offensive leaders for the Cadets. Etherton tallied three goals and two assists, Furchak two goals and three assists. Emma O'Neil also contributed three goals for the Cadets.
Brasser answered for the Spartans just 55 seconds into the second quarter to tie the score.
But just over a minute later, O'Neil rang up another goal to give Norwich the lead for good.
Greenamyre made some nice moves to free herself for a shot and powered the ball into the net to send the Spartans into halftime trailing by only a goal.
Yet, with 1:21 remaining in the half, Castleton's Erlande Georges went down with an injury and would not return. The short bench got shorter.
Quinn Mustone scored soon after halftime for the Cadets and that was only the beginning as they began to score in rapid fashion, building the lead to 10-4 by the end of the third quarter.
Ryanne Mix put up the other goal for the Spartans.
Eight different Cadets scored in an impressive showing of depth.
It has been a very special season on the lacrosse fields at Norwich, the men's team is 9-1 and the victory on Wednesday night hiked the women's team record to 7-2.
Castleton goalie Raven Payne collected 13 saves and had some tough ones early to keep her team in the game.
Bishop-Mannin had 11 saves.
Allison Sturgeon added two goals for the Cadets, giving her 25 on the season. The senior midfielder from Indiana also has five assists, making her tops on the team in points.
Norwich outshot the Spartans 34-28.
The Cadets are at Simmons on Saturday and the Spartans (1-7) are at Western Connecticut that day for a Little East Conference game.
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5 Ways to Help Clients Reduce Their Nanny Taxes
byClients who employ a caregiver in their home for their kids or an elderly adult may need to pay the "nanny tax." Here, Guy Maddalone, founder and CEO of GTM Payroll Services, explains why the nanny tax matters and offers five strategies for reducing or even eliminating what your client owes in taxes for household workers.
When a family hires someone to work in their home, like a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver, they become an employer and have employment tax obligations.
These are commonly called “nanny taxes” and include the employer portion of FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and federal and state unemployment insurance. The family may also need to make small contributions to a state-mandated paid leave program. All told, most household employers pay about 9-12 percent of their worker’s gross wages in nanny taxes.
Now, the good news! Here are five ways to help your client reduce – and possibly cover in its entirety – their nanny tax responsibility.
1. Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
A Dependent Care FSA – offered through your client’s employer – sets aside pretax money to help pay for qualified out-of-pocket childcare costs like wages paid to a nanny. Your client can contribute up to $5,000 as an individual or as a married couple filing jointly, or $2,500 for a married person filing separately. That means, for a married couple, each parent can contribute $2,500 to their own Dependent Care FSA. Since these contributions are made pre-tax, they reduce your client’s taxable income.
Depending on where your client lives and their tax bracket, it’s estimated they can save 32-45 percent on the money they contribute to their FSA. For example, if a married couple from New York that has taxable income of $350,000 and is filing a joint return puts the maximum amount into their FSAs, they can save about $2,300 on their childcare costs.*
2. Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
The wages paid to a nanny are also a qualified expense for the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. For the 2022 tax year, the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit returns up to $3,000 in expenses for a family with one child and $6,000 for families with two or more children. Families with an adjusted gross income of $43,000 or more can take 20 percent of their expenses as a credit. That means $600 for one child or $1,200 for two or more children.
Your client can’t use the same expense for both a Dependent Care FSA and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. If they have $5,000 in childcare expenses and are reimbursed through a Dependent Care FSA, they would not be able to claim the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.
However, if they have childcare costs leftover after maxing out their Dependent Care FSA, they can claim those expenses with the tax credit. For example, if a family paid their nanny $11,000 or more and has at least two kids, they can be reimbursed $5,000 through their Dependent Care FSAs and then claim $6,000 with the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.
3. Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSBERA)
By offering pre-tax health benefits to their nanny, your client can reduce their nanny taxes. Not only does the caregiver receive health benefits, but they will also see a reduction in their taxes. It’s a win-win.
A QSEHRA reimburses a household employee for health insurance coverage purchased on the individual market or through the healthcare exchange and/or for out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision expenses.
Your client can fund the QSEHRA with up to $5,450 for a nanny who is single and $11,050 per employee with a family. Those contributions are not taxed for the family or their employee.
Your client would cut their nanny’s gross wages by the amount they contribute to a QSEHRA. This reduces their taxable income, decreasing the amount your client owes in FICA taxes.
For example, a family hires a nanny to work 40 hours/week at $20/hour. Based on the caregiver’s gross wages of $41,600, your client would owe $3,182 in FICA taxes.
Let’s take the same scenario but instead your client offers a total compensation package of $36,150 in wages and $5,450 contributed to the employee’s QSEHRA. The family would owe $2,765 in FICA taxes, which is a savings of $417.*
Keep in mind when offering a total compensation package that household employees still need to be paid an hourly rate of at least the prevailing minimum wage, which is the highest of the federal, state or local rate.
4. Educational expenses and student loans
Your client can make tax-free payments of up to $5,250 per year toward their worker’s qualified educational expenses such as tuition and textbooks. Through 2025, student loans are also considered a qualified educational expense. The CARES Act of 2020 temporarily expanded the law to include student loan repayment assistance as a qualified educational expense. The 2021 stimulus package extended this provision through 2025.
This tax-saving benefit is ideal if your client employs a college student or recent graduate. Like a QSEHRA, payments toward an employee’s qualified educational loans can be part of a total compensation package and excluded from a worker’s taxable income, lowering their gross wages and resulting in tax advantages for your client.
Contributions made above the monetary limit are generally considered taxable wages subject to all employment taxes. Also, the maximum amount includes either education-related expenses, student loan payments or a combination of both.
5. Qualified transportation and parking expenses
Your client’s household employee can set aside $280 in pre-tax dollars each month for transportation expenses and that same amount for parking expenses. This reduces their gross income and lowers both their and your client’s tax obligations.
Transportation expenses include public mass transit (subway, train, busses, ferries, etc.) passes, tokens, fare cards and vouchers as well as vanpooling. Tolls and gas are not qualified expenses. Parking expenses include fees incurred when parking at or near your client’s home and parking at or near a location from where the employee commutes via mass transit or commuter highway vehicle. Qualified bicycle commuting reimbursements are no longer eligible as a tax-free benefit. However, your client can provide the bicycle benefit as a taxable benefit.
What This Means for Legal Pay
The burden of paying nanny taxes should never be used as an excuse for hiring a household employee “under the table.” While legal pay is always the right thing to do to avoid trouble with the IRS and state tax and labor agencies, families can easily reduce – and even eliminate – their employer tax responsibility through pre-tax benefits, tax credits and/or their Dependent Care FSA.
* These are also sample calculations based on state and federal tax rates, typical pay ranges and allowances and should not be regarded as formal tax advice. Your client’s individual results may differ.
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Guy Maddalone has more than 30 years of experience in the payroll, human resource, and employment services industries. In 1991, he founded GTM Payroll Services to provide payroll, tax, compliance, and insurance administration for families that hired a nanny or other household employees. Guy...
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