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While co-starring alongside Pete Davidson in Meet Cute, Kaley Cuoco had a hunch that people would think the title translated to real life.
"I knew it was going to happen," Kaley, who finished filming last August, told Glamour in a recent interview. "We really became very good friends, and he truly is one of the nicest people in the world. I loved seeing him on set, how he was with fans and with the crew. He took pictures with everybody. Some people would walk by and be like, ‘F--k you, Pete Davidson.' And then the next person would drive by and be like, ‘Oh my God, I'm your biggest fan!' And he'd laugh."
Rumors of a budding romance between the co-stars came on the heels of Kaley filing for divorce from her husband of three years, Karl Cook, in September 2021. But a source told E! News at the time that Kaley and Pete's growing friendship was just that—the two were "getting to know each other well" as pals.
Fast-forward to present-day, and the King of Staten Island has surely found himself smack dab in the center of Calabasas, thanks to girlfriend Kim Kardashian. And just like everyone else—Kaley is also curious to know what it's like to be in Pete's shoes at the moment.
"I texted him the other day and said, ‘What life are you living right now? I just want to know,'" she told Glamour. "I don't even think he knows how famous he is. I know that sounds cheesy. But I don't think he knows. I got to know him very well and he doesn't thrive on that. He's just Pete. He laughs everything off. And I saw the movie recently and I'm so excited about it. I'm trying not to be biased, but it's really sweet."
However, if you're wondering about Kaley's current love life, the Flight Attendant star noted that one thing will remain grounded.
"I will never get married again," she told the outlet. "I would love to have a long-lasting relationship or a partnership. But I will never get married again. Absolutely not."
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Shares of FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGEN – Get Rating) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the nine brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $21.83.
Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of FibroGen from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 3rd. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of FibroGen in a research report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on shares of FibroGen from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 1st.
Shares of NASDAQ:FGEN traded down $0.52 on Monday, reaching $11.99. 11,397 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 640,050. The company has a fifty day moving average of $13.59 and a 200-day moving average of $13.10. FibroGen has a twelve month low of $9.88 and a twelve month high of $30.12. The company has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.98 and a beta of 0.79.
Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FGEN. Point72 Asset Management L.P. raised its stake in shares of FibroGen by 235.9% during the fourth quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 3,732,594 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $52,630,000 after acquiring an additional 2,621,494 shares during the last quarter. Soleus Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of FibroGen during the fourth quarter valued at about $21,862,000. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its position in shares of FibroGen by 430.5% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,335,805 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $13,652,000 after purchasing an additional 1,084,016 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in FibroGen by 24.8% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 5,317,613 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $74,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,055,536 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC boosted its stake in FibroGen by 1,326.6% in the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 717,307 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $7,331,000 after acquiring an additional 667,027 shares during the last quarter. 75.75% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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FibroGen, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics to treat serious unmet medical needs. The company is developing Roxadustat, an oral small molecule inhibitor of hypoxia inducible factor prolyl hydroxylases, which has completed Phase III clinical development for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan; and in Phase II/III development in China for anemia associated with myelodysplastic syndromes.
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Retailers can expect a $7.1 billion boost over the Easter long weekend as many Australians get away for the first time in two years.
Research by the Australian Retailers Association and pollster Roy Morgan estimate $1.5 billion will be spent on food alone, including seafood, hot-cross buns and Easter eggs.
About one in 10 of the 2184 Australians surveyed said they would be spending more on food this year, while two-thirds said they would be spending the same.
Easter Saturday is one of the top 10 trading days of the year.
"For many, this is the first true holiday since the pandemic began," association CEO Paul Zahra said, noting the long queues at domestic airports.
"Even Christmas last year was disrupted by the surge in Omicron cases and testing requirements to cross borders, which forced many people to cancel their plans at the last minute."
But with minimal COVID-19 restrictions now in place, it is set to deliver a significant boost for retailers in popular holiday destinations who have struggled with the absence of visitors in recent years.
Almost two-thirds of Australians going away at Easter will travel within their own state, just over a third will go interstate, while just three per cent are going overseas.
"Beyond spending on travel and food, DIYs around the house will also be popular for green thumbs around the country," Mr Zahra said.
"It's the last break many people will have before winter sets in, and people who aren't going away traditionally use this time to upgrade things around the home that they've been putting off for months due to their busy schedules." | https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/retailers-to-enjoy-easter-sales-boost-c-6453653 | 2022-04-14T18:44:25Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/retailers-to-enjoy-easter-sales-boost-c-6453653 | true | 5 |
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A former international trade adviser has caused an uproar on social media after criticising Darlington.
Ben Ramanauskas tweeted about how the new government role, titled head of labour market and unemployment policy, is "ridiculous" due to its promise of a £60,000 salary and because "the person would have to live in Darlington!" He added that the role is "not going to get decent people applying" and that it was "not great money for an important job."
Northerners united to snap back at Ben's comments about Darlington, who then quickly re-clarified that he was not trying to "insult" the area but said it was "obviously not as an attractive place to live as London." Darlington MP Peter Gibson quickly responded, adding: "In a single tweet you demonstrate exactly why moving jobs from London to places like Darlington is so important."
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Ben continued to defend his corner, even saying that to attract "top-quality candidates," the job role would have to be based in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, but "definitely not somewhere like Darlington!"
He added: “And don't get me wrong, £60k is nice money and much higher than the national average, but if you're competing with consultancy firms and banks etc for talent, the government isn't going to attract those people especially if they also have to live in Darlington!"
Jennifer Williams, the northern correspondent for Financial Times, tweeted: "One problem is centralised decision-making and the comparatively low growth of our cities; Darlington may not bring the best bang for the government’s buck. Unfortunately another problem - which people notice - is the sneering attitude often taken to vast swathes of the country."
One user tweeted: "Ever been to Darlington, Ben? I moved there 14 months ago from London and it's been a great move. Might come as a shock, but big cities don't appeal to everybody, and don't have a monopoly on talent. It's a self-perpetuating mistruth in my opinion."
Teesside Live spoke to MP Peter Gibson about why he felt he needed to respond to the tweet. He said: "I felt the tweet denigrated the community that I represented and lied in the face of the government commitment to levelling up the North-East. We know that talent is spread equally throughout the country but opportunities aren't.
"Not only that but it's really important that, as the government evolves, decisions are taken with real lived experiences from the communities where they are based. Getting a real-life perspective inside those organisations. I felt there was an air of superiority, an air of condescension and it's clear from Ben's tweet that he's never even visited Darlington! He won't know about the tremendous work that goes on in our community and the global impact.
"Some of the challenges we face are deep-seated because we've been ignored and forgotten about by governments of all colours for generations. This levelling up agenda and the delivery that we're seeing in the Tees Valley, led in part by Ben Houchen, is supported by my other conservative colleagues and is supported massively by our northern chancellor."
Teesside Live has tried to contact Ben Ramanauskas for a comment.
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Amazon is taking a step to offset its rising costs, announcing Wednesday it will add a 5% “fuel and inflation surcharge” to fees it charges third-party sellers who use the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment services.
The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items.
The latest fee hike follows one announced in November and went into effect in January. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to a request for further details on the recent move. But in a notice sent to sellers Wednesday, the company said its costs had gone up since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic due to increases in hourly wages, the hiring of workers and construction of more warehouses.
It said it had absorbed costs whenever possible, and only increased fees to address permanent costs and to be competitive with other providers. Amazon competitors FedEx and UPS both have fuel surcharges.
“In 2022, we expected a return to normalcy as COVID-19 restrictions around the world eased, but fuel and inflation have presented further challenges,” the company said in the notice.
Federal data released Tuesday showed inflation jumped 8.5% in March, its fastest pace in more than 40 years.Gasoline prices have rocketed 48% in the past 12 months.
Though the company is blaming inflation and rising fuel costs for the surcharge, Stacy Mitchell, co-director for the anti-monopoly group Institute for Local Self-Reliance, criticized Wednesday’s announcement, saying Amazon was taking advantage of the moment.
“Amazon keeps increasing its fees on the sellers that have to depend on its platform,” Mitchell said, adding the new fees are a way “to take more money out of the pockets of independent businesses and put it into Amazon’s coffers.”
Amazon’s third-party marketplace, where independent merchants list millions of their products, is a huge part of its business. It has about 2 million sellers, and more than half the goods sold on Amazon.com come from these sellers.
Last year, sellers paid Amazon about $103 billion in fees, which made up about 22% of the company’s revenue. The online retailer said the new fees will apply to products ordered before April 28 but shipped and delivered after that date. Amazon is also expected to release its earnings report from the first three months of this year on April 28.
Amazon has long faced accusations of undercutting merchants that sell on its platform by making “knock-offs,” or very similar products, and boosting their presence on the site.
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LAS VEGAS, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GBank Financial Holdings Inc. ("GBank" or the "Company") (OTCQX: GBFH), the parent company for Bank of George (the "Bank"), today announced that Shouvik Ray has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) of Bank of George, effective March 22, 2022.
Mr. Ray has over 20 years of extensive cross-functional Banking experience with demonstrated thought leadership in Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Fintech, Outsourcing, Payments, and Vendor (Third-Party) Management. Prior to joining Bank of George, he led the IT, Information Security, Technology Risk, and Vendor Management functions at Westamerica Bank. He has previously seeded and developed functions and managed large international teams and initiatives for Global Banks including HSBC and BNP Paribas in the roles of SVP/Head of Global IT Services, Head of Global Software Development Supply Chain Management, Head of Technology Vendor Management, Head of R&D Center, Program Manager, Client Engagement Manager, Business Analyst, and Functional Architect. He began his career in software development and management consulting for Financial Services, Telecom and Energy sectors.
"In years past, once we configured our information technology systems, they functioned properly and remained fairly static. Those days are over. Our ongoing demands necessitate dynamic performance from our IT systems. A year from now, our systems will look quite different, and the expectation is that they will perform flawlessly," said T. Ryan Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer. "To further strengthen the client experience and our growth-centric environment, it is now time for Bank of George to increase the size of its executive team. Having Shouvik Ray join us as CIO/CTO is critical to achieving the Bank's strategic goals quickly and effectively. His new responsibilities include directing and overseeing the Bank's Information Technology department's vision, strategy, and operations. The technology solutions he oversees will help the Company stay at the forefront of technological advancements, innovation, and operational excellence. We are delighted to have Shouvik on board."
"On behalf of our Board of Directors, I am excited to welcome Shouvik Ray to Bank of George," said Edward M. Nigro, Executive Chairman. "As a member of an already successful leadership team, his appointment adds further strength, and his industry knowledge and insight will be a significant component in our future growth for the benefit of our customers, employees, and shareholders."
Mr. Ray holds a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India and an MBA from École des Ponts ParisTech, Paris. He mentors technology start-ups, advises universities on Business Technology Programs and actively volunteers with Philanthropic organizations in the community.
GBank Financial Holdings Inc. ("GBank" or the "Company") (GBFH), a bank holding company with approximately $618 million in assets at December 31, 2021, conducts business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of George (named in honor of George Washington). Founded in 2007, the Bank operates two full-service commercial branches in Las Vegas, Nevada, with primary lending activities focused on engaging clients in Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona. Bank of George has key businesses in three prominent divisions: SBA Lending, Gaming FinTech, and Commercial Lending. The Bank conducts business nationally through its SBA lending activities (ranked 19th in the nation by the U.S. Small Business Administration for SBA 7(a) dollar loan volume through September 30, 2021) and its partnership. Launched in 2016, the Bank's Gaming FinTech Division, through its contract with BankCard Services, LLC ("BCS") is empowering Sightline Payments Play+ Solution (Sightline Payments) for seamless and secure pay-and-play that is enabling cashless, mobile commerce solutions for gaming, lottery, and sports betting ecosystems – positioning GBank as a financial leader in this new payments world. The Bank also provides general commercial banking services with an emphasis on serving the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses, high net worth individuals, professionals, and investors. The Bank offers a full complement of consumer deposit products and is focused on delivering a premium level of service. Bank of George has been recognized every year for each of the past five years by S&P Global Market Intelligence as a top 100 U.S. community bank under $3 billion in assets. For more information about Bank of George, please visit its website at https://www.bankofgeorge.com. GBank's Common Stock is quoted on the US OTCQX Market under the symbol GBFH.
GBank has made forward-looking statements in this Press Release. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. When words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," or similar expressions occur in this Press Release, the Company is making forward-looking statements. Note that many factors could affect the future financial results of the Company and its subsidiaries, both individually and collectively, and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in this Press Release. Those factors include, but are not limited to: the recent and continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which poses risks and may harm the Company's business and results of operations in future quarters, credit risk, changes in market interest rates, inability to achieve merger-related synergies, competition, economic downturn or recession, and government regulation and supervision. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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University of Southern California sues YouTubers over pranks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube performers who the school says created panic after barging into classrooms to film prank videos for their channels. Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times claim the pair caused “terror and disruption” during three...
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Jarnkrok (illness) will return to the lineup Tuesday versus the Kraken, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports.
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DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Denver-based Frontier agreed to keep or change several policies to address the needs of pregnant and lactating personnel in settling the litigation, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, which represented the employees, announced Wednesday.
In their 2019 federal lawsuit, the four employees alleged that Frontier forced them to take unpaid leave for pregnancy-related absences and did not make it possible for them to pump breast milk while working.
Frontier at the time insisted that it offered “a number of accommodations for pregnant and lactating pilots and flight attendants within the bounds of protecting public safety, which is always our top priority.”
Under the settlement, Frontier agreed to clarify that pregnancy-related absences are not subject to disciplinary action, The Denver Gazette reported.
Flight attendants unable to fly because of pregnancy or lactation will be provided the same accommodations as those with other medical conditions, including medical leave or temporary ground duty.
The airline also will keep in place a recent change allowing flight attendants to use wearable breast pumps during flight, provide lactation facilities at its base locations and provide information on lactation facilities at other airports.
“Future flight attendants won’t have to worry about how they are going to fit in pumping between flights or wonder where they will be able to pump safely,” plaintiff Melissa Hodgkins said in a statement released by the ACLU. “I gave up breastfeeding to provide for my family, and no one should have to make that choice again.”
“We’re proud to be at the forefront of accommodating the needs of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in the airline industry,” said Jacalyn Peter, Frontier’s vice president of labor relations.
Two lawsuits originally were filed in 2019 by a New York law firm, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado and the Women’s Rights Project of the ACLU Foundation.
Attorneys filed two lawsuits because Frontier’s policies for flight attendants and pilots were different, according to the ACLU. The litigation involving the four female pilots continues in federal court in Denver. | https://www.wvnstv.com/news/business/flight-attendants-settle-frontier-discrimination-suit/ | 2022-04-14T19:06:01Z | https://www.wvnstv.com/news/business/flight-attendants-settle-frontier-discrimination-suit/ | true | 30 |
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, environmental justice is
the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.
Importantly, environmental justice concerns are not new
For example, in February 1994, former President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order No. 12898 on federal efforts focusing on environmental justice in minority and low-income populations.
Pursuant to the executive order, "each Federal agency shall make achieving environmental justice part of its mission."1
Despite decades of awareness of environmental justice issues, both federal and state governments have struggled to identify concrete action to address the reality of persistent disproportionate impacts from environmental stressors.
This time may be different. Both California and the Biden administration are focused on taking concrete, verifiable and comprehensive actions to address persistent environmental inequities and also address climate justice.
This article discusses recent regulatory and enforcement efforts by both the Biden administration and the state of California, and further provides guidance for companies seeking to understand how environmental justice issues may affect them.
Biden Administration Starting to Make Environmental Justice Goals Concrete
Since the early days of his administration, President Joe Biden has issued a number of executive orders and memoranda that set the stage for addressing environmental justice on a national level.
Most significantly, Executive Order No. 14008 on tackling the climate crisis, issued on Jan. 27, 2021, describes a governmentwide approach to addressing climate change and environmental justice and announces the Justice40 Initiative, which aims to deliver 40% of the overall benefits of federal investments in climate and sustainable transportation to disadvantaged communities.
The EPA followed suit, and on April 30, 2021, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance issued a memorandum titled "Strengthening Enforcement in Communities with Environmental Justice Concerns," calling for increased facility inspections in overburdened communities, the implementation of remedies that benefit overburdened communities, and increased engagement with communities about enforcement cases that affect them.
On June 21, 2021, the OECA issued another memorandum titled "Strengthening Environmental Justice Through Criminal Enforcement," calling for increased outreach to crime victims in overburdened communities and enhanced remedies, including restitution, for redressing harms these victims suffer.
Then on Oct. 1, 2021, the EPA released its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026, which includes several environmental justice initiatives and specific numerical goals - such as, for example, ensuring that 55% of all the EPA's inspections relate to communities with environmental justice concerns.
Earlier this year, on Jan. 5, the EPA released a draft environmental justice action plan called "EJ Action Plan: Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA's Land Protection and Cleanup Programs," focusing on strategies to strengthen compliance and enforcement, incorporate environmental justice considerations in the agency, increase community engagement, and advance the Biden administration's Justice40 initiative.
And on Jan. 26, following his November "Journey to Justice" Tour, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced a number of actions the EPA will take to respond to the concerns of overburdened communities, including conducting unannounced inspections of suspected noncompliant facilities, and expanding air monitoring tools and technologies to enhance enforcement, among other actions.
The administrator's announcement also describes various agencywide and communityspecific actions that the EPA plans to undertake as part of its renewed commitment to addressing environmental justice issues in communities that are "marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution."
California Is Leading the Way on Environmental Justice Policy
Both before the Biden administration and since, California has taken a number of important actions that have further incorporated environmental policy into government activities and affirmed California's status as a leader in environmental justice policy.
A review of the environmental justice developments in 2021 and in the first part of this year signals an increase in state implementation of environmental justice policy that we expect will continue in 2022.
Companies with operations in California should pay close attention to these developments and prepare for a future where environmental justice concerns take center stage.
California law defines environmental justice as
the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins, with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.2
The law further describes environmental justice as including a healthy environment for all people; the reduction or elimination of pollution burdens for populations and communities experiencing the adverse effects of that pollution; the provision of technical assistance to communities most affected by pollution; and the promotion of meaningful participation of such communities in environmental and land use decision-making processes.
The law requires that government entities, at a minimum, consider the recommendations from communities most affected by pollution when making environmental and land use decisions.
A.B. 617, signed into law in 2017, focuses on implementing policies to improve air quality and public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants.
The law directs the California Air Resources Board, or CARB, and local air districts to protect overburdened communities. It requires the implementation of community-level air monitoring and emission reduction plans; expedited best available retrofit control technology; enhanced emission reporting requirements; and increased penalty provisions.
CARB may also direct grant funding to communities determined to have the highest air pollution burden.
In response to A.B. 617, CARB established the Community Air Protection Program to reduce exposure in communities most affected by air pollution.
Air monitoring and emission reduction programs have already been implemented in a number of communities. These efforts can be monitored via CARB's CommunityHub dashboard.
Despite these programs, some nonprofit organizations have raised doubts about A.B. 617's effectiveness and criticized its implementation.
Pressure from such organizations and renewed focus on environmental justice issues on both the state and federal levels could lead to more aggressive state efforts to apply and possibly strengthen A.B. 617.
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Footnotes
1. See also, Brian D. Israel, An Environmental Justice Critique of Risk Assessment, 3 N.Y.U. Env't L. J. 469 (1995) (exploring ways in which environmental risk assessments may fail to detect risks in overburdened communities).
2. Cal. Gov't Code, § 65040.12 (e).
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ARLINGTON, Texas — File this one under "one of the most wholesome moments you've ever seen."
The Texas Rangers may have lost a tough game in their home opener against the Colorado Rockies on Monday, but the Hearn family won the day. Taylor Hearn was awarded the start on the pitcher's mound, but he awarded us with an inspiring answer to a question asked by a reporter close to his heart: his sister.
Robyn Hearn is the Sports Director for KAUZ (News Channel 6), the CBS affiliate in Wichita Falls. She was in Arlington on Monday covering the Rangers' home opener and asked her brother about his mentality playing in the game and if there was "anything different or someone in the stands or press box you were itching to do well for" (wink, wink).
Taylor Hearn smiled and chuckled, while his sister finished asking her question, and his response left social media misty-eyed and needing tissues.
Watch his wholesome response here:
Hearn thanked his sister for the sacrifices she made as they were kids growing up together for him to achieve his dream of being an MLB player.
"Despite the results, I didn't really care if I won the game or if we lost ... I was more happy to see that you were here," Taylor Hearn said. "So, as a big brother, that means a lot to me."
"Well, I'm happy you feel that way. Thanks for making me cry," Robyn Hearn joked. "I'm proud of you." | https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/mlb/texas-rangers-taylor-hearn-sister-reporter-robyn-hearn/287-d724dcc0-ad42-4f82-85ee-9f4335b433f2 | 2022-04-14T19:09:15Z | https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/mlb/texas-rangers-taylor-hearn-sister-reporter-robyn-hearn/287-d724dcc0-ad42-4f82-85ee-9f4335b433f2 | false | 10 |
Kaliyev produced an assist, two shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Wednesday's 9-3 loss to the Avalanche.
Kaliyev set up Adrian Kempe for a tally early in the second period, though the Kings' comeback didn't come close to pulling even. Since the return of Dustin Brown from an upper-body injury, Kaliyev has moved up to the top line with Kempe and Anze Kopitar. It's not surprising to see Kaliyev in a more advanced role -- he's posted 25 points and 179 shots on net through 74 contests. It remains to be seen if he'll finish the year there, though the move has mostly just been a bump in the quality of his linemates for his still-limited even-strength shifts. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/kings-arthur-kaliyev-hands-out-helper/ | 2022-04-14T19:11:05Z | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/kings-arthur-kaliyev-hands-out-helper/ | false | null |
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Instances of Classic Bertoia Furniture in Modern Homes
In 1950 Harry Bertoia designed his first collection for Knoll: its futuristic, lightweight, wire-frame design was a smash hit. Bertoia continued to design for Knoll, in addition to producing many public sculptures, and his furniture still graces kitchens, living rooms, and decks the world over. | https://www.dwell.com/collection/instances-of-classic-bertoia-furniture-in-modern-homes-304ccb6b | 2022-04-14T19:11:23Z | https://www.dwell.com/collection/instances-of-classic-bertoia-furniture-in-modern-homes-304ccb6b | false | null |
Which meat slicer is best?
A good chef’s knife can accomplish many tasks, but it can’t make paper-thin cured meats or dozens of slices of cheese with consistent thickness. You’ll need an electric meat slicer to make the perfect charcuterie board at home. The right one can help you slice cold cuts, artisan bread and raw meat for jerky in small and large batches.
The best meat slicer for most people is the Berkel Red Line 300. It comes from a highly respected manufacturer and is modeled after commercial-style machines, with the precision, speed and duty cycle that every cook needs.
What to know before you buy a meat slicer
You need to keep it clean
It’s important to respect all your kitchen equipment and keep it clean, but that’s never more true than it is for a meat slicer. Even the most refined designs can allow for food buildup in various places, and leftover meat, cheese and other food can hurt an appliance’s finish, damage seals and contribute to bacterial contamination. It’s far easier to maintain a clean slicer regularly than it is to deep clean a thoroughly messy one every few weeks. This is especially important if you’ll only use the slicer occasionally, as food particles are particularly bad things to store in your cupboard.
It will take up space
Even the smallest meat slicers aren’t really that small. Unless you have a truly massive home kitchen, you’ll need somewhere to put your new meat slicer that’s out of the way, as very few make attractive kitchen decorations. Along with that, don’t forget that meat slicers also tend to be heavy. After all, the most effective ones boast durable steel bodies and rugged gears and motors.
It may require an investment
A good meat slicer can do a lot. If you frequently make large batches of beef jerky, slice artisanal bread with thick crusts or prepare homemade hot pot or pho, you might find yourself using a meat slicer often. If that’s the case, take a good look at a full-size model like the ones found in restaurant kitchens. They are faster and more precise and can prep more food at once than budget-friendly options, known as having a long duty cycle. A longer duty cycle means an appliance will ultimately receive less wear and tear.
What to look for in a quality meat slicer
Blade diameter
Typical consumer-grade meat slicers have 7- or 8-inch blades. That should do fine for small jobs, but more demanding cooks will notice that the blade moves too slowly and gets dull too quickly for satisfactory results. Models with 10-inch blades are usually the best ones that don’t break the bank. If you’re ambitious and have room for it, a 12-inch meat slicer should perform even better if you get it from a reasonably dependable manufacturer.
Durable and precise construction
Ideally, your new meat slicer will have a rugged stainless steel body and be easy to clean and sanitize. Another build quality aspect is how consistent the materials and components are. Subpar tolerances and poorly machined parts lead to cracks, crevices and other areas where it’s easy for food to get stuck. When you finally receive your new meat slicer, check it thoroughly to make sure it’s assembled properly and doesn’t have any glaring errors or broken fasteners.
Motor wattage
Budget-friendly meat slicers are rated for around 100 watts and commercial models roughly 500 watts or more. Mid-range slicers that offer excellent bang for your buck tend to have 250- or 300-watt motors.
How much you can expect to spend on a meat slicer
The most affordable meat slicers worth buying cost just over $100. You can spend several thousand dollars on a premium commercial meat slicer, but the absolute best for home use top out at just under $2,000, and most consumers should look to spend around $400.
Meat slicer FAQ
What safety equipment do you need for a meat slicer?
A. Aside from extreme caution and attention to detail, a chainmail glove is the only thing that will protect you from the high-speed rotating blade found on a meat slicer. Consider ordering one size bigger than you need, and keep in mind that wearing a nitrile glove outside of your chainmail glove will significantly increase your dexterity.
Are Hobart slicers any good?
A. Hobart slicers are some of the best and most popular in kitchens worldwide, which is why they’re so well-known. However, they’re incredibly bulky, don’t look great in homes and usually cost an extreme amount, so only the most passionate home cooks should consider one.
What’s the best meat slicer to buy?
Top meat slicer
Berkel Red Line 300 Electric Food Slicer
What you need to know: It’s a commercial-style meat slicer reworked to fit perfectly in a large home kitchen.
What you’ll love: For starters, Berkel actually claims to have made the first meat slicer ever. The Red Line 300 is modeled after institutional meat slicers but has a less industrial aesthetic and a less bulky design. Its 12-inch blade is big enough and rotates fast enough to handle the finest cured meats and the unit’s overall construction is particularly solid.
What you should consider: A high-quality meat slicer like this one requires an investment that few home cooks are willing to make.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Top meat slicer for the money
Chef’sChoice 615A Electric Food Slicer
What you need to know: This is the most affordable meat slicer that’s actually able to get most jobs done.
What you’ll love: If you only occasionally need sliced meat, cheese or bread, this one’s an excellent choice. It isn’t as large, doesn’t rotate as fast and can’t handle the same size jobs as a commercial-grade meat slicer, but it’s perfectly suited to home kitchens where you need to do your own sandwich prep every now and then. As long as you keep it clean and take care not to force anything while using it, it should last for a long time.
What you should consider: Some people have trouble with hard meats or highly precise cuts. For a more consistent and thinly cut end product, many owners recommend picking up the compatible non-serrated blade.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
Worth checking out
Vevor Commercial Electric Food Slicer
What you need to know: This 10-inch meat slicer is modeled after a commercial unit but priced right for the discerning consumer.
What you’ll love: The Vevor lies in the middle between plastic-bodied consumer and industrial slicers. It has the size and power needed for most meats, cheeses and bread but costs a fraction of what you pay for one from a more well-known brand. We’ve highlighted the 10-inch version because it’s the most convenient size for many home kitchens, but there’s a 12-inch model available for those who need more performance and a larger cutting area.
What you should consider: The quality control and product consistency aren’t exactly perfect, but it’s better than most other off-brand competition.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Odisha’s Flagship Nutrition Programme “SOPAN” Expanded Across Sundargarh
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh District Administration takes an important step to extend the Strategy for Odisha’s Pathway to Accelerated Nutrition (SOPAN), a new flagship programme of state government, to Non-SOPAN areas thus expanding coverage across all 17 Blocks and 4 ULBs of the district. The programme aims at addressing any nutrition gap in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers in this mining-affected and tribal-dominated region.
The state government’s flagship nutrition initiative for remote areas SOPAN is implemented with effect from 1st April 2022 at 125 blocks under 22 districts through the Anganwadi Centres (AWC). 7 blocks of Sundargarh district, largely affected by mining operations, were a part of this scheme. However, utilising funds from District Mineral Foundation (DMF), the local administration now expands this nutrition cover throughout the district. This extension programme was launched on Thursday at a special event in Sundargarh at Zilla Sanskruti Bhawan. The District Level ASHA & Gaon Kalyan Samiti (GKS) Convention was also organised on this day.
The administration also launched couple of key welfare programmes like ‘Kalika’ for the daycare of working women’s children, the Transformation of Govt High School Hostels, development of village ponds, apart from launching the new website for DMF Sundargarh. Expansion of existing and implementation of new healthcare projects was also initiated on the occasion.
SOPAN shall ensure additional cover in the area of nutrition among the target beneficiaries in Sundargarh district. As per the provision, Severely Under Weight (SUW) children will be given specially formulated Chhatua for 75 days. Similarly, both pregnant women and lactating mothers shall be provided Hot Cooked Meal through the AWCs for 150 days each while adolescent girls are also given special attention to supplement their nutrition.
“Looking into the need of the people of various blocks of Sundargarh, we are trying to come up with diverse initiatives. The programmes launched today shall benefit children and women, students, working women, and the rural population at large. As a matter of priority, we are seeking suggestions and proposals from the public and involving the Gram Sabha while designing and delivering various projects”, informs Collector Sundargarh Nikhil Pavan Kalyan.
Being a leading industrial zone, Sundargarh has a sizable population of women workers and daily wagers.To help keep their children safe, provide nutrition and a learning environment, modern creches called ‘Kalika’ are being built by the district administration. In the 1st phase, 90 such creches are getting ready at 6 mining affected blocks.
Govt High School Hostels in Sundargarh district are being transformed with better facilities for the boarders. 135 Hostels are taken up for the transformation work in the first phase of the initiative. The transformed hostels will have modern library & reading room, tinkering and innovation, indoor games, gym, nutrition, extracurricular and other facilities for holistic development of the students.
The district administration lays special emphasis on pond development across 279 GPs at all 17 Blocks of Sundargarh. In the 1st phase, one pond will be rejuvenated at each Gram Panchayat in the district. As a result, the ponds will be developed for people’s use and to support agriculture & people’s livelihood.
To inform the public about various priority programmes supported by DMF, invite feedback and engage with various stakeholders, the new website of DMF Sundargarh www.dmfsundargarh.in was launched on the occasion.The website contains details of different DMF supported projects, Annual Report, Newsletter, Videos and Podcast and social media feed as a part of the outreach.
“With the launch of the DMF website, the general public, beneficiaries and stakeholders can get all relevant information of DMF supported projects and get connected using web &social media links”, informs the Collector Sundargarh Nikhil Pavan Kalyan.
Sundargarh District’s Flagship Health Programme ‘Matrujyoti’ was expanded. Kangaroo Mother Care Unit having Kangaroo mother care kit has been provisioned at 17 Maternity Centres of the district. Similarly, Neonatal Ambulance Service was launched while the administration signed a MoU with Rourkela based ASTHA Mother & Child Care Hospital as a referral centre for specialty paediatric health services at the ASHA & GKS Convention.
Under the district administration’s flagship public library and book reading initiative ‘Sundargarh BahiPadha’, books were distributed among students, teachers and public libraries of Sundargarh. Similarly, various books were also given away for the inmates of Sundargarh, Rourkela and Bonai Jails.
MLA Sundargarh Sadar Kusum Tete, MLA Talsara Bhabani S. Bhoi, ZP President Kunti Pradhan, Chairperson Sundargarh Municipality Tanaya Mishra, Representative of Sundargarh MP SukeshiOram, CDM& PHO Dr Saroj Kumar Mishra, Director RGH Dr Santosh Kumar Swain, ADPHO Dr KanhuCharan Naik, ADM & PHO Dr Purna Chandra Sahoo, NHM DPM Shankar Acharya,DSWO Prabasini Chakra, District Culture Officer Kuldip Xaxa, DIPRO Nandini Mundari were present on the occasion. | https://pragativadi.com/odishas-flagship-nutrition-programme-sopan-expanded-across-sundargarh/ | 2022-04-14T19:15:06Z | https://pragativadi.com/odishas-flagship-nutrition-programme-sopan-expanded-across-sundargarh/ | true | 2 |
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Boat Airdopes 500 ANC Launched In India For Rs 3,999; All The Details Here
Boat has expended its range of audio devices in the country by launching the Boat Airdopes 500 ANC. As the name suggests, the newest audio product from the company provides Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). The wearable also has Bluetooth 5.2 for connectivity.
Boat Airdopes 500 ANC features and specs
The Boat Airdopes 500 ANC has up to 35dB of ANC, thanks to its Hybrid ANC tech that limits the background noise. There are 8mm drivers onboard that claim to provide a smooth music listening experience. The users will also get an ambient mode for transparency, an ENx Environmental Noise Cancellation feature, an in-ear detection option to pause the music or taking calls, and IWP feature that automatically detects when the earbuds are in use.
As for the other features, the Boat Airdopes 500 ANC offers IPX4 rating for water and dust resistance. Thanks to the touch controls, the consumers can easily wake up their configured voice assistant to make calls and all. The earbuds themselves offer up to a claimed battery life of over 28 hours. The charging case gives users an additional 5.5 hours or usage for each earbud.
Boat Airdopes 500 ANC price in India and availability
The Boat Airdopes 500 ANC earbuds will be available in India for Rs 3,999. The wearable will be offered in Elite Blue, Tranquil White, and Rich Black color options. They are up for grabs on Amazon India. Notably, there's a "Boat Days Sale" on the e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, and the brand's own website, which is offering some discounts on the newly launched earbuds.
In related news, Boat recently launched its first smartwatch named Wave Pro 47 with asap charge and 24x7 health monitoring sensors. The device has a 1.69-inch HD display, which has a maximum brightness of 500+ nits. The device is priced at Rs 3,499 and is up for grabs on the brand's website.
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Worker organizing at Starbucks is on fire. What started with one store in Buffalo has swiftly spread to other locations across the country.
Twenty stores have now unionized, including four so far this week in unanimous votes. The union has lost only once, when one of the first three stores in Buffalo to organize voted down the union back in December. More than 200 Starbucks stores have sought elections, with more added every day.
The return of Howard Schultz to Starbucks as interim CEO on April 4 hasn't slowed the movement, despite his appeal to employees, known as partners at Starbucks, to trust him — not a union — to make things right for them.
"My job in coming back to Starbucks is to ensure the fact that we... reimagine a new Starbucks with our partners at the center of it all, as a pro-partner company, as a company that does not need someone in between us and our people," Schultz told employees at a town-hall style meeting on his first day back.
But more and more workers at Starbucks believe otherwise. They say a worker-led union is exactly what they need to have a seat at the table.
Starbucks workers were originally drawn to the company because of its culture
Starbucks has long prided itself on being a standout employer. Indeed, the generous benefits and socially progressive culture are a big part of what drew Tim Swicord, Gailyn Berg, Megan Gaydos and Claire Picciano to find jobs with the company in Springfield, Virginia. Their Starbucks store is voting this week on whether to organize.
"The way that they treated their employees and also the work environment that I witnessed — it seemed very engaging and fun," says Swicord, a high school senior who sought out Starbucks for a part-time job last year.
"I wanted to go to college for free," says Picciano, a barista trainer who has worked at Starbucks part-time for three-and-a half years while also working toward a bachelor's degree in health sciences, thanks to Starbucks. The company offers free college tuition through an online program at Arizona State University, a perk Berg and Gaydos have also enjoyed.
Berg, who joined four years ago and is now a shift supervisor, says they love Starbucks, or at least, loved it before.
"Definitely, I felt that they had lived up to the culture, the promises of the culture that they had made," they say.
But in the pandemic, the goodwill faded fast. And all four of the Springfield workers eventually became convinced that they would be better off with a union. It started in January, a month after a Starbucks store in Buffalo won a successful union drive. What started out as a casual, almost jokey conversation quickly turned serious, says Swicord. "We just started to think, 'Hey, this is something we should really do as a store.'"
Starbucks' anti-union campaign has riled the workers
Swicord became one of the organizers. He also became a target of Starbucks' anti-union campaign. At a closed-door meeting with his store manager and the district manager, he says he was warned that unionizing was a gamble, that the employees risked losing their benefits and that he in particular risked losing out on a promotion.
"To me, it did not feel like a conversation," he says.
Swicord says Starbucks has carried out other union-busting activities as well. After their store filed for a union vote, their schedule was taken down from the wall in the back room, and when it was reposted, their hours had been cut. Five new employees were suddenly brought on, but Picciano, the store's barista trainer, says she was not allowed to train the new hires.
"Those partners were shipped to other stores to be trained," she says.
Starbucks denies engaging in illegal anti-union activities, including at other stores where worker organizers have been fired. Starbucks says the workers in question were fired for violating company policies.
Tensions at the Springfield store date to early in the pandemic
The mistrust the four Springfield workers feel toward Starbucks dates to the onset of the pandemic. In those scary first days, Berg felt Starbucks was slow to respond, but soon after, their store was among those Starbucks closed for six weeks, with pay. During that time, the staff got together on Zoom to brainstorm ideas for how to keep safe. Along with their store manager, they decided to place a table and a tent at the door. Customers could place orders on the Starbucks app and pick up their drinks outside.
They were quickly overruled.
Citing food safety issues, their district manager told them their plan was inappropriate, and that customers had to be able to come into the store.
"That was definitely a rough first couple of weeks when we were first getting used to what Starbucks corporate wanted us to look like and deciding if it was actually safe enough," says Berg.
In fact, Starbucks took a number of steps to help employees through that time. For 30 days, they paid workers regardless of whether they went to work or not, for whatever reason. They gave 14 days of paid time off to workers exposed to or diagnosed with COVID. They expanded child care benefits and, for a couple of months, paid workers $3 more per hour in hazard pay.
But increasingly, the employees felt voiceless over the challenges they faced at work. Confrontations with customers over masks. Coworkers calling out sick, with no one to replace them.
"'I'm just so stressed out. We need more help,'" Picciano remembers telling her manager at the time.
Pandemic benefits were cut as company reported record sales
For Gaydos, a barista, a low point came last fall when Starbucks phased out one of its pandemic benefits. Employees had been allowed one free food item and one beverage every day, from any store, even if they weren't working that day. Gaydos says they were told the company couldn't afford the benefit anymore.
"And then it came out that we had record-breaking sales, and that the CEO at the time, Kevin Johnson, was going to receive a 40% raise," says Gaydos.
Starbucks notes that it has replaced some pandemic benefits with others as the pandemic has evolved. For example, twice a quarter, workers can now take five days' paid leave if they need to isolate due to COVID.
The company also points to raises it has announced for store employees. By summer 2022, Starbucks says all workers will earn at least $15 an hour.
The Springfield workers are not impressed.
"Starbucks is boasting about raising everyone to $15 an hour, but that was ten years ago that we needed that," says shift supervisor Berg.
What workers want: more money and more of a say
If their store votes to unionize this week, the Springfield workers have a long list of demands they will bring to the bargaining table.
"Of course a raise — that's our very first one," says Berg.
They also want consistency in their schedules and in how many hours they are allotted each week.
The baristas want customers to be able to tip on the credit card readers in the stores and to be able to tip more easily on the mobile app. They also want Starbucks to supplement the tips, seeing as many people don't tip because the prices are so high.
"It is not our fault that Starbucks keeps increasing the cost of everything to the point where it's the most expensive cup of coffee you've ever had," says Picciano.
Berg has a bigger ask in mind: a larger store. The store now is too small for the amount of traffic they get, Berg says, and workers have suffered injuries while restocking because many items are high up on shelves.
Above all, the workers want a say in how things are done at their store. They want their voices heard.
"All of us would be happy to give this company everything we had if we were also treated the same way back," says Picciano.
On Thursday, the workers hope to become the 21st Starbucks store to join the national union Workers United.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An accomplished illustrator of books for children including a work authored by Chelsea Clinton says she is searching for a packet of penguin illustrations that were taken from her unlocked car.
Gianna Marino said Wednesday that she filed a police report after the pack of 20 illustrations disappeared overnight from the backseat of her car in Santa Fe, during an extended stay in the Southwestern hub for artists and authors.
Marino said she scoured pawn shops, galleries and social media for the illustrations without finding a clue.
The theft won't halt publication of the images in a new book about penguins and the loving bonds of family, but Marino says she wanted to save the original illustrations or give them away to friends.
“I do very detailed work, and it's probably months and months of work," she said. “I actually woke up in the middle of the night and thought, ‘Oh I forgot to lock the car.' It wasn’t until about six hours later when I was driving down the road when I went, ‘No!’”
Marino has written and illustrated more than a dozen children's books, collaborating with Clinton on the 2019 work about endangered species titled “Don't Let Them Disappear.” | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Children-s-book-illustrator-scours-Santa-Fe-after-17081425.php | 2022-04-14T19:26:39Z | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Children-s-book-illustrator-scours-Santa-Fe-after-17081425.php | true | 11 |
Instreamatic Launches Speaky, the Voice AI Platform for Instant Customer Communication and Real-Time Sentiment Analysis
Speaky is a many-to-one communication solution that deepens customer relationships across all physical and digital brand touchpoints; Speaky is powered by voice AI and provides actionable reports for improving brand experiences
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Instreamatic, providing an end-to-end Voice Marketing Platform for managing, measuring and monetizing conversations between brand and consumer, today launched Speaky. The new many-to-one communication solution enables customers to instantly and easily speak their minds to brands or content producers by leaving brief audio messages at any physical or digital brand touchpoint. Leveraging Instreamatic’s powerful voice AI, Speaky instantly analyzes the ideas, advice, suggestions, and other valuable insights that customers communicate verbally – and then delivers real-time reporting for brands to put that insight into action and better serve customers’ needs.
“Consumers expect communication with brands to be a two-way street, but many struggle to be heard – hampering the brand experience,” said Stas Tushinskiy, CEO, Instreamatic. “Speaky offers customers an unprecedented way to say exactly what they want to say right in that moment, say it quickly, say it memorably, and say it in their own voice. Brands using Speaky can unlock these customer sentiments, which are richer, more emotional, and more useful to a brand than legacy outmoded approaches like comment cards or questionnaires. With unprecedented qualitative data immediately processed by our voice AI capabilities, brands can connect to customers like never before. Brands across industries can now apply Speaky to their own use cases, and start listening.”
As the most natural form of human communication, voice eliminates friction and barriers when it comes to asking customers to share their thoughts and feelings. Speaking is three times faster than typing, and far more likely to garner heartfelt responses and reveal deep customer experience insights than emails or feedback forms. Brands also lose valuable opportunities when customers perceive conventional voice channels – like waiting to speak to a manager or call center representative – as overly burdensome, and often choose to be quietly dissatisfied with their experiences.
In direct contrast, Speaky provides customers with the instant satisfaction of immediately communicating their ideas directly to the brand. To use Speaky, a customer simply clicks a link available at all online brand touchpoints (social channels, emails, newsletters, a brand website, etc), or scans a QR code at offline touchpoints (such as in-store experiences). The customer then leaves an audio message in which they can say anything they like to the brand. Speaky’s voice AI analyzes those customer responses, and the brand receives an actionable report.
Speaky requires no integration, eliminating any need for brands to build custom applications for particular hardware devices or to use any third-party voice apps. At the same time, Speaky yields immediate feedback through a detailed real-time reporting dashboard that includes voice transcripts and sentiment analysis. Speaky also eliminates the need for traditional customer surveys: brands can simply ask customers for feedback and receive voice responses across all channels.
“Speaky is the first voice technology that enables many-to-one communication. Messengers and social media only offer one-to-one and one-to-many communication channels,” said Tushinskiy. “With Speaky, brands can hear their customers and get actionable insights based on what the majority of their customers are saying – literally.”
For brands that demonstrate good listening and eagerly improve their practices based on customer feedback, the ROI is clear. 77% of consumers have a more favorable view of brands that proactively invite and accept customer feedback. Unsurprisingly, 80% of companies that see year-over-year growth are using customer surveys to collect customer experience data.
Speaky is the latest release from Instreamatic, which also offers interactive voice ad solutions for brands. Companies including Infiniti, IKEA, and Pedigree use Instreamatic’s platforms to engage with customers through the power of voice and with the guidance of unprecedented data insights.
About Instreamatic
Instreamatic is a Voice Marketing Platform that enables direct and instant voice communication between consumers and brands across billions of existing touchpoints. With solutions for many-to-one communication through Speaky, interactive voice advertising, and more, Instreamatic empowers brands to achieve modern, voice-first customer experiences. Instreamatic’s platform is fueled by its Voice AI Core, which delivers intelligent brand-consumer interactions at scale. Instreamatic is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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Cannabis and wellness educator Chelsea Cebara is proud to announce the release of her digital buying primer for the pot community: The New Cannabis Consumer Guide.
As cannabis rapidly becomes legal, the information gap between casual consumers and cannabis experts further widens. Many consumers are just starting to learn about the plant. All the while, more information seems to come in every day.
“America is on a reconciliatory journey with cannabis; there has never been more information available to consumers than at this moment,” says Cebara.
“Unfortunately, that information is scattered, incomplete and, sadly, often inaccurate,” she adds.
With many casual consumers having neither the time nor the interest in aggregating and verifying all the information, Cebara felt now was the time to put all the basics into once concise guide.
With The New Cannabis Consumer Guide, Cebara fills in some of that education gap concisely in an easy-to-read format. After reading through the guide, consumers should come away with a better understanding of:
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Best Practices
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Cannabis Cultivation
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Facts and Myths
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How to Buy Cannabis
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The Drug War
The New Cannabis Consumer Guide is now available at Chelsea Cebara's website: https://www.chelseacebara.com/consumerguide for $5.
This is the latest educational endeavor for Cebara, a lifelong proponent of the plant and personal wellness. She is also an active entrepreneur in both spaces. In 2017, Cebara developed the world's first water-based THC lubricant, Velvet Swing. She is also the Sex & co-founder of the Cannabis Professional Alliance.
Cebara didn’t set out to be in the cannabis industry. “I was called to it through a personal medical crisis,” she says. “Cannabis was my salvation from endometriosis, and when I discovered it, I pivoted my entire career path to embrace this plant.”
In the decade since starting as a medical budtender, Cebara has developed world-changing products, educated thousands of people, and guided clients through physical and economic healing.
Cebara is also active on the speaking circuit, taking part at leading industry events such as AASECT and WomenGROW. She hopes to help elaborate on the education found in GREEN at upcoming in-person and digital events. She is also a business consultant and founder of Cebara Consulting.
While The New Cannabis Consumer Guide is a good read for anyone interested in cannabis, it is really aimed at the emergent market, Cebara explains.
“Our current hodgepodge, state-specific legal framework creates a lot of inconsistencies, but the main consumer concerns are the same. Consumers simply want to know how to choose safe, effective products while we wait for change at the federal level–and even after. GREEN gives them the information they need to make confident choices,” she explains.
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment extended its public health order meant to combat COVID-19 on Thursday, but it won’t have much effect on most residents unless the virus starts spreading more widely.
The public health order will remain in effect through May 13. It requires people to wear masks in certain settings if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declare there is “medium” or “high” spread of the virus.
Right now, San Juan County is the only part of Colorado that’s not classified as having “low” transmission on the CDC’s dashboard. The levels are based on hospitalizations and case rates.
In areas with higher transmission, the order would require people 12 and older to wear masks in medical settings, homeless shelters and correctional facilities, including community corrections. They would also be required in public transportation facilities and vehicles.
Nothing prevents facilities in low-transmission areas from requiring masks if they so chose.
The order also requires people working in state-run nursing homes and correctional facilities to either get vaccinated or obtain an exemption, and orders hospitals to report data about their capacity. | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/14/colorado-covid-public-health-order-extended-masks/ | 2022-04-14T19:32:24Z | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/14/colorado-covid-public-health-order-extended-masks/ | true | 1 |
“What are you doing?”, asked my partner at the sight of me fiddling with cables underneath the TV. “We’re going to watch Dune… on Blu-ray. 4K Blu-ray.”
Maybe it’s not something I should admit in my position but, like lots of people, it has probably been a few years since I dusted off the Blu-ray player. It’s there underneath the TV but for a good while now has been playing a distant third or fourth fiddle to Netflix, Disney+, and the rest.
For I am only human, and the convenience of streaming services has most certainly turned my head. All that content at the touch of a button and for a relatively low, sign-up-and-try-and-forget-about-it monthly fee.
What’s more, those of us who care about quality now needn’t worry unduly that we’re getting short-changed, with 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and more, all making their way to streaming services. So why would anyone bother with a disc?
The devil is in the detail. Aside from the whole argument for the value of physical media over streaming - which, in the case of vinyl, I'm very much on board with - 4K Blu-ray discs have still clung on in my mind as the superior choice when it comes to performance. For not all 4K pictures, nor all next-gen audio formats, are equal.
See, 4K Blu-ray discs run at up to 128Mbps. This is the amount of data sent to your screen every second. By contrast, streaming services tend to top out at around 17Mbps. And this will drop further depending on the speed of your internet connection and demand on the wider network. So 4K on disc should be better than 4K via your favourite streaming service.
What about sound? It's a closer call but there's still an edge for Ultra HD Blu-ray. Yes, you can get Dolby Atmos pretty much everywhere, but streaming services deliver it in the compressed Dolby Digital+ format while discs generally carry it in full-fat Dolby TrueHD. As for DTS:X, you need to be watching on a disc. And of the two next-gen audio formats, DTS:X is a bit more flexible. It works with standard surround sound set-ups and doesn't require extra overhead speakers the way Atmos generally does. You can also manually adjust sound objects, meaning you can crank up the volume of voices on a soundtrack making it easier to hear dialogue (a common gripe).
Ultimately, my old Blu-ray player should still deliver a better picture and sound performance than the same thing via a streaming service. Hurrah. I knew I should have been buying more 4K Blu-rays. So now, having finally decided to soak up those extra megabits, why was I left disappointed?
Well, for the most part, the experience. Sure, the sweating and fiddling with cables was my fault but the subsequent wait for the disc to load was not – and it seemed like an eternity. While I was somewhat prepared for this and doing my best to act unperturbed, despite being shocked by quite how slow it seemed, my partner was incredulous. “We could be half way through a film on Netflix by now…” With a sleeping baby upstairs, every second counts in our household.
I gripped the remote and stared straight ahead, waiting for the disc to load – the stunning picture and sound about to enter our eyes and ears would soon have her convinced, I thought.
Once I’d checked the sound options and marvelled at the “old school” menu screen, we were off. Lights dimmed, sound turned up loud, we were ready to immerse ourselves in a true home cinema experience… But hang on, what was that noise? Was there a car outside with the engine running? A light aircraft overhead? Is the boiler overheating? Ah no... that whirring noise was the Blu-ray player’s fan.
Memories of Group Tests of Blu-ray players came flooding back, wondering which player was quieter, and whether this particularly unit merited a "noisy fan" in the Against column. To be fair, my Sky Q box is no shrinking violet, and I also couldn’t rule out that my Blu-ray player really was literally as well as metaphorically dusty and old, and this could be spurring the fan into action. But regardless; loud mechanisms on disc players is definitely a thing. And another reason to feel somewhat deflated at the Blu-ray experience.
But, ultimately, the epic sandscapes and trademark stirring Hans Zimmer soundtrack had us hooked. Of course there was no buffering, no drop in quality, just 59.80Mbps of 4K HDR10 goodness complete with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. What’s not to like?
And herein lies the real disappointment: we're simply not getting the full-fat, best-possible AV experience from the streaming services that so many of us are watching 99% of the time.
There’s no arguing with the content, from great documentaries to brilliant TV shows, and many blockbuster films now going straight to streaming, but that only makes it more depressing that we're not getting to enjoy this content in the best possible quality.
Alright, if you don't have the latest TV, you're watching on a smaller screen or you don't have much of a sound system, you may not notice these differences, but for those of us eager to be getting our TV and films "as the director intended", we don't want to miss out on so much as a smidgeon of AV information.
We've been here before of course, when low-quality MP3 downloads and then streams replaced CDs, despite being far inferior sonically. The good news is that we did eventually get lossless and high-resolution audio from streaming services. The quality did catch up with the convenience. And it's fair to say the gap between Netflix and 4K Blu-ray is already much (much) closer than MP3 and CD.
So we could all keep (or start) buying more 4K Blu-rays. I know plenty of people who do, whether for the reasons above or because they love physical media (and steelbooks). But for those who have left discs behind and have no desire to go back, there is hope.
Both Apple TV+ and Disney+ now boast up to 40Mbps and 30Mbps top data speeds respectively, though your experience will depend on your devices and network. Sony's Bravia Core service, meanwhile, offers genuine 4K Blu-ray-baiting data rates but is exclusive to Sony's flagship TVs. Bravia Core does point to the future of streaming, though, and of course the beauty of software is that it can be upgraded and improve over time.
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ATLANTA — Donald Trump's endorsement doesn't seem to mean much in Georgia's Republican primary race for governor.
But the former president's blessing apparently makes a big difference further down the GOP primary ballot.
Those are the findings of an unusual poll conducted March 20 through April 8 by the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center.
Some of the 736 likely Republican primary voters interviewed by phone simply were asked which candidate they preferred for various races, while others were informed which candidate in each contest have been endorsed by Trump.
In the gubernatorial race, GOP Gov. Brian Kemp led former U.S. Sen. David Perdue 47.9% to 37.2% among voters who weren't told that Trump had endorsed Perdue. When given that information, voters still preferred Kemp but by the slightly narrower margin of 46.2% to 39.2%.
Trump's support made a much larger difference in the U.S. Senate Republican primary. Trump endorsee Herschel Walker held a huge lead in both polls, but he drew the support of 76% of voters who were told he had Trump's backing. Walker's support among voters who weren't told of the endorsement fell to 64.3%, still well ahead of several opponents.
It was in the down-ballot races where Trump's endorsement made the most difference. State Sen. Burt Jones, R-Jackson, who is running for lieutenant governor with Trump's endorsement against Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller, R-Gainesville, saw his support in the poll soar from 29.7% to 58.9% among voters told Trump was backing his candidacy. Miller's support dropped slightly from 10.6% to 8.2% when voters were told he was not Trump's pick.
The large contingent of undecided voters in the lieutenant governor's race - 54.2% - fell significantly to 29.8% among voters who were told Trump was backing Jones.
Incumbent Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who refused to go along with Trump's attempts to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia in 2020, decided not to seek reelection.
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, who Trump is backing for secretary of state against incumbent Brad Raffensperger, doubled his support in the poll - from 30.3% to 60.3% - when voters were told of the former president's endorsement.
Conversely, support for Raffensperger dropped from 22.7% among voters who weren't told of the endorsement, to 16.3%.
It was Raffensperger who stood up to Trump when the then-president called in January of last year asking him to "find" the 11,780 votes Trump would need to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's victory in Georgia.
Trump's endorsement even carried weight in a race that doesn't directly involve anyone who has riled the former president. Little-known Patrick Witt, who is challenging incumbent Insurance Commissioner John King, saw his support skyrocket from just 8.3% when voters weren't told Trump had endorsed Witt, to 51.8% among voters who were made aware of the endorsement.
King's support slipped by a much smaller margin, from 10.6% to 7.2%. A third candidate in the race, Ben Cowart, also dropped from 9.6% to 4.5% when voters were told Trump had endorsed Witt.
UGA political science professor M.V. Hood III wrote in an analysis of the poll that Trump's endorsement made less difference at the top of the ballot because most voters had made up their minds in the high-profile gubernatorial primary.
While Trump's endorsement of Walker moved more voters to support him, it made little difference because the UGA football icon already had a huge lead in the Senate race, Hood wrote.
However, the huge swing of support toward Trump-endorsed candidates further down the ballot could have an impact, Hood wrote.
"In the absence of other information, many may rely on Trump’s endorsement in determining their votes in these races," he wrote. "Of course, it should be noted that they will need to seek out this information ahead of time as Trump’s endorsement will not appear on the Republican primary ballot."
The poll's overall margin of error was plus-or-minus 3.6%.
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RWE’s leading figure in the UK has underlined the commitment to long-term excellence in offshore wind operations and maintenance in Grimsby.
The German-multinational energy giant’s UK country chair, Tom Glover, visited the port with borough MPs Lia Nici and Martin Vickers.
The company is creating a larger hub, building on the recently established presence of Triton Knoll to add the significantly larger Sofia wind farm to the quayside it now shares with Orsted.
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Mr Glover, who welcomed the MPs to the site together with the site management team, said: “Through RWE’s investment in the Royal Dock site, we aim to create a centre of knowledge and expertise that guarantees our presence in the region for the long term, and which we will create more opportunities for local jobs, skills training and longer-term relationships with nearby suppliers.”
He told how RWE is driving the development of one of the largest offshore wind pipelines in the UK.
Onshore construction for Sofia, off the North East coast, is already underway, with completion anticipated in 2026.
RWE said the expanded facility will have the potential to create around 60 new, local jobs plus indirect jobs required in support of the facilities.
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Whilst touring the site, the MPs met and spoke with the workforce, as well as local apprentices from the area who are training to become RWE offshore wind technicians.
They also had the opportunity to step aboard Triton Knoll’s service operations vessel during its stopover at the dock for crew changeover.
It spends two-week periods at sea where the crew, who live on the vessel during this time, maintain the offshore wind farm.
Grimsby MP Lia Nici said: “It was fantastic to meet the employees working at RWE’s Triton Knoll base, as well as the local apprentices who are learning skills that will help them build successful careers in the UK’s growing green energy sector. I look forward to the additional jobs and investment in Grimsby, which RWE’s future investment will bring.”
Cleethorpes colleague Martin Vickers added: “Offshore wind expansion is a local and national success story, and it was encouraging to hear about RWE’s further investment in the local offshore energy sector, which will lead to new employment and economic opportunities for local people and businesses.”
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Kate Garraway enjoys rare break from caring for husband Derek as she takes son Billy to Legoland
KATE Garraway enjoyed some quality time with her son today - as she took a rare break from working and looking after her husband Derek.
The 54-year-old shared a series of funny pictures from various rides as she took her son Billy, 12, to Legoland, Windsor for a fun half-term day out.
But the TV star clearly struggled on some of the bigger rides and can be seen looking terrified in the snaps.
She told her followers: “Bill’s #easterholidays mission was to get me to do 1 ride with my eyes open AND hands off . He did it … eventually . >> if you’ve been to @legolandwindsor before you’ll know which one I did it on .
“Ssssh - don’t rain on my #easterparade ! #familytime #making memories #bestdayoutever #lovelegoland.”
Her fans were delighted to see her having such a good time and rushed to tell her.
One person wrote: “Great to see you having some fun ❤.”
“Glad you are having a great time, you deserve it. ❤️😁❤️❤️,” added another.
While someone else commented: “Great to see u having fun with ur boy well deserved 👏 x.”
Kate’s life was turned upside down when her husband Derek Draper fell ill with Covid in March 2020.
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He spent over a year in hospital, before finally returning home to be cared for by his GMB star wife and their children.
It’s thought Derek has been one of the worst affected cases to have survived coronavirus.
Earlier this year, Kate revealed her husband Derek will die within three days if he's left unaided without expert care.
Kate often gets up every two hours in the night to help the overnight carer to move him in bed, and she has to wash and change his bed linen a staggering seven times a day.
She juggles that with getting up in the early hours to host Good Morning Britain.
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For every one American Idol champion that walks away with the crown each season, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of hopefuls who didn't make the cut throughout the auditions. But that wasn't the case for Kenedi Anderson, daughter of famed college football coach Justin Anderson, as she absolutely nailed her Audition round. In fact, she was the second contestant to sway the judges to give up one of the three Platinum Tickets that were added to the competition for Season 20. Unfortunately, Anderson is no longer involved with the show, as she made a sudden exit following her Top 24 performance in Hawaii, which aired on April 11. Her absence was touched on by host Ryan Seacrest, after which the singer herself took to social media to offer a personal statement. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2569468361453/andy-grammer-to-co-headline-summer-tour-with-fitz-the-tantrums | 2022-04-14T19:38:13Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2569468361453/andy-grammer-to-co-headline-summer-tour-with-fitz-the-tantrums | true | null |
A former personal assistant to Amber Heard said she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of then-husband Johnny Depp — but she said Heard once spit in her face when she asked for a higher salary.
Heard descended into screaming fits of blind rage, sent incoherent text messages at 4 a.m. and was often drunk and high on illegal drugs, Kate James testified in a video deposition that was played in court Thursday during the trial for Depp's libel suit against Heard.
Depp, on the other hand, was very calm, almost shy, "like a total Southern gentleman,” James said.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor has accused Heard of indirectly defaming him in a 2018 opinion piece that she wrote for The Washington Post. Heard refers to herself in the article as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The piece doesn’t name Depp. But his attorneys argue that it clearly references a restraining order that Heard sought in May 2016, right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce.
Depp denies abusing Heard, but Heard's lawyers say evidence will prove that he did. The actor's denials, they argue, lack credibility because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did.
The video testimony from James offered an inverse view: Depp was the peaceful one, she said, while Heard was frequently intoxicated and verbally abusive, including to her own mother and sister.
“Her poor sister was treated like a dog that you kicked, basically,” James said.
James, who worked for Heard from 2012 to 2015, said she was paid “very poorly.” She said she was hired with an initial salary of $25 an hour and that her duties ranged from picking up Heard's dry cleaning to talking with the actress' Hollywood agents.
James said she also was tasked with picking up two copies of any magazine that featured Heard and storing them in the garage to prevent Depp from seeing them. Heard went into a “blind rage” when James failed to place the magazines in the garage, James said.
Regarding Heard and Depp's time together, James said Heard was a “very dramatic person” who was deeply insecure in the relationship. Heard often called James to cry and complain about Depp, she said.
“I remember one time she called me when she was alone in New York City, and she was crying and walking around the streets," James said. She said she told Heard to go inside: "I was worried that the paparazzi might take a photo of her.”
Some of the deposition focused on a text message that Depp had sent to James after he and Heard split up. Depp's text read: “Come over for a spot of purple and we'll fix her flabby ass nice and good.”
A lawyer asked if “spot of purple” meant wine and whether “her” meant Heard. James said she didn't want to speculate.
“This is the way he writes,” James said of Depp. “It's very random and you don't sort of question it. ... He writes in a very abstract way.”
Both Depp and Heard are expected to testify at the trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court, scheduled for six weeks, along with actors Paul Bettany and James Franco and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. | https://www.manisteenews.com/news/article/Depp-witness-Actor-was-Southern-gentleman-Heard-17081370.php | 2022-04-14T19:45:25Z | https://www.manisteenews.com/news/article/Depp-witness-Actor-was-Southern-gentleman-Heard-17081370.php | false | 30 |
Atletico De Madrid Fan Token (ATM) traded down 8.5% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 15:00 PM E.T. on April 14th. Atletico De Madrid Fan Token has a total market cap of $11.66 million and approximately $5.00 million worth of Atletico De Madrid Fan Token was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Atletico De Madrid Fan Token has traded down 12.4% against the dollar. One Atletico De Madrid Fan Token coin can currently be bought for approximately $5.59 or 0.00014055 BTC on popular exchanges.
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idreesali114: Official says less than half a dozen Russian warships in northern Black Sea have moved further away from the coast after the incident.
khitsicker: They are going to have to move 190 miles away if they want to be out of range of those ASMs.
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Jubeebee: khitsicker: They are going to have to move 190 miles away if they want to be out of range of those ASMs.More distance means more time for subpar AASM systems to detect and destroy incoming, even if the ships are technically within range.
CordycepsInYourBrain: Jubeebee: khitsicker: They are going to have to move 190 miles away if they want to be out of range of those ASMs.More distance means more time for subpar AASM systems to detect and destroy incoming, even if the ships are technically within range.What's the range of the Bayraktar drones they used to distract the AA crews? It's unlikely that that trick will work again but this is the Russians we're talking about.
thehobbes: Jubeebee: khitsicker: They are going to have to move 190 miles away if they want to be out of range of those ASMs.More distance means more time for subpar AASM systems to detect and destroy incoming, even if the ships are technically within range.Ukraine apparently fired 2 missiles and scored hits.One would assume they'd fire higher volleys to overcome AASM. But apparently they were confident enough to fire 2. And like someone said, betting the bet anti-missile defense was on that ship and it failed.
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Grungehamster: thehobbes: Jubeebee: khitsicker: They are going to have to move 190 miles away if they want to be out of range of those ASMs.More distance means more time for subpar AASM systems to detect and destroy incoming, even if the ships are technically within range.Ukraine apparently fired 2 missiles and scored hits.One would assume they'd fire higher volleys to overcome AASM. But apparently they were confident enough to fire 2. And like someone said, betting the bet anti-missile defense was on that ship and it failed.Allegedly (huge grain of salt) the Ukrainians flew a drone out to distract them before firing on the ship.
SpectroBoy: When danger reared it's ugly headPutin turned tail an fled!
BunchaRubes: SpectroBoy: When danger reared it's ugly headPutin turned tail an fled!Less than 6 moved away. Assuming there are more than 6 it's not exactly fleeing.How is this some victory dance?
ClavellBCMI: At this point, either Russian navy safety procedures are farked, Russian navy maintenance is farked, Russian navy security is farked, Russian navy ship defenses are farked, or all of the these apply, in which case, for any of them,... Ukrainians are applauding them.
Target Builder: cannibalparrot: [Fark user image image 425x676]From a practical side I'm not sure which is worse:Option A: Your enemy is able to strike at your ships.Option B: Your ships spontaneously catch fire/explode on their own.
bughunter: Target Builder: cannibalparrot: [Fark user image image 425x676]From a practical side I'm not sure which is worse:Option A: Your enemy is able to strike at your ships.Option B: Your ships spontaneously catch fire/explode on their own.[d1j9hj44itgwbf.cloudfront.net image 480x269]
hardinparamedic: ClavellBCMI: At this point, either Russian navy safety procedures are farked, Russian navy maintenance is farked, Russian navy security is farked, Russian navy ship defenses are farked, or all of the these apply, in which case, for any of them,... Ukrainians are applauding them.yes.It's been common knowledge for years the Post-Soviet Russian navy is more of a threat to their own sailors than anything on blue water outside Somali pirates
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Officials in a Georgia county are moving ahead with plans to build a launch pad for commercial rockets barely a month after residents voted to halt the project by a margin of nearly 3-to-1.
Commissioners in coastal Camden County confirmed in a statement Thursday that they voted earlier in the week to “approve the purchase of ... property where the spaceport would be located.”
The decision followed a March 8 referendum in which 72% of voters sought to halt the project by overruling commissioners' prior vote to buy land for the proposed Spaceport Camden.
Camden County officials have spent the past decade and more than $10 million pursuing a commercial spaceport for launching satellites into orbit. Commissioners say the project would bring economic growth not just from rocket launches, but also by attracting related industries and tourists to the community of 55,000 people on the Georgia-Florida line.
Opponents say the plans to build the spaceport on an industrial plot formerly used to manufacture pesticides and munitions poses potential environmental and safety hazards that outweigh any economic benefits. They forced the referendum by gathering more 3,500 petition signatures from registered voters to put the project on the ballot.
Critics, including the National Park Service, say rockets exploding soon after launch could rain fiery debris onto Little Cumberland Island, which has about 40 private homes, and neighboring Cumberland Island, a federally protected wilderness visited by about 60,000 tourists each year.
A big loss at the polls hasn't stopped county officials. Commissioners called a meeting Tuesday and voted unanimously to notify Union Carbide Co., which owns the 4,000-acre (1,600-hectare) industrial site on which the county hopes to build the spaceport, that they plan to move forward with the land purchase.
“It’s a continuation of arrogance and ignorance and just not representing the will of the people,” said spaceport critic John Goodman, an elected councilman for the Camden County city of St. Marys. He said commissioners were defying "a very clear indication from the citizens to not be in the spaceport business.”
Goodman was one of the spaceport opponents who sued earlier this year to stop the county from buying the land before the referendum could be held. He said they likely will go back to court to again ask a judge to halt the purchase.
The referendum upended the spaceport project at a critical juncture. After years of study and review, the Federal Aviation Administration granted Camden County a license in December to build and operate the spaceport, which would join 12 others already operating in the U.S.
But before commissioners could close on purchasing the property, a judge ordered that the land deal be put before voters.
Commissioners said in their statement Thursday that they expect the Georgia Supreme Court to declare the referendum invalid. The county has an appeal pending before the court that argues the state constitution doesn’t allow voters to veto government projects such as the spaceport. No date has been scheduled to hear the case.
Commissioners have previously dismissed the referendum, in which 17% of registered voters cast ballot, as reflecting the will of a “bare minority.” Steve Howard, the county government administrator, recently has said the county is seeking private investors to help finance the spaceport. Then came the vote Tuesday to move forward with the land purchase.
“The board determined that moving forward in this fashion was in the best interest of the county in order to protect the launch site operator license that was recently issued and the millions of dollars the county has invested so far in the spaceport,” the commissioners' statement said.
Whether the landowner agrees to sell to Camden County with court cases over the spaceport still pending remains to be seen. Union Carbide said in a statement Thursday that it's evaluating the company's option agreement with Camden County “in light of the county's ongoing litigation." | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Georgia-county-still-pursuing-spaceport-that-17081369.php | 2022-04-14T19:54:35Z | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Georgia-county-still-pursuing-spaceport-that-17081369.php | true | 15 |
“Love me today not when I am lifeless” is the message actress turned musician Yaa Jackson is sending to Ghanaians.
Yaa Jackson has been under series of backlash for her choice of dressing and sexual exposure at just a tender age of 21.
But, she has developed thick skin as fame is the path she wants to tow as she posts more sultry photos on her Instagram platform.
The photo captured her half covered backside in a black wrapper, coupled with a sleeveless top. In other photos, she was rocking a crochet bikini.
As though she knows her post would generate more controversy, the Omo Be Ka composer is pleading with her thousands of followers to accept her as she is.
According to her, she does not need to be bashed today for praises to be heaped on her name after she has departed on earth.
” If I die tomorrow, half of you gonna lie and say we were close and tell people how good I was and all. Love me today not when am lifeless,” she wrote. | https://www.adomonline.com/if-i-die-yaa-jackson-makes-profound-statement-as-she-posts-sultry-photos/ | 2022-04-14T19:54:57Z | https://www.adomonline.com/if-i-die-yaa-jackson-makes-profound-statement-as-she-posts-sultry-photos/ | true | 1 |
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after a crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others during a police chase through downtown Wichita.
Mia Collins, 27, was driving a stolen car and had taken methamphetamine when an officer began the chase on May 5, 2019, prosecutors said.
The chase ended when Collins' car collided with two others, killing 70-year-old Maria Wood and 12-year-old granddaughter, Rosemary McElroy, and seriously injuring well-known Wichita musician Jenny Wood. Alfred Angel, the driver of the second car, was also seriously injured.
Collins pleaded guilty in October to two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated battery and one count of attempting to elude an officer. She will be eligible for parole in 25 years.
Police said Collins told a passenger she had drugs on her and didn’t want to go back to jail because she was on probation.
During the sentencing hearing, Wood said Collins was not “the evil devil” portrayed by police and the media. She also criticized the officer who started the chase and the police department's handling of the case, according to Wichita media reports. | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Woman-sentenced-in-fatal-crash-during-Wichita-17081422.php | 2022-04-14T19:56:09Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Woman-sentenced-in-fatal-crash-during-Wichita-17081422.php | false | 11 |
Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James arraigned in federal court Thursday
Frank James, the Brooklyn subway shooting suspect who was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, faces a federal terrorism-related charge.
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Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet, which sold as an NFT, or nonfungible token, last year for over $2.9 million, is now only worth thousands of dollars.
In March 2021, Jack Dorsey, then-CEO of Twitter, auctioned his first tweet as an NFT on the "Valuables" platform run by Cent, a blockchain-powered social media network.
The 15 year-old anodyne tweet — "just setting up my twttr" — was purchased by crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi for 1,630.58 ether, which was worth an estimated $2.9 million at that time.
Last Wednesday, Estavi announced on Twitter that he was selling the NFT on OpenSea, a NFT trading platform, and planning to donate 50% of its proceeds to charity. However, as of the time this story was published, the highest bid for the tweet was worth $9,968, a $2,905,867 drop in value.
Estavi, who is the chief executive of blockchain company Bridge Oracle, said on Thursday that he "may never sell" the tweet unless he receives a "high bid" of an unspecified amount, according to the BBC.
Estavi appears to be taking the drop in value in stride, however. He retweeted a tweet suggesting that "maybe Elon will buy it" — a reference to Elon Musk's takeover bid for Twitter, which was announced Thursday morning.
Using blockchain technology, NFTs are cryptographic tokens of digital media sold by artists, musicians, celebrities, sports entities and others that can be traded or sold on a decentralized network of computers around the world.
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The lack of high bids for such a high-profile NFT suggests there are some limits to the NFT market, which exploded in value over the last two years. Trading in nonfungible tokens totaled $17.6 billion last year, an increase of 21,000% from 2020, according to a report from NFT data company Nonfungible.com.
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100 Thieves have announced the signing of William ‘Will’ Cheng, Brenden ‘stellar’ McGrath, Sean ‘bang’ Bezerra and Derrek ‘Derrek’ Ha to its Valorant roster, completing its roster shakeup ahead of VCT Stage 2.
Will, stellar, bang and Derrek will join Peter ‘Asuna’ Mazuryk to prepare for next month’s Challengers 2, and a chance at international competition.
Ahead of the signing, 100T added a murder’s row of staff to coach and scout a new team for the second stage of VCT.
The front office includes former casting duo Sean Gares and Daniel ‘ddk’ Kapadia as Head Coach and General Manager, respectively, as well as former Envy Head Coach Michael ‘Mikes’ Hockom as assistant coach.
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This is the team’s third roster overhaul in 2022. Originally, they signed European in-game leader Adam ‘ec1s’ Eccles and Sentinel main Hunter ‘BabyJ’ Schline to play alongside Asuna, Spencer ‘Hiko’ Martin and Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold.
That roster only lasted two matches in the North American league after 100 Thieves dropped its new signees following back-to-back losses in VCT Challengers 1.
That led to 100 Thieves then signed two replacements in young talents TSM Sean ‘bang’ Bezerra (on loan) and former Immortals IGL Noah ‘jcStani’ Smith.
With those two in the wings, 100 Thieves went 1-2 in its final matches and did not qualify for the playoff stage of the event.
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Recently the team’s Sova main, Hiko, announced his retirement and concentration on content creation leaving three spots to fill before the announcement.
Bang is the most tenured player on the team of the new additions, playing with 100 Thieves before his initial signing as a loan. Will was last seen playing for Built By Gamers before the organization released its main Valorant roster. Stellar was previously the in-game leader for SoaR and Luminosity Gaming before his move to 100 Thieves and Derrek was last seen playing for Rise in the North American VCT league. | https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/100-thieves-reveal-new-valorant-roster-1804647/ | 2022-04-14T20:06:31Z | https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/100-thieves-reveal-new-valorant-roster-1804647/ | true | 1 |
Driverless cars can be tricked into seeing red traffic lights as green
Aiming lasers at the cameras used in driverless cars caused them to incorrectly interpret red traffic lights as green 30 per cent of the time
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Driverless cars could be tricked into interpreting a red traffic light as green, leaving them vulnerable to attacker-instigated crashes.
The legislation around autonomous vehicles varies worldwide. Although fully driverless cars aren’t yet on the roads, with such vehicles in development, concerns have been raised that they may be more vulnerable to vandalism and hence robust regulation is needed to protect against this.
To learn more, Chen Yan at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and his colleagues tested whether the cameras of different … | https://jimmyspost.com/driverless-cars-can-be-tricked-into-seeing-red-traffic-lights-as-green | 2022-04-14T20:06:38Z | https://jimmyspost.com/driverless-cars-can-be-tricked-into-seeing-red-traffic-lights-as-green | false | null |
On Wednesday, health officials in New York said that two new omicron variants are spreading rapidly in the state. The variants appear to be causing a small surge in cases in central New York state, the department of health said.
Known as BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1, the variants are closely related to the BA.2 variant – a version of omicron that has caused surges across Europe and is now dominant across the U.S.
Together the two new variants now comprise 90% of cases in central New York.
But one of them, BA.2.12.1, contains a mutation that appears to give the variant an advantage, computational biologist Cornelius Roemer wrote on Twitter. The mutation resides on the part of the virus that binds to human cells. And in previous variants, this mutation has helped the virus infect cells, studies have found. The BA.2.12. variant appears to have a growth advantage of about 30% to 90% per week over BA.2, Roemer estimates.
"It looks like [the variant] has an advantage ... It has certainly rapidly grown in some places," epidemiologist William Hanage, at Harvard University, wrote in an email to NPR. Some of the variants' mutations could help the virus evade the immune system, he notes.
But it's early days for this virus. Scientists have detected this variant in six countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Israel and Luxembourg, but the vast majority of cases are in the U.S. Those are localized primarily to central New York. "It is worth noting that the incidence [of this variant] is not very high at the moment," Hanage adds. "So the total numbers of cases are not huge at present."
And what does this new variant portend? After a few months of COVID cases declining across the country, several regions are starting to see cases rise again, including New England and Washington, D.C. But this rise seems independent of these new variants, says virologist Jeremy Luban at UMass Chan Medical School.
"In the Boston area where I am, the numbers came down, maybe as low as five new cases per day per 100,000. But now cases are creeping up again," he says. "We may be starting to see some of these new variants here now. But cases have been steadily going up before they were there."
Fortunately, he says, this rise is much slower and more gradual than the rise observed with the original omicron variant, BA.1, back in December, when the cases spiked incredibly quickly. "BA.1 just exploded. It appeared and dominated so dramatically. Then it came down quickly," Luban says.
Most scientists expect the surge by BA.2 – including all its different versions – will be much smaller than that observed with BA.1, Luban says. That's because many Americans have some immunity to these variants, given the massive number of people exposed to the virus during the first omicron surge. Nearly 50% of Americans could have been infected over the winter, Trevor Bedford at the University of Washington estimated last week.
Although BA.2.12.1 may be better at evading the immune system than other omicron variants, scientists still expect the vaccine to work well against it, at least in terms of protecting people from severe COVID and hospitalization.
"I'm relatively optimistic that, despite all of these changes in the virus, the vaccines will hold up," Luban says. "So people who have been vaccinated and boosted are not going to be hospitalized, by and large, unless there's some extenuating circumstances."
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Watch: Fauci Admits "You Use Lockdowns To Get People Vaccinated"
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Appearing on MSNBC Wednesday, Anthony Fauci let the truth about lockdowns slip… that they are theatre designed to scare people into getting vaccinated.
When asked by host Andrea Mitchell about the unfolding lockdown hellscape in China, Fauci actually praised the Communist government’s actions.
Fauci stated “China has a number of problems, two of which are that the complete lockdown, which was their approach, a strictest lockdown you’d never be able to implement in the United States. Although that prevents the spread of infection, I remember early on they were saying, and I think accurately, they were doing better than anyone else.”
Then came the kicker as Fauci declared “You use lockdowns to get people vaccinated so that when you open up, you won’t have a surge of infections.”
Completely ignoring the concept of natural immunity, Fauci added “Because you’re dealing with an immunologically naive population of the virus because they’ve not been exposed because of the lockdown.”
He went on to state that China’s vaccines are not good enough.
“The problem is the vaccines they’ve been using are not nearly as effective as the vaccines used in the United States, UK, EU, and other places. So, they don’t have the degree of protection that’s optimal,” Fauci claimed.
He continued, “Also, they have a lot of their older population, which are the most vulnerable among us, and so, there’s a double negative there. One, they don’t have people who are protected, and B, the people who need it most, are not getting the vaccination. That’s the source of the problem in China.”
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WATCH — Fauci PRAISES communist China’s draconian lockdowns.
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“Early on, [China] was saying — and I think accurately — that they were doing better than anybody else.” pic.twitter.com/yM4WYAIw34
Isn’t the more immediate ‘source of the problem’ in China that people are being locked up in their box homes and starved to death in a maniacal quest for ‘zero COVID’?
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Team of lawyers work to prove innocence of 14-year-old convicted in mother’s murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – Michael Politte was 14 years old when his mother died.
Rita Politte was beaten, then set on fire in December of 1998. Politte and a friend were sleeping in the next room and say they woke up to smoke.
Despite swearing his innocence, Politte was convicted of killing his mother.
“This kid never had a chance,” Politte’s attorney Megan Crane told KCTV.
He’s now 38 years old and will be released from prison at the end of April due to new sentencing guidelines for juveniles.
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“I remember the hair on the back of my neck rising up – I didn’t know what to do,” said Politte. “What’s a 14-year-old kid supposed to do in that moment?”
After he woke up to smoke, he tried to put the fire out himself with a garden hose, but the hose wouldn’t stretch that far.
Politte remembers kneeling down to see what he could see and saw his mother’s legs covered in blood.
“She was on fire from her waist up,” he recalled.
Police expected Politte to be more emotional at the crime scene, maybe even shed tears. But he didn’t. He was quiet – and angry.
“I mean, I can still hear it – I can hear the fire crackling,” said Politte. “There are times I wake up in the morning that I can smell (it). It’s with me forever.”
Politte was defiant throughout the investigation. A police dog alerted investigators to his shoes – three times. Testing revealed gasoline on them.
When the case went to trial, Politte had a public defender. He believed in the system and that the truth would come out.
But with no explanation for gasoline on the shoes, a jury convicted Politte and the judge sentenced him to life in prison.
He’s lived more than half of his life behind bars.
“I can’t describe the feeling of helplessness,” said Politte. “There’s no reason to exist anymore.”
Nagging questions
In the years since Politte’s conviction, many people question whether the court got it right.
His case attracted the attention of the Midwest Innocence Project, the MacArthur Justice Institute and a Kansas City law firm, Langdon & Emison, in part, because of his age.
“According to law enforcement, he just wasn’t acting right. He wasn’t emotional. He wasn’t crying. He wasn’t upset. But psychologists tell us that’s what trauma often looks like, especially in a kid,” Crane explained.
Politte’s attorneys point the court to another possible motive for the murder.
The week of Rita Politte’s murder she was granted alimony, child support and part of her ex-husband’s pension and 401K.
They also argue that her ex-husband, Ed Politte, responded, “You will never see the day when you’ll get the money.”
Investigators found a boot print behind the burning trailer, but Ed Politte was quickly dismissed as a suspect in the case. He had an alibi. He was at work at the time of the murder.
Politte’s current lawyers sent investigators back to Hopewell to conduct new interviews.
That investigation turned up witnesses who place one of Ed’s cousins near the scene of the crime the morning of the fire. Circumstantial evidence suggests he had a financial windfall shortly after the murder. They argue the evidence implicates the cousins in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Ed released the following statement in response to the accusation:
I’m grateful and happy Mike is being released. Now about me, I did a dozen or so interviews with the law. I did a lie detector test, a blood test, a DNA test and fingerprints. I cooperated 100% with the law. I don’t know what else I could have done. My place of work was checked out. My coworkers were interviewed, I have a couple dozen witnesses that placed me 85 miles from my ex…. That’s all I have to say. Your (sic) a reporter I’m sure you can verify what I’ve said. I will discuss this no further. Thank you for atleast(sic) getting my side.
New evidence supports Michael’s innocence claim
More than 20 years after the murder, evidence is now on Politte’s side.
A new test revealed there is no gasoline on the shoes that helped convict him. The newer test can tell the difference between accelerants. The earlier test was positive for the adhesive in the shoes – information that was revealed six years ago.
The majority of jurors who are still alive and even a former member of the sheriff’s office are now advocating for Michael Politte’s release.
“It shouldn’t be this hard. We’re the greatest country in the world, but yet here I am, after six years of discovering that I was wrongfully convicted with false science, my jury was lied to, and I’m still sitting in a prison cell,” Politte said. “I don’t want to be angry – I just want to live.”
Release is not “The End”
As it turns out, Politte will be released from prison at the end of April. Not because a judge ruled in his favor, but because the parole board granted his release due to new sentencing guidelines for juveniles.
Politte plans to visit his mother’s grave soon after his release.
“She can probably finally rest,” he said. “I don’t think she’s been resting since she passed away knowing what happened in the aftermath.”
Politte said he will fight to clear his name. He hopes the local prosecutor will reopen the case and look at new evidence.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints became the faith's oldest leader in history on Thursday at 97 years, seven months and six days.
President Russell Nelson, a former heart surgeon, has led the faith known widely as the Mormon church since 2018 and oversees everything from the church's multibillion dollar financial holdings to church doctrine and policy. Members of the faith believe the president-prophet receives divine revelation and direct word from God.
Church presidents serve until they die.
Nelson's surpasses the previous oldest church president, Gordon B. Hinckley, who died in 2008 at the age of 97 after serving 13 years.
Though the church continues to expand worldwide and grow its membership, Nelson's record age reflects the broader composition of its aging white male leadership. He and his top two counselors who form what the church calls “the first presidency” are 97, 89 and 88 year-old white men, all older than President Joe Biden, 79, and Pope Francis, the 85-year-old leader of the Catholic Church.
Nelson has thus far served for four years as president, a much shorter period than his immediate predecessors, who served about eight and 10 years. Before becoming president, he served for 34 years as a high-ranking church official. | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/At-97-Mormon-president-becomes-oldest-in-church-17081673.php | 2022-04-14T20:19:52Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/At-97-Mormon-president-becomes-oldest-in-church-17081673.php | true | 22 |
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By Jake Wilson
THE LOST CITY ★★★
M, 112 minutes
The return of the old-fashioned exotic adventure story is one of the more baffling Hollywood trends of the moment, unless it’s just a symptom of a collective need to get out of the house. In any case, the cycle continues with Adam and Aaron Nee’s The Lost City, basically an off-brand reboot of Romancing the Stone.
Sandra Bullock is romantic adventure novelist Loretta Sage, a shut-in who has lost her mojo after the death of her archaeologist husband. Even her fans are less interested in her latest book than in seeing her hunky cover model Alan (Channing Tatum) rip his shirt off.
In the meantime, however, the book is drawing attention in other quarters, since it may contain clues to the whereabouts of a fabled treasure on a remote island off the coast of Latin America. (Also on this island is the Lost City of the title, which proves somewhat more peripheral than you’d expect.)
A few hours into an already disastrous book tour, Loretta is kidnapped and transported to the island, still wearing the sequinned pink jumpsuit insisted on by her publicist (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). Alan leaps at the chance to be a hero for real, and soon they’re both racing through the jungle while gradually getting to know each other on a more than professional basis.
It’s all quite sweet, in its cartoonish way. Bullock may not be doing much more than going through the motions, especially in comparison to Kathleen Turner’s inventive Romancing the Stone performance – but like her character she’s an old hand at the romance game, and delivers the required balance of sharpness, warmth and melancholy.
The real drawcard is Tatum, paradoxically showing his confidence in his masculinity though his willingness to embrace the traditionally feminine “bimbo” role. In this sense the whole film works on two levels: the outward emphasis on Alan’s harmlessness suggests it could be made for mothers to watch with their 12-year-old daughters, despite a handful of risque lines.
There is not much else to say. Daniel Radcliffe is clearly enjoying himself as the pipsqueak villain, driven by fury at having been passed over as heir to his father’s media empire (if there’s a specific real-life model, I didn’t work it out). Brad Pitt presumably picked up an easy couple of million for his peripheral role as a hard-boiled adventurer who speaks in amusing non sequiturs.
The jokes in general are hit-and-miss, but more work has been put into them than into the action sequences, which are infrequent and indifferently staged. Cinematographer Jonathan Sela, who shot the first John Wick, hasn’t been allowed to bring much to the party: the look is flat and overlit, with obvious shifts between studio sets and the Dominican Republic locations.
Ultimately there is not much to recommend The Lost City beyond a degree of unpretentious good nature, plus the appeal of its stars. But depending on your fondness for Bullock and Tatum, that may be enough to make you feel you haven’t been robbed.
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Western nations adapt their Ukraine help as war enters new phase
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. and its allies are preparing to send heavier weapons to Ukraine in anticipation of Russia focusing its efforts on the eastern part of the country. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid a surprise visit to Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday, where he pledged 120...
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In a victory for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court Thursday refused to revisit its March decision reviving administration plans to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for pollution-generating industries.
A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked the so-called social cost of carbon policy earlier this year, saying it would bring costly regulatory burdens and drive up energy prices. But a panel of three 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in New Orleans unanimously stayed the lower court last month. On Thursday, the appeals court issued a brief order saying none of the court’s 17 full-time judges sought a rehearing, which had been requested by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.
Landry led the challenge on behalf of Louisiana and nine other states. His office did not immediately respond to an email asking whether he would appeal to the Supreme Court. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming joined Louisiana in the challenge.
The policy aims to put a dollar value on damage caused by every additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. That cost estimate would be used to shape future rules for oil and gas drilling, automobiles, and other industries, and a higher estimate could justify more stringent rules.
On his first day in office, Biden issued an order that restored the cost estimate to about $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions after the Trump administration had reduced the figure to about $7 or less per ton. Former President Donald Trump’s estimate included only damage felt in the U.S. versus the global damage captured in higher estimates that were previously used under the Obama administration.
Republicans and business groups have questioned the accuracy of the complex economic models used to determine the cost estimate. They argue that an emphasis on future climate damage would hobble the economy, particularly the energy industry.
The 5th Circuit panel said in last month’s ruling that any regulatory burdens the policy might bring are speculative at this point and that Louisiana and other states challenging the policy therefore had no standing to sue. It said U.S. District Judge James David Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana’s Western district, had gone “outside the authority of the federal courts” in ordering the Biden administration “to comply with prior administrations’ policies on regulatory analysis absent a specific agency action to review.”
The ruling panel included judges Leslie Southwick, appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, and James Graves and Gregg Costa, both appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama. Of the 17 full-time judges on the court, 12 were nominated by Republican presidents — six of those by Trump.
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Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA – Get Rating) shares gapped up prior to trading on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $6.25, but opened at $6.47. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares last traded at $6.49, with a volume of 3,226 shares.
Separately, Zacks Investment Research lowered Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 17th.
The firm has a market cap of $776.06 million, a P/E ratio of 12.26, a P/E/G ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 1.15. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $5.91 and a 200-day moving average of $6.28.
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC bought a new stake in Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $68,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV acquired a new position in shares of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $71,000. Wolverine Trading LLC acquired a new position in shares of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at $71,000. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at $89,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $170,000. 21.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA)
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cement and its derivatives in Argentina. The company operates through Cement, Masonry Cement and Lime; Concrete; Rail Services; Aggregates; and Others segments. It offers masonry cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and lime to wholesale distributors, concrete producers, industrial customers, and others for use in the construction.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
0-8-4
(zero, eight, four)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
0-8-4
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Singapore FM endorsed as leader of ruling party's "4G" team, paving way to next PM
By IANS | Published: April 15, 2022 01:39 AM2022-04-15T01:39:02+5:302022-04-15T01:55:06+5:30
Singapore, April 15 Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has been endorsed to be the leader of the fourth-generation ...
Singapore, April 15 Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has been endorsed to be the leader of the fourth-generation (4G) team of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), which paves the way for him to be the next Prime Minister, the Straits Times reported.
Lee Hsien Loong, the current Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the PAP, said in a statement on Thursday evening that cabinet Ministers affirmed their choice of Wong as the leader of the 4G team after a consultation process, Xinhua news agency reported.
Singapore's Finance Minister won the overwhelming majority of those consulted, Lee added.
The decision on succession is crucial for Singapore, which will ensure the continuity and stability of leadership, the Prime Minister said.
According to the statement, with this decision, the Prime Minister will make adjustments to cabinet appointments, which will be announced in due course.
Lawrence Wong said in a Facebook post that it is his privilege to be called upon to lead this team.
"Together with the rest of the 4G team, I will continue to serve Singaporeans wholeheartedly, and strive to earn the trust and support of each and every one of our fellow citizens," Wong added.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
6-7-2-9
(six, seven, two, nine)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
6-7-2-9
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ROTONDA WEST — Jack the Yorkie gave his life for his owner, taking a bite from a rattlesnake, a Rotonda West couple said.
The 6-pound Yorkie died from the bite of 4½-foot-long diamondback Monday.
Jack's owner, Corrye Hatchell, believes her Yorkie saved her from being bitten by the snake.
Corrye and her husband, Major Hatchell, were entertaining their friends, Ken and Linda Noll on Monday. Corrye wanted them to see the pineapple they were growing in their backyard.
First, she went out her lanai with Linda.
As she put her hand on the handle to step outside, Jack and Jill, their Yorkies, shot out of a nearby lanai doggie door.
After they took a look at the pineapple, the women started to return to the house.
The diamondback must have slithered up to the house and laid on the mat outside of the lanai door, right where Corrye Hatchell would step.
That's when the snake struck Jack.
"Jack immediately yelped," Corrye Hatchell told The Daily Sun in an email. "I knew he had been bitten."
Jill also attacked the snake. Coming to the rescue, Major Hatchell killed the snake with an iron rake.
The snake's venom worked quickly on the small dog. Jack quickly showed signs of paralysis. He couldn't drag himself to an avocado tree that's no more than 15 feet away.
The Hatchells called their veterinarian who told them to rush Jack to a Suncoast emergency vet off of Clark Road in Sarasota.
They put Jack in their car and headed north. But there was not enough time.
"Jack died before we could get to the Clark Road exit," Corrye said.
But they still let the vet examine Jack. The emergency veterinarian staff laid Jack in a small cardboard coffin in which the Hatchells brought him home.
Corrye Hatchell is convinced Jack died to protect her from the rattlersnake.
She also marvels over the compassion and concern neighbors, friends and family have shown for Jack. One neighbor gave the Hatchells a small white cross to mark where Jack is buried in their yard.
"Jack had just turned 3 on April 4, but his short life had brighten the lives of so many people," Corrye said. "But most of important of all is that he was my hero for saving my life."
More than a week ago, Corrye said she heard of another larger dog dying from a snakebite in Rotonda. She suspects the dry weather is drawing the snakes out of wooded, vacant lots and other undeveloped areas.
Rattlesnakes are one of several species of snakes that exist in Florida, and are found everywhere in the state. Like most snakes and other reptiles, rattlesnakes are most active at sunrise and sunset, but they also come out in the full sun and full light, wildlife experts say.
Rattlesnakes near a home or outbuilding could indicate the presence of rodents, a favorite prey of rattlers, according to the Florida Wildlife Commission.
"Removal of brush, lumber or other debris accumulations will discourage both rodents and snakes. Rodent food sources like chronically spilled bird seed under feeders or pet foods scraps should also be policed regularly," the state's website states.
They could be found more frequently around homes during dry seasons and drought, because both the snakes, and their prey — rodents — are seeking water.
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By Matthew Roscoe • 14 April 2022 • 21:08
Loose Women presenter reveals exciting new venture. Image: Kaye Adams
LOOSE Women presenter Kaye Adams has revealed that she will be starting an exciting new venture on Friday, April 15, branching out into a new media avenue before she reaches a milestone birthday.
Speaking on Instagram, the 59-year-old said she had some “EXCITING NEWS…”
Before she stated: “Well, that’s if I don’t chicken out before tomorrow!”
“I’m launching a podcast!” the former panellist on Channel 5’s ‘The Wright Stuff’ revealed.
The popular presenter on ITV’s long-standing lunchtime chat show said that she was launching the podcast before her next birthday.
“With only 9 months to go before I hit the big 6-0, I thought it was about time I stopped avoiding getting older and started trying to embrace it with the help of you and my co-host, Karen MacKenzie!”
Despite the possibility of ‘chickening out’, Ms Adams said that the “first episode goes live tomorrow (April 15).
“I’d truly love it if you’d not only listen but help guide me through this journey!” she said to her 126k followers on Instagram.
“What topics should I cover? Are there things a 60-year woman should start doing/stop doing?”
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Worried about recession? Then maybe you want to take a fresh look at IBM stock.
That advice comes courtesy of Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring. On Thursday, he boosted the firm’s rating on IBM (ticker: IBM) shares to Overweight from Equal Weight, with a new price target of $150, up from $147. IBM shares on Thursday were recently up 1% to $127.43.
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Ralph Hasenhuttl admits Southampton are struggling to find the right person to speak with at Chelsea regarding the future of loan star Armando Broja.
Striker Broja has shone for Saints this season and is poised to return for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal after being ineligible for last weekend’s 6-0 thrashing at the hands of his parent club.
Manager Hasenhuttl has regularly spoken of his desire to prolong the 20-year-old’s stay at St Mary’s beyond this campaign.
But, with Chelsea’s future clouded in uncertainty amid ongoing takeover talks, the Austrian concedes his club will have to remain patient for the time being as they focus on their quest for a top-half finish.
“We are discussing this topic in the moment,” Hasenhuttl said of Broja’s situation.
“We all know the situation at Chelsea that there are a lot of changes there.
“In the moment, it’s not so easy to find the right person to talk to and to speak about futures of players.
“It’s maybe easier to concentrate on your job, to do a good job until the end of the season. That helps him, that helps us.
“The higher we end up in the table, the more attractive we are for all of the players and this is the goal for the last seven games we have.”
Albania international Broja has hit nine goals in all competitions since temporarily swapping Stamford Bridge for the south coast.
Yet the Slough-born frontman has not found the net in the league for more than two months.
With Saints having taken only a point from their last five top-flight games – including the hammering against Thomas Tuchel’s European champions – Hasenhuttl is eager for Broja to rediscover top form, beginning against Mikel Arteta’s Gunners.
“Broja on his best level is definitely a player that can help us,” added the Southampton boss.
“But the important thing is that he also has to step up and find the way back to his best performances, like we all have to. This is the goal for the weekend.”
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The number of women getting pregnant in England and Wales has fallen for the fifth year in a row, figures show.
Women are increasingly likely to conceive at an older age, while pregnancies among under 18s have plummeted by 17% in a year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Experts suggested the coronavirus pandemic and accompanying restrictions had affected women differently according to their age, with younger women less likely to have been co-habiting with partners.
Overall, there were 817,515 conceptions in 2020 to women aged 15 to 44, down very slightly from 821,089 conceptions in 2019.
Conceptions among younger women continued to fall, but rose among women aged over 30, hitting a record high for those between 30 and 34.
This age group had the highest number of women getting pregnant for the fourth year in a row, with 248,528 conceptions in 2020 and a conception rate of 123.9 per 1,000 women of that age.
For the previous four years, women over 40 had been the only age group to see an increase in rates.
The number of teenage pregnancies to girls under 18 fell by 17% from 15.8 conceptions per 1,000 girls in 2019 to 13.1 conceptions per 1,000 in 2020.
This was the age group with the biggest decrease and continues a falling trend and record lows seen since 2007.
London was the region with the biggest fall in conception rates over the past decade, down 15% since 2009, with the highest conception rate now in the North West.
The ONS said the overall fall in women getting pregnant has not led to a drop in births.
Dr James Tucker, head of health and life events analysis at the ONS, said: “Today’s data show there was an overall drop in conceptions in England and Wales in 2020.
“Although it may be expected that this would have led to a drop in births in 2021, provisional births data indicate that 2021 births actually increased, but that this varied over the year.
“The first half of 2021 saw a decrease in births, all of which would have been conceived in 2020 when conceptions decreased; while the second half of 2021 saw an increase in births, which related to conceptions at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021.
“The figures also show conceptions among women aged over 30 years have risen, while continuing to drop for those in the younger age groups.”
Around a quarter (25.3%) of conceptions in 2020 resulted in an abortion.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said the pandemic and measures introduced in response “have clearly had very different impacts” on the reproductive choices of women of different ages and backgrounds.
Spokeswoman Katherine O’Brien said: “Lockdown restrictions which prevented socialising with anyone other than members of your own household will have had a greater impact on women in younger age groups, who will be less likely to have been co-habiting with partners.
“This may be reflected in the sharp decrease in conception rates among those aged under 20, with conceptions rates among under-18s now standing at a record low having fallen by 17% between 2019 and 2020.”
She said women on low incomes will be “feeling a deep sense of anxiety” about their employment prospects and finances amid the cost-of-living crisis, adding “these challenges are playing a very significant role in pregnancy decision making”.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) today announced that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, after the market closes on May 5, 2022. GoPro management will host a conference call and live webcast following the release at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial results. A webcast link and management commentary will be posted on the "Events & Presentations" section of the Company's Investor Relations website at gopro.com prior to the start of the call.
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In an emotional speech last week in Los Angeles, Nasa scientist Peter Kalmus implored people to listen to the dire warnings of climate change experts.“We’re going to lose everything,” Kalmus said in a video of the moment. “And we’re not joking, we’re not lying, we’re not exaggerating.”Dr Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, was participating in a protest organized by Scientist Rebellion as part of a global day of action by scientists around the world. His protest in LA involved scientists chaining themselves to the doors of a JPMorgan Chase building.“I’m here because scientists... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2569208637305/live-at-9-make-a-difference-monday-and-abundant-earth-global-cdc | 2022-04-14T20:57:42Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2569208637305/live-at-9-make-a-difference-monday-and-abundant-earth-global-cdc | true | null |
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The Sheriff who investigated the faked kidnapping of California woman Sherri Papini for over a half-decade has criticized her as a “deceitful selfish narcissist” after she confessed that the abduction was fabricated.
Shasta County Sheriff Michael Johnson scrutinised the disappearance of Ms Papini, 39, in Redding, California during a jog on 2 November 2016. She resurfaced 22 days later on Thanksgiving Day.
Sheriff Johnson told The Sun that “she’s only sorry because she got caught”.
“The bottom line is, this case was about some very strong narcissistic behaviour, along with deception, deceit and selfishness, so I have a very hard time believing she’s sorry,” he said.
“Now all of a sudden we’re supposed to believe she’s remorseful for what she did?” he added. “Well, I just don’t believe that.”
Ms Papini released a statement via her lawyers on Tuesday in which she confessed that her whole story was made up and that she was “deeply ashamed” of her actions.
She said she would “work the rest of my life to make amends for what I have done”.
Ms Papini appeared in court on Wednesday for her arraignment on charges of making false statements and mail fraud. Her sentencing is set for 11 July.
She claimed that she was abducted and held by two Hispanic women with firearms, but no arrests came in a crime that confused authorities and appeared to be lacking a motive.
After an investigation lasting six years, Ms Papini was arrested in March following the revelation that during the time she claimed to have been held captive, she was actually staying at the home of her ex-boyfriend.
She has been charged with lying to investigators as well as getting $30,000 from the state’s victim compensation board by fraud. Following her arrest, she has been out on a $120,000 bond.
She agreed to a plea deal under which she pled guilty to mail fraud and lying to a law enforcement officer. The charges carry max sentences of 20 and five years.
As part of the deal, prosecutors agreed to recommend reduced sentences and for Ms Papini to pay $300,000 in restitution to agencies on the federal, local, and state levels.
“I’m really struggling to have any compassion or sympathy for her at all which is what a plea deal usually goes towards,” the sheriff told The Sun. “I’m frustrated with that part because I’d like her to see her held accountable, and when you strike a plea deal you usually receive much less of a sentence.”
Ms Papini was accused of lying to law enforcement during an interview in August 2020, before which FBI agents alerted her to the law stating that lying to the agency is a crime.
In a statement announcing the charges, the office of US Attorney Phil Talbert said that “she was presented with evidence that showed she had not been abducted”.
She told police that the women she claimed had abducted her branded her shoulder, cut her hair, and broke her nose.
“She appeared to have lost a considerable amount of weight. She had been branded on her right shoulder, although the exact content of the brand was indistinguishable,” court documents say. “Papini’s nose was swollen, she had bruises on her face, rashes on her left arm and left upper inner thigh as well as other parts of her body, ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, burns on her left forearm, and bruising on her pelvis and the fronts of both legs.”
She also claimed that the women had tortured her and had her chained to a pole in a closet, adding that they loudly played “that really annoying Mexican music”, according to legal filings.
Sheriff Johnson said he does have sympathy for her family.
“I can’t imagine what they must be going through, figuring out and now knowing that she deceived them all well,” he said. “I can’t speak for them but I do have sympathy for the family.
“They must be in a state of shock still … They’ve been supporting her all this time and she’s been lying. That’s got to be a tough pill to swallow,” he told The Sun.
“She’s only sorry now because she’s caught and she was never sorry, before. Now that she’s facing charges and facing prison now all of a sudden she’s sorry? I don’t buy that,” he added. “And we’ll see if the judge buys it or not when it comes to sentencing.”
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 14, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
240 PM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PANHANDLES...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for strong winds and low relative humidity, which
is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening.
* Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Cimarron...Texas and Beaver. In
Texas...Dallam...Sherman...Hansford...Ochiltree...Lipscomb...
Hartley...Moore...Hutchinson...Roberts...Hemphill...Oldham...
Potter...Carson...Gray...Wheeler...Deaf Smith...Randall...
Armstrong...Donley...Collingsworth and Palo Duro Canyon.
* 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 6 percent.
* Red Flag Threat Index...3 to 5.
* Timing...Critical fire weather conditions today through 9 pm.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 will
create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid
activities that promote open flames and sparks.
A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire
weather conditions exists. Listen for later forecasts and
possible red flag warnings.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND VERY
DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Fire Weather
Watch for western Oklahoma and western north Texas, which is in
effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening.
* TIMING...Friday afternoon and evening.
* WINDS...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...mid 80s to mid 90s.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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So, you’ve got your favourite lamp bubble-wrapped, the kettle in the box, and the cat in the carrier.
Not so fast, tiger. Moving out is not an episode of Selling Sunset, and sometimes the hardest part of the process is just understanding where to start.
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Instead of hoping to turn into a property wizard reading dubious Wikihow articles overnight, follow this step-by-step guide on making the move without breaking the bank.
F is for Finances
First things first, get your finances in order to understand what your next move is. Can you really afford to sell up and move? If you have a mortgage, do you want to bring it with you you to the next property?
Whether you have some money to invest or your family is expanding, you’ll need to dive into the minutiae of your finances and compare them to the costs of selling a house, which go from stamp duty to removal company fees.
It’s a lot of maths to do, but it pays to do it early on.
Make your home look amazing
When’s the last time you cleaned those windows? Exactly. Spruce up your property and make it ready for valuations and viewings.
This means channelling the Marie Kondo that lives in you: scrub every inch of the property, have some repairs done if you need them, and make sure potential buyers see your cosy little alcove like their new dream palace.
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The Nimona movie is finally coming in 2023
Though it once seemed like the animated adaptation of ND Stevenson’s Nimona might end up being stuck in production hell, Annapurna Pictures and Netflix are stepping in to make sure that’s not the case. When Disney acquired 21st Century Fox back in 2019, it also gained ownership...
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“Sorry it took 27 years”: ‘The Kids in the Hall’ return for season 6
Posted/updated on: April 14, 2022 at 12:09 pmFans of the Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall had a long time to wait, but the boys are back for a long-anticipated season 6.
"Sorry it took 27 years," cast member Scott Thompson posted on Twitter.
Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Thompson appear in a new NSFW trailer to the forthcoming series, bound for Amazon Prime.
The coming attraction begins with the troupe literally being exhumed from a mass grave, with a tombstone marking their old show's final resting place since 1995. "Guys, I knew we should have cryogenically frozen our bodies!" McCulloch gripes.
"The curse is over and the Kids are back," notes McKinney, playing a television exec in another scene.
"Who's financing this time?" Foley asks, "The Devil again?
"Well, sort of," McKinney intones. "Amazon."
Foley, again in character, notes the execs are seeking, "a funny show, but one that's free from targets, topical topics, alarming edginess or unsettling settings" -- all of which are featured in the trailer.
The new season of The Kids in the Hall debuts May 13 on Amazon Prime.
(Video contains uncensored profanity.)
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GEMS All-in-One Ecosystem Brings the GameFi World at a Fraction of its Price Point
GEMS, an Esports 3.0 aggregator platform within an O2O ecosystem, has released a sneak peek video of their upcoming TGE launch, set for the coming weeks.
/EIN News/ -- Victoria, Seychelles, April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
GEMS, an Esports 3.0 aggregator platform within an O2O ecosystem, has released a sneak peek video of their upcoming TGE launch, set for the coming weeks. GEMS’s ecosystem is the haven for both traditional gamers and GameFi players, allowing them to acquire NFTs at a lower price point, interacting with other players, and many more. This project has raised $5M+ USDT and has accumulated 45+ partners, including Project Seed and FOTA.
How is GEMS launcher unique?
The GEMS Launcher provides a new way for gamers to immerse themselves into the Esports 3.0 gaming world, and dive into the key elements of GEMS!
A sneak peek video of the GEMS Product: https://youtu.be/LfShHGuHSGs
The GEMS launcher is the game changer developed upon 4 unique features: NFT marketplace, Esports 3.0 communities, Play2Win, and most importantly, our supporting team!
NFT Marketplace - Make Gaming NFTs accessible
Buying NFTs can be tricky, expensive, and inconvenient. Through the use of various payment models, the GEMS NFT Marketplace allows blockchain gamers to access a wide variety of powerful and rare NFTs to power up at a fraction of its price point. Buy It Now, Auctions, Installment's, or even renting——you name it!
Esports 3.0 Communities
Traditional & GameFi can create expansive communities within the GEMS Community ecosystem. From clipping match-winning highlights to organizing online/offline events and more! The platform is the go-to place for seeing moment-to-moment coverage of the world of Esports 3.0. Come and connect with one another!
Play2Win
Users can create and host their own contests in the Play2Win expansive tournament creation structure. Earnings have never been easier!
The Post TGE Big Plans
GEMS aims to constantly deliver the best gaming experience to the community. New features such as Fantasy Leagues and Minicade are on their way!
The above features are powered by the 5 cornerstone components—-the NFT marketplace, FanFi Studio, DeFi Union, DAO Guild, and P2E Arena. The DeFi Union provides decentralized financial facilities such as collateralized loaning and asset staking. The DAO Guild allows players to team up and decide, vote and manage the guild's direction. In the P2E Arena, competitive players can compete against each other in teams or as individuals, for an immersive online to offline GameFi experience. Last but not least, the FanFi Studio facilitates Esport rising stars to earn fame and fortune from fans.
Product Development Roadmap 2022-2023
Why GEMS?
GEMS’ vision is to break the barriers between traditional and blockchain gaming, as well as bring in the concept of Esports 3.0, where people can read, write and own their content. This will make GEMS the pioneers of Esports 3.0. In earlier versions of Esports, the only beneficiaries from players’ in-game purchases were the middlemen, but now, players can own their digital assets and have community voting power.
Leveraging from its founding partner's chain of Esports hotels, the project has recently reached $5M USDT in raised funds and accumulated over 45+ partners! This hefty number includes 32 VCs, Ecosystem Partners, and Solution Partners and is only growing to take over the GameFi space, boasting limited partnerships with Project Seed, FOTA, DreamsQuest, World Overlay, Moon Ray, Star Verse (AAA Games).
GEMS’ tentative TGE is set for Q2 2022. Be sure to stay up to date and follow GEMS Esports 3.0 Platform on all socials for news on the TGE and their journey to revolutionize the gaming industry.
ABOUT GEMS
GEMS stands for GameFi, Esports, Metaverse and SocialFi.
Proudly presenting Esports 3.0, GEMS is an Esports 3.0 Aggregator Platform within a unique O2O (online-to-offline) Ecosystem. Our one-of-a-kind ecosystem is designed to be the ultimate, one-stop GameFi destination, allowing crypto and Esports gamers to learn, connect, and immerse themselves in different metaverses and GameFi worlds online and offline touchpoints.
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PAT Sajak is being slammed by Wheel of Fortune fans for asking what they say is an "inappropriate" question to co-host Vanna White.
After a professional opera singer won big on the game show, Pat and Vanna engaged in their usual end-of-episode chit chat.
It all started innocently enough, as Pat asked his long-time co-host, if she was an "opera buff?"
Vanna, 65, replied: "I’m not a buff, but I like opera.”
That's when the 75-year-old host made a regretful ad-lib.
“Have you ever watched opera in the buff?” Sajak poked, adding with a smile, “I’m just curious.”
Vanna responded with a “No,” and forced out a laugh.
But viewers weren't as forgiving to the host.
"Shame on Pat for asking Vana if she had watched opera in the buff!!!!" One fan exclaimed.
"Someone please replace this man." another viewer added. "(Pat Sajak) is absolutely inappropriate asking (Vanna) if she’s watched opera naked? Are you serious? Gross.”
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While a third called on the show to review its sexual harassment policies.
"I felt that Pat crossed the line when he asked her if she had watched a particular TV show in the buff. That was inappropriate, not his business, and creates an uncomfortable work relationship and also not good for viewers."
The clip in question has already been edited out of replays on the show's official YouTube channel.
Pat himself has yet to specifically address the controversy, but seemed to foreshadow it in a recent tweet.
'I'M DUE'
On April 5, the game show legend tweeted: "You know, it’s been over a week since I’ve stormed off the show, displayed erratic behavior, cheated someone out of their winnings, or insulted a player. I’m due."
Indeed, Pat's faux pas comes barely a month after fans came down on him for seeming to make light of a contestant's personal and emotional backstory.
It all happened on an earlier episode, during the player interviews portion of the program.
That was when contestant Scott Ingwersen told a story about nearly losing his big toe, and wanting to use his 15 minutes of fame to thank the first responders who helped him.
According to Scott: "It's important to know that when I was 12 years old, I was riding a 10-speed bike with flip-flops, and I fell and completely cut off the top of my toe.
“The next car that came by were two paramedics that were on their way to their job, and they said, 'It's just a laceration.'
But I didn't know what that was, so it freaked me out even more."
Scott went on to explain that the paramedics stayed to help him, quite possibly saving his toe.
"My toe is reattached, and I just want to say thank you to them 30 years later.”
But Pat was seemingly unimpressed, and even quieted down the applauding audience to share his displeasure.
"That may have been the most pointless story ever told. And you told it, Scott," Pat said to the player. "Congratulations to you."
FAN OUTCRY
Fans almost immediately voiced their support for Scott online, and attacked the long time host for his outburst.
One person tweeted: "Not the 1st time he’s been rude; Pat Sajak is just a grumpy old dude now."
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Another commented: "When did Pat Sajak get so cold-blooded?"
One fan demanded an apology, while another cut deeper: "Pat Sajak is such an a**hole. Who says to someone “that’s the most pointless story ever” when someone is opening up on National TV???"
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Jaishankar meets UN chief Guterres, discusses key issues including Ukraine situation
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a wide ranging discussion with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar.Jaishankar arrived here on Wednesday evening following his visit to Washington.A wide ranging discussion with UNSG antonioguterres.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a “wide ranging discussion” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
Jaishankar arrived here on Wednesday evening following his visit to Washington.
“A wide ranging discussion with UNSG @antonioguterres. Exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict, especially on food and energy security. Implications for developing countries are serious,” Jaishankar said on Twitter.
“Spoke about latest developments in respect of Afghanistan and Myanmar. Appreciate his interest in working with India to effectively address important contemporary challenges,” he said.
The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US’ complete troop withdrawal on August 31 after a costly two-decade war. This forced Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who was backed by the US-led West, to flee the country to the UAE.
The Taliban insurgents stormed across Afghanistan and captured all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the US and its allies melted away.
Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were in Washington for the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue with their US counterparts Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.
On Monday, India and the US called on the Taliban leadership to abide by the UNSC resolution which demands that Afghanistan’s territory must never again be used to threaten or attack any country or to plan or finance terrorist attacks.
In a joint statement issued after the fourth India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on Monday, the two countries’ ministers urged the Taliban to respect the human rights of all Afghans, including women, children and members of minority groups; and to uphold freedom of travel.
Calling for the cessation of violence in Myanmar, the release of all those arbitrarily detained, and a swift return to the path of democracy and inclusive governance, the joint statement also called for urgent implementation of the ASEAN Five Point Consensus.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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GRANVILLE, W. Va. — Randy Mazey and the West Virginia Mountaineers welcome their first top-five opponent to Wagener Field when they host the No. 5 Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Here’s everything you need to know about the three-game series:
No. 5 Oklahoma State at West Virginia series information
- Dates: April 15 to 17
- Location: Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark in Morgantown, West Virginia
- WVU record: 21-10 (5-1 Big 12)
- OSU record: 24-9 (7-2 Big 12)
- All-time series: Oklahoma State leads 20-12
- Last meeting: OSU defeated West Virginia 12-2 in the 2021 Big 12 Tournament
Game one — Friday, April 15
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
- Stream: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Radio: The Mountaineer Sports Network
- WVU probable starter: RHP Jacob Watters (2-1, 3.38 ERA)
- Baylor probable starter: RHP Justin Campbell (4-1, 3.40 ERA)
- WVU’s Friday record: 8-2
Game two — Saturday, April 16
- Time: 4 p.m. ET
- Stream: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Radio: The Mountaineer Sports Network
- WVU probable starter: LHP Ben Hampton (5-2, 3.02 ERA)
- Baylor probable starter: RHP Victor Mederos (3-1, 5.68 ERA)
- WVU’s Saturday record: 4-3
Game three — Sunday, April 17
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
- Stream: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Radio: The Mountaineer Sports Network
- WVU probable starter: RHP Zach Bravo (3-0, 4.13 ERA)
- Baylor probable starter: RHP Bryce Osmond (2-0, 4.40 ERA)
- WVU Sunday record: 3-2
No. 5 Oklahoma State at WVU series preview
Fresh off their first Big 12 series sweep since 2016 , the red-hot Mountaineers get set for their toughest opponent yet in Oklahoma State.
WVU has won 11 of its last 13 games as it skyrockets up the RPI rankings. At the beginning of April, it didn’t even crack the top 70, but now, it’s sitting at No. 42.
The jump comes in part behind the bat of right fielder Austin Davis. The senior went 8-for-11 with a double and a homer against Baylor, then added another three hits on Tuesday in WVU’s win over Penn State. He leads the team with 43 hits in the leadoff spot, while adding some excellent defensive plays in the outfield in games.
Oklahoma State, on the other hand, slots in at No. 22 in the RPI, despite a top-5 spot in the D1Baseball poll. The Cowboys come to Morgantown after earning a win in the Bedlam series against Oklahoma, and have won six of their last eight games.
OSU boasts some of the top pitching in the Big 12 with a combined ERA of 4.01 — the second-best in the league. Justin Campbell leads the pitching staff with 50.1 innings pitched, and is one of the hardest hurlers to hit in the conference with a .181 opposing batting average.
WVU lefty Ben Hampton is the only man with a bigger body of work than Campbell so far this season, adding 50.2 innings on the bump. He has grown into the most reliable Mountaineer arm as the Saturday starter, and tossed a season-high 7.2 innings against Baylor after allowing two runs on six hits. | https://www.wtrf.com/goldandbluenation/no-5-oklahoma-state-at-wvu-probable-pitchers-start-times-and-more/ | 2022-04-14T21:11:41Z | https://www.wtrf.com/goldandbluenation/no-5-oklahoma-state-at-wvu-probable-pitchers-start-times-and-more/ | false | 5 |
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FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Phase III Osteoarthritis Program
Approval demonstrates the potential of Zilosul™ to address an unmet medical need in OA which effects more than 72 million people in the US, EU5, and Canada
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- FDA Fast Track Designation for Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (Zilosul™/PPS) offers pathways to expedite development of Paradigm's osteoarthritis clinical program.
- FDA Fast Track acknowledges osteoarthritis as a serious disease with unmet needs and the potential for PPS to offer a treatment for OA.
- Fast Track designation allows Paradigm the opportunity to interact and collaborate with the FDA more frequently during program development. This enables a stronger overall program in line with the FDA's expectations and provides opportunity for shorter review timelines.
Actions to Expedite Development and NDA Review
- Opportunity to interact and collaborate with FDA more frequently during program development, for example, to discuss study design, extent of safety data required to support approval, dose-response concerns, and use of biomarkers.
- Other meetings may be scheduled as appropriate (e.g., to discuss potential for accelerated approval request, the structure and content of a New Drug Application (NDA), and other critical issues).
- In addition, such a product could be eligible for priority review request at the time of NDA submission. Priority review reduces the review time from 10 months to 6 months.
MELBOURNE, Australia, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX: PAR) a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on repurposing existing molecules for new indications with unmet clinical needs, is excited to announce that the FDA has granted Fast Track Designation for the company's phase III program investigating Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS) for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA).
This is welcome news from the FDA as the company continues to gain momentum in site activation and participant screeningThe FDA Fast Track program offers a number of benefits to help advance development and expedite the review of novel therapies for serious conditions for which there is an unmet medical need, with the aim of providing important new therapies to patients more quickly. This Fast Track Designation from the FDA acknowledges that OA can be a serious disease and that preliminary data demonstrates that Zilosul™ has the potential to address unmet medical challenges associated with the disease.
Dr. Donna Skerrett, Paradigm Chief Medical Officer and Interim CEO commented: "This is welcome news from the FDA as the company continues to gain momentum in site activation and participant screening across the 56 selected sites in the U.S. Given the need to improve therapeutic options for patients suffering from pain and loss of functionality associated with OA, we are excited to have this Fast Track Designation granted for Zilosul™ and the regulatory support it provides in expediting the phase III development program to advance this promising treatment to patients sooner."
Dr. Skerrett continued, "Paradigm believes Zilosul™ would represent an important medical advance in the treatment of debilitating osteoarthritis pain for patients who do not experience adequate pain relief or cannot tolerate currently available pain medications."
OA is a chronic degenerative disease characterized by a progressive loss of cartilage, leading to pain, loss of joint function and disability. It is the most prevalent form of joint disease, affecting up to 16% of the population in the developed world, with more than 72 million people in the US, EU5, Canada and Australia suffering from OA.i
The prevalence of OA is increasing in line with the aging population and increasing rates of obesity. By 2030, the number of people suffering from OA in the US alone is predicted to increase by 86% to 67 million.ii If we assume a similar increase across the other markets listed above, even allowing for lower rates of obesity in non-US markets, it is estimated that more than 120 million people will be suffering from OA by 2030.
For more information about Paradigm's acceptance into the FDA's Fast Track Program please visit: https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-02509764-3A591647?access_token=83ff96335c2d45a094df02a206a39ff4
Additional information on all of Paradigm's programs and clinical trials can be found at: www.ClinicalTrials.gov (002 - NCT04809376, 006 - NCT04814719)
For more information about Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals please visit: https://paradigmbiopharma.com/
About Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals: Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX: PAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company driven to improve patients' lives through repurposing existing drugs and pioneering new solutions for unmet medical needs. The company aims to identify and leverage new applications for drugs in late-stage development.
Since their founding in 2014, Paradigm has successfully identified, repurposed, and patented Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS), for the management of pain and inflammation, associated with musculoskeletal disorders including osteoarthritis (under the trademark Zilosul®) and the rare disease mucopolysaccharidosis. Paradigm's approach to market is driven by core competencies with experienced management at both board and executive levels and in clinical and commercial
i Global Health Data Exchange, Institute for Health and Metrics Evaluation, University of Washington. Accessed June 2021http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool
ii OARSI. Osteoarthritis: A Serious Disease, Submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration December 1, 2016
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North American Tour of BEETLEJUICE to Launch December 2022 in San Francisco
The tour will begin at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre before continuing to more than 50 cities coast-to-coast.
What a week in the Netherworld! In addition to the reopening of the Broadway production at the Marquis Theatre last Friday, April 8, the producers of BEETLEJUICE have announced the launch of a North American Tour in December 2022. The tour will begin at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre before continuing to more than 50 cities coast-to-coast, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, and a return to the National Theatre in Washington, DC, where the show first earned its stripes during its pre-Broadway engagement in 2018. Announced tour dates are available here. Full tour route and casting will be announced at a later date.
"Time and time again, we have been blown away by the love from our fans on Broadway, so what better way to celebrate that support than by bringing this hilarious and remarkably touching show to our fans across the country. We couldn't be more excited to experience that electric energy from audiences throughout North America, expanding our community of Netherlings," proclaims Mark Kaufman, Beetlejuice Executive Producer and Executive Vice President of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
Based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a demon with a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter unleashes a (Nether)world of pandemonium, and the biggest sandworm Broadway has ever seen.
BEETLEJUICE is directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge!, director of Warner Bros. forthcoming TOTO, the animated musical film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark's 2017 book) with an original score by Tony Award nominee Eddie Perfect (King Kong); a book by Tony Award nominee Scott Brown ("Castle Rock") and Tony and Emmy Award® nominee Anthony King ("Robbie"); music supervision, orchestrations and incidental music by Kris Kukul (Joan of Arc: Into the Fire); and choreography by Connor Gallagher (The Robber Bridegroom).
BEETLEJUICE features scenic design by three-time Tony Award nominee David Korins (Hamilton); costume design by six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long (The Producers); lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner (Kinky Boots); sound design by Tony Award winner Peter Hylenski (Moulin Rouge!); projection design by Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Peter Nigrini (Dear Evan Hansen); puppet design by Drama Desk Award winner Michael Curry (The Lion King); special effects design by Jeremy Chernick (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) ); hair and wig design by Drama Desk Award nominee Charles G. LaPointe; make-up design by Joe Dulude; casting by The Telsey Office.
BEETLEJUICE opened at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on Thursday, April 25, 2019, presented by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick), and won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for David Korins' scenic design and was nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best New Musical. BEETLEJUICE had a history making run on Broadway - following the release of the musicals original Broadway cast recording and Tony Awards appearance, the box office exploded, making it the surprise hit of the 2018/2019 season. BEETLEJUICE's Tony Awards performance has gone on to be the most watched musical number from the broadcast with over 3,921,530 views. BEETLEJUICE became a sensation with fans everywhere including on TikTok, which lead to an additional burst of ticket sales from a new audience for Broadway, making the musical one of the top grossing shows on Broadway, going on to break the Winter Garden box office record. The smash hit musical BEETLEJUICE played 366 performances at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway before being shuttered with the rest of Broadway on March 12, 2020. BEETLEJUICE returned triumphantly to Broadway with performances on April 8, 2022, at the Marquis Theatre.
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS and WARNER RECORDS released BEETLEJUICE - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING for digital download, streaming and on CD. The album is produced by Tony Award winner Matt Stine, Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Tony nominee Eddie Perfect and three-time Grammy Award winner Kurt Deutsch and has surpassed 300 million streams in the United States and 760 million streams globally. These landmark numbers continue the remarkable success of the album, reaching the list of top 10 most streamed OBCRs of the previous decade. The show's songs have placed in Spotify's "Viral 50" charts in 13 different countries. In addition, "Say My Name," one of the show's breakout showstoppers, was chosen as Amazon's "Alexa Song of the Day" in 2019. The incredible growth is partly a result of user-generated content on TikTok, where songs from the album have been used in over one million videos.
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BEETLEJUICE is based on the 1988 Academy Award®-winning Geffen Company motion picture presented by Warner Bros. and directed by Tim Burton. The smash hit comedy starred Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder with story by Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/North-American-Tour-of-BEETLEJUICE-to-Launch-December-2022-in-San-Francisco-20220414 | 2022-04-14T21:20:33Z | https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/North-American-Tour-of-BEETLEJUICE-to-Launch-December-2022-in-San-Francisco-20220414 | false | 1 |
Alibaba, a company co-founded by Joe Tsai — an adamant advocate of China’s communist regime and the owner of the Nets and Liberty — financially supported the Chinese government’s human rights violations and “cultural genocide” of its Muslim population, according to a report from ESPN.
Tsai’s Alibaba (effectively Amazon in Asia) funded technology used by China to track its citizens, which was “used widely” in the region where over one million Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities were forced into barbed-wire camps for “re-education,” the report said.
Alibaba, where Tsai served as executive vice chairman, invested heavily in two government-backed artificial intelligence companies — Megvii and SenseTime — which developed facial recognition used for population surveillance and is “at the core” of China’s controlling of Uyghur Muslims, according to ESPN.
China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims has been characterized by the U.S. as “cultural genocide.” China has forcibly sterilized women in the Muslim community and imprisoned “hundreds of thousands” while destroying mosques and banning religious activities, according to the BBC. China had also banned fasting on Ramadan, a practice of sacrifice and discipline during the Muslim holy month, currently being observed by Nets point guard Kyrie Irving.
China has claimed its “re-education” camps are meant to combat terrorism and separatism.
Alibaba controls 29.4% of Megvii and 7% of SenseTime, according to records obtained by ESPN. Both companies were blacklisted by the U.S. government and labeled “contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests.” Tsai’s company invested in Megvii and SenseTime before they were blacklisted.
Tsai, a 58-year-old Taiwanese billionaire and Yale graduate, became the NBA’s unofficial spokesman for China’s government after former Rockets executive Daryl Morey set off a storm in 2019 by tweeting support for Hong Kong’s continued independence.
As the threat of China cutting off its businesses with the NBA loomed, Tsai condemned Morey in a lengthy social media post while wrongly calling the Hong Kong protesters a “separatist movement.”
The Nets then refunded Morey’s purchased ticket to see his team play at Barclays Center, according to ESPN. Morey reportedly viewed it as being “uninvited.” At least one NBA owner told Morey that Tsai pushed for his dismissal to appease China, the report added.
The first reaction from star LeBron James was to criticize Morey and the tweet, leaving the impression that money trumped the the human rights issues. The NBA released a statement calling it “regrettable” that Morey offended people in China, which commissioner Adam Silver later clarified as misinterpreted because he supported Morey’s freedom of expression.
Morey, who apologized for his tweet, ultimately left the Rockets and joined the 76ers as team president.
Tsai declined to speak for the ESPN story. The Nets and NBA denied the owner pushed to fire Morey.
More recently, former Knicks center Enes Kanter Freedom alleged he was blackballed by the NBA for calling out China’s human rights violations. Freedom was waived by the Rockets in February and hasn’t signed with another team.
Silver has publicly supported Freedom’s right to express his views.
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Bay County Public Library’s New Digital Media Co-Lab
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT|Updated: moments ago
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Bay County Public Library has launched a new Digital Media Co-Lab Space for residents to use.
Sarah Burris, marketing coordinator for the Bay County Public Library, stopped by the NewsChannel 7 studio to tell viewers more about the features the Co-Lab Space has to offer.
It is a free space for the public to use, and classes are available to learn how to use the different media programs including photoshop, online sketchbooks, and podcast equipment.
To learn more about the Digital Media Co-Lab Space, watch the video attached to this story or visit the Northwest Regional Library System’s website.
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City Of Albany transit experiences driver shortage
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - While Albany’s transit center is being built and moved close to downtown, the city is having issues finding drivers. They had to cut one route this week for that reason. Routes are back open, but it may not be the last time this happens.
The transportation director said the blue line transit is one of the first routes they shut down, and the only way it starts back up depends on staffing.
“We’re trying to be creative. We’re trying to attract new people, but it’s very competitive out there right now with CDL drivers,” said Hamilton.
David Hamilton, Albany’s transportation director says typically they have a little more than 20 full-time drivers and eight part-time. Now they have 12 full-time and two part-time drivers.
Some of the reasons Hamilton thinks they’re seeing this shortage is due to the pandemic, retirement, and pay. Adding that the school system is likely one of their biggest competitors, but it’s not just something Albany is struggling with.
“I’ve talked with some other agencies in the state. They face the same issues. We put supervisors out to drive sometimes. It’s all hands on deck,” said Hamilton.
On our Facebook page, many people had opinions about the decision saying “my first thought is, this is unacceptable.” Another saying, “this is a real shame, it’s hard to believe the city of Albany has no other solution than to shut it down.” One other person said, “pay better, run the buses.”
He said they are on track to finish the new center by October, and it will likely be fully functional by January.
Serving nearly 800,000 people a year, Hamilton said there’s a demand they’re trying to hire more staff to serve.
“We’ll have to look at ways to reduce services at the same time still trying to provide transportation to the segments of the community that really need it,” said Hamilton.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The board of directors of Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras elected on Thursday José Mauro Coelho as its new president – the third to take the lead of the state-run company in a little more than three years.
His appointment by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last week followed the dismissal of his predecessor, Gen. Joaquim Silva e Luna, a former defense minister. The general lost the government's support after the company boosted fuel prices to pass some of the global oil increases to consumers.
Brazil’s government owns 50.26% of Petrobras, but Bolsonaro’s picks for presidents must be approved by the company’s board.
Coelho worked for 12 years at the state energy research agency, and later was chairman of the board at the state company that manages contracts for offshore pre-salt oil exploration and production. From 2020 until last October, he was secretary for petroleum, natural gas and biofuels at the mining and energy ministry.
Market observers and analysts see Coelho's appointment for a one-year term as a sign that Petrobras will maintain the same international fuel price policy, resisting political pressure to lower gasoline and diesel prices in an election year.
"It is a suitable profile for the position," said Gesner de Oliveira, an economist and professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas university in Sao Paulo. “But these changes generate concern because they are the result of government interference in the company.”
This is the second time since he assumed office in 2019 that Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in October, has made changes at the top of Petrobras because of rising fuel prices.
Before Silva e Luna, Roberto Castello Branco had also been encouraged to make adjustments to the firm's policy, but since 2016, Petrobras’ gasoline and diesel prices have been pegged to international oil prices. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Bolsonaro-pick-for-president-of-Brazil-oil-giant-17081778.php | 2022-04-14T21:26:02Z | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Bolsonaro-pick-for-president-of-Brazil-oil-giant-17081778.php | false | 25 |
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By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street closed lower on Thursday at the end of a holiday-shortened week as bond yields resumed their uphill climb and investors contended with mixed earnings and economic data.
All three major U.S. stock indexes posted weekly losses ahead of the Good Friday holiday.
"It’s a combination of continued worries still there," said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at LPL Financial in Charlotte, North Carolina. "It's a mixed bag earning season so far, and that, coupled with high inflation and the hawkish Fed have led to selling ahead of the holiday weekend."
Rising 10-year Treasury yields pressured growth stocks, dragging the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq deeply into negative territory, while the Dow posted a more modest loss.[US/]
"The higher yields pressure higher growth stocks as their net present value ... takes a hit when yields go higher," Detrick said.
A quartet of large U.S. banks shifted the first quarter reporting season into overdrive, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo & Co all posting results.
While all four beat Street estimates, they also reported steep profit declines. Their share price reaction was mixed, and were last moving in the range of up 1.6% (Citigroup) to down by 4.5% (Wells Fargo). The broader S&P 500 Finance index fell 1.0%.
"There’s some concerns this earnings season," Detrick added. "Expectations are the lowest since the recovery started and it's got investors cautious of how companies will step up to the earnings altar in the comings weeks."
A host of economic data showed spiking gasoline prices helped retail sales beat consensus and prompted the largest jump in import prices in nearly 11 years.
The data falls in lockstep with other recent indicators, which appear to cement aggressive inflation-curbing actions from the Federal Reserve in the coming months, including a series of 50 basis point interest rate hikes.
Tesla Inc Chairman Elon Musk offered to take Twitter Inc private with a $41 billion cash offer. The social media company's shares oscillated throughout the session but closed down 1.7%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 113.36 points, or 0.33%, to 34,451.23, the S&P 500 lost 54 points, or 1.21%, to 4,392.59 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 292.51 points, or 2.14%, to 13,351.08.
Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, tech shares fared the worst, sliding 2.5%.
The first-quarter reporting season is still in its infancy, with 34 of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported.
Analysts now expect aggregate annual S&P 500 earnings growth of 6.3%, less optimistic than the 7.5% growth projected at the beginning of the year.
Thursday marked the monthly expiration for options contracts, an occurrence that has in the recent past helped amplify stock market gyrations as investors make adjustments to account for millions of expiring options contracts on stocks, ETFs and indexes.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 1.83-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.02-to-1 ratio favored decliners.
The S&P 500 posted 33 new 52-week highs and 14 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 66 new highs and 218 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.45 billion shares, compared with the 12.22 billion average over the last 20 trading days.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important May 2, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Ericsson securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 2, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Ericsson overstated the extent to which it had reformed its business practices to eliminate the use of bribes to secure business in foreign countries; (2) Ericsson had paid bribes to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ("ISIS" or the "Islamic State") to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq; (3) accordingly, Ericsson's revenues derived from its operations in Iraq were, in at least substantial part, derived from unlawful conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 14, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1256 PM PDT Thu Apr 14 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow occurring. Plan on slippery road conditions,
including during the evening commute. Total wet snow
accumulations of 4 to 9 inches, with localized amounts up to 15
inches, are expected.
* WHERE...Western Plumas County/Lassen Park and West Slope
Northern Sierra Nevada.
* WHEN...1 PM to 11 PM today.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be prepared for reduced visibilities at
times.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Winter Weather Advisory for wet snow means periods of wet snow
will cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for snow
covered roads and limited visibilities, and use caution while
driving. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling
from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
Snow levels have come up over the Coastal Range and Shasta County
Mountains and the Winter Weather Advisory has been allowed to
expire.
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What are the PM’s plans to fly migrants seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda?
By Sam Blewett and Jemma Crew, PA14/04/2022
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have set out widely criticised plans to fly migrants who cross the Channel in small boats more than 4,000 miles to Rwanda.
The eye-catching scheme announced on Thursday comes after the Home Secretary has come under sustained pressure to stop asylum seekers making the perilous journeys.
And it comes as the Prime Minister battles to hold on to his job after being fined by police for breaching his own coronavirus laws.
Here is a look at what is known about the immigration plans, so far.
– How many people will be removed to Rwanda?
Mr Johnson has said the agreement is “uncapped” and that Rwanda will have the “capacity to resettle tens of thousands of people in the years ahead”.
But officials were putting that figure at closer to thousands in the first years.
– Who will be removed?
Ms Patel said the “vast majority” of those who arrive in the UK through means deemed “illegal”, such as on unauthorised boats or stowed away in lorries, will be considered for relocation.
Reports have suggested only male migrants who arrive from safe countries will be eligible but the Home Secretary declined to give further details.
It is understood that adults will be prioritised for relocation under the scheme, with officials insisting that families arriving in the UK will not be split up.
– How much will the scheme cost?
The taxpayer will foot the bill, including for the cost of chartering flights to remove detainees, but ministers are not saying how much the programme will cost.
Britain has promised Rwanda an initial £120 million as part of an “economic transformation and integration fund” but the UK will be paying for operational costs too.
The Home Office said a set amount of funding will be provided for each relocated person.
But it declined to say how much, other than to say it will be comparable to current processing costs in the UK and cover case workers, legal advice, translators, accommodation, food and healthcare.
For those who successfully claim asylum in Rwanda, it will fund an integration package to help them put down roots.
The agreement struck with Rwanda also says Britain will resettle “a portion of Rwanda’s most vulnerable refugees” in the UK.
The Refugee Council has claimed costs could soar to £1.4 billion, citing a Together With Refugees report based on the Australian offshore processing system.
But the Home Office questioned the figure, with a source saying it was “ludicrous to suggest costs would be more than the current system”.
– How will it work?
Once migrants are brought ashore in Dover by Navy and Border Force personnel they will receive medical assessments before being taken to the Manston disused airfield and processing site.
Those deemed to have entered by dangerous or illegal means will be detained and considered for removal to Rwanda under a screening process.
Not only is it designed to exempt those with relevant vulnerabilities or safeguarding risks, but Rwanda has to approve any requests and has made clear it would reject any individuals with criminal records.
Those seeking asylum from Rwanda are not expected to be sent back there, regardless of how they entered the UK.
The migrants will be sent by chartered flight to Rwanda where they will be housed in temporary accommodation, not detained, and have their asylum claims assessed.
If they are not granted refugee status, they will be given the option of applying to stay under another basis.
– What’s the point?
Mr Johnson accepted the measure is not a “magic bullet” that will solve the crossings but hopes it will be a “very considerable deterrent”.
And he wants it to break the business model of the “vile people smugglers” who risk turning the Channel into a “watery graveyard”.
But refugee charities argued the plans do nothing to alleviate the pressures forcing migrants to take the extraordinary step of paying criminals to pack them into unsafe boats to cross a perilous shipping lane.
– When will it start and how long is the deal for?
Mr Johnson said he was braced for the policy to be challenged in the courts, as he criticised a “formidable army of politically motivated lawyers” who want to “thwart removals”.
But officials expect the scheme will start in the coming weeks, with people on flights within months.
The arrangement between the UK Government and Rwanda will last for five years, the agreed memorandum of understanding says.
But they have retained the option to renew the scheme a year from its scheduled end.
– Is Rwanda safe?
Rwanda is one of the safest countries in the world, according to Mr Johnson, while Ms Patel said it is a “safe and secure country with the respect for the rule of law”.
But critics have aired their concerns over the African nation’s “dismal” and “questionable” human rights record.
A Human Rights Watch report published last year found evidence that Rwandan authorities had arbitrarily detained over a dozen gay and transgender people ahead of a June 2021 conference, accusing them of “not representing Rwandan values”.
According to the Foreign Office, homosexuality “remains frowned upon by many” and LGBT people can experience discrimination and abuse, including from local authorities.
The travel advice page describes the country as “generally safe” with relatively low crime levels, but the situation near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi remains unstable, and there have been armed attacks in some areas.
– What about the Navy?
Separate to the removal of migrants, Mr Johnson handed over operational control of the English Channel to the Navy to ensure “no boat makes it to the UK undetected”.
Around 250 to 300 military personnel will be dedicated to police migrants in the English Channel on busy days, it is understood.
They will work on ships and aircraft and will include Army personnel, freeing up Border Force staff for processing.
The Ministry of Defence was expected to provide a range of boats and surveillance planes and drones, including one offshore patrol vessel, up to six Archer-class patrol vessels and one Wildcat helicopter. | https://pa.media/blogs/pa-editors-picks/what-are-the-pms-plans-to-fly-migrants-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk-to-rwanda/ | 2022-04-14T21:33:02Z | https://pa.media/blogs/pa-editors-picks/what-are-the-pms-plans-to-fly-migrants-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk-to-rwanda/ | true | 9 |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble.
The launch team had just begun loading fuel into the core stage of the rocket when the leak cropped up. This was NASA's third shot at a dress rehearsal, a required step ahead of a test flight to the moon.
This time, the launch team managed to load some super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen into the core stage of the 30-story Space Launch System rocket, but fell far short of the full amount. Liquid hydrogen is extremely hazardous, with officials noting that the systems had been checked for leaks prior to the test.
Technicians deliberately left the smaller upper stage empty, after discovering a bad valve last week. The helium valve inside the upper stage cannot be replaced until the rocket is back in its hangar at Kennedy Space Center.
Two previous countdown attempts were marred by balky fans and a large hand-operated valve that workers mistakenly left closed at the pad last week.
Officials said via Twitter that they're assessing their next steps.
NASA had been targeting June for the launch debut of the 322-foot (98-meter) SLS rocket. The empty Orion capsule on top will be sent on a four- to six-week mission around the moon and back.
Astronauts will strap in for the second test flight around the moon, planned for 2024. That would be followed as early as 2025 with the first lunar landing by astronauts since 1972. NASA plans to announce the crews for these two missions this summer.
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MUSKEGON, MI – The vintage Getty Drive-In is about to open in Muskegon, a sure sign that warm summer nights are on their way.
The four-screen outdoor movie complex will open for the season on Wednesday, April 20, debuting its 78th season.
Opening night, as well as Thursday, April 21, will feature $5 single-feature showings. On tap are:
Screen 1: “Sonic 2″
Screen 2: “Ambulance”
Screen 3: “Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore”
Screen 4: “Everyone Everywhere All At Once”
Gates open at 8 p.m. and movies start at 8:45 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets online by clicking here.
The theater at 920 E. Summit Avenue, was built in 1944. Modern upgrades include digital projection and sound through FM radio signal. (Sorry, no more scratchy speakers attached to your car window.)
But the nostalgic vibe remains. There’s still a playground and concession stand movie-goers can visit, though a modern twist offers online ordering for direct-to-car delivery of treats.
The Getty Drive-In is owned by Studio C and is part of the Celebration Cinema chain of movie theaters.
Starting Friday, April 22, additional movies will be added to the lineup and the double features will remain for two weeks. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 18.
The double-feature lineup is:
Screen 1: “The Bad Guys” and “Sonic 2″
Screen 2: “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Screen 3: “The Northman” and “Ambulance”
Screen 4: “Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore” and “The Batman”
Vehicles are allowed to switch screens in between movies.
Other movies that will be shown at the drive in this summer include “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Legally Blonde 3,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Lightyear,” “Elvis” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
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Fulbright U.S. Student Program Group Presentation Session - Event Details
This event is being held online. All participants need to register online in order to receive the zoom link for the Group Presentation Session.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Group Presentation Session
The Center for Global Education and Exchange is excited to offer UH Hilo students this Fulbright Group Presentation Session (GPS) on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to learn more about the student Fulbright process and how to submit a competitive application to one of the nation’s most prestigious academic awards. Registration is required through the link.
IIE Fulbright Staff will present general information to a larger group of students from multiple institutions about the program’s history, eligibility, award types, award benefits, and application components & tips.
After the general presentation, UH Hilo students will be sorted into a breakout room with UH Hilo's Fulbright Program Advisor (FPA), Carolina Lam, who will cover institution specific details, such as campus resources, the campus application deadline, and next steps for students who would like to apply to the program
For more information, contact: cglam@hawaii.edu (808) 932-7488
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 14, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
503 PM EDT Thu Apr 14 2022
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
Litchfield and central Dutchess Counties through 600 PM EDT...
At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Hopewell Junction, or 9 miles northwest of
Pawling, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Torrington, New Milford, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New
Hartford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Norfolk, Millbrook, Litchfield,
Northwest Harwinton, Stanfordville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury
Center, Hopewell Junction, New Preston, Wingdale and Dover Plains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4149 7337 4151 7339 4149 7344 4165 7349
4167 7351 4153 7353 4150 7381 4181 7394
4204 7318 4204 7301 4197 7303 4197 7293
4181 7295 4180 7302 4164 7298 4157 7309
4156 7316 4151 7316 4151 7332 4147 7332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 240DEG 49KT 4163 7375
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Police brutality and excessive force are two of the biggest issues the Black community face regularly across the world. Sadly, a 54-year-old Black woman in California was the latest victim to prove that theory as fact after she was gunned down by a Stockton police officer that fired 30 shots at her car for backing into his cruiser.
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According to NBC News, Tracy Gaeta was unarmed and posed no threat when K-9 officer Kyle Ribera shot her car up with more than two dozen bullets that proved to be fatal for the grandmother. The February 22 incident started after Gaeta was caught on surveillance video striking Ribera’s SUV at a red light. After fleeing the scene, Ribera spotted her soon after and proceeded to pursue her car. The chase ended on a dead end street, with Gaeta deciding to back into Ribera’s car which caused him to hit his head as reported by the police department.
Read the tragic details of what happened next below, via NBC News:
“According to the body camera video, Ribera then fired 18 shots into Gaeta’s car.
Her vehicle’s reverse lights remained on, and Ribera fired several more shots. After changing his service weapon’s clip, Ribera yelled for the driver to raise their hands, according to the video.
Gaeta began driving, pulling forward several feet, then reversing away from Ribera. He opened fire again, shooting more than a dozen times, according to the video.
Gaeta was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the department said.”
Adding insult to injury, a 2019 policy adopted by the Stockton Police Department actually prohibits officers from shooting at fleeing vehicles.
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Gaeta’s family isn’t immediately ready to file a lawsuit for her death, instead dedicating their time to figuring out what led to her murder in the first place. To make matters even more confusing, her family confirmed that she actually lives in Sacramento, 50 miles north of Stockton, and had no clue why she’d be so far away from home. The only inkling they came up with as a motive for her fleeing is the fact that she was suffering from depression after a recent breakup.
Let’s pray that justice is served and, once again, this can be a lesson for officers in the future to realize that fatal measures are rarely if ever necessary.
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The Ministry of Industries and Production Thursday rebutted the media reports regarding increase in sugar prices during the holy month of Ramazan. “Our monitoring teams have checked the prices in Karachi (Jodia Bazar), Lahore (Akbari Mandi), and different markets of Islamabad and reported that the retail price of the sugar in most areas was Rs 85 per kg while in the whole sale market, the commodity was available at Rs 82 per kg”, said a statement issued by the ministry of industries and Production here. However, after receiving reports of selling sugar at Rs 94 per kg at some utility stores, the ministry took strong notice and started investigation in this regard. The statement added that the sugar is being sold at Rs 85 per kg in all utility stores across the country. The government is monitoring the smooth supply of all eatable items on subsidized rates at all the utility stores. | https://dailytimes.com.pk/919674/no-increase-in-sugar-price-at-utility-stores-ministry-of-industries/ | 2022-04-14T21:42:15Z | https://dailytimes.com.pk/919674/no-increase-in-sugar-price-at-utility-stores-ministry-of-industries/ | true | null |
One of the most shocking moments to come from The Ultimatum reunion episode is Madlyn's pregnancy announcement. It was something no one could’ve guessed, since Madlyn went through tons of highs and lows throughout her time on The Ultimatum with her partner Colby.In fact, she even developed feelings for someone else on the show: Randall. Now, she seems totally invested in the little family she is starting with Colby. Was she pregnant while they were filming the show?Was Madlyn pregnant during 'The Ultimatum'?Madlyn's pregnancy timeline is a hot topic of conversation for fans of The Ultimatum right now. According to E! News, she wasn’t pregnant while filming the show. She said, “The show ended in May, and I got pregnant in August." More specifically, she discovered her pregnancy about three months after filming ended.On April 13, 2022, she said, “We are having a baby in a month. I’m 35 weeks pregnant. We’re having a baby, we’re taking on life together. We couldn’t be happier." Colby might’ve issued Madlyn an ultimatum at the beginning of the show, but now they seem to be totally in sync with their plans for the future.Has Madlyn posted any pregnancy pics on social media yet?Madlyn hasn’t posted any actual pregnancy pics on Instagram just yet, but she did post an amazingly precious Instagram video filled with all the highlights of the past year, including her pregnancy! In the video, she shares clips of herself holding a positive pregnancy test, ultrasound photos, and her growing baby bump inside a doctor's office. She has also posed in a swimsuit on the beach beside Colby with her pregnancy bump totally visible to the world.Madlyn added a caption, saying, “Spoiler alert. Here’s to my husband — thank you for the most incredible year of my life. Being married to you and starting our family has been the greatest gift. I am beyond blessed to have such a passionate, loving, strong partner to share this life with. We are so lucky to be loved by you — your girls. Three more weeks until our baby girl arrives!”Madlyn has truly laid it all out on the line. She and Colby are expecting a precious daughter fairly soon. Her comment section is limited on Instagram, but it’s still filled with tons of people sharing their congratulation notes.Here's why fans of 'The Ultimatum' are pretty shocked about Madlyn's pregnancy.Madlyn and Colby dealt with a lot of issues on camera while filming The Ultimatum. She found herself developing feelings for Randall, and he ended up spending time with another girl off-camera outside of the social experiment. Madlyn also spent a lot of time sharing her doubts about Colby with other cast members.Because of all these issues, fans of the show are shocked about Madlyn's pregnancy announcement. At the end of the day, all that matters is that Madlyn is happy with Colby — and according to her social media posts and what she’s had to say to the press, she totally is. Season 1 of The Ultimatum is available for streaming on Netflix now.
One of the most shocking moments to come from The Ultimatum reunion episode is Madlyn's pregnancy announcement. It was something no one could’ve guessed, since Madlyn went through tons of highs and lows throughout her time on The Ultimatum with her partner Colby.In fact, she even developed feelings for someone else on the show: Randall. Now, she seems totally invested in the little family she is starting with Colby. Was she pregnant while they were filming the show?Was Madlyn pregnant during 'The Ultimatum'?Madlyn's pregnancy timeline is a hot topic of conversation for fans of The Ultimatum right now. According to E! News, she wasn’t pregnant while filming the show. She said, “The show ended in May, and I got pregnant in August." More specifically, she discovered her pregnancy about three months after filming ended.On April 13, 2022, she said, “We are having a baby in a month. I’m 35 weeks pregnant. We’re having a baby, we’re taking on life together. We couldn’t be happier." Colby might’ve issued Madlyn an ultimatum at the beginning of the show, but now they seem to be totally in sync with their plans for the future.Has Madlyn posted any pregnancy pics on social media yet?Madlyn hasn’t posted any actual pregnancy pics on Instagram just yet, but she did post an amazingly precious Instagram video filled with all the highlights of the past year, including her pregnancy! In the video, she shares clips of herself holding a positive pregnancy test, ultrasound photos, and her growing baby bump inside a doctor's office. She has also posed in a swimsuit on the beach beside Colby with her pregnancy bump totally visible to the world.Madlyn added a caption, saying, “Spoiler alert. Here’s to my husband — thank you for the most incredible year of my life. Being married to you and starting our family has been the greatest gift. I am beyond blessed to have such a passionate, loving, strong partner to share this life with. We are so lucky to be loved by you — your girls. Three more weeks until our baby girl arrives!”Madlyn has truly laid it all out on the line. She and Colby are expecting a precious daughter fairly soon. Her comment section is limited on Instagram, but it’s still filled with tons of people sharing their congratulation notes.Here's why fans of 'The Ultimatum' are pretty shocked about Madlyn's pregnancy.Madlyn and Colby dealt with a lot of issues on camera while filming The Ultimatum. She found herself developing feelings for Randall, and he ended up spending time with another girl off-camera outside of the social experiment. Madlyn also spent a lot of time sharing her doubts about Colby with other cast members.Because of all these issues, fans of the show are shocked about Madlyn's pregnancy announcement. At the end of the day, all that matters is that Madlyn is happy with Colby — and according to her social media posts and what she’s had to say to the press, she totally is. Season 1 of The Ultimatum is available for streaming on Netflix now. | https://www.distractify.com/p/was-madlyn-pregnant-during-the-ultimatum | 2022-04-14T21:42:37Z | https://www.distractify.com/p/was-madlyn-pregnant-during-the-ultimatum | false | 1 |
BALLSTON SPA — A Halfmoon man was sentenced on Thursday to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
Anthony C. Lebrecht Jr., 34, had pleaded guilty in Saratoga County Court on March 29 to felony first-degree sexual abuse. He was arrested on Jan. 13. Police said he subjected the girl to sexual contact. The incident took place in Malta on Nov. 14.
He also must serve 15 years of post-release supervision. Lebrecht’s sentence will run concurrently to a sentence in Schenectady County Court.
The Schenectady Police Department’s Youth Aid Bureau assisted in the investigation.
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Retail spending increased by a modest .5% in March, which was a little slower than some analysts expected.
Scott Horsley, NPR’s chief economics correspondent, discusses the impact of inflation on American consumer spending.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's police review office has completed its investigation into the shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo last year and delivered its report to Police Superintendent David Brown, it said Thursday.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said it will make its final report into the shooting public after Brown reviews it and responds to any of its recommended disciplinary actions against the officers who were involved in the chase and shooting. Brown has 60 days to do so but can request a 30-day extension.
Officers were investigating after a gunshot detection system the police department uses recorded eight suspected shots in the city's Little Village neighborhood on March 29, 2021. When they arrived, the only two people they saw were Toledo and Ruben Roman, then 21, who both started to run away.
Officer Eric Stillman, who chased Toledo down an alley, saw that the teen had his hands near his waistband, causing him to believe he had a gun, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said last month in announcing she would not file charges over the shooting. Video showed that Toledo dropped a gun right before Stillman shot him, but Foxx said the teen raised his right hand so quickly that it was impossible to determine if he’d dropped it. | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Chicago-police-review-board-completes-Toledo-17081845.php | 2022-04-14T21:47:39Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Chicago-police-review-board-completes-Toledo-17081845.php | true | 14 |
I’m Not Responsible for My Wife's Death, Osinachi’s Husband Speaks, Discloses How Gospel Singer Died
- Pastor Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel artist, Osinachi, has reacted to the allegations that his wife's death had to do with domestic violence
- Nwachukwu who has been arrested denied the allegations, telling the police that he was not responsible for the death of his wife
- The suspect said his wife died after months of being taken from one hospital to another for treatment of an undisclosed illness
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FCT, Abuja - Pastor Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel artist, Osinachi, has reportedly told police investigators that he is not responsible for the death of his wife.
Vanguard reported that Nwachukwu denied allegations of battery, assault and other domestic violence levied against him by family members and close associates of the popular artist.
He said the truth was that his wife had been sick for a long time, specifically since November 2021, and he has been moving her from one hospital to another in a bid to get her treated.
The pastor, however, did not reveal the nature of her death, The Nation also reported.
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Nwachukwu said he first took his wife to Federal Medical Center in Abuja, later to Gwagwalada General hospital and later to National hospital where she finally died.
Nwachukwu could not provide evidence to back his claim - Source
Vanguard cited a source as saying that Nwachukwu could not provide evidence of the ailment that the late Osinachi was suffering from neither could he show documents confirming the hospitals he took the gospel artist to.
The source said that following Pastor Nwachukwu's statement, he was taken to his home in handcuffs in a Police van in the Lugbe district on Tuesday, for a search for documents or evidence that will help in the investigation of the case.
TUKO.co.ke gathers that the case has been transferred from Lugbe Police Station to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence.
Police confirm development
FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh confirmed that the police took Pastor Nwachukwu to his house for a search as part of the investigation.
She was quoted as saying:
“We went to his house as part of our ongoing investigation on the matter. You don’t expect us to keep him in our custody and go about with the investigation."
Osinachi died on Friday, April 2, at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja after being admitted for an undisclosed illness for days resulting in the arrest of her husband on allegations of homicide/wife battery.
There are allegations that she died after allegedly being in a coma for five days following an assault by her husband.
Osinachi Nwachukwu: What my daughter's husband told her, mother speaks
Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that Osinachi's mother and sister had commented on the death of the gospel singer.
The bereaved family in an interview shared their pains and talked about the bitter experience they had with Osinachi's husband, Pastor Nwachukwu.
Madam Madu, the late singer's mother, said she was pained by the kind of son-in-law Nwachukwu is. She said she could not express what she experienced in the hands of her late daughter's husband.
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Judi Love breaks Taskmaster with surprise discovery in duck challenge
The comedian took the first task of season 13 to a whole new level when she stumbled upon an accidental duck.
The thirteenth season of Taskmaster kicked off tonight and, while Alex Horne is usually the one surprising the show's celebrity line-up with his ridiculous tasks, it was contestant Judi Love who left the co-host astonished during the first challenge.
Judi Love managed to score an unexpected point in season 13's first task after being challenged to find as many ducks in a room as possible and stumbling across one that hadn't been planted by Horne.
The full season 13 line-up, which consists of Father Ted's Ardal O'Hanlon, comedian Bridget Christie, Strictly Come Dancing's Chris Ramsey, TV presenter Love and stand-up comic Sophie Duker, were asked to find 10 ducks in a small, white room within the space of 20 minutes.
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While Love managed to find five of the ducks, she also found a sixth that was drawn in glow-in-the-dark crayon.
"That's a stray duck," Horne said when she found it. "Yeah, that's a duck we didn't even know was there."
When dissecting Love's performance in the challenge with Greg Davies and other celebrities, Horne added: "Well, Judi found a stray duck that genuinely we'd put on the wall years ago for another task which is quite odd. So she found six."
While Love was the only person to discover this accidental duck, it was actually Ramsay who won the challenge, having found seven ducks.
Taskmaster's thirteenth season continues next week, with Channel 4 teasing: "Ardal O'Hanlon makes some sheep, Chris Ramsey gets younger, Judi Love becomes a queen, Sophie Duker wets some teabags and Bridget Christie gets lost in a small field."
Taskmaster continues on Thursdays at 9pm on Channel 4. If you’re looking for something else to watch, check out our TV Guide. Visit our hub for more Entertainment news.
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NAYTAHWAUSH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have released dashcam video showing a sheriff’s deputy in northwestern Minnesota shooting and wounding a woman.
Minnesota Public Radio reported Thursday that Mahnomen County. Sheriff Josh Guenther said he released the video of the March 13 incident near Naytahwaush in response to social media posts accusing Deputy Dakota Czerny of attempted murder.
The incident began when Czerny tried to make a traffic stop and the vehicle fled. A pursuit ensued and Czerny forced the vehicle off the road.
The video shows Czerny handcuffing someone outside the vehicle. Another person standing next to the vehicle, later identified as 20-year-old Shequoya Basswood, appears to point a handgun at the deputy. He tells her to drop the gun and then shoots her. Basswood was hit several times but survived.
Basswood told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that she was trying to remove the gun from her shirt when Czerny shot her.
State investigators are reviewing the incident. | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Authorities-release-video-of-deputy-shooting-in-17081730.php | 2022-04-14T21:50:34Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Authorities-release-video-of-deputy-shooting-in-17081730.php | true | 13 |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 14, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
503 PM EDT Thu Apr 14 2022
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
Litchfield and central Dutchess Counties through 600 PM EDT...
At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Hopewell Junction, or 9 miles northwest of
Pawling, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Torrington, New Milford, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New
Hartford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Norfolk, Millbrook, Litchfield,
Northwest Harwinton, Stanfordville, New Hartford Center, Woodbury
Center, Hopewell Junction, New Preston, Wingdale and Dover Plains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4149 7337 4151 7339 4149 7344 4165 7349
4167 7351 4153 7353 4150 7381 4181 7394
4204 7318 4204 7301 4197 7303 4197 7293
4181 7295 4180 7302 4164 7298 4157 7309
4156 7316 4151 7316 4151 7332 4147 7332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 240DEG 49KT 4163 7375
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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