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Revisiting Signify Health
Summary
- Back in May 2021, I wrote my first introductory article to Signify Health, an up-and-coming healthcare platform.
- Attempting to bridge the gap between home and facility care infrastructure, Signify’s customers are not patients, but care providers looking to leverage an innovative tech platform.
- While the IPO timing was not great, and market pressure has brought the stock down along with peers in small cap growth, the fundamentals remain strong.
- With this, I find the bullish long-term case even stronger at these levels, and recommend the stock long term.
The Leading Innovative Health Platform
Signify Health (NYSE:SGFY) is a unique, well positioned, and in my opinion, leading company in the burgeoning home care segment. While headlines are dominated by virtual care providers like Teladoc (TDOC) or One Medical (ONEM), Signify offers a safer exposure to this future-focused segment. This is because rather than being exposed directly to patients, Signify Health is a platform utilized by health care providers instead, in order to bring their services to the modern era. While home care and remote patient monitoring is one capability, Signify also allows providers to have far more optimized clinical and administrative capabilities. Since SGFY is not exposed to consumers directly, volatility based on economic or other adverse events (COVID, lockdowns, inflation, etc.) is reduced compared to peers, and I find this will be favorable for investors. However, this comes with slower growth, but perhaps profitable long-term growth, a la Veeva (VEEV), is in Signify's future. For a complete dive into the company platform and services, please consider reading my introductory article, here.
Image: Signify Health Website. A brief summary of the Signify platform capabilities.
Image: Signify Health Website. This image discusses how SGFY provides targeted support to each client and patient group.
Changes Since Last May
Unfortunately, the share price of Signify Health has fallen 50% since the release of my article. However, I did note that many IPOs are volatile and have a habit of falling significantly over the next few years. Although, this drop is far beyond what I imagine was possible, and many investors are concerned about the company as an investment. Therefore, in the rest of this article, I will discuss why I find the bullish case remains, and that the opportunity presented to us is significant.
First and foremost, growth has remained elevated, and quite impressive with a 42% increase YoY of revenue for the first 9 months of 2021 compared to the year prior. Meanwhile, and one reason why Signify stands out against peers, is the fact that Adj. EBITDA grew faster than revenues, at 52% YoY for the first 9 months of 2021. Strong demand for Home & Community services, which saw a total volume of ~488,000 events, drives this profitability compared to ~362,000 the year prior.
Image: Q3 Earnings Presentation. One of the main bullish aspects of the company, increasing growth AND earnings.
One risk development that arose over the past year is the current corporate espionage and IP theft trial against a former Carecentrix executive who now works for Signify Health. This executive is currently not able to work for Signify as the trial is underway, and this may eat away at earnings with steep legal fees. While I personally believe Carecentrix (an at risk company, which Anthem (ANTM) and other PE chose not to acquire due to their loss of a Cigna (CI) contract [over 50% of revenues] is just attempting to glean some sort of financial benefit from the lawsuit, I do not believe there will be long-term impact to the company overall. However, it is in the hands of the court system now, and the law must be upheld if necessary. There are so many catalysts outside the jurisdiction of one executive, that I find in the end any injunctions will be minor.
Strong Q3 Maintains Fundamental Strength
The Q3 report was a beat across the board, highlighting incredible growth for the company, even after a strong 2020. This young company still has plenty of organic growth expansion to see, and this 30-40% growth rate should propel the stock forward nicely. Not to mention this company is far more profitable than peers, and I will show some comparisons later on in the article. It will be important to watch Episode of Care Services revenues, as the pandemic seems to be having quite an impact, and getting worse with Omicron. However, next quarter will be favorable with a BPCI-A lump-sum payment.
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative was comprised of four broadly defined models of care, which linked payments for the multiple services beneficiaries received during an episode of care. Under the initiative, organizations entered into payment arrangements that included financial and performance accountability for episodes of care. These models aimed to increase quality and care coordination at a lower cost to Medicare.
Image: Q3 Presentation. Summary of Q3 earnings.
Image: SA. Positive GAAP earnings is a rare site in small growth companies, not to mention a large beat of expectations.
Future Expectations
Each quarter, guidance has risen across the board, whether revenues, earnings, or individual evaluation volumes. Demand for in-home-evaluations has risen dramatically, due to both quality of care and the pandemic. This is a high margin revenue segment, hence why earnings are set to increase with revenues. However, the pandemic is hurting the company in other fields, especially acute care episodes as hospitals are crammed full of COVID patients. Hospitals here in California are now cramed, and some even sending patients elsewhere. This is despite the fact that COVID cases are now far less extreme than the beginning of the pandemic. However, staff shortages (quarantining, etc), and the sheer volume of patients is leading to issues across the board.
The pandemic is a double-edged sword for Signify, but generally favors high margin in-home care. Upon normalization of the healthcare environment, whether it takes one or ten years, I expect equal growth on each front. However, with size and their exposure to slower moving healthcare clients, I believe growth will settle below 20%. The key catalysts will be the uptake of home monitoring and care, and secular aging trends. As people live longer, but are still in frail states over that time, home care services will likely be needed and see growth. While it is a morbid and unkind form of growth to bank on, Signify should be able to aid those in need with high quality and well optimized solutions.
Image: Q3 Presentation. Expectations keep rising through the year, and every quarter is a beat. A positive sign!
The ARK Curse
One reason why I am not a fan of ARK funds (ARKK) (ARKG) is due to the fact that they decimate many small cap companies with the sheer amount of capital these funds must invest, especially during the extreme inflows of 2020/early 2021. However, when the ARK ETFs underperformed over the past year, outflows reached an extreme level, and brought down many of the small caps with it (beyond what would be normal for the stock on its own). These investments or divestments are one of the reasons for the poor performance over the past six months since the IPO last winter. As long as SGFY remains a holding in ARK funds, this curse shall be present, and only upon an increase in market cap will the effects be less impactful to shareholders. Thankfully, the favorable climate of healthcare and solid financial fundamentals of Signify will be able to grow the company swiftly over the decade.
Considering historical performance and future expectations, I expect the share price can see a 25% CAGR return over the next decade. Whether due to increased profitability, value expansion, and maintained growth over 30%. In turn, this should also decrease AKR's 10% ownership levels by approximately 10% per year, this should reduce ARK's overall share to about 3.5% or less. With that, inflows and outflows should be less of an issue at that point. This allows the fundamentals to truly drive performance, rather than a popularity contest.
Image: Q3 Presentation. Many favorable catalysts will propel this company forward in the short and long term.
Comparison To Peers & Valuation
The whole healthcare market has been down for the past six months, but SGFY has performed poorly as discussed. In my prior article, I made most of my comparisons to tele-health providers such as Teladoc, One Medical, and Accolade Health (ACCD). Now, however, I find that a name such as Veeva may shed more light on the potential performance of Signify, albeit slightly slower in overall growth rate. Current performance of SGFY is linked to the smaller more speculative names, but the current valuation is far removed from all peers.
In fact, the valuation (Price to Sales) is only 2-3x that of healthcare providers while revenue growth is 3-4x or more. Although the entire industry is at a strange place at the moment, and it is hard to find sufficient comparisons against SGFY. It will be important to try to find the tipping point for the share price, as if growth continues the valuation will too. As SGFY is currently at less that 3x P/S, I expect expansion to occur sometime in 2022 as the lawsuit gets figured out, and growth is maintained beyond the pandemic.
Chart: The recent performance of a few innovative healthcare names, including Signify Health. All have seen a steep downward trend of late.
Chart: The valuation of Signify is far below other names in the field, and I find this abnormal due to the strong financial performance of Signify. While I do not expect a valuation such as that with Veeva, reaching similar levels to TDOC and ONEM may be possible in the future.
Conclusion
I will end this article with the same sentiment I had in my introductory article.
When considering the stable growth over the past three years, positive healthcare industry climate, and strong financial state, I find that Signify is a solid buy for a long-term growth portfolio.
Although, it will be important to be mindful that the company will be different as the pandemic subsides. Further, when you consider the large drop in valuation and share price as of the new year, the bullish case is even stronger. I had recommended this company as the best risk adjusted bet in the burgeoning innovative healthcare market, and will continue to feel this way as the fundamentals are just getting stronger.
With almost three quarters of a billion dollars in cash on the sidelines, and only half that of debt, perhaps a significant acquisition is in the books. While this may disturb the share price on announcement, I am sure the company knows what will work to grow the company into the future. The downward trend is still underway, so be careful that you do not go all out, in case the trend continues. However, I am looking to make this one of my major holdings for 2022, and hope to see an upward move soon.
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Robert Dubac's STAND-UP JESUS Comes to the Delirious Comedy Club
Come bear witness to a truth that hurts and a truth that's funny with STAND-UP JESUS.
Have you ever prayed that Jesus would come back as a stand-up comedian? Well, your prayers have been answered. The second coming is coming to Sin City, and it's called STAND-UP JESUS! Blessed be the punchlines. Come bear witness to a truth that hurts and a truth that's funny with STAND-UP JESUS! Thy kingdom come, thy will be done; and it will be done with divine satire. Yes, our lord and savior is back and this time he's no longer a carpenter.
He's a stand-up comedian hell-bent on preaching what he created on the 8th day. Comedy. STAND-UP JESUS materializes at Delirious Comedy Club for 8 resurrections beginning June 23rd. Tithing is priced at $39.95 and are on sale now through www.DeliriousComedyClub.com Tickets are also available by phone at 702-541-2660 or at the theatre box office which opens its pearly gates at 7:30pm inside The Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino. 206 N. 3rd St. Las Vegas, NV 89101 Who better to battle sin in Las Vegas than STAND-UP JESUS?
Shining the light of truth on false prophets, duplicitous politicians, and immoral sheeple, J.C.'s razor-sharp satire has been intelligently designed to redeem sinners of all faiths. So let he who is without sin cast the first heckle! Heaven help us? Hell, yeah! STAND-UP JESUS is irreverent and sacrilegious but above all, hysterical.
Atheists and believers both praise STAND-UP JESUS as, "A miracle! It succeeds at being heaven and hell, enlightening and offensive; all at the same time!" His ecclesiastical reviews are stellar: "Christ, he's funny! Comedy has risen to a new level!" -Moses "Now we know what the "H" stands for... HILARIOUS!" -Mohammed "He's more famous than the Beatles!" -Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. "I know for a fact he can't take a joke." -Judas. (*And since Jesus never sleeps, he is available at any time for all press interviews/confessions.)
Robert Dubac (author, actor) belongs to a rare breed of humorists who make comedy smart and tragedy funny. Eschewing drama in the pursuit of humor he deftly combines stand-up with theater, pulling our emotional strings with intelligence and wit. In other words, you get more truth and less dick jokes. Dubac has garnered much success in the three ring circus of show-biz as a writer, actor and comedian. In addition to STAND-UP JESUS he has written two other solo shows THE BOOK OF MORON and THE MALE INTELLECT: AN OXYMORON? He's done lots of television and film but prefers theater. It keeps his soul intact. | https://www.broadwayworld.com/las-vegas/article/Robert-Dubacs-STAND-UP-JESUS-Comes-to-the-Delirious-Comedy-Club-20220416 | 2022-04-16T22:41:25Z | https://www.broadwayworld.com/las-vegas/article/Robert-Dubacs-STAND-UP-JESUS-Comes-to-the-Delirious-Comedy-Club-20220416 | true | 1 |
'Deception, Deceit and Selfishness': Sheriff Slams Mother Who Confessed to Faking Her Own Kidnapping
A 39-year-old mother of two apologized Tuesday while admitting she’d faked her own kidnapping in California six years ago, but the county sheriff ripped the effort as disingenuous.
According to The U.S. Sun, Sherri Papini disappeared on Nov. 2, 2016, while jogging in Redding, California.
When she re-appeared 22 days later, she said she had been kidnapped by two armed Hispanic women and held captive for over three weeks.
Shasta County police launched a six-year investigation and found Papini had actually been staying with her ex-boyfriend in Southern California during the time she was missing, the Sun reported. She was arrested last month and charged with fabricating the kidnapping.
According to the CNN, the ex-boyfriend, identified as told investigators Papini had told him she wanted to flee because her husband was abusing her. He said the two did not have sex while she was with him during her disappearance.
On Tuesday, Papini, through her attorneys, Papini released a statement admitting to the hoax, USA Today reported.
“I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so very sorry for the pain I’ve caused my family, my friends, all the good people who needlessly suffered because of my story and those who worked so hard to try to help me,” Papini said.
“I will work the rest of my life to make amends for what I have done.”
But in Shasta County Sheriff Michael L. Johnson’s mind, the statement was more of a tactical decision than an apology.
“The bottom line is, this case was about some very strong narcissistic behavior, along with deception, deceit and selfishness, so I have a very hard time believing she’s sorry,” Johnson said, according to the Sun.
“She had several opportunities to come clean during the various phases of this investigation and she never did it. Now all of a sudden we’re supposed to believe she’s remorseful for what she did? Well, I just don’t believe that.”
Remember California ‘Super Mom’ who claimed she was abducted and abused?
Sherri Papini admits she faked her own kidnapping.
Collected $30,000 in Cali victim compensation.
Go-Fund-Me raised $49,000.
Reality–she was with ex-bf.
Faces 25 yrs.#Hoax #Fraudhttps://t.co/DuEqbuElrB pic.twitter.com/iR43wUO5ZT— Beverly A. Pekala (@PekalaLaw) April 13, 2022
According to the Sun, Papini released her statement just after agreeing to a plea in which she pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and lying to an officer.
As part of the deal, Papini will have to pay over $300,000 in restitution to federal, state and local agencies who were involved with the investigation.
The mail fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, while the charge of lying to an officer is punishable by up to five years. But under the terms of the agreement, prosecutors said they would recommend lighter sentences.
While Johnson admitted he was happy that investigators forced Papini to admit her crimes, he had “mixed emotions” about the plea deal.
“I’m really struggling to have any compassion or sympathy for her at all which is what a plea deal usually goes towards,” he said, according to 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.”
Johnson said his heart especially went on to Papini’s family, who became victims of her lies.
“I can’t imagine what they must be going through, figuring out and now knowing that she deceived them all well,” Johnson 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.”
Truth and Accuracy
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In France's election, a meaty issue unites Jews and Muslims
PARIS — (AP) — As she cooks lunch and talks politics, Jewish voter Sarah Gutmann has a nasty feeling — of would-be French president Marine Le Pen invading the privacy of her home, reaching directly into her life and the plates of chicken and kosher sausages that she is frying for her husband and their eldest son.
That's because the far-right candidate wants to outlaw ritual slaughter if elected next Sunday. And that could directly impact how Gutmann feeds her family and exercises her religious freedom. She and her husband, Benjamin, say they would have to think about leaving France if a far-right government interfered with observant Jews' kosher diets. Their fear is that under Le Pen, targeting ritually slaughtered meats could be just the start of steps to make French Jews and Muslims feel unwelcome.
“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious," Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.
“The intention is to target minority populations that bother her and send a message to voters who are against these minorities: ’Vote for me, because I will attack them and perhaps, with time, make them leave.'"
Muslim shopper Hayat Ettabet said her family might be forced to illegally slaughter at home to stay within their religious rules, bleeding out animals “in the bathroom, back to the way it was.”
Le Pen says all animals should be stunned before slaughter, and frames the issue as one of animal welfare. That's unacceptable to observant Jews and Muslims who believe stunning causes unnecessary animal suffering and that their ritual slaughters for kosher and halal meats are more humane.
With the largest populations of Muslims and Jews in western Europe, the issue has major potential repercussions for France and could hit communities elsewhere that buy French meat exports. The issue is one of the many fault lines between Le Pen and incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the starkly different visions of France they are presenting for next Sunday's election runoff vote. It is expected to be far closer than in 2017, when the centrist Macron beat Le Pen by a landslide.
“We have never been so close to having an extreme-right regime,” Gutmann said. “The alarm bell is ringing.”
Le Pen's France would be more inwardly focused, with far fewer immigrants and fewer rights for those already here, less tolerance for non-Christian traditions, and less tightly bound to the European Union and the outside world.
Macron is largely promising the opposite as he seeks a second five-year term. Macron zeroed in on Le Pen’s proposals for ending slaughter without stunning to emphasize their political differences. He said he doesn't want “a France that prevents Muslims or Jews from eating as their religion prescribes.”
Le Pen says she doesn't want that either. But alarmed Jews and Muslims find her hard to believe. Le Pen is not opposed to other practices deemed cruel by animal welfare campaigners, such as bullfighting or — most notably — hunting, a tradition deeply anchored in rural France where she is trawling for votes. So her focus on kosher and halal meats smacks of hypocrisy to Jews and Muslims who see an attack disguised as animal welfare.
Le Pen says the meats could instead be imported. But that also makes no sense to critics, because it seems to run counter to Le Pen's general France-first rule that the country should produce more things itself and import less.
Her camp has also flip-flopped. Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's No. 2 who is heading their National Rally party while she seeks the presidency, said in March that they want an outright ban on kosher and halal meats, both imported and from domestically slaughtered animals.
Jewish leaders responded in a statement that the “detestable” proposition would force large numbers of Jews and Muslims to leave.
But Le Pen and Macron are both now modulating their positions on issues important to voters who didn't support them in round one of the election, seeking to amass the votes they will need to win round two. Macron, most notably, has softened his plan to increase the retirement age to 65. Le Pen is trying to appear more inclusive.
“I’m not at all going to get rid of halal and kosher butcher shops," she said this week. She said meat from animals that have been knocked out electrically might prove to be an acceptable halal alternative to some Muslims. But if not, "importing this meat would be authorized, obviously.”
“What we want is to truly stop this animal suffering, very intense, that is the consequence of slaughter without stunning," Le Pen said.
Slovenia, Denmark and Sweden, as well as non-EU members Switzerland, Iceland and Norway, have done away with religious exemptions, meaning kosher and halal meat must be imported. So, too, have the Flanders and Wallonia regions of Belgium. The bans there are being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights by Yohan Benizri, a vice president of the European Jewish Congress.
He says outlawing religious slaughter makes Jews feel “we’re not part of European culture" and “portrays us as some form of savages."
Because France exports kosher meats, banning its production “will have a devastating effect” on Jewish communities elsewhere, he said.
“It’s going to be a devastating signal as well because — again — we would be seen as not welcome in the European Union," Benizri said.
As her son finished lunch, Sarah Gutmann said the most worrying aspect of a Le Pen-pushed law on the issue would be if it was met by general indifference.
“Then, really, I will be very, very scared,” she said. "If I see an unjust law go through and no one reacts, then we’ll say to ourselves that we really are in danger.”
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Associated Press journalists Nicolas Garriga in Paris and Elaine Ganley in Vernon, France, contributed.
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Some Tropical Plants Have Potential To Remove Toxic Heavy Metals From Soil
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks), has demonstrated that some plant species could help to remove toxic heavy metals and metalloids from contaminated soil.
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract and store contaminants from soil. As a first step to determine if candidate plants had phytoremediation abilities, the team examined samples of them for levels of heavy metals and metalloids. A high concentration detected suggested an ability to absorb the pollutants.
The study by the Singapore research team discovered that there are existing tropical plants which could potentially play a role in the remediation of contaminated lands. The plants examined in the study are widely available and include species that are native or naturalised to Singapore. They could thus, be introduced and removed from plots of land with minimal impact to ecosystems and could lead to the development of a sustainable and environmentally friendly way of managing contaminants in soil.
The findings were published in the scientific peer-reviewed journal Environmental Pollution.
Professor Lam Yeng Ming, Chair of NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, who co-led the study, said: “In a small nation like Singapore, land may be repurposed to support new development plans, so it is important that we have a green and sustainable way to remediate land that is contaminated. We set out to uncover how to better make use of tropical plants to do phytoremediation and through advanced characterisation techniques, we showed how some of these tropical plant species can be an environmentally friendly and literally a “green” way to remove contaminants in soil. Phytoremediation also has benefits of cost effectiveness, simplicity of management, aesthetic advantages, and long-term applicability and sustainability. The strategy prevents erosion and metal leaching by stabilising or accumulating heavy metals, so that helps reduce the risk of contaminant spread.”
The team conducted a field survey and collected soil and plant samples between March 2019 and January 2020. A total of 46 plant species were studied as potential candidates for phytoremediation.
Among them, 12 plant species, which include the commonly seen Cow Grass (Axonopus compressus), hyperaccumulators like the Brake Fern (Pteris vittata) and the Indian Pennywort (Centella asiatica), were effective for the accumulation of several types of heavy metals and metalloids.
The elements investigated in the study were heavy metals and metalloids that are potentially toxic to humans and animals, such as cadmium, arsenic, lead, and chromium. They occur naturally in soils, but rarely at toxic levels. However, they can accumulate and reach higher levels over a long period of time, as heavy metal particles from air pollution (e.g. vehicle emissions, construction activities) tend to accumulate and remain in the top layers of soil.
Other factors that could result in high levels of heavy metals in soil include the use of synthetic products such as pesticides, paints, batteries, industrial waste, and land application of industrial or domestic sludge.
To assess whether the levels of heavy metal were dangerous, the team used the Dutch Standard, which provides values for the acceptable threshold of environmental pollutants in soils. This mode of assessment has also been adopted by Singapore’s government agencies | https://www.eurasiareview.com/17042022-some-tropical-plants-have-potential-to-remove-toxic-heavy-metals-from-soil/ | 2022-04-16T22:55:31Z | https://www.eurasiareview.com/17042022-some-tropical-plants-have-potential-to-remove-toxic-heavy-metals-from-soil/ | true | 1 |
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French race car driver, Romain Grosjean celebrates his birthday on this day. Image: Wikimedia Commons
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
French race car driver, Romain Grosjean celebrates his birthday on this day. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 17 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
2019 | A tourist bus overturned on the Portuguese island of Madeira, and 29 German passengers were killed.
2013 | An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people and 160 others were injured.
2006 | A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, 11 people were killed and 70 were wounded on this day.
1978 | Mir Akbar Khyber was assassinated and provoked a communist coup d’état in Afghanistan.
1975 | The Cambodian Civil War ended when the Khmer Rouge captured the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrendered.
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1982 | Canadian ice hockey player, Chuck Kobasew.
1986 | French race car driver, Romain Grosjean.
1983 | Russian ice hockey player, Stanislav Chistov.
1923 | Italian lyric tenor, Gianni Raimondi, died in 2008.
1960 | Russian pole vaulter, Vladimir Polyakov.
2015 | American businessman and philanthropist, Scotty Probasco, 87.
1998 | American photographer, activist, and musician, Linda McCartney, 57.
1942 | French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Jean Baptiste Perrin, 72.
2006 | American actor, Henderson Forsythe, 89.
1680 | Mohawk-born Native American saint, Kateri Tekakwitha, 24.
1937 | On this day, Europe’s attendance record for a football match of 149 415 when Scotland beat England 3-1 at Hampden Park in a Home Championship match.
2015 | On this day, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.
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It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US
(AP) - Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.
One big unknown? “We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University.
No one expects a peak nearly as high as the last one, when the contagious omicron version of the coronavirus ripped through the population.
But experts warn that the coming wave – caused by a mutant called BA.2 that’s thought to be about 30% more contagious – will wash across the nation. They worry that hospitalizations, which are already ticking up in some parts of the Northeast, will rise in a growing number of states in the coming weeks. And the case wave will be bigger than it looks, they say, because reported numbers are vast undercounts as more people test at home without reporting their infections or skip testing altogether.
At the height of the previous omicron surge, reported daily cases reached into the hundreds of thousands. As of Thursday, the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose to 39,521, up from 30,724 two weeks earlier, according to data from Johns Hopkins collected by The Associated Press.
Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute, said the numbers will likely keep growing until the surge reaches about a quarter the height of the last “monstrous” one. BA.2 may well have the same effect in the U.S. as it did in Israel, where it created a “bump” in the chart measuring cases, he said.
Keeping the surge somewhat in check, experts said, is a higher level of immunity in the U.S. from vaccination or past infection compared with early winter.
But Ray said the U.S. could wind up looking like Europe, where the BA.2 surge was “substantial” in some places that had comparable levels of immunity. “We could have a substantial surge here,” he said.
Both experts said BA.2 will move through the country gradually. The Northeast has been hit hardest so far — with more than 90% of new infections caused by BA.2 last week compared with 86% nationally. As of Thursday, the highest rates of new COVID cases per capita over the past 14 days were in Vermont, Rhode Island, Alaska, New York and Massachusetts. In Washington, D.C., which also ranks in the top 10 for rates of new cases, Howard University announced it was moving most undergraduate classes online for the rest of the semester because of “a significant increase in COVID-19 positivity” in the district and on campus.
Some states, such as Rhode Island and New Hampshire, saw the average of daily new cases rise by more than 100% in two weeks, according to Johns Hopkins data.
In New Hampshire, the increase in cases comes two weeks after the closure of all 11 state-managed vaccination sites, and the governor is being pressured by some advocates to reverse course.
Joseph Wendelken, spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Health, said the metric they are most focused on right now is hospitalizations, which remain relatively low. About 55 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, compared with more than 600 at one point in the pandemic.
Officials credit high vaccination rates. State statistics show 99% of Rhode Island adults are at least partially vaccinated and 48% have gotten the booster dose that scientists say is key in protecting against severe illness with omicron.
Vermont also has relatively high levels of vaccination and fewer patients in the hospital than during the height of the first omicron wave. But Dr. Mark Levine, the health commissioner there, said hospitalizations and the numbers of patients in intensive care units are both up slightly, although deaths have not risen.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that new hospital admissions of patients with confirmed COVID-19 were up slightly in New England and the New York region.
On the West Coast, modelers from Oregon Health & Science University are projecting a slight increase in hospitalizations over the next two months in that state, where cases have also risen steeply.
As the wave moves across the country, experts said states with low rates of vaccination may face substantially more infections and severe cases that wind up in the hospital.
Ray said government leaders must be careful to strike the right tone when talking to people about protecting themselves and others after COVID restrictions have largely been lifted. Philadelphia recently became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate after a sharp increase in infections. But Vermont’s Levine said there are no plans to bring back any of the restrictions that were imposed earlier during the pandemic.
“It’s going to be hard to institute restrictive, draconian measures,” Ray said. “Fortunately, we have some tools that we can use to mitigate risk. And so I hope that leaders will emphasize the importance for people to watch the numbers,” be aware of risks and consider taking precautions such as wearing masks and getting vaccinated and boosted if they’re not already.
Lynne Richmond, a 59-year-old breast cancer survivor who lives in Silver Spring, Md., said she plans to get her second booster and keep wearing her mask in public as cases rise in her state and nearby Washington, D.C.
“I never really stopped wearing my mask…I’ve stayed ultra-vigilant,” she said. “I feel like I’ve come this far; I don’t want to get COVID.”
At the 250-bed New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, staff are still wearing masks and social distancing. Veterans are allowed limited excursions to places like an antique race car museum and restaurants where they can have a separate room and the wait staff is masked.
Vigilance is a good strategy, experts said, because the coronavirus is constantly throwing curveballs. One of the latest: even more contagious subvariants of BA.2 found in New York state, known as BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1. And scientists warn that new and potentially dangerous variants could arise at any time.
“We shouldn’t be thinking the pandemic is over,” Topol said. “We should still keep our guard up.”
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Associated Press reporters Wilson Ring in Stowe, Vermont, and Holly Ramer and Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire contributed to this report.
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True heroes of mammoth Mail Force operation reveal their 1,000-mile journey to deliver much-needed food parcels from Leicester to Luhansk
- Mail Force's food parcel have begun being ferried from Leicester to Luhansk
- The mammoth operation took 63 gruelling hours for the mercy mission
- The project has been made possible thanks to the staggering generosity of Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail readers
- Readers have donated £11 million to the Mail Force Ukraine Refugee Appeal
Looming over a flat expanse of potato fields, the hulking outline of the vast Polish warehouse slowly comes into view.
It is just after dawn, and 63 gruelling hours since Mail Force’s 1,000-mile mercy mission set off carrying a precious humanitarian cargo.
NO TIME TO LOSE: The Mail Force lorry begins a 1,000-mile dash with aid for Ukrainian people
Inside the 44-ton truck finally approaching its destination are parcels of food, stacked high on wooden pallets, ready to save thousands of Ukrainians from the appalling spectre of starvation.
After the long journey across continental Europe, we’re met by a welcoming committee of warehouse workers and government officials who jump on to forklift trucks and, in a blizzard of activity, swiftly unload more than 2,400 cardboard boxes to stockpile in the warehouse.
Later this week, those boxes will be whisked by truck and train into the heart of eastern Ukraine – just as Vladimir Putin’s forces plot their next onslaught.
The lorry, accompanied on last week’s three-day journey by myself, is in the vanguard of the most ambitious and complex humanitarian enterprise undertaken by a British newspaper.
Indeed, it is at the very tip of a mammoth logistical exercise that has seen some of Britain’s biggest food manufacturers, supermarkets, packagers and distributors join forces to respond to Ukraine’s desperate need to feed the estimated ten million who have fled their homes since the Russian invasion began in February.
Crucially, the project has been made possible thanks to the staggering generosity of Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail readers, who have donated £11 million to the Mail Force Ukraine Refugee Appeal. The fundraising campaign was kickstarted by a £500,000 donation from the papers’ parent company DMGT at the request of chairman Lord Rothermere and Lady Rothermere.
Today, we can proudly announce that Mail Force has spent £4 million to help buy 500,000 boxes of food and fund their immediate delivery to Ukraine. Half the costs of the endeavour are being met by Mail Force and the other half from Ukraine’s embassy in the UK, using money donated by the public.
TEAMS’ EFFORT: From Leicestershire, right, to Poland, , the work goes on to feed Ukraine civilians
Each box has 14 items – including pasta, porridge, tinned meat, fish and vegetables, tortilla wraps and biscuits – and contains enough calories to feed an adult for a week.
After the first successful delivery by Mail Force’s lorry last Thursday, another 199 trucks will follow, leaving Britain at a drumbeat of 12-a-day over the coming weeks.
‘We would like to thank the readers of the Mail for such great help, it is invaluable help for the inhabitants of Ukraine,’ said Jon Drbek, manager at the Polish warehouse as he helped unload the first food boxes. The location remains secret to guard against Russian sabotage.
The Mail on Sunday can today take you inside this astonishing aid operation and reveal how following weeks of meticulous planning a dedicated army of box packers, lorry drivers, food suppliers and logistics experts are ensuring that your donations are being spent in the best possible way.
The heart of the mission is more than 980 miles away from Mr Drbek’s facility in another giant warehouse off the M1 near Leicester.
A Ukrainian flag proudly flies outside Oakland International’s distribution centre, where staff in Mail Force T-shirts are busy carrying out vital work. Oakland is a major British food distributor and supply chain specialist whose inspirational chief executive and co-founder Dean Attwell has shifted his entire business to help pack the food boxes and transport them to eight hubs in Poland, Slovakia and Romania. The company is not making a penny from the initiative.
During the first week of Putin’s invasion, Dean was in the Lake District with two senior executives when the discussion turned to ways they could help refugees.
HEADING EAST: Our reporter Mark Hookham
‘We talked about the plight of Ukrainians and how awful it was that devastating weapons were being used in a modern society,’ he tells me. ‘The bottom line was, could we do something to help? And we thought that we could.’
Last Monday morning, I watched spellbound as almost 80 Oakland staff packed the first Mail Force boxes along three separate 20-yard-long production lines.
It was a model of efficiency. At the head of one production line, Jigar, 23, the first worker, rapidly built the first of the boxes, which have been supplied by Smurfit Kappa, a leading packager. The firm has provided tens of thousands of boxes, stamped with the words Glory to Ukraine.
In the blink of an eye, the box was passed down the line to Sunita, 20, who stamped it with a date and placed two bags of nuts inside.
Moulika, 22, added canned tuna, while her colleague Abul, 50, dropped in canned hot dogs, beans and tomato soup. More items were added before finally Kaishorkumar, 50, completed the box with a 1 kg pack of pasta. The entire process had taken just eight seconds.
‘This is teamwork,’ Chetan Kumar, 41, said with a smile as he piled up packs of pasta on the line.
‘I watch the TV news and am just very sad to see what is happening. These are everyday people and they want to live peacefully. I am very happy to be helping Ukraine.’
The completed boxes were stacked 7ft-high on wooden pallets and loaded straight on to a waiting lorry. Dean and I carefully manoeuvered the first of the 26 pallets into the back of the truck.
‘It is emotional because there are so many people behind the scenes who have helped make this happen,’ Dean told me.
‘From the Mail Force campaign to the suppliers, retailers, transport teams and packers – everyone has come together to finally come up with these finished boxes we’re loading now, which will feed thousands of people for a week.’
The spark for Mail Force’s decision to fund food boxes came three weeks earlier during a meeting with Taras Krykun, the Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs at Ukraine’s embassy. Thanks to the generosity of readers, Mail Force has announced grants of more than £3.8 million to charities helping refugees such as Unicef, the Red Cross and the Refugee Council.
Conscious of the need to ensure our readers’ money has an immediate, life-saving impact, we asked Mr Krykun what more we could do. His message was stark: ‘Our No 1 priority is food because I have got people starving to death and some drinking water out of puddles.’
Meanwhile, the bosses of 20 of Britain’s largest food companies, including Oakland, were delivered a similarly chilling message by Taras Dzoba, Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister during a Zoom call convened by the Confederation of British Industry.
‘It was one of the most unnerving meetings I have ever sat in on,’ said Peter Werner, chief of staff to CBI president Lord Bilimoria. ‘I will always remember Taras Dzoba’s plea: “We have got two weeks until we are going to have mass starvation and mass food shortages.” I felt determined to help.’
The CBI, together with management consultants from Accenture, established a war room in London to channel the entrepreneurial brilliance of British business to delivering vast quantities of food into Ukraine. Supermarket giant Morrisons provided food for a trial run of 40,000 boxes earlier this month, funded solely by the Ukrainian embassy. Since then, an array of major food manufacturers have come forward to help – including Princes, which is supplying tinned fish, Mission Foods, which is supplying tortilla wraps, and Hill Biscuits in Greater Manchester, which is providing orange, ginger and chocolate creams.
And now, thanks to Mail Force, the operation has ballooned. The food waiting to be packed is stacked to the roof of the 40ft-high warehouse along two 300ft-long aisles.
Over the coming weeks, a 400-strong workforce working 12-hour shifts will pack the boxes, while at least 200 lorries will be needed to transport the 500,000 boxes. For some of those involved, the mission is personal. Ondrej Olah, 23, a supervisor at Oakland, grew up in Sabinov in Slovakia, which has been flooded with refugees since the start of the war. ‘The biggest need is food,’ he said. ‘I am just so grateful to Mail readers. It blows me away.’
A 28-year-old senior member of the project team, who asked not to be named, is from Kyiv, where his father and uncle are fighting in the war. ‘For me, this is an opportunity to do what I can and apply my experience and help the country.’
At 3.35pm on Monday, the doors of the first fully-loaded Mail Force lorry were slammed shut and I jumped into the cab with driver Steve Godridge, 48, from Bolton. A veteran with more than 20 years on the road, Steve had agreed to return to long-distance continental driving because of the critical importance of the operation. Minutes later, we were pulling out of Oakland’s depot before thundering south to Dover.
After just three hours on the road, the Mail Force mission had to overcome its first obstacle. We hit a long tailback of lorries and cars.
Unfazed, Steve motored down a lane reserved for right-turning traffic and skipped the traffic jam.
When a stern-looking police officer stopped us and demanded an explanation, Steve offered the perfect excuse. ‘Sorry, officer, I am delivering food aid for the people of Ukraine and I have got a Mail on Sunday reporter on board,’ he said. ‘I’m running late and it’s important we don’t miss our ferry.’
The officer glanced at the Mail Force logo emblazoned on the lorry. ‘OK, I haven’t seen you,’ he said, waving us through.
There was no way to dodge the queue inside the port. For two-and-a-half hours we sat in front of the French customs post, cursing P&O Ferries, whose decision to sack 800 staff has thrown Dover into chaos.
At 11.35pm we were waved on to the Isle of Inishmore ferry, and after a smooth crossing we parked up at a truck stop surrounded by razor wire outside Calais. After a surprisingly comfortable night in the cab’s double bunk bed, we plotted the next stage of our journey.
‘We’ll go past Ghent, Antwerp and Eindhoven and then cross into Germany by Venlo,’ said Steve. ‘Then it’s straight through to Poland.’
After powering through the heart of industrial Germany, the Mail Force lorry had an extended halt dictated by driver rest rules. Then at midnight on Thursday we hit the road for the final leg, crossing into Poland at 3.55am.
As the sun rose over the peaty fields of central Poland’s breadbasket, our destination was in sight. A sign banning drones from flying over the warehouse where our food will be stored was the only indication that it was different from agricultural storage facilities nearby.
This weekend, our food boxes are ready to go by train across the Ukrainian border. They will then be sent east to where civilians face the most acute food shortages, such as the region of Luhansk, where people have had to flee their homes.
And as you read this, more lorries packed with food will be arriving at the Oakland warehouse in Leicester, while many others will depart, crammed with boxes for Ukraine.
Thanks to this extraordinary campaign, and the generosity of Mail readers and the British public at large, up to half a million civilians who faced the threat of starvation will no longer fear going hungry.
Hopefully, we get more people realising that this is not over,’ Dean Attwell said as he prepared the next wave of life-saving deliveries. ‘The work has only just started.’ | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10725127/Mail-Force-heroes-reveal-1-000-mile-journey-deliver-food-parcels-Leicester-Luhansk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-16T23:12:57Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10725127/Mail-Force-heroes-reveal-1-000-mile-journey-deliver-food-parcels-Leicester-Luhansk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | 3 |
(The Hill) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) drew national attention this week by sending two buses full of Latin American asylum applicants from the southern border to Washington, D.C., the latest move to fuel speculation that he’s plotting a future campaign for the White House.
Abbott largely received praise from fellow Republicans for his headline-grabbing move, and the arrival of dozens of migrants in Washington was played on conservative news networks. Abbott also sparked controversy at the border with the now-repealed order for state troops to step up truck inspections, which led to extensive traffic and protests by drivers.
The latest moves mark an audacious step in a hot-button issue that is a top animator for Republicans by a skilled operator rumored to have ambitions beyond Austin. And party insiders forecast the latest moves, while controversial, will be well received by an already amped-up base.
“I think so far it’s playing well with Republicans because they clearly want their elected officials to be tough on illegal immigration. They want to make sure that security comes first,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a Texas-based GOP strategist and member of the Texas State Guard whose unit was deployed to help set up the operation to bus the migrants to Washington.
“From the people I’ve talked to, from the polling I’ve seen, from just anecdotal evidence of where the activists are, where the voters are, they just want to see the governor and the president and future elected leaders, Congress, get tough and take action and put security first. And so I think they look at this and say, ‘He’s doing what he should be doing on that,’” Steinhauser added.
Abbott directed his state’s Division of Emergency Management to bring migrants in Texas to the nation’s capital in response to the Biden administration’s move to wind down Title 42, a sweeping border restriction policy implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow for easier expulsions of migrants.
Fourteen Nicaraguan, Cuban, Venezuelan and Colombian nationals were dropped off on Thursday outside of the building that houses the Washington bureau of Fox News, which broke the story. On Wednesday, Fox News showed footage of the first bus full of migrants arriving in Washington, near the U.S. Capitol.
The migrants are all legally in the U.S. and waiting for official determination of their asylum claims. They also all voluntarily got on the bus to Washington, which the White House has repeatedly reminded the public of when asked for its reaction to Abbott sending the buses.
But immigration is an issue that plays disproportionately up with Republicans. A Quinnipiac University poll from late March showed that just 9 percent of Americans said immigration is the most important issue facing the country. However, 19 percent of Republicans said it is the most important issue, the highest share behind those who cited inflation.
While Abbott’s actions on immigration this week elevate his profile nationally, former President Trump’s looming decision on 2024 hangs over many Republicans, including the Texas governor, GOP strategist Doug Heye said.
“Like so many Republicans, Gov. Abbott is increasing his name ID and pushing on issues important to the base and thereby putting himself in a position to run. But it still remains a waiting game for all of those Republicans until Donald Trump decides what he will do. They’re all jockeying for a race they ultimately may not run,” Heye said.
Abbott’s moves swiftly drew plaudits from other prominent Republicans who said he was bringing immigration to the fore after months of grumbling over the rising number of border crossings.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday, “Hopefully this gets liberal elites and the Biden administration to actually care about the millions of illegal aliens who are streaming across our southern border.”
“They’re going to see, with all these people invading Washington, D.C., like they’ve invaded our border states, and it may make them realize how bad it is,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) added on Fox News on Thursday.
Beyond busing the migrants, Abbott had ordered truck inspections by state troops, which first sparked long lines at key border crossings before fueling driver protests. He repealed the order on Friday afternoon but before had argued that such inspections were necessary because he claimed the vehicles offer opportunities for smuggling.
The latest maneuvering led to unsurprising backlash from Democrats, with White House press secretary Jen Psaki mocking the buses as a “publicity stunt.”
But Republicans say the publicity might not necessarily be bad for Abbott.
“I think it’s hard to separate politics and government. I mean, in everything that happens, whether it’s foreign policy or domestic policy, politics and government go hand in hand. Public relations is a key aspect of governing. So I don’t see this any different than anything else,” Steinhauser said.
“There’s always a selling, a marketing side of it. There’s always a communications plan. And there clearly has been one on this. But I also think that it’s just one of the many things that the state of Texas is doing to try and deal with this problem.”
To be sure, not every Republican was pleased with Abbott’s recent decisions.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called the truck inspection policy “misguided” and “political theater” in a letter to Abbott on Wednesday.
“Instead, this policy will hurt Texas and American consumers by driving up already sky rocketing food prices, worsening ongoing supply chain disruptions, causing massive produce shortages, and saddling Texas and American companies with untold losses,” Miller said, adding that he predicts prices will rise for limes and avocados within a week.
“Buses, and trucks, and demagoguery, oh my,” added moderate GOP commentator Charlie Sykes. “Texas’s Greg Abbott has simultaneously (1) manufactured a massive snafu at the border, and (2) shocked even some conservative allies with the crassness of his immigrants-on-a-bus stunt.”
But still, Abbott’s unique position as a border-state governor offers him a chance to differentiate himself from other Republicans, which could be a boon if he’s considering a 2024 presidential run.
Abbott has leaned into culture wars during his reelection bid, bolstering his hard-line bona fides on issues such as abortion, gun rights and “election integrity” to successfully beat back primary challenges from his right earlier this year. However, the stringent new policies he implemented have caught national attention and fueled speculation that he has his eye on the White House.
In a sign of immigration’s potency as a wedge issue, other prominent Republicans, including potential 2024 candidates, have pounced on the White House’s handling of Title 42.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned migrants on the bus to D.C. not to try to get to his state after some of them reportedly said they hoped to make their way to Miami.
“Life will not be easy for you, because we are obligated to uphold the immigration laws of this country, even if our federal government and other states won’t,” DeSantis’s office told Fox News on Wednesday.
Dave Carney, Abbott’s political consultant, told The Hill that the governor is solely focused on his reelection bid this year, when he’ll face off against former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas). But Carney also boasted that Abbott’s latest moves are hitting on what Republicans view as a winning issue.
“I think it shows that [President] Biden and [Vice President] Harris and the Democrats could have done something like this in January of last year,” he said of Abbott’s policies. “But for politics, what they thought at the time was a winning issue, is going to kill them.” | https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/abbott-sparks-fresh-white-house-speculation-with-border-moves/ | 2022-04-16T23:26:25Z | https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/abbott-sparks-fresh-white-house-speculation-with-border-moves/ | true | 26 |
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Greenwood Capital Associates LLC reduced its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) by 1.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 66,633 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 1,054 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. comprises about 1.5% of Greenwood Capital Associates LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC’s holdings in JPMorgan Chase & Co. were worth $10,551,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in JPM. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 99.2% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 9,658,886 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,597,194,000 after buying an additional 4,810,319 shares during the period. Capital World Investors boosted its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 74,302,154 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $12,162,752,000 after purchasing an additional 2,764,341 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI acquired a new stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $298,028,000. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 13.4% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 15,516,265 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,539,859,000 after purchasing an additional 1,827,675 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Altshuler Shaham Ltd boosted its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 4,144,969.8% in the 3rd quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 1,782,380 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $329,233,000 after purchasing an additional 1,782,337 shares in the last quarter. 69.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada set a $175.00 price target on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $180.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Monday, February 14th. Argus reduced their price target on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $177.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Thursday. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $147.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 21st. Finally, Wolfe Research downgraded shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating and set a $185.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, January 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, JPMorgan Chase & Co. presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $164.00.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 13th. The financial services provider reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.70 by ($0.07). JPMorgan Chase & Co. had a return on equity of 16.58% and a net margin of 33.61%. The firm had revenue of $30.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.53 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.50 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that JPMorgan Chase & Co. will post 11.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 6th will be paid a $1.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 5th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.17%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s dividend payout ratio is currently 29.67%.
In other JPMorgan Chase & Co. news, CEO Jennifer Piepszak sold 4,668 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.19, for a total transaction of $589,054.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 11,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,405,125.65. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.79% of the company’s stock.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Company Profile (Get Rating)
JPMorgan Chase & Co operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). The CCB segment offers s deposit, investment and lending products, payments, and services to consumers; lending, deposit, and cash management and payment solutions to small businesses; mortgage origination and servicing activities; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit card, auto loan, and leasing services.
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Harold Varner III shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-shot lead in the RBC Heritage on Saturday in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory.
Varner had eight birdies in a bogey-free round to match Cameron Young's opening score as the lowest at Harbour Town Golf Links this week. Varner had an 11-under 202.
Varner will need to be just as crisp Sunday. FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay, 2019 British Open winner Shane Lowry of Ireland and Erik van Rooyen of South Africa were a shot back.
Cantlay, the second-round leader, had a 70. Lowry shot 65, and van Rooyen had a 67.
Former RBC Heritage champ Matt Kuchar, Hudson Swafford, Sepp Straka and Aaron Wise were 9 under. Swafford shot 66, Kuchar and Straka 67 and Wise 68.
Varner has two international victories, winning the Australian PGA Championship in 2016 and the Saudi International in February.
He appeared to shoot himself out of contention with his Friday finish, going 4 over his final four holes for a 72. But it was a ruling on the sixth that angered Varner — and fueled him for Saturday.
Varner's tee shot on the par-4 sixth was called out-of-bounds. Varner told officials that he saw a spectator pick up the ball that was eventually identified as Varner's and he may have put it back beyond the out-of-bounds marker.
The decision stood, Varner made a double bogey and fumed about it. “I would say I'm really good at putting things aside, but I did not put that aside,” he said.
Instead, he used the frustrating finish to fuel his run to the top. Varner birdied four of his first six holes — including that troublesome sixth — and took the lead with a 10-footer on the 16th.
Harbour Town is far from Varner's preferred layout — “It's my favorite because we can drive here,” said Varner, who lives in Gastonia, North Carolina — even though he tied for second here last year and has shot in the 60s in six of his past seven rounds.
Varner said every shot here is “super uncomfortable.”
“I feel like I'm always kind of guiding it out there,” he said. “But if you can guide it out there for 72 holes, you can do some damage.”
Lowry, too, bounced back from a 72 on Friday to get within a shot of the lead. He was choppy at first, following birdies on the second and fifth holes with bogeys on the next one. But he steadied himself after that for a 65, matching his career low at Harbour Town.
Lowry said conditions, particularly the gusts of 20 mph or more Friday, had eased and made the usually tricky course defenseless.
“Yesterday was just kind of one of those days where you have to batten down the hatches,” Lowry said.
“Whereas today, I felt like any time you got a good number,” Lowry said, “you could really go at the flags. And I did and I hit some good shots.”
He'll need more of that Sunday if he hopes for his third career tour win and first since the British Open in 2019.
Cantlay ended Friday with a flourish — four straight birdies from Nos. 15-18, the toughest stretch of the course — for a two-shot lead.
But he couldn't find that form much of this round. He caught Varner with birdies on the sixth, seventh and ninth holes, then dropped back with bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes. He drew within a shot of Varner on the 18th hole, his approach landing inside 5 feet for a closing birdie.
“It had some good, it had some not so good,” Cantlay said. “But I’m in a really good spot for tomorrow. Especially with that closing birdie on 18, get a little momentum, and I’m obviously right there.”
Tommy Fleetwood, teeing off more than 3 1/2 hours before Cantlay's final pairing, posted a 64 to give first hint of the very gettable course.
Maverick McNealy and Peter Malnati, like Lowry, had 65s. Swafford, Wyndham Clark and Graeme McDowell posted 66s. In all, 45 of the 71 competitors came in under 70.
On Friday, no one shot lower than 67 and there were just 19 players out of 130 who had scores in the 60s.
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MIAMI (AP) — The 2021 NBA Finals had been over for approximately three minutes, and newly crowned champion P.J. Tucker was already overcome by one very distinct emotion.
“I've got to feel this again," Tucker said.
That's why he left Milwaukee for Miami last summer. It's why Kyle Lowry, a 2019 champion with Toronto, also joined the Heat this past offseason. It's why Markieff Morris, a 2020 champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, is with the Heat now. It's why Udonis Haslem, who turns 42 in a couple of months, is still with Miami and seeking a fourth ring.
Regular-season successes were nice, but meant little to the Heat in the grand scheme of things. What matters is the postseason and the pursuit of a championship, which truly starts Sunday when the top-seeded Heat begin an Eastern Conference first-round series against Trae Young and the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks.
“This is what you’re here for," Lowry said. “This is what you play for. This is what you train for. These are the situations that you look forward to."
Miami had two things for practice Saturday that it didn't have on Friday — an opponent, and a starting center. The Hawks earned their playoff spot by beating Cleveland in a play-in game Friday night, and on Saturday morning Bam Adebayo was back at practice for the first time all week after clearing the NBA's health and safety protocols.
With Adebayo, Miami has its big man.
Atlanta's big-man rotation is a major question.
Starting center Clint Capela has been ruled out for Game 1, and may wind up missing much if not all of the series, after injuring his right knee on Friday. Tests on Saturday ruled out major damage, but Capela's status for the short-term remains a mystery.
But the Hawks may get forward John Collins — who missed the final 16 regular-season games and both play-in contests — back on Sunday, listing him as questionable with a strained right foot and a sprained right ring finger.
That said, the Hawks still have Young, one of the most dynamic scorers in the game. He had six points at halftime of the win-or-go-home game against Cleveland on Friday, then had 32 more points on 10-of-14 shooting in the final two quarters.
“I think he lives for these moments,” Hawks coach Nate McMillan said. “Built for this moment. I think he is built for this moment. I said it to him last year going into the playoffs; his game, his confidence, his belief in himself, playing in big moments like this, he doesn’t shy away from it.”
The Hawks went 1-3 against the Heat this season, though neither side expects that to mean much come Sunday.
“It’s exciting,” Young said of the matchup. “We get another opportunity. They’ve been clicking on all cylinders, especially here recently. They’ve gotten a little bit more rest than we have, so we’ve got to be ready to bring it. We know the crowd’s going to be crazy, the environment’s going to be fun, so we’ve got to be ready to be locked in and take care of business.”
Miami went to the finals in Jimmy Butler's first season with the Heat, the year that was interrupted by the start of the pandemic and then resumed in the bubble at Walt Disney World. Last season led to another playoff berth, but Miami was overwhelmed and swept in the first round by Tucker and the Bucks.
This season, a 53-29 mark earned Miami the No. 1 seed. The Heat, quite simply, want much more.
“We all want to win a championship," Butler said. “That’s our goal. ... Kyle has been telling us how to make it happen along with Keiff, along with Tuck, along with UD — the champions that we do have. We've got great leadership and we got to find a way to get 16 of them.”
SERIES HISTORY
Atlanta is 2-0 in previous series against the Heat, both first-round matchups that went the distance. The Hawks won 3-2 in 1994, then 4-3 in 2009 in Erik Spoelstra’s first season with the Heat. It’s the second time Spoelstra and McMillan have faced off in the playoffs; Miami swept Indiana in 2020, and the Pacers fired McMillan later that offseason.
INSIDE THIS SEASON
Miami went 3-1 against Atlanta; the team that shot better from the field and shot better from 3-point range won all four games, which isn’t exactly rocket science. Young averaged 25.5 points in the four games. Tyler Herro averaged 20.0 for Miami and the Heat went 3-0 in the three games in which he played. He didn’t play in the lone Atlanta win, nor did Lowry. The Hawks had double-digit leads in three of the four games against Miami, but the Heat rallied to win two of those contests.
BEEN A MINUTE
Nearly six years have passed since Miami won a playoff game in its own building. It was Game 6 of a second-round series against Toronto on May 13, 2016. The Heat are 0-4 in playoff games in Miami since; the run to the 2020 NBA Finals was in the restart bubble near Orlando, Florida.
ROAD WARRIORS
Counting Friday’s win at Cleveland in the play-in tournament, Atlanta is 7-4 in road playoffs (or playoff-type) games since the start of last season. The Hawks went 2-1 at New York in Round 1 last season and got a series closeout win at Madison Square Garden, 3-1 at Philadelphia in the East semifinals (winning Game 7 on the road) and 1-2 at Milwaukee in the East finals.
FANDUEL SAYS
FanDuel Sportsbook has the Heat as the second-biggest favorite in the East in Round 1, behind only Milwaukee — an overwhelming favorite to beat Chicago in their first-round series.
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Custer wins pole at dirt-covered Bristol through heat races
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Cole Custer won the first pole of his career Saturday through a formula designed for qualifying via heat races at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. Custer put his No. 41 Ford at the front for NASCAR’s rare Easter Sunday race that was specifically scheduled for Fox Sports to try to capitalize on a primetime holiday audience. The starting lineup was set over four 15-lap heats that were determined by a random draw. Drivers accumulated points for both finishing and passing and Custer started ninth in his heat and then won it — good enough for his first pole in 84 career Cup starts. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/16/custer-wins-pole-at-dirt-covered-bristol-through-heat-races/ | 2022-04-16T23:49:53Z | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/16/custer-wins-pole-at-dirt-covered-bristol-through-heat-races/ | true | null |
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12 injured in South Carolina mall shooting; three people detained
Twelve people were injured after a shooting at a South Carolina mall on Saturday, the Columbia Police Department said. Three people have been detained in connection with the shooting.
At around 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. local time, police began receiving reports of gunshots at Columbiana Centre Mall in Columbia, South Carolina. Police said at least three people were identified inside the mall with firearms and that at least one person fired a gun in the incident.
Ten people were hit by gunfire and two others were injured in a stampede following the shooting, Columbia Police Chief William Holbrook said at a press conference. The oldest gunshot victim was 73 and the youngest was 15, Holbrook said.
Eight people were transported to hospitals in the area. Six of those hospitalized are in stable condition while two others are in critical but stable condition.
Officials have not labeled the three detained people as suspects. Holbrook said they do not believe the incident was random and that the armed individuals may have known each other.
"There was some type of conflict that occurred that resulted in gunfire," he said at a press conference Saturday. "This was not a situation where we had some random person show up at a mall to discharge a firearm and injure people."
He asked anyone with information to contact the Columbia Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau as officials continue to investigate.
Columbiana Centre Mall will be closed until further notice, according to its website. Multiple roads in the area are closed and a reunification site has been established at the Fairfield Inn located at 320 Columbiana Drive, Holbrook said.
"Today's isolated, senseless act of violence is extremely upsetting and our thoughts are with everyone impacted," Columbiana Centre Mall said in a statement. "We are grateful for the quick response and continued support of our security team and our partners in law enforcement."
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
3-5-7, FIREBALL: 1
(three, five, seven; FIREBALL: one)
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3-5-7, FIREBALL: 1
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Tanner Houck helps Red Sox shut out Twins
Alex Verdugo and Xander Bogaerts hit two-run home runs, and Tanner Houck pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Boston got a much-needed strong start from Houck after Nick Pivetta lasted just two innings on Friday. Houck threw 89 pitches across his scoreless outing, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out four.
Six different players recorded hits for the Red Sox, who have won three of their last four games and pitched their first shutout of the season.
Matt Strahm allowed one hit and struck out a batter in one relief inning. Garret Whitlock was dominant over the final 2 1/3 innings, striking out five while allowing just two hits and a walk.
After J.D. Martinez drew a leadoff walk to become Boston's first baserunner in the second, Verdugo marked the scoreboard first with a two-run homer -- his second long ball in as many games -- to deep center.
Two batters later, Twins starter Sonny Gray left the game with right hamstring tightness. He appeared to slip after throwing a pitch and was then visited by a trainer and Twins manager Rocco Baldelli.
Gray, who was later labeled as day-to-day, threw just 31 pitches in 1 2/3 frames and was replaced by Josh Winder.
Trevor Larnach recorded three of Minnesota's five hits, including a double.
Bogaerts doubled the Boston lead with a two-run shot over the Green Monster in the third inning. Kike Hernandez came home after hitting a one-out double, his fifth of the season.
After Bogaerts homered to break an 0-for-7 skid, the Sox were held to just one hit over the next three innings. Winder saved the Minnesota bullpen following Gray's abrupt exit, allowing just four hits in 5 1/3 frames; the Bogaerts homer accounted for the only runs he gave up.
The Sox defense turned three double plays to support Houck. Catcher Christian Vazquez erased Jorge Polanco's one-out walk by catching him stealing second to end the first inning.
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Dozier’s two-run blast lifts the Royals to win over Detroit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier homered to break a tie in the sixth, and lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
After Carlos Santana walked with one out, Dozier lifted an 0-2 pitch from Will Vest (0-1) into the left field bleachers for his first home run of the year.
Collin Snider (2-0), the first of four Royals relievers, picked up the victory getting five outs. Josh Staumont earned the club’s first save of the season as Kansas City snapped a five-game losing streak.
Royals starter Kris Bubic departed after 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits and five walks; he struck out four.
Kansas City took an early 1-0 lead when Bobby Witt, Jr., and Andrew Benintendi singled with one out in the first. Salvador Perez brought in Witt with a ground out. It was the first run scored by the Royals in the first inning this year. They have surrendered 11 first-inning runs.
The Tigers responded the next inning when Dustin Garneau’s two-out double plated Daz Cameron, who had walked and stolen second.
Detroit starter Matt Manning left the game after two innings with right shoulder discomfort; he allowed a run on five hits with two strikeouts.
TRANSACTIONS
Tigers: Optioned RHP Elvin Rodriguez to Triple-A Toledo and selected RHP Wily Peralta from Toledo; RHP Bryan Garcia has been designated for assignment.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: SS Javier Baez was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 13, with a right thumb injury initially suffered during an Opening Day celebration. RF Robbie Grossman returned to the lineup after missing three days with a groin injury.
UP NEXT
The series concludes Sunday afternoon with Detroit LHP Tyler Alexander (0-0, 5.06 ERA) facing off against Kansas City RHP Carlos Hernandez (0-0, 8.31).
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the Norwegian throws up the challenge
The Miami Masters 1000 brought several records with it. The first obviously concerns the winner of the Miami Open: Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest winner of the tournament that takes place in Florida. Not just age, but numbers involving nationality: Alcaraz is also the first Spaniard to win the Miami Open.
Although he did not come out as a winner, there is also a record for the finalist of the second 1000 tournament of the season. Casper Ruud, in fact, is the first Norwegian tennis player to reach a 1000 final.
Thanks to the final of the Masters 1000 in Miami, Casper Ruud has climbed the ATP ranking, becoming the number seven in the world. By virtue of his position in the world rankings and his initials, at the press conference Ruud points out a similarity between him and Cristiano Ronaldo: “CR7 is at risk”, jokingly said the Miami finalist.
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“It’s always good to have a new career rankings.
So tomorrow it will be seven. I may have to call Ronaldo, because CR7 is now at risk. I don’t know if we need to negotiate and see who can actually have this number, “joked Casper Ruud.
Hello @Christian. I think you and @ CasperRuud98 have something to discuss. 🤩 #ESNtennis pic.twitter.com/A4cwh8BANL – Eurosport Norge (@EurosportNorge) April 4, 2022
Football, in reality, is not a great passion of the Norwegian tennis player.
Despite this, during the ATP Finals, the world number seven had confessed which is his favorite team: Liverpool. “I don’t completely follow all football matches, to tell the truth. I’m not like a diehard football fan or a football fan.
But my team is Liverpool because when I was 10, I went to Liverpool to play a youth tournament with a Norwegian guy who organized it to play against other English players on grass.
It was my first time playing on grass. Then he took us to the stadium. I bought Fernando Torres’ shirt when he was playing for the team many years ago, “said Casper Ruud, who continued,” From that moment on, it’s natural for me to cheer for them. ” | https://codelist.biz/2022/04/13/the-norwegian-throws-up-the-challenge/ | 2022-04-17T00:17:26Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/04/13/the-norwegian-throws-up-the-challenge/ | false | 1 |
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Cardi B offers to pay for funerals of Bronx fire victims | The World | D.W.
Cardi B has offered to pay for the burial costs of the 17 people who died in a fire that swept through a New York City building.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that the Grammy-winning rapper has offered financial aid to fire victims in the Bronx, where she grew up.
Many of the victims had ties to The Gambia, and the families of several of the victims planned to bury them in their West African homeland. Cardi B has agreed to pay the repatriation costs of the victims who will be buried in The Gambia, the mayor’s office said.
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“I am so proud to be from the Bronx and have many family and friends who still live and work there. So when I heard about the fire and all the victims, I knew I had to do something to help,” Cardi B said in a statement.
“I cannot imagine the pain and anguish that the families of the victims are experiencing, but I hope that not having to worry about the costs associated with burial of their loved ones will help them move forward and heal. I send my prayers and condolences to everyone affected by this horrific tragedy.”
The fire, which was the deadliest in New York City in three decades, was caused by a heating defect, according to authorities.
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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Cabela’s in Noblesville in partnership with Donate Life Indiana held an event Saturday at the outdoor retailer to celebrate April being Donate Life Month and to spread awareness of a recent change to Indiana law.
Hoosiers are now eligible to sign up to be organ donors when they get their hunting and fishing license in addition to state IDs and driver’s licenses. The goal of the legislation is to grow the number of organ donors, Donate Life Indiana said, as over 1,000 state residents are currently waiting for an organ in Indiana.
“I think there’s a lot of preconceived negative notions about it but in the end it’s easy to do, the signing up part of it is easy,” 2013 Brickyard 400 Champion Ryan Newman said. “A lot of people think ‘well you can’t have an open casket’ and this and that and it’s really not like that.”
In addition to his racing career, Newman is also a spokesperson for Drivin to Save Lives, an Indiana donor network trying to get drivers to donate.
“What you’re doing for somebody else and their family and becoming a legend and hero for that family is way more powerful for me than it is anything else,” Newman said.
To find out more about the donation process go to the Donate Life Indiana website. | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/local-group-urges-hoosiers-to-sign-up-as-organ-donors/ | 2022-04-17T00:36:09Z | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/local-group-urges-hoosiers-to-sign-up-as-organ-donors/ | true | 2 |
The makeup of energy is changing, in New York, across the United States and across the globe. We are entering a groundswell movement from traditional fossil fuels to more renewable energy resources for varied reasons.
In New York, not long ago, the state enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which set requirements to achieve 70% of the state’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030 and to achieve 100% zero emissions electricity by 2040, among other critical metrics.
Because the necessary changes to meet these goals are so vast, the legislation also includes many requirements that will benefit the communities, citizens and workers that will be impacted by the transition.
A significant initiative by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority known as Tier 4, to deliver wind, solar and hydro from upstate New York and Canada to New York City, is underway. The projects contracted under Tier 4, Clean Path NY and the Champlain Hudson Power Express, are now being evaluated by New York’s Public Service Commission for contract approval.
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While these projects will present a cost to all New York electricity customers (roughly $2 per month), the return on investment will be vast. The benefits of these projects will include around 10,000 good-paying, family-sustaining jobs under project labor agreements during construction of the projects. The overall estimated economic impact is $8.2 billion.
Additionally there will be tens of thousands of indirect jobs through the supply chain for the projects, along with those at restaurants, equipment supplies companies and every other conceivable local business across the state. The projects will result in approximately $460 million in community benefit funds to create pathways to green energy careers, support public health, advance capital improvement projects, realize habitat restoration and improve the environmental footprint of buildings in disadvantaged communities.
Additionally, and of significant importance to the IBEW and other workers in traditional and fossil fuel industries, NYSERDA is committed to fostering a “just transition” of existing workers into new industries as the transition moves forward. This is an important effort to help protect existing workers and the families of New York in the energy transition.
These transformational green infrastructure and electric generation projects are a big deal. They will help to increase resiliency and reliability of the state’s power grid and generate an expected 18 million megawatt-hours of clean energy per year, or almost 12% of New York State’s annual electric consumption. That represents a large step toward leaner air we all want. Every change has a cost, but the long-term benefits of the Tier 4 initiative will be great.
Edwin Hill Jr. is a business development representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. | https://buffalonews.com/opinion/another-voice-green-energy-projects-will-reward-new-yorkers/article_8181a580-bc18-11ec-92d0-d3c052a6ad50.html | 2022-04-17T00:36:31Z | https://buffalonews.com/opinion/another-voice-green-energy-projects-will-reward-new-yorkers/article_8181a580-bc18-11ec-92d0-d3c052a6ad50.html | false | 1 |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
1-2-0-4
(one, two, zero, four)
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Real estate, another important source of income for actor Mark Wahlberg
In 2009, Mark Wahlberg bought a house for $10 million. He is now selling it for 87.5 million. The operation represents almost nine times what he paid at the time. The announcement of the sale has captured everyone’s attention, as it indicates that the actor, who has had a wide variety of roles in films such as Boogie Nights, The Departed and Ted, is now playing the role of a real estate mogul. This time, in real life.
The 30,000 square meter house has 12 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms and has a wine cellar and home theater. In addition to that, it has beautiful gardens, a five-hole golf course, an ice-skating rink, a tennis court, and a guest house. The megamansion is located in the influential North Beverly Park neighborhood and was designed by Richard Landry, nicknamed the King of Megamansions.
Whoever buys the property will be a neighbor of Denzel Washington, Justin Bieber, Eddie Murphy and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Everyone thinks that the actor will sell it without discounts, because the way things are in the United States, houses have had a huge price increase since the pandemic. The actor would take advantage of that situation and, if successful, Wahlberg – who lives on that property with his wife, Rhea Durham, and his children – will do the largest business ever recorded in that area of Beverly Hills.
Before the rumors began, Jennifer Lopez, through her On the JLo news email, confirmed that Ben Affleck had proposed to her and that means the actress received a new diamond ring. If you take into account that Lopez already has seven commitments, and only three weddings, this one had to be very special.
And, indeed, it is an 8.5-carat green diamond that, according to experts in the field, is not treated to obtain that color, but would be a natural stone. The price would be between 5 and 7 million dollars. Therefore, it is believed that the couple would have been looking for the stone for a long time before buying it. In addition to the jewel, attention was focused on whether this time Lopez and Affleck will marry.
Already in 2003 they had been engaged, but then they separated and went their separate ways: Jennifer married Mark Anthony, with whom she had a pair of twins; while Ben married Jennifer Garner in 2004, with whom he had three children, and divorced her in 2014. In 2021, Ben and JLo met again and, as the saying goes, “where there was fire, ashes remain”.
Love was reborn. “It was a surprise for both of us,” confirmed the actress in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres. Apparently there will be marriage. “They both want their wedding to be a declaration of love for their family and friends.”, said a source close to them. There is no date for now, but they say that the couple is already looking for a house for when they are husband and wife.
Drake, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift won a not very honorable contest. A scientific study revealed that 60 percent of successful songs refer to cigarettes, alcohol and other psychoactive substances. The study was made with the list of musical successes between 2014 and 2020, and sought to see which songs showed legal or illegal psychoactive substances in their record works.
The winner was the Canadian rapper Drake, who appears in his videos with up to five harmful substances: alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and shisha. Second place went to Maroon 5. While Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Nicki Minaj were tied for third place with references to alcohol and tobacco use. The authors of the work are scientists from the New York University School of Medicine, and criticized the musicians because “they know that young people try to emulate their idols.” | https://codelist.biz/2022/04/14/real-estate-another-important-source-of-income-for-actor-mark-wahlberg/ | 2022-04-17T00:48:19Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/04/14/real-estate-another-important-source-of-income-for-actor-mark-wahlberg/ | false | 1 |
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Brokerages forecast that On Holding AG (NYSE:ONON – Get Rating) will announce ($0.14) earnings per share for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Three analysts have issued estimates for ON’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is ($0.12) and the lowest is ($0.15). The company is scheduled to announce its next earnings results on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that ON will report full year earnings of ($0.14) per share for the current year. For the next year, analysts forecast that the company will report earnings of $0.26 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.22 to $0.30. Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share averages are an average based on a survey of analysts that follow ON.
ON (NYSE:ONON – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 18th. The company reported ($0.65) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.61) by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $207.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $195.28 million.
Shares of ONON traded up $0.27 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $24.82. The stock had a trading volume of 2,021,847 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,532,866. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.22. ON has a 12-month low of $19.75 and a 12-month high of $55.87.
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC acquired a new position in ON in the third quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich acquired a new position in shares of ON during the third quarter worth approximately $52,000. Citigroup Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ON during the third quarter worth approximately $54,000. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its position in shares of ON by 61.9% during the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,000 after buying an additional 707 shares during the period. Finally, Advisor Group Holdings Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ON during the third quarter worth approximately $73,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 17.61% of the company’s stock.
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On Holding AG develops and distributes sports products worldwide. It offers its products through independent retailers and distributors, online, and stores. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Trib HSSN softball rankings for April 16, 2022
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Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 6:00 PM
Class 6A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. Hempfield, 5-0, 1
2. Bethel Park, 4-3, 3
3. Pine-Richland, 5-1, 4
4. Mt. Lebanon, 3-3, NR
5. North Allegheny, 5-2, 2
Out: Norwin (1-4, 5)
Class 5A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. Armstrong, 6-0, 1
2. Fox Chapel, 6-1, 3
3. Franklin Regional, 9-1, NR
4. West Allegheny, 5-1, 5
5. Trinity, 8-1, NR
Out: Penn-Trafford (8-1, 2), Shaler (5-2, 4)
Class 4A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. Beaver, 3-0, 1
2. Montour, 4-1, 2
3. Yough, 6-1, 3
4. Elizabeth Forward, 6-1, 4
5. Burrell, 4-0, NR
Out: Highlands (1-3, 5)
Class 3A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. Avonworth, 7-2, 1
2. Ellwood City, 5-0, 2
3. South Allegheny, 6-1, 4
4. Southmoreland, 4-1, 3
5. Deer Lakes, 5-2, 5
Out: none
Class 2A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. Frazier, 5-0, 2
2. Ligonier Valley, 5-2, 3
3. Chartiers-Houston, 6-1, 4
4. Laurel, 4-1, 1
5. OLSH, 3-0, 5
Out: none
Class A
Rk., Team, W-L, Last
1. West Greene, 4-3, 1
2. Union, 8-1, 2
3. Greensburg Central Catholic, 5-2, 3
4. South Side, 3-2, 4
5. Leechburg, 2-2, 5
Out: none
Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review Staff Writer. You can contact Chris by email at charlan@triblive.com or via Twitter .
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As the 40v40 $100k Rust Team Battle closes out, OfflineTV streamer Jeremy "Disguised Toast" has given what appears to be a final opinion on the entire situation. Both teams involved have allegedly thrown each other under the bus for playing unfairly as well as looting and raiding, among other misbehaviors.
In a recent clip, Toast made an offhand comment about how the competitive Rust Team Battle hosted by Twitch Rivals could have played out as a genuine battle if LATAM & Spain team had played more fairly.
Injustices aside, Disguised Toast spoke on the importance of content creation throughout the entire event and how viewers came first before anything else:
"I know NA won, but if there's no content for the players, for the viewers... there's just nothing to watch."
He also commented on how indebted he felt towards Twitch for putting together and executing such an extensive and expensive competition over the last couple of days:
"We were blessed to play video games for a living and all we have to do is make it fun, make content for our viewers. Twitch put in a lot of money. Not just the $100k prize pool, but over $100k in production."
Friends and fans resonate with Disguised Toast
Despite the controversies revolving around players from both teams involved in the battle, OfflineTV and friends of Disguised Toast were able to pride themselves in their civility by showing their thanks and appreciation towards Twitch Rivals on the Twitter timeline.
One viewer gave further insight into why exactly the end to the Rust battle was "disappointing" to many NA enthusiasts who may have missed out on the live streams.
In fact, streamer Harrison "hJune" Park was able to capture what appears to be members of the LATAM & Spain team participating in derogatory behavior. However, his words seem to have gotten lost in translation as Spanish-speaking fans did not appear to understand the error in their thinking.
A couple of viewers were quick to correct them, but to no avail:
Many fans were saddened less by the outcome but by how their favorite content creators were impacted despite working their hardwork. Still, they enjoyed the event and wished for better attempts at a similar type of Twitch Rivals event in the future.
At the end of the day, Disguised Toast was very thankful to his community as well as Twitch Rivals for putting together such an esteemed event despite the overall outcome. There is plenty of optimism from the NA side on future competitive events to come. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/disguised-toast-shares-opinion-rust-team-battle | 2022-04-17T01:11:04Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/disguised-toast-shares-opinion-rust-team-battle | true | 1 |
Nevada, Air Force go back and forth but Wolf Pack get critical runs late to win 14-12
RENO, Nev. (Nevada Athletics) - Nevada evened the four-game series with Air Force Friday, capturing a high-scoring 14-12 contest at Peccole Park.
Landon Wallace hustled out a potential double-play ball in the bottom of the eighth, beating the throw to first which allowed Jacob Stinson to score the go-ahead run. After Josh Zamora’s single, Anthony Flores delivered an RBI double to tack on the insurance run as Wallace came across.
Kade Morris pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his second save of the season, as the Pack improved to 10-6 in Mountain West play and 17-15 overall.
The teams combined to use 11 pitchers Friday, as neither starter went more than four innings. Nevada led 4-3 after the third inning, and brought reliever Joshua Romero in for starter Peyton Stumbo to start the fourth, while Air Force starter Jake Sansing lasted just four frames, giving up six runs (four earned) on nine hits.
The Falcons (15-17, 5-8 MW) jumped on Romero for five runs in the fourth, capitalizing on a one-out fielding error to load the bases for Sam Kulasingam. Kulasingam’s ensuing grand slam put the Falcons up 8-4.
From there it became a tit-for-tat game. Nevada answered Kulasingam’s grand slam with two in the bottom half, getting an RBI double from Zamora and a run-scoring single from Flores, then got four more in the fifth to take a 10-9 lead.
Flores had another solid day at the plate, going 4-for-5 with four RBIs, capping it with a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh which made it 12-12. Zamora drove in two runs and was one of six Nevada players to score two runs in the contest.
That home run was set up by Air Force tying it up at 10-10 on a Brayden Altorfer single in the sixth, then taking a two-run lead on Kulasingam’s second homer of the day. Kulasingam finished the day 4-for-5, driving in six runs for Air Force (15-17, 5-8 MW).
But Nevada, thanks to Flores’ long ball, got to Falcons reliever Doyle Gehring, who fell to 0-2 while giving up four runs on five hits over the seventh and eighth innings. For the Pack, Tyler Cochran pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win and improve to 3-2.
The teams play the third game of the series Saturday at 1 p.m. at Peccole Park.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Invictus Games competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans opened Saturday night in the Netherlands with a standing ovation and a tribute from Prince Harry for the Ukrainian team members who left their war-torn nation to compete.
With Harry and his wife Meghan in the front row for opening ceremony, competitors cheered for nearly a minute as the Ukrainian team waved their nation's blue-and-yellow flag after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte welcomed them to the event that was delayed for two years by the coronavirus pandemic.
Harry founded the Invictus Games to aid the rehabilitation of injured or sick military service members and veterans by giving them the challenge of competing in sports events similar to the Paralympics.
Welcoming all competitors, Harry singled out the Ukrainian team and their supporters.
“Your bravery in choosing to come and for being here tonight cannot be overstated,” he said, a day after meeting the Ukrainians at a reception.
“You know, we stand with you. The world is united with you. And still you deserve more. And my hope is that these events, this event, creates the opportunity ... of how we as a global community can better show up for you,” Harry added.
Meghan took to the stage before Harry and introduced him, saying: “I could not love and respect him more. And I know that all of you feel the same, because he is your fellow veteran, having served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and 10 years of military service.”
She called Harry “the founder of the Invictus Games and the father to our two little ones, Archie and Lili.”
Earlier in the opening ceremony, the Dutch prime minister said portraits of Invictus athletes that have been placed around The Hague, the city hosting this year's competition, underscore the "resilience of fortitude in the face of adversity, of vulnerability and strength” of the competitors.
“These are your stories, your lifelines, and the events unfolding now in Ukraine make them resonate even more. I’d like to extend a special welcome to the Ukrainian team," he said as applause and cheers erupted.
The Ukrainians — many of them taking a brief break from defending their country against the Russian invasion that triggered a devastating war — are among 500 competitors from 20 nations taking part in the games that run through April 22.
Earlier Saturday, competition at the games got underway with a driving challenge around an automotive obstacle course. Harry got close to the action when he was driven around the course. He and Meghan later waved to spectators as they were driven around in miniature Land Rover cars with children at the wheel.
Beginning Sunday, competitors will take part in athletics, archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.
On Friday, the duke and duchess of Sussex, as Harry and Meghan are also known, attended a welcome event for competitors and their friends and family. It was the couple's first public appearance in Europe since they gave up their formal royal roles and moved to the U.S. more than two years ago, citing the unbearable pressure of their roles and racist attitudes of the British media.
On Thursday the couple visited Harry's grandmother, the 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle. The queen has been struggling with mobility issues of late. | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/invictus-games-opens-with-prince-harry-tribute-to-ukrainians-meghan-markle/507-c3e2c031-5a07-4103-a84a-e60b0d950bdc | 2022-04-17T01:13:22Z | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/invictus-games-opens-with-prince-harry-tribute-to-ukrainians-meghan-markle/507-c3e2c031-5a07-4103-a84a-e60b0d950bdc | false | 24 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
01-03-14-25-35-45
(one, three, fourteen, twenty-five, thirty-five, forty-five)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
01-03-14-25-35-45
(one, three, fourteen, twenty-five, thirty-five, forty-five) | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17085892.php | 2022-04-17T01:15:03Z | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17085892.php | false | null |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control.
The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father’s wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working.
“I had a nice house, I had a great job, whatever, but I was unable to sleep, had frequent nightmares, crippling anxiety, avoiding crowds,” he said. “My life was a wreck.”
He eventually found psychedelic drugs, and he says they changed his life. “I was able to finally step way back and go, ‘Oh, I see what’s going on here. I get it now,’” said Butler, now 52. Today his run-ins with police have ended, he’s happily married and reconciled with his parents.
Butler, who lives in the Salt Lake City suburbs, is among military veterans in several U.S. states helping to persuade lawmakers to study psychedelic mushrooms for therapeutic use.
Conservative Utah has become at least the fourth state over the last two years to approve studying the potential medical use of psychedelics, which are still federally illegal. A string of cities have also decriminalized so-called magic mushrooms and an explosion of investment money is flowing into the arena.
Experts say the research is promising for treating conditions ranging from PTSD to quitting smoking, but caution some serious risks remain, especially for those with certain mental health conditions.
Oregon is so far the only state to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the psychedelic active ingredient in certain mushrooms. But studying them for therapy has made inroads not only in blue states like Hawaii, Connecticut and Maryland, but also GOP-led Texas, Utah and Oklahoma, which passed a study bill through the state House this year.
The progress stands in contrast to medical marijuana, which Utah lawmakers refused to allow until a ballot measure helped push it through. However, the proposal to study a broad range of psychedelic drugs passed easily this year.
Texas has yet to legalize medical marijuana, but former Republican Gov. Rick Perry helped shepherd through a bill last year to use $1.4 million to fund a study of psilocybin for treating PTSD.
“The stigma attached to psilocybin and most psychedelics dates back to the 60s and 70s. It’s been very hard for them to overcome,” said Democratic Rep. Alex Dominguez, who sponsored the bill. “My approach was, ‘Let’s find the group that all sides claim that they are supportive of.’ And that would be veterans.”
He also heard from conservatives like Perry who support the use of psilocybin to treat PTSD — and let advocates from that end of the political spectrum take the lead publicly.
Maryland also gave bipartisan approval to spending $1 million this year to fund alternative therapies for veterans, including psychedelics. Democratic sponsor Sen. Sarah Elfreth, whose district includes the U.S. Naval Academy, noted the spike in suicides among veterans.
“I don’t envision the VA acting anytime soon,” she said. “We’re at a true crisis level and it’s time for the states to step up.”
Psilocybin has been decriminalized in nearby Washington, D.C., as well as Denver, which decriminalized it in 2019, followed by Oakland and Santa Cruz in California, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
There’s also plenty of venture capital being invested from people who have had positive experiences and are “highly motivated” to invest in psychedelics as treatment, said John Krystal, the chair of psychiatry at Yale University.
Rhode Island lawmakers are weighing a proposal to decriminalize psilocybin this year, and in Colorado there’s an effort to get statewide decriminalization on the ballot. But similar measures have stalled in Statehouses elsewhere, including Californiaand Maine.
Studying psychedelics, though, has gained more traction. In Oklahoma, a bill from Republican Reps. Daniel Pae and Logan Phillips would legalize research on psilocybin.
“I believe the research will show that there is a way to use this drug safely and responsibly, and it could save the lives of thousands of Oklahomans,” Pae said in a statement. The bill passed the House last month and is now under consideration in the Senate.
It’s a stunning turnaround for a field that captivated researchers in the 1950s and 1960s, before mushrooms and LSD became known as recreational drugs. They were federally outlawed during the Nixon administration, sending research to a screeching halt.
New studies, though, have indicated psilocybin could be useful in the treatment of everything from major depression to alcoholism, said Ben Lewis, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
“People are referring to this current period of time as the psychedelic Renaissance,” he said. Up to 30% of depression sufferers are considered resistant to current treatment, and there have been few recent leaps forward in drug innovation, he added.
The risk of addiction or overdose is considered low with psychedelics, especially under medical supervision, and while some cardiac conditions can present a physical risk, many people’s physical reactions aren’t dangerous.
But there are serious psychological risks, especially for people with certain forms of mental illness or a family history of conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
“Then there’s a possibility that a high-dose psychedelic experience could sort of trigger that and lead to long-lasting mental health issues,” said Albert Garcia-Romeu, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Classic psychedelics include LSD, mescaline, psilocybin and ayahuasca. Plant-based psychedelics have long been used in indigenous cultures around the world.
Today, their therapeutic use at Johns Hopkins is carefully monitored, Garcia-Romeu said. Patients are rigorously screened and typically have at least three appointments: one for preparation, a second to take the drugs and a third to work through the psychedelic experience.
For Butler, the 2018 arrest at his parents’ home was a turning point. He started researching new ways to deal with the PTSD he has suffered since deploying six times to Iraq and Afghanistan and working in counterterrorism and hostage rescues in Somalia for the U.S. Special Forces before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2017.
Eventually he came across ayahuasca, long a part of traditional cultures in South America. Last summer, he took part in a ceremony involving the psychoactive brew, overseen by a woman knowledgeable about its effects. She talked to him as the experience took hold, including a feeling of euphoria, the sight of geometric shapes and a sense he was entering his subconscious.
She spoke to him about his childhood and how the military had shaped his life.
“It really was as simple as having an experienced person who understood the medicine, who understood that subconscious space and understood PTSD. It was as simple as listening to her,” he said.
He credits that single session with getting his PTSD about 80% under control, though he occasionally does another if he finds his symptoms returning.
About two-thirds to three-quarters of people in studies have experienced significant improvements in their symptoms, Garcia-Romeu said. Those are promising results, especially for quitting smoking, where current treatments only work for about one-third of people, he said.
The Food and Drug Administration designated psilocybin a “breakthrough therapy” in 2018, a label that’s designed to speed the development and review of drugs to treat a serious condition. MDMA, often called ecstasy, also has that designation for treatment of PTSD.
How quickly states move from study to wider availability remains to be seen. Connecticut recommended legal medical use only after psilocybin is approved by the FDA, which may take until 2025 or later as the agency works through its process, including risk assessment.
Approval is important to safety as well as access, the Connecticut assessment said — without it, many insurance companies likely wouldn’t cover the treatment, leaving it open only to the wealthy.
In Utah, the study team is expected to complete its work in the fall.
“We’ll see what can and can’t be done,” said Republican Rep. Brady Brammer, who sponsored the bill. “If if they feel like it’s safe, it’ll be an interesting ride.”
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Curry returns, to come off bench in Warriors' playoff opener
Stephen Curry will play but not start for Golden State in Game 1 of the playoffs against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry will play but not start for Golden State in Game 1 of the playoffs against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
“It was pretty clear. He felt good," coach Steve Kerr said before the game. "The only question was how he would feel the next day and he felt good yesterday. Yesterday was a pretty light day and we felt really good about yesterday as we talked about it and today he is good to go.”
Jordan Poole was in the starting lineup for his playoff debut.
Curry is back for the Warriors exactly one month after he sprained a ligament in his left foot against Boston. The two-time MVP scrimmaged Thursday — playing three six-minute stretches — in a key step to him being cleared for the opener in the best-of-seven series.
Curry said after Thursday's practice the foot is still tender four weeks later and he also dealt with a bone bruise that had him in a walking boot for nearly three weeks. He sprinted out of the tunnel for pregame warmups in his normal fashion, featuring a high leap bringing both legs into the air.
The Nuggets want to make Curry work on both ends of the floor, Denver coach Michael Malone said.
“It's no surprise that he’s playing. We’ve prepared all week as if he would play,” Malone said. "... We have to find a way to make Steph Curry play on both ends of the floor because if he’s just allowed to play offense, he’s a three-time world champion, two-time MVP. We’ve all seen what he’s capable of.”
The 34-year-old Curry was injured March 16 at home against the Celtics and Golden State went 6-6 without him, though the Warriors found their rhythm and won the final five regular-season games.
Curry is confident he can help the Warriors win even if he’s not quite at full strength. His rehab mantra has been: “positive and patient.” His conditioning gives him the trust that he won’t be a step slow or winded after a few minutes.
“Everything’s just been positive in terms of getting back out there and understanding I’ll be ready to play whenever that time is, I’m hoping it’s Saturday," he said leading up to the game.
Against Boston, Curry was injured with 4:19 remaining in the second quarter while scrambling for a loose ball. Marcus Smart made a diving lunge on the play and landed on his leg. Curry grimaced in pain and got up but hobbled along before exiting on the next dead ball moments later. Kerr called it a “dangerous” play.
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Taylor (Achilles) is expected to sign with the Falcons on Saturday,Jordan Schultz of ESPN reports.
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Riley Masten led a Husker sweep of the top three spots in the women's high jump Saturday at the Sooner Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma.
Masten, a sophomore, cleared 5 feet, 8¾ inches for the winning height. Madison Yerigan was second at 5-7, and Madi Scholl third at 5-5.
Masten also ran the anchor leg on Nebraska's winning 4x100-meter relay team, joining Emma Algarin, Kayla Hugg and Winsome Harris to turn in a time of 47.34 seconds.
Nebraska also went 1-2-3 in the pole vault with Jessica Gardner (with the fewest attempts), Hannah Preissler and Andrianna Jacobs all clearing 12-7½. Ashley McElmurry won the triple jump (42-2¼). Favour Wanjoku was third.
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LOS ANGELES (AP)Paul George has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will miss the Los Angeles Clippers’ play-in game against New Orleans on Friday night.
”We feel really bad for Paul and hope for a speedy recovery,” Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations, said in confirming George’s status for the elimination game at Crypto.com Arena.
Frank said George wasn’t feeling well Thursday and the team learned of his diagnosis Friday morning. The team didn’t specify what the diagnosis was.
”He’s disappointed. He’s down,” coach Tyronn Lue said before the game. ”I just told him, `We’ve got to win this game for you.”’
George’s absence is a huge blow to the Clippers’ hopes of making the playoffs. They must win to earn the No. 8 seed and a first-round matchup with the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns.
”This is another challenge for our group,” Frank said. ”The group has dealt with challenges all year. We’ve had guys in and out of the lineup, we’ve dealt with overcoming large deficits and yet this group has always responded.”
George scored 34 pointsin a 109-104 loss at Minnesota on Tuesday in the first play-in game. That defeat cost the Clippers the No. 7 seed and a first-round matchup with Memphis.
The Clippers were 22-25 without George in the lineup this season.
He returned late last month after missing 43 games with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. In his first game, he rallied the Clippers from a 25-point deficit to beat Utah 121-115.
”I really think like all the things that we’re going to be asking of our guys tonight, they’ve all done throughout the year,” Frank said. ”This isn’t going to be a brand new experience for any of our guys.”
Besides George, the Clippers were already without Kawhi Leonard, who hasn’t played all season while rehabbing from an ACL tear.
”He continues to progress with his rehab, but there’s still no timetable for his return,” Frank said.
The team recently got Norman Powell back and he teamed with George to help the Clippers win their last five regular-season games. Powell missed two months with a broken bone in his left foot.
Despite the absence of Leonard and multiple injuries, the Clippers finished 42-40.
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Oscar Isaac and Moby
The Moon Knight star took inspiration from the legendary crooner when it came to naming his pet Terrier.
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Cotati Council discusses water and waste
The Cotati City Council met once again Tuesday night to discuss important issues facing the City of Cotati. This time issues like cannabis consumption, water and wasteland presentations, nominations for regional commissions and committees took center stage. In particular, the issue of cannabis consumption is what got the most discussion from...
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Galloway Farms hosts its 5th annual Easter weekend event
HALLSBORO, NC (WWAY) —Galloway Farms invited community members to enjoy the Easter weekend holiday at the farm on Saturday.
Nearly 800 tickets were sold for the 5th annual event, and the main attraction was a helicopter scheduled to drop around 20-thousand Easter eggs on the farm, that kids would run and find, but due to rain the helicopter egg drop could not be completed.
The event was rain or shine, and attendees remained cheerful not letting the clouds put a damper on their day.
Those in attendance took pictures with the Easter bunny, enjoyed a tractor-pulled wagon ride, food trucks, and played games in the courtyard.
“Everybody here still had a good time. You know weather, –that’s the life of farming for us, and this is a farm. So, everything we do is dependent on the weather. We either get too much rain or not enough, and you kind of got to roll with whatever happens. So, I think everybody’s pleased,” said Alma Galloway, Galloway Farms owner.
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Herpes, numbness, erectile dysfunction: Cyclists bare all on uncomfortable issues 'down there'
Long spells in the saddle can put our nether regions in jeopardy – but most of the risks can be prevented or at least managed. Chris Marshall-Bell tackles the taboo
"It completely freaked me out,” says Sam Ford. “I’m young, I’m fit and healthy, I shouldn’t be getting erectile dysfunction (ED). Aches and pains are associated with sport and especially cycling, but getting two bouts of ED was like, ‘what the f**k is going on here’ – I panicked.”
Ford (not his real name) has agreed to tell his story to help raise awareness of a problem that, though common, is rarely discussed. A competitive regional racer in his mid-20s, he started suffering dull testicular ache, urinary incontinence and the need to pee more frequently after increasing his training volume to between 20 and 25 hours a week during the first lockdown. On two occasions, he experienced problems getting an erection. “It was a low point because going to the doctor at my age about ED was not something I thought I’d have to do.”
Ford’s experience of cycling-related genital worries is far from unique. Male and female riders can be affected by these often embarrassing and definitely unwanted issues. Chloe Whatmore (not her real name) suffered a flare up of genital herpes after cycling. “It was unpleasant, of course,” says Whatmore, who is in her early-40s. “It was absolutely not something I wanted to be managing. It affected my cycling and it’s not a nice condition to have to deal with.” The herpes simplex virus, also responsible for cold sores, is incredibly common – 70% of people catch it sooner or later, according to the Herpes Viruses Association.
Discussing genital issues may make us feel awkward, even queasy – but it’s vital that we do. The advancement in understanding and openness has helped reduce the prevalence of saddle sores, but other common issues affecting the penis, vagina and anus remain shrouded in secrecy and excessive politeness. We all have these body parts and we’re all susceptible to the same problems – so it’s time to break the taboo.
Pain-exacerbating embarrassment
Most of the people I spoke to for this article insisted on anonymity, including a coach who told me: “I hear from riders about problems down there, especially genital numbness, all the time, but we never discuss it further. It’s a massively underreported issue. Some say it’s because they’re riding a TT bike so it’s par for course. No, it doesn’t need to be there.”
Bianca Broadbent, a specialist sports physiotherapist who also works as a bike-fitter, says: “You’ll give the rider a questionnaire, asking if they have certain problems, and they’ll tick no… But often pressure-mapping will make you question the rider further, whereby often they will reveal they do indeed have saddle problems, but they have just downplayed them as they have considered them a normal part of cycling. It’s an underreported phenomenon in cycling. One study found that up to 90% of cyclists have urogenital problems [most commonly numbness] on the bike.”
This article is not designed to scare you. It’s here to inform you about how cycling can compound issues ‘down there’, but also to alleviate concerns and explain how genital issues can be prevented and/or treated. None of them are inevitable consequences of riding your bike.
The urogenital system is complex; there is much that can, and occasionally does, go wrong. There are urinary tract infections (UTIs), lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTs), genital numbness, erectile dysfunction, labia issues, thrush and vaginal infections, and prostatitis. We’re going to focus on the issues where cycling is implicated, i.e. where a contributory factor is pressure and/or friction.
Under pressure
Let’s start with pressure-related issues. When we sit on a saddle, we apply pressure to the perineum, the area between the anus and the sex organs. In the perineum there are lots of nerves and arteries that supply the penis or the vagina. In men, these structures help facilitate ejaculation and erection – they’re integral to our pleasure.
In both men and women, sitting on a saddle compresses the perineum, which can lead to genital numbness. There is no scientific consensus on this, but we did find general acceptance among the experts we spoke to that cycling can cause perineum numbness. Professor Chris Oliver, a retired orthopaedic surgeon, says: “It’s not inevitable, and you shouldn’t be scared. But it’s important that we’re aware because the most common problem people encounter is sores around the perineum.” Why do some pedal into problems while many others do not? “I think it’s a matter of luck with one’s anatomy: the way you are built, how heavy you are, how forward-weighted you are on the bike and how much weight goes through the hands as opposed to the perineum.”
In men, excessive pressure can lead to erectile dysfunction, though there is no proof that cyclists are more at risk of ED than non-cyclists. “The evidence about ED in cyclists is quite controversial,” Oliver adds. “I suspect that among regular cyclists it occurs quite frequently but people don’t want to talk about it. Certainly on some of my longer cycle touring holidays of over a month, I’ve experienced it but it’s been transient. On longer rides, it lasts longer but I’m back to normal after 10 days.” Pressure causes sore points for females as well, sometimes leading to labia enlargement and clitoris pain, which can coincide with impaired arousal and sexual dysfunction.
Owing to the lack of medical understanding, getting a diagnosis and treatment can involve a convoluted medical journey. Take Ford’s case: he first went to a GP, and then was referred to a urologist who said he probably had a UTI. Antibiotics didn’t improve the situation, so an MRI scan was ordered. It revealed an abnormal vein, which was removed through keyhole surgery. But still the dull testicular ache and persistent need to pee remained. It was only when Ford started physio sessions with a pelvic floor physiotherapist and took three months off the bike that the symptoms began to subside. “My understanding was that pelvic floor problems were something that happened to pregnant women; I didn’t understand how it could affect male cyclists, and I’d no idea it could be painful.”
Feeling the friction
Next up, friction problems: these are issues most commonly caused by chafing. Whatmore, who is a competitive racer and also enjoys long-distance touring, says that her flare-up of genital herpes occurred “for a number of reasons”, explaining: “I’d been having recurring saddle sores for five years, partly to do with long-distance riding and putting lots of pressure on the soft tissue and seat bones.” The long distances were also putting pressure on her immune system. “On long challenges, when you’re really pushing yourself to the edge, the immunity system is under heavy attack. As soon as that happens, you’re far more likely to get a flare-up of herpes.”
The viral condition is exacerbated by friction, and usually starts with itches and pain, sometimes with lumps and blisters on the skin. It can be hard to distinguish between saddle sores and herpes, because both are inflamed and aggravated in hot and sweaty environments created through cycling.
Phil Burt, a renowned bike-fitter and physio who has worked with British Cycling, agrees with Whatmore. “In the army, the first thing they tell you is to keep your feet dry. In cycling, there is pressure, friction, heat and sweat – it’s a recipe for disaster if not set up right. There are a few different friction issues that can affect cyclists, but women suffer infections more often simply because the anus and the urethra are closer together, meaning bacteria can spread between the two more easily.”
To be clear: cycling does not cause herpes, but riders ought to be aware that the friction, moisture and heat generated by cycling may catalyse infections such as thrush and bacterial vaginosis. It’s why Burt warns against complete shaving. “Even though it’s fashionable not to have hair on the genitals, the hair is there for a reason as it provides a barrier that helps air to circulate. If you fully shave, it’s a really easy place for an infection to take hold because you’ve removed a key, natural barrier.”
The good news
There is, thankfully, good news to come. Almost all of these potential issues are either avoidable or manageable. The first steps are the basics: wear good-quality, padded cycling shorts without underwear, and as soon as you’ve finished your ride, take your kit off and wash it in hot water. Oliver again: “If you’re sitting around in them for hours, you’re keeping the bacteria close to you. Get them off and get that bacteria away – you need to get fresh air to the perineum. Have a hot shower, wash your bottom, and afterwards wear light and airy clothing. Don’t wear something tight after a five-hour ride, as the skin’s still hot.” Another thing: don’t wait too long before emptying the bladder, as this helps prevent UTIs.
Does cycling cause prostate problems?
“There is no association whatsoever between cycling and prostate cancer.” These words from Chris Oliver, AKA the @CyclingSurgeon on Twitter, will be a relief to many men who have heard the rumours that riding a bike puts them at greater risk of developing one of the most common cancers. It’s a myth. Moreover, it’s said that around half of men will experience some type of prostatitis in their lifetime. This is an inflammation of the prostate gland that can cause pain and difficulty urinating, and there is at least anecdotal evidence that cyclists are affected more often than non-cyclists.
As with the problems described above, it’s not that cycling causes genital issues, rather that riding a bike can exacerbate pre-existing problems. It’s the same with the prostate: long hours in the saddle can enlarge the prostate. The main risk factors for prostate cancer are being aged over 50; being black; and having a family history of the cancer. It is recommended that men in those categories be screened every few years by taking a test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Screening is also recommended to men experiencing changes in the way/ frequency they urinate.
As with other key preventive measures, there are a few simple things we can do to provide light relief to the prostate, such as taking breaks during longer rides and standing up out of the saddle every so often; just a few seconds dancing on the pedals à la Contador can alleviate pressure significantly.
High-quality chamois cream containing antibacterial ingredients comes highly recommended too, with the emulsion also reducing chafing. By providing a slippery barrier, the cream helps prevent the skin from breaking down from friction, which can lead to infection. Bike tech plays a part as well – switching from a carbon to less stiff titanium or steel frame, and from narrow tyres pumped up to 90-100psi to wider tyres ridden at 60-70psi, gives more comfort on the road.
Nothing is as important as your position on the bike, though, as Broadbent explains: “A correct position will reduce pressure at contact points which in turn reduces the likelihood of developing saddle-related complaints. Bike-fitting is a process, it’s not an event per se, and it’s a dynamic process that is multifactorial. Through pressure-mapping and gauging how sensitive people are in certain areas, reducing pressure at the contact point will make a big difference.”
Choosing a correct saddle, but more importantly setting its position correctly, is another huge factor. “A friction issue is nearly always to do with how the saddle is set up,” Burt advises. “If you’re too far forward, it can cause chafing. We need to get support on the sit bones. It’s simple things like checking if the saddle is the right width, and not having the nose pointing up.” Are there any useful pointers? “For men with genital numbness, gap saddles are amazingly effective at treating that issue. For women, it depends, but typically they have to hunt around more for the right saddle.” A general tip for women is that the pressure needs to be distributed away from the labia, and a more upright position will help achieve this. And let’s debunk a myth while we’re here: the saddle does absolutely not have to be the same height as the handlebars.
'Cycling’s not the problem’
We know that all these issues are unpleasant, but let Ford’s experience be a reassurance. “After three months off the bike, I was really tentative in returning to cycling, thinking that it was riding a bike that had caused it all. When I got back on my bike properly, I realised it was the amount of volume on the bike that had been exacerbating a problem that was already there; cycling had not created the problem. I changed my bike position, and though I worried these changes would impair my performance, it actually allowed me to ride my bike without pain, which is the main thing.”
Bike vs bedroom
Pradnya Pisal, a consultant gynaecologist, acknowledges that the genital issues identified in this article “may indirectly make people want to avoid sex” – but the bad news ends there. The overall picture is that riding a bike increases our sexual desire and function, as well as increasing stamina, which has benefits on and off the bike!
Pisal adds: “Cycling, like any other sport, releases endorphins and elevates mood and hence is likely to improve sex life.” The reasons are obvious: cycling improves our cardiovascular health and boosts blood-flow while lifting our mood – leaving our minds free to wander towards even more exciting activities.
What’s more, cycling builds powerful muscles that are quite essential during intercourse [steady on! – ed.], paving the way for greater and prolonged enjoyment in bed. And, finally, you know the I’m-pretty-chuffed-with-that smile you sport after a good ride? It’s all confidence in yourself, another attractive trait when the clothes come off...
Ford sought help and as a result is now problem-free. “Seeing a pelvic floor physio and getting a professional bike-fit improved my function on the bike, and I’ve never experienced any of the issues again – no numbness, no ED, no blood flow issues, and no pins-and- needles.”
Whatmore shares Ford’s optimism. “I never got to the point where I thought about quitting cycling – I love it too much. There’s nothing else that compares to it, and I knew I could get my issues solved. Having a total saddle fit, and looking where the pressure was being put through, as well as seeing an osteopath to look at the alignment in my body was crucial. I did a 360-degree review of how I rode my bike, and three and a half years on I’ve not had any issues.”
As Ford and Whatmore explain, cycling-related genital issues may disrupt riding temporarily but need not cause long-term problems – provided you’re willing to seek help. What’s more, it’s encouraging to learn that through just a few simple tweaks, such as ensuring our saddle and position are right for us, we can usually prevent these issues – keeping us focused on our riding and back to thinking about our genitals as sources of pleasure, not pain.
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Chris first started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2013 on work experience and has since become a regular name in the magazine and on the website. Reporting from races, long interviews with riders from the peloton and riding features drive his love of writing about all things two wheels.
Probably a bit too obsessed with mountains, he was previously found playing and guiding in the Canadian Rockies, and now mostly lives in the Val d’Aran in the Spanish Pyrenees where he’s a ski instructor in the winter and cycling guide in the summer. He almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.
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UPDATE: The Yankees-Orioles’ game restarted at 9:42 p.m., after a 49-minute rain delay.
BALTIMORE — A Oriole Park press box custodian listened in to a message on his walkie talkie as the Yankees were about to hit in the fifth inning Saturday night.
“The rain is coming,” the man said.
Someone got it right. About two minutes later, it started pouring and umpires almost immediately stopped play around 9 p.m., with the Yankees trailing the Baltimore Orioles 2-0, a runner on first base and one out in the fifth.
According to weather.com, the rain is expected to end around 11 p.m.
The game wasn’t official because it hadn’t lasted five innings.
Earlier Saturday, a shower during pre-game led to the first pitch being pushed back from 7:05 p.m., to 7:31 p.m.
The Orioles grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a two-run homer by Cedric Mullins off Yankees starter Jameson Taillon.
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Covid new variants: “We will fail in the next phase of pandemic if…,” WHO on being prepared for new strains
2 min read . Updated: 16 Apr 2022, 06:03 PM IST- If we fail now, at the last lap, fail to get everyone vaccinated, fail to continue diagnosis, fail to find people who might benefit from treatment, then we will completely fail in the next pandemic, WHO official said | https://www.livemint.com/news/world/covid-new-variants-we-will-fail-in-the-next-phase-of-pandemic-if-who-on-being-prepared-for-new-strains-11650109621038.html | 2022-04-17T02:11:59Z | https://www.livemint.com/news/world/covid-new-variants-we-will-fail-in-the-next-phase-of-pandemic-if-who-on-being-prepared-for-new-strains-11650109621038.html | true | null |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
15-17-25-32-39
(fifteen, seventeen, twenty-five, thirty-two, thirty-nine)
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New dispensary expands patient access beginning April 16; grand opening specials available
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) "Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced the opening of a new medical cannabis dispensary in Zephyrhills, Florida. Located at 6601 Gall Blvd. Suite #1, the doors will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
Grand opening festivities throughout the day at the new dispensary will include numerous partner giveaways, music, food trucks, deals and specials, and all registered patients will receive a 25% discount. Trulieve also offers statewide home delivery, convenient online ordering and in-store pickup.
"Trulieve is excited to expand access to medical to more patients in Florida and build strong relationships in the Zephyrhills community," said Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve. "We are driven by our commitment to providing tailored, high-quality patient care in a safe and comfortable environment."
As the state's leading medical cannabis provider, Trulieve's retail employees are trained to provide personalized patient care and support individuals at every stage of their cannabis journey. Trulieve dispensaries throughout Florida offer on-site consultations to help patients obtain appropriate medical products and dosages to ensure optimal cannabis experiences.
Trulieve patients across Florida can choose from the largest selection of THC and CBD products available in a variety of consumption methods, including smokable flower, concentrates, edibles, capsules, syringes, tinctures, topical creams, vaporizers, and more. Patients have access to nationally-beloved brands such as Bellamy Brothers, Bhang, Binske, Blue River, Black Tuna, Love's Oven, O.pen, and Sunshine Cannabis, all available exclusively at Trulieve in Florida.
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Stephen Colbert celebrated the news that the Russian warship Moskva sank in the Black Sea this week, apparently after coming under attack by Ukraine’s Neptune missiles.
“I’m surprised they’re called Neptune missiles because Russia, Ukraine’s kicking Uranus,” he said to cheers from his audience.
The “Late Show” host said Russian President Vladimir Putin had attacked Ukraine in an attempt to stop NATO from expanding east. But now, Sweden and Finland are considering joining the alliance ― something Colbert said they even have a coupon for:
See more in his Thursday night monologue:
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Bam Margera's Legal Drama With Johnny Knoxville Takes An Unexpected Turn
With the distinct opening guitar riff of "Corona" by the Minutemen, a different type of reality show entered the new millennium. "Jackass" debuted on MTV in 2000 with the simple premise of watching grown men hit each other, perform stunts, and any other type of physical comedy just for laughs. A defining show of the early aughts, the series ran for three seasons at the helm of co-creator and leader Johnny Knoxville, per IMDb. The supporting cast also became stars, which spawned multiple spin-off series. "Wildboyz" starred Chris Pontius and Steve-O traveling around the world and produced even more episodes than "Jackass." Meanwhile, cameras followed skateboarder Bam Margera and his wild antics for five seasons of "Viva La Bam." Margera also had his own miniseries, "Bam's Unholy Union," which followed the lead up to his wedding to fiancé Missy.
More than just goofing around on TV, all the characters used big-budget studio money to take their pranks to the big screen. "Jackass: The Movie" premiered in 2002, followed by multiple sequels culminating in the 2010 film "Jackass: 3D." Eventually, it appeared the guys were aging out of pranks and social norms were evolving, perhaps ending the franchise. Especially after one of the main members of the crew, Ryan Dunn, died in a 2011 drunk driving accident.
Then, a gray-haired Johnny Knoxville announced the gang was returning for a final movie, "Jackass Forever." Margera, who was slated to be in the film but was eventually cut, subsequently sued Knoxville, per Variety.
Bam Margera dismissed his lawsuit against Johnny Knoxville
While "Jackass Forever" hit theaters, a franchise all about buddies was soured by a lawsuit from Bam Margera. Then, in March, Margera surprisingly dismissed the case — which was likely settled outside of court, according to TMZ. To get to this point, Margera was scheduled to be in "Jackass Forever" but the gang had to pause production due to COVID-19 restrictions, per Variety. Once filming resumed, Johnny Knoxville wanted to make sure the cast was ready to perform. Given his previous stints in rehab, part of Margera's contract was to remain sober during production and to enter rehab for 90 days. After failing to stay clean by testing positive for using Adderall, Margera was kicked off the film, TMZ reported.
According to Margera, he believed producers Spike Jonze and Jeff Tremaine, MTV, Paramount Pictures, and Knoxville all pressured him into signing a contract with components tied to his health. Margera claimed he was prescribed the Adderall and the decision to terminate the movie contract was "discriminatory," per TMZ.
As for Knoxville's side of the story, he revealed that kicking Margera off the team was a difficult decision. "We wanted him all throughout the movie, but unfortunately that's not the way it worked out," Knoxville told Variety. "It's really heartbreaking. I love Bam. We all love Bam. He's our brother," the "Jackass" ringleader added about the situation. After all the drama, Knoxville said he hoped Margera could "get the help that he needs." | https://www.nickiswift.com/834642/bam-margeras-legal-drama-with-johnny-knoxville-takes-an-unexpected-turn/ | 2022-04-17T02:35:02Z | https://www.nickiswift.com/834642/bam-margeras-legal-drama-with-johnny-knoxville-takes-an-unexpected-turn/ | false | 1 |
MIAMI (AP) — Bryce Harper doubled in two runs, walked twice and stole home, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 10-3 Saturday night.
Alec Bohm had two hits and three RBIs, and Nick Castellanos added two singles and an RBI for the Phillies, who snapped a four-game losing skid.
A night after going 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position, Philadelphia finished 7 for 12.
Phillies starter Ranger Suárez overcame a difficult season debut and threw five innings of two-run ball. Suárez (1-0) allowed six hits, struck out four and walked three after he failed to complete three innings in a three-run, five-hit outing against the New York Mets on Monday.
Two-run doubles from Harper and Johan Camargo keyed a six-run second that chased Miami starter Trevor Rogers. Bohm also hit an RBI single and Matt Vierling had a run-scoring double in the inning.
Rogers (0-2) allowed seven runs and four hits, struck out three and walked four in 1 2/3 innings. Miami’s representative in the 2021 All-Star Game, Rogers lost his seventh straight decision and remains winless since June 10.
The Phillies made Rogers throw 40 pitches in the first inning for a quick 2-0 lead. Rogers allowed one-out walks to Rhys Hoskins and Harper and a single to Castellanos single before Bohm’s sacrifice fly to center scored Hoskins.
Harper stole home after Castellanos got caught in a rundown while attempting to steal second.
Miami’s free agent acquisitions Jorge Soler and Avisaíl García hit their first homers with their new club. Soler connected off Suarez with a two-run shot in the fifth, and García hit a solo blast against reliever Bailey Falter in the eighth.
TAKE IT FROM THE TOP
J.T. Realmuto went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts while leading off Saturday, an unusual spot for the Phillies catcher since he joined the Phillies but not with his previous club. The former Marlin led off 41 times during his five seasons in Miami.
HEAT AT THE BALLPARK
Before he tends to more pressing matters, Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem was among the crowd of 13,412. The Heat open their first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks Sunday in Miami.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: IF Jean Segura (left hand soreness) missed his third straight game.
Marlins: 1B Garrett Cooper was removed after the third inning because of left elbow contusion.
UP NEXT
RHP Zack Wheeler (0-1, 1.93) will start the series finale for the Phillies on Sunday and the Marlins will counter with RHP Elieser Hernández (0-1, 7.71).
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A swordsman is only as good as his sword in One Piece, something Zoro knows all too well.
Throughout the One Piece series, Zoro carried over seven different katanas. All of them have proven useful in his battles. While they vary in terms of quality, each one holds sentimental value for Zoro. Ever since he was a young child, he only had one goal in mind.
Dracule Mihawk is currently the world's best swordsman. Very few can sit on that golden throne. Even so, Zoro wants that crown for himself. His swords will be the very key to his success. However, they are more than just simple tools in One Piece, since they go much deeper than that.
Zoro's swords carry great significance in the One Piece series
Undoubtedly, Zoro's weapons are very meaningful to him. This article will only go over the named swords in the One Piece series. It should be noted that Zoro used two unnamed katanas back in the East Blue Saga. However, Mihawk shattered them during a duel in the Baratie arc.
Wado Ichimonji
This is Zoro's first ever sword in the One Piece series. It's part of the 21 Great Grade Meito. They are known for their exceptional craftsmanship. It was proven when Mihawk himself was unable to break it.
11 years ago, Wado Ichimonji belonged to his childhood friend Kuina. However, she met her untimely end, so her father gifted the sword to Zoro. This particular weapon holds great meaning to him. He made a promise that he would become the world's greatest swordsman in Kuina's honor.
Zoro still has this blade in his possession.
Sandai Kitetsu
This is yet another Meito, but this time with an unusual twist. When Zoro visited Loguetown, he wanted to replace his broken swords from that ill-fated duel with Mihawk. The shop owner told him that Sandai Kitetsu was a cursed sword that would bring misfortune to its yielder.
Of course, Zoro didn't really care and took the sword anyways. He even tested his luck by throwing the sword in the air, only for it to miss him completely.
Tashigi believes it's worth over 1,000,000 bellies, although it was sold at a mere 50,000. Several years later, it was revealed that Tenguyama Hitetsu forged this blade in Wano Country.
Yubashiri
Zoro also bought Yubashiri from the same Loguetown shop. It's classified among the 50 Skillful Grade swords. They are slightly weaker than the Great Grade variations, such as Wado Ichimonji.
Unfortunately, Yubashiri was completely destroyed in the Enies Lobby arc. Zoro went up against Marine officer Shu, who rusted it away with his Devil Fruit powers. Nothing much could've been done about the situation.
Shortly afterwards on Thriller Bark, Zoro put the sword to rest. He placed it on the gravesite for the Rumbar Pirates.
Shusui
Shusui once belonged to the famous samurai Ryuma. However, Gecko Moria stole it when he visited Wano Country. He then gave it to a zombified Ryuma. Not only is it a Grade Great Meito, it's also a Black Blade. This is an exceedingly rare classification in the One Piece universe.
Zoro ended up dueling Ryuma when they fought in Thriller Bark. He emerged victorious and was gifted Shusui, which replaced Yubashiri. Zoro would eventually return the cursed sword when he finally came to Wano Country.
Enma
Enma carries a very deadly aura in the One Piece series. It was first seen in the Wano Country arc.
This cursed sword used to belong to Kozuki Oden, who managed to scar Kaido with it. His daughter Hiyori gifted this weapon to Zoro. However, he needed to return Shusui to Ryuma's grave. Zoro made good on that promise, having now added this legendary sword to his collection.
Unlike most swords in One Piece, Enma can draw energy from the wielder. Zoro had to practice using this sword without draining his Busoshoku Haki.
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Teenager confronts suspected home intruder, helps police catch him
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (WCVB) - A Massachusetts teenager is earning rave reviews after she confronted a home intruder and helped police catch him.
“I think it was very scary,” 14-year-old Avery Cormier said.
Cormier did not let fear stop her when a stranger broke into her home in Middleborough, Massachusetts, on Friday morning.
“I heard the boots walk through the house and I thought that my mom might have just forgotten her phone and came back until I realized that’s not my mom,” she said.
So, she grabbed two steak knives from the kitchen and confronted the man.
“I was screaming at the top of my lungs to get out of my house, get out. That’s really it,” Cormier said.
Cormier said she didn’t really have a lot going through her head as it happened.
“It was just kind of adrenaline,” she said.
The suspect then fled and Cormier called 911. She also managed to record a video of him driving away.
It’s the video that police said cracked the case.
“She had the wherewithal in the moment of extreme stress and scary event to be able to think on her feet,” Middleborough Police Chief Joseph Perkins said.
And now 58-year-old Joseph Ridge is behind bars. Police said he has a long criminal record.
“She’s a straight-A student. She’s like, she’s just, she’s ... I don’t know, I’m blessed to have a daughter like her,” Cormier’s mother, who did not provide her name, said.
Cormier is relieved there was no violence, and in hindsight thinks she should have first called 911.
“Call the police before you do anything,” she said. “Don’t just grab knives and go chase after him. Might not work out.”
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Man firing weapons into Snoqualmie median arrested
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol has arrested a man after reports of an erratic driver leading to a shooting in Snoqualmie, according to trooper Rick Johnson.
Around 12:30 p.m. on April 14, the WSP received a report of a Dodge Challenger driving erratically on eastbound Interstate 90, past Preston and exit 22.
The car stopped on the lanes of eastbound I-90 near State Route 18.
The man got out of his car with a shotgun and a handgun and fired into the median.
Troopers closed down both directions of I-90.
The man was eventually taken into custody with no injuries.
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Blues end Christchurch drought as Reds edge Rebels
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Sydney (AFP) – The Auckland Blues clung on to clock their first win against the Canterbury Crusaders at Christchurch in 18 years and top the Super Rugby Pacific table leading into the trans-Tasman component of the competition next week.
A try-saving tackle by Blues captain Dalton Papalii and centre Rieko Ioane in the 78th minute allowed them to clinch a long-awaited victory 27-23 and underline their championship credentials.
With the ACT Brumbies having a bye this weekend, it propelled them above the Canberra side on points differential to the top of the 12-team table after round nine.
The Crusaders slipped to fourth behind the Reds after the Queenslanders' nail-biting 36-32 win over the Rebels in Melbourne.
The weekend action marked the last of the local derbies, played due to Covid-enforced border closures between Australia and New Zealand.
With the crossing now open, the competition's remaining six rounds will see Australian-based teams meet their trans-Tasman counterparts.
In Christchurch, the Crusaders lost captain Scott Barrett to a red card for a high shoulder charge in the 46th minute when they were trailing 17-10.
With the big lock off the field, they conceded a converted try which gave the Blues a 24-10 advantage before a late fightback sent the game to a nerve-wracking finish.
Blues coach Leon MacDonald admitted the win had been a long time coming.
"We've come here with high hopes the last couple of years, and walked away after a bit of a hiding," he told reporters.
"Today, we fronted from the start. We had a good preparation week, our leaders stood up, and it felt like we earned the win."
Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said the Blues were more disciplined and deserved the win.
"They took opportunities and showed they were desperate after 18 years to come down here and turn the tide which they did," he said.
Same story
The Blues meet Australia-based Fijian Drua next week while the Crusaders face the Rebels, looking to inflict more misery on the Melbourne side which has won just two from eight this season after defeat to the Reds.
Trailing by 14 points at one stage, the Rebels hit the front for the first time in the 63rd minute, leading 25-24 after Matt Toomua converted a try from lock Matt Philip.
But the Reds then scored twice within two minutes to reassert their authority and ensure a third successive victory.
The NSW Waratahs also triumphed, beating an injury-ravaged Western Force 41-24 in Perth to remain fifth on the ladder.
They scored three tries in the opening 13 minutes, including one to Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper, and there was no way back from the early onslaught as the Force slumped to a six tries to four defeat.
Force stand-in skipper Kyle Godwin said the team needed to fix their poor starts.
"It seems to be the same story for us unfortunately," he said.
In other action, the Waikato Chiefs eased past Moana Pasifika 45-12. It was the second heavy loss of the week for the Pacific newcomers who slumped 53-12 to the Wellington Hurricanes in a catch-up game on Tuesday.
Aaron Smith's Otago Highlanders also crashed again, falling 22-21 to the Wellington Hurricanes in a thriller after they were denied a try after the full-time siren.
Highlanders substitute Saula Ma'u thought he had bagged the winning try after barging over in the 81st minute at Dunedin. But replays showed he was brought down just short of the line.
Along with Pasifika and Drua, the Highlanders have won just one from eight so far.
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Ghana international, Majeed Ashimeru is yet to be involved in full squad training as his RSC Anderlecht outfit prepares for the final of the Belgian Cup on Monday, April 18, 2022.
The Black Stars midfielder sustained an injury prior to the last international break. As a result of that setback, he was not part of the Ghana squad that overcome Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Although there were reports of signs of a recovery from his toe injury, things have not gone according to plan.
Majeed Ashimeru as gathered from sources is one of three first-team players of RSC Anderlecht who are not taking part in the training.
The other two players include Yari Verschaeren and Sergio Gomez.
While the three players remain doubtful ahead of the Cup final, a final decision will only be taken on their inclusion in the matchday squad for the final on Sunday.
The Belgian Cup final will be played between RSC Anderlecht and KAA Gent. The game is scheduled to kick off at 1pm on Monday.
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Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it.
The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement with the Chinese government.
Xiao Qi Ji’s father Tian Tian largely sat out the morning festivities, munching bamboo in a neighboring enclosure with the sounds of his chomping clearly audible during a statement by Chinese ambassador Qin Gang. The ambassador praised the bears as “a symbol of the friendship” between the nations.
Pandas are almost entirely solitary by nature, and in the wild Tian Tian would probably never even meet his child. He received a similar cake for lunch.
In addition to hailing the 1972 agreement sparked by President Richard Nixon’s landmark visit to China, Saturday’s celebration also highlighted the success of the global giant panda breeding program, which has helped bring the bears back from the brink of extinction.
Xiao Qi Ji’s birth in August 2020 was hailed as a near miracle, due to Mei Xiang’s advanced age and the fact that zoo staff performed the artificial insemination procedure under tight restrictions shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the entire zoo. At age 22, Mei Xiang was the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States.
Normally they would have used a combination of frozen sperm and fresh semen extracted from Tian Tian. But in order to minimize the number of close-quarters medical procedures, zoo officials used only frozen semen.
“It was definitely a long-shot pregnancy,” said Bryan Amaral, the zoo’s senior curator for mammals.
In honor of that long shot, the now 20-month-old cub was given a name that translates as “little miracle.” His birth in mid-pandemic sparked a fresh wave of panda-mania, with viewership on the zoo’s panda-cam livestream spiking by 1,200 percent.
“I know how passionate people are about pandas,” Amaral said. “I’m not surprised by that passion at all.”
Sure enough, crowds started streaming straight for the panda section at 8 a.m. when the zoo opened. Sisters Lorelai and Everley Greenwell, age 6 and 5, ran toward the enclosure chanting “Pandas! Pandas!”
They watched the cub tumble around, try to wrestle his mom and tear the zero off the giant 50 emblazoned on the ice cake.
“They knew this was coming,” said their mother Kayleigh Greenwell of Mount Ranier, Maryland, said of her girls. “We’ve been talking about it all week.”
The zoo’s original 1972 panda pair, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, were star attractions at the zoo for decades, but panda pregnancies are notoriously tricky and none of their cubs survived.
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived in 2000, and the pair has successfully birthed three other cubs: Tai Shan, Bao Bao and Bei Bei — also by artificial insemination. All were transported to China at age 4, under terms of the zoo’s agreement with the Chinese government.
Similar agreements with zoos around the world have helped revitalize the giant panda population. Down to just over 1000 bears in the 1980s, the species has since been removed from the lists of animals in danger of extinction.
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PITTSBURGH — To hit a ball into the Allegheny River, most players go over the right field stands at PNC Park, past 13 rows and a small metal fence at the top. The feat takes a blend of launch angle, exit velocity and a bit of luck, since homers typically bounce once, at the very least, before reaching the brown water. And it takes raw power above all else.
Juan Soto, though, is not most players. Saturday brought another reminder of that. In a 6-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, he lined a homer straight through the tunnel between sections 144 and 145, creating his own path to a quiet splash. From there, the fifth-inning shot must have skipped on the riverwalk and down a little hill. Two Nationals fans rushed to the stairs, peering through the tunnel and into a 50-degree night.
They seemed to have no clue where the ball went. Until the Pirates’ broadcast showed it bobbing below the surface, no one in the stadium knew its whereabouts.
The victim was a 2-2 change-up from Pirates starter Bryse Wilson. The ball traveled 108.4 mph off Soto’s bat. With his lightning-quick swing, Soto tied the score, 2-2, and became the first Nationals player to find the river here. It’s happened 64 times thanks to 47 different players. But in the press box, Pirates officials debated how Soto was able to fit his in such a tight space — and at such great speed — to reach water by going through the stands.
One called it a “missile.”
Sitting behind home plate, Soto’s family leaped and yelled. His brother, Elian, a teenage prospect who has a verbal agreement to sign with the Nationals, flexed his muscles. His dad, Juan Jose, filmed his 23-year-old son rounding the bases for the third time this season. After crossing home plate, Soto pointed to the sky, as he always does, then right at his loved ones.
The next time he stepped into the box, the Pirates walked him for the fifth time in the series. Then Soto ripped a double to left in the ninth, sparking a two-run rally that fell short.
So what happened once Soto tied the game in the fifth? Josh Rogers, making his second start in place of the injured Aníbal Sánchez, yielded back-to-back singles to begin the bottom half, leading Manager Dave Martinez to hook him for reliever Steve Cishek. Having inherited two runners, Cishek was on the wrong end of Michael Chavis’s go-ahead single to right.
The Pirates stretched their lead against Kyle Finnegan in the bottom of the eighth. Yadiel Hernandez, subbed in to left after pinch-hitting for Victor Robles, helped them out. Once he fielded Chavis’s double to the corner, Hernandez lobbed a cutoff throw to shortstop Alcides Escobar. Seeing the high arc on it, Chavis raced to third, then scored when Diego Castillo singled past a drawn-in infield that could have played back if Chavis were on second.
The Pirates scored tacked on three more runs from a single off Finnegan, an RBI groundout and a throwing error by César Hernández. It was a rough frame for a defense that had likely overachieved to this point.
How was the rest of Rogers’s start? The lefty was shaky aside from throwing 19 pitches to complete the third and fourth. Pittsburgh pushed him for 23 in the first and scored twice in the second, using Andrew Knapp’s double and a single for Cole Tucker. Knapp punched a middle-in fastball while Tucker hit a slider in. Through two starts, Rogers has worked 9 ⅔ innings and allowed three runs on eight hits and four walks.
What is Aníbal Sánchez’s status? “He threw [Friday], a little flat ground, said [his neck] felt better,” Martinez said Saturday afternoon. “So we got to build him up. Obviously, he missed some time so he’s off today doing some strengthening stuff.”
Sánchez, 38, started this year on the injured list after developing a stiff neck on the flight back from spring training. The official designation is a cervical impingement. On Saturday, Martinez all but assured Sánchez would need at least one minor league rehab appearance before rejoining the Nationals.
How was outfielder Josh Palacios’s debut in Rochester? Very, very good. After getting claimed off waivers by the Nationals on Friday — then immediately being optioned to the Class AAA Rochester Red Wings — Palacios burned his old club, the Buffalo Bison, with a three-run homer, three singles, two walks and a stolen base. his last single was a walk-off, delivering an 11-10 win. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/16/juan-soto-nationals-home-run-allegheny-river/ | 2022-04-17T03:07:28Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/16/juan-soto-nationals-home-run-allegheny-river/ | false | 1 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Evening" game were:
8-6-7, SB: 6
(eight, six, seven; SB: six)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Evening" game were:
8-6-7, SB: 6
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As we approach the next sizeable update for Warframe (Angels of the Zariman), many players are still reveling in the quest’s conclusion and speculating where the story will go post-New War. From where we left off, all mostly seemed well in terms of stability in the Origin System. There are still many unanswered questions regarding the origin of the Tenno and understanding certain “new” characters and factions we were introduced to in the last big story quest.
In an exclusive interview we had with Rebecca Ford of Digital Extremes, she discusses what this update entails, including some of the “direct consequences” exhibited by the previous update. Worry not, the only spoilers that were discussed were things related to The New War. Still, tread carefully if you have not gotten up to that point yet.
The Angels of the Zariman update is what players would expect as a typical first update to kick off a new year. It introduces a new explorable and playable area, a new Warframe, and some more weapons. This time, it’s more than meets the eye. According to Ford, this is going to be more of a “micro open-world update.”
Instead of being an interim update to build off of the foundations of the core update, this one seeks to not only push the story further after the events of the New War, but also brings in new tech, new characters, a social hub, and mission types (not just one, but multiple).
We, the Tenno, are in a post-New War era where the story has become the focal point of things to come. The aforementioned “new tech” aims to revitalize the way we use our Operators in combat. They are soon to be at the forefront of pushing the narrative in Warframe, so it only makes sense for them to be more integrated to bridge the gap in the currently unstable dynamic between them and the Warframes.
Those are all elements exhibited in open-world hubs leading up to a grander playing area. Since it will also be lore-driven, we can expect the new characters to be pivotal to the quest, giving more lore, and also doubling as NPC quest/bounty givers to partake in the new game modes.
This won’t be as large in scale as the previous three were— the Cambion Drift, Plains of Eidolon, Orb Vallis. In terms of other things to expect in these missions or new game modes, a lot of the other tidbits of content were “all borrowed from early Syndicate design in 2015,” essentially combining the best of both worlds.
Syndicate missions reward players for exploration. You start one up and collect up to 8 medallions that you can then trade to the respective Syndicate to earn additional standing. Ford goes on to say that “since the Zariman is so important lore-wise, we’ve put more rewards for explorations in this update than any other update.”
She also says that there are going to be, “at least 3 interpretations of the title… one is more profound. It’s going to be the role in which we find ourselves playing for something that has been relegated to a traumatic spot.”
That “traumatic spot” she refers to heavily points to the events that unfolded aboard the Zariman Ten Zero. The whole void jump incident we endured that gave us powers wasn’t all a blessing. We’re returning to where it all began. In doing so, this also means that there will be a greater focus on our Operators in both gameplay and story.
In typical Warframe fashion, these smaller quests introduced in the midway/interim updates usually bring some tidbits of lore about the new Frame. This time around, Gyre, the 49th Warframe to enter the game’s expanding roster won’t be getting too much lore. “While that may deprive one of lore, it will be made up elsewhere in high quantities,” Ford goes on to say.
With the shift in the narrative for Warframe, we will start to see some impacts of the choices we made in the past. The only major one we’ll see as of right now will be some custom dialogue. Not much can be said, but for those who have paid attention, there are going to be some “spiritually different” bits of dialogue depending on certain choices made about a certain character.
In the end, all players will always get to the same destination. We’ll have the same information as we progress, but it’s more of an “identity-based” way how we’ll go about things. Things of this nature are meant to be rather cryptic to avoid any major spoilers ahead of release, especially as it’s building to tell an even larger story that we only know some lore and have a trailer of.
Like in previous large updates of this sort, there have been impacts made to the levels we play in some capacity. We can see the remnants of the New War in places like the Plains of Eidolon with all the Sentient wreckage. The Kuva Fortress roams between planets and takes over nodes for Kuva Flood missions. As it stands, we shouldn’t really be expecting there to be any grand impact post-completion in our missions.
“There will be things implied with the state of the Zariman,” Ford says, “What will be most obvious to the detail-oriented will be ‘where we go from here.’ There will be a very direct answer if you know where to look.”
In terms of what this update has to offer, things should also be answered with the three new game modes— Void Flood, Void Cascade, and Void Armageddon.
Devstream 161 gave us a hands-on preview of Angels of the Zariman!
Read more about what to expect when you bring light and life to the dark and deadly ship you once called home. https://t.co/xEynPz1ECT pic.twitter.com/l8guzgDc6b
— WARFRAME (@PlayWarframe) April 8, 2022
For spoiler purposes, Armageddon is still under wraps. This provokes the assumption that this is where new, significant bosses reside and what will answer the meaning behind the update. The only new tidbit regarding this is that it’s a “rare game mode that has to happen in a series of environments.”
Finally, it does not seem that there will be too much of a focus on the new Narmer faction that arose after the rise and fall of Ballas. This update will focus more on world-building for the Tenno and the events that transpired on the Zariman. Not to speculate too wildly, but since they (The Narmer faction) already made their footprint in two of the major open worlds right now, more can probably be said about them in any upcoming news about Tennocon 2022.
For a recap of other notable things to come, you can check out Devstream 161 as well as their forum workshop posts that go over notable changes to the Focus Schools.
Warframe is free to play on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The Angels of the Zariman update will be released for free on April 27, 2022. | https://attackofthefanboy.com/articles/warframe-angels-of-the-zariman-a-deep-dive-into-the-lore-and-future-of-the-game/ | 2022-04-17T03:21:39Z | https://attackofthefanboy.com/articles/warframe-angels-of-the-zariman-a-deep-dive-into-the-lore-and-future-of-the-game/ | false | 1 |
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An excited crowd of fans gathered outside Citi Field ahead of the New York Mets’ home opener on Friday, April 15, to witness the long-anticipated unveiling of a statue memorializing franchise legend Tom Seaver.
Other notable attendees included Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and other local electeds, along with members of the Seaver family.
It’s #OpeningDay here at @CitiField! Great to spend some time with my friend @StevenACohen2 this morning as we get ready to unveil a statue for Tom Terrific before the game. #Mets #LGM pic.twitter.com/2Tr5DITzRN
— Queens Borough President Donovan Richards (@QnsBPRichards) April 15, 2022
Additionally, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom and former Mets players Mike Piazza and Mookie Wilson were on hand for the ceremony.
The statue is among the many new features at Citi Field this year.
While many Mets fans are happy about having arguably the greatest player in the franchise’s history immortalized outside the stadium, they also feel this should’ve been done long ago, before Seaver passed away in 2020 and before he was diagnosed with dementia in 2019. Still, they view its creation as better late than never.
When we talk about the 1969 Miracle @Mets, all the stories we tell start with the same two words:
Tom Seaver. #LGM https://t.co/ILkyOGdwSj pic.twitter.com/OpOpQpDCGy
— Queens Borough President Donovan Richards (@QnsBPRichards) April 15, 2022
“[The statue creation] should’ve been done 20 years ago,” said John Galgano, of Catchogue. “It’s a shame Tom wasn’t here.” ‘
Still, Galgano said he, along with many other fans, was grateful for the organization finally honoring Seaver in this way.
According to Seth Noboa of Franklin Square, this statue also acts as a great way of the franchise honoring its history.
“I think this goes a long way towards making Citi Field feel more like home,” Noboa said.
He also cited the upcoming return of Old Timers’ Day on Aug. 27 as another way of the franchise doing this.
For Green Lawn resident Morgan Melchiorre, the Tom Seaver statue unveiling presented him with a fantastic return to Citi Field after attending just one game last season and, like everyone else, not being able to attend any games in 2020. A father of two, with one being immunocompromised, Melchiorre is looking forward to attending games with them throughout the season and having them see the Seaver statue.
“I’m bringing them to the park next week,” Melchiorre said.
As for his opinion on whether or not more statues should join Seaver’s in the near future, Melchiorre said the organization should have other priorities.
“We don’t need more statues right now. What we need is pennants.” | https://qns.com/2022/04/mets-celebrate-legacy-tom-seaver-statue/ | 2022-04-17T03:32:56Z | https://qns.com/2022/04/mets-celebrate-legacy-tom-seaver-statue/ | true | 1 |
By: Mohnish Singh
Abhishek Bachchan’s new film Dasvi sees him in the role of a boisterous politician who decides to appear for class 10th exams after landing in jail. The actor, who has been in showbiz for more than two decades now, has always attempted roles that help him step out of his comfort zone and Gangaram Chaudhary is Dasvi is no different.
In a freewheeling chat with Eastern Eye, Junior Bachchan talks about what convinced him to be a part of Dasvi, his back-to-back association with new filmmakers, new skills that he wants to learn at this point in his life, and much more. The actor also opens up about how fatherhood influences his process of selecting roles.
What your new film Dasvi is all about?
Dasvi is a story of second chances. It is the story of a Chief Minister who gets jailed and how he decides to pass his 10th standard from jail and whilst doing so, realizes that education is the key to happiness, fulfillment, and everything he looked forward changes his perspective in life. And the hilarious episodes that ensue are about how he tries to pass his 10th standard.
What was that specific moment during the narration where you decided you were doing the film?
The first narration was just literally, “Oh we have an idea” of a Chief Minister who gets jailed and does his 10th from jail. And that was it and I said yes.
What was the most challenging part of playing your character in Dasvi?
I think getting the accent right was a huge challenge.
If you could give your character any piece of advice, what would it be?
Gangaram Chaudhary does not need any advice, he gives advice. He is not the kind of person who is going to receive advice.
This is your third consecutive film with a new filmmaker. How is it working with new filmmakers as compared to the established ones?
It is always wonderful, you know. They have a unique energy. They have a new cinematic voice and it is so exciting to work with them. I really, really enjoyed working with them. They are so capable, so confident. They are so clear about what they want to do. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
You have been working for more than two decades now. What are some things that you still want to accomplish?
What not. There is so much more to do. There are so many more stories to tell. I am just about beginning.
How studios were you as a student. Was there any subject that gave you sleepless nights?
I was not very studious. I mean I was an above-average student. But my attention was always more in my sports and my drama. But I loved learning. I still love learning. The keen learner I am.
What were the subjects that gave you sleepless nights?
Physics
Is there any new skill that you want to learn at this point in your life?
At this point in life, I would love to play an instrument, any instrument.
Looking back at your career so far, what has been your proudest achievement?
My proudest achievement is putting a smile on my family’s face.
Your film is headed for a digital premiere, bypassing a theatrical release. Does the medium really matter to you considering the fact that digital has become an integral part of our lives?
The medium will always matter, but the larger point over here is that as long as the audience gets to see the film, that is the most important.
What do you think about the other cast members – Yami Gautam and Nimrat Kaur?
They were brilliant, absolutely brilliant. It was a sheer pleasure and honour to share screen time with them. They are such accomplished fine actors and I thoroughly enjoyed working with them.
Did you learn anything from them?
Yeah, but that’s very personal in that sense, you know. It is very hard to innumerate. It can be something as casual as an attitude towards a particular scene or a particular style of performing. So, you know, it is very difficult to innumerate.
Whether it is a script for a film or a web series, what does it need to have to get you interested in it?
A good story. It has always been that. At the end of the day, if you don’t have a good story, then why are you doing what you are doing?
Does fatherhood influence your process of selecting roles?
For me, currently, it does. Yes, it does. I would not want to do anything that my daughter would get embarrassed.
What’s your message to your fans?
My message has always been the same – thank you. Thank you for the love, thank you for the support, thank you for the patience, and thank you for allowing me to continue to entertain you. | https://www.easterneye.biz/its-always-wonderful-to-work-with-new-filmmakers-says-abhishek-bachchan/ | 2022-04-17T03:38:39Z | https://www.easterneye.biz/its-always-wonderful-to-work-with-new-filmmakers-says-abhishek-bachchan/ | true | 2 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked and No. 1 seed McKendree swept Stephen F. Austin in the best-of-seven Baker match play format on Saturday to win the NCAA women's bowling national championship at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl.
The Bearcats won the program's first national title in 2017 and lost in the championship match in 2018.
The Ladyjacks beat McKendree in Friday's opening match of the championships before they knocked off Vanderbilt in the second round. The Bearcats survived elimination matches Friday against Fairleigh Dickinson and Saturday morning against Vanderbilt to advance to the title match.
Eighth-seeded Stephen F. Austin made its fourth appearance in the final, losing to Nebraska in 2015 before beating the Cornhuskers in 2016 and Vanderbilt in 2019. | https://www.chron.com/sports/article/McKendree-sweeps-SFA-4-0-to-win-NCAA-bowling-17086042.php | 2022-04-17T03:42:52Z | https://www.chron.com/sports/article/McKendree-sweeps-SFA-4-0-to-win-NCAA-bowling-17086042.php | true | null |
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Auctus (AUC) traded 0.3% lower against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 22:00 PM ET on April 16th. Auctus has a market cap of $751,335.50 and $2,169.00 worth of Auctus was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Auctus coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0132 or 0.00000033 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last seven days, Auctus has traded down 3.5% against the US dollar.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- Solana (SOL) traded 0.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $102.18 or 0.00253047 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002473 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $1.39 or 0.00003433 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002475 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $14.12 or 0.00034960 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded down 2.1% against the dollar and now trades at $41.87 or 0.00103676 BTC.
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According to CryptoCompare, “In 2020 Auctus has shifted all efforts to develop new on-chain applications instead of focusing on previous products developed. Auctus is shifting focus to DeFi. Auctus is now a decentralized options protocol. Users can mint call and put options for different markets at different strike prices, and trade options in a trustless and decentralized manner without having to rely on any third party. Each option series is integrated through an ACOToken contract, which is ERC20-compliant, making options transferable, fungible, and ready for further DeFi integrations. To ensure top-notch security, Auctus protocol smart contracts were audited by Open Zeppelin and have undergone rigorous internal testing. Auctus currently offers an options DEX, options AMM, OTC options, and automated options vault strategies. AUC is an ERC20 token that serves as a currency on Auctus' platform. “
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North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, days after it passed its biggest state anniversary without an expected military parade, which it typically uses to unveil provocative weapons systems.
The test, the 13th round of weapons launches by Pyongyang this year, came amid concerns that North Korea may soon conduct a larger provocation like a nuclear test in an effort to expand the country’s weapons arsenal and increase pressure on its rivals amid stalled diplomacy.
The official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials observed the launch. It said the weapon tested has “great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the frontline long-range artillery units, enhancing the efficiency in the operation of (North Korea’s) tactical nukes of and diversification of their firepower missions.”
KCNA didn’t elaborate, but the mention of the word “tactical nukes” suggested the weapon is likely capable of carrying a battlefield nuclear warhead that could hit strategic targets in South Korea, including U.S. military installations. The KCNA dispatch didn’t say when and where the launch occurred.
Photos carried by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed a grinning Kim – surrounded by uniformed officials – applauding as he watched what it said was the test firing of the weapon.
South Korea’s military confirmed the weapons launch, saying early on Sunday that it had detected two projectiles launched from the North’s east coast towards the Sea of Japan late on Saturday.
The projectiles flew about 110 kilometres with an apogee of 25km and a maximum speed of under Mach 4, it said.
Immediately after the launch, South Korea's military, intelligence agencies and National Security Office held an emergency meeting to assess the situation and discuss countermeasures, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff statement.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is receiving real-time reports from the National Security Office, and has ordered the relevant government ministries to inspect North Korea's movements, Moon's spokeswoman Park Kyung-mee said in a statement Sunday.
North Korea has increased its missile tests this year, including its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years on March 24, in defiance of international law.
In just the first four months of 2022, the North has conducted 12 tests; by comparison, it only conducted four tests in 2020, and eight in 2021.
The ICBM was reported to be its most formidable yet -- though missile experts and a South Korean military official later said it may have been a less advanced weapon than previously believed.
The US has said it is open to talks with North Korea at any time and without conditions, but Pyongyang has so far rebuffed those overtures, accusing Washington of maintaining hostile policies such as sanctions and military drills.
The KCNA report on a new weapons test also came shortly after North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il Sung, one of the biggest annual public holidays in the country, but without a military parade.
South Korean officials have said Pyongyang could still stage a military parade or carry out a weapons test on or around April 25, the anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Editor's note: The picture used above is a file image.
Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard in Jacksonville are conducting a search for a man who is said to have jumped off a cruise ship Saturday morning.
Reports came in at 12:45 a.m. of a man in his 40s who jumped from the Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras, coast guard leaders report.
The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man. The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef said.
The ship was reportedly en route to Port Canaveral. The port of departure is unknown at this time.
Units from Jacksonville and Miami are involved in the investigation.
“The Carnival Care Team is supporting the guest’s family. Mardi Gras,” Carnival spokesman Matt Lupoli said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the guest and his family.”
Lupoli said the Coast Guard released the ship from the search efforts and it continued to Port Canaveral. It will continue sailing as scheduled.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/regional/coast-guard-search-man-who-jump-cruise-ship/67-0eb70b34-07d2-453e-b7b7-806372a496c2 | 2022-04-17T04:03:12Z | https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/regional/coast-guard-search-man-who-jump-cruise-ship/67-0eb70b34-07d2-453e-b7b7-806372a496c2 | true | 11 |
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DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored early, Michael Raffl added a short-handed goal and the Dallas Stars kept up their surge toward a Western Conference wild-card spot, beating the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Saturday night.
Dallas remained tied with Nashville for the two West wild-card spots at 91 points apiece as both clubs extended their lead to four points over Vegas, a 4-0 loser at Edmonton. The Stars and Predators, who beat Chicago 4-3, have seven games remaining, one more than the Golden Knights.
Jake Oettinger made 23 saves as the Stars extended their home winning streak against San Jose to seven games. Dallas has recorded at least a point in 13 of 17 games over the past month.
“I think it’s key to take it a game at a time right now,” Raffl said. “This one was huge tonight, and it wasn’t always pretty. But we found a way to win, and that’s the key in the situation we’re in right now.”
Timo Meier had his career best with his team-leading 33rd goal to get the Sharks within 2-1 in the second period. They are 0-6-3 in their past nine games.
Two games after creating several short-handed chances for himself, Luke Glendening skated free out of the defensive zone on the penalty kill and fed Raffl on a 2-on-1 for his seventh goal and a 2-0 lead in the second period.
Seguin's 23rd goal opened the scoring six minutes in, redirecting a pass into an open net from the crease behind Kaapo Kahkonen, who had 24 saves. Jamie Benn and Ryan Suter also assisted.
“You've got to get to the front of the net more, and he's been doing it,” coach Rick Bowness said of Seguin, who has four goals in seven games. “You want to score in this league, you've got to get in the paint. You've got to get your nose dirty.”
Meier ended Oettinger's shutout with a wrister in the final minute of the second after the 23-year-old Dallas goalie had stopped several good scoring chances earlier in the period.
“I thought tonight we played exactly how we wanted to play in this building against an urgent team,” San Jose coach Bob Boughner said. “We tried to match that urgency early. I thought we did.”
The Stars had to kill a late hooking penalty against Jason Robertson and mostly kept Oettinger out of trouble for about 90 seconds of 6 on 5. Jonathan Dahlen had a chance at a rebound in the final minute but couldn't get his feet under him.
Meier hit the post in the first period, when the Sharks also had a loose puck bounce across the crease behind Oettinger.
NOTES: The Sharks were without injured defensemen Erik Karlsson and Radim Simek, who went home. San Jose had just 12 healthy forwards, with five rookies in that group. ... Stars F Vladislav Namestnikov was out for a second consecutive game since leaving a 1-0 victory over Tampa Bay with a lower-body injury. ... San Jose has missed the playoffs a franchise-worst three consecutive years. ... The Stars are tied with Anaheim for the most one-goal games with 37. Dallas is 26-6-5. The Ducks, out of playoff contention, are 13-10-14.
UP NEXT
Sharks: The fourth five-game trip of the season ends on a back-to-back Sunday in Minnesota. They were the longest trips and combined to cover nearly half of San Jose's road games.
Stars: A three-game Canadian swing starts Tuesday in Vancouver. It's the final trip of the season.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
4-0-4, WB: 3
(four, zero, four; WB: three)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
4-0-4, WB: 3
(four, zero, four; WB: three) | https://www.greenwichtime.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17086067.php | 2022-04-17T04:12:44Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17086067.php | true | null |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
5-5-7
(five, five, seven)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
5-5-7
(five, five, seven)
¶ Maximum prize: $500 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17086039.php | 2022-04-17T04:12:55Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17086039.php | false | null |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached his first Masters 1000 final at Monte-Carlo on Saturday. The Spaniard beat Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.
The second semifinal between Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas was highly anticipated but turned out to be a one-sided affair as the latter won in straight sets to keep his title defense hopes alive.
In the men's doubles event, top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury reached the final after surviving a scare from Rohan Bopanna and Jamie Murray. The duo will take on sixth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who beat Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer in the other semifinal.
Here are the results from Day 7 of the Monte-Carlo Masters:
Davidovich Fokina overcomes resilient Dimitrov to reach maiden Masters 1000 final
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina put in a fine display to beat Grigor Dimitrov and reach the final in Monte-Carlo. The Spaniard broke in the third game of the opening set and won it 6-4. Having lost his serve early on in the second, the Spaniard broke Dimitrov twice in a row and found himself serving for the match at 5-4. However, Dimitrov fought back to take the set into a tie-break, which he won 7-2.
The Bulgarian was a break up in the final set but Davidovich Fokina responded brilliantly by winning six of the last seven games of the match to reach his maiden Masters 1000 final.
Tsitsipas makes easy work of Zverev to reach second straight final at Monte-Carlo
Reigning champion Stefanos Tsitsipas kept his title defense hopes alive with a comprehensive win over Alexander Zverev. Both players secured two breaks of serve in the opening set before the Greek broke for a third time to take it 6-4.
The second set saw the pair hold serve for the first five games, with the Greek leading 3-2. The 23-year-old then took charge to win the next three games and book his place in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters.
Monte-Carlo Masters 2022 Day 7 results at a glance
Men's singles (semifinals)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3
(3) Stefanos Tsitsipas def. (2) Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2
Men's doubles (semifinals):
(1) Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury def. Jamie Murray / Rohan Bopanna 3-6, 7-6(4), 11-9
(6) Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah def. (8) Marcelo Arevalo / Jean-Julien Rojer 7-5, 6-3 | https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-monte-carlo-masters-2022-today-s-results-scores-winners-recap-stefanos-tsitsipas-take-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-final-day-7 | 2022-04-17T04:16:51Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-monte-carlo-masters-2022-today-s-results-scores-winners-recap-stefanos-tsitsipas-take-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-final-day-7 | false | 1 |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
0-1-9
(zero, one, nine)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
0-1-9
(zero, one, nine) | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17086122.php | 2022-04-17T04:17:51Z | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17086122.php | true | null |
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will fight with a dominant Gujarat Titans at the MCA Stadium in the second match on Sunday, April 17. Newly appointed skipper Ravindra Jadeja had a dismal start to life as captain. Under his leadership, the team lost their first four games of IPL 2022.
IPL FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP
Following four successive losses, the team tasted success by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore. The victory pushed the team to the second-last place from the last position. Shivam Dube has been a top performer for the Yellow Army as he has scored 207 runs in five matches at a stunning average of 51.75.
The all-rounder will hope to continue his good performance while it’s also high time that Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, and Ravindra Jadeja start contributing with the bat.
Everything has worked in the favor of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022 so far. The debutant are having a dream journey with four wins and one loss. Hardik Pandya has emerged as the lone warrior for his team as he is contributing in all the departments be it batting, bowling, or fielding. Apart from Hardik, Shubman Gill is also doing good as he is the fifth-highest run-getter in IPL 2022.
However, the team will expect more from their other batters as they are yet to contribute to the team’s victory.
GT vs CSK Head-to-Head
No head-to-head record is available for Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings as the two teams will be playing their first IPL game against each other on Sunday.
MCA Stadium pitch report
MCA Stadium in Pune has a batting-friendly track. The batters will be able to play some good shots. Meanwhile, the surface has something to offer to the bowlers as well. The spinners can come into the play in the second half of the match. The chasing team has a better record of winning at the MCA Stadium.
Here is the venue record of MCA Stadium, Pune (IPL)
- T20 matches played at the venue: 43
- Matches won by the team batting first: 21
- Matches won by the team batting second: 22
- Highest team score recorded at the venue: 211/4 by Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 2018
- Lowest team score recorded at the venue: 73/10 by Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, 2017
- Average 1st innings score: 161
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Ukraine’s Prosecutor General office reports that 200 children have been killed and 360 wounded since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
At the same time, the statement says these numbers are not final, as it is impossible to assess casualties in the areas of active hostilities.
Another concern is the fate of children who were forcibly relocated to Russia by occupation authorities.
The biggest count of children deaths is in Donetsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. The Prosecutor’s office also registered cases of children casualties in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.
Russian airstrikes and shelling have damaged 1018 educational facilities, 95 of which are completely destroyed. | https://bykvu.com/eng/bukvy/russian-invasion-has-killed-200-ukrainian-children-prosecutor-general/ | 2022-04-17T04:35:37Z | https://bykvu.com/eng/bukvy/russian-invasion-has-killed-200-ukrainian-children-prosecutor-general/ | false | null |
By Gerard Guthrie
Potential superstar Wow She’s Fast lived up to what race caller Daniel Hibberd termed “the bravest name in racing” once again on Thursday night, with a scintillating victory in the Group 3 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown Park.
Trained by Jackie Greenough, whose husband Kel won the Launching Pad in 2004 with Legends; Wow She’s Fast clocked an airborne 28.93sec, joining the exclusive sub-29 seconds club and becoming the ‘fastest’ female ever over the 515m course.
Only recently retired superstar course record holder Aston Rupee and 2020 Melbourne Cup winner Hard Style Rico have run quicker.
Wow She’s Fast burst onto the scene at the same venue last September with a jaw-dropping debut, scoring by a staggering 27 lengths in 29.09sec.
The daughter of three-time G1 winner My Bro Fabio then etched her name in the history books in December at The Meadows, winning the inaugural TAB Phoenix and its massive $750,000 winner’s purse at just her seventh start.
The Greenoughs then opted to wait for the rich Launching Pad series, restricted to greyhounds with 1 – 6 wins and no more than 30 starts, and the decision paid off handsomely.
After flying 29.15sec and 29.29sec victories in her heat and semi-final respectively, Wow She’s Fast started an easing $3 favourite from Box 7 in the decider, ahead of Plaintiff (Box 2) at $3.40 and Dusty Bourbski (Box 1) at $3.90.
The wide draw was the question mark surrounding Wow She’s Fast, but it proved to be no concern whatsoever as she exploded out of the boxes and found the front with a blinding 5.04sec first split.
It was a matter of time and margin from that point, and both were ultra-impressive, as Wow She’s Fast romped to a 6.63L victory over Plaintiff, with outsider Samona ($56) running third.
“I suppose when you’re starting off low 29s, you certainly hope you get there (breaking 29 seconds) and perfect conditions tonight probably helped,” Kel Greenough told Sandown’s Jason Adams post-race.
“It has been a bit of a challenge, to be honest, waiting all that time and trying to get the fitness right and try to have her peak on the right night.
“There’s been a few headaches trying to get it right but fortunately it worked out.
“We had such a long wait, we had to try to balance it out, so we had her peaking coming into the 500s.
“If I’d given her a number of harder runs, I probably would’ve had her flat by now, so I had to go to Warragul and do 400s and things like that, just to keep her fitness and try to get the speed up and gradually build the strength back and get the timing right.”
Wow She’s Fast has now won nine of her 12 starts, including seven from nine at Sandown.
The Launching Pad’s $150,000 bounty boosted her earnings to $938,070 and a place in the sport’s all-time top ten prizemoney earners, incredibly having only turned two on February 13.
Considering her obvious affinity with Sandown, it’s no surprise Greenough identified next month’s female-only Group 1 Sapphire Crown as Wow She’s Fast’s next feature race target. | https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2022-04-17/wow-she-really-is-fast/ | 2022-04-17T04:35:45Z | https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/sport/2022-04-17/wow-she-really-is-fast/ | false | 1 |
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Overcoming a mistake in communication, Ben Rhodes charged to the front in the closing laps of Saturday's Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt and snatched the NASCAR Truck Series victory from runner-up Carson Hocevar.
One circuit after the final restart on Lap 146 of 150, Rhodes, the defending series champion, buried his No. 99 ThorSport Racing Toyota into Turn 1, slid to the outside of third-place finisher John Hunter Nemechek and dived to the inside of Hocevar to take the lead.
The dramatic charge to victory atoned for Rhodes' failure to bring his truck to the pits at the end of the first stage on Lap 40 after missing his entrance to pit road. Forced to pit after winning Stage 2, Rhodes restarted 13th on Lap 91 and worked his way forward with the aid of four cautions in the final 60-lap stage.
"My crew gave me such an awesome Tundra this weekend that I wasn't going to let them down," said Rhodes, who led 95 laps and won the first two stages on the way to his first victory of the year and the sixth of his career. "I had to go back up there and earn the spot back. I'm really proud of all their effort."
Rhodes and Hocevar were the only two drivers credited with leading laps. The driver of the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet grabbed the top spot after restarting fourth on Lap 91 and held it until Rhodes passed him for the win.
In hindsight, Hocevar said he could have done a better job defending against the decisive pass.
"Either ripped the top or crashed him," Hocevar said of his alternatives. "I hate saying that, but it's part of this racing, right? I just couldn't compete with him. He just had better (fresher) tires, and he was the fastest truck all day. I was just trying to hold on ...
"He slide-jobbed me, and I should have prepared for it, crossed him over and race him really hard. Second just sucks. It's terrible, especially being that close."
The race marked the NASCAR national series debut of reigning USAC National Midget champion Buddy Kofoid, who started 32nd after his No. 51 Toyota overheated during the first qualifying heat earlier in the afternoon.
Methodically working his way forward, Kofoid ran as high as third before spinning in Turn 2 as he tried to cross over to the inside of Rhodes' truck in a battle for fourth place on Lap 139, after Rhodes drove deep into the corner and slid toward the top of the track.
Collected in the ensuing wreck were Ty Majeski, who saw a probable top-five effort go awry, and Derek Kraus.
The race also had a taste of the bizarre.
On Lap 96, Austin Wayne Self nudged the Chevrolet of hard-luck Matt DiBenedetto after the latter had passed Self. The front bumper of Self's Silverado locked with the rear bumper of DiBenedetto's Chevy, and the two drivers could not power them apart.
It took a red flag and a handful of track workers to separate the trucks. That incident ruined the race for both drivers, but the subsequent restart on Lap 106 put Rhodes on his path to the eventual victory. By the time caution flew again on Lap 112, he had climbed to fifth and was well on his way to the front.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race - 2nd Annual Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt
Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt
Bristol, Tennessee
Saturday, April 16, 2022
1. (2) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 150.
2. (6) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 150.
3. (18) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 150.
4. (4) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 150.
5. (19) Christian Eckes, Toyota, 150.
6. (1) Joey Logano(i), Ford, 150.
7. (7) Chase Elliott(i), Chevrolet, 150.
8. (16) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 150.
9. (14) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 150.
10. (17) Zane Smith, Ford, 150.
11. (3) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 150.
12. (12) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, 150.
13. (33) Chase Purdy, Toyota, 150.
14. (10) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 150.
15. (35) Tanner Gray, Ford, 150.
16. (27) Dean Thompson #, Chevrolet, 150.
17. (21) Mike Marlar, Toyota, 150.
18. (26) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 150.
19. (5) Chandler Smith, Toyota, 150.
20. (23) Harrison Burton(i), Ford, 150.
21. (8) Ty Majeski, Toyota, 150.
22. (13) Jack Wood #, Chevrolet, 150.
23. (29) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 150.
24. (34) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 150.
25. (28) Blaine Perkins #, Chevrolet, 150.
26. (25) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 150.
27. (32) Buddy Kofoid, Toyota, 150.
28. (24) Tate Fogleman, Toyota, 149.
29. (15) Derek Kraus, Chevrolet, 149.
30. (31) Lawless Alan #, Chevrolet, 149.
31. (20) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 147.
32. (22) Andrew Gordon, Ford, 146.
33. (30) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 146.
34. (36) Keith Mcgee, Chevrolet, 146.
35. (9) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 145.
36. (11) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, 143.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 45.957 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 37 Mins, 55 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.824 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 43 laps.
Lead Changes: 3 among 2 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Logano(i) 0;B. Rhodes 1-91;C. Hocevar 92-146;B. Rhodes 147-150.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Ben Rhodes 2 times for 95 laps; Carson Hocevar 1 time for 55 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 99,66,52,54,18,75,7,88,42,25
Stage #2 Top Ten: 99,66,4,75,54,7,51,42,18,19
--By NASCAR Wire, Special to Field Level Media | https://www.mdjonline.com/fieldlevel/ben-rhodes-takes-hard-earned-win-at-bristol/article_e6d9a37b-4124-5d2d-9786-c974daba186a.html | 2022-04-17T04:42:15Z | https://www.mdjonline.com/fieldlevel/ben-rhodes-takes-hard-earned-win-at-bristol/article_e6d9a37b-4124-5d2d-9786-c974daba186a.html | true | 8 |
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Human rights activists on Friday applauded the Biden administration’s decision to allow tens of thousands of immigrants from war-torn Cameroon to temporarily live and work in the United States as a victory won by years of Black-led organizing.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday designated Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), allowing an estimated 11,700 people living in the United States as of Thursday to remain in the country for 18 months.
“The United States recognizes the ongoing armed conflict in Cameroon, and we will provide temporary protection to those in need,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. “Cameroonian nationals currently residing in the U.S. who cannot safely return due to the extreme violence perpetrated by government forces and armed separatists, and a rise in attacks led by Boko Haram, will be able to remain and work in the United States until conditions in their home country improve.”
🚨BREAKING NEWS: TPS Is designated for Cameroon! 🚨 This announcement is warranted under law, and we hope that the administration continues to take these momentous steps to help dismantle the anti-Black sentiment within the immigration system. pic.twitter.com/WTuInq1W22
— Cameroon Advocacy Network (@CamAdvocacy) April 15, 2022
Guerline Jozef, co-founder of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and the Cameroonian Advocacy Network, welcomed “this much needed and overdue announcement from the Biden administration.”
“We rejoice and celebrate with our Cameroonian siblings who after a long-fought battle can finally breathe a sigh of relief… We are grateful for all our partner organizations and allies who pushed hard to get this victory; this is another example of ‘anpil men, chay pa lou,'” she added, referring to a Haitian Creole proverb meaning “many hands lighten the load.”
This was made possible by the leadership of Black led orgs who’ve been organizing for *years* to make this victory happen! Organizing works! Congratulations! https://t.co/yqGjGcNn6e
— United We Dream (@UNITEDWEDREAM) April 15, 2022
In a testimonial published by a coalition of human rights groups, one directly impacted Cameroonian said:
I was tortured and detained twice in my country Cameroon because I spoke against the government. I was raped by the Cameroon military force at least twice a week during my two months in their custody. The military shot and killed my father at my second arrest.
I was detained in a [U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement] jail for over one year, where I was abused and treated badly by ICE. Death or life imprisonment awaits me if I am deported back to Cameroon because the Cameroonian military is still looking for me.
This designation of Temporary Protected Status will literally save my life and relinquishes my daily fear of being deported every time I see a police officer.
Over the past six years, thousands of Cameroonians have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced amid a war between government forces and separatist groups in two Anglophone regions of the Central African nation. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Francophone regions have also been displaced due to violence.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of certain countries experiencing problems that make it difficult or unsafe for their nationals to be deported to those countries.
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— American Immigration Council (@immcouncil) April 15, 2022
Meanwhile, the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has escalated attacks in the far northern part of the country, and the government’s response has been plagued by human rights violations including unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests.
While many displaced Cameroonians have fled to neighboring nations — mainly Nigeria — thousands have also traveled to Latin America and then the southern U.S. border to seek asylum. However, in March 2020 the administration of former President Donald Trump barred nearly all asylum-seekers by invoking Title 42, a provision of the Public Health Safety Act, under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it would end Title 42 deportations in May following immense pressure from rights groups.
Cameroonians migrants have described violent and abusive treatment at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities, including while in ICE detention and during deportation.
Advocates have contrasted the relative speed — less than 10 days — with which the administration granted TPS to Ukrainians following Russia’s February 24 invasion to the yearslong struggle to secure protected status for Cameroonians, an effort that began during Trump’s tenure.
“We have been fighting for a very long time to get TPS for Cameroon,” Jozef told The New York Times. “The way the U.S. was able to quickly provide protection for Ukrainians while denying protection for Black and Brown vulnerable people is a proof of a double standard.”
Daniel Tse, a co-founder of the Cameroonian Advocacy Network, said in a statement that “as history has taught us, when it comes to Black immigrants, there’s always retaliation, reluctance, and relegation involved. Given that this is the system that we work within, the fight is not over yet! We will continue to work with our allies and push for humanitarian parole for those unjustly deported.”
Calling DHS’ decision to protect Cameroonians “exactly the kind of action America should take to protect people from violence and persecution,” Douglas Rivlin, communications director at the immigration reform group America’s Voice, asserted that “the Biden administration should be more aggressive in asserting their vision for defending immigration and immigrants and should build on today’s positive news.”
“The White House should prioritize further executive branch actions and announce TPS designations and redesignations for countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and additional nations,” he added. “These are important tools to stabilize families and communities, deliver meaningful progress, and advance America’s interests and values.” | https://truthout.org/articles/activists-celebrate-after-biden-grants-tps-status-to-cameroonian-immigrants/ | 2022-04-17T04:58:26Z | https://truthout.org/articles/activists-celebrate-after-biden-grants-tps-status-to-cameroonian-immigrants/ | false | 1 |
DENVER (AP) — C.J. Cron homered twice and Antonio Senzatela pitched five solid innings in his 100th career start for Colorado as the Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 9-6 on Saturday night.
Cron hit a two-run shot in a four-run third inning and connected again leading off the seventh, driving the first pitch he saw from reliever Ethan Roberts into the left-field bleachers for his third homer in two games and fifth this season. Alan Trejo had two hits and two RBIs, Connor Joe added an RBI triple and former Cubs star Kris Bryant drove in a run with a fielder’s choice.
Patrick Wisdom had three hits, including a two-run double in Chicago’s four-run seventh. Jonathan Villar had four hits and three RBIs for the Cubs.
Seiya Suzuki doubled in the second and has hit safely in each of his first seven games in which he had an at-bat to begin his major league career.
Colorado added to its lead with three runs in the fourth, capped by a run-scoring single from Charlie Blackmon that put the Rockies in front 7-1.
Senzatela (1-0), who became the 13th pitcher in Rockies history to start 100 games, allowed one run and seven hits. He walked none and struck out two.
Daniel Bard got three outs for his fourth save in five chances.
Mark Leiter Jr. (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Iowa, made his Cubs debut and struck out the side in the first inning before running into trouble in the third. The son of former major league pitcher Mark Leiter went 3 1/3 innings and allowed seven runs on seven hits in his first major league appearance since Sept. 25, 2018, with Toronto against Houston. He missed the 2019 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
POWER SURGE
Cron had his 14th career multi-homer game and first since Aug. 8, 2021, against Miami. He led the Rockies last season with 28 home runs.
TAKING A LEAD
The Cubs got on the board first thanks to Villar’s third-inning RBI single. They have held a lead in each of their first eight games, though they dropped to 4-4. The 1938 Cubs hold the team record for most consecutive games with a lead to start the season with 19.
PICKOFF PLAY
Senzatela got his first career pickoff in the first inning, catching Villar off first base.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: OF Randal Grichuk went through a full range of baseball activities before the game and could return to the lineup as soon as Sunday after missing the previous three games due to back soreness. … SS José Iglesias was rested for a second consecutive game with a hamstring problem and remains day-to-day. Colorado manager Bud Black said Iglesias is nearing full strength and could resume playing any day.
UP NEXT
Cubs LHP Drew Smyly (1-0, 0.00 ERA) is set to start Sunday’s series finale against LHP Austin Gomber (0-0, 5.79).
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He is risen.
He is risen indeed!
And all of God’s people said, “Amen.”
My hope on this Easter morning is that your baskets and hearts are filled with goodies and goodness.
We are a blessed people.
And yet, Easter is such that it should not come and go without serious reflection of “the reason for the season.” William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army once said, “Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help.” As we celebrate Jesus victory over death we must remember he, too, was weakened to the point of pitiful wailing before he was set free.
We can take from this that if the world can condemn to death, the only perfect person, anyone can be wrongly accused, unfairly punished, heaped with scorn. As there is no shortage of people being seen as lesser by some self-identifying Christians; I wonder how this has come to be.
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We are born innocent, predisposed to trusting and loving, and yet we can grow to hate, to be just the opposite of our God inspired intuition. The church and preaching of my youth, although of a time of segregation, sexual secrecy, and assumed adherence to a fairly strict caste system, did not focus, or deny, the general sins of the world. Only our sins, our relationship with Jesus, mattered.
Nearly every Sunday was built around these notions: God loves you, you are sinful, today is the day for your salvation. The alter was open and calling.
If we were to think less of the Black man, the Muslim mother, the anchor baby, the gays or the liberals we had to conclude that came from society not preaching God’s word. Yes, the world was sinful, but sin was sin.
It was before we determined, in church, that we were so righteous we had time to spend on fixing other folk’s failings. Think log and speck here.
In Luke there is Jesus recounting a parable of a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee with great pride announced his thankfulness he was not like other men — swindlers, evil-doers, adulterers — or even tax collectors. The tax collector for his part, stood apart, beat his breast, saying “Have mercy on me a sinner.” For Jesus it was the tax collector that had it right, who was justified.
The church’s seeming movement from the Great Commission to nationalism, tribalism, is not from the New Testament. Could it be the Sunday School song, that toddlers and preschoolers would so cheerfully belt out, now comes with a statement that the words are not meant to be taken literally?
“Red or yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world.”
Would the words of “Amazing Grace” be more applicable if changed to “...how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like thee?”
If the church wishes to reverse decline in membership, reputation and positive influence, my suggestion is to re-think its focus. Judge less, love more. Hear people’s pain, no matter who or what they are.
Imagine putting your ear down to listen to the wails of a burdened soul and hearing, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
When God did, death became conquered, Easter was begun.
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Unknown to Nigerians, more hard times awaits them as the Federal government has approved the implementation of a new tariff and tax regime on imported goods, mainly beverages, alcohol, telecommunication services among others.
Most importers and their agents may not also be aware of the Federal government’s new tax regime, through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will begin the implementation of the new Supplementary Protection Measures (SPM) for the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff ( CET) 2022-2026.
The Federal government has granted 90 days grace for all importers to clear their goods from the ports, while the new tariff and tax regime takes effect from June 1, 2022.
In the new regime as contained in a circular issued on the March 1, 2022 by the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning and sent to strategic Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including the Nigeria Customs Service and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, it’s listed a upward and downward review of tariff and taxes to be paid on imported goods from 2022 to 2026. Under the new CET, non alcoholic beverages, fruit juice, energy drinks etc will pay N10 per litre consumed, while beer and stout and other alcoholic drinks not made from malt – whether fermented or not fermented will pay N40 per litre in 2022, N45 per litre in 2023 and N50 per litre in 2024.
Also wine (alcoholic) consumers will pay N40 per litre in 2022, N60 in 2023 and N70 per litre in 2024, while spirit (alcoholic) consumers like whisky, brandy, volka and rums will pay N40 per litre in 2022, N65 per litre in 2023 and N75 per litre in 2024.
For tobacco smokers, the new tax regime attracts payment of 30 per cent of N4.20k per stick of cigarette in 2022 and to be increased to N4.70k per stick in 2023 and N5.20k per stick in 2024.Also for other expanded tobacco products like chewing, snuffing etc, they will pay N1, 000/kg and N3, 000 per litre in 2022, N1500/kg and N3500 per litre and N2, 000/ kg and N4, 000 per litre in 2023, 2024 respectively.
On telecommunication services surcharge and all other services regulated by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Nigerians using both prepaid and postpaid products will pay 5 per cent from 2022 through to 2024.
The circular reads in part; “this is to confirm that His Excellency, Mr. President has approved the implementation of the 2022 Fiscal Policy Measures made up of Supplementary Protection Measures (SPM) for the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) 2022 – 2026 and excise duties on Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholic Beverages, Cigarettes, and Tobacco Products, as well as Telecommunication Services with effect from 1st April 2022.
“The approved SPM in line with the provision of the ECOWAS CET comprises the following annexes: I. Import Adjustment Tax (IAT) list with additional taxes (Levy) on 172 Tariff lines of the extant ECOWAS CET; Annex 1 II. Import prohibition list (Trade), applicable only to certain goods originated from Non- ECOWAS member states; Annex
2, and III. National list consisting of items with reduced import duty rates to promote and stimulate growth in critical sectors of the economy, Annex 3.
- A grade period of ninety (90) days commencing from the date of this circular is here- by granted to all importers, manufacturers, and service providers before the implementation of the new excise duty rate attached herewith as Annex IV. The new excise duty rate on this circular shall therefore take effect from 1st June 2022.
- In addition, a grace period of ninety (90) days, commencing from the effective date of implementation of this circular, i.e, 1st April 2022, shall be granted to all importers who had opened form ‘M’ and must have entered into irrevocable trade agreement before the coming into effect of this circular, to process and clear their goods at the prevailing duty rates. However, any new import transaction entered from the 1st of April, 2022, shall be subjected to the new import duty regime.
- Lastly, Mr. President approved the extension of the fiscal policy measures to facilitate the importation of some COVID-19 essential medical supplies in line with the indicative list recommended by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The approved list of critical medical supplies exempted from payment of import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) with immediate effect, up till 31st December 2022 are herewith attached as Annex V.
The exemption of these items from import duty and VAT is however subject to importers obtaining a letter of support from the Federal Ministry of Health and Import Duty Exemption Certificate from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning through the IDEC Portal with domain address: www. idec.gov.ng.
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'Breaking Bad' actor Aaron Paul reveals COVID-19 forced him to cancel 'Weird Al Yankovic' biopic
By ANI | Published: April 17, 2022 10:02 AM2022-04-17T10:02:40+5:302022-04-17T10:10:03+5:30
Hollywood actor Aaron Paul of 'Breaking Bad' fame was supposed to make a cameo in Eric Appel's 'Weird Al Yankovic' biopic, but had to drop out at the last second.
Hollywood actor Aaron Paul of 'Breaking Bad' fame was supposed to make a cameo in Eric Appel's 'Weird Al Yankovic' biopic, but had to drop out at the last second.
Paul had played Yankovic in a sketch directed by Eric Appel called 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' in 2010. It also starred Olivia Wilde and Patton Oswalt.
The new upcoming biopic will be directed and co-written by Appel. As per Deadline, in a recent interview, Paul spoke about the fact that Daniel Radcliffe is now leading the film.
"It's so great. I loved doing that. I love Al [Yankovic], I love Eric Appel, who wrote the skit for Funny Or Die and directed it. And he wrote the film with Al, and he's directing the feature as well. I read that script years ago and it was just so over the top beautiful." he said.
Paul added, "It was just when they were kind of poking around seeing if they could get this thing made, and I was really excited to see it finally kind of come together, and obviously Daniel [Radcliffe] is amazing. And so I think he's absolutely going to crush it."
Paul was asked to make a small cameo in the new film but tested positive for COVID-19 on the day he was supposed to show up to set.
"I go, 'Oh, no!' So I couldn't do it, and then I was just out for like 10 solid days. I have never felt more sick in my life. And so we couldn't do the cameo, which I just absolutely was crushed about," Paul said.
As per Deadline, the production on 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' commenced earlier this month in Los Angeles.
( With inputs from ANI )
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Florida’s Trump-rival governor bans maths books, citing ‘prohibited’ race debate
By Valerie Strauss and Lindsey Bever
In its latest attempt to be the nation’s leader in restricting what happens in public school classrooms, Florida said it has rejected a pile of math textbooks submitted by publishers in part because they “contained prohibited subjects,” including critical race theory.
The Florida Department of Education announced on Friday (Saturday AEST) that Richard Corcoran, the outgoing commissioner of education, approved an initial list of instructional materials for maths, but 41 percent of the submitted textbooks were rejected - most of them in primary school.
Some were said not to be aligned with Florida’s content standards, called the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking, or BEST. But others, the department said, were rejected for the subject matter.
“Reasons for rejecting textbooks included references to Critical Race Theory, inclusions of Common Core [previous national education benchmarks], and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning in mathematics,” it said in an announcement on the department’s website.
Although the department described the textbook review process as “transparent,” it did not mention which textbooks had been rejected or cite examples from the offending passages.
“It seems that some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism, especially, bizarrely, for elementary school students,” Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was quoted as saying in the announcement.
Critical race theory is an academic concept centred around the idea that racism is not simply individual prejudice but that it is systemic, woven into our legal systems. One example of this is when government officials in the 1930s deemed certain areas - often inhabited by African Americans - as bad financial investments, making it hard for them to get mortgage loans and buy their own homes, according to Education Week.
The concept emerged in the 1970s, but the murder of George Floyd in 2020 gave it new life as some schools tried to better address race in the classroom. Although critical race theory is not being directly taught in schools - only used as a foundation for lessons - the theory has been highly contentious, with some contending that students should have a broader understanding of racism in the United States and others arguing that it encourages discrimination by dividing people into two groups: victims and oppressors.
Critics immediately attacked the rejection. Democrat State Representative Carlos Smith tweeted “@EducationFL just announced they’re banning dozens of math textbooks they claim ‘indoctrinate’ students with CRT. They won’t tell us what they are or what they say b/c it’s a lie. #DeSantis has turned our classrooms into political battlefields and this is just the beginning.”
“No, this is not 1963,” Democrat state Senator Shevrin Jones tweeted, “it’s 2022 in the ‘Free State of Florida.’”
DeSantis has been leading the charge in Florida to restrict what teachers can say and discuss in class on topics including race, racism, gender and history. He recently signed legislation that bans classroom discussion on LGBTQ issues from prep through third grade and, for all students, says any such discussion must be “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate”.
Last year, his administration set new rules banning “critical race theory” and DeSantis is expected to soon sign into law the “STOP WOKE ACT” that codifies his executive order but also goes further, affecting not only what happens in schools but also the labour practices of private companies by restricting how they can promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Critical race theory is an academic framework taught largely in law schools that sets a framework for examining systemic racism. Conservatives have accused state schools of using it - even though they don’t - in an attempt to restrict classroom discussion on the racist history and present of the United States. Now conservative activists have targeted social emotional learning programs - which are aimed at helping students deal with issues that can affect their academic performance - by saying they, too, are promoting critical race theory.
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In response to disorder, Panama City Beach expands emergency powers
Following a weekend of disorder in Panama City Beach that resulted in the arrest of more than160 people, nearly half of them from Alabama, the city has given its city manager unilateral authority to declare a state of civil emergency and take measures including curfews, alcohol bans and the closure of...
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ISAACS, Roy
Roy Isaacs, No longer by my side but forever in my heart.
James Roy Isaacs, age 84, of Franklin, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. He was born on February 2, 1938, in Estill County, Kentucky, to the late Cecil and Eudell Isaacs (Richardson).
Roy graduated from Estill County High School, and went to work for AT&T and retired
after 43 years as a Senior Communications System Technician. During that time he served as a union representative for the Communications Workers of America for 15 years. He also was a member of the Franklin City Zoning Board of Appeals. Roy also loved watching his grandchildren's sporting events and cheering for the UK Wildcats.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Roy is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Patty (Davis); daughter, Robin (Jon) Tinsley; son, Roy Allen (Lois) Isaacs; grandchildren, Lindsey, Dusty, Corey, and Megan Isaacs; great-grandchild, Chloe Isaacs.
A visitation for Roy will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2022, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. 2nd St., Franklin, Ohio 45005. A funeral service will occur Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Anderson Funeral Home.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.andersonfunerals-franklin.com for the Isaacs family.
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In Loving Memory of
Christopher David Long
1/28/1999 - 4/17/2001
Time cannot erase our
love for you and the memories of your sweet life.
You are always in our hearts. We remember you today
and always, baby boy.
Love,
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured.
Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price, who was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest, remains in police custody and is expected to be charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol.
It is not immediately known if Price has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Fourteen people were injured during the shooting at Columbiana Centre, Holbrook said in a news release Saturday. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 73.
Holbrook said no fatalities have been reported but that nine people were shot and five people suffered injuries while attempting to flee the mall for safety.
Police said the 73-year-old victim continues to receive medical treatment, but the other victims have been released from local hospitals or will be released shortly.
“We don’t believe this was random,” Holbrook said. “We believe they knew each other and something led to the gunfire.”
Investigators believe that at least three suspects displayed firearms inside the mall but are working to determine how many suspects fired weapons. Police said at least one firearm was seized.
Daniel Johnson said he and his family were visiting from Alabama and were eating in the food court when they first heard shots ring out and started seeing people running.
Johnson said people were screaming for their children and spouses, knocking over tables in the food court as they fled.
“Everybody was trying to get outside,” Johnson said. “When I was coming out, you could see baby strollers turned over, people’s phones and left keys. It was kind of a hectic situation.”
Johnson said he gathered his wife, daughter and son and began heading toward the exit after letting the crowd clear out for a bit.
“My biggest thing was — and not to sound selfish — was to make sure that our family was OK and to get them out safely because this is not something that we love to do for Easter weekend.”
Heavy police presence continued in the area hours after the shooting, though officers began letting more traffic through the streets surrounding the shopping centers and strip malls that are usually packed on weekends. Officers were also stationed outside a nearby hotel designated as a reunification area for people at the scene of the shooting and their families.
Workers from a couple of stores remained clustered in the mostly empty parking lot Saturday evening, waiting for police to let them back inside to retrieve their car keys and personal belongings so they could leave. They said they did not hear or see anything during the shooting but followed the mall’s alert system and were evacuated by police shortly after. They declined to give their names, citing company policies.
“Today’s isolated, senseless act of violence is extremely upsetting and our thoughts are with everyone impacted," Columbiana Centre said in a statement. "We are grateful for the quick response and continued support of our security team and our partners in law enforcement.”
The shooting is the latest in a rash of shootings at or near malls across the country.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head Wednesday outside Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal Mall. His injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Officials said he was with a group of boys when they got into a dispute with a second group.
On Tuesday, a Southern California shoe store owner mistakenly shot a 9-year-old girl while firing at two shoplifters at the Mall of Victor Valley, police said.
And earlier this month, police said six people were killed and 12 others wounded in Sacramento, California, during a gunfight between rival gangs as bars closed in a busy area near the Downtown Commons shopping mall and the state Capitol.
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Staal (undisclosed) was hurt in the third period of Saturday's game versus the Avalanche, Walt Ruff of the Hurricanes' official site reports.
Staal scored two goals in the 7-4 loss, but he was hurt on a hit by Cale Makar in the third period. If Staal is forced to miss time, Steven Lorentz or Derek Stepan would likely enter the lineup in a bottom-six role. The Hurricanes' next game is Monday versus the Coyotes.
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SPS names principals for Cherokee, Hickory Hills, Pershing, Pipkin, Twain, Weaver, York
Springfield Public Schools announced seven principal hires Friday involving two middle schools, two K-8 buildings, and three elementary schools.
Pipkin Middle School's assistant principal is being prompted to the principal job.
The principals picked for Cherokee, Hickory Hills, Twain, Weaver and York will be new to those schools but are already district employees working in other buildings.
The educator picked to lead the Pershing K-8 school is new to the district. He is working in Arkansas.
Pipkin Middle School
For the past three years, Duane Cox has been assistant principal at Pipkin. He will move to the principal's office, replacing Becky Ash.
In a news release, the district said Cox has worked to establish positive relationships with students, families and staff, while connecting individuals with resources and other support.
Cox joined the Springfield district from Willard, where he worked six years as the junior high math teacher. He also coached volleyball and basketball.
He spent 11 years in Ash Grove, where he taught multiple subjects in grades 7-12. He also coached basketball, volleyball and cross country.
He completed undergraduate studies in education at Missouri State University, graduate work in educational administration and an education specialist degree — both from William Woods University.
Hickory Hills K-8 school
Becky Ash, principal of Pipkin for six years, is the next principal of Hickory Hills. Her job at Pipkin included hiring, coaching and evaluating staff.
She previously served as assistant principal at Jarrett Middle School.
Ash was an elementary teacher in Camdenton and Kirksville before she was hired by the Springfield district and spent three years as a teacher at the Wonders of the Ozarks Learning Facility, the magnet program called WOLF.
She completed her undergraduate studies in elementary education at Fontbonne University, graduate studies in educational administration at Missouri State University, and an education specialist degree from Southwest Baptist University.
Cherokee Middle School
Curt Ivey, assistant principal of Jarrett Middle School for five years, will be Cherokee's next principal.
He will replace Andre Illig, who will be the district's director of middle school and K-8 schools.
At Jarrett, he assists in staff development, supervision and evaluation. He also handled student discipline.
Ivey spent 13 years teaching in Branson and Belton prior to joining the district.
He completed his undergraduate studies in education at the University of Central Missouri, a graduate degree in educational administration from William Woods University and an education specialist degree from Arkansas State University.
Pershing K-8 school
Tommy Wells is the next principal of Pershing.
He is currently assistant principal of Hot Springs World Class High School in Arkansas.
In that role, he oversees career and technical education, coordinates transportation, handles student discipline and staff development, and maintains attendance and performance systems.
Wells was dean of students at Cross County New Tech High School and Palestine Wheatley High School, which are both in Arkansas. He coached basketball and football while serving as the district athletic director.
For five years, he taught elementary physical education and math intervention in the Little Rock district.
Wells will replace principal Jason Steingraber, who will serve as the district's executive director of elementary.
He completed his undergraduate work in health and physical education at Williams Baptist College, graduate studies in educational leadership at Arkansas State University, and will complete an education specialist degree from Arkansas State University in December.
Twain Elementary
Blaine Broderick, school community liaison at McGregor Elementary for two years, is the new principal of Twain.
In that role, he leads school community partnerships, served as the liaison for Club Encore and Explore, implemented positive behavior intervention supports, and managed the school’s social media and webpage.
Broderick spent six years teaching special education, English language arts and social studies in Nixa before joining the Springfield district.
At Twain, he will replace principal Jennifer Webb, who will serve as the coordinator of student and school services.
He completed his undergraduate studies in cross-categorical special education, graduate studies in educational administration, and an education specialist degree — all from Missouri State University.
Weaver Elementary
Cheryl Goetz, Title I learning coach at Boyd Elementary for six years, will serve as the next Weaver principal.
In her current role, she developed and implemented grade-level team and professional development to help teachers improve their instruction.
She spent three years teaching at Bowerman before moving to Boyd.
Goetz worked in two districts before joining the Springfield district. She spent 10 years in Wentzville and two years with the special school district of St. Louis County.
At Weaver, she will replace principal Cindy Webster, who will serve as the district's executive director of elementary.
She completed undergraduate studies in elementary education and graduate work in educational administration at Missouri State University. She also completed a master's degree in elementary education at Lindenwood University.
York Elementary
Shondra Fetter, school community liaison for Delaware Elementary, is the next principal at York.
She will replace principal Lora Hopper, who is retiring.
Fetter spent two years as assistant principal for Mallory Elementary in Dallas County and three years as the Explore summer school principal at York and Bissett within the Springfield district.
She spent nine years teaching fifth grade in Springfield and Marshfield and four years teaching Title I preschool in Marshfield and Chadwick.
Fetter completed undergraduate studies in elementary education at Drury University and graduate work in educational administration from Southwest Baptist University.
Claudette Riley is the education reporter for the News-Leader. Email news tips to criley@news-leader.com. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2574020952775/sps-names-principals-for-cherokee-hickory-hills-pershing-pipkin-twain-weaver-york | 2022-04-17T05:47:26Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2574020952775/sps-names-principals-for-cherokee-hickory-hills-pershing-pipkin-twain-weaver-york | false | 2 |
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