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Pelosi punches back on claim she said Jayapal, AOC competed to be left’s ‘queen bee’
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office is pushing back against a book that claims she said Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal competed to be “queen bee” of the left last year as they opposed the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
“Under the Speaker’s leadership, House Democrats have made historic progress for the American people and are unified by the common purpose of addressing the needs of hardworking families,” Pelosi, D-Calif., spokesperson Drew Hammill told Fox News Digital.
PELOSI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
“Many books will be written about the challenges of legislating during the pandemic and a period of unprecedented Republican obstruction, and we won’t be commenting on the works that substitute gossip for fact,” Hammill added.
The strongly-worded statement came after Punchbowl News Friday published an anecdote from the book “This Will Not Pass” by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns. According to the excerpt, “Pelosi told one senior lawmaker that Democrats had alienated Asian and Hispanic immigrants with loose talk of socialism.”
“In some of the same communities, the Italian Catholic speaker said, Democrats had not been careful enough about the way they spoke about abortion among new Americans who were devout people of faith,” the Punchbowl excerpt from “This Will Not Pass” continued. “She told another House Democrat that Pramila Jayapal and Ocasio-Cortez were vying to be the ‘queen bee’ of the left, but that their reward might be serving in the House minority after the next election.”
PELOSI RESPONDS TO CALLS FOR JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS TO RESIGN FROM SUPREME COURT
Pelosi last year faced potentially the most difficult legislative effort of her career as President Biden and progressives pushed a $3 trillion reconciliation bill. Moderates in both parties, meanwhile, touted a bipartisan infrastructure bill they wanted to pass.
Initially in summer 2021, Pelosi was aligned with progressives that Congress should not pass the infrastructure bill until the reconciliation bill, called “Build Back Better,” was signed by Biden. But they faced pushback from moderate Democrats who wanted the infrastructure bill decoupled from Build Back Better. Moderates also demanded the reconciliation bill be significantly cheaper than what progressives wanted.
Eventually Pelosi decided that the House should move ahead on infrastructure even before the reconciliation bill, as House Democrats’ thin margins put both at risk. But she was stymied by progressives multiple times, as they stuck together to block the infrastructure bill until they got satisfactory action on reconciliation.
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The infrastructure bill was finally passed in early November, and the reconciliation bill passed the House shortly thereafter. But the Build Back Better bill was killed in December when Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said on “Fox News Sunday” he could not vote for the bill — effectively killing it in the 50-50 Senate.
Representatives from Ocasio-Cortez and Jayapal did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital Friday.
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Transgender kids and their parents say they feel attacked by a wave of Republican-sponsored legislation and policies aimed at trans youth.
Bills have been introduced to ban gender-affirming care and block transgender children from using school restrooms or playing on sports teams that don't match their sex at birth. Proponents say the measures are about protecting children and preserving the integrity of girls' sports.
Opponents argue that they target already vulnerable children for the sake of scoring political points.
Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, said “Honestly, I’m a little scared now,” she said Thursday after learning the bill had passed. ”But we’re still going to fight no matter what.”
Alabama is among the states with a Republican-controlled legislature advancing these bills.
Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel for the Human Rights Campaign said, “In one breathtakingly cruel and cowardly day, the Alabama legislature passed the single most anti-transgender legislative package in history.”
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Destroyed Russian military vehicles have been left strewn across a motorway close to Kyiv.
The footage has been geolocated to Berezivka, 15 miles west of Ukraine‘s capital, according to Sky News.
In the video, the remains of vehicles sit in the middle of the near-destroyed road, as a van and a car attempt to drive through the wreckage.
Russia has “fully withdrawn” its forces from Kyiv in recent days and is expected to instead focus its attack on the eastern part of Ukraine.
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Luis García questions the true level of Chicharito Hernández
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Luis Garcia He has not mincing words. Today’s sports analyst Aztec Sports ruled on the non-convocation of Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez to Mexican teamwhere even everything indicates that he will not be with him Tri in it Qatar World Cup 2022.
However, true to form, Luis García considered that the Mexican National Team will not miss out on much if it doesn’t lead to CH14 a qatareven mentioned that the Galaxy striker is far from being Pelé or Maradona so that you can contribute something different to the team Tata Martino.
What did Chicharito Hernández do according to “Doctor” García?
“With Hernández, without Hernández we are on the same level. Now it turns out that Hernández is our Maradona, our Pelé, no! He is a normal center forward who has not made us go further”, began his comment on Doctor García, who began to stir even more remembering that Hernandez has already gone to others World Cups and nothing different has happened.
“He is a player who has already been in several world cups and who has not made us reach the eighth game either”, he added Garcia during an intervention in the program The protagonists.
He prefers Raúl Jiménez to CH14
Luis Garcia He also held on his social networks a little debate with David Faitelsonwho insisted that currently CH14 he is the best striker he has Mexicoa situation that the former Pumas soccer player does not believe is the case.
“No dear David Faitelson, the best 9 in the country is by far Raúl Jiménez. Hugs and kisses,” he replied. Garcia from your Twitter account.
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Ellen White delighted to be one of the English game’s big names
Ellen White admitted it is an “incredible feeling” to be mentioned alongside Wayne Rooney, Sir Bobby Charlton and Harry Kane after bringing up her 50th England goal.
White’s landmark goal, a trademark header in a 10-0 World Cup qualifying win win over North Macedonia, moved her one clear of Charlton and Kane and to within three of all-time England record goalscorer Rooney.
“It’s a massive privilege,” White told ITV Sport. “It’s a dream for me to play for England and for me it’s about any way I can contribute to the team.
“Obviously I’m delighted to get on the scoresheet but for me it’s all about the team hopefully qualifying for the World Cup. But it’s an incredible feeling to be amongst those amazing players. It’s really lovely.”
It's an incredible feeling to be amongst those amazing players. It's really lovely
Beth Mead hit four, Ella Toone also grabbed a hat-trick and Georgia Stanway scored twice in a one-sided encounter in Skopje as England cruised another step closer to qualifying for next year’s tournament.
“It’s really pleasing to score that amount of goals and the overall performance…our standards are really high,” added Manchester City striker White.
“We wanted that three points so the overall performance is really pleasing, and obviously scoring 10 goals as well.”
England began their qualifying campaign with an 8-0 win over the same opposition at St Mary’s in September in Sarina Wiegman’s first game in charge.
They have now scored 63 times in just seven qualifying matches – while conceding none – and if Austria drop points, they could officially book their ticket to next year’s tournament against Northern Ireland on Tuesday.
Wiegman told ITV Sport: “We played an opponent that compared to us isn’t great, but we have to make the game and speed up the game and that’s what we tried to do.
“We scored 10, which is nice. We created lots of chances and sometimes we should have been a little more patient. But if you score 10 goals that’s just a good result.
“The way we want to play really comes across. The connection today, you could see compared to the first game in September.”
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- April 8 is National Dog Fighting Awareness Day, and while the practice is illegal in every state, tens of thousands of people still do it.
For 2-year-old Arlo, daily strolls and sniffs in the park are more than just a bathroom break, they're a second chance.
"Every morning we go for a walk and every evening we come walk through old Louisville," said Arlo's owner, Jonathan Seale. "She was a little skittish at first coming in. She's been through a lot in a very short amount of time."
This time last year, Arlo was one of almost 90 dogs involved in a dog fighting ring in New York.
While Seale said he doesn't know much about her history, he believes she was born and bred into the illegal activity.
In August, Arlo was rescued in one of the biggest busts in New York's history, and was taken to St. Louis. There, she was under the care of Even Chance Rescue who helped provide medical care and other treatments before pairing her with Jonathan.
"I've had Arlo for about four weeks now," said Seale. "She's brought me a ton of happiness. I moved here in the middle of the pandemic not knowing anyone."
Seale said Arlo has helped him get out and meet new people while exploring new parts of the city. Despite her past trauma, Seale said Arlo is adapting to her new home well.
"Dogs and cats, she just wants to play with them," he said. "She came from a fighting background but she has no interest in doing anything but playing and loving on you."
One of Arlo's favorite friends to play with is another rescue named Fetty, who lives in Lexington.
Fetty was also rescued from a dog ring in New York and matched with his owner here in Kentucky. Seale said he's hopeful Arlo's story can help inspire others to rescue more dogs from cruel situations.
"People should throw the stigma out the window," Seale said. "If you're going to own any dog really, you need to take into consideration the breed and the instincts and the drive of the animal. As far as them being bad animals naturally, that's just not true at all."
According to the ASPCA, if you see dogs chained close to each other or out of view from the public it should raise red flags about animal cruelty.
Other signs include: scarring around the face, puncture wounds, torn ears and dirt circles near where dogs are kept.
If you see any of the above warning signs or think dog fighting might be happening in your community, call 911.
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A total turnover of 1.137 billion shares worth N10.812 billion in 23,471 deals was traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 1.289 billion shares valued at N13.546 billion that exchanged hands last week in 22,118 deals.
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School districts got hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds to help students emerge stronger from the pandemic. But spending that money isn’t as easy as pushing a button or writing a check. Districts have encountered logistical and political resistance at many stages. Here’s what districts have to overcome to invest relief funds.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The group Red Hot Chili Peppers has been added to the lineup of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz Fest, organizers announced Friday.
The rock band's appearance is set for Sunday, May 1, and will be its first at the event since 2016.
The group has sold 80 million albums, collected six Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Rock and roll Hall of Fame. Their 12th studio album, “Unlimited Love,” was released April 1.
Last month, the festival announced plans to find a replacement for the Foo Fighters, which canceled all upcoming concert dates after the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Their scheduled time slot has now been filled by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The 2022 festival will run April 29-May 1 and May 5-8 at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
The Who, Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie, Luke Combs, Willie Nelson, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Charlie Wilson and Erykah Badu are among the headliners for this year’s festival.
Started in 1970, Jazz Fest annually celebrates the unique culture and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana, alongside performances by nationally and internationally renowned guest artists. It is returning after a two-year hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week's stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world's most expensive tourist destination.
It's SpaceX's first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.
Arriving at the space station Saturday are an American, a Canadian and an Israeli who run investment, real estate and other companies. They're paying $55 million apiece for the rocket ride and accommodations, all meals included.
Russia has been hosting tourists at the space station — and before that the Mir station — for decades. Just last fall, a Russian movie crew flew up, followed by a Japanese fashion tycoon and his assistant.
NASA is finally getting into the act, after years of opposing space station visitors.
"It was a hell of a ride and we're looking forward to the next 10 days," said former NASA astronaut and chaperone Michael Lopez-Alegria on reaching orbit.
The visitors' tickets include access to all but the Russian portion of the space station — they'll need permission from the three cosmonauts on board. Three Americans and a German also live up there.
Lopez-Alegria plans to avoid talking about politics and the war in Ukraine while he's at the space station.
"I honestly think that it won't be awkward. I mean maybe a tiny bit," he said. He expects the "spirit of collaboration will shine through."
The private Axiom Space company arranged the visit with NASA for its three paying customers: Larry Connor of Dayton, Ohio, who runs the Connor Group; Mark Pathy, founder and CEO of Montreal's Mavrik Corp.; and Israel's Eytan Stibbe, a former fighter pilot and founding partner of Vital Capital.
Before the flight, their enthusiasm was obvious. Stibbe did a little dance when he arrived at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX and NASA have been upfront with them about the risks of spaceflight, said Lopez-Alegria, who spent seven months at the space station 15 years ago.
"There's no fuzz, I think, on what the dangers are or what the bad days could look like," Lopez-Alegria told The Associated Press before the flight.
NASA's Kathy Lueders, head of space operations, said there's a lot to learn from this first wholly private station visit. "But man, was this launch a great start," she told reporters.
Each visitor has a full slate of experiments to conduct during their stay, one reason they don't like to be called space tourists.
"They're not up there to paste their nose on the window," said Axiom's co-founder and president, Michael Suffredini, a former NASA space station program manager.
The three businessmen are the latest to take advantage of the opening of space to those with deep pockets. Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is taking customers on 10-minute rides to the edge of space, while Virgin Galactic expects to start flying customers on its rocket ship later this year.
Friday's flight is the second private charter for Elon Musk's SpaceX, which took a billionaire and his guests on a three-day orbit ride last year. SpaceX's fifth flight of NASA astronauts to the station is coming up in just a couple weeks.
Axiom is targeting next year for its second private flight to the space station. More customer trips will follow, with Axiom adding its own rooms to the orbiting complex beginning in 2024. After about five years, the company plans to detach its compartments to form a self-sustaining station — one of several commercial outposts intended to replace the space station once it's retired and NASA shifts to the moon.
At an adjacent pad during Friday's launch: NASA's new moon rocket, which is awaiting completion of a dress rehearsal for a summertime test flight.
As a gift for their seven station hosts, the four visitors are taking up paella and other Spanish cuisine prepared by celebrity chef José Andrés. The rest of their time at the station, NASA's freeze-dried chow will have to do.
The automated SpaceX capsule and its four passengers are due back April 19 with a splashdown off the Florida coast.
Connor is honoring Ohio's air and space legacy, is bringing along a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers' 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta.
Only the second Israeli in space, Stibbe will continue a thunderstorm experiment begun by the first — Ilan Ramon, who died aboard shuttle Columbia in 2003. They were in the same fighter pilot squadron.
Stibbe is carrying copies of recovered pages of Ramon's space diary, as well as a song composed by Ramon's musician son and a painting of pages falling from the sky by his daughter.
"To be a part of this unique crew is a proof for me that there's no dream beyond reach," he said.
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Suncor Energy (TSX:SU)(NYSE:SU) stock is flying this year. Up 25% year to date, it is soundly beating the TSX Index. It’s no secret why this is happening. Oil prices are rising this year, and Suncor’s earnings are rising too. Even in the fourth quarter, when oil prices were just “OK,” Suncor produced phenomenal year-over-year growth in revenue and earnings. This year, oil prices are extremely high, and first-quarter earnings are likely to be much higher than fourth-quarter earnings.
The question is whether all this can last. Oil prices are currently high because of some well known political tailwinds like the war in Ukraine. Should these supply challenges pass, the price of oil will probably come back down. Suncor would likely do well if oil were to remain near $100, but at prices below $80, its stock would probably fall. In this article I will explore whether Suncor Energy stock has already peaked, paying particular attention to the oil price catalyst.
Oil prices rising again
WTI oil prices started off 2022 with a bang, going from $75 to $120 in a few short weeks. Energy stocks predictably rallied along with the price of oil. When the price of oil goes up, companies that extract and sell crude oil make more money. So, the correlation between the two variables is predictable.
The question is whether the price of oil will continue going up. The war in Ukraine has disrupted the world’s energy supply. Russian oil is no longer flowing freely, and that has held back supply. As a result, countries are now seeking out alternative suppliers, sending prices higher. Just recently, Saudi Arabia increased prices charged to U.S. and European customers. It will likely continue charging high prices as long as Russia is out of the picture.
This bad situation is actually a financial “good” for Suncor. As a Canadian energy company that only sells oil to other North American entities, it profits from the higher price of oil. It doesn’t need to worry about selling less oil. But should the war in Ukraine end, then the upward pressure on oil prices will dissipate. Prices could remain pretty high, but they likely won’t approach the highs seen earlier this year. Suncor stock might fall in such a scenario.
First quarter likely to be huge
Because of the high oil prices we’re seeing right now, Suncor is likely to put out very strong earnings when it reports for the first quarter. In the fourth quarter, during which oil prices ranged from $75 to $80, Suncor delivered:
- $3.14 billion in adjusted funds from operations (AFFO), up 157%
- $1.55 billion in net income, up from a loss
- $1.29 billion in operating income, up from a loss
These were pretty strong results. And in the first quarter, oil prices were even higher than they were then. Revenue and earnings will certainly grow. If they beat analyst estimates then Suncor’s stock may rise. But analysts and investors will be keeping an eye on oil prices, too. If Suncor releases first-quarter earnings amid a rapid collapse in the price of oil, then gains may not materialize.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– Patrons say Augusta National is a place where they have made some of their favorite memories. So we had to find out– what are those moments that have made a lasting impression on patrons from near and far?
Jim Swearingen first came to the Masters 50 years ago. He says he was hooked from the very first trip.
“Oh, I love it. I just absolutely love it. I’m an Augusta resident and I’m able to come because my brother-in-law is on the mailing list. I just absolutely love it. Gives me goose bumps every time I come here,” Swearingen said.
He says he’ll never forget his favorite tournament.
“Absolutely, when Larry Mize won the Masters in 1986 or ’87 I believe it was and it was just absolutely fantastic,” Swearingen said.
He says no other tournament has topped seeing the August native win a green jacket.
And of the 10 Masters tournaments Shawn Ledford has been to, his favorite was one of Tiger Wood’s wins.
“I would just say when Tiger won. I’ve been looking forward to him maybe playing again and if he wins again it would be amazing,” Ledford said.
And some patrons memories are less about what they saw, and more about who they saw it with.
“Back in 1996 I believe I took my son for the first time and that’s something I’ll never forget,” George Kirshy said.
Some favorite memories date back half a century, but Fred Parrow says he made his most cherished memory this year at his very first Masters when he saw Tiger Woods with his two sons.
“Being with family and being able to share this with my boys. It’s a memory to last us for the rest of our lives,” Parrow said.
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From Texas Standard:
Whether it’s deep fried, pickled or chopped up in gumbo, okra is something of a staple in Southern cooking.
But those green seed pods may soon have another promising application: removing microplastics from wastewater. Researchers at Tarleton State University are studying how compounds from okra and other plants like fenugreek and aloe to see if they can help filter microscopic bits of plastic out of water systems.
Leading the research is Rajani Srinivasan, endowed Munson research professor of chemistry at Tarelton State University. She told the Texas Standard that normally, chemicals called flocculants are added to wastewater. Those compounds bind to microplastics and clump together, sinking to the bottom and leaving clean water on top. The problem is that traditional flocculants can be toxic - like the plastics they’re removing. Enter plant-based polysaccharides, which are able to effectively bind to the plastics but are non-toxic.
Listen to the full interview in the audio player above.
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When my kids were little, we spent many spring and summer afternoons wading in the shallows of Marsh Creek below the dam at Sachs Covered Bridge. We’d poke around the water line, flipping over rocks to get a look at all the little salamanders and underwater bugs, then eventually head home for supper, dirty but happy to have spent an afternoon outside in the natural world.
I’d pat myself on the back for getting my kids outside to play, but it never occurred to this lackadaisical young mother to wonder whether our beautiful rural stream was actually safe for the kids to be playing in.
Happily for us, it turns out that the presence of all those little water critters (more correctly known as macroinvertebrates) was a sign that the water was actually pretty clean—phew! But dangerous water-borne bacteria can lurk in even the cleanest-looking water, as volunteers with the Watershed Alliance of Adams County learned last fall. These volunteers sampled water at five sites around the county to test for water-borne pathogens that can make us humans pretty sick. As it happens, Marsh Creek was not among those sites, but other sites showed that some of our beautiful rural waters contained levels of e. coli well over state-defined limits for safe swimming.
As a result of that pilot testing program, the watershed alliance was awarded a grant from the South Mountain Partnership to test for water-borne pathogens at up to 30 sites around the county this summer. We’ll share the results here in the community and with the state so that you can make informed decisions about where to play in Adams County waters, and in hopes that our findings will inform future water-quality improvement efforts.
It’s an ambitious project, and we’re going to need some help from folks in the community who can suggest testing sites and help us gather water samples.
If you’re interested in helping out, or just want to know more about the health of our waters here in Adams County, I hope you’ll join us at the watershed alliance’s annual meeting on Wednesday, April 13. We’ll gather in person at the Adams County Agricultural and Natural Resources Center (670 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg) from 7 to 8 p.m. to share some refreshments, catch up on the past year’s activities, and look forward to what we’ll be doing this year, which includes some water testing.
So if you’re at all interested in water, and you should be, I hope you’ll attend.
The nonprofit Watershed Alliance of Adams County is dedicated to enhancing and protecting the water resources of Adams County. For more information about the Watershed Alliance, its upcoming annual meeting, and this summer’s water-borne pathogen-testing program, please visit AdamsWatersheds.org.
Just a note: Our water-borne pathogen-testing project was financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, Environmental Stewardship Fund, under the administration of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation. The grant was awarded through the South Mountain Partnership, with management oversight by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
The watershed alliance is a partner of the South Mountain Partnership, an alliance of organizations working to preserve and enhance the cultural and natural assets of the South Mountain Landscape in Central Pennsylvania. To learn more about the Partnership, please visit SouthMountainPartnership.org.
Chris Little serves on the board of directors at the Watershed Alliance of Adams County (WAAC).
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An 11-year-old girl from Ocean Man First Nation in Saskatchewan went from student to teacher in a recently released film called 10 Days of Nakota.
Crocus Big Eagle is featured in a film that captures a man’s journey as he travels across Saskatchewan to explore new things about the Nakota language.
Crocus was introduced to her native language at a young age. She visits community elders to instill knowledge about her language and pays close attention to detail.
“My (grandpa) is the only (Nakota) speaker here, so, it’s really important to me to learn my language,” Crocus said. “I hope people realize that Indigenous people are important and so is our culture and language. Maybe (others) can try to learn (Nakota) too.”
The film is part of a Canadian Languages web series that explores Indigenous languages across the country.
Wabhi Zarry, the film’s director, story writer and producer, is the student to whom Crocus teaches the Nakota language.
He previously released the first Canadian Languages film called 10 Days of Cree in 2020 and decided to tackle another Indigenous language.
“I believe reconciliation can be achieved by learning an Indigenous language,” said Zarry. “It was wonderful to meet Crocus … I’m still impressed with her dedication and seriousness to her language and culture.”
In the film, Crocus was directed to be a strict teacher which made the scenes between her and Zarry entertaining to watch.
“It was kind of odd because I’m younger than (Zarry) and I was the teacher,” she said. “It kind of felt good telling an adult what to do.”
The film 10 Days of Nakota was released last month and it can be viewed on YouTube.
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FARMINGTON -- Errors proved costly as Farmington dropped a 4A-1 Conference baseball game, 4-1, at Shiloh Christian on Tuesday, March 29, on the heels of a 23-13 win over the NWA Hornets.
"I thought we pitched it good enough to win. Myles Harvey pitched really well. He threw 100 pitches and did a really good job but we made too many mistakes. We didn't get the key hits when we needed to and they did. Baseball is baseball and sometimes you get the key hits and you win games, sometimes you don't and we didn't get it," said Farmington coach Jay Harper.
Farmington (7-6-1) pushed a run across in the first inning when Lawson DeVault drew a walk to start the game. He scored on Michael White's sacrifice fly to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead but that was all the offense Farmington could muster against three different Shiloh Christian pitchers, who combined to hold the Cardinals to five hits.
Shiloh (5-8, 1-1) rallied in the bottom of the third with Miles Nantze reaching on a fielder's choice. Caleb Anderson plated him with a single and a Farmington error allowed the Saints to take a 2-1 lead.
In all the Saints capitalized on four Farmington errors before a tornado hit Springdale in the overnight hours, closing the private school campus on Wednesday, March 30, as well as public schools across the Springdale district due to a power outage as a result of the storm.
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How Long Can You Really Keep Cheese in the Fridge?
Wine and cheese may be the best of friends, but there's at least one important difference: while a bottle of wine will be just as good after sitting around in the wine rack until you're ready, cheese waits for no one. When possible, it's best to buy cheese more frequently in smaller amounts.
That said, cheese won't magically go bad on Thursday after being perfectly fine on Wednesday.
When it comes right down to it, cheese is simply the less perishable form of milk — most of the moisture is removed, and the fat and protein are preserved by way of fermentation, salt, and acidity. The more water left, the more perishable your cheese will be. Cheese will usually become unpalatable far before it becomes dangerous, so there's no need to stress. With many harder cheeses, you can even scrape off any blue, gray, or green mold that's growing. That said, if you ever see red or black mold, your cheese is a no-go (and your fridge could use a thorough sanitizing).
The best ways to keep your cheese good for longer? When you get your cheese home, get to know it. Taste it, smell it. Your senses will be the best red flag when a cheese goes bad — far better than expiration dates, in fact, which are often off when it comes to cheese.
When you're ready to store your cheese, wrap it gently in parchment paper before placing it in the fridge. You want it to be protected, but able to breathe. If you're a serious cheese lover, you can even buy cheese bags — they keep in humidity to prevent dryness but also allow the cheese to breathe. Plastic wrap will work in a pinch but can impart plasticky flavors to your cheese.
Freezing cheese isn't usually recommended, especially for soft cheeses. That said, a block of cheese intended for cooking, rather than snacking, will be just fine in the freezer for a few months.
Unsure how long your favorite cheese will last in your fridge? Not sure what the cheese will look like when it's past its prime? Read on for the lowdown, plus recipes for using each of them up when you're cutting it close.
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Fresh Mozzarella
How long it lasts: 7 to 10 days after opening
Signs of spoilage: Mold, dryness, a yeasty smell
The magic of fresh mozzarella is its delicacy. The problem? The fresher a cheese, the more perishable it is. Try to buy it close to when you plan on eating it.
Mozzarella Recipes to Try:
Cheddar
How long it lasts: 6 to 8 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Red or black mold, dryness
Though Cheddar is originally from the U.K., it's since become as American as apple pie (and, by the way, is also very good in crust for apple pie). Part of the reason may be its durability — it will dry out long before it molds, and even when it's a bit dry, it will be great melted in your favorite recipes.
Cheddar Recipes to Try:
Brie
How long it lasts: 2 to 3 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Mold, dryness, ammonia
Creamy, elegant Brie may be a dreamboat, but it won't last forever in your fridge. And, it has the added issue of potential ammonia buildup — if you leave it for too long in your fridge, it could smell like cleaning products when you take it out. It's not a sign of spoilage — it's just the cheese breathing — but if it builds up, the cheese will taste more like Windex than like cheese. Most of the time, though, it will blow off after a few hours out at room temperature (the temperature, by the way, at which you should always serve your cheese).
Brie Recipes to Try:
Parmesan
How long it lasts: 3 months after opening
Signs of spoilage: Dryness
If you're looking for one sturdy cheese that will last in your fridge for as long as you need it, go with Parm. Thanks to a long aging process and higher salt content, your Parmesan will be just fine for just about as long as you need it. Even if it dries out a bit, it will still be "grate" over pasta.
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Gruyère
How long it lasts: 6 to 8 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Red or black mold, dryness
Gruyère is brothy, complex, and melts like a dream. In other words, it's an easy one to use up! It can be purchased at various age profiles, and while the more aged stuff will last better in your fridge, all of the options out there will be rather sturdy.
Gruyère Recipes to Try:
Gouda
How long it will last: 4 to 6 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Red or black mold, dryness
Gouda comes in a range of options, from the mild, creamy young wheels to the caramelly, crystallized older ones. As with all cheeses, the younger versions won't last in your fridge as long as the older ones.
Gouda Recipes to Try:
Feta in Brine
How long it will last: 3 to 4 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Mold, a yeasty smell
Most cheeses with a higher water content are highly perishable. Feta in brine is a little less so, thanks to the brine it's stored in. The salt in the water keeps the cheese better for longer and prevents most mold growth. The most telltale sign that feta has turned is an unpleasant fermented smell.
Feta Recipes to Try:
Blue
How long it will last: 2 to 3 weeks after opening
Signs of spoilage: Red or black mold, drastic changes in texture, a yeasty smell
Blue cheese, unlike most other cheeses, is best stored in aluminum foil. Its higher moisture and intentional blue mold make it a bit more finicky. If the texture seems to be disintegrating or drying up, toss it.
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My Easy, Tasty Trick for Getting More Fruits and Vegetables In
"Eat your vegetables" is a common enough reprimand from adults tasked with caring for growing, tiny humans. Truth be told, though, most of those parents, teachers, and guardians aren't getting enough fruits and veggies either. A study by the Imperial College of London suggests that we should be striving to eat at least five — but optimally, 10 — servings a day. By eating between 400 and 800 grams (or between 1.5 to 3.5 cups) of greens, beans, berries, and other wholesome plants, scientists have found that people can significantly decrease their risk for a number of diseases, including heart attack, stroke, and cancer.
Even spread across an entire day, however, it can be a little difficult to cram in nearly two cups of vegetables, much less almost four. Eating that many vegetables requires not only prepwork, but access to a variety of fresh produce and the means to buy it consistently. And consuming copious amounts of veggies tends to only provide health benefits if people can vary the types of legumes, shoots, and roots that they're gobbling up. As much as it pains me, I can't honestly say you'll see a healthier heart by eating nothing but potatoes.
Still, if you don't have time to chop, roast, and steam your way to getting your recommended servings in, don't despair. If you know you're unlikely to eat your veggies, I've found a tasty way to drink them instead.
Kencko, an organic food company founded in 2017, offers instant smoothies made of flash-frozen, slow-dried fruits and veggies. The process the company uses to create its smoothie packets renders them into a powder that allows the product to mix well with 10 ounces of cold water or milk, producing a thick and fresh-tasting smoothie. That process also allows Kencko's smoothies to serve as a shelf-stable source of fruits and vegetables; each smoothie packet contains the equivalent of 2.5 servings of fruits and veggies, and can be stored for about a year before it must be used. Even better, Kencko's packaging for its smoothie packets is biodegradable plastic, so the wrappers can be composted if users so choose.
Kencko's decision to provide a powdered form of fruits and veggies also has another benefit — the product is remarkably versatile, even outside of its drinkable form. The powdered fruit and veggies could be added to pretty much anything you already add powdered or dry goods to, meaning you could sneak veggies into a quick bread, pudding, yogurt, sauces, or whatever else may be on your menu. Personally, I found mixing a packet of Kencko into my Oats Overnight to be a great way to make sure that I both get a substantive breakfast in and eat half of my daily recommended veggies in one go.
Because the benefits of eating enough fruits and veggies are usually only felt when a variety is consumed, Kencko groups its smoothies contents together by color. Greens, a tart green smoothie that has quickly become one of my favorites, contains spinach, kale, kiwi, apple, and ginger, for example; Corals, another favorite flavor, contains beetroot, carrot, orange, and mango. Each of the company's offerings is meant to provide a different primary health benefit, such as focusing on vegetables that provide vitamins for skin health or can help with inflammation. Some, such as Golds, even contain a bit of caffeine, in case you need an extra boost.
Related: 9 Veggie Sides for Vegetable Haters
Because Kencko's smoothies are a powdered product and the company prides itself on only using natural preservatives, the smoothies can be prone to clumping. Breaking up the powder in the packet before adding it to milk or water can help that immensely, as can adding a bit of ice to a shaker bottle. Kencko provides its own bottle in its kits, but you can use pretty much any bottle you would use for smoothies or protein shakes.
It's important to note that Kencko is more of a nutritional supplement than a liquid meal replacement; although some of its flavors have a bit of protein, most are around 70 calories when mixed with water and are best paired with an actual meal or snack. It's also not the most inexpensive product. Through the company's website, however, you can get 20 smoothies delivered monthly for $2.99 each. That price might be a steep investment, but as a supplement for those who want to improve their fruit and veggie intake, it can be convenient to stock up on. And if you have family members who simply won't eat their greens, no matter how much you plead, it might be worth the splurge to serve them in smoothie form instead.
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— Company Reaffirms Full Year 2022 Outlook—
MOORESVILLE, N.C., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today announced the appointment of Brandon Sink as executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective April 30, 2022. Sink, currently senior vice president, retail finance of Lowe's, will succeed Dave Denton, who is stepping down as executive vice president, chief financial officer to pursue another opportunity at a publicly traded company outside the industry. Denton will work closely with Sink and the Lowe's leadership team to ensure a seamless transition.
Sink is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience. He joined Lowe's in 2010 and has held a variety of roles across the organization, including in finance, strategy and accounting. In his current role, Sink has been responsible for finance support for stores, merchandising, supply chain, digital and marketing. Prior to that, he held several leadership positions in the finance organization, including vice president, merchandising finance, vice president, enterprise strategy, as well as vice president and corporate controller. Before joining Lowe's, he held accounting and finance positions with Deloitte and Nucor Corporation. Sink is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Brandon is a highly accomplished executive, and we are excited for him to take on the role of CFO," said Marvin R. Ellison, Lowe's chairman, president and CEO. "During his nearly 12-year career at Lowe's, Brandon has worked closely with our executive leadership team and has demonstrated a deep understanding across all facets of our business. His appointment reflects our succession planning process and the talent across our company. He is a proven leader with strong financial and operational acumen, and I look forward to working together as we execute our strategy and continue to grow our market share, expand operating margins and deliver meaningful shareholder value."
"I am honored to be stepping into the role of CFO as we continue to focus on our growth and leadership in the home improvement space," said Sink. "Lowe's has an exciting future ahead. I look forward to maintaining our disciplined approach to capital allocation, centered around our three priorities: investing in our core business on high-return projects, supporting our 35% dividend payout target and returning excess capital to our shareholders through value-enhancing share repurchases. I also am excited about continuing to work alongside our talented team to build on the momentum in the business."
Ellison continued, "Dave has played a significant role at Lowe's, and we are greatly appreciative of his guidance and contributions. Over the last three years, Dave has helped Lowe's establish a world-class finance team while successfully navigating some of the most pivotal moments in our history, including managing through the pandemic. On behalf of everyone at Lowe's, we thank him for his service to the Company and wish him all the best."
The Company also today reaffirmed its full year 2022 outlook provided on February 23, 2022.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 19 million customer transactions a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2021 sales of over $96 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service nearly 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements including words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "plan", "desire", "project", "estimate", "intend", "will", "should", "could", "would", "may", "strategy", "potential", "opportunity", "outlook", "scenario", "guidance", and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve, among other things, expectations, projections, and assumptions about future financial and operating results, objectives, business outlook, priorities, sales growth, shareholder value, capital expenditures, cash flows, the housing market, the home improvement industry, demand for products and services, share repurchases, Lowe's strategic initiatives, including those relating to acquisitions and dispositions and the impact of such transactions on our strategic and operational plans and financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties and we can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.
A wide variety of potential risks, uncertainties, and other factors could materially affect our ability to achieve the results either expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, such as volatility and/or lack of liquidity from time to time in U.S. and world financial markets and the consequent reduced availability and/or higher cost of borrowing to Lowe's and its customers, slower rates of growth in real disposable personal income that could affect the rate of growth in consumer spending, inflation and its impacts on discretionary spending and on our costs, shortages, and other disruptions in the labor supply, interest rate and currency fluctuations, home price appreciation or decreasing housing turnover, the availability of consumer credit and of mortgage financing, changes in commodity prices, trade policy changes or additional tariffs, outbreaks of pandemics, fluctuations in fuel and energy costs, inflation or deflation of commodity prices, natural disasters, acts of both domestic and international terrorism, and other factors that can negatively affect our customers.
Investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties, risks and potential events including, but not limited to, those described in "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and as may be updated from time to time in Item 1A in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or other subsequent filings with the SEC. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update these statements other than as required by law.
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WinCup, Inc. announced that it was partnering with the New York Yankees and Legends Hospitality to provide its phade® straw — an ecologically preferable non-petroleum, non-forest-based bio-plastic product — to concessions stands at Yankee Stadium.
The phade® straw is a marine biodegradable, home & industrial, compostable drinking straw made with PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), a biodegradable biopolymer derived from the fermentation of canola oil. These biodegradable straws maintain the convenience of petroleum-based plastic straws but with lower greenhouse gas production impacts and less risk to marine life and ecosystems. The phade® drinking straw is certified for composting commercially and for at-home composting.
The introduction of the phade® straw at Yankee Stadium will further the venue’s globally recognized sustainability initiatives, including its commitment to achieving zero waste and promoting a circular economy based on composting and recycling. Through the dedicated efforts of Stadium staff, fans, and the Yankees’ recycling and composting partners, approximately 85 percent of the Stadium’s total waste is diverted from landfills and incinerators, making Yankee Stadium one of the most environmentally responsible venues in all of sports.
According to WinCup, phade® has become the environmentally preferable straw of choice for multiple professional sports venues, teams and events, including SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, home of this year’s Super Bowl, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Gillette Stadium in New England, and the 2021 PGA Championship in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
WinCup biodegradable straws provide a solution to help address the global plastic pollution crisis. The technology behind phade® is formulated with PHA, which acts as a food source for bacteria, allowing for faster decomposition in bacteria rich environments in a matter of months.
WinCup’s focus on sustainable solutions was bolstered in September 2020 when Los Angeles-based global private investment firm Atar Capital acquired the company. Among Atar’s core principles is a commitment to sustainability and investing in companies that work toward protecting the environment.
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- New Purchases: SHY, TIPX, DFAI, LLY, JPST, C, QUAL, CP, GOVT, SPLG, SNEX,
- Added Positions: BSV, VOO, IEI, IGIB, IEFA, MUB, IJR, VB, IEMG, VEA, BAC, SCHF, VV, VWO, WMT, IVW, JNJ, QCOM, IMTM, PEP, AAPL, IWB, DG, UPS, BRK.B, IP, TGT, LYB, PFG, MAS, ALL, VTV, CDW, VTI, EBAY, CSCO, HCA, MCD, SCHA, CVS, BX, DIS, XOM, TRV, MRK, VO, V, KR, NVDA, MMM, OMC, CVX, CMI, VZ, VNQ, LOW, SNA, SQ, SCHB, SCHW, ESGU, XLV, ESGE, F, CARR, AMD, XLF, XLU, AOM, ORCL, WM, T, VLO, IBM, XLI, PSX, CAT, EAGG, RTX, AEE, XLP, PFE, ORLY, BMY, KMB, EXC, VBR, DGX,
- Reduced Positions: BND, VMBS, UNH, AGG, ESML, INTC, LMT, FB, SCZ, VIG, IYR, TJX, IWC, ROK, EMR, AXP, VUG, XLK, MBB, HD, IWR, IYW, VBK, ISRG, DHR, VCR, AMGN, VEU, TT, SHOP, FITB, WFC, VOT, BIL, XLY, DFIV, PH, OTIS, NFLX, COP, TXN, MSFT, ACN, DE, ANTM, PG, IBB, TSLA, TIP, IYH, PYPL, NKE, COF, UHS, SYY, SBUX, MPC, LUV, NOC,
- Sold Out: ESGD, PNQI, TROW, AME, ZTS,
For the details of Acropolis Investment Management, LLC's stock buys and sells, go to https://www.gurufocus.com/guru/acropolis+investment+management%2C+llc/current-portfolio/portfolio
These are the top 5 holdings of Acropolis Investment Management, LLC- Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) - 518,889 shares, 19.67% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 3.70%
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) - 1,371,819 shares, 9.96% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 15.22%
- Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) - 2,160,204 shares, 9.47% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 1.30%
- iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) - 812,899 shares, 8.01% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 3.70%
- iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH) - 304,182 shares, 7.45% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 0.20%
Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF. The purchase prices were between $83.21 and $85.4, with an estimated average price of $84.45. The stock is now traded at around $83.060000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 1.73%. The holding were 226,890 shares as of 2022-03-31.
New Purchase: SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF (TIPX)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF. The purchase prices were between $20.3 and $21.16, with an estimated average price of $20.69. The stock is now traded at around $20.310000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.03%. The holding were 15,750 shares as of 2022-03-31.
New Purchase: Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF (DFAI)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF. The purchase prices were between $25.87 and $30, with an estimated average price of $28.42. The stock is now traded at around $27.860000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.03%. The holding were 11,200 shares as of 2022-03-31.
New Purchase: Citigroup Inc (C)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in Citigroup Inc. The purchase prices were between $53.4 and $67.84, with an estimated average price of $61.89. The stock is now traded at around $50.880000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 2,293 shares as of 2022-03-31.
New Purchase: iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF. The purchase prices were between $123.19 and $144.75, with an estimated average price of $132.44. The stock is now traded at around $133.050000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 873 shares as of 2022-03-31.
New Purchase: iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC initiated holding in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF. The purchase prices were between $24.68 and $26.15, with an estimated average price of $25.56. The stock is now traded at around $24.430000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. The holding were 4,274 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3633.96%. The purchase prices were between $77.56 and $80.49, with an estimated average price of $79.21. The stock is now traded at around $77.340000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 1.89%. The holding were 272,206 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 64.74%. The purchase prices were between $121.32 and $127.91, with an estimated average price of $125.3. The stock is now traded at around $120.300000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.47%. The holding were 107,870 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF (IGIB)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF by 116.24%. The purchase prices were between $54.17 and $58.6, with an estimated average price of $56.47. The stock is now traded at around $53.410000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.38%. The holding were 140,537 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: iShares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in iShares National Muni Bond ETF by 676.52%. The purchase prices were between $109.17 and $115.66, with an estimated average price of $112.53. The stock is now traded at around $108.590000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.32%. The holding were 36,745 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 28.46%. The purchase prices were between $51.27 and $62.07, with an estimated average price of $57.78. The stock is now traded at around $55.400000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.13%. The holding were 116,906 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Added: Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC added to a holding in Schwab International Equity ETF by 30.97%. The purchase prices were between $33.67 and $39.47, with an estimated average price of $37.17. The stock is now traded at around $36.290000. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.11%. The holding were 136,441 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Sold Out: iShares MSCI EAFE ESG Select ETF (ESGD)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC sold out a holding in iShares MSCI EAFE ESG Select ETF. The sale prices were between $67.21 and $80.45, with an estimated average price of $75.31.
Sold Out: PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC sold out a holding in PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio. The sale prices were between $142.93 and $216.6, with an estimated average price of $177.06.
Sold Out: AMETEK Inc (AME)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC sold out a holding in AMETEK Inc. The sale prices were between $124.77 and $146.09, with an estimated average price of $134.37.
Sold Out: T. Rowe Price Group Inc (TROW)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC sold out a holding in T. Rowe Price Group Inc. The sale prices were between $134.46 and $195.12, with an estimated average price of $154.55.
Sold Out: Zoetis Inc (ZTS)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC sold out a holding in Zoetis Inc. The sale prices were between $181.39 and $234.03, with an estimated average price of $197.72.
Reduced: iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC reduced to a holding in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 76.11%. The sale prices were between $35.48 and $40.73, with an estimated average price of $37.61. The stock is now traded at around $36.870000. The impact to a portfolio due to this sale was -0.04%. Acropolis Investment Management, LLC still held 3,211 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Reduced: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF (VIG)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC reduced to a holding in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF by 23.28%. The sale prices were between $151.94 and $171.47, with an estimated average price of $160.75. The stock is now traded at around $162.510000. The impact to a portfolio due to this sale was -0.01%. Acropolis Investment Management, LLC still held 2,079 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Reduced: iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC reduced to a holding in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF by 20.7%. The sale prices were between $98.8 and $114.78, with an estimated average price of $105.15. The stock is now traded at around $109.850000. The impact to a portfolio due to this sale was -0.01%. Acropolis Investment Management, LLC still held 2,107 shares as of 2022-03-31.
Reduced: ConocoPhillips (COP)Acropolis Investment Management, LLC reduced to a holding in ConocoPhillips by 26.8%. The sale prices were between $73.77 and $107.5, with an estimated average price of $91.85. The stock is now traded at around $103.050000. The impact to a portfolio due to this sale was less than 0.01%. Acropolis Investment Management, LLC still held 1,330 shares as of 2022-03-31.
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Behavioral health providers in Nebraska plead for funding
At Behavioral Health Solutions, an increase in demand for mental health care because of COVID-19 has grown into a waiting list of more than 100 people for one of the 58 inpatient treatment beds at the nonprofit’s sites in Norfolk and Columbus.
Meanwhile, the organization is competing for employees with local fast-food restaurants, which pay just as well as its starting wages of $14-$15 an hour.
So when Jay Fleecs learned Monday that Gov. Pete Ricketts had vetoed a needed increase in provider rates for his organization, it was a punch in the gut.
Expansion plans on hold
Plans to expand the facility to deal with the waiting list went on hold, as did talks of raising salaries. Fleece said it’s hard to blame employees who take a job elsewhere or move on, but he said an increase in provider rates is needed to fill vacancies at his agency and fill the need for services.
“Do you go to Burger King for the same price, or do you go to a treatment center for people in crisis?” he said.
Fleecs, as well as the head of a coalition of behavioral health providers, argued Tuesday that such providers of mental health services sorely need the 15% increase in provider rates that state lawmakers had included in its recently passed budget.
He said that state reimbursements for services for Medicaid patients has never matched the actual costs but that Behavioral Health Solutions was able to scrape by because of higher rates paid by private paying customers.
Rate hike left at 5%
The governor’s veto leaves providers of behavioral health services with a 5% rate hike this year, which advocates say translates into continued struggles to hire workers and fully staff services, as well as continued waiting lists.
Fleecs said if his agency could get fully funded, it would move ahead with adding 44 new inpatient beds. In the long run, that would help stabilize people with mental health struggles and help them get off Medicaid and become productive citizens. He said it could also prevent some people from committing crimes that fill state prisons.
“This 15% increase would be a win-win for everybody,” Fleecs said. “I don’t know if Gov. Ricketts understands that.”
The governor, in his veto message to state senators, said the $52 million he vetoed should be devoted to tax cuts rather than 15% provider rate hikes to those who care for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, children who are state wards and elderly in nursing homes. Provider rates for behavioral health, Ricketts added, were raised 2% a year ago, making it a total increase of 7% even with his vetoes.
‘Appropriate balance’
“It’s important that we strike the appropriate balance between calibrating government spending and returning excess revenue back to the people,” wrote Ricketts. The vetoes, which included cuts in funding for several other items, would allow tax relief to “succeed,” he added.
Those words brought an angry response Tuesday on the floor of the Legislature by State Sen. John Stinner of Gering, who heads the budget-writing Appropriations Committee.
Stinner said he had worked with the governor in determining that the state could afford a tax-cut package that will grow to $900 million after five years. He added that the provider rate hikes approved by the Appropriations Committee and Legislature also fit within state budget projections.
The vetoes, Stinner said, made Tuesday his “worst” day in eight years as a state senator.
“This is disgraceful,” the senator said. “There’s no way I’m going to give tax breaks on the backs of providers.”
The comments by Stinner, who has made increasing provider rates a priority this year, set off discussions of pairing the tax cut bill with the veto overrides — if the tax cut bill succeeds, then so should the veto overrides.
Whether that deal carries the day may be known soon. On Tuesday, the tax cut bill advanced after overcoming a filibuster and faces one more round of debate. The veto override vote could come as early as Wednesday.
Veto override vote coming
Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart, the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, expressed confidence that the veto overrides would succeed.
She said the committee’s goal in increasing provider rates was, in part, to allow providers to provide better wages, in the $18 an hour range.
Providers are having a hard time hiring help, Wishart said, in part because the governor has raised wages for state prison workers and others to compete with wage inflation in the private sector.
Former State Sen. Annette Dubas, who is now executive director of Nebraska Association of Behavioral Health Organizations, said the majority of her 52 members are nonprofit groups that rely heavily on public dollars through provider rates. But those rates haven’t met actual costs for years and years, Dubas said.
Less staff, less access
Now, she said, increased demand for services and shortages of staff mean that not all services can be provided, thus providing less access to help.
“COVID-19 really raised the demand, especially for residential services, Dubas said.
At Behavioral Health Solutions, Fleecs said the agency was planning to move ahead with converting a former nursing home in Norfolk, adding 44 more residential beds.
But now that’s on hold, pending a vote on the veto overrides.
Fleecs said he’s hoping the governor considers the “long-term” impact of improved behavioral health services instead of the short-term veto of funding.
“Think about helping people get off of Medicaid. Think of people becoming part of a civil society again,” he said.
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Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian reveal huge update on future of Hulu show & insist filming series is ‘dream come true’
KRIS Jenner and Kim Kardashian have an exciting update on The Kardashians ahead of the show's premiere on Hulu.
The family took a break from filming after Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but they're returning to the small screen April 14.
It's been almost a year since fans saw the Kardashian family on TV, but they're back with a highly anticipated new show called The Kardashians.
The famous family and everyone in their orbit stepped out on Thursday for a screening of the reality show, and matriarch Kris, 66, and daughter Kim, 41, teased some exciting news ahead.
Taking time away from the cameras allowed the entire family to regroup and focus on themselves for a while.
It also showed them how much they really loved sharing their lives with fans.
So much so that Kardashian momager Kris told The Hollywood Reporter they don't plan on going away again anytime soon.
Asked how many season they think they'll do, she replied: "Another 20 why not?"
Kim seemed to agree, saying: "I hope another 20, right? If we're going to do it, we're going to do it."
Fans will just have to wait and see how that pans out.
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The duo also shared some other exciting soundbites, opening up about ending their old show, filming hard parts of their life and more.
OPENING UP
Kim addressed the family's decision to quit KUWTK.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I think once we announced that we were going to be stopping our show, just different offers came in from different streaming services, and that was really intriguing to us and just seemed different."
The KKW Beauty mogul added: "We wanted to do something different, but right away we were like, 'We miss this. Who were we kidding, we should be doing this.' We got a year off from filming, and I think that was really beneficial for our souls just to really soak it up. But the filming this time is different, and I just love it."
They agreed to do the show because, as Kris told THR of an offer from Hulu – in the Disney family – "who says no?"
The family began filming in the fall of 2021, just as things were changing for many of the show's stars.
Kim and Pete Davidson had just kicked off a romance, Kourtney Kardashian was getting serious with Travis Barker, Kanye West was on the attack online and more.
the SKIMS founder said of their approach to filming, even among difficulties in their lives: "I think we have a no-boundaries kind of theory in filming, even though we do have some boundaries."
She added: "We kind of film everything, but our boundaries also change. Some seasons, in the past, we're like, 'OK I'm not going to show this,' and then you're like, 'You know what? This is awesome. I'm glad we filmed that, I am going to show that.' I think it just changes all the time."
WHERE'S PETE?
On Thursday, Kim and Pete, 28, made their red carpet debut as a couple at the Kardashians premiere event.
They didn't pose together on the red carpet, but were seen holing hands after snapping pics.
Kim stopped for a quick interview with E! News, gushing about her man.
She addressed her decision not to include him in The Kardashians and praised him for supporting her.
Asked if there was "hesitation" in sharing their romance, Kim said: "Absolutely.
"I wanted to make sure that, you know, we were gonna be – I just didn't want to meet someone, go on a date and then talk about it on the show."
Then, the interviewer spotted Pete further down on the red carpet as Kim gushed: "He's so supportive."
She added: "He's here to support me and, like, it's my thing. I don't think it's his thing to be all out here with me. I'm just so happy he's here to support."
The beauty mogul previously revealed that the Saturday Night Live star will not feature on the show as well.
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The series “Body Parts” premieres on TLC on Wednesday, April 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. You can also watch it on Discovery+, FuboTV (free trial), Philo and Sling. Anaplastologist Allison Vest is the center of the show, as she has mastered the art of making state-of-the-art prosthetics...
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This one's not done yet after a thrills and spills Sportsground night.
The Connacht crowd in the sell-out 8,126 crowd fervently hoped that their underdogs could stay in this round of 16 two-legged tie by the end of the 80 minutes in Galway.
And they are still in it. For sure, Leinster are still favourites to progress to the quarter-finals at the Aviva Stadium next Friday on the back of a two-point victory last night.
But for the green-clad faithful in the Clan terrace and around the ramshackle ground, there was nothing but pride in the performance of Andy Friend's men as Connacht distinguished themselves in their first-ever appearance in the knock-out stages.
Johnny Sexton took a bit of a hammering as Connacht came forward whenever they could, starting both halves in a blistering fashion and showing they were not in awe of the world-class weaponry at Leo Cullen's disposal.
The Blues did show that quality at times, with James Lowe and Hugo Keenan linking to devastating effect - Lowe helped himself to two tries, Keenan to one.
But Jamison Gibson-Park's yellow card for the visitors opened the door for Leva Fifita's 61st minute try and that converted score ensures that there's still all to play for in Dublin 4.
In the end, Ross Byrne's penalty pushed Leinster's advantage out to five points ahead of the second leg, but Connacht will take massive encouragement from their performance.
Connacht rocked the visitors early on with incisive carries by Tom Farrell and Bundee Aki and, after James Lowe's attempted clearance was blocked by Fifita, his team-mate Porch raced onto Jack Carty's perfectly-timed pass to score.
Carty missed the conversion but Leinster's hopes of a swift response were frustrated.
Aki was prominent as Connacht pushed forward again and with Mack Hansen joining the party, the westerners continued to threaten.
Inevitably, the visitors built their way back into it. Sexton reduced the deficit with a 20th minute penalty and before Lowe scored unopposed after a superb move from inside the own half.
Ringrose got his side moving with a charge down the left and although Finlay Bealham momentarily stopped Leinster's momentum in midfield, Connacht didn't get enough men moving to cover on the right and Keenan's inside pass to Lowe put him into clear space.
Sexton's easy conversion made it 10-5 in his side's favour and it got even better for Cullen's side in the 27th minute, when again Connacht were far too passive in defence as Leinster cruised through the phases.
Lowe's pass released Keenan and the full-back repaid the compliment by assisting the Kiwi's second try, though Sexton failed to land the extras.
Connacht had to find something and a piece of Hansen magic almost provided, when he burned O'Brien on the outside and chipped Ross Molony before releasing Tiernan O'Halloran, but Josh van der Flier put him in touch.
Carty and Sexton traded penalties before the Connacht no 10 made it 18-11 with the last kick of the first half.
Again, it was the hosts who were straight onto the attack and Conor Oliver's break allowed Aki to go close to scoring. Leinster were penalised for offside and Carty reduced the deficit to four.
Not for the first time, the westerners messed up the restart as Farrell's kick was blocked by O'Brien and, off the ensuing five metre scrum, Lowe thought he scored his third try.
A knock-on scuppered that belief but the visitors cranked up the pressure through a series of scrums and eventually Jamison Gibson-Park sent Keenan over, though Sexton again missed the conversion.
If Connacht needed further encouragement, it came in the 57th minute when Gibson-Park was sin-binned for a high challenge on Kieran Marmion.
It took the hosts four minutes to score their second try against the 14 men, with Fifita diving over after Connacht mauled their way to the Leinster line and Carty made it a two-point game.
Then Connacht almost took the lead with 15 minutes remaining when replacement lock Oisin Dowling was just short as he attempted to dot down.
It would have been the perfect finish to a searing counter by Porch and Conor Fitzgerald off turnover ball.
With three minutes remaining, Byrne's three-pointer finished the scoring though not, crucially, the tie. Not yet.
CONNACHT: T O’Halloran (C Fitzgerald 41); J Porch, T Farrell (S Arnold 77), B Aki, M Hansen; J Carty, K Marmion (C Blade 61); M Burke (T Tuimauga 57), D Heffernan (D Tierney-Martin 61), F Bealham (J Aungier 70); G Thornbury (O Dowling 52), L Fifita; C Prendergast, C Oliver, J Butler (A Papali’i 61).
LEINSTER: H Keenan; J O’Brien, G Ringrose, R Henshaw (C Frawley 74), J Lowe; J Sexton (capt) (R Byrne 68), L McGrath (J Gibson-Park 51); C Healy (E Byrne 51), D Sheehan (J Tracy 62), T Furlong (M Ala’alatoa 62); R Molony, J Murphy (D Toner 70); C Doris (M Deegan 77), J van der Flier, J Conan.
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a Republican-backed measure on Friday that would ban abortions in Kentucky after 15 weeks of pregnancy and regulate the dispensing of abortion pills.
The governor raised doubts about the constitutionality of the bill and criticized it for not including exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
State lawmakers will have a chance to override the veto when they reconvene next week for the final two days of this year’s 60-day legislative session. The abortion measure won overwhelming support in the GOP-dominated legislature.
The proposal reflects the latest attempt by Kentucky lawmakers to put more restrictions and conditions on abortion since the GOP took complete control of the legislature after the 2016 election.
The proposed 15-week ban is modeled after a Mississippi law under review by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could dramatically limit abortion rights. By taking the preemptive action, the bill's supporters say that Kentucky’s stricter ban would be in place if the Mississippi law is upheld.
Kentucky law currently bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Beshear on Friday condemned the bill for failing to exclude pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
“Rape and incest are violent crimes,” the governor said in his veto message. “Victims of these crimes should have options, not be further scarred through a process that exposes them to more harm from their rapists or that treats them like offenders themselves.”
Beshear, a former state attorney general, also said the bill is “likely unconstitutional,” noting that similar laws elsewhere were struck down by the Supreme Court. He pointed to provisions in the Kentucky bill requiring doctors performing nonsurgical procedures to maintain hospital admitting privileges in “geographical proximity” to where the procedures are performed.
“The Supreme Court has ruled such requirements unconstitutional as it makes it impossible for women, including a child who is a victim of rape or incest, to obtain a procedure in certain areas of the state,” the governor said.
Opponents of the Kentucky bill say its restrictions are so onerous that no abortion clinic could comply.
The bill also would set regulations for the dispensing of abortion pills. It would require women to be examined in person by a doctor before receiving the medication.
That part of the bill is part of a nationwide push by anti-abortion groups to limit the ability of physicians to prescribe abortion pills by telemedicine, and comes in response to the increased use of pills rather than surgery to terminate early pregnancies.
About half of all abortions performed in Kentucky are the result of medication procedures.
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Canberra artist Mick Ashley has drawn a moving tribute to first responders in the floods, with proceeds from it to go to those affected in NSW and Queensland in recent months.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Making sure more than 100 Afghan evacuees resettled comfortably here in the United States is the act that landed Samim Noorzad in the hero spotlight.
In February, the last of the Afghan refugees, who were waiting for resettlement at eight U.S. military installations, completed a journey that started with the evacuation of Kabul in August.
The United States admitted 76,000 Afghans as part of Operation Allies Welcome which is the largest resettlement in the country.
Noorzad, the program manager for Commonwealth Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program, got right to work over the past three months.
With hard work and long hours, he successfully resettled 130 Afghan evacuees who had been living on those military bases.
With each family, Noorzad ensured they felt welcomed by coordinating an overwhelming community response. That included assigning each family with a volunteer and receiving donations of school supplies, clothes and culturally appropriate food.
He and his organization got children the resources they needed to enroll in school and they got adults the resources they needed to find stable employment.
“Roanoke is widely known as a welcoming city, and much of that has to do with folks like Samim, who work tirelessly to ensure everyone feels welcomed in their home in Roanoke,” the American Red Cross said.
The American Red Cross is proud to award Samim Noorzad and CCC as the 2022 Workplace Hero.
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EXPLAINER: A look at West's escalating sanctions on Russia
The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
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The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin's two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
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In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia's critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
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Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia's invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain's Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million.
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While all gadgets have their design challenges, there’s one that continues to plague smartwatches — battery life. There are a few ways to mitigate that, but unfortunately, many smartwatch makers choose the absolute worst solution: making the smartwatch bigger.
The latest example might be Samsung. According to a SamMobile report, the company is mulling a “Pro” version of the next-generation Galaxy Watch. Details were scant, except for one thing: this “Pro” model could potentially pack a much larger 572mAh battery.
If true, that would be a meaningful upgrade. Poor battery life is one of the biggest complaints users have reported with Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 lineup. It’s also common for “Pro” models to act as the premium option with longer battery life, better materials, and, unfortunately, the biggest honking display possible.
It’s possible that Samsung could figure out a way to include a bigger battery without increasing the size of the watch. However, recent smartwatch trends hint otherwise. Take the Apple Watch. The Series 7 bumped up the size of the watches from 40mm to 41mm, and from 44mm to 45mm. An iFixit teardown revealed that the Series 7’s batteries were 1.6 percent larger for the 41mm and 6.8 percent larger for the 45mm. It’s likely that the larger always-on displays needed beefier batteries to maintain that same 18-hour battery life.
Samsung is also guilty of this. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 came in 41mm and 45mm variants. The Galaxy Watch 4 Classic comes in 42mm and 46mm. What would a proposed “Pro” version be? 43mm and 47mm? You might think a 1mm increase in size isn’t much to complain about, but it adds up over time.
As someone with petite wrists, I can say that watches beyond 42mm start to become uncomfortable. (Not to mention, they look absolutely ridiculous.) To get the same performance — especially during workouts — I have to make certain adjustments for fit. And while people of all genders come in all shapes and sizes, excluding smaller options ends up excluding a large number of women. The result is you end up treating smaller people as an afterthought.
Take Garmin’s Fenix 6 and Fenix 7 lineups. The Fenix 6X Pro was the first to get solar charging. People with smaller wrists who might have wanted that feature had to wait. And now, two years later, the 51mm Fenix 7X is the first and only model to get an LED flashlight. It’ll likely trickle down to smaller sizes in the future, but only Garmin can say when. As a woman who occasionally runs at night, I would’ve loved to have that feature on the smaller Fenix 7S I tested. But getting that feature meant I’d have to sacrifice my comfort. And what is the point of a wearable you don’t want to wear?
At a certain point, this becomes unsustainable. There’s a limit to how big we can make these devices before the battery gains are offset by discomfort. It’s bad business to exclude potential customers who happen to reside in smaller bodies. Some of this is just the current limitations of wearable tech. Also, nothing is set in stone yet. Samsung could just scrap the whole idea of a “Pro” watch. But even so, I would hope that these companies are using their resources to create new solutions to that problem instead of always opting for the easy way out.
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Can-Fite BioPharma (NYSEAMERICAN:CANF – Get Rating) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report issued on Friday, Zacks.com reports.
According to Zacks, “Can Fite Biopharma Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on developing drugs for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune inflammatory diseases. The Company’s lead drug candidate, CF101, is in clinical development for the treatment of autoimmune inflammatory diseases. Its CF102 drug candidate is being developed for the treatment of liver diseases and its CF602 drug is being developed for the treatment of inflammation and sexual dysfunction. Can Fite Biopharma Ltd. is based in Petach Tikva, Israel. “
Separately, HC Wainwright reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $5.00 target price on shares of Can-Fite BioPharma in a report on Friday, January 7th.
An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Can-Fite BioPharma stock. Fifth Third Bancorp bought a new position in shares of Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSEAMERICAN:CANF – Get Rating) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 30,000 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,000. Fifth Third Bancorp owned about 0.15% of Can-Fite BioPharma as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 5.40% of the company’s stock.
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Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops small molecule therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, liver and inflammatory disease, COVID-19 and erectile dysfunction. The company's lead drug candidate CF101 (Piclidenoson), which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of psoriasis; and Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Between 65 and 70% of Argentines have an Italian family member and are today most accessible to European citizenship as there is no generation limit.
In other words, if your great-grandfather, great-grandfather or grandfather is Italian, you have a good chance of getting an Italian passport and immigrating to Europe if you wish. You need to be able to prove “kinship” in order to receive recognition of “Is Sanguinese” citizenship.
This issue is in the news these days because Italy announced yesterday that it will open a special working example dedicated to facilitating processes for double citizenship Argentine residents who have Italian ancestors. This information was given by the Home Minister of that country after meeting him.
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US President Joe Biden said the appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court represented a “moment of real change in American history”.
Speaking at a ceremony at the White House to mark her appointment, she said she would face verbal abuse and “the most baseless, unfounded allegations” during her confirmation hearings to become a member of the court, but she added that the character and Honesty was shown.
Judge Jackson said she would rule the Supreme Court independently and “without fear or favour.”
The US Senate on Thursday confirmed his…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WGMB) – There’s a pest that is harmless to plants, but potentially harmful to humans and animals — and it’s in many states that enjoy warmer weather.
Native to Southeast Asia, hammerhead worms have an affinity for hot, humid locations. In the U.S., they are known to thrive in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, according to the Texas Invasive Species Institute’s (TISI) website.
They can also be found in greenhouses or places with “hot, humid environments,” the TISI says.
So where did hammerhead worms come from, and how did they end up in the U.S.?
Assistant Professor Nathan P. Lord, Ph.D. at Louisiana State University, said the worms may have made their way to the States is in the soil of ornamental plants. These worms hitchhiked to the USA and now can be found across areas that mimic their native climate.
They can also be a bit dangerous.
For starters, earthworms should be on alert because hammerhead worms consider them prey. But humans and pets should be wary, too.
“They actually produce a pretty nasty neurotoxin for paralyzing the earthworm prey, so there is certainly the potential for people and pets to be harmed if eaten or touched,” said Lord.
Those who spot hammerhead worms, or otherwise come into contact with one, are advised to put on a pair of gloves, refrain from touching them with bare skin, and, of course, avoid eating them. The TISI says anyone who handles a hammerhead flatworm should wash their hands with hot soapy water, rinse in alcohol and/or use hand disinfectant.
If you see one of these worms and have the urge to kill it, take a moment and consider your options: According to the TISI, you shouldn’t try to chop up the hammerhead worms, as this will only result in more hammerhead worms.
“Reproduction seems to be primarily achieved through fragmentation: a small rear portion of the worm will pinch off, and ‘stay behind’ as the worm moves forward,” the TISI writes.
“Within about 10 days, the head begins to form and this may happen a few times a month.”
Lord explained that “specialized cells” allow the worms to regenerate parts of their bodies, or “sometimes even entire new bodies from a small piece of the original worm.”
Both Lord and Dr. Blake Layton, of Mississippi State University, recommend putting salt on the hammerhead worms. The worms may also dry out if left in the bright sun for a period of time.
If all else fails, “squishing them is likely to do enough damage to kill them,” Lord said.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — An attack by suspected Islamic extremist rebels on a military unit in Burkina Faso Friday has killed at least 16 security forces and injured many others, the army announced.
A dozen military soldiers and four volunteer fighters who work alongside the army died when their military unit was attacked at 5 a.m. in Namissiguima town in the Center North region, said a statement by the armed forces. An additional 21 soldiers were wounded and equipment was also damaged, said the statement.
Burkina Faso is grappling with rising jihadi violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that’s killed thousands and displaced some 2 million people.
This is the latest in a series against the military. At least 40 security forces were killed in the last two weeks of March according to an internal security report for aid groups seen by The Associated Press.
The Friday attack involved a car bomb and was carefully planned, according to security analysts.
“In addition to this being a sign of how (the) security situation continues to deteriorate, it also shows the ability of jihadist groups to carry (out) sophisticated and complex attacks,” said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan-based organization focused on economics and policy.
“Jihadists control the area just north of where the incident occurred, so they had the time and information to plan this complex attack,” he said.
Civilians living in nearby towns without military support say they’re worried the violence is going to spread. “Namissiguima is the only place that has a military detachment around here,” said a resident of the nearby Kongoussi town who insisted on anonymity for his safety. “We hope the attacks don’t expand.”
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In our weekly chat we go beyond Cardinals questions and look at the Blues goalies and Kansas trying to outrun the NCAA. Here are some highlights.
Q: I understand if the Cardinals want to make Jordan Hicks a starter, but why isn’t he doing it at AAA? As a starter he’ll need better control and his change up. He can’t be throwing 20 plus pitches an inning as he’s prone to do. I would understand if the team had no other choice, but that’s not the case. I don’t get the thought process, and I think it’s setting Hicks up to fail.
A: At the moment, this may fall into the "no other choice" category. Matthew Liberatore is still not ready. Johan Oviedo has not recovered from his 2021 beatings. Drew VerHagen did not finish the spring well. So that seems to leave Jake Woodford and Hicks as the two choices. Woodford would seem to be the surer of two unsure things at this point, but Hicks has massive upside. The team wants to see how his arm reacts to pitching every fifth day to see if this really is his future, as Hicks insists it is. Hicks takes this assignment with a pitch limit and a short leash, so that mitigates the competitive risk.
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Q: How can the KU program continue to run circles around the NCAA with this 'bag-man' shoe dollar scam? Will the hammer ever come down on Kansas and, is there a chance the crown may be taken away if the infractions are super significant?
A: I would be surprised if the NCAA takes away this title because the alleged infractions took place so long ago. But since the NCAA has already stepped on the other schools in that federal probe, it's inevitable that it will try to nail Kansas with forward-looking sanctions. But KU has sent clear signals that it will fight this to the death in court if that time comes. So the NCAA has to be sure when it drops the hammer and it must be prepared to see this whole matter drag out even longer.
Q: I think Gates will improve the talent. It is just unreal how much talent the other SEC teams are bringing in. Arkansas is unreal with the players it has coming in. Brazile will have to play very well to get many minutes. Mizzou could be much better and still finish in the bottom 4 of the conference next year. Not sure the NIL will be a friend of Mizzou sports compared to other SEC schools.
A: The right basketball coach can win at Missouri, just as the right coach has won at Auburn and Alabama. It is easier to overcome revenue disparity in basketball, since just takes a few key players each year to make the difference.
The SEC competition level is insane, yes, but Dennis Gates is coming in aiming high. He won top recruit Aidan Shaw back into the fold and he hired an elite associate head coach. He has convinced an army of transfer candidates to consider Mizzou. And it appears the school is also getting its name, image and likeness act together. There is hope!
Q: With Pujols selling tickets and the nightly bobbleheads stashed away till next year, the Cards are almost assured of reaching 3.0 million again. However, I expect ticket sales to nosedive throughout the league which almost makes the Pujols signing look like a coup.
A: It's early to draw conclusions on fan unrest over the lockout. The regular season was set back just a week after all of that angry posturing by the owners and players. A bigger issue might be life in the post-pandemic world. People got used to doing things differently -- work, play, everything. Some folks will be eager to get back out to concerts and sporting events and others may have gotten used to NOT spending huge dollars on either. The retail and restaurant worlds have had to adapt and maybe the live entertainment world will as well.
Q: Impression of Nick Leddy so far?
A: He's been fine so far. I was skeptical, given Nick's past plus-minus history. I saw him as a faded offensive defenseman. But playing on a team with better defensive structure and more skilled guys to pass to, he's been solid. He's just OK on the power play, but that won't matter once Torey Krug returns.
Q: Obviously, trading Binnington is not going to be an option. I guess a team like the Oilers or Leafs might take a flyer on him if we ate part of his money. I’d just hate to get saddled with half of Binner’s salary for the next 5 years while he goes off and turns into the second coming of Johnny Bowers. Do we just sign Husso to a 3 year $9.5m deal and allocate $9m a year for goalies?
A: That might be the interim path. Binnington has played a lot of pro hockey, most of it very good, so I am not writing him off. And since Doug Armstrong does not like to buy out contracts or pay guys to play elsewhere, I imagine the team will invest more time in him unless another team gives it a reason to move on.
In our case, we invested more money on the content side to create extra coverage at a time when newspapers are spending less on reporting. We also travel to road games, which many publications do not do. In our business advertising alone can't cover the expense of coverage.
Q: I’m surprised that framing pitches is accepted as ‘playing the game the right way’, and that catchers get away with it. If you were an ump, wouldn’t you assume that the catcher moved his glove because he thought the pitch was a ball? And wouldn’t you be disinclined to reward a catcher who tried to trick you?
A: A good umpire can tell a ball from a strike. We have lost some good umpires, which is why the pitch-calling robots are on the way.
To me, framing means setting a good target, reading the pitch, adjusting to the pitch and having a quiet mitt hand when pitch arrives -- in other words, not lunging around and stabbing at pitches. A good frame could include a subtle finishing flick of the mitt back to the zone to complete the sell.
As for catchers getting away with yanking pitches back into the zone, umpires must be better than that. They are supposed to follow the path of the ball through the zone -- up and down, side to side -- and not call a pitch where a catcher catches it. Where the catcher catches it could be a ball, but where the ball crossed the zone could be a strike.
There are many aspects of playing baseball that fall into the "gaining advantage" category without rising to the cheating category. Is the hidden-ball trick cheating? No, it's part of the game. Having a second baseball in play would be cheating.
Q: How long is Binnington's leash Saturday (if he starts) especially if the Blues lose to the Wild? Will one bad goal be enough to pull him again or will it take the team to get down multiple goals? How does this compare to the Cards continuing to running Reyes out when clearly he didn't give the team the best chance to win?
A: In the case of Reyes, the Cardinals did not have just two pitchers: starter and closer. So there were lots of options is a pitcher struggled. Not using those options was dumb. In this case, two goalies dress. Given the fact these two games are back-to-back at home, I could see Berube pulling Binnington again unless he felt Husso really needed a night off or the game in question was already out of hand.
The Islanders don't allow lots of goals, getting down multiple goals could quality as "out of hand" -- which was not the case for Edmonton.
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Brazil sets ‘worrying’ new Amazon deforestation record
Brazilian Amazon sees 64 percent jump in deforestation in first three months of 2022 compared with a year earlier.
Brazil has set a new grim record for Amazon deforestation during the first three months of 2022 compared with a year earlier, government data shows, spurring concern and warnings from environmentalists.
From January to March, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 64 percent from a year ago to 941sq km (363sq miles), data from national space research agency Inpe showed.
That area, larger than New York City, is the most forest cover lost in the period since the data series began in 2015.
Destruction of the world’s largest rainforest has surged since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 and weakened environmental protections, arguing that they hinder economic development that could reduce poverty in the Amazon region.
Al Jazeera’s Monica Yanakiew, reporting from Rio de Janeiro, said the new data was especially worrying because Brazil is in the midst of its rainy season – a time when loggers typically do not cut down trees and farmers do not burn them to clear the land.
“So there should be less activity, there should be less deforestation,” said Yanakiew.
She added that the figures came as representatives of 100 Indigenous tribes are in the capital, Brasilia, to demand more protection for their lands and denounce proposed laws that would allow the government to further exploit the rainforest.
“They’re protesting to make sure that Congress will not approve bills that have been pushed by the government to make it easier to exploit the Amazon [rain]forest commercially. President Jair Bolsonaro is trying to get this done before he runs for re-election in October.”
The president’s office and the Environment Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Reuters news agency on Friday’s deforestation data.
That data showed deforestation slowed by 15 percent for the month of March, but it followed two months of record highs.
The destruction is driven mainly by farming and land speculation in Brazil, an agricultural powerhouse and the world’s largest exporter of beef and soy. The country hosts about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest.
Raoni Rajao, a professor of environmental management at Federal University of Minas Gerais, said the situation in the Amazon is “quite dire”.
“The fact that we are already at a record high and actually [seeing] numbers that are usually to be expected mid-year – when it’s drier and it’s actually easier to access the forest and do some damage – is indeed worrying,” Rajao told Al Jazeera.
He said deforestation coupled with climate change has had a “substantial impact” on the Amazon, even in areas further from human activity. “Even in the areas far away from the agricultural frontier, we’re starting to see the forest drying up and also become more prone to fires,” Rajao said.
“And this is very concerning because it indicates that we might be getting closer to a tipping point whereby the damage to the forest might become irreversible.”
A United Nations climate panel report on Monday warned that governments are not doing enough to rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to avert the worst effects of global warming.
While fossil fuel use is mostly to blame, deforestation accounts for about 10 percent of global emissions, the report said.
“Brazil is an example of what the UN climate report is saying when referring to governments not taking the necessary actions,” said Cristiane Mazzetti, a forest campaigner in Brazil for Greenpeace. “We have a government that goes deliberately against the necessary steps to limit climate change.”
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Kyle Schwarber sets the tone as Phillies hold off A’s for opening day win originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
It took Phillies fans seven pitches to fall in love with Kyle Schwarber.
The slugging leadoff man went deep in his first at-bat with his new club Friday afternoon.
The Phillies never gave up the lead that Schwarber provided as they opened the 2022 season with a 9-5 win over the Oakland A's in front of a sellout crowd of 44,232 at festive Citizens Bank Park.
The win was more difficult than it had to be.
Aaron Nola ran out of gas in the seventh inning and the defense got ugly. The A's put a four-spot on the board to make it a one-run game, but the Phillies got big hits from Nick Castellanos, Bryson Stott and Schwarber in the seventh and eighth innings to pull away.
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Jeurys Familia, Brad Hand, Seranthony Dominguez and new closer Corey Knebel all got big outs to preserve the win.
The Phillies' bats pounded out 11 hits on the day and everybody in the starting lineup except Matt Vierling had at least one. Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins had two RBIs apiece.
Making his fifth straight opening day start, Nola pitched brilliantly for six innings. He held the A's to just one hit -- a solo homer by Chad Pinder -- over that span and took a 6-1 lead into the seventh.
Nola needed just 65 pitches to get through six innings -- and he had seven strikeouts against no walks -- so sticking with him for the seventh inning was an easy call for manager Joe Girardi.
But Nola quickly hit a wall in the seventh. He gave up a double, a single and a three-run homer to the first three hitters as the A's cut the lead to 6-4. Girardi pulled Nola in favor of newcomer Familia after Seth Brown's three-run homer.
With Familia on the mound, the Phillies' defense fell apart and the A's were able to push across another run to make it a one-run game. Rookie third baseman Stott, playing in his first big-league game, had a particularly difficult inning with a pair of poor throws. Though the Phillies were charged with just two errors in the inning, three plays should have been made that weren't.
The A's ended up loading the bases in the seventh before Hand came on and got the final out to protect a one-run lead.
The Phillies extended their lead back to two runs on a walk by Bryce Harper and an RBI double by Castellanos in the bottom of the seventh.
Dominguez protected the two-run lead with a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
Stott rebounded from his difficult seventh inning in the field and made a couple of plays in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the inning, he stroked an RBI double. He finished his first big-league game with two hits.
The opening day matchup pitted two teams that used to share the same city. The A's moved away after the 1954 season. All these years later, the two teams are at the opposite end of the payroll scale. The Phillies put a $240 million product on the field Friday while the A's roster cost about $45 million.
The Phillies' expensive roster survived the A's in this one. There are two more games left in the series. Kyle Gibson pitches for the Phillies on Saturday afternoon against lefty Cole Irvin, a former Phillie.
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The regular meeting of the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Governing Board will take place Wednesday, April 13, beginning with a closed session at 5:15 p.m., followed immediately by open session at 7 p.m.
This will be an in-person meeting held at the Administrative Center, located at 21380 Centre Pointe Parkway, Santa Clarita.
The meeting can also be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/0NPnqeTFluc.
A member of the audience may address the Board on items listed in Closed Session by completing a Speaker Card. Please use the microphone and state your name (optional). No action will be taken at this time, and the Board President will limit comment time to 2 (two) minutes. If you wish to speak regarding an item not appearing on the Closed Session agenda, please make your comments during the Public Session (see below).
The agenda can be viewed in its entirety below.
Cadets from the Valencia program (including cadets from Academy of the Canyons, Castaic, Saugus, Valencia, and West Ranch high schools) received the highest team score in the semi-finals of the StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition and are one of ten teams nationwide who will move on to the finals in Houston in April.
Brandon Cho (Valencia High School) Hannah Chung (West Ranch High School) Allison Elshoff (Valencia High School) Andrew Hong (Valencia High School) Denise Kim (Valencia High School) Andrew Kuai (Valencia High School) Jack Kuhlman (Hart High School) Arjun Suresh Kumar (Valencia High School) Rebecca Lee (West Ranch High School) Mira Mehra (West Ranch High School) Callie Phung (Valencia High School) Ruben (Trey) Plaza III (Saugus High School) Ernesto Rojas (West Ranch High School) Jessica Son (West Ranch High School) Katelyn Tao (West Ranch High School) Mia Yen (Valencia High School)
A bid protest by First Fire Systems, Inc., for Bid Package No. LM2203A – La Mesa Junior High School Fire Alarm Replacement Project is presented for denial.
On March 22, 2022, the District received and opened bids for the La Mesa Junior High School Fire Alarm Replacement Project. Apple Valley Communications, Inc., was determined to be the lowest responsive bidder for this project. On March 25, 2022, the District received an electronic version of a bid protest letter from First Fire Systems, Inc., followed by a hardcopy which was received by staff on March 28, 2022. First Fire Systems, Inc., is the second low bidder on this project. The basis for First Fire Systems, Inc.’s, bid protest is as follows:
“Hereby, we would like to protest on the bid results of the project’s low bidder due to their incomplete bid package by missing addendum number 1 first page, ‘the low bidder failed to acknowledge and sign the first page of the addendum’.”
Please see the attached bid protest letter from First Fire Systems, Inc.
After review by the District’s legal counsel and Director of Purchasing, it was determined that the missing signature on the first page of the addendum is considered a minor irregularity. The law authorizes the waiver of minor irregularities when a bid substantially conforms to a call for bids, even though it is not strictly responsive, so long as the variance does not affect the amount of the bid or give the bidder an extra advantage or benefit (see attached response to bid protest). Since the omission in Apple Valley Communications, Inc.’s, bid does not affect the amount of their bid and does not give them an unfair advantage or benefit, staff and District legal counsel recommend denying this bid protest by First Fire Systems, Inc.
On March 22, 2022, the District received and opened bids for the La Mesa Junior High School Fire Alarm Replacement Project. The contractors submitting proposals and their respective bids are attached (Bid Summary). This is a single contractor bid for the entire scope of work.
Staff has reviewed the low bidder’s submitted bid documents and qualifications for responsiveness and responsibility. Based upon our review, verifications and discussions, it is staff’s recommendation to award the contract to the low bidder, Apple Valley Communications, Inc.
A contractor quote for the Valencia High School Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Signage Installation Project is presented for award.
On March 31, 2022, the District received quotes from three contractors for the Valencia High School ADA Signage Installation Project. This is an informal bid for the installation of 337 Americans with Disability Act compliant signs at Valencia High School. Valencia High School was built prior to current ADA requirements for room signage. This project adds ADA compliant signage to all rooms on the campus.
Staff recommends awarding this contract to DLF Enterprises, Inc., DBA Champion Construction, the lowest contractor quote received.
Bid Package No. WSH2203A for the Tennis Court Resurfacing and Repaving Project at Valencia High School and West Ranch High School is presented for award.
On March 29, 2022, the District received and opened bids for the Tennis Court Resurfacing and Repaving Project at Valencia and West Ranch. The contractors submitting proposals and their respective bids are attached (Bid Summary). This is a single contractor bid for the entire scope of work.
The apparent low bidder, Richard S. Hottel DBA California Surfacing, was deemed to be non-responsive because the required documents were not submitted with their bid. Consequently, the lowest responsive bidder for this project is the second low bidder, Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc.
The District has been working on the South Access Road Project for several years and the design for the project is getting closer to completion. Staff would like to engage Robert Newman of NTI in an evaluation of the project as it stands to determine how ready the project is for bidding. Mr. Newman will also give recommendations to staff regarding any changes that may be necessary in order to complete the design of the road and to move the project into the bid process.
Robert Newman has more than 35 years of experience in transportation and development projects. Prior to his work with NTI, he served as the Public Works Director for the City of Santa Clarita.
$10,000 plus reimbursable expenses from Special Reserve Fund for Capital Outlay Projects (Fund 40.3).
Election Code Section 13307 permits a local agency to require each candidate to pay in advance of each candidate’s pro rata share of the printing, handling, and mailing costs on a Candidate’s Statement as a condition of having it included in the voter’s pamphlet.
Resolution No. 21/22-36 – Ordering a Regular Governing Board Election Under By-trustee Area Election System and Ordering Consolidation With Other Elections sets the election process in motion.
Analysis of the plans reveal necessary updates and revisions. Each school site council has approved the revisions, after consulting with each school leadership team and advisory council, and recommends them to the Board for approval. All legal requirements remain in place for the plan that was approved in July 2021. Annual evaluations conducted at that time meet the requirements of Board Policy 6190.
Attached are the revisions for the school plans for Bowman High School, Golden Valley High School, Hart High School and Placerita Junior High School for the 2021/22 school year. Goals and action plans remain aligned with Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) District goals and school goals for increased student achievement.
This report may contain open purchase orders with not-to-exceed amounts facilitating regular small purchases from single vendors. Open purchase orders with not-to-exceed amounts facilitating larger purchases from single vendors may indicate a publicly bid contract number and/or the date the Governing Board approved the vendor. In an effort to efficiently process payments, the accumulated total of these purchases may be processed and paid as a single transaction.
Saugus Girls Soccer Booster Club would like to donate soccer equipment to Saugus High Girls Soccer.
The value of the soccer equipment is $9,898.68.
Carolyn Hoffman, Director Career and College Readiness, Joelle Nelson, Career and College Readiness Career Development Coordinator, and Natalia Blumke, Account Technician, are requesting authorization to attend the 2022 National Association of Career Technical Education Information (NACTEi) conference in Savannah, Georgia, on 5/8-5/11/2022.
All expenses for Carolyn Hoffman, Joelle Nelson, and Natalia Blumke will be paid from College and Career Readiness Department.
The District solicited quotes from three security companies and are requesting the award of contract be given to ISL Security, the lowest bidder.
Per section 7.11 of the contract, SGS cannot assign the agreement without the express written consent of the District. The District acknowledged receipt of the letter and is requesting approval to continue securing graduation and end of year security services with ISL Security under the existing contract with SGS. All other contract terms remain intact.
On March 31, 2022, the District received and opened bids for the La Mesa Junior High School 2 Shade Structures and Outdoor Lighting Project. All bids received were well over the construction budget and exceeded the informal bidding maximum of $200,000 for California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting (CUPCCA) projects. Because of CUPCCA regulations, the District must reject all bids.
The contractors submitting proposals and their respective bids are attached (Bid Summary).
Staff recommends approving Berean Baptist Family Fellowship as a direct cost user of District facilities for the 2021/22 fiscal year.
The Governing Board is required to approve all contracts issued by the District. The following contracts for miscellaneous facilities construction projects were issued between March 1, 2022, and April 12, 2022:
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A Colorado man has been charged with kidnapping a Vermont man whose body was found in a snowbank by the side of a road in the town of Barnet.
Federal court documents say Jerry Banks, of Fort Garland, Colorado, was arrested Wednesday in Yellowstone, Wyoming.
FBI investigators used cell phone and automobile records to link Banks to the Jan. 6, 2018, kidnapping of a man in Danville.
The Vermont State Police reported at the time that 49-year-old Gregory Davis, of Danville, was found shot to death Jan. 7. An attorney for Banks could not be reached.
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HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)
Staffordshire Police needs to urgently improve child protection
Staffordshire Police is not effectively safeguarding children in the region and urgent improvements are needed, a new report has found.
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Staffordshire – National child protection inspection
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found some areas of effective practice and said there are dedicated officers and staff committed to keeping children safe.
However, the inspectorate said fundamental changes are needed to improve the force’s overall approach to child protection.
HMICFRS said the force needs to make urgent improvements, including:
- recognising that missing children are particularly vulnerable;
- sharing information about online child abuse promptly; and
- speaking to children to record their behaviour and demeanour, listen to their concerns and views, and then use that information to make decisions about their welfare.
Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams yesterday said:
“Staffordshire Police has some areas of effective practice in child protection, and the force has shown that it understands the benefits of working closely with other local safeguarding organisations.
“However, Staffordshire Police urgently needs to make fundamental changes to improve many of its child protection arrangements and practices. While officers and staff who manage demanding child abuse cases are doing their best, some don’t have enough knowledge or understanding of good child protection practice. The effectiveness of the force’s systems and processes must also be improved to better support its staff.
“We have made a series of recommendations which, if acted on, will help to improve outcomes for children in Staffordshire. We will be closely monitoring the force’s progress.”
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Staffordshire – National child protection inspection
Notes
- For further information, the HMICFRS Press Office can be contacted at 07836 217729 or HMICPressOffice@hmicfrs.gov.uk.
Original article link: https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/news/news-feed/staffordshire-police-needs-to-urgently-improve-child-protection/
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Stray bullets killed a teen girl and wounded two other students Friday after a gunman discharged a firearm during a dispute in New York City, according to police.
The victims -- two females aged 16 and a male, 17 -- were caught in the crossfire from an apparent dispute around 1.42 pm Eastern Time near South Bronx High School.
One female, who police said was shot in the chest, died at a hospital.
"It is quite early in our investigation, it appears that the brazen criminals opened fire during a dispute," Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a news conference.
"What I can say with confidence is that NYPD detectives will work tirelessly to bring those responsible for this to justice," she added.
Police believe the victims were coming from school and heading home.
Mayor Eric Adams offered sympathy for the victims.
"We lost a 16 year old baby in the Bronx today. We pray for this young girl, for her family, and for the other two victims in the hospital. It's a tragedy. It's unacceptable. It's why we can't abandon our streets to gun violence," he said in a tweet.
A manhunt is underway to catch the suspects.
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On May 29, 2015, The Cable online newspaper catalogued the 81 promises with which the All Progressives Congress (APC) wooed Nigerians ahead of the 2015 presidential election. Nigerians were given postdated cheques that APC was ab initio aware would bounce.
However, time crystalises everything. Had the APC not come to power, albeit on the strength of their “Change” propaganda, they would have probably remained the best government Nigeria never had. But today, they have unraveled. Evidently, APC was empanelled to capture power, but lacked the capacity to govern. Virtually seven years after they grabbed power, Nigeria is at crossroad, as the ruling party has exhibited manifest contradictions in all facets of our life. Nigeria has become a laboratory of the absurd, experiencing chaotic and combustible economic, security, and social services conditions.
Perhaps, nothing exposes APC’s hypocrisy better than the chaotic energy situation sufficiently manifest in the multiple collapse of the national grid; disjointed subsidy regime evident in the import of toxic fuel and the interminable fuel queues across the country; the pyric rescue of a collapsed aviation sector by the National Assembly; and the dysfunction of the railway sector where trains break down in the middle of nowhere, leaving stranded citizens at the mercy of marauding bandits.
From serially declaring fuel subsidy as “sheer fraud and corruption” before they came to power to ‘baptising’ it as under-recovery, the APC has presently made a volte face on fuel subsidy removal, demanding over N3 trillion for the purpose to continue with the same “sheer fraud and corruption”. It is an evident lack of capacity by a government to confront the ghost of its deceptive past.
Prior to 2015, the APC claimed that 30 million litres daily fuel consumption during Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration was fraudulent, but under the APC government, Nigeria claims to consume over 100 million litres of fuel daily, with little or no certainty of statistics regarding Nigeria’s needs. Even after the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, recently described it as “crazy figures”, the bazaar continues with the comedy of errors and corruption.
Nigerians will not forget in a hurry that the APC met the refineries working at what they admittedly described as “minimal capacity”. But we were meeting a bit of our daily need. Today, they have run the refineries aground, completely. Not only have they been unable to fix the refineries for nearly seven years or build new ones as promised, they have also jeopardised the chances of doing so. Despite awarding a contract of $1.5 billion in March 2021 (about N575 billion at the time) to fix the Port Harcourt Refinery, they are unable to deliver a litre of refined products. Yet the refineries recorded a whooping N10.27 billion in “operational expenses” in 2020 for producing nothing. And instead of fixing our refineries; instead of withdrawing subsidies to apply it to the capital development of the country and freeing us from loan burdens, they have destroyed our economy by throwing money at problems yet again.
Furthermore, the party that promised cohesion and new direction for Nigeria has been enmeshed in intractable crisis and unable to constitute, since inception in 2013, a Board of Trustees as stated by their party’s constitution. While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is issuing guidelines for the 2023 election, deservedly nicknamed the “All Progressives Confusion” by the prolific Mahmud Jega, is in crisis as always. Laden with caretaker committees, their attempts at organising congresses have snowballed into numerous factional chairmen and multiple lawsuits in almost all the states. Unfortunately for Nigeria, it is this interminable crisis that they have constantly imported into our national life. They have been unable to manage themselves, let alone manage a vast nation like Nigeria.
There is complete disarticulation in their government marked by flip-flops on policies. Citizens have been treated to theatres of the absurd, as government functionaries engage themselves in street fights – governors against governors, ministers against ministers, cabals against cabals, leaders against leaders while government agencies drag one another to court. Nigeria has never had it this bad.
Even long after the APC would have been gone, Nigerians will live with their stockpiled debts, which are never borrowed based on any reliable projected direction, but on an ad hoc arrangement. Nigeria’s debt stock has shut up from N12.1 trillion inherited by President Muhammadu Buhari administration in on May 29, 2015 to N38.005 trillion by the end of September 2021. A whooping N2.540 trillion of the debt burden was recorded between June and September 2021 alone. According to FG’s National Development Plan 2021-2025, the Federal Government hopes to push its public debt stock to N50.22tn by 2023, with domestic debt standing at N28.75tn and external debt at N21.47tn. Only recently, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, blamed the delay in completing some major project, including railway projects on paucity of funds occasioned by the stoppage of funding by China. “We are stuck with lots of our projects because we cannot get money. The Chinese are no longer funding. So, we are now pursuing money in Europe”. Who would blame China?
APC constitutes a clear and present danger to the Nigerian economy, as no sector of the country is working. Their economic strategy appears to be limited to borrowing and taxing citizens and businesses to death. Just before ex-President Jonathan handed over, Nigeria was Africa’s biggest economy, the country was equally projected by CNNMoney to be the third fastest growing economy in the world after China and Qatar. But in May 2016, about a year after they captured power, the National Bureau of Statistics reported that that Nigerian economy had shrunk to its lowest in 25 years. While Zenith Bank, FCMB, and Ecobank laid off 1,200 staff, 700 staff, and 50 per cent of its top management staff, respectively within a year of APC coming to power, the Abuja Chamber of Commerce reported that over 50,000 Nigerians had lost their jobs in Abuja alone. The job losses have since worsened. Rather than blame the divestments from Nigeria by notable multinational businesses on government’s impulsive policies, reckless statements and de-marketing of Nigeria by the President himself, the needless six-month delay in constituting a cabinet, thoughtless policies on foreign exchange that triggered a panic in the system, the APC were busy blaming their ineptitude on 16 years of the PDP.
Even the promissory note of $1 to N1 exchange advanced to Nigeria during the 2015 campaigns has metamorphosed to $1 to nearly N600. In addition, while the APC is busy celebrating wood-inflated rice pyramids, Nigerians are piling away in hunger and destitution, ejected from their farms by insecurity. They closed the borders for over a year for no good reason, and reopened it for no reason, as they achieved nothing. Smuggling thrives and our borders have never been this leaky, while cross border crimes and arms importation going on arbitrarily and unchecked.
Even worse, the APC for the past six years, has been operating a government of revenge. They are not building national unity nor are they interested in profitable management of our diversities. They have weaponised government against their own citizens to the point that for the first time in our history, all the geopolitical zones are simultaneously engulfed in one major crisis or the other: Boko Haram in the North East, banditry and terrorism in the North West and North Central; kidnapping, ritual killings, abductions, and separatist movements in the South West; separatism, restiveness, and sit-at-home in the South East.
In a report released in February 2022, SBM Intelligence, a socioeconomic research firm, put media-reported killings in Nigeria in the last quarter of 2021 at 2,085 persons. This figure, according to SMB Intelligence, brings to 10,366 the number of persons killed in violent incidents, including attacks from Boko Haram, militia herdsmen, abductions, gang clashes and terrorists in 2021. The 10,366 deaths represents a 47 per cent increase in media reported killings when compared to 7,063 fatalities in 2020 to 10,366 in 2021. Add the downing of Nigeria’s fighter jets in the North West and the “missing” fighter jet in Borno State in 2021, the mass kidnappings, the control and governance of parts of Nigerian spaces by insurgents and bandits, and the number of schools either destroyed or closed due to the activities of uninhibited criminal cartels, then it can be unarguably be concluded that the APC has plunged a whole country into the ocean like a drunk pilot. You would wonder where all the billions of dollars approved for arms purchase and security for the government have gone to.
Meanwhile, it is in this government that the Auditor-General of the Federation is reporting that 178,459 arms and ammunitions are missing, among them over 88,078 AK-47 rifles and 3,907 assorted rifles and pistols from the police armory. The essence of government comes within the realms of leviathan principle, which vests legitimate coercive powers in the government alone, while the people donate parts of their liberties to the state in exchange for protection. But the state’s monopoly of leviathan or legitimate coercive power has been badly diminished and even compromised. In fact, the government is on ‘AWOL’. It is only such contradiction that will make a Chief Security Officer of a state – the governor – to negotiate with arms-slinging bandits.
It is noteworthy that Nigeria has faltered on the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for a second consecutive year. In the latest report (2021), Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points, and ranked 154 out of 180 countries surveyed, thus slipping five places from the rank of 149 in 2020 placing as the second most corrupt country in West Africa. Nigeria had earlier dropped from 26th place in 2019 to 25th in the 2020 assessment.
It took the interventions of the House of Representatives for the so-called palliatives and social interventions to get to a fraction of Nigerians. For the past six years they have voted N500 billion annually for the poor. This comes to N3 trillion. But when directed by parliament to publish names of beneficiaries, they disingenuously claimed the beneficiaries would be unhappy to be identified by the public as poor.
In fact, like everything else, our health sector has collapsed as their leaders embark on medical tourism, while Nigerians remain as trapped victims of APC’s delinquent leadership. Lately, the universities and polytechnics have also been shut.
Indeed, the jury is out: APC is irredeemably delinquent; it is a palpably dysfunctional organisation, monumentally incapable of redeeming itself, let alone rescuing our nation. Going forward, Nigerians must employ a better sense of judgement to ensure an APC sunset in 2023.
–Hon. Okechukwu, a lawyer and policy scholar is Deputy Minority Leader, House of Representatives
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A Starr County, Texas, woman was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday after authorities said she performed an “illegal abortion,” according to KVEO. Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested in connection with a “self-induced abortion,” a Starr County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told the network. The office decided to pursue the arrest after it was told she “intentionally and knowingly caused the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.” No further details on the case were immediately available. Herrera’s being held on a $500,000 bond, and the case is still being investigated. The case comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken a hard anti-abortion stance, passing legislation banning the procedure after six weeks.
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Here are the restaurants and other food facilities that Riverside County Department of Environmental Health inspectors temporarily shut down because of imminent health hazards between April 1 and 7, 2022.
Blue Coyote Grill, 445 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs
- Closed: April 7
- Grade: 72/C, failing
- Reason: Excessive flies. The inspector, visiting in response to a foodborne illness complaint, saw flies landing on and crawling in washed lettuce in the food-prep sink, a container of tortilla chips, clean plates, cutting boards and below the bar counter and sinks. There were also four dead cockroaches in a cabinet and two more in the bar area. There were two other critical violations: Food was at unsafe temperatures in a refrigerator that was impounded for not keeping cold, and cooked food wasn’t being cooled down fast enough. Those led to well over 100 pounds of food being discarded. Among the 12 additional violations, there was biofilm in an ice machine, the person washing dishes didn’t know manual dishwashing procedures and the facility needed cleaning.
- Reopened: April 8
Jack in the Box, 2291 W. Esplanade Ave., San Jacinto
- Closed: April 6
- Grade: Not graded
- Reason: No hot water
- Reopened: Later that day
The Baja Shrimp, food truck based at 4664 Vine St., Riverside
- Closed: April 2
- Grade: Not graded
- Reason: Non-functioning water system
- Reopened: April 6 after the plumbing was repaired
Non-closure inspections of note
Here are selected inspections at facilities that weren’t closed but had significant issues.
La Mazorca Tortilleria, at 13628 Magnolia Ave. in Corona, was inspected April 6 and received a failing grade of 80/B with one critical violation. Cheese, eggs, salsa and a sliced tomato were at unsafe temperatures in a refrigerator that was impounded for not keeping cold, and some cooked tamales had been left at room temperature. Among the 14 other violations, there were dry rodent droppings on the floor under the produce cooler (but the inspector saw no signs of an active infestation) and the facility needed cleaning. This was the restaurant’s second failed inspection since 2020.
Meng’s Filipino Cuisine, at 34091 Date Palm Drive Suite B in Cathedral City, was inspected March 30 and received a failing grade of 81/B with one critical violation. Meat skewers that had been left in the handwashing sink and a tilapia that had been put in a bowl of hot water to defrost that morning and left underneath the dishwashing sink were at unsafe temperatures. Among the 11 other violations, dishes weren’t being washed or sanitized properly, a fly swatter with a dead fly stuck on it was hanging next to clean dishes, food was being stored uncovered or in unapproved plastic bags, and the floors needed cleaning. The restaurant passed a mandatory follow-up April 6 with a score of 95/A.
Updates from past weeks
La Chiva Rayada, at 5572 Mission Blvd. in Jurupa Valley, which failed a March 28 inspection with a grade of 85/B and was closed because of a rodent infestation, was permitted to reopen March 31. It corrected all violations and received a new grade of 100/A.
Taqueria Guerrero, at 81576 Highway 111 in Indio, which failed a March 28 inspection with a grade of 82/B and was closed because of a cockroach infestation, was permitted to reopen April 1. It passed its follow-up inspection with a 97/A. The inspector did see one live roach and said to continue pest control every two weeks until all activity ceases.
Surfin’ Chicken, at 6250 Valley Springs Parkway in Riverside, which was closed March 28 for the second time in two months for not having hot water, was permitted to reopen April 4.
China King Restaurant, at 295 N. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, which failed a March 18 inspection with a grade of 68/C and was shut down for having a cockroach infestation, was permitted to reopen April 1. It passed a new inspection with a 94/A.
The IHOP at 471 S. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, which failed a Feb. 24 inspection with an 80/B and was shut down for having a rodent infestation, was permitted to reopen April 7.
About this list
This list is published online on Fridays. Any updates as restaurants are reopened will be included in next week’s list.
All food facilities in the county are routinely inspected to ensure they meet health codes. A facility loses four points for each critical violation — and may have to close if the violation can’t be corrected immediately — and one or two points for minor violations. An A grade (90 to 100 points) is passing. Grades of B (80 to 89 points) and C (79 or below) are failing and typically require the proprietor to make improvements and be re-inspected.
For more information on inspections of these or any restaurants in Riverside County, visit restaurantgrading.rivcoeh.org. To submit a health complaint about a restaurant, go to www.rivcoeh.org/Complaint or call 888-722-4234 during business hours or 951-782-2968 after-hours.
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Matthew Perri, an expert witness called by the state in its ongoing trial against several opioid manufacturers, sorted through “tens of thousands” of pages of marketing materials from the defendants for a case study on their strategies.
In hours of testimony Friday, he said all the materials could be organized into three main themes, which the companies intended to “break down barriers” that previously kept doctors from overprescribing the addictive drugs.
The first theme, Perri said, was meant to show that addiction to opioids was “not as big a concern” as previously thought. Marketing materials in this category were intended to push doctors to overcome “opiophobia,” or the fear of prescribing opioids.
The second theme included listing opioid products from the companies as being effective for patients to take long-term, with limited consequences.
And the final theme included materials that pushed a narrative arguing for opioids to be a “first-line therapy” for pain management, Perri said.
All of these messages worked in concert over time, Perri said, to “effectively lower the bar” for what constituted an appropriate opioid prescription.
“Whatever that medical standard was [before] for constituting the need of an opioid [changed],” Perri said. “So [opioids] would be used sooner, with less worry.”
Rarely, Perri testified, did marketing materials from the companies present the potential dangers of opioid prescribing. All this contributed to the creation of widely adopted integrated marketing tactics that Perri said were meant to increase sales — and, therefore, revenue — for the companies.
Internal videos from opioid manufacturer Cephalon, which was acquired by parent company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in 2011, underscored this point, the state argued. One, set to a pop-rock instrumental track, featured clips of Cephalon executives speaking to their sales force at company events about the launch of Fentora, a fentanyl tablet. Those clips were spliced with images of athletes, zooming cars and green traffic lights.
The drug was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for relief specifically of breakthrough cancer pain.
“This is a product approved for breakthrough cancer pain, and yet we saw athletes — athletes from every walk of life,” Perri testified about the video’s messaging. “When you peel back the layers, the hype, whatever you want to call it, underneath is the actual messaging, and whatever that is meant to be is certainly not consistent with [the FDA’s approved indication for the drug].”
Perri said the video also demonstrated the “connection between sales motivations and dollars” at Cephalon.
One executive in the video stood on stage and spoke to the sales force.
“We anticipate the demand of [Fentora] to be very high, and you’re the guys that are going to drive up that demand,” he said.
“Every dollar and every script has your name on it,” another executive told them.
Nowhere in the video, Perri said, is there any consideration shared for patients being prescribed the drug or “the balance between making a profit and helping patients.”
Other videos shared Friday included parody clips from the films "A Few Good Men" and "Glengarry Glen Ross," where Cephalon executives voiced over the films’ stars to press the importance of “meeting quotas” and upping sales.
“There’s this tension between making money and taking care of your patients, that’s clear here,” Perri said. “It’s a very real fear that sales people live with: If you don’t perform [by increasing sales and meeting company-set quotas], your job could be on the line.”
As Perri sat on the stand, counsel for the state, led Friday by attorney Fred Baker, outlined similar arguments for specific opioid drugs manufactured and marketed by each defendant.
Defendants in this case include a group of companies that are part of Allergan Finance LLC, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is owned by Johnson & Johnson.
Counsel for the defendants made several objections Friday alleging that many of the presented media and documents were created and used outside the statute of limitations for the case. Mercer County Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope, who is presiding over the case in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the Kanawha County Courthouse, said the objections would be included in the court record and he would consider them as he’s finalizing his decision on the bench trial.
On Thursday, he told parties involved what his strategy would be for doing just that.
Friday marked day five of the trial, which is expected to last at least two months.
The state of West Virginia, under Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, filed the lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies in Boone County in 2019, but they were moved to the state’s Mass Litigation Panel.
West Virginia is alleging that the pharmaceutical companies created a public nuisance and violated the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act by mischaracterizing and failing to disclose the serious risk of addiction in prescription opioid medications.
While the pharmaceutical companies are participating in the case separate from each other, their arguments against the state’s allegations have been similar throughout the first week.
The companies assert that their opioid medications accounted for just a small percentage — less than 1% — of the state’s total opioid market and, as such, cannot be considered a public nuisance.
Counsel for the companies also also have argued that doctors bear responsibility for the overprescription of opioids that flooded into Appalachia and West Virginia over the past two decades.
As of 7 p.m. Friday, Baker finished questioning Perri on the companies’ marketing tactics. Cross-examination of Perri from the pharmaceutical companies is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
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After such a long wait, Netflix has finally released the trailer of one of their most awaited franchise 365 Days starring Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka. The first instalment was released in February 2020 and became the topic of discussion because of its hot & steamy s*x scenes between the duo. Well, the trailer for 365 Days: This Day is out now and the film releases on April 27, 2022. Scroll below to read the netizens’ reaction to the trailer.
The film is based on a don Massimo played by Michele Morrone who falls in love with a woman of his imagination. Fortunately for him, she exists and works as a sales director. Upon seeing, the actor kidnaps the actress and gives her 365 days to fall in love with her.
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Now, the makers of the film have released the trailer of the second instalment titled ‘365 Days: This Day’. Michele Morrone is back as Massimo and we can’t stop drooling over this hottie. Anna-Maria Sieklucka plays the character of Laura and enjoys a massive fan following on social media post the success of the film.
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365 Days: This Day revolves around the married life of Massimo and Laura and how his gangster past can affect his love life with his wife. Take a look at the trailer here:
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The trailer looks really intriguing and well if you’ve read the book ‘365 Dni by Blanka Lipińska’ you would know what the future holds for the couple. However, one thing is for sure, fans are in for a hot steamy s*x ride between Michele Morrone and Anna-Maria Sieklucka.
A user on Instagram reacted to the trailer and commented, “movie night, this is gonna be wild 😮💨😮💨” Another user commented, “Are you lost baby girl 😉” A third user commented, “I’M READY!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️” A fourth user commented, “I’m ready…..😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥”
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In the heart of Somerset lies a lovely village with two award-winning pubs side by side.
It is a picture postcard village not far from the bustling Frome or nearby Bath and it is a place where many people stop to sample a good old fashioned country pub.
While all around them pubs have been gentrified to become gastropubs attracting Londoners and celebrities, this little pub has retained its local no nonsense character.
READ MORE: We visit the Somerset town where the rich and famous are flocking
The Fleur de Lys in Norton St Philip dates back to the 1500's and, like many pubs around the country is curiously named after the French lily or Fleur de Lys which is associated with French royalty at the time.
The pub has open fires and beautiful wooden beams but it is also very down to earth and 'The Fleur' as locals call it has never lost its common touch.
With a skittle alley and great beer garden it is still very much a local pub.
Owned by award winning Butcombe Pubs, they have just scooped three major publican awards for their 51 West Country pubs, the Fleur de Lys sits just opposite the famous George Inn, another great pub owned by the famous brewery.
Formerly a group of old cottages The Fleur is a beautiful Grade II-listed building but inside there is no nonsense, it is a good pub serving good food to the good people of Norton St Philip and the local area.
It has been a difficult time for all pubs but thankfully the Fleur de Lys is open again and people are very much supporting their local.
The Fleur de Lys serves classic pub dishes like fish and chips, chicken pie and scampi and there are also traditional snacks like pickled egg behind the bar proving it is a good old fashioned pub with no pretence.
It looks lovely on the outside as you drive past, always flowers in the hanging baskets in summer, and of course being a Butcombe pub you are guaranteed a wide range of local craft beers made right here in the West Country.
The Fleur de Lys is open from Thursday to Sunday, for kitchen opening hours check the website.
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Spanish E-Commerce Fintech Ritmo Snags $200M In Funding
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A lot of the talk in NASCAR has been about how the sturdiness of the Next Gen car allows for more physical racing, a point the first six winners — all 30 years old and under — have celebrated with playoff spots likely secured.
That physicality is likely to be more evident than anywhere at Martinsville Speedway, the circuit's shortest track at 0.526 miles and oldest at 75 years.
The racing is always done in close quarters, and tempers frequently flare.
Ross Chastain has, in some circles, become something of a poster boy for aggressive driving. Two weeks ago, he bumped and banged his way around the final overtime lap at Circuit of the Americas in Texas for his first career win.
Last week at Richmond, he ticked off Ryan Blaney by moving him up the track.
“Aside from the finish at COTA and my little momentary lapse in judgment last week in Richmond, I feel like I’ve done a better job,” Chastain said Friday. “And then two weeks in a row, I’ve put myself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. So yeah, I mean, people are going to gravitate quickly and pass judgment very quickly on major sporting events, and this is no different.”
It hasn't helped his popularity that he and his team seem to have figured out the Next Gen car pretty quickly, with four top-three finishes, as others struggle.
For the second season in a row, the first seven races have been won by seven drivers. Denny Hamlin ended a string of 12 straight races won by the 30-and-under crowd at Richmond Raceway, and leads active drivers with five Martinsville victories, even though his last of those victories came in 2015.
Alex Bowman picked up one of the most unique trophies in sports — race winners here get a grandfather clock — last fall in the penultimate race of the season. He spun Hamlin, a championship contender, out of the lead and then won in overtime, perhaps a harbinger of what race fans will see this time.
“Obviously, it’s a really special trophy,” Bowman said. “We had some controversy, but still super cool to be able to win here. It means a lot to me.”
Joey Logano has one Martinsville win, and said the attention being paid to the durability of the new cars — and to some degree a shortage of replacement parts if you damage the ones you have — might be being overblown.
“My aggression level, to be honest with you, is the same all the time, whether we have a bunch of parts or not or we got 10 wins or no wins," he said.
“I’m going to win. That’s the goal.”
SHORTER RACE
The historically 500-lap race has been reduced to 400 laps this season, and Blaney expects that to yield more bumping and banging on Saturday night.
“I feel like it’s going to be a little bit more physical tomorrow night, not only because it’s 100 laps shorter. The cars can take more,” Blaney said.
“That’s what Martinsville is all about, and I think you get a car that can take it, you’re gonna see more of it. I don’t see anything kind of dumb happening or stupid aggressive, but I think you’re gonna use the bumper a little bit more, and you might use it a little quicker than you would with the previous car,” he said.
ODD AND ENDS
Defending series champion Kyle Larson is the betting favorite according to FanDuel Sportsbook. ... Just like last week at Richmond, Martin Truex Jr. arrives having won three of the last five races here. ... Blaney said he hasn't been so bold as to determine where to put the grandfather clock trophy should he win one, but "I’ll put it right in the center of my living room, if anything, but you’ve got to get it first and then you kind of figure that out.”
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Trump Org. can keep Bronx golf course license after NYC tried to cancel it post-January 6, judge rules
By Kara Scannell
A New York judge said Friday the Trump Organization can continue to operate a golf course in the Bronx, rejecting the city’s effort to revoke the license to operate the public course following last year’s attack on the US Capitol.
New York City officials had terminated the licensing deal for the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park in the days after the insurrection. Then-Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “The City of New York will not be associated with those unforgivable acts in any shape, way or form.”
In justifying its decision, the city cited a separate decision by the PGA of America to cancel its agreement to host the 2022 championship tournament at former President Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course in New Jersey saying doing so would be “detrimental” to its brand. Ferry Point’s ability to draw high-caliber tournaments would be “significantly impaired” by Trump’s actions on January 6 as well, the city said.
The Trump Organization sued the city for wrongful termination and asked to reinstate the license.
In an 18-page ruling Friday, New York Judge Debra James ruled that the deal only required Trump to operate a tournament-quality course — not attract professional tournaments.
“As the court at the threshold finds that there is no ambiguity in the Agreement’s terms as to petitioner’s obligation to ‘operat[e] a first class, tournament quality daily fee golf course,’ the court holds that the respondents’ determination that petitioner breached the License Agreement is contrary to law, as there is no requirement in the License Agreement that petitioner act so as to attract professional golf tournaments,” the judge wrote.
The fight over the golf course may not be over.
The city could appeal the ruling or move to terminate Trump’s licensing agreement “at will,” using a different clause in the contract. Trump’s lawyers have said if the deal is terminated “at will,” the city would owe them a termination payment of $30 million, a figure the city has not endorsed.
“Anyone holding a City concession is held to a high standard. We are disappointed in the Court’s decision, and we are reviewing our legal options,” said a spokesman for the New York City law department.
A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization called the ruling a win for the city.
“This is not just a win for The Trump Organization — this is a win for the people of the City of New York and for the hundreds of our hard-working employees at Ferry Point. We are thrilled that we will continue to operate and manage what has been widely recognized as one of the most magnificent public golf experiences anywhere in the country,” the spokeswoman said in a statement.
Last year, the city’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee voted 4-2 to award the remaining 13 years of the license to Bobby Jones Links, an Atlanta-based golf course operator. Trump was supposed to turn over the keys to the course in November, but the judge stayed the deadline pending her decision.
Whitney Crouse, founding partner of Bobby Jones Links, couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers in California want to make it easier to remove homeless people along rivers and other open spaces after the body of a 20-year-old woman was found close to some tents at a popular park near the state's capital city earlier this year.
Emma Roark vanished after taking a walk at about noon on Jan. 27 along the American River Parkway, a 32-mile paved pedestrian trail that runs along the river and connects various parks between Sacramento and Folsom. Millions of people use the parkway each year. But like most vast public spaces, it's become a popular spot for homeless people to camp.
Authorities later found Roark's body in a secluded area not far from some homeless encampments. Investigators then arrested a 37-year-old homeless man and charged him with murder and rape in what the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department described as a “brutal sexual assault and homicide.”
Friday, just a few hundred yards from where Roark's body was found, a trio of Democratic state lawmakers called for the Legislature to pass a bill they say would make it easier for local governments to clear out homeless encampments along parklands and other open spaces.
Local governments already have the power to remove these camps. But state Assemblymember Kevin McCarty said many are afraid to do it after a federal appeals court ruled in 2018 that cities can't enforce anti-camping laws if they don't have enough available beds at homeless shelters to house everyone. That's become a problem in California, where recent estimates suggest about 160,000 people are homeless, the most of any state.
“We need to draw a line in the sand. We certainly have a homeless crisis in our city, but there are certain places you can't camp," said McCarty, who is supporting the bill authored by Democratic Assemblymember Ken Cooley of Rancho Cordova. “Residents (that) don't have the money to go to Yosemite and go to Tahoe every year ... they go to the river. But they can't go because it's not safe.”
The camps also aren't safe for the environment. Trash and human waste often end up in the river, and campfires sometimes spread out of control. Last year, there were at least 60 fires along the American River Parkway, including one that destroyed a habitat restoration project, according to Stephen Green, president of Save the American River Association.
The bill, which is scheduled for a public hearing on April 26, would let local governments remove homeless people from “special parklands” — a new category defined as any “parklands, open spaces, and natural preserves that have a heightened risk of damage from wildfire or other significant environmental degradation” because of its “unique and valuable environmental, agricultural, scientific, educational and recreational resources.”
That would include the American River Parkway and other protected river parks in the state, including river trails in San Diego and Los Angeles. In a separate request, lawmakers are also asking to set aside $50 million in the state budget for local governments to spend on “healthier housing options” for people who are camping in regional parks.
The funding would be great, but it isn't nearly enough to help everyone statewide, said Bob Erlenbusch, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness. He estimates there are about 2,000 people living along the American River alone.
“Where do people go?” he said. “It's just another way to continually criminalize people experiencing homelessness without any real alternatives."
The bill is one of a wave of new proposals across the state aimed at forcing homeless people off the streets. In November, voters in Sacramento will vote on a ballot measure that would make homeless encampments on public property illegal and would force the city to have enough shelter beds for 60% of its homeless population.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has endorsed a plan that could force some homeless people into treatment for drug addiction and mental health disorders.
Many advocates for the homeless oppose these ideas because they would violate people's civil rights. But the political momentum for them has been growing as the state's homeless population becomes more visible along with an increase in reported crimes following a decrease during the pandemic.
“Someone has to be the adult in the room and make adult decisions that hasn't been made until now,” said Assemblymember Jim Cooper, a Democrat from Elk Grove who is also running for Sacramento County sheriff. “It takes courage.”
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OILERS NOTES: Edmonton consider signing Carter Savoie after NCAA Frozen Four
It is certainly a possibility with the local product carrying the University of Denver to the NCAA final against Minnesota State Saturday with his OT winner Thursday to bounce star-studded Michigan from the Frozen Four
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Will Carter Savoie have an Oilers contract in his back pocket early next week?
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It is certainly a possibility with the local product carrying the University of Denver to the NCAA final against Minnesota State Saturday with his OT winner Thursday to bounce star-studded Michigan from the Frozen Four.
Savoie, 20, finishing up his sophomore season with 23 goals in 38 games this season and 45 points, might leave school, but the Oilers are giving him some space right now.
They’ll talk to the former Sherwood Park Crusaders winger, who has scored in all three NCAA tournament games for Denver, all in the third period or deeper, after his hockey season’s over.
It is hard to believe NHL scouts gave him so little love and he was the 100th pick in 2020 and Hockey Canada has completely turned a blind eye to his scoring skill, not even inviting him to the selection camp for their last world junior team.
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The Oilers don’t know which way Savoie’s leaning.
“I talked to his coach about three weeks ago and the coach had talked to every NHL team and asked teams to let his players focus on winning an NCAA championship,” said Oilers general manager Ken Holland. “We’re respecting the Denver program and we haven’t talked to Carter’s people. We’ll support whatever decision he makes. Next week, we will talk.”
In some ways Savoie looks like a Tyler Toffoli type. He doesn’t wow you with his speed but he gets open and he’s a shooter who doesn’t need much room.
“Obviously he’s a scorer. He led the Alberta Hockey League in scoring with 50 goals,” said Holland. “We took him in the fourth round and he went right to Denver and he’s backed up a good first year with an even better sophomore. He’s got a gift; it’s hard to find people who can score. I like him. He’s got puck skills and hockey sense. He’s certainly done everything he can to build his resume at the college level.
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“Can he score at the next level? I don’t know.”
He’s a big shooter college though. When asked where the OT winner against Michigan, with their 13 NHL drafted players, ranked he didn’t stickhandle.
“Jumped right to the top,” Savoie said.
There’s a concern with college players that, even if drafted, they can become free-agents after their third year of school because they also had a year in junior A before that, if they don’t want to sign with the team that picked them.
Like the Oilers and John John Marino, but he was American and wanted to play back east so Edmonton traded his rights to Pittsburgh. It’s often best to sign players before they get to a third college year, but Savoie isn’t Marino. He lives in St. Albert.
Lost in Savoie’s heroics was the strong play by his best friend Mike Benning, who assisted on two of the three Denver goals in the win over Michigan.
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Brian’s son and Matt’s brother runs their power play and was drafted by Florida in the fourth-round.
MAKING AN IMPRESSION
Evan Bouchard’s blast for a 10th goal against Los Angeles got him a $212,500 performance bonus. He had already collected the same for 25 points. He’s got 38, and if he hit 40, that triggers another bonus.
It’s interesting that Bouchard and New York Islanders defenceman Noah Dobson, both offensive defencemen in junior and picked two spots apart in the 2018 draft, have almost identical numbers. Dobson has 40 points.
“It’s almost like the pucks have eyes when Evan’s shooting, finding their way through shot blocks and he gives goaltenders problems,” said Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft.
“I’ve had the good fortune of seeing Evan since he joined our organization. I saw him coming out of junior to play in the playoffs, then his first year as a professional. I take a lot of pride in working with him.”
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This ‘n that: Oilers winger Evander Kane was fined $5000 for his knee on Kings’ Sean Durzi in Thursday’s game. He got a penalty on the play … Another local tie in with Savoie playing Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay in the NCAA final. McKay’s grandparents live beside ex-Oil Kings player Darryl Havrelock here. McKay’s dad Ross played goal for U of Saskatchewan, loved Ken Dryden so named his boy after the Habs’ great. McKay just won the Hobey Baker award as best college player … Holland empathizes with farmhand Dmitry Samorukov, who might be done for the season with a second shoulder problem, but the opposite one from last season’s injury playing for CSKA in Moscow. “I feel terrible for him. He missed the last half of the Russian season, then he breaks his jaw and he’s out six to eight weeks at our training camp, and now this he’s done again. He’s seeing a specialist to see if he needs surgery or not,” he said … Whether the Oilers free-agent goalie signee Ryan Fanti gets any games on his amateur tryout in Bakersfield now is debatable with Stuart Skinner and Ilya Konovalov there, but he could certainly play on the farm in 22-23. “Skinner’s done with the American League after this season. He’s waiver eligible. The next step is to be in Edmonton,” said Holland. “With Kovovalov and (Olivier) Rodrigue signed we’re just trying to get another goalie with a chance and we’ll throw it into a wide-open competition. Fanti was a No. 1 goalie at a top school (Minnesota-Duluth), and he’s got NHL goalie size at six-foot-three.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-3-1, FIREBALL: 1
(eight, three, one; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-3-1, FIREBALL: 1
(eight, three, one; FIREBALL: one)
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Listen to The Indo Daily here on Independent.ie, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon.
Monday: Creaking under Covid — Is Ireland's healthcare system on the brink of collapse? There's a shortage of beds, long waiting lists, and a drop in staff morale. So, is it time the government revisit restrictions, or must we simply learn to live with Covid?
Tuesday: Russian Roulette – will Ireland have to ration its gas supply? As more details unfold regarding civilian killings in Ukraine, Europe's leaders want additional sanctions imposed on Russia. With Putin also threatening to cut off gas supplies unless paid in Roubles, what impact this will have on Ireland?
Wednesday: Terminal turmoil — the Dublin Airport delays and how to beat the queues After massive delays at security led to missed planes and warnings to arrive over 3 hours early, The Indo Daily finds out what's happening at Ireland's busiest airport and what you should do if you're heading away over Easter.
Thursday: Data Dispute – Killer Graham Dwyer’s bid for freedom Graham Dwyer has been in prison since 2013 but has never admitted to killing Elaine O’Hara. Now his bid for freedom has been boosted by a European court ruling which questions the gathering of phone evidence that was key to his conviction. This episode explores whether the convicted murderer will walk free and if the ruling will open the floodgates for other criminal cases too.
Friday: Jay Bourke on his mountain of debts — 'Goldman Sachs are a giant bloodsucking squid' Jay Bourke once had pub and restaurant interests employing more than 1,000 people; now he has total debts of €13.7m, and has been unsuccessful in writing off a €12.2m debt. From burger joints, restaurants, and bars to possible bankruptcy – where did it go wrong for the well-known businessman?
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(CNN)The portion of Amazon rainforest impacted by deforestation in the first three months of 2022 was the highest ever recorded, according to a new report by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
According to the INPE report, published Friday, 941.34 square kilometers (363 square miles) of forest were cleared between January and March this year. That's the largest amount recorded since the institute began monitoring deforestation rates in 2016. The area cleared is nearly the size of Dallas, Texas.
Researchers observed a 64% increase from the same time period last year, when 573.29 square kilometers (221 square miles) were cleared.
Destruction of the world's largest rainforest has surged since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019 and weakened environmental protections, arguing that they hinder economic development that could reduce poverty in the Amazon region.
The president's office and the Environment Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A UN climate panel report on Monday warned that governments are not doing enough to rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to avert the worst effects of global warming. While fossil fuel use is mostly to blame, deforestation accounts for about 10% of global emissions, according to the report.
"Brazil is an example of what the UN climate report is saying when referring to governments not taking the necessary actions," said Cristiane Mazzetti, a forest campaigner in Brazil for environmental advocacy group Greenpeace.
"We have a government that goes deliberately against the necessary steps to limit climate change."
Some scientists predict deforestation will continue to rise ahead of Brazil's October presidential election, as it has ahead of the last three elections.
Environmental enforcement typically weakens in election years and criminals may rush to deforest ahead of a new government taking office, according to Carlos Souza Jr, a researcher at Imazon, a Brazilian research institution.
On Thursday, Facebook's parent company Meta announced that it had removed 14 Facebook accounts, nine Facebook pages, and 39 Instagram accounts for posting fake information related to deforestation.
"This network originated in Brazil and targeted domestic audiences in that country," Meta said in its first quarterly "Adversarial Threat Report."
Meta's report says it found "links to individuals associated with the Brazilian Military" behind the accounts.
The accounts were engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior," which included posting content that argued not all deforestation was harmful, and which criticized "legitimate environmental NGOs who spoke out against deforestation in the Amazon," the Meta report says.
CNN has reached out to Brazil's Defense Ministry for comment.
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A recent donation of smart devices to Woodbridge senior affordable housing residents helps seniors connect with the world. Seniors at Lake Ridge Fellowship House (Woodbridge), Hunters Woods Fellowship House (Reston) and Largo Landing Fellowship House (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) now have access to video calling and voice assistant functions to facilitate daily tasks and help residents connect with friends and loved ones. The generous donation of 428 Google Nest Hub Max devices to the senior affordable housing communities is made possible by the Washington, D.C.-based aging services advocacy association LeadingAge, and New York-based senior living voice assistant technology company Volara. The organizations and their partners are working together to provide the Google Next Hub Max devices to 9,000 residents across more than 300 senior living communities in the U.S. and U.K. as part of an initiative to help seniors maintain connection and avoid isolation.
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The great debates of our time are not exclusively those hard-hitting ones affecting human anthropology and political community — how many genders exist, what criteria we should look for in prospective immigrants, and so forth. Certainly, many of our most notable debates do implicate those most foundational rifts. But some of our other most politically urgent and galvanizing disputes revolve less around substantive questions, such as the nature of justice, than they do around one of the oldest procedural questions in the history of political science: “Who decides?”
A look around the world at this present juncture suggests an emerging consensus: We the people, through our own internal deliberations and our own political processes, should decide the fate of our own nation-states. Recent or ongoing examples in Hungary, France, Ukraine and Israel are all instructive. For political actors paying attention here on the American homefront, there are clear and compelling lessons to take away.
In Hungary last Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who had been facing relatively tight polling in the lead-up to the national election, cruised to a fourth term. Orban’s defiant national conservative Fidesz party utterly dominated the unified opposition, which had included everyone from outright communists to full-on antisemitic fascists in a ham-fisted — and ultimately ill-fated — attempt to topple the government. Fidesz was wildly successful everywhere outside Budapest itself, and even gained seats in the parliament — this despite the sustained, yearslong campaign to decry Hungary’s alleged “democratic backsliding” from The New York Times, George Soros-funded nongovernmental organizations and the other usual suspects.
The key lesson from Hungary: A proud nationhood is one that fights to secure its customs, folkways and traditions from the overweening, heavy hand of the liberal imperium (here, the Brussels-based European Union).
In France, the world’s seventh-largest economy and an anchor of the modern European integration project, current polling for the presidential runoff election that will follow this Sunday’s initial round of voting is genuinely eye-opening. According to an Atlas Politico poll from April 4 through April 6, President Emmanuel Macron, who despite his occasional anti-woke musings is pro-European integration and firmly center-left, finds himself in a political dogfight. Per Atlas Politico, in a runoff election between Macron and his most likely challenger, the right-wing Euroskeptic Marine Le Pen, Le Pen leads by the shockingly small margin of 50.5% to 49.5%. Le Pen has likely benefited from the Overton window-shifting effect of Eric Zemmour’s own further-right-wing presidential run, which has had the effect of normalizing Le Pen.
The key lesson from France: The liberal imperium faces an existential threat. Aside from Germany, there is no more important EU nation than France. A more humble liberal imperium would acknowledge there is nothing wrong whatsoever with national pride.
In Ukraine, local forces have fought Russian invaders over the past month and a half to a seeming stalemate. This despite the fact the Russian military is orders of magnitude larger and more powerful, and despite the fact premier Vladimir Putin has long coveted reincorporating Ukraine, Soviet-style, into “Greater Russia.” Whatever one thinks of greater American and NATO involvement in the Ukrainian theater — and I have been vocally opposed to escalation — the reality is that the Ukrainian people’s defense of their own nation-state has (with some notable exceptions) been inspiring. Ukrainians have successfully rallied in defense of home and hearth in a way that few would have been able to anticipate prior to Putin’s invasion.
The key lesson from Ukraine: The interdependent bonds of mutual loyalty that tie together a particular people, such as commonality of language, heritage and general mannerisms, can lead to extraordinary things amidst intense threat of revanchism.
Finally, in Israel this week, member of Knesset Idit Silman formally left Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ragtag governing coalition, which had been comprised of a bare 61-59 parliamentary majority. Silman’s departure means the Knesset is now split evenly 60-60, and the coalition will require at least one vote from the Likud/Benjamin Netanyahu-led opposition to advance any legislation. Bennett’s coalition, which consists of everyone from purported right-wing Zionists (such as Bennett himself) to Muslim Brotherhood-aligned anti-Zionists such as Mansour Abbas, was always extraordinarily fragile. Crucially, due to the coalition’s presence of Abbas’ Ra’am party, the erstwhile national conservative Bennett permitted anti-Zionists to thwart the Israeli national interest on core issues, such as the Iranian nuclear threat and the territorial dispute over Judea and Samaria.
The key lesson from Israel: A proud, self-governing people will only tolerate for so long a parliamentary (or congressional) coalition in which subversive fifth column actors, perhaps in cahoots with external NGOs, wield veto power.
Looking back at the 2016 tidal wave of the United Kingdom’s dramatic “Brexit” and the dramatic election of President Donald Trump, and continuing through today, the great sovereignty reclamation movement is alive and thriving. For Americans who seek forward-looking inspiration, the lesson is simple: The nation-state, and the tangible flourishing of the nation-state’s people, must always come first. There is no more important lesson for a decadent, late-stage republic to imbibe.
To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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AURORA, Colo. — A man who hit and dragged an 11-year-old boy in Aurora with his SUV in June 2021 has been sentenced to 12 months probation and 30 days in jail.
According to court records, Hector Eduardo Garcia pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge. Six other counts were dismissed.
He was also sentenced to 50 hours of community service.
Garcia was given credit for the 11 days he has already served, bringing his remaining jail time to 19 days.
The Aurora Police Department (APD) said the boy, Caleb Ingelhart, was riding his bike on the sidewalk along North Chambers Road when he used the crosswalk to cross 13th Avenue and a westbound SUV hit him.
APD said the boy suffered life-threatening injuries after being dragged underneath the SUV, but he survived.
The affidavit says multiple witnesses reported seeing the SUV turn right at a red light onto northbound North Chambers Road from East 13th Avenue without stopping for the boy.
APD said witnesses reported seeing the boy and his bicycle being dragged a "significant distance" under the SUV while drivers yelled and honked for Garcia to stop, which he eventually did.
Witnesses reported having to lift the SUV and pull the bicycle out before they could get to the boy.
Officers took Garcia into custody after he failed a roadside sobriety test, the affidavit says, and officers discovered his license was suspended.
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COLORADO SPRINGS — In response to a motion by prosecutors to dismiss Barry Morphew’s murder trial, a judge declined the request.
Morphew is facing charges for the murder of his wife, Suzanne, on Mother’s Day Weekend of 2020.
A court document released Friday read, in part: “The court concludes additional sanctions are not appropriate at this time. However this Order will serve as the baseline for future orders related to discovery violations.”
At issue, Morphew’s attorneys argued, were false claims of murder, confessions and documentation.
“There is no evidence of a murder,” Morphew’s attorneys wrote. “And certainly no evidence that Mr. Morphew committed a murder. It has been well established and confessed by the prosecution that there is no body, no confession, no eyewitness testimony, or physical evidence that Ms. Morphew is dead, was murdered, or that Mr. Morphew is responsible.”
Morphew’s attorneys have also said the defense did not receive all the discovery from prosecutors – and – that the discovery that has been provided has contained”untrue statements” — specifically statements and opinions from:
- Expert in Telematics Kenneth Hicks
- Forensic Computer/Data Analysis Expert James Stevens
- Expert in Cell Phone Tracking and Historical Call Data Analysis Kevin Hoyland
The court found the following in its investigation of this motion:
“Over the last eight months and over multiple days of hearings, the Court has
witnessed a pattern of disregard by the People towards its Rule 16 obligations, the Court’s Case
Management Order, and subsequent Court disclosure-related orders made on the record. This
Court has repeatedly noted it does not, in any way, condone the People’s behavior. The behavior
has, in the Court’s eyes, been recognizably consistent. While the Court, for the reasons stated
below, does not find this pattern willful based on the record, the Court does find this pattern to be
negligent, bordering on, reckless.”
Still, the court ruled, it did not find the People’s actions amounted to willfulness.
>> Read the reasoning behind the court’s decision here
Morphew has maintained his innocence throughout this process.
A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 28, 2022.
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Teen in troubled district accused of teacher murder attempt
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 16-year-old high school student has been jailed in Las Vegas and will be prosecuted as an adult on sex assault and attempted murder charges following an after-school attack on a teacher, authorities said Friday.
Las Vegas police said the female teacher was punched and choked into unconsciousness and the student fled the Eldorado High School campus before another school employee found the teacher and summoned police and medical help.
The woman was treated for multiple injuries, police said.
The student was arrested by school police several blocks from the campus that serves about 2,000 students several miles east of downtown Las Vegas. His name and the name of the teacher were not immediately made public.
On Friday, school administrators issued a statement to parents calling the attack "an isolated incident," and Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara sent a message to employees calling safety "our top priority."
"I am devastated, and the CCSD family hurts for the teacher assaulted at Eldorado High School," Jara´s message said. "Our hearts are heavy because of the violence committed against her, and we pray for her full recovery."
But the violence was only the latest for the sprawling district, the nation´s fifth-largest with more than 300,000 students and more than 18,000 teachers at about 336 schools - including more than 70 high schools - in an area the size of New Jersey. The district began a weeklong spring break after classes were dismissed on Friday.
On Wednesday, a 17-year-old boy was arrested after a loaded gun was found on the floor of a school bathroom at a northwest Las Vegas high school.
On March 29, a campus police officer fired three gunshots at a moving car that had struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a parking lot at a downtown Las Vegas high school. Four teenage non-students were in the car. The driver and a passenger received minor wounds, and the girl struck by the car was not seriously hurt.
A day earlier, a 36-year-old mother was arrested near a Henderson high school and accused of trying to kill two schoolgirls by driving her vehicle into them to prevent them from fighting her daughter after an on-campus dispute. Police said the injured girls had broken bones but were expected to recover.
In early March, 11 people were arrested, including an adult who allegedly entered a southwest Las Vegas high school campus during several days of student fights, social media threats, classroom lockdowns and an unproved report of a gun.
In February, video posted to the internet showed a female high school student attacking a girl who was seated at a desk, pummeling her with about 35 punches to the back and side of her head.
Jara, who was abruptly fired by the school board in October and reinstated about three weeks later with no public explanation, issued a recent public plea for an end to violence. He blamed it on "the stress, anxieties and isolation of the (coronavirus) pandemic."
Since schools began in August, campus police have reported 3,000 assaults and fights, and confiscated more than 25 guns, the school district police chief said.
"As I have said previously," Jara said in his message on Friday, "violent acts, assaults, and bullying will not be tolerated ... and those who choose to engage in these activities will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
School police Lt. Bryan Zink said the teen arrested after Thursday´s attack was taken to the Clark County jail and would face charges as an adult.
Las Vegas police said he was booked on attempted murder, sexual assault, battery, kidnapping and robbery charges. It was not immediately clear when the teen would face a judge or if he had an attorney. The charges against him could put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Las Vegas police said in a statement that investigators determined he entered the teacher´s classroom "to talk about his grades."
"At some point, the (student) got violent and began punching the (teacher) and strangled her until she lost consciousness," the statement said.
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The Academy fast tracks meeting to discuss Will Smith sanctions after Oscars slap
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday (6 April) that it will advance its annual meeting by 10 days in order to discuss possible sanctions for Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars .
In a letter written by AMPAS president David Rubin to the Board of Governors, he explained that the original meeting, which was scheduled for 18 April, will now take place on 8 April at 9am (PT).
“The April 18 date was set in accordance with California law and our Standards of Conduct because our agenda included possible suspension or expulsion of Mr. Smith from membership,” the letter reads.
It continued: “We were required to provide Mr Smith notice 15 days prior to the board meeting at which such action might be taken, and also give him the opportunity to provide the board a written statement no less than five days prior to that meeting.”
Five days after the slap, Smith sent an official resignation to the Academy , stripping him of his membership to the Oscars awards body.
Rubin accepted Smith’s resignation, but said: “We will continue to move forward with our disciplinary proceedings against Mr Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct.”
Smith has since apologised to Rock for his actions that occurred after Rock jokingly referred to Jada Pinkett Smith as “GI Jane”.
Find the full list of 2022 Oscar winners here . See the latest updates and reactions from the dramatic ceremony here , and read about the biggest talking points here .
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Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. A Paris exhibition is currently highlighting that work.
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Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. A Paris exhibition is currently highlighting that work.
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Expanding the Infrastructure Talent Pipeline and Boosting Economic Opportunity
On March 31, 2022, Brookings Metro Fellow Joseph W. Kane testified to the U.S. House Committee on Small Business’ Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, during a hearing titled Skill, Upskill, and Reskill: Analyzing New Investments in Workforce Development.
Framed against the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Kane’s testimony focused on the unprecedented opportunity to rejuvenate careers that pay higher wages, require shorter-term credentials, and need a new generation of talent. His remarks emphasized how federal, state, and local leaders can harness the IIJA funding to expand opportunities for the full diversity of our workforce—women and men, the unemployed and underemployed, and younger students and adult learners—across a broad range of positions in the skilled trades and other in-demand fields.
In his testimony, Kane relayed research insights focused on several key principles to strengthen the country’s infrastructure talent pipeline, including:
- Defining the infrastructure workforce challenge
- Seizing the infrastructure workforce opportunity
Toward supporting a robust talent pipeline—not just in the next five years of IIJA implementation, but for decades to come—Kane’s testimony emphasized two key focus areas for leaders to focus efforts on:
- Visibility: Proactive regional planning and employer engagement
- Flexibility: Skills development and more accessible training opportunities
In concluding his testimony remarks, Kane emphasized the opportunity that congressional and other leaders have to further refine and test potential applications of any new federal funding—to not simply reinforce existing and inequitable workforce gaps, but to create stronger pathways for all prospective workers, including those underrepresented in infrastructure and infrastructure-adjacent occupations. Doing so has the potential to expand economic opportunity well beyond the IIJA’s initial launch and into years to come, Kane noted.
To read Kane’s full testimony, click here. To watch the testimony video, click here.
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The Valens Company to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2022
KELOWNA, BC, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Valens Company Inc. (TSX: VLNS) (Nasdaq: VLNS) (the "Company" "The Valens Company" or "Valens"), a leading manufacturer of cannabis products, is pleased to announce it will issue its first quarter 2022 financial results for the period ended February 28, 2022, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, after market close.
CONFERENCE CALL DETAILSThe Company will host a conference call the following day, Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time / 8:00 AM Pacific Time to discuss the financial results and business outlook.
Participant Dial-In Numbers:Toll-Free: 1-877-407-0792
Toll / International: 1-201-689-8263
*Participants should request The Valens Company Earnings Call or provide confirmation code 13728569.
The call will be available via webcast on the Valens investor page of the Company website at https://thevalenscompany.com/investors/ or at this link. Please visit the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will be available on the Valens investor page approximately two hours after the conference call has ended.
Tyler Robson, Chief Executive Officer, Sunil Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Fallows, President, and Everett Knight, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Capital Markets, will be conducting a question-and-answer session following the prepared remarks.
About The Valens CompanyThe Valens Company is a leading manufacturer of cannabis products with a mission to bring the benefits of cannabis to the world. The Company provides proprietary cannabis processing services, in addition to best-in-class product development, manufacturing, and commercialization of cannabis consumer packaged goods. The Valens Company's high-quality products are formulated for the medical, health and wellness, and recreational consumer segments, and are offered across all cannabis product categories with a focus on quality and innovation. The Company also manufactures, distributes, and sells a wide range of CBD products in the United States through its subsidiary Green Roads, and distributes medicinal cannabis products to Australia through its subsidiary Valens Australia. In partnership with brand houses, consumer packaged goods companies and licensed cannabis producers around the globe, the Company continues to grow its diverse product portfolio in alignment with evolving cannabis consumer preferences in key markets. Through Valens Labs, the Company is setting the standard in cannabis testing and research and development with Canada's only ISO17025 accredited analytical services lab, named The Centre of Excellence in Plant-Based Science by partner and scientific world leader Thermo Fisher Scientific. Discover more on The Valens Company at http://www.thevalenscompany.com.
Notice regarding Forward Looking StatementsAll information included in this press release, including any information as to the future financial or operating performance and other statements of The Valens Company that express management's expectations or estimates of future performance, other than statements of historical fact, constitute forward-looking information or forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as of the date hereof. Forward-looking statements are included for the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Wherever possible, words such as "plans", "expects", "scheduled", "trends", "forecasts", "future", "indications", "potential", "estimates", "predicts", "anticipate", "to establish", "believe", "intend", "ability to", or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "should", "could", "would", "might", "will", or are "likely" to be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of these words or other variations thereof, have been used to identify such forward-looking information. Specific forward-looking statements include, without limitation, all disclosure regarding future results of operations, future outcomes of transactions, economic conditions, and anticipated courses of action. Investors and other parties are advised that there is not necessarily any correlation between the number of SKUs manufactured and shipped and revenue and profit, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information.
The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, Canadian regulatory risk, Australian regulatory risk, U.S. regulatory risk, U.S. border crossing and travel bans, the uncertainties, effects of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, reliance on licenses, expansion of facilities, competition, dependence on supply of cannabis and reliance on other key inputs, dependence on senior management and key personnel, general business risk and liability, regulation of the cannabis industry, change in laws, regulations and guidelines, compliance with laws, limited operating history, vulnerability to rising energy costs, unfavourable publicity or consumer perception, product liability, risks related to intellectual property, product recalls, difficulties with forecasts, management of growth and litigation, many of which are beyond the control of The Valens Company. For a more comprehensive discussion of the risks faced by The Valens Company, and which may cause the actual financial results, performance or achievements of The Valens Company to be materially different from estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information or forward-looking statements, please refer to The Valens Company's latest Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities at www.sedar.com or on The Valens Company's website at www.thevalenscompany.com. The risks described in such Annual Information Form are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Although the forward-looking statements contained herein reflect management's current beliefs and reasonable assumptions based upon information available to management as of the date hereof, The Valens Company cannot be certain that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information. The Valens Company cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements. The Valens Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Nothing herein should be construed as either an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or sell securities of The Valens Company.
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Expanding its line of headset-friendly eyeglasses for aviators, Texas-based Flying Eyes came to Sun ‘n Fun 2022 with its new Ophthalmic series eyeglasses. Aviation Consumer Magazine Editor Larry Anglisano spent some time with founder Dean Siracusa at the Flying Eyes booth at the show for an overview.
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Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. A Paris exhibition is currently highlighting that work.
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Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. A Paris exhibition is currently highlighting that work.
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By Chris King • 09 April 2022 • 1:29
Ukraine hands wanted Russian-Georgian mafia capo over to Spain. CREDIT: Policia Nacional Twitter @policia
Legal and police sources reported this Thursday, April 7, that a capo of the Russian-Ukrainian mafia had been handed over to Spanish authorities by Ukraine. Koba Shermazashvili was wanted in Spain for money laundering and attempted murder. He was sent to prison by a judge in the National Court.
National Police officers coordinated with Interpol, who oversaw the delivery of Shermazashvili. He was handed over at the Polish border and then transferred by aeroplane to Madrid.
The process began on March 23, when the National Central Office of Interpol in Kyiv informed Spanish authorities that the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice of Ukraine had granted the extradition of this Georgian citizen, requested by the Central Court of Investigation No3 of the National audience.
Between 2008 and 2010, the criminal organisation of Georgian origin in which the extradited person had a relevant position, was allegedly dedicated to the collection and laundering of money from different criminal activities.
Shermazashvili is accused of ordering the murder of a rival capo, Vladimir Dzhemalovich, “Janashia”, from another criminal gang that was operating out of France. By removing this rival, he hoped to take control of crime in Europe.
By virtue of an International Arrest Order issued by the National High Court, he was arrested in March 2020 by the Ukrainian authorities. They placed him in the Mykolaiv detention centre pending authorization for his extradition to Spain.
Despite the conflict that is going on in Ukraine, the authorities reported that the detainee could be handed over to Spain as a matter of urgency. On April 6 he was handed over at the Korczowa-Krakowiec border checkpoint on the Ukraine-Poland frontier.
Subsequently, with the support of the Polish authorities, the detainee was transferred by road to the Korczowa-Krakowiec airport, from where he was delivered to Spain, as reported by noticiasdenavarra.com.
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A body lay covered at a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Friday after a missile hit. On the platform was a bloodied stuffed horse, left behind after an attack that killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens more.
In Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, relatives cried at a mass grave. In the city of Chuhuiv, the end of a missile stuck up out of the ground.
The destruction from Russia’s war on Ukraine could be seen at a home in Kharkiv, where Oleg Mezhiritsky and his mother, Lidiya Mezhiritska, stood outside their crumpled house.
It could also be seen on a street in Mariupol, where a woman pulled her bags past damaged homes.
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UPDATE: 14-year-old Bayside shooting victim tentatively identified
The 14-year-old girl who was shot and killed at Bayside Park on Tuesday evening has been tentatively identified as Alexis Sky Pierson, a sixth-grade student and cheerleader at Hancock Middle School....
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Terrell Owens pestered 1 NFL coach about giving him a shot
Terrell Owens has been saying for years that he still deserves a shot in the NFL, and he apparently pitched his services to one particular head coach on numerous occasions last season. Owens told “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday that he pestered Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy...
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Bonnie Ludwig
Funeral services for Bonnie Ludwig of Morris, MN will be held Monday, April 4, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Federated Church in Morris, with Reverend Matt Orendorff officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris and for one hour prior to services...
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Lyon vs West Ham: UEFA Europa League background, form guide, previous meetings
Friday 8 April 2022
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All is to play for in this UEFA Europa League quarter-final between Lyon and West Ham as two teams who topped their group in the autumn before knocking out former competition winners in the round of 16 meet again in France seven days after drawing 1-1 in England.
• Lyon cruised through UEFA Europa League Group A during the autumn, ensuring top spot in a section containing Rangers, Sparta Praha and Brøndby with two games to spare and dropping points only in their final fixture, a 1-1 home draw with the Scottish champions, who finished eight points adrift as runners-up. In the round of 16 Peter Bosz's side then saw off 2010/11 winners Porto, a 1-0 win in Portugal preceding a 1-1 draw in France.
• West Ham, making their debut in the UEFA Europa League proper, were also comfortable winners of Group H, clinching top spot with a game to spare on 13 points – three more than runners-up Dinamo Zagreb. They then staged an eye-catching comeback triumph against the competition's serial winners Sevilla in the round of 16, prevailing 2-0 after extra time in the home second leg after a 0-1 reverse in southern Spain.
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• West Ham survived a red card for defender Aaron Cresswell just before half-time to hold Lyon 1-1 at the London Stadium in the first leg. Indeed they even took the lead, through Jarrod Bowen, seven minutes after the interval, only for the visitors to equalise with a Tanguy Ndombélé tap-in 16 minutes later and preserve their unbeaten record in this season's UEFA Europa League.
• Lyon's record in 22 previous UEFA matches against English opposition is W7 D9 L6. In knockout ties it is W3 L3, the most recent going their way as they overcame Manchester City 3-1 in the single-leg quarter-final of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League thanks to a late Moussa Dembélé double in Lisbon.
• The first-leg draw has extended OL's unbeaten run against English opposition to seven matches (W4 D3). They have lost just once in ten previous games at home to English visitors, but have drawn seven of them, including the most recent encounter, 2-2 against Manchester City in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage.
• West Ham's one previous experience of French opposition in UEFA competition came against Metz in one of the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals, when they lost the first leg 0-1 at home before winning 3-1 away.
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Lyon
• Lyon finished the 2020/21 Ligue 1 campaign in fourth place, seven points behind champions LOSC Lille, to return to European competition after a rare season's absence as direct qualifiers for the UEFA Europa League group stage. In their most recent continental campaign they reached the semi-finals of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, where they were defeated 3-0 by eventual champions Bayern München.
• Bosz's side beat Rangers 2-0 away in their opening UEFA Europa League Group A fixture before doing the double over both Sparta (4-3 a, 3-0 h) and Brøndby (3-0 h, 3-1 a). A full set of victories eluded them when they were held at home by Rangers on Matchday 6, but their final tally of 16 points was the highest in the competition this season – three more than any other team managed across the eight groups.
• Les Gones have won more matches in the UEFA Europa League than any other French club (27), also scoring more goals (89). This is their third participation in the quarter-finals, their first tie, in 2013/14, having resulted in defeat by Juventus (0-1 h, 1-2 a), their second, three years later, in a penalty shoot-out win against Beşiktaş (2-1 h, 1-2 a aet).
• Since losing 2-3 against CSKA Moskva in the second leg of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League round of 16, Lyon have gone 12 European games unbeaten in their own stadium, although eight of those have been drawn, including the last two. They have, however, won three of the last five, including this season's 3-0 successes against Brøndby and Sparta. Their record at home in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase is W7 D2 L2, with wins in all four matches in 2016/17, when they reached the semi-finals.
• Lyon's record in the five previous UEFA ties in which they drew the first leg away is W3 L2, with success in the most recent – against Chornomorets Odesa in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 32 (0-0 a, 1-0 h) – having lost the previous two, the second of them against Roma in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (0-0 a, 0-2 h). The only previous tie in which they drew the first away leg 1-1 was the 1963/64 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final against Hamburg, when they prevailed 2-0 at home.
West Ham
• A sixth-placed finish in the 2020/21 Premier League earned West Ham a first appearance in the group stage of a UEFA competition. In each of their last two continental campaigns, in 2015/16 and 2016/17, they were eliminated in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase by Romanian club Astra Giurgiu.
• The East Londoners won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1964/65, beating 1860 München 2-0 in the Wembley final, and would reach the semi-finals, final and quarter-finals of that same competition over the next 16 years. The furthest they have previously gone in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League was the second round in 1999/2000. Their quarter-final record in UEFA competition – all in the European Cup Winners' Cup – is W3 L1, the defeat having come in the most recent tie, against Dinamo Tbilisi in 1980/81 (1-4 h, 1-0 a).
• This season David Moyes' side won their first three Group H matches without conceding – 2-0 away to Dinamo, 2-0 at home to Rapid Wien and 3-0 at home to Genk. They then dropped their first points in a 2-2 draw away to the Belgian side before wrapping up top spot with a 2-0 win in Vienna and losing their last game 0-1 at home to Dinamo.
• West Ham failed to score for the first time in seven European away games when they lost 1-0 at Sevilla in the round of 16 first leg. They have won just three of their last 11 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Cup games outside England (D2 L6), although those include this season's group stage victories in Zagreb and Vienna.
• West Ham's one previous UEFA tie in which they were held to a home draw in the first leg brought aggregate defeat against Astra in the third qualifying round of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League (2-2 h, 1-2 a).
Links and trivia
• West Ham's Alphonse Areola and Kurt Zouma are France team-mates of Lyon captain Léo Dubois.
• Areola is on loan to West Ham from his hometown club Paris Saint-Germain, for whom he has made 107 first-team appearances.
• Zouma was with Lyon's local rivals Saint-Étienne from 2011 to 2014, scoring away to OL in a 1-1 derby draw on 28 April 2013, while another three West Ham players have also belonged to French clubs – Arthur Masuaku (Valenciennes, 2008–14), Saïd Benrahma (Nice, 2013–18) and Issa Diop (Toulouse, 2006–18).
• Italian international Emerson is on loan to Lyon this season from West Ham's London rivals Chelsea, with whom he was a participant in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final triumph against Arsenal and a UEFA Champions League winner last season.
• Ndombélé returned to Lyon on loan from another London club, Tottenham, in January having previously left OL for Spurs in July 2019.
• Other members of the Lyon squad to have played for English clubs are Dembélé (Fulham, 2012–16), Jérôme Boateng (Manchester City, 2010/11) and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (Arsenal, 2015–18).
• Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko, who scored the Hammers' extra-time winner against Sevilla, was a Borussia Dortmund player in 2017/18, the first half of which was spent under current Lyon coach Bosz.
• Lyon's Karl Toko Ekambi is the joint top scorer in this season's UEFA Europa League with six goals, all of which he struck in the group stage.
• With their round of 16 victory at Porto, Lyon matched the record of six successive away wins in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, previously shared by Atlético de Madrid and Porto. The French side's run, which had lasted over four years, ended with the 1-1 first-leg draw at West Ham.
• West Ham were one of just two newcomers to the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2021/22, along with Danish champions Brøndby. Mid-term arrivals and fellow quarter-finalists Barcelona made it three debutants in this season's competition proper.
• The winners of this tie will face Eintracht Frankfurt or Barcelona in the semi-final.
Penalty shoot-outs
• Lyon's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2:
2-4 v PSV Eindhoven, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League quarter-final
3-4 v APOEL, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League round of 16
7-6 v Beşiktaş, 2016/17 UEFA Europa League quarter-final
• West Ham's record in one UEFA penalty shoot-out is W1 L0:
5-3 v Birkirkara, 2015/16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray was through six innings Friday with a manageable pitch count. But a short spring training had left pitchers without time to build up their endurance, as Seattle manager Scott Servais was keenly aware.
So Servais told the new Mariners left-hander that he had three more hitters. Ray obliged with another quick inning – becoming the first starter to pitch seven this season – in an impressive debut.
Ray (1-0) surrendered just three hits, walked four and struck out five, and Mitch Haniger homered as Seattle opened with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.
“Can’t say enough how impressed I was with him today and how we went about his business,” Servais said. “I think he and I are going to have quite a few conversations toward the end of games as it goes along, and I look forward to it. Great competitor, really excited to have him on the team.”
The 30-year-old Ray was just a part of the Mariners’ big offseason overhaul that saw the team also add former All-Stars Adam Frazier, Jesse Winker, Eugenio Suárez and Sergio Romo.
Ray made the opening day start after leaving Toronto and signing a five-year, $115 million contract with Seattle.
“I told Skip I was ready,” Ray said. “He said, ‘You got three batters.’ I said, ‘Done.’ I felt really good, still felt strong going into that seventh inning. So, really happy to get through it.”
Haniger is the longest-tenured Mariners player, having started with them in 2017. He connected for a two-run homer in the first inning off rookie Joe Ryan.
Drew Steckenrider allowed a leadoff hit in the ninth but secured the save after Gary Sánchez hit a towering flyball to the left-field wall.
“I thought it was gone, but today wasn’t the day,” Sánchez said through a translator.
Carlos Correa singled in his first at-bat for Minnesota after signing his surprise three-year, $105.3 million contract. He added a diving stop at shortstop to save a run, but he and Byron Buxton – who got a seven-year, $100 million extension in the offseason – combined to leave eight runners on as the first two batters in the lineup.
“Ray’s one of the best pitchers out there, and he made good pitches,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Those are the guys we want up there in those spots every time. We got what we wanted, and we’ll take our chances every time with Buck and Correa coming up right there.”
Gio Urshela, who arrived in the trade that sent Josh Donaldson to the New York Yankees, hit a solo homer for the Twins.
Ryan (0-1) struggled with his control on a chilly day in Minnesota.
The original opener Thursday was pushed back a day because of a rain-snow mix and cold temperatures. The sun was shining Friday but the first-pitch temperature was 45 degrees.
Ryan, who walked five and didn’t hit a batter in 26 2/3 innings last year, walked four and hit a batter against the Mariners. He gave up two hits and two runs in four innings while becoming the first Twins rookie to start on opening day since Tom Hall in 1969.
“Maybe a little bit too much nibbling,” Ryan said. “I wouldn’t say too much rookie nervousness. I think just first game back out, I just try to be a little too fine sometimes. But whatever, live and learn.”
FIVE MORE YEARS
The Mariners signed shortstop J.P. Crawford to a $51 million, five-year contract before the game.
Crawford, 27, had agreed last month to a $4.85 million, one-year deal and would have been eligible for free agency after the 2024 season. He’s been a standout defensive player since being acquired by the Mariners before the start of the 2019 season. He won a Gold Glove in 2020 and was a finalist for the award last season.
PITCHING PLANS
After getting Chris Paddack in a trade from the San Diego Padres, Baldelli confirmed that the team will go with a six-man rotation, at least in the early part of the season. Joining Ryan and Paddack are Sonny Gray, Bailey Ober, Dylan Bundy and Chris Archer.
The trade also saw former closer Taylor Rogers shipped to San Diego. Baldelli hasn’t announced a closer and will likely make in-game decisions.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: Seattle started with OF Kyle Lewis (right meniscus), 1B Evan White (sports hernia), RHP Ken Giles (right middle finger sprain) and RHP Casey Sadler (right shoulder labrum) on the injured list.
Twins: RHPs Kenta Maeda (Tommy John surgery recovery), Randy Dobnak (right middle finger strain) and Cody Stashak (right biceps tendinitis) start on the injured list. Maeda and Dobnak are on the 60-day list.
UP NEXT
RHP Logan Gilbert (6-4, 4.68 ERA in 2021) will start Saturday afternoon against Minnesota, which counters with its big offseason pitching addition Gray (7-9, 4.19 ERA in 2021).
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FREETOWN, Mass (WPRI) — A Freetown woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after firing shots from a pellet gun at her property manager, according to police.
Jennifer Norris, 42, was arrested and charged with vandalism of property, disturbing the peace and assault by means of a dangerous weapon on a person over 60.
Police said officers responded to an apartment on South Main Street after learning that a tenant, later identified as Norris, had fired three shots at the property manager.
The property manager told officers he was standing in the driveway when Norris pointed a black handgun at him from a second-floor porch, according to police. The manager claimed he heard “loud pops” before taking cover behind a car.
Police said arrested Norris and searched her apartment, where they found the pellet gun.
Norris was arraigned and released on $1,000 bail.
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Effective: 2022-03-18 11:00:00 Expires: 2022-03-18 19:00:00 Urgency: Expected Severity: Severe Certainty: Likely Instruction: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Target Area: Southeast Coastal Plains; Southwest Coastal Plains and Mona Island RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS OF PUERTO RICO .A pocket of drier air, with satellite-estimate precipitable water vapor values as low as 0.80 inches, is expected to reach the local islands during peak late morning and early afternoon hours. The timing will be critical, and relative humidity values are expected to fall into the mid to upper 30s, while local effects and sea breeze variations will promote winds exceeding 18 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Given the expected dry weather conditions and the current state of soils and fuels, critical fire danger conditions are anticipated, with highest impact across the southeastern coastal plains of Puerto Rico, where KBDI values continue well into the 700s. RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM AST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS OF PUERTO RICO The National Weather Service in San Juan has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 6 PM AST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 014 and 027, which includes the southeast to southwest coastal plains of Puerto Rico. * WIND...Sustained winds exceeding 18 mph, with frequent stronger gusts to around 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...Relative humidity values falling into the mid to upper 30s. * THUNDERSTORMS...None. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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AP National Sports By Associated Press Published April 8, 2022 6:23 PM Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on Linkedin Austin Slater’s double in 10th lifts Giants past Marlins 6-5 By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer AP National Sports
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This article contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad.”
There’s a scene in the second episode of “Better Call Saul” where the protagonist, the lawyer then named Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), is in a courthouse bathroom straightening his tie, preparing for his long and arduous day as a lowly public defender. Right before he leaves, however, he does something that reveals something about the core of his character: He flicks his hands out to his sides, splays his fingers, and says, “It’s showtime folks!” as a montage of his day set to Vivaldi begins.
This scene is a direct nod to Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz,” a film about Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a theater director and choreographer whose narcissism, devotion to his work, and psychological trauma leads him to live a life that is successful but vapid and devoid of genuine human connection. On Gideon’s deathbed, he imagines his send-off from the world as a glorious final act of a grand musical, but in reality, it is just the banal zipping up of a body bag.
Copying Gideon’s actions, Jimmy identifies himself with the Gideon character. But why identify with a man whose life is depicted in such bathetic tragedy? The answer is that Jimmy is not focusing on Gideon’s sad, anti-climactic end but identifying with Gideon’s talent as a charismatic showman idolized by nearly everyone around him. When Jimmy emulates Gideon in front of the mirror, he believes he can be the master showman, the biggest personality, the most clever and ingenious mastermind in the room without sacrificing anything he initially cared about. But that’s not what happens. We know that from the very opening scene that depicts his black-and-white future as a balding Cinnabon manager, and we know what happens before that. We’ve all seen “Breaking Bad.”
“Better Call Saul” is set to start its sixth and final season on Monday, April 18, ending the story of Saul Goodman that started over a decade ago on “Breaking Bad.” Initially conceived as a tertiary character who would only appear in three episodes, Saul is a one-note comic foil who helps Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. With some clever quips and some crafty plans, he helps the protagonists circumnavigate the trappings of the legal system so they can continue to grow their meth empire while giving him a cut of the profits. When we first meet him, he is a far cry from the high-minded young man imitating Roy Scheider in the courthouse bathroom.
The time span between that scene and the events of “Breaking Bad” is roughly six years, and “Better Call Saul” fills in the gaps, exploring how this hopeful and conflicted lawyer becomes a simple-minded, money-grubbing criminal whose morality is so ambivalent that he refers to having someone murdered as sending them on “a trip to Belize.” “Breaking Bad” was the story of how Walter White became Heisenberg; “Better Call Saul” is the story of how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. Those who gave up after the first few episodes because “it’s slower than ‘Breaking Bad’” or “it’s less action packed” are missing out on an intricately constructed, finely acted, subtle, and affecting hybrid legal and cartel comic drama/tragedy.
What’s initially captivating about this show is its refined use of the visual medium to tell its story. Besides the shots looking prettier, the writers and directors of the show have made put more effort into using television as a canvas, experimenting with how the screen can be used to depict a story. The clearest example of this is its greater experimentation with montage. “Breaking Bad” has many montages, and lots of them were great, but “Saul” differentiates itself by varying the styles of montage to correspond to the aspect of the story being told.
Take the depiction of Jimmy’s days at the courthouse in season 1, episode 2 compared to his time pulling low-level cons on bar patrons eight episodes later. The former uses repetition of key moments to illustrate the repetition and draining aspects of his life; coffee, arguing, and bathroom pep talks are the main components of his day. The latter uses intense close-ups of characters with black backgrounds combined with superimposed inserts of foaming beer and flowing money to evoke the glamorous and sleazy feeling that Jimmy feels while executing a grift.
Perhaps the best example of the show’s inventiveness with the montage is the opening of season 4, episode 6’s “Something Stupid.” The screen is split down the middle as we get two simultaneous montages of the lives of Jimmy and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), a fellow lawyer who is nebulously romantically involved with him. The montage relies on its use of contrast from one side of the screen to the other. While Jimmy is throwing a tennis ball at a wall, Kim is moving legal case files; while Jimmy is peddling cell phones to people on the street, Kim is giving instructions to her paralegals in a tape recorder; while Jimmy is printing out business cards for his underground business, Kim is having her name printed on her new law office. The montage underscores our understanding of what disparate lives these characters live. When the montage transitions into single shots of the two of them eating dinner together, or lying in bed, the split screen is still there, showing the isolation each feels while being with each other.
What makes the show truly appealing are the characters and their layered and ambiguous relationships to each other. “Saul” allows the characters and their dynamics to unfold slowly and intricately over a greater period of time. One aspect of this is the show’s use of each episode’s cold open to occasionally give purposeful and pointed flashbacks (and flashforwards) that allow us to understand new depths of the characters. An example of this is in season 2, episode 10, when Jimmy and his brother Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) are at their mother’s deathbed and the audience witnesses her last words, causing us to reevaluate the characters attitudes towards each other and towards reality.
In “Saul,” when characters turn, change, or reveal their true nature, the impact is equal if not greater to the confrontations found in “Breaking Bad.” “Breaking Bad”’s fourth season builds up to an ending with a poisoned child, a hit on a DEA agent, Walter White shouting manically in a crawl space, Jesse putting a gun to Walt’s head, a car bomb in a parking lot, and a bomb rigged to a wheelchair that exploded in a hospital. The fourth season of “Better Call Saul” builds up to an ending where Jimmy McGill changes his name, and the moment is, in some ways, more devastating than all the events in that other show. That is, of course, thanks to the writers for signaling what that moment means, what is gained, and, more importantly, what is lost.
Another part of the show is the mob plot line involving Mike Ehrmantraut’s (Jonathan Banks) continual descent into the world of the cartel where he interacts with regular and novel “Breaking Bad” characters alike. The most notable addition to this plotline is Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) whose attempts at escaping the cartel life only drag him deeper into it. Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) is a delight to watch whenever he enters the scene, both for his charismatic performance and the intrigue in how he will drive the plot into unexpected and unwelcome places. When the cartel plot focuses on these novelties, it’s as gripping as its legal counterpart, but when it focuses on Mike and the characters in “Breaking Bad,” the show is somewhat hemmed in by its sense of predestination. Unlike Jimmy, Mike and Gus don’t change that much from “Better Call Saul” to “Breaking Bad,” so watching their trajectory is less compelling as they are essentially already at the finish line.
Last, but not least, the show needs to be commended for its performances. This is nothing unique to “Saul,” but nonetheless the actors are great here. Odenkirk is great at turning his one-note character into someone with so many layers of pride, anger, resentment, earnestness, and affability while having it seem like the same guy we saw originally. McKean is great as his brother, conveying his conflicted feelings towards his brother with a great level of gravitas and poise. I want to give special focus however to Seehorn, who does a fantastic job of portraying a stoic character with steadfast morals who also has a giddy and mischievous exuberance. There are a few moments when the stoicism breaks, when she smiles briefly at Jimmy’s antics or suddenly and abruptly shouts “yes!” when she acquires a new client in an empty parking lot, but these moments are rare, and always a delight to see. Nonetheless, thanks to Seehorn’s performance, the audience can see all those emotions bubbling beneath the surface.
Watching the trailer for the final season, I was struck by a line uttered by Mike that truly captures why this show continues to excite me: “Whatever happens next, it’s not gonna go down the way you think it is.” While the line was presented ambiguously, it was clearly placed in the trailer as a message to the audience about the unpredictability of the show. That’s why the show is still exciting: While we know it is a prequel to “Breaking Bad,” that Saul becomes a crooked lawyer who has to flee to Omaha with nary a Kim in sight, and that Nacho or Lalo are not within this world at all, I still have no clue what is going to happen within these last 13 episodes. Even for a show that is a legal and personal drama, it still has the grand tension of a great suspense film or “Breaking Bad.” It’s a show about how a guy changes his name, and it’s as gripping and suspenseful as a show about a man who builds a meth empire while being chased by the DEA and his cartel enemies. Pretty good work for a character who was only meant to show up in three episodes.
Isaac Slomski-Pritz can be reached at islomskiprit@wesleyan.edu.
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(The Center Square) – The number of commercial and backyard flocks with confirmed avian flu increased by 36% in the past week, according to data on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website.
Three of the 57 new cases reported were in Missouri, bringing the state total to nine cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Influenza (HPAI) in seven counties—Bates, Dade, Gentry, Jasper, Lawrence, Ralls and Stoddard. Approximately 421,000 birds were in those flocks.
HPAI is now confirmed in 159 flocks in 25 states, affecting approximately 24 million birds. Consumers have no health risk of getting avian flu if they eat poultry. Still, producers are anxious about the virus killing flocks and causing shortages and price increases, especially for eggs before the observance of Easter next week.
The last significant avian flu outbreak occurred in 2014-15, according to an APHIS report. Approximately 7.4 million turkeys, 43 million egg-layers/pullet chickens and a limited number of mixed poultry flocks were infected and died or were depopulated. It resulted in approximately $1.6 billion in direct losses from turkeys and chicken layers that had to be depopulated. According to the report, the cost to the industry was approximately $3.3 billion when factoring in restocking and lost future production.
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL), located in Boone County, ran the test when the first presumed case of HPAI was detected in the state on March 3 in Stoddard County.
“When birds present signs of possible infection, such as decreased eating or drinking, they are given throat-swab PCR tests, similar to those performed to screen for COVID-19,” Daniel Shaw, a professor emeritus of veterinary pathobiology and a researcher at the University of Missouri, said in a statement. “These samples are sent to our VMDL here in Columbia, where we work to process the samples to provide results to the poultry producers, often in less than four hours.”
Missouri is sixth in the nation in annual turkey production (16 million) and ninth in broiler chickens (291 million), according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. A 2016 report by MDA found poultry and egg producers account for $1.4 billion or 30% of the state’s livestock market.
“The virus is preserved by cool, moist conditions and protected by mucus and fecal material,” Shaw said. “It can easily infect poultry flocks, particularly those that are free-range or in small, backyard populations.”
Migratory waterfowl traveling the North American flyways can intermingle with infected birds from Europe and Asia. Waterfowl can be infected and show no signs of illness. The disease can spread to domesticated poultry through contact with waterfowl, including water and food sources and fecal matter. The virus can spread to poultry producers of all sizes by contaminated equipment or clothing.
“In the weeks and months ahead, we will continue tracking HPAI and supporting farmers navigating the challenges brought on by this outbreak,” Shaw said. “We are simply doing our part to keep animals healthy, help poultry producers and support our state’s vital agriculture industry.”
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The charter industry is rapidly changing - demand is high, but there are still bargains to be had. Rob Melotti explains how to charter a yacht in 2022.
What’s not to love about a yacht charter holiday? Skippered holidays are ideal for anyone feeling rusty or wishing to take advantage of a local guide and sailing coach to boost confidence and skills while enjoying the best anchorages and eateries of a destination.
Bareboat charters are far cheaper – suited for RYA Day Skipper qualified sailors looking to take the helm, while a flotilla holiday with other charter yachts and an expert lead crew provides the balance of independence, sociability, support and guidance.
Kate Staniforth, head of marketing for Sunsail and The Moorings, advises: “Whether you’re unqualified or learning the ropes, a newly-qualified skipper or an old hand, charter holidays can be as carefree as you want. There are great options for families, groups, couples and solo sailors.”
Recent yacht charter trends
In the wake of the third wave of Covid-19 in the UK, it was no surprise to find fewer charter holiday companies selling their flotillas and bareboat deals at Southampton International Boat Show last September.
Yet all of the firms spoken to reported a surge of bookings since June 2021 when the UK Government eased quarantine requirements for travellers returning from countries on the ‘amber’ list.
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This bodes well for the economic recovery required to make up for two disrupted sailing seasons – although it also means that a limited number of spaces are in high demand.
“One of the things that I think is going to be critical is booking early,” says John Connolly, product manager at Seafarer. “With the volume of deferrals we already have for 2022 and the pent up demand that everyone is hoping for… to get your choice of destination and boat, it’s important to get in early.”
Seafarer is a UK-based company that specialises in flotilla and bareboat packages in Greece, Croatia and other destinations, as well as running their own yachts in Greece.
Connolly explained how up until June 2021, the UK quarantine laws had affected British charter clients in ways that other EU nationals hadn’t felt:
“In Croatia we found that because the market was opened up much earlier to European nationals, a lot of our suppliers were busy selling, so when it came to the UK opening for our flotilla program, there was almost nothing available.”
Jeremy Friend, who runs Sailing Choices as a solo charter agent, and who has enjoyed a strong start to the year, taking 15% of his normal annual business in the first two weeks of January, thinks this could have longer lasting effects:
“One of the operators said to me: ‘Your clients are going to have fun next year.’ I said: Why’s that? He said: ‘Well we’ve discovered a whole new market. The eastern Europeans have found us.’ It’s not just the British that book flotillas and bareboat charters,” he adds.
Tommy Tognarelli, co-founder of PlainSailing.com, described last summer as “crazy”, with incredible demand for charter yachts and catamarans across the Med: “Even the battered, old boats were fully booked.”
He added: “This summer we’re expecting something similar because demand is going to outstrip supply again.”
How is the industry recovering from COVID?
“The whole industry’s taken a knock but we’ve used the time to really build the tech,” says Matt Ovenden, CEO and founder of borrowaboat.com, which has evolved rapidly since it was launched in 2016 and now advertises 35,000-plus boats from all over the world on its online marketplace.
Ovenden’s firm suffered like everyone else during lockdown, but in true ‘start-up’ spirit he and his team launched new versions of its website as well as acquiring ‘boutique’ charter firm Helm.
Borrow A Boat is in competition with French firm clickandboat.com in attempting to aggregate, market and display online the world’s entire fleet of charter vessels: sail, power, superyachts, catamarans and more.
They encourage boat owners to register their own boats for charter – a process known as peer-to-peer chartering. All boats on the site must prove they meet the legal coding and safety standards required by the country in which they are kept, but once those documents are uploaded and approved, the owner has control of who can sail it, when and where.
“Owners can determine their own prices on the site, they can choose what the minimum qualification for charter is…” explains Matt. “In the Med that tends to be RYA Day Skipper, but in the UK owners seem to want Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster.
“They can set whatever rules they want on board: no pets, no groups… the important thing with the peer-to-peer market is that people need to feel confident.
“It’s still not for everyone. Nor is putting your house on Airbnb, but a certain amount of people do want to do it because it offsets the cost of running their boat and that’s all we need.”
Jeremy Friend of Sailing Choices warned peer-to-peer chartering had its downsides: “Yes it can be cheaper for the charterer, yes it’s a way of owners possibly making more than they would placing the yacht with an established charter operator.
“But you also have no assurance about quality nor the support in the event of a breakdown and charterers need to look carefully at financial protection should the “owner” disappear with their money!
“I spoke to one charterer a few years back who was handed a yacht crammed with the owner’s loose knick-knacks. And in the event of a breakdown does the owner have access to a store room of spares?
“Does he even have the technical knowledge to diagnose the problem or fix it? And is he chartering it himself because the charter operators wouldn’t accept it (without extra spend – many charter companies want all their yachts to have the same make of outboard, dinghy, instruments etc as it makes for easier maintenance).”
Trying it out
I searched borrowaboat.com for sailing yachts and catamarans less than 22 years old in Greece at a maximum price of r200 per day and the search engine did indeed produce 4,000 results from more than 100 ports in Greek waters.
You’ll find similar results searching clickandboat.com – but the more traditional charter companies also accommodate individual client requests.
“If you said to me I want to go to this area on this boat, we will find it,” insists Jonathan Shears of Nautilus. “We’ll listen to what the client wants.”
How to work on a charter yacht
Another knock-on effect of the resurgence in the travel industry is the need for some companies to recruit new staff.
Josie Tucci, vice president of sales and marketing for Sunsail, said: “We’ve seen a massive increase in activity so we’re probably 50% ahead compared to FY19, which is just incredible. We have to fill all the positions as fast as we can.”
However, recruiting British staff to work overseas has become a lot more difficult since the final Brexit agreement came into force on 1 January 2021.
“Our clients are used to having English-speaking crew, particularly on the flotillas,” says John Connolly at Seafarer.
“We’ll employ any [nationality], but obviously we want people who are going to be able to converse happily with our guests in English.
“We are negotiating the quagmire of work permits for our overseas staff. That’s about the only impact from our point of view.
“We have a Greek company as well, so in terms of our day-to-day operations, there hasn’t really been any effect from Brexit apart from the crewing issue.
“Recruitment has been more of a challenge since Brexit’ says Lottie Nickson, sales executive at Sailing Holidays.
“We do however still have fantastic staff from the UK with increasing numbers heading from Ireland to join our team in Greece.”
UK citizens with European passports are in high demand for the charter companies and the UK travel sector more generally.
How much does it cost to charter a yacht and where can you do it?
Yacht charters come in all shapes and sizes. You can pick up a bareboat sailing yacht for under £1,000 per week or relax in sheer luxury on a crewed yacht from £15,000 per week. The type of boat you hire can make a huge difference to the experience, too.
Borrow A Boat’s Matt Ovenden said: “Traditionally, our most popular charter countries have been Croatia, Greece and Italy, but, in recent years, growing numbers of clients are looking further afield for more adventurous holidays in the likes of Thailand and the Caribbean.
“The UK has also grown in popularity in recent years. In fact, research we commissioned revealed that Scotland is now the most popular destination in the UK.
“If you have an RYA Day Skipper, International Certificate of Competence (ICC) or equivalent qualification, then you can bareboat charter anywhere you choose.
“Skippered charters are a great option for those without certificates, while crewed charters offer a more luxurious experience with a professional crew looking after you.
“Deciding when you go on a charter is all about figuring out what you and your group are looking for.
“If you have a young family with school-age children, you’re probably tied to August and should consider Greece or Croatia as a first port of call.
“Beginners are well served by the gentle breezes of the Southern Ionian, while more experienced sailors may prefer the Cyclades and the famous Meltemi winds.
“If you’re looking to get off the beaten track, then the Seychelles in October may be more your sort of thing.”
Kate Staniforth, head of marketing for Sunsail and The Moorings, said: “Greece remains to be a top destination for sailing holidays, with average temperatures rising from 18°C at the start of May to 28°C in July, and can hit the mid-30°Cs in July and August. Calm conditions and easy moorings make Lefkas the perfect destination for newly qualified seafarers.
“Croatia is another great choice with average temperatures from April to May is from 22°C to 28°C. June to August you can expect Sunny, blue skies every day, with temperatures from 26°C to 30°C. More experienced sailors can enjoy longer spells out on the open ocean and take part in regattas and other events.
“Further afield, the British Virgin Islands offer warm weather in the winter. Easy line-of-sight navigation and sheltered anchorages makes bareboat and flotilla holidays ideal options for new sailors and skilled skippers.
“When most people think about a sailing a yacht, they have the traditional monohull in mind. A monohull offers a more dynamic sailing experience but spread across two hulls, catamarans offer much larger and more spacious living environment, perfect for large groups, and sit higher on the water, meaning they can explore much shallower areas.”
When to book for discount yacht charters?
So when is the ideal time to book a charter to get a discount? Last-minute bookings are often available – social media channels and email newsletters are the best way of keeping your finger on the pulse. Boat shows and bookings at low or high season can also help you bag a bargain.
“We’ll have people come to the boat show asking to go next week and some of those discounts are up to 35%,” says Jonathan Shears at Nautilus. “But those are boats that are slightly harder to sell: like a Lagoon 52, which is a lovely boat so it will still be an expensive holiday, but at 35% saving.”
However, Jeremy Friend believes the balance has shifted in recent years away from last-minute deals towards early booking deals.
“For companies that are operating boats on behalf of owners, they often have a bottom floor beyond which they can’t go anyway – because they’d otherwise be giving away money that is due to the boat owner. The better deals tend to be for those who book early rather than people who book late.”
How to save on a yacht charter vacation
Buying a boat for charter can provide a regular income (your cut of charter fees), plus you can sail your yacht, or any yacht of similar size within the worldwide fleet for free (apart from a small turnover fee).
If you prefer a larger yacht, just pay the difference in the brochure charter price between your size yacht and the larger one. Sunsail and The Moorings have around 1,500 yachts in more than 15 worldwide bases – so that is a lot of choice!
Now Borrow A Boat has relaunched its ‘ownaboat’ scheme, which differs from the aforementioned schemes by allowing owners to purchase any boat they want.
“We might be able to get you a discount on it,” says Matt Ovenden. “We can put it on borrowaboat.com for charter, and we can put it with one of our charter operators to look after it.
“At the moment we’ve certain areas that are heavily over-subscribed, the south coast of the UK being one of them… we get far more requests than we have boats available. So if anyone were to keep a boat there on charter…”
Yacht charter news and offers
- Sunsail has launched two new motorcat designs and opened three new bases: in Abacos, which has been rebuilt from the ground up after Hurricane Dorian in 2018; in US Virgin Islands and Florida Keys.
- Did you know? According to sailgrenadines.com the Grenadines in the Caribbean never locked down throughout the pandemic.
- Seafarer is a fan of the ‘pop-up charter’. They ran two over-subscribed flotillas from Southampton last August and plan to do more this season. For winter clients they have a Thailand flotilla running from March.
General travel advice
- Useful advice on booking flights can be found on sailingchoices.com
- For the latest advice from the UK Foreign Office for your specific destination visit gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
- Professional Charter Association (PCA), based in Hamble, has a published membership of around 100 companies across the UK. RIB and powerboat rides, skippered day-trip companies and sport-fishing tour operators feature strongly, but there are also sea schools and sailing charters
- The Association of Scottish Yacht Charterers (ASYC) is a more sailing and leisure focussed organisation (compared to the PCA) and essential reading for sail charters in Scotland
- British Marine (formerly the British Marine Federation) is the UK marine industry representative body and features a wide array of UK coastal and inland charter companies on its membership list
Where to book a yacht charter
Marketplaces
- borrowaboat.com
- clickandboat.com
- theglobesailor.com
- a2a-yachting.com
- latesail.com
- sailingchoices.com
- plainsailing.com
Charter companies
- Sailing Holidays
- Nautilus
- Helm
- Seafarer
- DI Yachting
- Sunsail
- The Moorings
- Cosmos Yachting
- Dream Yacht Charter
- Neilson
- Ocean Elements
- Wildwind
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Browns agree with QB Dobbs, S Harrison on 1-year contracts
The Browns added another quarterback as they try to figure out what to do with Baker Mayfield.
Cleveland agreed to a one-year contract with backup QB Josh Dobbs on Friday, a deal first tweeted by his agent Mike McCartney and confirmed by a person familiar with the contract who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Earlier, the Browns agreed to re-sign safety Ronnie Harrison on a one-year deal, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told AP.
The Browns were in the market for a third quarterback after Nick Mullens, who made one start for them last season, signed as a free agent with the Las Vegas Raiders. The 27-year-old Dobbs spent two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but only had spot duty in six games.
A fourth-round pick in 2017 from Tennessee, Dobbs was placed on injured reserve before last season.
Cleveland’s quarterback situation took a dramatic turn last month when the team pulled off the stunning trade with Houston for Deshaun Watson, who remains entangled in a legal situation in Texas.
Mayfield demanded to be traded, and remains on the Browns’ roster while they look for a team willing to take him and his $18.8 million contract for 2022. Cleveland signed Jacoby Brissett to be Watson’s backup.
While Mayfield isn’t expected to participate in the Browns’ voluntary offseason program starting on April 19, Watson is planning to participate. The three-time Pro Bowler is still fighting civil lawsuits filed by 22 female massage therapists accusing him of sexual assault.
Two grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on any criminal complaints, but the civil cases are in their early stages.
Watson has given depositions for some of them, and earlier this week a judge ruled he must answer questions about his relationship with 18 women who came to his defense when the original complaints were filed with Houston police.
Watson has been adamant he didn’t force himself or harass any of the women.
He also faces NFL discipline. The league is conducting an independent investigation to see if Watson violated its personal conduct policy. Commissioner Roger Goodell said there is no timetable on when the inquiry will be concluded.
Watson will need to be in Texas for some of his legal proceedings, but last month one of his attorneys filed a letter saying the parties had agreed not to schedule any trials from Aug. 1, 2022, through March 1, 2023, a period which would encompass the upcoming season.
Harrison’s return gives the Browns some depth at a position that has been challenging to get settled because of injuries the past two seasons.
Harrison has shown flashes of being a productive player, but the 24-year-old — he turns 25 on April 18 — has also been prone to mistakes. He made 11 starts and played in 12 games last season, but was also inactive for three games.
Harrison was ejected from the Browns’ season opener in Kansas City last season after shoving a Chiefs assistant coach. He was also benched for the start of Cleveland’s win over Detroit for unknown disciplinary reasons.
The Browns acquired the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Harrison in a trade with Jacksonville before the 2020 season. The Jaguars selected the former Alabama standout in the third round of the 2018 draft.
Harrison has played in 23 games for the Browns. He has 96 tackles and two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown in 2020 against Indianapolis.
Cleveland’s secondary has been plagued by injuries the past two seasons. Safety Grant Delpit returned last season after missing his rookie year in 2020 with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Harrison was picked up after Delpit got hurt in training camp.
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SPRING TWP., Pa. – It's time for one last spin of the old wagon wheel at the Ranch House in Spring Township.
"I think of the menu, the wonderful food they have here,” said Nancy Adams, longtime patron of the restaurant.
Some have spun it more than others.
"A thousand. We been coming here since '92," said Big Ed alongside his wife Nancy from Spring Township.
Sure it's a story you've consumed countless times before — longtime family restaurant wrapping it up after decades dishing out delights.
"We been coming here a long time," said Big Ed. "Good place, great people. We'll miss 'em."
It always goes down so well — just like those tuna melts.
"A tuna melt," Nancy said. "Every time I've come here, I've got a tuna melt."
Out in front of their iconic longhorn sign, the owners have one last message for the local community: "Thank you."
"My husband just loved it here," said Jill Hoffman of Spring Township. "Of course, he has passed, but this was his happy place. It really was."
Great long-standing spots like this also remind us that not everybody gets to say goodbye.
"My girls grew up with it, and they moved to Maryland, and they couldn't believe they're not gonna stay open longer so that they could get here one more time, but it's not gonna happen," Hoffman admitted.
For those there on the final day, though, sharing one last meal with family and friends amid the rustic western wood decor, it's serving as a sentimental ride off into the sunset.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– The executive director of a Memphis care facility was arrested Friday after being accused of scheming to receive more than a million dollars from TennCare, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced.
Investigators determined June A. Winston, the executive director at Lowenstein House Inc., a psychosocial rehabilitation facility, was responsible for illegally obtaining payments from TennCare by forging the signature of a licensed professional who previously worked at the facility.
TBI agents began investigating allegations of fraud involving the facility after receiving information from the Division of TennCare’s Office of Program Integrity in March.
Winston was arrested by TBI agents with the assistance of the Memphis Police Department.
She was booked on charges of theft of property $250,000 or more, TennCare fraud under $60,000 and forgery $250,000 or more.
Winston was released on her own recognizance.
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KATY, Texas — 4A Girls Region III Semifinals
(6) Lumberton 3 (4) Lake Belton 0
The Lumberton Lady Raiders are one win away from returning to the UIL State Tournament for the first time since 2019.
Lumberton powered past Lake Belton 3-0 at Katy ISD's Legacy Stadium Friday afternoon in the 4A Region III Semifinals.
The Lady Raiders will meet the Bay City Lady Cats in the 4A Region III Championship at 11:00 am in Legacy Stadium.
6A Girls Region III Semifinals
(12) Houston Stratford 1 West Brook 1
Stratford wins PK Shootout 4-3
West Brook's amazing season came to an end in a penalty kick shootout in the Regional Semifinals.
The Lady Bruins played Houston Stratford to a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime before heading to the deciding PK shootout.
Unfortunately the Lady Spartans had just enough to get past West Brook in the shootout, 4-3.
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Arsenal ‘meet with Eden Hazard’s agent over shock summer transfer as Arteta targets Chelsea legend on loan-to-buy deal’
ARSENAL are reportedly closing in on a stunning swoop for Chelsea legend Eden Hazard.
The 31-year-old Belgian became one of the most feared attackers on the planet during his time at Stamford Bridge.
That led to a big-money move to Real Madrid in 2018 but his career has nose-dived since.
Now Arsenal want to help him revive it by offering him a shock return to the Premier League.
Now Foot Mercato are claiming talks have taken place between his representatives and the Gunners this week.
They state that Mikel Arteta’s side are looking to initially complete a loan deal for Hazard.
And that would include an option to buy.
Hazard has been blighted by injury and fitness issues since his arrival at the Bernabeu.
And those miseries have continued this term with him being restricted to just 23 appearances and one goal.
He recently underwent leg surgery that led him to him missing out on Wednesday’s victory over former club Chelsea in the Champions League.
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Madrid’s supporters have shown him no sympathy throughout his troubles in the Spanish capital.
And they viciously went for him when Chelsea beat them in the Champions League semi-finals last season.
Hazard joked with former team-mate Kurt Zouma after a 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge put eventual tournament winners Chelsea through 3-1 on aggregate.
Apologising after a backlash, he said: “I am sorry. I have read lots of opinions about me and it was not my intention to offend Real fans.
“It has always been my dream to play for Real Madrid and I came here to win."
Hazard spent seven years at Chelsea and helped them to the two title wins, an FA Cup triumph plus the Europa League twice.
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We're on to Year 12 of the Top 50 Patriots draft fits, something I began in 2011 as a way to highlight players that in my opinion best fit the needs and wants of the Pats while establishing some level of accountability. Last year there were two prospects in the Top 50 who were selected by the Patriots – Mac Jones and Rhamondre Stevenson -- bringing the results to a grand total of 27 players identified in 11 seasons as fits that were actually taken. That doesn't include 15 other players who were later added to the roster via free agency.
This year there are plenty of needs and intriguing fits, starting with the 21st overall selection where the Patriots have seen plenty of cornerbacks, linebackers and receivers ascribed to them in various expert mock drafts.
The annual disclaimer is that this list starts with players I expect to be available at 21. Many top-rated players, though excellent fits, are not included because they are likely to have already been selected. Travon Walker, defensive end from Georgia, is my best overall fit in this class, but he, like quite a few others, should be long gone before the Patriots make their first selection.
Without further ado, here are this year's 50!
1. Nakobe Dean, LB – Georgia: Get past the questions about Dean's height and you'll find an excellent all-around player who could give the Patriots defense the kind of boost in playmaking that they need. Maybe he doesn't fit the old mold exactly, but Dean is simply a football player who gets to the ball while checking all the intangible boxes. Bill Belichick has often said it's about finding good football players and Dean is a three-down stud who would bring an infusion of speed that could make a big difference. Like Jerod Mayo in 2008, he's a smart inside linebacker to build around for the future.
2. Devin Lloyd, LB – Utah: Lloyd isn't too far behind Dean as far as linebacker fit in my view. He seems a bit more stiff than his Georgia counterpart, but Lloyd has size and versatility that intrigues, as he has potential to move out to the edge and bring more value that way. There's a reason he's a popular Pats mock draft selection, Lloyd is big, aggressive and fast and would be a welcome addition.
3. Kaiir Elam, CB – Florida: Elam has all the size and physical ability you look for in a starting cornerback, and while there are some questions about his ability to play pure man coverage, he has the feet to stick with most receivers. He's faced some of the best pass catchers in college and shown up well. His inconsistency during his final season is the only thing that is knocking him down the draft board toward the late first round.
4. Treylon Burks, WR – Arkansas: Burks has gotten lost in the shuffle at receiver a bit since his 4.55 40-yard-dash at the Combine but don't let those testing numbers fool you, he is a versatile beast that could give the Patriots a potential number one receiver to build around. His performance against Alabama shows he can compete against the best of the best. Speed gets all the buzz, but Burks is a big, physical player who would improve the Patriots wide receiver room.
5. Trent McDuffie, CB – Washington: McDuffie is another prospect who might be a bit undersized but he's an easy cornerback fit for the Patriots given his play style and ability to make plays on the ball. He's a tough player who can play man or zone with elite athleticism to match up. He could very well be a Day One starter given the current state of the cornerback depth chart.
6. Andrew Booth, CB – Clemson: Booth has a little size on McDuffie with similar athletic traits and edgy play but has a few more questions about how versatile he is. He shows good recognition and comes downhill hard. He's an ascending player who should hit a new level in the pros.
7. Trevor Penning, OT – Northern Iowa: A small school monstrous tackle who turned heads at the Senior Bowl with some snarly play, Penning has the size and demeanor to anchor a left tackle spot in the NFL, though he might be best suited on the right side. With long term questions at the position for the Pats, Penning could serve as a swing back up for a season as he gets acclimated but would be ready to jump in if injuries strike.
8. Zion Johnson, G – Boston College: Johnson has it all as an offensive line prospect – durability, versatility, and smarts. He's an instant starter at left guard but could also move out to tackle in a pinch. The two-time captain has some technique issues to work on but they're correctable and should help Johnson translate his game from BC to the pros.
9. Bernhard Raimann, OT – Central Michigan: It's hard not to think of the Patriots when scouting Raimann, who spoke at the Combine about how much international players like Jakob Johnson and Sebastian Vollmer have meant to his development. As someone who came to football late the questions are about his instincts, but he has the size and athleticism to be a long-term anchor at left tackle. A year to develop and adjust to the pro game would help get him settled.
10. Travis Jones, DT – UConn: Maybe not the monster that Jordan Davis is, but Jones could also enter the first-round conversation with his excellent size and strength. If the Patriots are looking for a perfect complement to Christian Barmore, Jones could be it. He's an interior space eater with long arms who weighs 325 pounds that is an ideal schematic fit.
11. Kenyon Green, G – Texas A&M: Green is a big bully at guard, as his physicality jumps out especially in the run game. The traits he has you can't teach, and the ones that he doesn't, like in pass protection, can be addressed by NFL coaching. He's played all over the line and like Johnson, could fill in just about anywhere in a pinch.
12. Leo Chenal, LB – Wisconsin: Chenal is absolute beast that I really enjoyed watching. He's built to play inside, defeat offensive linemen and get to the ball carrier. If he's limited to an ILB role it will knock his draft value down a bit, but there's hope he could be an effective blitzer as well, and while drawing comparisons to Dont'a Hightower might not be totally apt, the two share some intriguing traits.
13. Dax Hill, DB – Michigan: The Pats are stacked at safety but I can't leave Hill of this year's Top-50, he's that intriguing as a fit. While NE has a lot of strong safety types, Hill is more of a coverage player, but that extends beyond just a back-end free safety. He's athletic and fast enough to play corner and could be unique enough to attract the Pats despite their current roster needs.
14. Christian Watson, WR – North Dakota State: Despite coming from a small school, Watson has big talent, with size and speed to match that make him an ideal outside receiver. The jump in competition could require some time to develop, but Watson is big, smooth and versatile, while earning praise for his high character.
15. Christian Harris, LB – Alabama: You can't ignore a three-year starting linebacker out of Alabama and while Harris isn't quite the same mold as Dont'a Hightower, especially in the size department, the elements of toughness and plus athleticism would be easy fits in New England. After Dean and Lloyd, he's a good Day Two option.
16. Troy Andersen, LB – Montana State: Andersen is a small school player but anyone that can go from quarterback to linebacker and still perform at a high level tickles my Pats sense. While it's easy to see him as a core special teamer, Anderson's size and athleticism, reinforced by his excellent Combine and Pro Day performances, provide a glimpse of a potential three-down linebacker who can play inside or on the edge.
17. Drake Jackson, DE – USC: Jackson is still a bit raw, but he has all the tools the Patriots look for to play along the edge of their defense. He's a good athlete still growing into his body and that's why he's a bit of a projection. He's aggressive almost to the point of being reckless, and that play style, if harnessed, is very appealing. He has a big fan in Willie McGinest who has known him since he was little.
18. Nik Bonitto, DE – Oklahoma: The Patriots certainly got a good look at Bonitto when they were scouting Ronnie Perkins and this year's prospect might even be the better fit. Bonitto has good, quick feet that help him as a pass rusher and in space. He'll be a stand-up linebacker at the next level. Biggest question is how well he can hold up against NFL blockers in the run game, but he's a plus athlete on the second level.
19. Josh Paschal, DE – Kentucky: Paschal was second-team All-SEC after being the first three-time captain in school history. Paschal is a Day Two version of my favorite player in the draft, Georgia's Travon Walker. He excels with strength and can be moved around to a variety of spots up front where he can use his unique quickness and power.
20. Darrian Beavers, LB – Cincinnati: Beavers certainly has some intriguing Patriots traits as a big, physical linebacker who is a bit of a tweener, with experience originally coming at defensive end at UConn before he transferred to Cincinnati. The Patriots' flexible system could allow him to thrive. He's a throwback to what the Patriots have looked for in the past, but he has surprising agility (6.91 three-cone) for a man of his size.
21. Kyren Williams, RB – Notre Dame: A highly competitive leader, Williams projects to a third-down back role, a spot where he's already ahead of most rookies. He'd be an ideal long-term replacement for James White and could get on the field sooner than later given his rare pass protection skills and desire.
22. James Cook, RB – Georgia: Dalvin's brother is another good option for receiving back, with the kind of explosive speed the Patriots could use in their backfield. His shortcomings could be relatively hidden by using him as part of a rotation.
23. John Metchie, WR – Alabama: Metchie is a natural fit given his experience with Mac Jones and the quickness that he possesses, as well as his experience running a diverse route tree. There are some questions with him coming an ACL tear, but that's probably why the Patriots will have a shot at him during Day Two. He has to be one of the most popular fits in this year's class for a variety of reasons.
24. Khalil Shakir, WR – Boise State: Shakir can do just about anything when it comes to getting the ball into his hands, he's a returner, running back and has even taken direct snaps. Put that versatility and high character into 4.32 kind of speed and you have a dynamic option that is a great Patriots fit.
25. Kyle Phillips, WR – UCLA: Turn on Phillips' film and it screams Patriots, like he's a bigger version of Wes Welker who gives any coverage player absolute fits with his ability to get open quickly. Phillips catches everything thrown his way as well and that might be his most intriguing trait. He's exactly the kind of quick-open player that the Patriots could use as a fourth receiver.
26. Wan'Dale Robinson, WR – Kentucky: Robinson's size might leave scouts thinking he might be only a slot receiver, but his electric quickness screams possibilities. He won't be a first rounder, but there is a lot of potential to make an impact in many ways. He has a lot of fans among the Patriots Unfiltered crew.
27. Luke Goedeke, G – Central Michigan: A former tight end, Goedeke has the feet to play tackle in the NFL but his lack of ideal size and length could force him to slide inside to guard. He's a hard worker who will embrace the challenge.
28. Dylan Parham, OG – Memphis: Versatile to play either guard spot with four years of starting experience, Parham has played a lot of college football. He might not have the elite athleticism of some of the higher ranked prospects, but he could be a long-time solid pro following a similar path to Ted Karras.
29. Brian Robinson, RB – Alabama: You can't ignore an Alabama running back either, especially as Damien Harris enters the final year of his rookie deal. He has excellent size but isn't Derrick Henry and that's okay, he can still be very effective. He's a load once he gets going downhill and would be a nice complementary piece in the backfield.
30. Jamaree Salyer, OL – Georgia: There's a lot to like about Salyer, as he has experience at all five offensive line positions and is a thick brute like Michael Onwenu. He'd make a tough, physical complement and could be a Day One starter at guard after getting plenty of SEC snaps.
31. Cam Taylor-Britt, CB – Nebraska: A three-year starter and captain, Taylor-Britt has some concerns when it comes to tackling but part of that could be remedied by finding a permanent position in the NFL. For the Patriots he'd likely project toward a slot corner role and could really blossom with experience.
32. Coby Bryant, CB – Cincinnati: Bryant was part of a stacked Cinci defense that features plenty of prospects in this year's draft. He's a turnover machine with 15 forced turnovers in his career (10 interceptions, five forced fumbles) and he is active against the run. He has man coverage traits and plenty of experience in man, but will need time to develop at the NFL level.
33. Tyler Badie, RB – Missouri: Badie might be short in stature but he's a thickly wound athlete who handled significant snaps as a do-it-all back. Decisive with good ball security, Badie could excel if given third-down back duties to focus on. He's got some Dion Lewis to him.
34. Phidarian Mathis, DT – Alabama: Another member of the Crimson Tide, Mathis is a prototypical Patriot given his leadership, size and versatility to handle any assignment along the defensive line. His third-down value might be limited but he could be an early-down stud in New England's system.
35. Jeremiah Moon, DE/OLB – Florida: Moon is an interesting prospect, excelling after a move from the edge to off-the-ball. His makeup, size and length are excellent, and while he had his struggles at defensive end, there's reason to believe he could develop as a versatile second level defender.
36. Malcolm Rodriguez, LB – Oklahoma St.: Rodriguez is your classic highly productive but undersized linebacker that are difficult to project to the NFL. But there are no questions about his football passion and ability to play the game, even if he might be relegated to a special teams role in the NFL. Consider him a Day Two version of Nakobe Dean.
37. Obinna Eze, OT – TCU: Eze's 36.5-inch arms to go with 6-6.5 height stand out as he's got ideal length to be blocking along the edges of the offense. Despite being a three-year starter, he'll need time to develop into his frame, but once he does, he could emerge as a starting tackle.
38. John Ridgeway, DL - Arkansas: There's a lot of Lawrence Guy in Ridgeway's game as he's a big space eater inside at 6-5, 321 pounds. He checks a lot of boxes as a player who could be moved around the defensive line and play a variety of roles.
39. Zyon McCollum, CB – Sam Houston State: McCollum dominated at the small school level like you'd hope with ideal measurables and intangibles. Plus ball skills help his cause, but he'll likely need some developmental time though he has all the athleticism to be an NFL cornerback.
40. Darien Butler, ST/LB – Arizona State: A three-time captain, he's only 5-10, but is aggressive and quick. Likely destined for special teams, Butler has an NFL makeup in that regard.
41. Vederian Lowe, OT – Illinois: Lowe has all the measurables, including 35 3/8" arms, and intangibles but just needs some NFL refining to attain his full potential. With work on his technique, he could flourish.
42. Alec Lindstrom, C – Boston College: The Dudley, MA and Boston College prospect must be on the Patriots radar, as he shares a lot of qualities with David Andrews like toughness, experience and smarts. His lack of versatility could hurt his draft chances, but that didn't stop Andrews either.
43. Myron Cunningham, OT – Arkansas: Another raw tackle prospect with ideal NFL size and length, Cunningham is on the bubble because of his athleticism. But he's a former captain who should put in the work to stick around.
44. Jason Poe, OL – Mercer: A small-school prospect that didn't go to the Combine, Poe stood out at Georgia's Pro Day, with a 4.9 40-yard-dash and 34 reps of 225. He's undersized at 6-1, but that didn't stop the Patriots with Shaq Mason and Poe has similar athleticism. He's a Day Three flier kind of OL.
45. Smoke Monday, S – Auburn: A passionate player who likes to hit, Monday fits a strong safety profile. The Patriots don't have much need for depth at the position, but he certainly plays the kind of way that attracts the Patriots.
46. Chase Lucas, CB – Arizona State: The leader of Arizona State's secondary, Lucas is a boundary cornerback but lacks the size to be a number one shutdown corner. Still, he has good footwork and understands how to play.
47. Damarion Williams, CB – Houston: A tough captain who seems like he loves football, Williams will likely be headed to the slot in the NFL where his quickness can shine.
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48. Sam Webb, CB – Missouri Western: As the search for man coverage corners continues, Webb is a small school gem that might have all the measurables to make the leap and lock down receivers at the NFL level. He has a nose for the ball but is facing a big jump in competition.
49. Connor Heyward, TE/FB – Michigan State: The son of Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, Connor is a bit of a fullback/tight end tweener and in need of a fluid offense that will know how to employ him. His hands are impressive and he has plenty of special teams experience.
50. Matt Araiza, P – SD State: A left footed punter that is so good he's described as a weapon. No offense to Jake Bailey, but Araiza has to be on here.
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Sevilla returned to the competition with the intention of having a more secure qualification for the next Champions League, his real goal of the season, And, at the opening of this Friday, Day 31, Sanchez had to beat Granada 4-2 at Pizzajuan.
All About Seville Vs. Granada of the Leaguedescription:
- Sevilla have lost two of their last four matches against Grenada in LaLiga (W2).
- Sevilla have won only six of the 22 matches they have played in LaLiga (11 d5) on Friday, although three of those wins were in their three matches.
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Falconbridge Road reopened in Garson closed following crash
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Officials say a medical episode is suspected to be the cause of a car crashing into a home on Falconbridge Road in Garson on Friday.
Greater Sudbury Deputy Fire Chief Jesse Oshell told CTV News in a phone interview it happened around 12:50 p.m. east of the Garson strip mall, just before Penman Avenue.
No one was inside the home at the time of the crash, Oshell said.
The driver was assessed and cleared by paramedics at the scene.
Eastbound lanes were closed for a short while, but have reopened, Sudbury police said.
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