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Tennessee man convicted in 2019 deaths of 2 men outside bar
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was convicted Thursday in two stabbing deaths outside a Nashville bar in 2019.
Michael Mosley was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths, attempted first-degree murder in the stabbing of another man left blind in one eye and assault of another, The Tennessean reported.
College students Clayton Beathard, 22, and Paul Trapeni III, 21, were killed Dec. 21, 2019, at The Dogwood bar.
Deputy District Attorney Amy Hunter and Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman said Mosley escalated a comment from one of the group’s friends to a fistfight and he was the only one to pull a knife.
Defense lawyer Ken Quillen argued that Mosley was acting in self-defense .
Beathard was the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard, son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and grandson of NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.
Trapeni was a student at Rhodes College in Memphis.
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https://www.mymotherlode.com/sports/nfl-general-news/2449645/tennessee-man-convicted-in-2019-deaths-of-2-men-outside-bar.html
| 2022-04-01T00:00:40Z
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Shares of Parker Hannifin Corp.
PH,
-2.71%
shed 2.71% to $283.76 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Parker Hannifin Corp. closed $56.24 below its 52-week high ($340.00), which the company reached on February 3rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Danaher Corp.
DHR,
-1.36%
fell 1.36% to $293.33, Rockwell Automation Inc.
ROK,
-0.25%
fell 0.25% to $280.03, and Dover Corp.
DOV,
-2.29%
fell 2.29% to $156.90. Trading volume (774,017) remained 38,869 below its 50-day average volume of 812,886.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/parker-hannifin-corp-stock-falls-thursday-underperforms-market-01648761277-d922d2a6006d
| 2022-04-01T00:00:40Z
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his tried-and-true motivational speeches, Mike Krzyzewski outlined his four pillars of team building: making everyone feel important, taking ownership in the team, adapting to setbacks and playing with feeling.
Duke perfected the first three to help Coach K reach his 13th and most amazing Final Four. Next comes the “feeling” part.
Now that the record-setting, 75-year-old coach is in New Orleans, he knows he must walk a fine line between enjoying the moment and letting it overwhelm both him and his team.
“I've always thought that shared emotion is the best,” Krzyzewski said Thursday, as his team settled in for its run at the coach's sixth national title.
The Blue Devils (32-6) meet archrival North Carolina on Saturday in a national semifinal matchup plucked straight from a screenwriters' script.
When Duke lost two games over the span of a week in early March, starting with the 94-81 setback to the Tar Heels in Krzyzewski's final home game, the thought he might be coaching at the Final Four this weekend felt like a dream only a Blue Devils fan could believe.
But once the NCAA Tournament began, Duke started playing better. Wins over Cal-State Fullerton and Michigan State propelled the Blue Devils into the Sweet 16. There, they knocked off Texas Tech, then Arkansas. Krzyzewski passed John Wooden by qualifying for his record 13th Final Four. On Saturday he looks to improve on a record he already holds, by notching a 1,203rd career victory.
One of Krzyzewski's keys to the turnaround was convincing his players that the rest of this season was about them, not him.
“This is our season, too," Duke's Wendell Moore Jr., said before the team's win over Michigan State.
In many ways, Coach K's final team is fulfilling the vision he shared back in 2015 when, fresh off a championship after his 12th run to the Final Four, he gave the keynote address to a gathering of U.S. Olympic athletes and administrators in Colorado Springs.
“You are not paying rent. You're here, it's yours,” Krzyzewski told the rapt audience as he moved through his four pillars of team building.
He talked about his first Olympic experience, back in 1992, when he was an assistant to Chuck Daly on the Dream Team. Krzyzewski was coming off back-to-back titles with Duke and thought he was a “hot ticket.”
His eyes were opened when none other than Michael Jordan approached him after a practice one day. Krzyzewski braced for the inevitable smack talk from the best player in the game, one who happened to have played at North Carolina. Instead, Jordan asked if the coach could work with him on some of his offensive moves.
In his speech, Krzyzewski said he realized something after that workout.
“It's like a totem pole," the coach said. “Michael Jordan was at the top of the totem pole. And I was near the bottom."
But, Coach K said, ”Michael Jordan had a horizontal totem pole, where everybody was important."
Though there certainly is a pecking order on this year's version of the Blue Devils — freshmen Paolo Banchero and AJ Griffin look like NBA lottery picks — at least four players have scored double figures in each of Duke's four NCAA victories. Five players average in double figures for the Blue Devils this season.
In his news conference Thursday, the coach spoke about the players taking ownership in their fate as the season wore on.
“When you go into competition, if you haven't worked, you have a hard time trusting yourself," he said. “But if you've worked, you can trust, but you also own it. You own it more.”
In his keynote address, Krzyzewski said his first two building blocks lead to the third, which is adaptability. In 2022, it played out after the losses to North Carolina, then one week later to Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, forced Krzyzewski to take a long look in the mirror.
“I just had a good meeting with myself. I said that I've got to do something. I've got to help in some way, and part of it was my approach with them,” Krzyzewski said before Duke's win over Arkansas in the Elite Eight.
Coach K described using the first five minutes of halftime during the Michigan State game to do something different by “just pull(ing) out a chair, and I sit with them for about five minutes and just, ‘OK, here’s where we’re at, and just talk to them.’”
Duke overcame a late, five-point deficit in that one, and now, Krzyzewski has led his team across his proverbial bridge that only a few lucky teams cross. They made it to college basketball's biggest stage.
In his motivational speech, Krzyzewski said one method of getting a room full of superstars to “feel” the mission they were on at the Barcelona Olympics each night was to play the soulful version of the national anthem sung by Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
The promise, the U.S. coaches told the Dream Team, was that they would hear that song twice on the day of the title game — once beforehand, then again while they were standing on the podium receiving their gold medals.
The song that closes out March Madness is “One Shining Moment.” Whether Duke will bask in confetti when that song plays at the end of the title game is a big part of the drama that will unfold between now and Monday night.
Whether or not it happens, everyone at Duke is feeling it at this point — even if the coach insists he's been focusing on basketball.
"I didn't do this season to have a storybook,” Krzyzewski said. “I did it because I wanted to coach one more year and I wanted to have a good succession plan for our program. And we've won 32 games, and my guys have been terrific.”
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Senate Republicans are objecting to the Biden administration's decision to lift a Trump-era rule that kept asylum-seekers out of the country.
Senate Republicans are livid about reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift a temporary pandemic rule that keeps asylum-seekers out of the country. But the same GOP lawmakers have pushed to lift virtually every other COVID-19 safety rule, claiming the national emergency is over.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the executive branch plans to end the two-year-old public health order — issued by President Donald Trump's administration under Title 42 of the U.S. Code — restricting the rights of migrants to ask for asylum in the United States if they come from countries where the coronavirus is present (which is nearly all of them).
Before and after the report, GOP senators have been railing against such a move.
"Ending Title 42 would be a disaster for the already chaotic #BidenBorderCrisis," tweeted Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn. "It's time for Biden to do the right thing, and prioritize our border security."
"If it is true that the Biden Administration is talking about repealing Title 42 authority to deport illegal immigrants due to COVID, it would be a nightmare on multiple levels," agreed Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. "It sends a signal encouraging even more illegal immigration, putting the problem on steroids."
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford announced that he would obstruct President Joe Biden's homeland security efforts to retaliate for the decision. "Biden's plan to lift Title 42 at our border is a recipe for chaos during an already out of control crisis at our border," he said. "I will object to all DHS nominations that Leader Schumer brings to the floor until DHS provides us a plan that will end the chaos."
Title 42, which was enacted in 1944, states that the U.S. government may prohibit or restrict immigrants' entry if the surgeon general determines "there is serious danger" of a disease being introduced into the United States from a foreign country, and if that danger is "increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the interest of the public health."
Trump, who spent most of his administration trying to find ways to block even legal immigration, invoked the rule in March 2020 as an excuse to expel people seeking asylum at the southern border.
The move had little basis in science. The coronavirus was already in the United States and spread without control as Trump refused to take the problem seriously. And while public health experts objected that the immigration restrictions would not curb the spread, the Biden administration has so far kept the Trump-era rule in place.
Public health experts have urged the Biden administration to lift the Title 42 restrictions. Dr. Michele Heisler, a professor at the University of Michigan Medical School and School of Public Health, wrote in January that it was past time to get rid of "a cruel and discriminatory policy that does nothing to safeguard public health and instead returns to danger men, women, and children who are doing nothing other than exercising their right to seek asylum."
Congressional Democrats have also called for an end to the policy.
But Republicans have pushed to keep it in place indefinitely — even as they have pushed to ban more effective coronavirus safety rules like face mask, vaccination, and testing requirements.
On March 2, Senate Republicans unanimously backed a resolution authored by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) to deem the U.S. government's coronavirus national state of emergency declaration — which was originally issued by Trump in March 2020 to let the executive branch streamline its pandemic response — "hereby terminated."
"With COVID cases and hospitalizations on the decline, 94 percent of Americans having immunity to COVID, mask mandates falling by the wayside, and 70 percent of Americans agreeing 'it's time we accept that COVID is here to stay' and that 'we just need to get on with our lives,' it's clear we need [a] new approach to COVID as we learn to live with it. That new approach starts with putting an end to the COVID national state of emergency," Marshall said in a Feb. 14 press release.
All but one Senate Republican — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — voted on March 15 to end mask requirements for airplanes and public transit systems.
"As the entire world is learning to live with COVID, the federal government still uses fearmongering to stubbornly perpetuate its mandates, rather than giving clear-eyed, rational advice on how to best protect yourself from illness," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the resolution's author, said. "That is why I forced this vote, and I applaud the Senate for rejecting this nonsense."
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
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https://americanindependent.com/covid-19-immigration-title-42-cdc-senate-republicans/
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Milam County man sentenced to 30 years for child sex crime
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 5:42 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
CAMERON, Texas (KBTX) - A Thorndale man has been sentenced to 30 years after pleading guilty to a first-degree felony for child sex crimes.
Patrick Michael Anness, 52, was charged with sexual performance by a child under 14. He must serve half of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole, according the Milam County District Attorney’s Office.
The court heard testimony from Special Agent Richard Rieger during the sentencing hearing and was the primary agent who investigated the case.
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| 2022-04-01T00:00:42Z
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday named a longtime state prosecutor to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board.
Stitt announced Cathy Stocker would succeed Kelly Doyle, who abruptly resigned from the board earlier this month.
In January, Stitt appointed Edward Konieczny, a former police officer and ex-president of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, to succeed Adam Luck on the panel. Luck said then that the governor wanted someone more aligned with his support of the death penalty.
Stitt, who faces reelection this year, has come under fire from dark-money groups who have run ads portraying the first-term governor as soft on crime. In particular, the ads reference Stitt's mass commutation of more than 450 inmates released from prison on a single day in 2019.
Stocker served as district attorney for Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Grant and Kingfisher counties for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2010. Stocker is now one of two former prosecutors on the five-member board.
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https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Stitt-taps-longtime-prosecutor-for-Pardon-and-17049606.php
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Father Ted’s star Dermot Morgan was born on this day on 31 March 1952 in Dublin, Ireland.
Dermot Morgan, one of Ireland’s most loved celebrities, rose to fame with TV shows like Scrap Saturday, but it was Father Ted, the Channel 4 sitcom about Irish priests, that made him internationally famous.
Unfortunately, on February 28, 1998, 45-year-old Morgan died unexpectedly of a heart attack.
In 1995, Channel 4 premiered Father Ted, and introduced viewers to the now beloved characters of Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire, Father Jack Hackett and Mrs. Doyle.
While there was no shortage of comedy and hijinks in the sitcom, there were some life lessons from Father Ted & Co. In celebration of Morgan’s birthday, we take a look at some of those lessons…
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https://themiracletech.com/latest/remember-dermot-morgan-with-life-lessons-from-father-ted/
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Ping: Time to leave White River Township better than we found it
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556367849901/ping-time-to-leave-white-river-township-better-than-we-found-it
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday named a longtime state prosecutor to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board.
Stitt announced Cathy Stocker would succeed Kelly Doyle, who abruptly resigned from the board earlier this month.
In January, Stitt appointed Edward Konieczny, a former police officer and ex-president of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, to succeed Adam Luck on the panel. Luck said then that the governor wanted someone more aligned with his support of the death penalty.
Stitt, who faces reelection this year, has come under fire from dark-money groups who have run ads portraying the first-term governor as soft on crime. In particular, the ads reference Stitt's mass commutation of more than 450 inmates released from prison on a single day in 2019.
Stocker served as district attorney for Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Grant and Kingfisher counties for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2010. Stocker is now one of two former prosecutors on the five-member board.
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https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Stitt-taps-longtime-prosecutor-for-Pardon-and-17049606.php
| 2022-04-01T00:00:44Z
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Daughter, Though Unmarried, Can Claim Marriage Expense From Parents: High Court
Raipur:
The Chhattisgarh High Court has dominated that an single daughter can declare the bills of marriage from her dad and mom below the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.
A division bench of the excessive courtroom in Bilaspur was listening to a petition filed by a 35-year-old girl, Rajeshwari, a local of Chhattisgarh’s Durg district.
The bench of Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay S Agrawal on March 21 allowed her plea for listening to by admitting that an single daughter can declare the quantity of her marriage from her dad and mom below the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, mentioned the petitioner’s advocate AK Tiwari.
The bench put aside the order dated 22 April 2016 handed by the Principal Judge of household courtroom Durg and remanded the matter to the household courtroom for adjudication of the identical on deserves within the spirit of Section 3(b) (ii) of the Act of 1956. The courtroom has directed the events to look earlier than the household courtroom.
The petitioner, daughter of an worker of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) Bhunu Ram, filed a petition in Durg household courtroom below Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, and made a declare that upkeep to the tune of round Rs 20 lakh be given to her within the mode of marriage expense.
The household courtroom had on 7 January 2016 dismissed the appliance by stating that there is no such thing as a provision within the Act {that a} daughter can declare the quantity of her marriage.
In her plea, Rajeshwari mentioned that the respondent (her father), Bhanu Ram, goes to retire and prone to obtain Rs 55 lakh as retirement dues, due to this fact, acceptable writ be issued directing the respondent-employer Bhilai Steel Plant to launch part of his retirement dues to the tune of Rs 20 lakh in her favour.
Challenging the order of the household courtroom, Rajeshwari had moved the excessive courtroom stating that as per the legislation, an single daughter can demand the bills of marriage from her father, claiming that the expense comes below the purview of upkeep, Mr Tiwari mentioned.
The bench thought of the choice as important and it has been authorized for reporting (AFR), he mentioned, explaining that the case would now be given place in all of the legislation books.
This the first-of-its-kind order by the excessive courtroom of Chhattisgarh, Mr Tiwari added.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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https://thewall.fyi/daughter-though-unmarried-can-claim-marriage-expense-from-parents-high-court/
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was convicted Thursday in two stabbing deaths outside a Nashville bar in 2019.
Michael Mosley was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths, attempted first-degree murder in the stabbing of another man left blind in one eye and assault of another, The Tennessean reported.
College students Clayton Beathard, 22, and Paul Trapeni III, 21, were killed Dec. 21, 2019, at The Dogwood bar.
Deputy District Attorney Amy Hunter and Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman said Mosley escalated a comment from one of the group’s friends to a fistfight and he was the only one to pull a knife.
Defense lawyer Ken Quillen argued that Mosley was acting in self-defense .
Beathard was the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard, son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and grandson of NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.
Trapeni was a student at Rhodes College in Memphis.
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https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Tennessee-man-convicted-in-2019-deaths-of-2-men-17049626.php
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What US betrayal of Afghan women means on International Women’s Day
This is the second time in just over six months that we are watching scenes of unspeakable violence on our screens. The rolling coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows men and women taking up arms, mobilizing resistance and delivering food and supplies to the vulnerable. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing to the borders, desperate to escape the violence and chaos of war. The numbers are only expected to rise.
Thousands of miles to the southeast, similar pictures of Afghan men, women and children are trekking across the mountains, trying to escape starvation and terror. The world in 2022 is looking bleak.
Today is International Women’s Day. Every March 8th, the international community takes stock of the status of women and girls. With global conflict raging, we must reflect this year on how women fare in times of war and instability. Often, they are portrayed as only helpless, passive victims, when this couldn’t be further than the truth. They are central players in protecting, defending and rebuilding peace. They see firsthand what armed conflict does to their communities and research shows they have the solutions. However, all too often, they are sidelined, and their views and voices are ignored.
Today in the U.S., you will hear lofty declarations about the government’s commitment to global women’s rights. Of the importance of gender equality to global prosperity, and the right of every woman to live a fully empowered life. But against a backdrop of Afghan women returning to life under the Taliban and all the horrors that go with it, those declarations ring hollow. To Afghan women, the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner. Women around the world, especially in conflict regions, are also wondering whether they should look elsewhere for support.
Until recently, the U.S. was seen as a world leader in gender equality, passing legislation to promote and protect women in conflict and peacebuilding. Its Strategy on Women, Peace and Security was exemplary in recognizing the importance of placing women at the center of peace and security policy. But Afghanistan was its first test, and it failed. Despite having all the tools needed to listen and act on what Afghan women leaders were saying before, during and since the withdrawal of troops, the administration has neglected to use them.
It is true that Afghanistan is a unique case. The brutality and persecution of women and girls shown by the Taliban are unmatched. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are banned from school and where women are not allowed to leave the house without a male chaperone. And so it is easy for people outside the country to dismiss the lessons from Afghanistan as overly extreme.
But it is also true that the U.S. bears unique responsibility for Afghan women. It encouraged and invested in a new generation of leaders and activists, committed to the values of democracy and equity. Women took up the mantle of leadership with skill and passion and partnered with the U.S. on projects in every field from education and healthcare to rule of law — often at great danger to themselves and their families. Imagine their shock when they were ignored and left behind during the chaos of the largest evacuation operation in American history.
One of the reasons the women, peace and security agenda is so critical is that it applies a gender lens to conflict operations. Operation Allies Welcome, along with the entire U.S. withdrawal, lacked that lens. By prioritizing primarily Afghans who were employed by the U.S. military, a population that is overwhelmingly male, the U.S. unwittingly deprioritized partners and allies who are female. (Evacuating those who supported the military was absolutely essential, but it was the bare minimum and even that response was woefully inadequate.) Even today, with the Taliban actively searching for, detaining and torturing women activists and leaders, there are almost no legal pathways to safety out of the country and into the U.S.
The overtly gendered crisis in Afghanistan is the most direct example of why the voices and experiences of women are so essential. But women around the world are facing similar challenges. Like their Afghan counterparts, Ukrainian women leaders have been trying to take an active role in the security of their country. For months, they have been advocating for women’s full participation in Track I and Track II negotiations to advance a more comprehensive approach to the security of the region.
Just a few weeks ago, Kateryna Levchenko, Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy, told an expert discussion, hosted by Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security that “a Russian invasion of Ukraine can cause a migration crisis spurring up to 5 million Ukrainian refugees in Europe where the majority would be women and girls.”
It is doubtful that the Ukrainian women will look to the U.S. for support. If we can tolerate a situation where Afghan women are deleted from public life and refuse to acknowledge that women leaders need special protection from the Taliban, the U.S.’ credibility as champions of women’s rights is found wanting. No more does this sting than on International Women’s Day.
Without a gender lens on conflict, we are gender blind, ignorant of the challenges women face in war. To state the painfully obvious, blindness means you can’t see. And what you can’t see you can’t fix. On Afghanistan, this blindness will haunt the U.S. for years.
Teresa Casale is deputy executive director of Mina’s List, which has worked in Afghanistan since 2014 on advancing women’s participation in political leadership and the peace process.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/international/597172-what-us-betrayal-of-afghan-women-means-on-international-womens-day/
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Robert “Bob” Francis Rein, age 86, of Shakopee, passed away on March 12, 2022.
Bob Rein was born on July 3, 1935 in Shakopee, to Carl and Alice (Siebenaler) Rein, one of five siblings. He married Mary Sue Rein (Klingelhut) February 9, 1958 and went on to have four boys. Bob was a graduate from Shakopee High school in 1953. Post-graduation he served in the US Army for two years, stationed in Germany. He then worked for Cargill (20+ years) as a front end load operator and ended his career as a truck driver for Nighthawk Express before settling in for retirement in the Villages of Florida. His hobbies included swimming, golfing, fishing, traveling, and being lakeside while taking his grandkids fishing at the family cabin in Annandale, MN. He loved dogs, socializing and a bourbon at happy hour.
Forever loved by his children, Tim, Ted, Scott (Julie), and eternally loved by Rusty; siblings, Willie (MaryJane), Audrey “Babs”, Sue; brother-in-law, John Klingelhut; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Preceded in death by second wife, Delores; son, Rusty; parents, Carl and Alice; sibling, John.
A service will be held for him at Fort Snelling.
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https://www.swnewsmedia.com/onlinemarketplace/tributes/obituaries/obituary-for-robert-f-rein/article_4f8ebed0-b139-11ec-b19f-d3f511d77359.html
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Dollar General (NYSE:DG – Get Rating) updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.390-$11.594 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $11.120. The company issued revenue guidance of $37.64 billion-$37.64 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $36.82 billion.Dollar General also updated its Q1 2022 guidance to $2.250-$2.350 EPS.
Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group increased their price target on shares of Dollar General from $260.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research report on Friday, March 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $230.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Friday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $272.00 to $263.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 14th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $270.00 to $265.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 18th. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Dollar General from $228.00 to $215.00 and set a hold rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, March 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $243.50.
Shares of NYSE:DG traded down $4.84 on Thursday, reaching $222.63. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,164,498 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,167,010. Dollar General has a 52-week low of $185.15 and a 52-week high of $240.14. The company has a market cap of $50.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.39, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $208.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $216.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a current ratio of 1.05.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 5th will be paid a $0.55 dividend. This is a boost from Dollar General’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 4th. Dollar General’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.54%.
Dollar General declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, December 2nd that allows the company to repurchase $2.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 3.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
In related news, EVP Emily C. Taylor sold 10,016 shares of Dollar General stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.20, for a total transaction of $2,205,523.20. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Company insiders own 0.73% of the company’s stock.
Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Zullo Investment Group Inc. bought a new stake in Dollar General during the 4th quarter valued at about $40,000. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. lifted its holdings in Dollar General by 94.1% during the 4th quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,000 after buying an additional 240 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Dollar General by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $240,000 after buying an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Forum Financial Management LP bought a new stake in Dollar General during the 4th quarter valued at about $262,000. Finally, Visionary Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in Dollar General during the 4th quarter valued at about $271,000. 90.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Dollar General (Get Rating)
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine.
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By Denny Jacob
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corp., said Thursday that the Sikorsky-Boeing team has selected technology from the company for its entry in the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.
The technologies include main hydraulic pumps, auxiliary pumps, flight control modules, main rotor servoactuators and the hydraulic tail actuation system.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Corp. company, and Boeing Co. are partnered as Team DEFIANT.
Parker Hannifin manufactures motion and control technologies and systems.
Write to Denny Jacob at denny.jacob@wsj.com
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Todd Bowles calls replacing Bruce Arians ‘bittersweet’
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles earned his way in the NFL on the defensive side of the ball.
He’s not afraid to talk offense.
The new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t be shy about sharing his ideas with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and quarterback Tom Brady.
“I’m the head coach. I get to do whatever I want,” Bowles said Thursday, a day after taking over because Bruce Arians moved into a front-office role. “I’m not going to call plays. I understand that. But I have input on how defenses are trying to attack them. I have input on certain situations going into the half, two-minute or third downs or going for it or not going for it and those types of things. That’s my job and I have the freedom to do that. At the same time, I understand and respect Byron and Tom a great deal and they know that. I think we’re off to a good start from a communication standpoint and we just have to keep building.”
Bowles gets a second opportunity after going 24-40 in four seasons with the New York Jets from 2015 through 2018. He also was an interim head coach in Miami for three games in 2011. He becomes only the 12th minority to get a second head coaching opportunity since 1963, according to data in the NFL’s 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Report.
“When I first started in New York, you try to do things the right way and you don’t do it your way, you end up having regret. So I’m going to do it my way,” Bowles said.
Arians joined Bowles at his introductory news conference and learned the Buccaneers will induct him into the team’s Ring of Honor this season. Brady also was in attendance.
Arians, who turns 70 this year, said his decision to step down as coach was about “succession” and making sure he turned the team over to Bowles with an opportunity to succeed. When Brady unretired on March 13, Arians realized the time was right.
“Succession is way important to me,” Arians said. “This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over.”
Arians dismissed reports of friction with Brady, saying it “couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Bowles and Arians have a relationship that dates more than 40 years. Bowles played safety for Arians at Temple in the 1980s and was defensive coordinator on Arians’ staff in Arizona before joining him in Tampa.
“He is the most influential coaching figure and father figure that I have ever had in this league,” Bowles said, adding that it was a bittersweet feeling when he got the news from Arians.
Bowles made it clear he has a different personality than Arians.
“The only thing we have in common is our bald heads,” Bowles said. “He smokes, I don’t. He drinks, I don’t. So, we never got in each other’s way.”
Arians led the Buccaneers to their second Super Bowl title in 2020 and an NFC South title in 2021. With Brady back, Bowles takes over a team that has championship aspirations.
“Good players make good coaches so you always want to have good players,” Bowles said. “I’m not going to apologize for inheriting a talented team. I’ve had less success with a team. It’s different to the fact that I don’t think I can go into this trying to be Bruce. I would fail miserably if I tried. … I can be me.
“I understand a lot of things I’ve learned from my coaching experience, especially from him so I’m going to take that approach. The one thing I know is I know I can coach football players regardless if you’re an All-Pro or a rookie. All of your players want to be coached and help them get better. I can help people get better and I’m going to use my approach.”
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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The Walt Disney Company announced that its 'goal as a company' is for Florida's new anti-LGBTQ law 'to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.'
Since the Walt Disney Company announced its opposition to Florida's so-called "Parental Rights in Education" law, called the "Don't Say Gay" law by its opponents, the conservative Fox News network has repeatedly attacked the entertainment giant.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed H.R. 1557 into law on Monday. Among its provisions is one that reads: "Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Teachers say they are worried about the chilling effects of the law, arguing that it could prevent either them or their students from discussing the reality of their home lives.
That same day, Disney announced its opposition to the legislation in a statement.
"Our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that," the company said. "We are dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country."
The company had previously been criticized for its donations to anti-LGBTQ politicians, which were contrasted to its purported support for gender equality. Disney CEO Bob Chapek apologized for the company's actions on March 25, saying in a statement, "You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down. I am sorry."
On multiple Fox News programs, Disney has been attacked for expressing its position.
Primetime host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday claimed that Disney supports "chemical castration" of children and made a false connection between the company and "human trafficking," echoing the widely debunked QAnon conspiracy theory.
The next day, longtime Fox contributor Tammy Bruce argued that opposing the law meant that Disney and others were in favor of "sexualizing children," while "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade said that people who oppose the law want children "talking about sex." Laura Ingraham, host of "The Ingraham Angle," said Disney was airing "propaganda for grooming."
On a broadcast on Wednesday, the network accused Disney of pushing a "woke agenda," and "Fox & Friends First" on Thursday referred to "The 'Woke' World of Disney."
Fox has a long history of attacks on children's media. The network previously alleged that the Muppets (also owned by Disney) were part of an attack on capitalism and brainwashing children, and in November promoted an effort to defund PBS after Sesame Street added an Asian American puppet.
In contrast to Fox's recent claims about Disney, in 2019 the network's founder and owner Rupert Murdoch completed a major deal with the company, selling off Fox's entertainment assets to Disney for $71 billion.
Laws such as Florida's have been condemned by the White House. On Friday, President Joe Biden commemorated Transgender Day of Visibility and called out "dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks" enacted by multiple Republican-led legislatures.
The administration announced that citizens will now be able to designate "X" as a gender marker on their passports, and that the Transportation Security Administration will soon update body scanners in order to reduce false-alarm rates that require pat-downs of travelers. The administration also noted that new resources were being made available to transgender children and their families to help deal with obstacles such as the higher risk of attempted suicide among those who are bullied or face rejection and the denial of health care.
Attorney General Merrick Garland reaffirmed in a statement the Department of Justice's commitment to protecting transgender rights.
"On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, the Justice Department is committed to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of transgender individuals," Garland said. "Transgender individuals deserve to be able to live free from discrimination, harassment, violence, and threats of violence. Transgender youth deserve to be loved and protected. And members of the transgender community deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."
Equality Florida condemned the new state law and described it as "intended to erase LGBTQ youth, LGBTQ families, and LGBTQ history." The group said on its website: "Equality Florida will defend the rights of all students to have a healthy environment to learn and thrive and for all parents to know their families are included and respected. This law will not stand. We will work to see it removed either by the courts as unconstitutional or repealed by the legislature."
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
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Shares of Paychex Inc.
PAYX,
-0.31%
sank 0.31% to $136.47 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
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falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
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falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. The stock's fall snapped a five-day winning streak. Paychex Inc. closed $2.50 below its 52-week high ($138.97), which the company reached on December 30th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Intuit Inc.
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fell 0.10% to $227.54, and Equifax Inc.
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fell 1.01% to $237.10. Trading volume (3.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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Police: 13-year-old runaway girl dies at hospital after found unresponsive at motel
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WALA/Gray News) - A 13-year-old girl has died in a Mississippi-area hospital after being reported as a runaway from Alabama earlier this month.
WALA reports the Mobile Police Department first reported Keyanna Sylvester as a runaway on March 21. She was then found unresponsive in a motel room in D’Iberville, Mississippi, on March 24, according to D’Iberville Police Capt. Jason King.
Sylvester was taken to the hospital but later died, according to police.
The 13-year-old spent time in Ocean Springs and Moss Point, Mississippi, according to reports.
King said it was too early in the investigation to decide whether foul play was involved in the girl’s death.
“We’re making sure we’re careful about not saying whether it’s criminal or not criminal,” he said.
King also said police are waiting for a report by the medical examiner.
“This hurts me real bad because Keyanna was my baby,” said neighbor Alexie Thames. “You all need to help find whoever did this to my baby. "
Anyone with further information on this case was urged to contact the D’Iberville Police Department at 228-396-4252.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was convicted Thursday in two stabbing deaths outside a Nashville bar in 2019.
Michael Mosley was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths, attempted first-degree murder in the stabbing of another man left blind in one eye and assault of another, The Tennessean reported.
College students Clayton Beathard, 22, and Paul Trapeni III, 21, were killed Dec. 21, 2019, at The Dogwood bar.
Deputy District Attorney Amy Hunter and Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman said Mosley escalated a comment from one of the group’s friends to a fistfight and he was the only one to pull a knife.
Defense lawyer Ken Quillen argued that Mosley was acting in self-defense .
Beathard was the brother of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard, son of country music songwriter Casey Beathard and grandson of NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Beathard.
Trapeni was a student at Rhodes College in Memphis.
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“Deeply Disappointing”: US Criticises India Over Russia Talks
The U.S. and Australia criticized India for contemplating a Russian proposal that may undermine sanctions imposed by America and its allies, displaying a deepening rift between the rising safety companions as Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traveled to Delhi for talks.
“Now is the time to stand on the right side of history, and to stand with the United States and dozens of other countries, standing up for freedom, democracy and sovereignty with the Ukrainian people, and not funding and fueling and aiding President Putin’s war,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo instructed reporters in Washington on Wednesday. She referred to as studies of the association “deeply disappointing,” whereas including that she hadn’t seen particulars.
Dan Tehan, Australia’s commerce minister who additionally spoke on the briefing, mentioned it was vital for democracies to work collectively “to keep the rules-based approach that we’ve had since the second world war.”
The feedback mirror rising unease with India amongst fellow members of the Quad, a gaggle of democracies in search of to counter China’s assertiveness within the Asia-Pacific area that additionally contains the U.S., Australia and Japan. India is the world’s largest purchaser of Russian weapons, and has additionally sought to purchase low cost oil as gas costs surge.
While India has supported requires a cease-fire and a diplomatic resolution, it abstained on the United Nations on votes for draft resolutions condemning Russia’s invasion that had been in the end vetoed by Moscow. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that India is weighing a plan to make rupee-ruble-denominated funds utilizing an alternative choice to SWIFT after the U.S. and European Union reduce off seven Russian banks from utilizing the Belgium-based cross-border fee system operator.
The Russian plan includes rupee-ruble-denominated funds utilizing the nation’s messaging system SPFS and central financial institution officers from Moscow are prone to go to subsequent week to debate the small print. No ultimate resolution has been taken.
India’s middle-ground place on the battle has left to a raft of diplomacy previously few weeks, with China’s overseas minister visiting for the primary time since 2019 and now Lavrov in search of to shore up assist. At the identical time, the U.S. and its allies are additionally stepping up engagement in a bid to affect Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Delhi earlier this month, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison additionally held a video summit with Modi. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a name along with his counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, to debate “the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine” amongst different points.
During Lavrov’s journey, India can be internet hosting U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Daleep Singh and U.Ok. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Her workplace mentioned she “will point to the importance of all countries reducing strategic dependency on Russia at this time of heightened global insecurity.”
India has pushed again towards U.S. considerations by noting that it wants Russian arms to counter China, significantly after border clashes in 2020, and options are too costly. The strategic relationship between India and Russia dates again to the Cold War and stays sturdy, whilst Modi has shifted the nation extra towards the U.S. orbit in recent times.
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Carmel’s Merchants Bancorp recognized as nation’s best-performing bank
Merchants Bancorp on Wednesday announces it has been recognized as the best-performing bank in the country, according to the 2021 S&P Global Market Intelligence Ranking, an annual ranking that assesses the performance of community banks and credit unions across the nation. Merchants is ranked first among public U.S. banks with more...
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said the Russian strongman should release 'dirt' on the Biden family 'if in fact he has it.'
A North Dakota Republican senator on Wednesday joined former President Donald Trump in calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release "dirt" on President Joe Biden in an effort to hurt his presidency.
In an interview that aired this week with Just the News, a right-wing website founded by Trump supporter and conspiracy theorist John Solomon, Trump made groundless accusations that Russians had given money to the Biden family and said, "How is it that the mayor of Moscow, his wife gave the Biden family three and a half million dollars? I think Putin now would be willing to probably give that answer. I'm sure he knows."
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was asked by a reporter what he thought about Trump's call on Putin "to reveal dirt on the Bidens."
"I don't know if he has dirt on Biden. If he does he should reveal it," Cramer said. "But he is a war criminal so I don't expect that he's right now sitting around thinking about ways that he can reveal other information if in fact he has it. I don't know of any that he has, so I don't know what the president might be talking about." Pressed on whether Putin should reveal information, Cramer answered:
Well, I think that anybody that has information about crimes that have been committed — all the rest of us would obviously reveal that. Criminals don't generally do that. In other words, I think it's perhaps amusing to you that he requested it. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it, if in fact it exists at all, which I'm not sure it does. ... The appropriateness of things that Trump asks for is more amusing to you than it is to me.
Other Republicans, asked about the appropriateness of Trump's request, said they wouldn't have done what Trump did.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — who often defends even Trump's worst impulses — said, "That would not be something that I would do" when asked if he thought Trump's comment was appropriate.
"My message to Putin is that he needs to go," Graham added.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) also chastised Trump for asking for Putin's help.
"No former President should ever ask an evil man like Putin for a favor… like Trump did just yesterday," Kinzinger tweeted on Wednesday. "
This is not the first time Trump has asked for Putin's help against his opponents and perceived enemies.
Trump asked Putin to interfere in the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, saying at a July 2016 press conference "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." According to an indictment brought by special counsel Robert Mueller in 2018, Russia attempted to hack email accounts tied to both Clinton's personal account and and her campaign "on or around" that same day.
He did it again this week, asking Putin to release information he might have about Biden's son Hunter. Right-wing media and Republican lawmakers are trying to make a scandal out of the contents of a laptop owned by Hunter Biden, signaling that this will become a new investigation target if the GOP wins control of Congress in the midterms, possibly similar to their probe of the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi and Clinton's email server. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) admitted at the time that the Benghazi probe was meant to harm Clinton's future political ambitions.
Meanwhile, Putin's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has led to more than 1,100 civilian deaths and a huge humanitarian crisis as more than 4 million people have fled the country. The Senate passed a unanimous resolution on March 15 condemning Putin as a war criminal.
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While the West helps Ukraine save what it can, it must avoid mistakes with Taiwan
The savage, criminal war that Russian President Vladimir Putin has inflicted on the people of Ukraine has reverberated across Europe, which last experienced such barbarism during the onslaughts, decades apart, of Germany’s Adolf Hitler and former Serbian president Slobodan Milošević.
It also has sent disturbing messages to the Indo-Pacific region, where China is another expansionist power seeking to destroy a young democracy. The concern about Putin’s aggression serving as a model for Chinese leader Xi Jinping is nowhere greater than in Taiwan, which Beijing has threatened for decades. Taiwan’s successful transformation from tyranny to democracy is a living challenge to the authoritarianism of China’s communist system — just as Ukraine’s is to Putin’s Russia.
Taiwan’s concerns were intensified when Xi and Putin met in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics and released a joint statement pledging their mutual support for each other’s expansionist ambitions.
While the 5,300-word document did not explicitly mention Ukraine, Xi offered this support for Putin: “The sides oppose further enlargement of NATO and call on the North Atlantic Alliance to abandon its ideologized cold war approaches.” That means keeping not only Ukraine out of NATO but also Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Finland, Sweden and other potential aspirants to the defensive alliance. Their accession, like Ukraine’s, would be a cause of war by Putin’s perverted reasoning.
Further, the document stated, “Russia and China … oppose colour revolutions, and will increase cooperation in the aforementioned areas.” Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” in 2004 prevented a Kremlin-backed dictator from overturning its democratic election. It was one of the color revolutions that swept Eastern Europe with the fall of the Soviet Union and so terrified China’s communist leaders earlier that Deng Xiaoping, China’s “great reformer,” unleashed the People’s Liberation Army to slaughter peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
Reciprocating for Xi’s stated opposition to democratic advances in Eastern Europe, Putin agreed to this language in the statement: “The Russian side reaffirms its support for the One China principle, confirms that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and opposes any forms of independence of Taiwan.”
But now that the world has seen what Putin’s Russia has wrought, Xi may regret being so closely associated with it — apparently, the international community’s condemnation of China’s Uyghur genocide and crushing of democracy in Hong Kong did not cause the same second thoughts. Some, particularly in China, have suggested that Xi was caught by surprise when Putin actually invaded Ukraine a week after the Olympics.
That seems highly implausible, since Putin had been menacingly clear for months that NATO’s failure to provide an explicit, even written, guarantee against any future admission of Ukraine would constitute an ongoing mortal threat to Russia justifying imminent “defensive” action, which he called “special military operations.”
More likely, Beijing is engaged in reputational damage control and what really surprised Xi probably was the unified Western and global condemnation of Russia’s aggression. Beijing’s abstention at the United Nations, together with its joint statement with Russia, placed it firmly on the side of Putin, the war criminal.
Conceivably, even indirectly sharing Putin’s infamy could make Beijing less inclined to emulate his aggression by invading Taiwan, at least in the near future. But Beijing has learned well in its dealings with the international community that moral outrage is a passing condition and can be effectively eroded by economic incentives — consider Tiananmen Square and the Olympics in 2008 and 2022, held despite China’s genocide against the Uyghurs.
More telling than Western criticism in Xi’s calculations over whether and how to attack Taiwan will be how effective Putin is in achieving his goals of (a) bending Ukraine to his will and (b) upending the European order. The latter objective is a subpart of the larger global vision Xi and Putin shared in their statement — that of entirely defeating and replacing the rules-based, values-laden international order established after World War II by the United States and Western nations.
The document asserts: “There is no one-size-fits-all template to guide countries in establishing democracy. … It is only up to the people of the country to decide whether their State is a democratic one.” In other words, the tyrants and criminals get to judge themselves.
Despite their moral and political similarities, Ukraine and Taiwan are situated differently geographically, which affects their relative vulnerability to invasion. Although Ukraine has impressed the world with its remarkable skill and courage in resisting Russian aggression in the ground warfare phase, Putin has had greater success on the maritime front, which is more relevant to Taiwan’s exposure.
Russian amphibious operations and sea-based shelling from its Black Sea navy have been effective in establishing a beachhead from which Russia can move inland to link up with ground forces moving from other directions.
Much of the reason for Russia’s relative maritime success is Ukraine’s weakness in that realm and the failure of Western nations to provide it with anti-ship missiles, naval mines and other more cost-effective means of coastal defense. Taiwan, by contrast, is surrounded by water and, with American help, has built a respectable, though not decisive, capacity to address sea-going challenges from across the Taiwan Strait.
Yet, the most important thing that America and the West can provide Taiwan is strategic clarity — that its population and cities will not be left to defend themselves alone against an overwhelmingly powerful and utterly ruthless enemy, with — as in Ukraine’s case — Western weapons delivered too late to prevent the onslaught.
The Biden administration could serve the security interests of Taiwan and the West with less strategic ambiguity — just as it could have served the shared security interests with Ukraine with greater ambiguity, instead of emphatically declaring that under no circumstances would we intervene directly to stop the ongoing slaughter of civilians and the wanton destruction of European cities.
Critics of proposals for a no-fly zone or other more overt Western military assistance to Ukraine argue that such measures could lead to direct U.S.-Russian conflict that could escalate to a major, even nuclear, war. Yet, they also assert that Putin would not use nuclear weapons or attack a NATO country because he is “not suicidal.”
The Ukrainian people continue to bear the horrible consequences of the logical inconsistency. The West deserves credit for what it has done belatedly for Ukraine, but history will also judge what it long failed to do. Hopefully, as it struggles to salvage what it can for the Ukrainian people it will not repeat the mistakes with China and Taiwan.
Joseph Bosco served as China country director for the secretary of Defense from 2005 to 2006 and as Asia-Pacific director of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief from 2009 to 2010. He is a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies and a member of the advisory board of the Global Taiwan Institute. Follow him on Twitter @BoscoJosephA.
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Shares of Paycom Software Inc.
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falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Paycom Software Inc. closed $212.59 below its 52-week high ($558.97), which the company achieved on November 2nd.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Oracle Corp.
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WDAY,
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fell 0.87% to $239.46, and Paychex Inc.
PAYX,
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fell 0.31% to $136.47.true Trading volume (398,200) remained 109,298 below its 50-day average volume of 507,498.
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Russian forces could withdraw from Chernobyl, the Pentagon has said, as nuclear experts rejected claims that captured soldiers were suffering from acute radiation sickness.
A senior US defense official said about 20 percent of Russian troops had begun departing from the site of the defunct power plant, which had been seized on the first day of the invasion.
Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, suggested that Russia intends to “repurchase these troops, re-supply them and possibly employ them elsewhere in Ukraine”.
Yarsolv Yemelianenko, a member of the public council at Ukraine’s State Agency on Exclusion Zone Management, suggested that Russian soldiers may have radiation sickness after Belarusian news announced on Wednesday that seven busloads of soldiers were…
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Professional Bull Rider talks upcoming PBR Boot Barn Classic in Aggieland
The event will be at Reed Arena on April 9 and 10
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - For the second time in as many years, the Professional Bull Rider’s (PBR) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour is coming back to College Station. It will return to Reed Arena on April 8 and 9 with the PBR Boot Barn Classic in Aggieland. Thor Hoefer II, one of the world’s top professional bull riders, joined First News at Four to discuss his bull riding career and the upcoming competition.
“It’s really an honor to be a part of the PBR, you know you’re part of the greatest bull riders that the world can assemble,” said Hoefer. “There’s going to be riders from Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and the US all competing together in College Station and I’m just really blessed to be a part of it.”
Hoefer started at a young age, first riding sheep, then graduating to calves. He really got into riding bulls professionally at age 20.
“I would say one of my greatest blessings with it would be the camaraderie between the bull riders. There’s not many sports that, your competitors, are also some of your best friends, and you really strive for everybody to do good, you just want to do better, and that makes for some really good competition,” he said.
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Educational Development Co. (NASDAQ:EDUC – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,100 shares, a growth of 48.0% from the February 28th total of 7,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
EDUC traded down $0.05 during trading on Thursday, reaching $7.75. 5,057 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,070. Educational Development has a fifty-two week low of $6.96 and a fifty-two week high of $18.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $7.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.73. The company has a market capitalization of $67.48 million, a P/E ratio of 6.50 and a beta of 1.00.
Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 6th. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.41 by ($0.10). Educational Development had a net margin of 6.38% and a return on equity of 23.27%. The firm had revenue of $45.11 million during the quarter.
Separately, StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Educational Development in a research note on Saturday, March 26th. They set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of Educational Development by 80.9% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,798 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 1,698 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Educational Development by 575.5% in the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 18,516 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,000 after buying an additional 15,775 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Needham Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Educational Development in the fourth quarter valued at about $276,000. Institutional investors own 19.65% of the company’s stock.
About Educational Development (Get Rating)
Educational Development Corp. engages in the provision of educational children’s books. It operates through the Home Business and Publishing segments. The Home Business (Usborne Books & More or UBAM) segment sells books through independent consultants directly to customers by hosting home parties, through social media collaboration platforms on the internet, by hosting book fairs with school and public libraries.
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Defence buries ‘contamination’ at Brisbane quarantine site behind secret web page
It then provides a abstract of the “known contamination”.
“Waste disposal areas and former tank sites have been assessed as a medium risk to human health and the environment. The dams have been assessed as low risk. Defence seeks to verify and minimise risks caused by contamination during the planning and conduct of all base activities. Ongoing management precautions such as routine monitoring will continue where necessary.”
Other paperwork confer with the “dumping of equipment, munitions and chemicals” into dams on the barracks, and the presence of PFAS deserving of additional investigation.
Groundwater monitoring wells have been both lacking or destroyed, and the barracks has not been added to the record of Defence sites with PFAS.
While the consultants advisable containment, and additional monitoring and examine, their findings have been primarily based largely on the location persevering with to have an industrial use and the soil and dams remaining undisturbed.
There isn’t any suggestion the contractors engaged to construct the power wouldn’t have adopted protocols for engaged on doubtlessly contaminated websites.
AECOM, which carried out a number of the assessments obtained underneath FOI, was additionally engaged to conduct a subsequent feasibility examine for the power. It warned the seemingly contamination added “significant volume of program and cost risk” and advisable “minimal ground works”.
The facility, known as the Centre for National Resilience Brisbane, is because of be handed over to the state authorities to handle from May. An analogous state-run facility at Wellcamp airport in Toowoomba exists, nevertheless there have been questions over its long-term use.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman convicted in the death of a police officer has been sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison.
Ashley Kroese of Thompson's Station was 24 years old on June 18, 2020, when she drove on the wrong side of the road in Brentwood, killing Brentwood police officer Destin Legieza, 30, authorities said.
She was previously found guilty of four charges, including vehicular homicide by intoxication. She was sentenced Wednesday for charges in the crash that killed Legieza, The Tennessean reported.
A blood test after the crash found her blood alcohol content was 0.166%, which is twice the legal limit.
Members of Legieza's family spoke at the hearing.
“Ashley. I don’t think you intended to kill anyone that day,” said Heather Legieza, the officer’s widow. “But you moving forward with the trial when you know what you did was with intention, you should have just taken accountability for your actions."
Kroese, who did not testify at the February trial, read from a statement.
“I can’t pretend to understand what you have been going through. I’ve never lost a husband, a son or a brother, and nothing I can say is able to ease your pain, but I am truly and deeply sorry,” Kroese said.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s powerful budget committee rejected an attempt by Ethiopia on Thursday to deny funding for an investigation of human rights violations in the war between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the country’s northern Tigray region.
A brief resolution proposed by Ethiopia in the General Assembly’s budget committee against approving resources for a team from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to scrutinize abuses during the 16-month war was defeated by a vote of 27-66, with 39 abstentions.
The committee did approve a resolution recommending 14 positions for the Ethiopia investigation.
Louis Charbonneau, U.N. director at Human Rights Watch, said, “U.N. member countries sent a strong message to Ethiopia today that its brazen attempt to escape accountability for war crimes and other abuses by defunding the U.N.’s human rights investigation is unacceptable.”
“The U.N. should quickly get the investigation up and running,” he said. “The needs of the victims and their families are as great as ever.”
Over Ethiopia’s objections, the Human Rights Council voted in December to create an international team of experts to monitor and report on rights abuses in the country.
Months of political tensions between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray leaders who once dominated Ethiopia’s government exploded into war in November 2020.
The war is believed to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people and the displacement of millions.
Although the war has subsided in several places, notably within the Tigray and Amhara regions, concerns remain in the northeastern Afar region.
Aid into the Tigray region has been severely limited under what the United Nations described as a “de facto humanitarian blockade.”
On March 24, the Ethiopian government announced what it called an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in Tigray, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area.
The government statement said Tigray forces must reciprocate the truce for the humanitarian situation to improve in the region. It urged fighters loyal to Tigray’s fugitive leaders “to desist from all acts of further aggression and withdraw from areas they have occupied in neighboring regions.”
It was not clear if the immediate humanitarian truce was a step toward a comprehensive cease-fire.
Ethiopia’s government has faced growing international pressure to ease restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid into Tigray.
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Commonwealth Bank & Trust in Carmel converts to Stock Yards Bank & Trust
As of Monday, Commonwealth Bank & Trust branch locations now show the Stock Yards Bank & Trust name. The change comes following the completion of the previously announced merger of the two Kentucky-based financial institutions. “Customer service is the key to managing a smooth transition and continually showing our...
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The Florida Republican senator has been a fierce critic of both the National Basketball Association and the Chinese government.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) held a fundraising event at a basketball game in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday night despite his recent criticism of the National Basketball Association for doing business with the Chinese government.
According to an invitation sent by Rubio's campaign fundraising consultant, donors were asked to contribute at least $1,000 to Rubio's reelection campaign to attend the Orlando Magic game against the Washington Wizards. Representatives of corporations and other special interest groups were asked to donate $2,500 from their political action committees in order to join Team Rubio at the Capital One Arena in Washington.
"Senator Rubio's race is one of the top incumbent races in the 2022 Cycle," the contribution request noted. "We are working extremely hard to ensure the Senator has every resource necessary to fight."
Earlier this month, Rubio co-authored a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver that said, "Over the years, the NBA has continued to overlook the egregious human rights abuses committed by the CCP, allowing the CCP politics to play a significant role in the NBA's business decisions."
Last month, Rubio wrote in National Review editorial under the headline "American Big Business Must Stop Colluding with China." But that does not appear to have altered his own fundraising strategy.
The fundraiser came just one day after Rubio delivered an address to the right-wing Heritage Foundation warning that the "threat of Communist China" was the "gravest threat facing America today."
A Rubio spokesperson did not immediately respond to an inquiry about the fundraising event.
Rubio has frequently attacked China's ruling regime and the NBA's business relationship with it.
At a Senate hearing in October 2019, Rubio told colleagues, "As we saw last week, the NBA has learned that you really can't ignore politics in China if you are doing business with or in China, because your business partner is the Chinese Communist Party."
"China regulating speech in America is dangerous & is actually happening via @NBA," he tweeted around the same time — a reference to a controversial social media post that was written and later deleted by then-Houston Rockets team general manager Daryl Morey in support of protesters in Hong Kong.
In July 2020, Rubio told Fox News, "The NBA's in the same place as a lot of large corporations are when they go into China: They have to look the other way on some pretty atrocious actions on the part of the Chinese Communist Party."
Rubio has also mocked NBA players' commitment to racial justice, calling them "hypocrites" for not also speaking out about China's human rights violations.
"I thought the @NBA was proud to be the 'wokest professional sports league'? I guess that only applies to speaking out on American politics & social issues," Rubio wrote in 2019.
Polls show that Rubio is facing a competitive reelection race this November. Florida Rep. Val Demings is likely to be his Democratic challenger.
The Wizards won the game, 127-110.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc.
PYPL,
-2.40%
slipped 2.40% to $115.65 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.57%
falling 1.57% to 4,530.41 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.56%
falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. PayPal Holdings Inc. closed $194.51 short of its 52-week high ($310.16), which the company reached on July 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Visa Inc. Cl A
V,
-0.97%
fell 0.97% to $221.77, Mastercard Inc.
MA,
-1.34%
fell 1.34% to $357.38, and American Express Co.
AXP,
-1.45%
fell 1.45% to $187.00. Trading volume (13.9 M) remained 10.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 24.6 M.
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Ukraine war’s powerful First Amendment lesson
As Americans, we are witnessing the horror that Russia is inflicting on Ukraine with its bloody invasion that is causing massive devastation and death throughout the country. Ironically, the tragic events abroad also can help us gain a greater appreciation for the democratic values that we enjoy at home — values that Ukraine would like to emulate as it struggles to remain a democratic country.
That’s because the proverbial Iron Curtain has been fortified by Vladimir Putin as a barrier against the Russian people. The populace there now is experiencing an unprecedented news and information crackdown by the government, which is shutting off outside news media and social media outlets or causing them to leave the country. As BBC director-general Tim Davie noted in a statement, “This legislation appears to criminalize the process of independent journalism … It leaves us no other option than to temporarily suspend the work of all BBC News journalists within the Russian Federation while we assess the full implications of this unwelcome development.” Russian citizens who have taken to the streets in protest of Putin’s unwarranted siege also face the prospect of long jail sentences.
Taken together, these measures starkly illustrate that government power can be overwhelming when applied to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Our Founding Fathers wisely could foresee the dangers of misapplied government power, thus necessitating constitutional limits that enable free expression and transparency to find out about governmental deeds and misdeeds. The democratic ideals of our nation would not be possible to achieve without these restraints.
When the Bill of Rights was enacted in 1789 and ratified by the states in 1791, it included a First Amendment that prohibited Congress (and in effect, all government legislators and regulators) from restricting freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Aside from some narrow exceptions, such as obscenity and private defamation, the First Amendment has endured and even expanded in recent years through various Supreme Court decisions.
The Russian response to the Ukrainian war it initiated should make all of us better understand that the fundamental nature of the First Amendment is to serve as a firewall and heat shield from government speech and press restrictions.
Putin’s malign news and information measures demonstrate that the wrath of government can wreak as much havoc as an artillery of tanks or a truckload full of grenades.
We should pay close attention to what is happening in Moscow to maintain vigilance in safeguarding the vital stakes of our own freedoms.
Stuart N. Brotman is the Howard Distinguished Endowed Professor of Media Management and Law and Beaman Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He served as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. and is the author of the forthcoming book, “The First Amendment Lives On.”
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If we . know love life very well Serge Gainsbourgthe subject of the documentary Gainsbourg Lifetime, aired this Thursday evening, some sides are still dark for the general public. Of course everyone knows his first marriage with Beatrice and his first two children, his daughter Charlotte with Jane Birkin and his son Lulu with Bambu. What we know very little is that before that, before Brigitte Bardot and her other contacts, the singer was married to a woman named Elizabeth Levitsky.
A woman who followed him … till death. The latter, now 96 years old, rarely speaks about this love. It must be said that at that time, all this was looked upon very badly by their respective families especially because of religion.When I met Lucien (Gainsberg’s real first name) at the Académie Montmartre, he was a little Russian Jew. I was also Russian, but from a terrible anti-Semitic family of aristocracy (his father …
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Three Aggies Earn NCEA All-America Honors
FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas A&M equestrian standouts MacKenzie Chapman, Emmy-Lu Marsh and Hanna Olaussen earned national Collegiate Equestrian Association Ariat All-America honors, the NCEA Selection Committee announced Thursday.
Chapman earned second team honors in Horsemanship, while Marsh was named to the second team in Reining. Olaussen was awarded honorable mention recognition in Horsemanship.
The graduate student led the Aggies in Horsemanship with a 10-2-2 record, including two Most Outstanding Performer honors. Chapman started the season at 7-0 and ended the year 3-1-1 in her last five appearances. She earned her first MOP recognition after defeating Georgia’s Leah Anderson with Cowboy, 76.5-72.5, at home. The Bellevue, Michigan, native, earned her second MOP at the SEC Championships in the final against Auburn’s Taylor Searles on Garth with a score of 229.5-220.
Marsh compiled an 8-4-2 record in Reining, including a seven meet undefeated stretch from November 18 to March 12 going 5-0-2. The junior earned three MOP accolades, including a school record ride of 78 in the season opener. A Tallulah, Louisiana, native, Marsh earned her second MOP after defeating Georgia’s Jax Bound, 73-72.5, on Slash in Bishop, Georgia, and her third MOP came in the SEC Championship final when she outscored Auburn’s Terri June Granger, 216-214, also on Slash.
In her rookie season, Olaussen recorded an 8-4-2 record in Horsemanship. Most notably, the San Antonio, native, registered a 7-1 record stretching from October 29 to March 5, which included one MOP at Georgia after edging Grace Himes, 79-78, on Clyde.
Texas A&M opens NCEA Championship as the No. 3 seed against No. 6 Baylor on Thursday, April 14 at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his tried-and-true motivational speeches, Mike Krzyzewski outlined his four pillars of team building: making everyone feel important, taking ownership in the team, adapting to setbacks and playing with feeling.
Duke perfected the first three to help Coach K reach his 13th and most amazing Final Four. Next comes the “feeling” part.
Now that the record-setting, 75-year-old coach is in New Orleans, he knows he must walk a fine line between enjoying the moment and letting it overwhelm both him and his team.
“I've always thought that shared emotion is the best,” Krzyzewski said Thursday, as his team settled in for its run at the coach's sixth national title.
The Blue Devils (32-6) meet archrival North Carolina on Saturday in a national semifinal matchup plucked straight from a screenwriters' script.
When Duke lost two games over the span of a week in early March, starting with the 94-81 setback to the Tar Heels in Krzyzewski's final home game, the thought he might be coaching at the Final Four this weekend felt like a dream only a Blue Devils fan could believe.
But once the NCAA Tournament began, Duke started playing better. Wins over Cal-State Fullerton and Michigan State propelled the Blue Devils into the Sweet 16. There, they knocked off Texas Tech, then Arkansas. Krzyzewski passed John Wooden by qualifying for his record 13th Final Four. On Saturday he looks to improve on a record he already holds, by notching a 1,203rd career victory.
One of Krzyzewski's keys to the turnaround was convincing his players that the rest of this season was about them, not him.
“This is our season, too," Duke's Wendell Moore Jr., said before the team's win over Michigan State.
In many ways, Coach K's final team is fulfilling the vision he shared back in 2015 when, fresh off a championship after his 12th run to the Final Four, he gave the keynote address to a gathering of U.S. Olympic athletes and administrators in Colorado Springs.
“You are not paying rent. You're here, it's yours,” Krzyzewski told the rapt audience as he moved through his four pillars of team building.
He talked about his first Olympic experience, back in 1992, when he was an assistant to Chuck Daly on the Dream Team. Krzyzewski was coming off back-to-back titles with Duke and thought he was a “hot ticket.”
His eyes were opened when none other than Michael Jordan approached him after a practice one day. Krzyzewski braced for the inevitable smack talk from the best player in the game, one who happened to have played at North Carolina. Instead, Jordan asked if the coach could work with him on some of his offensive moves.
In his speech, Krzyzewski said he realized something after that workout.
“It's like a totem pole," the coach said. “Michael Jordan was at the top of the totem pole. And I was near the bottom."
But, Coach K said, ”Michael Jordan had a horizontal totem pole, where everybody was important."
Though there certainly is a pecking order on this year's version of the Blue Devils — freshmen Paolo Banchero and AJ Griffin look like NBA lottery picks — at least four players have scored double figures in each of Duke's four NCAA victories. Five players average in double figures for the Blue Devils this season.
In his news conference Thursday, the coach spoke about the players taking ownership in their fate as the season wore on.
“When you go into competition, if you haven't worked, you have a hard time trusting yourself," he said. “But if you've worked, you can trust, but you also own it. You own it more.”
In his keynote address, Krzyzewski said his first two building blocks lead to the third, which is adaptability. In 2022, it played out after the losses to North Carolina, then one week later to Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, forced Krzyzewski to take a long look in the mirror.
“I just had a good meeting with myself. I said that I've got to do something. I've got to help in some way, and part of it was my approach with them,” Krzyzewski said before Duke's win over Arkansas in the Elite Eight.
Coach K described using the first five minutes of halftime during the Michigan State game to do something different by “just pull(ing) out a chair, and I sit with them for about five minutes and just, ‘OK, here’s where we’re at, and just talk to them.’”
Duke overcame a late, five-point deficit in that one, and now, Krzyzewski has led his team across his proverbial bridge that only a few lucky teams cross. They made it to college basketball's biggest stage.
In his motivational speech, Krzyzewski said one method of getting a room full of superstars to “feel” the mission they were on at the Barcelona Olympics each night was to play the soulful version of the national anthem sung by Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
The promise, the U.S. coaches told the Dream Team, was that they would hear that song twice on the day of the title game — once beforehand, then again while they were standing on the podium receiving their gold medals.
The song that closes out March Madness is “One Shining Moment.” Whether Duke will bask in confetti when that song plays at the end of the title game is a big part of the drama that will unfold between now and Monday night.
Whether or not it happens, everyone at Duke is feeling it at this point — even if the coach insists he's been focusing on basketball.
"I didn't do this season to have a storybook,” Krzyzewski said. “I did it because I wanted to coach one more year and I wanted to have a good succession plan for our program. And we've won 32 games, and my guys have been terrific.”
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More AP college basketball: http://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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Thompson Falls fundraiser to assist Ukrainians
If you, like many others around the world, have seen the many heart-wrenching images of the hardships thrust upon the people of Ukraine, and would like to do something from Montana, a man and a church in Thompson Falls have an excellent way to help.
On Saturday evening, April 2, the St. Williams Catholic Church in Thompson Falls is hosting a dinner and silent auction to raise funds to aid and assist the millions of people who have been negatively affected by war.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. and run until 7:30. Auction items are being donated and more are welcome for the silent auction in hopes of raising as much money as possible to send to the niece of a Thompson Falls man.
The niece, Sharon Bordina, who is from Priest River, Idaho and has been living in Ukraine for 25 years after marrying a Ukraine citizen, is working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) to do what it can to help displaced Ukrainians who have poured across the boarder into Poland where Borodina and her group and doing what they can to help.
They are also helping aid get to people inside Ukraine, according to Thompson Falls resident Sam Helvey.
“We’ve had people from all over this area wanting to help and we’ve collected some pretty good things to auction off,” he said. “We will be auctioning a whole pig, a side of beef, a rifle, a pistol and several other items to raise as much as we possibly can”.
In addition to the auction, the church is serving a Mexican dinner of enchiladas and taco for a $15 donation to those who attend.
“Knowing that people are praying for them and care about them can really make a difference,” Helvey said. “This is about support and love and making a difference if we can”.
People wishing to make a donation, donate an item for auction or attend the dinner can call Sherri 406 223-02792 or Tori at 406 396-0963.
The church is located at 416 Preston Avenue in Thompson Falls.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The pain was sharp and familiar. It reminded David Price of where he has been. It also told him he still might be able to be the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought they had nearly 26 months ago.
Price’s quiet spring began the way others have in the five-time All-Star’s 13-year career: His left elbow hurt after his first live batting practice a couple of weeks ago, and he knew the resumption of an old routine was underway.
“Always the elbow,’’ Price said. “It happens every year, all the way back to 2010. Now, everything feels good – arm, elbow and shoulder.’’
It was good enough to impress Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and anybody else who watched Price make his first spring appearance against Cleveland on Wednesday night. The left-hander worked only an inning, but he had two strikeouts and was clocked at 93 mph.
In an abbreviated camp, it wasn’t enough to determine his role. It did remind the Dodgers that Price is still in the mix.
From starter to bullpen, Price’s role with the Dodgers has been uncertain since they acquired the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner from the Boston Red Sox in a three-team deal that included right-fielder Mookie Betts in February 2020.
Price didn’t pitch at all that year, opting out because of concerns about COVID-19. In 2021, he bounced between the starting rotation and the bullpen with 11 starts and 28 appearances as a reliever. His overall ERA was 4.03.
He arrived at camp in mid-March ready to do anything. Then Roberts mentioned him as a possible starter.
“I’m preparing that way, yeah,” said Price, who is in the final year of a seven-year, $217 million contract. “I think it’d be silly of me to prepare to be a reliever if I’m asked to start. So, I’m preparing to be a starter until otherwise.”
Otherwise looks to be the case. Roberts projects his starting rotation will be Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Andrew Heaney and Tony Gonsolin. He cautioned that nothing is set in stone, mostly because pitchers were limited in a camp cut short by major league baseball’s lockout.
The Dodgers signed career starter Tyler Anderson in mid-March, just in case. As for Price, Roberts said: “I just think that David, right now, is not an option in the sense of, he’s not built up. It just doesn’t seem feasible right now.”
The 36-year-old left-hander could still have an immediate role, like one inning in relief early in the season, Roberts said, and moving up to multiple innings as he gets stronger.
“I’m confident in David in any role,’’ Roberts said. “I like his versatility. The role doesn’t matter. It’s just knowing that he’s going to pitch valuable innings in whatever role.”
NOTES
Cody Bellinger took batting practice Thursday on the minor-league side of the Dodgers’ camp. The 2019 National League MVP is 4 for 27 with 17 strikeouts this spring.
“I wouldn’t say I’m alarmed,’’ Roberts said. “I think ‘progressing’ is the word. We’ve got to continue to log at-bats to make him feel as comfortable as possible when the season starts.’’
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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Eisai Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:ESALY – Get Rating)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $46.27 and last traded at $46.49, with a volume of 10747 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $47.33.
Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ESALY shares. Citigroup lowered Eisai from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 13th. Zacks Investment Research raised Eisai from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $56.00 target price for the company in a research report on Monday, February 28th.
The firm has a fifty day moving average of $49.68 and a two-hundred day moving average of $60.40. The company has a market cap of $13.79 billion, a PE ratio of 26.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a current ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.
Eisai Company Profile (OTCMKTS:ESALY)
Eisai Co, Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of prescription medicines and over-the-counter products. It operates through the Pharmaceutical Products Business and Other Business segments. The Pharmaceutical Products Business segment handles prescription and generic drugs, diagnostics, and consumer healthcare business in Japan, which manages over-the-counter drugs.
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Detroit Police To Donate Used Body Armor To Ukraine
(CBS DETROIT) — The Detroit City Council unanimously accredited a decision permitting Detroit police to donate used physique armor to Ukraine.
The division filed a request asking to donate 154 bulletproof vests that will have been recycled.
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According to a report from Detroit Free Press, town constitution requires town council to approve any gross sales or disposals of city-owned property. The tools can be shipped via a nationwide effort together with different organizations.
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EasyFi (EZ) traded 4.4% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on March 31st. One EasyFi coin can currently be bought for approximately $2.17 or 0.00004752 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. EasyFi has a market cap of $5.49 million and $608,661.00 worth of EasyFi was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, EasyFi has traded down 0.3% against the U.S. dollar.
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- Binance USD (BUSD) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002188 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 3.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.63 or 0.00003555 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.65 or 0.00004286 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00002184 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded 1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $17.01 or 0.00037169 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.
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Shares of Peloton Interactive Inc. PTON shed 7.10% to $26.42 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP falling 1.54% to 14,220.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Peloton Interactive Inc. closed $103.28 short of its 52-week high ($129.70), which the company achieved on July 7th.
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Many more U.S. adults to get vaccinated against hepatitis B following move by CDC
The Hepatitis B Foundation and partners are forming an advisory council to promote implementation of the CDC’s new hepatitis B vaccination recommendations.
These greatly expanded and simplified recommendations will improve access, make it easier to protect millions more Americans from hepatitis B, save countless lives and reduce health care costs.”
NEWTOWN, PA, UNITED STATES, March 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Hepatitis B Foundation enthusiastically endorses the adoption of new adult vaccination guidelines for hepatitis B by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Foundation is organizing a group of experts to help with implementation to ensure millions more U.S. adults get vaccinated against the dangerous virus.— Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, senior vice president, Hepatitis B Foundation
The CDC has announced that it has adopted formally the landmark recommendations (posted here) that came last November from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in favor of universal hepatitis B vaccination for all adults ages 19 to 59 in the U.S. The CDC made the announcement in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
“This is a major step forward that the Hepatitis B Foundation had strongly advocated for over many years,” said Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, senior vice president of the Foundation. “These greatly expanded and simplified recommendations will improve access and make it easier to protect millions more Americans from hepatitis B. This will save countless lives and ultimately reduce health care costs.”
The Hepatitis B Foundation will be convening a National Hepatitis B Vaccination Advisory Council, which will meet for the first time later this month, comprised of representatives of federal agencies, professional associations, public health organizations and health care providers. Dr. Cohen and Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH, internal medicine physician and primary care health policy fellow at Georgetown University, will be the co-chairs. The advisory council’s purpose is to develop implementation strategies, informational materials and tools, for dissemination to providers and public health educators nationwide.
In the U.S., up to 2.4 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B and thousands of people die each year from the infection. People living with untreated chronic hepatitis B have a 25% to 40% lifetime risk of developing liver cancer, which is a highly lethal disease.
Previously, hepatitis B immunization recommendations were based on a person’s risk factors, which Dr. Cohen said was stigmatizing, inefficient and burdensome to providers and patients. Currently, only 30% of adults in the U.S. have been vaccinated against hepatitis B. In the past 10 years, rates of acute hepatitis B in the U.S. have steadily increased, especially among those age 40 and older. Universal vaccination initiatives are widely recognized in helping to reduce morbidity from viruses.
The Hepatitis B Foundation worked hard to help make the ACIP aware of the need for universal hepatitis B vaccination. The Foundation mobilized its team of advocates and supporters to make their voices heard through an online petition, organizational sign-on letter and public comments.
Michaela Jackson, MS, MPH, prevention policy manager at the Hepatitis B Foundation, led its advocacy effort for universal vaccination, and she expressed the Foundation’s great appreciation to the ACIP.
“It has been frustrating to watch rates of infection rise when we know that there is a safe and effective vaccine that can prevent hepatitis B and liver cancer,” Jackson said. “This recommendation will help remedy a very significant health inequity for marginalized groups and it will serve to make many adults in the U.S. safer.”
The Hepatitis B Foundation’s officials expressed disappointment that the ACIP’s recommendation was not as inclusive as it could have been, stopping short of people older than 59, and pledged to continue advocating for greater access to hepatitis B vaccinations in the U.S.
According to the Hepatitis B Foundation, the CDC’s simplified, updated recommendation will go a long way toward improving vaccination rates and protecting adults in the U.S.
What the recommendation means:
• All adults aged 19-59 can receive the HBV vaccination with no cost-sharing. Those who are 60 and older who wish to receive the hepatitis B vaccine but have no identified risk factors may still have to pay for the vaccine based upon insurance coverage.
• Financial and other systematic barriers to vaccine access will be eliminated for many adults.
• Access to the hepatitis B vaccine will increase; more providers will offer the vaccine, and it will be easier to get vaccinated.
• Health insurance coverage for the vaccine will improve.
• Progress toward our shared goal of eliminating viral hepatitis in the U.S. by 2030 will accelerate.
• Health disparities and new hepatitis B infections will be reduced.
Why is universal vaccination being recommended now? As many as 60 million Americans spanning 3 generations–Baby Boomers, Gen X, and some Millennials–were born before the recommendations for universal infant vaccination in 1991 and may not be protected against hepatitis B. Many people who have been infected do not have clear risk factors or may not be aware of the risk, and almost 85% of adults in the U.S. fall into a higher-risk group, including those with diabetes and kidney disease. Hepatitis B cases in the U.S. rose by 11% between 2014 and 2018 despite the presence of highly effective vaccines. Hepatitis B is one of the primary causes of liver cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, and it is a completely preventable disease; the need for universal vaccination can no longer be ignored.
About Hepatitis B: The most common serious liver infection in the world, it is caused by the hepatitis B virus, which attacks and injures the liver. As many as 840,000 people die from hepatitis B worldwide, even though it is preventable and treatable. Hepatitis B is a “silent epidemic” because most people do not have symptoms when they are newly or chronically infected. Thus, they can unknowingly infect others and continue the spread of hepatitis B. For people who are chronically infected but don’t have any symptoms, their livers are still being damaged silently, which can develop into serious liver disease such as cirrhosis or liver cancer.
About the Hepatitis B Foundation: We are the nation’s leading nonprofit organization solely dedicated to finding a cure for hepatitis B and improving the quality of life for those affected worldwide through research, education and patient advocacy. Founded in 1991, the Hepatitis B Foundation is based in Doylestown, Pa., with an office in Washington, D.C.
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Shawn Mendes’ has got his heart up his sleeve in his new track When You’re Gone.
Shawn Mendes has started his new musical era with a heartfelt track titled ‘When You’re Gone’.
The emotional song sees Sean sing about recovering from heartache following the end of a meaningful relationship, which fans have widely speculated was written about his recent ex-girlfriend, Camila Cabello. Was.
Shawn Mendes Opens Up About Camila Cabello Break-up: “I’m On My Own”
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Getty Image Bruce Arians suddenly retired as head coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs on Wednesday night The team insists Tom Brady had nothing to do with Arians’ sudden retirement.
Getty Image Bruce Arians suddenly retired as head coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs on Wednesday night The team insists Tom Brady had nothing to do with Arians’ sudden retirement.
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Elections don’t matter unless you have this rulemaking fix
Most politicians won’t soon forget the pandemic-restriction backlash against governors and state officials that became evident after the November 2021 elections. And there is a high likelihood of that sentiment continuing this November in state elections. Elections are often referendums on government policy. Lesson learned? Perhaps. But elections can’t touch those who aren’t elected.
More than two years into a pandemic, there isn’t an American who doesn’t now know the perils of putting unelected officials in charge of health and safety. Sadly, this isn’t a new government practice — it’s just one that we’ve all had the misfortune of bearing over the longest “two weeks” of our lives. Despite recent reassurances by the president in his State of the Union address that things are getting better, President Biden coupled that with the ominous possibility that a new COVID-19 variant can change the game, reminding us that we’re only one degree away from a return to restrictions.
The Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act seeks to make officials more accountable for the regulations enacted by federal agencies. The legislation, with the bipartisan original sponsorship of Reps. Ben Cline (R-VA), Jared Golden (D-Maine), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), would limit rulemaking creation and final sign-off to those officials who have been appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Compare that with the current practice — no limits on who can push through a regulation that could affect millions of lives.
When a federal government official is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, that person is one step closer to being accountable to the public. That pales in comparison to how far removed from the democratic process most officials who write administrative rules can be.
A study by Pacific Legal Foundation, “But Who Rules the Rulemakers?” showed that in the Department of Health and Human Services, 75 percent of the rules issued over a 17-year period were likely unconstitutional, because they were issued by officials and employees of the federal government who were not appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. A deeper dive into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed that 98 percent of their rules fell under that banner, including 25 rules that each had an impact of $100 million or more.
Under the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act, only those officials who the president nominates and who have come before the Senate for that body’s approval can initiate and approve such impactful changes. These rules have the power of law, so it would only make sense that the legislative branch has some say in who is behind them. The executive branch has an interest in this as well, and this new standard is a means to ensure that the president’s wishes are carried out, rather than passing the buck to career officials who aren’t touched by the political process.
An emergency could excuse some of these unaccountable decrees — maybe that would have been the case if the COVID restrictions actually had been only two weeks long. Sadly, this is the norm for rulemaking. If the people who write these rules have absolutely no nexus to elected officials, the electorate has no recourse, no one who answers to them. The Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act solves a constitutional problem with federal rulemaking and keeps unelected regulators in check.
Joe Luppino-Esposito is a deputy legal policy director at Pacific Legal Foundation, a nonprofit legal organization that defends Americans’ liberties when threatened by government overreach and abuse. Follow him on Twitter @avgjoele.
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Shares of Pembina Pipeline Corp.
PPL,
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dropped 0.55% to C$46.97 Thursday, in what proved to be an all-around negative trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index
GSPTSE,
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falling 0.84% to 21,890.16. Pembina Pipeline Corp. closed C$1.07 below its 52-week high (C$48.04), which the company achieved on March 8th. Trading volume of 2.3 M shares remained below its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.
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Treat of the Day: Blinn College celebrates 139th birthday
Published: Mar. 31, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Blinn College is celebrating its 139th birthday.
The college looks a lot different now than it did in 1883. But one thing that hasn’t changed in the school’s commitment to helping their students achieve their educational goals.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert said investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men's college basketball programs — including 2022 Final Four participant Kansas — have taken “way too long.”
What solutions might be on the table to speed it up, Emmert did not say, but there appears to be increasing acknowledgement that the current process is broken.
“It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,” Emmert said, referring to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
The IARP was created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport. It began looking into allegations against Kansas, Arizona, LSU, Louisville and North Carolina State on the heels of a federal investigation into corruption in college sports that resulted in convictions of shoe company executives, a middle man who worked with them and some assistant college coaches.
Of those FBI cases nearly five years ago, only one -- North Carolina State, tied to its recruitment of one-and-done star Dennis Smith Jr. -- has actually gone through the IARP system to completion and received a ruling that resulted in probation for one year, some vacated victories and penalties for previous coaches.
The four other cases are still pending in the IARP structure, while Auburn went through the more traditional process and received four years of probation in December from an NCAA infractions committee panel.
In the meantime, this year's NCAA Tournament could be tainted should Kansas win the national championship and subsequently have an unfavorable decision come down in a now half-decade-old investigation.
Created to handle complex cases, the IARP includes independent investigators and decision-makers with no direct ties to NCAA member schools, and rulings cannot be appealed.
Emmert said NCAA institutions need to come up with a process that has “got to be fair. It’s got to be swift. And it’s got to not punish the innocent. ... That’s where the membership’s got to be in all of this, as they shape a new process or rebuild the one that’s in place.”
The Kansas case hinges on whether Adidas representatives were considered boosters — the school contends they were not — when two of them arranged payments to prospective recruits. Kansas does not dispute the payments. Kansas asked for referral to the IARP instead of having the NCAA's infractions committee handle the matter.
While the lengthy IARP process has been going on, Self agreed to a new contract on April 2, 2021, that will keep him with the school until he retires.
The five-year deal adds one additional year after the conclusion of each season — in effect, making it a lifetime contract. It guarantees him $5.41 million per year with a base salary of $225,000, professional services contract of $2.75 million and an annual $2.435 million retention bonus.
The contact also includes a clause that says the school cannot terminate him for cause “due to any current infractions matter that involves conduct that occurred on or prior to” the signing of the new contract. Instead, he would forfeit half of his base salary and professional services pay while serving any Big 12 or NCAA suspension.
Emmert declined to weigh on on Kansas' decision to double down on Self.
“I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,” said Emmert, who also spoke at the women's Final Four on Wednesday. “That’s their business, obviously. They can do that as they see fit.”
The infractions process has also come up with the Division I Transformation Committee, which is working to recommend ways to modernize and reform NCAA governance and regulatory policies.
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, who chairs the committee along with Ohio athletics director Julie Cromer, said the group is looking at both the overall infractions process and the IARP structure as part of its work.
“I don’t know fully what was envisioned and what wasn’t envisioned,” said Sankey, who has served on the NCAA infractions committee. “But we have to have timely outcomes, both for those accused and for those competing against those who are accused. That has to be a point of emphasis.”
Later, Sankey added: “I was on an implementation working group, and I disagreed with elements of the approach. So I think some of these problems were foreseeable. We have an opportunity to correct and enhance the process. That doesn’t mean everybody will like the process.”
Among other topics Emmert addressed:
NATIONAL NIL RULES
Emmert offered an urgent plea to Congress to craft what he said was needed, uniform national legislation governing financial endorsements for athletes know known as name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.
“This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” Emmert said. "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that.
“We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents.”
Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws.
TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION
With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events.
The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness.
Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states."
TRANFER RULES
Emmert said the current transfer rules continue to draw a lot of scrutiny and complaints from coaches and could be adjusted over time.
“The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,” Emmert said.
But he added that officials are keeping an eye on how the rules affect “students being able to finish their degrees in a timely fashion and go on and lead productive lives, because we know how few of them will be professional basketball players. It’s a constant point of discussion. I don’t anticipate it going away too soon.”
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AP Sports Writers Aaron Beard, Dave Skretta and John Marshall contributed to this report.
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Deutsche Bank didn’t fire lone truth-teller in strip club bill saga
Deutsche Bank made headlines final week for axing a gaggle of bankers who expensed an evening at a strip membership and lied about it — however spared the lone worker who ‘fessed up, The Post has realized.
As reported by The Post, the German monetary big launched an investigation after the bankers tried to expense a tab for a single night’s debauchery that topped $1,000, based on sources.
The bankers had headed to Sapphire New York — an Upper East Side jiggle joint that additionally operates a steakhouse whose choices embody a $25 “body sushi” expertise, the place patrons can eat uncooked fish off an unique dancer’s physique, a supply with data mentioned.
While three bankers who bought fired had insisted that the fats tab was rung up at a steakhouse, insiders mentioned a junior banker who had tagged alongside confessed that the staffers had truly headed to a strip membership.
The underling “did in fact express contrition” for the ill-fated outing and was spared getting fired by his bosses, an individual with data advised The Post.
Deutsche’s choice to maintain the one truth-teller emphasizes the financial institution was involved extra about deception than anything, individuals near the financial institution mentioned. Indeed, at the very least one of many bankers who bought fired didn’t even attend the evening out, based on a supply.
“It really was about the coverup and the deception,” the supply mentioned. “The coverup was worse than the crime.”
In a press release to The Post, a spokesman mentioned: “Deutsche Bank thoroughly investigates allegations of possible misconduct comprehensively and without bias. We do not condone violations of our Code of Conduct or Company Policy and take remedial action as appropriate based on the severity of circumstances. The Bank declines to comment further on the circumstances of this particular matter.”
According to its web site, Sapphire caters to companies and even affords a comparatively reasonably priced “corporate package,” which incorporates complimentary admission for 5, a VIP desk on the primary flooring and a $500 meals and beverage credit score. The complete price together with tax is $683.04. (The price of a lap dance couldn’t be decided, however guests to the web site are supplied a freebie just by signing up for Sapphire’s mailing listing.)
The Post was unable to succeed in Sapphire or Primal Cut, the steakhouse listed on the identical handle because the Upper East Side strip membership, which describes the eatery as “the ultimate upscale dining experience and the perfect pairing to Sapphire NY.”
The fired bankers didn’t simply lose their jobs, but additionally misplaced hundreds of thousands in deferred compensation, individuals advised The Post.
At Deutsche Bank, bonuses for high staff — usually a mixture of inventory and money — are principally deferred or vested a number of years, individuals with data advised The Post. The purpose is to tie high staff to the long-term efficiency of the agency by holding onto a few of their bonuses, individuals add. When a employee is fired for trigger, he loses all of the deferred compensation he has accrued.
For two of the fired bankers — head of fairness capital markets Ben Darsney and the managing director who ran many of the financial institution’s SPAC enterprise, Ravi Raghunathan — these bonuses have been substantial.
Insiders speculate that Darsney and Raghunathan misplaced as a lot as $6 million given a number of years of deferral are mixed, individuals with data advised The Post.
“It’s like a graduated tax table — the more you make, the more is deferred,” one individual with data advised The Post. “For guys like Ravi and Ben, its likely 100% of their bonuses the last three to four years were deferred.” And over the past a number of years, bankers have gotten record bonuses amongst a flurry of offers.
Losing all of the deferred compensation, nevertheless, might truly make it simpler for them to seek out jobs elsewhere, a supply advised The Post. If a competitor desires to rent a banker from one other agency, the financial institution has to supply a aggressive wage and pay out the banker’s deferred compensation.
Given Darsney and Raghunathan’s reputation with purchasers, individuals near the lads suppose they may land on their ft.
“The speculation is they’ll all have ended up somewhere by July 4,” an individual advised The Post.
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BAN vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten half-century as South Africa reached 233 for four at the premature close on a stop-start opening day of the first test against Bangladesh at Kingsmead on Thursday. Play was called off with 76.5 overs bowled as the umpires deemed the light not good enough despite the sun shining down on the ground, a curious end to a day that had started with a 30-minute delay due to a problem with the sight screen.
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South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Temba Bavuma, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (w), Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Lizaad Williams, Duanne Olivier
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Could the Ukraine war devolve into an EMP apocalypse for America?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops may conquer Ukraine by capturing its major cities, but there is a big difference between conquering a place and cowing and controlling its people. The Ukrainians are fighting back valiantly.
History demonstrates that military occupation is expensive, labor-intensive and difficult. Consider, for example, Afghanistan and Iraq in the 20th century, and colonial America in the late 1700s. This is unquestionably true when neighboring countries provide arms, ammunition and other help to restive and rebelling citizens of the country that is invaded.
Within Russia, Putin likely will face questions from his supporters, growing criticism from demonetized oligarchs, and more demonstrations in the streets by the Russian “middle class” increasingly impoverished by international sanctions. Putin, therefore, must make additional aggressive moves rapidly, to avoid retreating into ignominy and failure.
It is possible that he will move against a smaller nearby country, with Belarus as an ally. Former countries of the USSR that are now NATO members, such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, might be choice candidates for a Russian invasion. Each is small, with little or no air force, with large Russian-speaking populations and long Baltic Sea coastlines.
Control of just Lithuania, for example, would provide a land corridor with Belarus to the now isolated Russian state of Kaliningrad. Putin could claim that as a “real win.”
Such a move, however, would invoke Article 5 of the NATO charter, requiring NATO nations to fight against the aggressor of a member state. And the response by NATO members to Putin’s current aggression — albeit against a non-NATO member — has been timorous and tempered at best.
Over the past two decades, the once strong German Armed Forces have been reduced to marginal existence. Those of other countries, apart from Poland and Hungary, are minimal at best. The Dutch army even has a labor union. France relies on posturing and its nuclear deterrent. The armies of Spain, Italy and Greece, except for their air forces, possibly, are marginal players. That means the backbone of NATO is the United States.
In past wars, the United States has remained untouched physically from kinetic war on its landmass. It was the “Arsenal of Democracy” in World War II. And to paraphrase the thinking of the People’s Republic of China about the South China Sea, the United States is the largest immobile semi-self-sufficient aircraft carrier in the world. It is too big to sink.
But it is not too big to paralyze. Cyber attacks and their effects are not enough; they can be planned for, limited and contained. However, a missile-delivered electromagnetic pulse (EMP) of sufficient size, exploded high above St. Louis, for example, could basically fry the electricity systems of the United States and those of the main populated parts of Canada and northern Mexico. The resulting social catastrophe of such a doomsday scenario would forcibly preoccupy national, state and local authorities with their own internal problems.
Imagine most of the United States with no electricity, no ATMs, few working vehicles, few functioning hospitals, no delivery of prescription medicines, or food or fresh water or sewage treatment. Most of the U.S. population could be reduced to a lifestyle like that of the 1800s. EMP Commission estimates project a death toll of 90 percent of the population within one year, were something of this nature to happen. Remaining authorities would be overwhelmed by civil unrest decimating the dwindling population as they fought for their survival.
The question, then, is: “Would such an EMP attack provoke a nuclear response by the United States?” The answer to that likely depends on from where the U.S. believed the EMP originated.
If North Korean’s leader Kim Jong Un could be persuaded to fire an EMP missile over the United States, or to detonate a preloaded bomb on either one of the two North Korean satellites it claims to have circling Earth, both China and Russia could claim plausible deniability. The United States would be left with the option of attacking North Korea or broadening the war on the presumption that Kim was enticed to fire the EMP by either Russia or China, since both superpowers could benefit geopolitically.
But even if North Korea did not initiate the EMP, and it was clear from missile tracks that Russia did, the American response likely would be based on 30-year-old nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) targeted toward Russia. U.S. missiles would be met with batteries of highly capable Russian anti-missile S300s, S400s and S500s.
Russia recently demonstrated that its S550 anti-satellite missiles can destroy American military satellites, which would then degrade U.S. command-control-communications and GPS coordination of the targeting mechanisms in U.S. missiles. Consequently, U.S. missiles might be rerouted — who knows where — or more easily destroyed by Russia’s anti-missile defenses.
Of course, if the United States were to launch ICBMs against Russia, unquestionably Moscow would respond in kind. If they did, an already EMP-devastated U.S. could be utterly destroyed.
This would leave China and Russia as the sole remaining superpowers, able to dominate the world. Inevitably, these “empires of evil” would clash with each other for global dominance. And what would India and Pakistan do, or Iran and Israel, in the aftermath of a shattered world order, bereft of the benign United States as global policeman?
This unthinkable scenario is why we believe the future of mankind could be at stake in Russia’s war in Ukraine, if the worst-case possibilities were to unfold.
D. Brian Hay is president of the Mackenzie Institute, a Canadian think tank on security matters. Peter Vincent Pry, Ph.D., is executive director of America’s EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security.
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Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc. PENN shed 3.59% to $42.42 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP falling 1.54% to 14,220.52 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.56% to 34,678.35. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Penn National Gaming Inc. closed $67.75 short of its 52-week high ($110.17), which the company reached on April 5th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday,...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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Ukrainians remain defiant as the world awaits Russia’s next move
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KBTX) - Moscow has pledged to scale back its attacks in Ukraine, but that statement is being met with skepticism. KBTX Chief Political Analyst Greta Van Susteren joined First News at Four to speak about the war and her recent visit to Ukraine.
Van Susteren admitted no one really knows what Russia is up to.
She said, “clearly the troops are moving away from Kyiv, but is that because they are retreating or because they are repositioning or changing their strategy?”
Among those who believe they are repositioning is the NATO Secretary General.
While people aren’t necessarily optimistic, there is good news in this according to Van Susteren.
“It does indicate, though, that the Russian forces have been unsuccessful to seize Kyiv. They thought they were going to seize Kyiv in about three days. Well, that was beginning February 24th and Ukraine has put up a robust defense of that city,” said Van Susteren.
On her trip to Poland and Ukraine, Van Susteren says she was struck by the strength of the Ukrainian people.
“You see the incredible amount of pride in these Ukrainians and they’re very determined, which is one of the problems the Russians are having is they are up against people who are very much inspired and very much they’re ready to lay down their life for Ukraine,” she explained.
Watch the full interview in the player above.
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Selena Gomez teased her new bangs this morning on TikTok, and then gave us a full reveal on her Instagram grid this afternoon. Gomez now has a bob haircut with blunt bangs. “New hair who dis?” she wrote in her selfie.
Gomez spoke to ELLE.com and reporters this fall about her journey embracing her own beauty while debuting her makeup line Rare Beauty's spring collection.
“I've been in makeup since I was seven years old. I feel like that kind of messed with me,” the former Disney star started. “You're so young and then working. I have professionals doing my makeup and suddenly I can look 25 when I was 16, and it was crazy. Then I felt like, ‘Oh, I look too young all the time. I should achieve that look more. I should try that.’ It just made me question my beauty for what it was.”
When conceptualizing Rare Beauty, Gomez wanted to create a brand for those who have had similar feelings of self-doubt about their appearance.
“I've been a victim to wanting to change my face and do things because I see such like intense trends,” she continued. “I think the most rewarding part of creating this line is that we create a place for people who don't necessarily want to get work done or change their face. They just want to embrace what they are and what they have. Even if you do like to wear more makeup, even that will kind of work with what my brand,” she added, explaining that Rare Beauty's versatility represents “a kind of mind, body, and soul” beauty experience. “That's why I wanted the brand to be there for girls and guys and whoever to feel like it's okay to not look like everybody else.”
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12-year-old dies after being shot at South Carolina middle school, suspect in custody
A 12-year-old has died after being shot at a middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday.
Community activist Bruce Wilson said Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, died at the hospital.
Wilson released the following statement on behalf of the family:
"We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time."
Greenville County deputies said a school resource officer at Tanglewood Middle School requested backup just before 12:30 p.m.
More than 200 law enforcement officers arrived at the school.
A suspect, who is also 12 years old, was taken into custody near the school, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
He is is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18, Lewis said.
Because of his age, the suspect's name was not released.
"Unfortunately, these are two young men who attended school here," Lewis said. "We don't really know the specifics of why it occurred and why so many people resort to violence, especially with firearms."
Greenville County School Superintendent Burke Royster also spoke outside the school after the shooting.
"I’m not sure after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person who took this rash act," Royster said.
Students from the school were taken to Brookwood Church by bus to be reunited with their families.
One mother told sister station WYFF that she was in the school parking lot when she saw police begin arriving.
"I was getting out and the police told me, ‘Get back, get back. You can’t come in,’ and I was like, ‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong?’" Angela said. "They wouldn’t tell me, he said, 'Get back in your car.’ When I was getting in my car, all the police came. Every police in Greenville County was there and ambulance. They were running in with guns, not handguns, rifles."
Angela’s daughter, Prentasia, said they were changing classes when the shooting happened.
"We heard a gunshot, and this boy had a gun and he shot at one boy in his side," Prentasia said. "We all pretty much went into a classroom and some people went outside. We were just in the classroom ‘til it was over."
Another mother spoke to WYFF shortly after she arrived at the school to pick up her son.
"But I was speechless," she said. "My stomach is still upset. I just want to see my son and hug him and just make sure he's fine."
That mother said she wishes there were metal detectors in school.
"So, I would love for Greenville County to do something and put metal detectors. They all come through the same door. They go to the cafeteria they do that. Why don't they put a metal detector and then at least detect there's something there," the mother said.
Greenville County School District spokesman Tim Waller said Tanglewood Middle will have an optional day on Friday. Teachers, students and staff can come and talk to each other and counselors but are not required to attend school on Friday.
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Aphelion Aerospace secures investment from The Mercury Group, Founder Advisors, and Richtr Financial Studio
DENVER, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aphelion Aerospace, based in Denver, Colorado is establishing itself as a one-stop-shop for low-cost small satellite integration and on-demand launch operations from practically anywhere around the world. Aphelion announced today that it has received significant investment from strategic investors including The Mercury Group, Founder Advisors, and Richtr Financial Studio. These investments are part of Aphelion's Seed round which the company is running in parallel with their equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine.
Aphelion CEO Miguel Ayala and CTO Matthew Travis indicate that these investments will help them continue pushing forward with the development of their suborbital launch vehicle technology demonstrator. They plan to conduct low-altitude suborbital demonstration launches by the end of the year to prove out their green non-toxic, non-cryogenic propulsion technology in flight.
Based on the caliber and background of their board advisors and investors, it is clear that the Aphelion team is positioning to become a strong player in the space industry. Last year, Aphelion announced that Edward Mango, former Program Manager of the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Program had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Mango is one of the key NASA leaders behind the success of SpaceX. Aphelion also announced that Kevin Rice, former Director of Business Management at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Rice practically wrote the book on business management for NASA. In addition, Aphelion announced that Geoff Brim, former VP of Product Management at Deutsche Telekom had joined their board of advisors. Mr. Brim evangelized digital transformation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics at Deutsche Telekom.
Now come Aphelion's visionary investors. Ben West of The Mercury Group is a US Air Force veteran. Before his years in finance, Ben was an F117A and F16 Crew Chief. He is well aware that military fighter jets use hydrazine in their emergency power units. He knows very well that hydrazine is extremely toxic and thus costly and slow to deal with. He is also aware that other uses of hydrazine include spacecraft propulsion. Hearing that Aphelion had developed a propulsion technology that could essentially replace anything hydrazine powered was music to his ears. Ben feels excited to back Aphelion with investment and plans to continue supporting Aphelion along its journey to bring this new technology to market.
Steven Williams, of Founder Advisors advises Aphelion on market strategy. Along with Steven, the Founder Advisors team provides corporate and business strategy advisory to Aphelion. They are composed of accomplished aerospace and tech entrepreneurs and executives like Steven. Some have spent years in launch vehicle development at companies such as Lockheed Martin. These guys truly understand and value the business model that Aphelion is structuring for bundled small satellite integration and launch services.
James Graham, CEO of Richtr Financial Studio, is an ardent supporter of Aphelion's possibilities. Richtr Financial Studio supports Aphelion with financial and accounting services. They are a powerhouse for startups that are poised for exponential growth.
For more information about Aphelion Aerospace, please visit: https://aphelionaerospace.com
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued 18 migrants crammed inside a U-Haul trailer with little ventilation early Tuesday morning.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a U-Haul pickup pulling the trailer stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint on NM Highway 185, which runs parallel to Interstate 25. Agents found 17 migrant adults and one unaccompanied child inside the trailer.
Agents linked the smuggling scheme to a driver who had crossed the checkpoint minutes before the U-Haul and was found to have a 9 mm handgun, an AK-47 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition, and a flare gun.
Agents arrested both drivers on suspicion of conspiracy to transport migrants.
On Sunday, a resident alerted border agents to a possible human smuggling scheme after spotting a tractor-trailer parked along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near the Texas-New Mexico state line in Northeast El Paso.
Agents responded and freed 15 adult migrants and one unaccompanied child inside a poorly ventilated cargo container.
The rescued migrants, agents said, were from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Some of them ended up at the Central Processing Center, and agents expelled the others to Mexico under Title 42.
According to a news release, agents referred the driver to the El Paso Sector Integrated Targeting Team and the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of an ongoing interagency investigation.
CBP said that since Fiscal Year 2022 began in October, Border Patrol agents from the El Paso Sector have disrupted approximately 525 smuggling schemes.
“Ruthless human smugglers continuously endanger human lives as one of their tactics is to smuggle migrants in confined spaces with restricted oxygen,” El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez said in a statement. “I am extremely proud of the actions of our El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents as they often encounter situations, where if not for their involvement, events as these would turn into tragedies. Our Border Patrol Agents are true heroes as they display compassion and professionalism (every day) in our very complex mission of border security.”
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– VONJOTM (pacritinib) Approved by FDA for the Treatment of Adult Myelofibrosis Patients with Myelofibrosis and Thrombocytopenia; Commercial Launch Underway –
– $60 Million Payment from DRI Healthcare Trust Triggered by FDA Approval under the Terms of the Previously Announced Debt and Royalty Transaction –
SEATTLE, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CTI BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CTIC) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.
"VONJO's recent FDA approval establishes a new standard of care for myelofibrosis patients suffering from cytopenic myelofibrosis. With a fully funded commercial launch following the debt and royalty transaction with DRI, we are pleased to provide these patients with a new, efficacious, and safe treatment option," said Adam R. Craig, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI Biopharma. "We believe the launch of VONJO positions CTI for sustained growth as we work towards our mission to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients with blood-related cancers."
Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Operating loss was $35.4 million and $95.3 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021, respectively, compared to operating loss of $14.8 million and $47.8 million for the corresponding periods in 2020. The increase in operating loss for the three months and year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the comparable periods in 2020 resulted primarily from increases in selling, general and administrative activities related to the growth in our commercial infrastructure and commercial-launch readiness activities in support of commercialization of VONJO, as well as research and development activities related to the continued development of pacritinib.
Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $36.8 million, or $0.38 for basic and diluted loss per share, compared to net loss of $15.0 million, or $0.20 for basic and diluted loss per share, for the same period in 2020. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $97.9 million, or $1.09 for basic and diluted loss per share, compared to net loss of $52.5 million, or $0.74 for basic and diluted loss per share, for the same period in 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents totaled $65.4 million. As of December 31, 2020, cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $52.5 million. We expect our current cash and cash equivalents, together with $60.0 million received from DRI Healthcare Trust following FDA approval of VONJO, will enable us to fund our operations into the fourth quarter of 2022.
About Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis is bone marrow cancer that results in formation of fibrous scar tissue and can lead to thrombocytopenia and anemia, weakness, fatigue and an enlarged spleen and liver. Within the United States, there are approximately 21,000 patients with myelofibrosis, 7,000 of which have severe thrombocytopenia (defined as blood platelet counts of less than 50 x109/L). Severe thrombocytopenia is associated with poor survival and high symptom burden and can occur as a result of disease progression or from drug toxicity with other JAK2 inhibitors, such as JAKAFI and INREBIC.
About CTI BioPharma Corp.
We are a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers that offer a unique benefit to patients and their healthcare providers. CTI has one FDA-approved product VONJOTM (pacritinib), a JAK2, IRAK1 and CSF1R inhibitor that spares JAK1. VONJO is approved for the treatment of adult patients with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis (MF) with a baseline platelet count of <50×109/L. CTI is conducting the Phase 3 PACIFICA study of VONJO in patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia as a post-marketing requirement. CTI is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
VONJOTM is a trademark of CTI BioPharma Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, events or developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to commercially launch VONJO; our expectations regarding the completion and outcome of our PACIFICA Phase 3 trial; the accuracy of our assumptions regarding our planned expenditures and sufficiency of our cash to fund operations, including the commercial launch of VONJO; risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to our operations and ongoing clinical trials; and those risks more fully discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. "CTI BioPharma" and the CTI BioPharma logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of CTI BioPharma Corp. in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective owner.
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Elastic (NYSE:ESTC – Get Rating) issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $-0.420-$-0.380 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $-0.530. The company issued revenue guidance of $853 million-$855 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $832.91 million.Elastic also updated its Q4 2022 guidance to $-0.240-$-0.200 EPS.
NYSE:ESTC traded down $1.59 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $88.95. The stock had a trading volume of 875,755 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,586,809. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 2.22 and a current ratio of 2.22. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $85.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $124.34. Elastic has a 12-month low of $66.39 and a 12-month high of $189.84. The stock has a market cap of $8.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -44.92 and a beta of 1.25.
Elastic (NYSE:ESTC – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Thursday, March 3rd. The company reported ($0.53) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.53). Elastic had a negative return on equity of 34.20% and a negative net margin of 22.67%. The business had revenue of $223.94 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $209.71 million. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.33) earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 42.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that Elastic will post -1.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
In other news, Director Jonathan Chadwick sold 6,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.54, for a total value of $522,125.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Ashutosh Kulkarni sold 5,822 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.30, for a total value of $438,396.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 12,415 shares of company stock valued at $986,350. Corporate insiders own 18.90% of the company’s stock.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Elastic during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Elastic by 229.2% during the 4th quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,004 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,000 after purchasing an additional 699 shares during the last quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC bought a new position in Elastic during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $389,000. JustInvest LLC raised its position in Elastic by 21.0% during the 4th quarter. JustInvest LLC now owns 3,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,000 after purchasing an additional 635 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Paradigm Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Elastic during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $480,000. 75.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
About Elastic (Get Rating)
Elastic NV engages in the provision of open-source search and analytics engine services. It offers Elastic Stack, a set of software products that ingest and store data from various sources and formats, as well as perform search, analysis, and visualization. The firms Elastic Stack product comprises Elasticsearch, a distributed, real-time search and analytics engine, and data store for various types of data, including textual, numerical, geospatial, structured, and unstructured, Kibana, a user interface, management, and configuration interface for the Elastic Stack, Beats, a single-purpose data shippers for sending data from edge machines to Elasticsearch or Logstash, and Logstash, a data processing pipeline for ingesting data into Elasticsearch or other storage systems.
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The Business Essentials subscription service that Apple announced and introduced in a limited beta late last year is now available for any small business. This is Apple’s vertical integration of device management and cloud storage under the Business Manager platform that companies already use to buy and manage their Apple hardware, which is designed for organizations with fewer than 500 employees. Now that it’s officially launched, it also includes an optional new business tier of AppleCare Plus hardware coverage with 24/7 support and the ability to call an Apple-trained tech onsite in as little as four hours.
The subscription ties traditional IT services into one portal with a rate starting at $2.99 per employee per month. Apple is opening its doors with a two-month free trial, which is available for companies that were already part of the beta test.
Businesses that could use this package, or a third-party setup like it, probably already have access to Apple’s Business Manager portal. It’s how businesses (and similarly, schools with Apple School Manager) can reserve and distribute managed Apple IDs, so employees can’t accidentally make a personal Apple ID account. It can also automatically procure devices purchased directly from Apple, acquire software licenses in the App Store, sync directories (Microsoft Azure), and more.
The biggest change for those tasked with IT management comes on the deployment and management side: small business customers can use Apple’s service to push pre-configured packages directly to employees’ devices with their Wi-Fi / VPN settings, mandated FileVault encryption, and apps. Then employees can view their setups, access support, or track repairs via the Business Essentials app. Previously, getting deployment and management features on Apple devices required another service and the expertise to use it. The biggest thing this setup can’t do, though, is work with mobile or desktop devices that aren’t made by Apple.
For small businesses that are looking for a simplified and linear approach to Mac management, or who don’t have the capacity in IT personnel, Apple’s new solution might be compelling. The starting price of $2.99 per month, per employee, covers one device and 50GB of iCloud storage, then jumps to $6.99 for 200GB and $12.99 for 2TB.
AppleCare Plus for Business Essentials is an additional $7 per month for the single device tier (covers one repair or replacement) or an additional $13 per month for the three devices and 200GB iCloud tier (covers two repairs or replacements). At the maximum, a single employee can cost $24.99 per month with three devices, 2TB iCloud storage, and AppleCare Plus for Business Essentials (a cost savings of $1 a month on the AppleCare).
IT managers can enroll in the new service by navigating to the company’s existing Apple Business Manager site and clicking on the newly added “Subscription” menu on the sidebar. Once enrolled, new sidebar menu options including Service & Support and Collections will appear. Other features include the ability to have employees set up business accounts on their own computers or phones, without the worry of risking business or private data — Apple's solution allows for personal data to be “cryptographically separated” from work data.
Apple’s new service presents an alternative to established solutions like Jamf, which is used by thousands of businesses and universities, works with Apple’s Business / School Manager platforms, and has much more comprehensive features including security software solutions. But for small businesses that just need to just easily enroll newly purchased Apple hardware, provide basic onboarding support, and only need to distribute software from Apple’s App store repository, Apple’s Business Essentials certainly might cover — well — the essentials.
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/31/23005413/apple-business-essentials-mdm-icloud-security
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Queensland copper producer Austral Resources has announced first ore haulage from its new Anthill mine to the Mt Kelly processing plant and the intention to begin Anthill ore processing by the end of April 2022.
In January, Austral exposed first copper ore at Anthill more than a month ahead of schedule, with the project progressing rapidly since mining was approved in late October 2021.
“The first Anthill ore delivery to our processing facility represents a significant milestone achievement for the company,” Austral chief executive officer Steve Tambanis said.
“Ore stacking onto the heap leach pad is expected to begin in late April and first plates of Anthill copper cathode will be produced in May 2022.
“From July onwards, copper cathode production is expected to exceed 1000 tonnes per month. Rapidly increasing production and higher than forecast copper prices will combine to see healthy sales revenue from May.”
More than four million tonnes of overburden has been moved since January 6 this year and when full-scale haulage commences with 125-tonne road trains, each train contains sufficient copper to produce one tonne of recovered copper cathode, or more than $US10,000 ($13,300) per train at current copper prices.
“The crushing circuit successfully processed its first rock as part of the refurbishment and commissioning process,” Tambanis said.
“We currently have over 100 staff and contractors on-site, finishing the plant refurbishment and beginning full-scale ore production. Austral is on track to achieve a planned copper production rate of 10,000 tonnes per annum from mid-2022 for a four-year period.
“We look forward to further updating shareholders as we commence maiden Anthill copper production and step-up exploration and development activities.”
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https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/australs-anthill-hauls-first-ore/
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A European assessment of the Russia-Ukraine war
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NatSec Daily has heard lots of assessments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but none quite like the one a European official provided us this morning. We’re going to detail our main takeaways, but it’s worth keeping in mind that these are only one official’s views and that this person would only speak on the condition of anonymity per ground rules established by this official’s government.
Putin-Shoigu relationship suffering: Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN’s relationship with Defense Minister SERGEI SHOIGU clearly isn’t as close as it was during the height of the Syria War. Russia’s intelligence officials are closest to Putin so far, but they aren’t necessarily the right people to brief the autocrat on military strategy and tactics. “We see much less of the professional military going to brief Putin directly,” the official said.
Russia wants Ukraine’s southern coast: Russia wants to take much or all of Ukraine’s southern coast, stretching from the Donbas all the way to the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. The reason for going all-out on Mariupol is to make it easier for troops in the east to join up with those coming from ships and then target Odesa. That also explains why the Ukrainians are putting in an immense effort to hold Mariupol and why the U.S. could be considering sending anti-ship missiles to Kyiv.
‘Look less awful’: The official believes Putin has multiple objectives as peace talks between Ukraine and Russia proceed. “Part of it’s to buy time and make him look less awful in the eyes of the world,” but the other part is to put him in a position to accept a Ukrainian offer he actually likes. It’s classic Putin opportunism, the official insisted.
Long-term effort: The official indicated that weapons will continue to flow into Ukraine as long as Ukrainians continue to put up a good fight. That will be costly, of course, but there is resolve among transatlantic allies to provide Ukraine with the equipment it needs to hold Russia at bay.
No U.S. endgame — yet: The shift in Russian military strategy has led to a rethink on the war within President JOE BIDEN’s administration. “It doesn’t have an endgame yet,” the official said, saying the administration is waiting to see if Russia sticks to siege tactics throughout Ukraine or seeks to focus on one main area of battle in the east. It’s also looking to see how the negotiations progress and if the U.S. should put its weight behind certain proposals.
The Inbox
SITUATION REPORT: We will only cite official sources. As always, take all figures, assessments and statements with a healthy dose of skepticism.
War in Ukraine:
— Since the war began on Feb. 24, Russia has lost around 17,500 personnel, 614 tanks, 1,735 armored combat vehicles, 311 artillery systems, 96 multiple-launch rocket systems, 135 warplanes, 131 helicopters, seven ships and 83 drones. (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense)
— ”The enemy is taking measures to regroup and form a group of Russian Federation armed forces in order to infiltrate the Eastern operating zone. The transfer of some of the enemy's military and equipment from the territory of the Republic of Belarus to the territory of the Russian Federation by rail transport was recorded.” (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense)
— “Despite Russian statements indicating an intended reduction of military activity around Chernihiv, significant Russian shelling and missile strikes have continued. Russian forces continue to hold positions to the east and west of Kyiv despite the withdrawal of a limited number of units. Heavy fighting will likely take place in the suburbs of the city in coming days. Heavy fighting continues in Mariupol, a key objective of Russian forces, however Ukrainian forces remain in control of the centre of the city.” (U.K. Ministry of Defence)
— Russia continues to hit Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol with airstrikes despite public signaling of deescalation. (U.S. Department of Defense)
— All of the $350 million in U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine pledged on March 14 has arrived, with another $800 million set to arrive within the next two weeks. (U.S. Department of Defense)
Global response:
— U.K.: Britain sanctioned 14 more Russian entities and people, including propaganda outlets RT and Sputnik.
— France: France’s military intelligence chief lost his job after assessing Russia wouldn’t invade Ukraine, while other countries like the U.S. rightly concluded otherwise.
Headlines:
— The New York Times: “A Nation of Spy-Catchers: Fear of Saboteurs Has Ukrainians on Edge”
— Time: “Inside the Historic Mission to Provide Aid and Arms to Ukraine”
— The Washington Post: “Voices From the Siege of Mariupol”
BIDEN TO TAP OIL RESERVES: Biden will order the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic reserves and urge Congress to press the oil industry to increase drilling on federal lands in bid to tame high gasoline prices, report our own ZACK COLMAN and BEN LEFEBVRE.
In a background call with reporters, a senior administration official said oil companies “need to be stepping up,” adding: “There is nothing standing in their way.” The announcement is the latest attempt by the White House and Democrats to temper the volatile oil markets that drove gasoline prices to all-time highs in the weeks since Russia launched its invasion.
Although the U.S. tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve twice before with limited effectiveness, this new effort will be a sustained release for six months, putting as much as 180 million barrels onto the market. The addition of 1 million barrels per day represents an increase in U.S. supply of 8.5 percent.
FIRST IN NATSEC DAILY –– SENATORS URGE ‘IMMEDIATE ACTION’ ON GIRLS SCHOOLS IN AFG: A bipartisan group of 21 female senators wrote to Biden asking him to take “immediate action” in response to the Taliban barring girls from attending secondary school.
“Since the Taliban’s overthrow of the legitimate government of Afghanistan in August 2021, Afghanistan’s women and girls have suffered. Women have been banned from most jobs, are required to be accompanied by a male relative and are restricted in where they can travel. When women protest this treatment, they are arrested, beaten and disappeared,” wrote the lawmakers, led by Sen. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-N.H.).
“[T]here must be clear consequences for the Taliban’s disregard of the rights of women and girls and the will of the Afghan people. We welcome your decision to suspend engagements with the Taliban over the reversal of the Taliban’s promise to allow Afghan girls to attend secondary school. We urge you to use the tools at your disposal—including reinstating travel bans under the United Nations Security Council sanctions regime—to clearly convey to the Taliban that anything short of full education for girls and women is unacceptable to the United States, our allies and the Afghan people,” they continued.
The Taliban promised it wouldn’t revert to its medieval form of governance once the group reassumed power following America’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The cancellation of secondary school instruction for girls is a broken promise, one that some fear portends even more horrors to come for Afghanistan’s women.
PUTIN IS ‘MISGUIDED’: Sir JEREMY FLEMING, director of Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ, made some astounding remarks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine today at the Australian National University.
“[I]t increasingly looks like Putin has massively misjudged the situation. It’s clear he misjudged the resistance of the Ukrainian people. He underestimated the strength of the coalition his actions would galvanise. He under-played the economic consequences of the sanctions regime. He over-estimated the abilities of his military to secure a rapid victory. We’ve seen Russian soldiers — short of weapons and morale — refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft,” he said.
He also said “Putin’s advisers are afraid to tell him the truth,” echoing what U.S. officials have been telling reporters in recent days.
It’s as bleak a picture as the British intelligence boss could’ve painted, showing that things really are that bad for Russian forces in Ukraine. It helps explain why Moscow may have given up on its maximalist aims and instead shifted its focus to conquering eastern Ukraine.
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Flashpoints
BURNS GETS COVID: CIA Director WILLIAM BURNS has tested positive for Covid-19, the agency announced today. Burns is “fully vaccinated and boosted” against the virus and has experienced “mild symptoms,” the CIA said in a news release. He will “continue to perform his duties” from home and “plans to return to the office after isolating for five days and testing negative.”
Burns most recently saw Biden in a socially distanced meeting Wednesday morning, during which Burns was wearing an N-95 mask, according to the CIA. “Their interaction is not considered close contact as defined by CDC guidance, and Director Burns is sharing the news of his positive test out of an abundance of transparency,” the CIA said.
Burns is the latest high-ranking administration official to test positive for Covid-19 in recent days. White House press secretary JEN PSAKI tested positive last week, and her principal deputy KARINE JEAN-PIERRE tested positive on Sunday.
RUBLE REBOUNDS: Barely a month after a raft of sanctions sent Russia’s currency crashing, the ruble has staged a dramatic recovery, reports our own KATE DAVIDSON. The comeback is partly due to a surge in oil and gas prices — commodities that were explicitly carved out of the initial sanctions — that has boosted Russia’s energy revenue.
Some current and former Treasury officials, foreign exchange traders and sanctions experts say the ruble’s rebound doesn’t necessarily mean the West’s economic weapons are losing their punch. They argue the resurgence primarily reflects the extraordinary steps Russia’s central bank has taken to stop the currency’s freefall.
Still, the ruble’s rise puts new pressure on the U.S. and its allies to deploy even tougher measures to undercut Russia’s ability to finance its invasion — through further cutting off Russian energy exports or escalating existing sanctions.
Keystrokes
TREASURY TARGETS RUSSIAN TECH: The Biden administration announced new sanctions today aimed at major Russian technology companies and sanctions-evasion networks, and expanded its ability to level penalties on the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors, Davidson also reported.
The sanctions, which follow penalties on Russia’s defense industry last week, are part of a broader administration effort to restrict the country’s access to resources it needs to supply and finance its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department said.
Among the sanctioned firms is Moscow-based OOO Serniya Engineering, which the Treasury said is at the center of an illicit network operating under the direction of Russia’s intelligence service to help evade sanctions. The company worked with various front businesses across multiple countries, including the U.K. and Spain, to procure critical Western technology for Russia’s defense sector, the Treasury said.
The Complex
‘IMMINENT’ STINGER AND JAVELIN REPLACEMENTS: Per our own CONNOR O’BRIEN (for Pros!), a plan to begin replenishing U.S. stocks of Javelin and Stinger missiles sent to Ukraine will soon be sent to Congress, the Army's top acquisition official told lawmakers.
DOUG BUSH, the Army's assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, told the House Armed Services' Tactical Air and Land Forces panel that several notifications will be sent to Congress to tap into $3.5 billion earmarked for the Pentagon to replenish its inventories, including missiles and ammunition.
"We already have that money. Congress will very soon get the first of several responses showing how we intend to use that funding," Bush said. "It'll be specifically to Stinger and Javelin. So that is imminent. You'll see the plan to address that near-term thing."
AND SHIPS, AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS: Our friends at Morning Defense (for Pros!) reported on Navy Secretary CARLOS DEL TORO’s rebuke of critics who note China has more ships than America.
China is "probably not that great at building ships, but they build them in great numbers,” he told an online forum sponsored by The Hill. “And there’s a marked difference, as well, to the quality of our ships and the capabilities that we have [which] significantly outpace the quality and the capabilities that they bring to bear.”
“That's more important than the comparison of how many ships we have in each other's navies,” he added. “It's really not just about the ships. It's about capacity, it's about capability and the combined lethality that it brings.”
The fiscal 2023 budget released this week would decommission 24 ships, further retreating from its goal of a 355-ship fleet.
On the Hill
CONGRESS CAN’T STOP JCPOA REENTRY: Republicans and a handful of Democrats may oppose America’s return to the Iran nuclear deal, but there’s very little the Senate can do to stop it from happening, our own ANDREW DESIDERIO reported.
“A disapproval resolution in the Senate would require 60 votes; even if that hurdle is cleared, opponents of the new deal would not be able to reach the two-thirds threshold required to override a presidential veto,” he wrote.
Here’s why: The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act — often shorthanded as INARA — will likely be triggered if the Biden administration completes a deal. It will focus attention on some of the same lawmakers who had an impact on the original pact, in addition to the new crop of senators who have to consider the new agreement in the context of their reelection.
The INARA gives Congress the ability to block any nuclear agreement with Iran through a resolution of disapproval. Such a vote would put immense pressure on Democrats looking to show some independence from Biden foreign policy decisions that have faced significant blowback. But opponents of the new agreement would need to recruit at least 10 Democrats to support a disapproval resolution — an unlikely prospect, and one that nuclear-deal advocates see as an easy political choice for vulnerable senators.
That explains why Sen. BEN CARDIN (D-Md.), who opposed the deal in 2015, told Desiderio, “I think at the end of the day the president will get his way.”
Broadsides
‘DISQUALIFYING’: Rep. ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.), the outgoing lawmaker who is one of the few Republicans criticizing former President DONALD TRUMP’s behavior, bashed his choice to ask Putin to release information on Biden’s family.
“No former President should ever ask an evil man like Putin for a favor … like Trump did just yesterday,” Kinzinger tweeted Wednesday evening. “This is absolutely undermining the national security of this country and should be disqualifying for any re-election. @GOPLeader must address this, as must every Republican.”
Trump’s comment was reminiscent of his infamous July 2016 request of Russia to release a tranche of HILLARY CLINTON’s emails. Top Republicans have remained silent since Trump asked Moscow again for help against his political opponents.
Transitions
— DAVID NORQUIST, who previously served as deputy Defense secretary in the Trump administration, has been announced as the next president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association, effective May 1. He replaces HERBERT “HAWK” CARLISLE, who announced his resignation earlier this month amid a clash with NDIA’s board over the direction of the trade group, per our own LEE HUDSON (for Pros!).
— JOHN SMITH and ANDREA DELISI are part of a team of attorneys from law firm Morrison & Foerster that Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY has enlisted to advise his office on sanctions regimes and engaging with the federal government, per our own CAITLIN OPRYSKO. Smith is a former director of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Delisi worked in OFAC until last year. NATHANAEL KURCAB, REILEY JO PORTER and SONJA NICOLE SWANBECK also will work on the account.
What to Read
— ANNE APPLEBAUM, The Atlantic: “There Is No Liberal World Order”
— CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times: “North Korean ICBM Launch May Have Been Fake. It’s Still Important.”
— EMILY SCHULTHEIS, POLITICO Magazine: “Will Putin’s War Hurt His Best Friend in Europe?”
Tomorrow Today
— The Atlantic Council, 8 a.m.: “How to End Russia’s War in Ukraine — with PHILIP BREEDLOVE, MELINDA HARING, JOHN HERBST, ILLIA PONOMARENKO and OLGA TOKARIUK”
— The Middle East Institute, 9 a.m.: “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Implications for Black Sea Security — with PHILIP BREEDLOVE, IULIA JOJA, GONUL TOL and MAMUKA TSERETELI”
— The Center for a New American Security, 10 a.m.: “Assessing the FY 2023 Defense Budget Request — with FREDERICO BARTELS, MACKENZIE EAGLEN, TODD HARRISON, STACIE PETTYJOHN and BECCA WASSER”
— House Armed Services Committee, 10 a.m.: “Subcommittee Hearing: FY23 Hearing to Review Department of Defense Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction — with COLLIN PATRICK GREEN, JOHN PLUMB, DEBORAH G. ROSENBLUM and RHYS M. WILLIAMS”
— The Atlantic Council, 10:30 a.m.: “Protecting the Global Marine Transportation System Against Cyber Threats — with KAREN ANDREWS, KURT JOHN, FREDERICK KEMPE, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS and DILAN YEŞILGÖZ-ZEGERIUS”
— The Cato Institute, 12 p.m.: “Reducing Risk From Arms Sales — with JEFF ABRAMSON, JORDAN COHEN, ERIC GOMEZ and SARA JACOBS”
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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to appear at a deposition in Connecticut to answer questions in a lawsuit by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
That's according to new court filings by his lawyers on Thursday, which comes a day after a judge ordered fines against Jones for defying orders to attend a deposition last week despite his claim of illness.
Jones now says he can answer questions on April 11 and is asking the judge to put a hold on the fines. There was no immediate ruling on Jones' requests. The families are suing him for calling the school massacre a hoax.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said, “The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant Alex Jones willfully and in bad faith violated without justification several clear court orders requiring his attendance at his depositions on March 23 and March 24.”
Judge Bellis said in the decision on Wednesday, “It is clear…that the plaintiffs here simply want and are entitled to the deposition of Mr. Jones and that Mr. Jones has continued to attempt to deliberately disregard the court’s orders and attempts to manipulate the court process.”
“While paying the fees and court’s costs will reimburse the plaintiffs for costs incurred in attempting to procure Mr. Jones’ deposition, it is not a substitution for his testimony,” she said.
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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is traveling to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in a show of support for the country in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
“On my way to Kyiv,” Metsola tweeted late Thursday evening.
According to Metsola’s spokesperson Jüri Laas, Metsola “will pass a message of support and hope on behalf of the European Parliament.” No further details of the trip could be provided for security reasons.
Metsola is the first president of an EU institution to visit the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its lethal invasion on February 24.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech PM Petr Fiala and Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša traveled to Kyiv earlier this month to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his PM Denys Shmyhal. In the wake of that visit, Zelenskyy invited other world leaders to visit the capital.
“I invite all friends of Ukraine to visit Kyiv,” Zelenskyy said in a video posted on social media, before adding: “It can be dangerous here. Because our sky is not yet closed to Russian missiles and planes.”
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OPINION: Squishmallows for hire
Gen Z has enlisted marshmallow-soft plushies to cope with their mental health
March 31, 2022
From Carlos, the enthusiastic crustacean made salsa instructor, to Avery, a Mallard who’s obsessed with rugby, Squishmallows emerged in 2017, as a Kellytoy product line of “loveable buddies,” but they have since become Generation Z’s ultimate obsession. And our beds have become filled with their huggable, plush material.
But why? Well, it’s no secret that Gen Z struggles heavily with mental health, as we’ve been called the most depressed generation. While we may be more cognizant of mental health issues and our generation is more likely to seek help, with little to no access to mental health resources, for some, they have nowhere to turn.
Gen Z has been rattled by disaster as often as the George Lopez theme song comes on at three in the morning. But that hasn’t stop this ever-growing generation from finding ways to cope by creating new trends.
What’s wrong with me hugging Connor the cow instead of sitting on a couch, telling someone dressed in business casual about my FOMO problem? Nothing… but we should probably stop smothering Connor and go talk to that person in business casual.
The Squishmallows company displays articles on their website discussing the contributions their picturesque plushies have made. Breeanna M. from The Mighty said, “They’re big, soft and perfect for napping on or cuddling. Walgreens sells the giant ones for about $20. It’s just a nice soft companion when the world feels kind of terrible. When I feel too cruddy, I give him a squish or take a nap with him as a pillow. It makes a depressive episode just a little less awful.”
This newfound infatuation our generation has with Squishmallows not only helps us cope with our mental health issues, but we’ve also found fun in the hunt for certain characters. Each Squishmallow comes with a name, a personality, and a backstory on its tag and searching for that perfect character that we relate to or that best matches our aesthetic has fueled our passion for these plushies.
Walgreens and Target are the main carriers of the toys, leading the vicious witch hunt and keeping Squishmallow connoisseurs on their toes about what characters will be in stores next.
I find the juxtaposition of these cuddly creatures so interesting, as we rarely see something healing millions across the globe and still maintaining an Instagram-worthy aesthetic.
And I won’t pretend I don’t have five of them surrounding me as I type this, each having preferred pronouns, a backstory, and partners, but I will pretend that this is simply a hobby and justify spending $25 on Wendy the frog. Moderation is not in the conversation when discussing the Chanel of the plushie world.
In my humble opinion, Squishmallows can be a good shoulder to cry on but not a great resource when it comes to your sinking GPA. You may want to talk to your advisor about that.
We are teetering the line between using these soft stuffies as a healthy coping mechanism and an unhealthy obsession that hinders us from asking for help.
Sure, you can take Talford the dinosaur or Belana the artistic cow and have that breakdown. But go and talk it out with something that can actually give you a reaction, like a human being.
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It’s official: Brownsville Democrat Filemon Vela Jr. has stepped down from his Texas 34 congressional district seat after sending resignation letters today to Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
“It has been a profound honor to represent the people of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for the last nine years,” he wrote briefly. “Please let me know how I can be of assistance during this transition.”
Vela, who announced a year ago that he would not seek reelection to the seat he’s held since 2013, is leaving Congress before the end of his current term to take a job with the law and lobbying firm Akin Gump, headquartered in Washington D.C.
His early departure will prompt a special election, the exact timing of which isn’t set in stone and is Abbott’s call to some extent. Vela’s longtime friend Vicente Gonzalez, currently representing Texas District 15 in Congress, is the Democratic candidate running for TX-34 in the November election but will not take part in any special election and instead will serve out his current term.
“What I’ve heard is that Dan Sanchez, former county commissioner, is considering running for it,” Vela said.
Vela said the Republican party, which made gains in the Rio Grande Valley during the 2020 election, sees a TX-34 special election as a chance to take the seat away from Democrats, though he feels the seat is safe. While redistricting has made TX-15 more competitive for Republicans — he considers it a toss-up in the November election — that’s not necessarily the case for TX-34, he said.
“I think Vince is about 99.9 percent certain to be the member of Congress for TX-34 for the next two years,” Vela said.
If that happens, TX-34 constituents can expect a high level of continuity from Vela’s time in Congress, Vela said.
“No question. Vince and I have a personal relationship that probably goes back 20 years,” he said. “We’ve worked hand in hand pretty much on everything we’ve done. Back last year when I decided I wasn’t going to run again, we started to talk to him and his staff about all the things we had worked on, like Port of Brownsville issues, some of the (international) bridge issues, SpaceX issues. I think he’s fully up to speed and ready to roll on all of that stuff.”
Vela said he’s glad to be capping off his congressional career with two major wins: More than $100 million in federal funding for improvements to Cameron County’s Gateway International Bridge and — announced just this week — $68 million for the Port of Brownsville to help pay for deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel.
“Those have been priorities all along the way, so it feels good to have succeeded on that front,” he said.
Vela also worked with Elon Musk and SpaceX in 2014 to help bring the rocket company to Cameron County, and prioritized working with local universities and schools to maximize opportunities in cutting-edge science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Among the other highlights of his career, Vela said, were being able to secure $24 million in federal money for a new terminal building at Brownsville South Padre International Airport and $13 million for structural needs at the Valley International Airport in Harlingen; $4.3 million for an emergency operations center in Kleberg County; millions of dollars in coastal restoration money stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill; and tens of millions of dollars for drainage and storm-water projects to help prevent catastrophic flooding.
That’s on top of the thousands of cases his “very efficient staff” has worked on over the years for individual constituents, involving such matters as navigating Veterans Affairs, the IRS and immigration agencies, Vela said.
“I would see 30 a day,” he said. “That’s not just me though. That’s pretty much every congressional office, the kinds of things people never see. I think that makes up about 50 to 60 percent of the work equity in a congressional office.
“Most recently what was very rewarding was to be able to help connect some local constituents that were in Ukraine at the time of the invasion with the State Department, so that they could get to safety,” Vela said. “Things like that along the way have made the job really rewarding.”
Congressional districts are redrawn every 10 years. And while uncertainty over what that would mean for TX-34 factored into his decision a year ago not to seek reelection, that wasn’t the primary reason, Vela said. (As it turned out, the redrawn TX-34 is “largely the same with a lot less travel,” he said.)
“There’s people here in Congress who’ve been here 20, 30 years,” Vela said. “They’ve made their life in Congress. I was pretty certain from the beginning unless I was going to be Speaker of the House or something, that that wasn’t going to be me. … I’ve kind of made a decision that getting out at the age of 60 and being able to do something else is the path I want to take. … I’m looking forward to a future in the practice of law and in government relations.”
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Italian aid worker recalls brutal treatment by IS 'Beatles'
From left to right, Kayla Mueller, James Foley, Peter Kassig and Steven Sotloff
An Italian aid worker described being beaten with a rubber cable and waterboarded in harrowing testimony Thursday at the trial of a jihadist accused of being one of his Islamic State captors known as the "Beatles."
Federico Motka is the first former IS hostage to testify at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national accused of the murders of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
Elsheikh, the most high-profile IS member to face justice in the United States, is charged with hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens and supporting a foreign terrorist organization.
Motka, who was seized by IS in Syria in March 2013 along with British aid worker David Haines and held for 14 months, longer than any other hostage, said their treatment was initially not too brutal.
"We had to kneel down with our face towards the wall and never look them in the face," he said of his captors. "Whenever they came in there was a punch here and there, intimidation, kicking."
It got significantly worse after he was caught talking to a Syrian prisoner in a neighboring cell, he said.
"I was beaten that night with a thick rubber cable for one hour," Motka said. "That's when the regime of punishment started.
"They played a lot of games with us. They gave us dog names."
Motka said his captors decided to waterboard them, first with a bucket and later with a wet sweater pressed against their face.
"Ringo pushed it on my face," he said, using one of the "Beatles" names which the hostages gave their captors because of their British accents. "George put water in the jumper with a hose.
"It became impossible to breathe as the jumper absorbed water," he said. "I started to panic. It was by far the worst of all that had happened until then."
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El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, a former member of the Islamic State, is on trial for the murders of four Americans in Syria
Motka said they were given electric shocks to their hands and feet with something like a stun gun by a guard they nicknamed the "Punisher."
They were made to stay in "stress positions" for hours.
He said they were rarely allowed to clean themselves but he saw Haines' body one day during a shower and it was "all blue from the beatings."
Motka was released by IS in May 2014 while Haines was murdered in September of that year.
Motka said for part of his captivity, Foley, a freelance journalist, and John Cantlie, a British journalist taken hostage along with Foley, were in a nearby cell.
"We heard them and their screams," he said.
At one point, all four hostages were placed in the same room and ordered to fight each other, what their captors called a "royal rumble," he said.
"We were so weak and shattered that we hardly had the strength to lift our arms."
Motka said the captor known as "George" spoke frequently about trying to recreate conditions for the hostages similar to those at the US military prison at Guantanamo.
"George was into boxing. John kicked a lot. Ringo talked a lot about how he liked wrestling, putting people in headlocks," he said.
Motka described being held at various times with other European hostages and the Americans Sotloff, Mueller and Kassig.
He said some of the male hostages managed to communicate with Mueller by exchanging notes through the bathroom. "She was like us, dealing with it," Motka said. "It was a survival game in a way."
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Diane and John Foley, the parents of James Foley, head into court for the trial of one of the Islamic State captors of their son
He said the hostages were forced to look at pictures on a laptop of the body of a murdered Russian captive, Sergey Gorbunov, and to witness the execution of a Syrian prisoner.
He said the "Beatle" known as "Jihadi John" -- Mohamed Emwazi -- shot the Syrian hostage.
Emwazi was killed by a US drone strike in Syria in November 2015.
Elsheikh and another former British national, Alexanda Amon Kotey, 38, were captured in January 2018 by a Kurdish militia in Syria while attempting to flee to Turkey.
They were turned over to US forces in Iraq and flown to the United States in October 2020.
Kotey pleaded guilty in September 2021 and is facing life in prison. Under his plea agreement, Kotey will serve 15 years in jail in the United States and then be extradited to Britain to face further charges.
The fourth "Beatle," Aine Davis, is imprisoned in Turkey after being convicted on terrorism charges.
Motka is expected to return to the witness stand on Friday. The trial is expected to last three weeks.
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Elanco Animal Health Incorporat (NYSE:ELAT – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 63,400 shares, a drop of 23.2% from the February 28th total of 82,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days.
Shares of Elanco Animal Health Incorporat stock traded down $1.70 during trading on Thursday, hitting $40.74. 252,199 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,942. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $41.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $45.60. Elanco Animal Health Incorporat has a 52-week low of $39.02 and a 52-week high of $56.00.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, May 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $0.625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 13th. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.14%.
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:16Z
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50 Cent says Chris Rock lawsuit is looming as he praised the comedian for keeping his composure and not hitting back Will Smith.
Rapper 50 Cent has added his opinion to the Oscars saga where Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after a tasteless joke about his wife’s bald head. It’s the first time 50 Cent is speaking on the issue after Rock made his first appearance at his comedy show in Boston on Wednesday night.
The comedian addressed the slapping incident at his stand-up set by saying he was still processing the entire thing and would speak on it sometime in the future. His fans did say that the comedian was in good spirits and had a show packed with jokes for his sold-out audience.
Among those who have shared support for the show was 50 Cent.
“I don’t know how @chrisrock held his composure, but i’m glad he didn’t make a mess of the whole thing,” he captioned a news headline from the Hollywood Reporter, which he shared on IG.
His tone on Thursday is different, however, as he shared several memes of Will Smith slapping the comedian at the start of the week.
He has since gone back to posting video edits of the incident, including a video that incorporates the claps from the “Men In Black” instrumental in which Will Smith had a lead role. The sounds are synced to the slapping motion on Rock, and 50 Cent adds further commentary.
“This shit is funny till that law suit hit, here it come in 5, 4, 3, 2, $100,000,000,” Fif wrote. “yeah that’s how this kinda shit plays out!”
Other celebrities like Jim Carey have called for Rock to sue Will Smith for $200 million as he reasoned that the slap was seen across the world and that the video will live on the internet forever and will continue to cause the comedian trauma.
Will Smith has not been seen publicly since.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season.
He's not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal as both South Carolina and UConn have found supplemental players from it.
Still Walz, Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma think the amount of players looking to change schools is getting out of control.
“I always like to say, ‘The grass is greener on the other side because it’s fertilized with a bunch of bull,’” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “I think there are a lot of players that will jump into the portal after one year that don’t really have a good grasp of why they’re doing it.”
Staley likened the portal to Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
“It’s a big ol’ fad that just keeps continuing,” she said. “Is it out of hand? It absolutely is. I don’t know how you control it. But it’s their way. It’s their way of controlling their own destinies.”
Both Staley and Auriemma noted that there were currently more players seeking to transfer than there were scholarships available across the country.
“You know those 850 people in the portal? Three hundred of them are not going to find a school to go to because they’re going to realize it’s not the school they just left,” Auriemma said.
Despite the reservations, they're still playing along. Emily Engstler (Syracuse), Kianna Smith (California) and Chelsie Hall (Vanderbilt) have been key for Louisville. Engstler and Hall just joined the program this season.
When Engstler was considering the Cardinals, Walz went to Mykasa Robinson to discuss how her role would likely shrink if Engstler were to come and gauge her comfort level.
“She looked at me, and she’s like, ‘I’m tired of guarding her. If we can get her, yes, because she likes to win, and she wants to play with other good players,’” Walz said.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPPORT
The Gamecocks have led the nation in average attendance for seven straight years, buoyed by a base of more than 10,000 season tickets. Despite the 1,200-mile distance from campus to downtown Minneapolis, there will be plenty of garnet-and-black-clad South Carolina fans voicing their support on Friday night when the Gamecocks take on Louisville.
“They’ve been with us when we weren’t a popular team or we weren’t a whole lot to cheer about,” Staley said. “This is my 14th year being at South Carolina, but the last probably 10, the fans have given us a ride that’s kind of irreplaceable.”
One of the catalysts for the attendance boom was giving fans as much as access to the program as they could, to build relationships and let the locals get to know the players as people.
“You really feel the love in the community,” guard Brea Beal said. “You can go to the store and run into somebody and they’re like, oh my gosh, just freaking out. It’s like a family.”
FOND MEMORY
Walz spent one season at Minnesota on his climb up the coaching ladder, serving as an assistant under current Maryland coach Brenda Frese.
That was 20 years ago, when Hall of Fame finalist Lindsay Whalen was a sophomore for the Gophers on a breakthrough team that reached the Final Four two seasons later. The women's team at that time played in a smaller gym, the Pavilion, next door to Williams Arena where the Minnesota men's team has played since 1928.
A water pipe burst that winter, moving the women's team into the bigger venue. The Gophers were on a roll, and the first game in the building known as “The Barn” was packed to the rafters.
“From that point on, we continued the rest of the season playing in the Barn in front of unbelievable crowds,” Walz said.
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:17Z
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How to Start Your Friendship with Selenide
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:16Z
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Title IX has been a passionate subject for Candace Parker ever since she learned of its impact while doing a paper on it in the eighth grade.
So, it is no surprise her first documentary as an executive producer is about the landmark legislation. On Saturday, “Title IX: 37 Words That Changed America,” will open coverage of the men’s Final Four on TBS at 1 p.m. EDT.
“I sit here because of Title IX. Although we have so many wins, we have so much further to go. That’s why we went with having the Title IX story told through my eyes so that you can see if Title IX didn’t exist, I wouldn’t exist,” Parker said.
Parker considers herself a first-generation benefactor of Title IX, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Parker’s mother, Sara, attended Iowa before Title IX became law. Candace’s 12-year old daughter, Lailaa Nicole Williams, will have more opportunities.
“It means a lot to be able to have my mom and my daughter be a part of this,” Parker said. “I have inspiration from my mom and her story. And then as well for my daughter, I want to continue to open up doors, and I don’t want her to see limitations.”
The documentary also comes as inequities between the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are coming under intense scrutiny.
“Something as simple as March Madness, right? Like, now women can use that. That’s unbelievable. It’s 2022,” Parker said. “But things are changing. But it still doesn’t take away that we still have so much farther to go. I think that’s the whole point of doing this documentary is if you invest, it’s not a charity, it’s an investment. And it’s an honest investment of trying to make it work. And I think for so long, we just existed; women’s sports existed as something that had to be there. And now we look at it as an investment, and then I think we can start moving things forward."
Parker won a pair of NCAA championships at Tennessee while being coached by one of the pioneers of Title IX, the late Pat Summitt. Parker has parlayed that experience into a successful career as a two-time WNBA champion and MVP and two gold medals in the Olympics.
Parker is also an accomplished analyst for Turner Sports on its NBA and NCAA Tournament coverage since 2018. During discussions about a contract extension at Turner, Parker and her representatives first pitched the idea of a documentary. It got the green light for production last November.
The documentary includes interviews with Billie Jean King, Peyton Manning, Lisa Leslie, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
“There’s a number of influential voices that I think I have to pinch myself to realize that they’re a part of it,” Parker said. “To have Billie Jean King, like the 10-year-old girl that did a biography project on her, I just think it’s just so special.
“Title IX doesn’t just impact women. To watch Peyton Manning talk about how Pat really influenced his life, as a competitor and just as an individual. To see somebody that is an icon to say that I think speaks to how valuable women in leadership positions are.”
Having the documentary tip-off Turner’s Final Four coverage on Saturday should give it a broader audience. “The Arena” will air following the documentary and focus on the impact of Title IX on sports and society.
This is also the first project for Parker’s production company — Baby Hair Productions — and was also produced with Scout Productions.
“Having a diverse audience, that’s not just the women and girls, we want everyone to see how impactful and powerful women are in society,” Parker said. “To have this be something that we talk about, especially after with ‘The Arena' show, I think it speaks to just how important it is.”
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More AP coverage of March Madness: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:18Z
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Temba Bavuma steadied South Africa with 53 not out against Bangladesh before bad light ended play early with the Proteas 233-4 on the first day of the opening Test on Thursday.
South Africa had controlled the first session and captain Dean Elgar and Sarel Erwee put on a 113-run opening stand before they fell in quick succession after lunch.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz pulled off a brilliant run out of Keegan Petersen in Bangladesh’s fightback in the middle of the day.
Bad light brought day one to an early end with South Africa 233/4.
_ Temba Bavuma 53 *
_ Kyle Verreynne 27*#WTC23 | #SAvBAN pic.twitter.com/mSvBlVv63j— ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2022
But Bavuma buckled down after tea for his 18th test half-century. He was supported by Kyle Verreynne (27 not out) and their unbroken 53-run stand took…
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:19Z
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Doggo comes out of hospital, his rescue dog friend comes to meet him. Watch
This video that was shared on Instagram reveals how a canine got here out of the emergency room on the hospital and his rescued canine pal was there to greet him.
Friendships are an attractive factor and at all times make your coronary heart really feel blissful and your face is painted with a smile. And the movies on the Internet that showcase such conditions between human beings or animals are at all times fairly a pleasant watch. One such video has been shared on Instagram by the web page named Dog.
The video opens to indicate how a canine had been within the emergency room on the hospital all through the evening since considered one of his limbs wanted some vital care. But in the meanwhile that the canine was discharged from the hospital, he obtained to know that his pal had come to greet him on their method again residence. When the 2 see one another, they get very excited and even the canine named Matthew who underwent some therapy, saved wagging his tail out of sheer pleasure.
In the feedback part of this canine video, the Instagram web page that shared this video clarified, “Corey and Matthew were found together on the side of the road. It’s been a long road to recovery but they both have come a long way, they are now happy and healing.” It was accompanied by a coronary heart and a band-aid emoji.
Watch the video proper right here:
The video has been posted on Instagram a bit greater than 17 hours in the past and since then, has garnered a number of feedback from individuals who could not cease going ‘aww’ at this emotional and heartwarming reunion between the canine pals. It has additionally obtained greater than a whopping million views on it to this point.
An Instagram person wrote, “So glad that someone saved them. Bless those humans and these doggies.” “Content that feels like a breeze of fresh air after a hard day,” reads one other remark. A 3rd remark reads, “That must feel so good after the scary vets, to be back on comfy blankets with a familiar face… The relief he must feel! What a brave boy.”
What are your ideas on this lovable canine video?
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| 2022-04-01T00:01:18Z
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